Qing Dai and Qing Wei went to Rongxi Hall to meet Mrs. Ma, who had come to visit.

Ma Shilang is Shangguan Hong's top boss, the official is the third grade, his wife visited, 1 Xiao Feng was naturally hospitable. When Qing Dai arrived, she was talking to Mrs. Ma carefully, and her eyebrows were extremely flattering.

Mrs. Ma is in her forties, described as rich, her eyes are squeezed into a slit by the flesh on her face, listening to Xiao Feng's words, her face is indifferent, and she looks very uncomfortable when she looks at the two sisters of Qingdai.

Qingwei was uncomfortable, and subconsciously leaned over to Qingdai's side, "Why does Mrs. Ma look at people with squinting eyes?" ”

Qingdai gritted her teeth and snorted: "She has so much flesh on her face, and her eyes are almost gone." Even if she's looking at you, you're afraid you won't be able to find out where her eyes are. Qingwei covered her mouth and almost laughed a lot.

Mrs. Ma glanced at the two Qingdai sisters, and suddenly asked, "The two girls are so good-looking." I heard that there are four girls in your mansion, one of whom married into the Meng family, why are there only two today? ”

Xiao Feng smiled and explained: "The second girl in my family is also not angry, and she occasionally felt cold when it rained two days ago, so she didn't come to see Mrs. ”

"In that case, forget it." Mrs. Ma's face was unhappy, "I have been bothering for a long time today, so the old lady and Mrs. have bothered, and I will invite Mrs. to the house another day." I'm going to take my leave today! Xiao Feng couldn't keep it, so he had to accompany Mrs. Ma out.

Qingwei watched the fat figure disappear at the gate of the courtyard, and muttered: "Who provoked her, why did she leave as soon as the second sister didn't come?" ”

Qing Dai looked at the old lady, and saw that the old lady's face was not very good-looking.1 Asked carefully: "Grandmother, why did Mrs. Ma suddenly remember to come to our house as a guest?" The old lady smiled, "It's okay, I'm tired, you just came back again, go back with Qingwei!" ”

Qingdai and Qingwei said goodbye to the old lady and returned to the Spring Courtyard.

Passing by the courtyard, the two saw Cuizhu, Qingwei was about to call her, but saw her hurriedly enter the courtyard gate.

"This girl is not serving the second sister in the yard, why is she wandering outside?"

Qing Dai pulled Qingwei to her yard, "Leave her alone, I'm tired, I have to rest when I go back today." ”

Cuizhu entered the house, Qinglian crooked on the couch, holding a book of poems, flipping through it, "Gone?" ”

Cuizhu wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, "Yes, girl, Mrs. Ma is gone." If you pretend to be sick and don't go out to meet guests, will they blame you, lord and lady? ”

Qinglian put down the book, sat up and snorted coldly, "Blame me? Xiao Feng's family was so thoughtful, she didn't know where to start, and she didn't know that Mrs. Ma didn't know that the poor nephew who was separated by a few floors was looking for her daughter-in-law, and she didn't know what tricks she had behind her to let Mrs. Ma come in person. If I had just gone, there would have been a good chance that this family affair would have been decided. If it weren't for the aunt's intention to see that something was wrong and let people inquire, and bought the doctor, I was afraid that she would be caught off guard today. I can't even look down on Zuo Yushi's sister-in-law, a poor talent wants me to marry her and dream! ”

"The girl is discouraged." Cuizhu took a cup of tea and handed it to Qinglian, "It's okay to use this trick once or twice, but it's not a way to do it after a long time, you can't pretend to be a year and a half?" Today, the slave maid saw Mrs. Ma's face not good when she went out, this time Mrs. Ma didn't see you, so what about next time? Even if there is no Mrs. Ma, there are other ladies......" Qinglian's hand holding the teacup tightened, and she was unwilling to say: "Concubine, just because I am a concubine, I should marry something that can't happen?" , Zhu sighed, I don't know what to say, the appearance of my own girl is superior, but it is in the way of this concubine's identity" The slave maid said something that should not be said, and the moon in the huā water in the mirror is useless, it is better to choose a proud one as soon as possible. Don't forget that the eldest girl was making trouble in the house at that time, and in the end, she didn't marry the Meng family honestly. ”

Qinglian was said to be the center, and her god changed, and the tea in the cup accidentally fell off, and the tea spilled on the crimson skirt, and the cup fell to the ground.

Realizing that she was out of shape, Qinglian returned to her senses and said, "I want you to do a lot of things!" ”

Cuizhu shook her head helplessly, leaning down to clean up the broken cup.

