In the fifty-three years of Dayan Jianzhang, there was a small anecdote in the capital, saying that Mrs. Lu Yushi of Yongfeng Lane begged for seven years to send her son and finally gave birth to a daughter!

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It rained last night, and the sycamore leaves in the yard fell to the ground, and the air was wet and cold.

Before dawn, the little girl Lu'er, who was wearing a double bun and a blue-green third-class maid costume, hurried through the corridor with a charcoal basin burning silver charcoal.

Cai Wei, the second-class girl guarding the curtain at the door, smiled with her eyebrows and spatted the little girl: "What is the roar like, the ground slipped and fell carefully." As she spoke, she took the warm brass charcoal basin in her hand, and the lady in the room hurriedly opened the curtain to let her in.

The room was silent, except for the faint beep of the candles burning.

Cai Wei relaxed her hands and feet, put down the charcoal basin very carefully, and only looked at the Luo tent on the bed that had not moved at all, but quietly asked Pu Jia who was following her: "Miss hasn't woken up yet?" ”

Pu Jia sighed when she heard this: "Yesterday, the sixth young master was messing around, instead of pulling the young lady to see what kind of juju, how could there be a delicate little lady to see that, a group of people kicked and made trouble, our young lady is the most delicate, Rao is sitting in the tent, and he also suffered from some wind and cold, Mrs. said last night to let the young lady sleep a little more today." ”

After a sound of rustling footsteps, silence returned to the room.

I don't know how many times later, a snow-white wrist suddenly stretched out from the layers of tents. Immediately afterwards, a slightly nasal female voice came out with a little grievance: "Someone~"

The house was lively, the maids and women holding the hot soup in the copper basin came and went, and the whole courtyard decorated with the sound of warblers and swallows came to life.

The little face in the bronze mirror is pointy, the eyebrows and eyes are curved, and the petal-like lips are slightly open unconsciously. Cai Wei looked at the lovely little lady in the bronze mirror, and there was a smile on her eyebrows: "Miss, can I go to Madame in a while?" ”

In the mirror, the little man lowered the corners of his mouth, and said with infinite sorrow: "I accidentally contracted the wind chill yesterday, and the poor sixth brother will be punished by his mother." ”

Cai Wei couldn't help but bend her eyebrows and eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, combed her hands and feet neatly in a double flat bun, and found a few small pink peach blossom hairpins from the gold-silk black lacquered dressing box and inserted them carefully, and said, "That young lady has to go over earlier to save the sixth young master, and the sixth young master lost a lot of good things yesterday." ”

The little man hurriedly stood up, stretched out his arms and waited for Pu Jia to dress himself, and wished that he could fly into the main courtyard with wings.

There is water on the bluestone pavement in the main courtyard, and the girls are sprinkling and sweeping. The wing room was extremely lively at this time, except for the eldest young master Lu Mu who went out to release the official, the second young master Lu Heng, the sixth young master Lu Zhen, the third young master Lu Jiu from Aunt Zhang, the fourth young master Lu Fang from Aunt Liu, and the fifth young master Lu Qi, all the noisy and shouting were all here.

A few boys gathered together, and there was a little lady standing like the stars holding the moon, combing double flat buns, hairpins with pink bead flowers, wearing a goose-yellow collar and a small gown with light green brocade edges, and a semi-new honey-colored skirt. The face is petite and white and tender, the willow leaves are thin and the eyebrows are bent, the eyes seem to be full of spring water, the lip color is not dotted and vermilion, and the delicate and timid seem to be a begonia flower after the rain, which makes people feel pity.

"Sister, are you better?" Lu Zhen, the sixth young master who is like a monkey every day, scratched his head and asked ashamedly. Before Lu Tang could answer, Lu Qi, the fifth young master who was the same age as Lu Zhen next to him, took a sip: "It's all because you are fooling around and bringing your sister tired!" ”

Lu Liu couldn't help but be furious, but after thinking about it, he frowned again, with grievances and a little guilt, and said with a slump: "It's all my fault." ”

"My sister can take medicine? What did Zhou's mother tell you to pay attention to? How can my sister dress so thinly, it just rained last night, and it was cold...... "The fourth young master Lu Fang was worried, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes were twisted.

