Chapter 22 The Warm and Honest White Man of the Marquis of Chang'an
Because the number and style of embroidery to be done in the future are far more and more complicated than the last test, Mrs. Hou specially asked people to clean up a yard for Su Zhenyi and Su Zhaoning to live in.
This courtyard is next to Mrs. Hou's own courtyard. If there is any wind and grass next to it, Mrs. Hou is the first to know.
Not only that, but there are also two mothers-in-law at the gate of the newly moved courtyard here.
The reason for using it on the surface is naturally to facilitate Su Zhaoning and Su Zhenyi to send, but in fact, it has the meaning of prohibiting others from entering.
In this regard, Mrs. Hou's mother and daughter in the long room worked as usual, as if this matter had nothing to do with them. Neither worried about the impact on the eldest young master's errand, nor did he beware of the third girl taking advantage of this to turn a pheasant into a phoenix.
On the contrary, the movement of the second room is even greater. Su Rouhui paced repeatedly in her room, not to speak, and walked to her mother's second lady's room.
Su Rouhui pushed open her mother's door directly, and opened her mouth to complain: "Mother, look at that arrangement, the blind know that Su Zhenyi can't embroider it!" ”
Seeing the person sitting in the room, Su Rouhui's voice instantly lowered, and she called out, "Father......"
She was so angry by her grandmother's partiality that she forgot that at this hour, her father Su Jingzheng usually had breakfast here.
Su Jingzheng, the second master of the Hou Mansion, was an idle man himself, and he didn't care much about the affairs of the house. After listening to the words of the second daughter, he didn't have any other thoughts, but just advised: "Rouhui, you are already in time, and you still have to raise your temperament." ”
Xiao Huang on the side personally served soup for Su Jingzheng, and after pulling his daughter to sit down, he said on the side: "Don't neglect this, master." If you get closer, it is to please the four highnesses, and if you say it far, it is a holy favor. ”
Su Jingzheng listened, and his subordinates paused when they scooped the soup with a spoon, and asked, "What are you doing, and you can still please Your Majesty?" Do you want to send a girl into the palace? ”
After Su Jingzheng finished speaking, he looked at Su Rouhui first, shook his head and said, "Forget it, the appearance of the third girl is indeed better." ”
Hearing her father obviously say that she was not as good as Su Zhenyi, Su Rouhui was so angry that her eyes were red, and she bit her lip and didn't dare to interject.
Xiao Huang slapped his daughter's hand quietly, but he made the topic clear in a few words: "Look at the big heart!" It was Jinyu who promised to prepare for the fourth highness the long-term wishful thinking of the imperial heir in the palace concubine Niangniang. If this matter is completed, His Royal Highness will definitely be able to win His Majesty's favor, and the matter of Jinyu's stay in Beijing will be a matter of course. ”
Seeing Su Jingzheng scooping up the soup disapprovingly, Xiao Huang changed his words and added: "I know that our master is generous and loving, and does not compete with juniors for favor. It's just that the coming days are long, and if we have a child under our knees, we have to let Jinyu help too. Instead of asking him for mercy when the time comes, it is better to sell favors now. This embroidery listened to Rouhui say, in fact, it is all the credit of the daughter under the father's knee, and it has nothing to do with the three girls. ”
Xiao Huang's knees have no children, but Su Jingzheng, who can still make Pan'er like his life, be supported by the concubine as his successor, relying on this means to always touch Su Jing's life.
Hearing the children in the future, Su Jingzheng was really anxious. He put down the spoon, stood up and said, "That's the case, they want Li Dai Taostiff, and they have to ask me first what I mean by being a father." ”
After speaking, Su Jingzheng walked straight out of the door and went to the courtyard of the eldest young master Su Jinyu without looking back.
Su Rouhui, who was left in the room, blinked her eyes twice, tears overflowed her eyes, and she said aggrievedly: "Mother only thinks about her younger brother. ”
Xiao Huang scratched his daughter's nose and said with a smile: "Your mother has an empty belly, where did she come from?" It's just that you know your father's temper, so you can force him to fight. Aren't the benefits of fighting for the second room all yours? ”
"That dead mother is still a little useful." Su Rouhui's mood calmed down.
Su Jinyu's courtyard was also very lively at this time.
In addition to Zhou Xuanlin, a frequent visitor to the Hou Mansion, the Marquis of Dingyuan, who had never stepped in the past and had only been here twice with the four princes, was also the study of Su Jinyu in the third place.
Nan Huaixin was holding a sachet in his hand at this time. If Su Zhaoning was here, he would be able to recognize at a glance that it was the one she embroidered.
"I don't know who is in the house?" Nan Huaixin took a fancy to the red yarn above the sachet.
Su Jinyu didn't know why, so she replied frankly: "It's the sister." ”
Nan Huaixin did not recognize that this sachet was Su Zhaoning's handiwork, although he was present that day, he did not reach out to take a closer look at the sachet.
Besides, the sachets of the day did not have such a complicated and familiar connection. Otherwise, Nan Huaixin would have brought it up on the spot.
"Ben Hou has a reluctant request." Nan Huaixin's gaze was glued to the red veil, and he was aroused by this veil for a while.
"Can you invite Miss Su to visit the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion as a guest?" Feeling the surprised gazes of Su Jinyu and Zhou Xuanlin, Nan Huaixin hurriedly added, "Xian Yan died early, and no one can repair the small pieces she made with her own hands. But today, I looked at the sachet on Master Su's waist, which was no different from the predecessor's technique. I think Miss Su will be able to repair those relics for me. ”
"Master Hou is in a hurry?" Su Jinyu didn't expect that the sachet on her waist today would attract the attention of the Marquis of Dingyuan. He got the sachet sent by Su Zhaoning that day, and because of the guilt in his heart, he returned to the room and took the sachet embroidered by Su Zhaoning and tied it. And because the length was indeed more suitable than other sachets, he always carried it.
