As soon as Mrs. Jingninghou's July 7 passed, Mingzhu proposed to take Bai Yi and Zhiqin and a few other maids to Zhaohua Temple.

Luo Shao looked at the sluggish pearl and was very distressed. Because Luo Shao has left the Bai family since he was a child, the time spent with mother and son is countless, so the relationship between mother and son is not deep. Of course, this is not to say that Luo Shao is not filial, on the contrary, Luo Shao is very filial, and as long as Bai's request does not cross the bottom line, he will agree. The mess that the Bai family has made over the years has also been cleaned up by him later. It's just that there are too many troublesome things, and the mother-son relationship, which is not deep, is getting thinner and thinner. After the death of the Bai family, Luo Shao was somewhat relieved in his heart, and he didn't have to clean up the mess in the future.

Mingzhu is different from Luo Shao, Mingzhu has been by Mrs. Jingninghou since she was a child. Mrs. Jing Ninghou was really afraid of painting Mingzhu in her mouth, and she was afraid of falling in the palm of her hand. The relationship between the mother and daughter was very good, and later Luo Shao felt that Mingzhu was not good, so he told Mrs. Jingning Hou many times, and later forced Mingzhu to move out of the main courtyard. It is precisely because of the deep relationship between the mother and daughter that Mingzhu even regrets that she didn't spend more time with Mrs. Jingninghou.

Luo Shao thought for a while and agreed: "You can go if you want!" Originally, the Queen Mother meant to let Mingzhu go to the palace, but Luo Shao thought that it would be better to let Mingzhu go to Zhaohua Temple. Going to Zhaohua Temple with Yueyao's company, Mingzhu should soon come out of the shadows.

When Yueyao saw Mingzhu, Mingzhu was as thin as skin. Yueyao also said more, and took Mingzhu's hand back to the courtyard.

Yue Yao didn't say anything consoling, but said: "When my father and mother passed away, I kept copying scriptures for them. Since you are here, copy more "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Mantra of Death"! "Having something to do can be a distraction, and doing something for someone who has died can be more comforting.

Mingzhu nodded and said, "Okay." ”

That night, after Yueyao finished writing, she saw that Mingzhu was still copying scriptures, and pulled her out of the study to the courtyard.

The pearl looks up at the sky.

On an autumn night, when the sky is high and the dew is thick, a crescent moon hangs quietly in the southwest. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the earth, and it was so gloomy.

Yueyao held Mingzhu's hand and said, "Mingzhu, do you know? My mother died in childbirth. When I heard that my mother had passed away, I didn't believe it at all. When my mother died, every time I woke up, I had to run to my mother's house to have a look, and how I wished I could see her when I went in. ”

Mingzhu's tears welled up again.

Yueyao took a handkerchief for Mingzhu to wipe, and continued: "When my father passed away, I felt that the whole sky had fallen, and I couldn't wait to go with my father and mother at that time, so as to save myself from living alone in the world and being bullied. When Yue Yao said this, tears also came.

Mingzhu didn't say anything, just hugged Yueyao.

Yue Yao patted Mingzhu's back, and when she spoke again, her words revealed perseverance, "But I can't die, my father's biggest hope is that I live well, so I can't give up on myself, I want to live well." Pearl, you too. I'm sure your mother wants you to be well, happy, and happy. ”

Mingzhu knew that Yueyao was comforting herself, and tears fell from her eyes, "I know, don't worry, I'll be fine." ”

That night, Mingzhu cried bitterly, after venting, her mood was obviously much better, Yueyao didn't say much about it, she herself has personal experience, so she just accompanied Mingzhu more on the side, talking about fun or talking about scriptures, trying not to let Mingzhu stay alone, so that she has something to do, so that she will not always fall into grief.

A lot of days have passed, and it is the end of the month in a blink of an eye, this time don't say that Yueyao doesn't want to go down the mountain, even Mingzhu doesn't want to go down the mountain.

The wish is beautiful, but unfortunately it cannot be realized. Luo Shao came to pick up people in person, and Mingzhu had to go back if he didn't want to go back. Yue Yao was also obedient this time, and honestly followed Luo Shao down the mountain, saving her eldest cousin from coming to pick her up.

Luo Shao went to the mountain to look at Mingzhu's complexion was obviously much better, and he was relieved at the moment. When sending Yueyao to the gate of Mafu, Luo Shao glanced at the drizzle and Qiaolan beside Yueyao.

Luo Shao's eyes were too sharp, and Qiaolan and Drizzle both shivered.

