43. Parrots
The queen took her niece to Ning, had lunch at Xi's house and returned to the palace. Watermark Advertising Test The watermark advertising test team is a spectacular procession, with soldiers blocking the tents and clearing the road on both sides of the road, and people on both sides of the road have climbed the pavilion to have a look.
As the procession slowly marched to Xicheng, the empress asked, "Is Lin Shangshu's Mansion here?" “
Xifang replied: "It's just half a mile ahead, does Niangniang want to rest at the Lin family for a while?" “
It took a long time in the tall carriage to reply: "Although it is a little abrupt, there are some things that have to be said to the Lin family, go!" “
When the queen Feng arrived, the Lin family panicked and became busy. Old Madam Lin and Lin Zhengtang looked at each other: Su and the queen have no intersection, how could they suddenly come? Mrs. Lin was worried in her heart, and felt that she must have come for Lin Qingmei.
Feng Jia stayed outside the door for a while, and two small yellow doors came in to spread the carpet. Rushed straight to the hall where the guests were entertained. After a while, the queen was dignified, and walked in with Xifang in her hand, and the two palace maids were holding the canopy, and more than ten palace maids were behind, and they entered the hall in a mighty way.
Lin Zhengtang and the old lady stepped forward to pay a visit, and the queen said, "Is the seventh girl coming home?" “
Old Madam Lin's eyelids jumped suddenly: Sure enough, she came for Mei'er. She bent down and said, "Go back to my mother." Mei'er is still away and has not returned. “
The queen curled the corners of her lips slightly, and her smile was a little disdainful: "It doesn't matter if you're not there, the seventh girl is stupid and can't take charge, and this palace didn't think to discuss it with her." She paused and said, "The prince dotes on the seventh girl and wants to marry her." It's just that the palace has been looking at the Seven Girls for a long time and thinks that they are not worthy of this great responsibility. You can only be a pillow person. If the Lin family is interested, the palace can let the prince accept the seven girls as concubines, and he will give birth to the emperor's heir one day, and then discuss the concubine. “
Mrs. Lin immediately shut up and didn't answer: Even if you are a concubine, you still have no name and bully people! Although Mei'er is stupid, she is a serious daughter!
Lin Zhengtang saw that his mother didn't say anything, for fear that the queen would blame, so he hurriedly said, "Niangniang, this matter still needs to be discussed with Mei'er." “
The queen sneered: "What is the argument of an idiot? She stood up, her face rather displeased: "My lord is just a pretext." The words of this palace are put here, the prince marries the seventh girl as his wife, and this palace will never agree! You should also be self-aware, this kind of sanity should not Xiao want to be the crown princess! With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.
Lin Zhengtang looked at Mrs. Lin, who also had a bad complexion, and wondered: "Mother, how is this good?" “
Old Madam Lin was silent for a long time, and said, "My Lin family has no marriage with the Heavenly Family, so let's stop it!" "That palace is an unsightly place, let Mei'er be the crown princess, she is still worried, let alone be a concubine? If she is really willing to let Mei'er be a concubine, the family in Beijing is like a cloud, and there are many gentry, how simple is it to choose a portal?
When she returned to Jing'an Hall, she instructed Yuhong: "Send a letter to the East Palace, saying that I am unwell, and let Mei'er come back to serve the sick." “
In the East Palace, Lin Qingmei took the message and packed up her things and went back to the Lin Mansion, seeing that the old mother of Taishan on the case was lonely, she was afraid that Zhao Ling would scribble on her face again, so she wrapped it in her arms and brought it back to the Lin family.
