Chapter 236: The Covenant

Jinxiu was taken aback at a glance, and hurriedly covered Rong Hua's hand with a handkerchief, and her face changed color, "Young lady, how good is this, why did you scratch your hand." ”

I didn't expect the decoration on the box to look very beautiful, but I couldn't touch it.

Jinxiu hurriedly moved the box away, took out a clean handkerchief and carefully wrapped Rong Hua's fingers.

Although the wound was not large, it shed a lot of blood, and the silk handkerchief was very thin, and it was soaked with blood almost immediately. Jinxiu was in a hurry, "Young lady, I still ordered to stop in front of the pharmacy and let the mother-in-law go buy some medicine to sprinkle." ”

Rong Hua shook his head, "It's always inconvenient on the street, this injury is actually just a little scratched, just go back to the house and get the medicine." ”

Fortunately, the bleeding stopped soon, but even so, Chunyao and the others were still startled when they saw it, Mu Hibiscus hurriedly went to get the medicine box, and Rong Hua sat on the chair and asked a few girls to rewrap their hands.

Chunyao glanced at the box, "It's such a long opening, how can it be so sharp." ”

Rong Hua smiled: "I didn't expect it either. ”

As he was talking, Yan Ling outside said, "Mother Li is here." ”

Did the old lady tell Mother Li to come over and ask her about the situation in the palace?

Rong Hua got up and smiled and welcomed Li's mother into the inner room.

Mother Li was also taken aback when she saw the injury on Rong Hua's hand, "How did you get this?" ”

Rong Hua smiled: "It's just that I accidentally injured myself when I was doing needlework, and the girls made a big fuss and wanted to wrap it up for me." ”

Mother Li said: "Even if it is a small injury, it is easy to take care of it," said and put down the things in his hand, "This is the needlework that Miss Tuo Hongyu helped me make, and the girls in the young lady's house are skillful, and the things they make are also beautiful." ”

Rong Hua asked Jinxiu to call Hongyu, and said to Li's mother with a smile, "As long as my mother doesn't dislike it, if there is anything you need to do, you can bring it over and let them help." ”

Mother Li smiled: "The needlework in the old lady's house has always been made by Xiangyu, and now Xiangyu's good days are approaching, the old lady means to let Xiangyu do more for her own use, and the old lady's things will not pass through Xiangyu's hands, there are just a few things that are in a hurry to do, I think of the red jade in the young lady's house." ”

Hongyu came into the room, Rong Hua picked up the things on the table and looked at them carefully before handing them to Hongyu.

Hongyu saluted Li's mother, "Mom, don't worry, I will do it carefully." ”

Mother Li smiled, "The people in the young lady's house are all proper. ”

Rong Hua nodded and asked about the old lady's situation.

Li's mother said: "I felt tired just now and rested for a while, and when the kitchen is ready for food, I will call the old lady to use it." ”

Rong Hua said: "I'll go over and talk when the old lady wakes up." ”

Li's mother smiled and left.

Hongyu took the things down, and Rong Hua instructed Chunyao, "After all, it's the old lady's things, and you can help out some on weekdays." ”

Chunyao nodded in response.

Jinxiu said: "It seems that Mother Li is going to help the young lady." ”

In the past few days, the second room has been preparing for the dowry to Chang Ningbo's Mansion, and the second wife has found a lot of housekeepers to help with the calculation, and there are many housekeepers who helped Xue Mingrui when he got married, and she is very clear about the things inside.

The second wife uses these people just to have a comparison, so as to find a reason to be able to say the past in front of the old lady, no matter where the increase or decrease is, she is always trying to make the dowry more.

But no matter how much you calculate, as long as the old lady doesn't let go, the second lady has no other way.

The fourth lady gave her an idea and asked her to go directly to the old lady and say. Since the second wife is tactful about her thoughts, why should she pierce this layer of window paper, and besides, this matter can't fall on her junior, no matter how you say it, it should be Mrs. Xue's head. Mrs. Xue's temperament doesn't like to fight for these, even if the dowry prepared in the second room is a little more, Mrs. Xue will not speak.

Since you can't get ahead, you have to think of other ways.

Although he has been the second wife's housekeeper over the years, the silver in the public is not something that can be moved, and the rest is the old lady's ladder.

When Xue Mingrui married her, the old lady took out a lot of silver to supplement the long house, if the second wife was not good at planning these silvers and went directly to the old lady, she naturally had to ask the old lady's mother next to her first.

Whether the old lady gave it openly or privately, no one can avoid Mother Li.

She deliberately tested Mama Li's meaning, and Mama Li brought the old lady's things to Hongyu to make, which was to give her a reply. The old lady doesn't need her to say anything, someone will help to mention it.

She is actually not worried, she is just afraid that the second wife will do some hands and feet in it, the same is a dowry of dozens of lifts, but the things inside are very knowledgeable, not to mention the dowry, the head, ornaments, gold, silver, jade, etc. are more soft and soft, this gift is naturally heavy, once everything is ready, it will be too late to remedy.

If Mother Li could mention this in front of the old lady, she would be at ease.

The dowry is small, and the long house should also have the appearance of a long house, at least there should be a change in the second wife's heart.

