Extra seven
"What's wrong Frost? Did you encounter something unhappy in the Zeng family's inner house just now? ā
On the gently swaying carriage, because Xia Shuanghan's "drink less" admonition was put in his heart before the banquet, Lu Shaoyun, who still retains a clear consciousness, soon became keenly aware of Xia Shuanghan's unhappiness on the way home to escort his lover home. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"It's not an unhappy thing, it's just that I'm thinking about the problem between you and me because of a conversation I just heard in the inner court."
I knew very well in my heart that if she would marry Lu Shaoyun in the future, then there were some problems that she had to face, and it was impossible to escape the summer frost, so she turned her head to look at Lu Shaoyun beside her and said bluntly: "Lu Tingxuan, what kind of attitude does your family have towards this marriage between you and me, can you tell me clearly and accurately?" ā
From the expression on Xia Shuanghan's face and her question, it can be deduced that Lu Shaoyun, who is worried about what she is worried about now, will never beautify the facts and cover up meaninglessly at all. So, I only heard him confess and say directly: "In the Dingguo Mansion, except for my grandfather and me, no one else supports this marriage. None of that matters, though. ā
"I am the one who lives with you, and the holy decree I specially asked for has been clearly written, and we will live our own small family life in the future according to the way of the Rong people. So what the rest of my family thinks of you, you don't have to pay attention to it. You can treat them as they treat you, you just need to remember the sentence 'you must not have the intention of harming others, and you must not have the heart of guarding against others'. ā
Because she knew that she would never be a daughter-in-law who would satisfy Lu Shaoyun's mother Xu, Xia Shuanghan, who had some worries about her future married life, quickly relieved her heart because of Lu Shaoyun, who was staring down at her, and said to her sincerely and firmly.
"Even if the Xu family doesn't like me, as long as I marry into the Dingguo Mansion, I don't have to swallow my anger to bear what the Xu family did, just like the ridicule and ridicule that Mrs. Zeng did tonight, but I can fight back happily, or walk away on the spot when I don't want to listen to it, then this kind of life is free enough for me."
Looking intently at Xia Shuanghan, who was silently whispering in her heart, and had obviously made up her mind about how to deal with the Xu family in the future, believing that a reminder from her had already made her think about dealing with the Xu family carefully, Lu Shaoyun, who had harmed Xia Shuanghan in her previous life, in addition to the Xu family, thought of another person who had harmed Xia Shuanghan in her previous life, and even decided to take this opportunity to take Pei Huanting out to give her a wake-up.
"Shuang Han, there is a passage that I am not afraid of your jokes, in fact, you have to admit that in the eyes of many ladies of the family in Beijing, I can actually be regarded as a good candidate for a future son-in-law with both civil and military skills and excellent character, right? So ......"
"So, so what?" With a smile on his face, he raised his eyes to look at Lu Shaoyun, who was boasting that he was still true, Xia Shuanghan was very curious in his heart, what would he say.
Because he was staring intently at his lover's bright eyes, for some reason, Lu Shaoyun, who suddenly felt a little embarrassed, immediately blushed uncontrollably.
Then, in order to cover his shame, he suddenly stretched out his arms until he hugged Xia Shuanghan into his arms, then put his chin on her shoulder and continued: "So, if something such as the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion secretly agrees to me, so she is jealous of you, it's not an impossible situation, right?" ā
Lying in Lu Shaoyun's arms safely, Xia Shuanghan, who couldn't help laughing because of his words, said with a grin: "I know, I know, what you mean is actually that in the days to come, I will not only have to cheer up and beware of those people in the Dingguo Mansion, including your mother, who are dissatisfied with me, but also pay attention to those rotten peach blossoms who are attracted by you and may take the initiative to entangle me to make trouble, aren't they?" ā
"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."
Because of his lover's giggling laughter, Lu Shaoyun, who felt that his cheeks were burning more and more, heard Xia Shuanghan's laughter, and there was a seriousness that really heard his worries and reminders in his heart.
So, Lu Shaoyun, who had to avoid life and death in his previous life no matter what, said while the iron was hot: "So for your safety, if you are willing to learn some of the most basic grappling fighting techniques from me, it would be great." ā
"Okay, no problem. As long as you are willing to teach, then I am willing to learn, after all, you know, I was originally a fierce girl who likes to solve problems with a whip. So if you can teach me not only some basic enemy defeating moves, but also some light and small hidden weapons, then I think I'll be more happy to learn. ā
Snuggled in Lu Shaoyun's warm and reliable embrace, and said a word to him intimately, and then began to follow him, who came to Xia's house openly every morning, from the next day onwards, to seriously learn and practice the basic skills of grappling and fighting, as well as Xia Shuanghan, who slowly came into contact with the hidden weapon and medicinal powder suitable for her use, so after the time crossed into the wax moon, she unexpectedly received an invitation post from the Xu family.
In the nearly seventeen years since she was born, Xia Shuanghan, who has never received any posts from the Xu family, could not see that the reason why she came to invite her now is nothing more than to set up a Hongmen banquet and wait for her to go.
