Chapter 315: After the Letter
Xie Yinghui joked a few words at the end of the gossip, describing that Miss Zhao seems to be destined for a noble life, even if she is disgusted by the prince, there are also queen mother and the eldest princess of Yongning who look at each other differently, can't be the future queen, it's not bad to be a princess, but I don't know which prince will be cheaper in the end?
Xie Yinghui finished gossiping about the gossip of these court nobles and high-ranking officials, and then ended the letter to the family. She said that she was living well in Jinling City, even if she didn't have an old lady to take care of her and her sister as a companion, she lived a very leisurely life, and maybe it would be better for her to live alone. Now she doesn't want to deal with other relatives and friends except for the friends who have signed the second or third deed, and she has lost interest in other people's banquets. It's just that in the dead of night, she always can't help but miss her relatives, fantasizing about how good it would be if her brothers and sisters were still in Jinling and still living at home together?
Xie Yinghui finally visited her stepmother Wen, and greeted a few brothers and sisters, saying that she would continue to write back to her hometown, and let her brothers and sisters write to her as well, and it was best to tell her everything she had experienced in her hometown, and then she paid at the end of the letter.
After hearing this, Wen sighed. Although Xie Yinghui finally called her "stepmother" instead of directly calling her "mother" like Xie Xianzhi, she could be regarded as acknowledging her identity. How could she not be impressed? She really feels that Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui are good children now. Since they are good children, she has to take good care of them properly, otherwise how can she be worthy of her husband Xie Pu's trust?
Wen and Wanqin discussed: "Sister Hui lives alone in the capital, and Aunt Jin is sick again, and I don't know how they are doing. When the old lady went south, she took most of the silver money from the house. Although Sister Hui has no shortage of property in her hands, those are the things she will live in the future, how can she use them now? We still calculate the accounts at hand, if we can draw out a sum of money and send it back to Beijing, we can also make Sister Hui'er live more relaxed. ”
Although Wanqin felt that the Xie family's three melons and two dates of silver could not afford Xie Yinghui's brocade clothes and jade food at all, the latter had money in his hand, and he still needed a few taels of silver sent back by the rare Wen family? But this bargain was given to the daughter of the old master Cao, and it was Wen who took the initiative to propose it, so of course she would not object. But before she said yes, she immediately thought that if there was less money available in her hometown, wouldn't her children be wronged?
Wanqin immediately shut up and hesitated for a moment before she said, "The eldest lady shouldn't be short of this bit of silver." Besides, the old lady still has to recuperate, the old house has to be renovated, and a few brothers have to spend money to go to school, where can they get the extra money? There are many idle items in the mansion in Beijing, so let the eldest lady pawn a few pieces to supplement the family, that is. ”
Wen's brows furrowed slightly, remembering the account that his daughter Xie Mulin had calculated for her not long ago, and felt that she could still save a sum of money. There are a lot of things in the mansion in Beijing, but it is not a decent practice to pawn things for money. With Xie Yinghui's temper, she would never agree.
The Wen family was distressed, and Xie Huizhi smiled and said to the brothers and sisters: "Is the eldest sister annoyed with the old lady now?" You see, at the end of the letter, she only greets her wife, greets us, but does not mention the old lady, which is not a polite practice. ”
Xie Mulin knew that Xie Huizhi also looked at Xie Yinghui unpleasantly, and he couldn't help but say a few sarcastic words, so he glanced at him and said: "The old lady has repeatedly said that she is not allowed to mention her whereabouts to the people in Beijing." The eldest sister said in the letter that she knew about the old lady and could rest assured, but it was already a foul, and she shouldn't have mentioned it later, what kind of mouth do you have? As he spoke, he gave Xie Huizhi a look, telling him to look at Xie Xianzhi's face and have nothing else to do.
