Chapter 102: The Hibiscus Feast
(Add more to the pink of Warm Wind Jue, Warm Rong, and 14 Chang Xiaoxing~)
Qin Zhirou has never forgotten that day in the garden, Qin Zhishu's ridicule of them, her heart has always been a pimple, and when she saw her wearing new clothes, she also smiled, "Why can't the fifth sister change the habit of grabbing the fourth sister's things, she was punished and grounded a few days ago, and she came out for a day, and grabbed the clothes of the fourth sister, the fourth sister went out for a year, she grew taller, and she was not as thin as before, the previous clothes didn't fit at all, you wore her clothes, she naturally had no clothes to wear, the fourth sister wore old clothes to the banquet, Maybe people will laugh at our Hou Mansion for being mean. ”
Dingyuan Hou's face was gloomy, and Qian said on the side, "Punish her for half a month to reflect, and she was released before the time came, and she didn't reflect enough, Hou Ye, although I am the head of the house, but the fifth girl and the fourth girl are siblings, the two are more close, wear clothes and jewelry to each other, and I can't care about it, but robbing things is a violation of the family rules, I wanted to teach the five girls in person, Aunt Mei begged hard, and Hou Ye also helped to intercede, I am up to them, and now I have developed such a character, I dare not bear this responsibility." ”
The Qian family is blaming Dingyuan Hou for favoring Aunt Mei, causing Qin Zhishu to love to rob Zhiwan's things, even if he is not the initiator, he is definitely an accomplice, Qian even doubts, what Hou Ye really likes is Zhiwan, it seems to be more like the fifth girl, if she really loves Zhiwan, will she be taken away from her biological aunt? If you know that if you have one thing late, there will be one for five girls? I don't want to try to get her the identity of the concubine, she has mentioned it euphemistically before, but she was rejected by Hou Ye.
Maybe Hou Ye was afraid of what she would do to the fifth girl, so he pulled Zhiwan in front of him to block her so as to divert her attention? Such a thought flashed in her mind, and Qian's teeth clenched, she had speculated like this more than once, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was.
Zhiwan stood there, with his head down, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't dare to say that he had grievances. Marquis Dingyuan slammed the teacup on the table, "Call Aunt Mei." ”
Qin Zhishu knelt down with a plop and cried, "Dad." Regardless of my aunt's business, I asked the maid to go to the embroidery workshop to get the clothes, and the housekeeper's mother gave them to her, and the daughter has been closed all the time, not knowing that the clothes are for the fourth sister. ”
Zhao's eyes flashed slightly, and he glanced at Qian, "Go to the embroidery workshop and call the housekeeper's mother, even such a mistake will be made, I think the embroidery workshop should also change the manager." ”
Qian suddenly panicked, and subconsciously tightened his hands. The Zhao family has not yet been in charge of the family power, and has always wanted to take back the housekeeping rights, she has been careful every step over the years, and she does not dare to slack off at all, for fear of being exploited by her. I didn't expect to say this in front of Hou Ye today, obviously saying that it is not good to be in charge, but in fact, it is not in front of Hou Ye that she has no way to do it.
Wang's mother stood behind Qian and served her tea, Qian made a look when she took the tea, Wang's mother responded with a reassuring look, and Qian's face became gentle.
Interaction between the two. Zhiwan saw it clearly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, it was really calculated, and he had been in the Hou Mansion for several days, and he also knew a little about these people, although the Zhao family didn't care about the inner courtyard. But just by virtue of Zhao's partiality to the second room, and the dislike for Qian in her eyes, she knew that the relationship between Zhao and Qian was not harmonious, and although Zhao ate fasting and recited Buddha, he did not leave the Buddha beads in his hand. But she is not really a quiet person, you can see from the furnishings in the house, joyful, lively, and extravagant, the person who really worships the Buddha gives people a very peaceful feeling, and she wears those simple clothes, not gaudy clothes.
Even if her father is not here today, the Zhao family will not let go of this opportunity to hit the Qian family, but with the presence of Hou Ye, the effect will be even better.
Soon, Aunt Mei and the housekeeper's mother came, and when she saw the clothes on Zhiwan's body, Aunt Mei understood three points in her heart, and hurriedly stepped forward affectionately, Zhiwan avoided her contact very calmly, and Aunt Mei's face was a little ugly.
