This big mansion looks very orderly, but in fact, no one knows what it looks like.

Sheng Mingzhu hung her head and followed Yun Niang into the back room slowly. I waited inside for a long time, drank two or three cups of tea, and finally only a tall maid came out.

"The old lady is not feeling well today, and she can't see guests."

Lingzhu's big eyes rolled, and she looked at Yun Niang again. I waited for more than half an hour, and I felt unwell. Yun Niang got up from the chair, "Then I'll come back another day." After speaking, he looked at the room again, and the incense burner was still smoking, and the maids were doing their jobs.

Sheng Mingzhu followed her mother out of the door.

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The Ruan family has been in charge of the family for a long time, and the old lady is not interested in asking An to do that when she is old. The husband is nostalgic for the concubine again, and he sleeps enough every day to get up.

The door was suddenly pushed open, followed by a rough male voice, "The family in the third room is back, you know?" Sheng Mao was wearing a court robe, his head was still sweating, and the smell of wine mixed out. Obviously, he just finished fooling around with those pillars of the court in the alley building.

Ruan Shi put a wrench on his hand and said in a displeased tone, "I don't know?" I heard that there was a new yellow bird in the alley building recently, and the voice was very brittle, and he also hooked the soul of the old man? ”

Sheng Mao's face was full of impatience, "Gotta get it, tell you about business, who is talking to you about this." He took off his outermost official uniform, and the maid Cuizhu who followed next to Ruan's quickly took a dark green cloud brocade robe to him, "It's not easy to come back from the third room. I know that you love to take everything in your hands, the third child has been a government station in Bingzhou for a few years, and he has a bit of a family background as a housekeeper. But I can advise you to do less with this heart, or you will have good fruit to eat in the future. ”

Ruan's eyebrows were raised, and he sneered again, "What do you mean by this, master?" ”

"You know what I mean. I only warn you, the third room is hot, if you get me in trouble, beware of me divorce you. Sheng Mao was too lazy to take care of her, and he was still worried that the concubine he had just brought in hadn't been to see her for a few days, "I still have something to do, so I'll go first." ”

"Who doesn't know what's going on in your heart." Almost as soon as he lifted his feet and went out, Ruan broke the snail Dai on the dressing table, Cuizhu hurriedly took the handkerchief, wiped the master's hands, Ruan wiped the black in his hand, and threw the handkerchief aside, "Do you hear the meaning of his words?" I secretly dislike the smell of copper on my body, and I don't know if it weren't for my desperate grabbing of the money in the house for the past few years, what would he do to fool around? ”

Cuizhu was on the side, not daring to squeak. Fortunately, the two couples didn't quarrel, and after a while, the Ruan family calmed down, took a new Luo Zidai from the makeup box, and carefully sketched her eyebrows, "Where did the second miss go, did you come back?" ”

Cuizhu said, "Just now, the people in the house said that they were back." At night, it seems that I went to Jiangfu again. ”

Ruan Shi slapped the wooden comb on the dressing table, and Cuizhu on the side hurriedly took out the earrings from the small drawer on the side and put them on for her, "Send someone to pick me up later." In the future, without my permission, she will not be allowed to go to Jiangfu. "Sheng Mao's eldest daughter, Sheng Ruoqiu, married Jiang Fu, but that was not the daughter of the Ruan family.

It was left by the one who came first. Ruan Shi was afraid of leaving someone to talk about, so she has been taking care of her wholeheartedly, and when she got married later, although it was the Jiang family that she picked up by herself, she also made a lot of efforts. didn't think that not long after the eldest daughter got married, she learned to give women to the house.

"The slave knows."

"Go to my brother and sister, she just came from Bingzhou, and she doesn't understand anything."

Cui Zhu originally thought that the master was talking about the Song family, but when he got to the end, he understood that it was the aunt. followed her, Bairong Hall was not far from the Gentleman's Courtyard where Sheng Qian lived now. Unlike those pampered flowers, this yard is full of bamboos and cypresses, so even if no one takes care of them for many years, they are still vigorous.

Sheng Qian hadn't come back yet, Yun Niang came back from the old lady, and she knew in her heart that this might be the case, but she was snubbed, and she didn't feel much comfortable.

"This is Aunt Liu—" Suddenly a voice came, and Yun Niang and her two daughters looked over together. I saw a middle-aged, gorgeously dressed woman walking towards this place, and Yun Niang was a little unsure of her identity. There are a lot of serious masters in the house, and the eldest master is a lot of warblers and swallows.

"I'm your sister-in-law", Ruan Shi smiled, "My mother-in-law has been in poor health for the past few years, and I am temporarily in charge of the family's affairs." Now that you have just returned to the house, there must be some inconvenient places in your daily life, if there is something missing, just go to me. ”

Yun Niang hurriedly took the handkerchief and saluted her.

Ruan Shi gave a hand, and the two sat together on the stone bench in the courtyard. Huang's mother gave tea, "A few days ago, the concubine came back to save her relatives. I should have cleaned up this yard in advance, but there were so many things that I didn't care. Ruan Shi introduced, "Mother-in-law still has you in her heart, there are indeed too many things, don't worry about it." ”

The concubine is the second daughter of Mrs. Song, and she has been married into the palace for more than ten years.

