Taohuaxi

Chapter 31 The Little Daughter's Mind

I stood behind the rose arch and watched Cheng Shuyao hesitate several times before finally getting into a carriage outside the door.

Sitting outside the carriage was a young man wearing a flying fish suit.

Since the founding of the "Jinyiwei" by our great ancestor, the official uniforms of the Jinyiwei have been the python, flying fish and bullfighting.

It seemed that the people who came to pick up Cheng Shuyao were from Jin Yiwei.

The man said to the eldest mistress: "Don't worry, Madam Cheng. Since Master Liu has agreed, he will definitely get it done."

The eldest mistress smiled and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm very relieved. Master Liu will do everything in a safe manner."

The man cupped his hands and the carriage gradually moved away.

The eldest young lady breathed a sigh of relief.

The mother-in-law beside her said: "Grandma, you have hope. Once we, Miss Sun, go like this, we will be the people around Long Live Lord. Now in the palace, although there are many concubines, no one is for Long Live Lord. Give birth to an heir. In the future, if we, Miss Sun, get a boy and a girl, you and I will have the glory and wealth for the rest of your life."

The eldest mistress clasped her hands together and said, "Amitabha, I hope Yao'er is of good use."

The mother-in-law said: "You have to have a way. If we take the ordinary route to the draft, it will be extremely difficult. If one accidentally loses the selection, wouldn't it be a joke to make the second house settle down? Fortunately, Mr. Liu came up with such an idea. Lord Long Live has to go to the palace every ten days. Mr. Liu is the one who is close to Lord Long Live. As the saying goes, it is difficult to travel by land, so take the water route..."

The eldest mistress shouted: "Don't talk too much. Just wait for the good news at the house."

"Yes." The mother-in-law was silent.

The eldest young master Cheng Cangshi walked in drunk.

The eldest mistress scolded: "Where can I find a real world treasure like you? From Yangzhou to Jizhou, and then to the capital, I can't stop. I can go wherever there is flowers and wine! I don't care about serious things!"

Cheng Cangshi let out a wine burp and said, "Why is this not a serious matter? If I didn't drink flower wine, how could I know Mr. Liu? Yuzhen, you only blame me for living in debauchery, but you don't know my benefits."

"Tell me, what are the benefits to you?"

Cheng Cangshi said: "My mother said that we have no children and the Cheng family has very few grandchildren. She wanted to give me the delicate fragrance in the house. I refused because I was in poor health..."

"You have no children? After all, I gave birth to two daughters. Zhu Sangyu didn't even lay an egg. Why didn't your mother say that you would give your second son a concubine? It's obviously partial."

The eldest mistress flicked her veil and said: "Since I entered your house, I have been filled with four words: virtuous, virtuous and virtuous, and I have been extremely filial to your mother, but your mother doesn't care about me. After all, , Aren’t you not as promising as the second child? A husband is a noble wife. After you lost your official position, we are all dwarfs. I want to see if Shu Yao has a good future in the future. This is the courtyard of the Cheng family. Which way is the wind blowing?"

"You are not allowed to speak of my mother!"

The drunken Cheng Cangshi stared at him with a rare expression of fierceness.

The eldest mistress cried aggrievedly: "Cheng Cangshi, you heartless person, I, I, I am not alive anymore——"

When Cheng Cangshi saw his wife crying, he softened, put his arms around her shoulders, and coaxed her: "I'm telling you, Yuzhen, what's the use of fighting for temporary highs and lows? Take a long-term view. The days when Mr. Liu will give us sweet things are still to come. Yeah. Don't worry, don't make me feel bad..."

The eldest young lady wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said angrily: "You must be of the same mind as me."

"One heart, one heart, you are my wife. If I don't have one heart with you, who will I have one heart with? Don't look at the two of us. Zhu Sangyu may not be as attracted to you as I am to you. The second brother used to be with the girl of the Xun family. It's not that you don't know about it. It's just that the second child didn't go any further because his mother didn't like it. He always wants to be a perfect person with no fault of moral character. But who knows what he thinks in his heart!" Cheng Cangshi road.

