Chapter 53: Bai's Birthday Banquet (Part II)

The Bai family of Liang Guogong's Mansion is He Chang'an's foreign family, if it is a girl in Liang Guogong's mansion, how can He Chang'an call him a cousin, but He Chang'an also saw from the look of his eldest uncle Geng's that Geng's family doesn't like this Du Ruo girl, so he directly called "Du family sister", not "Du cousin", distant and close relatives, in fact, only one title can be seen.

As if he had been greatly wronged, tears instantly overflowed in the middle of his eyes, and while sobbing and matching, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the tears on his face: "What Cousin He said is true, my sister's family originally lived in Lanling County, Shandong, just because my father died early, and my mother was determined to remarry at the instigation of my uncle at home. ”

He Changan secretly smacked her tongue, is this girl really stupid or is she pretending to be weak and upside down? What she said just now clearly said that the Du family's sister, not Cousin Du, she can still open her mouth to be a Cousin He.

"I am ashamed of my cousin's congratulations to my cousin, I am not much older than you, and I have already raised you to call your Du sister. Second, the title of cousin and cousin has been particular since ancient times, and it needs to be a little related by blood but with different surnames and the same family, so as to be commensurate with the table, just like me and Cousin Hui, but the sister of the Du family is the maiden niece of the second aunt, and I have no blood relationship with me, so it is better to call me Chang'an directly in the future. ”

As soon as Du Ruo heard He Changan's sentence just now, "I am ashamed of the Du family's sister and cousin He", her face suddenly turned pale, and her tears were almost like a broken thread, He Changan originally wanted not to give Du Ruo face at all, but she glanced at the Geng family standing next to him, even if she and the Geng family didn't like Du Ruo, but Du Ruo was the person brought out by the Liang Guogong Mansion after all, even if she looked at Geng's face, she couldn't save Du Ruo's face too hard, so she said that sentence by name after a while. Chang'an".

When Du Ruo heard this, he put back his tears almost instantly, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Chang'an's hand: "Then I'm welcome, Chang'an, you are really good." ”

He Changan almost wanted to shake Du Ruo's hand away, but when he thought of the relationship between the Liang Guogong Mansion and finally held back, he just said lightly: "There is nothing good or bad about this, although the sister of the Du family is not a real relative who is related to me by blood, but in the end she is still the niece of the second aunt, if Sister Du Ruo needs anything, just open her mouth, if I He Changan can help, I will definitely help." Also, since the sister of the Du family has already called me Chang'an, then I won't be a sister or sister, just call you Du Ruoke?"

Du Ruo thought about it, and his face bloomed like a flower: "Then Du Ruo is here to thank Chang'an first." ”

Geng's face softened, and when he was not out of the Liangguo Mansion, Du Shi, the daughter-in-law of the little uncle, had to take Du Ruo out to see the world by herself, and said sadly and pitifully: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, I am the elder brother, and I left too early, and now our Du family has Du Ruo's only seedling left, but even if Du Ruo is going to marry someone else's family in the future, my brother has always loved Sister Ruo'er tightly, if Sister Ruo'er does not marry well in the future, I am afraid that my brother's spirit in the sky will not be able to rest in peace." At the beginning, my mother felt sorry for Sister Ruo'er who was lonely and helpless, and she had agreed to let Sister Ruo'er live in our Liangguo Mansion, and my younger brothers and sisters also knew that this was a great grace, but if Sister Ruo'er didn't understand anything when she got married in the future, wouldn't outsiders say that it was my sister-in-law, the head of the house, who only knew how to raise it, and didn't know how to teach?

The two sons of the old Liang Guogong, the eldest son Bai Benting is the son of the world who was set early, and the poetry and etiquette from an early age are taught in strict accordance with the standards of the son, at the age of fifteen, he was raised at the age of fifteen, and at the age of eighteen, he was a rich and noble son, and he was also famous at that time for the rich and noble son, and the beauties in Beijing were like clouds, all of them wanted to marry Bai Langjun, and there was even a ballad that sang: "I don't want to be like the court, I only want to marry to the Liang court." ”

Geng's Hailan has always felt that he is also a lucky person, Liang Guogong's fief is in Yangzhou, and the foundation is also in Yangzhou, when she was old enough to enter the Beijing draft, in addition to having a sister who is a princess, and a father who is a princess, in fact, there is no other girl who is better than other girls, and has been worried that she will be selected into the prince's mansion as a concubine with a relatively low reputation, but she didn't expect that the first emperor would give her a marriage to Bai Benting.

The population of the Duke of Liang is relatively simple, the old Duke of Liang has three daughters and two sons, only the second daughter in the middle is born to a concubine, and she married far away to the northwest, and it is difficult to come back all the year round. Lao Liang Guogong died shortly after she gave birth to her second son, but even when she was alive, she was busy with the court every day and did not interfere in the affairs of the backyard house. As soon as the Geng family entered the door, the old lady handed over the power of the housekeeper to her, and never interfered with how she handled the affairs of the house. Husband Bai Benting is young and promising, and he is an extremely self-disciplined person, except for an aunt who served Bai Benting in the early years and later opened her face because she gave birth to the eldest lady, she is the only one, so her days in the Liangguo Mansion cannot be said to be uncomfortable.

