Chapter 8 Under the decree of marriage, Duanyang feast
"I remember you said, what medicine do you need purple pearls? So I'm paying attention, and I've found these for you. Wei Zhang's tone was very calm, like it was not a box of priceless purple pearls, but a box of purple rice.
"Thank you, General." Yao Yanyu smiled happily, purple pearl! It's so big, even if she doesn't need this thing to dispense, she likes it - this thing is something that a woman would like, okay?
"No thanks, if you like it." Wei Zhang originally wanted to find some golden chrysalis for her, but as she said, golden chrysalis are available but not available, and he didn't find one after a lot of effort, so he had to retreat and get this box of purple pearls.
Yao Yanyi smiled and teased: "This is a gift for the Duanyang Festival?" ”
Wei Zhang smiled: "Brother Yao is what he says, but tomorrow on the Duanyang Festival, I want to hold a banquet on Xixin Lake, invite Governor Yao and Brother Yao to have a drink, and have a lively time together, look at the dragon boat race on the lake, I don't know if the Governor will appreciate his face?" ”
"Yesterday, my father also said that you and Marquis Xiao were invited to come to the house for the Duanyang Festival."
"I won't go home, Wei has been in Jiangning City for these days, thanks to the care of the Governor and Brother Yao, he will return to Beijing soon, and I am afraid that the time will be too late, so it is better to take this opportunity to let Wei talk about his feelings."
"Okay, I'll talk to my father when I get back in the evening." Yao Yanyi happily agreed.
At this time, another steward came to talk back, and Yao Yanyi said to Yao Yanyu: "You are here to accompany the general to say a few words, and I will come when I go." After speaking, Chao Weizhang nodded and got up to leave.
Yao Yanyu was a little embarrassed for a while, thinking to herself, second brother, you are too open-minded, right? Didn't you look down on this one before?
Wei Zhang looked at Yao Yanyu and bowed his head silently, and asked with a smile: "Are you still satisfied with those wild things that Tang Xiaoyi sent you?" ”
"Well, it's pretty haode." As soon as she said this, Yao Yanyu smiled. Those little animals that are jumping around are now the nightmare of Cuiwei and Cuiping.
"You don't want those things to drink in soup, do you?" Wei Zhang asked with a smile.
"Of course not. I'm practicing for girls. ”
"What kind of hands?" General Wei asked strangely, does she still want to domesticate poultry?
Yao Yanyu smiled as a matter of course: "Dissect, they must always learn to use a knife to remove meat, so that they can accurately and effectively treat diseases and save people in the future." ”
"......" General Wei was speechless, and sighed silently, secretly saying how different General Ben's future wife is!
Yao Yanyu got up and took boiling water to make tea, the initial throbbing passed, and the two of them could chat peacefully like friends, Yao Yanyu asked Wei Zhang Dongting if there was anything fun.
Wei Zhang went to recruit soldiers, and he didn't care about any customs and customs, Yao Yanyu asked at this time, and he briefly talked about his daily affairs. It's rare that Yao Yanyu doesn't feel bored, and occasionally interjects, asking a question or two about this and that.
When Yao Yanyi came back, the two were chatting happily.
I don't know what Wei Zhang said, Yao Yan smiled brightly, and the posture of the youngest daughter's family looked at the handsome man in front of her, and she didn't have the coldness when she was treating her injuries.
Wei Zhang went to Dongting this time and brought back a woman who knew martial arts, this woman was in her thirties, with an eight-year-old daughter, who was chased by a group of people at the time, this woman took her daughter and beat six men in one go, but after all, she couldn't stop the other party from being overwhelmed, and she saw that she was down.
After being rescued by Wei Zhang, after interrogation, I learned that she was the wife of a dart board dart, and her husband encountered robbers when he was walking a dart, but he couldn't beat people and left the goods and fled. The dragging man demanded compensation, and the dart board put the blame on her husband. When her husband and wife paid her debts, those people came to her to collect debts, and if they had no money, they wanted her daughter, and she fled with her daughter helplessly and was collected for her debts.
Wei Zhang found the local government yamen to take care of the funeral for her, and brought their mother and daughter back, thinking that the mother and daughter would follow Yao Yanyu in the future, because he said: "Those male guards are not convenient for close protection. Although this woman's fist and foot kung fu is not very high, at least she can resist for a while. Just stay with you. ”
Yao Yanyu was naturally willing, so she asked where the mother and daughter were now.
