Chapter 142: Hydrangea
"The prince who has been a bachelor for twenty-three years is finally getting married, and I don't know what kind of beautiful woman can capture our prince?" This is the question that the people in the palace have been haunting in their hearts before Xia Shuanghan married Su Yixing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When the bride passed through the door, the subordinates who finally saw the true face of the princess of the world, after a little contact with Xia Shuanghan, couldn't help but have such doubts: "The appearance is bland, the behavior is vulgar, I don't know what the three obedience and four virtues are, and even on the day of the wedding, I was entangled with the fifth young master of the Dingguo Mansion, why can such a woman get the favor of the prince?" ”
Later, although there was still faint dissatisfaction and disdain, the encounter of Honeysuckle, who was transferred by the princess to Tingtao Courtyard, swept away all the disrespect for Xia Shuanghan in everyone's hearts: "I wonder what is so good about the princess, just look at her reputation as a loyal and righteous countryman, and her ability to firmly encircle the prince, the princess and the prince, we don't have the ability to play tricks in front of her." ”
Honorable status, the maintenance of her husband, the love of her elders, and the ability of a housekeeper, Xia Shuanghan, who has these four qualifications as a solid backing, cannot find anyone in Xiangyang Mansion who does not have a brain and dares to provoke her.
"All matters involving the princess and concubine must not be sloppy", such a belief has penetrated into the hearts of every subordinate, and even the old housekeeper who has served in the palace for most of his life has put it in his heart without exception.
Just after noon on April 12, the old housekeeper, who happened to go to the porter to look for the little grandson who was looking for the doorman and wanted to explain a few words to him, accidentally saw a famous post that the grandson had just received from a visitor outside the door.
After learning that it was Lin Zhukuai from Jingzhao Yin Yamen who sent the name card and a Rong girl in a red dress with countless pigtails into a high ponytail, he knew that the guest outside the door must be the old housekeeper of the old man of the princess, so he immediately supported a small family with sharp legs and feet, and ran to send the name card to Xia Shuanghan without delay.
"Bariya? Sister Baliya has arrived in the capital? Xia Shuanghan, who took the name card from the hand of the family, glanced at the text in the post, and patted his head in surprise and joy, and then suddenly realized: "Oh my God! Look at me, I've been so busy lately that I've forgotten that the Naming Village caravan will arrive in the capital in mid-April. ”
Xia Shuanghan, who folded the unfolded name card and ran with a step, soon rushed to the hospitality hall where Lin Xiran and Baliya were under the leadership of Jiading.
"Sister Frost, that's great! You're really okay! After Xia Shuanghan entered the flower hall, she looked her up and down in a circle, and after confirming that her good sister had indeed recovered, her eyes were red with tears of joy.
"Sister Shuanghan, do you know, since I heard that you fell into a deep ditch and were washed out of the mountain by the river, my father and mother and I didn't say anything on the surface, but in our hearts we thought that you would definitely leave some sequelae of pain. Now it seems that we are too pessimistic, aren't you living a good life? ”
"yes, it's a good life, and I couldn't be healthier now." I didn't want to say that I would definitely be cured of infertility, and then in vain to worry the two friends, Xia Shuanghan, who beckoned the girls to watch the tea, pulled Balia to sit down on the round stool next to the table, and asked, "Is Uncle Hazrub okay?" What about the others? ”
"It's okay, it's okay, everybody's fine." Raising her hand to wipe the sparkle from the corners of her eyes, Baliya, who roughly told the current situation of her family, soon turned the topic to Xia Shuanghan's marriage after the girl serving tea left the house and there were no more outsiders in the room.
"Xiran told me, that Xiangyang Wang Shizi is really not a thing, a man who can skillfully use the sneaky tricks of these villains, how can he be your sister?"
Glancing at Baliya, who was puffing out her cheeks angrily, her attitude was exactly the same as she expected, and now, Xia Shuanghan, who didn't want her friends to add more unnecessary trouble to this marriage after the wood was already completed, vaguely glanced at Lin Xiran, who was also sitting at the table, hoping that he could take the lead in changing the topic.
Although like Baliya, she still hasn't let go of the disgust and anger towards Su Yixing in her heart, but considering that she is in the Xiangyang Palace at this moment, Lin Xiran, who received Xia Shuanghan's eyes, still talked about other things according to her meaning.