At this time, another maid in the Qinglian house, Ruizhu, came in from outside, "Girl, the paper slave you asked for has been bought." ”

"What's going on?" Rui Zhu looked at the broken cup on the ground and said in surprise, "Cuizhu, who made the girl angry?" Cuizhu winked at Ruizhu and motioned for her to stop talking. Rui Zhu thought for a while, and said with a smile: "When I went out in the morning, I went out of the alley and saw the third girl returning home. ”

Qinglian calmed down, got off the couch, walked to the dresser, and straightened her somewhat loose bun, "Cuizhu has told me." Rui Zhu pretended to be mysterious and said: "Girl, you don't know, the slave maid has seen Yu Shizi." Qinglian looked at Rui Zhu and asked, "How did you meet him?" ”

Rui Zhu whispered: "The slave saw the prince escorting the carriage of the three girls to the mouth of the alley. Cuizhu's subordinates froze, raised their eyes to look at Qinglian, and secretly scolded Ruizhu for being troublesome, "You must have seen it wrong." The three girls followed the Wang family to the temple to make incense. Rui Zhu shook his head, "Where did I see it wrong, it's obviously Yu Shizi." ”

Qinglian's face sank, and Cuizhu said cautiously: "Maybe I met on the road." "The third sister and the prince are really destined!" Qinglian smiled strangely at the mirror, "She's all back, and she hasn't seen it, come and see my illness." ”

Cuizhu glared at Ruizhu fiercely, turned back to Qinglian and said, "Girl, it was the slave maid who stopped the third girl just now and didn't let her come to see you." The third girl also told the slave maid that she would come to see you tomorrow. At this time, the maid at the door came to report: "Girl, Madame is here." "Girl, lie down first." Cuizhu hurriedly helped Qinglian to lie down, twisted a handkerchief from the basin and put it on Qinglian's forehead, and instructed Ruizhu, "There is medicine boiled on the stove, you pour a bowl and bring it quickly." ”

Qinglian closed her eyes, "When she came, she said I slept." Cuizhu and Ruizhu promised: "Yes! ”

Xiao Feng entered the door: "How is the second girl?" I was fine two days ago, how can I say that I am sick? ”

"Madame, please take a seat, Ruizhu will serve tea to Madame!"

"No need, I'll come and see your girl's illness."

Xiao Feng went straight into the inner room, and when he arrived at Qinglian Chuáng, he saw that her face was white, her eyes were closed, her eyebrows were frowned, and she had a wet cloth on her forehead, and she couldn't help but snort softly: "Hey, your girl's body and bones have to be well recuperated, otherwise how can this weak and windy appearance be easy to marry?" Qinglian's eyelashes moved, and the hand under the quilt grabbed Chuáng Shan tightly, and she resisted the urge to open her eyes.

Xiao Feng hooked the chún corner, "I'll go first, take good care of your girl." As soon as Xiao Feng went out, Qinglian threw the handkerchief on her forehead and threw it to the door, gritted her teeth and said, "Whoever you ask me to marry, will I marry?" We'll see! ”

As soon as Cuizhu came back, she was almost smashed by the handkerchief, Qinglian saw Cuizhu and breathed a sigh of relief, "Go and invite my aunt." ”

Aunt Liu arrived at the Wuju Residence.

As soon as "Auntie" met, Qinglian lay in Aunt Liu's arms and cried.

"Well, don't cry." Aunt Liu hugged Qinglian and comforted, "What's wrong?" Qinglian told the Liu family what Xiao Feng said when he came: "Auntie, Madame is determined to marry me to Madame's nephew." Dad must have wanted to curry favor with Shangguan before he agreed. What do you say I should do? ”

Seeing Qinglian crying sadly, Aunt Liu said, "Don't be in a hurry, let Auntie think about it first." ”

Qinglian wiped the tears on her face and whispered a few words in Aunt Liu's ear. Aunt Liu listened, thought for a while, nodded and said, "I will arrange this matter, you stay in the yard honestly these days and don't go out." ”

Aunt Liu stroked Qinglian's face, "Hey, you are not happy with what your aunt told you, can't you still think about Yu Shizi?" "Nope." Qinglian's eyes dodged, "My aunt has taught me a lesson last time, I know very well in my heart, I didn't take it to heart in front of my head, this time, I will listen to my aunt's words, and I will not let Aunt Xìn take the lead again" Well, I'll go first, you can rest well!" ”

The next day, Qingdai and Qingwei went to see Qinglian. Qinglian was lying crookedly on the chuáng, half-asleep, and when the two saw her in such a state, they sat for a while and then got up and said goodbye.

Qinglian's illness is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and she has not been well for more than ten days after lying down. During this period, Mrs. Ma also sent someone to invite Xiao Feng to the house as a guest, Qinglian must not be able to go, Xiao Feng couldn't, so she had to bring Qingdai and Qingwei to go.

