Chapter 144: The Hou Mansion's Invitation
Liu Wentao, the current head of the Liu Mansion, received the holy order and left Jinjing City with his wife to take up his post, and the Liu family was completely quiet.
Aunt Yan is in charge of all the affairs in the Liufu Mansion, and Aunt Sun is responsible for dealing with the outside house.
Liu Yunyun was afraid that the two aunts would be too tired, so she transferred Aunt Ge to help Aunt Sun, and asked Xiaoxiao to assist Aunt Yan.
According to the rules, the aunt in the house can only serve two big girls around her, and at this time, Xiaoqing and the others all followed Fang Ci and Liu Wentao to take office, and the girls in Fang Ci's hands naturally followed, so the manpower in the house was indeed stretched at this time.
It's just that Liu Yunyun is a stall, and she doesn't dare to buy people into the house again, she is afraid that she will be used by someone with a heart and attract some charms. said that she was a soldier or a soldier, or she didn't dare to take any risks with Liu Wentao, who was still unreliable outside the door.
Aunt Yan and Aunt Sun adapted to it for two days, and they gradually became familiar with the business.
Liu Yunyun saw that the two aunts had more than enough to deal with, so she put her mind at ease, and followed Liu Tingting to start thinking about the design of the feng shui ornaments that her shop wanted to sell.
When the Jian'an Hou Mansion and the Liu Mansion were only a quarter of an hour apart, Mrs. Jian'an Hou specially assigned two decent and polite grandmothers to deliver the post.
The two grandmothers combed their hair in a slight, and their clothes were all customized by the special Hou Mansion, sitting in the carriage, and their demeanor and appearance looked like the grandmothers from the rich nobles of the Gaomen Compound. The driver who drove the car was naturally also the steward of the Jian'an Hou Mansion, and it was said that he had quite a face outside.
That is, after a while, the carriage of the Hou Mansion arrived in front of the door of the Liu Mansion.
The steward of the Hou Mansion jumped out of the carriage, stepped forward and knocked on the door, saw the porter come out, saw the salute, and said to the concierge of the Liu Mansion with a smile: "Below is the steward of the Hou Mansion of Jian'an, surnamed Jiang, our wife sent two grandmothers to give the lady of the Liu family a gift, and I hope to pass it on." ”
The porter was stunned, Mrs. Hou actually sent someone to greet her own young lady? The lord and the lady have only been in office for a few days, and now there are young ladies in the house except for the aunt, why did they invite the big Buddha of Mrs. Jian'an Hou to send someone to meet the ceremony?
After being stunned for a moment, the porter didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly welcomed the carriage into the door, let a mother-in-law lead him, and he rushed to the backyard to report to Aunt Sun and Aunt Yan.
When Liu Yunyun heard that Mrs. Jian'an Hou had sent someone, she was shocked, and the wolf in her hand dropped a large drop of ink, polluting the rice paper that was still as white as new just now.
"Jian'an Hou Mansion?" Liu Yunyun's eyes widened, looked at the little girl who came to report the news, put down the pen in her hand, pulled a handkerchief to wipe the ink on her hand, and asked puzzledly.
"Yes, the mother-in-law at the front door said that it was someone personally appointed by Mrs. Hou to come." The little girl bowed slightly and replied respectfully.
"Well, I know, thank you, you go down first." Liu Yunyun waved her hand and sent the little girl away, thinking about it.
It stands to reason that when the current housewife of Liufu is not at home, she, the concubine, should go out to greet the person sent by Mrs. Hou, but ...... She remembered that she had offended Zhao Enhao that day, and she was a little undecided, don't blame her, she used to be a small citizen, and she had never seen any big leaders, especially at the elder level, even if it was not the leader himself, a secretary, it was enough for these little people to see.
Liu Yunyun was beating the drum in her heart, alas...... This day has just been quiet for a few days, and something has come to the door, I knew that I should endure it that day, even if I can't bear it, be tactful, don't offend those officials N generation. - This official N generation, that is, Zhao Enhao, also refers to Zhou Minhao.
Liu Yunyun's heart was heavy, and at this time, Huanhuan jumped in, grabbed Liu Yunyun's wrist, pulled her out, and said anxiously: "Second Miss, go quickly, hurry up, hurry up." ”
"Oops, it hurts! Hey, you let go first, let go! Oops, you crazy bwf, what's wrong? Liu Yunyun was hurt by the wrist she pulled, and quickly pushed away Huanhuan's hand, rubbed her wrist that had been pinched red, and looked at Huanhuan who "ravaged" her sadly.
Huan Huan had an expression of urgency and didn't know how to speak, stomped his feet in circles, stopped suddenly, leaned into Liu Yunyun's ear, made an ear protection with one hand, rubbed the corners of his clothes nervously with the other, and asked mysteriously: "Miss, is the Jian'an Hou Mansion tied up with us?" ”
Liu Yunyun looked at Huanhuan in horror, and subconsciously said, "How do you know? ”
Huanhuan was nervous, didn't notice Liu Yunyun's horror, squinted his eyes and nodded in a scheming manner, "No wonder, I just said that a dignified lady of the Hou Mansion of Jian'an, who is so polite and generous and sincere, must be a cat, but ......" Huan Huan looked at Liu Yunyun, her little face was almost full of gossip, "Why did the eldest lady offend Mrs. Hou?" ”
Liu Yunyun was stunned, eldest sister? When did the eldest sister meet Mrs. Hou? The eldest sister has only seen that Zhao Enhao, can she say......
"You explain things clearly to me, why are you related to the eldest sister again?"
"Mrs. Jian'an Hou wants to hold a flower-viewing banquet, and she specially specified that she wants our young lady of the Liu family, whether it is a concubine, to participate."
