Chapter 96: The Troubles of the Elders
As soon as Lu Lu came back, he changed into homely clothes, and the mother-in-law from Ponzi's side came to invite him.
Wei's mother and the others are very worried, and they can't hide the fact that they go out without permission, Pang Zi means to punish and reduce the crime, right?
Lu Lu was not in a hurry, and after greeting him, he quietly raised his eyes and looked at Pang Zi.
"Is it fun?" Pang lowered his eyes and played with a string of sandalwood beads in his hand.
"It's not fun to go back to your mother." Lu Lu grinned.
Pang Zi raised his eyes and looked at it, with a slim appearance, there was no sense of panic on his face, but a smile on his face, and when he thought of Mrs. Gu's words, he was heartbroken.
"Sister Lu, Yicheng is no better than the countryside, especially as the eldest daughter of the Lu Mansion, it is not allowed to go out of the mansion casually."
"Oh, I won't dare next time." Lu Lu recognized his mistake.
Pang Zi frowned, looked left and right, they were all confidants, so he beckoned her to step forward and asked seriously: "You tell me about the water yesterday." ”
Lu Lu wondered, why did he suddenly become concerned?
With a roll of his eyes, could it be that he was idle in Shangguan Courtyard?
"Yes, Mother." Lu Lu didn't twist either, he took a step forward generously, and said in a low voice: "Here's how it ......"
She didn't hide it, and really told Pang Zi the details before and after falling into the water.
The expression on Ponzi's face did not fluctuate, but there was an unknown light flickering under his eyes.
"According to you, is Miss Gu calculating you?"
"Yes, the daughter does not dare to deceive her mother. And Duan Shizi also saw that before leaving, he left a sentence that seemed to accuse her, this, all the ladies present at the time could testify. ”
Ponzi was a little convinced.
Mrs. Gu listened to one-sided words and favored her niece, and there was a rake. What's more, Duan Mian was hugging Lu Lu, so he was even more annoyed, right?
"Duan Shizi is kind." Pang Zi looked at Lu Lu and asked, "You knew each other before?" ”
Lu Lu groaned slightly, and then smiled and said, "Mother is a noble person who forgets things. A few days ago, my daughter came back from the village and said that she met Duan Shizi when she was sheltering from the rain and Qingyunguan, but she didn't say a word. ”
"Oh, yes." Pang Zi stroked his forehead and laughed at himself: "I'm old, I don't have a good memory." ”
"Mother is in the prime of life, where is she old? Obviously, the housework of more than 100 people up and down the family is tired of the mother, and the daughter's little things are worthy of the mother's memory. ”
Pang Zi pursed his lips and smiled, and was about to speak, when he turned outside the screen to enter Duoshun.
"What's the matter?"
"Back to Mrs., in the school, Master Deng sent someone to ask, the eldest girl is in good health, and she has left more and more homework."
Pang Zi glanced at Lu Lu.
"Huh? Mother, I, I'll go to the school to report in a while. Lu Lu was embarrassed, she really hadn't been to the school for a long time, she had long forgotten that there was such a thing.
"Well, go ahead." Ponzi waved his hand and said nothing.
Lu Lu gave a salute and withdrew quietly.
Mother Wang saw that Pang Zi was holding the square table with a worried face, so she stepped forward to add tea and sent it to her, and asked in a low voice: "Mrs. is worried about how the Marquis of Xining explained to our house?" ”
"Alas! I thought it was a safe thing. Just rescued it in front of the public, and hugged it, do you say that Duan Fu won't give an explanation for the past? ”
"I can't say it." Mother Wang said indignantly: "It stands to reason that someone should be sent to discuss it today?" ”
Ponzi is also bothered by this matter.
It's not that she worries a lot about Lu Lu's family affairs, but that this family business has been formed, which is of great benefit to the Lu Mansion.
"Mrs. Gu can't count on it, she wants to send her niece to the Duan Mansion, and she won't care about it." Pang Zi slowly drank the tea and analyzed: "Princess Fujun, I'm afraid she won't be able to be the master, in the end, she is the daughter who got married." ”
"So, ma'am, is that all it to be done? can't be like this, otherwise, the eldest girl won't be able to talk about marriage in Yicheng in the future. "Mother Wang said on the matter.