The eldest mistress laughed and scolded: "After all, you two brothers are both foolish and filial! I am just waiting to see Zhu Sangyu's joke. When will she be divorced by her second son and go out and become a cousin? I will be happy!"

The couple chatted and laughed as they returned to Nanyuan.

Xiaoyin, who came out to fetch water, heard what the eldest mistress said and secretly stamped her feet in anger.

Xiaoyin saw me behind the rose arch, and came up to me and said, "Miss, when did you come back? Listen to what she just said, it's obvious that she did something bad herself, so why does she hate you? I say, give me your hand There are also the accusations written by the eldest young master last time, so if you look down on them and punish them severely, they will know how many eyes Lord Ma has!"

I walked directly to the east courtyard: "Is the second master back?"

"Not yet. Half an hour ago, my uncle sent He Ming back to say that he was busy with official duties tonight and would probably come back very late. He asked you to go to bed first and not wait for him."

I go back to my room and wash up.

Xiaoyin said from the side: "The eldest young lady is too proud. We have seen it these days after entering the Cheng family. Miss Yao has always been silent and has no independent opinions. She can't even suppress the servants in the house." Stay here, don’t say you’re going into the palace. Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and the eldest mistress is clearly trying to trick my daughter!”

I took off the hairpin ring, carefully put away the gold pen given by Mr. Zhang, and said: "What happens to the eldest mistress has nothing to do with us. What I am worried about is that something will happen to the second master in the future. The second master is currently working as an errand in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is closely related to Mr. Zhang’s new policy and is a most important task.”

Xiaoyin said: "By the way, the third lady came to the east courtyard today and said that a letter came from Yangzhou and she wanted to talk to you."

I got up, held a lantern, and went to the main courtyard.

The third lady's boudoir was placed in a building in the main courtyard, very close to the old lady.

The lights in Baoxia are still on.

I knocked on the door and went in. The third lady was sitting on the bed reading a book.

Seeing me coming, she smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, you are here."

I sat next to her: "Qingshi, what book are you reading?"

She was silent.

I took a look and saw that it was a script from "The Romance of the West Chamber".

"Second sister-in-law, these days, I have been ill, but I have read a lot of books in my boudoir. To be honest, I am not afraid of making my second sister-in-law laugh. Since I was a child, I have been loved by my parents, protected by my elder brother, and grew up carefree in the house. . Whatever you want, you can get it immediately. Therefore, once you encounter something you can’t get, you will always think about it. Over time, it becomes a demonic obstacle."

The "West Chamber" in her hand opened to that page, and the words on it were quite beautiful:
Falling reds form a formation, thousands of points are floating in the wind, and people are worried. The pond is dreaming of dawn, and the lantern is saying goodbye to spring.

The butterfly powder lightly touches the flying snow, and the fragrant swallow mud stirs up the falling flower dust.

The spring mood is short, the willow silk is long, and the people who are separated by the flowers are far away and the horizon is close.

The fragrance eliminates the golden powder of the Six Dynasties and clears away the spirit of the Three Chus.I patted her hand gently.

She said: "Second sister-in-law, I recall all the things that happened between me and Brother Mingxu. I have been thinking about his little daughter these years. I am really worried about him. Brother Mingxu, he is a very good person, but he has no thoughts in his heart." I just can’t force him without me. I regard Brother Mingxu as a dream in my boudoir. I am Cui Yingying, he is not Zhang Sheng."

I scratched her nose: "He is not Zhang Sheng, then who is Zhang Sheng?"

She lowered her head: "Second sister-in-law, don't make trouble. I treat you as an intimate."

"What do you say about the letter from Yangzhou?"

"He said that a while ago, the tea craftsmen in our Huizhou tea garden were poached, and there was some trouble. He went to Huizhou and would not be able to get to the capital until later. He asked someone to bring me a lantern. "

The third lady took out a lantern from the box beside the bed and showed it to me.

