He Ningxin listened to Mrs. Lu's words, she didn't know where she was a little awkward, her heart moved, she moved to the side, looked Mrs. Lu up and down again, turned her head to Mrs. Jian and smiled: "Grandmother and mother came out of the same mold. If you change your clothes and stand in front of people in the same clothes, you will still be considered sisters, not mother and daughter! As she spoke, He Ningxin covered her sleeves and looked at Mrs. Lu, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she said with a smile: "Grandmother can't hide her secrets!" ——When you and your mother are fragrant, we have to ask our grandmother for advice, how to stay beautiful! ”

Mrs. Lu's smiling face changed slightly, but her voice was still steady and modest, and she said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." It was the first time I went to Beijing, and I was afraid that I would break the face of your Zhenguo Mansion, so I deliberately dressed up. If I change into this gorgeous dress, I'm just a bad old woman! ”

He Ningxin quickly counted Mrs. Lu's age in her heart, and then said with a smile: "Grandmother is too modest. My grandmother is now in her sixties, right? - I look like I'm in my fifties, and like my mother, I look much younger than my actual age! "Actually, it's sixty-four years old, and it's not a big mistake to be sixty-five years old.

Hearing this, Mrs. Lu was a little worried, coughed, turned her head to look at Mrs. Jian beside her, and said with a smile: "Everyone in this capital is different, and they dare to say anything." In this public, they talked about the age of the person with a big grin...... Old, old, don't mention this, let's go inside. After almost a month of sitting outside, the skeleton is almost falling apart. ”

Hearing that Mrs. Lu actually tabooed others to mention her age, He Ningxin couldn't hide the surprise on her face. - Isn't it a big girl who hasn't come out of the cabinet?! What is there to hide?

Old Madam Jian caught a glimpse of He Ningxin's face, her heart jumped, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Lu, and said to He Ningxin: "Daughter-in-law, you go to the big kitchen and give an order, your grandmother loves to eat fresh seafood, you go and prepare it, and make a seafood feast in the evening." ”

He Ningxin was a little embarrassed, and her face showed a sad expression.

Fu Feng and Fu Liu on the side cleverly stepped forward to salute Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Jian's mother and daughter first, and then said with a smile: "The old lady has always cherished our lady the most, why is she deliberately embarrassed now?" ——The old lady also knows that it is only February, how can there be fresh seafood on the market? If you have it, it's also dry goods every other year. If Mrs. Lu doesn't dislike it, we still have a big cabinet of dried seafood here. ”

Old Madam Jian's face was a little sneering, and she was about to retract her previous words, but Mrs. Lu had already glanced at Fufeng and Fuliu with a smile, and said to He Ningxin: "My granddaughter-in-law really has two clever maids. Then he sighed to Mrs. Jane, "You are really." I'm just a lonely old woman now, it's good to have something to eat, and you still have the old tastes of your mother. - Don't be afraid to cause trouble to others! ”

Mrs. Lu said all these words, of course Mrs. Jian understood it, and did not retract her previous words, looked at He Ningxin, and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, my mother knows that your mother's family has the largest seafood shop in the capital. Although it is only February now, if you really want to find fresh seafood, there is no other place except your mother's shop. - I'm afraid that even the palace is not as good as your He family's food! ”

These words are really heartbreaking, and they are in full view of everyone, of course He Ningxin can't let people have the slightest chance to slander her mother, the He family.

He Ningxin said with a straight face: "Mother's words are wrong. The emperors of our Great Qi Dynasty have always had the world in mind, never competing with the people for profit, nor being enemies with the people. The emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all rules that have been set since the time of Emperor Taizu, and there has never been such an unseemly action as competing with the people for food and clothing. - Mother said this, the He family doesn't care, but she looks down on the royal family and brings trouble to our Zhenguo Mansion. If the mother is so open-mouthed, even if the daughter-in-law is unfilial, she can't let the mother alone, and ruin the lives of all the people in our house! ”

Old Madam Jian immediately turned white, and she couldn't get off the stage, looking at He Ningxin, she was so angry that she couldn't speak. - This He Ningxin is always like this, she can be elevated to a position where she can't be raised to a little thing, but she doesn't know how to fight back at her! What a natural nemesis opponent! None of the tricks that her mother taught her back then worked for her......

Mrs. Lu next to her saw that her daughter was choked and couldn't speak, so she was secretly vigilant in her heart, and laughed and said, "Yo, this is a dismount for my wife?" - Our mother and son are timid, but we can't stand being scared. Even if my wife is a rough person in the countryside, she also knows that the Great Qi Dynasty rules the world with filial piety. Granddaughter-in-law, my wife sincerely advises you, you are so aggressive, you can't ......" shook his head, looked at Mrs. Jane again, and said with pity: "My daughter was born to be a beautiful girl, and she will never give people such a sharp mouth and no face." After that, he continued to shake his head and sigh, looking very worthless for his daughter.

