The 62nd Lin Qingwen visited the Hou Mansion, and the truth about Shi Xiangyun's life
According to Qingwen's past style, when she goes out, it must be an ordinary green canopy pony carriage, and her clothes are as ordinary as possible and unobtrusive.
But she is going to visit her relatives today, and she is going to the Zhongjing Marquis Shijia, who is among the princes and generals.
She herself can not pretend, but the Jia family still wants face.
Before going out, she really put a lot of thought into it. The clothes are not too gorgeous, only wearing a begonia red silk skirt, a flowing cloud bun on her head, and a butterfly hairpin with a cloisonnΓ© and emerald.
Although the clothes are simple, they show off her beautiful face.
The means of transportation is the most luxurious carriage that the girl of the Jia family took when she went out.
Mama Zheng also went with her, because the girl went out, and there was no old grandmother to accompany her, which was unseemly.
It's just that Mama Zheng and Xiaohong didn't sit in the same car with her as before, and only followed under the car.
Compared with the mansion of the Marquis of Zhongjing, the mansion of the Marquis of Rongguo is less magnificent.
It is also a three-room beast-headed gate, but it is slightly smaller and shorter.
The two stone lions squatting at the door are also slightly smaller, and they seem to be less shocking.
Mama Zheng stepped forward and handed over the name post, asking to see the eldest girl of the Shi family.
When the servant guarding the door saw such a good car in which the visitor was riding, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly entered the door to report.
After a while, Xiangyun led Cui Wei and a few maids, and the wind ran out of the courtyard.
A mother-in-law shouted while running: "Big girl, slow down, let us go and catch up with the boys who don't know how to dodge first." β
Xiangyun kept at his feet, just trotting, scaring those family members to hide everywhere.
"Sister, did you really come to see me?"
Shi Xiangyun pulled Qingwen, who was standing next to the car, still in disbelief, "It's always only when relatives go to visit during the New Year's holidays, or when uncles and aunts at home celebrate their birthdays, that sisters have to follow their wives to play." My sister is free, and she really came. β
"You crazy girl, I don't know how many men you have to look at along the way, aren't you afraid that your aunt will say that you don't follow the rules?" Qingwen pulled Xiangyun and walked inside.
"She doesn't care about me about these things," Shi Xiangyun smiled a little lonely, "However, I don't want her to care." β
Qingwen entered the back house of the Shi family, and Xiangyun took her to meet the wife of the Marquis of Zhongjing, Li.
Li was dressed in a rosin green dress, with beads on her head and a hint of obvious scrutiny in her eyes, which made Qingwen very uncomfortable.
"Miss Qing, have you ever reported the old lady when you came here today?" Lee asked.
"It's been reported, and the old lady has allowed me to come." Qingwen replied respectfully.
"That's good, the girl's family should have done needlework in the back house, but it is not in accordance with the rules and etiquette to go out without permission." Li said again.
"Auntie, Sister Qing came out, and the old lady agreed."
Xiangyun was a little embarrassed beside her, but Qingwen still replied respectfully: "Follow Madame's teachings, Qingwen wrote it down." β
"That's it, you sisters haven't seen each other for many days, let's go to Yun Yatou and talk."
Li glanced at Xiangyun and said with a pale face, "Miss Qing is here today, the eldest girl doesn't have to do those jobs, leave it to your sisters." β
Xiangyun pulled Qingwen out of the door, stretched out her tongue at Qingwen, and whispered: "My aunt is such a person, she always puts the rules and etiquette on her lips, sister, don't be surprised." β
"I still blame her, what does she have to do with me?" Qingwen said.
She was actually surprised in her heart, since the Shi family has strict rules, how did Xiangyun develop such a free and uninhibited arrogant temperament?
The two sisters walked to the courtyard of Xiangyun, and all the way was also pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings.
Although there is a sense of decay and dilapidation, it can also be seen that the historians of the past are rich and noble.
Walking to a water's edge, Qingwen stood and looked at the lotus flowers blooming in the water and the golden carp swimming in the water.
In the pavilion in the water, a young man stood up and looked over the water.
Mama Zheng was already very vigilant and patrolling around, for fear that a man would see Qingwen.
As soon as the man got up, she found out, and hurriedly stood beside Qingwen and blocked her with her body.
Qingwen hid her face with her sleeves and hurried away.
"My third brother Shi Hong, the son born to my uncle's aunt."
Xiangyun's face was a little unsightly, "His mother is gone, but he is very good at sneaking my aunt." coaxed his aunt to give him money, so he went out to fight cocks and lackeys, and did not take matters seriously. β
Qingwen didn't say anything, whether this person was a concubine or a concubine had nothing to do with her.
She said that she was the granddaughter of the old lady, and it was not a serious origin after all.
has no affection for the historian who was born as an old lady, except for Xiangyun.
Xiangyun's boudoir is a half-new and not old furnishings.
The quilts, the dark blue tents, and even the curtains were all blue.
This dull color contrasts with Xiangyun's bright clothes, and it is impossible to look at it directly.
"Sister, sit down."
Xiangyun's face was a little gloomy, "Outside, I have to wear bright clothes to fight for face for the Shi family, and no one else in the boudoir can see it." When I was less than the New Year, I was like this here. β
Cui Wei packed up the work that Xiangyun was doing and sent it to the other girls of the Shi family.
"Just send the two things you are anxious to send to the third girl, and we have to make the rest ourselves."
Xiangyun said softly, "Only the third girl is still willing to help us, even if the other sisters are concubines, they are better than me, the big girl under the fence."
When you are an aunt, do you really want someone to do the work for us? She's just reminding me that playing with Sister Qing can't delay my work. β
Qingwen is really annoyed, what kind of life did Xiangyun live in the Shi family?
Under her always lively and optimistic appearance, how many grievances are hidden?
Qingwen took out the embroidered red pillow scalp and unfolded it to Xiangyun: "Sister is rude, you can do this." If you don't dislike it, give me a few pieces of needlework and thread that you want to do when you get married, and I will do it for you when I am idle. β
Xiangyun was a little embarrassed, but he still sorted out all the needlework with his grandmother.
On the face, her aunt was not too embarrassed to deduct her, and she was quite well prepared.
In addition to leaving the wedding dress for her own embroidery, Lin Qingwen packed up the rest of her brains.
"I've taken all of this, so you don't have to tell anyone. Someone assigns you another job, and you just say that you want to prepare your own things, and you can push it if you can. When you get out of the pavilion, they won't be able to summon you. β
After only sitting for a while, Mrs. Shihou sent her mother-in-law to pass the word.
"Mrs. said, Miss Liuqing should eat here. If the girl wants to leave, she doesn't have to go back to her wife, who still has something to do. β
Is this a guest for dinner? It's clearly a rush.
Qingwen got up and said, "I'm leaving, don't delay your work, don't let you do it until the second half of the night." β
"I can't keep you very long." Xiangyun sent Qingwen out of the door.
Hidden outside the door, Shi Hong, the third son of the Shi family, was secretly looking at Qingwen again.