Chapter Twenty-Nine: Masquerade
"I also learned about Aunt Wei in the backyard, this general's mansion has changed, and Aunt Liu will be in power in the future, but don't give Aunt Wei another chance to turn over."
Aunt Liu's heart flashed with a shudder, and she knelt down heavily, her eyes deep and firm: "Yes, thank you Miss Yan for mentioning it, the slave knows." ”
Ning Zimo raised his hand with a smile and took the already stewed sugar pear duck soup, and ordered: "Daddy must have suffered a lot of anger at noon, the duck soup is the most popular, this time it's about lunch, Aunt Liu hurry up and send it to Daddy's study." ”
"Yes, thank you, Miss Yan."
Aunt Liu is actually not stupid, she was able to get the power of the family so smoothly, or most of them relied on this Miss Yan, everyone knew that after the master saw a large family, he left Miss Yan alone and said a lot of thoughtful words.
It also let many people in the house know that the heir is the heir, which is incomparable to anyone.
The eldest young master and the young master are not here today, but they only caught the eldest young master visiting the Qinglou and came back, not to mention the anger, and directly deprived Aunt Wei of her rights, Aunt Wei has made mistakes before over the years, but the master has never been so serious.
"Yunu, you were waiting at the gate of Huating Garden, and when you saw your brother coming back, you asked him to go to the front hall and said that Daddy was back."
Yu Nu answered yes and waited at the door of Hua Yuan, but it seemed that this Young Master Yan appeared out of thin air, and when he came out of Ning Zimo's boudoir, Yu Nu looked at Young Master Yan in shock and asked, "Young Master Yan, when did you come back?" ”
"Just now."
"And when did you go to the lady's boudoir?"
"Just now."
Ning Xuanli said a total of two words and raised his feet to go out, and the jade slave chased after him very quickly and said: "Miss ordered, let the little one see you and tell you that the master is back, and the master and the young lady are waiting for you in the front hall." ”
"Yes."
The jade slave was stunned, the young master was clearly not in the mansion for a day, how could it be as if she knew everything, but when she came back to her senses, Ning Xuanli had already thrown her out of the house.
"General Ning, you're back."
Ning Xuanli was actually very cold, and only when he faced Ning Zimo, the cold expression on his face would melt, even if he faced General Ning now, he had a paralyzed face of an ice cube, and he didn't show any surprise or surprise to his return.
"Yes, Li'er, come and sit here, it's just dinner."
There was still an empty seat between Ning Guodong and Ning Zimo, which was prepared for Ning Xuanli, he nodded, and while sitting down, he bit his ear in Ning Zimo's ear and said, "Why don't you wait for me in Huating Garden?" ”
"I'm afraid that Daddy is in a hurry, and I don't know when you'll come back."
Ning Guodong saw that the relationship between their brother and sister was so good, and he was faintly worried, Ning Guodong had never heard Ning Xuanli call him father, he had always called him a general, Ning Xuanli knew his identity, and Ning Guodong also knew this, so he couldn't help but have some hidden worries.
But a secret is a secret, you have to keep it to death, don't say anything at the moment, raised his glass and said: "It's rare that Your Majesty is worried, and if you are recalled to Beijing, our family can be reunited, I missed the Mid-Autumn Festival a few days ago, and today I made up for it." ”
On this reunion table, Ning Zixin and Ning Tiancheng were not there, one was in confinement, the other was recuperating, Aunt Wei was the master who could disguise, as if nothing had happened, she raised her glass to toast Ning Guodong.
Time passed quickly, and it was almost the day of Ning Xuanli and Ning Zimo's fifteenth birthday, Aunt Liu, in order to please Ning Zimo, arranged the inside and out in an orderly manner, and Ning Zimo nodded with satisfaction.
In Qingshui Garden, Ning Zixin's condition was much better than before, and she said with some concern: "Mother, did you say that the fifth prince would come today?" ”
Aunt Wei nodded and said: "I heard that Aunt Liu also sent a message to the prince's mansion, to the palace of the third prince, to the palace of the fifth prince, and to the family of many big officials. ”
"Then, mother, can this method fool everyone?"
"Yes, you believe in your mother, your mother will definitely finalize your marriage with the five princes today, and to dispel the rumors that you are disfigured in the past, as long as others see you, your face is fine, the rumors will be self-defeating, and the five princes will definitely still like you."
When Ning Zixin heard Aunt Wei's words, her heart was as sweet as honey, and she hurriedly obeyed her mother's arrangement, and immediately changed into the most colorful goose down pleated skirt, outlining the waist that was not easy to grasp.
In fact, Ning Zixin was still not confident, and asked Arnold beside her after taking one step and stopping two steps.
"Arnold, do you think there is anything unusual about my face?"
Arnold stared at it carefully for a while, shook his head and said, "Miss, don't be afraid, you still don't believe in your second uncle's medical skills, the second uncle said that it will be fine, no one will see it, don't be afraid." ”
Since Ning Zixin was disfigured, she smashed all the mirrors in Qingshui Garden, and she didn't dare to look in the mirror at this time, but she just looked at her face on the sparkling water surface of the pool in the backyard, and found that there were no more vicious tumors, so she immediately raised her hand and touched her face: "What did you say this uncle put on my face?" What's wrong with my face? ”
"So, miss, let's hurry to the front hall, I heard that several princes are here."
