Chapter 57: Discipline
Although the old lady is a little eccentric, he is not a fool in the end, where is there anything he doesn't understand at this time?
Did Qin Yining do this?
The old lady looked at Qin Yining inquiringly.
Qin Yining replied to her with a well-behaved smile, which was equivalent to acquiescence.
For a while, the old lady really couldn't say what she felt in her heart, and there was a feeling that she clearly thought that she was carrying home a puppy, but after raising it for a few days, she found that it was a little wolf cub.
The old lady has observed Qin Yining for so long, and she believes in Qin Yining's character. However, Qin Huining's various performances are really like people who can do such things as marrying trouble, and the old lady believes Qin Huaiyuan's judgment, that is, she is confused for a while, and her son will not be deceived.
It's just that what did Qin Yining do to make things develop to this point?
Did those two maidservants really happen to be talking behind the rockery?
No matter what she did, reality had already given those who had laughed at Qin Yining a hard slap!
Said that she "the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked"? Who is Shangliang who is not righteously instructing the maid to frame the maid of the concubine?
said that she couldn't even protect her handmaid, so she could only let others handle it? How can Ruilan, who is standing here openly now, explain?
The former Ruilan, and now the Songlan, not only came back intact, but even ate the monthly example of the Dingguo Mansion, and his identity was beyond all the maidservants of the Qin family.
This is still called not being able to protect one's maidservant, so what should I do?
The girls present thought about it carefully, if this matter was left to them, they were not sure that they would be able to bring back the framed maid, even the opening board, maybe the person would be gone.
The girls looked at Qin Yining's eyes and became in awe.
The surprise of the crowd was only breathless.
After Songlan saluted, everyone saw a little apple-faced girl who looked to be twelve or thirteen years old, pink and cute, wearing a light pink bikini, saluted obediently, and said crisply: "Slave rock candy, please say hello to the old lady and all the girls." ”
"Rock candy." The old lady came back to her senses, her voice was a little dry, and she had some guesses about her identity in her heart, "This name is sweet." What was your original name? ”
Bingtang replied with a smile: "Back to the words of the old lady, the slave maid was originally surnamed Tang. ”
The old lady and the girls all knew. This is the reason why Qin Yining was studied in the ancestral hall. Miss Tang's identity is even more transcendent than Songlan!
The old lady said, "Miss Tang, get up." It doesn't have to be so polite. "She is very clear about the methods of those people in Qingliu, the one in front of her is Qingliu Libao, if she doesn't do a good job for half a point, she won't be swallowed alive by those mad dogs!
Bingtang smiled and said: "Old lady, don't be like this, the life of the slave was saved by the fourth miss, and you will be loyal to the fourth miss for the rest of your life, you are the grandmother of the fourth miss, and naturally you are also the master of the slave." ”
The corners of the old lady's mouth twitched.
She has been the hostess for most of her life, and now a little girl is willing to salute her, or does she look at Qin Yining's face?
The old lady rubbed her forehead, waved her hand to let Songlan and Bingtang retreat, and the two naturally stood behind Qin Yining.
And after a little more talking, it was time for the feast to begin.
The old lady took her granddaughters to the flower hall in front.
The flower hall is as warm as spring, bypassing the large seat screen of Wufu Linmen, facing the two rows of official hat chairs paved with scarlet chairs, and there are two halls behind the official hat chairs, respectively, with the black lacquer carved folding screen of the four gentlemen of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum to block the area of male guests and female dependents.
Yu Chiyan was dressed in a dazzling purple brocade robe, wearing a crown of purple and gold hairpins, and a jade belt with bamboo patterns on her waist.
The old lady and the girls did not dare to look directly at the prince, and knelt down one after another to salute.
Yu Chiyan supported the old lady with both hands and didn't let her kneel, "Old Fengjun, please get up, don't be so polite, you are the mother of Qin Taishi, and this palace is a student of Qin Taishi, so you are an elder." ”
The old lady said "don't dare", and said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, and women dare not trespass." ”
After being polite, Yu Chiyan looked at Qin Yining again.
Qin Yining was kneeling with his sisters at this time, and he didn't notice Yu Chiyan's gaze.
But the elders on the side, such as Qin Huaiyuan, the second master, the third master, and the old lady, could see it clearly.
The old lady's heart jumped, and then some faint expectations sprouted up.
Now Qin Yining and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are the right match.
If Qin Yining can become the crown princess and concubine and become the mistress of the East Palace, she will ...... in the future
When the old lady thought about it, her palms were sweating excitedly.
She led the girls around the screen to the side hall on the west side.
The men all went to the East Wing Hall.
After taking a seat, there is a folding screen to cover it, and there is a central hall in the middle, so that the two sides can't see each other, and the voice is not very clear.
Sun, the second lady, and the third wife all stood aside and waited for the old lady's cloth.
Sun's face was not very good, there was an obvious dark green circle under her eyes, obviously she didn't sleep well last night, at this time she already knew that the maid next to Qin Huining had committed something, and seeing that there was no Qin Huining in the banquet, she asked the old lady in a low voice:
"You've already locked Sister Hui in the firewood room?"
