Chapter Seventy-Seven
Mama Liu's eyes lit up, and Mrs. Hou had a smile on the corner of her mouth, but her daughter was a worry relief.
Zhu Ranhuan was dressed in a pink dress, bright and moving, the skirt was dragged, elegant and luxurious, with a light smile between her red lips, she stood quietly outside the threshold, and it was actually integrated with the night snow scene outside the hospital.
Mrs. Hou smiled and beckoned: "Dressed so thinly, don't come in quickly, how do the maids serve, let them go and get a fox fur over, it's so cold, be careful if you hurt your body bones, there is a time when you cry." β
"Mother, my brothers went hunting in the mountains yesterday, and it's strange to say, my father didn't allow my brother to go into the mountains when it snowed heavily on weekdays, and I actually took the initiative to bring it up yesterday, the second brother was okay, he was a person who couldn't be trapped, but the eldest brother was asked by his father to go with him, saying that he was to see the world."
There was a faint smile on the corner of Mrs. Hou's mouth, and in the depths of her eyes, there was a cold chill, Hou Ye let her two sisters-in-law get into danger for the sake of the mother and son who couldn't be on the stage, not to mention that she was so isolated from them, in the end, she was too naΓ―ve, and I really thought that it was the slut who drugged Hou Ye, presumably they were childhood sweethearts, and the two were happy.
"These days, you are obediently embroidering purses and bringing them to your mother."
Zhu Ranwan pursed her lips and muttered very dissatisfied, "Mother, who made a small report from you, and my daughter doesn't follow." My cousin is about to celebrate her birthday, she is a princess, what a good thing, her daughter can only bring out her mind by making it herself. β
Mrs. Hou nodded approvingly, praising that she was becoming more sensible, Zhu Ranhuan spoke for a while, then got up and went back, Mama Liu took out the prepared embroidery sample, Mrs. Hou nodded her forehead slightly, and Mama Liu flashed away.
Zhu Ranhuan walked on the cobblestone path, and it was a must to ask her grandmother for peace every day, although the ice on the road could show the shadows, but the old lady did not let go, and each room would follow the rules.
The cold winter in the north is no better than that of other countries, it has always been covered with ice and snow, and it will not melt at all until spring. I heard that the four seasons of Mexico are distinct throughout the year, and the snow in winter is not as much as in the north, which will melt in a few days.
Raise your eyes to the old lady's yard, the old lady is used to getting up early, the mother-in-law and maids in the yard, do not dare to slack off, all are early, so the yard is cleaned up Lilisuo, although there is ice floes, but it is white and clear, not stained with dust.
The old lady didn't like flowers and plants, and only planted some holly trees in the yard all year round, but added a lot of green. Zhu Ranwan was about to withdraw her gaze, but she was stunned, and there was a man standing under the eaves of the courtyard porch.
His steps were elegant, and with his steps, the hem of the dark brocade robe rippled out of beautiful lines like flowing clouds, like flowers dancing lightly in the wind.
Men are not allowed to enter the backyard, not to mention that they get up early to say goodbye, and they are all the ladies and girls from each room, and the two brothers are not there, and the old lady is making a fuss.
Zhu Ranhuan calmly moved her gaze to the flower hall where the old lady was entertaining, and waited outside in a regular manner.
Zhu Ranhong also noticed her, snorted coldly in his heart, worthy of being everyone's girlfriend, raising his hands and behaving are all rules, thinking of the grievances his mother has suffered over the years, he was indignant in his heart, and turned his body with his sleeves.
After a while of laughter and from outside the courtyard, the second lady and the third lady came together, the eldest girl and the third girl around them were from the second lady, and the third lady was accompanied by the fourth girl, and Zhu Ranhuan was the second.
The Hou Mansion had a total of three sons and one daughter, and the daughter married to the Amber Mansion. The three sons are all concubines, the old marquis has fought on the battlefield all his life, and the days in Chang'an City are numbered, and the military camp does not allow women to enter, therefore, the old lady has a smooth life, and there is no concubine in the house, let alone a child who is not a concubine. Brothers and sisters are very close.
The eldest girl has already decided on the family matter, or Mrs. Hou personally facilitated, the second lady is very respectful to Mrs. Hou's sister-in-law, her daughter's family affairs, she is very satisfied, unfortunately there is no child under her knees, and she has no chance to give birth to two concubines, all of which have no chance to give birth to an heir, so that she can't help but have the idea of succession, but the two sons of the big house are very good, and the Hou Ye is the pillar of the country, she has a heart, but she does not dare to have extravagant hopes.
The third family is better, and the reincarnation is also a girl, but after more than ten years, she became pregnant again, once she gave birth, stabilized her status, and let the third master send away the concubines and the room in the original room, and reserved the third daughter-in-law and the girl and boy, and the life is getting happier and happier.
Zhu Ranwan stepped forward to salute them, and several girls gathered together and muttered quietly, because of the grandmother's strict rules, they didn't dare to make noise. The second lady and the third lady also noticed the man under the eaves, and they were very puzzled, and they asked the grandmother in the yard to ask, but they were all hesitant.