"By the way, Baliya, didn't you bring all the things that Tingxuan and Frost fell outside the gate? If you don't tell her now that the carriage full of supplies and her beloved horse Hongyun are in the outer courtyard, how can she arrange for the people to pack up their things? ”
"Ahh Yes, yes, you look at me, the things that I brought thousands of miles away, I was so excited that I forgot about them. Baliya, who was blocked by Lin Xiran's words and his condemnation of Su Yixing, quickly talked about the whereabouts of the materials that were left in Naming Village by the "hidden trio" in the first place.
In order to conceal their identities, Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran prepared many goods outside the customs and expected to be brought to the capital for sale this spring, and it was obviously impossible for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who provided all the expenses of the "latent trio", to take them back. Therefore, according to the original plan of the trio before they left the customs, they were going to give all these things to the Yehong family for free.
It's just that the Yehong family, who adheres to the principle of "no merit and no luck", is unwilling to accept this property. Therefore, according to Bariya, after the caravan finished selling its goods before leaving Beijing, all the profits obtained will be distributed among the trio themselves.
As for the horses and carriages that were purchased for business, they were all brought to the Xiangyang Palace, along with the items that Xia Shuanghan and Lu Shaoyun left outside the pass, and handed over to Xia Shuanghan to deal with.
"I don't need horses and carriages on weekdays, so if I don't have an opinion, except for Hongyun, all the other cars and horses will be sold."
Xia Shuanghan, who was not interested in this property that did not belong to her, made up her mind to hand over all the money obtained from the sale of materials to Lu Shaoyun after returning to Beijing to deal with it, and then, after calling the girl, she asked them to find a family to carry all the boxes belonging to her and Lu Shaoyun in the carriage to Tingtao Courtyard.
The hour had passed, and night had fallen, and Lin Xiran and Baliya, who had already sent off in Shenshi and were still busy in the caravan camp outside the South City Gate, were still hungry, waiting for Su Yixing, who was going to Chen's house and didn't know when he would return home, to come back and have dinner with her.
"Coming back? Is everything going well? In the brightly lit main room of Tingtao Courtyard, he finally waited for Su Yixing's summer frost, and while instructing Zhichun to go to the small stove room to pass the dishes, he came forward and eagerly asked him about Chen Jinglun's physical condition.
"Chen Jinglun's condition is very good, not long after the needle is removed, he can drink water smoothly, I think that as long as he takes care of it properly, he will rely on the method of eating liquid food for another three months, and there is no problem."
Raising his hand to change the official robe on his body, he looked at Xia Shuanghan with an expressionless face If it weren't for Chen Jinglun, it would never be possible to take the initiative to meet Xia Shuanghan, who came to talk to him, and Su Yixing, who silently recited a sentence of "can't be in a hurry" in his heart, quickly turned around and walked out of the inner room, and dined with his nominal wife.
"I heard the old housekeeper say that this afternoon, Lin Zhu and a friend of your clan came to the mansion to find you?" At the table where the steaming dinner was placed, Su Yixing, who had abandoned the habit of "eating without sleeping or sleeping" in order to adapt to the traditions of the Rong people, frowned slightly, looking a little unhappy.
"Lin Xiran will marry my good sister before the end of this year, so he is not 'a friend of Lu Tingxuan, who has nothing to do with me', but my future brother-in-law."
Temporarily putting aside the chopsticks in his hand, Xia Shuanghan, who knew what Su Yixing was thinking at this time, made up for it and said: "Don't worry, since I have promised you that within three years, I will always bear the responsibilities and obligations of being your wife, then before you and I separate, it will be impossible for me to try to achieve the goal of privately receiving from Lu Tingxuan through anyone." ”
Xia Shuanghan's words were tantamount to making a promise to Su Yixing in disguise, "In the next three years, except for Lin Xiran, I will not take the initiative to contact any of Lu Shaoyun's family members or friends". As for Lu Shaoyun himself, "in the days when he was holding the title of the princess of Xiangyang Wang, he resolutely did not have any ambiguous or over-the-top words and deeds with him", which was already the limit of what Xia Shuanghan could promise, so Su Yixing, who knew that if he wanted to prevent them from having contact, everything had to rely on himself, so he finally chose to remain silent.
On the fifteenth day of the month, this is one of the two days of the fixed rest of Xia Chaoyang, who has been enlightened and entered school. Like other officials in the six ministries of the three provinces, except for the first half of the first month and the beginning of February, Su Yixing, who rests every Friday, also happens to be off on this day. So, I got up early and went out to the east of the city, and next to Xia Shuanghan, who was going to go to Chen's house, picked up my younger brother who wanted to go to Chen's house, and there was another Su Yixing.