"Command us?" Liu Yunyun was surprised, this Mrs. Hou is knowledgeable, gentle and supple, and she is famous in the entire Jinjing City, how could she come to the door to command the people of Liufu?
Huanhuan craned his neck, raised his head at forty-five degrees, and rolled his eyes, "Hmph!" Where, how polite and polite should you be, how polite and polite you are, I don't know, I still think that our Liu family is a relative of the emperor. ”
"Let's go, let's see."
Liu Yunyun took Huanhuan to the flower hall where Liufu entertained guests.
After all, the identities of Aunt Yan and Aunt Sun are just aunts, even if they temporarily act as Fang Ci to deal with family affairs, they are also subordinates in terms of identity after all, at this moment, the two of them were relieved to see Liu Yunyun holding Huanhuan's hand over.
Liu Yunyun exempted the two aunts from the ceremony, and smiled and greeted the two slightly older grandmothers sent by the wife of the Marquis of Jian'an.
"The old slave is tormented, how can the second lady labor to give the slave and maid a gift."
The two grandmothers were very polite, and unexpectedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Yunyun to say goodbye.
Aunt Sun and Aunt Yan were taken aback, what is the identity of Jian'an Houfu, even if she is in charge, she is also the person next to Mrs. Hou, how can she kowtow to the little daughter of the Liu family?
Liu Yunyun pondered and understood, this 10,000 percent, what means did Zhou Minhao use, the Marquis of Jian'an is an old fox, can his wife be bad? The habit of seeing the wind and steering the rudder is one of the indispensable abilities of these officialdom and their families.
Liu Yunyun smiled helplessly, they came prepared......
Liu Yunyun hurriedly stepped forward to help the two grandmothers, and said embarrassedly: "The two grandmothers are both elderly people, and they have served Mrs. Hou for many years, and they are the most powerful, how can they kowtow to such a little lady as me?" Get up, please get up, let's sit and talk. ”
Huanhuan looked at Liu Yunyun's eyes, and hurriedly picked up the other grandmother and let them sit on the chair, and Liu Yunyun ordered the two grandmothers to show tea.
"The grandmothers are here, the courtiers are very honored, I don't know, the grandmothers are here, but what do you have to explain?"
Liu Yunyun picked up the tea, took a sip, and asked with a smile.
One of the grandmothers smiled and thanked him first, and then said: "Back to the second miss, it is like this, in two days, Mrs. wants to hold a flower viewing banquet, specially ordered the two slaves and maids to come, to send an invitation to Miss Guifu, Mrs. said, thinking that Lord Liu and Mrs. Liu received the holy order to go to the foreign office, but also for the emperor to bow and do her best, she also felt sorry for the Liu family several ladies, Mrs. said, Mrs. Liu went out, the Liu family lady is also rarely wronged and difficult to go out, since our house is going to have a banquet, let them come together, little lady, is not formal to any etiquette, go out and walk around more, it is a lively age, shouldn't you be stuffy in the house? Hehe, the slave maid thought, Miss Liu Er and Miss Sun of Changfu, as well as Miss Liu of Prime Minister Liu's Mansion, have a close relationship, the eldest lady of the Liu family, is also a knowledgeable, gentle and friendly little lady, it is better to play together, and it is more lively, Mrs. also thinks that it is, so she sent the slave maid to come, send an invitation, and invite the three young ladies of the Liu family. ”
Okay, even Liu Rongrong is a little bit of a small person, and she is within the scope of the invitation.
Liu Yunyun is really hard to shirk, as long as she pretends to be shy and hesitates: "My sister is more quiet, why don't I call her over and ask her what she means?" Mama probably heard about it too, and our Liu family was ...... Therefore, a few of us sisters really haven't been out much, for fear that we don't know how to be polite and cause trouble for Mrs. Hou again. ”
"What did the second lady say? No one in Manjin Capital doesn't know the 'Xiuwai Huizhong' plaque inscribed by the emperor's imperial pen, but it was won by the second lady and Miss Sun of Changfu, and Mrs. has long wanted to invite the three young ladies of the Liu family to sit and talk in the mansion together. “
Look at this eloquence! It is worthy of being a talent cultivated by a family.
Liu Yunyun has no reason, as long as she agrees.
After sending off the two grandmothers and watching their carriage leave, they turned around and walked back to the house.
Aunt Sun was puzzled: "There is nothing big about the Jian'an Hou Mansion recently, if you have to say that there is, it is a marriage between the Zhongyong Mansion and the Prime Minister Liu Cheng's Mansion, this is still a turning point." ”
Aunt Yan was also full of confusion and worry, after all, in addition to Liu Yunyun, her two daughters also had to go to the Hou Mansion as guests.
"Don't worry, they don't dare to do anything to us, after all, let's not talk about the concubines now, they are all the daughters of the imperial history granted by the emperor, and their father has just taken office, and they are now a moth, isn't it obvious to slap the emperor in the face? Do you think they have the guts? ”
Liu Yunyun couldn't express her suspicions, she could only say the truth on the big side.
When Aunt Sun and Aunt Yan heard this, they also felt that it was such a good thing, so they were relieved.
Aunt Yan instructed Liu Yunyun to take Liu Tingting and Liu Rongrong well, the two of them almost didn't go out to the banquet much, and they were inevitably pinched, and Liu Yunyun also agreed with a serious face, promising to complete the task assigned by Aunt Yan.
Aunt Yan smiled and said that she was poor, so she put her mind at ease, the Liu family still has a lot of things waiting for her to deal with.
After another two days, it was time for the flower-viewing banquet in the Jian'an Hou Mansion.
Liu Rongrong took Liu Tingting and Liu Rongrong, dressed appropriately, got into the carriage, and went to the Jian'an Hou Mansion.