Qian was not interested in the estrangement between Zhiwan and Aunt Mei, and asked the housekeeper's mother directly, "How did the clothes originally given to the fourth girl go to the fifth girl?!" ”
The housekeeper's mother hurriedly said, "The clothes are for the four girls, and the maids of the four girls went to urge them yesterday afternoon, but they haven't embroidered yet, so let the maids of the four girls go to pick them up this morning, who knows that the maids of the five girls also ran to ask for clothes, and the slave told her that the clothes are the four girls', and they want the Lanxiang Courtyard and the Sandalwood Courtyard to be close, so let the maids help send it, and the maids of the four girls in the province will run again." ”
Hearing the words of the housekeeper's mother, the corners of Qian's mouth smiled, this is kind, Zhiwan also smiled, because Yinliu argued like this, "The housekeeper's mother didn't say that the clothes should be handed over to the fourth girl, and the slave thought that the fourth girl didn't want it, so she gave it to the fifth girl." ”
The two sides were at a stalemate, one said that Qin Zhishu liked to snatch Zhiwan's clothes, and this time was no exception, and the other said that she deliberately shirked her responsibilities, and the noisy Zhiwan had a headache, but Zhao couldn't help but slap the table, "I knew that the fifth girl liked to rob the fourth girl's clothes, and handed over the clothes to her maid, and the maid invited her back to work, and said that she would pick it up in the morning, but you handed over the clothes to others, and as a result, the maid ran in vain, making such a mistake, and the management was unfavorable, and the embroidery workshop was handed over to Cheng's mother to take care of in the future." ”
"And you, when did the embroidery workshop make clothes without measuring the size first, I didn't measure the size, so I went to the embroidery workshop to get the clothes, and I couldn't even figure out whether the clothes were for my master, how could such a confused maid serve people, and someone would drag me out to play ten boards, so that she could have a long memory!"
The housekeeper's mother begged for mercy, but Zhao didn't listen at all, Yinliu begged to admit her mistake, and the two mothers-in-law dragged her out in the same way.
Qian was angry in his heart, looked at Qin Zhishu and said, "If you don't change this problem, who dares to marry you in the future, marrying back will also ruin the reputation of my Hou Mansion, Master Hou, the five girls still have to be trained, I think she should not go to today's hibiscus banquet." ”
Aunt Mei's face changed greatly, she tried her best, and even did not hesitate to threaten Hou Ye to get the opportunity, but now she lost it because of a set of clothes, she was unwilling, Aunt Mei knelt down and begged for Yuan Hou, "Hou Ye, the fifth girl didn't mean to rob the fourth girl's clothes, she was also deceived by the maid, Hou Ye, you just spare her this time!" ”
Aunt Mei saw that Dingyuan Hou was unmoved, and asked for Zhiwan again, kneeling and dragging Zhiwan's legs, Zhiwan was really moved, Aunt Mei really didn't dare to do anything for Qin Zhishu, even begging her to do it, no matter whether they were close or not, they were always nominal mothers and daughters. Zhiwan pulled her up, then looked at Dingyuan Hou and said, "Dad, you just spared the fifth sister this time, right?" ”
Qin Zhixue rolled her eyes speechlessly. You deserve to always rob your things, and when you are robbed, you plead for others, even she wants to rob it, anyway, it's just a maid who is beaten by ten boards, and the set of clothes on the fifth sister can be worth two months!
Dingyuan Hou looked at Zhiwan, his daughter is not the daughter who will endure and sue after being wronged, she will find a way to achieve the same goal by herself, so she heard Zhiwan say to Qin Zhishu and Aunt Mei, "Every time my fifth sister robs me of something." If you want to be punished, my aunt knelt down and asked me to help intercede, you are my aunt, I can't stand your kneeling, but there are too many times. I will also be numb, you are not afraid of my thunderstorm, the sky is not really thunder, I am not afraid, next time, you just kneel for a few hours, I will not help the fifth sister intercede. Today is the last time, and this set of clothes is the last thing that the fifth sister got from me, and I ask the fifth sister to cherish it. ”
Aunt Mei's face was pale, and Qin Zhishu was pulling the clothes on her body, eager to tear them apart. Seeing that Dingyuan Hou didn't speak, Zhiwan begged for mercy again, "Dad will promise his daughter this time, next time you will kill the fifth sister, and the daughter will definitely not say a word." ”
Dingyuan Hou got up. walked up to Zhiwan and said, "When my father hugged you to Aunt Chun, you have nothing to do with Aunt Mei, don't wronged yourself in the future." ”
Dingyuan Hou said, glanced at Aunt Mei, the coldness at the bottom of her eyes looked at Zhiwan's heart, it was killing intent, Aunt Mei knelt on the ground in defeat, there was a look of horror in her eyes, she did something wrong, she shouldn't have threatened him, touching his reverse scales, Aunt Mei pounced at Dingyuanhou's feet and begged for mercy, and kept saying that Zhiwan was her daughter, Hou Ye Don't separate them, I heard that Night was very harsh.