Old Madam Jian showed a tearful look at the right time, and there was actually a delicate and timid look, which appeared on her face that although she looked young, she had slightly crooked eyes and slanted mouth, which was a little weird.

He Ningxin saw that in a moment, she became a "wicked woman" who looked at her mother-in-law in public, and couldn't help chuckling, and said: "Since ancient times, when loyalty and filial piety could not be both, the world chose to be loyal, not filial piety. - My grandmother understands everything, so she doesn't understand this, does she? Our Zhenguo Mansion, since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, has been loyal to the Holy and loyal to the imperial court. In the past three hundred years, our Zhenguo Mansion has produced many loyal ministers who have fought to the death! There is a plaque on the lintel of the town's mansion, but every emperor who succeeds to the throne will give us a new one. My grandmother just arrived, so it doesn't matter if I don't know. When I was free, my granddaughter-in-law took my grandmother to our treasury to see how many royal plaques there were in the Zhenguo Mansion over the years! ”

Mrs. Lu's face changed slightly, as if she had never seen a woman with such sharp words and no one could make mistakes, so she only laughed and said to Mrs. Jian: "Such a good daughter-in-law, who can go to the court and enter the kitchen, where did you find it?" ”

Old Madam Jane's thin lips pursed into a line, and she collected the helpless look on her face, and when she heard this, she just smiled and stopped talking.

Mama Xu stepped forward and said, "Old lady of the in-laws, let's go in with our old lady." Now it's still very cold outside, and the old lady of the in-laws didn't bring a big piece of food, so it's very cold. ”

Mrs. Lu said with a smile: "I'm tired of Mama Xu taking care of it all the way." ”

Mrs. Jian hurriedly got off the donkey and helped Mrs. Lu to the mansion.

Mrs. Lu smiled at He Ningxin and nodded, and went in.

The maids and mothers-in-law who followed Mrs. Jian out also hugged the two of them into the house, and served her two of them into the sedan chair, and went to the second door.

He Ningxin watched their sedan chair go away, then flattened the corners of her smiling mouth, looked at Mama Xu, and said, "Let's go in too." ”

Mama Xu knew that He Ningxin had something to ask her, so she nodded and said, "Madame will invite first, and the old woman will arrive later." ”

He Ningxin knew that Mama Xu must have suffered a lot along the way, so she went back to wash and wash herself, changed her clothes, rested, and asked again, so she said, "Mama doesn't need to worry." Go back and rest, change your clothes. It's never too late for us to talk again in the evening. ”

Mama Xu smiled and said, "It won't take that long." The lady also has to arrange the dinner for the evening, and also send a letter to the people in the house and the grandfather of the country, saying that there are distinguished guests coming, let them get ready, and they will meet the guests in the evening. - When the lady has made all the arrangements, and the wife has almost packed up, she will definitely be able to meet the lady before dinner to reply. ”

These words reminded He Ningxin, and said to Mama Xu with a smile: "It's still Mama who thinks about it thoroughly, just do what Mama says." As he spoke, he also took his maid into the house, sat on his sedan chair, and went to the second door.

Mama Xu waited for He Ningxin and his party to leave, then shook her head, sighed, helped her little maid, and went to the yard where she lived.

He Ningxin sat in the sedan chair, feeling that her mind was chaotic, and she had a lot of thoughts for a while. It's a pity that Mama Xu couldn't come over for a while, so she had to be patient first, went to the big kitchen, and drew up the recipe for the evening with the people in the big kitchen. Listen to Mrs. Jane, and prepare half of the fresh seafood. The other half took the dry goods from the warehouse and sent them out for cooking at night.

The fresh seafood, there is no preparation in the Zhenguo Mansion. He Ningxin asked the big kitchen to take her post, went to He's house, and found Mrs. Xu to find a way. If Mrs. Xu's seafood store is not available, let Mrs. Xu introduce a few good seafood stores in the capital, and be sure to buy them before dark.

As soon as the kitchen was over, He Ningxin returned to Zhiyuan Pavilion and sent a capable maid to report the news in various courtyards. first went to Lu Zhenxian's Yichen Xuan and Zheng E's Wuchen Xuan, then went to Jian Feizhen's Huashan Xuan, and finally went to Jian Feiyi's Fenghuaju.

