Chapter 40: The Old Lady
The mother-in-law led the little waiter in, first kowtowed to say hello, and then asked Mrs. Su on behalf of Yuan Junqing. Although he is not very old, his speech is very neat, one after another, respectful and polite, as before.
"Now that the spring is just right, the old lady in the house will post a post to invite Miss Su and the girls of the Mu family to enjoy the flowers, and I hope that the girl will enjoy the light." The chamberlain said as he offered the post and stood aside, waiting for a reply.
The little girl took it and served it to Su Jinqiu, and Su Jinqiu opened it to see that it was Yuan Junqing's words. Yuan Junqing's calligraphy is good, and she has discussed it with Su Moyu, and she has seen Yuan Junqing's characters. There is a long history in the public mansion, there are chamberlains, and Yuan Junqing will write it in person, which is really face-saving.
Mrs. Mu personally wrote a post and handed it to the old lady, and the old lady invited the Mu family to be a guest, because they were all female dependents, so they invited in the name of the old lady. The old lady has no friendship with the Su family, and she will not think of her, Yuan Junqing is thoughtful and tactful, since the Mu family lives in the Su Mansion, I am afraid that it is not appropriate to invite the Mu family, so I simply invited her by the way.
"Thank you for the love of the old lady, but my grandfather needs to make the decision on family matters, and I will make a decision when I return to my grandfather." Su Jinqiu said.
Theoretically speaking, Princess Hanshan's Mansion is Yuanfeng's home, and her going to Yuan's house is equivalent to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. It's just that Yuanfeng has been enjoying the treatment of a prince in the palace, and it seems that he has never returned to the princess's mansion. Now everyone in the capital is talking about it, and they also automatically separate Yuanfeng and the Yuan family, Yuanfeng is a royal person, whether it is Emperor Yongchang or the crown prince, they all think so.
"That's what the girl said." The waiter said with a smile, but he didn't mean to leave, and he looked like he wanted to say and stopped, as if he was in a hurry to wait for the result.
Su Jinqiu thought about it, and then instructed her mother-in-law to say a few words, and the waiter was waiting for a reply, so she went and asked.
When the mother-in-law went, Mu Liuniang looked at the waiter with a smile and said, "Who else did you invite?" ”
"And the Pan girl." The chamberlain said respectfully. Zhilu said that they went to Beijing together, and Pan Qin's official was getting better and better, so Yuan Junqing simply invited them.
Mu Liuniang laughed, looking very happy, looked at Su Jinqiu and said: "That day, Miss Pan collided with the Seventh Master in Jiangcheng, and was almost beheaded by the Seventh Master, but she was saved by her sister's intercession. This time I went to the Yuan family, just to tell the Yuan family and explain the misunderstanding clearly, so as not to make Miss Pan frightened. ”
"yes, that's the opportunity to explain." Su Jinqiu chuckled and said, although she was not as happy as Mu Liuniang showed, there was a little smile on her face, as if she was really happy for Pan Yu.
Mu Liuniang would say this, just because she didn't want the Yuan family to invite Pan Yu, but to prevent Pan Yu from going to the Yuan family in this way, the premise was that Mu Liuniang had to know the Yuan family very well. The Mu family has just entered Beijing, where did Mu Liuniang find out?
Recalling the past, Mu Liuniang was very disgusted when she first saw Pan Yu, and she was disgusted for no reason. Now that she said such things again, she had long doubted in her heart.
Mu Qiniang is crossed, is Mu Liuniang reborn?
The waiter was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Miss Pan has collided with the Seventh Master?" ”
Mu Liuniang nodded and said, "No, the seventh master wants to kill Miss Pan, it's scared to death." ”
The waiter muttered a little in his heart, he was originally invited by the way, and the Pan family's post was still in his hands, so I was afraid that he didn't need to send it. Crashed into Yuanfeng and still wanted to the gate of the princess's mansion, wait for the next life. It's not that I'm afraid of being bumped into by the Seventh Master, the Seventh Master hasn't been back to the house for many years, and the new servants don't recognize him.
Whether or not to go home is the business of the Seventh Master, and to greet the people that the Seventh Master doesn't like, that is, the attitude of the Yuan family is wrong.
While talking, the mother-in-law came back and said, "The old lady said that you can ask the girl to take an idea." ”
The Yuan family and Yuan Feng are not the same thing, Yuan Junqing and Su Moyu have some friendship, Yuan Junqing is okay, and there is nothing wrong with going to the Yuan family to sit with the Mu family, follow Su Jinqiu's heart.
