Chapter 30: Add makeup

When Yu saw Ran Ji, the smile on her face instantly stiffened, and she couldn't wait for the maid next to her to push Ran Ji out of the door immediately, but it was her own daughter, and she was reluctant to punish her, she just wanted to hurry up, but before she could speak, Ran Ning spoke first.

"The second sister's earrings are so beautiful, they are not ordinary at first glance." Ran Ning already had a guess in her heart, so she hurriedly picked herself up before the Yu family.

Her words made the ladies who were originally shocked by Ran Ji's transgression even more disdainful of Ran Ji, and even looked at Yu's eyes changed, it was obvious that Ran Ning didn't know anything about Ran Ji having these pair of Dongzhu earrings.

Ran Ji looked proud, feeling that she was amazing, stealing the limelight from Ran Ning, and said with a smile: "It was sent to me by my mother." ”

Yu Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Ning'er is confused, isn't this the one you honored me yesterday?" When she saw it and said she liked it, I gave it to her. ”

Ran Ning looked at Yu Shi with a surprised expression, and her expression was several times more exaggerated than what she had in her heart. She was innocent, and there was no reason to take responsibility for Ran Ji's disrespect.

Which one of those present is not a human elf? Just looking at the different expressions of the mother and daughter, you can know who is lying, but no one is playing a round, they are all watching the follow-up, and the atmosphere is embarrassing for a while.

At this moment, the housekeeper hurriedly walked in, and after greeting several ladies and girls, he came to Yu's side and whispered a few words. Yu Shi's face immediately turned white after hearing this, his lips trembled, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"What's going on? But what difficulties did you encounter? This is the old lady Zeenhou, who has not spoken, asked. She is the highest rank here, and today she is also here for the sake of Lao Wan Pingbo's face.

The housekeeper hesitated a little and quietly glanced at Yu, but Yu was stunned and did not react, as if he was frightened and looked uneasy.

Liu, the daughter-in-law of Zeenhou, who accompanied the old lady Zeenhou, also spoke: "Today is a good day for Ning girl, if there is anything to say, we can also help solve it, right?" ”

Although the housekeeper has been in Bofu for many years, it is the first time he has encountered this kind of thing, and he is also anxious, so he said directly: "Among the dowry gifts sent by the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, a box of Dongzhu earrings given by the virtuous concubine was stolen!" ”

When Ran Ji heard this, her legs suddenly weakened, but fortunately, the maid next to her supported her, so she didn't let her sit on the ground.

"How do you know it's been stolen?" Liu asked, his eyes glancing at Ran Ji's direction.

The butler opened the box in his hand, and there was only a pair of ordinary pearl earrings in it, but the note in the box that wrote the style of the earrings and who the reward was for was still there, and it was also stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Liu is also a powerful person, and said to Yu: "Madam, you said that the earrings were Ning Yatou's filial piety to you, why did the housekeeper still say that they were stolen?" And what is this impersonation inside? ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he looked at Yu, and then looked at Ran Ji along everyone's eyes, and he understood everything.

Dongzhu is divided into several grades, generally on the Hou Bo Mansion, the best one can get is only the second-class Dongzhu, and this class of Dongzhu will only be tributed to the palace, which is usually not seen. It may be difficult for ordinary people to tell the difference, and even some girls from high families may not have seen the first-class Dongzhu, but these ladies can tell the difference. After all, almost all of them are people who have participated in palace banquets, and there are even girls in the house who are concubines in the palace, even if they don't have this kind of thing in their hands, they must have seen it. So when they saw the Dongzhu on Ran Ji's ear, they already knew that this was not owned by Ran Ji, and Ran Ji was not qualified to wear it.

Like this kind of things given by the palace, but all those that cannot be worn according to the etiquette system will be kept in the treasury, even if they want to give it to others, they must also make a record, as long as the recipient's identity is not enough, they do not dare to wear it, and they still have to be locked in the treasury. Therefore, it is not wrong for the Hou Mansion of Zhenbei to give Ran Ning's things to Ran Ning as a dowry, even if Ran Ning transfers the things to the Yu family, there is no problem. The only problem is that this thing can't be taken out and worn, but Ran Ji wears it out to show off, which is a big injury to the morality and etiquette of the girl's family. What's more, looking at this situation, Ran Ning didn't give things to the Yu family at all, otherwise there would definitely be a record, and the housekeeper wouldn't have come to report to the Yu family in such a panic.

