Chapter 64: The Liang Clan
Zhou Baolu went home from afar, of course, she should go back to the princess's mansion first, and first go to Ningde Courtyard to greet the eldest princess Jinghe, the aunts and uncles of the family are all there, and the two younger sisters are also there, which is quite lively.
The eldest princess Jinghe smiled: "Look at the past few days, why is it a little darker?" ”
Uncle Zhang looked at Zhou Baolu and said with a smile: "Why can't I see it, but I feel that I have lost some weight, it looks like I have grown taller, right?" ”
Since Zhou Anming was launched in the princess's mansion last year, and Zhou Anming was appointed as a guard in the East Palace in the first month, Zhang's complexion is obviously different from previous years, and it seems that the darkness has been swept away, and with sustenance, there is a spiritual head.
Aunt Liang pulled Zhou Baolu to compare her height: "Ouch, the big girl has really grown taller, she has grown an inch this spring, this is just the right time to cut summer clothes, I am afraid that I have to ask someone to put a little size to do it, otherwise it will be small." ”
As he was talking, a housekeeper came in and replied, "The clothes are ready, are you going to send them over?" ”
Liang smiled: "Isn't this just right, while the eldest girl is here, I will send the material in to pick it up, and send someone to do it, it's May 15, and I can't get it until early June." ”
Zhou Baolu saw this battle, and knew that this time it was because of himself, according to the practice of the princess's mansion, often at the end of April, he took the materials and picked them out, so he sent people to do them, and calmly waited for the days of mid to late May to get clothes, and changed clothes from June, but this time because he was in Jinshan, about the entire princess's mansion was waiting for him, and he dragged himself back to the house to pick up the materials.
Liang is now the daughter-in-law of the family, in charge of these things, today he went home with his front foot to say goodbye, and before he sat down to speak, Liang called someone to come in and return the material, and most of his heart was a little unhappy, and he intended to pick this gift.
Zhou Baolu glanced at Jinghe and the eldest princess, in fact, she really wanted to say that she didn't have to wait for herself to return to the house before making clothes for everyone, other people just had to do it first, the big deal was to keep their share of the material, and then call someone to come in and measure the size when they returned home.
The eldest princess Jinghe was not moved, and said lightly: "Okay, then pass it in." ”
Zhou Baolu sat on the side, without saying a word.
She hadn't thought about so many things outside before, but at this time, she remembered that her aunt was from the Liang family, and Concubine Qing was also from the Liang family.
However, Concubine Qing is the eldest daughter of the second room of the Liang family, and the aunt Liang is the imperial capital Liang.
Liang is a family surname, now there is the imperial capital Liang, two Huai Liang, Fujian Liang three families, but the origin, are from an old ancestor, the former dynasty Zhang Dynasty is the family, after the change of dynasties, and did not decline, but divided into three branches, more and more prosperous, now the same voice, also when the family is moving around.
However, the imperial capital Liang and the two Huai Liang have titles, still noble, Fujian Liang is mainly business, there are two children in the family, do two not too big officials, and there are other two rooms to take care of, the business is not small, and because of the sea, the business on the sea, five copper plate porcelain bowls, more than a dozen copper plate of coarse tea, as long as it can be sent to the sea, it is into two silver money, a time rich and rich.
There is the Fujian Liang family to send silver to the imperial capital, Zhou Baolu remembers that since the Liang family entered the door, his hands have always been very generous.
A few ladies sent the materials in, and the materials in summer were mostly light and showy, and dozens of horses were piled up on the table, and the flowers were very lively.
The eldest princess Jinghe smiled: "Lu'er will pick it first." ”
Zhou Baolu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "The ancestor is here, and the aunts and uncles are also here. ”
Jinghe eldest princess said: "I'm all the time, I don't look good in anything, your aunt loves plain and light, unlike you, you are the age of flowers, and you have to look better more and more, even if you go out, you have to have the style of our princess's mansion." ”
Zhou Baolu heard that the Liang family was not mentioned in this sentence, and knew the meaning of the support of the ancestors, so he stood up and said with a smile: "The ancestors and uncles love me like this, and if I push it again, I will disappoint your heart." ”
Liang moved in his chair a little uncomfortably.
She rummaged through the table, picked up a crimson Ruyi cloud pattern peony double wrinkled silk luo, and said with a smile: "The ancestor uses this color the best, and it looks the most energetic. ”
picked up a thin satin with a lake blue dark silver pattern and gave it to Zhang, who said with a smile: "This son will have the filial piety of the eldest girl, and it is really good to raise a daughter, your eldest brother has no heart." ”
Zhou Baolu said with a smile: "The eldest brother must have died unjustly when he heard this, and the eldest brother said last time that His Royal Highness rewarded the guards with two new flowers and materials from the Internal Affairs Mansion, and they wanted to give them to the ancestor and the uncle." ”
The eldest princess Jinghe said with a smile: "I remember this, Brother Ming is out, and I am also with the light, he is a filial child, and what you have is a blessing." ”
Zhang smiled: "Yes." ”
Talking and laughing here, only the Liang family, who is in charge of the house, was snubbed.
Zhou Baolu took a few bright colors such as red, magenta, silver red, light green, etc., she likes to be gorgeous since she was a child, and there are a few times Zeng once laughed, she feels that she is also a delicate taste, how can the two girls who were brought up by one hand are like nouveau riche? The gold should be heavy, the gemstones should be large, and the color should be bright.
After Zhou Baolu made a choice, Jinghe eldest princess took the lead in picking, and after picking out, she pointed to a peach and flowered Hangzhou silk: "This Aunt Gu in the courtyard of the world." ”
Zhou Baolu was a little strange, but because there was no one else here, she thanked Aunt Gu for the reward.
