Chapter 2 Ruan Meiyu
It was drizzling on this day, and Cheng Xu, accompanied by several subordinates, went out to meet guests and was drunk in the famous restaurant in Beijing. got out of the car, the subordinate Xiaoding held up an oil-paper umbrella for Cheng Xu, Cheng Xu went out of the car door, kicked the shoulder of the subordinate Xiaohe squatting, and looked at the drunken building in a daze.
This is a place full of memories of Cheng Xu's childhood, he once came here with his father and met the most famous Ruan Xiaoxiao at that time, Ruan Xiaoxiao was not alone, but also brought a little girl, particularly smart and cute, with two pigtails, dark hair, and two big and round eyes.
Cheng Xu's fate on this side is actually remembered that now, the figure of that little girl often appears in Cheng Xu's dreams. It was the first time he had the feeling of a heartbeat, the feeling of a dream, his face was slightly red, but he didn't know how to talk to the little girl. The shyness of youth is probably like this.
And the eldest lady, Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Siyi all know that the existence of this woman is Cheng Xu's most beautiful first heartbeat, and what she can't get is the best. Cheng Xu would come to Zuishenglou every week to meet guests, not to see that woman, but the appearance of that woman has always been deeply imprinted in Cheng Xu's heart.
"Master Cheng, look up for a long time." It was Lu Gongzi, a famous son-in-law in the capital, and his father Lu Yi who came out to greet him. Lu Gongzi was dressed in a colorful hibiscus robe, hung a delicate jade pendant, held a fan, and welcomed Cheng Xu.
Cheng Xu entered the building under the guidance of the two Lord Lu, and the Zuisheng Building was still the same as before, several stories high, engraved with various patterns and patterns, and hung with red silk decorations. Lu Gongzi led Cheng Xu to the fragrance room, which was already properly arranged, and the three tableware were arranged in an orderly manner. The three of them sat down on both sides, and Lu Gongzi snapped his fingers and began to call for the food.
The first is the Hibiscus Tent Nuan, a large box with four sides hollowed out, covered with a Hibiscus tent, and inside is grilled crispy chicken. Lu Gongzi motioned to his subordinates to give Cheng Xu a piece to taste, and the subordinates hurriedly began to sandwich the meat.
At this time, a woman wearing red silk and satin walked in, wearing a headscarf and covering her face, Cheng Xu was surprised and wanted to ask who it was. I saw that the woman put down the veil she was covering, and her face was shocked.
This woman has round eyes, snow-white skin, reddish lips, a cinnabar dot on her eyebrows, and exquisite makeup. Cheng Xu was fascinated, and saw the woman waving her hand to remove the scarf on her head, the bangs in unison, and the two twisted heads, which was clearly ......!!!
Cheng Xu thought that he had seen it wrong, so he asked Lord Lu Yi: "Brother Tai, what are you ??? ”
"Brother Cheng worked hard in the court, but he had no children under his knees, this is Ruan Meiyu, the only daughter of Ruan Xiaoxiao's great beauty, she was born so good-looking, it is really the best! My father and son are here to give it to Brother Cheng. Lu Yi replied with a smile, touching his beard.
"This is absolutely unacceptable, I'm afraid it will break the etiquette. The lady of the big house in my family is very jealous, and the family is already at peace. Cheng Xu looked at Mei Yu and thought that he had met his first love, but he said something against his will.
"I'm afraid that will do it, Brother Cheng is too worried, if this Meiyu can have children in the future and inherit the family business for the Cheng family, how can the eldest lady embarrass Brother Cheng?" Lu Wei was still smiling. He remembered the pleasure he felt when he played with this beauty, and presumably Cheng Xu couldn't refuse. Beauty is often a tool.
"Master Cheng, please accept the little girl and add blessings to the adult's family." There was a kind of weakness in Mei Yu's voice, which made it impossible to refuse.
"There is still a three-room lady in the family, and the eldest lady is a jealous master, how can you make it to Chengfu? Don't ......" Cheng Xu still said against his will, he wanted to accept this beautiful embryo, but he was worried that the eldest lady and the eldest lady's maiden family, Zhang Xiang, would have many opinions about him in the future and affect his career.
"Brother Cheng doesn't have to worry, my Lu family still has a house in the capital, which is not inhabited yet, if you don't dislike it, you can bring Mrs. Ruan into the house, and Brother Cheng will arrange for a few reliable subordinates to find a few maids and mothers-in-law to take care of it. On weekdays, Brother Mileage comes here when he thinks about it and meets his wife. What does Brother Cheng think? Lu Yi said with a smile, and at the same time motioned to his son to take out the land deed of the Lu Mansion and give it to Cheng Xu.
"Brother Lu thinks so thoughtfully, then I might as well be respectful." Cheng Xu looked at Ruan Meiyu with a wicked smile on his face.
