"But it's so cold, let's put the curtain down, the wind blows, and the heat is gone." Zhao Wangshu didn't want Zhao Twelve Niang to be unable to get off the stage, so he said more, after all, Zhao Twelve Niang also had good intentions.

"yes, put the curtain down, it's cold." Zhao Xiuniang clasped her arms with both hands.

"Okay." Zhao Yingniang lowered the curtain.

At the moment when the curtain fell, a group of people passed by the car, and the leader was Yun Hao, who was wearing a dark robe.

The Zhao family is an old family in Beijing, although the first two generations have declined, but the heritage is still there, and the mansion is in the southeast of the inner city, occupying most of the alleys.

The carriage entered through the corner gate, and about a stone's throw away, he heard someone outside: "Girls, please get out of the carriage." ”

The maid in the back had already gotten out of the car and rushed to help.

The people of the mansion will go back to the village to worship their ancestors at four o'clock and eight festivals, Zhao Wangshu knows the woman who spoke, she is the cicada lady next to the big lady Fang in the house.

She smiled before she could say anything, "The slave and maid have said goodbye to the girls, please let the girls go in with the slave and maid." ”

There is a distance from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, and it stands to reason that a small car or sedan chair must be arranged for the girls to sit.

The mansion for them to walk into?

Zhao Wangshu's eyebrows frowned slightly, but he didn't expect that as soon as they arrived at the mansion, the mansion would give them a dismount.

What does the mansion mean?

Do you want to file their "squeamishness" so that they can be more obedient?

This made Zhao Wangshu, who already had a bad impression of the mansion, even more disgusted with the people in the mansion.

"I'm tired." Twelve Niang smiled politely.

Under the leadership of the cicada lady, they walked a long way before they arrived in front of the weeping flower gate.

When I entered the Hanging Flower Gate, I saw the hand-copying verandah.

The verandah until the hall, in the hall there is a small leaf red sandalwood multi-treasure jade inlaid jade screen, bypassing the screen, is the small hall of three bays.

At the back of the hall were five upper rooms, and the cicada lady said to the girls: "Girls, please wait a while, and let the slave maid go in and report it." ”

Zhao Wangshu and the others could only stand there and wait, in the cold winter, a gust of north wind blew, and the biting cold made the frail Zhao Shuqing can't help but pull the cloak on his body.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, the cicada lady came out of the room and smiled at the girls: "Girls, please come in, the old lady is talking about you." ”

When he entered the house, he felt a hot smell mixed with sandalwood rushing to his face, which made Zhao Wangshu's nose itch, and he hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed it gently.

The girls hurriedly untied their cloaks and handed them to the maidservants.

The girls waiting in the house are the ladies of the Zhao family, Queen Zhao's biological mother, the old lady Zhao Yang, the eldest wife Fang, and the second wife Zhong.

"Say hello to the old lady, hello to the eldest wife, and hello to the second wife." Twelve mothers led the girls to salute.

"Good boy, don't be so polite." Mrs. Zhao smiled lovely, looked at her kind eyebrows, and was kind.

But Zhao Wangshu knew from Zhao Cui's that this old lady was a person with a lot of means.

The late Mrs. Zhao had a total of six concubines around her, but none of these six concubines had children, and the mansion was all the blood of the Yang family.

After the death of Mrs. Zhao, the three surviving concubines all entered the family temple.

Mrs. Zhao's eldest son, Zhao Kuang, was an official in the household department and was a third-grade waiter, and the second son Zhao Kui served in Dali Temple and was a five-grade left servant.

After the eldest daughter entered the palace, the second daughter married the second son of Sun Shangshu.

After asking a few words with concern, Mrs. Zhao said: "I can't write two Zhao Lai in one stroke, they are all family, you don't have to feel restrained when you live, you can eat what you want, just go to your aunt to ask for it." ”

"You just think it's your home." Mrs. Zhao echoed with a smile.

The girls obediently replied, "Yes." ”

"Have you brought with you those who serve? If not, let your aunt buy it for you. Mrs. Zhao asked.

"Yes, we have brought those who serve." Twelve Niang replied.

Zhao Wangshu saw that Mrs. Zhao frowned slightly, her eyes flashed slightly, her grandmother was really right.

I'm afraid that the mansion has been prepared to serve the subordinates for a long time, waiting to be placed next to the girls, called serving, but it is actually surveillance.

"Call in and see, it's okay." Mrs. Zhao said.

The cicada lady hurriedly went out and brought in the subordinates brought by the girls, and when Mrs. Zhao saw so many people, she squinted, "Which family are they?" ”

After knowing that Zhao Wangshu had brought seven people, the smile on Mrs. Zhao's face was a little reluctant, "The seventh brother and sister are still so thoughtful. ”

"So many people move to live in the house, and they all need to be resettled by the eldest wife, which is enough to troublesome people, so such a trivial matter will not bother the eldest wife." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

Old Mrs. Zhao glanced at her, and was about to say something, when the maidservant came in to report, "Old lady, Mrs. Qinsan and Mrs. Lu Liu are here with girls." ”

"Let them in." Mrs. Zhao said.

The ten girls selected from the clan are all here.

Mrs. Zhao said, "Mrs., you lead them to the courtyard to settle down." ”

"Yes, old lady." Mrs. Zhao stood up, "Let's go, Twelve Niang." ”

"Wait." Old Lady Zhao frowned.

"What else does the old lady command?" Mrs. Zhao asked.

"The name of Twelve Niang, it doesn't sound like the name that a girl from a big family should take, after I see it, you will be called Yuzhen." Mrs. Zhao said.

"Mrs. Xie gave the name." The twelve mothers who were renamed Zhao Yuzhen saluted.

"The old lady simply gave Chun Niang another good name." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhao had this intention, "You report the name given to your family." ”

"My name is Chun Niang."

"My name is Sanniang."

Zhao Wangshu didn't squeak, her name is very good, she likes it very much, so she doesn't want to choose another name.

Zhao Shuhui saw that she didn't say anything, and she didn't sign up, her name was taken by her late father, and she didn't want to choose another name.

also did not make a sound, as well as Zhao Shuqing.

Zhao Yingniang hesitated for a moment before saying, "My name is Yingniang." ”

"My name is Xiuniang."

"Why don't you three sign up?" Mrs. Zhao, who had not spoken, asked.

"My name was chosen by the elders, and it was very good, so I didn't ask the old lady to choose it for me." Zhao Wangshu is neither humble nor arrogant.

Zhao Shuhui and Zhao Shuqing's reasons are similar to Zhao Wangshu's.

The smile on Mrs. Zhao's face became lighter, obviously displeased with the three of them, but she did not insist on changing the names of the three people, "Chunniang is called Yuyan, Sanniang is called Yufang, Yingniang is called Yuying, Xiuniang is called Yuxiu, the girl of the Zhao family is like a pearl like jade, and she is noble." ”

The girl whose name she changed was all bowed and said, "Thank you, old lady." ”

"Go ahead, settle down, and come back for dinner." Old Mrs. Zhao said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhao gave a farewell salute and led the girls out.

Go out from the back door of Mrs. Zhao's courtyard, turn east, pass a small garden, bypass a rockery made of Taihu Lake stones, pass through an east-west hall, and then go south a stone's throw to a large courtyard.

In order to show their attention to the girls, the Zhao family specially packed up the big courtyard of Wujin for the girls to live in.