Chapter 51: Envy
Mingzhu smiled and beckoned to the maid Yinzhu and opened the box, "I brought some small gifts to the sisters when I came back, don't dislike it." I'm not good at embroidery, it's really hard to take it out and show it, so I take this vulgar thing to everyone's mouth. Sisters can pick what they like. β
Ling Yun looked at the old lady, and the eldest Qinglian and the second Qinglan were also looking at their grandmother and their respective grandmothers.
"Come and pick and choose, it's a big girl's heart, pick what you like."
There are six pairs of palace flowers, and there are also six pairs of golden hairpins, just three girls can be divided, and the styles and colors are different.
The three girls came over, Jia Xuan saw her sister's eyes, and also took her own gift and stepped forward with Jia Zhen, "This is my gift, sisters, don't dislike it, I embroidered it myself, and the embroidery is not very good." Scratching his head in embarrassment.
Jia Zhen also held the box, "This is embroidered by my nurse, sisters can play with it." β
"Ah, we have taken advantage of it today, there are so many gifts, I have to choose carefully, and I am all picky." The boss Qinglian was more clever, smiling and making the atmosphere very lively.
"I want this pair of bunnies." Lingyun saw that a pair of golden hairpins were very cute, and couldn't help but cheer.
"I want this lotus." The girls chattered, and the adults looked very happy.
"Sister often enters the palace, isn't it, is it fun in the palace?" Qinglian is older than Mingzhu, and she is sensible, so she naturally wants to ask more about outside matters.
Mingzhu pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not fun or fun, the rules in the palace are majestic, the master is very strict, and the princesses are not easy to get along with." But other places are still very interesting, the flowers in the imperial garden are beautiful, the scenery is different all year round, there are a lot of books in Wenyuan Pavilion, I like to read books there the most. β
Qinglian showed a hint of envy on her face, "That is, the princesses are noble, and it is understandable that they have a little temper." What books does my sister often read at home? β
"I read everything, I read as I read it, and if I don't understand it, I bring it back and let someone tell me about it." Mingzhu picks something that is not taboo to talk about.
"My sister is really powerful, will the master who goes to the study play the handboard?" Qinglan asked curiously.
"Yes, but it's not to beat the princess, but to beat the princess's companion, the prince is also the same specification, and the companion reading is to be beaten instead of them. But copying books also needs to be copied by the prince and princess themselves. "Mingzhu has been told the truth.
"I really want to beat someone, isn't that a companion very pitiful, I used to envy it, what a glorious thing it is to be selected as a companion." Qinglian was also startled, and an expression of surprise and surprise appeared on her face.
"How can there be a beauty difference in everything, the princesses have a big temper and are not good at serving, and they are proud of the women of the heavenly family, and the master will not beat the princess if he makes a mistake, so he naturally wants to beat the companion. I've seen a time when my palms were bleeding from the beatings, and the little girl cried miserably, crying and shouting to go home. "Mingzhu said this fact.
Scenery and tears are twins, and no one can do without anyone.
A group of girls gasped, and Jia Xuan's face turned white with fright, "Sister, you haven't told us this, it's really beaten." β
When his father didn't have an accident when she was a child, she would be beaten up if she made a mistake at school, and she knew what it was like, it really hurt. What a lot of effort it took to fight the bleeding!
The old lady just spoke, "It's actually very sad to look at the glory with the companion, and it's just clever to be smart, if you are honest and don't want to see the princess, there are also those who die in the palace." The year before last, wasn't there a princess's companion who died of illness? β
The children were silent, and they didn't know what to say.
Mingzhu saw that the atmosphere was sluggish, and smiled to ease the atmosphere, "You don't have to worry, generally the choice of companions is to first ask the courtiers' families to agree, if they don't agree, they won't force it, and the princesses won't go too far, after all, they are all the children of officials, how can they be killed at will, and the emperor's face can't get by." Nothing is as good as at home. β
Qinglian and the others nodded, and suddenly she clapped her hands, "Look at me patronizing to get gifts, I'll make tea for my sisters, this year's new tea, white tea I don't know if my sister can get used to it?" I'm going to have lunch in a while, and it's not good to drink too strong tea. β
As he spoke, he was busy making a new cup of tea for Zhang Luo.
"Let's go play in the warm pavilion, and it's good to take the sisters around our yard." The old lady reminded them with a smile.
"Okay, bring your things, let's go play in the garden pavilion." Qinglian also nodded happily after hearing this.
"Okay, I haven't been here yet, I want to take a look." The pearl also follows the owner's will.
Although the Zhang family's house is not as big as the Shangguan family, the garden is arranged with the taste of the flowing water of the small bridge in the south of the Yangtze River, which is very delicate and elegant, and it is also pleasing to the eye.
"Let's go sit in the gazebo over there. Is Sister Pearl tired? "Qinglian takes good care of Mingzhu.
Mingzhu hooked her lips and smiled, "I'm not tired, Mingya is tired?" She looked down at her fourth sister who was bouncing.
"I'm not tired, sister, I'm going to flutter butterflies." Ming Ya saw the butterflies in the flowers in the distance, her eyes lit up and she ran away with a cheer.
Mingzhu glanced at Bilan, and she immediately followed quickly to serve on the left and right, lest Mingya fall down.
Qinglian noticed the lawsuit between the eyebrows and eyes of the master and servant, and had a complicated feeling in her heart, this pearl sister is indeed not ordinary, she is obviously younger than herself but thoughtful everywhere, her bearing is elegant and elegant, her eyebrows and eyes are smart and beautiful, and she must be a bright and beautiful beauty when she grows up.
Her eyes couldn't help but turn to Jiaxuan, she was also a concubine, she was much better than herself, the materials were all good, and the jewelry palace flowers were not brand new, indicating that she had also worn them in the past. Looking at that bearing, it is also very lively, if it is not for a good life, the smile will not be so cheerful.
Even Jia Zhen is also naΓ―ve and ignorant, and she has a good life, and the handkerchief she gave herself is also a juan yarn, with an excellent texture, and a concubine can take it out to show that she has not suffered too many grievances.
The important thing is that Mingzhu cares about a few younger sisters very much, and she doesn't ignore them, she has to glance at them from time to time, Jia Xuan and Jia Zhen have also been looking at Mingzhu and acting, and they are very admired and dependent, and the relationship should be very good.
This made her feel a faint envy and unspeakable bitterness in her heart.
Qinglian looked back at Lingyun, she and Mingya had a good time, the two of them were playing with butterflies in the garden, and Jiaxuan and Qinglan were sitting in the gazebo and talking quietly.
She sighed faintly again, compared with the sisters of the Shangguan family, the three sisters of her own family are like a clear river, each of them has to converge together, but they have never been able to be close.