"I don't know how Mei Yu's piano skills are?" Cheng Xu has a little hobby, loves chess, and loves beauty, so he asked.
"If you talk about piano skills, it is naturally not as good as the thoughts of the third lady of the Zun Mansion, but Mei Yu has many benefits, and Brother Cheng will taste it carefully." Lu Yi said with a smile, and remembered Mei Yu's shyness when he served him, if he hadn't worked with Mrs. Zhong and planned to make a difference in Cheng Mansion, he would have been reluctant to give Mei Yu away.
Hearing Siyi's name, Cheng Xu frowned and sighed: "Siyi is also considerate, but after all, he can't give birth to a boy." ”
"That's Brother Cheng's fault, the second lady, Mrs. Zhong, is also the best beauty, Brother Cheng should take more care of it. I heard that Brother Cheng brought back Mrs. Siyi when the second lady had a body, and I am afraid that he is ashamed of the second lady. Lu Yi said that he was not sympathetic to the second lady, but just wanted to get the Cheng family's family business, so he had no choice but to cooperate with the second lady.
"Man...... I'm ashamed of Chu Chu, just care more about it another day. Cheng Xu sighed and said: "Brother Lu knows a lot about my family, I don't know where I got it?" ”
"Brother Cheng is a big family in the capital, since there are many pairs of eyes staring, all kinds of rumors in the market, don't pay attention to too much, take care of Mrs. Ruan in the future." Lu Yi said with a wry smile. He knew that Ruan Meiyu already had a son in his hands, and he was no longer able to have children, but he was just a beauty tool to help the second lady give birth.
This Mrs. Ruan is also ill-fated, she broke her body at a young age, and was displaced with her mother, who was old and decrepit, and she was accepted by all kinds of people by relying on her beauty, but she never got real care. But she thinks that she doesn't need care, she just needs to play a good little sheep and wait for the man's favor.
Before the meal was finished, Cheng Xu grabbed Mrs. Ruan's hand and said with a smile: "Baby, if you follow me in the future, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, are you willing?" ”
Mrs. Ruan nodded, poured Cheng Xu full of wine, her seductive red lips gently kissed the root of Cheng Xu's ear, and Cheng Xu, who was flirtatious all of a sudden, couldn't wait to be in the rain immediately!
Seeing this scene, the Lu father and son next to them understood the heat of the pair of mandarin ducks, and they said goodbye one after another, and ordered their subordinates to send Cheng Xu and Mrs. Ruan to the Lu house. Along the way, Mrs. Ruan teased all kinds of things, Cheng Xu was overwhelmed, and when she arrived at Lu Zhai, this pair of lovers had all kinds of spring festivals. Mrs. Ruan's natural taste is expert, all kinds of teasing, where did Cheng Xu suffer like this, and knelt down under the pomegranate skirt.
In the courtyard of the Cheng family's house, Xiaoxiao, who had just been born not long ago, was laughing under the gaze of the maids in Lan Shufang, this girl was really born with a laughing baby, and she rarely cried often. Apricot looked at the little girl and teased her.
It's summer, and the house doesn't have all the cool stuff yet. Apricot came to the back room and reported to Mrs. Siyi.
"Madam, the big and small mattresses are cool, the lord arranged a few beds, but the eldest lady took some away for no reason. There were also some cold cups and utensils, about a dozen or twenty, which were taken away by the second lady. Some of the good tea sent by the old man and his family, the old lady also thought that we got too much, so she took some of it. Apricot said helplessly.
"It's just that it's all gadgets, things that aren't worth getting angry about, and it's true to keep the master's favor. Who did you drink with today? Mrs. Siyi asked Apricot.
"I heard that it is Lord Lu Yi and Master Lu, the lord has a high prestige in the court, and all kinds of officials are waiting to make friends." Apricot replied.
"Can you be accompanied by a beautiful woman?" Mrs. Siyi asked about the topic she was most concerned about.
"I'm afraid I can't have this, who doesn't know that the most beautiful thing in the capital is Madame, if it weren't for the reputation of today's saints, I'm afraid you would have been in the harem. How many celebrities can't see your wife when you wait to see them, your reputation in the capital can be said to be known to everyone. Xing'er replied that she had always regarded Mrs. Siyi as her closest person and backer. She understood that once Mrs. Siyi fell, she would no longer have any status. And right now, in this big Cheng Mansion, everyone will be afraid of her.
"Xing'er, you joked with me again, it's all in the past, and now that you are a concubine, you don't dare to have those arrogant thoughts anymore. The old man's thoughts are really hard to understand, this has been going for a long time, you should send someone to take a look. Mrs. Siyi commanded.