Wei Zhang said: "The people have already brought them, just outside the door, afraid that you will think they are vulgar, and you don't want to take them in, so you didn't let them in." ”
Yao Yanyi happened to come over and heard this, because he said: "I was thinking about finding one or two such people, but there is no way." This is a big problem. ”
Wei Zhang ordered his relatives behind him to bring people in.
The woman was wearing a blue cloth shirt, green cloth trousers, and a handkerchief wrapped around her head. There was a seven or eight-year-old girl beside her, her face was yellow and thin, but her eyes were clear and open, Yao Yanyu liked it very much, because she asked, "What's your surname?" What is it called? ”
The woman replied loudly: "The little woman's husband's surname is Du, and her mother's surname is Yan." Before, everyone called the little woman Yan Niang, this is my daughter Xiaojuan. ”
"Cuckoo?" Yao Yanyu chuckled: "That's a good name." ”
Yao Yanyi frowned: "Yan Niang? Isn't this a shame for my sister? Changed it. ”
Yao Yanyu shook her head: "This is someone's surname, she came to us, not from selling, so there is no need to change it." Then he asked the woman, "How much do you do in your house?" ”
The woman replied, "Little woman, go three." ”
Yao Yanyu said with a smile: "Then I will call you Third Sister-in-law Du from now on." ”
Yao Yanyi didn't care what the name of a woman who served her sister was, she only said to Yao Yanyu: "Let her follow Mama Feng for a few days first, and then serve close to her when she is familiar with the rules." ”
"I know that." Yao Yanyu turned around and instructed Cuiwei: "You take their mother and daughter to find Mama Feng, wash and change clothes first, and then come back to see me." ”
Cuiwei Fu agreed and took Du Niangzi down.
Yao Yanyi muttered: "Tomorrow I will go to Xixin Lake to watch the dragon boat, and my sister will go too." ”
Yao Yanyu smiled and shook her head: "I've been thinking about it here behind closed doors, how can I walk around?" ”
"What did you think about behind closed doors!" Yao Yanyi smiled nonchalantly, "It's really not good, you still wear men's clothes." ”
Yao Yanyu smiled and was about to say something, when the steward of the Governor's Mansion outside hurriedly ran over, walked close and bowed: "Second master!" The master's order is to let the second girl clean up and go home immediately. The emperor has a holy decree to the second girl, saying that he wants to give marriage! ”
Wei Zhang and Yao Yanyi glanced at each other and laughed.
"Quick! Help the second girl pack her things and go home! Yao Yanyi said loudly. After boring for more than ten days, Yao Ergongzi is almost annoyed to death by those things! It's finally time for this day! The emperor gave him a marriage, who would dare to embarrass Yao Yanyu in the future?
Wei Zhang also stood up, the emperor had a holy decree to Governor Yao's mansion, and he would definitely have a holy decree for himself, and he happened to go back to the city with Yao Yanyi's brothers and sisters. Maybe it will save the people who come to deliver the message by two steps less.
The twin carriages galloped all the way, and the Yao brothers and sisters sat in the carriage and bumped all the way back to the city.
There were already two Jinlin soldiers standing at the gate of Governor Yao's mansion.
Yao Yanyi got out of the car first, then turned around and helped Yao Yanyu down, and the brother and sister went back to the house first and went directly to the front hall.
Mrs. Song, Yao Yuanzhi and his wife, Yao Yanen and his wife, and Ning led a group of family members to wait in the front hall, and after Yao Yanyi and Yao Yanyu entered the door, they first saluted their father-in-law who came to deliver the holy decree.
The father-in-law glanced at the Yao brothers and sisters who came in a hurry, and asked, "Which one is the second daughter of Governor Yao, Yanyu girl?" ”
Yao Yanyu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed slowly: "The courtier Yao Yanyu has seen her father-in-law." ”
"The emperor has an order!" The father-in-law shook off the dust in his hand, turned around and stood in the middle of the front hall.
Mrs. Song led the family to kneel down and accept the order.
Wei Zhang followed to the front yard and stopped, and heard the sharp male duck inside read out loudly, the voice seemed to come from a very far away, making people hear clearly and in a trance: "Yao Shiyan, the second daughter of Yao Yuan, the governor of Liangjiang, is gentle and respectful, virtuous and quiet, and talented...... I am very relieved, and I give Dingyuan General Wei Zhang a marriage, and I wish Yao Wei and Wei two families to always reconcile...... Chin this! ”
After that, the voice of everyone in the Yao family thanked him in unison, and Wei Zhang was stunned when he heard it.
