044 No Mouth
The Dragon Boat Festival was reported to the palace for approval by holding dragon boat races throughout the Yamen, and it was decided.
not only decided to come down, but also appointed Song Che to be responsible by the way.
Xu Ying knew that she couldn't escape this catastrophe, so she could only pray for a job when the time came. But the person in charge is Song Che, and I'm afraid this hope has become very slim.
However, Xu Ying still decided to wait for Song Che's personnel arrangements to be drawn up, and then go to find Prince Duan to be accommodating.
This time, he ran extremely diligently in front of Prince Duan.
Xu Bing and Feng Qingqiu went directly into Qu Youzhai.
Qu Youzhai is a jade shop, and the daughters of the Feng family are frequent customers of Qu Youzhai.
Feng Qingqiu was not interested in gold and silver, so he picked a few jade artifacts and played with them. The young lady of Lin Shangshu's mansion got married, and this gift was of course the Feng family's father-in-law, but Feng Qingqiu was known for being gentle and kind, and he had a deep relationship with these powerful ladies, so he would put one or two small things in private to express his affection.
She took two bracelets and looked at them for a long time, and asked Xu Bing, "Which one?" ”
Xu Bing took a closer look and said, "Looking at it, it's still not as good as the pair that the Cui family gave to Sister Ying before." ”
Feng Qingqiu paused, "Xu Ying? ”
Xu Leng hummed, and she was a little excited when she mentioned this. "Didn't they celebrate their birthdays before, so Uncle Cui sent someone to send her a pair of jade bracelets as a birthday gift. When it happened to be delivered, my mother saw it under the door, and when she opened it, she looked at it, and the water head was as bright as glass, and there was a touch of green in the middle like a mountain, and it happened that the two were still in pairs. I don't know where she deserves such a good ornament! ”
Although Feng taught her to be restrained, she still couldn't help it whenever she thought of the arrogance of Sanfang.
Feng Qingqiu's eyebrows furrowed for a moment and said; "Didn't Cui Jia not want to accept this marriage, why did Uncle Cui still give a birthday gift to the third room?"
"Who knows what's going on with Uncle Cui?" Xu Bing snorted coldly, "Over the years, there have been gifts every year, and I have grown the face of the third room in vain. If it weren't for the Cui family's marriage, would she Xu Ying dare to ask my mother for the Yang family's dowry? When is this marriage going to be yellow, then it will be called good-looking! ”
Feng Qingqiu groaned, and then smiled, "You are so open-mouthed outside, I don't know that your mother doesn't care about you?" ”
Xu Bing immediately sat down silently, and said with a forced smile: "I also rely on Cousin Qiu's not an outsider to dare to do this." On weekdays, I don't dare to talk nonsense and embarrass the lord and wife. "The children of the Feng family all call Feng Yuzhang and his wife old and wife, and the Feng family's stammering is so obvious, naturally Xu Bing's sister and brother are the same.
Feng Qingqiu has always known how to advance and retreat, and when he sees her like this, he won't say anything.
Xu Bing was beaten by Feng Qingqiu, and then he was cautious in his words and deeds, he originally came out to relax, but he was in a worse mood. When I returned to Feng's house at sunset, if I still had to play for a while in normal times, I would sell in front of Mrs. Feng before leaving, but today I only went to Mrs. Feng's room to say goodbye and left.
Mrs. Feng was preparing for the trivial matters of the Dragon Boat Festival sacrifice, and when she saw her like this, she asked Feng Qingqiu, who was eating dim sum, "What's wrong with her?" ”
Feng Qingqiu said with a smile: "Aren't you happy to see the Cui family giving Sister Ying's birthday gift?" ”
Mrs. Feng looked out of the door and frowned: "I can't hold two taels of oil in my stomach!" ”
Feng Qingqiu was silent, and said with a smile: "However, I also think that Xu Ying is not worthy of Cui Jia." She pointed down and drew a circle along the corner of the table with the pattern of gold sheets, "The Cui family's family is not weaker than ours." ”
Mrs. Feng slowly sorted out the pairs of cards, "Sister Bing'er's mother has been a little strong since she was a child, and children like them have been competing with their children since the day they were born, even if she marries into the Xu family and becomes a clan wife, she is still not allowed to be on the table." Sanfang married the Cui family, which is only good for the Xu family, and they have to fight for everything. ”
Feng Qingqiu said: "But my grandmother also said that she didn't have to care about the marriage of the Xu Cui family. ”
"That was before." Mrs. Feng looked at her lovingly, "Ling Ge has already handed over the old man's fold to the emperor a few days ago, your grandfather has a great hope of getting this first auxiliary position, and now we still need the Xu family to fight." Originally, I was not optimistic about this marriage, but now, if Xu Ying can really marry into the Cui family, it may not be beneficial to us. ”
Feng Qingqiu frowned.
Mrs. Feng looked at her with a smile: "Haven't you gone to the Beihou Mansion to play with Miss Ying recently?" ”
Xu Ying did not return to the Xu Mansion until he sent a large basket of files from the Shangshu meeting to the palace for Prince Duan. Of course, this is not her business, but since Prince Duan is the boss, and Xu Yong happens to be next to him to seek a future, it always doesn't hurt to run so many errands.
Xu Yong's injuries have improved again today, and he has been able to abandon his crutches and hold on to the wall and walk slowly.
Yang didn't care if he was impatient to drink it or not, he always spent his own money to stew all kinds of medicine to strengthen his body and bones.
Of course, Xu Ying didn't fall behind, and recently asked Mama Guo to boil a small pot of rock sugar bird's nest for her every day, and then shook the fan while fanning her from the side, while watching her eat with a smile.
"My money is all left to you anyway, as long as you are safe and smooth, I will be satisfied." She always smiled and sighed to their brother and sister. Xu Yong naturally turned a deaf ear, Xu Ying was not very affectionate to her because of her cowardice, but she still cared about this caring heart, and she would also get to know her mother by the way while eating Xiaozao.
She didn't know if it was because their nerves were too thick or because they were disguised too perfectly, so far they didn't seem to have much doubt about the difference between her and the original Xu Ying.
Yang's unreserved care for her, Xu Yong has absolute trust in her, sometimes think about it, in the last life, I fought for a lifetime, in the end, except for my aunt and a few palace maids, there are no close people, although I also fight in this life, but there are a few intimate people around who know cold and hot, it is a rare harvest.
Thinking about it this way, the bad things in the yamen are actually nothing, because she knows that if she encounters any difficulties, Xu Yong will definitely help her through them without thinking.
Originally, the reason why he came forward to deal with these things was just a choice made for his own interests out of the analysis of the shapes around him, but now gradually, he did it willingly.
Prince Duan reorganized the rectification of the lower guard and the thousand households, and after personally going down to check it twice, the yamen gradually returned to leisure. Everyone's attention began to focus on the Dragon Boat Race.
After lunch on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Song Che finally disclosed the candidates for the boat competition in the yamen and pasted them on the aisle wall.
Xu Ying was passing by with a pot of tea, and when she saw that she was arranged to beat the drum at the bow of the boat, her eyes suddenly widened as big as the teapot in her hand.
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