Chapter 110: Gift-giving
From the time the Jiang family entered the Mu Mansion, Ji Bingqian was anxiously waiting back and forth by the poplar trees outside the Mu Mansion. The pen and the fun pavilion www.biquge.info kept looking towards the gate of the Mu Mansion.
If it weren't for the fact that the imperial doctor who gave Yu Liangdi the pulse of the Prince's Mansion was close friends with his family, he really didn't know how to let the Xiao family leave the Mu Mansion when the Jiang family came to match.
Seeing Jiang's sedan chair coming out of the gate of the Mu Mansion, Ji Bingqian almost rushed over. Through the sedan curtain, he asked uneasily, "How is it?" ”
Jiang Shi lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "You can go back and prepare the bride price with peace of mind." In the afternoon I will go to your house and discuss with your mother about the proposal. ”
Ji Bingqian was so excited that he almost knelt down and kowtowed to the Jiang family three times.
After Xiao Shi came back from the Prince's Mansion, he heard about it and angrily flipped the table at hand.
The old lady called Aunt Yan over and told her about the matchmaking of the Jiang family. Although Aunt Yan had known it for a long time, when she heard the old lady say with her own ears, "The son of the Ji family has fallen in love with Rong Yatou and wants to marry her, this is the blessing of Rong Yatou", she was still excited and burst into tears, and she couldn't cry silently.
"At that time, when I was going to marry Rong Yatou to Zhaodehou Mansion, my wife prepared some dowry, and I asked Liuli to send you the dowry list after a while. Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, she has a lot to do with the past, and you also know that Mei Jiuniang is going to enter the house again, but I am afraid that she is powerless. This time, it's up to you to prepare the dowry of the Rong girl. The old lady leaned on a pillow embroidered with acacia flowers all over the place, and talked to Aunt Yan quite leisurely.
It's not that she doesn't give Xiao face, it's just that in recent years, Xiao's behavior has become more and more unorthodox. Lingrong's family business is unattainable, if it weren't for the Jiang family's matchmaking, I wouldn't dare to think about it. She couldn't let Xiao ruin Lingrong's family.
Hearing that the old lady actually asked her to prepare a dowry for her daughter, Aunt Yan was stunned. Then with tears in his eyes, he knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady, thanking him but not knowing what to say.
The old lady glanced at Aunt Yan with a smile and said softly, "Get up." Don't cry, it's a great thing, what to cry about. He said to Liuli again: "Go and fetch water for Aunt Yan and let her wash her face." ”
Liuli left in response.
The old lady said again: "You have served me since you were a child, I am naturally different from others to you, I originally thought that letting you follow Shichang can be regarded as a good place for you to go for the rest of your life, but I didn't think about it," Speaking of this, the old lady sighed, "Do you complain about me?" ”
Aunt Yan was teary-eyed, shook her head and said, "How can the slave complain about you." The slave knows that you have secretly taken good care of the slave and the maid all these years. ”
If it weren't for the old lady secretly taking care of her, she would have died when she gave birth to Lingyu. How can there be today, not only can I see my daughter marry into a good family, but I can also prepare a dowry for her in person, which is enough for this life.
In the outhouse, Liuli held the basin and wept silently. Su'er sat in the corner, quietly watching all this.
The old lady said again: "You have followed me for so many years, and you can be regarded as having seen the world, you are careful, you know how to keep accounts, and you know how good things are. ”
Aunt Yan nodded tearfully, "Don't worry, the slave will definitely do a good job." ”
Who cares more about her daughter than her own mother.
Listening to the words, Liuli wiped away the tears on her face, lifted the curtain with a smile and went in, and served Aunt Yan to wash her face.
On August 14, the old lady took Linglong and Lingrong to the Li Mansion.
First, I wanted to have a good talk with the old lady Tong and the sisters the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and secondly, I wanted to thank the Jiang family for telling Lingrong such a good family matter.
Jiang took Yan Ying to receive the wives of various mansions who came to give gifts in the front hall. The old lady took Linglong and Lingrong directly to Mrs. Tong's house.
"Why don't you see Miss Zhe Ying and Miss Shen Family?" The old lady asked.
Mrs. Tong sighed and said with a smile: "Ming'er is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the wife of the Shen family came to pick up Xinyi in person, saying that the Mid-Autumn Festival wants a family reunion, and Xinyi can't be left outside." I was afraid that she would be wronged when she went back, so I let Zhe Ying follow. ”
Thinking of the ugly face of the Shen family's wife when she knew that Zhe Ying was also going, Mrs. Tong felt uncomfortable in her heart. If Mo Qiu was still alive, Xinyi would be like this.
Hearing that Zhe Ying followed, Linglong's hanging heart also became steady. No matter how bad the Shen family's daughters are, they won't bully Shen Xinyi in front of Zhe Ying.
"Then after the Mid-Autumn Festival, can we still play with Xinyi? Is she still coming? Linglong raised her face and asked Mrs. Tong.
Mrs. Tong said with a smile: "When the time comes, let Zhe Ying and her mother pick them up in person, bring them both back, and you can play together." ”
Listening to what Mrs. Tong said, Linglong drank almond dew with peace of mind. The almond syrup in Lifu is silkier and softer than that in Mufu, and the aroma of almonds in your mouth is stronger.
As he was talking, Zhao Yue reported to Old Taijun Tong that the young master of the Shen family was here.
Hearing Shen Yunqi coming, Mrs. Tong smiled and said, "Let him come in." ”
Linglong was surprised that Shen Yunqi was so loved by Mrs. Tong. It seems that Mrs. Tong took care of Shen Xinyi not all because she was pitiful and sympathetic to her, but really loved her, just like she loved Zhe Ying and Yan Ying.
