Chapter 238: Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
Tong Qingyan knew the usual tricks when serving tea, but she just thought that Princess Huai should not be able to make such a small childish move, but she just ignored that in addition to Princess Huai, there are many people in this family who love to stir things up.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been natural enemies since ancient times, especially Princess Huai, who didn't look down on Tong Qingyan, if it weren't for Song Zhan's words, and Emperor Jiakang's will on her head, Tong Qingyan would have been tossing enough today.
Chen Yan rubbed her temples and sat on the main seat with her eyes slightly closed, waiting, and the King Huai beside her was stirring the string of emerald green beads, and he was also a little impetuous.
I can't go out for a walk in the morning to eat breakfast, and it's boring enough to wait for the bride to serve tea here, but it's even more boring to face Princess Huai with a solemn face.
"What's wrong with the prince?"
Chen Yan's eyes swept over, and King Huai, who looked impatient, suddenly tightened his face.
"This king just feels a little hot......"
The cold weather in early spring is still very heavy, the charcoal fire in the house has not been broken, and King Huai's body has been exhausted by wine over the years, and now he is already sweating when he sits here, which is indeed one of the reasons why he is restless.
Chen Yan glanced at the leak on the side, it was not long before the time of the tea ceremony, if she didn't come today, the new daughter-in-law might not be able to escape the rules, and even if Zhan'er wanted to protect it at that time, there would be no reason.
"Wait a little longer, the prince will be here soon."
Chen Yan naturally would not allow King Huai to leave the table to do something else at this juncture, and he was a little unconfident when he had a seizure, so he had to stand on the commanding heights and count down the third lady of the Tong family before he was hard.
As soon as the curvature of the corners of Chen Yan's mouth was raised, she heard a rumor outside, and the prince of Huai Wang came with the princess.
Tong Qingyan and Song Zhan slowly walked into the house with half of her body, and she could see from the eyes of the maids and women standing at the gate of the courtyard that she still had a long way to go as a princess.
Tong Qingyan has firmly remembered the rules taught in the palace, walking, sitting and lying is cumbersome and tiring, but there is no way, marrying a chicken and a chicken and marrying a dog and a dog, and the etiquette rules that have been abandoned in Tong's Mansion for many years have to be picked up now.
At the moment of stepping into the threshold, Song Zhan's speed slowed down significantly, Tong Qingyan was immersed in her thoughts, and did not notice that Song Zhan paused, so the two walked into the threshold together.
Chen Yan squinted at the two people who came in together, her eyes fell on Tong Qingyan, who was full of delicate faces, and she snorted lightly when she was stabbed by the big red dress, how uncomfortable it was.
Chen Yan's soft snort accurately fell into the ears of Mother Qu beside her, Mother Qu was carried out of the house by Su Yu in the morning, and the anger has not subsided until now, when so many maids looked at her, her old face was lost.
The reason for all this is because the princess is bedridden, and the princess is not in good shape, as soon as Mother Qu heard Princess Huai's soft hum, she knew that this was dissatisfaction, not only because of the night in the cave room last night, but also because this morning's tea ceremony was late, and there was also an ignorance of the system when he entered with His Royal Highness the Prince when he entered.
Mother Qu was eager to stay by Princess Huai's side, completely replacing Mother Yuan, who was sick in bed, and immediately rushed to the princess and taught Tong Qingyan a lesson with a straight face, one to show loyalty and the other to avenge personal revenge.
"The princess and concubine, I ate too much last night, and I got up late today, and I jumped the entrance level."
Tong Qingyan pinched the side of her skirt and was about to kneel down to salute, when she heard an unfamiliar voice screaming.
Song Zhan was still standing aside with his hands behind his back, hearing the number of Qu's mother, his eyes looked straight at Chen Yan, the princess of Huai on the main throne, and was looked at by his son like this, Chen Yan was a little shocked at the directness of Qu's mother at first, but now her heart was faintly happy.
I didn't say anything, Zhan'er just protected it, it can be seen that he is a demagogue, just through the hand of Mother Qu.
Tong Qingyan listened to these three wrong accusations, and it was not easy to say anything, she still knelt down, kowtowed respectfully to King Huai and Princess Huai on the main throne, Pearl looked at the maid holding the tea cup motionless, standing like a wooden stake, and directly stepped forward and glared at the maid who did not react, and reached out to take the tea tray.
"Eh, you're ......"
Pearl walked to Tong Qingyan's side with the tea tray, watched Tong Qingyan reach out and take a cup of tea, and then bring another tea to Song Zhan's side.
Chen Yan and Mother Qu obviously didn't expect Tong Qingyan's maid to be so unruly, and Ma Wei was cut off before he started, and they were a little angry.
"Ahemβ"
Chen Yan stroked her chest intentionally or unintentionally, coughed twice, and Song Zhan reached out to take the teacup in Tong Qingyan's hand as soon as she knelt down, and handed it over directly.
"The mother concubine is caught in the cold? Moisten your throat with a cup of tea. β
Song Zhan held a cup of tea in one hand, all of which were held steadily, Chen Yan looked at the cup in front of her, which should have been Tong Qingyan respecting herself, but was held steadily by Song Zhan, no matter how unhappy her face was, she could only take it and take a sip.
"The mother concubine doesn't matter, but she just got up early, and she may have a cold."
Chen Yan smiled slightly and seemed to respond to Song Zhan's words, and her eyes were all towards Tong Qingyan, and people like Pearl were so sluggish that they could hear it and see that this was squeezing their own county lord.
Tong Qingyan blinked, looked at Chen Yan, who was a mother and son, and grinned to show her white teeth, and then lowered her head and looked shy.
β......β
Chen Yan felt that she was really pretty and cute for the blind to see, Tong Qingyan was at ease, and she couldn't hang her son all the time, so she had to take a deep breath and take a sip of the tea in Song Zhan's hand.
"You are all good children, and I hope that in the future, the husband and wife will be harmonious and ming, and someone will come."
Chen Yan looked at Tong Qingyan and Song Zhan and saluted King Huai again, King Huai was brainless and happy to drink tea and wipe the sweat from his head, then waved his hand and brought the prepared gift to someone, Chen Yan could only go downhill with a donkey to enjoy something.
Tong Qingyan only maintained a polite smile on the things rewarded by King Huai and Princess Huai as her in-laws, and did not show the slightest surprise, although she was really satisfied in her heart, the red coral pendant in the South China Sea and the seat cushion made of Lantian warm jade were all her favorites.
Tong Qingyan motioned for Pearl and Shuangxi to step forward to take the reward for her, then stood up steadily, and stood beside Song Zhan with her head bowed and ready to listen to her mother-in-law's teachings.
Usually on the day of the tea ceremony, the mother-in-law should speak and establish rules, thinking that Princess Huai will not miss this opportunity, Song Zhan just wanted to say something before Princess Huai spoke, and felt that the hand behind his back was gently scraped by the trimmed round nails.
Just such a gap, Song Zhan missed the best time to speak, but Tong Qingyan must have her own considerations in doing this, Song Zhan honestly closed her mouth and listened to Princess Huai start to speak, of course, the object of the lecture and rules are his wife Tong Qingyan.