As soon as the old lady heard this, she immediately lost her appetite, put down her ivory basket and glanced at Sun, and said with a warning in her eyes: "Sister Hui made her own mistakes, and she should be punished, but Meng Ge'er has already intervened in this matter, so you don't care." ”
Sun's hand shook when he heard this, and he almost dropped the chopsticks and the small white porcelain plate.
What do you mean for her to leave it alone? What do they want to do to her Sister Hui!?
Yesterday, she did have an unpleasant quarrel with Sister Hui, but Sister Hui is the daughter she has raised for 14 years, and the mother-daughter relationship is still there.
Sun knew that the old lady was angry, so he had to smile and say: "Don't be angry, how can a good girl's family be locked up in the firewood room in the winter now?" That's going to make you sick. ”
Qin Yining had already rinsed his mouth with chopsticks at this time, and looked at Sun quietly.
Whether the female dependents were really eating, or pretending to be very busy eating, they all pricked up their ears to listen to the movements of the Sun family and the old lady.
The old lady waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about this at this time." ”
Sun still wanted to speak, but the second lady and the third lady grabbed her arms one by one, and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law is a lover of her daughter, so let's wait until it calms down." The prince is still there. ”
Sun pursed his lips when he heard this, and had to shut up for the time being after weighing.
After the banquet and tea, the ceremony of apprenticeship has been completed, and the whole family went to send off the prince together, and a group of masters sent straight out of the gate.
Yu Chiyan is still wearing the snow-white armpit hair, snow-white with gorgeous purple, which makes him noble and graceful. Standing beside the carriage and saying goodbye to Qin Huai.
He did the rites of teacher and student.
Qin Huaiyuan also returned the courtesy of the monarch and ministers.
Yu Chiyan boarded the eight-treasure glazed tassel car under the service of the inner servant, lifted the curtains and looked out, greeted the men of the Qin family, and finally his eyes fell on the red among the female dependents.
Among the female dependents, except for the third aunt wearing a rose-red cloak, only Qin Yining wore the splendid cloak with scarlet and white rabbit fur.
In a group of flowers and greenery, this positive color is particularly eye-catching, although she can't see her face clearly, but Yu Chiyan has already sketched her smile in her mind.
He suddenly felt his ears and cheeks warm, and hurriedly lowered the curtains and ordered him to set off.
The prince finally looked at it from afar, and the ladies all noticed.
Because the distance was too far, they couldn't tell who the prince was looking at, and Qin Yining also felt that he and the prince were not familiar enough to say goodbye with their eyes, so they didn't think much about it.
It's just that Miss Seven, who was standing side by side with Qin Yining, already blushed her cheeks and slowly relaxed her back that couldn't help but tense when she was watched.
Is the prince looking at her?
When she knelt down in the flower hall before the meal, Miss Seven had secretly glanced up. Unexpectedly, when she looked up, the prince happened to look over. She lowered her head in a panic, but felt that the prince's gaze had not taken off her body for a long time.
Just said goodbye, the prince must be watching her.
None of the girls in the family had ever had a relationship with the prince, and she was the only one who almost met the prince's eyes when she saluted.
The prince was so elegant and handsome, and so noble and graceful, the emperor now has only one son, and the prince is the best candidate to inherit the throne in the future.
When Miss Seven thought of this, her heart pounded.
Miss Eight saw Miss Seven standing in a daze, everyone went inside, she was still standing in place with a red face, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "Sister Seven, are you infected with the cold?" Why is your face so red? ”
"Ah, no, nothing." Miss Seven patted her cheeks and followed everyone back to the inner house.
The prince was fortunate to have encountered that kind of thing in the back garden, and it must have to be dealt with at this time, and it also involved the relationship between the adopted daughter and the concubine of the long house.
Sun didn't wait for anyone to go far, nor did he wait to enter the door, so he pulled the old lady's sleeve and pleaded anxiously: "Mother, why don't we let Sister Hui come out first, it's not good if she freezes." ”
The old lady is most unaccustomed to the appearance of Princess Sun's ignorance of the world, when she was a teenager, she could be said to be so innocent, and when she was twenty or thirty years old, she could barely be said to be a late bloomer, but now she is forty years old, and she still looks like she doesn't understand anything, how can she be worthy of her outstanding eldest son? Such a person is actually the wife of their Qin family, it is a joke.
Waving Sun's hand away in disgust, the old lady said unhappily: "You beg me?" I haven't asked you how you taught your daughter, Sister Yi came back late, and I didn't use you to teach, but she is sensible, but what about Sister Hui? After fourteen years by your side, you will teach me such a granddaughter? As an adopted daughter, she didn't know how to keep her duty, and she was jealous of her because of her adopted daughter's identity, so she instructed the people around her to frame her maidservant, causing her daughter's face to fall. Sun, tell me, is this the rule you taught her! ”