Chapter 217: Uninvited Guest

In fact, where does the young grandmother of the Li family need to come over in person to send moon cakes, and in terms of Li Rui's temper, the relationship between the eldest grandmother of the Li family and her is not very good. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But there is a strange thing about women, as long as they are talking about gossip, they can talk to the people they hate.

After Li Rui heard the news brought by her sister-in-law, her face was still full of sadness and despair when she quarreled with Shen Jing just now, and she was already full of schadenfreude at the moment, "Oh my God, I really can't imagine that there are such cheeky people in the world, she is still a princess, and she is really a barbarian." ”

Dong said: "Isn't it? But she is the princess of Nanzhao after all, and now Nanzhao takes the initiative to call the ministers to pay tribute, and the use of troops in the northwest in the past two years is also a great injury, so the emperor is also very kind to the envoy of Nanzhao, maybe he can really make the princess of Nanzhao go along with her wish. ”

Li Rui snorted from her nostrils, "I will definitely get my wish, you don't know, Sister Yu'er and Uncle Yu didn't care about my second sister-in-law at all, and the two of them walked across from each other without looking at her." So she could only tremble and slap the old lady every day, for fear of breaking her. ”

Dong's is excited when he hears it, and women like to talk about other people's backhouses*, which sounds the most exciting. "Ah, it's strange that Sister Yu's second uncle has been dragging out not to get married, I heard your ancestor say that he wanted to pick a favorite for him, so as not to become a grudge between husband and wife in the future, and then he married a merchant girl, I thought it was because he liked it. Didn't you say that your second sister-in-law was born like a fairy? ”

The Dong family has not seen Ji Cheng yet, although Ji Cheng has been married into the Shen Mansion for more than a year, but most of them have been on the grassland for most of the year, and after coming back, because she had such a stiff quarrel with Shen Che, she herself did not go out to socialize in a low-key manner, so although they were relatives, the two had never met.

Li Rui said disdainfully: "It's good-looking, it's good-looking, but even the immortals have times when they are bored, aren't they?" And she is a merchant girl, no matter how good-looking she is, can she win the heart of Sister Yu's second uncle? Don't you know about someone like the second uncle, what kind of beauty has you never seen, can you be tempted by her? ”

Dong thought about it, "So, is there something else wrong with this family affair?" Dong's brain spun quickly, and he patted his thigh and thought it out, "Ah, is it for your second sister-in-law's dowry?" ”

Li Rui nodded without thinking. Although the Li family is also a marquis, in order to perfunctory the expenses of the big family, they are actually stretched, and often tear down the east wall to make up the west wall. Therefore, they naturally felt that the Shen family must be in this situation, because the nobles in the capital were bright on the outside and poor on the inside.

Dong said: "That's it, the Ji family is rich in northern Jin. Isn't your mother-in-law a rich dowry? You are really well married, your mother-in-law is kind and generous, and your husband is motivated, so you don't have to worry about anything. Dong looked at Li Rui and said, "The hairpin on your head is newly made, right?" This is a new model from the south this year. ”

Li Rui raised her hand to help the hairpin and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is really sharp-eyed." ”

The Dong family is really envious of Li Rui, but Li Rui actually knows best in her heart that her mother-in-law is simply picking on the door, where is the generosity. Only four sets of clothes are allowed to be made in each season, and there is only one pair of hair clothes a year, and only one pair of woolen clothes in winter can be made a year. That's it, there are even rules for eating, and if you want to add food, you have to pay your own money to go to the kitchen to make a reservation.

Thinking of Li Rui, she held her breath, although her mother's family was rich and her dowry was also very rich, but there was really not much cash at the bottom of the box, where could she withstand such a call. She has to compare with Cui Long and Ji Cheng, and that bit of silver has already bottomed out, that is the hairpin on her head, which is also newly made by melting the golden lock that Ji Cheng gave to Sister Yu.

Of course, these grievances can't be said with Dong, Li Rui likes Dong's envy of himself very much.

Although the topic diverged a little, it was quickly pulled back to the topic, and Dong said again: "So, Sister Yu's second uncle really doesn't like your second sister-in-law?" Hey, no wonder I heard that he was just as romantic outside after he got married. ”

Li Rui said: "Then it's no wonder that Sister Yu is her second uncle." Who is impatient to face a vulgar merchant girl every day? It's because she doesn't have the ability to tie her man's heart, so who is to blame. ”

Although the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional. Li Rui's eldest brother is also a veteran of the party, and the Dong family shed tears for this matter. Hearing Li Rui say this about Ji Cheng at this time, it is inevitable that she will not think too much, dare to love her, this sister-in-law also thinks that she is incompetent? Think she's to blame?

As a result, Dong couldn't sit still, and hurriedly said a few words and left only to say that there was something to do at home.

Of course, the Dong family did not slander Li Rui, saying that she seemed to have the ability to tie up a man, if she really had the ability, would she be angry and go back to her mother's house and go back to the Shen family by herself?

Anyway, it is conceivable that Li Rui will return to her parents' house in the future, and her sister-in-law may not be able to tolerate her.

