The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 319 Visiting the Duke of Zhen's Mansion ([-])

Zhen Guogong's Mansion is not far from Huayang Street, but it is in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital.

The carriage stopped after walking in the opposite direction of Huayang Street the day before yesterday for about two quarters of an hour, but did not let the family get out of the carriage. After waiting for a while, the carriage restarted.

Zi Su, who was in the same car with Su Yunduo's siblings, explained in a low voice: "This is the Zhen Guo Gong's mansion that we entered directly from the side door."

The carriage went on for almost a cup of tea, and stopped again.

Zisu pulled up the curtain and got out of the car first, turned around and picked up Su Zechen to get off first, followed by Su Zexuan and Su Yunduo.

"Wow, Duke Zhen's mansion is so magnificent!" Even though the carriage stopped at the second gate, Su Zechen sighed.

Fortunately, Su Yunduo tightened his skin when he was in the car. Su Zechen's exclamation was not loud, and he didn't look around like usual, but he still got a warning look from Su Zexuan, and he quickly closed his eyes. mouthed.

A smile flashed across Su Yunduo's eyes, and there was also a hint of distress, because of the sensibleness of the two younger brothers.

Aunt Quan and a group of maids and wives who were beside Mrs. An's Mrs. Zhen had already received the news and were waiting at the second gate to welcome them.

As soon as the carriage of the Su family came to a complete stop, the whole nun came forward with a smile on her face and said, "My servant has seen the cousin, the wife, the cousin, the girl, and the young master. My wife and aunt learned that you are here today." If you want to come, I have been waiting in the flower hall for a long time, no, I have someone come over to hear the news." He pointed to the pretty girl who just appeared in everyone's sight.

"That's sister Ziyu, the eldest maid next to Madam, she must have been sent out by Madam and the others to find out the news." Zi Su just happened to whisper in Su Yunduo's ear.

Ziyu was indeed sent by Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife to inquire about the news. She didn't expect to see someone just as she turned out of Zhaobi. I can't sit still anymore, no, I'm urging my servants to come over to find out the news."

As he said that, together with Nunnery Quan and others, they surrounded the Su family and went to Zhenghe Hall, the main courtyard where Duke Zhen Guogong and his wife lived.

After walking a few steps, I saw Lu Jinkang walking quickly from the front with two servants.

Seeing this group of people, a smile flashed across Lu Jinkang's cold face, and his pace was two minutes faster. When he arrived in front of Su Chengzhi and Ning Shi, he clasped his hands together and said loudly, "Zijian has seen his cousin, uncle, cousin, and uncle Zhong. Zijian is late, please forgive me."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Su Yunduo who was obviously lagging behind, and he didn't quite understand why Su Yunduo fell behind.

It was rare to see Lu Jinkang being so courteous and close to others. Aunt Quan's eyes flickered in surprise at first, but soon the smile on her face became more sincere, and her words and deeds became more respectful.

At this time, Su Yunduo was slightly behind her parents by two steps, and she still had things to arrange.

Hearing Lu Jinkang's voice, he had no choice but to temporarily put the matter aside, bent his knees and saluted Lu Jinkang as a greeting.

When Lu Jinkang personally guided Su Chengzhi, Ning Shi and others to move on, Su Yunduo did not follow immediately, but turned to look at Bai Zhi who was busy beside the carriage. Bai Zhi nodded slightly to reassure Su Yunduo.

Although the trip to Zhen Guogong's mansion seemed rushed, it was impossible for the Su family to come empty-handed.

Yesterday, after getting the news of the instant noodle Jinkang Chuan, Su Yunduo and Ning Shi took Zisu, Baizhi, and Nanny Chen very busy for a while before they prepared the gifts needed for today.

In fact, I just arrived in the capital, and I haven't had time to tidy up the boxes and cages I brought from Geshan Village.

Fortunately, the presents were prepared and brought from Geshan Village, and Su Yunduo specially marked the box containing the presents, so it was not too difficult to prepare, but Lu Jinkang specifically mentioned the wife of the patriarch of the Su clan, which made Su Yunduo very upset I took some thought.

Although the patriarch's wife is only a woman or the patriarch's successor, Su Yunduo heard Lu Jinkang once said that she is quite decisive and can speak well in the clan.

The reason why Mrs. Lu can insist on not having a step-heir for so many years has a lot to do with the wife of the patriarch. Therefore, whether the family can successfully recognize their ancestors and return to the clan is also very important for the wife of the patriarch.

Su Yunduo prepared gifts for several important elders in the clan, and gifts from the patriarch and the patriarch's wife are naturally indispensable, but these prepared gifts are intended to be given out after recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan, not now.

Su Yunduo thought for a long time before taking out a set of cosmetics from the cage. It was a new product made by her based on ancient prescriptions combined with the knowledge of her previous life. It definitely did not contain lead that could harm the skin.

Currently, Su Yunduo has only made two sets of this kind of cosmetics, because the medicinal materials are really rare, and the most important one is blindly medicinal materials, and Su Yunduo only has enough to make two more sets of such cosmetics.

The old doctor once told Su Yunduo secretly that there is a lot of this medicinal material in the palace, as long as the relationship with the concubine Zhen is established, it is not a problem for her to make as many cosmetics as she wants.

So Su Yunduo gave one set of the two sets of cosmetics he made to the Ning family, and left one set to be given to Concubine Zhen through Lu Jinkang, in order to have medicinal materials in the palace.

Now I don't have a satisfactory gift in hand, so I can only use this set of cosmetics to top it up first.

Ning shi traveled all the way and fell ill on the way. Although she had rested for a day, her complexion was a little yellowish, but after using this set of cosmetics, Ning shi's face gave off a feeling that it would break at the first blow.

As long as a woman loves beauty, and the patriarch's wife is a woman who loves beauty even though she is [-] years old, this set of cosmetics should be able to catch her eyes.

Seeing that Bai Zhi already understood what she meant, Su Yunduo took Zisu to follow everyone's footsteps.

Along the way, Su Zechen was held by Lu Jinkang, and asked Lu Jinkang some questions from time to time. Lu Jinkang answered every question tirelessly, causing the maids and servants around him to look sideways from time to time. Su Zexuan walked with Ning Zhongping, although he didn't speak. , but has been listening very carefully.

The Zhen Guogong Mansion occupies a very large area, and it takes a quarter of an hour to walk from the Ermen Gate to Zhenghe Hall.

Zhenghe Hall gives people a sense of solemnity and solemnity.

This kind of solemnity and solemnity makes people feel awe from the bottom of their hearts, so before entering Zhenghe Hall, everyone unanimously lightened their steps, even Su Zechen, who had a hundred thousand whys in his mind, was infected by the atmosphere of Zhenghe Hall, obediently closed his mouth.

Ning Shi was even more nervous, her pretty face was tense, her lips were drawn into a line, and Su Chengzhi, who was walking beside her, stretched out his hand hidden in his wide sleeve and squeezed her hand to show comfort, but still There was no way to reduce her nervousness.

Su Yunduo, who was walking behind her parents, naturally saw Ning's abnormality at a glance, and took a quick step quietly, almost side by side with Ning, and said in a low voice: "Mother, don't be nervous, remember that all the people inside are our relatives." !"

Ning knew that she shouldn't be so nervous, but she couldn't let herself relax, after all, sitting inside was her upright mother-in-law.

But she also understood very well that she had to fight for her husband and her children, so she tried her best to suppress the tension in her heart, followed the decompression method Su Yunduo taught her before, and took a deep breath, and she really felt a little relieved.

(End of this chapter)