Chapter 4 The Peach Blossom Dance Turmoil
Since Liu Fusu went to school, she doesn't have to learn from her mother Nalan Rongruo every day about female celebrity and the like, this is the care that Xiangye Wang Jingtian specially ordered, I hope she can learn the essence of the business school. The spring day was slightly warm, Liu Fusu got out of the school and did not go back to Nanyuan directly, she suddenly wanted to go to the peach blossom dock in the house, and wanted to see the beautiful scenery of the peach blossoms.
The pink and white peach blossoms are shining brightly on the branches, like the face of an ageless person. A gust of wind caused the petals to fall one after another, like flying butterflies, and like flying snow, beautiful and lingering. Just as I was looking at it, the sky was raining again, and these peach blossoms were standing in the rain, looking more and more delicate. Liu Fusu hid under the peach blossoms, raised his head, and let the raindrops falling from the peach blossoms hit his face, greedily sucking the splashed mist into his body.
Liu Fusu remembered the peach blossom dance taught by her mother, Nalan Rongruo, at this time, and unconsciously danced. Liu Fusu was dressed in a crescent-colored shirt and skirt, with sleeves like flowing water, the skirt was flying like fluorescent, the slender waist was smart, looking back and smiling, leaning over and dancing, like a fairy under the flowers, the skin color of the snow loomed between the flutters, the small silver bells were embellished on the skirt, and the ethereal and crisp bells spread out between the turns.
Today is the day when the eldest lady Du Lan held a banquet, and after eating up the desserts, she led the ladies of the family to enjoy the peach blossoms. The eldest lady Du Lan saw the dancing Fusu, her face suddenly darkened, and she turned her head and scolded Nalan angrily, "Nalan Rongruo is your good daughter, she can really pick the time!" The eldest lady Du Lan's eyes flashed with hatred.
The second lady, Zheng Xuemei, stepped forward and said to the eldest lady, "Eldest lady, a little girl can make a living, this master is not like a master, and a servant is not like a servant." The eldest lady Du Lan understood this, and made up her mind in her heart.
Because it was a banquet in the mansion, Nalan Rongruo didn't like this kind of banquet the most, but she was a woman with status in the mansion and also needed to attend. She doesn't apply powder, her head is slightly lowered, and she is also amazingly beautiful, walking in a low-key manner among the women, she can't hide her temperament at all.
Liu Fusu's mother-in-law, Nalan Rongruo, chuckled in her heart, and immediately stepped forward and knelt down, "Fusu is young and ignorant, and the slave is willing to be punished on behalf of Fusu." Liu Fusu heard her mother's voice during the dance, and her heart was frightened, and her dance steps were chaotic and she fell in front of everyone at once.
"Presumptuous, where is the Prime Minister's Mansion?" The eldest lady Du Lan said sharply, "What is the crime of entertaining distinguished guests in the house, not knowing the general situation, dancing in the garden?" When these noble ladies heard these words, they understood that there was no struggle in any of the cities, and they listened with bated breath, and tomorrow the news spread throughout the city.
In fact, Liu Fusu's peach blossom dance is like a peach blossom fairy, and many noblewomen of the family are whispering, casting strange glances from time to time, and they all know that with the temper of the eldest lady Du Lan, the two of them must be punished.
Nalan Rongruo pleaded for her daughter Liu Fusu in a panic and panic, "Ask Mrs. to punish the slave and maid and let the little girl go." Liu Fusu was very distressed when she saw her mother Nalan Rongruo like this. She stepped forward, knelt down and pleaded: "Eldest lady, Fusu doesn't know the general situation, please forgive the eldest lady!" ”
The eldest lady, Du Lan, was determined to dispose of them, "Come on, pull Nalan Rongruo down to the cane and fifty boards." The two little guys stepped forward and didn't dare to do it for a long time.
Liu Fusu knelt on the ground and wept, desperately begging for mercy, "Mrs. has a lot, let my mother go, punish me if you want to punish me." ”
Nalan Rongruo stepped forward and slapped Liu Fusu hard, "Hugh has to talk nonsense, the eldest lady has her own decision." Liu Fusu wiped her tears with her hands, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak anymore. Liu Fusu thought that if the prince Wang Jiaer could intercede here, no one could help him in such a situation.
Nalan Rongruo knelt forward, "Big lady, Fu Su is young and ignorant, it's all the fault of the slave and the maid, please punish the slave and the maid heavily." ”
Du Juan, the wife of Lord Li, is the younger sister of the eldest lady Du Lan, and she sneered, "Sister, the slaves and maids in the house are reckless, and a little slave and maid dare to show off when they entertain distinguished guests in the mansion, it is time to rectify the internal affairs." As soon as the eldest lady Du Lan heard this, this was undoubtedly a challenge to her authority.
The eldest lady Du Lan's face was even more unsightly, and her heart was full of anger, and she originally hated Nalan Rongruo, a beautiful and moving person. "Come on, the Lanalan clan will go down and hit fifty boards with a heavy staff! Are you all deaf? At the sound of an order, the two little guys stepped forward and wanted to drag Nalan Rongruo down.
"Stop! Did the fifty big board kill the Nalan clan? Why is Madame so angry? Prime Minister Wang Jingtian and housekeeper Liu Zongnan walked over from the lakeside, and the crowd quieted down, and the second lady bowed her head in understanding.
When the female relatives saw Prime Minister Wang Jingtian coming, they all came to greet him. Xiangye Wang Jingtian's innate aura calmed the scene, "Zongnan, help the Nalan clan up first." Liu Zongnan hurriedly went over to help Nalan Rongruo, and did not ask Liu Fusu to get up.
