Chapter 69: The Human Heart
Liu Hongbao has also been unhappy these days, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, Yu Qingfeng unexpectedly gave the three sisters of the Liu family a marriage. The third sister Hongbei is the most proud, and she was assigned to marry the little prince of the Jade Mansion Linfeng as his wife. Qingqing, the second sister who wanted to marry Yu Qingfeng, was pointed out to a sesame little official who lost his wife and remarried.
Although Qingqing also failed to fulfill his wish, although the widower was a few years older and his official position was slightly lower, he was a person in the officialdom, and with his father's help in the future, he would naturally not mix too badly. Looking at herself, she was casually pointed out to a small trader in Finnish City.
The four people are divided into industries, and the merchants have always been the objects of contempt. Although the Liu family is also a businessman, by the generation of the old lady of the Liu family, he is already a business tycoon of this Qianxiang, which is not the same as ordinary small traders.
Liu Hongbao was angry in her heart, and if she didn't let out this evil breath, she felt that she would be driven crazy. He worked step by step, calculated everywhere, and thought that if he overthrew Liu Qingqing, he would be able to sit on the throne of the little princess of the Jade Mansion. When he gave birth to a son, with the help of his aunt, it should not be difficult to be crowned a prince, and when his son succeeded to the throne, he was the rightful concubine, the most noble woman in the country of Qianxiang.
Who would have thought that the old woman with the same surname as her, her aunt who had been married for a long time, and the current concubine of the Yu family, would abandon her at the last moment and choose her own sister Hongbei as her daughter-in-law, making her the laughing stock of the entire Qianxiang country.
She hates Concubine Yu and Jade Qingfeng, but what she hates most is her seemingly innocent and harmless sister Hongbei. It turned out that she only hated her sister-in-law Qingqing for taking away the glory that her eldest daughter deserved, but she didn't expect that in the end, it was the third sister Hongbei, who was as timid as a mouse, that took her favorite, so how could she not hate?
On the day of the Flower Festival, she thought of tricking Hongbei out and coming to a hundred. Unexpectedly, she killed a jade Linfeng halfway, and she did not shy away from accompanying Liu Hongbei all the time, so that she had no choice but to give up.
Seeing that the three sisters were going to get married day by day, Liu Hongbao felt as uncomfortable as a hundred claws scratching her heart, she couldn't eat or sleep, and she was haggard day by day.
When it was time for lunch, Liu Hongbao's personal maids Zhen'er and Le'er personally set the meal for her.
That Zhen'er has been serving by Liu Hongbao's side for many years, and she has always been a straight intestine. Seeing that the master had no intention of eating, he also complained, "The master is inevitably a little biased, and the young lady and the second and third young ladies are all going to get married on the same day." The dowry in the courtyard of these three young ladies is about to overflow, but there is no such thing in our courtyard, and there is no movement at all. ”
Liu Hongbao swallowed a mouthful of white rice, and there was a trace of fierceness in his eyes when he glared at Zhen'er, "Don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person!" ”
Zhen'er felt speechless, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.
Liu Hongbao was upset by her, waved her hand, and let her go down and palm her mouth.
After a few more bites of food, Liu Hongbao put down the dishes and chopsticks without knowing anything.
Le'er said worriedly: "How can it be good for the master to always think about food and drink like this?" ”
Liu Hongbao asked her to wait, took a sip of hot tea and rinsed her mouth, and asked, "I'll let you pay attention to the things in the second lady's yard......"
Le'er hurriedly replied: "I heard the little girl Xiu'er in the yard of the second lady say that her master is afraid that she is sick, and yesterday not only did Mrs. go over to take a look, but also invited a doctor!" ”
Liu Hongbao smiled coldly and said, "Sick? I'm afraid it's a heart disease! ”
When the little girl removed the remnants of the table, Liu Hongbao said to Le'er: "You accompany me to the third sister to have a look." ”
Le'er was puzzled, "Master, what do you want?" ”
Liu Hongbao smoothed the broken hair in front of her forehead, and the smile on her face became colder, and she said: "My third sister will be the wife of the little prince of the Yu family in the future, and now I respect her more, and she will remember more sisterhood." Look at this house, everyone is a snob, and they are used to worshipping high and low, haven't you learned it yet? ”
Le'er shook her head, "According to the slave maid, the master doesn't have to look for this." I heard that in the past few days, the lord, aunt, and even the old lady and his wife have been revolving around the third lady alone. Slaves and maids are afraid, afraid of ......"