Rong Hua went into the inner room to change his clothes and came out, and Xue Yu from the old lady's courtyard came and said, "The old lady invited the young lady to come over for lunch together." ”

Breakfast and lunch accompany the old lady to eat, not to mention dinner, the rule of the Xue family is that everyone goes to the old lady's room to use it. In this way, she had dinner in the old lady's house all day today. Rong Hua responded with a smile, and asked Jinxiu to take the box rewarded by the palace and go to the old lady's house together.

……

The second wife listened to her mother in the house, "The old lady is sick, and there are many things on Mother Li, so we haven't said a few words." ”

The second lady raised her thin eyebrows, and her eyes flew diagonally.

Ren's mother continued: "Mother Li is talking to me with a smile, not like she wants to dodge," she said and lowered her voice, "Dong Hai's daughter will marry in the account room tomorrow, and the house that Dong Hai's family and I entered together have a good relationship with Mother Li, I think that Mother Li always has to go over, and then I will have a chance to speak." ”

The second lady nodded, and remembered Rong Hua's matter again, "After returning from the palace, you went to the old lady's house?" ”

Ren's mother said: "No, I heard that it was lunch with the old lady." ”

The second wife sneered, "She, the Hou Ye and the Lady, is enough, and she has to go to the palace all day long to find an excuse, for fear that there will be no chance in the future." ”

Mother Ren pretended to sigh, "It's not, this kind of thing happened to my mother's family, no matter how much the old lady likes the young lady, it's not for the Hou Ye to avoid it." The old man said the words in front again, if the Hou Ye secretly helped the young lady, he would be blamed by the court...... At that time, no matter how clever Mrs. Ren's mouth is, what can she say? ”

The second wife said: "If our family doesn't help, I don't know what will happen to the Tao family." In these years, Chu Fang has been lacking in confidence in the house, and it is not because her mother's family fell early. ”

Ren's mother smiled: "So, no matter what happens this time, the young lady will stumble." ”

The second wife smiled, "It's all fate." The fourth lady of Chang Ningbo's family has been raised by the old lady since she was a child, and the property in the old lady's hand was not given to her son, but only to this granddaughter. Hou Ye was going to marry the fourth lady of Chang Ningbo's family, but he didn't expect a Tao Ronghua to appear, just like the last time Hou Ye handled Su Xiyao's case, but in the end, he earned a pro-military academy for Ming Wei. ”

Ren's mother also smiled and said, "Our third master is blessed." ”

……

After dinner in the evening, Rong Hua showed Xue Mingrui the mirror given by the Queen Mother.

Xue Mingrui really frowned slightly.

"Prince Ying told the Nine Emperors not to give up on themselves, in fact, the Queen Mother wants to remind Prince Ying not only to be an idle prince, but to come out and do something for the court. The concubine is in the side hall, and this article of not giving up on herself is also for the Hou Ye. Rong Hua's eyes flashed, "If Prince Ying thinks about interfering in this matter, he will inevitably follow the queen mother's will to find the marquis." ”

"With the intention of the Queen Mother first, even if the Hou Ye helped Prince Ying, it is not considered a party."

Xue Mingrui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his head to look at Rong Hua. Such a smart woman has a seven-trick exquisite heart, and nothing can escape her eyes.

It was drizzling outside, and although the windows were not opened, there was still a hint of coolness in the house.

Under the light, Xue Mingrui's face was shrouded in a faint halo, his beautiful eyebrows extended, and he looked at Rong Hua deeply, "Do you think it's time?" ”

Rong Hua said: "It's not easy to say about the concubine," raised his head, "Master Hou thinks it's time?" ”

Xue Mingrui's slender eyes were raised, and his thin lips were curved.

Rong Hua said: "Does Master Hou remember that he owes me a night boat trip?" ”

Xue Mingrui's eyes were deep, and the smile on the corner of his mouth did not decrease, "Remember, it's just the two of us." ”

Rong Hua smiled slightly, his expression was firm, "When everything is over, Master Hou will take me to go boating and take a good look at the night in the capital." ”

"Although the Queen Mother hinted that I should not sit idly by, but when it comes to a critical moment, the Queen Mother will only intercede for Prince Ying."

Even if there is a slight mistake in the whole thing, Xue Mingrui will be blamed, but it is difficult to have both of them.

Xue Mingrui stared at Rong Hua, "In this case, Prince Zhuang didn't exclude me at first, and it would be logical if I intervened." It's just that your father is afraid that my father will increase the punishment because of me. ”

Xue Mingrui did not avoid suspicion, but tried every possible way to bypass everyone to handle the case first, others will inevitably have complaints, and Tao Zhengan, who was involved in this case, should attract even more attention.

It is impossible not to deal with Tao Zheng'an in this situation.

Xue Mingrui slowly took Rong Hua's hand, "Have you thought about it?" ”

The first time she heard people talk about Wu Muhou's angry-eyed King Kong, she felt that maybe this Wu Muhou was a person with an unshakable mind, and later found that Wu Muhou was not only like this, but also had solid arms and a tenacious heart. Since she chose him, she had to hold hands with him until the end.

Rong Hua watched as Xue Mingrui slowly closed his fingers and clasped his hands tightly.