Tang Xiaoyi hurriedly followed, and when he saw his general standing stunned, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "General, general?" ”
"Huh?" Wei Zhang came back to his senses and looked at Tang Xiaoyi: "Something?" ”
"What do you think, come back to your senses." Tang Xiaoyi reminded with a smile.
"Oh." Wei Zhang smiled, glanced back at the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, and didn't say much.
The emperor naturally had another holy decree to Wei Zhang, and he also brought a secret note of Wei Zhang's 800 li to be sent to the capital urgently, which said that it was a secret matter of the military state, and outsiders did not know.
The Governor's Palace was jubilant.
The decree was enshrined on the incense table, and the father-in-law who delivered the decree was invited to the seat of honor to serve tea. Governor Yao smiled and twisted a few sparse beards and sat with him.
The servants and wives of the family have congratulated the old lady and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang has changed her sick appearance in the past, and said with a smile: "There is a happy event in the family today, and each person has two red envelopes!" ”
The Jiang family and the Ning family also grabbed Yao Yanyu's hand and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the second sister." ”
Yao Yanen and Yao Yanyi brothers were also beaming with joy on their faces, discussing how to celebrate this big event.
All the people in the Yao family were overjoyed, but the smile on Old Madam Song's face was a little reluctant. Song Yanqing's illness has not improved, and it is said that his body has festered and is not looking good, Lang asserted that he may not live to the end of the month. The Song family is about to die!
It's just that no matter how bitter Mrs. Song is, she can't show it at this time, so she has to sit on the high couch with a smile on her face, watching the people in the room come and go and say hello to each other.
Of course, there is no third girl Yao Quehua among these happy people.
At this time, Yao Quehua was still watched by Mrs. Wang's two henchmen and stayed in her own small courtyard.
Since the incident in Nazhuang, Yao Quehua's whole spirit has not been very good, and he often loses his temper, throws things, and scolds people. And they are scolding Cui Ping and Yao Yanyu all the time. Later, the mother-in-law admonished her fiercely, saying that if she did this again, she would send her to the nunnery to recuperate, and she stopped, but recently she was silent all day, not knowing what she was thinking.
And for such a happy event today, Mrs. Wang naturally would not let her out to make trouble, but only added two people to watch it, and Yao Quehua was not allowed to take half a step out of her courtyard gate. If you talk nonsense again, give her a soothing soup and let her sleep well.
Similarly, Yao Quehua is not the only one who has gone crazy because of Yao Yanyu's marriage.
Cloud Capital City, Chengwang Mansion. The county lord's bedroom was smashed.
Yun Yao cried and red-eyed, lying on the couch facing in, she hadn't eaten for two days.
Since the emperor's decree to marry Wei Zhang and Yao Yanyu came out, Yun Yao began to make trouble, at the beginning King Cheng was at home, she didn't dare to make too much trouble, Princess Cheng also hid it for her, saying that her daughter was uncomfortable. In the past few days, King Cheng was ordered by the emperor to go to the Xishan camp to inspect military affairs, and Yun Yao simply turned the world upside down.
Yun Kun felt like a mirror in his heart, but he couldn't get rid of his troubles now, and he didn't have the heart to care about his sister's affairs, thinking that the little girl's family would be troubled for a few days.
Princess Cheng was so anxious that she wiped her tears, but there was nothing she could do. She didn't have the ability to make the emperor change his holy order, and she didn't even dare to let King Cheng know about her daughter. I had to go into the palace to ask Queen Feng for advice.
It's just that although Empress Feng is the mother of a country, it is impossible to disobey the emperor because of a county lord's affairs, and the holy decree has been issued, is there any reason to change it? In that case, what has become of the emperor?
Princess Cheng didn't get any good words from the queen, and when she came back, she saw that her daughter was getting haggard and thin, and her heart was directly twisted into a twist.
