Chapter 49: Cui's refusal to marry

The three members of the Shen family rode the sedan chair and the horse, went around all the way, and after about a stick of incense, they arrived at Wuqingbo's mansion.

After entering the mansion, Lord Shen was introduced to Wu Qingbo's study, and the chrysanthemum mother and daughter were led by their mother-in-law to the warm pavilion in the back garden of the mansion.

The warm pavilion of Wuqing Bofu was originally a round pavilion adjacent to the water, and the glass was installed in winter, which was changed to the warm pavilion, and when it came to summer, the glass was unloaded, and it would become a pavilion again.

At this time, the warm pavilion is surrounded by embroidered curtains, and the silver frost charcoal is burned inside, which is elegant and warm, and you can also enjoy the scenery outside, which is a good place for hospitality.

As soon as the chrysanthemum came in, she felt a burst of heat mixed with a strange fragrance rushing to her face, and Xiaokui immediately stepped forward to untie her big red peony cloak.

- Because the weather is a little cold today, Cui Shi specially ordered her to wear it.

At this time, there were already a lot of people in the warm pavilion.

The two old ladies sat on the couch in the center, about the same age, and their hair was a little gray. One of them has a round face and a slightly chubby, a pearl golden phoenix on his head, a chrysanthemum folded branch golden hairpin, a light brown cotton inlaid emerald forehead, a pair of gold wire hoop earrings on his earlobe, a beige middle coat on his body, a silk gown embroidered with longevity on the red neckline, a colorful carved silk blue and silver mouse gown, and a brown horse-faced skirt, which looks kind and kind, but there is no lack of majesty, it is the Duchess of Liguo Liu.

The other is Wu Qingbo's wife Guo Shi, she has a golden silk eight treasures beaded bun on her head, a sunrise five phoenix bead hairpin, a pair of wings inlaid with red coral beads on her forehead, a sauce-colored back-patterned cotton gown with mink fur on the neckline and placket, and a dark purple eight-piece skirt, slightly thinner than the Duchess of Liguo, but she also looks very kind.

Next to the two old ladies, there were a few young ladies in gorgeous clothes standing or sitting, and further down, there were a few middle-aged ladies with smiling faces, because the place was a little small, and most of the girls who served were standing outside to serve.

As soon as Chrysanthemum came in, almost everyone's eyes fell on her, and Chrysanthemum felt furious in her heart, but fortunately, she had been in the palace before, and in the face of such a dense gaze, she was somewhat experienced, so so many people stared at her, and she was not so nervous that she lost her temper.

Cui took the chrysanthemum and stepped forward to greet the two old ladies, and when she heard that one of them was actually the Duchess of Liguo, she was really taken aback and became vigilant.

When Chrysanthemum saw the Duchess of Liguo, she didn't think much about it, and she didn't look anything unusual, she still looked heartless.

As soon as the Duchess of Liguo saw the chrysanthemum, she couldn't take her eyes off it, staring at her with a smile, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

The hearts of the elderly like a slightly fat girl to be their daughter-in-law, because the fat girl looks good and blessed, and the fat girls are born strong, healthy, and easy to raise, and most of the children born are healthy and strong.

Mrs. Wu Qingbo also stared at the chrysanthemum for a moment, and her face was about to smile into a chrysanthemum.

It is said that the heart is born from the face, this girl of the Shen family looks at her face, she is a simple, kind, and good girl with no scheming, look at her clear eyes, round and friendly face, marry home and go home to definitely a good room IKEA.

Several ladies and ladies also stared at the chrysanthemums, looking at the chrysanthemums from head to toe, especially the young ladies, with their inquiring eyes, they couldn't wait to pull the chrysanthemums over and appreciate them well.

The eldest lady Wu noticed their rudeness, and hurriedly laughed and joked: "Yo, what a painful girl, she stunned our two old ladies and stupidized us people, could it be that this is the legendary fate?" ”

Cui Shi said modestly: "Madame is too modest, the little girl is born in the countryside, and her habits are rough, how can she compare to the daughters of the Houmen Mansion in Beijing who are cultivated, the two old ladies don't blame her for being rude, and the concubine is already grateful." ”

Cui Shi had already seen everyone's excessively hot eyes, and she was more sure of some of the ideas in her heart, so she would rather discredit her daughter than be remembered.

After some greetings between the Wu family and the Cui family, the two old ladies have come back to their senses, and after listening to Cui's words, the Duchess of Li Guo smiled: "Mrs. Shen's words are too modest, making love cute and innocent and romantic, this is the most rare temperament of the daughter's family, much better than those sleek and sophisticated girls...... ”

"Yes, I see that this girl fits her eyes very well, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it." Mrs. Wu Qingbo also said.

