Luo nine needles

Chapter 99

Duchasi has already left, and the stage in the backyard has resumed singing, and the previous tension seems to have been swept away.

Especially the young girls can't bear to watch the camellias.

Mrs. Zhai also gradually regained her composure, and murmured: "Ancestor bless you." Then the servant woman asked, "What's going on?"

She is not an ignorant child, and she knows that this matter is definitely not based on the blessing of her ancestors alone.

In addition to Mrs. Zhai's question, there were also curious eyes from all around, and the maid who got the explanation repeated the matter as instructed.

It is true that Duchasi came to investigate whether he was taking bribes and spending extravagantly on his birthday, but after reading the gift list, he found that it was all done according to duty, Dudu Huo was very satisfied, and even gave this pot of camellia brought from the palace as a congratulatory gift.

After listening to the narration, the ladies in the hall breathed a sigh of relief again, and many of them clasped their hands together, and thanked their ancestors for their blessings. Can't escape.

"Old madam, don't worry." Mrs. Xiahou said, "You are a family that even the Duchasi can't find any fault."

That's right, this is the first time Duchasi has entered the house unscathed, not only unscathed, but also given a congratulatory gift.

The clear name of the Zhai family was certified by the Duchasi, and it was known throughout the court.

Just wait, the emperor must personally reward it.

The room was full of congratulations, and the atmosphere finally returned to the previous noisy, more festive than before.

Mrs. Zhai finally showed a smile on her face, but she thought of something, and asked the maid: "You said just now, Dodger Huo smiled when he saw a congratulatory gift, what kind of congratulatory gift is it?"

The servant girl said carefully just now, and Mrs. Zhai also listened carefully. When she noticed that she saw a congratulatory gift, Huo Dudu laughed and joked with everyone, praising the ingenuity and saying that gifts should be given like this. Did not continue to check, congratulated the old man, sent a gift and left.

Mrs. Zhai knew it as soon as she heard it, this congratulatory gift is the key!

Speaking of this congratulatory gift, the maid also laughed, and said, "It's a very interesting congratulatory gift. When Dodger Huo saw it, he asked everyone to guess what it was, but they couldn't figure it out."

Huo Lian?

That man like King Yama actually played guessing games with everyone?
The women in the hall suddenly became more curious: "What kind of good thing is it? Bring it for us to see."

Mrs. Zhai motioned to Mrs. Zhai to bring it, there was no need to hide it, Duchasi came over to let everyone see it clearly.

Not long after, the two maids came with the big housekeeper in person. The big housekeeper walked carefully, as if holding a rare treasure, although the treasure was not very big in his hand, and it was covered with a very ordinary red cloth.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the room, the butler opened the red cloth, and the walnut wood carving appeared.

"Guess everyone, what is this?" the butler said with a smile.

There were chaotic discussions and answers in the room, the carvings were good, the fans, ornaments, incense and so on were all different.

Just when the butler was about to announce the answer triumphantly, a female voice said, "Yes, hourglass?"

The butler couldn't help but pause when the words slipped to his lips, and everyone else looked at the speaker, seeing that it was Miss Xiahou.

"The pattern of this fairy's robe is the scale." Miss Xiahou continued, pointing with her slender fingers, with a slight smile on her quiet face, "This crane head should move along the scale."

People rushed to take a closer look, and exclaimed, "It really is." "Look at the position of the crane's mouth now."

The big housekeeper stopped being tricky, and hurriedly shouted before his voice was drowned out: "Yes, it's the hourglass, and the crane's head will swing from down to Shou Tao."

Suddenly the hall was full of exclamations, "It's so interesting." "It's just ordinary walnut wood."

Because there were too many people pushing over, in order to avoid bumping into each other, the servants hurriedly stuffed the wooden carving dripping glass to Mrs. Zhai.

Mrs. Zhai held the wooden carving in her hand and looked left and right, her eyes were full of joy.

No wonder why Huo Lian couldn't find an excuse, this is indeed a cheap but well-thought-out congratulatory gift.

"Who is it?" She hurriedly asked, "Which relative or friend gave this?"

There was a moment of silence in the noisy hall, people looked at each other and asked each other in low voices.

Why isn't the gift giver among them?

"Old lady, this ceremony is related to my aunt." The butler said with a smile.

Mrs. Yang who was standing behind was taken aback: "Me?"

This is not from her.

"This is a congratulatory gift from Ms. Qixing Xucheng of Xizhou." The head housekeeper carefully took out the gift list and read it aloud.

Before Mrs. Yang could speak, her servants and maids suddenly cheered, "It's Ah Qi—" "It's Miss Qixing." "It's her——"

The voices of several people resounded in the hall, making everyone even more curious.

"Mei Niang." Mrs. Zhai asked, "Is this a relative of your family?"

Mrs. Yang's mood was like boiling water, but she looked calm on the surface, and said with a smile: "Mother, why did you forget? I invited Xiu Niang, and you arranged to take care of her after she came to Beijing. She was grateful for your kindness and asked me for it. post, to personally wish you a birthday."

Embroidery lady.

Mrs. Zhai remembered that she did know that embroidered lady, but she really didn't need her to take care of an embroidered lady, all she had to do was tell her servants.

As for the post, she vaguely remembered that the servant woman mentioned something, but it was because she heard that it was her daughter's request, so she agreed directly, and didn't care whether it was for the embroiderer or someone else.

did not expect--

Mrs. Zhai looked into the hall: "Where is Miss Qixing?"

The people in the hall looked around again, but no one stood up.

It's not surprising, here are all the female relatives with heads, faces and identities, and the embroidered lady avoided it if she was afraid of herself.

The maid beside Mrs. Yang hurriedly said: "Sister Mengchan took them out to play, she should be watching a play."

