Chapter Eighty-Three: Answering the Call
Xiao Yu knew that Qin Xueyi was a person who had a headache when she read a book, and sure enough, Qin Xueyi didn't doubt him when she heard her say this, but said with a smile: "Xiao Yu, you really have a wide range of knowledge, you know these unheard words, over time, I'm afraid that the Hou Mansion will produce a talented woman!" β
Xiao Yu pretended to be angry when he heard this: "Sister Qin, you are the worst, and you have come to make fun of others again!" Teasing and teasing, Xiao Yu asked while practicing calligraphy while thinking: "Sister Qin, what is the possibility that this Dingwang's cousin will stay?" I don't know if she looks like King Ding's biological mother, Concubine Li? β
Qin Xueyi still lowered her voice and said, "Xiaoyu, you are so smart, you suddenly asked the question." According to the old man who had seen Concubine Li in the palace, the daughter of King Miao was indeed a little similar to Concubine Li back then! It's also a beauty! β
Xiao Yu curled the corners of his mouth, when the time comes, this Miao Jiang beauty can watch it well, there are many descriptions of Miao Jiang's Gu poison in the medicine scripture, I don't know if this beauty will use Gu.
As the days approached Chinese New Year's Eve, the lady carried out a major reorganization of the interior of the Hou Mansion, but in view of the upcoming New Year, things were complicated, and some important posts had no personnel changes for the time being. However, some unimportant posts have been cleaned up, and those mothers-in-law who often leave their posts to eat, drink, gamble, and ask for money have all been replaced.
A few years ago, Steward An specially came over to report to Qi Pan and Xiaoyu about the dividends of Yunshang Shop, and in just a few months, the Hou Mansion received a full share of 4,000 taels of silver, which made Qi Pan and Xiaoyu very excited.
The lady exchanged all the four thousand taels of silver into a small amount of silver tickets, and gave them all to Xiaoyu. Under Xiaoyu's repeated persuasion, the lady took forty percent of them for Qi Pan to keep.
Xiaoyu took 1,000 taels of 3,000 taels last time and gave 1,000 taels to Yue Gongzi as the start-up capital of Lan Kwai Fong, and sent 500 taels to the nurse, and kept 500 taels for himself, and the remaining 1,000 taels of silver were all given to Yue Gongzi to let him pay attention to buying a Zhuangzi.
This time, there are two thousand four hundred taels of income, Xiaoyu is ready to take one hundred taels of silver out to reward, the nurse will send another five hundred taels to the past, and she will keep five hundred taels for emergencies, and she will only invest in real estate if she thinks about the rest of the money.
But this time she didn't want to buy land, she was going to ask the princess to find a suitable yard for them in the capital at the beginning of the year, and after the three-year period expired, she and the nurse could move in. The courtyard of the capital is a scarce resource, and it only appreciates when you buy it.
In addition to the silver ticket, Xiaoyu also asked Bai Fu to purchase some cloth and ingredients to send to the nurse.
When Bai Fu came back, in addition to bringing sausages and bacon and other foods made by the nurse herself, the nurse also made two pairs of shoes for her and Qi Pan. Each pair of shoes is covered with thick cotton, and the embroidery on the upper is delicate and vivid, and Qi Pan and Xiaoyu can't put it down at first sight.
Xiaoyu's heart is full of emotion, this is her first New Year in this world, it is rare that the nurse has always been concerned about her, and the four-hour thread has never been broken.
Yue Gongzi also sent a New Year's gift over, and gave Mrs., Qi Pan, and Xiaoyu a set of LancΓ΄me skin care sets from Lan Kwai Fong, and he didn't even pull down Mei Niang, and gave Mei Niang a set of Mei Jiajing skin care products, and Mei Niang thanked him again and again.
The box of the small fish is different, and the box is beautifully painted with a double fish pattern. Xiaoyu opened the box, and there was a silver chain lying quietly under the skin care set, with a delicate Pisces pendant on it.
There is also a Huanhua note under the chain, on which is the handwriting of Yue Gongzi, to the effect that this chain is specially customized by him to match the dream stone, hoping that Xiaoyu can laugh.
Xiao Yuqiao's face was slightly red, it must have been the last time she enjoyed the plum blossoms, and Yue Gongzi saw the simple red rope with the dream stone around her neck. At that time, she also found a red rope to tie the dream stone, and then when there were many things, she forgot to match the dream stone with a beautiful chain, but Yue Gongzi noticed it.
The silver chain was in her hand as if it were burning. Yue Gongzi's actions and words were a little ambiguous when they met these times, and Xiao Yu was not unclear in his heart.
But judging from the experience of her previous life, Xiaoyu is a good dragon for this kind of super handsome guy, and she can appreciate it, but if she really wants to entrust a sincere heart, she is still extremely insecure in her heart.
She was afraid that this was just a whim of Yue Gongzi, and she didn't think that a man as nearly perfect as Yue Gongzi would look down on her, a twelve-year-old girl.
Concubine Xian's summons was indeed as Qin Xueyi said, and it came as scheduled on the nineteenth day of the lunar month.
That day, Xiaoyu got up early in the morning, freshened up and dressed up, and Qi Pan went to Canglangju to wait for Mrs.
Madame was wearing Mrs. Yipin's dress, and the Zhai crown alone startled Xiaoyu. The peony flower made of a large pearl in the middle of the crown is rare to see that the pearls on this peony are round and the size is the same.