But where did Li Rui have the time to think about the Dong family at this time, she was excited, and when she turned around, she instructed Caixia: "Go and ask the nurse to hug Sister Yu'er, let's go to the house over there to ask the ancestor to go to the house." ”

In fact, asking the old lady to say goodbye is just by the way, what Li Rui wants to do most is to see Ji Cheng's face after hearing the news she said, it must be very good-looking.

Yes, after Li Rui put Sister Yu in front of the old lady to amuse her, she went straight to Jiuli Courtyard, and as soon as she entered the door, she put on a compassionate look and said: "Second sister-in-law, I just got a message, I really don't know whether to tell you or not, don't worry when you hear it." ”

Ji Chenghu looked at Li Rui suspiciously, this is really the sun coming out in the west, she actually cares about herself? Ji Cheng just thought about it a little, and he knew Li Rui's mentality, this is to see a good show.

Ji Cheng smiled: "I'm not in a hurry, you drink saliva and speak slowly." ”

When Li Rui saw Ji Chengyun's light appearance, she felt a greasy taste in her heart, thinking that she would be able to laugh when you heard it.

Of course, Ji Cheng could laugh, she was used to loving face, and it was impossible for her to lose her temper in front of "outsiders" like Li Rui, so she only smiled: "This Nanzhao princess is really bold and cute." ”

Li Rui's eyes kept roaming Ji Cheng's face, until she confirmed that she wouldn't see any of the expressions she wanted to see, and then she took a breath of breath and left.

Ji Cheng had insomnia again. Although she knew that Shen Che didn't like the woman who was in a hurry to stick it up, and what did she think it meant to be beautiful, but no one could guarantee that it would be like this for the rest of her life, in case his brain twitched, he just thought that Princess Nanzhao was bold and novel, so he was interested?

When she got up early, Liu Ye'er sighed when she saw Ji Cheng's dark circles, and took gauze wrapped the overnight tea residue and applied it to Ji Cheng's eyes, and finally removed some bruises, and a thin layer of powder covered the past.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and a family banquet is usually held in the evening. It's a pity that the sky is not beautiful, and the day when the moon should be admired has been raining in the autumn.

The rain was not heavy, but it always made people sad and unhappy, and Ji Cheng temporarily changed the family banquet to Yujin Tower on the edge of the West Lake in Qiyuan. There is a residual lotus not far from here, and the residual lotus listening to the rain can be regarded as a different artistic conception.

In addition, Yujin Building has a flying frame of the Feihong Corridor connected to Huaiyu Pavilion, from the main courtyard all the way to the verandah connection, no need to hold an umbrella and do not need to wet shoes.

The old lady praised Ji Cheng for being thoughtful.

After Ji Cheng arranged everything, he returned to Jiuliyuan to change his clothes, rubbed his eyebrows to relieve his fatigue, and sat for a while before getting up and going to Yujin Tower.

There is no verandah connection from the Jiuliyuan down the mountain, Ji Cheng put clogs on his shoes, and Liu Ye'er held an umbrella all the way to the nearest verandah.

The clogs knocked on the wooden board of the Feihong Corridor and made a crisp sound, which reminded people of the clogs of Xi Shi in the Wu Palace for no reason.

Shen Yu and Shen Zheng were coming from the avenue at this time, and they heard the sound of clogs on the Feihong Corridor overhead, and they both raised their heads in unison, and saw Ji Cheng wearing a dark silver veil gauze skirt with cherry blossom pink entwined peonies.

The snow light yarn is flexible and light, and the breeze brought by the footsteps when walking can make the skirt fly like a wave, and the autumn wind blows the autumn rain obliquely, blowing into the covered bridge to bring up Ji Cheng's clothes, floating like a cloud, spinning like snow, she walks on the covered bridge, as if flying up with the wind.

Shen Yu and Shen Zheng, who were talking, turned their heads at the same time and were silent for a moment before picking up the topic again and covering up the embarrassment just now.

Although it is a family banquet, there is also the sound of silk and bamboo, singing, dancing and drinking, which makes it seem lively and atmospheric.

The old lady sat behind the low table at the top of the center, and on her left and right sides were lined up in two rows of low tables, and the husband and wife sat in pairs.

Only the position next to Ji Cheng was vacant, and Shen Che hadn't returned home yet. But fortunately, he still remembered what day it was, and before the music started, he saw Shen Che coming in from outside, and after his eyes swept around, he walked straight to Ji Cheng's side and sat down.

Ji Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that on such an occasion, Shen Che refused to sit without caring about her face, it was really fortunate.

Shen Zheng clamored to punish Shen Che for drinking and punish him for being late. Shen Che responded one by one, and as soon as he put the wine glass forward, Ji Cheng lifted the wine jug and poured him a glass.

The old lady saw that their husband and wife finally had a bit of a husband and wife, and she felt happy in her heart, and everyone had just enjoyed a dance, and saw the little girl come in from outside the door and said: "Princess Nanzhao asked to see the ancestor, saying that she came to celebrate the festival for the ancestor." ”

The old lady looked at Shen Che and Ji Cheng, Ji Cheng's mind was blank, but he subconsciously straightened his back, and did not look sideways at Shen Che.

I only heard Shen Che say lightly: "The person who comes is a guest, so the ancestor will call her in." ”

After all, he is also a distinguished guest of Nanzhao, and the Shen Mansion can't categorically refuse to come to his door.