Chapter 96: Chinese New Year's Eve (Part I)
Early in the morning, after Xiaoyu got up and finished practicing with Qi Pan, he came to Canglangju to say goodbye to his wife. Qi Heng's kid has been practiced every day by Hou Ye recently, and every time he asks An Xiaoyu, he has never seen Hou Ye and Qi Heng again.
Mei Niang still appeared at Mrs. on time, although Mrs. told her at the beginning that she didn't have to ask for peace every day when she was pregnant, but Mei Niang still stayed in the morning and dusk, without a day of delay.
"How's the preparation for today's feast?" It was the first time that Madame had entrusted such a major matter to them, and she was a little uneasy.
"Mother, you can rest assured, it will be smooth and smooth, and there will be no problems!" , Qi Pan has not only improved his health in the past few months, but also gained a lot of confidence under the subtle influence of Xiaoyu.
Madame looked at the pair of sisters in front of her with a smile, and she was very emotional. In previous years, the Chinese New Year was deserted, Qi Pan mostly hid in his room and didn't come out, and Hou Ye was also busy socializing, and often only she and Heng'er spent their days together.
Now this prosperous day is what she yearns for in her heart, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.
Accompanied Mrs. to breakfast, Xiaoyu and Qi Pan walked in the garden, "Oh, Aunt Mei, you can't do this, the snow is heavy today, if you fall, it will be terrible", Xiaoyu inadvertently turned around, and suddenly found that Meiniang was also walking behind them with her stomach up.
"Don't get in the way, Second Miss, the concubine is used to it!" , Mei Niang said with low eyebrows. "Bai Ling, why don't you hurry up and help your aunt to rest in the warm pavilion, I'll ask someone to send a warm sedan chair over!" , Xiaoyu pointed to the girl ring next to Mei Niang and said.
"I can't do it, I can't help it, how can the concubine be qualified to sit in a warm sedan chair!" Mei Niang said in a panic.
"You're not qualified, the one in your belly is qualified!" , Xiaoyu has never had any good feelings for being a junior, although it was a legal existence in ancient times, and Mrs. did not complain at all, but she just didn't like this eyebrow girl! Although she seems to be honest, but during this time, she has heard some rumors from people one after another, and it is not easy for this Mei Niang to conceive a child.
Lord Hou and his wife have always had a harmonious relationship, and there has never been a place for concubines in the Hou Mansion. This Meiniang was originally Mrs.'s most intimate maid, and Mrs. saw that she was loyal and asked her to go to the border to serve the marquis, so as not to take care of the big men in the barracks. But I didn't expect Mrs. to look away, this Meiniang arrived at the border pass, and actually climbed into bed while the Hou Ye was drunk.
After the Hou Ye sobered up, he was furious at her calculation and wanted to go out of the house directly. But Mei Niang begged bitterly, but she didn't know what fox tricks she used to move Hou Ye's compassion.
When Hou Ye Xiushu informed his wife of this, Mrs. was very angry, and she was so calculated by this girl that she suffered a loss, and she had to be generous. I also thought that Hou Ye didn't have a concubine anyway, so it was better to simply promote a concubine and put it away, so as not to let some people always worry about the position of the aunt.
In this way, Meiniang jumped from Yahuan to the aunt of the house. But the aunt returned to the aunt, and the lady sent her mother to pour her the soup earlier. As everyone knows, this Meiniang used what means she used to quietly become pregnant. And he kept it silent, and it was not until he was on the way back to Beijing that he was diagnosed as pregnant by the doctor because he was unwell.
Hou Ye originally did not have many heirs, but he still had a lot of pity for the flesh and blood of Mei Niang's belly, and when he came back, he would go to Mei Niang every few days to have a look, and from time to time he told his wife to treat Mei Niang well.
Xiao Yu heard what this Mei Niang did, and was even more worried that a woman like Madame who was in the wind and moon was afraid that she couldn't calculate Mei Niang, who was scheming and good at pretending to be a poor woman.
Bai Ling half-persuaded and half-helped Meiniang to sit in the nearby warm pavilion, and Xiaoyu and Qi Pan also followed the warm pavilion. It didn't take long for the warm sedan car to arrive, and after Xiao Yu personally checked that there was no problem in the warm sedan chair, he let Mei Niang in.
"In the future, your aunt will travel with some people, and you will sit in a warm sedan chair on a snowy day, otherwise your aunt will have something missing, and you will all have to eat and hang!" , the small fish fell at Bai Ling for a while.
Bai Ling said aggrievedly: "On weekdays, the slave maid also persuades the aunt to come, but the aunt says that her status is humble, she doesn't dare to take the big one, and she always refuses to take more people to travel!" ”
Xiaoyu said to Mei Niang: "Aunt Mei, you don't care about your body, but also take care of the child in your belly." You still walked to your mother's yard to ask for peace on a snowy day, don't say that your mother has already exempted you from asking for peace, if people who don't know see it, they don't know how to arrange the mother's harsh concubine room! From now on, you can raise a baby in Huancui Pavilion, mother, I will say it for you, presumably my mother also hopes that you will raise your body well and give the Hou Mansion a safe and peaceful life! ”
The words made Meiniang's eyes teary-eyed, and there was a little sadness between her eyebrows. Mom, this is really a little white flower, Hou Ye is afraid that he will be confused by her pitiful appearance! Xiaoyu looked at Mei Niang in disgust.
