Chapter 18: The Inner Courtyard of the House
Jiang Yu moved his gaze to the girl who interjected, but she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, she should be Zou Yuan's daughter-in-law, dressed in silk and satin, and her hair accessories were also full, for fear that others would not know that she was rich, Jiang Yu frowned and ate a family banquet and dressed up like this to show her? Give Jiang Yu?
"What the eldest lady said is that the concubine is talking too much." Although he said that, the smile in Xiangyun's eyes became stronger.
The old lady coughed and glanced at Zou Xue'er, who looked arrogant, "As a concubine and an eldest sister, you must have the demeanor of a concubine, learn more from your third sister, hum." ”
Zou Rui, who was immersed in eating, the daughter of the second room, the third in the house, rolled his eyes, and smiled, "Thank you grandmother for your praise, the eldest sister is more knowledgeable, and my sister is ashamed." ”
Zou Xue'er wanted to say something more, but was glared at by her father.
"Huh? Why haven't you seen a few sons and sons for a few days, today is a family banquet, what are they going to do? The old lady finally couldn't help but ask. Since his daughter and granddaughter returned, several grandchildren have not been seen.
Jiang Yu was amused in his heart, thinking that his grandmother's thoughts to his mother had been passed on to his sons in the past few days, and the sons had passed on to his aunts and uncles, so those sons and brothers had nothing to do every day.
Sure enough, "Ouch, mother, you know, Zheng'er is really busy, and he has a job." Didn't you be sent by the emperor to suppress bandits a few days ago! ”
"Zheng'er I know, what about Chuan'er and Bo'er?" The old lady looked at Zou Luan, her second son, Zou Luan looked at his wife Yang, "Mother asked you, don't hurry up and reply." The tone was slightly reprimanded.
Yang rolled his eyes, "Mother, one of them is going to meet the upcoming palace exam, and the other is determined to study hard, these children are really working hard." ”
Jiang Yu glanced at the Zou family, his face was obviously gloomy, "Hit the nail." Jiang Yu sighed slightly in her heart, it seems that she has to quickly find a way to be on her own, and let her mother know that she is by no means a woman who lives on men.
The meal was very boring, but the two aunts poured tea for the old lady and the other for the old lady. Listening to this, Zou's face was hot, yes, he hadn't been home a few times over the years, and he was like an outsider here. The family watched directly, Jiang Yu was speechless, this is to fully prove how outsiders and how eye-catching he and his mother are.
The banquet dispersed, and the old lady took the ladies to drink tea again, and sat in the side hall one by one. Inquire about the situation one by one, now it is the age of a group of granddaughters and Lu, this family matter is tricky, it stands to reason that the granddaughters of the Guogong Mansion are not worried about getting married, but they have not settled down one by one, Mrs. Feng knows that they are all high-spirited, and they all want to marry well, but now the Guogong Mansion is not as good as it was back then, there is no real power in hand, but these daughters-in-law are still more ambitious.
"Wei's, Xue'er is not too young to be married, how can the marriage not be decided yet, I am not in good health and can't handle that heart, you, the head of the house, have to handle the marriage of the children and daughters, don't let me worry."
Old Madam Feng looked at Wei while drinking warm tea, Wei looked relaxed, stroked the jade bracelet on her wrist, and smiled, "What Mother said is that her daughter-in-law has been busy with these things recently, and Xue'er's marriage is not unsettled." As he spoke, he took an embroidered handkerchief and pursed his lips and snickered.
As soon as he said this, the Yang family came to the spirit: "Sister-in-law, look at your own fun, which one is Xue'er going to decide?" Say it, everyone is happy and happy. ”
The ladies in the room all looked at Wei, and even Xue'er was a little surprised, she didn't know the whereabouts of her marriage.
"I entered the palace a few days ago, and I listened to my sister's chatter, the concubine of the third prince Ning Wang has not been married for a long time, but she has worried the emperor and the queen, but ah, even if the three princes find any reason this year, they can't escape, and the emperor plans to marry him personally."
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the ladies in the room lit up, except for the Zou family, she didn't have that kind of thought, she just hoped that her daughter Jiang Yu could marry into the Guogong Mansion.
"What emperor wants to marry the third prince?" Zou Xue'er stood up suddenly, with a look of intoxication on her face, when she talked about the three princes, not to mention Zou Xue'er's eyes were red, Zou Yang, Zou Yuanyuan, Zou Rui and Zou Xinyan, all stretched their necks and looked dull, as if the personable Ye Shengfeng was standing in front of him at this moment and beckoned to them.
Jiang Yu looked around, holding back his joy in his heart, he didn't expect this older young man to be so popular, it stands to reason that he is just a prince, not a prince, how can he be like seeing a treasure.
Old Madam Feng was the first to see the changes in her granddaughters, and her face changed slightly, "Ahem, the emperor refers to marriage, which naturally refers to the concubine of the best family, and not everyone can imagine it." ”
The old lady poured this basin of cold water, and several concubines instantly changed their faces, yes, they are princes, and they are not qualified to think about it, so they can't help but look at the two concubines with jealous eyes.
Zou Xue'er is undoubtedly the most likely, she is the concubine of the Duke of the Kingdom, not to mention, her mother Wei is the sister of Concubine Shu, as long as Wei relies on Concubine Shu, this good thing can still fall on others.
Zou Xue'er herself must have thought the same way, at the moment she looked proud, looking at Zou Rui, the only one who could compete with herself, who knew that her own Zou Rui didn't even look at her at all, and there was always a faint smile on her handsome little face, and she couldn't see what she was thinking.
"Well, what my mother said is that although our Guogong Mansion is not as good as it was back then, after all, we are still the Guogong Mansion that inherits the title, and the matter of the three princes recruiting relatives is also close, and in two months, the spring will be warm, presumably there will be movement in the palace, and the concubines are thinking about whether the girls in our house will have that blessing, so they postponed their marriage slightly, and none of them who came to propose marriage openly and secretly did not respond, for fear of missing the good family business of the three princes.
As soon as these words came out, several girls were still a little complacent, King Ning didn't marry the main concubine, not even the side concubine, this is their hope! The young Zou Yuanyuan smiled directly: "Thank you mother for thinking about her daughters." ”
Jiang Yu looked at the concubines again, although there was a smile on his face, but this smile was really reluctant, poor their daughter was still happy like something, the children didn't know, those concubines all understood that no one could take their turn, but the Wei family used this as an excuse to block the marriage for their daughter, so that those good officials and eunuchs outside who would come to propose marriage again must be scolding them behind their backs. In this way, the age of the marriage is delayed, and the concubines are not afraid, and these concubines are miserable.
Old Madam Feng frowned slightly, "Wei, I know that you are doing this for the good of the children, but you shouldn't push back those proposals, you should also screen them and leave a way back for yourself." ”
The favored concubine Xiangyun was also trembling, but although she was favored, she didn't dare to go against the master's mother, so she glared fiercely at Zou Yuanyuan, the daughter of Silly Le.
"What the mother said is that the daughter-in-law knows that she is wrong, and in the future, there will be any concubines who will take concubines for her sisters, and she will not be suspicious of the bad guy." Yin and Yang said strangely and shook the embroidered handkerchief, looking unhappy.