When I returned home, Mrs. Lin was in good spirits, and was watching the koi fish in the courtyard, and a new parrot was raised in the cage under the porch. “
When the old lady heard this, her sorrow dissipated for a while, she laughed, and quipped: "Little animals also know beauty and ugliness? “
The parrot flapped its wings, looked straight at Lin Qingmei, tilted its head from time to time, and called twice: "Beauty!" Beauty! “
The old lady smiled: "It must be raised by a prodigal son." Yuhong snickered beside her: "The old man who raises birds has a bad man, who especially loves to hunt beauty, and when he sees a beautiful girl, he teaches him to call beauty." Therefore, the learning is bad. “
When Lin Qingmei saw the parrot, she stepped forward happily, and the mink in her arms showed her little head and stared at it with round eyes. When the parrot saw the two minks, it fluttered its wings in fright. Old Madam Lin smiled: "Good girl, you scared it." “
"Grandmother, aren't you sick?" Lin Qingmei turned around and asked. Old Madam Lin said: "I was originally sick, but your brother Bai sent this parrot to make it funny, and it was all right." “
Lin Bai is Lin Yulan's younger brother, who is only thirteen years old this year, and he sent this parrot to intercede for the Wang family. Old Madam Lin was angry in her heart, but thinking that there was no one to take care of her in the house, while thinking of forgiving the Wang family, she complained more and more that she had killed Aunt Ming. The two contradictions have not been expressed for a long time.
Lin Qingmei took out the clay puppet in her arms: "Old Mother Taishan, this parrot can talk!" “
The parrots were still jumping up and down, and Lin Qingmei pressed the two minks back into the placket before they quieted down. It stared at the clay puppet with small eyes and exclaimed, "Ugly." Ugly! “
Taishan's mother: I thought the prince had a poisonous mouth, but this one is more poisonous than the prince!
Xiao Qingmei hurriedly stuffed Taishan's mother back into the placket and waved her hand at the parrot: "It's not ugly!" It's just that Brother Ling pressed his handprint. “
Old Madam Lin asked, "Has Mei'er been to the Purple Cloud Palace?" “
"Yes! went with Brother Ling, Mei'er also brought Taishan's mother back. Taishan's mother will send the baby to Mei'er as soon as possible! She said as if offering a treasure and showed the clay puppet to the old lady. The old lady believed, not as evil-minded as Zhao Ling, nor as open-mouthed as a parrot, but said, "Mei'er send it back!" Taishan's mother wants to live in the temple and be worshipped. "The marriage with the prince has come to an end, what do you want the baby to do? A laughing stock.
"Mei'er is also enshrined!" Lin Qingmei was reluctant to send her back, "Mei'er changed her into new clothes, put on makeup, and gave her incense every day." Taishan's mother likes to eat cypress the most, and Mei'er will burn three sticks in the morning and evening. “
Zhao Ling came to the evening and saw Lin Qingmei leisurely teasing the two minks. Surprised: "Why didn't Mei'er go to serve the sick?" Isn't grandmother sick? “
Xiao Qingmei shook her head: "There is no illness, Brother Bai sent a parrot to his grandmother, and his grandmother's illness will be cured." “
Zhao Ling didn't believe it: Parrots are not medicine, where can they be cured at first sight?
At this time, Yuhong came to invite Lin Qingmei to stay in Jing'an Hall, and Zhao Ling pondered the way out: The old lady deliberately took Xiao Qingmei away from him!
He followed and went to Jing'an Hall, but Mrs. Lin was hesitant and didn't want to deal with him. Zhao Ling asked, "Why did grandmother change her hexagram again?" Lonely thinks that he has not abandoned Mei'er. “
Old Madam Lin sighed: "What His Royal Highness has done is remarkable, and the old body sees it in his eyes. It's just that today, when Feng Jia came, the queen thought that Mei'er couldn't marry into the East Palace, so the old body stopped thinking. Marriage proposals, please refrain from this. “
Zhao Ling listened to it and nodded knowingly: "There is no need for grandmother to worry about this matter, please believe Gu." “
The next day, he still took Xiao Qingmei back to the East Palace, but Mrs. Lin couldn't stop it, and said angrily: "Why do you need to provoke a person who can't be provoked? Nothing but their delusions! “
Zhao Ling didn't reply: "Mei'er, it's inevitable to be alone." “
After Zhao Ling returned to the palace, he did not rush to confront the queen, but accompanied Xiao Qingmei to eat, drink and have fun every day. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Ji Shenxiu got married, and Zhao Ling also took the time to accompany Xiao Qingmei. It was a great honor for the prince to arrive, and the whole house was full of joy.