The second young master, Lu Heng, was the tallest, and at this time he only looked at his younger siblings with a smile. The third young master Lu Yu looked left and right, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, and just as he was about to open his mouth, Mrs. Lu's helpless voice came: "You boys, let your sister rest quickly, what are you talking about!" ”

Several young masters scattered in anticipation, and only looked at Lu Tang.

"Mother~" Lu Tang sat on Mrs. Lu's kang with a smile, snuggled in her arms and called obediently. only listened to the delicate and soft voice, and a slightly nasal voice, and Mrs. Lu's heart turned into a puddle of spring water.

"Pity my Tang'er for suffering these sins for no reason, and wait for my mother to punish your sixth brother!" Mrs. Lu hugged her daughter and glanced angrily at Lu Liu, who was loading quails.

"Mother, mother, mother, I asked the sixth brother to take me to be naughty, it's too boring to stay at home. And the sixth brother gave me a lot of things yesterday, it's very interesting~" Lu Tang hurriedly comforted Mrs. Lu, and hurriedly glanced at the second young master Lu as he spoke.

Lu Heng looked at his sister's watery eyes full of pleading, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart: "Mother, just spare the sixth brother this time, forgive him and never dare to do it again in the future." ”

"Yes, my mother will spare the sixth brother this time~" Hearing the soft pleading voice of the little daughter, Mrs. Lu softened her heart no matter how hard she was, and snorted helplessly.

Lu Liu knew that he had escaped a catastrophe, and he didn't pretend to be a quail anymore, so he couldn't help but feel beautiful on his face, and the angry Mrs. Lu glanced at him fiercely.

After gossiping for a while, the young masters quit Mrs. Lu and her sister, and went without mentioning it.

Lu Tang was not tired of his mother, and only walked to the garden alone, followed by two second-class maids, Pujia and Caiwei, as well as a few little girls such as Lu'er, Taoxiang, and Qingmei.

The garden after the rain has a special taste, in the past, the flowers and branches that were violet and red and beautiful have long been remnants and fallen in the miserable rain last night, and the remnants of flowers and leaves are mixed with grievances and grievances on the ground, and occasionally there are a few trembling water droplets rolling on the flower.

Lu Tang, who was lazy in the past, changed his temper for some reason today, and he actually made enough posture as a noblewoman. I saw her chin slightly raised, her body straight, walking slowly, and the skirt of her skirt only trembled slightly. It's just that when I walked to the incense pavilion by the lotus pond, I couldn't hold back my breath, and I couldn't help but recover some of my lazy nature, and sat in the pavilion with my shoulders slightly bowed and my skirt swaying slightly.

"It turns out that the white-clothed boy who was with the sixth brother yesterday is the Jiyue son of the Qin family." Lu Tang held his cheeks, looking at the faint swimming fish under the residual lotus in the lotus pond, but his thoughts drifted away.

That Jiyue Gongzi is a famous one.

It is rumored that since he was born, there has been a glow in the sky above the house. At the age of three, he could chant, at the age of five, he could write poetry, and at the age of seven, he worshiped under Mr. Zhang Yan, a Confucian in Yongzhou. The older he gets, the more he sees his elegance, and everyone in the world sees that he acts uprightly and is free-minded, and praises him as a character like a light wind and moon.

At the age of thirteen, he was praised by the Queen Mother, and since then he has the nickname of the son of Jiyue, and now a few years have passed, and he is as bright as a jade tree, which is the age of bundling hair.

Suddenly, a red and white-spotted carp in the lotus pond flicked its tail and slapped the water surface for some reason, causing layers of ripples, waking up Lu Tang, who was dazed and didn't know where.

"Yesterday, the son of Jiyue was very careful, and he was the first to find out that I had a headache when I was blown by the wind." Lu Tang tilted his head slightly and muttered in a low voice.

At this time, she is still young and not enough, so she is not as shy and timid as other women when they think of foreign men, but they only feel that the son of Jiyue is really worthy of his name, not only his face is as handsome as jade, but his behavior is also extremely chic and graceful, and he has the style of Wei and Jin celebrities, and he can't help but secretly admire it in his heart.

I also felt that the anecdotes of the capital were really interesting, but I forgot that I was also one of the anecdotes in the capital back then.

It's also very interesting to talk about that back then.

After Mrs. Lu gave birth to a son-in-law, she always wanted to give birth to a daughter under her knees, and only got a child and a complete family house. Lu Yushi also loves his daughter's delicate and cute, but he didn't think that he would have a second child and raise a brother.