Queen Feng has a very good relationship with Princess Cheng, although she said some words, but seeing her sad face, I really can't let go of it, just when the emperor came over that night to finish the meal together, Queen Feng told the emperor about Princess Cheng's distress, and said: "Yun Yao is not small, the emperor thinks which family's son is suitable, don't prevent giving her a marriage together." ”
Hearing this, the emperor sneered: "Yun Yao, this girl actually wants to marry Wei Zhang? ”
Empress Feng hurriedly said: "She's just playing a little trick for a few days." ”
"You go back and talk to the seventh brother and sister, this girl is too willful and domineering! A while ago, several excerpts from Yushitai were all about participating in the Cheng Wangfu's teaching daughters were not strict, and they were careless about people's lives, and I didn't have any theories. The daughter of the royal family, it's okay to be domineering, but you can't go too far! If she marries a military general like this, will she be able to pay it back in the future? ”
Empress Feng hurriedly said: "The concubine has already admonished her." That child has been willful since he was a child, he has been arrogant, and he has to slowly restrain himself. ”
"And." The emperor's fingers lightly tapped on the table and said: "I just say a few more words, the seventh brother is very good, loyal, and has no two hearts, Junze is also very good, and now he has military exploits, and he will definitely carry forward the Chengwang Mansion in the future." That's enough, Yao'er's girl will still find someone who does her duty in the future and live a peaceful life. ”
When Empress Feng heard this, her heart sank, she secretly pinched a cold sweat, and hurriedly got up and responded: "The concubine understands the emperor's hard work." ”
"You are presiding over the harem, you are in charge of the house for me, and I am naturally relieved to marry you." After the emperor finished speaking, he stood up and said, "I still have a lot of business to deal with, so I will sleep in the imperial study tonight." ”
Empress Feng hurriedly bowed down to see her off, and when the emperor left, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor will definitely not let the Cheng Wangfu expand shili again, and Wei Zhang is the person the emperor wants to reuse, so he must not become the son-in-law of the Cheng Wangfu. There is only one left in the Wei family, and he is weak, so he can rest assured that he will marry the daughter of a second-grade Wenchen.
In the waiting house, Yao Fengge, who was already eight months pregnant, was walking in the back garden with a big belly, and the coral who was holding her next to her was laughing and talking to her, and the master and servant were all smiling.
Yao Fengge said with emotion: "No one would have imagined that the second sister would have such a transformation. ”
Coral smiled: "The second girl was given marriage by the emperor, and even her grandmother's face was bright. ”
"I don't know how happy my father is." Yao Fengge held his stomach with one hand and sighed with a smile. I thought of my heart again, and my eyes were a little sour.
"Third brother and sister." Feng Shi walked over from the opposite side with two maids, and when he saw Yao Fengge, he smiled and stretched out his hand to touch her round belly, and asked, "How are these days?" Is the little one well-behaved? ”
Yao Fengge smiled: "It's okay during the day, but you always have to kick me twice before going to bed at night." ”
"She's a naughty girl, too." Feng Shi smiled.
Yao Fengge's birth has been confirmed to be a daughter, although she is a little disappointed, but she is satisfied when she thinks about it. Now she only hopes that she can give birth to the child safely, no matter what the future is, she will have a daughter by her side, and she will not have no support when she is old.
Several people gathered together for a walk in the garden, and naturally mentioned Yao Yanyu's marriage by the emperor.
Feng Shiyin sighed: "In the end, good people have good rewards, and the emperor gave Governor Yao such an honor, even his younger brothers and sisters have a bright face." In the future, the second girl will marry into the capital and help each other with the third brother and sister, and you will not feel lonely. ”
Yao Fengge said with a smile: "Thanks to the sister-in-law Jiyan." I'm looking forward to that. Because of the fact that sisters help each other, Yao Fengge remembered that the Feng family had to be busy for Feng Xiuyun to enter the door in the past few days, and persuaded again: "Sister-in-law has been very busy these days, and it is important to take care of her body." ”
Feng Shi chuckled and shook his head: "I don't have anything to do, I just watch them clean up the house." The big things are according to the old routine of the family, and I don't have to worry about the small things. I'm just waiting for that day to drink my sister's tea. ”
This is a bit self-deprecating, and it is extremely helpless. Yao Fengge had no way to persuade more, so he only raised his hand and patted Feng's hand to show comfort.
However, Su Yuxuan was very happy to hear about the emperor's marriage, so she first went to Yao Fengge to say some words of congratulations, and then went to the eldest princess's mansion to find Han Mingcan.
Han Mingcan was thinking about what kind of congratulatory gift to Yao Yanyu, and it happened that Su Yuyu came, so the two discussed for a long time, prepared four congratulatory gifts for Yao Yanyu, and wrote a letter after deliberation.
