Chapter 24: The Second Invitation
Xie Ze went to the bottom of the steps of the Yanfu Hall and greeted the prince who came out of the palace.
Xie Ze took half a step to the side and saluted.
The prince walked down the steps quickly and tilted his head to the inside of the hall, "Xie Shangshu is talking about something." ”
"Hmm." Xie Ze hummed in a low voice, turned sideways to let the prince go, and went into the two small duty rooms next to him.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, watching Xie Shangshu come out of the Yanfu Hall and walk away, Xie Ze left the duty room and went to the Yanfu Palace.
The emperor was looking troubled, leaning back on the pillow, looking weak.
Hearing the news from the little chamberlain, the emperor straightened up, rubbed his eyebrows with two fingers, looked at Xie Ze and said worriedly: "Did you just arrive, or did you wait for Xie Ling to leave before coming in?" ”
Xie Ze lowered his eyelids and didn't answer the emperor's words.
The emperor sighed repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I don't care about your idle business, so that your prince will not have to make a face with me again." Something? A good thing or a trouble? If it's troublesome, go find your prince, I'm tired. ”
"It's the girl's business in the Marquis of Chang'an." Xie Ze looked hesitant, looking unsure whether it was a good thing or a trouble.
"Well, tell me! Sit down and say. The emperor sat up straight.
"She left the house at noon today, went directly to Xicheng Wazi, and entered the peony shed, I followed over to take a look." Xie Ze sat on the brocade stool pointed out to him by the emperor.
"What's so lively about the peony shed?" The emperor's eyebrows raised.
"Momono." Xie Ze's answer was extremely succinct.
"Momonon is still in the Double Happiness class?" The emperor seemed to be more interested.
"Yes."
"The double happiness class is also the group of customers, what about the group of customers? Got on stage? Did she see it? Say it quickly, talk about it carefully. ”
"Yes, I saw it all, from the time the customer took off his shirt and smiled, to the last one, he laughed."
"Ugh." The emperor snorted loudly, "Laughing? ”
"Yes."
The emperor sighed again, "Laugh! She keeps watching? Not ashamed? Didn't cover your face? Still laughing? ”
"Yes."
The emperor's two eyebrows were raised high, and for a moment, he laughed, "Laugh!" This little girl is interesting. What about Momono? When she saw Momono, how was it? ”
"Look straight." Xie Ze paused, with a little disgust, "Drooling." ”
The emperor snorted and laughed again, slapping the kang table while laughing, "Saliva!" This little girl! Interesting. This is not like Mingshui at all, how can Mingshui say that the peach is thick? A piece of black charcoal? ”
Xie Ze sat upright, his face expressionless.
"It's a really unusual one, but what about later? Where did she go again? ”
The emperor was full of interest, and met Xie Ze's gaze that was obviously quite disapproving of his attitude, and waved his hand and said: "You kid, first, don't be like Mingshui, a humanoid log, how boring, and second, don't learn from your prince, he is a king, and you are not."
Tell me, where did she go again? ”
"Zhou E has been following her all the time......" Xie Ze lowered his eyelids and began to get down to business.
"You tell the prince about this, I'm tired, even if you do your filial piety for your prince, tell me quickly, where did she go?" The emperor interrupted Xie Ze's business.
After Taonong, she listened to two more tunes, got out of the peony shed, and went back to the Chang'an Marquis Mansion directly.
"Just go back." The emperor looked a little disappointed, "She has been out of the house every day these days, do you think she will go to see Momonon again tomorrow?" After all, saliva is dripping! The emperor said, slapping the table again and laughing.
"I don't know."
"If only I could see it with my own eyes......" the emperor looked yearning.
"Your Majesty......" Xie Ze stood up and was about to kneel.
"Get up!" The emperor waved his hand at Xie Ze, "I know, I just said, I don't plan to go." Alas, I don't want to see your prince slap the table with me again.
Let people keep an eye on it, and if she goes again, see it clearly, and come back and talk to me quickly. ”
"Yes." Xie Ze didn't sit down again.
"Go, go, tell your prince about business."
"Yes." Xie Ze answered, lowered his hand and took a few steps back, and was about to turn around, when the emperor stopped him again and said: "Aze, the past has passed, there are many happy and wonderful things in the world, don't always be like this." ”
"Yes." After a moment of silence, Xie Ze replied in a low voice.
"Well, go ahead, go ahead." The emperor looked at Xie Ze, feeling distressed in helplessness.
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Early the next morning, Li Ran was still having breakfast, and the second grandmother Cao's nurse, Mama Yuan, came in with a mother-in-law, bent her knees and said with a smile: "Girl, this is Mama Yang of Caofu, sent by the third sister of the Cao family." ”
After saying this, Mama Yuan took half a step to the side, not ready to say anything more.
The Yang grandmother in Caofu hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Please girl, my third lady and fourth lady sent the little woman to invite the girl to come over for tea." ”
Li Ran put down her chopsticks, looked at Mama Yuan first and asked, "Are you?" ”
The people in this house, she only knows a very limited number of people, such as Mama Qian, such as Qiu Yue, this one in front of her is a little familiar, but it is just familiar.
