Chapter 206: Surprised
Xiao Yao would never have dreamed that she had been branded as the side concubine of the Seventh Prince by the Empress Dowager Han, she was now more concerned about her second brother's family affairs, why did her second sister-in-law refuse to show up after thousands of calls!
Just as the summer was about to pass and the sisters' summer trip that lasted more than a month was over, Xiao Yao shook Tong Mingyu's arm again to ask for the news of the second sister-in-law.
"Even if you don't come back today, my mother will send someone to pick you up tomorrow." Tong Mingyu looked at her daughter gently, even if she played crazy for a summer, she didn't get tanned. She also sometimes wondered how this child had grown up, neither like herself nor like her husband. When she was young, she looked a little similar to her brother-in-law, but the older she was, the less she looked.
The daughter's temperament is difficult to locate, she looks elegant and indifferent when she reads quietly and embroiders, as if the orchid and water lily bloom this different beauty. But when she is naughty and coquettish, she is so smart, fresh, and full of vitality that people can't take their eyes off.
Can such a girl hide and stay? The husband said that his father-in-law's plan to train his grandson-in-law since he was a child did not go well at all. The child picked batch after batch, and none of them got into the eyes of his old man, and now several big men in the family have participated in it, and the scope of selection has been expanded to the outstanding boys of ordinary people, and the old man is in full swing to start a new round of screening.
"Is there an eyebrow in the matter of the second brother? Whose girl? What is your name? Do I know each other? ”
Tong Mingyu, who was pulled back to reality by his daughter from his trance, was silent for a moment and said: "I will take you to a banquet in two days, and then you will see for yourself if there are any outstanding official ladies, your second brother said that if his mother and sister are satisfied, he will marry, otherwise he will not want to be excellent." ”
"The second brother is so good, in fact, I don't pick it, as long as the second brother likes the other party, even if that young lady hates me, I don't care." Xiao Yaofeng said lightly, she can still live at home for a few years, and her aunt and sister-in-law can move around more when they get along, and if they can't get along, they will see each other less!
"That's not good, women who don't like the safety of my house are not allowed to enter our door, do you two remember this sentence and hear it?" Hearing that his sister was back, the three brothers put down everything they were doing and gathered in the upper room of Graceland to greet their sister.
"That's natural, if it's someone my sister hates or doesn't like, no matter what it looks like, the fifth brother doesn't want it." Xiao Jun, who has grown into a little teenager, patted his chest and assured that he has changed a lot as he grows older, the only thing that has not changed is his love for his sister, every time they meet, he hugs and hugs, touches his head and touches his hands, and he has been warned several times by the whole family with his ears He would rather be trained and beaten than say anything about not changing this habit.
"Sister, you're so ruthless! It's been more than a month since I left, and my mother is too, why did I make us a boy and a girl, if it's the same, either I can accompany my sister to escape the summer, or my sister can accompany me to study, and now we're torn apart, and I'm so miserable! Xiao Jun rarely saw his mother and sister there, so he couldn't help but complain and poured out all the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Why don't you ask your mother if you are wronged! The two of you are obsessed with practicing martial arts every day, either you bump into it here, or your clothes and shoes are torn again. One where I have to worry all day about not doing any tricks or doing something earth-shattering. Tell me which one is more worry-free! Your second brother and third brother together are not as bothersome as one of you. Tong Mingyu nodded his youngest son and daughter on the forehead, he was still aggrieved, who would he talk to!
"Mother, I've been very well-behaved lately." Xiao Yao rubbed Tong Mingyu's waist unrelentingly, with a pregnant woman, and a county lord with a quiet personality, even if he wanted to come up with a trick, he had to weigh it, didn't he?
"I'm also very obedient! Isn't it right to be motivated? Xiao Jun walked to the other side of Tong Mingyu and hugged his mother's waist like Xiao Yao, and he was able to hug his sister with one stone, and he couldn't be intoxicated.
"What are you two doing here?" Xiao Jingkang was happy to see the appearance of the mother and son, and it was good for his daughter to come home, and there were more smiles on the faces of his wife and sons. My daughter is almost nine years old! When she is ten years old, she will not be able to go out often, and in a few years...... Xiao Jingkang sighed in his heart, it is really not easy to find someone who matches his daughter among the children of his father's subordinates or in the homes of ordinary people, I don't know if I can meet him in the next few years.
He had a faint feeling that his daughter would definitely not marry into an ordinary family, and his father and his own efforts might be in vain in the end.
"Daddy, I miss you." Xiao Yao drew a gourd and hugged Xiao Jingkang, it felt so good to go home, there was a pain from my father and mother, and my brothers cared about it.
Xiao Jingkang sat down with his daughter in his arms, the only bad thing now is that he can no longer hold his daughter casually, except for the father, except for the younger son, he does not shy away from it, and the more rational people have begun to keep their distance from their growing daughter, and those intimate actions in the past can no longer be done.
"The old marquis has sent someone to pick up the eldest lady." Mama Zhang lifted the curtain and said.
