165, beauty
On the plaques of the Sun Mansion, they are all draped in red satin; The big red palace lamp under the eaves, even the flowers and trees in the garden are also covered with red and green, which seems to be festive. However, the maids who shuttled back and forth were all bowing their heads and hurrying, and their faces were tense without a trace of joy. Looking at the bitter and hateful expressions, it seems that the main family is not a happy event but a funeral.
The incense case in the main hall is upright for the dragon pavilion flowers covered with yellow satin, and the lower head of the sour branch Murui Lu Zhizhi Taishi chair is replaced with a festive red woven gold Eight Immortals crossing the sea cushion. Sun Zhang Yang and Li Shi, who was strongly supporting the sick body, sat with Liang Bingji, the chief manager of Kunning Palace, in court clothes.
The palace concubines who received the seal entered the palace, which was originally the duty of the ceremonial room, and there were internal officials of the corresponding grade to undertake it. A small beauty from the sixth grade, how can she not work the third grade of Kunning Palace, the general manager of the palace out of the palace to greet. Sun Zhangyang and his wife are like mirrors in their hearts, it seems that the one in the palace is strictly guarding Qingdai, and she is not allowed to have a chance to get out of her palm. The two glanced at each other, and they both saw deep worry in each other's eyes, but there was no turning back at this moment, only to believe in Qingdai.
Liang Bingji looked at the hall with a smile, the ground was covered with carved blue bricks, the furniture was ordinary sour branch wood, and there were only a few ordinary antiques on the Baibao Pavilion, compared to the luxury of Xingyuan, it was really shabby here. Liang Bingji secretly regretted that he didn't think of starting earlier, and let Xingyuan fall into the hands of the Gu family in vain. It seems that the Sun family has learned to hide wealth, but since it has fallen into the eyes of the mother, it is too late to do anything at this time.
He said with a smile: "Dudao is Sun Yuanwailang's wealthy family, and he is known as the "richest man in Jiangnan" in Yangzhou. I think it's normal in this house! Or does Lord Sun not want to show his wealth? Ha ha! ”
Sun Zhang Yang held back his anger, took out a silver ticket from his sleeve, handed it over with both hands, and said with a humble smile: "Xiaguan just has a few properties in the countryside, how dare you call it "rich" again when you arrive in this magnificent capital? Isn't it too ignorant of the height of the sky? The father-in-law is a powerful person in front of the saint and the mother, who is more knowledgeable than the father-in-law in the world? Xiaguan is a poor family, and he doesn't mean to have the favor of Jiaolan. This time, thanks to the love of the Queen Mother, the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother, the little girl was recruited into the palace and was named a beauty. The Xiaguan family is really overwhelmed. It's just that the little girl has been sick since she was a child, and she has been practicing away from home for many years, so she lacks court training and is not popular with women, so she is not a good choice for concubines. Since the lower officials and their wives have been worried day and night since they undertook the holy decree, lest the little girl would not know the etiquette after entering the palace and violate the palace rules. On the contrary, it violates the heart of the queen's mother's recommendation. It's really restless! I also ask my father-in-law to take more care of the little girl in the future, and the lower officials and his wife will burn incense day and night to thank them. ”
Liang Bingji glanced at the amount on the silver ticket, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say!" Say! Lord Sun, although you can rest assured that you don't have to participate in the election, Ling Ai will directly seal the beauty, and the one who is selected to enter the palace will be the only one in the world. Ling Ai has a great future in the future. ”
Sun Zhang looked up to the south and bowed his hand respectfully: "There and there, it is the queen's mother who is virtuous, and she has good eyes for the little girl." It's just that the little girl is shallow and thin, and I'm afraid I can't afford to be so loved by my mother. ”
He frowned, embarrassed: "It's just that the lower officials and their husbands still have one more matter, and they want to trouble their father-in-law to be accommodating." ”
"Ah, what's the matter?"
"That's the case, the little girl has been weak since she was a child, there are two girls around her, and she is still able to serve her, and most of the little girl's food and clothing habits are well understood. The lower officials want to let them enter the palace together, so that it is convenient to serve, and if the little girl is ill, she will not be bothered by the queen mother. ”
Sun Zhang raised his hand and waved, and Qiu Feng and Qiu Yuan stepped forward to salute Liang Bingji. Liang Bingji looked at it, these two maids can only be called delicate, it seems that the Sun family does not have the idea of using maids to compete for favor...
For the sake of the silver ticket, Liang Bingji happily agreed: "According to the palace rules, the little master below the fifth grade is not allowed to bring a maid from home when he enters the palace, even if the nobleman of the fourth grade enters the palace, only one maid is allowed." But Sun Xiaozhu is deeply cherished by the queen's mother, and he is also sick and needs to be taken care of... Well, I'll make an exception for this matter. Ah, well, the hour is not early, Lord Sun, do you think this little master can set off? ”
The female guide led Qing Dai out of the back hall slowly, Qing Dai wore a crimson large-sleeved shirt, and the five-color silk thread embroidered Yunxia Lian Magpie pattern was dazzling; The head is upright with the crown of the palace concubine: the three green pines in front of it tremble, the four inlaid turquoise green combs press the temples, and the two silver-plated magpies with beads on each side, the long bead string pearls are wafers, pearlescent and dangling, covering the hazy face of the green daisy.
Li Shi looked at Qingdai's outfit and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. Talented people who are six products can only wear it like this. If it is gorgeous, even the bride of an ordinary rich family is not as good. However, the palace rules are like this, and no one can violate them.
The female official first led Qing Dai to kneel down in front of the incense table for the canonization decree at the right place, and performed three kneels and nine bows. After finishing, please take a seat and then go forward and kneel and bow. This is the marriage of a daughter to thank her parents for their nurturing grace. Since then, the daughter is no longer a member of the family, only the husband's family is the closest relative, and the parents of the mother's family are separated by a layer after all, and they can no longer protect their daughter confidently.
Seeing Qingdai bow her head and salute, Li Shi's tears finally couldn't hold back and fell one by one. Forcibly helped Qingdai up, stepped forward with tears, and knotted Qingdai's clothes. The mouth sang: "Reluctant to respect, the night is not violated." "The palace maid and the eunuch are beside each other, the mother and daughter are facing each other, even if they have a thousand words, they can't say anything, they can only tear each other. Qing Daiqiang smiled and took her mother's hand, and said faintly: "Don't worry! ”
Liang Bingji stepped forward and bowed slightly: "Then please ask the little master to drive, right?" ”
Qiu Yuan and Qiu Feng stepped forward to help Qingdai go out, and as soon as they stepped out of the threshold of the main hall, they saw the people of the Sun Mansion standing neatly on both sides of the bluestone road kneeling down with brushes, and said in unison: "Congratulations to the little master!" Good luck to the little master! ”
Qing Dai took a deep look at Erhei in the first place, Erhei nodded his head invisibly, Qing Dai secretly gritted her teeth, lowered her gaze slightly, and walked to the door step by step. Now that the little monk recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, Sun Hanbai returns to his hometown to take the exam under his real name, and he has disconnected from the Sun family on the surface. It is inconvenient to meddle in the family affairs of the Sun family. When Qing Dai entered the palace, no one took over the stall, so Qing Dai asked Master Jiang to preside over the affairs of the New World, and let Er Hei come back to preside over the affairs of this side, and secretly cooperate with her in the palace. After a qiē arrangement, Qing Dai can safely step into that Longtan tiger's den.