CHAPTER XLII

Although Shanniang refused to allow a few girls to visit her on the grounds of being unwell, the next day, the three girls still came together. came with it, and there was actually the eldest wife Zhao.

This group of people was ordered by the old lady to come to visit Shanniang and the fifth wife.

In this case, the fifth wife is no longer willing to socialize, and has to come out to welcome guests.

As soon as the eldest lady Zhao entered the front yard, she took Yao's hand affectionately and said with a smile: "Let a few of them go to play by themselves, we haven't seen each other for a while, and we have to talk about it." ”

Shanniang was surprised. Not to mention that it has been a few days since the Spring Appreciation Banquet, several people in charge actually put down their business and came to "visit" them, these idlers, and the eldest lady still has such a posture of separating her from the fifth wife, which has already made Shanniang suspicious.

It's just that at this time, it was no longer up to her, and the fifth lady smiled good-naturedly, turned around and told her to entertain the sisters well, and was pulled away by the eldest lady.

The fourteen girls came over and took Shanniang's hand, and said with a lively smile: "Last time I came in a hurry, I didn't take a good look at my sister's residence, but now I have to take a good look." The old lady often praised my sister for being the best at tidying up the house, and if I could steal my sister's one-and-a-half-tricks, I would definitely be able to use it endlessly. ”

Shan Niang had long regretted letting Fourteen into the Spring Deep Garden that day, so she smiled and said, "When Sister Fourteen came last time, I should have seen it, my yard is small, narrow and chaotic, where can I be embarrassed to entertain you." Why don't we go and sit in the garden? I'm curious, aren't you supposed to be busy with the spring feast? It's not been a few days. Why did the old lady think of sending you to visit our wife and me? ”

The fourteenth girl was just about to answer, and the seventh girl raised her eyebrows first and smiled: "I said, do you just let us stand and talk to you?" ”

They were still in the front yard of the main hall.

Shanniang looked at the hall, the eldest lady still took the fifth wife's hand affectionately and laughed softly, and the next waiter, in addition to Ma's mother, there was also the clever Fang's mother.

So Shanniang took the opportunity to give Fang's mother a look, no matter how worried the fifth wife was, she could only press it down after all, and went to entertain her three sisters first.

Along the way, Shanniang deliberately led the topic to the spring appreciation banquet. Sure enough, Xiao Fourteen was already excited before the seventh girl and the thirteenth girl, and he couldn't stop talking. And Lao Qi and Thirteen not only didn't mock Fourteen from time to time as Shan Niang thought, but even interjected repeatedly and followed with two sentences. This made Shanniang ponder secretly for a while.

All the way to the warbler's voice, and when she sat down in the flower hall in the garden, she heard the seventh girl ask first: "What clothes are the thirteenth sister going to wear that day?" ”

"What?" Shanniang was stunned.

Eleven Niang also smiled: "It's not been a few days before the Spring Appreciation Banquet, hasn't my sister started to prepare yet?" ”

Shanniang blinked, and suddenly understood-this must have been measured by the old lady, and felt that she was a usable chess piece, this was a remorse, that is, she would not take her back to the West Garden, at least she had to go to the Spring Appreciation Banquet!

"But I'm sick...... she laughs.

"Your reason is just to deceive the old lady." The seventh girl interrupted her with a pout, and said with a smile: "The old lady feels sorry for you, so she thinks that you are really sick, do you think that none of us can see it, you are just pretending to be sick and lazy!" But now that the errands of the Spring Appreciation Banquet have been escaped by you, you don't need to pretend anymore. Besides, you really don't want to go to the Spring Appreciation Banquet?! ”

Shanniang wanted to say, I really don't want to go, but the moment she opened her mouth, she suddenly thought of Yuan Changqing.

Unlike before, when she thought of Yuan Changqing, she wanted to dodge, since she and Yuan Changqing looked at each other so calmly and calmly yesterday, Shan Niang suddenly had a strange feeling - a kind of "I know what you're doing, but you don't know what I know", a magical, high-minded sense of superiority.

So, she couldn't help but want to go to the Spring Appreciation Banquet to see Yuan Changqing's liveliness - more importantly, she wanted to see if she could create something "lively" for Yuan Changqing.

I saw Shanniang pause, and suddenly smiled: "Ah, I was pierced by my sister...... Then I really don't have anything to say. ”

When she said this, she immediately stunned Qi Niang and Eleven Niang on the spot. In their impression, Shanniang would not admit her mistakes even if she was killed, even if she was wrong, she would come up with countless excuses to excuse herself, but she never expected her to admit her lies so frankly.

Shanniang smiled and said, "Actually, I didn't want to go, but now I'm a little interested in going." In a mysterious way, he approached the three sisters and whispered, "Do you know who came to my house yesterday?" ”

"Who?" Fourteen asked.

Shan Niang sat up straight, and said with a smile: "The head of the Xinglin Academy in the capital, Mr. Lin Zhonghailin." And his disciples. You can't imagine who his disciple is. ”

"Who?" Even Qi Niang asked curiously.

"The surname is Yuan." Shanniang smiled.

