The inner mansion of the Wei Wangfu is much smaller than the palace, and there are fewer people, but the flowers of a peach forest not far away are blooming, adding a bit of beauty.

The Fu family is still a very stable place, and the marigold has just settled down, and there is no need to follow the palace maid who comes back with her at any time. At this time, Cao Tai entered to ask for a meeting, and he was still very respectful, serving carefully without slacking off.

Cao Tai bowed and said: "When the slave maid left the palace, the official family summoned the slave maid, took a thing, and told the slave and maid to hand it over to the lady. But on the way, Mrs. never showed up, this was something given by the official family himself, and a holy decree was issued, and the slave didn't dare to be too hasty, so she sent it to Mrs. at this time. ”

"Oh?" Marigold asked curiously, "What is it?" ”

Cao Tai hurriedly avoided it, only then did he take out a cloth bag from his arms and carefully open it layer by layer. It's like a frugal old woman who wants to pay for it.

Even Marigold was so breathless by his appearance that she couldn't take her eyes off it.

Cao Tai finally opened it, picked up the contents with both hands, knelt down in front of the marigold, and raised his hands above his head.

Marigold looked at the thing and was stunned, and then she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed out loud, the smile was as beautiful as the flowers of the peach blossom forest, and it seemed to laugh out tears, and her eyes became red.

Cao Tai looked dazed, he seemed to understand something, but he didn't seem to understand.

Marigold reached out and picked it up: a piece of embroidered red silk. On the eve of Guo Shao's expedition to Youzhou, the marigold gave him the red satin tied to the hilt of the sword...... Legend has it that red silk can ward off evil spirits, and many soldiers hide red satin in their underwear when they go out to fight. At that time, Marigold wished him peace and well.

Now the silk was returned to her.

That's right, it was the red silk, unfolded into a rectangular shape, with a stumbling Suzaku embroidered in the middle, but it looked a bit like a chicken. Calendula embroidery, it was determined at a glance.

"It's ugly, alas." She pursed her lips and sighed softly. But the expression is obviously a lot lighter.

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "The official family still remembers you." ”

Listening to Cao Tai's tone, he didn't seem to know that before Guo Shao set out for the expedition, Marigold gave him red satin; Or maybe I've heard people talk about it, but I don't remember, after all, it's not a big deal, there hasn't been a storm at all, and more than a year has passed. Even if Cao Tai still remembers this, I'm afraid he won't understand.

But Marigold understands and is smarter than Cao Tai, and he can see the meaning at a glance.

Marigold thought of an interesting thing: Guo Shao called the emperor the Son of Heaven, and the imperial approval set the world, but he wrote ugly words; She is a woman, but she makes her red crooked.

Thinking of this, she thought it was funny and laughed again. The second time I smiled, it was even better than the smile I had just now.

At this moment, a woman in the palace of King Wei called the "big lady" outside, and Cao Tai went out and called her in to ask what was the matter. The woman said: "Ah Lang is going to dinner, please invite the eldest lady to eat." ”

Marigold said: "I'm really tired tonight, I don't have an appetite, I don't want to eat." You go back to your father and aunt, and I'll go and say hello to the second elder tomorrow morning." ”

The woman answered and went out.

Marigold didn't want to move, and there were many people in this mansion that she was not familiar with, including Mrs. Xiang of Wei Wang Xuxian, and she didn't want to face it for a while.

But after thinking about it, it was a bit rude, and in order to be a little better, Marigold instructed Cao Tai again: "You go over and tell me what I mean." ”

Cao Tai said: "The slave and maid will go over." ”

…… Cao Tai hurried out, caught up with the woman, and went with her to the front yard.

The two of them walked into a relatively tall house one after the other, and as soon as they walked near a door, they heard a woman's voice inside: "Our family has invited the Buddha back to make offerings!" ”

Cao Tai was used to staying in the palace and was well-informed, so when he heard this, he grabbed the woman next to him and whispered: "The people inside are not happy, let's wait a while and then go in." ”

The woman nodded hurriedly and said in a low voice: "It's Mrs. Zhang who speaks, the wife of Da Langjun (Fu Zhaoxu), she is a member of the old lady's mother's family, and she is a bit powerful." ”

Cao Tai was silent, and she couldn't help but say it without using this woman's words...... It seems that he knows a lot and has something to show off.

Fu Zhaoxu's voice immediately said, "In front of my father and aunt, did you talk like this?" ”

Mrs. Zhang's voice was sour: "Naturally, I don't dare to complain to my father and aunt, I told Da Lang about it." What do you say, I feel sorry for her tired journey, and personally instructed the kitchen to make better meals for her. Offering to the Buddha is not so attentive, right? ”

Fu Zhaoxu said: "How did I treat my sister, how did I provoke you?" ”

Fu Yanqing's voice said: "What is there to say about the trivial matter? ”

Another woman said: "It's all his own family, Da Lang is kind to his eldest sister, don't take it to heart." ”

It sounded like Fu Yanqing was a little impatient and didn't want to pay attention to it. And the woman who spoke just now should be Mrs. Xiang, Mrs. Xiang obviously has a low status and power in the house, and her tone of voice is very soft, and she mainly persuades.

