Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 434: Please take a look at me, madam [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 3 yuan]

"Squeak~"

The two wooden doors on the street were opened from the inside.

The noisy noise in the street suddenly became loud and clear, rushing towards us.

behind the door,

A woman with a pretty face and a yellowish complexion appeared. She was dressed like a decent woman.

The woman's clothes, which were fitted around her waist and hips, were made of good material, which really brought out her beautiful figure.

Looking at the carved carriages and fine horses passing by on the street not far from the door,
The embroidered shoes that the woman was about to step over the threshold of the door were retracted.
"squeaky"

The hands on the wooden door closed the wide-open door.
The woman looked out with her head tilted, leaving only a palm-sized gap.

Looking back along the carriage,
When the woman saw an exceptionally handsome horse, her eyes widened!
Then she put down her hands that were on the wooden door, quickly adjusted her temples, and smoothed her clothes.

Blinked his eyes.
The corners of his mouth pursed.
She imitated a shy expression on her cheeks several times.

After taking a few deep breaths

The woman then gently opened the wooden door and looked outside affectionately.

On the street,

Rong Xian rode on his horse holding the reins in one hand,

He looked around in boredom,
In fact, he was rising and falling with the horse's back, and secretly rubbing his waist with the hand holding the whip.

When Rong Xian glanced around, he saw the wooden door slowly opening.
And the woman behind the wooden door,
"hiss!"

Rongxian took a breath.

His waist straightened up.
This riding posture makes the handsome Rong Xian look like a son of a noble family.
Well. Although he looks like he has indulged himself too much.

Seeing the woman behind the door stealing glances at him from time to time,

Rongxian nodded slightly and looked back.

The servant of the Rong family who followed behind nodded smartly, indicating that he would take note of this place.

"Yanei, next time you want to hit someone, remember to call me little one~"

A faint voice came from behind.
"Son!"

The Rong family servant exclaimed.

It turned out that Rong Xian, who was rubbing his waist and looking at the woman, suddenly felt his waist and legs go weak and he almost fell off his horse.

Rongxian looked back at Xu Zaijing who was grabbing his clothes and smiled: "Thank you, Brother Jing!"

After sitting upright on the horse's back, Rong Xian looked down and said, "Wow~ This silver stirrup is too slippery!"

Rong Xian turned around and said to his servant, "I will punish the man who bought the stirrup when I get back. He almost killed me!"

"Yes, son!"

The servant behind him quickly adjusted his expression and bowed in response.

Rongxian hummed.

The crowd walked for a while longer.

The streets began to become plain.

Rong Xian looked around and said, "Brother Jing, it seems we have arrived at Chunmingfang. Brother Jiong's yard is not far from the Anguogong Mansion?"

"Correct!"

When Xu Zaijing spoke, he did not turn his head to look at Rongxian, but looked at the street intersection in front of him, where there were several strong young men on horseback.

Rong Xian followed Xu Zai Jing's gaze and said to himself, "I think these people are just... average!"

"Hmm! Not as tall and strong as my servants!"

The words had barely fallen out before the Rong family servants behind him could straighten their chests and bulge their bellies.

Rong Xian saw those strong young men bowing to Zaiduan who was walking in front of them.

"Hiss! Brother Xu knows them?"

Xu Zaijing at the side scratched his eyebrows and said, "Yes, they are several brave lieutenants in the Northwest Army."

When the servants of the Rong family who were following behind heard this, they quickly shrank back. The warrior who could win military merits from the northwest was not something they could compare to.

The Xu family's female carriage did not stop, but drove directly to Hu Yanjiong's yard.
Zaiduan and Zaizhang stopped their horses at the street corner and waited for Xu Zaijing to catch up.
The lieutenant colonel of the Northwest Army in front of the two men was mostly looking at Xu Zaijing's mount and the trotting pony tied behind the carriage.

When he came near to the people,

The elite young men all bowed:

"Goro!"

"Brother Jing!"

Those who know Rongxian will also call him Erlang.

Xu Zaijing pointed at Lu Junyi, Wu Song and others and introduced them to Rong Xian.