Seeing that Le'er didn't dare to speak out, Liu Hongbao answered: "What are you afraid of? I'm afraid I'll lose my square inch because I'm not happy? As he spoke, he got up, glanced at her, and said, "If I don't even have this idea, wouldn't I have lived in this Liufu for all these years in vain?" Don't worry, I'm here to congratulate the third sister, and nothing else will happen. ”
The courtyard of Miss Liufu was originally the most secluded place in this mansion, but now it is full of people, and it has become a lively place where everyone is vying to walk around.
When Liu Hongbao arrived, his father Liu Jianren and his biological mother Bai were talking to the third sister and discussing the dowry list together.
"I've seen my father, I've seen my aunt. I'll see if there's anything I can help with here, Third Sister. Liu Hongbao bowed down, the smile on her face was humble and gentle, and she was completely considerate of her eldest sister.
Liu Jianren glanced at Liu Hongbao, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "It's still Hongbao who is sensible, you are here, just to help Hongbei see if there is anything that needs to be added to this gift list, and for the sake of my father, I will send someone to procure it as soon as possible." ”
Liu Hongbei's face was full of shyness, she was completely like a girl to be married, she personally took the gift list over, handed it to Liu Hongbao, and said with a smile: "The eldest sister is bothered." ”
Liu Hongbao took the gift list full of three pages of rice paper, sat down under Bai's hand, and really looked at the entries on the gift list line by line. After a while, she raised her head and said to Liu Jianren: "Father, my daughter has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”
Liu Jianren saw that this eldest daughter was so serious and well-behaved, and he didn't think about it, and said, "Hongbao, if you have something to say, you might as well speak up." ”
Liu Hongbao got up and said yes, Fang Weiwei said: "For ordinary people, this dowry can be described as extremely rich. But Hongbao had heard that when his aunt married King Xianyu, the dowry was a lot of money. Now that the third sister is not married to the king of Qianxiang, she is also an upright little princess, and she must not lose the dignity of my Liu family. Therefore, the daughter thinks that this dowry should be doubled. ”
"This ......" Liu Jianren looked at Liu Hongbao, then at Bai, and finally locked his eyes on his youngest daughter Hongbei, the main master, "Hongbei, what do you think?" ”
Liu Hongbei hurriedly shook her head, "The dowry is the mother's heart for her daughter, how dare the daughter count more than one widow?" ”
Liu Jianren, who said this, was quite pleased, and immediately said: "It's hard for you to be so caring, but." Ruby also has a point, as a father or your grandfather will discuss the matter before deciding on it. ”
After saying that, he took the gift list and went away.
For a while, there were only three left, Bai Shi, Hongbao, and Hongbei Niang'er in the house. The Bai family is not as close to this eldest daughter as the younger daughter. But I still know a thing or two about her temperament.
Although this daughter looks cold, she is actually the most arrogant master. Now, the husband of the youngest daughter is the dignified little prince of Qianxiang, but the husband of the eldest daughter is an unknown small trader who was pulled from nowhere, how can she swallow this breath easily?
"Hongbao, a few days ago, when the tailor came to make a wedding dress, you were not happy, I didn't let people bother you, I told the tailor about your size, and the wedding dress was sent over in a few days, if there is anything that does not fit and is not satisfied, you can say it, and I will let them modify it." Bai said to Liu Hongbao, the same person is not the same life, she still has two points of pity for this eldest daughter.
Liu Hongbao smiled, but the smile froze on his face, and he didn't reach the bottom of his eyes, "Thank you aunt for your concern." Although my little sister and I got married on the same day, the people we married are very different. Even the person who marries can't help himself, no matter how good the dowry and wedding dress are, what can be changed? ”
When his father left, Liu Hongbao finally took off some of his disguise and couldn't help but complain.
Bai patted her hand distressedly, and sighed: "Hongbao, this is all fate, the humility of being a mother, really, I really can't help you." As she spoke, Aunt Bai's eyes turned red.
Liu Hongbao's hand holding the handkerchief tightened, she held back the tears in her eyes, and said indignantly: "I don't believe it, my life is so bitter." ”