"Sit down for me!"

Old Lady Hua looked majestic and said in a very heavy tone, "How many times have I told you, but I still can't hold my breath like this!" ”

Qiu Baozhu had always been afraid of her, so she sat down obediently, bowed her head and apologized, "Yes, my daughter knows that she is wrong."

Mrs. Hua was silent for a while, and said slowly, "You are not young anymore, when Sister Sui's matter is over, I will start to discuss marriage to you, there are some things you should understand."

In the future, when you get married, no matter who you marry, the first thing you have to learn is not to care too much about your husband, you are fundamentally your mother's family and your children!

Husband, just give the dignity and respect that should be given on face, if he wants to take a concubine, as long as the concubine is obedient, he will go with him, but it's just a thing, all you have to do is to hold it, it's not worth it, it's not worth it, it's not worth losing your temper! ”

"But—"

Qiu Baozhu wanted to speak and stopped, but Mrs. Hua waved her hand tiredly, "If you don't understand something, remember it first, and when you meet it, you will understand, go back, I'm tired."

Qiu Mingzhu's sisters got up and saluted and retreated, the drizzle outside was still drifting, as soon as they wanted to be in the courtyard, Qiu Baozhu abandoned the umbrella and said angrily, "I think my mother is too good!" Everyone in the house says that the mother is good, but what's so good? I'm not wronged yet! ”

Qiu Mingzhu sighed faintly, "My mother has her own reasons for doing things, if you don't understand, remember it."

Qiu Baozhu snorted unconvinced, "My mother said it nicely, but I was very sad to look at her!" Do you dare to say that my mother heard that my father went to Xiangpei Academy, and my mother is not sad? ”

Qiu Mingzhu sighed again, she naturally saw it, but after all, they are juniors, and her father is such a temperament, what can she do?

Qiu Baozhu listened to her sigh, and couldn't help but sigh, "Sister, I happened to hear my aunt say that I wanted to marry King Ningjun and give my third cousin to King Ningjun."

Qiu Mingzhu's eyes widened suddenly, "King Ningjun? ”

"Yes," Qiu Baozhu's voice was lowered, "My aunt also said to my grandmother, saying that my mother could be regarded as a low marriage at the beginning, and she couldn't marry any lower, and it was not good, it was better to say that she was a high family, so that no matter what her husband's character was, at least she didn't have to be angry with others outside."

Qiu Mingzhu was silent for a long time and asked, "Did grandmother agree?" ”

"I don't know, I should have agreed, right? How many of the ladies in the capital don't want to marry King Ningjun? Handsome and capable! They all said that when the king of Ningjun was older, the emperor would definitely make him the king of a different surname! ”

"I don't want to—"

Qiu Baozhu snorted, "Sister, you don't want to?" ”

Qiu Mingzhu shook his head in a panic and said in a low voice, "Don't be quiet, I mean there are always people who don't want to, Qi Dafei is not a coincidence, King Ningjun is so capable, how can ordinary women have that blessing?" ”

Qiu Baozhu pouted, "What is Qi Da is not a coincidence, to put it bluntly, it is that it will never be our turn to marry the king of Ningjun, and the identity of my cousin is barely enough, I just don't know if the eldest princess Ronghe and the king of Ningjun can look down on it."

As the two sisters were talking, they suddenly saw Qiu Zheng, who was wearing a bamboo blue robe, standing with a bamboo umbrella in his hand, and a lacquered wooden box in his hand, as if he was waiting for them on purpose.

The two of them quickened their steps slightly and stepped forward to salute, "Second brother."

Qiu Zhengshen nodded and asked, "Just came from the eldest aunt?" ”

"Yes".

"Auntie is better?"

Qiu Mingzhu replied, "It's not good yet, the doctor told you to have a good life."

Qiu Zhengshen handed her the box in his hand, "Give this to the eldest aunt for me, it's inconvenient to be late now, I'll go see her another day."