Xiao Qingmei saw the big red lanterns lined up under the corridor, the pillars of the corridor were wrapped in red silk, and the maids in and out had red flowers on their heads, and said happily: "It's so lively today." “
Ji Shenxiu took the time to call Xiao Qingmei: "Mei'er will drink more lamb wine for a while, and grandfather specially left a jar for you." "The Ji family's lamb wine is a must-have in Beijing, and there are countless sellers. It's a pity that the old lady of the Ji family doesn't have much to spare, and except for a very small number of lamb wine gifts to relatives and friends, the rest can only be self-sufficient.
Zhao Ling: I finally took advantage of it!
Lin Qingmei asked, "Cousin Shen, where is Sister Fan?" “
Ji Shenxiu pointed to the direction of the new house, and Lin Qingmei went with Taishan's mother. The new house is very quiet, the two giant candles are burning, Fan Qingjun has taken off the phoenix crown and sat at the head of the bed eating the sheep cheek, the red lips are drinking the mutton soup in small sips, and the posture is elegant. When she saw Lin Qingmei, she smiled and asked, "Do you want Mei'er to drink sheep's hair?" Warm up when it's cold. “
Xiao Qingmei nodded, and a little maid brought a sheep cheek, and she asked while drinking: "Sister Fan, do you have a baby in your belly?" “
Fan Qingjun looked at her in surprise and shook his head: "No!" “
Xiao Qingmei then took out Taishan's mother from her arms and put it on the dresser, and said seriously: "Then Sister Fan will worship Taishan's mother, and she will give you the baby!" “
Fan Qingjun suddenly blushed, remembering a porcelain box that his mother stuffed at the bottom of the box last night. When she got it, she thought it was a powder box, but when she opened it, it was actually two porcelain naked men and women, who were immediately curious and shy, and pretended to close the lid calmly. The mother said: "Men and women love each other for the sake of prolonging their offspring, don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed." “
Her mother told her a lot about her heirs, and told her that if she didn't have many heirs, she would take the initiative to take a concubine for Ji Shenxiu. Now when he saw Xiao Qingmei take out the clay puppet, he took a closer look at it by the candlelight, and pointed to his face in surprise: "Why is your face red?" Did Mel give her rouge? “
Xiao Qingmei shook her head: "It was Brother Ling who put a hijab on her." “
Fan Qingjun didn't mind whether the clay puppet was ugly or not, and put it on the small drawer to offer some melons and fruits. Today's wedding, melons and fruits are ready-made. After a while, Xiao Qingmei said happily: "Sister Fan, Taishan's mother likes you very much!" She said that the apples were delicious, like Qin Zhong! “
Fan Qingjun smiled when he heard this: "It's good if you like it, Taishan's mother should remember to send more heirs!" “
She took the corner cloth and dipped it in water to wipe it, and said, "Mei'er can't cover it, so you have to wash the paint off with water." But this is a mud puppet, I'm afraid that it will melt if it gets wet. The paint has been looking at it for some time, and I don't know if I can wipe it off. “
Fortunately, Taishan's mother helped. After the paint was wiped clean, the mud was undamaged, and the outline of the eyebrows in the middle was vague, Fan Qingjun found a paintbrush, and Xiao Qingmei, you and I painted a beautiful makeup.
Later, Fan Qingjun and Lin Qingmei were both worried about the same thing: they were too good to give birth. For this reason, Ji Shen repaired enough to go to Ziyun Palace to make a vow, and Fan Qingjun's footsteps to give birth to a child came to an abrupt end.