The two old ladies said a word, I chatted with Cui's word by word, and after talking for a while, the old lady actually asked Cui's about the birth date of the chrysanthemum, and the intention became more and more obvious.

Mrs. Wu Qingbo saw that Mrs. Liu couldn't hold it anymore, so she ordered a few girls from the family and a few girls from the Liguo Mansion to go to the garden to play together, so as not to listen to the girls badly when talking about family affairs.

Several girls who were detained in the warm pavilion were eager to sigh, and when they heard the old lady's words, they rushed over, took the chrysanthemum's hand affectionately, and went to the garden to play.

When she got outside, Mo Shuya excitedly said to Chrysanthemum, "Miss Shen, do you remember me?" We've met in the palace before, and I've spoken to you? ”

Of course Chrysanthemum remembered, but the atmosphere in the palace was too solemn on Yuan Ri, and she didn't dare to reply to her words.

With the previous bit of intersection, the two of them are much closer than others, their temperaments are similar, they are both cheerful and lively and optimistic, so after communicating for a while, they soon became friends......

In the warm room, Cui's still honestly reported Chrysanthemum's birthday, although she was very reluctant, but the identity of the person who asked her was too expensive, she didn't dare to refuse her, and she didn't even dare to show a reluctant expression on her face.

Although their mother and daughter have the support of the queen's mother, compared to the relationship between the Liguo Mansion and the queen's mother, she will not be stupid enough to offend this respected old lady.

After hearing the birthday of the chrysanthemum in Cui's newspaper, the old lady smiled and said: "The birthday time occupied by the chrysanthemum girl is excellent, and she will be blessed in the future. ”

Cui Shi said with a smile: "The old lady is in love, the child Chrysanthemum was born in the countryside, and she is used to beating the sea, how can there be a Mrs. Yipin waiting for her to do it?" Besides, the concubine and the clumsy husband are desolate under their knees, and only give birth to this one child, so they are only thinking about recruiting an honest and honest son-in-law who is duty-in-law, first, to inherit the ancestral incense of the Shen family, secondly, to let us have something to rely on in the future, and thirdly, we don't need children to go to other people's homes to set rules for others, so Mrs. Yipin, glory and wealth or something, is not what the concubine and the humble husband want, the concubine only wishes God to bless us, so that we can find a satisfactory son-in-law as soon as possible! ”

As soon as the words were finished, the smiles of the two old ladies suddenly froze, the air instantly froze, and the smiles of the rest of the ladies were as if they were engraved, how fake and how fake!

Wu Qingbo's wife Bai Shi was the first to come back to her senses, laughed dryly, and said: "It's a pity, that girl has a blessed face, and in the end she can only have a son-in-law, hey......"

This sentence immediately resonated with the rest of the ladies, and someone said: "Mrs. Shen, your husband and wife are not very old, if you take care of your body, you will definitely be able to give birth to a son, so why do you have to get rich?" The son-in-law's surname is unreliable after all, maybe when you get old in the future, you don't know if he has changed his hexagram. ”

Some people also said: "Otherwise, ask for a concubine room for your master, and then send the concubine after giving birth to a son, the son-in-law is an outsider after all, how can it be compared to his own blood closeness?" ”

Another person said: "No, it's not your belly that crawled out, after all, it's the heart of the other layer, it's better to ask Yao Yuan of the Tai Hospital to go to the house to show the two of you, if you can really take care of the two of you, give birth to a son-in-law, and save the province of letting Ling Yan bend for perfection, recruit a child of a small family, and don't need to ask for any concubines to respond to herself." ”

Everyone is gossiping, and they are all persuading Cui's to discourage his willingness to recruit and let Chrysanthemum marry normally. When everyone was almost finished, Cui Shi slowly said: "Thank you for your kindness, but, even if we can give birth to a son-in-law, I don't want my daughter to marry outside, my daughter grew up in the north since she was a child, and she is used to being wild, not like the ladies in the capital who are knowledgeable, gentle, and understand the rules, she is an unpleasant straight character, and she can't look at people's eyes, and she can't stand a little grievance, this kind of character has to be kept at home, if she marries someone, even if she marries into a good family, It is impossible for people to bear her forever. Therefore, we are determined to find a son-in-law for her, no matter what, the child is under our noses, and we are also relieved, right? ”

Cui's words were calm and soft-spoken, but there was a non-negotiable determination in his tone.

A few words made the mood of the two old ladies instantly fall to the bottom, especially the Duchess of Liguo, her baby grandson even jumped off the cliff for Shen Juhua, and she is still recuperating in Bianzhou, but Cui's trick made her baby grandson out, and she couldn't accept this result anyway.