Zhao, who was standing on the side, suddenly said "Huh", and said in a somewhat gloating tone: "If the concubine is not mistaken, the pair of pearl earrings in the box should be the second girl's, right?" At the beginning of this summer, Mrs. Mother's family sent a box of pearls, and Mrs. specially selected two good colors to make earrings for the second girl. It was made in the Lu family's shop, right? ”

Zhao's words are reasonable, and even if they say which shop, the ladies present are even more sure that the things were stolen by Ran Ji. The Yu family originally wanted to help Ran Ji fulfill her lie, but unfortunately it was destroyed by the housekeeper.

At this time, Yu's face was already purple with anger, and she couldn't wait to go over directly and rip off the things on Ran Ji's ears. She knew that Ran Ji had never seen such a good Dongzhu, and it was inevitable that she would like it, and it was also the vanity of her daughter's family to take it secretly. But Ran Jiqian shouldn't have chosen to wear these earrings today, if it was a weekday, she could still help cover up the past.

Ran Ji couldn't stand anymore, and her face turned pale. She originally thought that there were so many dowries, and it was not a big deal to take one casually. When she opened the box and saw the pair of Dongzhu earrings inside, she really liked it, so she took off her pearl earrings and replaced them with the pair of Dongzhu. But she never expected that this was actually a reward from the virtuous concubine.

Originally, he came with the housekeeper, but he was afraid of colliding with the female guest, and Wan Pingbo, who was standing in the courtyard and did not enter the door, listened to it, and didn't know what was going on? didn't care so much, walked in directly, accused the ladies and girls, and said to a few maids: "Send Ran Ji back to the room, don't lose the face of Wanpingbo Mansion here." The earrings were removed, and the housekeeper hurriedly put them on and put them back in the bridal gift. ”

How dare the maids slack off, they took off Ran Ji's earrings and handed them to the housekeeper. Ran Ji's eyes were red, this was a great humiliation for her, in front of so many people, she lost face, how could she live in the future?

Wan Pingbo didn't care about her, and waved his hand to let Ran Ji take her away. Yu wanted to defend Ran Ji, but was glared back by Wan Pingbo.

The housekeeper took the earrings, handed over the pair of pearls to Yu, packed the pair of pearls himself, saluted the ladies, and hurried to put the things back.

Wan Pingbo bowed to several ladies and said, "Let everyone laugh, it's because Ben Bo is not strict in governing the mansion and has no way to teach." ”

Today is a good day for Ran Ning, although this episode is not very pleasant, but it can't spoil the atmosphere.

The old lady Zeenhou said: "The earrings are good if they are found. Okay, Ning Yatou is a good one, and Wan Pingbo can rest assured. ”

"Madame is right." The old lady and the old Wan Pingbo are the same generation, and Wan Pingbo will never dare to slack off.

At this time, the little maid came to report that Lile Si Zhuo Si Le and Zou Leshi had come to add makeup to the three girls. Yu reluctantly bred up his spirits and asked the maid to invite someone in. Wan Pingbo didn't stay long, confessed again, and left first.

The atmosphere was lively again, as if what had just happened had not happened, and I am afraid that only Yu was depressed, but she also had to continue to smile and be a loving mother, even if the people present may not think that she is a loving mother.

was chatting enthusiastically here, and the reward of the virtuous concubine over there had arrived, Ran Ning came to the front yard and knelt down to receive the reward.

The little eunuch from the palace sang loudly according to the gift list: "He Wan Pingbo's three girls Ran Ning added makeup, and the virtuous concubine Niangniang special reward: twelve pairs of gold head faces, twelve pairs of Diancui head faces, one white jade peach hairpin, one pair of Ruyi hairpins, one garnet step shake, eight pairs of jade bracelets, ten gold collars, fourteen silver collars, one pair of mandarin duck jade pendants, one pair of second-class East Pearls, four second-class pearls, ten pieces of clothes for four seasons, twenty pieces of brocade, ten horses of snow satin, ten pieces of silk, two sets of four treasures of the study, one screen of one hundred horses, and one folding screen of rich flowers. ”

"Xie Xian, Concubine Niangniang." Ran Ning thanks.

The bounty was placed on the table and could not be packed into the dowry until the evening.

As soon as the little eunuch who gave the reward left, the team of the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei to send the phoenix crown arrived. The wedding dress comes from the palace, the embroidery and workmanship are not picky, and the phoenix crown is inlaid with second-class East Pearls, all of them are huge and full, and many girls are envious.