Grandma Mu Si and Mu Liuniang looked at Su Jinqiu unconsciously, although the waiter said that he would invite Su Jinqiu and the Mu family, but he only took one post out, and the Mu family's post was never taken out, but I was afraid that he would have to wait for Su Jinqiu to make a statement before deciding whether to send it. If Su Jinqiu goes, please ask, if Su Jinqiu doesn't go, this event will be pulled down.
"That's ......" Su Jinqiu hesitated, looked at Mu Liuniang's very expectant expression, and said to the waiter: "I'll go to the appointment on time." ”
The waiter rejoiced and said, "Master Ma must be very happy to see Miss Su. ”
As he spoke, he took out the Mu family's post from his arms, looked at Mu Si Grandma and said, "This should be the fourth grandma, the old lady ordered the slave to send it." ”
The girl took it and turned it to Grandma Mu Si, who looked at it and said with a smile: "I'm tired of going to the appointment on time."
"Fourth grandma is polite." The chamberlain said, saluting and taking his leave.
Uncle Hong sent the waiter away, Su Jinqiu and Grandma Mu Si each posted a post in their hands, and Grandma Mu Si couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Old lady Mu always said how great the Jiangcheng Hou Mansion was, and how the Su family was defeated. As everyone knows, in the eyes of the people in the capital, the Su family, a dilapidated family, is still far higher than the Mu family.
is the old lady of the princess's mansion, don't look at it as a father, the princess's mansion is in charge, and it is still Yuan Junqing who counts. It's unreliable, the old lady is an unreliable existence than the old lady Mu, and the old lady Mu is still counting on the old lady, so why can't they lead the girl crookedly.
The appointment time is tomorrow, and the girl goes out to prepare a lot of affairs. Grandma Mu Si and Mu Liuniang didn't stay long, so they asked the girl to call Mu Qiniang and the girls to say goodbye and go back, and made an appointment with Su Jinqiu to leave before leaving. For a cherry blossom viewing event like this, you can go after breakfast, come back after lunch, listen to the play, and walk around the garden.
Su Jinqiu felt very general about the Yuan family, if it wasn't for the Mu family, she wouldn't want to go. No matter how estranged Yuan Feng is from the Yuan family now, Princess Hanshan's Mansion will be his. It's Yuan Junqing, Su Moyu and Old Lady Su have a very high opinion of him, and they are Su Moyu's friends, so it doesn't hurt to see him.
Su Huaiyu hasn't come back yet, so she will pick up the girl who went out tomorrow, wrap a bag of clothes, and get things ready. The original girls have been dismissed, and they are all newcomers around them, so they have to tell them more when they go out.
After breakfast the next day, Su Jinqiu went to greet Mrs. Su first, but her head was a little dizzy, and she didn't rest well last night. It's not that going to Yuan's house caused her much pressure, but that Yuanfeng suddenly ran into her dream, turned into a beautiful snake, opened her bloody mouth to swallow her, ran all night in the dream, how could she not get dizzy in the morning.
"It's okay to go to the Yuan family to sit down, your father is good friends with the master of the horse, and he is a reliable person." Old Lady Su said, paused for a moment and said, "When I first chose a relative for you, I considered the eldest son of the concubine. ”
Su Jinqiu was stunned, she knew that Old Lady Su was a pedantic person, and she was a concubine but she considered a concubine. The only explanation is that this concubine is strong against the sky, and Uncle Hong also praised Yuan Qisheng yesterday, but she didn't take it too seriously. Now that Old Lady Su also said the same, Yuan Qisheng must be a character.
"Don't stay long, go early and come back early." Old lady Su advised.
Su Jinqiu agreed and bowed and retired.
After going back to the house and changing clothes, the girl's mother-in-law had already sorted it out, and she brought all the big bags and small bags she should take. led the team to the second gate, the car was already properly driven, and everyone in the Mu family also arrived, and the old lady Mu led the team, but she was very disdainful when she saw Su Jinqiu coming.
Su Jinqiu didn't have a theory, just looked at Mu Liuniang, the girl's family went out as a guest, so she naturally wanted to clean up and dress up. Mu Liuniang is the same, but if you look closely, it is a little different, extra attentive and extraordinarily dressed.
