Chapter 565: The Visitor (6k)
After Xuan Shao left, the old princess snorted coldly: "I thought she had learned to be a little better after being locked up these days, but I don't want to be so ignorant!" β
Aunt Fan asked people to clean up the mess on the ground, and only after waiting for someone to retreat out did she say: "Princess, you also said that the princess of the county, as the mother of the county lord of Huilan, will inevitably care about chaos. Don't be angry. β
The old princess was displeased: "If it weren't for that, I would have to teach her a good lesson today." It's also my fault that this body is useless, otherwise where would I need her to come out to support the faΓ§ade! β
Aunt Fan smiled, lowered her head and seriously pinched the legs and feet of the old princess, and did not interject.
Xuan Shao came out of the old princess's courtyard and was about to rush back to his yard, but when he walked to the corridor outside, he saw someone in front of him coming towards him.
The woman walking in front combed a fairy bun, with a pair of flowing beaded hairpins inlaid with tourmaline, a leather jacket with a light blue embossed brocade face, the neckline and cuffs exposed white wind hair, and a white leather skirt with sprinkled fabric, and a small chin looming in the white wind hair on the neckline, which made her skin moist and her facial features delicate.
She was followed by two little maids holding account books.
The woman in front also saw Xuan Shao, was slightly stunned, then stopped on the side, and saluted Xuan Shao Yingying: "Big cousin." β
Xuan Shao nodded at Yao Yuerong and was about to leave, but Yao Yuerong said, "Big cousin, please stay." Seeing Xuan Shao look over, Yao Yuerong pursed her lips and smiled: "Big cousin, I forgot to ask my eldest cousin yesterday, do you want to make another winter coat this year?" β
Winter clothes are generally made in autumn, but Sanniang is now pregnant, and it is not very obvious now, but in another month or two, the previous clothes are afraid that they will not fit.
"There are still more than a month to go before the New Year, and I am afraid that there will be a colder time to see this day. If the eldest cousin still needs to make another dress, I will ask the people in the sewing room to leave other work first tomorrow and make a few thick clothes for the eldest cousin. Yao Yuerong said softly. She's helping the housekeeper now, over there in the sewing room. The old princess left her in charge.
Xuan Shao's face softened a little when he heard this, and although his tone was still cold, it was not the kind that could freeze people to death: "You have to worry about it, what should be done in the needlework room is still what to do." β
Yao Yuerong was slightly stunned when she heard this. She thought that Xuan Shao would not care about these small things, and would ask her to ask Sanniang herself, but she didn't want to, but she made a decision directly.
Yao Yuerong was stunned for only a moment, then came back to her senses, and while playing with a piece of brocade embroidered with the three friends of Suihan in her hand, she pursed her lips and smiled: "Don't you have to ask the eldest cousin what the eldest cousin means?" β
Xuan Shao nodded kindly: "I'll ask Sanniang to send the maid back to you." "I don't want to talk about it anymore.
Yao Yuerong observed her words and smiled slightly. and blessed him again.
Xuan Shao nodded and walked past her. Yao Yuerong pulled the Jinpa in her hand, with a smile on her face, and waited for Xuan Shao to leave before taking the maid to the old princess's courtyard.
Xuan Shao walked more than a dozen steps, but his footsteps stopped, frowning slightly, when he just walked past Yao Yuerong, he felt a rapid beat in his heart. It's the same as his reaction when he is sometimes with Sanniang.
If it were another man, he might think that he was influenced by Yao Yuerong. But Xuan Shao didn't think that he would naturally have this kind of reaction in the face of people other than Sanniang.
He didn't look back. I continued to move forward, but my eyes were already cold.
When I returned to my yard, I had not yet entered the house. Xuan Shao heard that it was very lively inside.
"Miss, your stitching is too sparse...... Bai Ying reminded tactfully.
Sanniang didn't care: "Isn't this making summer shirts?" Winter clothes should be finely stitched, and summer clothes should be sparsely stitched and cool! I said I wanted to make winter clothes, but you had to stop me. β
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"Miss, it's not a question of whether it's cool or not, is it?" Bai Guo said cautiously.