Qian sat there, and when he saw Aunt Mei crying with pear blossoms and rain, he felt happy in his heart, and when he saw that the hour was not early, he said, "The clothes of the fourth girl are not suitable for the hibiscus banquet, do you go back to change your clothes or not?" ”
Aunt Mei hurriedly said, "The slave maid made a new set of clothes for the four girls in the house, which is just right for the hibiscus banquet, and the slave maid asked the maid to pick it up." ”
Zhiwan smiled faintly, "No need, I am similar to my fifth sister, you should wear it for her." ”
After speaking, Bai Shao came in with the burden and said, "Girl, the clothes have been changed, and the slave and maid are afraid that they can't wait, so they will send it to you." ”
Qin Zhiyu pouted impatiently, there were really a lot of things, and she was grinding, so she urged Zhiwan to hurry up and change her clothes, and the maid outside came in and said, "Madam, the seventh girl of Ningguo Mansion and the second girl of Qianfu are here." ”
When Zhiwan changed his clothes and came out, he saw two more girls in the room, one was wearing a water-green full-breasted Ruijin skirt, and a set of gold-inlaid jade butterfly wings on his head.
The other is wearing a smoky pigmented velvet embroidered skirt, with a quiet posture, sitting there with a quiet smile on the corner of his mouth, which makes people feel comfortable when they look at it.
This is the seventh girl of Ningguo Mansion, Ning Qing, in fact, Ningguo Mansion has a hibiscus banquet invitation, but unfortunately there is only one, Ningguo Mansion has many daughters, and there are two daughters in the big house, and there are three rooms and four rooms, although she is a concubine, she is ranked seventh, and her talent is not ranked in the top three in the house, so the quota is not her share, but her sister-in-law is Qin Zhixi, because the hibiscus banquet invitation, Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is well known in Kyoto, Qin Zhiyan in order to please the second wife of Ningguo Mansion, and in order to show off herself, she asked Qian for a place, Let your sister-in-law also show her face.
When Zhiwan entered the house, he happened to see Qian Huan holding a brocade box and handing it to Qin Zhiyu, and said with a smile, "This time thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go to the hibiscus banquet, this is a headdress for you, do you like it or not." ”
Qin Zhiyu took the brocade box with joy, opened it and saw that it was a set of jade headdresses, the smile in her eyes became brighter, and she called her cousin to be more polite, and then pulled her to talk about the hibiscus banquet, completely ignoring Zhiwan, the person who should really be thanked, and when Qian Huan finished thanking her, Ning Qing also let the maid hug two brocades and step forward, as well as a set of headdresses, she is different from Qian Huan, Qian Huan is the niece of the Qian family, she is just Qin Zhiyan's sister-in-law, the relatives are different, so the etiquette should be extraordinarily heavy.
Qian took what he could accept her, and was busy saying a lot of courtesy, and finally couldn't get rid of it before accepting it, but he gave the bracelet on his hand to Ning Qing as a meeting gift.
Zhiwan stood aside, looked at the ceiling helplessly, wasn't she in a hurry to go out, she had changed her clothes for a long time, but she was not in a hurry.
Qian was very happy, the smile on her face did not fade, because of the hibiscus banquet, she gained a lot of money, seven invitations, seven sets of headdresses came back, and let the major powerful families owe seven small favors, Qian was happy, and even looked at Zhiwan's eyes were much gentler, and it was rare to praise Zhiwan's beautiful clothes.
Qian praised twice, and Qin Zhiyu's mouth curled, "Mother, don't praise one by one, it's not too early, let's go to the princess's mansion first." ”
Qian glared at her with disgust and said with a smile, "I know, my mother won't boast, go to the princess's mansion, be careful not to get into trouble." ”
At the gate of the Hou Mansion, Qin Zhiyu and Ning Qing and Qian Huan sat in a carriage, Qin Zhirou and Qin Zhixue and Qin Zhixin sat in one, leaving Qin Zhishu and Zhiwan to take one, Qin Zhishu was not happy to sit with her, and Zhiwan was not happy, but unfortunately this time Qin Zhishu angered everyone and was excluded again, Zhiwan was too lazy to pay attention to her, and got into the carriage with the help of Poria, Qin Zhishu stomped his feet and went up.
But along the way, Qin Zhishu didn't take the initiative to say a word to Zhiwan except glaring at Zhiwan with her eyes, Zhiwan was even more simply, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep.
After traveling for more than half an hour, the carriage slowly stopped, and Princess Liuhua's mansion arrived.
I haven't been here for a few days, the door of the eldest princess's mansion has a new look, the stone lion is tied with red silk, the vermilion gate is repainted, and you can smell a faint smell of paint, eight small servants guard from the gate, the steps stand directly next to the stone lion, the chief manager has a welcoming smile on his face, and there are two small servants on the side to collect posts, in case someone mixes in.
When Zhiwan got out of the carriage, he happened to see Qin Zhizhang handing the invitation to the manager, who opened the invitation and glanced at it, his eyes were surprised, and then looked at Qin Zhizhang with scrutiny, "The three of you together?" ”
There were still two men standing beside Qin Zhizhang, one wearing a crescent-colored brocade robe, and the other wearing a jade-blue brocade robe, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and there was a bookish aura in his gestures.
Qin Zhizhang saw the chief manager asking, nodded and said, "The three of us are together, I don't know how many people can be brought by this invitation from King Yuejun, do you want to leave a place for him?" ”