Chapter Seventy-Three: People from the Southeast (Ask for more powder in advance!) …

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"What?!" He Ningxin was taken aback when she heard Dongxing's words, and her body standing on the steps shook twice, "How did you find her?" What about Old Lady Lu? ”

He Ningxin heard Jian Feiyang say that the old lady and lady of the Lu family were exiled by Empress Dowager Pang's decree. More than ten years ago, the two old men were already almost fifty years old, how did they survive in the southwest border?

That place, but five hundred miles further south than Shouchang Mansion in the southwest, is already a real wild land. For so many years in the Great Qi Dynasty, people who were exiled to the southwestern frontier rarely heard of anyone who came back alive. Even if there were, they were all young men, and I had never heard of a woman who could survive such a day or such a place.

This evidence came too timely, the victory came too easily, and He Ningxin was a little uncertain.

"Since you're here, let's come in together. Why haven't you seen anyone until now? He Ningxin quickly calmed down and asked Dongxing lightly.

The sweat on Dongxing's forehead came out again, and he stood at the bottom of the steps with his waist bowed, and stammered a little: "Then Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Tai, she said that she must let her daughter go to meet her in person, and she must go through the main gate to enter our Guogong Mansion......"

The main entrance of the Guogong Mansion is usually closed. The family all walks through the corner gate next to it, and only when there is a New Year's festival and a holy decree will the middle door be opened.

Not to mention a relative, even when Shengshang Weifu visited, he walked through the corner. Why is it that all of a sudden the corner door is not enough?

He Ningxin was faintly uneasy in her heart and asked, "Where did you find this Mrs. Lu?" ”

Dongxing shook his head and said in a low voice, "I don't know.

… Mama Xu was still guarding under the car, persuading Mrs. Lu to get out of the car. Our second uncle got out of the car and persuaded him. They seem to know each other. ”

He Ningxin lowered her head and muttered for a long time: "It's okay." Let Mama Xu come in first to ask. No one in this courtyard is allowed to move, and if my words are passed from within the second gate outside, they are all on standby, and they are not allowed to move around to spread the word! He said to Dongxing again: "Who else in the outer courtyard knows that there are guests in our house?" ”

Dongxing hurriedly said: "It's the two doors on the outer door." Madame rest assured, they are all small carefully selected people who understand, and they will never spread the word indiscriminately. ”

He Ningxin nodded, a little hesitant for a while, not knowing what to do.

Dongxing waited for a while, and seeing that Mrs. was still silent, he said again in a little anxiousness: "Madame should have an idea earlier." Seeing that it was about to be the time for the nobles of the nearby families to go home, Mrs. Lu was still reluctant to come in, but she was very eye-catching! ”

He Ningxin's heart was in turmoil, and she said, "Don't worry, let me think about it." ”

Dongxing looked at the people in the courtyard, lowered his head again, and said, "Madame, think slowly, go outside and wait first." "I don't want to be alone in the inner courtyard.

He Ningxin sighed in her heart and said to Dongxing: "You go to the outer door to guard first, and I will personally go and ask the old lady to go over." As he spoke, he took his own people and went to Xuan Rong Tang.

Since Mrs. Jane suffered a stroke, she has rarely come out to socialize. He Ningxin took the opportunity to clean up the restless maids and mothers-in-law in Mrs. Jian's yard, and now the maids and mothers-in-law there are all more honest than the other, and they don't dare to pick three or four. In addition, He Ningxin took the opportunity of investigating the background of these slaves and maids in the family, and completely eliminated Old Madam Jian's cronies, and was able to effectively control Old Madam Jian's eyes and ears. Moreover, this time, He Ningxin personally went to invite Mrs. Jian over, so she could naturally be foolproof.

When she came to Xuan Rong Hall, He Ningxin let people pass it on.

Mrs. Jian had just gotten up, and after breakfast, she was lying on the kang in the warm pavilion, watching the maids in the house do needlework and listen to their gossip.

I heard that He Ningxin came to ask for peace, although Mrs. Jian was a little lazy to see her, but there was nothing to do, so it was good to let her in to eliminate food, so she sent a message to let her in.

He Ningxin walked into Mrs. Jian's warm pavilion with a smile, saluted first, and then said: "Come to see my mother today, first, to invite An to come" deliberately paused and looked at Mrs. Jian's expression.

Old Madam Jian smiled faintly and said, "I know that you have always been in the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. ”

He Ningxin covered her mouth with her sleeve and smiled, and said, "Mother is really a knife mouth, a tofu heart, saying these words makes people laugh."