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Xuan Shao couldn't help laughing when he heard it outside, he looked down at a sachet embroidered with the so-called "safe all the way" pattern that was forced to hang on his waist, and shook his head. The coldness in his eyes has long since dissipated.
The pattern of "safe all the way" is a heron, a bottle, and a quail, Xuan Yun laughed for a long time when he saw his sachet, and Xuan Shao could only tell him seriously. This is a double chicken play pie chart, which is said to be a new trick that came in from outside.
Xuan Yun looked at him dumbfounded.
Xuan Shao coughed lightly, held back a smile, and entered the house.
Several big girls around Sanniang immediately got up and saluted, and without waiting for orders, they retreated with great eyes.
Sanniang put down the clothes in her hand. got up and got off the kang, Xuan Shao hurriedly stepped forward and helped her sit down: "You sit, I'll go change my clothes by myself." β
Sanniang smiled and nodded: "Okay." β
Xuan Shao touched her head, and couldn't help but glance at the new clothes on the kang before leaving. Seeing that it was a men's white shirt worn in summer, I was somehow relieved.
After changing clothes and coming back, Xuan Shao saw Sanniang sitting on the kang and threading the needle seriously, so he asked her what Yao Yuerong had just said.
Sanniang nodded: "I'll send someone over later." β
Xuan Shao took down the things in her hand, put them aside, and hugged her: "Let Yun Xianglou's people come tomorrow, Xuanyun still has a few good lynx and snow fox skins there, I will go and bring them to make clothes for you." β
Sanniang rubbed his face and deliberately teased: "You still take care of these women's little things?" Idle, right? β
Xuan Shao pinched her nose: "Your business is a big deal." β
Sanniang was happy when she heard this, but she said with anger on her face: "I will say something good." β
Xuan Shao looked at her but smiled silently.
On this day, when Sanniang got up, she felt that it was much brighter outside, and Bai Guoxing hurriedly ran to tell her that it snowed last night, and when she got up this morning, the snow outside was already three or four inches thick. Even so, it was much better than the cold weather of the previous days.
Sanniang washed up and got out of bed, and after breakfast, she couldn't help but open the window a little. Sure enough, when I saw the outside covered in silver, I couldn't help but feel very good.
Soon after, Bai Zhi came in to report that the third lady and the young lady of the Su family had arrived. The third lady refers to Sanniang's stepmother Xue, and the young lady of the Su family refers to Wang Zheng.
Sanniang was very happy when she heard this: "Mother and aunt are here? What about people? β
Bai Zhi said with a smile: "I went to the princess's courtyard to ask for peace first, I guess I'll come over in a while, don't worry, Miss." β
During this time, Sanniang stayed at home honestly and didn't go anywhere. Even several important banquets have been postponed. Although she didn't feel bored much, Xue and Wang Zheng came over. She's still happy.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Mama Zhang to lead the Xue family and Wang Zheng over.
"Mother, aunt." Sanniang greeted the two at the door.
Xue Shi dragged her body to salute, and said angrily: "When is it?" What is the salute? β
"Yes, you are a noble person now, those vulgar courtesies are just for outsiders, and we don't have to." Wang Zheng pulled her and walked into the house.
Sanniang looked at Xue and Wang Zheng with smiles on their faces, and knew that they already knew about their pregnancy.
Sanniang did not make a noise after she became pregnant, but she did not deliberately hide it. After such a while, it is not surprising that Xue and Wang Zheng know.
Sanniang herself was a little upset: "Because the days are still short." That's why I didn't tell you. β
Xue pulled her to sit on the kang, glanced at her abdomen, and was very happy: "It's not even three months, so naturally you can't make a noise." We originally wanted to come back to see you after a while, but we couldn't feel relieved to see you for a long time, so we decided to come over. β
Wang Zheng sat on the other side of the mother, held her and said, "These few times I went out." I haven't met you, so it's a little strange, so I didn't know until I inquired about it. It turned out to be joyful. As she spoke, she looked at Sanniang and smiled, and her smile was really happy for her.