Mrs. Lu was annoyed, and on the one hand, she went to Qinghua Mountain to beg for a son, and on the other hand, she took charge of the two aunts, and she only wanted to raise a daughter. It's a pity that after a few years, my daughter didn't raise her, but my brother gave birth to four.

The whole capital is envious of the Lu Yushi family, and the Tao is the fate of the heavenly immortals who doom the Lu family to have no daughter.

But the Lu family has become obsessed with giving birth to a daughter, so it is not uncommon for six boys, not only Mrs. Lu is looking for a home remedy for giving birth to a daughter all day long, but even with two aunts, she just wants to give birth to a delicate girl.

It's ridiculous that other people's aunts are counting on giving birth to a son without worrying about the rest of their lives, but the Lu family's aunt is counting on giving birth to a daughter and pampering infinitely.

The mother begged for seven years, and Mrs. Lu, who begged, also broke her mind, and didn't mention her daughter's affairs anymore, only thinking about marrying a few lovely daughters-in-law to chat with her in the future for comfort. But it didn't come to pass, the mother who sent the child suddenly showed mercy, and Mrs. Lu was pregnant with another child in March. It made the Lu family happy and sad, and they didn't know what to do.

When it was time to give birth in December, it was snowing heavily outside the delivery room, and Mrs. Lu finally gave birth to a little lady who came out, and the family was overjoyed, and rewarded the upper and lower slaves with a total of 1,000 silver. When Lu Tang was full moon, he prepared a carriage and a horse and a servant woman to go to Qinghua Mountain to make a vow, and invited Chef Li of Fengle Building to hold a banquet in the mansion for three days.

Since then, people in the capital have had a lot to talk about after tea and dinner, and the matter of the Lu family's daughter bringing together gods and Buddhas, power, and flowing silver, there is really too much to talk about, and it has become a small anecdote in Beijing.

Until Lu Tang has grown to the age of twelve now, as long as the people in Beijing mention the young lady of the Lu Yushi family in Yongfeng Lane, they must also talk about the grand occasion of the Lu family back then.

However, Lu Tang himself didn't care, he only felt that his father, mother, brothers and two aunts all loved him very much. Most of the ladies of other families are also willing to play with her, on the one hand, because the family has explained that they want to befriend Lu Yushi's palm pearl, and on the other hand, because she has six brothers with outstanding manners and talents.

At this time, the cool breeze is blowing, and it is really boring to just look at the flowers and grass.

Lu Tang sat in the Xiangxiang Pavilion for a while, wanting to go to play near the rockery, but he was afraid that the road would slip and fall, so he could only go back to his small yard to embroider in a huff.

However, there was a surprise at noon, in addition to the dishes made in the big kitchen in the past, there was an extra dish that had never been seen in the capital.

I saw four or five quails (1) placed in unison on the white porcelain plate, but it was not as bad as in the past, but it was sprinkled with salt and pepper and fried, and it was also decorated with green shallots, which was extremely beautiful. Lu Tang took one to taste, the taste was rich, crispy and delicious, and he couldn't help but eat three in a row, only to be dissuaded again and again.

After rinsing his mouth and cleaning his hands after eating, Lu Tang leaned on the couch and asked casually while drinking tea: "Why did you think of making quails in the kitchen today?" It also has a unique flavor when it is fried like this. ”

Cai Wei replied smartly: "I heard that it was a method from the house of the old general Zhang who had been stationed in southern Yunnan from Beijing a few days ago, and this fried quail was the best made by his cook, and it was also famous in southern Yunnan at the beginning!" ”

"It turned out to be a method in General Zhang's mansion, no wonder I have never seen it in Beijing."

Lu Tang blinked, "I heard that the old general has a granddaughter, and she will enter Beijing in a few days, but I don't know what it looks like." ”

Pu Jia smiled and said, "That Miss Zhang will inevitably meet with the ladies of the various provinces when she enters Beijing, and she will definitely be able to see it at the chrysanthemum banquet in the princess's mansion half a month later." ”

Lu Tang didn't ask anymore, put the tea cup down, and went into the back room to take a rest.

But I never thought that the granddaughter of the old general Zhang mentioned in today's casual chat would have a lot of entanglement with herself in the future.

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Remark:

(1) "Fried quail" originated as a red cabbage in the 46th chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", and fried quail is a special dish of Yunnan and Guizhou, so it is borrowed here.