"If you don't want to go, then don't go!" Just like a few days ago, Lu Shaoyun, who also came to Xia's family today to teach Xia Shuanghan to practice martial arts, took the invitation from his lover, and then unfolded it to read it, when he frowned slightly and said: "I know very well that my mother must be using her crooked brain and thinking about crooked ideas this time, so if you don't want to face my mother who is obviously malicious to you, then I can completely understand." ā
"No, I'm going, after all, as you told me, your mother has lost the Queen Mother's only support. So I'd like to see what else she can come up with to deal with me if I don't follow her down the tricks of the inner house at all, and instead play hard with your mother in a simple, rough, and direct way, when she can't count on outside help! ā
Since returning to the capital, in the past half a month, Lu Shaoyun, who has been busy contacting Xia Shuanghan and the Xia family, and striving to achieve the goal of "choosing a day to get married" as soon as possible, has also not delayed dealing with Pei Huanting and his mother Xu.
Now that Lu Shaoyun, who has successfully passed on his well-considered rhetoric to Jiang Yicheng's ears, has gratified the exact news that he will take action in order to get Pei Huanting.
As for her mother Xu, she knew that her maiden family, the Xu family, could not provide her with any assistance, and at the same time, as long as Lu Xiaoqing was not deceived, then it would be absolutely impossible for the Dingguo Mansion to stand on the opposite side of Xia Shuanghan, Lu Shaoyun, all he needed to do was to cut off the way for the Xu family to ask for help from his only foreign aid, the Queen Mother.
"Mother, what kind of attitude and sensuality you use to treat her after Frost and Cold marry into the door, then I will treat you in the same way. You toss her on your own, and together we will fight back; If you rely on the power of the Queen Mother to punish her, then you will lose my son forever. And I'll tell my grandfather everything you've done, so that he can decide whether or not you should let him divorce you. So, I hope you'll be able to take care of yourself. ā
Lu Shaoyun, who used such a paragraph to show off to the Xu family, and at the same time still did not forget to inform his grandfather and asked him to send someone to pay attention to Xu's every move, after determining that it was impossible for the Xu family to poison Xia Shuanghan again, Pei Huanting could not marry him again, and the queen mother was even more unlikely to intervene in his marriage, he basically decided that he and Xia Shuanghan would never repeat the tragic marriage of the previous life.
So now, in the face of the invitation handed over by the Xu family, Lu Shaoyun, who knew that his mother would never give up without trying anything, did not worry about this plum banquet that could not set any powerful traps, but just had some boredom.
"It doesn't matter if you make a declaration to my mother by force, if she doesn't have the power to oppress you, if she finds out that you are a tough woman with a hard fist, then she will die as soon as possible and will not try to hurt you again."
"Well, that's what you said." I am extremely grateful to Lu Shaoyun for the unconditional support she has shown, adhering to the concept that "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the world are basically enemies", and then Xia Shuanghan, who never asked Lu Shaoyun, "Why are you so sure, your mother wants to deal with me", so he decided to be invited to go to deter by force, in exchange for a peaceful future life.
With a pleased smile, he glanced at Xia Shuanghan, who patted the soft whip wrapped around his waist and specially customized for her the day before yesterday, and realized that as long as there was no kindness that Lu Xiaoqing gave her in her previous life when she was lonely, and the strong love that she could swallow her anger and retreat for him, Lu Shaoyun, who was not afraid of Xia Shuanghan and could live freely and casually, was no longer worried that she would be bullied and plotted by the Xu family like in her previous life.
So in this way, on the fifth day of the lunar month three days later, it was already expected that today's self and the Xu family would definitely break up unhappily in the summer frost, so Lu Shaoyun told her, "If you are impatient to deal with them, you can come out to me at any time, I will always wait for you in the outer courtyard", and came to the inner courtyard of the Dingguo Mansion.
The plum banquet written on the post handed by Xu was held in the plum garden adjacent to the warm pavilion and the verandah.
The area is not very large, the red and white plums in full bloom are in the eyes of Xia Shuanghan, and there is nothing unique in the garden, the women with fragrant clothes and sideburns, and wandering leisurely, not only most of the hostesses in the Dingguo Mansion and their respective friends, but also several Xu family ladies invited by the Xu family from their maiden family.
Folding plum flower arrangement, cooking tea and touching the piano, more than a dozen young girls giggled and laughed, and participated in the activities with great interest, but in the eyes of Xia Shuanghan, they were all boring and boring, so that she just wanted to sleep. Climbing branches and breaking flowers, she was not interested in fishing and catching shrimps; Cooking tea and fuqin is even more boring for her, who is keen on horseback riding and archery.
"I can't appreciate such a slow tune, and I'm going to fall asleep if I listen to it any more."
After entering the door and saying hello to the others, Xia Shuanghan, who had been waiting for Xu's shot at her, had been waiting for no movement on the left and no movement on the right, and was bored on the chair in the corner of the warm pavilion, not allowing anything to enter, and at the same time staying away from all incense grounds, wandering in the sky for a long time.