As unacceptable as her was Wu Qingbo's wife Bai Shi, after listening to Cui's words, she could hardly maintain her proper smile, and sat there with Duchess Liguo looking at each other, she didn't know what to say!

The Wu family also felt very embarrassed, originally they all thought that the Liguo Mansion was downgraded to the level and was willing to marry Shen Juhua as his wife, the Shen family would be very happy, and they were busy marrying their daughters, but they didn't think that people were not willing to marry them to the Liguo Mansion at all, because they were too confident.

It's not easy to do now, Zili is a stubborn character, and he finally moved his heart, and he will never give up, and listening to this Cui's tone, the two of them seem to have made up their minds to recruit trouble, so they shouldn't agree to Zili, what can be done!

The atmosphere in the warm pavilion became awkward, and he fell into a situation where he had nothing to say for a while.

And on the artificial lake outside the warm pavilion, there is indeed a scene of singing and laughter.

Several young ladies from the Liguo Mansion and the Wuqing Bo Mansion are all lively and naughty at the age, and now they got together and discussed, and a few of them actually ran to the lake to walk on the ice, that is, to play with the ice.

Chrysanthemum was born and raised in the north, the north is cold, the winter is very long, there can be three or four months of a year to play ice, unlike the warm weather in the capital, there is only less than a month in a year to play ice, that is, only less than a month, can play to the ice.

Therefore, their ice frolicking skills are not as skilled as chrysanthemums, and when they see chrysanthemums flying flexibly and freely on the ice, they all worship her.

Among them, Mo Shuya was the worst, she kept shouting loudly, and her slap was red.

Mo Shuzhen looked at Shen Juhua flying on the ice, and quietly asked her sister, "Eldest sister, did you say that Sister Chrysanthemum would be our little sister-in-law?" ”

Mo Shuya said without hesitation: "Of course, what kind of family is our Liguo Mansion?" The little uncle was born with a talent, how many young ladies from the official family can't marry our family with their heads sharpened, Sister Chrysanthemum is not engaged, and she has no sweetheart, why don't you marry the little uncle? ”

"However, I don't think Sister Chrysanthemum is a person who is greedy for power, what if she just doesn't want to?"

Mo Shuya was silent for a while, and said: "Even if Sister Chrysanthemum is unwilling, our family will try to make her willing, last time for Xiangyun's little aunt, the third uncle almost shed his skin, and even the whole house was not at peace, now it is easy to have someone to tie him up, no matter what, the family will do this!" ”

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Because it was during the period of national mourning, Wu Qingbo's mansion did not leave the Shen family of three to have lunch, drank tea for a while, and chatted for a while, Lord Shen automatically got up consciously and wanted Wu Qingbo to say goodbye.

The ladies in the warm pavilion here have long been speechless, and they are embarrassed, just outside to send someone to invite Cui's, Cui's hurriedly got up to say goodbye to everyone, and the two old ladies sent their respective daughters-in-law and politely sent Cui's out.

Although Cui's had already rejected them between the lines, the two old men were old men, and there were many twists and turns in their hearts, so they would not retreat because of Cui's words, and they both made up their minds to let Mo Zili marry Chrysanthemum, so from beginning to end, the two old ladies were polite and polite to Cui's.

Compared with the politeness and detachment in the warm room, the atmosphere on the lake in the back garden is much warmer, with chrysanthemums and a few young ladies, sweating and playing on the lake, and the crisp and cheerful laughter of the girls comes out from time to time on the lake. When the girl came to ask Shen Juhua to leave, several young ladies showed reluctant looks, especially Mo Shuya, through guò This short half-day contact has become a confidant with Chrysanthemum, and when she heard that Chrysanthemum was leaving, she reluctantly said: "Chrysanthemum, can I go to your house to see you?" Or, please come to our Liguo Mansion as a guest, my lake is bigger than that of Wuqing Bofu, can you go to my house to play? We can also have a barbecue by the lake while playing! ”

Chrysanthemum and Mo Shuya are also very close to each other, and when they heard her invitation, they agreed without thinking when they thought that they could eat barbecue while playing with ice.

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Time flies quickly, in a flash, the New Year has arrived, Cai Wei's New Year has not changed much from usual, it is with her own men and children, spent in the space, because of the death of Empress Dowager Mo and Chaoyue, the whole country is not allowed to celebrate, even the most basic fireworks and firecrackers for the New Year are not allowed, let alone drinking banquets, listening to operas, and putting off lanterns.

