Chapter 26: Aunt Hong and Miss Four
"What happened to my mother's hand? Blue and purple, your father beat you? Bai Heran looked at Ye's hands and almost laughed. When she shook Ye's hand yesterday, she used half of her internal force, and this kind of bruise didn't look serious, but if she wanted to get completely better, it would take more than three months.
Ye's face changed and changed, although she tried her best to hide it, but the eyes that stared at Bai Heran still showed the hatred in her heart.
However, Ye is not a brainless woman like Bai Huayan, she has grown to this age, and she is a royal prince, and she has never seen any winds and waves. Although Hakuzuru managed to provoke her anger, she was able to calm down and soon returned to a motherly smile.
"Ah Ran is the best at joking, I have a deep relationship with your father and wife, and I am dedicated to managing the family house, what did he do to me? This hand ......" she was a little embarrassed on her face, "Ah Ran, my mother said don't think about it, in fact, this hand has become like this after being held by you in the front yard yesterday, and Ah Ran's hand is too strong." ”
Bai He was stunned, "I actually held it?" I was a little excited, but I hadn't eaten or slept for two days and two nights, and I had to stand up straight, and even if I was excited, I couldn't have been so excited! ”
The old lady sat at the top, listening to the conversation between the two below, and couldn't help but snort, and said, "Ye, how old is Ah Ran?" She's not a strong man who practices martial arts, so she can hurt your hand like this with just a casual grip? ”
The old lady was in a very bad mood today, especially when she saw the second lady Ye, she was even more unhappy.
Yesterday, Mama Li talked to her about the pot of flowers, and the more she thought about it, the more she thought about it, the more she believed that her throat disease had indeed started since she had that pot of flowers. And that pot of flowers was given by Bai Haochen, the son brought by the Ye family, and now the eldest young master of the Bai family.
was first ridiculed by his stepdaughter, and then teased by his mother-in-law, no matter how good his self-cultivation is, he can't bear it anymore.
At this time, a voice full of arrogance suddenly came from outside the main hall - "Isn't the second lady cautious in her words and deeds on weekdays so as not to let people find faults?" How could such a mistake be made today? You're dirty, you're not very clever. ”
The memory of the original owner flashed in his mind again, and Bai Heran remembered that this was a special existence in the Bai Mansion, and it was Bai Xingyan who married the concubine who entered the door when Chun Yulan was still alive, the Hong family.
She turned her head, and before she could take a look at Hong, suddenly a chubby little boy rushed over and hugged her thigh: "Second sister, you're back!" Xuan'er misses you so much! After saying that, he rubbed his chubby little face twice on her skirt.
"Xuan'er." She remembered again that her aunt Hong gave birth to a son five years ago, and the old lady was in charge and named Bai Haoxuan. Speaking of which, this is Bai Xingyan's only son with blood, and he is the only seedling of the Bai family.
"Does the second sister remember Xuan'er?" The child tilted his head back with an expectant expression.
Hakuzuru nodded, "Remember." "But not too close. In the previous life, the Bai family went from a yellow-mouthed child to an old guy who was about to be buried in the soil to his neck, and none of them were not ghosts. You just give them a smiley face, and they can slap you in the face. Those memories are deeply ingrained in her heart, and she can't forget them.
"Xuan'er come back soon, people don't want to see you much, don't put your hot face on other people's cold butts." Another voice was raised, and then a hand reached over and dragged Bai Haoxuan over.
She looked up and saw a little girl in a red dress, eleven or twelve years old, with a delicate appearance, a pair of big eyes flickering, revealing a wisdom that could not be hidden.
Because of the snow in the past few days, the little girl put on a cloak over the red dress, which was also red, and the hat was circled with pure white mink fur, lining her little face, which looked clever and cute.
But the little girl's dress was not only clever but also very rich, with eight rings on her ten fingers, three hostas on her head, a forehead ornament made of rubies hanging from her forehead, and even the hem of her skirt was made of real gold, not to mention five or six bracelets on her wrists.
Bai Heran was stunned, this girl is really ...... I haven't changed at all since I was a child!
"What do you see? I don't know! The girl in the red dress spoke more arrogantly than the aunt Hong, "I heard that you came back yesterday and made a fuss, so it seems that you have gained some strength after leaving the capital in the past few years, and I don't know if it's true or not." ”
"Bai Zhenzhen, I haven't seen you for many years." Bai Heran laughed, although this girl didn't speak well, although the original owner didn't like this fourth sister very much, but now that the soul has been replaced by her, I think this little sister is very good.
The previous owner had been ill for many years, and anyone in the house, including the next person, could step on a few feet. At that time, the fourth sister Bai Zhenzhen, who loved to wear red clothes, was only a few years old, so she dared to whip people with a whip, and after smoking the bully, the slave began to scold the original owner, scolding her for not being angry, and telling her that she wanted to get up without being bullied, and her life was almost gone, what are you afraid of?
It's a pity that the original owner is a dou who can't be mentioned, and he didn't dare to make any resistance until he died.
