Chapter 138: The Guests of the Zheng Guo Mansion
When it came to the day of Zheng Guogong's mansion to marry, Chen's family passed early, which surprised Zheng Guogong, and Dong's third wife, Feng, personally greeted her and invited her to serve tea in the big flower hall.
Chen smiled slightly, and spoke to Feng cordially: "There were a lot of things in the house before, and after receiving the post from the house, I could only let people send congratulatory gifts. ”
Feng Shi was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Madame can come, this is something that can't be invited, if the old lady knows, she will definitely invite Madame to sit in her room." ”
Chen shivered in his heart, remembered the stingy nature and chatter of Old Madam Zheng, and hurriedly said: "Don't bother the old lady, I'll go sit at Madame's place and talk to them." ”
Feng felt proud for a while, thinking that the first two times were sent by the long room and the second room, the Duchess of Wei Guo had never been on the scene, she only sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, but today the third room was able to invite her, which is a very dignified thing to say.
She was busy responding, and invited Chen to go to the small flower hall in her courtyard to talk to her with the ladies who came.
Entering the small flower hall, Chen frowned unconsciously, Zheng Guogong's mansion was too cramped, three grandchildren and three generations were crowded in one mansion, plus maids and servants, up and down crowded up and down and couldn't turn around, such a small flower hall was only a big place with a palm, and now it was full of ladies who came to congratulate, and put felt curtains, and it was not boring.
Feng didn't know Chen's thoughts, and she quickly introduced Chen to the people in the Little Flower Hall: "...... Duchess Wei Guo came to congratulate her on the post. ”
For a while, the women in the small flower hall were all surprised, and they were busy saluting and greeting, and looked at the Chen family with a flattering smile, they couldn't help but be surprised, although they were all Guogong Mansion, Wei Guogong Mansion was not comparable to Zheng Guogong's mansion, just the title of Generalissimo of Wei Guogong's expedition to the west, it was beyond reach.
Chen looked at a group of female dependents, and was unhappy, sure enough, there was no serious and decent one who came, she didn't even look at the familiar ones, I think they were all some temple and Mrs. Changshi.
Feng naturally knew that Chen didn't recognize this, so he hurriedly introduced her to a few people with a little bit of identity: "This one is Mrs. Guo, the eunuch of the country, that one is Mrs. Lang Qian of the city gate, and the one sitting on the other side is Mrs. Han, the captain of the prison gate......"
She stopped after introducing a few, and knew that few people in this flower hall could get into Chen's eyes, and her face was a little sneering: "They are all old friends of San Lang, and they are also very ......attentive on weekdays."
Chen smiled, looked at Mrs. Guo, who was sitting not far from him, talking to others, and asked, "Your San Lang and Guo Jiancheng are also familiar with each other?" ”
Feng Shi suddenly shook his spirits: "They are all classmates, Guo Jian Cheng passed the spring and went to the Guozijian, San Lang was originally going to end, but the old Guogong said that we don't have to rely on this in the house, let him stay in the house to do some chores, and he never went back and forth." ”
Whether you don't want to go, or you can't pass the test, it's a matter of opinion.
Chen remembered Dong Liulang, who would be out next year, and smiled: "Look at it, he is capable." ”
Listening to her praise her guests, Feng Shi was even more smiling: "Madame is really good at reading people, Mrs. Guo is really a capable person, Guo Jian Cheng is two brothers, and her grandmother is not in good health, she is up and down alone, so who in the family does not respect her." ”
"Oh, Guo Jiancheng still has a brother?" Chan smiled.
Feng Shi heard the voice, this is to inquire about the affairs of Guo Jian Cheng's mansion, she nodded hurriedly: "No, his brother is seventeen this year, and he is also studying in Taixue, and his schoolwork is not bad, and he will end next year." ”
As she spoke, she beckoned her maid to invite Mrs. Guo Fang to come here: "Next year, your Erlang is going to end?" ”
Fang Shi was still puzzled, but when he heard her ask, he looked at Chen Shi who was eating tea with a slight smile, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face: "No, I specially invited a master to give him a lecture for this, and I have been doing this for the past few days." ”
Chen saw that this Fang clan was speaking and acting neatly, but there was a little sharp between his eyebrows and eyes, and he inevitably looked a little mean, so he knew a rough idea in his heart, and nodded with a smile: "If you can enter Taixue, your schoolwork is naturally good, so you don't have to worry too much." ”
This seemingly flattering sentence made Fang Shi feel a little confused in his heart, and looked at Feng Shi on the side, Feng Shi winked at her and smiled: "Mrs. Cheng Ji Yan." ”
After the Fang family sat back, the Chen family inadvertently asked about Mrs. Qian's house, and Feng Shi was even more sure, so he did not hide it and said in detail: "There are no brothers and sisters in Mrs. Qian's house, the Qian family is a single lineage, but Mrs. Qian has a nephew, grandpa died early, and the family is weak, so he followed his aunt to the Qian Mansion, and now he helps the Qian Mansion to shop the Zhuangzi, but he is also a good hand." ”
Chen listened with a smile, and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "It's not easy to do these well, and I don't know how old you are?" ”
Feng Shi leaned over: "I'm in my early twenties, I said a family affair before, but then the lady was not blessed, and she was sick before she passed the door, so it was delayed." ”
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but ask Chen: "Madam, which family is this trying to say for you?" That's all for you, why don't you tell me about it too, and I'll help you think about it. ”
Chen sighed softly: "Speaking of which, I'm afraid you've also heard of it, Princess Yingchuan's sister-in-law Xiao Niangzi, do you know?" ”
Feng's eyes widened: "Mrs. Xiao? It's that merchant......"
She hurriedly stopped, a little embarrassed: "I just heard people talk about it, and I still haven't passed in the future, I really don't know." ”
Chen put down the tea pot: "Although she is a merchant, she is now the righteous sister of Princess Yingchuan, and she still has the permission of His Majesty, and she also has an old friendship with my house, so I have to worry more about her." ”
She said that the relationship between Xiao Rongyue and the Weiguo Mansion was very vague, and she didn't want to mention it more.
Feng Shi didn't ask much, but frowned: "But I heard that she was married first, and her grandmother's relatives are not in Chang'an, so I'm afraid this marriage is ......."
The Chen family had already calculated it, and said with a smile: "It's because her grandmother's relatives are not there, I have to be more careful, and Princess Yingchuan is even more difficult to do such a thing in person, she has now set up a female household, and there is no need to mention the first thing, and there are dowries for remarriage." ”
She spoke lightly, but Feng Shi muttered in her heart, after all, she is a remarried daughter, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for a few people to be willing.