The peony flower is five gold-inlaid pearl Zhai bird is fan-shaped, and between the Zhai bird and the peony is also decorated with small pieces such as leaves, flowers, auspicious clouds carved from jade.
On the top of the crown, there are two red gold bird hairpins on the left and right, and there is a long pearl knot in each bird's mouth that falls straight to the shoulders of the lady.
With the actions of the lady, the hairpin ornament on Zhai Guan's crown shook tremblingly, and the end was radiant and graceful. Xiaoyu was speechless, but also secretly worried about his wife's neck, this Zhai crown is very heavy at first glance, and Mrs. will wear it for a day.
Mrs. is a real red large-sleeved dress, with a red gown, embroidered with a cyan Zhai bird pattern, a red Luo skirt underneath, and a red xia curtain on her shoulders.
Compared with Mrs., Qi Pan and Xiaoyu can only be regarded as shabby. Because they were called into the palace, both of them wore more festive colors, Qi Pan wore a coral red jacket skirt, Xiaoyu wore an apricot red jacket skirt, and both of them wore more formal ingots, both with ruby red gold heads, which can be regarded as complementing their wives.
The three of them got into the carriage and staggered for a while before coming to the palace gate. The maids couldn't enter the palace, so they could only wait in the car.
The carriage went to the side of the palace gate, and there was already a little father-in-law waiting there. The palace can only walk, and after the lady led Qi Pan Xiaoyu out of the car and checked the sign, Fang saluted the little father-in-law and said, "Father-in-law Lao is leading the way!" β
The little father-in-law smiled and said: "The queen mother has something to do today, saying that she asked Mrs. Jing'an Hou and the two young ladies to go directly to see Concubine Xian Niangniang first, please go this way!" After speaking, he walked quickly in front to lead the way.
Although Xiaoyu entered the palace for the first time, Aunt Liu had taught her the etiquette of entering the palace before. Therefore, she followed closely behind Madame step by step, holding her breath, not squinting, and walking silently beside her.
After walking for a while, a young man in a white robe and a golden crown appeared on the side of the road, "Uncle", the young man hurriedly moved, it turned out that this young man was none other than the second prince. Presumably he heard that Mrs. Hou entered the palace today, and he also came to greet him.
Xiao Yu followed behind his wife, and saw Qi Pan saluting the second prince, and hurriedly followed the gourd to draw a scoop.
The second prince straightened up and said, "Uncle, go this way!" Everyone followed the second prince for a while. Along the way, the second prince smiled and introduced the palace to his wife along the way, and he gave it eloquently, and all kinds of allusions came at his fingertips, Xiaoyu listened to it with relish, but he didn't feel that the road was long.
Madame listened with a smile all the time, and did not speak. She has been in the palace many times, how can she not know about these palaces. However, Qi Pan was weak because of his previous illness, and this time it was the first time he entered the palace.
It seems that the second prince is delicate, not so much that he is introducing his wife, but more like introducing Qi Pan and Xiaoyu who entered the palace for the first time.
Concubine Xian lives in Jingren Palace for a long time, the main hall of Jingren Palace is five, the roof is covered with golden glazed tiles, there are long corridors before and after, and there is a screen door of "demure and quiet cultivation" in front of the palace.
There is a pair of copper incense burners under the pedestal, one side of the incense burner is Danfeng Chaoyang, and the other side is the crane worshipping life. There is a swing frame under the front porch of the main hall, which has not been used for a long time due to the snow. There are side halls on the east and west sides of the main hall.
Xiao Yu walked in the corridor with his wife, and secretly looked at the royal palace with the corner of his eye. The beams of the corridor are decorated with all kinds of colorful paintings as they were seen in the Forbidden City in the previous life. The main hall door is a 10,000-character brocade bottom, five bats holding the longevity skirt plate partition door, and the details all show the royal style of the weather.
Entering the main hall, the bright room is set up in the middle of the horizon throne, screen, incense table, palace fan, hanging "there is Rongde" plaque. The east side is carved with rosewood magpie Dengmei floor screen, and the west side is carved with rosewood openwork vine and pine branches floor screen, which separates the main room from the east and west, and separates the east and west times from the tip with a partition fan.
At the entrance of the main hall, the father-in-law stopped and was greeted by an aunt with a round face and a kind smile. Xiao Yu listened carefully to the second prince calling her "Aunt Jinrong", and remembered what Aunt Liu had said, this is the most powerful aunt by Concubine Xian's side.
Madame was obviously familiar with this Aunt Jinrong, and when she saw her coming, a smile appeared on her face. "Jin Rong has seen Madame", the aunt gave Madame a salute first.
Madame hurriedly helped her up and said with a smile: "How can Aunt Jinrong be so polite, Niangniang, she is in good health?" βγ Jin Rong greeted Qi Pan and Xiaoyu again, and said: "Niangniang suffered a little cold at night some time ago, but she had recovered the day before yesterday, otherwise she would not dare to summon Miss Madame into the palace!" β
Aunt Jinrong led a few people around the screen and entered the east room. Xiao Yu saw that there was a warm couch in the east room, and there was a palace beauty sitting on the couch, holding a pair of iron chopsticks and fiddling with the carbon in the copper stove in her hand.
Na Liren was dressed in a goose yellow palace dress, her hair was only lazily tied into a fallen horse bun, and a pair of bright moons in her ears lined her skin with snow, and her face was compelling.
Madame stepped forward to make a big salute, and the beauty hurriedly asked Aunt Jinrong to mix with Mrs. and said, "Sister-in-law, please excuse me, our own family will not talk about those false courtesies!" β