Fifty-three, forty-four
Shu Ning sighed in frustration, lifted the curtain and looked out, and sure enough, she saw Wan Ning waving to her, followed by three or four boys who were about the same age as her, all of whom she didn't recognize.
Shuning got out of the car, and before she finished saluting, she was pulled over by Wanning and introduced her and a few boys. Two of them are actually the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother!
Sister Wanning, aren't you dead yet? What the hell do you want to do?
The two elder brothers just nodded coldly at her, and the other boy, who seemed to be the son of the minister, was older, smiled and asked her a few questions, and she answered in a decent manner, without any interest, and gradually, the boy lost interest in her, and turned to talk to Wan Ning and the fifth elder brother about the goods in a small stall next to her.
Shuning stood on the edge of the place, planning to hide her aura as much as possible, if Wanning and the others could unconsciously forget about their existence and walk farther away, then she could quietly return to the carriage and continue to go home.
It's just that people are not as good as heaven, and the pony carriage she was in used to sit in had to move a few meters forward because it blocked the road for pedestrians, but it was even farther away from her. She couldn't climb into the car without realizing it under Wan Ning's nose.
Just as she was bothered by this, there was a coughing sound next to her. She looked back and widened her eyes, it was actually four four!
What is he going to do?
Sisi was silent for a while, and then spoke: "You are the daughter of Zhang Bao in the former Fengtian Mansion, right?" ”
Shuning bowed her head and responded: "Yes." ”
"Ling Tang ......," he paused, "Is it surnamed Tong?" ”
Hey? How did he know?
"That year, I was with the emperor...... Father went to Fengtian, someone sent two cotton jackets and some food, but did not leave a name, the people at the bottom asked tightly, only to say that it was sent by the Tong clan, I have already asked, the Tong clan who lives in Mukden, did not send those things. The only possible thing is Lingtang. ”
Actually...... Can you find it all like this? That's amazing! In this case, it would be too hypocritical to conceal it any longer.
"Yes, my mother did send some things, but because she was a foreign official's family, I was worried that she would give four ...... The fourth young master caused trouble, so he sent it in the name of the Tong clan, and it didn't mean anything else. Shuning replied cautiously.
Sisi was silent again, and only when Shuning thought that he would not speak anymore did he speak: "The clothes are very warm, I didn't expect the winter in Fengtian to be so cold, if it weren't for those two cotton jackets, I would definitely be sick, and the clothes are not conspicuous, except for the people who are waiting for me, no one else has noticed." ”
What should she say? Shuning didn't know how to deal with it, so she had to learn to be silent.
"I thought it would be ...... Someone deliberately wanted to stammer...... Who knows, not even a name......" he struggled to figure out what to say, "uh...... Thank you for me...... Let's do it. ”
Mom will be happy to find out, right?
Shuning remembered her mother, who had been a little restless recently, and she had also heard the rumors circulating in the house. "Would you like to do something to distract your mother?" Shuning turned her head to look at Sisi's side, and thought to herself: "Anyway, now that I have hooked up with this future emperor, although I don't want to be stirred into the whirlpool of seizing the heir, but a small overture should not matter, right?" ”
She thought for a moment and said carefully, "Mother...... It is said that in the past, she had a very good relationship with Tong Niangniang, who died first, but since her mother left Beijing to Fengtian, the correspondence with Tong Niangniang was almost broken, and she was much more distant than before, so when Tong Niangniang passed away, her mother was very sad and guilty. When I heard that you came to Mukden, I was worried that you would not be used to the cold winter there, so I specially asked someone to send some things into the palace, but I was worried that you would be misunderstood, so I did not leave a name. ”
Sisi thought for a while and asked, "I heard that Ling Zun has been waiting for a new vacancy recently, is it not going well?" ”
Shu Ning hurriedly said: "My father has his own idea about this matter, don't pay attention to it." My mother said that our family is always a minister, let people know, but it's not fun. "Just kidding! Now that the matter has come to an eyebrow, as soon as you intervene, it will be a problem.
She looked at Sisi and said, "Actually, my mother is just empathic...... It doesn't mean anything else, and you don't have to think too much about it. Except for my mother and me, no one else in my family knew about it. She glanced at Wan Ning in front of her, "You just think of the clothes sent by the tailor who doesn't charge money from outside the palace." After my mother returned to Beijing, she always wanted to make you a few clothes, but I didn't know how big you are now...... Now that she knows, she'll be glad to make you clothes. ”
Sisi stared at her for a while, and she didn't dare to come out. It was a long time before he looked away and whispered, "What if...... If you want to find someone to send me something, but you don't want others to know, don't go to the relationship in the palace, go to the pumpkin alley near the Lianhua Temple, the small courtyard of the second household on the left, surnamed Wang, is a house placed by a prince next to me outside the palace. He is reliable, and he is not blind, and if you have something, just send it there, and you don't need to eat it. ”
A slight smile appeared on his face, but he quickly stopped: "The material of the clothes does not have to be too good, generally the ones are made, the simpler the style, the better, and the ones should not be eye-catching as much as possible." ”
Shuning whispered, "What color do you like?" ”
"Blue, black, white, brown, in short, it's a plain color, don't have patterns."
"Yes, got it."
As if they were working underground, the two quickly exchanged a few words of information and fell silent.
