Chapter 43: Bird's Nest

An Rong walked out from the rockery, and saw the messenger of Songhe Courtyard coming forward and saluting, "Girl, the old lady called you to talk." ”

An Rong took the peony to Songhe Temple, and handed over the invitation to Haitang.

In the main room, the old lady was kneeling in front of the rosewood Bodhisattva statue and chanting the scriptures, Mother Sun took the bird's nest and walked to the table on the side, put down the bowl, walked towards the old lady, and said with a smile, "Old lady, you rest for a while, the bird's nest that the third master sent to you from Ren is finer than the one bought in the house, taste the taste." ”

The old lady sincerely begged the Bodhisattva, and Mother Sun helped her up, and the old lady smiled, "He has filial piety, I know, but the Hou Ye is not in the house now, and what he asks for in his letter is afraid that it will be difficult to do." ”

An Rong stepped in, happened to hear this, and stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Grandmother, what is so difficult to do?" ”

The old lady looked up and saw An Rong with a bright smile on her face, and blessed her to ask for peace, the old lady now saw An Rong, her heart was full of joy, and said with a smile, "It was your third uncle who wrote a letter, I heard that there was a vacancy in the ordnance supervisor, and I want to transfer back to Kyoto, but your father is now away from Beijing on an errand, and it will take some time to come back. ”

Saying that, the old lady sighed, the third master has been away from Beijing for two and a half years, and he will return to Beijing to report on his work and transfer in the spring of next year, and I don't know if he will come back for the Chinese New Year this year.

An Rong was stunned, in her previous life, she had never heard of the third uncle's letter to be transferred to the armory supervisor, and she didn't know who the armory supervisor was, but it was definitely not the third uncle's.

And next year, the third uncle came back to report on his work, but he was not able to stay in Beijing, but was transferred to Yizhou, and later the Yizhou bandits made a rebellion, he led his troops to attack, and was cut off an arm, or the right arm with a knife and a pen......

The third master is her father's younger brother, has a good relationship with her father, and loves her very much, but the third aunt doesn't like her a little, in this life, she saved the sixth sister, and the third aunt will definitely not be prejudiced against her anymore.

If the third uncle can be transferred to the military superintendent, then the tragedy of the previous life will definitely not happen again!

An Rong looked at the old lady, with a smile on her face, "Grandmother, the third uncle has been away from Beijing for more than two years, and I only see him every year during the Chinese New Year, and the sixth sister lives in Amber Garden alone, so lonely, can't I let the third uncle come back?" ”

The old lady ate the bird's nest sent by her son all the way, her eyes were slightly red, "Grandmother also wants your third uncle to come back, but now your father is not in the house, and your grandmother has lived in the inner house for a long time, so it is not good to show up to socialize. ”

"What about the second uncle?" An Rong pursed her lips and asked.

The old lady glanced at An Rong and did not speak.

An Rong felt stupid, if she could, how could her grandmother not look for the second master, if she hadn't returned the family affairs of Xiao Guogong's mansion, begging Xiao Guogong, maybe this matter would have been done.

The old lady ate all the bowls of bird's nest and said with relief, "The weapons prison has many benefits, but it is also a place with many rights and wrongs. ”

Ordnance superintendent, responsible for manufacturing weapons, with swords, bows and crossbows, if the battle is won, the ordnance superintendent will benefit, if the war is lost, the ordnance superintendent responsible for providing weapons will also be implicated, and the ordnance superintendent has always been greedy for ink, shoddy, shoddy, this time the ordnance superintendent was removed, not because of greed for ink.

However, the third uncle is upright and resolute, and he will definitely not do anything greedy for ink.

Seeing that An Rong was a little distracted, the old lady patted her hand and said, "I heard that you gave the snow ball to Brother Xiao'er?" ”

An Rong came back to his senses and looked at the old lady blankly, "Who told Grandmother that I gave the snow ball to Brother Xiao'er?" It was the fifth sister who took Xiao Ge'er to my place, and when she saw that Xuetuan liked it, she was arrogant and arrogant, and she had to give it to him, and I was forced to agree to borrow him to play for two days. ”

The old lady's eyes twisted, An Rong took her arm and said, "Grandmother, don't worry, An Rong will not do things without measure, the snow group is used by Mrs. Jingbei Hou to make amends for me, if I give it to someone, and it reaches her ears when I turn around, doesn't it mean that I am dissatisfied with the gift she gave?" ”

Saying that, An Rong pouted and complained, "Grandmother, my mother is really spoiled by my filial brother, how can I see good things and like them, I have to take them for what I have, if I refuse, I am afraid that he will drown my Linglong Pavilion, he is young, and it is not easy for me to talk about him as a sister." ”