Fortunately, the word came out inside, and the old lady let everyone in. Read a book
The second and third ladies led the girls in saluting, and then sat down separately. Mrs. Hou has not been in charge of the feed since she entered the mansion, and has always been in charge of the old lady. The second lady is from a businessman, she is a wealthy businessman, she has a lot of money in her hands, and she doesn't take the old lady's eccentricity seriously.
The third lady's father is Xiucai, and he has no reputation, but because the old marquis was undoubtedly injured by a poisonous snake during the march, and when he met Xiucai, he was saved by mistake.
It happened that Xiucai's family was tired by the old marquis again, and was captured by the enemy as a threat. Xiucai is poor, but he has a bit of backbone, he committed suicide by hitting the wall, his wife was humiliated, and he also followed, leaving a daughter who was less than three years old, and was taken back to the house by the old marquis to raise him.
The old lady was raised by her side, and she was reluctant to marry far away. It just so happened that the third son also liked this girl, and after coming and going, he became the third lady in the house.
The second lady couldn't see the old lady's eyes, so she didn't dare to ask. The third lady was different, and her smile sprung up like mushrooms after the rain: "Mother, is it a distant relative standing under the eaves, or is it someone brought by the Hou Ye?" β
This topic seems to point to the old lady's heart, "It's really your good eyes, this is your eldest brother's child, and I want to foster it in your sister-in-law's name, but your sister-in-law has been uncomfortable these days and has never been out of the yard, so it has been delayed. β
Everyone present was shocked, it was just a thunder out of thin air, which made people scorched inside and out.
The second lady's nose was almost crooked, why was the big house so blessed, she gave birth to two, not to mention, there was a baba waiting to recognize her relatives, she touched the tea cup on the table a few times with her arm and elbow, with the sound of "oops", the tea cup rolled on her dress, and she was dressed thickly in winter, but it was a fact that she was not well-dressed.
The old lady frowned and glared, and the mother-in-law stepped forward to help take care of it, in the end, it was wet, if you want to see the younger generation, you should change it again, Zhu Ranwan got up: "Grandmother, it will be my cousin's birthday in a few days, and the queen's aunt is going to make a birthday banquet for my cousin in the palace, and my granddaughter has picked some tricks and wants to send someone to the palace for my cousin to choose." β
"Seventh princess, that's a golden branch and jade leaf, there is no shortage of anything, you made it yourself, it's excellent, I'll send it to someone, you can bring it." Zhu Ranwan thanked with a smile, and the maid next to her handed the exquisite brocade box in her hand to the grandmother beside the old lady.
The curtain of the door was lifted coldly, bringing in a cold wind, and the old lady angrily reprimanded, how can you be reckless in doing things today, where are there still the rules of the Hou Mansion.
Frightened, people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, the third lady saw that it was in her house, and knew that something was wrong, and when she asked, she knew that her son had a fever, and she panicked at the moment, and she didn't care about whether the old lady was happy or not, so she got up and left in a hurry after a simple confession, the old lady waved her hand, and everyone dispersed.
The old lady opened the brocade box, looked through it one by one, twenty or thirty embroidery samples, and there was no entrainment, and she motioned to the grandmother around her to send it out.
Zhu Ranhong stepped in, watching the female dependents leap out, he was a little puzzled, his mother deliberately settled down last night, and today's recognition of relatives determined the identity of the eldest son of his Hou Mansion, but the position of the prince still has to wait for the opportunity.
"Grandmother, grandson greets you, I came in the morning, and when I saw the elders come in, I didn't dare to disturb me, so I waited outside the door." While explaining that he came early, he also asked about recognizing his relatives.
The old lady's niece and the third lady grew up next to her, and the third lady married the third son as she wished, but the niece was not favored by the old marquis.
It happened that the old marquis was defeated on the battlefield, and there were people who disagreed with the old marquis to slander the Hou Mansion in the court, and the tree fell down and everyone pushed it, and the old marquis died of illness on the way back to Chang'an City.
She is a woman's family, called every day, called the earth is not spiritual, the emperor's first stool status, everything has the queen's mother to help her strategize, the queen's mother's heirs are thin, only three sisters and brothers. Because of the status of the queen's mother, there is an endless stream of people who want to marry her sister.
The old lady had no choice but to take advantage of her niece, she and the original Mrs. Hou were also handkerchief friends, and she was not fortified, so she was used by the old lady to smooth out the things in Mrs. Hou's boudoir, and used this as bait to lure Mrs. Hou into the game, so that the marriage of the Hou Ye was achieved, and the status of the Hou Mansion was stabilized, but she was also ashamed of her niece.
After the marriage was decided, it was known that the niece and the eldest son already had a bed, and the bead fetus was secretly knotted. The old lady immediately decided to take her niece as a concubine, but she insisted on refusing. When Mrs. Hou entered the door, the old lady repeated her old tricks, wanting her eldest son to marry her niece as a flat wife, but was stopped by Mrs. Hou, and she dragged it back and forth until now.
Facing Zhu Ranhong, who had already become a talent, the old lady felt guilty, so she was a little more kind: "Hong'er, your mother is not feeling well today, and your father is not in the house. β
A cold light flashed in Zhu Ranhong's eyes, and he scolded in his heart, the old witch, but his mouth was respectful: "It's all up to grandmother's arrangement." β