This lantern is not made of ordinary paper, but made of Yueying gauze.Make it into the shape of the moon.From a distance, it looks like a full moon in the sky.

"Second sister-in-law, tell me, what does he mean by this?"

"Mr. Lu was afraid that the third lady would not pay attention while walking at night and fall." I laughed.

Then, I suppressed a smile and said seriously: "Mr. Lu must be trying to say that the moon in the sky waxes and wanes, but his heart is always a full moon, without waxing or waning."

The third young lady smacked my words, and after a while, she said, "Thank you second sister-in-law. After second sister-in-law said this, my heart became much clearer. I will give him an umbrella tomorrow. He will test me, and I will test him."

After talking for a while, I got up and went out.

Along the way, I stepped on the tiny shadows of the moon and felt the night wind blowing on my face.

"Love is short, willow silk is long, but people far away are as close as the world."

This line of drama swayed in my mind again and again.

Like water drops on a lotus leaf, from east to west, from west to east.

Go back to the room and lie down.

The pillow was empty.

Although the eldest young master and his wife are noisy, they still seem to be in love.Although the third lady and Lu Gui have not made it clear and they are from the north and the south, they still have feelings for each other.

But when I was with Cheng Huai, we had been husband and wife for a year, and we had slept together for many days. We raised our eyebrows at the same time and treated each other as if we were guests, but we had never had the feeling of being in a boudoir.

does he love me

My mother once told me that the relationship between husband and wife is like the sea and the mountains. Only when they are one part stupid, two parts naive and seven parts tolerant can they be completely perfect.

My mother is an extremely good wife, but has she achieved consummation?In order to wish the family well, I have been hanging on my heart for half a lifetime. After I left, I left with tea to cool down.

I turned over in bed and crushed all my doubts.

Early the next morning, I went to the old lady's place to say hello.

The third lady is there too, and she looks much better.

The old lady was very relieved and asked us to have breakfast together.

The Cheng family used cooks from the south to make stuffed dumplings, soup dumplings and boiled dried shredded noodles, just like they did in Yangzhou.

In the middle of the morning, the eldest young lady walked to the main courtyard in a windy manner, her brows and eyes full of joy.

"Mom, I'm so happy, so happy!"

The old lady did not raise her head: "It's just for no reason, why are you so happy?"

The eldest young lady sat down and smiled at the old lady, me and the third lady: "Last night, Shu Yao got to see Tianyan! He hasn't come back yet! Just now, someone from Jinyiwei came to the house to deliver a message, saying Long live the Lord is going to appoint Shuyao as a selected attendant! I’m afraid it won’t be long before the imperial edict comes!”

The third young lady said: "Sister-in-law, please take it easy. The waiter is of the eighth grade. You are so happy. If Shuyao becomes a beautiful concubine in the future, won't you have a firecracker for seven days and seven nights?"

The eldest young lady said displeased: "You little girl, what do you know? This is a good thing to honor our ancestors!"

"Which sect is Guang, and which ancestry is Yao? Shu Yao was well in the house, why did he suddenly see Tianyan?"

As soon as the old lady finished speaking, a voice shouted outside the door: The imperial edict has arrived——

The butler quickly set out the incense table.

The family rushed to the door and knelt down in unison.

The person who came to announce the decree was a young eunuch.

"I am Shao Ying's Jun Ming. I am from the Shuyao Cheng family in Yangzhou. I have a distinguished family and a graceful voice. I have been selected to join the back court and canonized and selected attendants to serve the Holy Emperor. I accept the Holy Order and obey my favor."

The old lady was motionless.

The eldest mistress pushed her: "Mother, take the order!"

The old lady slowly took over the imperial edict.

The eldest young lady quickly stuffed a handful of gold ingots into the little eunuch's hands.

The entire Cheng Mansion was immersed in a strange feeling of general joy but not joy.

(End of this chapter)