But every family has a difficult scripture, in the Geng family, the most difficult is the second brother daughter-in-law, the second Bai Wenting of the Bai family, the old Liang Guogong Bai Han in order to avoid the two sons in the future after they grow up to fight each other, so the second brother did not cultivate more at all, the two brothers' knowledge and ability to behave in the world are called worlds apart, so Bai Wenting is now a four-grade official, when Bai Wenting married a wife, it happened to be the time when Bai Han's career was the most prosperous, in order to avoid the official writing to apply for him to form a party for personal gain, so Bai Han made the decision to marry Bai Wenting a slightly lower background, but in Shandong is also a little history of the Du family。

When Du first married in, it was fine, but he slowly felt that the gap between the two rooms of the big house was too big, and he began to feel uncomfortable in his heart.

But Du Ruo is like this, Geng really regrets letting her live in the Liang Guogong Mansion at that time!

Fortunately, Chang'an's niece is a well-informed person, Du Ruo is like this, and she didn't quarrel with Du Ruo on the spot, otherwise she would simply have no face to raise her head in the imperial capital again.

"When Sister Ruo'er was at home in Shandong, she was also a well-known good girl, but she had just entered the capital, and she didn't know the customs and people in the capital, so I would take her out to see and see, and if there was anyone around you, Sister Eldest in a while, you could let Du Ruo know it. ”

He Changan nodded: "Auntie, rest assured, Chang'an knows it." ”

He Changan didn't say the word "understand", only said that he knew it in his heart, and Geng Shi breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing it.

"Cousin Hui will take Du Ruo in to sit first, I think there will be some ladies who will come with their own girls, and Cousin Hui will have playmates by then." ”

Bai Hui is worthy of being a girl raised by the Geng family, and she is not embarrassed at all: "That's okay, I'll take her in first, eldest cousin, and if my cousin has fun and delicious food, I can't forget my sister." ”

Before sending Bai Hui and the others to sit down, they saw a pink carved meat dumpling running from afar, and rushed directly into He Chang'an's arms, and just pounced, he shouted: "Sister Chang'an, Shi Yu wants to die Sister Chang'an, has Sister Shi Yu become thinner?"

Chang'an looked down, isn't it Huang Shiyu of Lord Huang's family, I haven't seen him for a few months, Huang Shiyu has grown a little taller, but he has become thinner...... It's not so obvious.

So he deliberately got angry with Huang Shiyu: "I've grown taller, but it seems to be more like a meatball?" ”

Then I saw Yinzhen walking over with Mrs. Huang: "Second Miss, Mrs. Lang of the Right Attendant of the Household Department has come to congratulate Mrs. Huang on her birthday." ”

Lord Huang returned to Beijing to take up his post, because his political achievements during his tenure were quite good, and the saint directly promoted Lord Huang to the right attendant of the household department of the third grade, and now Mrs. Huang is also proud, looking full of smiles.

Chang An turned around and saluted: "I've seen Mrs. Huang, I haven't seen Sister Shi Yu for a few days, but I think Sister Shi Yu is more eccentric than before." ”

Mrs. Huang also laughed: "It's Chang'an who also said that we are weird and weird, and I hate to break this little monkey's leg when I'm at home." ”

Chang'an also knew that this was all a joke and couldn't be taken seriously, so he didn't say anything, just led people to the flower hall in the back, and asked Yin Needle to bring a plate of date cakes to cushion Huang Shiyu's stomach.

However, the next person who came was sturdy, which surprised He Changan!

As soon as Mrs. Huang settled down, he saw He Jiaqing rushing in: "Sister, are you and Cousin Qi still busy now?"

"It's okay this time, there aren't many people who come to the door, but there are still a lot of things that need me and Cousin Qi Zhang Luo, what's wrong with my brother?"

He Jiaqing hugged his fists in the sky: "The Holy Lord patted the Four Princes to send congratulatory gifts to his mother for her birthday, and the Four Princes came with the Holy Decree, which is equivalent to the Holy Lord's visit, you and Cousin Qi have to be ready to take over." ”

The Four Princes?

Wait, He Changan was a little surprised, the fourth prince doesn't seem to be nine years old this year, right?

Before he came back to his senses, he heard a childish voice from outside the door: "He Jiaqing, you said that you took the palace, why did you disappear when you just arrived at your house?" He Jiaqing, you come out of the palace quickly!"

He Jiaqing touched his nose with an embarrassed face: "The little ancestor is here, I have to go out, sister, you and Cousin Qi are ready to welcome His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince." ”

Sure enough, it was only a cup of tea, and I saw a little boy about ninety years old wearing the prince's regular clothes swaggering in, and He Jiaqing followed behind him, lest something wrong with this little prince.

Because the four princes carried the holy decree, He Chang'an and Shi Qi had to make a big salute: "The courtier Shi Qi (He Chang'an) greets His Royal Highness the Four Princes." ”

The fourth prince waved his hand: "No courtesy." Which of you is He Jiaqing's sister?"

He Jiaqing said on the side: "Back to the Fourth Highness, one of them is Weichen's sister-in-law, the other is Weichen's cousin, the one wearing red and white clothes is He Chang'an, the second lady of the He family, and the other is Shi Qi, the eldest lady of the Shi family, who was married to the eldest young master of the Xu family. ”

The fourth prince is really an interesting person, and he said directly: "Miss He, the cousin and sister-in-law of the Xu family are good." ”

The sentence "Xu family's cousin-in-law" really shocked almost everyone's jaws, especially Shi He, who rushed over from behind when he heard that the prince was coming.

"I have long heard from the queen mother that the cousin-in-law of the Xu family is a very good one, so I am waiting for the cousin of the Xu family to join in the fun when the cousin of the Xu family and the cousin-in-law of the Xu family get married. ”

The dignified son, called his cousin-in-law in advance, it turned out that it was just for ...... What to eat in advance...... He Changan couldn't help but look back at the flower hall inside, how could this style of action be so similar to Huang Shiyu?