Nan Huaixin saw Su Jinyu's embarrassment, so he replied sincerely: "I'm not in a hurry for this day or two." It's just that half a month later is the day of Xian Yan's death, if it is convenient for Miss Su, please help Ben Hou before that. ”
It stands to reason that the identity of the Marquis of Dingyuan has begged each other personally, and Su Jinyu, a five-grade release official, must agree immediately. Besides, the Marquis of Dingyuan represents more than just him.
Zhou Xuanlin saw that his friend didn't answer for a long time, but when Su Jinyu, an elm pimple, made an old mistake again for a while, he stuck to the etiquette and refused to let go. He hurriedly bumped Su Jinyu with his elbow and persuaded: "Since Master Hou has spoken, he will definitely think it through." At that time, no matter which girl in the Hou Mansion is used to invite your sister, it will not be rude in short. ”
Nan Huaixin had also heard of Su Jinyu's restraints, and they all said that the other party was a nineteen-year-old person, but he followed the etiquette rules that only a seventy-nine-year-old man could have.
He sincerely begged for this, so he took the initiative to lower his attitude and promised: "Ben Hou will personally place an invitation in the name of his sister." ”
Su Jinyu moved her gaze to the calligraphy and painting on the wall, and then looked back.
Zhou Xuanlin was anxious for him, and provoked him with words: "Even your eldest sister also goes out, which sister is it this time, why are you so reluctant?" ”
"Xuanlin, do you know how ...... I am" Su Jinyu struggled in his heart, he regretted it a little, once a lie was told, he had to continue to lie to make it round.
"Master Hou, it's not that the lower officials shirked, but the one who made this line and embroidered the long-term wishful pieces for His Royal Highness is the same sister. So in terms of time, there is really no time to get out for the time being. Su Jinyu replied.
When Nan Huaixin heard this, he was suddenly a little disappointed in his heart. But the embroidery side is big, and he can only regress.
However, Zhou Xuanlin, who was watching from the sidelines, was a little puzzled, and he said to himself: "Did Third Sister Su embroider a sachet for you again?" I remember she embroidered you with what it looked like a jade pattern. ”
Su Jinyu replied vaguely, wanting to bypass the topic.
It's just that people are not as good as heaven, and the door of the study was suddenly pushed open.
Su Jingzheng, who was sloppy, didn't pay attention to the little guy's obstruction at all, and broke in directly.
He also said with words in his mouth: "Eldest nephew, how can you be so arbitrary. Since you want my eldest girl to embroider things for Zhenyi's girl, why don't you say a word to my uncle? ”
"I want to find a big girl to do things, she can't be ......idle," Su Jingzheng's voice stopped abruptly.
He is idle and not qualified to go to court, but it does not mean that he does not know the powerful people in Beijing. Especially this Marquis of Dingyuan, who has a deep relationship with the four princes.
Su Jing's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly excused himself: "The lower official is rude." ”
Nan Huaixin waved his hand, signaling that it was okay. His prayers were hopeless, so he could not hide his disappointment and prepared to turn away.
Su Jinyu saw that Nan Huaixin was still holding his sachet, so she had to remind softly: "Master Hou, that sachet ......"
"It's Ben Hou who forgot. Give you back. Nan Huaixin handed over the sachet.
Su Jingzheng, who was on the side, saw the sachet, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to the south: "Master Hou likes the embroidery of this sachet?" Hurry up, I'll ask my eldest girl to embroider something for Hou Ye and send it. ”
After speaking, Su Jingzheng also educated Su Jinyu quite proudly: "Eldest nephew, you are too rigid. Hou Ye likes your sister's craftsmanship, don't make sachets, you can also make a bookbag with four treasures of the study. ”
"Ben Hou is presumptuous, I don't know what rank the eldest daughter of Lord Su is in the Chang'an Hou Mansion?" Nan Huaixin heard something wrong from Su Jingzheng's words. He contacted the other party's preface, and suddenly became a little conscious.
"The big girl in my family is second only to the big girl in the long house, and like the lower officials, they are the second." Su Jingzheng replied happily without noticing.
Nan Huaixin was affirmed, so he reached out and took Su Jinyu's sachet again. He asked Su Jinyu: "In this way, this is made by the second girl Su, right?" ”
Without waiting for Su Jinyu to answer, Su Jingzheng replied first: "Naturally, my eldest girl is very skillful, if the Hou Ye wants her to help with anything else, just ask." ”
A meaningful smile rose at the corner of Nan Huaixin's mouth, he looked at Su Jinyu and replied to Su Jingzheng's words: "Benhou did ask for Su Er's girl for something, but Lord Xiao Su rejected Benhou. ”
"You actually rejected the Marquis of Dingyuan!" Su Jingzheng felt that his eldest nephew was a little confused. Although his family is also a Hou Mansion, his eldest nephew may be the Marquis of Chang'an in the future, but the Marquis of Chang'an and the Marquis of Dingyuan, it sounds far away!
No matter what, their family is not a brother-in-law with the emperor!
If the biological mother of the Marquis of Dingyuan, Tang is still alive, the four princes will be serious about calling each other an aunt.
Su Jinyu felt like she was being roasted on the fire. This uncle of his is really a warm and honest straight white man!