Chapter 55: Look at each other
Pei Si, an outstanding grandson, is no wonder that the eldest prince of Qinghe is more biased. His family affairs, the eldest princess is really heartbroken, and it is even tighter than when the eldest grandson married the clan wife. During this time, the focus of the entire princess mansion fell on this matter, and even the birthday banquet of the eldest princess also carried the meaning of looking at each other.
Originally, Zong Zhengke's background was not worthy of Pei Junshao. However, she has a deep Buddha affinity, and she is always illuminated by the light of Buddha. There is also a close friend with a special identity and great magical powers like Venerable Su Hui, and suddenly, her thin and cool background seems to be negligible.
The eldest princess of Qinghe loves her grandson, and because Pei Junshao invited a virtuous monk to see it when he was a child, he ordered that his future wife should be a person with deep fortune, so her eyes fell on Zong Zhengke. If she hadn't been interested in this matter, she wouldn't have personally gone to the chapter to sponsor Zong Zheng's recovery, even if Zong Zhengzheng had made contributions to flood fighting and disaster relief.
These things are stored in Lou Gongren's heart, and she is comfortable with the old lady Ren while waiting with peace of mind. But I didn't think about it, the main master hadn't come yet, but waited for the second wife of the Zongzheng family, the Taiping family, the eldest girl, and the sixth girl.
Lou Gongren is also not easy to stop other people's daughters-in-law and granddaughters from seeing their mothers-in-law and grandmothers, so they sit peacefully. Anyway, she had already prepared, but it was just two meeting gifts. After the report was made, the curtain of the door was raised, and Lou Gongren saw a woman in her thirties with two girls entering the door, bowing and greeting below, all of them with elegant manners, dignified and self-controlled.
The woman was well-dressed, neither shallow nor extravagant, but she could see that she had been well prepared. Both girls wore ivory embroidered bichia, the older one slightly longer than the nail, embroidered with green chrysanthemums; The younger ones are slightly shorter than the nails, and the embroidered ones are daffodils, all of which are fresh and elegant. In addition to the different colors of the jewelry on their heads, the styles and shapes are exactly the same, only the elder sister has an extra pearl flower, and the younger sister wears an ivory comb.
Mrs. Ren smiled at Lou Gongren and said, "These are the two granddaughters of the old woman, the eldest is called Sister Yu, and the younger one is called Sister Yue." He also asked his daughter-in-law and granddaughters to greet Lou Gongren.
The mother and daughter hurriedly asked for peace, and Lou Gongren motioned for the two girls to step forward, grabbed one with one hand, and said with a smile: "The Zongzheng family has been scholarly for several generations, and the real name is well deserved." As soon as these two girls arrived in Yuchuan Mansion, they could compare most of the girls to the next level! Look at this dress, needless to say, people will know that they are sisters at a glance. After saying that, she let go of her hand and motioned to the girl standing behind her to give a greeting gift.
Zong Zhengyu got a pair of red gold and ruby butterfly hairpins, which is a new style that the current boudoir girls like. Xu saw Zong Zhengyue wearing a comb, but the gift she received was a set of four half-moon-shaped coral tortoiseshell beeswax combs of different sizes. These are all valuable things, and they are worth a lot of money, so that the old lady Ren smiled from ear to ear, and thanked her again and again.
Since I have everything with me, there is no reason to take it back. Lou Gongren asked the girl to take out a few more boxes, saying that there were gifts for the second, fourth and fifth girls of the Zongzheng family, and asked Mrs. Ren to collect them for the girls first.
Zong Zhengyue was very happy to get the comb, thanked the reward with his sister, and happily went with his mother, Mrs. Ping, to prepare health medicine soup for Mrs. Ren. Zong Zhengyu had an extra heart, and after going out, he hinted that the big girl left the book. She can hear it really, there is no Zong Zhengke in those meeting gifts.
This is definitely not that people have forgotten it, after all, Qiu Tang, who came to pass the word, said clearly, this Lou Gongren said that he must see Zong Zhengke. That is to say, the meeting gift prepared by Lou Gongren for Zong Zhengke is intended to be given in person. You don't have to think about it to know that it must be more valuable than your sisters'.
Zong Zhengyu sighed, if he said that he was not lost, it would be a lie. As soon as Zong Zhengke returned home, she no longer had the favor she used to be in front of her grandfather. She's going to be in July this year, but she hasn't seen any movement at home until now. My mother remembered this, but my mother hated my grandfather and didn't dare to mention it in front of my grandfather.
But what can be done? As the eldest daughter of the third room of the Zongzheng family, Zong Zhengyu felt that her etiquette could not be hasty, otherwise it would affect her relatives, and it would also make people question the style of the Zongzheng family.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zong Zhengyu caught a glimpse of three people coming out from behind the shadow wall in the courtyard. She hurriedly stood still, and after someone came to curtsy her, she also returned the salute in a proper manner, and then smiled and said, "The third sister's body is very good?" If there is still something wrong, do you want to ask the old lady Gu from Xinglin Hall to take a look? โ
This person who had just passed through the weeping flower gate from the front yard of Helu Tongchun Hall and then bypassed the shadow wall was Zong Zhengke and the master and servant of the Xu family who went to invite people. Zong Zhengke's face was still a little pale, and he had lost a lot of weight, but it became more and more that the big Danfeng eyes were deep and bottomless.