When replying to the letter, Han Mingcan suddenly thought that Yao Yanyu had mentioned to her the situation of Jinghaihou over there, and he felt some inexplicable emotions in his heart for a while, but after thinking about it, he and Xiao Lin were not any people, so he suppressed that little emotion.
The day Yao Yanyu received the congratulatory gifts and letters from Han Mingcan and Su Yuyu happened to be the day after the Holy Decree arrived in Jiangning City, that is, the day of the Duanyang Festival. The people of the Eldest Princess's Mansion are very reliable, and when the things are sent to the Governor's Mansion, they must have seen the second girl Yao.
Originally, Wei Zhang wanted to hold a banquet at Xixin Lake to invite Governor Yao and the two Yao sons to have a drink, but because of the holy decree of marriage, this banquet was expanded several times, and it was changed to Governor Yao holding a banquet at Xixin Lake, inviting relatives, friends and colleagues in Jiangning City to celebrate his daughter's marriage.
In the busyness, the family came in to report: Since the people from the eldest princess's mansion are here.
The Jiang family invited people to the side hall first, and asked people to go back to Yao Yanyu in the back.
Yao Yanyu is being carefully dressed up by Mama Feng and Cuiwei Cuiping, the weather in May is already very hot, and the clothes that go out are layer after layer, Yao Yanyu has worn four layers, standing there I don't know how many layers to wear, so Miss Yao suddenly went crazy and shouted directly: "I don't want to go!" Isn't it just dragon boat racing, I won't watch it! That's not pretty, I'm going to die of heat......"
The people summoned by the Jiang family went back and forth: "Back to the second girl, someone from the eldest princess's mansion came, saying that they were sending congratulatory gifts and letters to the girl." ”
"Ahh Sister Han! Yao Yanyu hurriedly turned her head and asked, "Where are the people?" ”
The visitor replied with a smile: "The eldest grandmother accompanied her to serve tea in the small flower hall in front." The eldest grandmother said that if the girl was dressed up, she would go over to see her, and the people in the eldest princess's mansion didn't see the second girl, so she seemed to be a little worried. ”
Yao Yanyu said with a smile: "What's not worrying about this, it must be that Miss Han has something to tell me." As he spoke, he urged Mama Feng again: "Mama, please, can you wear two less?" ”
Mama Feng smiled and insisted on dressing up Miss Yao carefully, and checked back and forth, before she smiled reassuringly: "Okay!" ”
Yao Yanyu bent down to pick up her fan and hurried forward.
The two servant women sent by Han Mingcan were none other than the daughters-in-law of Han Junzhong and Han Junxiao, who were in charge of preparing Yao Yanyu's muscle-building and scarring secret medicine in the capital. The husbands of these two people only received two errands in the Zhenguo Mansion before, although they did not starve to death, but they would not have much future, and later came out to get a new errand, which naturally had a bright future.
The two of them saw that Yao Yanyu was very polite, and respectfully got up to salute and salute, completely different attitudes towards the Jiang family.
Jiang saw it on the side, although there was some bad taste in his heart, but he also had to admire this sister even more, if he didn't really have some ability to get into the eyes of the eldest princess, how could the servants in the eldest princess's mansion be like this?
The two concubines asked someone to carry a box, and when they opened it, there were four kinds of jewelry, a pair of phoenix hairpins, a pair of jade jade pendants, a pair of ruby-inlaid brooches, and a pair of purple gold dragon and phoenix bracelets. The meanings are all in pairs, Yao Yanyu couldn't help blushing a little when she saw it, so she hurriedly opened the letter and read it.
Naturally, there were playful words of blessing from Han Mingcan and Su Yuyu, Yao Yanyu hurriedly looked at it, and found that Han Er's girl did not make any response to Xiao Houye, and she didn't believe it for a while, so she looked at it carefully again, and made sure that there was no, so she couldn't help but feel a little lost.
But if you think about it, with Han Mingcan's bright and upright heart, if you want to respond to Xiao Lin's feelings, you definitely don't need to be sneaky, maybe you can directly ask the eldest princess to come forward and directly discuss the marriage with the Xiao family.
