After three or five rounds of sentences, the sun is getting fuller, and even if there is a cool breeze on the water surface, everyone has no idea of swimming in the lake to enjoy the lotus.

Seeing that Huang Yi'an was calm and unhurried from beginning to end, she was not stumped at all, but she and Zheng Yuyan were sarcastically ridiculed by Huang Yi'an a few times, so they also stopped thinking about the collection of sentences and proposed to go ashore.

The women chimed in.

According to the agreement, the loser should pick lotus and give it to the winner.

Zhang Xi saw that all the people present were delicate little ladies, and most of them grew up in the north, but they were afraid that most of them would not be flooded, and they were afraid that they would fall into the water when they sat on the boat, let alone leaning out to pick lotuses, so he smiled and said: "We don't have to do it, we take a fancy to that one, although I told the boat lady to pick it." Let's go ashore and rest. ”

The women applauded.

Especially the two who lost, they couldn't help but let out a long breath when they heard the words, and their faces gradually returned to normal.

When the boat docked, the girls rested on the stone bench on the shore, and the boat lady came back with a lotus flower.

Everyone took the lotus flowers they had picked, divided the flowers and brushed the willows all the way, and walked to the water pavilion for lunch with a smile.

The prince's wife, Xiao Chu, was already waiting there.

Hearing the sound of people, Mrs. Shizi went out of the water pavilion and greeted the stone path.

When all the women saw it, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Mrs. Shizi's gaze stopped on Huang Yi'an for a moment, and she smiled at the girls with a gentle smile: "Lunch has been placed in the water pavilion, I still have to go to my mother's place, you little sisters are at your own convenience." What is needed, just tell Mother Yang. ”

Mother Yang, who was standing on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to salute the girls when she heard this.

All the women thanked them in unison and watched Mrs. Shizi leave.

……

Mrs. Shizi went all the way to the main room, and just in time for Mother Chu's order to set the meal, she helped the British Duchess to sit down, and personally prepared the spoon.

"Don't be busy, sit down and eat together." The British duchess smiled, "After the meal, I have something to say to you." ”

Mrs. Shizi smiled and said "yes", and sat down under the head of the British Duchess.

Own maid cloth vegetables.

After the meal, after rinsing and cleaning hands, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law moved to the couch and ate tea and gossip.

"That girl from the Huang family, did you see it? What do you think? The English Duchess asked with a smile.

Mrs. Shizi nodded and smiled, "I see." There are many people, and it is not easy for daughters-in-law to talk to them more. However, the rules and etiquette are all thoughtful and appropriate, not outstanding, not wrong, and looking at a steady one. ”

At the end, he added with a smile: "Apricot eyes and peach cheeks, he is also handsome, worthy of Brother Lan." ”

The British duchess smiled and said, "Just count you smart? What does this have to do with Brother Lan? ”

Mrs. Shizi grinned and said, "Although the mother didn't say it explicitly, the daughter-in-law can guess it." Miss Huang is only thirteen years old, and she is a little young with Brother Chi, but she is just right for Brother Lan! Mother specially inquired about other girls, didn't she want to choose a desirable daughter-in-law for Brother Lan? ”

There is another point, she didn't say it - the Huang family's family is too low, and she is not worthy of Zhang Chi's sister-in-law.

Although she is the niece of the British Duchess who is separated from the house, she has also been loved by the British Duchess since she was a child, and when she grew up, she was the British Duchess who made the decision, married the prince Zhang Tan, and became the envy of everyone.

After getting married, she often laughed naughtily in front of the British duchess as she did when she was a child, but she knew very well in her heart that the British duchess was an aunt and a mother-in-law.