Raising his hand to cover a big yawn that was about to exit, Xia Shuanghan, who was about to droop down by Lu Ruqian's eyelids, muttered silently in his heart, and really couldn't bear the sleepiness that swept in.
Xia Shuanghan, who raised her eyelids slightly to look at the blue sky outside the window, thought in her heart, "If I continue to be so boring, then I really want to give up today's opportunity to use force to deter and go to the outer courtyard to find Tingxuan to relieve her boredom", but she didn't know that she had inadvertently inadvertently made the Xu family, who had been silently observing her, angry.
Because of the marriage decree that his son personally went to the palace to ask for, as well as the declaration he made to her with a resolute and categorical attitude, Xu had to put aside his anger and unwillingness to face the reality after a few days of precipitation and adaptation, and had to accept Xia Shuanghan, the future daughter-in-law.
"Neither my mother's family nor my mother-in-law's family is my help, and I can't afford the price of asking the Queen Mother's aunt for help, so it seems that if you want to deal with Xia Shuanghan, you can only rely on my status and majesty as her future mother-in-law, train and subdue her, and then make her obedient."
After thinking about it, he found the only way that he could go on, and whatever he said was bound to make the Xu family, who "took the Xia Shuanghan who broke it and snatched Lu Shaoyun" and paid the price for his fox charm, he made up his mind to give Xia Shuanghan a dismount at today's plum banquet.
The delicate snacks and precious tea leaves served at the banquet were not touched by Xia Shuanghan; The ladies who dressed up delicately and carefully, the gorgeous dresses they wore on their bodies, and the delicate hair accessories they wore on their heads, just got Xia Shuanghan's "Wear such a complicated skirt, if you don't fall on a snowy day, who will fall; Wearing such a heavy gem head, your neck is not sore who has a sore neck".
"What's going on with this Xia clan? Gorgeous clothes, delicacies, gold and jade, food and clothing, wearing ornaments, could it be said that none of these things that are now displayed in front of her can interest her? ā
I couldn't see the yearning for luxury life in Xia Shuanghan's eyes, as well as the Xu family's stammering and flattering in the upper-class aristocratic circle, and I didn't even have a chance to find a chance to make fun of Xia Shuanghan, who was a "hillbilly who had never seen the world".
In the face of a person who doesn't look at wealth and power at all, you deliberately run forward to show off your wealth, show off your noble origin and identity, but you can only be boring for yourself.
So, because Xia Shuanghan is similar to seeing through Hongchen's lack of desire for power and wealth, and wanting to make Xia Shuanghan ashamed of herself through the significant differences between classes at the beginning, and then put herself in a humble and low place, the Xu family had to directly enter the second stage of her plan.
From childhood to adulthood, in addition to treating the authentic works of famous artists as treasures, the food, jewelry and gorgeous clothes did not look at Xia Shuanghan in their eyes, and they couldn't understand Xu's intentions and frustrations at all. So, it wasn't until Lu Ruqian stood up after stroking a song and saluted her skirt, and suddenly Xia Shuanghan, who was named by the Xu family, finally cheered up and read a sentence in her heart, "Are you finally ready to attack me?" I'm just getting tired of waiting. ā
"Frost and cold, when Qian'er stroked the piano, I saw you yawn tired repeatedly. Come to think of it, it must be because of the short age of Qian'er, her skills are rough, and her playing is not to your liking, so it makes you feel bored and drowsy. Why don't you go up and play a song so that you can give yourself and others a refreshment? ā
"Knowing that the Rong people don't play the five-stringed or seven-stringed piano at all, and let me, a person who has never touched the piano since I was a child, go up to play, Xu is trying to laugh at me? But what to do, I personally don't think that not being able to play such a beautiful sound is a sign of ignorance and shame! ā
Thinking and Xu are not on the same line at all, thinking that not being able to ride a horse and shoot arrows, and not being able to use force to protect themselves is a manifestation of incompetence and shame, Xia Shuanghan, I don't know what the point of Xu doing this is. However, this did not prevent her from taking advantage of this opportunity to achieve her goal of using force to deter.
So, Xia Shuanghan, who was already ready, raised his eyes and looked at Xu and asked, "Mrs. Shizi just said, let me go forward and play a song to give myself and others a refreshment, right?" Since it's a refreshment, if I can use that piano to make a sound in the shortest possible time, so that everyone in the audience can cheer up, that would be enough, right? ā
"Huh? Yes..... Ah, right. "I knew a long time ago that the Han women's four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, Xia Shuanghan is only proficient in calligraphy and painting, fur in Go, and does not know how to touch the qin at all.
So, when Xia Shuanghan didn't find a reason to excuse Fuqin, but stood up frankly and asked her about the specific requirements, Xu Shi, who only felt that Xia Shuanghan didn't play cards according to common sense, nodded in reply without thinking much at all. (To be continued.) )