Before the tea was finished here, someone in front of me came in and replied: "Mrs. urged the eldest grandmother and the second girl to get in the car quickly, the old man and the second master have already gone, and the wife said that there are also female dependents over there, and we can't be too late, it's rude." ”
Jiang Shi hurriedly said: "I know, I will go over with my second sister." As he spoke, he smiled at the two concubines in the eldest princess's mansion and said: "It's a coincidence today, it happens to be the Duanyang Festival, and the mansion has arranged a banquet on the lake, please enjoy the light and go together." ”
The two of them felt that they were slaves, and it was difficult to go to the table. Yao Yanyu said with a smile: "You are here on behalf of Sister Han, I naturally have to entertain you well, otherwise how will I see Sister Han when I return to the capital?" Let's go together. ”
The two of them agreed. Jiang asked someone to come in and send the things to Yao Yanyu's house and hand them over to Mama Feng for safekeeping, and he took Yao Yanyu's hand and went to the front to take the car.
Xixin Lake next to the water to build the Dawn Tower is the largest restaurant along the lake, the building is divided into two buildings, the front building is half on the water, half on the shore, is the main building of the Dawn Building, the back building is hidden in the bamboo forest on the shore, the environment is also very quiet.
Originally, this was the favorite place of the magnates of Jiangning City, and today's Duanyang Festival, most of everyone also booked a banquet here, but Governor Yao said that no matter who booked a banquet here, it would be counted in the Yao family's account. The second daughter of Governor Yao was given the marriage of General Dingyuan by the emperor, and the Governor was happy to give a banquet to all the officials and colleagues above the seventh rank in Jiangning City, as well as relatives and friends.
Since the founding of this dynasty for hundreds of years, there has not been a concubine of any official who has been given marriage by the emperor.
This is unique to Governor Yao. Of course, Governor Yao didn't grow up eating a handful of rice, and the emperor gave him such an honor to marry, so he naturally wanted to look down on this concubine, and he spoke that night, recording Yao Yanyu in the name of his wife Wang, entering the family tree, and marrying according to the second daughter in the future.
At that time, Yao Yanyu kowtowed to Mrs. Wang again, offered tea again, and called her mother, and now the value of Yao Er's girl is one layer higher.
When Jiang took Yao Yanyu's men and got out of the car, the two Yao Yanen brothers were greeting the guests at the door of the front building with Wei Zhang.
The ladies all went to the back building, but the carriage stopped between the two floors, Wei Zhang stood at the door of the front building and saw Yao Yanyu wearing a carmine dress and following Jiang with light steps, the clouds were high, the ring was dingdong, the wide skirt was blown by the breeze, and the flowers spread out, as gorgeous and colorful as smoke, more gorgeous than the flowers spread between the two buildings.
Every time Wei Zhang saw Yao Yanyu before, she was dressed plainly, without powder, and without makeup, but today it was the first time to see her dressed in colorful clothes, and he actually watched it for a while.
It turns out that she can be like this! General Wei sighed deeply from his heart.
Yao Yanen looked sideways at General Wei, who was usually calm and self-controlled, looking at his second sister's stupid look, and a faint smile was hooked at the corner of his mouth.
Yao Yanyi frowned slightly, turned sideways slightly, blocked General Wei's sight, and arched his hand towards a six-rank official who had just gotten out of the car: "Lord Liang is here!" My father has been thinking about it for a long time, please come inside! ”
The beautiful scenery in front of him was blocked, and his beautiful thoughts were interrupted, and Wei Zhang had no choice but to pack up his mind and accompany Yao Yanyi to greet the people who came.
The front and back buildings of the Dawn Building are full of friends, and the crowd is noisy.
Everyone said that there had never been such a big scene when Governor Yao's daughter got married.
But immediately someone retorted: how can this be the same? This is the emperor's marriage!
Everyone smiled and nodded, yes, no matter whose daughter is married by the emperor among these officials in Jiangnan, there must be such a scene today. The Emperor's grace is mighty! It can't be justified without laying it out.
Yao Yanyu followed Jiang into the back building, greeted the ladies and ladies all the way, and went upstairs to Mrs. Wang's side amid everyone's praise and admiration.
Mrs. Song also dressed up to attend today, and was sitting on the top with several elderly ladies talking. At this time, as a second-grade lady, it is impossible for her old man not to come forward.
Seeing Yao Yanyu coming in, Old Madam Song smiled and beckoned: "Second girl, come here." ”
Yao Yanyu glanced at Mrs. Wang, who gently patted her hand and motioned for her to come over. In today's scene, the old lady will not toss blindly whenever she wants to make a face. Yao Yanyu obediently got up and went to the old lady Song's side, first blessed herself to say goodbye, and then sat down beside the old lady.