Mrs. Zhai hurriedly said, "Go and invite me."

Four or five maidservants in the hall responded in unison, including Mrs. Zhai's maidservants, Mrs. Di's, and Mrs. Yang's, no matter who they were, they all went out.

Lu Yizhi slowly walked from the front yard to the back house.

Just now when he was going to investigate the situation, the servant woman came to inform him that no one was arrested or the house was ransacked, and the panic was temporarily relieved, but he still came to the front yard to have a look.

Because Duchasi guards prevented him from approaching, he waited until Duchasi left, greeted Mr. Zhai himself, and asked the housekeeper for details before coming to the back house.

As soon as he walked back to the women's hall, he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps mixed with the women's chatting and laughing.

Subconsciously, Lu Yi turned around, and saw a group of maidservants, young and beautiful, all smiling.

At this moment, he returned home again in a daze, because he saw familiar faces among the group of maidservants.

The girl has a clear face, wearing a bamboo green dress, the skirt ripples as she moves.

She looked at him over the laughing maidservant.

"Ah Qi?" Lu Yizhi blurted out as if he was at home.

This group of women giggled and walked like the wind, and they arrived at his side in the blink of an eye, passing him like a gust of wind.

The girl's eyes slid over him like water, silently.

But the girl beside her whispered "Three—"

But the next moment it seemed to be pushed down, the body shook, and the sound was like a stone falling into the water, which was immediately swallowed up.

"Old lady."

"Ma'am."

"lady--"

The maidservants surrounded the girl and stepped up the steps, and the sound of warblers and swallows resounded in the hall.

"Miss Seven Star is here."

Lu Yizhi stood at the entrance of the hall and looked inside. The excitement in the hall was very similar to that at home.

The difference is that sitting in the center of the Zhai family is surrounded by old Mrs. Zhai who is full of white hair, while the Lu family is his mother.

Also in the Lu family, that Ah Qi would only stand in the corner of the room, with a group of maidservants, instead of standing in front of people, surrounded by everyone, and held by the head of the house as at this moment.
Old Madam Zhai held Qixing's hands, smiling all over her face: "How can there be such skillful hands? How did such skillful hands come about?"

Qi Xing said: "It was born by father and mother."

Everyone around laughed, and Mrs. Zhai laughed too. When she was about to tease her parents, Mrs. Yang coughed lightly.

"Mother, don't just look at this wooden carving and praise it, look at the dress I gave you, you will be amazed." She said loudly, then supported the old lady's shoulder and whispered, "She Parents are gone."

Don't talk about it at this time, lest the little girl be sad.

Of course, you don’t need to care about it at other times, so what about being sad?Talk about the dead parents, this is the concern of the host family.

But at this moment, Mrs. Zhai couldn't bear it, she nodded to her daughter calmly, and urged the servant girl with a smile, "Hurry up and bring me the birthday gift from Mei Niang."

As the dress that Mrs. Yang sent was brought in, there was a new commotion in the hall. The wooden hourglass was a novelty, but it was only a novelty. It didn't matter to the women in the inner house whether there was such an ornament or not.

But dress embroidery is different.

This is a set of mountain blue dresses, the outer skirt looks simple and elegant, but the patterns are all over, looming, like the sun shining and the stars dotted.

"Good." Mrs. Zhai praised repeatedly, and stretched out her hands to pinch the dress for a closer look, "A good embroiderer is a good embroiderer."

The other women also gathered around and nodded.

Mrs. Yang picked up the dress and said with a smile: "It's not time to praise the embroidery work."

As he spoke, he asked the maidservants to come forward to help him put on the dress and compare it to his body.

"Mom, look carefully."

This Qixing is amazing, a wood carving makes people guess, a set of embroidery also makes people guess, everyone in the hall is more interested, just like Mrs. Zhai, their eyes are concentrated.

Mrs. Yang turned slowly in the hall, or unfolded her sleeves, or hung them down, showing them.

"Looking up close, you can see that the pattern is exquisite.

"Looking at it from a distance, it's an appreciable beauty."

"It looks ordinary, but as long as you see it, you can't take your eyes off it, and you don't know what you want to see."

The women chattered and commented, all praising the beauty, but they couldn't tell how beautiful it was, until a female voice chuckled.

"Ah, this is wearing the green mountains and green waters on the body."

Everyone was stunned, and looked at the speaker, who was still Miss Xiahou.

Miss Xiahou watched intently, and stretched out her hand to gently draw in front of her eyes, as if she was drawing a line: "This is a landscape painting. If I read it correctly, it is similar to the one hanging in my father's study."

She looked at Madam Xiahou.

"Mother, that painting must have been given by Mr. Zhai."

Mrs. Xiahou nodded: "That's right, it belongs to Mr. Zhai."

Although Mr. Zhai had been idle in the Ministry of Rites all his life, he had outstanding painting skills, which is why he became a close friend with Mr. Xiahou.

All the people present looked closely, and sure enough, the embroidered outline, the coat is like a mountain, the skirt is like water, and the white clouds are lingering on the shoulders and back. It really wears green mountains and green waters on the body.

"When I got married, my father specially made a painting for me to relieve my homesickness in other places." Mrs. Yang leaned on Mrs. Di's side and said, her eyes were red. "My father passed away and my mother was not in good health. I didn’t go out again, so I just wanted to embroider this painting on the dress, so that my mother would feel like she was in the mountains and rivers.”

Mrs. Zhai nodded and stroked her shoulder: "My good boy, you have a heart."

She looked at Qixing at the side again, and stretched out her hand.

Qixing was not restrained, and put his hand in Old Madam Zhai's again.

"Good boy." Mrs. Zhai held her hand, "Good boy, thank you for your skillful hands."

Speaking of tears falling like rain.

(End of this chapter)