Chapter 12 Shen Xian's engagement
Mama Kong began to teach Shen Shu the rules of the Tanglin Palace. Although the palace etiquette of the Tanglin Kingdom is different from that of the Western Chu Kingdom, there are still similarities, so Chu Shuyao didn't have much effort to learn.
It's just occasionally, when Mama shouts for her to do something, she will subconsciously make the rules of the Western Chu Kingdom.
At this time, Mama is going to teach her. And Shen Xian was practicing on the side, and she also secretly laughed at Shen Shu, thinking in her heart, after all, she was from the countryside, and as soon as she learned the rules, her true form would be revealed.
But Mama Kong doesn't think so, although she doesn't know that Shen Shu is from the countryside, she has never learned the rules. But judging from Shen Shu's performance today, it is still quite good.
Although I didn't memorize all kinds of etiquette, the gesture I made was natural and generous, and it went deep into the bone marrow.
Mama Kong admired in her heart, it is indeed a material that can be made.
After learning the rules of this day, the tired bones of the two young ladies hurt as if they were falling apart.
When Master Shen came back in the afternoon, he heard that Shen Xian had also gone to learn the rules, and he was angry. But since Mama Kong agreed, it was not good for him to pull Shen Xian back. It doesn't look good.
But Shen Shu thought of one thing again, so she went to the study to find her cheap father.
"Father, the show girls in the palace, are all proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. My daughter also wants to learn these things, even if she can't learn something exquisite, she can understand a little bit about it. In case I was in the palace, discussing with others, but my daughter's eyes were black, wouldn't that make people laugh at my tutor in the Shen Mansion? ”
Chu Shuyao mentioned this, and Master Shen hurriedly agreed, "You're right, my father didn't expect it, it was my negligence." ”
"It's just that you don't have enough time to learn the rules every day, where can you learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?"
"The father is relieved, the daughter has already thought about it. Let Mama Kong teach me the rules in the morning, and in the afternoon, I will learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I want to come to Mama Kong is also willing. ”
Master Shen nodded, "Well, okay." For my father, I will immediately find you a master to teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. ”
"Thank you, father." Chu Shuyao was happy.
She is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but in the eyes of the Shen family, she has never been in contact with it at all. If she used these things in the palace in the future and spread them to the Shen Mansion, the people of the Shen family would naturally suspect her identity.
And Mrs. Shen heard that the master was going to ask the second lady to teach the master of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she held her stomach again. When Master Shen was about to come to her for the night to appease and appease her, she directly scolded Master Shen for being bloody, and the angry Master Shen turned his head and went to his aunt.
At this time, Mrs. Shen really began to doubt Shen Shu's identity, and she said to her confidant grandmother, "You said that girl was not born by the master, why is the master so good to her?" ”
"Also, if you have to choose someone to enter the palace for Sister Xian'er, where can you choose it? Does he have to go all the way to choose a peasant girl to come over? ”
The more Mrs. Shen spoke, the more suspicious she became, "No, no, I have to investigate this matter clearly." What if this girl is really the illegitimate daughter of the master? Then I'm still being deceived to death, haven't I really become a fool? ”
"If those aunts had known, they wouldn't have known how they would laugh at me? Even the old man will think that I am stupid and easy to bully, and will continue to lie to me. ”
The grandmother reassured, "It's just Madame's guess." Mrs. thought about it, and said that the daughter follows the father, and the eyebrows and eyes of our eldest lady are still quite similar to the master. But what about this girl? Where is the half-point like the master? But this girl, her appearance is not bad, how can any of the maids in our house compare to her? Behold! The lord just thinks that she has a good appearance, and when she enters the palace in the future, she can help the Shen Mansion. ”
"Really?" Mrs. Shen also found this statement more credible.
But she still said to the grandmother next to her, "You went to pick up the person, and if you go to the countryside again, you must inquire about the details of the family." If only I was suspicious. But if the master really lied to me, I wouldn't expose it easily. ”
The grandmother hurriedly comforted her, "Don't say that the girl has nothing to do with the master, even if there is a relationship, the lady can't dispose of her!" She was going to enter the palace draft for the eldest lady, and she showed her face next to Mama Kong. We don't want to make last-minute substitutions. ”
"Then let her be ill, how do I think she will enter the palace draft?"
"My good lady! If the second lady can't afford to get sick, won't the eldest lady have to enter the palace draft? What are we tossing this for? ”
"Madame, don't put the cart before the horse in order to get angry."
"I see, I'm not going to be rash. Hurry up and check it out! Mrs. Shen was a little impatient.
After that, the grandmother did go to check, but the family actually moved, and I heard that they went to live in a nearby town. The people in the village don't know where they went.
