Chapter 23 Response (I)
I only heard Rong Hua say lightly: "The eldest lady hasn't said that she wants to marry me to Shangshu Mansion." Besides......" she raised her head and smiled slowly, "Escaping is not the best way, if you can escape today, you may not be able to escape for a lifetime, and I can't give up until the last moment." β
"You have to calm down and think about whether there is any other way." Although everyone thinks that everything is a foregone conclusion, in her opinion.
It is not yet known who killed the deer.
Brother Hong sat down, thought and thought, but didn't have a clue.
The eldest lady has clearly agreed, who else can change the outcome? Who can speak in front of the eldest lady, just thinking of this, Brother Hong's eyes suddenly widened, and he whispered: "Sister, haven't you always been good friends with the second sister?" Otherwise, you will ask the second sister for help? β
Mu Hibiscus didn't know what happened to Rong Hua before, Brother Hong opened Mu Hibiscus away, and then said: "After you were gone, only the second sister in this house was the most sad, you see her current body, it was that she fell ill at that time, if she knew that you were back, she would definitely be willing to find a way to help." Besides, she is the only one in this house who can make the eldest lady listen. β
"It's impossible for anyone else to help." Brother Hong looked at Rong Hua unmoved, just as she had other concerns, "If my sister doesn't want to tell the truth completely, she can ...... it."
Before Brother Hong finished speaking, Rong Hua interrupted him, "How has she treated you all these years?" β
Brother Hong said: "Over the years, she has been recuperating in her yard and rarely comes out, but every New Year's holiday, she will always send a maid to burn a few pieces of paper in the yard, I am very grateful to her, so I will also go over to talk to her," the words became indignant at this point, "The other people in the house do not have this heart, and secretly discuss your rights and wrongs in private." β
Rong Hua listened carefully, "Do the eldest lady and Mrs. often go to her?" β
Brother Hong said: "I often go, and my father often goes, and I always have to visit the sick." β
Brother Hong had such a thing in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to say anything else, "Sister, have you thought about it?" Do you want to go to the second sister? β
After all, Brother Hong has not experienced as much as her, and he can't help but be impatient when he encounters major events.
Yaohua.
and her closest sisters.
"I'm going to find her...... Not now. Rong Hua looked at Brother Hong with a smile and said softly: "I won't give in so easily, I will find a way." β
Brother Hong sat for a long time and said something about Zuo Zongxue.
Brother Hong's personal Xia Tao came to urge, and Rong Hua said: "Let's go, someone will suspect it when it's late." β
Brother Hong looked outside, "Sister, don't worry, I understand the girls in my house." Although Xia Tao is the eldest wife, she also understands that the best choice is to have a heart with him, and sooner or later she will have her benefits.
Brother Hong was still worried about Rong Hua, "Sister, have you really made up your mind?" β
Rong Hua nodded.
Brother Hong knows her sister's temper, as long as she makes up her mind, there is no room for turnaround. I thought that my sister was so calm, there must be another way, so I was willing to put my mind down for a while and leave reluctantly.
Before Brother Hong left, he said to the hibiscus sent out: "If there is anything wrong, you can ask Xia Tao and ask her to tell me." β
Hibiscus responded.
When she returned to the house, the eldest lady sent her mother-in-law over again and instructed, "The eldest lady should let the young lady rest early, and she will get up early tomorrow morning to prepare." β
Talking about the maids who were waiting to freshen up, they all came in.
Rong Hua lay down and suddenly remembered, "Hibiscus, prepare the clothes I will wear tomorrow." β
Hibiscus said, "Is it the set that Miss got back from Mrs.?" β
Rong Hua shook his head, "That set of clothes should be kept until the old lady's birthday." Take the one I pressed at the bottom of the box, it's also new. β
When Rong Hua said this, Mu Hibiscus had already remembered the dress that Rong Hua asked her to retrieve from behind the rockery in the garden, and hurriedly opened the cage and took it out to show Rong Hua.
Rong Hua nodded, "Yes, just wear it." β
I didn't expect Miss Eight to wear this outfit, what was Miss Eight thinking?
The girls all went down, and Rong Hua hadn't fallen asleep yet, when she heard Mu Hibiscus say again: "Miss Jinxiu is here." β
Rong Hua thought for a while, "Let her go back, just say I'm asleep." β
Mu Hibiscus wanted to say something, but when he saw that Rong Hua closed his eyes and seemed to be about to fall asleep, he didn't dare to disturb anymore, went out and told Jinxiu, went back to the house to take the dress to iron, and prepared the jewelry to be worn the next day, and then went to sleep with a sad heart.
Before dawn the next day, the mother-in-law outside woke up, and Rong Hua got up and dressed up.
As soon as I got dressed, a maid came in and said, "The eldest lady asked the young lady to come over!" β
Rong Hua stood up, his sideburns were fluffy, his long hair was divided into several strands and rolled into a hundred flowers, leaving a swallowtail under the bun, three red coral hairpins with golden hairpins on his head, wearing the jade bead hairpin with cinnamon branches, wearing a pink pomegranate butterfly flower Confucian jacket, an autumn fragrant pleated skirt, a light cyan dark flower neck jacket, and finally a lake-green silver silk coat on the outside.