"What a blessing the old lady is!" Next to him, the mother of Liu Ji, the governor of the river affairs, the old lady Liu looked at Yao Yanyu with a smile and praised: "It is really enviable to have such a granddaughter in front of you." ”
Old Madam Song was very happy, raised her hand and touched Yao Yanyu's face, and said with a smile: "This child has been caring since he was a child. ”
Yao Yanyu thought to herself, old man, you are really hypocritical, now is not the time for you to beat me with a cane?
Several old ladies next to her praised Yao Yanyu, envious of the good fortune of Mrs. Song, Yao Yanyu was so angry in her heart, how could these people turn out so many tricks of good words? Every word you say to me is not the same.
As he was talking, Mrs. Jingnan came.
is also a person of the old lady's generation, and she is the maiden brother and daughter-in-law of the old lady Song, and the old lady Jingnan naturally wants to sit on the side of the old lady Song when she comes in.
Yao Yanyu got up to give up her seat, but Old Madam Song took her hand and said, "You just sit here." ”
Old Madam Song sat down in the greetings of everyone, and when she saw Yao Yanyu at a glance, she smiled and said, "Congratulations to the second girl!" A good marriage given by the emperor, I saw General Dingyuan when I got off the car just now, what a good appearance! The second girl is so blessed! ”
Yao Yanyu's heart trembled when she was told by this old lady, and she even forgot about her shyness, for fear that she would say something to let her grandson be treated. Old Madam Song smiled calmly: "Saying this in front of the child, our second girl is embarrassed!" ”
The old ladies laughed again.
Over there, Mrs. Wang called the Jiang family to give a few instructions, and the Jiang family came over and said with a smile: "Old lady, the girls over there want to find the second sister to say something." ”
Old Madam Song smiled and said to Yao Yanyu: "You go, go talk to those sisters, and come back later." ”
Yao Yanyu hurriedly got up and responded, "Yes." After saying that, he turned around and left, grimacing at the Jiang clan and letting out a long sigh of relief.
Jiang pulled her away from the old lady's side and turned two screens, sent Yao Yanyu to a few young girls, and said with a smile: "The main master is here!" You can learn from the scriptures, and in the future, you can find a good son-in-law like General Dingyuan, just like the second girl in our family! ”
Two of the young girls are the sisters of the Jiang family, the remaining two are the sisters of the Ning family, and the other is the niece of Mrs. Wang's family, all of whom are not out of the cabinet. ”
Yao Yanyu all knew these girls, but they were only acquaintances. They are all daughters of concubines, and she is concubines. Even if there was a chance to talk together before, there was no common topic, and before that, Yao Yanyu had always been a very mediocre girl who didn't like to talk, and these girls were not close to her.
It's just that today it was the Jiang family who specially relieved Yao Yanyu, and sending her here does have the meaning of letting these girls associate with Yao Yanyu, Yao Yanyu is grateful to the Jiang family, and these girls are also grateful to the Jiang family.
Everyone has a heart-to-heart relationship, and it is a young girl's family, so they became acquainted with each other in a few words.
It didn't take long for the wine and food to be served, and the banquet was opened. Mrs. Song first raised her glass to the chairman, thanking the old ladies and grandmothers for coming to congratulate their second girl, and then toasted three glasses in a row. After that, Mrs. Wang brought the Jiang family and the Ning family to toast everyone.
Yao Yanyu is leisurely, only hiding here to drink melon seeds and tea, occasionally seeing her favorite food eat a bite or two, but not a drop of wine.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the dragon boat race on Xixin Lake began.
The young girls all ran to the window and looked outside, the colorful dragon boats on the lake side by side on the shore, the blue waves on the lake were clear, the colorful flags were fluttering, and the sound of gongs and drums mixed with cheers was very lively.
Yao Yanyu was naturally happy, and huddled together with a few sisters to watch the dragon boat.
Seeing that someone won the first round, there was another cheer in the distance. Yao Yanyu felt that someone behind her patted her on the shoulder, and hurriedly turned around, and saw that it was Song Yayun who came over with a wine glass, so she smiled and said, "My sister is also here, why didn't I see it just now?" ”
"I just came, and I talked to the old lady and the ladies over there and had a few glasses of wine, and then I took the time to come and look for my sister." However, after more than ten days of hard work, Song Yayun's face has lost a lot of weight. My brother had that kind of disease, and her face was not bright, and she didn't want to go out and see people, if it wasn't for Mrs. Jing Nanbo forcing her to come out today, she would have wanted to stay at home.
