Chapter 178: The Gathering (I)

Seeing Eleven Niang looking back at herself, the eldest lady crooked her mouth and snorted at her a few times in a trembling voice.

Eleven Niang was taken aback.

I didn't expect the eldest lady's condition to be so serious that she couldn't even speak...... In this case, why bother to hold a big gathering, isn't it enough for a few people in the family to get together?

The thought flashed through him, and he had already stepped forward and bowed his knees, shouting "Mother".

Sister Zhen also obediently stepped forward and shouted "grandmother".

The eldest lady didn't look at Sister Zhen'er, and stared at Eleven Niang.

Mother Xu, who was serving on the side, hurriedly said: "Aunt Eleven, the eldest lady has something to say to you!" ”

Eleven Niang stepped forward.

The eldest lady looked at her, her face was swollen red, and she spit out a few words vaguely for a while, but she couldn't understand any of them, so she couldn't help but look at Mother Xu.

Mother Xu explained: "The eldest lady is asking about the resignation of the Hou Ye!" ”

Are you worried about Brother Zhen?

Eleven Niang slowed down her voice: "Mother, please rest assured." Hou Ye is a disease of foot paralysis. This year, the weather is cold, and it is really hard to go to court every morning, so I proposed to resign. It's not for anything else. The emperor also kept it again and again. ”

The eldest lady listened to her eyes and gradually softened, Eleven Niang looked relieved, and the eldest lady looked at her with a sharp gaze, and said a word.

Eleven Niang had no choice but to look at Mother Xu again.

Mother Xu didn't understand very much, and put her ear to the eldest lady's mouth.

The eldest lady said two more words.

Mother Xu nodded, and said to Eleven Niang with a smile: "The eldest lady said, let Master Hou not be impulsive." Brother Zhen is still young! ”

Eleven Niang nodded, feeling that it was not good to say these words at this time - the room was full of people, and who knew what would become when the words were passed around. smiled and changed the topic: "Mrs. Tai knew that I was coming to see my mother, so she specially asked me to bring two ginseng sticks to replenish your body." Hou Ye also sent someone to prepare some medicinal materials such as gastrodia, Tianqi, and angelica for me to bring over. We are all looking forward to your speedy recovery! ”

The eldest lady nodded slightly.

Seeing that the two of them had finished speaking, Siniang smiled and stepped forward to salute the eldest lady, and said, "Last time, the seventh brother-in-law made a special trip from Shandong to bring you Ejiao, how are you eating?" Do you want him to bring some more? ”

The eldest lady pulled out a smile with a stiff expression.

Mother Xu replied on her behalf: "I also bother to ask the fourth aunt and grandmother to bring a message to the seventh aunt." Said that our eldest wife thanked him. Ejiao is very good, and I haven't used up the last time. The seventh aunt and the seventh aunt came to Yanjing when they had time, so they came to play at home. ”

"By all means." Siniang smiled and exchanged a few words with the eldest lady.

The sixth aunt smiled and pulled a young woman wearing a red makeup jacket over: "The two aunts haven't seen each other yet, right?" This is the fourth grandmother who has just entered the door. ”

Eleven Niang and Si Niang looked at the woman.

He said he was twenty years old, and he looked three or four years older than his actual age. Medium stature, not white but not black, rectangular face, willow eyebrows into sideburns, a pair of eyes are very clear and bright, looking very energetic and calm. He wore a peony bun, a pearl headband, and two apricot yellow silk flowers obliquely.

Seeing that the sixth aunt introduced her, she generously bent her knees and saluted the two: "The concubine is Zhou, and I have seen two aunts and grandmothers." ”

Eleven Niang and Siniang hurriedly bent their knees to return the salute, and Siniang smiled and said a few kind words such as "Our fourth brother is so blessed to marry such a capable daughter-in-law", and took a pair of red gold earrings. Eleven Niang first gave Nanzhu Zhuhua for Mrs. Tai, and then took the meeting gift she prepared - a pair of bracelets with red gold and a drop of oil.