An Rong said, shook the old lady's arm, and continued, "Grandmother, compared to Brother Xiao'er, I like Brother Huai'er more, but he is now seven years old, my mother is planning to wait for the sixth brother's body to get better, and then invite Mr. to teach, the sixth brother's body is good and bad, and the sixth sister is not much different, I don't know when it will be good, An Rong wants to pay for Brother Huai'er to ask for a gentleman first, and it doesn't take much to tie the belly, I just buy a set of headdresses less every month, my father only has three sons, I don't want Brother Huai'er to delay." ”

When the old lady listened, she felt more and more that An Rong was sensible and well-behaved, but her sister-in-law was five years old and literate, and it was not wrong for her to be one to two years late.

It's just that when he thought of her mentioning the matter of the third master to the second master, he shirked it without thinking about it and said that he would find a way to wait for the Hou Ye to come back.

The old lady glanced at Mother Sun and said, "When I look back, remember to remind the eldest lady that Brother Huai'er is not young and can't delay any longer." ”

Mother Sun nodded in response.

Out of Songhe Courtyard, An Rong has been thinking about the matter of the ordnance supervisor, thinking about it, he can only ask his grandfather and uncle for help, but his uncle himself is only a fourth-grade official, the same as the second master.

Seeing that An Rong was distracted, and even went the wrong way, Peony called out to her, and then asked, "The girl is worried about the third master's affairs?" ”

An Rong nodded his head, and Peony smiled, "The old lady remembers this, and the Hou Ye should come back in a few days." ”

An Rong glanced at her, and chuckled helplessly, "If only the major affairs of the court were as simple as you think, the official position would not be kept and wait for the father to come back before giving the order, everyone is grabbing it." ”

Peony's face was hot, and she pouted, "Of course I don't understand the big things in the court, but listen to the old lady's words, isn't it just a matter of being recommended, doesn't the queen mother love the girl, and the county lord of Yiyang, you beg her, let her go to Prince Rui, as long as Prince Rui recommends the third master, what else can't be done?" ”

An Rong's eyes lit up, and then he was a little distressed, Prince Rui was upright, and he didn't like the inner house to interfere in the affairs of the court, she went to ask the county lord of Yiyang for help, it definitely didn't work, but she also helped Princess Rui, how can this love not be small, maybe she can make an exception?

An Rong thought all the way back to Linglong Pavilion, feeling that kindness alone was definitely not enough, and finally pinched her fist, she remembered that in her previous life, Qingyan and Xiao Zhan had given Su Junze a delicate knife and a nine-consecutive crossbow, and Su Junze couldn't put it down.

Because of envy and jealousy, she pestered Qingyan and asked for one, so that she could make a pair with Su Junze, Qingyan couldn't bear her entanglement, and finally gave her a gift and taught her how to use it.

She remembered the design of the Nine Consecutive Crossbow, that knife seemed very ordinary to her, she had a knife that looked more delicate, but the two knives collided, and her knife broke directly, she was amazed, and asked Qingyan why, Qingyan didn't hide it, and told her why her knife could sharpen iron like clay.

An Rong's heart moved slightly, but she was a little hesitant, after all, she used too many things to clear her face without authorization, but in order to save the third uncle's life, she couldn't care so much, the big deal was that she dragged the secret recipe of the drawings to the death, and didn't let it leak.

An Rong returned to Linglong Pavilion, went straight to the study, and meticulously drew the dagger from his previous life according to his memory.

After the painting was finished, seeing that it was still early, he instructed Peony to say, "Take six hundred taels of silver, and we will go out of the house." ”

Peony was setting the meal, and after listening to An Rong's words, she was a little stunned, "The girl hasn't eaten lunch yet." ”

An Rong touched his stomach, he was really a little hungry, and it was too late to eat first and then leave the house.

Half an hour, An Rong stood in front of the old lady, and the old lady frowned, "You want to leave the house?" ”

An Rong nodded like pounding garlic, she would have told the eldest lady about going out of the house, but she didn't want to make everyone go in the end, and she didn't go to buy rouge headdress, the old lady fiddled with the Buddha beads, thinking that An Rong had just startled the horse yesterday, she didn't want her to go out at all, "If there is anything urgent to buy, let the maid buy it." ”

An Rong pulled her face, sat down next to the old lady, shook her and said, "Grandmother, An Rong is not going to play, she has something to do, grandmother, you can let me go out, or I will call my eldest brother too?" ”

The old lady poked An Rong's head and scolded, "You just fool your grandmother, your eldest brother finally got a day off, and he doesn't know where to play at this time, where are you going to find him?" ”

PS: Merry Christmas, folks!

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