After the grandmother who went to inquire came back to reply, Mrs. Shen sneered, "They took a large amount of money from our Shen family, can't they go to the town to enjoy the blessings?" Where will it be in the village, facing the loess with its back to the sky? ”
"Well, since the people have moved away, there is no need to check again. I thought about it again, didn't you say, that peasant woman had a son and two daughters? Even if our lord is looking for an outer room, it is impossible to find a peasant woman who has already given birth! Unless those children are all masters. But didn't you say that? The villagers said that the peasant woman's man had died a few years earlier. It seems that the peasant woman is really married and has children, and the lord will not take a fancy to such a person. ”
That grandmother knew better than Mrs. Shen, and at this time, she didn't want Mrs. Shen to continue to investigate. So he said, "It's still Madame who thinks right, and the old slave doesn't think of this." ”
Mrs. Shen figured it out, and her mood relaxed, and asked the grandmother beside her, "How did you learn the rules of the eldest lady?" But tired? ”
"Hey, how can you not be tired of learning the rules! Every day when the eldest lady goes back after learning the rules, she will let the maids around her pinch her arms and legs for a while. However, our eldest lady learned the rules well, and there were almost no mistakes. It's much better than the girl from the countryside, even Mama Kong is full of praise? ”
Mrs. Shen laughed proudly, "The eldest lady was born and raised by me, how can she be compared to that wild girl?" ”
"The pheasant flew up to the branch, and he really thought he was a phoenix? Actually plucked the old man and asked her to teach her the master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Will she learn? It's just a waste of money. ”
Mama also laughed at Shen Shu with Mrs. Shen, but comforted Mrs. Shen again, "Madame's words, just tell us these words on weekdays." But don't say it in front of the master, after all, the master chose this beautiful girl to enter the palace, and he also wanted to borrow the power of this girl in the future. If the lady said that the girl could not succeed, the lord would be unhappy. ”
Mrs. Shen's anger has not subsided, and at this moment, listening to Mama persuade herself like this, she couldn't help but snort coldly, "Am I still afraid that he won't succeed?" I think if it weren't for the help of my mother's family, would he have been able to be an official so smoothly? ”
When the grandmother heard this, she became frightened, "Madam, you can't say this even more. The lord is a man who wants to save face, and when the lady says this, doesn't she say that the lord eats soft rice? He must have been disgusted with Madame. ”
Mrs. Shen still held on to her backbone, "Hmph, I have the support of my mother's family, how can he not do me?" ”
Mama continued to persuade with kind words, "Madame really doesn't need to be afraid of the master, only those aunts who have no family status will be afraid of the master." ”
"But sir, he also eats the gentle and considerate set. Could it be that Madame wants to cheapen those aunts for nothing? ”
When Mrs. Shen heard Mama say this, she became annoyed, "How can you cheapen them?" Those little sluts are accustomed to using subordinate means to coax the old man away. ”
"That's right, those little hooves, Madame naturally can't do it. So Madame must learn to forbear. There are some things that will make the master angry when you say them, so try not to say them. In this way, those inferior things will not be cheapened in vain. ”
Mrs. Shen nodded secretly, "Then I'll listen to you once." ”
In a blink of an eye, a month has passed, and Chu Shuyao's rules and etiquette, as well as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, have also learned decently.
And Mrs. Shen changed her normal behavior and actually stopped losing her temper with Master Shen. So Master Shen often goes to Mrs. Shen's yard now.
It's just that Shen Xian, seeing that Shen Shu's latecomers are on top, and everything is better than herself, she can't help but feel jealous and anxious.
Every time I talk to Shen Shu, I carry a gun and a stick. However, Shen Shu was reluctant to argue with her, so every time, Shen Xian's fist was pounded on the soft cotton.
And in the past few days, Shen Shu actually found that Shen Xian rarely came to look for her stubble.
Strange in her heart about Shen Xian's abnormality, Chu Shuyao asked her maidservant, Yurun didn't know the details, but Yuzhuo knew.
After following the second lady for so long, Yuzhuo also understood a little, the second miss is a powerful one, although she should deal with the eldest lady, but she also has to deal with the second miss carefully. At least you can't offend the second lady.
Now there is an opportunity to perform in front of the second lady, and she will naturally seize it.
"Second Miss doesn't know, this eldest lady! It's booked by someone. It's just that the draft is going on in the palace now, so it's not good to go out at this time. ”
And the slave maid heard that in a few days, the son of that family will come to Shen Mansion as a guest. Therefore, the eldest lady should have prepared for that day's banquet. ”
"Oh? It turns out that the big sister has quietly decided on someone? Whose family is it? ”
"It's the son of Yongchang Houfu."
Yongchang Houfu? Chu Shuyao filtered it in her mind. When she was in the Western Chu Kingdom, she had heard of such a person, and she heard that she was able to write and martial arts, and she was one of the few nobles in the family who was not a gentleman.
This Shen Xian has to be willing to enter the palace draft? It turned out that it was said that a good family was decided.
It's just that the Shen family is just a very ordinary official family, and Shen Xian is just an ordinary official lady. There is no outstanding place at all, how did the son of Yongchang Houfu choose this family?
What else is the reason for this?