"Sister, before the Dragon Boat Festival, can Brother Tingxuan really return to the capital with a divine doctor who can cure Jinglun?"
On the bustling streets, Xia Chaoyang, who was riding on the back of Hongyun with Xia Shuanghan, eliminated his bad impression of Lu Shaoyun who was "untrustworthy" since he learned the truth behind his sister's escape from marriage last year. Therefore, now, he has always adhered to the concept of "one person doing things and one person is responsible", and he has never resented the innocent Lu Shaoyun because of the mistakes made by the Xu family.
"Your brother Tingxuan has never boasted about what he can't do, so you have to have confidence in him, and even more so in Jinglun, I believe that your little friend will definitely be able to wake up within three months, you know?"
Gently holding his younger brother sitting in front of him, Xia Shuanghan, who didn't want to travel with Su Yixing in women's clothes, and then left the impression of "their husband and wife are in love, and they go to the street with Meimei" to those who see them, before going out, he changed into men's clothes that he had not seen for a long time.
"Well, I believe in Brother Tingxuan's ability." Xia Chaoyang, who was greatly encouraged by hearing his sister's words, nodded firmly, and turned to ride a horse beside him and his sister Su Yixing said: "Thank you Brother Zhen Chen, if it weren't for you, Jinglun would definitely not be able to hold on, so, thank you, Brother Zhen Chen." ”
Faced with Xia Chaoyang, who thought that the strange poison was bought from him by Chen Juntang with a lot of money, like Chen Jingwei, Su Yixing lied without any unnaturalness at all.
So, Xia Chaoyang, who didn't know the truth of the matter at all, stepped on a long and wide street leading to the Chen family with his "loving sister and brother-in-law".
"Sister, there are crowds and crowds in front, what is going on?" After advancing on the street for a while, Xia Chaoyang, who saw a lot of people crowded one after another in front of him, was curious: "Could it be some new juggling team?" ”
"No, it looks like there is a certain lady who wants to throw a hydrangea to recruit relatives." While looking into the distance, Xia Shuanghan, who rushed to see the lively passers-by from the side to collect information, quickly came to the correct conclusion.
"Throwing hydrangeas to recruit relatives?" Xia Chaoyang, who was faintly curious and excited about this lively and lively that he had never seen before, temporarily put the matter of "going to visit his friends" to the back of his mind, and he couldn't wait to turn around, and looked up to Xia Shuanghan, who was sitting behind him, and begged: "Sister, can we take a look at the excitement before moving forward?" ”
"Yes, of course." Considering that it was impossible for Chen Jinglun, whose condition had stabilized, to put on his wings and fly away, Xia Shuanghan, who decided to satisfy Xia Chaoyang's curiosity first and then move on, nodded affirmatively.
In the territory of Great Xia, because there is a custom that "the vast majority of people have lifelong companions, and the parents of each family have taken a good look at each other before their children reach the marriageable age", therefore, the way of marriage such as "throwing hydrangea to recruit relatives" is actually rare in the territory of Great Xia.
Holding his younger brother a little bit and slowly approaching the crowded crowd, Xia Shuanghan, who didn't want to be swept into the crowd and wanted to provide a good perspective for his younger brother, soon chose a place to stop and watch in the direction of the young lady who was throwing the hydrangea in the open space behind the crowd.
On the second floor of the carved fence, a girl with a light veil covering her face reveals a pair of bright eyes and a smooth and full forehead, with delicate white and tender pink skin with a moist and healthy sheen, and two beautiful eyebrows with soft lines like willow leaves.
Although her hazy obscure, only revealing the lower half of her face, which prevents others from peeking into her true face, just from the exposed part, it is enough to make people deduce that the girl who is about to throw the hydrangea is a rare beauty.
Beside the beauty, in addition to a girl who is known to be a personal maid from her dress, there is also a middle-aged fat uncle with a red face and a blessed figure.
After a simple and clear self-introduction, the fat uncle, who is the father of a beauty, roughly described the reasons why his daughter wanted to throw hydrangeas to recruit relatives, and the conditions that should be met by the recruits. Then, after everything that should be said was made clear, the beauty who walked to the carved fence threw down the hydrangea that held her lifelong happiness. (To be continued.) )