Zhou did not show joy because of Mrs. Tai's Nanzhu bead flower, nor was he pale because of Siniang's red gold earrings, he accepted it without humility or arrogance, thanked the two with a smile, and took two pairs of shoes as a return gift.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but look at her with admiration.

It seems that the eldest lady has found a good family for the fourth master.

She led Sister Zhen to meet her fourth aunt.

The fourth grandmother's meeting gift to Sister Zhen was a silk veil: "I embroidered it myself, and my sister took it for ordinary use." ”

Sister Zhen thanked her, and Eleventh Niang introduced the third and fifth aunts to her.

The two aunts smiled and nodded slightly, the third aunt gave a gilt silver and pearl hairpin to Sister Zhen as a meeting gift, and the fifth aunt gave a green jade jade plate.

Sister Zhen knew that the fifth aunt was the biological mother of Eleven Niang, so she couldn't help but look at it twice, and then looked back at Eleven Niang. Seeing that the two were seven or eight points similar, they showed curious eyes.

A little maid came in and said, "The third master and the third grandmother are here." ”

After all, it was her own brother, Siniang greeted her with a smile: "Why did you come?" ”

The third grandmother glanced at the third master with a smile and said, "Before going out, I said that I hadn't drunk hot and sour soup for a long time, and I asked someone to make it for him." ”

The third master has lived in Yanjing for a long time, and his living habits are the same as those of Yanjing people.

Siniang smiled: "Why are you still like a child." ”

The third master smiled innocently, and when he saw the ladies in the room, he saluted the eldest lady with his eyes and nose, and hurriedly went out to the uncle Luo Zhenxing. The third grandmother and the eleventh mother met each other, and the eleventh mother asked the young sister to come to meet the third aunt. The third grandmother didn't expect to meet Sister Zhen for a while, so she gave Sister Zhen a gift with the ruby treasure knot on her head. The sixth aunt took the fourth grandmother to meet the third grandmother. The third grandmother gave the fourth grandmother a pair of red gold willow leaf earrings that had been prepared early as a meeting gift, and the fourth grandmother returned the gift of two pairs of shoes.

The big * milk beckoned everyone to sit down and drink tea.

Qian Ming and Wu Niang came.

The eldest lady smiled happily as she listened.

It can be seen that she really likes Qian Ming.

Qian Ming saluted the eldest lady and leaned over to talk to the eldest lady: "...... You look much better than you did yesterday. Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread. Don't worry. There are uncles and aunts in the family, you just take care of the disease, it is a great blessing for us to be children......" He has a handsome smile and a gentle attitude, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. The smile in the eldest lady's eyes was even stronger.

After saying a few words, Qian Ming got up: "I'll go see my eldest brother." I'll talk to you later. ”

The eldest lady nodded again and again, and said a few words.

Mother Xu hurriedly said: "The eldest lady said, let the masters drink less wine." ”

The intimate taste speaks for itself.

Qian Ming hurriedly promised: "No, no." With my eldest brother here, we won't mess around. ”

The eldest lady smiled and nodded. Qian Ming lowered his eyelids and waved at the people in the room, and walked quickly to Luo Zhenxing, leaving the pot-bellied Wu Niang.

The third aunt hurriedly brought a Taishi chair for her to sit on.

She sat down with her waist propped up, and the one who served her was Shion.

"Where's crape myrtle?" The third aunt asked her with a smile.

"Oh!" Wu Niang said disapprerovingly, "There is no one to take care of Bachelor Han of Hanlin Academy, I saw that Ziwei is not young, and I gave it to Bachelor Han as a concubine." ”

Eleven Niang was stunned, and saw that everyone else in the room also showed surprised expressions, knowing that everyone, like her, was hearing the news for the first time.

She couldn't help but look at Asterβ€”she saw her eyelids lowered and her face a little blank.

Shi Niang looked at it and felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Serving her since she was a child, and marrying her as a roommate, how could she just give someone away and become a concubine......

But this is Wu Niang's housework, even if she has an opinion, it is not her turn to ask.