Rong Xian smiled and bowed, and bumped fists with someone from time to time. After a round of fist bumps, Rong Xian's palms were actually sweaty.

Xu Zaijing smiled and talked to a fair-skinned young man:
"Zhang Shun, why are you here by yourself? Is Zhang Heng on duty in the northwest?"

The fair-skinned young man Zhang Shun bowed and said, "My brother, Wu Lang."

As he said this, Zhang Shun shook his head with a sad look on his face.

Xu Zaijing was stunned, and the young man he had met by Jinming Lake before flashed through his mind.

"Why not?"

"To Wulang, when the Marquis attacked Houqu, my brother went into the water at night and was stabbed by a rusty knife. I shouldn't have said these things during those days!"

Zhang Shun quickly bowed and apologized.

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "For the sake of the Great Zhou and the Huyan family, he risked his life. What is there that shouldn't be said?"

Zhang Shun bowed even deeper.

Xu Zaijing patted Zhang Shun's arm.

Seeing the somewhat gloomy atmosphere on Xu Zaijing's side, Rong Xian leaned over and asked, "Are you the Zhang Shun that Liang Liulang mentioned?"

"Report to the yanei, it is the villain!"

"You want to go back to the Northwest Army too?"

"I will follow Shiyilang."

Rong Xian shook his head regretfully: "What a pity! Liang Liulang said that if you guys were here, he would be invincible in Bianjing after opening Jinming Lake!"

"Liu Lang, you're overpraising me!"

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "Liu Lang is right. Let's go!"

The crowd rode to the gate of Hu Yanjiong's house.
Xu Zaijing looked around along the way, relying on the high horseback. The number of carriages and horses today was much greater than when An Mei gave birth.

But the horses and carriages parked along the way are mostly beautifully decorated.
Some draft horses have flowers on their heads.

Some carriages are embroidered with cute raccoon pictures.
It doesn't look like the one the mistress rides in.

Rong Xian followed behind Xu Zai Jing and talked to Lu Jun Yi from time to time.
"Master Zhou is your master? Then our relationship is..."

Rong Xian didn't continue talking, his eyes fixed on a large and gorgeous carriage on the side of the road.

Lu Junyi on the side looked over in confusion: "Brother Xian? What's wrong?"

Rongxian's throat moved slightly, and he looked at Xu Zaijing in front of him hopefully.

in front of the gate,
Hu Yanjiong, with a happy face, stood there with his two brothers from the fifth room.

Xu Zaijing and other people came over.
Walking in the streets is very impressive

After Zaiduan, who was at the front, dismounted from his horse, Huyan Jiong and the other three came forward with a smile and a bow.

"Big brother, Third brother, Brother Jing, why are you here just now?"

After everyone chatted for a while, they went into the yard.

In the backyard of Huyan's house,

There are five main rooms.

The wooden partitions of each room had been removed by the servants.
You can see the west wall from the east wall.

This makes the main hall look extra large.

At this time, there were many ladies in the hall, with their clothes and hairpins shining, and many women were sitting on the chairs and embroidered cushions.

Take a quick look,
But there are more girls with bangs on their foreheads and hair hanging down behind their necks.

There are very few women who wear their hair up in both front and back.

Located near the east side of the main house,

Lady Sun, the wife of Marquis Xu, held her grandson in her arms.
Pingmei and her two daughters-in-law stood on both sides.

"Mom, please let me hug him!"

Pingmei smiled and stretched out her hand.

Sun looked at her granddaughter in the cradle and handed her to Pingmei reluctantly.

Pingmei skillfully picked up her nephew and started watching with Xie and Hualan.

Sun walked aside and sat down, smiled at the two ladies Wu and Bai on both sides, and leaned over to say to Lady Pan, "Mother-in-law, where is Anmei?"

As he spoke, he looked around.

Madam Pan smiled and shook her head: "Several of An'er's good sisters from the capital have come. Somehow, she mentioned the peony jade carving, and several of them went to her room to look at the things."

Sun looked a little helpless: "She is already a mother, why is she still so childish! Just ask the maid to bring it, why go to her room."