Turning back to the yard, she saw Aunt Gu's caution when she walked, and immediately understood, but she was a girl's family, so it was not easy to say this, but she said: "This satin is specially rewarded by the ancestors, I have already thanked you for the reward, Ming'er, I will go over for breakfast, you can go with me and kowtow." ”
Aunt Gu responded softly, Zhou Baolu asked if there was anything in the yard again, Aunt Gu smiled and said: "There is no big deal, the prince's personal contacts, the princess's mansion ordered to record the file in the public, that is, on weekdays, the prince of the world goes out, or colleagues meet, drink a wine, etc., the monthly routine of our yard is enough, that is, Aunt Wang has not been in good health since last month, I am afraid that there are many people in the yard, and after the illness, I asked the meaning of the prince, and temporarily moved her to the garden to Yinyanzhu, and the second young master is now raised in my house." ”
Zhou Baolu smiled, didn't say anything else, just said: "That's it, the second young master is not raised by you, I'm afraid that I will have to be more careful, a little inappropriate, I'm afraid that people will think about it, and the eldest young master, although he is raised in front of the ancestors, it is still the brother in our yard in the end, and you have to often send things, you don't know his temper, I'm just afraid that it's better to stay away, otherwise he won't like it, and it's not interesting in our yard." ”
"Yes, the concubine also thinks so, the eldest young master is noble, what can I say to me, it's nothing more than I saw it, please be safe, if there is really something, send someone to tell me, naturally there is no common etiquette, it is the second young master, I am just taking care of it for a few days, his nurse, the grandmother and the maid around him, have also followed him since childhood, I think they are all stable people who have been selected by Aunt Wang three times, with them by my side, I can't be more relieved."
Don't change the people around the second young master, to avoid causing discussions, horizontal and vertical are just subordinates, seeing that Aunt Wang is losing power, Aunt Gu is favored, and she is willing to spend money, where are there people who can't be bought?
This seemingly calm approach is indeed a smart person.
Aunt Gu sat on the small stool, talking to Zhou Baolu sentence by sentence, her voice was gentle and soft, her attitude was respectful and polite, Zhou Baolu smiled and asked some words, Aunt Gu answered one by one, and then smiled gently: "There is one more thing, I want to ask the girl to show me, there are not many people serving around the prince, Aunt Wang is sick again, there are three young ladies around Aunt Jin to take care of, and I am not very convenient now, the prince of the world thought about choosing another maid to serve, but the maid in this house, except for the ancestral house, there is nothing else to stand out, It's not that I'm ignorant or I'm a little different, and I complained a few times in front of me, and I also kept my mind and wanted to pick a good one for the prince. I didn't think about it, the former son fell in love with the maid Lan Juan in my house, and then he opened his face, but the lady was not at home, and there was no one to call the shots, and now the blue juodle is still my maid, I thought, I was afraid that I had to wait for the lady to come back, and it happened that the big girl would come home, so I asked, what's the matter? ”
Zhou Baolu thought for a while, and couldn't think of which one this blue cuckoo was, when Aunt Gu entered the house, she only followed a father to buy a little maid who served her in the outer house, and she had just left her head for a short time, and she would definitely not be at the age of opening her face, she couldn't help but look at Aunt Gu in confusion, and Aunt Gu explained with a smile: "This is the prince who said that the people in the yard are not enough, and he asked for someone in the public school, but he didn't make a move, so I went to buy two girls to come in, I didn't understand this, but my uncle's wife was thoughtful, and sent a trustworthy person to listen to the instructions, It's a good one. ”
is really good at talking, Zhou Baolu smiled when she heard it: "So that's the case, now my grandmother doesn't care about such things, and my father is in charge of the things in our yard, so I don't have to wait for my mother to come back." ”
This is the negotiation, Zhou Baolu is very satisfied with Aunt Gu's sensible and thoughtful, and said with a smile: "I don't have anything to do here, you go back to your house, there are not many things in our yard, you send a sensible and steady person to take care of small things, don't be tired, your body is important." ”
Aunt Gu responded, got up and blessed herself, and then retreated.
This aunt is really worthy of being a girl raised by an official family, and I think that the housemother was also carefully cultivated at the beginning. Whether it is the head of the house, or competing for favor, dominating the aunt, or even the matter of the heir, it is all very orderly, watching her from doing Zhou Jilin's outer room to entering the door and becoming pregnant, what she has to do at each stage is very orderly.
If she is pregnant, she can't accept favor, and she will definitely not leave it to Aunt Wang, and she will not even be given the opportunity to see Zhou Jilin at all, and choose a young and tender service.
The aunt borrowed Aunt Gu's hand to remotely control the Zhilan Courtyard, but she didn't move anything else, only protecting the interests of the Chen family and Zhou Baolu, and even Jing and the eldest princess had to acquiesce.
Therefore, Zhou Baolu kindly reminded Aunt Gu that since she had cleaned up Aunt Wang, even her youngest son, who couldn't speak, snatched it over, and the eldest son was seven or eight years old, and if he couldn't raise it, he had to guard against it.
Thinking about it, it must be a smart person, and he must have understood.
After a while, Sakura walked in and said to Zhou Baolu, "Miss, everyone in Ningde Courtyard has dispersed before, and the princess has left the third lady to talk." ”
Zhou Baolu also didn't know what the Liang family was doing, if he wanted to flatter Concubine Qing, what was the use of this idea of making a small fuss? If you are not angry with yourself, then you have always followed your ancestors in the past, and she has always been taller than the elders in the house, even if her father is promoted to the world, she is not as angry as herself, isn't she supposed to be angry a long time ago?
However, the ancestor had a very fast seizure.