Mrs. Ma didn't see Qinglian, but she didn't see anything unusual, but her attitude towards Xiao Feng's family was a little better than the last time she was in Shangguan's house. Xiao Feng couldn't help but wonder, but heard Mrs. Ma say: "All the girls in your family are so well-behaved and sensible, I like them all, if it weren't for the fact that my sons are all older, I really want to marry your family." ”

"Madame is overrated." Xiao Feng flattered, "Our master often said that Ma Da is talented, upright, and deeply valued by His Majesty, and he has benefited a lot from being able to do things under the hands of adults."

Master Ma can have today's achievements, thanks to the help of Mrs. You, Mrs., Mrs., the family is also a scholarly family, if we can marry Mrs. Mada's family is also our honor. ”

Mrs. Ma smiled embarrassedly, "It's our family's unhappiness, and it's not worthy of your girl." Xiao Feng's face smiled, knowing that Mrs. Ma's words meant that it was not possible, she didn't want to ask more, but just laughed dryly, "What does Madam say, even if it can't be married, our two families are still friends, so there is no need to see each other like this." ”

"Yes, Madame is right." The two talked and laughed for a while, Mrs. Ma left the three of them to eat, and 1 Xiao Feng took Qingdai and Qingwei back to the house.

Along the way, Xiao Feng's face was calm, and Qingwei didn't dare to speak in a corner, and she didn't even dare to take a breath. Qing Dai looked at the scenery outside the window without a glance, thinking about the words of Xiao Feng and Mrs. Ma today, and contacted the situation on the day she just came back, and realized that Xiao Feng had been busy saying goodbye to Qinglian these days, no wonder Qinglian's illness came strangely, I was afraid that it was to hide from Mrs. Ma's look. But listening to Mrs. Ma's words, this family affair must be in vain.

Chapter 85 On the night he returned from Ma's house, 1 Xiao Feng told Shangguan Hong about it. The next day, Shangguan Hong sent someone to inquire, and in the evening, Shangguan Hong returned to Jiyaju and told Xiao Feng that Mrs. Ma's nephew had gone to the field some time ago to take a fancy to a girl, and he had already made a marriage with that girl in the first two days.

Xiao Feng felt that it was too coincidental, but it was useless to think about it so far, so he just said angrily: "I don't know what is greasy here, that woman must not be from a good family." ”

Shangguan Hong shook his head, "Since Mrs. Ma's nephew is not suitable for our family Qinglian, we will find a suitable one in the future." Xiao Feng glanced at Shangguan Hong sadly, "Hey, it's a pity"

Shangguan Hong knew that Xiao Feng regretted that he didn't marry Master Ma, so he said, "It's no pity. To tell you something, the emperor is going to go on patrol, and he wants to inspect the river workers during the period, so he ordered me to accompany him. Xiao Feng was pleasantly surprised: "Master, this is a great grace. When to go? ”

Shangguan Hong nodded: "The specific date is not yet." As soon as the above decree is given, I will set off, and you have a number in your heart to avoid being in a hurry. You watch me pack up some of my usual clothes, don't have too many things. ”

"Congratulations to the concubine...... The good news that Shangguan Hongneng could accompany him diluted Xiao Feng's depression because Qingyang's marriage did not work out, and he smiled on Shangguan Hong, and said with a smile: "If the master of the car can win the favor of the saint this time, he will definitely be able to rise to the top." ”

Shangguan Hong was very happy by Xiao Feng's words, and took her hand to make a mistake on herself, "Borrow Mrs. Jiyan." ”

The couple laughed for a while, then turned off the lights and went up.

After Qinglian's marriage failed, her illness quickly recovered.

Looking at Qinglian, who was sitting in front of her, Qingdai felt more and more that Qinglian's illness was pretending.

"Second sister is fine."

"Yes, I've been sick these days and can't come out of the house, and everyone is about to get moldy, so I can't compare to the spring breeze on the third sister's face." Qinglian smiled and said to Qingdai, "My sister visited her when she was sick, and my sister's heart was moved. Our sisters haven't been close for a long time, no, I'll come and see my sister as soon as I'm well. "Why should my sisters say such kind words?"

Qinglian sipped. The tea in the cup is wiped dry with a handkerchief, "I heard that Tanzhe Temple is a royal temple, the scenery is picturesque, my sister went this time, I don't know what I have seen?" Qing Dai casually picked a few places and said: "There is a stele forest in the back of the temple, U1, which brings together many handwritten scriptures of Taoist monks, as well as famous posts. Qinglian looked fascinated, "Oh, I didn't expect there to be such a place in the temple." My sister also knows that I like calligraphy, and if my sister goes to Tanzhe Temple next time, I don't know if I can bring my sister? ”

I don't know when it will be next time, and no one knows what it will be like then. Qingdai casually agreed to Qinglian.

