Chapter 22: On the Dowry

Hibiscus Garden

Guan Pingxian took a sip of water and suppressed his shock, but as long as he thought of what he saw just now, he couldn't help but want to vomit, Aunt Shen was smart, from Xiangye's expression and the smell just now, it was not difficult to guess what was going on inside.

"Xiangye, why don't we get out of here first, seeing Xiangye so uncomfortable, the concubine can't bear it in her body and mind!"

Guan Pingxian thought of the wreckage in that place, took a deep breath, complained a little about the Xu family in his heart, and then glanced at the courtyard coldly, in a short time, he would not step in again.

Guan Yunxue, as the companion of the second princess, also went with the second princess when she chose to accompany the queen mother to Huguo Temple to pray for blessings, so Guan Lingyue has not seen this big sister for so long.

She has a gentle temperament, which should be related to Aunt Luo's teachings, dressed in beige clothes, long hair as beautiful as black silk is pulled into a bun, the whole face is not powdered, there is a kind of natural beauty of 'pearls do not move and condense the eyebrows, and the lead is full of innocence', and the slender figure is plump and slender.

Guan Yunxue got out of the carriage and looked at the two people standing at the gate of the mansion, one was wearing turquoise clothes, obviously his own sister, silently, as for the other person, it should be the future Princess Rui, his third sister, Guan Lingyue.

"Sister." Guan Moran smiled and came to Guan Yunxue's side affectionately.

"Big sister." Guan Lingyue smiled even on the line, but this smile was a little alienated, in fact, this is normal, after all, the two of them met for the first time, and they were enthusiastic when they met for the first time, so it was called wrong.

"This is the third sister, she looks really good." Guan Yunxue smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go see my grandmother first, I haven't seen it for several months, I miss it." ”

Tzu Ann Church

The old lady looked at the eldest granddaughter kneeling below, her eyebrows were full of softness, and she said with a faint smile on her face: "You girl, get up quickly." ”

"Grandmother, this is a peace charm for your granddaughter." Guan Yunxue stood up with a smile and said, took a purse from her waist and handed it over, "The granddaughter of the peace charm is in it." ”

The old lady took the purse, looked it up and down, and said, "You embroidered it yourself, it's really good." ”

Guan Yunxue smiled and nodded.

"Lingyue, look at it, how beautiful your eldest sister's embroidered purse is, how similar it is to you, alas." Thinking of the embroidery of the third granddaughter, the old lady had a headache.

Guan Lingyue was unhappy, and came to the old lady's side and said aggrievedly: "Grandmother hurts her granddaughter's heart, big sister is ingenious, how can Lingyue compare with big sister!" Besides, Lingyue doesn't like this thing at all. ”

The old lady hated iron and steel, nodded Guan Lingyue's forehead and said, "You." Then he waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's all go back, especially Xue'er, go back and have a good rest." ”

"Okay."

Not long after the three of them left Ci'an Hall, they saw Aunt Luo who came in a hurry.

"Auntie." Guan Yunxue's eyes were filled with tears, and her voice was a little choked.

Aunt Luo touched Guan Yunxue's cheek and said with a concerned face: "Auntie's Xue'er, she has lost weight." ”

"Auntie, Xue'er misses you so much!"

Guan Lingyue watched this scene from the side, a little uncomfortable, until now, she doesn't know what mother's love is, and it is estimated that she will not feel it in this life, alas.

Quietly left, returned to his yard, leaned weakly on the railing, and threw fish food into the lake with his hands.

"Miss, Aunt Shen is here." Zi Dai said.

Guan Lingyue looked up at the comer, cleaned up her sitting posture, and said, "Aunt Shen, why do you have time to come to me?" ”

"Haha, look at what Miss San said, everyone is a family, it's okay to chat together." Aunt Shen smiled and said, "Does the third lady know who I saw when I went out a few days ago?" Seeing that Guan Lingyue shook his head, he said, "It's Cui Shijie, the shopkeeper of the Splendid Pavilion." ”

Guan Lingyue was a little confused, what does this Cui Shijie have to do with her? She doesn't know her?

Aunt Shen saw Guan Lingyue's confused look, and patted her head with some annoyance and said, "Look at my brain, I have forgotten it, and the third young lady still doesn't know about this matter." ”

Then, Guan Lingyue knew in Aunt Shen's mouth that this Splendid Pavilion was the dowry of her mother, Qin Ruwan, in addition to this Splendid Pavilion, her mother's dowry also included a hot spring village on the outskirts of Beijing and the surrounding 500 acres of land, as well as some shops and fields in other counties.

Guan Lingyue raised her eyebrows, and she said, this Aunt Shen came to the door for nothing, why did she suddenly come to her today, it turned out that it was because of those dowries. However, now it seems that this dowry has been manipulated by the Xu family, otherwise, the other party would not have come to remind her.

Although the two of them are in a cooperative relationship, they will only cooperate when the Xu family is involved, and other than that, they are irrelevant to each other. Clapping her hands, Guan Lingyue stood up and said, "Aunt Shen, I'm going to go to my grandmother's side, do you want to go?" ”

Aunt Shen stood up with a smile and said, "Oh, I'm here to find you to chat, as for the old lady, forget it, I know, the old lady is quiet, so I won't bother." ”

After the two separated at the gate of the courtyard, Guan Lingyue went to Ci'an Hall.

