On December 17th, the Xia Mansion was in full swing, needless to say, there were a lot of matchmakers and mothers in the boudoir in the summer and autumn, they were famous in the capital, and there were many matchmakers! It shows that the women in Xia Mansion are in demand, and the old mother is here to guide the wedding ceremony, the order of the dowry, the standing line of the maid, etc., after all, Jianchun and a group of little girls don't understand this. They are all in the courtyard and downstairs, upstairs only Jianchun and they are waiting, Xia Shunqiu left Jianchun alone, there is something to explain.

"Old woman, I wish Miss Xia a happy wedding!", I don't know when a matchmaker came up, it seems that she stayed for a while before speaking.

"Go down! Go down! This is not where you came.", Jian Chun saw her and hurried her away.

"I have something urgent to tell Miss Xia, I don't know if it's convenient?", the matchmaker nodded and was about to come to Jian Chun.

Xia Xunqiu doesn't want to refuse people the most, although he is reluctant in his heart, he is still approachable, "If you have something, just say it!".

The matchmaker hummed a few times, looked at Jian Chun, hesitated and opened her mouth but didn't speak.

"I never hide my business from her, you say!", Xia Xunqiu understood her concerns, and did not look at her when she spoke.

"Miss Jianchun is like a young lady alone, but the old woman is not self-respecting.", the matchmaker immediately changed her eyes and changed her face to a stammering face. Seeing that the two of them didn't care about themselves, they still said with a smiling face: "There is a handsome person named Ruan Yanyu in our Qinggao Lane, many people have come to beg me to come to the door to propose, but they refused to be thousands of miles away, and began to think that she was too high-minded. Miss Xia, do you know who this person is?".

Xia Shunqiu has a sense of foreboding, but it is difficult to say in my heart. At this time, Jian Chun also sensed that the young lady wanted to speak again, and deliberately asked, "Who is it?" to let the matchmaker say it herself.

"Ruan Yanyu's family is not good, she used to rent a house in the area of Wenda Street, but she sold a house in Qinggao Lane a few years ago, her father and brother don't look for things to do, and they are not short of money, and their lives are very nourishing, they are all good at funding, but they have never seen others.", the matchmaker also calmed down, and was not in a hurry to say who that person was, and wanted to pour beans a little bit.

After a pause, he continued, "Who am I?" I finally saw two people coming to her every month, one was an entourage and the other was an official maid. Once, when he saw that the door was not tightened, he went in softly, and heard the girl ring saying in the window, Mrs. can only give five taels of silver a month, and she can only tear her face, and the ugliness of you and your son cannot be covered. After saying that, he threw down five taels of silver and rushed out of the door. Fortunately, I hid quickly, otherwise they would have found me.", said and patted his heart, still terrified.

Jian Chun thought she was too good at nagging, and couldn't listen to it anymore, so he asked, "Who is the person you want to talk about?"

"Later, her mother told me that she leaked her mouth, saying that her daughter was holding good evidence in her hand, and she was not afraid that this person would regret it.", the matchmaker didn't pay attention to Jian Chun, but continued to say.

"What's your last name, old woman?", Jian Chun interrupted her again and asked.

The matchmaker was not in a hurry, and replied with a smile: "The surname is Yan, everyone calls me Yan Matchmaker.", she was quite proud of her name.

"Jianchun, give her two taels of silver!", Xia Xunqiu grabbed Yan Matchmaker's selfishness, otherwise she would have to talk in the vernacular.

But after Yan Matchmaker took the two taels of silver handed by Jianchun, her eyes glowed green, and she also checked whether it was pure silver. After putting it away, it was close to Xia Junqiu and wanted to invite merit, but was blocked by the spring.

Mrs. Yan didn't care either, and said very hard: "That Yahuan is by the side of the fourth lady Li Jinyuan, and the fourth lady and Ruan Yanyu have played together until they grow up.", at this time, she sold Guan Zi again, and didn't say any more.

Li Jinyuan is Li Bin's father, that is, Xia Xunqiu's future father-in-law, Li Bin's mother is the cousin of Geng Guangding, the Duke of Song, Li Bin is the ninth grandson of Li Xieyuan, the founding British duke, although he is a side branch, he is also a dignitary in Beijing.

"Who is that good friend?", Jian Chun's patience has reached the limit.