Xiangye Wang Jingtian glanced coldly at his eldest lady Du Lan, and Du Lan lowered his head to hide his hatred. "Xiangye, it's this little slave who doesn't know the general situation, and disturbed everyone's interest when he entertained your guests today, and he should be punished, and the Nalan clan should be punished for not teaching his mother."
"Little maid? What little maid? Xiangye Wang Jingtian asked the eldest lady Du Lan with a majestic expression. The eldest lady Du Lan was annoyed, so she said, "It's Liu Fusu, this little girl!" ”
Xiangye Wang Jingtian had already seen Liu Fusu dancing in the Taohuawu Pavilion, and Liu Fusu's dance was better than that of Nalan Rongruo. Liu Zongnan originally wanted to stop it, but Xiangye Wang Jingtian didn't let him, he wanted to quietly reminisce about some of the warm scenes of the year.
"Madam, Fusu, the daughter of housekeeper Liu Zongnan, is the goddaughter I recognized some time ago, but I haven't told Mrs. yet. What's more, the prime minister has long said that Nanyuan does not belong to the servants of the prime minister's mansion, nor does it fall under the jurisdiction of the prime minister's mansion. Now it is said that Fusu is also a lady in the house, and she was going to tell the whole prime minister's house, so if you want to punish it, you will punish the prime minister. After Xiangye Wang Jingtian finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and the noble ladies in the crowd whispered louder.
"The greeting in the house is not good, and I ask the ladies to forgive me, change the Japanese minister and set a banquet again, and make amends to you." Xiangye Wang Jingtian really didn't give the eldest lady Du Lan any face. The expression on the eldest lady Du Lan's face was distorted, she turned her head and glared at the second lady Zheng Xuemei fiercely, she was very annoyed in her heart, so she resented Nalan Rongruo even more.
It has long been rumored among these noble ladies that Prime Minister Wang Jingtian is fond of Nalan Rongruo, a declining lady from an official family, and it was Prime Minister Wang Jingtian who inadvertently watched Nalan Rongruo's peach blossom dance and never forgot it, and intended to be included as a side room.
Who knew that Prime Minister Wang Jingtian had to go out to inspect when he took office, and he couldn't take his female dependents out, so he stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Unexpectedly, Nalan Rongruo was hurriedly rewarded by his wife Du Lan, who had just entered the mansion, to Liu Zongnan, who had just entered the mansion as a housekeeper. Wang Jingtian was both sad and remorseful in his heart, and he was helpless, and it was impossible for him to compete with his staff for a woman. For this reason, Xiangye Wang Jingtian had to snub Du Lan, and even if he had a son, he never stepped into the garden of his wife Du Lan.
Wang Jingtian, who became the prime minister, is in full swing, and of course, his career is inseparable from Liu Zongnan's assistance. In order to appease Liu Zongnan, and even more so that his beloved Nalan Rongruo can live a good life, he specially gave Nanyuan to Liu Zongnan and his wife to live in, and let Nanyuan become independent of the Prime Minister's Mansion and not be subject to the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The eldest lady Du Lan knew the intentions of the prime minister Wang Jingtian, so she disposed of Nalan Rongruo five times. Fortunately, Liu Zongnan and Nalan Rongruo and his wife are of the same heart and mind, and they have never had suspicions, and the more adults they have, the more low-key and introverted they are. The eldest lady Du Lan also had nothing to do.
Waiting for everyone to leave, the eldest lady Du Lan followed her husband Wang Jingtian back to Yiyuan. The second lady Zheng Xuemei left angrily, she was charming and charming, she was also from a family, and she got some favor from her grandfather Wang Jingtian, but after all, she did not get greater favor, and she had to look at the face of the eldest lady Du Lan every day in the house, and she was very aggrieved.
The second lady, Zheng Xuemei, returned to her Linglong Pavilion and saw Wang Erxun sitting in the pavilion in a daze with a pot of wine. At this moment, she felt that her strong psychology was tearing at her heart and lungs, "And find!" If you don't study hard, are you going to be angry with your aunt? ”
After speaking, the second lady Zheng Xuemei left sad tears in her salad, and she hid her face and sat next to Wang Erxun. The second young master Wang thought that something was wrong, he felt sorry for his mother, and hurriedly comforted her.
Wang Erxun is a concubine, and he can only call his mother-in-law, that is, the eldest lady Du Lan, his mother, and call his biological mother his aunt in public, and he is called his mother without so many scruples in private.
"Look at which dog thing that doesn't have long eyes that makes my beautiful mother angry?" Wang Erxun hugged Zheng Xuemei with a smile and said. At this time, Zheng Xuemei smiled hard, and gently wiped away the tears hanging on her face with a handkerchief, "Son! When will you be able to impress your father? The life of our mother and son will be better, and we don't have to look at the face of the eldest lady everywhere! ”
Wang Erxun said perfunctorily disapprovingly, "Mother, don't worry, my son has his own plans!" The second lady, Zheng Xuemei, suddenly remembered that there was something that needed to be discussed with her own son, and it was also about his future.
"Son, since your father has never valued you, we have to think about our own future. Today's uncle is your mother's cousin, and the queen is your mother's cousin, but your grandfather's family has declined a little now, but it has not affected our blood relatives. My mother is thinking that I want to pave the way for you, and tomorrow you will bring a letter written for your mother to meet this high-ranking uncle and cousin. The second lady, Zheng Xuemei, looked at the tall son and tentatively asked his opinion.
The second young master, Wang Erxun, thought for a while, nodded, patted Zheng Xuemei's back lightly with his hand and said, "Mother, you can rest assured, the child will visit his uncle and cousin tomorrow." ”