"My sister went to the temple, but who did she see? ，…

Qinglian suddenly asked, but called Qingdai, and didn't know how to answer, "No one, two cousins, cousins, and little nieces." ”

Seeing that Qingdai didn't say anything, Qinglian glanced at Qingdai ambiguously, and said in a low voice: "Why do you hide it from the second sister?" "What do I have to hide from my second sister." Qing Dai pretended to be confused.

"I heard Ruizhu say that it was Yu Shizi who sent the third sister to the mouth of the alley that day. I know that the third sister has an old relationship with the son, and it is reasonable for the son to send each other. The third sister doesn't have to hide it from her sister, her sister is not one of those pedantic people. Sometimes things are hidden, but those who don't know the inside story are guessed. "I don't understand what the second sister is saying. My cousin had a relationship with Yu Shizi's friend, and Shizi and we went back to the city on the same road, and my niece was sick, and my cousin was in a hurry to go back to the house and didn't worry about me, so he bothered Shizi to send me back. I spoke with the two sons through the window, and kept the number of spears, and there was no transgression of courtesy. Qingdai glanced at Qinglian, "As the saying goes, the body is not afraid of shadows."

Only those who are bored will have nothing to guess, and the second sister must not trust the words of the villain. Qinglian was stunned, when did her sister become so sharp-toothed and sharp-tongued, "I also said it casually, third sister, don't take it to heart." ”

Qing Dai's mouth hooked, and said with a smile: "My sister has always been simple-minded, her brain is not good at turning around, and she speaks straightforwardly, I hope my sister is not to blame!" ”

Qinglian laughed twice, "How can it? My sister was too worried. "Sister, I still have the homework assigned by Mr. Bai to do, so I won't leave the second sister."

Hearing that Qingdai was driving people, Qinglian didn't want to stay longer, so she said goodbye and left the Spring Courtyard.

"Girl, the second girl doesn't know where she knew that the prince sent you home?" After Qinglian left, Momo Huā was a little worried, "She won't go to Madame's place to talk nonsense, right?" ”

"Whoever she knows! We didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and she wouldn't talk nonsense without evidence. You don't have to worry! ”

Qing Dai slandered, although she didn't know how Qinglian knew, but with her xìng Zi would never tell her cheap father about it, 1 Xiao Feng's was even more impossible. If she makes her cheap father look at her differently, she will lose more than she gains. Qinglian is afraid that she has been thinking about Yu Zidu, she has been pretending to be sick these days and has not come out, she has long been suffocated, and she is clearly here today to find out the news, maybe she wants to meet Yu Zidu by herself. If you don't push her back once, there will be trouble in the future. Hey, it's all the green-eyed kid who is in trouble!

June 20, the Gurgis exam. On the first day of July, Shangguan Xi and Wang Tao were both selected to enter the Hanlin Academy.

Within two days, the imperial court ordered the emperor to tour the south on July 15, and Shangguan Hong and Wang Yang were among them. Qing Dai got the news and went to Hehuā Hutong.

"My house is very messy, and my wife is packing up for my father. Sister-in-law is not busy here. Zeng told Qing Dai: "Last time, Lord Fan urgently recruited your eldest brother to return to Beijing, and this is what he said, so that your eldest brother has a preparation in his heart." I had packed up my salute a few days earlier. ”

Qingdai didn't see Fanghua and asked, "Hey, where is Fanghua?" ”

"My mother sent someone to miss her and took her back to Bofu."

"I said why is your yard so quiet today, it turns out that the little girl is not at home."

While the two were talking, Wang Tao returned home. Zeng went to the outer courtyard to check the accounts, and left Qingdai to talk to Wang Tao.

Qingdai handed Wang Tao a glass of water, "Little cousin, I didn't enter the Hanlin Academy in August, where did I go today?" ”

Wang Tao took a big sip and said with a smile: "I just went to the Chengguo Mansion and borrowed two books from Brother Yu. How did you get here? ”

Qing Dai said: "I heard that my eldest cousin is going to go out on patrol with the car, so I came over to congratulate me." At the end of the year, the eldest cousin has been in the Hanlin Academy for three years, and I don't know whether to release or join the ministry next year? "Lord Fan means to let the eldest brother go out to experience and experience, and Dad means that he wants the eldest brother to find an errand in the sixth department and stay in Beijing. The eldest brother means that my father will return to Beijing in November to report on his work, and it will not be too late to discuss it when the time comes. ”

Qing Dai is happy, "Uncle wants to go to Beijing?" Did my aunt and grandmother come with them? ”！。