Yan Matchmaker was still not in a hurry, "I also saw the entourage, it was Li Bin's son-in-law who followed Meng Bo. But I haven't seen the two of them come together.".

Now it is obvious that Ruan Yanyu caught the fourth lady of Li Jinyuan what trick to blackmail, as a concubine, there must not be much silver, only from the monthly silver buckle, the strange thing is that the fourth lady who holds the handle of the opponent, why didn't she fight back.

"Ruan Yanyu often went to the Li Mansion to find the fourth lady, and it is estimated that she hooked up. Ruan Yanyute is not a thing, she actually attacked her sisters, I wonder what kind of ugly thing made the fourth lady ruin the fortune and eliminate the disaster. So I went to inquire, before entering the Li Mansion, the fourth lady was innocent, and she could only be married. Master Li is often in the barracks, only Li Bin is a man at home, the same age as the fourth lady, Ruan Yanyu often sees the fourth lady, what could it be?", there was a burst of verbosity, and Mrs. Yan pretended to be deep and didn't say it herself.

Jian Chun heard it, pushed Yan Matchmaker and said, "What are you talking about, go down quickly!", and kept pushing her down the stairs.

When I returned to Xia Xunqiu's side, I saw her sad face. Hurriedly comforted: "That woman is talking nonsense! Miss don't listen to her!".

"Although she spoke verboquously, she was very rigorous, she said what she had seen with her own eyes or what she had doubted, and she never guessed who it was or what it was." But her mood was so bad that she bowed her head and stopped talking. So much so that after dinner, he drove Jianchun down and was in a daze in the attic alone.

The rest of the day was decadent, so much so that in the evening, when the mother and sisters came to visit, the words of comfort and blessing were only perfunctory. I only ate a little bit of dinner, and I continued to be in a daze alone. Suddenly I thought that Tang Tong had stolen his attic for two days in a row, why didn't he come today, I really wanted him to come. This is to look at the window, although it is dark, but not closed, involuntarily walked to the window, stupidly stayed for a while, there are still people passing by from time to time outside, even if you want to come, you can't come. Turning around in disappointment, he didn't close the window, but sat back on the dresser in the bronze mirror, looking at his haggard face.

I don't know how long it took, Tang Tong's face suddenly appeared in the mirror, which startled Xia Xunqiu, and he couldn't help touching his chest. He scolded softly, "How do you look like a ghost!".

"Why do you regret it? I came in the afternoon, and when I saw a lot of people, I had to hide aside.", Tang Tong's eyes were a little sluggish, as haggard as himself, and he was wearing the clothes of the Xia Mansion family.

Xia Xunqiu looked back at him, with all kinds of emotion in his heart, and he wanted to say it. Suddenly, I heard footsteps, and then a voice came: "Sister! I'm coming to see you.".

This is the voice of his sister Xia Duqiu, and he can't help but get anxious in his heart, look at Tang Tong. Hurriedly stood up and went to intercept my sister, but if she couldn't do it, she would also block her. Looking at Tang Tong as he walked, he saw that he was like a monkey, so he only glanced back, and suddenly got under Xia Xunqiu's bed like a gust of wind.

When Xia Duqiu came to the attic, she only saw her sister alone. Affectionately took my sister's hand and said: "I should have come a long time ago, just because I wanted to come with my mother, but she has not been idle, so I had to come first.", now Cao Yi doesn't care about things, the second lady Wei shares the housekeeper, there are many guests today, it seems that there is no time.

"As long as I can come, sister sit!", Xia Xunqiu took her hand and wanted her to sit on the stool. There is a close-fitting maid ring following, followed by Jian Chun and Choo Dong.

At this time, the whole room is arranged according to the newlywed's room, the room is covered with Xi characters, and the bedspreads and bedding are red.

Xia Duqiu was extremely excited to see all this in front of her, and said with a smile: "I want to try the bride's bed, just sit down!", said and walked to the side of the bed with a smile, Xia Xunqiu wanted to stop it too late, but thought that as long as you don't look under the bed, it will be fine.

Xia Duqiu sat down and jumped a few times, and felt that it was not enjoyable, so she lay on the bed and rolled around, her shoes were all on the bed, the bedding was messed up, and she kept laughing. It's like a child. One accidentally dropped his shoe and was falling on the edge of the bedspread.