"Peace, go to your grandfather! If it's late, we'll all be trained for you. Xiao Jingkang laughed twice and urged.
"I embroidered a new purse for my father and brothers, and a new handkerchief for my mother, Xiaohui, you go and bring the things." Xiao Yao said as she sorted out her clothes and prepared to go out.
"It's good for my sister to grow up! There is a new purse, and there will be new clothes to wear in two years, right? Xiao Jun said happily.
Okay, what is good, you want to be like this when you and your sister are separated for a month now, and once your brother and sister are separated in a few years, it will not be as simple as a month or two months to see each other. Xiao Jingkang looked at a pair of children whispering affectionately, and felt stunned, no wonder they are willing to have a son, the feeling of adding people to the mouth and the feeling of sending their daughter to marry must not be the same day, I don't know if I can stand it that day.
After a few days of rest at home, it was time to go to the feast.
Xiao Yao put a lot of effort into dressing herself up in order to see her future sister-in-law, the cherry red gradient dress, the left and right sides of her head are flower-shaped buns surrounded by the braids she braided Xiaohui, and the hairband sewn with pearls is made into stamens, and there are long tassels hanging underneath, swinging back and forth with Xiao Yao's activities.
Even Li Jiaoying knows how to dress up, and people who love to dress up are full of praise for Xiao Yao's new hairstyle, she is originally a flower-like age, and then she is dressed like a flower, and she is a beauty embryo, who can take her eyes off!
The Qin family nodded again and again, today I went to Lord Zheng's mansion, that is the prince's father-in-law's house, can there be fewer nobles?
Tong Mingyu went out with her daughter with mixed feelings in everyone's admiration. The better her daughter is, the more uneasy Tong Mingyu is, she is looking forward to her daughter being noticed, but also afraid that she will be targeted by people who her family can't provoke.
"Don't leave your mother's side for a while, and don't move around." Tong Mingyu really didn't worry about her daughter, and repeatedly instructed her, and she even told the eldest girl Xiying to just follow her daughter for a while, and she didn't have to serve herself.
"I must be a good girl today, can you tell me about the second sister-in-law? A little bit will do! Xiao Yao compared the length of her little thumb, and her requirements are not high at all, right?
"You're so smart to guess for yourself! All I can say is that the young lady will be here today, and the time has come to test your vision, so don't let us down! ”
"How can there be such a thing as you, if I guess wrong, the second brother will blame me, you can't bear to make a fool of your daughter!"
Tong Mingyu smiled but didn't answer, it has always been her daughter who is naughty and mischievous, and the family has nothing to do with her, today is also an opportunity to embarrass her, and then I also want to see if she and the girl from the Liu family get along, and whether she has the fate to be an aunt. The son said that if Ping An has no impression of Miss Liu, or doesn't like that girl, then it's okay not to do it.
When the mother and daughter arrived at Zheng's house, there was already a long convoy at the gate, and the courtyard was full of people.
Tong Mingyu first went to see the old lady of the Zheng family, and the living room was full of glamorous women, many princes, and the ladies in the county king's mansion were also among them.
"This is the eldest lady of the Xiao family! Let me see, this little one looks so good. A beautiful woman in her thirties grabbed Xiao Yao's hand before Mrs. Wen, and a pair of eyes aimed at Xiao Yao, with exploration and playfulness.
Xiao Yao cast an inquiring glance at her mother, who is this person? I don't know her at all, okay? Nothing to do, why did she do this to herself!
"This is the princess of Qi County." Tong Mingyu was surprised and gave her daughter an answer, she didn't know what the princess wanted to do, so she could only take one step at a time.
"Xiao Yao has seen the princess of the county." Xiao Yao gave a salute to the princess of Qijun and studied with Mama Ruan for three years, Xiao Yao is now very good at all kinds of actions and etiquette, not to mention that she is also very proficient.
The son is quite discerning, and the little girl of the Xiao family looks really good, and she can barely make do if she wants to marry into the county king's mansion as her. It's just that I'm a little younger, so in two years, I will choose a few lovely people for my son to serve, and they can't ask their baby son to stay alone in the empty room when their children are small!
Xiao Yao took the opportunity to salute and withdrew from the range of the princess of Qijun, and Xiao Yao was still very repulsive to be so close to a person they met for the first time.
"Princess Jing and Lord Yi'an have arrived."
The people in the room all showed surprised expressions, Princess Jing was already surprised to come, this Yi'an county lord has never participated in banquets, how could he come today!
Yin Qianhua, who was dressed in a cherry red palace dress, walked in holding Yun Ruonan in a pink skirt. Everyone stood up and lined up to greet the guests.
"Meet Princess Jing and meet Lord Yi'an." A room full of people bowed and saluted.
"Get up!" Yin Qianhua looked around, her eyes fixed on Xiao Yao, and everyone found out that the two people, one big and one young, were wearing clothes of the same color today. The difference is that Princess Jing is dressed in pure cherry red, Xiao Yao wears a gradient color, the upper body is the same color as Princess Jing, and the color of the skirt gradually fades, and when it reaches the skirt, it has become a light pink.