Eight: Carriage

"What's the matter, the second lady is free to say hello to my old woman today?"

Old Lady Su sat on the upper seat with a strange yin and yang aura, and reached out to take a cup of tea handed by Su Peiyao.

"Look at what the old lady said." Cao Qianlian's face was not red, and her heart did not skip a beat, "It's my daughter-in-law's fault, isn't this also a crime of being sick!" ”

It means that although I did not greet you, I was also sinned, and you can't blame me.

The old lady couldn't look down on Cao Qianlian like this, but she couldn't say deeply, who made her son like her?

As soon as she saw Cao Qianlian, Mrs. Su remembered when Old Man Su was there.

At that time, he picked up a girl and came to the door, saying that she was asked to be a maid to serve himself and the old lady, but he didn't want to pick up a white-eyed wolf.

The old lady pursed her lips and didn't look at Cao Qianlian again.

"Mrs. Ming'er is going to take the girls to the Hou Mansion for tea, can you choose who to take with you?" The old lady turned her head to look at Qin Manhuai.

"The daughter-in-law has been selected, the three girls and the four girls have reached the age of going out of the cabinet, and it is also very good to take them out to meet the world and learn how to treat people and things, and the fifth girl has also reached the age of almost leaving the cabinet, and the daughter-in-law wants to let her go out for a turn It is also very beneficial."

The old lady nodded, "The eldest lady arranged it well, it doesn't matter if the few small ones are brought or not, others look at it, and some people have to laugh at our family, right?" ”

Seeing that the old lady nodded, Su Huiyao couldn't sit still.

All those who were older than her were taken away, how did they stop when they came to her? didn't take her, didn't say anything, even her stupid third sister took it, but she didn't take her alone.

This is clearly intentional! Thinking of this, Su Huiyao almost tore the veil, and her lower lip was also bitten hard.

Cao Qianlian saw that her daughter felt inappropriate like this, and thought about letting the two daughters go, so she said loudly, "Old lady, the seventh girl in our family is not young, and she will be out of the cabinet in a few years, and the daughter-in-law thinks that although she is a concubine, she also wants to marry, instead of marrying everyone as a concubine, it is better to marry a small family to be the housewife and take charge of the housework, and it is always beneficial and harmless to learn more." ”

Hearing this, the old lady raised her eyes and glanced at Su Huiyao, catching a glimpse of the white of her lower lip, which was bitten white, but she was a little angry.

"What's the matter, the eldest lady only brought one of her own girls, and you, as a concubine, still want to bring another concubine?"

The implication is that Cao Qianlian wants too much, and he is purely worried about what belongs to others.

If others heard this, they would have blushed, but Cao Qianlian said unhurriedly, "The old lady's words are also reasonable, but the eldest lady of the next family is waiting for the children in the house to be born by her own family, thinking that the eldest lady of our family also regards Hui'er as her own child, and the outsiders divide the concubines, but if we still bully our own daughter behind closed doors, then this is not good, right?" ”

When the old lady heard this, the green veins on her neck loomed, but she still didn't say anything.

"Besides, what does it matter if the concubines are divided, after all, they are all the daughters of our Su family, and only the outsiders are very clear, but whether they marry high or low, it is the face of our Su family, and it is still beneficial for them to learn more."

The old lady put the teacup in her hand on the table, and the sound was like anger and helplessness.

"Since you say so, then my old woman has to be angry!"

Cao Qianlian is still obedient, although the meaning of the words is aggressive, but she looks as if she has been wronged.

"The Su family has two rooms, there are several concubines, if they marry out, they must all be the housemothers, since the second lady insists on this, then take the seven girls with you, and then bring all the concubines in the generous second room!"

Cao Qianlian secretly cursed the old lady in her heart.

She originally meant to only take her own girls with her, thinking that she would use Su Huiyao's age to suppress them, and she didn't want to hold back at home when she was about to leave the pavilion, but she didn't want the old lady to come so much, so she directly brought all the concubines.

At that time, even if she wants to marry as a daughter-in-law, the eldest lady of Qingdehou Mansion must put her mind on her daughter-in-law, who will care about the appearance and talent of a concubine?

Su Huiyao sat aside, and her face was not very good.

She quietly raised her eyes and glared at the eldest lady Qin Manhuai, and then looked at Su Qianyao, Su Moyao and Su Yunyao, and clenched her silver teeth in her mouth, eager to pull out these nails in her eyes quickly.

Fang Li, the eldest lady in the second room, was very happy when she heard this.

I didn't want to take her girl, but I really took her girl with me, whether it was from the bottom of my heart or not, it was good.

Su Qingyao sat under her mother, and she was also in a more nervous mood at the moment, for fear that the old lady would regret her words again, and she would suffer if she didn't let her go.

The next day, the girls got up early, dressed up, and went to the gate to wait for the little maid to set up the carriage.

Su Huiyao was the last to come out.

Looking at her dress today, she looks like a concubine in the house, and even pressed the concubines.