Madam Pan and Madams Bai and Wu smiled and said, "It's good to be childish. With An'er here, the three of us feel much younger!"

On one side, Anmei's two sisters-in-law smiled and nodded.

Glancing at the girls who were talking in the hall, Madam Wu took advantage of the break to look at the three girls in the distance on the west side of the house and said, "Those three girls look unfamiliar. Whose families are they from?"

All the ladies present looked over, but no one spoke.

Ni Qiqiu, who was still sitting not far from Sun, leaned forward with a smile and said, "Madam, the two are my husband's sisters, and the one on the far side is a girl from my mother's family, the Ni family."

Madam Wu looked at the three girls and nodded with a smile: "They are all lieutenants of the imperial guards! Have they been betrothed yet?"

"Nothing!"

The door that Madam Wu had chosen was a bit high, so Ni Qi Qiu was reluctant to ask Madam Wu to help find it.

"Okay!" Mrs. Wu nodded with some calculation in her eyes.

Noticing the ladies' gazes,

The younger sister of the Ni family turned away uncomfortably.

The girl from the Jin family next to her pretended nothing happened and continued to talk: "Look over there, ladies, you guys are not looking for a daughter-in-law, are you?"

The brother-in-law of this girl from the Jin family is a comrade-in-arms of Zhu Qinghu, and has a relative who is a concubine in the Kang family.

The younger sister of the Ni family turned her back and shook her head, saying, "No, you have seen the elegance of the young lady from the Lord's family just now."

Hearing this,

The other two looked at each other, and the girl from the Jin family said, "But your sister became the Viscount's wife directly!"

"Those present here are different from my brother-in-law's family. They will only choose their daughter-in-law from the girls just now."

Thinking about what she had just seen, Miss Jin sighed in defeat: "I've heard before that Miss Rong is very beautiful, but I was not convinced in my heart, but after seeing her today."

The younger sister of the Ni family: "I think the girl from the Chai family is prettier. Her chin is not raised as high as the girl from the Rong family."

The unnamed girl nodded in agreement.

Outside Anmei's bedroom,

There is an exquisite wooden box on the table.
Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan sat on one side.
Zhang Jia Wu Niang and Gu Tingyi sat on the other side.
The one in the middle is Zheng Ni.

There was an exquisite peony jade carving in the wooden box, which was the prize that Hu Yanjiong had won in Jinming Lake.

The five ladies present here have seen all kinds of exquisite jade carvings, but this one is of great significance.

An Mei, who had become somewhat fat, stood aside with her back bent out of habit.
Looking at the five people, he said, "Have you seen enough? If you have, I'm going to put it away!"

"Sister Anmei, wait a moment!"

Zhang Jia Wu Niang said.

Then Wu Niang touched the jade carving with her hand, closed her eyes and muttered something.

Gu Tingyi leaned close to Zheng Ni's ear and said in a voice that everyone could hear: "Is Wu Niang praying to be your aunt?"

Zhang Jiawu Niang opened her eyes angrily and glared at Gu Tingyi in shame and anger.

Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan on the side laughed.

The two smiled and looked away as soon as their eyes met.

But Rong Feiyan didn't know why her eyes fell on An Mei's chest.
After taking a look,
Rong Feiyan pursed her lips.

He glanced quickly in the direction of Chai Zhengzheng again.

When Wu Niang is done with her work,
As An Mei put the wooden box away, she asked Zheng Ni, "By the way, how is Shen's brother's recovery going?"

Everyone looked at Zheng Ni.

Zheng Ni smiled and said shyly, "They said he can walk now."

"What about the wedding date? Has it been set?"

“Well, this March!”

Let the maid Ye'er put the wooden box back to the bedroom,

An Mei thought for a moment and said, "I'll be able to go out by then, so I can just join in the fun!"

"Let's go check out some other good stuff!"

The ladies at the table all looked puzzled.

"Let's go see the gift from my mother's family."

"Sister Anmei, gifts are either gold, jade, fur or ginseng. What's so good about them?" Zhang Jiawu Niang said boredly while lying on the table.

