Chapter 59: The Bride Is Hard to Be
"Sister, it's time to get up."
Qiaoluo's gentle voice woke up Zheng Lingyi, she sneaked up in the middle of the night last night to read, she really didn't sleep enough, and it was getting colder, and it was getting harder and harder to get up.
Yesterday's firecracker smoke stayed around the Guogong Mansion for a moment, and then dissipated without a trace in an instant, leaving no warmth in this home.
Until the toothache provoked by the sour radish in the breakfast, Zheng Lingyi covered his cheeks in a daze, barely sobering up.
The aunts didn't call to go together today, and Brother Qing only brought the four sisters from Xiyuan.
Zheng Lingyi looked at Zheng Changchang's puzzled eyes, and it was difficult to explain to her in front of Brother Qing.
I just married the bride yesterday, and today the Lu family is waiting in Anheju for this cup of daughter-in-law tea.
The aunt is just a subordinate, and the Lu family no longer looks down on Wu Rouxiang, and will not embarrass her in front of her aunt.
After Brother Qing brought them, he stayed under the porch and waited.
Zheng Lingyi whispered to Zheng Changchang and Zheng Mianmian: "Be honest today, close your mouth tightly, and turn your eyes less." β
Zheng Qiuqiu was not far away, so he naturally heard it. She didn't squeak, just pursed the corners of her mouth a little nervously.
As soon as the four of them entered the door, they found that Zheng Guogong was also there today, Zheng Yanxian and Zheng Yanru also got up early in the morning, and the two of them should not have eaten breakfast yet, and they were using a bowl of amber walnut dew.
Zheng Yanru is fine, but her expression is a little sleepy. Zheng Yanxian simply engraved the words 'unhappy' on the door of her head, staring at her eyes and puffing out her face.
Zheng Lingyi took his sisters to salute Zheng Guogong and the Lu family, and then sat down carefully behind Zheng Qiuqiu.
Everyone didn't dare to speak, and occasionally Zheng Guogong asked a question before answering the last sentence.
After a while, Zheng Yongli and Zheng Yongshang also came.
Zheng Rongli looked angry, followed by Aunt Hua, it can be seen that he was reluctant to come by Aunt Hua.
As soon as he entered the door and saw Zheng Guogong sitting on the head, he also knew the current affairs, restrained the look on his face, and sat in front of Zheng Yanxian with a wooden smile.
Zheng Rong coughed twice before he could speak, and what was waiting for him was Liyan, a slender and elegant maid.
Liyan hurriedly gently stroked his back and helped him sit down.
Zheng Guogong had a headache when he saw Zheng Rongshang like this, but he didn't say anything in front of the room full of people, so he had to comfort a few words casually.
Lu Shi looked distressed, and hurriedly asked someone to bring a decoction to warm the lungs.
Zheng Yingying stared at Zheng Rongshang, who was surrounded by her mother-in-law and maidservants, and then thought of Zheng Susu lying in Xiyuan at the moment, lying in the old cradle she used before, her little face was only half the size of a palm, and her heart was uncomfortable.
She didn't dare to show it on her face, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Zheng Lingyi glancing at her, and glared back viciously.
Zheng Lingyi felt inexplicable, and looked at the incense pillar that was half a little finger long, and couldn't help but look out of the door.
'Wu Rouxiang, why haven't you come yet? β
The two lines of sight passed in mid-air, and Zheng Lingyi looked at Zheng Yanru's worried face, and smiled at her comfortingly.
There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and it deliberately slowed down as it approached.
Zheng Lingyi lowered her gaze and made the posture that an insignificant little maid should have.
Wu Rouxiang and Zheng Rong'an hurried over, only to hear Wu Rouxiang salute and say earnestly: "Dad, mother." The daughter-in-law is late, so please punish her father. β
Her figure is low, and her tone is also very humble, thinking that she has a few true inheritances of Qiao's at home.
Lu's reprimanding words were blocked in his throat and couldn't come out, Zheng Guogong sang with a white face, and said happily, "It's okay, it's okay, you are newlyweds, and it's common to get up later." β
"Grandpa Guo, there is still a daughter who has not yet left the cabinet." Lu woke up softly.
Zheng Guogong looked at the daughters sitting in the hall, all of them pretending to be deaf and dumb, and they also knew that they were speaking out of place, so they smiled and diverted the conversation.
After drinking his daughter-in-law's tea, Zheng Guogong was about to go out.
Zheng Rong'an followed behind him and said, "Dad, I'm also going to Guozijian, let's go together." β
"You haven't taken leave?" Zheng Guogong asked with some surprise.
Zheng Rong'an looked puzzled, and said in front of the big guy: "Why do you want to take leave? β
Wu Rouxiang stood in place with a flushed face, wanting to stop Zheng Rong'an but couldn't, and saw him leave without looking back.
Zheng Guogong is gone, how can he still keep Zheng Rongli? Zheng Rongshang didn't need to say it, the Lu family couldn't wait for him to go back and rest quickly.
The rest are only the concubines and concubines.
"Rouxiang, they are all familiar with each other, so you don't need to introduce them one by one." Lu took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
Wu Rouxiang smiled and said, "Although they are familiar with each other, they also have to give a meeting gift." β
Cuiweaving came forward with several six-inch boxes, and presented them one by one, first the concubine and then the concubine.
Zheng Ling commented that when Zheng Yanru took the gift, his wrist sank down and handed it to Zhiqiu behind him casually.
But the box that fell into her own hand was fluttering, Zheng Lingyi weighed it, and she could hold it up with two fingers.
Wu Rouxiang's problem of watching people put down dishes is really not hidden at all, Zheng Lingyi sighed slightly, put the box on the coffee table at hand, and got up with the sisters to thank Wu Rouxiang.