She was wearing a thin dress with Yunfei makeup, the whole body was tender pink, the tulle on her forearm loomed to reveal the slender lines of her arms, and the waist corset was also extraordinarily eye-catching, inlaid with a few pieces of butterfly jade, not to mention, it was tighter than usual.

Su Yunyao looked at her with disdain, she only felt that she didn't even dare to breathe, as if she would jump away when she said a word.

Looking at the hairpin ring jewelry she is wearing, it is all feminine, pink and silver are shining in the sun, and there are a few not too long pink emerald tassels hanging down from her temples, which makes her more agile and moving.

Su Huiyao looked at Su Yunyao quietly after she came out.

The clothes she wore today were simpler than her own, not much worse than usual.

The emerald pool of wind and lotus long skirts only feels light and eye-catching, as if you are tired of eating meat and suddenly see a plate of cold dishes. Look at the jewelry on her head, the jade-colored silk hairpin, the emerald lotus bead hairpin, if the only eye-catching place is the pair of green jade earrings on her ears, not too big but her cheeks are soft, from the ears to the chin are pointy, and slightly rounded, I just feel that from head to toe is everyone's style.

If two people with their own merits have to compete for a high or low, I am afraid that most men will choose Su Huiyao, but the housewives who have experienced a lot will like Su Yunyao more.

But in fact, Su Yunyao didn't think about how to be brilliant, just dressed up like usual.

It's true that Su Huiyao thinks too much.

Several people got into the carriage together, led by Qin Manhuai with her three daughters, and the other girls sat in the carriage behind.

After Su Huiyao got into the carriage, she quietly looked at the clothes of the other sisters.

Su Peiyao even if she looked stupid, she would not pick such a person as her daughter-in-law if she wanted to come to the official eunuch Qingliu family.

Looking at her sister Su Yuyao, who has the same father and mother, she is much smarter than Su Peiyao, at least she looks very pleasing to the eye, like a well-behaved and smart child.

But she has no poetry books in her belly, no craftsmanship in her hands, let alone being in charge of things, and even managing people usually takes some effort.

If the lady of the Qingdehou Mansion really fell in love with Su Yuyao, she was afraid that she would be able to see through her after getting along for a while, first she did things and didn't say anything, she wanted to compete for everything, and whoever provoked her would scold her, even if she was good-tempered, her voice was loud and harsh, and she didn't look like a lady at all.

However, Su Qingyao, the daughter of the second room, is a master who needs to be guarded against.

Su Qingyao was sitting beside Su Huiyao, she squinted her eyes slightly and looked at Su Qingyao, secretly unhappy in her heart.

If the concubine of the big house is a concubine, isn't the concubine of the second room also a concubine? Even if my uncle is no longer capable, he is still surnamed Su, and he also occupies the position of the Su family tree.

The same is true for Su Qingyao, not only her daughter-in-law, but also Su Yao's niece, if you take it seriously, she is even more noble than her concubine.

Today she is dressed in light blue, with magnolia flowers embroidered on her clothes, and a sachet tied around her waist, which has a faint smell, but it makes people who smell it hate.

Su Huiyao then remembered that she forgot to bring a sachet before going out.

That's a step up from them.

Su Peiyao sat opposite Su Huiyao, and when she saw that she had been squinting at Su Qingyao, she asked out loud, "What is the seventh sister looking at?" ”

"It's nothing..."Su Huiyao hurriedly closed her gaze, afraid that others would know that she intended to snoop and feel that she was not confident, so she sat up straight and stroked the sleeves of her wide robe, "Sister Qing'er's body is not bad today." ”

Su Qingyao replied with a light smile, "My mother thought that she couldn't lose Sufu's face today, so she specially instructed me not to wear shabby." ”

"That's right." Su Huiyao said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "The second aunt only has you as a daughter, and it is normal to listen to your grandmother's instructions to let you dress up beautifully, but I remember that Sister Qin Yao is older than you, and she is almost old enough to leave the cabinet, why don't you bring her here today?" ”

The implication is that the second room Fang Lin deliberately squeezed the concubine room, so that the daughter of the concubine Hu Zhirou could not get a chance.

Seeing that Su Qingyao couldn't answer for a while, Su Huiyao stood up straight and cleaned up the hem of her clothes twice as if she had won, and the smile on her face was extremely dazzling.

In the carriage in front, Qin Manhuai was instructing his daughters.

"When you get to the Qingdehou Mansion, you have to follow me, don't run around and look around, remember the etiquette rules, don't do anything wrong."

"Mother, don't worry!" Su Moyao was a little impatient, "These things have been told over and over again since last night, and my daughters remember them!" ”

"What, I'm wrong about it?" Qin Manhuai said and pulled out the sleeves of his robe from the arms of his second daughter Su Moyao: "Just think of it as a mother, I can't do it if I say too much?" ”

Su Moyao knew that her mother was joking to her, "Mother!" Daughter doesn't dare! ”

Qin Manhuai saw that her second daughter was pretending to be a child, but she felt a little funny, and pinched her nose lightly, "You can speak!" ”

"It's the third sister, a few of them, you can't run around when you go to the Hou Mansion, mother, you have to watch them closely."