Mama Yuan was stunned, and only reacted with a slam snort, "I...... Old Slave ...... The maid is an errand in the second grandmother's yard and is the second grandmother's bridal grandmother. ”
"The surname is Yuan." Mama Yang was even more stunned than Mama Yuan, and the surname Yuan blurted out was seamless.
"Your second grandmother's surname is Cao ......" Li Ran's sentence was talking to herself, the second grandmother's surname was Cao, she seemed to have heard a sentence somewhere.
Mama Yuan's face is going to be blue, it doesn't matter if she doesn't know her, doesn't she even know what the second grandmother's surname is?
No way! This is a slap in the face to them.
Mama Yang's eyes widened, this girl, is this stupid, or is it too powerful?
"Is it the second grandmother's mother's house?" Li Ran looked at Mama Yang and asked.
"Yes." Mama Yang replied quickly, she didn't react much, this one was, it was completely instinctive.
"The third lady and the fourth lady are the second grandmother's sister? Cousin? Li Ran then asked.
"The third lady is the sister of the second grandmother, and the fourth lady is the sister of the second grandmother, both of them are their own sisters, and the Cao family has not been separated." Mama Yuan replied.
She reacted at this moment, and she couldn't tell if she was angry or something else, but her breath was a mess.
"Well, far away?" Li Ran understood and thought about it, this tea should be drunk for a cup.
Mama Yuan was stupid by her question, what does this mean? What is far away?
Mama Yang understands a little, but she is not sure.
"How far is Cao Mansion from here? Is it closer or farther than the Hejian County Palace? Li Ran explained a few words, and the two in front of her were stupid and stunned, obviously not understanding what she meant.
Mama Yuan understood this explanation instantly, and as soon as she understood, her face began to turn pale.
Mama Yang's eyes flashed with pity, and she hurriedly smiled: "It's not too far, I just thought about the girl's first trip to our house, I was afraid that the girl was not familiar with the road and would not be able to walk, so our three ladies prepared a car and told the little woman to wait for the girl to pass." ”
Li Ran understood and nodded, "Okay, can you please wait for me for a while, I'll finish breakfast." ”
"Yes, yes...... Girl, it is the little woman who has no eyes, and the little woman waits in the second gate. ”
Li Ran's Mama Yang's face turned red, and her words were a little messy.
When she came in just now, she saw Li Ran eating, and she felt that it was inappropriate.
If this is in their house, when they are rushing their wives and girls to eat, let alone bringing their mother-in-law into the house, it is that they are in charge of affairs in their own house and do not have long eyes.
Mama Yang followed Mama Yuan out of the gate of Cuiwei Residence, and walked out for more than ten steps, Mama Yang exhaled slowly, and before the words came out, she sighed first, "Alas, this one, what a monster." ”
"Did you learn it yourself?" Mama Yuan glanced at Mama Yang, and then sighed, "She has such a temper, such an identity, and she has an explanation from the emperor and the prince today, and an order tomorrow, and she keeps this and that, what else do you say our old lady and lady can do?" I can only let her go, I really can't blame our old lady and lady for this. ”
"Yes, but this house is ......" Mama Yang laughed dryly, "She is still eating, so if the girl dares to take us in, she is not afraid that this girl will have a seizure?" ”
"She really has never had a seizure, Qiu Yue said, usually like making tea or something, if the girls don't see it for a while, she will make it herself, and when the tea is cold, she will add some heat by herself, alas, it's a poor person."
At the end, Mama Yuan was sad.
"Ugh." Mama Yang sighed.
"Cao Fu suddenly invited this scene, what did you get?" The two walked in silence for a while, and Mama Yuan asked in a low voice.
"That's not it, it's the old lady, yes, wait for the hair to talk, it's not good, our house and this house, such relatives, it stands to reason that this girl should have been picked up and washed a long time ago."
Mama Yang also lowered her voice, she was a confidant waiting beside the old lady, and she knew it clearly.
"Is this a wind and dust? Is it the old lady who comes forward? That's why you came to pick up this trip? Mama Yuan was surprised.
"Look at what you said, did the capital pick her up and wash the dust? There is no family, can our old lady rush to the front, be the first one?
This scene is the gathering of the three ladies and the four ladies and their little sisters, which is the same as the one invited by the eldest lady of the Huo family before. ”
Mama Yang glanced at Mama Yuan.
It seems that this Chang'an Hou Mansion is indeed a simple population, and she has been married with her second grandmother for a few years, and she has not had many eyes, it seems that there are fewer than before.
"I'm here because the old lady is afraid that others will be inappropriate, think about it, I came to the door with a car, this is a slap in the face, and offend people, the old lady doesn't want to offend the old lady and lady in your house, and make it difficult for your second grandmother." Mama Yang explained a few more words.
"Also, this matter is also up to you to come forward, so it can be so proper, just now in front of our old lady and lady, how good you said those words."
Mama Yuan looked admiring.
Mama Yang gave her a blank look and didn't answer.