Qiu Mingzhu hurriedly took the box and leaned over to salute, "Thank you second brother for your concern."

Qiu Zheng smiled deeply, turned around and left, under the drizzle, his cyan figure holding an umbrella was the only bright color under the lead-gray sky, and the two sisters sighed together somehow......

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Early the next morning, Qiu Mingzhu and Qiu Baozhu's grandmother Hua Lao Taijun handed over the post, and took the third daughter-in-law Hua Sandame and granddaughter Hua Yuexi and grandson Hua Yueqi to visit Mrs. Qiu in Qiu's mansion.

In the past few days, Qiu Shixing has been visiting old friends and old friends everywhere, and Mrs. Qiu has also received many invitations, only saying that she is unwell and needs to recuperate for a while, but she has not been invited, this is the first time someone has come to visit.

Qiu Fu in the capital really said that the only relatives are Huafu and Xie Fu, Feng sent someone to send a gift early, and said that he would definitely come to the door to meet in a few days, but Huafu has not moved, and I don't want to come suddenly today.

Mrs. Qiu sent Qiu Buyan to learn the rules, leaving Xie Shi, Qiu Butan and a few other girls to entertain guests with her.

The old lady of the Hua family can be regarded as the cousin of today, who has been named the lord of Duanjun, and her mother is the aunt of the former emperor, and she is an authentic princess, but there are many princesses in the royal family of her generation, and she is far less favored than the eldest princess Rong He.

This Duanjun lord later married a new science and technology scholar, that is, the old lady Hua, but the old lady Hua is a drill camp, in just ten years, he climbed to the position of the third grade master, he could have gone further, but he didn't want to die in a short life, leaving three sons and a daughter, all of whom were grandchildren.

Mrs. Hua's three sons have inherited Mrs. Hua's cleverness and sleekness, all of them were young and won the Jinshi, among which the youngest son is the most promising, at the age of twenty-one, he won the list in one fell swoop, and now he has entered the cabinet, and the official worships the criminal department.

Although the eldest son and the second son are both released, they are also important members of the party, and they play a pivotal role, and they help each other with the flower book in the court.

The first daughter is Mrs. Hua, who married Mrs. Qiu when she released Gusu with Mrs. Hua.

At the beginning, Hua and Qiu Erfu got married, and it was extremely unpleasant, and the husband and wife of Qiu Shixing and Huafu never moved around these years, and this time they did not send anyone to send a letter to the capital, I thought that Huafu would not necessarily come and go, and I didn't want to spend the old lady Jun actually arrived in person.

After all, it is a family of in-laws, Mrs. Hua lowered her head first, Mrs. Qiu naturally wanted to hand over the steps, led everyone to the door of the hanging flowers, and after seeing the ceremony, she took the sliding rod and entered the Songhe Hall together.

Mrs. Hua is one year younger than Mrs. Qiu, but she looks ten years older than Mrs. Qiu, and she looks like a shriveled old lady dressed gracefully and luxuriously, unlike Mrs. Qiu, even if she is old and becomes an old lady, she is also a beautiful old lady.

Mrs. Qiu is used to being a beauty, and she doesn't care about the skin bag for a long time, but at this time, she saw her old opponent, and saw that she was absolutely beautiful and suppressed her several heads, and she inevitably gave birth to a little self-restraint.

Hua Lao Taijun has always been a useless and unprofitable character, today since she bowed her head and entered the enemy's mansion, she must have a plan, no matter what she wants, and whether she can succeed in the end, just by virtue of this, she has to block her heart for a whole year!

Mrs. Qiu thought of this reserved Qibao hairpin on her hair bun, and said with a smile, "This is the seventh girl and the fifth young master of your mansion?" Sure enough, they all have a good appearance, come here, let me take a look."

Hua Yue Xi and Hua Yue Qi stepped forward to salute, Mrs. Qiu looked the two up and down, and appreciated a string of small leaf red sandalwood Buddha beads in Hua Yue Xi, and Hua Yue had a set of four treasures in the study, all of which were precious.

