Huang Yan met Xie Yinghui, and after having some tacit understanding, he wrote a letter to his mother Zhen, telling her that he had decided to marry the eldest girl of the Xie family and form a mandarin alliance.

This letter was entrusted by Huang Yan to an acquaintance of Yan Wangfu, and together with the Xie family, they drove to Beiping.

After the acquaintance of the Yan Wangfu returned to Beiping City, he first dealt with some more urgent official duties, and then he had time to remember the letter and send someone to send it to the Huang family.

Huang Yan used to be under the command of the political envoy, just like Cheng Anshan, Mo Yanke, and Liu Mian all lived in the Xie family's official residence, and he also lived in the official residence of Lord Zhou. It was only later that in order to take the widowed mother Zhen into the city to live, he rented a small house in another nearby alley. But after Huang Yan resigned from the Zhou family, this rented mansion became his only residence in the city. He took his servants to Beijing to catch the exam, and only his widowed mother was left at home, so Zhen simply took the attendants and maids back to the old mansion in Changping's hometown to spend his days. Because Huang Yan has a reputation for raising people, and he also went to Beijing to take the exam, he is also well-connected in Beiping City, and the clansmen and elders in the clan who have been beaten twice by him dare not be rude to the Zhen family anymore, so she can live in the old mansion with peace of mind.

When Huang Yan's letter reached her, she was pleasantly surprised, and quickly disposed of the family's affairs, and immediately rushed back to Beiping City.

Xie Pu and Wen both attached great importance to Zhen's visit, and also informed Song's mother and daughter that they planned to invite Xie Meijun to be a companion. Xie Meijun naturally agreed, and she was also very curious about this relative of her mother's mother's family.

Xie Yinghui got the letter from Xie Mulin, and she began to get nervous. Although she has been preparing for this meeting for a long time, she has even made four or five forehead wipes made by herself, all of them in the same style, and only chooses the best and most delicate one for backup. and when she saw Zhen, she had already come up with seven or eight plans for what she should wear. In order to choose the best plan, in this cold day, Xie Yinghui, who was afraid of the cold and didn't dare to go out, was stunned to change her clothes and jewelry more than ten times, and then picked three that she thought was the most suitable. In this way, she still felt bottomless, she heard from Xie Mulin about the time when Zhen came to the door, so she immediately pulled her sister and asked her sister to help her.

Xie Mulin looked helpless: "What did Daddy tell us in the letter at that time?" This Mrs. Huang has always been obedient to her son's words. As long as Huang Yan thinks you are good and wants to marry you, she will never object to this family business. The first time you met, you were above the level in terms of appearance, bearing, and conversation, how could she hate you? Even if you feel insensitive, when you marry into their family and get along for a long time, she will naturally know your true temperament. This is the first time we met...... It's not that important! ”

"What do you know?" Xie Yinghui slapped her sister with disgust, "Even if Mrs. Huang is willing to obey Ziheng's words in everything, she is Ziheng's mother after all." If she doesn't like me, even if she doesn't say it, she will live together in the future, and she will have a thorn buried in her heart, how can Ziheng feel good if she knows? If I can get along with Mrs. Wong in harmony, of course there is no need to make a bad impression on her! ”

Xie Mulin couldn't help but snicker and said: "The eldest sister really recognizes Huang Ziheng now, this sentence is all for his sake, and she is already imagining the situation of living with him and his mother after marrying him in the future." I'm afraid that the eldest sister has been looking forward to that day for a long time, right? ”

Xie Yinghui's face suddenly turned red, she took a sip, then turned her back and ignored people.

Xie Mulin didn't coax her, he didn't hurry up and looked at the several sets of clothes that his eldest sister ordered to be picked out, thought about it, and asked Xie Yinghui without looking back: "Did Huang Ziheng say what kind of daughter-in-law his mother likes?" If he mentioned a word, you dressed up according to his words, wouldn't you? Even if what he says may not be his mother's favorite look, but you are willing to dress yourself according to his words, you can see your heart for your future mother-in-law. When the time comes, I will ask the girl next to my mother to help hint at it, and Mrs. Huang will be even more happy. ”

Xie Yinghui turned back to half of her head slightly, and said hesitantly, "Ziheng didn't mention these words...... But he said that his mother was elegant and gentle, not only knew how to read and was courteous, but also personally enlightened Ziheng when he was a child. The daughters of ordinary eunuchs are not as knowledgeable as his mother. It's just that his mother was humble and never showed off in front of people. By the way, his mother can write poetry and paint, and she can do a good needlework, can embroider as a painting, and loves to embroider flowers and birds. In the past, their mother and son Fuling returned to Beiping from the capital, and were robbed of their property by the clansmen, and they lived a few years of poverty. At that time, his mother took great pains to embroider two paintings, and asked someone to send them to Beiping City to sell, and then exchanged a lot of money and grain to go back. It's just that his mother's eyes were not very good because she was sad about his father's death, and she embroidered two more paintings, and she couldn't see things more and more clearly. Ziheng didn't want his mother to work anymore, so he found a job of copying books and ghostwriting poems, and finally survived the three-year filial piety period. ”

Xie Mulin listened, and he counted a little in his heart: "It sounds like Mrs. Huang is an elegant and talented girl, so eldest sister, you can dress up in a gentle and elegant way." If you don't know how to get here, you can take my grandmother and Aunt Mei Jun's usual clothes as an example, and that's pretty much it. You don't have to wear too much jewelry, and you don't have to pay attention to how luxurious, jade or pearl jewelry is the best, if all are jade, white jade is stronger than jade. The ornamental patterns on the clothes and ornaments are of the type of flowers, birds and landscapes, which are as chic and elegant as possible. If Mrs. Huang talks to the eldest sister again when the time comes, the eldest sister can also be generous and don't have to twist, but the words are as good as possible, don't show your eldest lady's temper. ”

Xie Yinghui listened carefully all the way, and when she heard the last sentence, she had already turned around and lay on the kang table, staring at her sister's face with her eyes wide open. But after listening to it, she couldn't help but say angrily: "When did I have a temper with the eldest lady?" I'm most amiable on weekdays. The people who can make me angry are people who have already made mistakes. If I hadn't really been able to help myself, I wouldn't have seen it like others! ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Xie Mulin smiled and prevaricated, and then squeezed his eyes at his eldest sister, "That's ...... Is the eldest sister ready, and in what way do you want to explain to Mrs. Huang that you are also a talented and educated girl? What about the poems written in the past? Or is it a painting that you have drawn with your own hands? How about we show off your strengths in a less conspicuous way, such as putting a few pieces of your calligraphy and embroidery works in the main room? ”

Xie Yinghui was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked down at the one she had picked out with great difficulty and did the best one, and threw the small pillow at hand to her sister in shame.