Fragrance on Red Sleeves (III) (Part I)

Young Madam Tang smiled slightly: "That's all nonsense from the people below." The best girl in our family is still the daughter-in-law of Xinyuan, and she also participated in the Zhongzhou Embroidery Palace Competition. But ah, we're really outdated, it's better to have this fan of Miss Yun. Not only is the embroidery good, the composition is beautiful, the fan and accessories are very exquisite, and the color of the embroidery is very cleverly matched, and the frame is very appropriate. It shows that Miss Yun is clever and has a unique vision. ”

Lan Banghua had already discussed with the queen mother to give up the marriage of the Tang family, but the queen thought about it again and again, coupled with the incident of the Leopard Tower a few days ago, she felt that she still needed to win over the Tang family now, and decided to lower her figure and show favor to the Tang family. Therefore, yesterday I specially notified the Inner Chamberlain to advance the audience of the second grandmother of the Tang family to today.

The second young grandmother of the Tang family, as these people say, is both civil and military. Born in the General's Mansion, he has seen a lot since he was a child, and he has a famous teacher to study, both civil and military, and follows her husband to deal with various affairs in the army all the year round. Pulling out the daughter-in-law of Xinyuan to talk about things is to tell everyone that the daughters-in-law of the Tang family are all virtuous and talented, and they can't come to the relationship when they see someone. But you can't offend the queen, so praise still has to be said.

Mrs. Lan heard the second young grandmother praise the Tang family and felt very uncomfortable, if her own Ruoxue could marry Tang Xinjie, this second young grandmother would be her junior, and Ruoxue was the same generation as her. Although people don't refuse on the surface, but the fait accompli proves that they didn't fancy Ruoxue, isn't it a disguised way to say that her family Ruoxue is not as good as this second young lady Tang and that Tang Xinyuan's daughter-in-law? Isn't it an obvious slap in the face? And she also praised Ruoyun, doesn't this mean that her own Ruoxue is not as good as Ruoyun from this concubine?! The eldest lady of the Lan family was angry in her heart, and glanced at the second young grandmother coldly.

Of course, the second young grandmother noticed it, but she just smiled slightly, and these little tricks of the Lan family were not in her eyes.

He took the fan and looked at it repeatedly: "The more I look at it, the more I love this fan, Miss Yun'er's vision is really good, she can match, and she must be very smart." You see, I have never seen anything other than this embroidery, this drawing, and the dexterity of this glitter. ”

"Oh," she said, Mrs. Liu, who knew her, became interested, so she took the fan and looked at it: "I didn't pay attention at the beginning, I glanced at the dark edging that I thought was the same as an ordinary fan, and the pattern was added in order to match the pattern, but now when I look closely, I can see that this frame and the handle of the fan are matte tortoiseshell." This is really well chosen, not only combined with the whole picture, it looks simple and stable, and the tortoiseshell has the function of detoxifying and invigorating blood, It is really summer to hold it in your hand not only to fan the wind, but also to maintain health. This fan is truly ingenious. ”

Mrs. Zheng of the Zhengqing family of the Taifu Temple next to her hurried over and touched and looked: "Queen Mother, your family is really good at regulating people, you look at this girl who is like a shallot, and her thoughts are still so exquisite, which family will marry in the future." "Mrs. Zheng's own two biological sons have already married, and there are a few concubines. She also saw the queen's intentions, she felt that it was good to get close to the Lan family, the other party was a concubine, her family was a concubine, and it was not a high climb, and she could also win the favor of the queen.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you've won the award." Although everyone praised it well, she understood that she was pushed to the forefront of the wave like this, and she didn't necessarily make the second wife jealous when she went back, not to mention that this was really not her cleverness, so it was better to admit obediently: "This is really not Yun'er's ingenuity, it is the second brother's filial piety to the queen." ”

"What do you mean about this?" When Mrs. Lan heard the mention of her son, of course she cared.

"Yun'er doesn't know how to do handicrafts, and she doesn't know how to make fans, so she wants to go out on the street and choose a better fan and embroider it for the queen." Most of the women in the boudoir are good, but it does take skill to make your own fan, so many people go out to buy ready-made ones or paint, or embroider, so it makes sense for Lan Ruoyun to do this: "That day, Yun'er happened to meet the second brother when he went out, He heard about the purpose of my outing, so he specially took me to the recently opened Yixinzhai in the capital, and the second brother picked this one among the many fans. He said that the queen was elegant and dignified, suitable for this quaint style, and as this lady said, It can help tone the body. Although the fan frame is very expensive, the second brother said that it is worth spending a few months of his monthly money to honor the queen. ”

"Spent a few months of Ruofeng's monthly money?" Mrs. Lan asked in surprise: "This kid doesn't have much money a month, and he didn't tell me, how can he live after spending all these months?!" ”

"The second brother said that he should honor the queen's mother." Yun'er naturally understood Mrs. Lan's thoughts, and she was also willing to help carry the sedan chair.

Second Mrs. Lan glanced at Ruoyun, she was a little surprised, this usually quiet and angry concubine has such a lively side, she usually really underestimates her. Today is enough to overwhelm the limelight of Ruoyu.

