Mrs. Yongcheng Marquis and the old marquis gave birth to seven children, but only survived two sons and two daughters, and then the old marquis felt that he had completed the task of inheriting the lineage, and Mrs. Tai also became haggard because of frequent childbirth and the early death of children, and the old marquis began to chase women, and successively accepted three concubines, gave birth to more than 20 concubines, and survived four boys and six girls.

After the Marquis of Yongcheng attacked the lord, except for his sibling brother the second master and the third master who helped him manage the affairs of the house, the other cousins were separated.

Therefore, when Wang Xi and the others entered, in addition to Mrs. Hou, the second wife, and the third wife, there were also Mrs. Hou's two daughters-in-law, the eldest grandmother and the second grandmother.

They all sat around Mrs. Tai and listened to the second wife talking to Mrs. Tai about the marriage of their eldest son: "After all, she is the only daughter in the family, and she can't be too wronged by that child." Do you think it's time to find a new place for them to build a new house, or to expand the yard where Saburo lives now? ”

Mrs. Tai seemed to be a little unhappy, frowning and listening to the second wife, seeing Wang Xi come in, she left the second wife who was talking to her, showed a smiling face, waved to a few little girls, and pointed to her own head: "Ah Xi come and sit here!" ”

Except for Mrs. Hou, who was sitting side by side with Mrs. Tai on the big kang by the window, everyone else got up procrastination and made way for Wang Xi, and the eye-catching maids brought a few stools to Chang Ning.

Mrs. Tai waited for them to sit down again, forked an apple from the fruit bowl on the kang table and gave it to Wang Xi, and said, "Here, the big apple from Yantai, can you taste it!" ”

Wang Xi smiled and thanked her, seeing that the apple was a little rusty, it should have been cut and put for a while, so she didn't want to eat it much, so it can be seen that Mrs. Tai looked at her with a smile, her face was full of expectation, so she had to take a small bite, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mrs. Tai".

Mrs. Tai laughed, and then beckoned Chang Ning to eat apples.

The little maid was busy holding a fruit bowl to serve Chang Ning and others to eat apples.

Chang Ning picked up a piece of apple and complained to Mrs. Tai half-truthfully: "Grandmother only feels sorry for my cousin, not for us." Good things are always given to my cousin first, and we are all in the back row. ”

Mrs. Tai is not a person who thinks a lot, Chang Ning is a little lively and strong, Wang Xi likes to fight with the sisters in the house before she comes, Mrs. Tai not only didn't think much about it, but also felt that the eldest son of the long house and the old marquis are a bit similar, Chang Ning is the second daughter, who will notice her?

Seeing her like this, she smiled and quipped: "Then who did you give that piece of Hetian jade pendant yesterday?" ”

Yesterday, Chang Ning also went to Hongluo Temple with him, and the host of the temple took a few pieces of jade in order to please the female dependents of the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion, and the best piece of Hetian jade pendant was taken by Chang Ning and did not let go, Wang Xi listened to the monk and said that it was worn by several monks, disgusted that it was someone else's old thing, and turned a few hands, for fear that the old lady would reward her and pretend to be quail, so that Chang Ning could go.

Chang Ning didn't know, glanced at Wang Xi a little proudly, and said with a smile: "I knew that my grandmother was reluctant." But the host said that these old objects were all obtained by those who were destined, and they were given to me, and that was because I had a fate with the jade pendant! ”

The third lady has always flattered her grandson, and she smiled: "The second lady of our family has been blessed since she was a child. ”

Mrs. Hou smiled when she heard her daughter being praised, and everyone in the room laughed and praised Chang Ninglai, and also praised Chang Ning's female celebrity, and won the praise of Mama Xi.

Wang Xi sat there boredly, quietly putting his hands behind his back.

Bai Guo shrewdly took the apple in Wang Xi's hand with a handkerchief and put it in his pocket.

It's just that when she looked up, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Chang Ke, the fourth young lady in the house, her eyes flickering and avoiding her eyes.

Most of them saw their small movements.

But it doesn't matter, even if she tells the rest of the Hou Mansion, the people serving around Mrs. Tai can't even handle a fruit, and it will only slap the Hou Mansion in the face.

She paid attention to her young lady's mood, saw her yawn slightly, and knew that she was bored from sitting, so she thought of what excuse she could find to retire with her young lady first. The second wife mentioned her eldest son's marriage again: "The new house has to be settled quickly, I count the days, and the Han family is about to come to measure the house." ”

The eldest son of the second room is ranked third among the brothers, and his father-in-law is Han Lin, the commander of Miyun Weidu, and a fourth-rank military general from Wuju.

The two families have already set up a wedding date on the second day of November.

It is said that Miss Han has a good background, and there is a rich dowry, and she looks not bad, the second wife is extremely satisfied with this marriage, since the two families officially passed the Geng post, the second wife has been busy, from the dowry gift to the Han family, to the flowers and plants placed when the third master got married, she looked at them one by one, for fear that there was something negligent.

There are new things to hear, Wang Xi is in good spirits.

It's just that Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Hou don't seem to want to say more, and Mrs. Tai also brought the topic to yesterday's trip to Hongluo Temple.

There's an inside story!