Shuning carefully memorized the address, and inadvertently glanced at Sisi, and found that he seemed to be a little embarrassed, so he smiled slightly: "You don't have to be embarrassed, Hengzhu's mother is now nearly six months pregnant, and she is idle all day, and she is free." ”
Sisi nodded, and when he saw Wan Ning turning around and walking towards them, he caught up a few steps and joined the other boys.
Wan Ning stood still in front of Shu Ning and asked, "Is the fourth elder brother talking to you?" What was said? ”
Shuning shook her head: "It's nothing, he's greeting my mother." ”
"Your mother? Third aunt? Wan Ning was puzzled, and Shu Ning felt a little speechless: "My mother's surname is Tong!" She is a cousin with the late Empress Xiaoyi! Although I knew that she was actually very confused, I didn't think that I even figured out the relationship between my family.
Shuning glanced at her angrily: "Second sister, continue to play, I'll go back first." With that, he ignored her shouting behind her, walked directly to the carriage, climbed up and gave an order, and left.
When he returned home, he reported to his mother about being a guest at Zhou's house, and when he saw that there were people coming and going, it was not good to mention the matter of the fourth elder brother, so he retired and returned to his room to do Zhou Yinlan's work. It wasn't until it was time to eat that I put down the needle and thread in my hand. She turned her somewhat stiff neck, stretched her waist, and walked to the porch to greet Chunxing, who was playing with picking up sachets, and planned to go to dinner first.
At this time, a figure rushed in from outside the courtyard gate and hugged her: "Third sister, what were you doing so fast just now?" I still haven't asked yet! ”
Shuning and Chun Xing were both startled by her, and Chun Xing called timidly: "Second, second girl." Wan Ning responded to her with a smile, and when she saw the sachet in her hand, she suddenly became interested: "What is this?" Is it a game? ”
Not good! She'll be suspicious!
Although Shuning didn't show an expression on her face, she was extremely nervous in her heart, she watched Chun Xing tell Wan Ning the rules and origin of this game, and then looked at Wan Ning with a puzzled look at her.
Wan Ning waved her hand and took Chun Xing, and then looked at Shu Ning, and after a long while, she said to her, "The Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger." (Shuning: I'm embarrassed.) )
Shuning blinked her eyes and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What is the second sister talking about?" Is this poetry? Or is it a couplet? ”
Wan Ning blinked and asked again, "Comrades have worked hard. ”
Shuning blinked again: "Huh? Second, the second sister? Are you saying I'm working hard? Although doing needlework is a bit tiring, it is not hard. ”
Wan Ning stared at her for a while, and suddenly deflated: "Forget it, I'm thinking too much, how is this possible?" Then he looked up and asked her, "Where did you learn this game?" ”
Shuning smiled and said: "It is recorded in a miscellaneous book, I heard that it is a popular boudoir game in the former Ming Dynasty, I also guessed it, there are many people in Fengtian who like to play it." In fact, speaking of which, it's a bit similar to Gahala, does the second sister like it too? ”
Wan Ning smiled: "I didn't mean that. Then as if he remembered something, he suddenly grabbed Shuning's hand, "Don't worry about this for now, when you were on the street, you said that the third aunt and the fourth elder brother are relatives, why don't I know?" ”
Shuning said angrily: "Everyone in the whole house knows that my brother is still studying in the Tong family. How do I know that the second sister doesn't know? I thought you already knew. It's just a distant relative, and Tong Niangniang is not the biological mother of the fourth elder brother, what's the big deal? ”
"You don't understand, this is very important, I didn't know that our family was still related to him, and if I put this relationship on the line, maybe he wouldn't be so cold to me." Wan Ning looked chagrined.
Hey, hey, what do you want to do? Shu Ning suddenly had some foreboding, narrowed her eyes, and her tone became cold: "Anyway, our family has no plans to associate with him, and it is one thing to say a few words when it comes to encounters, and it is another thing to make friends in the name of relatives." "At least she has no intention of communicating on the surface, and secretly sending a letter to send something, also for the future, but she is entangled with the prince and her brothers in the relationship between men and women, and it is definitely not her choice.
Wan Ning waved her hand indifferently: "Don't worry, I am friends with him now, even if he is a little cold, sooner or later he will become acquainted." ”
It seems that when I tell my mother about April Fourth, I need to take some precautions.
Wan Ning looked at her again, frowned, and said, "Speaking of which, there are still five elder brothers here today, but you actually ignored him, but chatted with the fourth elder brother for so long, it's so strange." She stretched out her hand and patted Shuning's shoulders, and said solemnly: "Fourth Elder Brother, it's better to stay away from him, in fact, Fifth Elder Brother is also very good, you should have more contact with him, believe me, okay?" ”
Her big eyes have been staring at Shuning, which made Shuning's heart furious, but fortunately, at this time, the maids came to eat, so she let go of her hand, smiled, and left Huaiyuan.
Shu Ning was confused by her strange behavior, and walked towards the main room with a question mark on her head, thinking that she would tell Chun Xing to put away her kaleidoscope later, so that no one could see it. Halfway through, a thought suddenly came to mind: "Wanning is wearing, and it seems that she is very familiar with Qing Piercing novels, seeing that she consciously wooed Sisi and the future Sisi wife, and called herself to associate with the fifth elder brother twice and three times like this, is it ......?"
She was immediately embarrassed by her own thoughts.
Could it be that I in history am Wuwu's wife or little wife?!