This kind of scenery is decent, Wan Pingbo is happy, Yu's expression is faint, but if you look closely, the jealousy in the middle is also very obvious - Ran Ning is like some scenery, and when she gets to Ran Ning, how can she overpower Ran Ning?

After lunch, Wan Pingbo Mansion prepared a thin gift for the ladies and girls to take back and express their gratitude.

As soon as the guests left, Wan Pingbo said to the Yu family that Ran Ji did not have to attend the wedding banquet tomorrow, so as not to lose the people of the Bofu. Even if Yu is unwilling, there is no way. It is true that Ran Ji did something wrong, although Wan Pingbo did not care about Ran Ji's face, but this is already the best result. If Wan Pingbo hadn't dealt with it very quickly, if the matter got out and someone in the palace came to ask for the guilt, Ran Ji's life would be ruined.

Tomorrow is the day when Ran Ning gets married, she has been busy with makeup all morning, Ran Ning is also tired, she has to go to bed early today, and she has to get up early tomorrow.

It was getting late, Ran Ning used a spoon to pluck the sweet soup in front of him, and waited for it to cool down before using it. It wasn't until she returned to the room that Ran Ning found that Ran Xiao didn't seem to be here today, it stands to reason that Ran Xiao, as the eldest sister, has been married again, so she should come to add makeup. Ran Ning wasn't greedy for her little thing, but she just felt a little strange, after all, Ran Xiao shouldn't be wrong about etiquette.

Just thinking about it, Bizhu quietly walked in, and when she closed the door, she looked left and right, made sure that no one had closed the door tightly, walked to Ran Ning's side, and whispered: "The third girl's expectation is good, the maid next to the second girl took advantage of the maid to get the supper and entered the room where the wedding dress was placed. ”

Ran Ning chuckled, nodded, and asked, "Is Fengguan okay?" ”

"It's okay, the phoenix crown is so heavy and strong, the maid is in a hurry, and she doesn't dare to spend time on the phoenix crown." Bizhu said.

Ran Ning nodded, glanced at the wedding dress on the bed, and smiled. Ran Ji's trick she can guess one or two casually, today Ran Ji lost the adult, naturally she resents her even more, with Ran Ji's mind and guts, she can't do anything big, she guesses that Ran Ji will do things on the wedding dress eight or nine times out of ten, after all, this is what she will wear tomorrow, in case it breaks, how can this pro be?

So Ran Ning asked Bizhu to secretly change the wedding dress, and the one that was scratched was after today's incident with Ran Ji, Ran Ning instructed Bizhu to secretly go to the ready-to-wear store to buy a red dress that looked like a wedding dress. Because the wedding dress sent was not opened for everyone to see, no one knows what it looks like, and it is not difficult to pretend to be a red dress that feels similar to the cloth, plus the light is dim at night, and it is even more impossible to see anything.

"Okay, you can eat something and rest, you have to get up early tomorrow." Ran Ning said.

She got married, Bizhu was naturally her companion, in addition, Wan Pingbo and Yu also picked a few rough maids for her to take away, which would be more convenient in the future.

After eating the sweet soup, Ran Ning was about to sleep, and the window was gently tapped.

Ran Ning and Bizhu glanced at each other, Bizhu walked over and opened the window, there was a man in black standing outside, seeing Bizhu open the window, he immediately hugged his fists at Bizhu and said, "Did the three girls sleep?" I'm the secret guard of the Halberd Scholar. ”

Listening to his voice, Ran Ning recognized that this secret guard was the one who came to send him a note that day and asked her to go to Zenyin Temple, and it was estimated that he was the one who helped Zhong Suchuan to visit Le Qing a few days ago.

"It's you." Bizhu also recognized him, smiled and looked left and right, making sure that no one had noticed, before asking, "Something?" ”

The secret guard untied the burden on his body, handed it to Bizhu, and said, "It's inconvenient for the master to come over, so let his subordinates give this to the third girl, saying that it is to add makeup to the third girl." ”

Bizhu looked at him in surprise, she hadn't heard the groom add makeup to the bride.

Ran Ning couldn't help laughing after hearing this, didn't show up, and only said: "Go back and tell your master, I know." ”

"Yes." The Dark Guard saluted, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Bizhu hugged the burden, closed the window, turned to Ran Ning and said, "Girl, our uncle really has a heart." ”

Ran Ning smiled and didn't speak, but she was a little curious about what a man could give her makeup?