"Yes, ma'am." Xing'er hurriedly called Koharu and asked her to go to Zuisheng Building to take a look. Here Xing'er comforted Mrs. Siyi: "Mrs. and the lord have always been harmonious, and the master of the family is also the most interested in the management of the lady, but the eldest lady's family is too strong, otherwise this token will belong to the lady early." Madame doesn't have to worry, she has sent Xiaochun over to take a look, Madame's beauty, you don't need to be alarmed, you can take care of your body with peace of mind, and you can just get milk. After Xing'er finished speaking, she brought over the hoof soup, and during the confinement, the old lady instructed that no sugar and salt should be put in, so this fat hoof soup was no different from Chinese medicine.
Mrs. Siyi took the hoof soup, pinched her nose, and drank it all, she looked at the food cooked for the people in the small kitchen, in the delicate black double-layer rice box, a little envious and sad.
"I'm particularly uneasy today, I don't know where I came from, I'm afraid something will happen at home." Mrs. Siyi clutched her chest and coughed a few times.
The master and servant then chatted a lot of short words from the parents, and after a while, Xiaochun came back and replied with a panicked expression: "Madam, master, go, the Lu family's mansion in the west." ”
"Got it, what's the deal with here?" Mrs. Siyi scolded Koharu.
"But ...... But I heard passers-by say that they brought a beautiful woman with me......" Koharu spat out this sentence.
Mrs. Siyi felt a tightness in her chest, and spit out a few mouthfuls of blood after a few coughs. Xing'er hurriedly went to invite Langzhong, only to hear Mrs. Siyi say bitterly: "It's all because of my incompetence, I can't give birth to a male baby, and I caused today's disaster." ”
Lang Zhong came soon, he checked Mrs. Siyi's pulse, and then prescribed a prescription, persuading Mrs. Siyi and said: "Madame is fine, it is about the gas to the liver fire, there is no need to hurt the spirit, just rest for a few days." ”
Xing'er asked Lang Zhong: "Madame's body, when can I give birth again at the earliest?" She asked what Mrs. Siyi was most concerned about, and Mrs. Siyi knew very well that if she wanted to win back her master, she had to give birth to a son.
"About a year and a half later, my wife's body is already weak, and it takes a lot of energy to give birth to a daughter, so I'm afraid I can't give birth a second time early." Lang Zhong said earnestly.
"Alas, I'll go to the Lu Mansion to have a look, the master is ...... after all" Mrs. Siyi was dizzy for a while, and wanted to go to the Lu Mansion to find out.
"Why should Madame go herself?" Xing'er thought of a good way and said, "Quietly, let the eldest lady of Mo Shuangfang over there know, and then it will be a good show." Apricot comforted Mrs. Siyi.
"Xing'er really has the city government in her chest, and she deserves to be a powerful person, so who will tell Mo Shuangfang?" Mrs. Siyi frowned at the candidate.
Xing'er pointed to Taobi, who was teasing the little girl over there, it happened to be the eyeliner sent by the eldest lady, and Mrs. Siyi immediately understood.
"Taobi, come here, Madame just vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, you quickly take out the dirty tissues." Apricot pretended to be angry. Taobi is also a careful person, looking at the blood spit out by Mrs. Siyi, she wanted to be secretly proud, but who expected to hear Xing'er say this: "Alas, I heard that the master took a beauty to the Lu Mansion, it was really a bolt from the blue." ”
When Tao Bi heard this, she was startled, and quickly took out a tissue with blood on it, and trotted all the way through the back garden of her home to Mo Shuangfang.
The Mo Shuang room is more bleak, there are few people, and the decoration is all antique. The eldest lady was sitting there to worship the Buddha, next to her mother-in-law, Dai's mother-in-law.
"Madam, Mrs. Siyi just vomited these mouthfuls of blood." Tao Bi said breathlessly.
"It's so good, this slut's body and bones are not good, and now that he has given birth to a baby, it's even worse." After listening to this, the eldest lady said with a smile. She glanced at the tissue in Taobi's hand, very proud.
"It's just...... I heard that the reason is...... The lord brought a beautiful woman today...... went to Lu Zhai...... "Taobi knew how the eldest lady would react, and she was hesitant when she said it.
"He dares to !!" The eldest lady was really angry and came up directly: "My Zhang family treats him Cheng Xu well, he was just a poor scholar that day, if it wasn't for my father thinking that he would have great achievements in the future, how could he let me marry?" It's good now, what are the things in this side room! The eldest lady was angry and planned to go to the Lu Mansion to catch the traitor, and everyone else knew the personality of the eldest lady, and they couldn't stop it.
Dozens of maids and maids serving in Mo Shuangfang's house followed the eldest lady and came to the Lu Mansion in the west, and the little maid at the door wanted to stop them, but was slapped to the ground by the eldest lady.
"Someone! How dare you stop me! Give me a hard slap! The eldest lady entered the Lu Mansion domineeringly, but because Cheng Xu was not well prepared, she didn't expect this out, and there were not a few people guarding inside. On the street, Koharu is watching this scene, waiting to go back to Mrs. Siyi, and a good show is about to be staged.