Ning Zimo saw that Ning Zixin had stood hesitantly outside the door for a long time and had not come in, so he gave the fifth prince a look, signaling that Ning Zixin had come.
The Fifth Emperor Palace Xuanzheng also looked over, walked to Ning Zimo's side and asked, "Didn't you say that her face would never get better?" How does this look normal? ”
"It looks normal, but it doesn't have to be normal. She deliberately chose to show her face when there were many people, didn't she just want to prove that there was no problem with her face? In this way, the rumors are self-defeating, she is disfigured but she has become smarter, I thought she would be cowered in Qingshui Garden for the rest of her life and not go out. ”
Gong Xuanzheng also nodded and agreed: "By the way, I also prepared a congratulatory gift for Young Master Yan today, he is not here with you, did he go to Tingyuxuan's side?" ”
Listening to Yuxuan is a place specially used to receive guests in the General's Mansion, this time the Imperial Palace Xuanjing and the Three Emperors Palace Xuanqing and many ministers and palace nobles are all there, talking to the general on the edge of the town, only these Five Emperors Palace Xuanzheng is accompanying Ning Zimo on the side of the female dependents.
Ning Zimo shook his head and said wistfully, "I don't know." ”
Seeing this, Gong Xuanzheng didn't ask much, and when he saw Ning Zixin coming, he didn't want to talk to Ning Zixin, so he said to Ning Zimo: "I'll go to the second brother and the third brother, and I'll leave Ning Zixin's side to you." ”
Ning Zimo lazily stroked the cat in his arms, nodded and asked, "Actually, you have a way to never marry Ning Zixin again, do you want to hear it?" ”
"Yes."
"After lunch, the guests dispersed, and when the time came, they came to Hua Ting Yuan to find me."
When Gong Xuanzheng heard this, he looked back interestingly and asked, "Why?" ”
"I have a crush on you, and I don't want you to marry someone else, is this reason enough?"
Gong Xuanzheng listened to Ning Zimo's domineering words, and his heart was satisfied like never before, and the corners of his lips hooked up with an evil smile: "I said it, we are the same people, Zimo, but don't forget what you promised me the last time you were on the roof." ”
Ning Zimo's face was slightly red, and he nodded shyly and urged: "Hurry up, Ning Zixin is coming." ”
After Gong Xuanzheng heard this, he left without looking back, and Ning Zixin stopped with some concern when he saw this, and asked the people around him: "Did you say that these five princes left when they saw me coming?" Do you believe what those people say I'm disfigured? ”
"Second Miss, don't be careful, the five princes haven't looked here, they may not know that you are here. And your face is so good, second miss, don't think about it. ”
Arnold's words Ning Zixin could still listen to them, and it was not that she didn't hear the whispers of some young ladies around her at this moment.
"Hey, didn't you hear about disfigurement? I look at that face is very good, very white and tender. ”
"Sure enough, the rumors are not credible, and I don't know who rumored that the second lady of the General's Mansion was disfigured, so her face is fine. yes, and that pleated dress on her looks so good. ”
"You all misunderstood, I heard that it was a cold, and it was only a few days ago."
Those people said a word, Ning Zixin listened to it, and her confidence came back, she walked up to Ning Zimo, and saluted: "Today, Miss Yan and Lu, my sister specially prepared a thin gift, and I ask my sister not to dislike it." ”
Ning Zimo raised her head and looked at her face carefully, she really didn't see anything unusual at first glance, but Ning Zixin's smile was a little unnatural, and Ning Zimo squinted her eyes before she said a perfunctory thank you sister.
In fact, Sister A Nan has been sitting beside Ning Zimo, and asked Ning Zimo at this moment: "Miss Ning, the brothers and sisters of the General's Mansion have their birthdays today, why didn't you see Young Master Yan?" ”
Before Ning Zimo could make any answer, he saw Sister Anan blushing and took out a purse embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water from her arms, and said, "Since Young Master Yan didn't see it, then Miss Ning will help me bring it to Young Master Yan, okay?" ”
Ning Zimo's heart flashed with jealousy, and when he was about to raise his hand to take it, a sarcastic voice interjected: "Is it the daughter of a small family born in a small family, and this purse embroidery is so childish, can you handle it?" ”
It was Liuxiang, the daughter of the prime minister's family, who had been in love with Ning Zimo and her brother for many years, and when she met someone, she said that she would marry into the General's Mansion in the future, and she would marry the young master of the General's Mansion, even if Ning Xuanli didn't say a word to Liuxiang.
Sister Anan's face turned red by this sentence, and she wanted to take back her purse but was taken by Liuxiang, and she was sarcastic before throwing the purse back to Sister Anan, in fact, Ning Zimo felt that this was inappropriate, everyone who came was a guest, so she said: "Sister Liuxiang, I have always given gifts with light and affectionate gifts, and not the more expensive the better, I looked at the injury on Sister Anan's hand, and knew that this purse was embroidered by her own hands, isn't this heart comparable to those expensive gifts?" ”
Liuxiang didn't dare to scare Ning Zimo, but said a little unnaturally: "That's also a score, where is the young master of the General's Mansion who can climb high with the sister of the household department." ”
"That's it, that's it, I don't look at my family background."
Sister Anan lowered her head a little helplessly when she heard the sarcasm of these words, Ning Zimo was soft-hearted, patted the back of her hand, and comforted: "Don't listen to her, she has always had no one in her eyes, so don't worry about it." ”