Rong Hua entered the eldest lady's room, the eldest lady glanced at it, her eyes froze, and she couldn't help but look carefully, she didn't expect that Miss Eight was dressed up so cutely, and there was a world of difference between it and Yanhua's jewels that day.
Shuhua was also stunned for a moment, always felt that Rong Hua looked a little familiar when she wore this suit, but she couldn't tell where she had seen it, she kindly stepped forward and took Rong Hua's hand and turned around, "This dress is really beautiful on you, and I don't know who has such an eye and bought you this dress." β
Rong Hua smiled slightly and didn't speak, today's dress, the jewelry rewarded by the eldest lady, the bracelet given by the eldest lady, and this set of clothes, Rong Hua glanced at Shuhua.
Shuhua didn't know that this dress was from Zhao Xuanhuan's handwriting.
When I got this dress three years ago, Rong Hua still wanted to have no jewelry to match it, but now I have all of them.
After three years, if he sees it again......
The maids put the dishes up, and the eldest lady asked Shuhua and Ronghua to sit beside her, "You two come and eat with me." β
After breakfast, everyone sat for a while, and the carriage of the Yicheng Marquis Mansion arrived, and the mother-in-law came in to pay respects.
The eldest lady took Dong Rui, left Chen's mother at home, and explained carefully before going out.
Yanhua ran to see off the eldest wife, said a few polite words, and stared at Rong Hua's face.
Yanhua's expression was a little surprised at first, and then he gloated and smiled coldly, Rong Hua walked past her, and she said hypocritically: "Outside, sister should be careful in everything, don't be rude in front of Mrs. Hou." β
Rong Huafu gifts.
Yanhua's smile became stronger, and when he turned around, he instructed Xiangqiao beside him, "Let the kitchen make me some more snacks, I'm hungry again, the weather is really good today, it's suitable for a walk in the garden." As he spoke, he shook his veil and walked away triumphantly.
The Marquis of Yicheng's Mansion sent two four-person sedan chairs and two carriages.
Shuhua asked the eldest lady to get on the four-person sedan chair, and the eldest lady said: "How can this work, the sedan chair is customized, how dare I overstep it, your father also dared to use the four-person sedan chair when he went out of Beijing." β
Shuhua said: "There is a righteous Chenghou Mansion to bear, you can sit with confidence." β
The eldest lady still refused, and Shuhua persuaded her for a while, so she agreed to take a four-person sedan chair with Shuhua.
Rong Hua took the hibiscus in a carriage, and the rest of the maids got into the back car, and the Yicheng Marquis Mansion sent guards, and the eldest lady also brought a few family guards from home to ensure safety.
Before arriving at the Hou Ye's mansion, the sedan chair stopped first.
The eldest lady was about to ask for some reason, but someone outside had already announced, "Someone got off the sedan chair in front." β
The eldest lady opened the curtain and looked, there was a two-person sedan chair parked at the door of the Yichenghou Mansion, a lady got down from the sedan chair, the person just slightly turned his face and entered the house, the eldest lady did not see clearly who it was, and asked Shuhua after getting off the sedan chair.
Shuhua had already seen it just now, "It's Chen's aunt Chen of Wang Zhengde of the Ministry of Shangshu." β
The eldest lady understood that she must have been invited by Mrs. Cai, the Marquis of Yicheng.
The eldest lady tidied up her neckline a little, "Who else did you invite?" β
Shuhua smiled, "It's nothing more than a good relationship with the family, they are all the family members of the Kyoto eunuchs, and some mothers also recognize them." These years are different from previous years, and these people are still willing to come on weekdays, let alone hold congregations. There was still some pride in the words.
The eldest lady glanced at Shuhua, "Those are just for Mrs. Cai, how many are you good for?" β
Shuhua said: "What's so difficult about that, when your son-in-law inherits the title, they will naturally come to me." β
The eldest lady said: "Don't think about everything too simply, you also have to be more mindful, what you can usually collect must be collected, you must not plan for yourself, after all, the husband's family is the husband's family, only the one in the palm of your hand is safe." β
Although Shuhua has accepted it now, she forgot it in a blink of an eye, and the eldest lady sighed secretly in her heart, how could she raise such a daughter.
The eldest lady got out of the carriage, and the hibiscus also helped Rong Hua down, and when she entered the door, a young woman walked in front of her, combing her hair in a high bun, wearing a few delicate golden flowers, inserting a cloisonnΓ© with agate, wearing a snow-blue makeup gown, and a smile on her face was like a spring breeze.
When the young woman saw the eldest lady, she immediately asked for peace, "The eldest lady is here, our wife is saying that she is coming to pick you up, and she will send me to come first, but she didn't think that I was too late." β
The eldest lady smiled: "It's all my own family, how can I be so polite, but the second grandmother, I haven't seen her for a few months, and she is more beautiful." β
Rong Hua knew that this person must be the wife of Zhao Xuanhuan's younger brother Zhao Xuande, so she stepped forward and shouted, "Second grandmother." β
The second grandmother turned her head sideways to look at Rong Hua, and was suddenly surprised when she glanced at it, the blood in her body rushed into her heart, her heart was hot, and her hands and feet suddenly became weak, and she realized that she had recognized the wrong person.
The young lady in front of her was not the one she thought in her heart, it was the eighth lady of Tao Mansion.
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