Therefore, this year passed relatively quietly, there was no big feast of ministers, and there were no edicts to congratulate and salute, only their family together, or playing and frolicking, or lying together to listen to her tell stories in another world, plain and warm, such days she liked, men and children liked.

Now, the three buns can walk steadily, and even when they are in a hurry, they can walk on their short legs and run a few steps, not much, for Cai Wei and Nangong Yi, they can walk but it is more difficult to take care of when they can climb.

Because they move freely, they often have some curious hearts, exploring some unknown things in space, such as going down to the Spirit Stream to catch fish when they are not paying attention, or climbing on the swing to swing themselves, or provoking pheasants that are hatching eggs......

Once, Mingzhu also tried to go to the hot spring by herself, but when she went down, she was planted in the hot spring with "Goodong", fortunately Brother Parrot saw it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable......

Therefore, Cai Wei and Nangong Yi are more tired than before, and they are often so slipped away by a few dishonest little guys that they can't lift their legs, because the little ones are too energetic, and they basically walk the rest of the time except for eating and sleeping every day.

Although both of them are tired enough, they are tired and happy, watching the children grow up day by day, day by day, and there is no greater sense of accomplishment for them as parents!

The days passed, after the New Year, according to the customs of the Great Jin Dynasty, Cai Wei returned to her parents' house with a grand gift, accompanied by Nangong Yi and three buns, but it happened that on this day, Fei'er also came back with Mo Ziqi to visit the door, and the sisters could hardly get a place, since they met, there was naturally an endless topic to talk about.

Listening to Fei'er, the old lady of the Liguo Mansion had already seen Shen Juhua, and also revealed the meaning of marrying Chrysanthemum, but Shen Juhua's mother politely refused to marry her daughter to the Liguo Mansion.

It is said that Mo Zili's illness is almost cured, and he will be back in the next few days, and the old lady intends to give him a surprise, presumably she will come to ask the emperor to call the shots in the next two days.

This news gave Cai Wei a headache, she had always respected the old lady, and she felt very guilty at the thought of standing on the opposite side of the old lady because of the chrysanthemum, but she had to do it.

As a close relative of the Liguo Mansion, what she can do is to allow Mo Zi to leave to pursue the chrysanthemum, and also allow the Liguo Mansion to propose to the Shen family, but she will never allow them to force the Shen family, if the old lady points to Nangong Yi or she directly orders to point the chrysanthemum to Mo Zili, then she is destined to be disappointed!

The two daughters had returned to their parents' house, and Du Shi was very happy, but she had no time to talk to the daughters, because the three powdery grandchildren had already attracted all her attention.

The three buns and their little aunt Die'er mixed together, under the leadership of their little uncles Wen'er and Wu'er, they were wandering around the Mu Mansion with their little short legs, Du Shi was not worried about being taken care of, and he also followed Chunliu Xiaozhi and others to help take care of a few precious little babies.

Although these little guys are their grandsons and granddaughters, they are also the most valuable children in the Great Jin Kingdom, and they can't afford to miss a little, so she didn't care about chatting with her daughters, and she didn't even care about preparing meals, so she followed Xiaozhi Chunliu and them, and wandered around the house with a few buns.

A few buns are very dishonest, for a while this one is going to the east, one is going to the west, Du Shi coaxed this and that, very busy, however, she enjoys this busyness, because these golden grandchildren are not something she can take care of if she wants to, in a year, she sees them a limited number of times, so she cherishes the time with the children.

Wen'er and Wu'er are now sensible, and can help their mother take care of a few little nephews, when which bun wants to break away from the group and wander elsewhere, Wen'er and Wu'er will help their mother coax them back, usually, this naughty role is played by Mingzhu, although the little girl is a girl, but she is naughtier than her brother and younger brother, a pair of crystal clear big eyes keep dripping and turning, others don't pay attention to it, she wants to sneak aside to explore alone.

Jin'er didn't make too much trouble for his grandmother and uncles, only occasionally deserted, most of the time, he walked with everyone with a small waist, he pursed his pink little mouth, a pair of eyes that were highly similar to his father were lazy and slightly squinted, full of aura, but, no matter how aura he had, he was also a little doll who could just walk, and his eyes that looked at the world not only did not scare people, but also made his grandmother and the two little uncles snicker.

Yu'er is much more honest than her brother and sister, he is wearing a red spike coat, obediently walking beside his grandmother, with a pair of clear big eyes, looking at the rockery in the house, plum blossoms, honestly distressing.

Several little babies have different personalities, each little guy is very rare, looking at their fleshy little faces, different demeanors, Du's heart has melted, except for their health and safety in their lives, she really doesn't ask for anything......

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