Sanniang asked the maids to serve refreshments, and asked everyone in the Wang family if they were okay. The three of them just sat on the kang and chatted.
Because Xue Shi had given birth, he also racked his brains to tell Sanniang some of his experience when she was pregnant, and said: "Mama Zhao is very happy to hear that you are pregnant, and I came to tell me a lot of things to pay attention to when I am pregnant, let me tell you." Originally, I wanted to bring her with me today, but she is old and it is snowing outside today. I was afraid that something would go wrong with her, so I let her rest. I'll take her to see you next time. β
The Mama Zhao in Xue's mouth is the nurse of Sanniang's mother, and she took care of her when she was in the Wang family. Because Mama Zhao nominally wanted to be raised by Zhao's sister-in-law, Wang Jing, it was difficult for Sanniang to bring her when she got married.
However, Sanniang knew that Mama Zhao still wanted to follow her, so she planned to wait for it to be separated from King Zhuang's Mansion. When he can be the master of the house, he will take Mama Zhao over.
There shouldn't be any problems with Xue and Wang Jing.
"Thank you mother for helping me take care of Mama Zhao." Sanniang said sincerely to the Xue family.
Sanniang knew that the Xue family had always taken good care of her old grandmother, and specially sent a little maid to serve her, so although Mama Zhao was still in the Wang family, Sanniang had never worried about her.
Xue shook his head and smiled: "Sure enough, as soon as we got married, we were separated, this kind of thing was originally what I should do, and I thank you." β
Sanniang also laughed, but it was hard to say anything more.
A few of them chatted about something else.
Speaking of the last time Prince Li's mansion caught fire, Wang Zheng said with a smile: "By the way, if you don't go out for a while, you must not know about a major event in Beijing recently." β
Sanniang was interested when she heard this: "Oh? What's wrong? Let's hear about it. β
Xue Shi followed up and made fun: "Ah Zheng is referring to the matter of Prince Li's concubine accepting a righteous daughter?" β
Wang Zheng deliberately pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "I still want to hang her for a while, third sister-in-law, you are too uninteresting!" β
Xue Shi didn't mind when he heard this, and covered his mouth and smiled: "If you didn't say it earlier, how did I know?" Next time, remember to say hello to me first, and we'll have a breath. β
Sanniang hugged Xue's arm, glared at Wang Zheng and said proudly: "Mother naturally feels sorry for me, where is it like you?" He didn't look like an elder at all. β
Wang Zheng was so angry that he wanted to come over to teach her a lesson, but when he thought that she now had a body, he didn't dare to make a mistake. Sanniang villain is very proud and proud.
Xue Shi watched the two of them make trouble and laughed very happily.
Xue is now much more timid than before, no longer as timid as before, and is also cheerful and calm in interacting with people. There were a few times when Sanniang met Xue in other houses when she went out, and Xue was able to chat with some ladies who were equivalent to her. Seeing that the Xue family was like this, Sanniang was also happy for her.
"What did you say about Prince Li's princess and princess just now?" Sanniang was angry enough with Wang Zheng, so she asked Xue's Dao.
Xue Shi said with a smile: "It's the eldest lady Fang who saved Prince Li's mansion from the fire and saved Prince Li and several ladies." The princess and several ladies were very grateful to her, and when the princess entered the palace, she also talked to the queen mother about it, and the queen mother also praised Miss Fang a few words, and asked her to send her a few clothes to commend her. I heard about it at Mrs. Zhou's birthday banquet a few days ago. Prince Li wants to accept Miss Da as a righteous daughter, and it has been done in the past few days, and at that time, Prince Li's Mansion will set up a few tables to give Miss Fang face. β
Wang Zheng also forgot to be angry with Sanniang. Nodding and sighing: "I was originally worried about Jingyi's future, but now that Prince Li is willing to support her, her future life will be smoother." β
The last time something like that happened to the Fang family, it lost face in the aristocratic circle in Beijing. After Fang Jingyi was divorced, even if everyone knew that she was a victim, her reputation was still damaged. After all, she is also a girl from the Earl's Court.
The Fang family has also been paying attention to Fang Jingyi's marriage, but it is still a little difficult after all.