"The second miss is back, and the concubine hasn't said hello to the second miss yet!" Aunt Hong, who was the first to speak, stepped forward at this time, almost thirty years old, but she looked like a seventeen or eighteen girl, her eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Bai Zhenzhen, and her dress was also very similar to Bai Zhenzhen, except for wearing a peach-colored skirt, the gold and jade jewelry on her body was better than Bai Zhenzhen.
She saluted the white crane in a proper manner, and then without hesitation, she took off six bracelets from her wrist in one go, three jade and three gold. The top of the gold is inlaid with precious stones, and the color is superb.
"The second lady is back to the house, and the concubine has nothing to handle, these are as gifts to welcome the second lady back to the house, and I hope the second miss will not dislike it." After speaking, he glanced at Ye Shi again and sneered, "As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard that the second lady pinched the hand of our housewife, second lady, is your hand made of mud?" Alas, too, you are delicate and expensive, and it hurts to hold it. It's different for us to be concubines, with rough skin and thick meat, rubbing at will. ”
The fourth lady, Bai Zhenzhen, is especially good at cooperating with her aunt, and as soon as Hong's voice fell, she continued to ask: "I wonder if my mother has prepared a gift to welcome the second sister back to the house?" You're the housewife, and you can't do anything worse than my aunt. ”
What can make Ye's unhappy, the mother and daughter have always been happy to do.
And the reason why they are so bold is not all because the Hong family is very favored by Bai Xingyan, but because the Hong family's family is in business, although she is a concubine, but because she married into the Wenguo Mansion, she was gradually valued by her mother's family.
The Hong family is very rich, and the daughter of the Hong family is married to the largest imperial merchant family in Eastern Qin. The two parties join forces, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and the wealth is accumulating. In addition, the Hong family is very good at pleasing Bai Xingyan, and Bai Xingyan, under her encouragement, has helped the Hong family a lot, so the Hong family's attention to this concubine is increasing year by year, and the real money is also sent to the Wenguo Mansion one by one.
Bai Xingyan spoiled the Hong family, on the one hand, because the Hong family was really good-looking, and on the other hand, most of them were also for the money.
Sometimes having money is really the biggest reliance, although the Ye family is the royal family, and even the grandfather is still the old general of the Eastern Qin, but the Ye family is particularly poor in financial management, and the capital of one million taels of silver has to be lost one million taels in the end. After coming and going, the Ye family also broke off the idea of doing business and honestly became a royal prince.
Therefore, even if the Ye family can't tolerate the Hong family anymore, and no matter how jealous the Hong family is that she shares her husband's favor, she can't do anything about the Hong family. After all, she is in charge of the public middle school, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and without the money of the Hong family, the Bai family, who is also not good at managing money, will not be able to live such a rich life now.
Faced with the competition between the Hong family and Bai Zhenzhen, the Ye family had to think about what good things he was wearing. But as soon as the Hong clan made a move, it was six bracelets, where could she get so many for a while?
After going back and forth, Ye's face turned into the color of pig liver. I have been married to the Wenguo Mansion for so many years, and I have never suffered such a run.
And all of this, in the final analysis, is because of the white crane dye.
"Okay, not now, I'll make up for it later." The old lady spoke again. Today's old lady was not polite to the Ye family at all because she knew about the plate of flowers, and her words were simply miraculous, so that the Ye family couldn't rely on this gift if she wanted to.
But Bai Zhenzhen added: "But mother, don't take the things out of the public to give gifts!" My aunt gave her mother's subsidy, and she didn't pay a penny from our house, so my mother had to set an example for the daughters in the back house. ”
These words are like a slap in the face of the Ye family, the Ye family still has to be dignified and decent, under the contradiction of these two, he didn't come up in one breath, and almost suffocated himself to death.
But the old lady had already ignored her, and after everyone had found a place to sit down, she began to talk about business.
This business is related to Bai Heran, the old lady looked at her lovingly, but sighed for a while, and said helplessly: "Your father entered the palace yesterday, and the emperor did not say forgiveness or forgiveness for the matter of Ah Ran and His Royal Highness Ten, but only gave a sentence......" She said, and looked at Bai Heran again, "The emperor said, look at the performance of the white girl." ”
As soon as these words came out, Bai Heran himself was also a little confused.
Watch her perform? Does it mean that she really did her work and took the holy decree?
Also, the emperor, he always wants to save face, and he rushed to marry his son, but she rejected it, how can the old face be hanged?
As soon as the Ye family heard this, they came to their senses, swept away the haze of Fang Cai, and felt that it was time to show the majesty of the master mother.
So she stood up, took out the noble style of being the housewife, and said to Bai Heran: "Yesterday, Ah Ran said that the marriage of children should be ordered by their parents, and I discussed it with your father last night, and your father and I are both in favor of this family matter. You see, the parents' order is now there, and in terms of matchmaking, since it is a marriage given by the emperor himself, it is a holy matchmaker, and this marriage can be done. ”
"Oh?" Bai Heran raised his head from the teacup and looked at Ye with a smile, "You have discussed, then it can only be said that the father's order is there, as for the mother's order...... Unfortunately, I asked my mother last night and she didn't agree. ”