Chapter 41: Going to the Appointment
Su Jinxuan was very apprehensive about calculating Su Zhaoning because of the fact that he stole chickens last time and couldn't make a fool of rice.
He saw that his sister looked eager to try, but his heart retreated.
"The second sister is now so close to the eldest brother, she must know about the illness and disfigurement of the son on Tuesday. Now that she knows, how could the second sister be willing to marry the Zhou Mansion? After Su Jinxuan took the medicine bowl and drank it all in one go, she said worriedly, "Even if we plan it, will she go to her eldest brother to help her withdraw from the marriage?" ”
"She doesn't want to!" Su Zhenyi replied angrily. She has hated Su Zhaoning so much these days. Now that she is looking forward to it day and night, she finally waited for such an opportunity, how could she be willing to give up so easily?
It's just that what her brother said, Su Zhenyi really had to guard against it.
Last time, Su Zhaoning and the Marquis of Dingyuan were calculated, and Su Zhenyi also stole chickens and rice. This time, it seems to be more difficult to calculate a Tuesday prince who has never been to the Marquis of Chang'an.
Su Zhenyi stood up a little anxiously, she grabbed the handkerchief in her hand, and walked back and forth in the room several times.
Until the corner of her eye, when she touched the bronze mirror in front of the dressing table, Su Zhenyi's eyes couldn't help but light up.
She looked at her brother and asked, "What does my brother think of my sister?" ”
Su Jinxuan glanced up at Su Zhenyi suspiciously, and replied without hesitation: "Sister, you are good-looking, do you need to talk about this?" ”
"I mean, if a man saw a portrait of me, would he be attracted to me?" Su Zhenyi leaned down so that her brother could see more clearly.
Being suddenly approached by his sister like this, Su Jinxuan, who was already fifteen years old, couldn't help but retreat.
He raised his hand to block his sister's approach, and said to her, "Sister, you stand back first." You are so close, it is not in accordance with the courtesy. ”
"You don't want to learn everything from Su Jinyu, some can be learned, but you don't need to learn from him for these bad habits. Haven't you heard of his temperament, others say that he is nineteen years old, and he is seventy-nine years old. As soon as Su Jinyu was mentioned, Su Zhenyi was very unhappy.
She originally thought that Su Jinxuan could also be regarded as her subordinate minister. It's not about love, but it's about pity. What I didn't expect was that Su Jinyu would reprimand herself like this.
All of this was caused by Su Zhaoning!
Thinking of this, Su Zhenyi was even more unwilling to give up her plan. She said to Su Jinxuan: "Brother, you should have the opportunity to contact the people of the Zhou family when you are in the academy. You have to find a way to inadvertently let my little portrait be seen by the Zhou family. ”
"Sister!" Su Jinxuan didn't agree with this idea at all. He didn't think of anything else, just a little, and he didn't think this plan would work.
Su Jinxuan said the reason for his opposition, and he said, "Sister, have you forgotten?" At the beginning, I drew your embroidery picture on the couch, which was widely circulated. If you draw another portrait, you will either not resemble you enough, or you will likely be recognized as you. ”
Su Zhenyi wanted to make the second prince be impressed by his appearance, of course, the purpose was not to let the other party come to the Chang'an Marquis Mansion to marry her.
Her original idea was to make Tuesday's son feel like her, but she let out a rumor, like Su Zhaoning. On Tuesday, the prince came to marry Su Zhaoning, and Mrs. Hou will definitely promote it for the sake of her son's marriage.
And Su Zhaoning's stepmother, Xiao Huang, wouldn't she be happy to see this result?
Thinking of this, Su Zhenyi had to make up her mind and said, "Then you can get close to the Zhou family, and tell me about the whereabouts of the son on Tuesday." I don't believe I'm out on my own, I can't impress a disfigured Tuesday boy! ”
"Sister! You're too dangerous! What if Childe on Tuesday insists on marrying you? Su Jinxuan has relied on Su Zhenyi since she was a child, and she really cares about her. Therefore, he was very worried that the other party would hurt himself.
Su Zhenyi was not without this worry in her heart, but she was really reluctant to give up such a low-hanging opportunity to hit Su Zhaoning!
Su Zhaoning! Su Zhaoning!
Su Zhenyi walked in front of the bronze mirror, looked at herself in the mirror, and didn't speak again for a long time.
On the side of the long house, there were a few thoughts, but Su Zhaoning didn't know about it at all. At this time, she took the invitation from Nan Wanwan, the eldest lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and went to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to make an appointment.
When he arrived at the Dingyuan Marquis's mansion, Hou Ye Nan Huaixin was already waiting in the lake pavilion in the garden.
Su Zhaoning was led by the maid to the pavilion, and Nan Huaixin was standing with his hands in his hands, with his back to her.
Maybe it's because I've seen it too many times, but now even if Su Zhaoning looks at Nan Huaixin's back, his smiling peach blossom eyes unconsciously appear in his mind.
The Marquis of Dingyuan has an excellent temperament, and it seems that every time he meets him, the other party has a smile on his face.
There was only one time, and that was the time of the Seven Princesses. When the Marquis of Dingyuan was angry, his face was really like frost.
Su Zhaoning put aside the thoughts in his mind, and saluted with Nan Huaixin: "Let Master Hou wait for a long time." ”
Nan Huaixin turned around, and his face was full of the usual gentle expression. He looked at Su Zhaoning in front of him and saw that she was wearing a willow-colored skirt, and his heart was even more pleasing to the eye.