"I'm sitting with my sister." Mu Qiniang walked over, completely ignoring Old Lady Mu's gaze, and grabbed Su Jinqiu's arm.
Grandma Mu Si knew that Old Lady Mu didn't like it, but she said: "That's fine, there are fewer cars and more people, and there are some arrangements here." ”
Although Su Jinqiu was also worried that Old Lady Mu would settle accounts with Mu Qiniang afterwards, but Mu Si's grandmother said so, so she knew that it was okay and took Mu Qiniang to get into the car together.
Waiting for the car to drive out of Su Mansion, Mu Qiniang lowered her voice and whispered to Su Jinqiu: "Do you know what Lu Dao is doing this trip to Beijing, do you know why the old lady Lu Dao hurriedly wrote a post to the Yuan family, do you know why Lu Dao brought all the girls?" ”
After three consecutive sentences, Su Jinqiu couldn't help patting Mu Qiniang's hand and signaling her to calm down.
On the surface, the purpose of Mrs. Mu's trip to Beijing was to draft for the girls, but these girls in the family, even Mu Qiniang, who was the most unlikely to be selected, were called, but I was afraid that she also had the intention of marrying a girl. If you find a suitable one, you will marry. Mrs. Mu and the old lady have good diplomacy, no matter what the old lady thinks, Mrs. Mu must have the intention of getting married, and the so-called flower appreciation is a blind date meeting.
Mu Qiniang really found it difficult to calm down, and said: "Yesterday, the old lady said it herself, there are many school-age concubines in the princess's mansion, and tomorrow you will go to the princess's mansion to see each person's artificiality, if you are lucky and are picked as a daughter-in-law by the Yuan family, you don't have to go to the draft." ”
Mrs. Mu hurriedly wrote a post to find the Yuan family, and brought all the girls with him, the meaning of the blind date was obvious. But what she didn't expect was a blind date, and a group of girls from the Mu family were all sent over, and you were at your disposal. The other party is not picked by one person, but by a group of people.
Not to mention the rules of ancient times, it is in today's society, a group of girls are sent to the door and selected by a group of men, no matter how you think about it, you don't feel embarrassed. What's even more awkward is that she is still one of them.
"Huh?" Su Jinqiu was also stunned.
She always thought that Old Lady Mu was very self-confident and did not stick to the ground. I didn't expect it to be like this in reality...... Wonderful. Sure enough, he was a good friend of the old lady.
"The old lady also quietly called the sixth sister over to tell her, and I don't know what Lu Dao said." Mu Qiniang couldn't help but sigh as she spoke.
Marriage depends on seniority, especially if the old lady and Mrs. Mu are still cousins. The concubines of the princess's mansion are the grandchildren of the old lady, and the old lady Mu can only marry his granddaughter.
Among the four granddaughters, only Mu Liuniang is a concubine, and the chance of marrying is the greatest. It is completely understandable if Mrs. Mu bets on Mu Liuniang, after all, the two families have a lot of differences, and it is possible for a concubine to marry a concubine.
What is this now, I'm afraid that Mu Liuniang won't succeed, so why don't you send them all over to be selected?
Although she felt that it was okay, she didn't have the heart to do so, and she felt that she was outside of the situation. is a little sympathetic to Mu Liuniang, who was picked and chosen like this before marriage, and ...... after marriage
"The Yuan family is in charge of the family, not to mention that the marriage is the order of the parents, not the old lady." Su Jinqiu said.
Just look at the order of the next person, you can know, the princess's mansion is Yuan Junqing's final say. However, Yuan Junqing has many concubines, and marrying a daughter of the Mu family as a daughter-in-law is not a big deal, and marrying someone is not marrying.
The concubines of the princess's mansion just look good in front of them, Yuanfeng is eighteen years old, and he can sweep them out of the house every second. The concubines of the Hou Mansion can't inherit the family business, and there is an uncle who wants to share half of the family property. There are many people under him, especially Yuan Junqing, who is still alive, and the things that can actually be obtained after the most are very limited.
It is impossible for Mu Liuniang not to figure out the joints, she is still dressed so meticulously, and there is still only one goal. Yuan Qisheng, the eldest son, is a grandson-in-law candidate that Mrs. Su can consider.
The two were talking in the car, and after a while, the car stopped, the Su family was not far from the Hanshan Princess Mansion, and the Princess Mansion was closer to the imperial city. The manservant handed over the post, and the steward of the princess's mansion led the car to enter the second gate from the west corner gate.
