Chapter 146: The Matchmaker
Today is the day when the Huang family came to the Yongcheng Hou Mansion to make a small decision.
Could something have happened?
Wang Xi and Chang Ke glanced at each other, and they both saw worry in each other's eyes.
"Let's go!" Wang Xi said, and Chang Ke hurriedly followed the grandmother to the apricot garden with her skirt.
The third lady was wandering under the steps of the main courtyard, and when she saw two people, she hurried forward.
"You're back." The third wife took Chang Ke's hand and said to Wang Xi, "At noon, Mrs. Shi came over, saying that she was here to apologize, and said that this matter was all her fault, so she left a post and asked us to go shopping tomorrow." ”
I'm afraid that shopping is a word, I have something to say to them, and it's not good to come to Yongchenghou to visit with great fanfare, I'm afraid that the Huang family will be known or criticized for seeing his sister but engaging to his sister?
Wang Xi said: "Third wife, what do you mean? ”
The third lady gritted her teeth with tears in her eyes and said, "This family affair was brought up by them first, and it was also the person they changed halfway, so it was obvious that they looked down on our family." It stands to reason that I should have left it at that, but I just can't get over this hurdle in my heart, and I still want to ask for a clear understanding. Look at where our family is not as good as other people's homes? Our family is not hidden, whether it is good or weak, as soon as we inquire, we will know why they have made such a backshit. ”
Wang Xi is also a person who can't sleep without asking, not to mention that Mrs. Shi rushed to explain to them.
"Good!" She said, "Then we'll go to Yunxiang tomorrow to touch them." ”
The third lady breathed a sigh of relief.
It is said that Wang Xi is her junior, a little younger than her, but I don't know why, she trusts and relies on Wang Xi very much in her heart, and feels that if she agrees, then eight or nine times out of ten this matter is too outrageous, and she has more confidence in acting.
She pulled Chang Ke back to prepare tomorrow's clothes, vowing to make Mrs. Shi regret it.
Wang Xi returned to Liuyin Garden, but bumped into Miss Pan who came to her door.
Miss Pan was full of contempt and said, "It's good that you and your fourth cousin Chang went out, otherwise when you see the faces of the Huang family and the second room, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat." ”
Wang Xiqi said: "What? Did you go to the ceremony? ”
"How could I do something like that?" Miss Pan said disdainfully, "I listened to Mama Pan." said that the hairpin that Huang Gongzi personally came to send, entered the house, and the Quanfu people of the Huang family inserted the hairpin for the third lady? His eyes seemed to be glued to the third lady's body, and he kept tugging. What about the third lady, who usually looks so elegant? Don't even want any face? Keep your head down? blushing, as if she didn't know how her marriage came about. I'm really right for you, who wants this shit and who wants it? Don't disgust us people. ”
It was as if she had seen it with her own eyes.
It's definitely a bit of an exaggeration.
But this is exaggerated so much that Wang Xi likes it.
She laughed? sighed: "Today, Mrs. Hou has worked hard, and I have to entertain the guests of the Huang family." ”
Mrs. Hou presided over the feed, and there was no separation in the second room? These lovers have to worry about Mrs. Hou.
Miss Pan blinked at Wang Xi when she heard this? Said: "Where can it be called hard." Wasn't it unconventional? How did the eldest cousin entertain when she made her decision? The third sister must be how to entertain her. It's just that this season is not good? Fish and meat are not easy to put in? The eight treasures of seafood are even more rare. Although it is also a banquet with four dried fruits, four cold dishes, ten hot dishes, and one soup, it is not as good as anchovies in April and mutton in September. ”
Could it be that Mrs. Hou is harsh on the dishes.
If that's the case, then it's definitely Miss Pan's credit.
Wang Xi looked at Miss Pan in amazement.
Miss Pan pursed her lips and smiled, "Of course it won't ruin the reputation of the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion?" It's just that at this time, how many tables do you need to have a good table? Definitely going to overspend? The second room wants this face? I can't help but subsidize some of myself. This is also so that the third sister has face in her in-law's family, so that she will not be looked down upon when she leaves the cabinet! ”
Wang Xi smiled and nodded, feeling that the more she looked at this Miss Pan, the more she liked her.
She couldn't help but say, "I heard that Mrs. Pan is going to Beijing in a few days?" Remember to tell me in advance, and I will follow you to meet Mrs. Pan when the time comes. It just so happened that a few days ago, I asked Jimin Tang to help make a few boxes of Yangrong pills, and there was still a thirty-year-old ginseng left, which I gave to Mrs. Pan to replenish her body. ”
Miss Pan was very surprised.
Wang Xi said with a smile: "The family doesn't talk to each other. Don't excuse me, it seems like I'm too angry. ”
Miss Pan thought about it and said briskly: "Then I thank you very much!" When my mother came to Beijing, I must have told you earlier. ”
Wang Xi is also ready to send a good table at that time, and send two female storytellers to wash Mrs. Pan's dust, and give Mrs. Pan a good lift. Of course, this is all a later story, Miss Pan painted a vivid voice, and told Wang Xi how Mrs. Hou was passive and snubbing one by one, and Wang Xi learned that the second wife had no accident for her daughter's marriage, how to swallow her anger, and her heart finally became happy.
