Chapter XXXV. Education
Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi has been in charge of the family for many years, and she will know anything in the Zhenguo Mansion as soon as possible. Besides, in the morning, someone from the Yongshou Eldest Princess's Mansion sent two posts, one was hers and the other was for the Lord of Duansu.
But in the afternoon, the porter came to report that there was another person from the Yongshou Eldest Princess's Mansion, and this time he came to find the lord of Duansu.
Mrs. Shizi listened to the report from the next person, and watched her three daughters practice calligraphy, but she didn't raise her head, but only ordered the maid to continue to inquire. During this time, I heard that the second princess who was favored by the emperor came out of the palace, but the little girl in the second room didn't know how to get the blue eyes of the second princess, and the carriage of the eldest princess of Yongshou would come to pick her up and play for a day before sending her back.
After a while, the maid who inquired about the news returned.
"Madam, the second room is already lively. Later, the people also sent the post, and I heard that the second princess made a special trip to the young lady and the young master in the second room. The lord of Duansu County is ordering people to check the private treasury and find clothes to make new clothes. ”
There are a lot of banquets in the imperial capital of Surili, and the posts are generally for the mother of the house, and the lord of Duansu usually has another post because he is born in the royal family. The young master and young lady in the house are all going with them, and there will be no separate posts.
But today, the second princess only gave a separate post to Sister Chu and Brother Lan in the second room, no wonder the always gentle and light Lord Duansu tossed it with great fanfare.
"What!" The young daughter of Mrs. Shizi, Sister Zhu'er, suddenly threw down the pen in her hand, and the ink on the tip of the pen was scattered on the ground, staining the blanket on the ground. "Why can the little maid in the second room go to the chrysanthemum banquet in the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou with us!"
"What little maiden? Who taught you all this nonsense? "Mrs. Shizi hasn't opened her mouth yet, but her eldest daughter, Sister Meng, has already spoken." Sister Chu has been recorded under the knee of the county lord of Duansu since she was born, she is our cousin, and you are not allowed to call her a little concubine. ”
"Even if it is remembered under the knees of the county lord, she is not the biological daughter of the county lord, but just a concubine who crawled out of the belly of the concubine." Sister Chu is the most unavoidable, and Sister Chu, who is not as good as her, is doing well, and seeing that her own sister seems to be helping Sister Chu talk about her, she is even lying on the ground and blindly messing around.
Sister Yan and Sister Chu are one year apart, although Sister Chu is a concubine, but as soon as she landed, she was recorded in the name of the mother of Duansu County Lord, and the treatment in the house was even better, not losing the three daughters born by Mrs. Shizi.
Mrs. Shizi taught her daughter very strictly, and when Sister Chu began to practice calligraphy hard, Sister Chu only knew how to eat and play stupidly in the inner courtyard of the second room all day long.
The lord of Duansu pampered Sister Chu, she had a lot of private property, Sister Chu's clothes and jewelry were exquisite, even Princess Xian always thought of her, and she didn't know how many exquisite things and decorations were sent.
Although Sister Yan is also the beloved young daughter of Mrs. Shizi, Mrs. Shizi's maiden family declined earlier, and it has only risen a bit in recent years, and occasionally she has to reach out to Mrs. Shizi to ask for money to live. Sister Yan'er should have the same things as the daughter of the world, but it is not as much as Sister Chu'er.
The children care about these things the most, and Sister Chu hates Sister Chu because of this.
Sister Meng is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Shizi, and she is also the child she has spent the most effort to cultivate, and she has begun to assist Mrs. Shizi in handling family affairs at the age of eight. Although he is only twelve years old now, his eyebrows and eyes are quite imposing.
"Come on, pull up Sister Zhu'er's nurse and close maid to play ten boards." She watched coldly as the young sister rolled on the ground and howled like a market shrew, and without raising her eyebrows, she called a few stout servants to come in and dragged the nurse and two maids who were close to the young sister out, and the young sister wanted to pull them, so she asked the young sister to stop.
Mrs. Shizi didn't bother to care about the lawsuit between their sisters, so she took the account book directly. Her second daughter, Sister Fan, did not raise her head, as if she had not heard anything, and still held a brush to learn calligraphy.
Sister Yan'er's nurse and maid were dragged to the courtyard, and the people in charge of doing it were the stout servants who were originally responsible for sprinkling and sweeping in the yard.
Seeing this, Sister Yan fell to the ground deflated and cried again.
"Okay, Lingzhi go and help Sister Yan up." Mrs. Shizi raised her hand and rubbed her brows, sighed, and let the most useful Lingzhi beside her step forward to persuade Sister Yan. "Send Sister Dian down to freshen up."
Sister Yan didn't follow, but she saw that the eldest sister's gaze glanced over coldly. Ren is she no longer acquainted with each other, she honestly lay in Lingzhi's arms and let Lingzhi carry her out.
"Mother, it's time for Sister Zhen's temper to be tempered." Seeing that Mrs. Shizi was about to speak, Sister Meng hurriedly opened her mouth and said. "Sister Chu and Sister Yan are of the same age, and they learn the rules much later than Sister Yan. The daughter looked at it coldly, Sister Chu'er learned the rules much better than Sister Chu'er. In the future, don't wait for Sister Zhu'er to find her mother-in-law's house, and it will be too late for her mother to let Sister Zhen'er change her temperament. ”
"You, Sister Yan is only a little old now, you should have considered her finding her mother-in-law's house." Mrs. Shizi said disappreciatively.