There were already waiters and mothers-in-law waiting for the second door, changing cars into the back garden of the princess's mansion, Su Jinqiu was okay, although he had not entered the princess's mansion of Hanshan, he used to go to the palace of King Wei often. They are all princely mansions, and the specifications are very similar. It was Mu Qi Niang, who couldn't help but lift the corner of the curtain to look out, and couldn't help muttering: "The evil old society ......"
The car drove in from the West Road, until in front of the water pavilion in the back garden, and the girl helped Su Jinqiu and Mu Qiniang get out of the car. When you look up, you can see a large lake in front of you, connected by three water pavilions. In the middle of the pavilion, there were men, women and children, and when they saw the car stop, the old lady headed by him got up to greet him, followed by Jia's family.
The old lady is only a few years younger than the old lady Mu, but she is full of black hair, her voice is like a bell, and she looks like she is in her early fifties, and she is refreshed. Next to Jia's family, with a big red silk on his body and jewels on his head, he is soft and quiet, weak and confessed, and he looks younger. The two stood together like this, saying that it was their granddaughter-in-law and that there was no pressure.
"Brother Mu......" The old lady stepped forward and said, looking very emotional.
Old Lady Mu was also full of sadness when she saw that the old lady was also full of sadness, stepped forward to hold his hand, held hands and looked at each other with tears in his eyes, and was speechless and choked.
After all these years of separation, I have been lonely for so many years. There are really not many people who fall in love with each other like this, and they can't go with other people, and it's not easy to find someone to be stupid with them these days.
The two old men who were more than 100 years old together recounted the old days, and Mu Qiniang, who was watching it, couldn't help but whisper to Su Jinqiu: "It's not like a second fool." ”
One stupid lack is already terrible, two stupid teachers, will the power be doubled?
Although Su Jinqiu didn't say it directly, he was also a little worried in his heart. But they're okay, they're just here to make soy sauce, and they'll be fine if they follow the big army.
"It's windy outside, let's talk in the pavilion." Jia said with a smile next to him.
The old lady looked stunned, and said with a smile: "It's me who is confused, my brother is sitting inside." ”
Letting him enter the water pavilion, Su Jinqiu couldn't help but glance at Jia's family, delicate and timid, soft and weak, but there was a little restlessness in his eyes.
Back then, the old lady brought his wife into Beijing, and it was really discussed. And then...... There is no then, the Jia family has never gone out to socialize, that is, there are activities in the princess's mansion, and it is also the grandmother and the chamberlain Zhang Luo, it is estimated that there are few people in the capital who know her.
The horse master who can be in charge of the Zongren Mansion and not complain is really a good means.
Introduction, the old lady first introduced his family, Jia's family, and then Yuan Junxi.
Thirteen-year-old Yuan Junxi gave birth to a good appearance, but he did not show the slightest humility and politeness, when he gave a gift to Mrs. Mu, his eyes almost did not grow to the top of his head, even if he was a little pampered, Yuan Junxi seemed to have been pampered.
"Why don't you see Brother Jun?" Old Lady Mu couldn't help but ask, this time the blind date is mainly Yuan Junqing's son, and the other does not show up, what kind of blind date is this.
The old lady was a little embarrassed on his face, and Jia Shi next to him said with a smile: "Master Ma has gone out, and he said that he will go back, but I am afraid that he will come back in a while." ”
"Oh......" Old lady Mu was a little disappointed, that is, Yuan Junqing had something to do to go out in a hurry, and he could also call out the concubine of the big house, but he was just a stepwife and young son, and the next activities could not be carried out. Thinking so in my heart, the introduction had to continue, and I began to introduce the children and grandchildren in turn.
After the introduction of the son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter-in-law, the next is the granddaughter, the great-granddaughter. Jia's is very generous, and the ladies each have a purse.
Until Su Jinqiu was here, Old Lady Mu didn't mind, as if she was intentional, she was there. also intentionally or unintentionally distanced herself from Su Jinqiu, which means that our family is not familiar with her.
Su Jinqiu was amused in her heart, she was personally invited by Yuan Junqing, and she was not on the same road as the Mu family. As soon as he wanted to step forward to reveal his identity, he heard Yuan Junxi suddenly say: "I like this girl very much, I want to marry her as a wife......"