The queen listened to Ruoyun's words, looked at the eldest lady and smiled: "It's still my sister-in-law who will educate the children, Ruolin Ruofeng and their brothers are very competitive." ”

Mrs. Lan was full of joy when she talked about her son: "Don't praise this child, don't let him his tail later." ”

The second brother not only accompanied Yun'er to choose, spending a lot of money, but also spent a lot of effort to change the pattern with Yun'er. After the pattern came out, I took it to Yixinzhai to find the craftsman in the store to quietly modify and polish the texture of the handle and frame according to the pattern, so that the whole fan looks more primitive. That's why the lady didn't see it as a tortoiseshell just now. ”

"It took a lot of thought. Second Young Master Lan and Miss Yun are really filial piety. Tang Ershao's grandmother praised: "It's the first time I've seen this kind of fan frame. It's really that after following our grandfather to stay abroad for a long time and not returning to the capital, he has become more and more uninformed and lonely. ”

"It's really hard for the young lady to be out with the general." The second wife of the Lan family hurriedly said, she couldn't wait to quickly expose the original topic, and her praise for Ruoyun made her very uncomfortable: "Not only do you have to take care of everything there, but you also have to remember the old general in the capital." ”

Mrs. Tang Ershao came from the Gao family of the General's Mansion in the capital, and the Gao family was born from a dragon, but in the generation of Mrs. Tang Ershao's father, most of the men were peaceful, and almost none of them had any military achievements. The old general Gao Zhanxiang has always been very depressed for a group of grandsons, but he prefers granddaughters and grandsons-in-law who have a bold personality and are quite decisive. This Tang Xinyu returned to Beijing to report on his work, and there were no elders in the old mansion of the Tang family, so the two often stayed in Gaofu to accompany the old general.

"The daughter who got married, alas," Of course, Mrs. Tang Ershao understood that the other party deliberately belittled the Gao family, and there was no successor, only she, the granddaughter, the old general, could still handle it, but she was not a vegetarian either: "Grandfather said that when I married into the Tang family, I am the Tang family, let me follow my husband with peace of mind." "The Tang family and the Gao family are one, and the second Mrs. Lan belittling the Gao family is belittling the Tang family. After that, I didn't say much. The scene instantly cooled down.

The queen glanced at the ignorant second wife, and was very displeased.

Mrs. Zheng picked up the fan and looked at it, and came out of the round: "Which store did the girl say about this fan frame just now?" It's really exquisite, we'll see it later. ”

"It's just a new year."

"Oh, I remember, it's the one that was very noisy a few days ago, the one near the Five Princes' Mansion." The third young grandmother of the Rongguo Mansion, Qiu, said suddenly.

"What's the noise?" Second Mrs. Lan asked.

"You don't know?" Qiu's yin and yang said weirdly, with a wicked smile on his face, looking afraid that the world would not be chaotic: "Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with Second Young Lady Tang." ”

"Something to do with me?" Second Young Lady Tang raised her eyebrows, she knew very well what Qiu's heart was, and she dared to bully her family, hehe.

Duchess Rongguo suddenly felt that things were not good, and the three daughters-in-law were only afraid that they would offend people today, so they looked at her fiercely and hoped that she would shut up. But Qiu didn't look at her, even if he saw it, he had to pretend not to know, and then said: "Yes, some time ago, it was rumored that the fiancée of the third young master of your family met the five princes in Yixinzhai, and the five princes lost their souls. I went to that store for a few days in a row, hoping to meet again. You said that the three young people in your family are also capable, and everyone in the capital can't look down on them, what kind of fiancée did you find, so provocative? When will you invite your future siblings to see and see? "The Qiu family was thinking about Tang Sanshao at the beginning, but now the Bai family is an orphan girl, she can't look down on her in her heart, and of course she wants to smear her when she has the opportunity.

Second Young Lady Tang smiled slightly: "I didn't expect Sister Qiu to care so much about the marriage of my third brother, because you are also the third young grandmother, and it just so happens that the third brother will marry the third young grandmother in the future?" Although she said it with a smile, like a joke, it obviously implied that the Qiu family wanted to be the third young grandmother of the Tang family. It seems that you are really related to our third young grandmother. She continued: "If you want to say that our third brother has chosen a daughter-in-law for so many years, it is really not the lintel, or his marriage has already been decided by so many high-ranking families in the capital." He's been busy out there all these years, he's suffered a lot, and he has his own business. So he told his family a long time ago that he would not marry a woman from a wealthy family. Everyone here is from a big family in the capital, and they may not understand, but only after he has experienced it, he knows what he wants most. He said very early on that he wanted a woman who could tolerate all his bad things and be open-minded, and who could endure hardships with him. At that time, he hadn't followed the prince to do things, and he had no fame, he was just a businessman, the third brother said that doing business is profitable and losing, his own business is looking good now, maybe he will lose money one day, the daughter of a big family, it is always bad to be wronged, and he may not be able to follow him out. Rather than everyone being unhappy at the time, it's better to find the right one in the first place. My second uncle agreed with him. When I came this time, I met my third brother and sister, and I felt that not only were they very kind and tolerant, but also very capable, and they managed my third brother's small courtyard in an orderly manner. I'm still telling my grandfather that if I were a man, I would also want to rob my third siblings. ”