She is far worse than Fu Yanqing's deceased Yuan match Zhang, and she can't even compare to her daughter-in-law Zhang...... The deceased old lady is the mother of the children present, and Zhang is the niece of the old lady.

Mrs. Zhang's voice said: "I know that they are all my own family, so there should be no difference between high and low?" ”

The elder's words were weak, and she couldn't suppress Mrs. Zhang's resentment at all, and her voice said: "There are almost twenty little ladies around her to serve, these people are just close servants, and the house still has to send foul language, this pomp is much more than that of you, auntie." Don't these people have to be raised in the house? There are even eunuchs, there have never been eunuchs in the palace, and even Ah Lang has not enjoyed the style. Our family has to worship a mother, and we have to wait for her as a mother......"

Fu Zhaoxu's voice said: "Our family does not lack this. ”

Mrs. Zhang's voice said: "You don't know the price of firewood and rice. ”

Fu Zhaoxu said: "My Fu family, my father is the dignified King of Wei, my uncles and brothers are all generals, no matter how expensive firewood and rice are, I can't afford to support more than 20 people?" Besides, the eldest sister is the queen...... The Queen's sister. ”

Mrs. Zhang said: "The queen still calls me sister-in-law!" She was a queen, but she was the queen of the previous dynasty, and now she is the daughter of the Fu family, so what is the difference between her and the common people? Why be so favoritistic, as if she is expensive, we are cheap. In the future, the internal affairs of the Fu family will be left to the widowed daughter of the Fu family! ”

At this moment, Fu Yanqing's voice said indifferently: "Even if the eldest sister is a commoner, she has also contributed a lot to the Fu family." ”

Cao Tai heard Fu Yanqing's words, and said in his heart, the humane King Wei is old and mediocre, but what he says from time to time is quite meaningful.

Mrs. Zhang's voice whispered: "Daddy......" The voice dragged on for a long time.

Fu Yanqing said: "Okay, let's prepare for dinner." ”

When Cao Tai heard this, he grabbed the woman next to him and beckoned and whispered, "Leave first, and then wait and go." ”

Unexpectedly, just as he wanted to leave, suddenly two maids with wooden plates said loudly: "Hey, Aunt Wang, why are you standing here with this father-in-law?" ”

Cao Tai's forehead suddenly appeared with a few black lines!

Suddenly a voice came from inside: "Who's standing outside?" ”

Cao Tai was helpless, so he had to walk in hard, bowed down and bowed: "The slave maid greets King Wei, Mrs. Xiang, Da Langjun, Mrs. Zhang, and the six ladies......"

Mrs. Zhang waited for Fu Yanqing to say impatiently, "Excuse me", and immediately asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Cao Tai said: "The eldest lady sent a slave to apologize to King Wei and Mrs. Xiang. The eldest lady went home, all the way to the dusty and untidy, afraid that the elders would lose the family rules and etiquette, and early tomorrow morning, the eldest lady went to say hello to Ah Lang and Mrs. Tea. ”

Mrs. Zhang muttered, "Yo, coming out of the palace, this is so pleasant." ”

Cao Taiqiang endured his sulking and said: "The slave maid just walked to the door, and when she saw Aunt Wang, she didn't know what to call her just now, and she was stunned for a moment, and then the little lady in the house greeted Aunt Li first." The slave maid was disturbed, and asked Mrs. Zhang not to blame. ”

Mrs. Zhang said: "You said this, you want to cover it up. ”

Fu Yanqing said again: "Didn't Da Lang ask the kitchen to make another meal, he did everything and sent it to the eldest sister, so that she didn't have to come out tonight." ”

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." The slave and maid retired. ”

Cao Tai came out of the dining room, and he couldn't be happy. Walking on the road, I suddenly heard two girls in the distance saying, "That person is not a man, there is no one below." "No wonder, I said how I got to the inner house."

Cao Tai was ashamed and annoyed, these people are simply rare and strange! He|mother|, want to change it to be in the palace, just their kind of slaves who do foul language, Lao Tzu coughed, and scared your excrement out! Mother|, how can this be reasonable!

He endured his anger and went back to the marigold. You don't need to explain what to say, just say "done".

Marigold's gaze glanced at her face, and then said, "Zhaoxu's wife is angry with you?" ”

Cao Tai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bent down and said: "Don't dare, the slave maid is a slave who runs errands with the front and back, where do you dare to be angry?" Mrs. Zhang is straightforward and fast-talking, and she is talking to people like us, so she should be a little polite. ”

Marigold nodded.

Cao Tai stood there, weighing it for a while, but finally he didn't want to say those words in detail, because Marigold didn't ask him. Perhaps, needless to say, Marigold can guess what was probably said, and some things seem to be inevitable.

At this moment, Marigold said softly: "The relationship between master and servant has been more than ten years, and when I wanted to leave Tokyo, I wanted to keep you in the palace, but you didn't want to." If you really wanted to, I wasn't used to it. ”

Cao Tai said without hesitation: "An old slave without roots is like a dog in the eyes of the world." Recognize the lady as the master, and never change, where you go, the slave and maid will saddle the horse and heel there, you are afraid of the old slave, the old slave only has one death......"

"Hey, don't say it, it's really sour." Fu Jinzhan smiled.