After Yue Yao waited for Luo Shao to leave, she cautiously asked Xiang Wei, "Why do I think that the eyes of the prince are infiltrating!" ”

Xiang Wei said: "The son of the world is a good person, how can his vision infiltrate people!" ”

Yue Yao burst out laughing, saying that Luo Shao can do anything, but he can't say that Luo Shao is a good person, and that look on his face that no one is close to has absolutely nothing to do with a good person.

Back in Mafu, the first thing Yue Shao saw was Ma Chengteng. Unexpectedly, Ma Chengteng told Yue Yao a happy event, that is, he will be promoted again soon.

Yueyao was very surprised, "Why didn't anyone tell me?" ”

Ma Chengteng said with a smile: "This matter will not be officially issued until the first month." "The Hengyang dam has killed a lot of people, and many officials have been implicated. The right waiter of the Ministry of Industry was also involved, and the position of the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry was vacant, and his opportunity came. He has enough qualifications, and he has a competent in-law, and he has spent a little money to inquire up and down, as long as nothing else, this position must be his, but there is no appointment paperwork in the end, and only a few people know about it. Ma Chengteng felt that the biggest credit for this matter was Yueyao, so he couldn't help but tell him.

Yue Yao had a smile on her face, "Uncle, this is a great event!" "Since there is a chance that nine times out of ten, it is basically not bad.

Ma Chengteng smiled and said: "Speaking of which, it is all your credit that my uncle can be promoted, if you don't wake up your uncle, my uncle doesn't know what to do now!" "Once you are implicated in that case, you have to peel off your skin if you don't die, where can you still be promoted.

Yue Yao smiled: "Uncle is good, I can be better." "When Ma Cheng is free, the more shelter he can get.

Ma Chengteng looked at Yue Yao who was on his shoulder, smiled and didn't continue the topic, "Yue Yao, do you have any other plans?" I mean you've been in the past two years? Ma Chengteng felt that it was not good for Yueyao to always walk around like this and not be able to go home, but Yueyao's specialty was painting, so she couldn't be locked in the house every day, how could she draw good works.

Yueyao was stunned and said with a smile: "Uncle, in the past few years, I want to go out more and see more of the outside world." Uncle, they all said that it was better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books, and I couldn't travel far, so I walked around the capital. "If you want to go out of the capital to other provinces, you will definitely not be able to do it, but you can still fight for it to go to the surrounding places.

Ma Chengteng hesitated for a moment and said: "You are also old, you will be thirteen in the New Year, and it will only be two years away from Jilu, you should also prepare to show off your dowry." Ma Chengteng didn't think there was anything wrong with Yueyao walking around, but the girl's family should embroider the dowry after the marriage, and the wedding dress and hijab bed quilt must be embroidered. But Yueyao hasn't even embroidered a handkerchief so far, and Ma Chengteng is really worried about Yueyao's embroidery.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "It's too early for the dowry!" Half a year's work is enough. Uncle, I can only take advantage of the past two years to go out for a walk, and it will not be easy to go out after two years. "Once a woman gets married, she has to say hello to her mother-in-law and husband when she wants to go out, which is very inconvenient.

Ma Chengteng softened when he heard this, "Cheng, if you want to go out, go out!" I'll give you one more retinue when the time comes. "The girl is older, so you have to pay attention to safety when you go out.

Although Ma Chengteng felt that it was inappropriate for Yueyao to go out like this, he had always been an emotional person, otherwise he would not have made a mess of the family.

Yueyao was very strange about this matter, how could a good uncle not let him go out. Yue Yao returned to the courtyard and asked Hao's mother, "Go and ask, see if someone said anything in front of your uncle?" ”

This matter was really inquired about by Hao's mother. Hao's mother said with a bad face: "Girl, it was the second master who said it in front of the master, saying that the girl is older, and it is not good for her reputation to go out all the time." "Ma Yue is on an errand in the court, when will he care about such a trivial matter as the inner courtyard. Nine times out of ten, this matter is what Tang meant. This Tang's hand was stretched too long, and he wanted to manage their girl's affairs.

Yue Yao was a little puzzled, "What is Tang doing when he says this?" With his understanding of the Tang family, the Tang family would not say these words for no reason, there should be some kind of calculation.

Hao's mother shook her head, he didn't understand either.

During the Chinese New Year, Tang proposed to let Yueyao help manage the affairs in the mansion, but this proposal was vetoed by Zhuang Ruolan before it reached Yueyao's side.

Zhuang Ruolan said: "Miss Ying is about to get married, let him practice his hands." "Lu Ying is the third daughter-in-law, and it is impossible to take care of the house when she arrives at the Zhang family, but one day she will have to be independent, so it is not a big mistake for him to learn more.

