Chapter Seventy-One: Another She
Xia Yu ate some fresh fruits, a breeze blew with some coolness, and two days later it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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During the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, the mansions are very lively, and the streets and alleys are full of festive atmosphere, but the Mansion of the Marquis of Xia is cold.
Cai's and Miao's and others made arrangements to set up a family banquet, and also invited a not-so-famous troupe in Kyoto City, and allocated 1,000 taels of silver from the treasury of the house.
"Miss, Mrs. Min, Mrs. Ertang, Mrs. Wutang and the little ladies of several mansions, Miss, and Brother Gongzi are all listening to the play in the back garden, do you want to go over and join in the fun."
Ziyu held the newly made mooncakes from the large kitchen in her hand, and asked as she placed the mooncakes on the stone table.
Xia Yu held a miscellaneous book and read it with relish, this is a miscellaneous book describing the northwest, I don't know how lively my grandmother's mansion is now, whether it is the same as in previous years.
"Sister Gardenia is here, Sister Gardenia."
Xia Yi was very annoyed when she heard the sound of her eyebrows frowning, since her grandfather made a big fuss in the Crane Courtyard, the second grandmother and the fifth grandmother let the cousins of the two mansions walk around with her more, how many annoying warblers and warblers will come every day, and the brain hurts with the chatter in your ear.
This time came to the second grandmother's eldest son Xia Chengxiu and Xiao Cai's daughter-in-law Xia Miao, the second son Xia Chengxian and Bai's daughter-in-law Xia Yao, and the fifth grandmother's eldest son Xia Chengyi and Zhang's Xia Guan.
Xia Miao is the oldest, and her slim and jade body is drawn and raised, and today she is wearing a water-green skirt embroidered with a hundred butterflies, covered with a green shirt and a flying bun, which is very incompatible with her gorgeous clothes, and is twisted.
"Sister Gardenia, today my grandmother and grandmother invited a troupe, why don't my sisters go to the back garden with my sisters to listen to the play."
Xia Miao sat opposite Xia Yu and spoke.
Xia Miao, who was scented with a sweet gouache fragrance, was dizzy, and this Xia Miao always sprinkled himself with fragrant powder and gouache at a young age, which was not only unpleasant but also pungent.
Xia Yu is dressed up very much in line with her age today, wearing an apricot pink silk placket with wide sleeves and a long tunic skirt, two rice beads and silk flowers in her hair bun, and a jade butterfly hairpin, which is very delicate.
"Gardenia, today is a family banquet, great-ancestor specially let a few of us invite Gardenia, a few days ago Jinxuanfang didn't send a lot of jewelry to Gardenia, today's family banquet Gardenia dress up, let me wait to see Jinxuanfang's new jewelry to open my eyes."
Xia Yu sat on the swing that Xia Yu often played, swinging lightly wherever he was, and he was not afraid of shaking his hair in a bun.
Xia Guan's dress is not as new as in the past, today can be worn ten out of ten new dresses, a set of water red Luo skirt style is old but new, the bun is the same as in the past, there is a small bag on it, there is a golden hairpin today, but it is not in line with her age and is slightly old, the whole person is still very sullen and very restrained, standing not sitting is not.
"Sister Gardenia, you can go, if you don't go, your great-grandmother will definitely be angry."
Xia Wan said sullenly, her fingers intertwined and very uneasy.
Xia Yi put down the book, stood up, and said, "You all go back, I didn't say I won't go, clean up and go forward." ”
Several people glanced at each other and said goodbye again and again, as long as Xia Yi went to their task, even if half of their task was completed, maybe the great-grandmother would reward them a lot if she was in a good mood.
Xia Yu summoned Zijin; "Go and see what those old women are having."
Xia Yan didn't miss the successful laughter of Xia Miao, Xia Yu, and Xia Yun, she knew that the general family banquet, festive celebration, Ertang grandmother and others were avoiding her, and when they invited her to participate.
Ziyu went to the room to change her clothes before serving Xia Yu, and matched Xia Yu with the new jewelry sent by Jinxuanfang a few days ago.
Tsuruin.
"How is it going, the girl agreed."
Old Madam Min looked at Xia Miao and the three of them with gloomy eyes.
"I promised my great-grandmother, and the girl will come over in a while." Xia Yu replied first.
"What's wrong with you?" Old Madam Min looked at Xiao Cai, Bai and the others and asked.
Bai glanced at Xiao Cai's retreat, and Xiao Cai's eyes picked up and said very proudly: "Grandmother, don't worry, Liu agreed, this time the little girl will not come back." ”
After going to a cup of tea, Zijin returned to the gardenia with an angry face.
Xia Yi saw it and knew that it must be those old women who were moths again, so he asked out loud: "How is Zijin, what kind of demon did they do this time." ”
Ziyu, Zichai, Yuexin and others all came over, but when they saw Zijin's anger, they said indignantly:
"How dare they be so bold, little master, do you know that today's Ertang lady invited the troupe to come, their minds are filthy and have the intention of stealing dragons and phoenixes, if the slave maid does not go to the stage to check, it will not be found, do you know that the back of the stage is not only the props of the play, but also a big wooden box, the slave and maid look very conspicuous, so they opened the wooden box, who knows that this wooden box is actually a girl who looks the same age as the little master, especially this female doll even the clothes and jewelry are the style of the little master's new work a few days ago."
After Zijin's words, why didn't everyone understand, Xia Yan asked coldly in his heart:
"They really worked hard, I don't know where to find someone similar to me, I'm afraid the human skin mask cost a lot of silver."
Zijin shook his head at this time and said: "Little master, there is no human skin mask, but a female doll that looks exactly like you, but the only difference from you is that there is a birthmark on the neck of this female doll." ”
"What, exactly the same as the little master." This time, it was changed to Yuexin who asked in a lost voice, but there was a drum in her heart, could it be that she was still alive and gave birth to an heir, no, she couldn't live, if it weren't for the fact that her lord would not die.
Xia Yu's shocked eyes widened, and she couldn't speak for a long time, she looked like her average age, if she didn't know that she only gave birth to Xia Yu, she would really suspect that the female doll was a twin with her.
"Where is that doll now?"
Xia Yi came back to her senses and asked, maybe this female doll had something to do with her identity, especially the sudden change in Yuexin's expression.
Zichai and Ziyu were also shocked, but they suspected in their hearts that the female doll who was exactly the same age as the little master might be the twin sister of the little master, after all, they really didn't know if the monarch gave birth to twins.
If the life of the twin old masters is one more protection, and the blood of the monarch is one more inheritance, he immediately asked with a happy face:
"Another little master of Zijin, won't he still be in that big wooden box?"
Xia Yi was even more sure that the little girl was closely related to her, and she also waited for Zijin's answer with her eyes wide open.
Of course, Ziyu and Zichai can think of Zijin, but she knows more things than the two of them, and if looking at Yuexin is really what she guessed, the little master will definitely be affected.