Chapter 19: The Third Young Master's Gossip
Li Yin took Ah Xing out of his yard, followed by two maids. Li Yin asked one of the maids to help his sister carry the eggs. Seeing the eggs, Li Yin whispered to his sister, "Why don't you keep it for you to eat by yourself?" The Hu family is not short of these, you can go and salute your wife and say a few auspicious words. Ah Xing smiled and said: "This is what Daddy meant, Daddy said that although the family is poor and can't get any good things, but always talk about it!" Li Yin lowered his head and said softly: "Daddy is doing this for me......"
Ah Xing was very relieved in her heart, it was rare that Li Yin didn't dislike these things and embarrassed her face, and she could understand her father's intentions, she was really a good girl with a simple mind, and Ah Xing loved her a little more in her heart.
There are two rows of small trees planted on both sides of the bluestone path, in winter, the leaves are withered, the bare branches are piled with snow, the wind blows, the snow falls one after another, crystal white, falls on people's faces and necks, cool to the bones, and soon melts and disappears.
Ah Xing asked Li Yin casually: "The distinguished guest you are talking about is the third young master of the Jin Palace?" ”
Li Yin turned his face and looked at his sister in surprise: "How do you know?" ”
"On the way here, I met the Hu family brothers and sisters and the third young master."
Hearing this, Li Yin's eyes lit up, he stopped, and a look of interest appeared on his face, "Ah Xing, have you seen the third young master?" What does he look like? As she spoke, she glanced at the maid behind her, and pulled Ah Xing to take a few steps forward, dragging some distance away from the maid, and then whispered: "I heard other aunts talk about him, saying that he has blue eyes, curly hair, and is very beautiful, is it true?" ”
Ah Xing listened to her words and smiled, it seems that no matter what era she is, a woman's gossip nature is the same. She nodded, "That's true. ”
Li Yin's big eyes flickered, "They said that this is because his mother is a Hu person, and her mother was originally a beautiful woman presented to the emperor by the Moon Blue Kingdom, and the emperor gave it to the King of Jin as a side concubine." I heard that his mother is a rare beauty, and the emperor is willing to give it to King Jin, which is really strange to think about. ”
Ah Xing hurriedly stopped her sister: "Sister, the affairs of the royal family are not something that we civilians can discuss, if someone has a heart to hear it, I don't know what will happen." ”
Li Yin hurriedly covered his mouth, with a look of annoyance, "I will never say this again in the future!" ”
Seeing her like this, Ah Xing was a little unbearable, Li Yin was still young, and she seemed to be too strict with her. Thinking of this, Ah Xing whispered in her ear: "Our sisters secretly talk about it in private. ”
Although Li Yin is her sister, Ah Xing's actual age is much older than Li Yin, so in Ah Xing's heart, Li Yin is her little sister, not to mention such a kind and simple girl, so that Ah Xing can't help but rise up a kind of love and cherishment.
Li Yin's eyes showed a smile, and then nodded slightly.
The group came to the courtyard of the lady. Li Yin asked the maid in the courtyard if his wife was free now. A little maid in the courtyard replied to her: "The lord and the lady are now with the young master and the third young master of the Jin Palace." ”
Li Yin frowned, turned his face to Ah Xing and said, "It may not be very convenient now, the old lady is meeting guests." ”
Ah Xing heard that the lustful old man of the Hu family and the Hu brothers and sisters were there, and she didn't want to go in, so she said: "Even so, it's not easy to bother, I'll come over to ask Mrs. for peace in the future!" ”
Li Yin nodded, asked the girl to hand over the eggs to the maid in the courtyard, and told the maid that her family came to greet Mrs. for the New Year today, and since Mrs. was seeing guests, she would not bother. After speaking, he took A-Xing out of his wife's yard.
On the way back, Li Yin couldn't help but talk about the gossip of the third young master. She looked at the maid who was a few meters away behind her, and then lowered her voice and said to Ah Xing: "I also heard that this third young master of the Jin Palace's mansion not only looks strange, but also has a strange personality!" ”
Listening to Li Yin's use of "strange-looking" to describe the third young master, you know that people in this world are not very accustomed to mixed-race children, although the blue eyes and curly hair look beautiful, but people still can't accept it in their hearts. Ah Xing remembered the self-pity in his tone when he heard him say the word "freak" outside the woods, and knew that this beautiful mixed-race boy must have suffered a lot of strange eyes because of his difference.
At this time, she heard Li Yin talk about his strange personality, and couldn't help but wonder: "What's the strange character?" ”
Li Yin whispered to his sister: "Although this third young master is a concubine and his mother is a foreigner, he has been extremely favored by King Jin since he was a child. But he didn't do his job, he didn't like literature, he didn't succeed in reading at all, and he was angry with a lot of masters. But he was obsessed with martial arts, and when he was ten years old, because he admired the chivalrous man of the rivers and lakes, he even ran away from home to worship the chivalrous warrior as a teacher, and he did not return home for three years. After coming back, he practiced his skills, the king of Jin wanted to find an errand for him in the army, and his future should not be bad with his ability, but he refused, and he refused to go to the army to death, so he received an idle post in the city, slept at home during the day every day, and only went out to hang out at night, so lazy, the prince of Jin was half angry, but fortunately, the position of the son of the family has been decided, and he is not expected to contribute to the family, so he will go with him! ”
Ah Xing listened to it like listening to a story, and didn't take it to heart. It's just that I thought of Hu Yaqing's expression when she looked at the third young master, and thought to herself, perhaps, the Hu family intends to marry their daughter to her, although she is a concubine, but she is also a relative of the emperor, and the Hu family is a businessman.
Soon returned to Li Yin's small courtyard, Li Yin wanted to leave her little sister for lunch together, she was a concubine except for the New Year's holiday, she couldn't eat at the same table with the old lady on other days, all in her own yard, and the maid brought it from the kitchen to eat. Because it has been very effective to please the lady recently, the kitchen steward does not dare to slack off at all in terms of eating. Sometimes the maid goes late, the cook will also heat the meal in the cauldron, very thoughtful, if there is a guest like today, want to keep the guest to eat, as long as you talk to the kitchen, the kitchen will also add dishes to her.
This is a treatment that other aunts can't enjoy, and if they are late, they can only eat cold rice, or give the cook a reward and let the cook help with the heat. When the guests came, the kitchen would not have paid attention to them without the grace of the lady, and they had to ask the aunts to pay money to bribe the cooks so that they could add some dishes.
Obedient to Mrs., obedient and well-behaved concubine, you can have a good life in the Hu family, and Madame will never treat her badly, this is a message that Madame conveyed to other aunts through Li Yin, and it can be regarded as a means for the Hu family's housewife to suppress the concubine.
But Ah Xing was worried that it would be inconvenient for her father to be at home alone, so she politely declined her sister's kindness. Li Yin was also very happy to see his sister so sensible. Before leaving, he gave his sister a small bag and said with a smile that it was New Year's money for his sister. Li Yin's kindness, Ah Xing was not easy to refuse, so she accepted it. When I went back and opened it, I saw that there were five taels of silver! Ah Xing knew that Li Yin was giving them living expenses in disguise, and she was afraid that her sister would not accept it, so she said that it was New Year's money.
Ah Xing sighed and put the silver given by Li Yin with her bride price money, she also knew that Li Yin was worried that they would not have a good time. When Daddy's leg injury heals and he buys a carriage, they can make money, and Li Yin will naturally be relieved.
The previous chapter was slightly modified, that is, Ah Xing gave New Year's greetings to Master Hu to Mrs. Hu.
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