She gave Zong Zhengyu a few thoughtful salutes first, and Zong Zhengyu's earnest concern didn't make her Qingling's eyes a little warmer, but replied indifferently: "Thank you big sister for your concern, but it's just a cold, and it's almost good for the past few days." โ
"That's good! There's a distinguished guest inside, so let's get in quickly. Zong Zhengyu is also impatient to deal with Zong Zhengke, the other party's cold temperament is really unpleasant. For some reason, seeing that Zong Zhengke was even more withdrawn than before, her mood changed a little better.
Mama Cui said softly behind Zong Zhengke: "The old lady has explained that if the third girl arrives, she can go in directly, and there is no need to pass it again." โ
When Xu heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "The old lady loves our girl, but our girl can't be pampered and proud." Girl, do you want to ask Mama Cui to go in again and report it? She snorted coldly in her heart, wanting to make the girl rude in front of the distinguished guests, and not to see where I came from!
Zong Zhengke glanced sideways at Mama Cui slightly, and said in a low voice, "I'm tired of Mama." โ
Mama Cui shuddered suddenly, but she didn't know where the cold came from. She didn't dare to say anything more, so she bent her knees to Zong Zhengke, hurried up a few steps into the verandah, and then went to the main house opposite.
In this courtyard and by the verandah, there are many maids-in-law, and a few of them are very faceless. Xu knew that those people must be the servants and maids of the distinguished guests, and he felt more and more that he was right to follow. Soon, Mama Cui reappeared and came over again to invite Zong Zhengke in person. Zong Zhengke slowly walked up the steps and walked into the verandah.
When she passed by, both the slaves and maids of the Zongzheng family and the slaves and maids of Lou Gongren couldn't help but bow to her. When she passed, the slaves and maids of the Zongzheng family were fine-after all, Zong Zhengke had also come before, and most of the slaves and maids of the Lou Gong people had different faces.
Xu followed behind Zong Zhengke, her eyes sharp, and she could easily distinguish which people needed her to return the courtesy. And her accurate recognition of people also surprised Lou Gongren's slave maid. Among them was a woman in her thirties, who had a deep look in her eyes. This woman is the eldest daughter-in-law of Princess Qinghe, the eldest daughter-in-law of Princess Yiguo, and Mrs. Zhou, the eldest wife of the eldest princess.
Lou Gongren naturally knew about the daughter-in-law outside, and Mrs. Zhou did not hide this from the eldest princess, and Lou Gongren was also willing to give Mrs. Zhou this face. She didn't know how shocked the daughter-in-law was, and she was also inexplicable in her heart at this timeโsome disappointed, some surprised, and some more abrupt.
The disappointment is not that the three girls of Zongzheng will not know etiquette and have no beautiful demeanor, but that this Sister Ke does not seem to be in good health as revealed by the old lady Ren in advance. Don't say that the eldest princess who is looking forward to giving some blessings to Pei Junshao, Lou Gongren himself is not willing to find a sick and crooked granddaughter-in-law.
Her surprise was that Zong Zhengke's rules and etiquette were really good, and the good ones greatly exceeded expectations. Lou Gongren is from the court, and it is needless to say that he is picky. But she asked herself, no matter how Zong Zhengke's body was dressed, how he walked, how he asked for peace, and even the movements she covered up with a handkerchief when she coughed lightly, they were both decent and graceful, and there was no flawlessness.
Mrs. Ren introduced it again, saying that Zong Zhengke's health has never been very good, and he occasionally felt cold and fell ill a few days ago. Lou Gongren thought, no wonder, on such a gradually warm day, she came in with a cloak of green calyx plums on a white background. However, the goose yellow embroidered green persimmon pattern makeup gown on her body, the silver-white threaded skirt, and the bright red gold dot emerald on her head swayed, all made her face look better.
Indeed, such a dress added some joy to Zong Zhengke's pale face. However, Lou Gongren doesn't care about this. What she cared about was that she was surprised to find that there was an inexplicable momentum on the body of this third girl.
Yes, not magnificent, but imposing. This kind of feeling, Lou Gongren usually only feels it in his eldest princess, and he has also felt it in the palace concubine Xiao Guifei, who is deeply favored by Jinshang.
How could there be this three girls of the Zongzheng family? When Lou Gongren saw the Xu family standing silently behind Zong Zhengke, he was stunned. Yes, the biological mother of the third girl of Zongzheng is the sister of the Xiao family in Suzhou. If she had a servant from the Su Hang Xiao clan by her side to teach her from time to time, it would be normal for her to be able to do this.
The Xu family naturally taught Zongzheng many rules and etiquette, but it was impossible to teach a perfect demeanor that Lou Gongren could not find fault with. After all, she used to be just a maid who served Mrs. Xiao, not a nurturing grandmother who specialized in teaching etiquette and rules.
Zong Zhengke's ability to achieve perfect demeanor is all due to her good imperial sister Princess Kunshan in her previous life. Every time Princess Kunshan learns the rules, she wants her to learn them together. Princess Kunshan doesn't learn well, but if she makes a mistake, she will be punished. If it is she who did it wrong, the punishment will be doubled. In this way, how can her demeanor be bad? That can't be carved into the bones, and it must not be half a mile away, and it is better to be less whipped and punished to kneel.
Not to mention that Lou Gongren couldn't have known what was going on, even the Xu family was often amazed by the girl's elegant demeanor that seemed to be integrated into the bloodline. However, Xu is used to it.