Maybe everyone feels the same way. For a while, the atmosphere was a little weird.

The big * grandmother looked at it and came out of the round with a smile: "Hey, why haven't the tenth aunt and the tenth aunt come yet?" ”

The sixth aunt immediately followed: "Yes, why haven't you come yet." I'll check it out! Then he smiled and went to the Hanging Flower Gate.

In this way, the atmosphere in the room eased a lot.

Siniang took the hand of the fourth grandmother Zhou: "This is our fifth aunt and grandmother, you can see it too!" ”

Zhou respectfully bent his knees to salute Wu Niang, but Wu Niang's expression was faint, and he took a pair of red gold filigree bracelets as a meeting gift, and Zhou's return gift was still two pairs of shoes. Wu Niang smiled, and Ziyuan stepped forward to accept it. She turned her head and spoke to Eleven Niang: "...... When did it come? He greeted Sister Zhen with a smile: "Sister Zhen is a rare guest." ”

Sister Zhen stepped forward to salute Wu Niang.

Eleven Niang frowned slightly.

Speaking of which, Wu Niang and the fourth master are compatriots of the same mother, and the fourth master is a concubine, it is not easy to live in the Luo family, and they should be affectionate and affectionate to the new brother and daughter-in-law, and the four masters are the two mouths, but she makes a look of wanting to kill the fourth grandmother...... Fortunately, it's just an aunt, if it's a mother-in-law, I don't know what kind of tricks to use!

After thinking about it, the sixth aunt walked in with a smile: "Big * milk, the Maoguo Mansion sent someone to say that the tenth aunt is going to be on an errand today, and he can't come." The tenth aunt and grandmother were slightly ill, so they didn't come. ”

The atmosphere couldn't help but be cold.

Eleven Niang glanced at the eldest lady - her eyes were full of mockery.

The eldest * grandmother smiled when she saw it: "This ten mother, the tenth aunt will not come, and she will not come either." When the time comes, I will add a nephew, and I, who is an aunt, will also take Naqiao, and I have to ask three or four times to go. ”

"At the end of the day, it's still going to go!" Siniang teased.

Everyone laughed.

Siniang took the fourth grandmother's hand and said, "Don't laugh." Our sister-in-law is used to jokes, and she has always been neither big nor small. ”

The fourth grandmother smiled: "Where is the fourth aunt and grandmother, I see everyone making love like this, only those who are envious, how can they make fun of them." "That's a nice thing to say.

Siniang joked with the big * milk: "Do you see it?" Capable again. You have to be careful not to let your siblings see the jokes. ”

The big * grandmother didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's hard to beat four fists with both hands." I wish I had someone who could help me. ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere became relaxed and pleasant.

Eleven Niang saw a hint of gloom flashing in the eyes of the big * milk. When I think of the scene I saw when I entered the door, I always felt that there was something going on......

It's just that before she found a chance to ask the eldest * grandmother, a little maid came in and said, "Eleventh aunt, the eldest lord, please go to the study to ask." ”

Eleven Niang was stunned, asked Amber to accompany Sister Zhen'er, and explained to Sister Zhen again, and then went to the study with the little girl.

Master, and Uncle Luo Zhenxing. Except for the eldest elder in the study

The expressions of the two were solemn, quite a bit of a three-hall trial.

can make them so solemn, it can only be Xu Lingyi's business.

She bowed her knees, and the old man pointed to the small pestle in front of the door for her to sit.

"Why didn't Master Hou come? I'm just having a treat this time to meet Master Hou? ”

Eleven Niang was very surprised.

She also thought that the party was to introduce the fourth grandmother Zhou to everyone.

"Master Hou has foot paralysis...... she said.

"Is there really foot paralysis?" The eldest lord's face was full of disbelief, and then his brows tightened, "Although the Hou Ye didn't dare to say that he swept the 180,000 Imperial Forest Army with a silver spear back then, he rarely met opponents. How could he resign because of a small foot paralysis? ”。

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There will be two more. But the second shift time is yet to be determined, so let's get up tomorrow morning and watch it......