Pang Zi thought about it, Shangguan Mansion was only a separate courtyard in Yicheng, and it was only a relative of Duan Mansion, and Mrs. Gu must be eager for this matter.
"Let me discuss this matter with my master." Pang Zi sighed and said: "Prepare a gift for entering Beijing first, sooner or later, you will have to go to Xininghou." ”
"That's right, this kind of family matter can only be settled by Mrs. Hou in the capital."
Pang Zi asked Ruyi at the bottom: "Is the master back?" ”
Ruyi lowered his eyebrows and reported: "The master came back two quarters of an hour ago, and somehow, let Aunt Yi invite you first." ”
Hearing this, Pang Shi put the teacup in his hand heavily on the table, his face fell, and he scolded in his mouth: "This, it's still not enough." ”
Another big girl, Ji Shen, stepped forward and whispered: "Madam, the slave maid heard that Aunt Yi also went to the bamboo garden today, and after she pounced, her face was extremely bad. ”
"Hmph, is she embarrassed to look for the big girl's stubble? Don't look at what the two girls she raised by her side have cultivated? Pang Zi pressed the corners of his mouth, got up and said, "Okay, let her do it." I'd like to see what else she can do. ”
"Where is Madame going here?"
"Go to the West Courtyard."
It was Lu Yi's mansion, and Shi welcomed Ponzi's arrival.
After letting him enter the main house and sit down for tea, Pang Zi asked, "Is there a girl chosen?" ”
Shi's face was sad and sighed: "There are a few that fit the eyes, but the master is not optimistic." Even Brother Du is also shirking. ”
"When will it be Brother Du's turn to make up his mind?" Pang Zi smiled and said: "Brother Du is fourteen years old, and he should have decided on a family affair a long time ago. ”
Shi Shi asked with some curiosity: "Sister-in-law, is it possible that this response to Brother Xu's family affairs is not scheduled in advance?" ”
"It's still early for the two of them." Pang Zi smiled and said: "I have long looked at the two daughters, but they are still young, so I will not show the news for the time being, so as not to be embarrassed to meet." ”
"Oh, my sister-in-law has already fallen in love with someone else?" Shi was surprised.
Her biological son Lu Kang is also thirteen years old, although the family affairs are not in a hurry, it doesn't hurt to book it, but this time she didn't particularly like the chrysanthemum party, so she had to set Lu Du's marriage first.
Ponzi smiled silently.
"Then, Sister Lu, is there any information from the Duan Mansion?" Shi immediately thought of Lu Lu.
Pang Zi couldn't laugh anymore, sighed and said, "It's being dealt with." At the moment, there is no one in Yicheng who can make up his mind, and he has to discuss it with the Duanfu of the capital. ”
"That's right." Shi immediately figured out the connection.
Mrs. Gu is just Duan Mian's aunt, and she can't do anything about marriage, even if Duan Min is just an aunt who got married, although she has a heavy rank and a high status. The marriage of this son and nephew depends on the meaning of the Marquis of Xining and the old lady.
To succeed or not to succeed? It mainly depends on the elders of the Duanfu in the capital.
"Only this Sister Lu, why did I hear in a trance that I went out early this morning?" Shi Shi was quite worried: "If you really become the daughter-in-law of Duanfu, this behavior and etiquette must be taught well." It is not comparable to the fact that the village can do whatever it wants. ”
Pang Zi listened to it in his heart, as if he was indirectly accusing her of free-range, he made a sullen 'um' sound, changed the topic and asked: "Those are the ones who meet the eyes of the younger siblings, and I will take a look." ”
Shi smiled and mentioned a few names, but they were not the names of the young ladies, but the business of their fathers.
As they spoke, a second-class girl serving on the side pricked up her ears and listened carefully, her face changing slightly.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, the second-class girl withdrew from the back door and ran to Yang's courtyard in a puff of smoke.