When the summer twilight and autumn are done, get up and look for their shoes. Xia Xunqiu only thought at this time that as long as he lifted the hanging bedspread, he would definitely see Tang Tong hiding inside. Hurried over and tried to find shoes to help her put them on.

Jian Chun had already arrived at the bedside, bowed down, lifted the bedspread, and just saw Tang Tong, and couldn't help but be shocked, only to see Tang Tong put his finger to his mouth, Jian Chun immediately put down the bedspread, and said with a smiling face: "Second Miss!" I'll put shoes on you.", carefully slipping the shoes onto her feet. After standing up, he only glanced at Xia Xunqiu, and there was no abnormal behavior.

Xia Duqiu jumped up in front of the eldest sister and said excitedly: "I don't know when I will have such treatment, eldest sister!" I'm really happy for you!", how can she know the bitterness in Xia Xunqiu's heart, on the surface, Li Bin is the founding of the British Prince, and he is higher than the Marquis of Yunyang, how can he be a side branch, and Li Bin's personality makes her worry even more.

"The second sister is also very soon, and she will be more beautiful than me by then.", Xia Xunqiu really hopes that her sisters are better than herself, at least the person she likes, but Xia Duqiu is still undecided, so she can only speak in a round way.

"I don't ask for an aristocratic family, as long as I have the ability to be rich and be good to me.", Xia Duqiu felt that there was nothing to hide in front of the eldest sister, so she said without scheming.

Xia Duqiu said very lightly, ordinary people will not be so greedy, just say that it is good to me, rich does not necessarily have skills, those who have skills do not necessarily have money, if you have the ability, you have to have money, plus be good to me, where is this person going to find?

Xia Xunqiu knew it in her heart, but she couldn't sweep away her beloved sister's interest, and asked with a smile: "Does my sister have a favorite person?".

Xia Duqiu lowered her head shyly, Xia Xunqiu knew that she had guessed correctly at a glance, and then asked, "Who is it?" Can you tell the eldest sister?". Seeing that she was still squirming, he pushed her a few times; "Tell me?".

Xia Duqiu hesitated for a moment, but still embarrassedly said: "It's Tang Duwei who my sister looks down on.", and covered her face with her hands as she spoke, feeling embarrassed.

Everyone present was dumbfounded, including the Yahuan she brought. Especially Jian Chun, I feel that although the second lady in front of me has no scheming, but she lacks heart, how can she talk like this, Li Bin is obviously chosen by the master, and the young lady obviously disagrees, but she can't resist pressure. But when I thought about it, I felt that she was very scheming, and I told my sister first, I didn't rob her, and I won't blame it later.

Xia Xunqiu's heart was also full of resentment, because she couldn't forget this person in her heart, and he was in this house. But he still said kindly: "He is more than ten years older than you, and he doesn't necessarily like you.".

"The fifth aunt is twenty years younger than my father, and besides, it's the main room, I don't care!", the woman in the boudoir likes someone, she will have no hesitation, and it is useless to persuade anyone.

Xia Xunqiu also knows the personality of the second sister and doesn't want to argue with her. Anyway, you haven't skimmed the eight characters yet? I didn't care about the gains and losses, and I advised: "Then you have to tell your father that my sister supports you!".

Xia Duqiu seemed to have been waiting for her words for a long time, happily held her sister's hand, and said jumpingly: "I know that my sister won't care, it's better to let my own sister than let someone else snatch it.".

It turned out that this was the real purpose of his coming here, although Xia Xunqiu didn't care, Jian Chun was already angry in his heart, but when he thought of how Tang Tong, who was hiding here, heard it, he couldn't help but laugh secretly, and he felt comfort in his heart. But when I think of the young lady, I don't care, why should I be in a hurry, and now is not the time to care...

After Xia Duqiu's heart opened, she was in a cheerful mood, chatting with her eldest sister, and talking about things when she was a child, she had endless words, and she talked for more than a long time. At this time, the second lady Wei also came to congratulate and chatted for nearly a morning. Then several aunts also came, stayed for more than half an hour, and by the time they left, it was already a child.

After letting Jianchun send them away, Xia Xunqiu didn't wait for Jianchun to come up, so he closed the cover. Jianchun should understand what he means and won't let people come upstairs again. He didn't squeak himself, so he went to the dresser to make up his makeup, deliberately making Tang Tong suffer a little more.