The next day, she got up energetically and had a good time, and accompanied the third wife and Chang Ke to greet Mrs. Tai with radiance.
Seeing that the three of them were dressed very brightly, Mrs. Tai said curiously, "Where are you going?" ”
The third lady changed her previous appearance like a shadow in front of the lady, and said with a sad face: "Now that the marriage of the second and third young ladies has been decided, only the marriage of our family Ake has not yet been settled. I thought about taking her out and around these days, making a few beautiful clothes for Ake, and a few sets of new jewelry. ”
Mrs. Tai looked at the sideburns of Chang Ke's sideburns with golden red crab claw chrysanthemum, endured and endured, and finally did not stop them from going out, so she had to ask Wang Xi: "Do you also follow them to make new clothes?" ”
The third wife maintained Wang Xi, and said before Wang Xi: "Your old man also knows, this is full of capital, except for the sixth lady of Qingyun Hou Mansion, it is the watch lady in our house who has the best vision." I'm not thinking that since it's money, it's worth the money, so I'll ask Miss Biao to help us with the staff. ”
Mrs. Tai bowed her head and let them out.
It's just that before they could say goodbye to Mrs. Tai, the second wife brought Chang Yan to greet Mrs. Tai, and Shi Zhu came with her.
Wang Xi and Chang Ke exchanged a look, wanting to see what Chang Yan would say in this situation, so he simply didn't rush to leave, and waited for the second wife to enter the door.
Chang Yan was thin-skinned in the end, and when she saw Chang Ke, her face was so red that she seemed to be able to drip blood, but the second wife didn't think so, and greeted the third wife as if nothing had happened, and she also had the heart to socialize with Chang Ke: "The fourth lady looks good today, I don't know where I got it?" If I'm free, I'll go and join in the fun. ”
Chang Ke smiled: "I went out with the cousin of the Wang family yesterday to buy it." ”
Why she wasn't in the house yesterday, everyone knew it, the second wife was thick-skinned enough, as if she couldn't understand, and said with a smile: "The big shopkeeper of the Wang family is a person who does big business, and this vision is different." ”
Chang Yan saw that her mother was about to continue talking to the people in the third room, so she couldn't help but pull her mother's sleeve and shouted softly, "Mother".
The second wife was silent.
Shi Zhu glanced at Wang Xi with great disdain, as if they were very incompetent.
Wang Xi was too lazy to bother with her, so he resigned from Mrs. Tai and went to Hua Xiangrong.
They came a little early, to see what new styles Hua Xiangrong had, and to take the opportunity to make a few clothes for autumn and winter.
Who knew that Mrs. Shi came earlier than them, and their wish to let them go shopping for flowers was frustrated.
"You see, I'm so young, who knew it would happen again." Her face was full of guilt, and she personally welcomed the third lady to sit down in Hua Xiangrong's private room, and her eyes were red and she compensated the third wife, "The fourth lady has suffered such a big grievance, I don't know how to compensate her." ”
The third lady must have a grudge against Mrs. Shi, but the matter has come to this point, and it is useless for her to say more. She thought that she should be like Wang Xi, and it was best to compensate Chang Ke. She shook her head with a sigh and said; "I just want to know, why did the Huang family suddenly change their minds? Did you know that their family changed their minds? ”
Why did you change your mind, everyone saw it when Xiaoding was in place, and Mrs. Shi didn't have the face to mention it, and only replied vaguely in the second half of the sentence: "If I knew that their family had changed their minds temporarily, why wouldn't I go to their family when they made a small decision yesterday?" ”
Having said this, she hesitated for a moment, took the third wife's hand, and said sincerely: "To tell you the truth, I am not very familiar with the Huang family. I went to propose marriage to your family, and I was also entrusted by the Huang family. However, the first person to take a fancy to the fourth lady of your family is not from the Huang family, but someone else, I am willing to be a matchmaker for the Huang family, also for the sake of the family's face. Today, I invite you to come to Hua Xiangrong, and the meaning of that family - I want to personally compensate your family. ”
Wang Xi, the third wife, and Chang Ke were shocked.
Mrs. Shi was relieved, and took the third wife and said, "You come with me." ”
Wang Xi and Chang Ke followed Mrs. Shi a few corners with them in a nervous mood and went to a more remote and quiet private room.
"How are you!" Wang Xi couldn't hold back when he saw the two women sitting in the elegant room, and blurted out.
The older woman's eyes were ashamed, and she said embarrassedly: "It's me and my daughter-in-law, messing around with mandarin duck scores, causing you so much trouble." ”
The delicate beauty next to her was also full of apologies, and said: "The Huang family and my mother's family are cousins, I watched my cousin grow up, and I think he is really good, who knows that he did such a thing, I, I really have no shame to see your sisters." ”
These two women were actually the people they met by chance on the flower banquet path in the palace that day.
Mrs. Shi introduced to Wang Xi, the third wife, and Chang Ke: "These two are the mother and wife of Lord Yan Yan. ”
The third wife is too enlightened.
No wonder even if they are matchmakers, their mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are not easy to come forward in person.
In the past few years, Yan Xugong has been in the community, and I don't know how many people inside and outside the government and the opposition are staring, the Yan family has become more and more low-key and introverted, and the female relatives in the family have almost never interacted with those official eunuchs who were not familiar with the past except for some relatives and friends in the past.