Hua Lao Taijun also called Deng Wenya and Qiu Xiyin to come forward, and each rewarded a pair of valuable hairpins, and specially put the amethyst bracelet on his wrist on Qiu Xiyin's wrist, and said with a smile, "This is the child that Mrs. Tai has been raising by her side?" Truly outstanding! This bracelet was given by the emperor when I got married, and one was given to your seventh cousin, and this one is for you, so you can wear it."

Qiu Xiyin was busy about to excuse herself, but Mrs. Hua held her hand and said with a smile, "Give it to you and you will continue, your seventh cousin is dull, you mention more."

Qiu Xiyin didn't dare to say again, and Mrs. Hua asked, "Why don't you see the fourth girl?" ”

Mrs. Qiu said, "Sister Tan has had a few coughs recently, but she doesn't dare to ask her to come out to see the wind."

Hua Lao Taijun didn't ask anymore, and asked Qiu Mingzhu as if she had just found out, "Why don't you see your mother?" Do you want me, a mother, to see her in person? ”

Qiu Mingzhu hurriedly got up and said, "Mother has been a little uncomfortable these days, we don't dare to ask my mother to get out of bed, and my grandmother will forgive her sins."

Mrs. Hua hurriedly got up and apologized, and said ashamedly, "Mrs. Tai came to the capital for the first time in so many years, and it was when her daughter-in-law was filial, but she was sick at this time, which really shouldn't be!" I also hope that Mrs. Tai will forgive her sins".

Mrs. Qiu hurriedly got up to help, "The old lady is polite, this person eats grains, who doesn't have a disease, the old lady said this, but it makes me ashamed."

Mrs. Hua made amends again and again, and Mrs. Qiu smiled, "Old Taijun doesn't have to be polite, these children are the debts of their parents, no matter how old they are, this is always in mind, I sent someone to ask this morning, saying that it has been much better, but I am not afraid of being sick, why don't I accompany the old lady to take a look?" ”

Naturally, Mrs. Hua had no reason to disagree, so everyone went to Xiangrong Courtyard again.

Seeing that Mrs. Hua was in good spirits, Mrs. Hua didn't stay long, and said to Mrs. Qiu, "The children are also restrained with us, let them go by themselves, and our old sisters are so good to talk."

At that moment, Xie and Mrs. Hua accompanied Mrs. Qiu and Mrs. Hua to Songhetang to talk, while the children of the Qiu family took Hua Yuexi and Hua Yue's sisters and brothers to visit the garden.

Hua Yue is gentle and rarely spoken, Hua Yue is gentle and generous in the past, they are all easy people to get along with, and several young boys and girls are happy together.

At noon, everyone went back to Songhetang and had lunch with Mrs. Qiu and other elders, and Mrs. Hua and the others said goodbye and left.

When the carriage drove away from Qiu's mansion, the old lady closed her eyes and said, "Let's talk about it."

Hua Yuexi was the first to speak, "He is a smart and clear person, he doesn't talk much, he doesn't come out, but as long as he speaks, he will definitely be able to get to the point."

Hua Yueqi nodded, "He is very smart, his temperament is also kind, and he does not compete with his sisters."

Hua Yueqi's cheeks were slightly hot when he said this, and he hurriedly lowered his head, Hua Yuexi sneered out loud, and quipped, "Yo, little brother, why are you blushing?" ”

Hua Lao Taijun opened his eyes and looked at it, and also smiled, "It is indeed a rare beauty embryo, although the Deng family is stupid, but he gave birth to a good son, and married a good daughter-in-law, and his grandson and several granddaughters are very outstanding."

It's a pity that he is inferior in rank, otherwise he would not have been wronged if he begged for his brother."

Hua Yue's cheeks became even hotter, and she called out to her grandmother, and Mrs. Hua groaned, "Speaking of which, your second nephew is about the same age as her, but your uncle doesn't know when he will be able to transfer back to the capital, and with Mrs. Qiu's temperament, she will never agree to ask her favorite great-granddaughter to marry so far away in Jiangxi."