Tang opened his mouth and said nothing in the end. Tang actually mentioned to Zhuang Ruolan that Yueyao was always away from home, but this matter hit a nail in Zhuang Ruolan's place.

Tang felt that he had worked hard not only to get a good word, but Zhuang also guarded against him in everything, which made him very unhappy. It's just that now Zhuang Ruolan is pregnant, and he can't push the chores.

After Tang returned to his yard, he couldn't help but touch his belly when he thought of Zhuang Ruolan's bulging belly. His eldest brother and Zhuang's second girl were born on the front and back feet, but Zhuang's side is about to give birth to a third, and he is not pregnant yet, so he asked the doctor to see it and said that it was no problem. This made Tang a little anxious, although he had a son, but there were too few sons.

Zhuang Ruolan couldn't help but shake her head thinking about Tang's behavior, Tang knew Yueyao's temperament and said that he wanted Yueyao to manage the affairs, if he asked Yueyao directly, it would be fine, but he still wanted to say it himself, Zhuang Ruolan didn't know how to say this concubine now.

Zhuang Ruolan was thinking about something, and Yueyao came over.

Yueyao looked at Zhuang Ruolan's bulging belly and asked, "When will my cousin-in-law give birth?" "This belly is a bit bigger than the previous ones.

Zhuang Ruolan touched her stomach and said with a smile: "Wen Po said that it was probably the beginning of February. "The child has been more than seven or eight months old, and Wen Po told the doctor that this fetus is a son nine times out of ten, and with a son, he has a lot less pressure.

Yueyao also hopes that Zhuang Ruolan will give birth to a son in this birth, and there is no need to be anxious every day when she has a son. Women, after getting married, they must have a son to be considered to be completely firm, otherwise it is useless no matter how tough the mother's family is.

Although Zhuang Ruolan rejected Tang's request, she still mentioned it to Yueyao, "I thought that you probably wouldn't be happy to do these chores, so I rejected your second cousin-in-law." ”

Yue Yao smiled: "Sister-in-law, I've been very busy lately, I don't have time to help take care of housework, and my cousin has been studying for almost two years, so it's time for her to practice more." ”

Zhuang Ruolan bowed, "When I finish giving birth, I will let your cousin Lin follow me to learn housekeeping." "When she finishes giving birth, she will definitely take over the feed, and when the time comes, she will bring Ma Linlin by her side, and Zhuang Ruolan is not distrustful of the Tang family. On the contrary, the Tang family's housekeeper is first-class, but Ma Linlin will definitely marry into an official eunuch family in the future, and the Tang family can't teach many things. If Zhuang Ruolan had been before, she would definitely not have bothered much, but with Ma Peng's reminder, she felt that she would rather spend more effort now than let Ma Linlin add trouble to the family in the future.

Yue Yao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is really kind. ”

351# : tchsin1014 [09:17 the day before yesterday]

291 Fathers

It snowed heavily for two days in a row. The snowflakes were still falling one by one on the dense foliage trees, and the branches and bodies of the tea bowls on the side of the road finally could not bear the weight of the snowdrifts, and finally broke one after another.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "Ruixue Zhaofeng year, next year will definitely be another year of wind and rain." "The Great Yuan Dynasty has been very good in recent years, there are no major natural disasters, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world is peaceful.

Yueyao was instructing the maid to get a sketchpad to come over to paint, and Drizzle came over and said, "Girl, Jingning Houfu sent two little maids to the girl." ”

Yue Yao was surprised: "Is it Mrs. Jingning Hou Shizi or Mingzhu?" ”

When Yueyao returned to Begonia Garden, she saw two more little girls wearing clothes of the same color in the courtyard, the reason why they were small was because the two of them looked more childish and looked like they were about ten years old. The two little girls were both round-faced and about the same height, but they were not very similar in appearance.

Yue Yao looked at Xiang Wei, "Is this what Mingzhu sent over?" "Mingzhu sent two little girls to him what to do.

Xiang Wei let Yueyao go into the room first, let the other idle people push it down, and only after everyone was gone, did she say: "Girl, these two maid rings are not given by Mingzhu, they are given by Shizi." ”

Yue Yao became more and more surprised, what did the good Jingning Hou Shizi suddenly send her two maids to her? She has no shortage of rings.