In Yichen Xuan, Lu Zhenxian was sitting in front of the embroidery frame in the wing room, intently embroidering a picture of a hundred children playing, planning to give He Ningxin as a gift.

The one who came to Lu Zhenxian's Yichen Xuan to report the news was He Ningxin's henchman and big girl Fufeng.

After listening to the maid's communication, Lu Zhenxian hurriedly ordered someone to lead the wind in.

"Sister Fufeng is here, sit down, sit down!" Lu Zhenxian got up from the embroidery frame with a smile and beckoned Fufeng.

Fufeng was blessed, and smiled at Lu Zhenxian: "Miss Lu is not polite. The slave and maid have come today to deliver a message to their wife. Today, there are distinguished guests in the house, and everyone will pick up the dust for the distinguished guests in the evening, so that Miss Lu must remember the past. ”

Lu Zhenxian smiled and said, "If there are distinguished guests, we are afraid that it is not appropriate for us to go, right?" "She and Zheng E are just two big girls who live here and are not married, and they have never heard that they want to go out to meet outsiders.

Fu Feng hurriedly patted his mouth lightly, and said with a smile: "Yo, it's the slave who can't speak clearly, it should be punished, it should be punished!" - It's a distinguished guest, but also a close relative, and the girl doesn't need to be formal. ”

"Oh?" Lu Zhenxian really became interested and asked, "Dearest?" ”

Fu Feng nodded and said, "There are two distinguished guests and close relatives here today, one is the distant second uncle of the Jian family's ancestral home. ”

Lu Zhenxian smiled when she heard this, and said, "It's him." "Obviously, I have seen it in my ancestral hometown, and I am not a stranger.

Fufeng asked curiously, "The girl has seen this second uncle?" ”

Lu Zhenxian smiled slightly and said, "We have lived in our ancestral home for so many years, how can we not see each other?" - I just don't know what happened when he came to the capital? ”

Fufeng shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know. He added, "Maybe it's just a visit between relatives." The girl knew that this relative and relative became closer the more she moved. If you don't move around, your relatives are also estranged. ”

Lu Zhenxian sat back next to her embroidery frame, took the needle in her hand, lowered her head and pierced the embroidery frame, and said with a smile: "Sister Fufeng is really a human being!" ”

Fufeng hurriedly said: "The girl praised it falsely. - There is another one, our old lady's mother-in-law, the wife of the Lu family, and the girl's aunt! ”

Lu Zhenxian screamed in surprise when she heard this, and the needle in her right hand just pierced into her left hand. A bead of blood rolled out of the tip of his finger and landed on his embroidery, and the picture of Baizi frolicking that was about to be embroidered was stained like this.

Fu Feng saw it clearly on the side, hurriedly came over to help clean up, and asked, "What's wrong with the girl?" Do you want some white medicine? ”

Lu Zhenxian put that finger in her mouth for a while, then took it out and shook it, and said lightly: "It's okay, this needle hurts a little." But it's not a big deal if I don't prick it a few times a day. It's just," he looked at Fufeng and asked, "Is it really my aunt's mother-in-law, my aunt's aunt?" The aunt in Lu Zhenxian's mouth is Mrs. Jane.

Fufeng nodded and said, "Can this be wrong?" - Our old lady has already picked up Mrs. Lu from the Lu family outside and returned to Xuan Rong Hall. The mother and son were so unhappy to see each other, they hugged their heads and cried, so touching! ”

Although Lu Zhenxian tried her best to cover it up, Fufeng still heard a hateful sound from her nose with sharp ears.

"Miss Lu, what's wrong with you?" Fufeng asked deliberately.

Lu Zhenxian hurriedly calmed down, and said with a smile: "I'm also happy for my aunt and aunt." ”

"That's good. The girl packed up, and the evening hour was not far off. Fufeng said goodbye with a smile and went back to his life.

When Fufeng walked away, Lu Zhenxian suddenly collapsed on the circle chair in front of her embroidery frame, as if her strength was almost exhausted, her face was as white as rice paper, there were tears in her eyes, she looked at the sky in the distance, and muttered to herself: "...... How can it be? ”

After a while, Lu Zhenxian calmed down, took the embroidery sample off the embroidery frame, and instructed the maid outside: "Li'er, take this embroidery sample and wash it well, if you can't wash off the blood stains, forget it." - Take it back and let me dismantle it. ”

The maid outside answered, came in to get the embroidery sample, and went out to cook.

Lu Zhenxian sat on the wooden floor in front of the embroidery frame in the house for a meal, and then made up her mind, and instructed her other maid: "Chang'er, come and help me comb my hair and change my clothes, I want to go to my sister-in-law to sit down." ”

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