Yun Niang smiled, not knowing what to say. It's not right to say anything, saying that you are not as important as a concubine? Or is the concubine not as important as herself? Sheng Mingzhu pretended to be well-behaved on the side, and his mind was full of thoughts.

"I've brought a few people with me," Nguyen said, "and I'll have my people in the courtyard send them over in a moment." Now that you have also entered the house, it stands to reason that you will receive a monthly payment. It's just that my brother and sister are sick, and it's not easy to discuss, so I have to live a few days. "This brother and sister is talking about the Song family, and when they returned home, they entered the small Buddha hall and never came out.

Yun Niang listened carefully to what she said. In the middle of the night, after Ruan explained everything, he asked Yun Niang to go to the banquet for a while, and then he was about to retire.

Sheng Mingzhu was dumb for a long time, and also got up to see her off. Nguyen also looked up at her.

This niece is a good girl, wearing a lotus pink waist pinching clothes, her face is like a lotus leaf in the lotus pond, and it is very quiet at night. Seeing that it was very quiet, not like a person who could make trouble, he took off the ring on his hand, "The first time I saw Mingzhu, there was nothing to give." This bracelet has been with me for more than ten years, jade raisers, you take it and play with it. ”

"Uncle Xie." Sheng Mingzhu half-bent over and saluted in a proper manner.

Ruan Shi looked at the spirit bead for a while, and there was still a bracelet in his left hand, only the one was mutton fat jade, and the bracelet before the top was more than ten times. So he ignored it, and said two more words, and saw that the girl seemed to like the bracelet she had given her, and went away satisfied.

"A bracelet of water glass." Sheng Mingzhu took off the bracelet on her wrist, "Mother, do all the noble girls in the capital wear this thing from time to time?" ”

Yun Niang shook her head and picked up the bracelet again, "Mother will keep it for you first." "This color is too old, and the girl's house is not suitable.

"The elder gives, don't dare to resign." Sheng Mingzhu put the bracelet back on his wrist, "Let's wear it first." lest I go to ask for peace in a few days, and my aunt asks me if I like this bracelet. ”

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There were only Sheng Qian's two brothers at the reception banquet in the evening, and the old lady was unwell and did not come. Sheng Guogong has been in the palace for a few days.

Lingzhu was young and sleepy early, and Yun Niang didn't let her come. was coaxed to sleep by Huang's mother early, changed clothes with her eldest daughter, and followed the servants all the way to the banquet pavilion.

Sheng Feifei also followed her mother, and she was reluctant to come back today.

"A concubine, a concubine, I don't know them rarely." Her face was full of reluctance.

Ruan loved this daughter, so he coaxed her, "It's just a while." After all, your third uncle just came back, and he only brought these few family members. Now that there are only one junior in the house left, you and your younger brother, and if you don't go, it's not for your third uncle to chill. ”

"Third uncle, how can you ...... when you see him" Sheng Feifei was reluctant in her heart. In the past ten years, my grandmother has not mentioned this elder, and now that she is still living in the westernmost hut when she comes back, everyone can see what he is like in the house.

Ruan's knows that her daughter is low and high, and to be honest, she doesn't really look down on a three-room family in her heart. A water glass bracelet is worth thanking for a long time, but in the end, she is now the wife of the family, "Don't say cool words." You're going to get married in the past few years, this big family has just come from that small place in Bingzhou, you are a sister, if you don't take it well, you will lose your ugliness outside in the future, but it's your marriage that is bad. ”

After saying this, Sheng Feifei was reluctant to go.

On the table, between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, it is a man's world. Ruan Shi and Yun Niang and the others were sitting at the other table, and most of the time Ruan Shi was talking. Yun Niang listened, time passed quickly, and after a while, Sheng Qian drank a lot of wine, and was helped back by his subordinates first.

Sheng Feifei didn't say a few words all night, and Sheng Mingzhu didn't bother to speak on such an occasion. said that she was a relative, but she didn't feel a little cordial, so much so that it looked like her father was greeted by the officialdom in the past, but now she is pretending to be smiling.

"Does Sister Pearl like this bracelet very much?" Sheng Feifei glanced at it and chuckled.

Sheng Mingzhu raised her eyes and smiled at her again, "I like the gift from my aunt very much." ”

The beauty just raised her eyes and blinked her eyes, Sheng Feifei glanced at it, and couldn't help but take a second look. On the contrary, I was angry when I saw it, where did the country girl come from?

"Three days later, the county of Jiangfu hosted a poetry meeting," Sheng Feifei said, "In the past, I went with my sister. Since my sister got married, I have been going alone, and I am very bored. Coincidentally, my sister just came back, and I don't know any friends in Beijing, so why don't you go with me? ”

Sheng Mingzhu is used to mixing in Bingzhou City, and she knows that Sheng Feifei has no good intentions.

The gray clothes stood beside the two of them, and they only felt that there was occasionally a strange smell on the hostess of today, and it was a little familiar.

"If I can go, I'm willing." She raised her eyes to look at Sheng Feifei, and the worry in her eyes was obvious.

"Don't be nervous. The county lords are very easy to get along with. ”

Sheng Mingzhu smiled, feeling bored in her heart. Before entering the house, I was looking forward to the new sisters, but now I am scheming in the city, and I don't even look as good as a dumb melon.