Wang Xi looked left and right, but he didn't see what was going on. Finally returned to Qingxue Garden, and she couldn't wait to find Qingsilk to ask: "Do you know what Chang Sanye's new house is about?" ”

Qingsilk is worthy of being the "bag inquiry" in her house, and while helping Bai Zhi help Wang Xi unload the jewelry, she smiled and said: "Didn't the Han family say that they would send two sets of furniture over?" The place where Chang Sanye lives now is definitely not enough. If you change the yard for Chang Sanye again, when Uncle Chang gets married, he will live in the old mansion in the past, and Chang Sanye will not be able to go over Uncle Chang; Second, if the yard is big, the cost will be large, how to calculate this cost? ”

Wang Xi bowed: "The Hou Mansion has always been quite stingy!" ”

Bai Guo didn't dare to answer.

Qingsu continued: "If it is expanded from the original courtyard, if it is not the third lady who makes room, he will have to make room for the eighth master!" ”

Yikes! This is interesting!

Wang Xi's body and bones were a little straighter.

The people of the Chang family are quite capable of giving birth.

Needless to say, the old marquis.

The Hou Ye who stayed in the mansion had five sons-in-law, two concubines, and one concubine; The second master has two sons-in-law, one sister-in-law, and three sisters-in-law; The third master has a concubine and two sons-in-law.

When the old marquis was there, although the marquis, who was still the prince at the time, lived in a slightly larger place, there were many people in his house, and everyone lived a little aggrieved. Or because of this, when the old Hou Ye was gone, the Hou Ye divided his cousins, and the remaining three rooms were redistributed to live in the courtyard with a good view. If there is no resident, it is not like the Qingxue Garden where Wang Xi lives, the scenery is very good, it is the row of noodles at home, and it needs to be used to entertain guests or set up banquets; Either it is remote and simple, and it needs to be repaired with great effort.

Wang Xi said with burning eyes: "I can imagine that the third lady has a place, she must not be far from where her brother lives." Why did you still get to the third room? Could it be that the place where Chang Sanye lives is also next to Chang Baye? ”

Chang Baye is the eldest son of Sanfang, nine years old this year, and he will only be old next year when he will move out and live alone.

Qingsu smiled and said, "The eldest lady guessed right." The second wife was reluctant to give her eldest son, and when she chose a place for Chang Sanye, she chose the west side of the main courtyard of the second room, and the third lady lived in the west wing of the main courtyard, separated from Chang Sanye by the road wall; The west side of Chang Sanye's courtyard is Chang Wuye's courtyard, the south is Chang Liuye's courtyard, and the north is the third master's courtyard......

Wang Xi silently calculated the direction in his heart.

Bai Guo couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Miss, next to Chang Sanye, there is either his own sister living on the left and right, or the younger brother who lives in the long house, only where Chang Baye lives, and he is one in front and one in the back." ”

Wang Xi understood and said, "Sanfang shouldn't dare not agree, right?" ”

It's not just about moving places.

If the south room where Chang Baye lived was given to Chang Sanye as a new house, the doors of the three courtyards would be gone.

Qingsu said with a smile: "The third master and the third wife have always endured it. I didn't say yes or no. ”

"That's a lot of fun!" Wang Xi grinned, lowered her head and let Bai Zhi wash her face.

Red Silk didn't know when she ran in and said, "If it's me, I'll just take this opportunity to move somewhere." always looks at people like this, and this is also panicked. ”

Qingsu taught her a lesson: "You automatically asked Ying to ask for an errand in front of the eldest lady, how did the errand go?" Why did you run over at this time? ”

Red Silk sounded like a big rooster with a feather plucked, and suddenly wilted, and her speech was a little short: "Haven't I been staring?" When eating, I change the little maid to stare at it, and there is no movement in the yard over there, so you can't blame me! And he didn't listen to me. It's not that I won't let him dance the sword in the courtyard. ”

Green silk and red silk are cousins.

She just wanted to hit someone.

Wang Xi was good at talking, smeared the cream, and the little maid Axi helped her massage her hands with flower dew, and stopped Qingsilk and said, "I don't know what the relationship between that person and the eldest princess's mansion is?" Maybe it's just a few days, or maybe it's just a whim, and the sword is touched by us twice. ”

That being said, it's a shame in the end.

Bai Guo has served Wang Xi since he was a child, five years older than Wang Xi, and he couldn't see Wang Xi in a low mood the most, and scolded the red silk behind his back, and couldn't help coaxing her when he saw Wang Xi like this: "Didn't you say the red silk too?" She was discovered by accident yesterday morning, and we met early this morning. Maybe people get up early every morning to dance the sword! Doesn't the second master often say that he wants to 'smell the chicken and dance'? That person may be what the second master said, and he will come out early tomorrow morning to dance the sword! ”

"yes, yes!" Red Silk also hurriedly said, "It's not even twelve hours!" ”

Wang Xi felt that it made sense, and he rejoiced again, his whole body was covered with perfume, and he listened to Baizhu read the script for a while, and fell asleep quietly.

Today is Angelica Angelica on duty.

Bai Zhu and Bai Zhi helped Wang Xi tuck the quilt and went back to the room where he was resting.

Bai Guo was not in the room, and the little maid who served them told her, "Sister Bai Guo went to Mama Wang." ”

After the atractylodes was groomed, the ginkgo went to bed before coming back.

She said with concern: "But what's the matter?" ”

Bai Guo was being served by the little maid to change her clothes, and said: "I went to ask Mama Wang, what does the eldest lady think-is it to listen to the wife's marriage to the capital, or is it just to come to the capital to play for a few days and go back as Hongsilk said?" ”