"You girl, didn't you just come here in the morning? Why, you're going to eat on my side. The old lady looked at Guan Lingyue, who was smiling and grinning, and quipped.

The smile on Guan Lingyue's face disappeared, and she said aggrievedly: "How can grandmother say that, how much it hurts her granddaughter's heart!" ”

The old lady nodded Guan Lingyue's forehead and said, "You girl, grandmother can't wait for you to come, okay, let's talk about it, what's the matter with grandmother?" ”

"Hee-hee, I know I can't hide it from my grandmother." Guan Lingyue smiled flatteringly, sat down beside the old lady and said, "That's the case, isn't it three years before the granddaughter will enter the Rui Palace, so ah, the granddaughter plans to learn the housekeeper's business." ”

As soon as these words came out, the old lady's eyes were different when she looked at Guan Lingyue, Guan Lingyue didn't see it, and continued: "Didn't my granddaughter go to King Rui's mansion before, in fact, that day, King Rui gave me the key to the treasury in his house." As he spoke, he took out the key, "My granddaughter thinks, this wise king trusts me so much, how can I disappoint him, besides, if I don't do well, isn't it a shame for our family?" So, grandmother. ”

The old lady originally thought that this granddaughter wanted the right of the housekeeper, but she didn't expect, "Then tell me, how do you want to try?" ”

Guan Lingyue put away her smile and said seriously: "My granddaughter has thought about it, my mother's dowry should still be left in the mansion, my mother is just one of my children, and her future things must be left to me, granddaughter thinks, try those things first, if it fails, no one will say anything, if it succeeds, it can also add some income to the prime minister's house, grandmother, look, how about it?" After speaking, a touch of squeamishness belonging to a child appeared on his face.

The old lady didn't speak, just lowered her head and thought, in fact, Lingyue was not wrong in what she said, Ru Wan's dowry should have been given to her, but those dowries have been in the hands of the Xu family all these years, and I don't know what is going on now, since Lingyue wants to take care of it, then let her go, in a few years or so, she will also have to learn housekeeping, and it is better to be in advance, just like she said herself, if she doesn't do well at that time, she will lose the face of the Prime Minister's house!

"Ziluo, go and invite the second lady."

"Yes."

Guan Lingyue heard this, lowered her head, and the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, the Xu family has you looking good now, but the hope of not moving should be very slim, after all, Aunt Shen has always been grasping the handle of the Xu family.

Hibiscus Garden

"Madam, the purple dill next to the old lady is here, say yes, the old lady invites you to come over, by the way, the slave maid inquired, it is said that the third lady is also over there."

Xu Shi waved his hand, motioned her to go down, and then said to Mama Qin, "Mama, you say, what will happen?" ”

Mama Qin shook her head, not knowing: "Nothing has happened in the mansion recently. ”

Thinking of Guan Lingyue, Xu Shi hurriedly looked hideous, "Damn little slut, she should have been killed in the first place." ”

Mama Qin hurriedly covered Xu's mouth and said, "My madam, you can't say this again in the future, if you let Xiangye know, madam, you will be finished." ”

Xu remembered that his mouth was open, and he was also a little afraid, and after taking a deep breath, he came to Ci'an Hall with Ziluo.

As soon as he entered the door, Guan Lingyue got up and asked Xu Shi to say goodbye: "Lingyue has seen the second lady." "Although I don't like this Xu family, but after all, the other party is the head of the prime minister's house, and the etiquette is still complete.

"Yes." Xu replied nonchalantly, then looked at the old lady and said, "The daughter-in-law has seen her mother, but I don't know what the mother called her daughter-in-law to come to?" ”

The old lady didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "Although Lingyue is still young, but in three years, she will marry King Rui and become Princess Rui, and when the time comes, she will be the housekeeper, in order not to be in a hurry at that time, so ah, I thought, let Lingyue take the dowry left by Ru Wan before, let Lingyue take it and try it, after all, those things will be given to her in a few years." ”

Xu was shocked, Qin Ruwan's dowry had already been opened, what else was there to return? What to take? Also, she thought that the old lady had forgotten about the dowry a long time ago, before, she had never thought of marrying Guan Lingyue off, and wanted to find someone to kill at random.

But later, the other party made trouble in Ci'an Hall, and there was no chance to start, and later, she was busy fighting wits and courage with Aunt Shen, so she didn't have time to think about Guan Lingyue's affairs, but she didn't expect that she was caught off guard now.

I don't know what I thought, I looked at Guan Lingyue, and when I saw the other party's smug smile, I was angry, and sure enough, it was all this little slut who did it.

"Mother, Lingyue is actually very smart, and it is not difficult for her to come to the housekeeper, so the daughter-in-law thinks that Lingyue can enjoy it in the past two years, and when she is in the last year, she will be taught to take care of the housekeeper, after all, when she marries Rui Wangfu in the future, she will not be so easy to be a girl."