The daughter-in-law came over today, in fact, to invite the old lady to go to the outer door to welcome the guests. ”

Old Madam Jian said "oh", but she was a little interested, and said with a smile: "Where did you come from?" How can there be such a big shelf? ”

He Ningxin smiled and said, "Isn't it?" But it's really a distinguished guest, an old family from the ancestral home of Wanzhou in the southeast. After speaking, he stared closely into Old Madam Jane's eyes.

Old Madam Jian was a little indifferent, and when she heard this, she grinned and said, "These people will put up a fight."

I tell you, I suffered all their hardships back then," he said, but he still stood up.

He Ningxin hurriedly called Mrs. Jian's maid over and instructed, "Quickly help Mrs. Jian change the clothes of the guests, and then change into the jewelry sent over yesterday." ”

Old Madam Jane smiled, got up and went into the inner room.

After a cup of tea, Mrs. Jane packed up and walked out of the back room.

He Ningxin had already asked someone to prepare two sedan chairs to come to Mrs. Jian's Xuanrong Hall.

After Mrs. Jian packed up, He Ningxin and Mrs. Jian each got into a sedan chair and went to the outer courtyard.

When they came to the courtyard of the outer gate, the two men guarding the small room next to the corner gate saw the sedan chair of the lady and the old lady, as well as the two big maids of Fufeng and Fuliu, and hurriedly trotted out to salute and asked, "Madame, what do you want from the old lady?" ”

Fu Feng and Fu Liu took a step forward, asked the two men to step back, and helped He Ningxin out of the sedan chair. Old Madam Jian also helped a mother-in-law out of the sedan chair in the back.

"Open the door." He Ningxin commanded lightly.

Then the door looked at each other, answered the "yes", and together they stepped forward and pulled the door bolt, and the gate creaked open.

He Ningxin glanced at the door, tightened the big hat on her body a little tighter, turned around to help Old Madam Jane, and walked out slowly.

Mama Xu outside was trying to persuade beside the car, but when she suddenly heard the door open behind her, she looked back in amazement, and saw He Ningxin wearing graceful and luxurious clothes to help Mrs. Jian, and slowly walked out with a large group of maids.

A large group of people lined up around them in the shape of swallow wings, looking very imposing.

Mama Xu showed a smile of approval in her eyes, but she still had a respectful look on her face, and first turned around and said loudly in the direction of He Ningxin: "I've seen the old lady, the lady!" ”

There was a murmur in the silent car.

An old man with a white beard standing outside the car helped a seven or eight-year-old boy to walk over slowly, looked at He Ningxin, and then at Mrs. Jian, and nodded to Mrs. Jian first: "My nephew and daughter-in-law, I haven't seen her for three or four years, and my niece and daughter-in-law's complexion is much better than when I was in Wanzhou." It can be seen that the water and soil of the capital still raise people! But there are some doubts: "What's wrong with your face?" Looking at Mrs. Jane's slanted eyes and crooked mouth, she was very surprised.

Old Madam Jian sighed and said, "Second Uncle has a good memory. I had an illness in my son, and that's how it got better. It's a long story, but I'll talk about it later. This second uncle is the distant second uncle of Mrs. Jane according to his generation, but the old people have always called his elders with their children, so they also call him "second uncle".

The second uncle nodded, pointed at He Ningxin and asked Old Madam Jane, "This is Brother Yang's daughter-in-law?" ”

Old Madam Jian nodded with a smile and said, "Exactly." He Ningxin came over again and said, "Haven't you seen your second uncle soon?" ”

He Ningxin wrapped the big coat on her body tighter, nodded slightly, and said, "Second Uncle is polite."

This is ,.........,? "Ask the children around him.

The second uncle hurriedly pushed the child to the front and said, "Call it sister-in-law, why don't you call it sister-in-law?"

The boy was so frightened that he hid behind the second uncle.

"Brother Yang's daughter-in-law is not strange, my little grandson has never been far away, he has never seen such a big world, and he still looks at Haihan!" The second uncle arched his hand and said with a smile.

He Ningxin glanced at a mother-in-law beside her, and asked Old Madam Jian, "Mother, the second uncle and his little grandson have come from afar, let them go to the guest house to rest first." Then he instructed his mother-in-law: "Let the big kitchen set up a table for the two distinguished guests." ”

The mother-in-law took the order and said to the second uncle and his little grandson, "Second old lady, please come here." Two little servants came up from the back and helped the second uncle to enter the house through the corner gate.

After the second uncle left, He Ningxin slowly walked down the steps, came to the front of the cart with the curtain, and glanced at Mama Xu.

Mama Xu understood, stepped forward to open the curtain of the cart, and said to the people inside: "Our old lady and lady are here." "I deliberately didn't tell Mrs. Jane who was sitting inside.