"Mother, even if we don't talk about this matter, we have to watch Sister Chu in the future, and we can't let her bully Sister Chu." Sister Meng'er sees things more clearly than her father and mother, and she also watches the mansion bag sent to the Zhenguo Mansion every day. "A while ago, my father did something bad, and his errand was erased, leaving only one of the sons of the world with the title of son. But the second uncle's political achievements are outstanding, and he has been praised by His Majesty several times. The relationship between my father and my second uncle is not harmonious, but we, the girls in the backyard, should get along well with the lord of Duansu and Sister Chu in the future. ”
Sister Meng'er's words made Mrs. Shizi silent for a long time.
"Mother, think about it." Sister Meng knows the truth that the point stops, and it is enough to say this. "I'll take Sister Fan to see Sister Yan'er."
Sister Fan'er is much more interested in books than Sister Fan'er, she raised her head and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Sister Meng pouted at her lightly, she immediately put down her pen and stood up and walked behind the eldest sister.
"Well... Good... Okay, go ahead. Mrs. Shizi waved her hand, and saw that the two daughters were about to walk outside the door holding hands, and couldn't help but ask again. Sister Yan is still young, you can teach her slowly. ”
"Yes." Sister Meng turned around and responded with a smile. "My daughter knows."
In the second room, Sister Chu held the fragrant post, looked at it again and again, and gently stroked the post with her little hand, as if she was looking at some rare treasure.
The maids and grandmothers beside Lord Duansu couldn't help but laugh when they saw Sister Chu'er's little appearance.
"Are our Sister Chu so happy?" Lord Duansu hugged Sister Chu and touched her head gently.
"Hmm." Sister Chu raised her head and said happily. "This is a post written to me by the princess's sister!"
"yes. But Her Royal Highness the Princess's post isn't just for you. "Lord Duansu took the post from Sister Chu'er's hand, unfolded it and pointed his finger." And lo and behold, your brother's name. ”
"Oh?" Sister Chu looked along the fingers of the county lord of Duansu, and sure enough, she saw her brother's name. "Hehe, that's good, my brother can also go with me?"
"Yes, your brother happened to be resting that day, so he can accompany you."
Duansu County Lord and Sister Chu were talking, and one year they took someone to rummage in the private warehouse of the second room, and found a few pieces of fabric that were suitable for a little girl of Sister Chu'er's age.
The county lord of Duansu pulled the cloth and put it on Sister Chu'er one by one for comparison.
"County Lord, our young lady's skin is white and tender, and the slave maid looks at the water-red one." You Nian said.
"yes, just this one." Lord Duansu saw that the water red color was indeed very suitable for Sister Chu. "Let the needle and thread people have a little more money, and they must make new clothes before the chrysanthemum feast begins in three days."
After setting the fabric, Lord Duansu also asked the maid to take out a lot of jewelry brought by the little girl, and spread it out all over the table to choose.
Sister Chu sat in front of Lord Duansu, looked at the table full of shiny jewels, and grabbed the Yingluo that He gave her when she first went to the princess's mansion.
"Okay, let's choose this one first." The county lord of Duansu relied on Sister Chu.
The mother and daughter forgot the time, Duan Chengwen and Duan Shaolan, father and son, both entered the inner courtyard, and the two of them were still sitting together to choose jewelry.
"Yo, is the county lord counting the family wealth?" Duan Chengwen looked at the bright eyes in the room, and joked with a smile.
"Daddy!" When Sister Chu heard his voice, she immediately screamed and got up and pounced.
"Hey." Duan Chengwen hugged Sister Chu in his arms. "Why are we Sister Chu so happy?"
"Well, well, Sister Princess wrote a post for me and my brother, the fragrant kind." Sister Chu hurriedly pointed to the post on the desk and said to Duan Chengwen as if she was invited. "Mother told me to make me new clothes."
"Oh?" Duan Chengwen handed Sister Chu to Duan Shaolan to hold, sat next to Duansu County Lord, took the post and unfolded it, sure enough, the names on the post were Sister Chu and Duan Shaolan, and turned his head to look at Duansu County Lord suspiciously. "What is this?"
"Three days later, the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou will hold a chrysanthemum feast. Early this morning, someone came to send me and my sister-in-law a post. In the afternoon, someone came again and sent this post. It was the second princess who wrote it alone, inviting Sister Chu and Brother Lan to go over together that day. ”
The second princess has been out of the palace for a long time, and this matter is known to the imperial capital. The Mansion, which is already full of people, has become more lively during this period of time.
Duan Chengwen also knew that Sister Chu would be picked up by the second princess every few days to play during this time.
"Brother Lan, there are many people at the chrysanthemum banquet." Looking at Sister Chu'er's expectant eyes, Duan Chengwen had no choice but to tell Duan Shaolan like this. "You must take good care of Sister Chu."
"Got it, father." Duan Shaolan lowered his head and said with a smile to Sister Chu.