After the banquet is over. Xiao Qingmei was burping and wanted to stay at her grandfather's house, Zhao Ling said: "There are many guests tonight, Mei'er should go back to the palace!" “
Ji Shenxiu on the side blocked the way: "Your Highness doesn't know, Mei'er often spent the New Year in the mansion when she was young, and there is a special room for her in the mansion, so there is no need to worry about it." “
Ji Shenxiu wanted Xiao Qingmei to stay overnight. Because he had already corresponded with Dou Yanzhang years ago, saying that he would invite his cousin to the wedding, and wanted him to meet Lin Qingmei with his own eyes.
He didn't believe that there were more beautiful beauties in this capital than Lin Qingmei.
But now that the banquet is gone, Dou Yanzhang hasn't come yet, thinking that he can't come anymore.
Zhao Ling asked Xiao Qingmei: "There are no two minks to warm your feet at night, can Mei'er sleep?" “
"Hiccup??" Xiao Qingmei burped again and silently followed Zhao Ling back to the palace.
Fang boarded the carriage, and suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves in the silent alley, Zhao Ling looked through the crack in the curtain, and saw a young man in black galloping over, with a beautiful face, and stopped at the door of Jifu after a while.
Zhao Ling didn't take it seriously, the car drove forward and drove out of the alleyway.
At this time, Dou Yanzhang warmed his warm cheeks and waited outside the door, and after a while, Ji Shenxiu greeted him and sighed: "Why is my brother late?" My cousin just left. You really didn't have a chance to meet her. “
Dou Yanzhang smiled: "My brother has repeatedly promoted your cousin, do you want me to marry her?" “
When Ji Shenxiu heard this, he suddenly slapped his hands and said, "Brother is really a word to wake up the person in the dream!" My cousin is now unmarried. My brother doesn't have a wife, so he just happens to be able to negotiate marriage! “
Dou Yanzhang shook his head: I don't want to marry. He didn't want anyone except the beauty he met at the night market.
"Didn't my brother say that your cousin went to school in the palace, and the prince loved her very much? also said that in order to make her happy, he tried all means. If I don't compete with the prince for beauty, won't the prince kill me alive? “
Ji Shenxiu smiled mysteriously, stepped forward and said, "The prince has nothing to worry about. A few days ago, the queen mother went to the Lin Mansion and said that her cousin was not allowed to be bigger, but only small. The Lin family is angry! Eighty percent of this marriage is going to be yellow. “
In the carriage at this time, Zhao Ling and Lin Qingmei sneezed at the same time. The two looked at each other, and Zhao Ling said, "It must be which one with a broken mouth is chewing the root of the lonely tongue." “
Ji Fuzhong's broken mouth poured some old wine from the banquet and then his mood was high, and he still didn't feel sleepy after the three watches leaked, and pulled Dou Yanzhang to continue drinking, Dou Yanzhang has always been a heavy drinker, and he has been hungry for the Ji family's lamb wine for a long time, so he didn't push it back when he saw this, and the two opened the jar and drank.
Ji Shenxiu said: "If my brother can let go of the night market beauty, I will be an iceman and go to the Lin family to say goodbye to my brother." It's not me bragging, if this person in the capital wants to be more beautiful than my cousin, they have to go back to the furnace and rebuild! “
When God created his cousin, he must have added a lot of beauty to his partiality.
Dou Yanzhang shook his head: "No matter how beautiful the world is, it is no more than mortals." "If there are such beauties in the night market, it must really be a fairy who entered the world by chance, leaving him with a glimpse and leaving in a hurry. She had no intention of staying, but he couldn't let go of his thoughts day and night.
Ji Shenxiu saw that he couldn't move, and sighed: "Brother is really not enlightened, if the cousin who can paint with a brush is one-tenth of the form of God, I will not hesitate to paint with you." “
"It's not that he doesn't know it, but if he gets the cousin of the Jun family as his wife, what if he reunites with the beauty of the night market one day? Ask yourself, when you are the only one who is negative to your cousin and make your brother unhappy. Now that you have a glimpse of the ending, why not stick to your heart from the beginning and prevent it from now on? He clinked his glass and said, "I don't want to lose a confidant and friend like my brother, and my brother will not say anything about it." “
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