She said and waved her hand, "Forget it, this matter is not in a hurry, what matters now is you, Sister Xi, have you found a reason to deal with the third girl Qiu?" ”

Hua Yuexi nodded, "Qiu San girl likes painting, she likes to be popular, I have asked her to borrow patterns, and promised to lend her one of my ancient paintings for a period of time, and I will find out the paintings when I go back."

"If you want to find paintings, your grandfather has a lot of them, and if you can't find one you like, I'll go and tell your grandfather."

Hua Yue should not be mentioned.

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Mrs. Qiu sent Mrs. Hua away, and carefully interrogated Qiu Butan, Qiu Xiyin and Deng Wenya, but she didn't find out what Mrs. Hua meant, so she threw it aside, if Mrs. Hua really had any intentions, she would know sooner or later.

He said to Xie Shi again, "I'm thinking about setting up a chrysanthemum banquet at home these days, and it just so happens that the crabs arranged by Gusu should also arrive in the next few days, who do you want to invite, you can help me sum it up."

Xie Shi should be, Mrs. Qiu said to a few girls, "You all stay and listen, and the little friends who have good friends are also invited to come over and be stubborn, I invited the shopkeeper of Baolou and Buzhuang, just like you all pick out some jewelry and clothes, and the young girl's family is the most beautiful to dress up."

Qiu Mingzhu didn't expect that on such an occasion, he would also have the opportunity to invite handkerchiefs and pick clothes and jewelry, all of which were pleasantly surprised and thanked one after another.

Deng Wenya asked, "What about the fourth sister?" ”

Mrs. Qiu glanced at Xie Shi and said lightly, "If you don't learn the rules well, wouldn't it be embarrassing to come out to meet guests, and this clothing and jewelry are naturally not needed."

Deng Wenya and Qiu Mingzhu's sisters were stunned in their hearts, and they didn't dare to say any more, Qiu Xiyin smiled, "Grandmother, then let's draw up a list quickly!" I can't wait to pick out new clothes and jewelry! ”

Mrs. Qiu doted on her forehead, "Okay, it's all up to you, let's make a quick decision, and we'll pick it when it's over!" ”

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This chrysanthemum banquet is not like the last Qiufu banquet, only the best people are invited to come over, there are many things to prepare and arrange, Mrs. Qiu and Xie have a total of one day, but the matter is preliminarily decided, but the next post will take a few days, and after all the matters are decided, it is good to post, so as not to make mistakes and make people see jokes.

I didn't think that the next day, Mrs. Qiu actually received a post from Princess Rong He, inviting her to take the unmarried children and grandchildren of the Xie family to the Ningjun Mansion to enjoy the chrysanthemum banquet.

Not only her, this time the eldest princess Ronghe sent a wide invitation, inviting almost all the officials of the fourth rank and above who have unmarried children of school-age in the middle of the house, and the wives of the royal family and the noble family to bring their children.

Although it is borrowed in the name of appreciating chrysanthemums, the intention is obvious, this is to see his wife for the king of Ningjun, and maybe also to see the concubine for Princess Chiyang by the way!

The family members of the officials of the fourth grade are among the invitees, which shows that the eldest princess and the county king do not value the family!

If you don't value the door, what else can you value?

Conduct and appearance!

In view of the fact that there is nothing that can be done about this kind of thing for a while, the major jewelry stores, cloth shops, and rouge shops in the capital are overcrowded, and if they go a little later, the good things will be snapped up.

The major shopkeepers of Xi have burned incense and prayed that King Ningjun must not be in a hurry to find his favorite daughter-in-law, Princess Chiyang must not be in a hurry to find his favorite concubine, and Princess Rong and the eldest princess will hold a few more chrysanthemum banquets and plum banquets, so they don't have to worry about the old goods not being sold!