Last time, Fang Jingyi didn't care about her own safety. saved Prince Li and several ladies, and he was injured. Prince Li and those ladies said good things about Fang Jingyi when they met people, and later even the Queen Mother praised Fang Jingyi a few words and sent things away.
Fang Jingyi has a very good reputation in the famous circles of the capital for a while, and some people have pulled out her father's affairs back then, and everyone sighed about what happened to this Fang girl, and they all felt that she was dragged down by the old lady in Earl Fang's mansion and the second lady of the Fang family. Without exception, the whole capital praised her for her kindness and filial piety. Capable.
This time, Prince Li and Princess Li openly accepted her as a righteous daughter, and wanted to support her, naturally no one would dare to use the previous things of the Fang family to belittle her in the future. Fang Jingyi's road ahead can be described as clear.
"Miss Fang can be regarded as bitter. She is smart and kind-hearted, and she will definitely get better and better in the future. Xue's impression of Fang Jingyi is also good.
Wang Zheng thought for a while and smiled: "It's really bittersweet." It's better to be bitter first and then sweet than sweet and then bitter, so you can't deny this life. Some people do everything possible to rob other people's things, but the bamboo basket is empty, and even their original things are lost. β
Sanniang saw that she had something to say, and knew that there must be big gossip again. She has been idle for so long, but her gossip heart has been provoked by Wang Zheng's words.
"My aunt said this, but what other secrets are there?"
Wang Zheng glanced at Sanniang and saw her eyes shining at her. Originally, I wanted to say a few words to her, but seeing that Xue Shi was also looking at him with interest, it was difficult to correct her.
"It's not a secret, the last time I went back to Wenjiayuan to see my mother, I heard a lady talk about it. The second lady of the Fang family broke Jingyi's family affairs and followed Young Master Li to the Li family. In the end, nothing good happened. β
Sure enough, after returning the matter of the Fang family, Sanniang never thought that Fang Jingyan would get any good end in the end. In this society, no matter how high your previous status is, elopement can only be a concubine. But that Second Miss Fang's reputation had already been almost ruined. This kind of woman, if the Li family can still welcome her into the door if the media is marrying, the Li family will no longer have to gain a foothold in the circle of famous families in the future.
Wang Zheng continued: "Not long after Jingyi was dismissed, Mrs. Li set up a marriage for Young Master Li, who was her niece. β
Xue Shi was surprised: "Li Gongzi agrees? Didn't I hear that he had threatened to marry Miss Fei Fang Er before? β
Sanniang also heard that Li Yuan was once forced to die and wanted to divorce Fang Jingyi, saying that Fang Jingyan would not marry.
The corners of Wang Zheng's mouth hooked, and his smile was slightly sarcastic: "I heard that Mrs. Li's maiden cousin was born with a beautiful national color, and she and Gongzi Li have also known each other since childhood. β
Hearing this, Xue and Sanniang glanced at each other, but smiled silently.
Li Gongzi's actions once again prove that he would rather believe that there are ghosts in the world than believe in the mouth of men.
Li Yuan has affection for Fang Jingyan, which must be true, but he may not have no affection for his cousin who is beautiful that day.
Fang Jingyan was spoiled by the Fang family, and when she heard that Li Yuan was going to marry someone else, she immediately had a fight with him. After that, he even went to the cousin to theorize, but the cousin avoided it, so Fang Jingyi took her mother-in-law to break in. In the end, he was accidentally pushed by his mother-in-law, and then ...... Miscarriage. β
"Huh?" Sanniang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched her lower abdomen.
When Xue saw it, he thought she was frightened, so he hurriedly hugged her and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." β
Sanniang smiled at Xue Shi and lay in her arms, she was either frightened, or felt that this thing was really dramatic. This Fang Jingyan really doesn't have a long brain, she sends people under the fence herself. There is no matchmaking with others, and if you don't restrain yourself, you dare to make trouble in the future house's house, isn't this person sick?
Wang Zheng saw that Sanniang was now pregnant. For fear of scaring her, she didn't dare to say anything about the rest of the world. Fang Jingyan was hit and bled profusely at that time, and almost lost half her life. When he was carried back to Li's house, he was already out of breath and less in breath.