The British duchess laughed, tapped the forehead of Mrs. Shizi with her finger, and said, "You, you, you are clever when you are young!" ”

Joking, the British Duchess asked and asked: "Then do you think this family business is feasible?" ”

"Since it's my mother's opinion, I can't be wrong!" Mrs. Shizi smiled with complete trust, "What's more, Sister Xi also values Miss Huang, and Miss Huang must have something special about it." ”

After speaking, he hesitated again: "It's just that the Huang family's family is too low, and outsiders will talk about it in vain when they see it?" ”

After all, Zhang Lan is a concubine whose biological mother died early, and if his mother-in-law arranges a lowly official position for him, people who don't know the truth will inevitably talk behind his back. After a long time, I am afraid that Zhang Lan himself will have such thoughts, and when the time comes, the family will be restless, isn't it in vain that the British duchess has made such painstaking arrangements?

The British duchess didn't care, and smiled indifferently: "What's so difficult about this?" When Brother Chi gets married, he will find a considerable Yue family. ”

The sister-in-law and the concubine-in-law are quite equal, and no one can find fault with her.

Mrs. Shizi was shocked when she heard this, and after a while, she said tentatively: "Mother has made up her mind? ”

The British Duchess nodded and said solemnly: "The Empress Dowager Cisheng summoned me and Sister Xi into the palace that day, obviously because she was worried that our family had the intention of sending Sister Xi into the palace, so she specially knocked on the point. Now that there is jealousy in the palace, the marriage between Brother Chi and Brother Lan must be cautious.

"Look at how many founding feats Emperor Taizu has rewarded for the founding of this dynasty, and how many iron coupons have been awarded to avoid death. But then it was not the punishment of crime, the seizure of power. Now we are the only ones left.

"If the British government wants to be prosperous, it has to learn to reassure people."

Otherwise, when the glory is so glorious that there is no reward for it, it will be the day when the building will collapse.

Mrs. Shizi nodded solemnly and said, "Since the mother has already made a plan, the daughter-in-law will ask someone tomorrow." ”

……

Huang Yi'an didn't know that he had just visited the British government once, and he almost decided on a lifelong event.

She is now full of Zheng Yuyan's innocent, tame and easy-going appearance, and even because Zhang Xi attaches great importance to her, Zheng Yuyan can't help but be a little flattering when facing her. Even when she secretly fought with Mingyi, she brought Zheng Yuyan with her, but the other party just smiled brightly, as if she was unconscious.

and the pampered and arrogant Zheng family in the previous life are simply two people!

Wang saw that after his daughter came back from being a guest at the British Mansion, he was very worried, and he was perfunctory after asking several times, and he couldn't help but worry.

coincided with the approaching birthday of Empress Dowager Li, Liu Xiu often came to ask Huang Yi'an to help watch the paper kite of the birthday ceremony "Haiyan Heqing", and Wang did not have time to inquire carefully.

On the third day of the fifth lunar month, Huang Yi'an prayed in the direction of Cining Palace under the green plane tree in the courtyard, wishing that Empress Dowager Li would be as blessed as the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and her longevity would be greater than that of the old pine of Nanshan...... Also, and the emperor should no longer be like in his previous life, and finally went from mother-to-son filial piety to sabre-rattling.

She has also been a mother, and she knows that under the surface of Empress Dowager Li's strict control, she has a loving motherly feeling for the emperor, but the emperor is-for-tat with her for a woman, and she does not hesitate to make enemies of the entire court, I don't know how many tears and how many gray hairs Empress Dowager Li secretly shed......

Early in the morning of the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Zhang Xi rushed to Huang's house by car.

Huang Yi'an was kneading dough in the kitchen, and when he heard Zhang Xi's visit early in the morning, he thought it was something urgent, so he didn't even have time to wash his hands in a hurry, so he went out.

As soon as the people arrived at the main courtyard, Zhang Xi stepped through the weeping flower gate.

"Sister Ann, good news! Yesterday ......" Zhang Xi was elated, but halfway through his words, he saw Huang Yi'an's apron tied around his waist and his hands covered with flour, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "You still cook by yourself?" ”

She knew that the Huang family was not rich, so the only people she made were Amei, Da Chun and their brother and sister's widowed mother-in-law, and they often had to do their own work such as knitting and pulp washing, but they never expected that Huang Yi'an would have to cook by himself!