Mrs. Jian originally thought that the second uncle had brought his grandson from Wanzhou to fight the autumn breeze, and she was already planning to turn around and go back. Hearing Mama Xu's words, she looked back at the car again.

He Ningxin also looked into the car, first saw a pair of shining eyes, and then saw the old woman in the car, her hair was still dark, but her temples were slightly white.

The skin on his face is still delicate and smooth, but the lines around his eyes are already obvious, and it can be seen that he is an old, but well-maintained person.

"Who is this?" He Ningxin nodded and asked with a smile.

The old lady was wearing a brown makeup huā Fu Zituan pattern through the sleeves of the jacket, the collar and the sides were showing snow-white wind hair, and below was a maroon fishtail velvet silk skirt, and the skirt also turned out fine wind hair, which was obviously a leather skirt. With a bun on his head, he wears a white hosta, and no other jewelry, which is very clean and neat.

Hearing He Ningxin's question, the old lady sat upright and smiled, and said, "Don't dare to be."

When He Ningxin heard this, she also smiled, took a few steps back, and glanced at Mama Xu. The two of them watched Mrs. Jane's expression together.

When Mrs. Jian heard this voice, she froze on the steps as if she had been struck by lightning, and after a long while, she came back to her senses, walked down the steps quickly, and shouted to the people in the car: "Mother! Mother!

But you've come to see me! "There were tears in my eyes.

He Ningxin and Mama Xu were dumbfounded.

The people in the car heard Mrs. Jian's voice, and they also leaned out slightly, just in time to see Mrs. Jian walking over quickly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, be careful of falling." Having seen the face of the old lady Jane, the old woman changed color and asked, "What is the matter with your face?" ”

Mrs. Jian pulled the corner of the clothes of the people in the car, and only endured it so that she didn't cry, but the choked sound was heard from time to time, and her face was full of tears.

The old woman hurriedly peeked out of the car and looked over again. The two maids who followed Mrs. Jane hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old woman down.

"Look at you, you are all old, married a daughter-in-law, and are about to hold your grandson, and you are not afraid of people's jokes when you meet your mother!" Although Mrs. Lu blamed Mrs. Jane, everyone could hear that it was a mother's love for her child.

Looking at this scene, He Ningxin's heart continued to sink. Could it really be that she guessed wrong? First, this blow, whether it is Pei Shufan or He Ningxin, is unprecedented.

He Ningxin glanced at Mama Xu half-inquiringly, half-reproachingly, but Mama Xu shook her head slightly, and then smiled at the mother and daughter who hugged their heads and comforted each other in the open space in front of the door: "Today, our old lady and Mrs. Tai are reunited after a long absence, which is also a happy event. Don't stand here, let's go in first. ”

He Ningxin came back to her senses, stepped forward with a smile and bowed to Mrs. Lu in a dignified manner, and said, "I've seen my grandmother." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled and pushed Old Madam Jane and said, "Okay, okay." The kids are watching here, so you might as well come out with some of them. ”

Mrs. Jian hurriedly wiped away her tears, and said with some embarrassment: "As soon as I heard my mother's voice, my daughter couldn't care about anything." He turned back and nodded to He Ningxin, and said, "Thank you so much, daughter-in-law." I've always wanted to take your grandmother over to live there, but I didn't expect you to fulfill my wish. Then he looked at Mrs. Lu and said with a smile on her face: "Mother, I have a good daughter-in-law!" ”

Mrs. Lu nodded appreciatively and said, "I look stronger than you, look at this all-round style, it is not from the family, there is no such calm bearing." ”

He Yuxin's face was not bad, and he smiled: "Grandmother praised it falsely. Shall we? ”

Old Madam Jian held Mrs. Lu's hand and said to He Ningxin: "Daughter-in-law, I haven't seen your grandmother for many years, and this reunion is really rare. I also have to ask my daughter-in-law for a favor, so that your grandmother can live in my yard, so that there is no need to arrange another room. ”

He Ningxin hurriedly said: "Where did my mother speak?" My grandmother came, of course, because she lived with her mother. He took a few steps back and said to Mrs. Jian and Mrs. Lu, "The two of you go first, and the daughter-in-law has to arrange dinner in the evening." Today, when the distinguished guests come to the door, there must be a few tables of decent wine and food. ”

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "The family doesn't need to be so polite, just eat whatever you want." I haven't seen your mother for more than ten years, and now I can live in another house, which is really a blessing for three lives! ”

It's the last day. Seeing that my ranking fell off. Ask for everyone's pink ticket. Thanks!