Soon Shen Yunqi opened the curtain and came in, dressed in dark green and straight, with a lofty atmosphere. Seeing Linglong and them, he didn't show surprise, calmly greeted Mrs. Tong and the old lady, and then sat down opposite Linglong.
"Why did you come here at this time?" Mrs. Tong asked.
"Zhe Ying and Xinyi have both gone back, and I won't come out in the afternoon." Shen Yunqi took a sip of Biluochun and said.
"Have you met your second uncle?" The second aunt mentioned by Mrs. Tong refers to Li Qiangao.
"Not yet, I gave Zhe Ying and them some live creatures to play with, Yanmo is accompanying the housekeeper to arrange it, and I will go to him later." Shen Yunqi replied with a smile, glanced at Linglong, and continued: "A few sika deer and three pairs of golden pheasants were sent from the northeast, and a few golden monkeys and green peacocks were given from Yunnan. ”
The old lady only knew that the Shen family's Shen Yunqi and Shen Xinyi's brothers and sisters had been abused in the Shen Mansion in every way, and it had been spread all over the aristocratic circles in the capital, but she didn't know that Shen Yunqi was so capable that he could get such a rare plaything. didn't put it in the Shen Mansion, but sent it to the Li Mansion, so attentive, no wonder my sister has a blue eye for him.
Mrs. Tong smiled lovingly, and did not say polite words, "There is a green peacock, let's go and take a look at it later." He said to his sister with a smile.
The old lady nodded and smiled.
Mrs. Tong asked Shen Yunqi some common words again, and Shen Yunqi got up to say goodbye, saying that he would go to Li Qiangao. Before leaving, Shen Yunqi gave Linglong a look.
Linglong understood and found an excuse to go out.
"I've got something I want you to help me with." Shen Yunqi went straight with a single knife and a serious expression.
"What's wrong?" Linglong said worriedly.
Seeing that Linglong's eyes were full of worry, Shen Yunqi's heart was warm, and she wanted to reach out and touch her head, but unfortunately this was the Li Mansion, "I will go to your place tonight, and you leave the door for me." ”
"What time is it?" Linglong asked.
Exquisite calmness made Shen Yunqi feel at ease. Since I met Linglong, it is rare to see her flustered and confused, always so calm and rational, nothing seems to shock her, as if she can handle everything.
"About ugly."
Linglong nodded, at that time, the curfew had already passed, and the whole house was also resting, which was the most suitable time. "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After saying that, Linglong suddenly felt like there was an ambiguous feeling about someone after dusk, and couldn't help blushing, "If there is nothing else, I will go back." "Quickly turn around and leave. She didn't want Shen Yunqi to see her flushed face.
Shen Yunqi looked at Linglong's back as she ran away, her eyes were full of gentleness, Linglong, who had always been calm and calm, would only occasionally show this kind of little daughter feelings in front of him, which made him dislike it.
The family affairs of Lingrong and the Ji family have been decided, and only Linglong is left in the Mu Mansion before leaving the cabinet. Xiao Shi has suffered losses in Lingrong's marriage one after another, and he will definitely vent in Linglong's marriage. You have to marry Linglong before Xiao's seizure! The affairs of the Shen family have been almost dealt with, and the next thing to do is to re-establish the position in the Shen family, so that the Shen family can understand that without him Shen Yunqi, the Shen family will not even be able to open the pot.
Over the years, Shen's family has eaten inside and outside with his Shen Yunqi's silver, but he has made things difficult for him and Shen Xinyi in every way. Shen Yunqi had to let them understand what it means to eat other people's soft mouths and take other people's short hands.
"Mu Linglong."
When she was about to arrive at the gate of Mrs. Tong's courtyard, Linglong heard someone calling her name, and looked up at the voice, only to see Wang Jingxue looking at herself with an uncertain expression.
Linglong stopped and looked at Wang Jingxue.
"I saw you talking to Shen Gongzi in the corridor, I don't know what you said, and I don't want to know. But I want to warn you, the young master of the Shen family is my favorite, and you'd better stay away from him from now on. Wang Jingxue said arrogantly, "Besides, your mother-in-law will not marry you to the young master of the Shen family at all, so don't dream of foolishness." ”
When she was in the Big Buddha Temple, Linglong had endured her again and again, she was afraid of angering the Xiao family at that time, but now she has no scruples, of course Linglong can't tolerate her, "I don't talk to Shen Gongzi, what to say, when to speak, I don't think it's your turn to criticize Miss Wang, if you really want to take care of it, wait until you really enter the door of the Shen family." Don't you think it's detrimental to women's morality to say these things now? Didn't your mother teach you? ”
Wang Jingxue was stunned, when she was in the Big Buddha Temple, it was clear that no matter what she said, the Mu family sisters didn't even dare to return it, is this third lady enchanted today? He dared to talk to himself like this, "If you meet the young master of the Shen family in private, isn't it detrimental to women's morality?" Is it above board? ”
Linglong couldn't help laughing in her heart, she really made her right, the content of what she and Shen Yunqi talked about was really not above board. For people like Wang Jingxue, Linglong is never angry and not worth it. Therefore, he looked at Wang Jingxue calmly and said, "Then you go and tell others, saying that I will meet with the young master of the Shen family in private." I don't care. ”
Wang Jingxue looked at Linglong with a gloomy expression, "I don't care if you care or not, I care." You'll regret it. With that, he shook his head and left. (To be continued.) )