Yao Yanyu smiled, didn't say much or asked, just let go of the space a little, and invited Song Yayun: "Come and watch the dragon boat, it's so lively." ”
Song Yayun didn't have the heart to watch the dragon boat race, so she only pulled Yao Yanyu to sit down in a clean place on the side, sighed helplessly, and said: "Reasoning, I don't have the face to see my sister, but this matter is related to the fate of the family, and I can't take care of it much." ”
Yao Yanyu was stunned in her heart, thinking that the Song family really did everything, and actually let Song Yayun, a girl who had not left the cabinet, come to find her.
"Second sister, can you ......" Song Yayun looked at Yao Yanyu, and before the words came out, her eyes turned red first. Then he took a handkerchief and covered his mouth, and lowered his head.
Yao Yanyu was stunned, looked away and sighed.
"I know, I shouldn't have told you this. But my grandmother and mother were ...... for my brother's illness I really can't help it. The whole family is crazy...... If my brother is really gone, what will my mother do? What am I going to do? Song Yayun said these words, but she let go, she stepped forward, grabbed Yao Yanyu's hand, and begged: "Good sister, if you save your brother, you will be the great benefactor of our family!" Mother said, we take out all the furniture to thank you, and we are willing! ”
Yao Yanyu smiled: "I treated your brother, is it just for your family's furniture?" ”
Song Yayun didn't care about the ridicule on Yao Yanyu's face, and hurriedly said, "What does my sister want?" As long as we can, we say yes. ”
"Yo, what's going on? On Sister Yao's big day, what did Miss Song cry about? Jiang's second sister Jiang Chengying had already heard the movement here, but because everyone's faces pretended not to hear it, but at this moment, Song Yayun pulled Yao Yanyu to cry tears, and she really couldn't stand it.
Song Yayun hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and said no more.
Yao Yanyu smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's too stuffy in this building, I'll go out for a walk." With that, he slowly got up.
"Second sister!" Song Yayun reached out and grabbed Yao Yanyu's placket and refused to let go.
Yao Yanyu sighed softly and said, "Sister Song, this kind of thing is not a trivial matter between you and my sisters, it involves my name, and I have to be cautious. The ancients had a training to follow the father at home and the husband when married. As long as my father and General Wei promise me to go to your brother's medical treatment, I will never say a word. So, it's useless for you to beg me. ”
After speaking, Yao Yanyu reached out and pushed Song Yayun's hand away, raised her feet and left.
The guests in the house were either talking to each other or watching the dragon boat race, and even Cuiwei and Cuiping were pulled to the window by the maids in the house to watch the dragon boat race, and few people really saw Yao Yanyu go downstairs.
Only Du Sanniang, who was guarding the staircase, saw it and followed quietly.
Yao Yanyu took her skirt and turned all the way down the stairs, went out from the back door of the building, and let out a long breath while smelling the fresh air.
"Girl, are you alright?" Du Sanniang hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Yao Yanyu turned around and saw the person who spoke, and couldn't help laughing: "You followed me down." It just so happens that I'm a little thirsty, so you can go get me a cup of tea. ”
"Yes." Du Sanniang agreed, turned around and poured tea.
Yao Yanyu walked a few steps along the bamboo congregation, looked up and saw the vast blue waves and noisy crowds, couldn't help but shake her head, and wanted to turn around and walk back to find a secluded place.
"What's wrong? Alas, sigh. Wei Zhang flashed out of nowhere, just blocking Yao Yanyu's way.
"Nothing." Yao Yanyu didn't want to say much to anyone at this time, Song Yayun's actions actually put her in a dilemma. She sympathizes with Song Yayun, a girl, but she really hates Song Yanqing. She is a doctor who treats diseases and saves people, and now it is the first time she has killed someone, and after thinking about it, she is uneasy.
"Go over there." Wei Zhang pointed to the quiet bamboo-shaded path.
"How did you get out? Didn't anyone pull you to drink? Yao Yanyu then remembered that General Wei should be the protagonist over there, how could those bureaucrats give up if they didn't get him drunk?
"I drank a little too much, Xiao Yi took it for me." Wei Zhang did drink a lot, almost five or six points drunk, but he knew that he couldn't get drunk, so he found an excuse to hide.