Xiang Wei asked the two girls directly, "What's your name?" How old is this year? How many people are still in the family? How long have you been practicing martial arts? ”

The two girls glanced at each other, and the girl on the left stood up first and said, "Sister Hui, my name is Gu Lan, I am ten years old this year, my parents are here, and I have two older brothers, a younger brother and two younger sisters. I've been practicing martial arts since I was four years old, and I've been a little successful by now. ”

The girl on the right also stood up and said: "My name is Gu You, I am also ten years old this year, my father and mother are still alive, and I have an older sister and two younger brothers. I have been practicing martial arts since I was three years old, and my father said that he could barely pass the test. ”

Xiang Wei asked the two little girls to go down, and then said to Yue Yao: "Girl, these two little girls should have been selected by the prince from among the children of those generals in the Hou Mansion." I borrowed my name and sent it to the girl. ”

Xiang Wei saw Yueyao's puzzled face and explained. These generals of the Hou Mansion are actually essentially servants of the Hou Mansion. It's just that these people have a martial arts foundation, in peacetime they are the guards of the Hou Mansion, and during the war, these people will follow the master to the battlefield to kill the enemy, if you are lucky, you will have military merits and military positions, and you will be able to take a career in the future.

Yue Yao said worriedly, "Are Gu Lan and Gu You willing to follow me sincerely?" "Yueyao has always wanted to find someone with a martial arts background, and now these two maids are actually quite thoughtful about Yueyao, they are about the same age as her, and they can be intimate when they grow up by their side. It's just that Yueyao is worried that the two of them are not really willing to come over, after all, their parents and family are there, where are they willing to leave their parents.

Xiang Wei smiled: "The girl thinks too much. The prince has already sent the deed over, and these two little maids will be girls' people in the future. What the girl wants to do with them is done. ”

Yue Yao was still a little hesitant.

Xiang Wei said helplessly: "Girl, in fact, they are essentially slaves of the mansion, and the prince wants to give it to the girl, what objection can they have." And there are many children in the family, the expenses are too large, and if they are sent to the girl, not only will the family have less expenses for one person, but they will also get monthly money to help the family every month in the future, which is good for both parties! With Xiang Wei's understanding of Yueyao, even if she has the identity of these two little maids, she will definitely let the two little maids contact their parents.

Yue Yao thought for a while but shook her head and said, "I still have to ask them personally." If we don't want to, you send them back yourself. ”

When the two little maids heard Yueyao say that they were going to send them back, their faces turned white. What Yue Yao didn't know was that these two little maids were selected after layers of selection. This selection is not only martial arts, but also the heart. The two little maids were very happy to be able to come over, but now they were terrified because of Yue Yao's words. I'm going back, and I don't know what the future holds.

The two little maids knelt on the ground and said, "Girl, beg the girl not to drive us away." Please, girl. ”

Yue Yao's face was a little red, he just didn't want other people's flesh and blood to be separated, so now he wanted to try what bad things he had done. Yueyao said: "I just don't want you to leave your parents and follow me to wronged you." ”

Xiang Wei rolled her eyes beside her, Yueyao herself lost her parents, so she felt that no one else could leave her parents, and she didn't want to think about it, this big family, with limited income and many children, must not have a very easy life, and being a child can not only not share the burden with her parents but also help her parents, isn't this also a filial piety. Xiang Wei knew that she couldn't make sense of Yueyao, so she didn't bother to say it.

Seeing Yueyao hesitating, Xiang Wei said, "The two of you go to Mother Hao and ask him to give you errands." In the morning, you will learn the rules from Hao's mother, and in the afternoon, you will go to the backyard to practice. "Saving a ten-year-old child is also a three-legged cat's kung fu, and if you want to protect Yueyao, you still need to practice well.

When the two maids saw that Xiang Wei had spoken, a smile appeared on their faces, and they hurriedly said in unison: "Yes." He turned his head to Yue Yao and said, "Thank you, girl, for your grace." ”

The Marquis of Jingning's Mansion sent two little maids to Yueyao, and the master of the Ma Mansion soon found out. Ma Chengteng didn't think much about it, Xiang Wei is also from the Hou Mansion, and now it is a trivial matter to have two more little maids.

Zhuang Ruolan had some questions, and asked the color painting: "Why don't you go and inquire about what Mrs. Hou Shizi of Jingning sent the two little maids over?" "The Marquis of Jingning's Mansion will definitely not send ordinary maids, it must be a bit strange in this.

Caihua smiled and said, "Madam, the drizzle quietly told me that these two little maids can do kung fu." Drizzle said that in the future, the girl will not worry about being bullied when she goes out. ”

Zhuang Ruolan smiled and said, "I see, how can I send two little maids over when I am the Hou Mansion." "It's not so much about sending maids as it is about sending female guards. The return of the Marquis of Jingning Mansion is really different.

After the year, Yueyao received a lot of invitations, but Yueyao's family didn't go. It wasn't until the New Year that Yueyao went to the Guogong Mansion and met the Mrs. Tai of the Guogong Mansion.