"It's Ben Hou who is going to bother Miss Su. Second Miss Su, please come with me. Nan Huaixin retired from the maid and personally led Su Zhaoning to the courtyard of his deceased mother.
When he lost his mother, he was already old enough to remember. Therefore, the memories of the deceased mother have become clearer and clearer as the years go by. In this Hefeng Temple, he came extraordinarily often.
The willow tree is still so soft and swaying. The wind chimes are still so crisp and pleasant.
Everything in this courtyard seems to still have the breath of my mother when she was alive.
It's just that the things in the room seem to be a lot damaged.
Nan Huaixin pushed open the bedroom of his deceased mother, and a portrait of a child came into view.
He turned to Su Zhaoning and introduced, "This is painted by Xian Yan herself. ”
Su Zhaoning looked up when he heard this, and saw that the scroll was painted with three children playing. The older one was shooting birds with a slingshot, and the younger one was a girl, who was holding her younger brother in her arms, standing aside and looking at her eldest brother obediently.
This should be the Marquis of Dingyuan himself when he was a child with his younger siblings.
Su Zhaoning remembered the reason why Marquis Dingyuan invited him over, and couldn't help but look at the side of the scroll. I saw that there were already some floating hairs on the corners of the paper, and the colors on the paintings were indeed not as bright as before.
Even if you can copy and imitate this kind of thing, I am afraid that it will lose its original taste.
Su Zhaoning believed that the Marquis of Dingyuan did not ask himself to repair such an object.
She turned to look at the rest of the room, and saw that the furnishings were either hand-made, or the flowers were cut from silk and sewn by hand.
This old lady of Dingyuan Marquis is very good at women's skills.
Not only proficient, but also enjoyable. Otherwise, where is the status there, where is Mrs. Hou who keeps doing it all day long?
"I often have to go out for the first exam, and the first concubine is left alone in the room, so I like to be busy with some female skills." Nan Huaixin saw the surprise in Su Zhaoning's eyes, so he explained to her.
Su Zhaoning retracted his gaze and said to Nanhuai: "It can be seen that Ling Zun and Ling Ci have a good relationship. ”
Nan Huaixin actually heard a lot of this kind of talk. But this time, the same words came out of the mouth of the second girl Su, and he somehow believed that the other party was telling the truth, not perfunctory flattery.
"Second Miss Su is very careful." Nan Huaixin also sincerely praised.
Su Zhaoning was repeatedly praised in front of the Marquis of Dingyuan, and his face couldn't help but feel a little hot. She listened to his admiration, and in her heart she decided to do better.
Mrs. Dingyuan has passed away all these years, and the room is obviously still furnished according to her life. This is true for a year, for ten years, and for the next twenty or thirty years.
And there is such a room in this Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, even if the things inside are slightly damaged, it will not affect the Dingyuan Marquis to see things and think about people.
So what is the purpose of the Marquis of Dingyuan inviting himself over?
Su Zhao would rather not be as blindly confident as Su Zhenyi, when all men's invitations are to show goodwill.
She looked at the various furnishings in the room again, and said to Nanhuai: "The little woman guesses, what the Hou Ye wants me to repair is not here?" ”
Nan Huaixin had the idea of inviting Su Zhaoning to Dingyuanhou Mansion because he accidentally saw her craftsmanship in making thousands of knots. After that, he became more and more determined to invite this second girl Su over, because in the bottom of his heart, he still had a special expectation for this second girl Su.
I always feel that Miss Su Er will make people have more surprises.
Nan Huaixin lowered his eyes and looked at Su Zhaoning in front of him, and asked, "I don't know what the speculation in the bottom of Miss Su's heart is?" ”
"Or is it related to Miss Houfu?" Su Zhaoning raised his head to meet Nan Huaixin's gaze.
Since the Marquis of Dingyuan has such a room that can be seen at any time and misses his mother, the people who need help must be the people who can't see this room at any time.
From the portrait of the entrance, Su Zhaoning knew that the Marquis of Dingyuan had a younger brother and a younger sister. The younger brother is naturally the same as the Marquis of Dingyuan, and he can stay in the Marquis Mansion for a long time. Miss Hou Fu will get married sooner or later.
Nan Huaixin's guess of Su Zhaoning was not surprised at all. But in the face of such a second girl Su, he still has an indescribable joy in his heart.
He looked at Su Zhaoning with slightly raised eyebrows, and said to her: "Second Miss Su has always been so understanding? ”
Dingyuan Marquis Nan Huaixin, who has peach blossom eyes, even when his face is as usual, his eyes seem to be full of water, with spring. Now that he is looking at people with such obvious emotions, the soft light in his eyes makes people's hearts ripple slightly, and his eyes can't be taken away.
Su Zhaoning's cheeks were a little hot when she was stared at by Nan Huaixin, and she hurriedly lowered her head and turned her attention away.
"Hou Ye has always liked to praise people like this?"
Maybe it's because since my mother left, I've been praised so little. Su Zhaoning remembered that this was the third time that the Marquis of Dingyuan had praised himself.
Of course, she would not regard this kind of compliment as the other party's special intention, but this kind of compliment is also a kind of seeing things and thinking about people for Su Zhaoning.
"My Zhaoning is so smart."
"My Zhaoning is the most skillful."
"My Zhaoning is a child who makes my mother very proud."