The other four girls didn't say anything, but they all had some idea of ​​the same meaning.

"My younger brother didn't send these. I had someone deliver them to the gate of this courtyard!" An Mei said with a smile.

"Brother Xu Wu gave it to me?! Then I must go and see it!"

Zhang Jia Wu Niang sat up straight as she spoke.

Gu Tingyi's eyes turned, and he seemed to have a guess.

Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan began to pack their clothes.

Go out of the house,

In half a quarter of an hour,

There is nothing at the entrance of Anmeiyuan
Everyone: "."

Wu Niang stood beside An Mei and said, "Sister An Mei, this is what Brother Xu Wu sent me."

An Mei turned to Ye Er and said, "Go, send someone to ask what's going on."

Before I finished speaking,

"Green grass?! Why are you here?!"

Gu Tingyi asked in surprise.

When An Mei turned around, she saw Qingcao leading a jet-black pony, and next to her was the housekeeper who was sent to lead the horse.

The housekeeper walked a few steps quickly, bowed at the door and said, "Madam, this little pony is very aggressive. I can't lead it, and I'm afraid I'll hurt it if I force it. I can only go find Wu Lang, which will take a while."

An Mei waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.
When the men and horses came near,
The green grass first gave a blessing,
The girls didn't move, and the maids behind them mostly returned the greetings.

Several noble ladies looked at the pony with lively eyes and shoulders that reached the level of his chest and abdomen in the green grass, and they all showed a look of admiration in their eyes.

"Qingcao, are these the offspring of Brother Xu Wu's two Bei Liao dragon horses?"

Zhang Jiawu Niang asked excitedly.

Qingcao smiled and nodded, then comforted the somewhat agitated foal.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Qingcao with a hint of warmth in his eyes, and said softly: "Qingcao, can this foal leave its mare?"

"To reply Miss Zheng Zheng, it will take another month to be ready. The young master said he brought it here to let Fourth Aunt and Madam take a look first."

Qingcao finished speaking.

An Mei was so overjoyed that she took two steps towards the foal, scaring it so much that it stepped back.

Qingcao hurried to comfort her again.

At this time, a maid from the Huyan family came over:

"Madam, the mistress said that the feast is about to start, and asked you to go to the main room quickly."

"Go right over there. Qingcao, follow her back!"

"Yes, Fourth Miss."

An Mei smiled and led the girls towards the main house.

The maids followed behind.

Ningxiang, the maidservant beside Rong Feiyan, waited for the girls to leave first. She glanced at Qingcao and said with a smile, "Miss Qingcao, did my young master come with Wulang?"

Qingcao nodded in agreement.

In the backyard of the Anguo Mansion,
Four-room courtyard,

study
Sitting at the table, listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, Mrs. Qin, the second wife of the fourth room, glanced at the daughter in her arms.

"Mom, why are there firecrackers outside?"

Madam Qin smiled slightly and said, "The banquet at the Huyan family not far away has begun."

"Oh mother, there are still many words I don't recognize in the book I asked you for."

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, and be patient in everything you do!"

"Ok!"

The little girl nodded heavily.

"I'm back to my mother."

The maid's voice came from outside the study.

I went into the study room with my mother,
Madam Qin put her daughter on the ground and said, "Go play with the maid!"

When only the master and servant were in the study,

"How did things go?"

"Miss, the Yin family has accepted the things and used the name of an old friend of the Yin family outside the capital."

Madam Qin hummed with satisfaction, then looked at Mother Xiang and asked, "Anything else?"

"Yes, there is also the Marquis' Mansion on Jingming Street. I want you to talk to the Lord. Since Baigaoneng was recaptured by our Great Zhou in less than a year, then the Great Zhou does not have to be afraid of the Northern Liao at all!"

"If there is any debate in the court, please let the Lord stand on the side that supports going to war!"

Hearing this,

A flash of disdain flashed across Madam Qin's eyes: "Humph! Good calculation!"

"Girl! If the Marquis's Mansion can get better, it will not be bad for you to have a good mother's family." She advised her mother.

(End of this chapter)