Although she only said two words concisely, the eleventh girl, who had not spoken, seemed to understand at once, and suddenly asked, "But what does it have to do with Yuan Lao Ling's mansion?" ”

"Exactly." Shanniang nodded and smiled, "Don't say it, I also thought of it yesterday, so I specially asked, it turns out that Yuan Gongzi is really the grandson of Lao Linggong." ”

With that, she pretended to take a sip of tea from her teacup, then looked up at the three of them. I saw that the three of them were really staring, all waiting for her next step. So she put down the teacup and said with a smile: "What are you looking at me for?" ”

"What does he look like?" Fourteen blurted out.

Shanniang tilted her head in reminiscence, "Like, that's it." ”

"What's it?" Qi Niang also tilted her head and asked her.

Before Shanniang could answer, she heard Eleven Niang ask, "How old is he in the family?" ”

Xu is saw that several girls were staring at her, and the eleventh girl was uncomfortable for a while, and hurriedly laughed, "I heard that the battle almost made all the men of the Yuan family mourn, and only the fourth son who stayed in the capital survived, the one who attacked the lord later." I heard that now in that house, in addition to the prince under the knees, there is only a long house left behind. And I heard that the two sons are the same age. I don't know if my sister is talking about the prince or the eldest son. ”

Shanniang's eyes flashed slightly. She, the eleventh sister, is really unseemly, living in a deep mansion compound, can actually inquire about the affairs of the capital thousands of miles away so carefully. However, she was wrong, and now the position of the prince has not yet been decided, and the current Yuan Er, who is only fifteen years old under the knee of Zhongyigong, can get the position of the prince of the world, it depends on when Yuan Changqing can be admitted to Tanhua. Only when Yuan Changqing has his own future, and his face-loving step-grandmother and fourth uncle have the courage to go to the chapter to ask for the position of the son of the world for Yuan Er, otherwise, this matter can only be put on hold for the time being.

"I don't know." Shan Niang smiled and was confused, "However, I heard that Yuan Gongzi is a close disciple of Mr. Lin Zhonghailin, who is quite talented and has a good relationship with the five princes. ”

And the five princes are not only the prince's half-brothers, but also the tip of the queen mother's heart, which is almost unknown to everyone in the capital.

Looking at a few girls secretly pondering by drinking tea, Shanniang laughed secretly - Yuan Changqing, I am repaying my grievances with virtue, and I am adding weight for you!

In the previous life, when I heard that it was Yuan Changqing, the widow of the weak Changfang, several girls who were originally very interested in Yuan Changqing retreated, until they saw Yuan Changqing's face, which made everyone rekindle their interest. And in this life, Shanniang decided to attract more attention for this Yuan Changqing, so that everyone was interested in him. Thinking that he has a lot of options, he naturally won't come to fight her again.

Shanniang smiled and said, "Actually, to be honest, just now you asked me what he looks like, and I was embarrassed to say." Didn't you all say that Lin Ruxuan was good-looking? Lin Ruxuan is standing with him, you must only see that Yuan Gongzi, not Lin Ruxuan! ”

Suddenly, as she expected, including the seventh girl who already had a husband in law, the eyes of several girls flashed with a fine light.

Xu was that she couldn't restrain the smile on her lips for a while, or she was just a thief, and the fourteenth girl suddenly squinted at Shanniang and said, "What does my sister mean by saying these words?" ”

So Shanniang smiled calmly: "You still don't understand what this means? Then why the Yuan family came, even I, the person who moved out of the West Garden, knows, it makes no sense that you don't know. It's just me pretending to be a reserved daughter here. Now that you're here with me, not in the West Garden, what else can't you say?! ”

"That's right," she turned to the eleventh girl, "What you said just now is not right, I heard that the position of the prince of the Yuan family is not sure who it is." That second son of Yuan, speaking of which, is only stained with his father's light, but I haven't heard of how he learned. But this Yuan Dagongzi is already a famous talent in the capital, and I heard that there is a nickname in the capital, called 'The Flower of Kaolin', and even several princesses and county lords are devoted to him. What's more, why is that one is stained with the word elder, and I don't know who the position of the son of the world will end up with. Take another 10,000 steps back and say, men, after all, they have to go out of the house to make contributions, as the saying goes, 'Ancestors are not as good as themselves'? So what does Yuan Lao Er have? It's really not as good as this Yuan boss. ”

She opened the river like this, and heard the eyes of several girls twinkle again and again. Finally, the seventh girl put down the teacup, went over and twisted Thirteen'er's cheeks and smiled: "Listen to it, it's only been a few days since you left the West Garden?!" I don't even have the rules of my daughter's house, and I'm commenting on a foreign man here! Why, listen to this, our little thirteen are moved by the heart of spring?! ”

"Ahh Shanniang slapped her hand away and scolded with a smile: "If I wanted that, I wouldn't have pretended to be sick." However, even though I am pretending to be sick now, I was indeed sick before. This illness made me understand that those rich and virtuous names, to put it bluntly, are just floating clouds, rather than working hard for these days, it is better to let me sleep a little longer. ”

When the thirteenth girl moved out of the West Garden, her reputation for sleeping lazily had already spread. Although the girls didn't believe her very much, they didn't say anything, but just returned to the topic: "In short, whether you are really sick or pretending to be sick, what the old lady means is that you and the fifth aunt are usually lazy, but you are not allowed to hide on this occasion, and you have to go to the spring appreciation banquet." The seventh girl smiled.