Li Gongzi still had some affection for Fang Jingyan, and immediately invited several famous doctors to enter the house to treat her, and finally the bleeding stopped, but she was injured. I'm afraid I won't be able to have any more children in the future.
Sanniang knew that she had not finished saying something in Wang Zheng's eyes, and after thinking about it, she understood that maybe Fang Jingyan's fate would be worse, but she didn't ask again, only said: "This matter is a little strange." How did Fang Jingyan find that Miss Cousin's house? She didn't know that she was pregnant, and the maids and women around her didn't know either? This fall was also a bit hard. β
Wang Zheng nodded, thought for a while, and said, "That Mrs. Li is a powerful one. After she married into the Li family, although Master Li had several concubines, he only had one concubine in Li Yuan. I heard that she has always been like asking Li Yuan to marry a girl from her mother's family. Helplessly, Li Yuan and Fang Jingyi's marriage was originally set by Mrs. Li Jiatai. β
There are many meanings contained in these words, Mrs. Li can make so many concubines unable to give birth to sons, the means must be very ruthless, and the methods that can be used on concubines can naturally be used on Fang Jingyan.
At first, she thought that Li Yuan had to marry Fang Jingyi, so she deliberately accepted a maiden daughter for Li Yuan as a good concubine, and gave birth to the eldest son first.
Since she is very eager to be close to her mother's family, how can she let her niece lose face as soon as she marries?
There is love between Fang Jingyan and Li Yuan, if Fang Jingyan gives birth before Li Yuan's wife enters the door, Li Yuan will naturally treat her even more unusually, that is, she will slap her own mother's face. Mrs. Li will definitely not be reconciled.
Therefore, it is difficult to say whether Fang Jingyi's miscarriage has anything to do with that Mrs. Li.
"The Fang family has already removed her name, and if she falls into this kind of fate, the Fang family can't support her. Later...... It's up to her to create. Wang Zheng is very disdainful of people like Fang Jingyan.
Xue Shi really sighed: "Poor Miss Fang's father and mother are going to be sad, a good child has been raised to such a big age, but he has obtained such a result." "The Xue family also has a daughter. It is natural to think from the perspective of parents.
Wang Zheng disagreed: "If I had such a daughter, I would have strangled myself to death a long time ago, so as not to disgrace the family!" Besides, if Fang Jingyan falls to such a point, her father and mother will not be responsible? It is better not to raise without teaching! "Wang Zheng speaks sharply in front of people close to him.
Xue thought about it and felt that there was some truth in this, and he couldn't help but remind himself that he would definitely raise his daughter well in the future and not pamper her too much.
The three chatted all morning, and Sanniang left Xue and Wang Zheng to eat in their own yard.
It just so happened that her small kitchen was already able to start the fire, so she asked Bai Ying to order the small kitchen to clean up a table of good dishes at noon.
Xue Shi was a little worried: "Is there a small kitchen on the side of the princess and your mother-in-law?" β
Sanniang told the Xue family what the old princess said.
Xue Shi was happy when he heard this: "The princess really loves you, and you must be more filial to her in the future." β
Sanniang wanted to smile and replied, "Got it." Mother also really cares for me, and I will be filial to you. β
Xue Shi was embarrassed to say it, so he could only look at Sanniang and shake his head and laugh.
Although there are only two cooks in the small kitchen, they are both nimble. It didn't take long for a table to be made.
Sanniang instructed, don't use those gorgeous and untruthful hospitality dishes, make some delicious home-cooked dishes.
So the kitchen sent a bamboo tube tamale, a spicy hibiscus fish, a mushroom and snow fungus stewed bamboo shrimp, a wing soup soaked mushrooms, a yellow grilled fish maw, a tiger run vegetarian stew, a Hechuan meat slices, a fungus parsley eight hot dishes, and a brine platter, as well as duck palm buns, crystal shrimp dumplings, three fresh pot stickers, roasted jujube buns four pastries. All of them are full of color, flavor and flavor.
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. (To be continued)