Xie Huizhi pursed his lips, gave Xie Xianzhi face, and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, the eldest sister talked about the news of the Yongning Eldest Princess's Mansion in the letter, as well as the follow-up to the incident in Zhoushan, the old lady should also be relieved, right?" There was nothing going on, and her old man wanted to scare herself, and she didn't allow her family to mention her in correspondence, which was really ridiculous. Let the old lady know the truth earlier, and also solve the taboo of our correspondence earlier. ”
Xie Mulin knew that he was eyeing Xie Yingrong again, so he said, "Ming'er, when I go back to the old house, I will mention this matter to the old lady." "Old Mrs. Xie insisted on refusing to tell what secrets she and Xie Yingrong had, so what did it matter? Xie Mulin only needs to tell her the information revealed in Xie Yinghui's letter. What the truth is, Mrs. Xie can judge it herself. If it came to this point, Mrs. Xie still firmly believed in Xie Yingrong, then Xie Mulin had nothing to say, so she had to go.
Xie Xianzhi talked with Xie Jinzhi about the movements of the Cao family with some concern, and Xie Yingfen pulled his younger brother Xie Hanzhi to talk about Ma Sangongzi's paintings, and then extended to the famous young painters in Beijing. Wanqin didn't think about it, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Wen tugged at the handkerchief, counted the family's accounts in his heart, and began to think about saving a sum of money for this winter's new clothes.
Xie Mulin took Xie Yinghui's letter from Xie Xianzhi's hand, read it from beginning to end, and found several contents that Xie Xianzhi had concealed, pursed his lips to hold back a smile, glanced at Xie Xian, who was still unaware, returned the letter, looked around at everyone, and whispered to Wen's: "Mother, it's not too early, the letter has been read, let's disperse, right?" ”
Wen came to his senses and said busily: "Yes, it's not too early." Just now, I seem to hear someone knock on the second watch. Tomorrow, everyone has to get up early, let's go back and rest. ”
Everyone got up and saluted her and left, and dispersed. Xie Mulin also returned to his yard and freshened up and slept.
She remembered the content of Xie Yinghui's letter and smiled slightly.
Since Xie Yinghui will use the Spring and Autumn penmanship to bring the news of the deaths of Bai and Dong Huijie in the letter, it can be seen that this scandal has not been publicized in Beijing, except for the two parties involved, that is, Dong Huijie's mother, Mrs. Qishanbo, who understands that she has been hurt. After the selection of concubines in the East Palace began, the Miss Zhao family continued to be attacked by gossip, but the Queen Mother and the eldest princess of Yongning both knew what was going on, and seeing that she kept her mouth shut and did not mention the truth, they would only appreciate her more in their hearts. The prince's dislike of Miss Zhao because of rumors will only put him in an embarrassing situation. Not to mention that Empress Cao's plan failed, the Queen Mother and the eldest princess of Yongning will also be dissatisfied with the prince, right?
I just don't know what happened to the eldest son of Qishanbo, as well as Xiao Rui, who didn't know what he had done in the Taoist temple that day. Xie Mulin always had a feeling that they probably knew better than everyone else in the Taoist temple at the time what had happened that day.
Xie Mulin diverged his thoughts while slowly falling asleep and had a good night's sleep.
When he got up early the next morning, Xie Mulin freshened up, and told Li'er and Cuijiao to pack their luggage, and then went to the main courtyard to meet his mother Wen. They had breakfast with the others, then moved to the second room and asked the second old lady Song to say goodbye.
Xie Mulin had one more thing to ask the Song family. She is going back to the old mansion to serve the sick today, although there is a time to go back to Xie Jiajiao to take a boudoir class, but other times she always has to find something to pass the time. The cement is operated by other people, and she doesn't need to do the renovation of the old house, she can borrow a few more books for recreation. Since she mentioned Beiping City last night, she happened to borrow a few books related to Beiping to learn more about this city established under the auspices of Emperor Yongle, a traverser.
She wondered how much this Beiping City had in common with the Beijing she knew.