Waiting for the warm sedan chair to go away, Qi Pan asked in confusion: "Second sister, why do you bother to be angry with Aunt Mei, she is just a poor person!" "Poor man? Haha, big sister, you're too naïve, she's not pitiful, she's scheming, you have to be careful! When Xiao Yu heard Qi Pan's words, she couldn't laugh or cry a little, her sister is good at everything, but she is too simple and kind, and she doesn't know what people are like at all.
Although Qi Pan didn't understand, she still nodded, anyway, she knew that Xiaoyu had a lot of ghost ideas, and she must have a reason for saying this.
When she met Mei Niang, Xiao Yu was sulky. She didn't want to go back to Qixia Courtyard like this, so she said to Qi Pan: "Big sister, go back and rest first, I'll go around the garden!" Qi Pan glanced at her worriedly, tied Xiaoyu's cloak, and handed his hand stove to Xiaoyu: "It's cold outside, my sister will come back after transferring!" Seeing that Xiao Yu nodded, she walked in the direction of Qixia Courtyard.
There is another reason why Xiaoyu is looking forward to it, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and she has spent it with her parents in previous years. At this time of year, the family gets up early, chops vegetables and filling, and prepares the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner lively. Now that she has crossed here, she doesn't know how her parents should spend this Chinese New Year's Eve in her previous life. Thinking of this, she felt uncomfortable, she wanted to find a place to be quiet, and miss her relatives in her previous life.
She waved her hand, motioning for Bai Fu to stay away from her. She walked aimlessly in the garden alone, and unconsciously walked to the lotus pool. The pond is full of stumps and leaves, lined with glittering snow, and it is more and more lonely and cold.
Xiao Yu climbed the Moon Pavilion and looked into the distance, and couldn't help but sigh. "I miss my relatives every festive season", and now she doesn't even know which direction her parents are in!
She sat down in the pavilion in a wistful manner, and the cold wind blew on the ground, and she couldn't help but wrap her cloak tightly. With a "brush", a fox fur suddenly draped over her body. "Oops!" Xiao Yu couldn't help but be surprised. The big coat is white and flawless, extremely warm, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford to wear.
"Who? Come out! Xiao Yu stretched out his hand to pull up the big man, stood up vigilantly, and looked left and right.
"Who else but me? Xiao Wang is in a good mood today, and he comes out casually, why do you see someone who can't think about it so much, sitting in this pavilion with wind on all sides blowing cold wind? What, do you want to blow yourself to death? The young man in a blue brocade robe slowly turned out from behind the rocks in the corner of the pavilion.
"Why are you again?" When Xiao Yu saw that it was Murong Hua, she suddenly remembered the ambiguous skin-to-skin blind date in bed that day, and her cheeks suddenly became feverish. Murong Hua saw that this little girl was still dancing with her teeth and claws, why did she suddenly feel dizzy now, she was very good-looking.
"Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Wang doesn't have any relatives in the capital anyway, so he walks around. Unexpectedly, when I walked here, I saw that someone couldn't think of self-abuse, so I was kind enough to save it! Murong Hua is still in that kind of tone.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but give him a big roll of his eyes. "Come on, you can walk casually to the garden in the Hou Mansion, why don't you go to the Imperial Garden casually!"
"Ahem... cough, Xiao Wang is going to the Imperial Garden in the afternoon, so of course I'll go elsewhere now", Murong Hua coughed lightly, stepped forward, and gently straightened the big coat that was not draped on Xiao Yu's body.
Xiao Yu then remembered that there was a banquet in the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, and he, as the prince of Beiqiang, was usually going to enter the palace for the banquet. So, this guy came all the way to see her? Thinking of this, Xiao Yu's heart couldn't help but warm, and he felt much more pleasing to the eye when he looked at Murong Hua's scoundrel appearance.
"Little fox, what are you doing here alone to blow the cold wind, do you have anything on your mind?" , Murong Hua changed Fang Cai's playful tone, reached out and stroked Xiaoyu's hair, and asked softly.
Xiaoyu hadn't received this kind of warm care for a long time, like a spring breeze blowing open the floodgates that had been closed in her heart for a long time, and the tears she had been holding back for a long time burst out at this moment.
"Woo... Whining... I miss home! I miss my parents! I want to go home! She threw herself into Murong Hua's arms, grabbing his clothes and crying regardless of him.
The young man's warm and solid arms gave her an incomparable sense of security, and she seemed to feel that in this embrace, she could cry until she was old.
Murong Hua was a little stunned at first, and then he slowly stretched out his arm and slowly took the little girl who was crying sadly into his arms little by little. Her little face was pressed against his chest, and he could feel her low sobs and shaking. He gently patted the girl on the back, coaxing her with a gentle tone that he was not aware of.
He heard the second prince say that his father died early, and he was not allowed to see his mother for three years, and he was alone in the Hou Mansion at a young age to make a living. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the scene of reunion everywhere touched her heart to miss her father.