Yue Yao passed, and it took half a day to return to Mafu after accompanying Mrs. Tai of the Guogong Mansion, and it took half a month to paint the portrait of the Mrs. of the Guogong Mansion.

Zhuang Ruolan was the first to see the portrait, nodded and said, "It's exactly the same as Mrs. Tai, I believe Mrs. Tai will like it." ”

When the lady of the Guogong Mansion saw this portrait of Yueyao, she liked it very much, and immediately asked the maid to take the silver ticket.

Zhuang Ruolan said with a smile, "Mrs. Tai, this kid Yueyao just doesn't want to paint more, so she said one thousand taels and one paintings." ”

Seeing this, Mrs. Tai did not give silver, but a set of jewelry. Zhuang Ruolan knew that Mrs. Tai would definitely not let Yueyao suffer, she didn't want the silver, and the elder's reward should still be accepted.

Yue Yao opened the box when she got the gift, and was stunned when she looked at the reward that Mrs. Tai gave him. The box is a complete set of jewelry, hairpins, hairpins, bracelets, ear rings, these jewelry, is a set of jasper carved jewelry, jade is of high quality, each jewelry is glowing with green and oily blue light, clear and round, and the workmanship is also extremely fine, it can be said that it is a rare boutique in jade jewelry.

Yue Yao said to Zhuang Ruolan: "Cousin-in-law, is this too precious?" "This piece of jewelry is worth more than a thousand gold.

Zhuang Ruolan said with a smile, "I'll take it for you." Zhuang Ruolan knows that Mrs. Tai has a lot of good things, but usually unless she gives it to her favorite junior, most people don't take it out, even if she got married back then, the things Mrs. Tai gave are not as good as the ones in Yueyao's hand. Now that Mrs. Tai can send this set of jewelry, it can be seen that she is extremely satisfied with Yueyao's paintings.

Yue Yao was still a little hesitant.

Zhuang Ruolan said with a smile: "You can rest assured that Mrs. Tai can give it, and you can take it, which is also your hard-earned income." Zhuang Ruolan really thinks that if Yueyao can paint a few more paintings, she will definitely be making money every day. It's a pity that Yue Yao only paints three paintings a year.

Yue Yao finally accepted this set of jewelry.

Back in Begonia Garden, Xiang Wei laughed, "Girl, in the future, you will specially paint these noble ladies, so that you will definitely become the richest painter in the future." ”

Yue Yao muttered, "I don't want to be the richest painter." "He wants to be the most famous and capable painter.

Xiang Wei smiled.

It's the end of the month in a blink of an eye, and the Ma Mansion is also busy with Lu Ying's marriage. This day is the day when Mafu's relatives came to add makeup to Lu Ying.

There are not many people who come to add makeup to Lu Ying, and the makeup given is not rich. Yueyao's makeup was a pair of gold bracelets, a pair of earrings, and a pair of red gold pomegranate hairpins. It's not too thick, but it's not stingy either.

Yueyao and Lu Ying were not close, and they left Lu Ying's courtyard after sending things. Since there is nothing to say, it is better to maintain such a relationship.

Lu Ying thought that Yueyao's painting was worth a thousand taels of silver, but the makeup was so shabby, and she felt that Yueyao had arrived home.

Lu Ying's dowry is also quite good in the general portal, Ma Chengteng said before and took out four thousand taels of silver to buy a dowry for Lu Ying, plus Xiao Ma also took out more than half of the dowry, and it was full of thirty-six lifts.

The reason why 36 lifts are purchased is because the dowry of the second young grandmother of the Zhang family is only 36 lifts, and the daughter-in-law who enters the door later cannot have more dowry than the sister-in-law in front. Just a tie.

On the second day of Lu Ying's marriage, Zhuang Ruolan made a haircut, because she gave birth to two in the front, so the baby went very well, and she was born before noon, and she was a big fat boy.

Ma Peng's mouth couldn't close when he was holding his son. Although the imperial doctor told Wen Po that nine times out of ten he was a son, it was not a matter of nine times out of ten that he was not born. Now that my son is holding it in my hand, that's the real thing.

It was also a coincidence that less than three quarters of an hour after the child landed, Ma Chengteng's promotion to the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry was also issued. This decree is a matter of ironclad. Because of this coincidence, everyone in the mansion said that the newly-born young master was blessed.

Zhuang Ruolan smiled when she heard this rumor, Zhuang Ruolan had already gotten the news about her father-in-law's promotion. Ma Chengteng was able to get this errand smoothly, and Master Zhuang also worked hard behind his back.