Except for Zheng Changchang and Zheng Mianmian, the two younger ones who still don't know much about it, and the rest of the concubines are lazy and lazy when they salute.
In this country's mansion, some people are naΓ―ve and ignorant, some people have no heart, but there are few really fools.
Lu Shi looked at this scene with a smile, and did not reprimand a sentence or half a sentence, and made Zheng Lingyi affirm that she was happy to see it.
Zheng Yanxian and Wu Rouxiang have a decent relationship, but getting up early today made her irritable, and it was the limit to say a few words with her, and she turned her face and said that she wanted to go back to her room to sleep and sleep.
Lu Shi smiled: "I can't do anything about this, today is for your new sister-in-law, you have to ask her." β
Zheng Yanxian frowned, tilted her chin and said to Wu Rouxiang: "Sister-in-law, there are so many people who talk to you, and there are no less than me, right?" β
Wu Rouxiang glanced at Zheng Yanru quickly, as if asking for help, but Zheng Yanru stopped talking and still picked up the tea cup on the side.
"When my sister is sleepy, go to sleep. Recently, we have to get together well, your wedding date is approaching, and when you go to your in-law's house in the future, you can't be so childish. β
Wu Rouxiang consciously is an eldest sister-in-law, and she speaks with a little elder tone, which is actually not an exaggeration.
But Zheng Yanxian didn't like to listen to these words the most, snorted lightly, and said proudly: "I am married to my cousin, my father-in-law is my uncle, and my mother-in-law is my aunt. It's different from your sister-in-law. β
After thinking about it, it can be said that my sister-in-law is laughing, and it is not a big deal.
But for Zheng Lingyi, who witnessed everything and even participated in it, the irony in these words can be said to be deafening.
Zheng Yanru's face also changed, although she didn't like Wu Rouxiang, she was also angry with her on weekdays, but when she saw her face full of embarrassment, she was also pitiful, and said to Zheng Yanxian: "Xian'er, go to sleep." β
Zheng Yanxian didn't feel that she had said anything wrong, yawned, and left with Zhiyue and Zhizhu.
The concubines were in Anhe, walking lightly, talking softly, and breathing lightly, and they didn't dare to speak rashly at this moment.
Lu Shi was finally willing to speak, and said to Wu Rouxiang: "Rong An, this kid wants to be motivated, he must stay in the outer courtyard more on weekdays, but he is tired and tired, and he will always come back, and you will have to bother to take care of it in the future." β
Wu Rouxiang hurriedly said, "Yes, mother." I will serve my husband well. β
Lu nodded slowly, and said: "Although Qinghui Pavilion is in the backyard, it is also a small courtyard with a single family behind closed doors, and it will be under your jurisdiction from now on. β
She summoned Danzhu, handed over a small box to Wu Rouxiang, and said, "This is the deed of the maidservants and mothers-in-law." β
Wu Rouxiang was ecstatic in her heart, with this body deed, where could that little hoof be arrogant!
She was happy when she saw Lu Shi wave her hand and send the group of concubines out.
"Let's go, sisters." However, it took some spitting Xingzi's polite words, and it was not real money taken out of his pocket, Wu Rouxiang was still willing to say it.
"An'er told me before she got married that Ding, who had always taken care of him, was docile and peaceful, and hoped that I would raise her as an aunt."
Lu Shi's plain tone, but what he said was something that beat Wu Rouxiang's heart.
"Your father and your father-in-law are friends in the world, and I wanted to be decent for you, so I promised him to raise my aunt after marriage."
When Lu Shi spoke, he looked at Wu Rouxiang with a smile, forcing her to say thank you.
"Do you know what to do?" Lu Shi said softly, but it was like coercion.
Wu Rouxiang swallowed her anger, hugged the body deed box tightly and nodded, whether it was an aunt or a room, it was just a subordinate who held the body deed in her hand.
But after Wu Rouxiang returned to Qinghui Pavilion, she couldn't find Ding Rujiao's deed after rummaging through the box.
Fang Cai's fighting spirit turned into resentment, she swallowed it raw, only pinched a celadon incense and said hatefully: "Lu Pulp Niang, you wait for me!" β
When did this Ding Rujiao come to Zheng Rong'an's side to serve, in fact, Zheng Lingyi is not clear, it seems that Zheng Rong'an asked Zheng Rongli to whip him.
Zheng Rong'an ate Lu's anger, and Lu sent a servant to wait, and the warm fragrant nephrite dissipated Zheng Rong'an's anger.
But Zheng Lingyi felt very ironic, the mother and son quarreled, and the mother actually gave a woman to her son?
Qinghui Pavilion is not a place where oil and salt do not enter, and the news gradually spread.
It's rare to have other people's gossip to talk about, and Aunt Wan can't leave Qinghui Pavilion these days.
Aunt Wan asked incomprehensibly: "Actually, Madame nodded and let the fifth brother marry the Wu family, so why should people not get off the stage like this." On the second day of marriage, what aunt do you have to carry? β
Aunt Jiang didn't speak, but just glanced at Aunt Wan helplessly and plugged her mouth with a rice cake.
The two aunts hugged the bamboo louzi and took care of the honeysuckle that was not in good condition and was full of weeds.
Zheng Changchang and Zheng Mianmian were flipping the flower rope and laughing, while Zheng Lingyi was carving an incense seal in the pavilion, which was a thank you gift she prepared for Zheng Yanru.
After carving for more than a month, it is almost completed, and the carving is a small goldfish with bulging eyes, Zheng Yanru likes these small things in the water.
Zheng Lingyi was polishing it with sand grass, and his fingertips were red.
Seeing that she put down the sand grass and looked at the incense seal, Lu Nong stepped forward and put down a set of incense utensils, and said with a smile: "Sister, can you try the appearance of the incense seal?" β