Fair Lady

Rebirth, soul possession, uh, or "time travel" as mother said, such things are too bizarre, and absolutely must not be known to anyone, including his most beloved and trusted elder brother and adoptive father.

This... is too unbelievable, it's not a simple question of trust or distrust.

Shuyao has been alone for a long time, where should she have heard or seen the relationship between "stupid cry" and Japanese people?It must be convincing to the adoptive father and elder brother, and it is best not to be able to verify it...

Suddenly, Shuyao's eyes lit up, and she pursed her lips and smiled.

The brows that had been frowned for a long time finally opened, there was no need to rush the rest of the matter, no matter how anxious it was, it was always necessary to wait for the elder brother and foster father to come back, right?

Shuyao walked over and pulled the plug behind the door, opened the door, went back to the couch, and took a book of travel notes to read.In her previous life, from the age of 6 to 14, she was locked up in the Murong Mansion, never leaving home, and never read a book. The information she received was that the "education mother" arranged for her by the Murong Mansion repeatedly instructed her: three obediences and four virtues, Filial piety is heaven, and a woman's lack of talent is virtue. As the eldest daughter, she must put the interests of the family and the Murong Mansion first. It is her honor and honor to sacrifice herself for the Murong Mansion...

Now, in Shuyao's own small study room, besides the Four Books and Five Classics, the Four Books for Women, poems, copybooks by famous masters, there are also many biographies and travel notes, all of which were bought for her by Jin Xida and Shujie.They think that men can travel to study and practice around, while women have no chance to travel far in their lives, and they have lost a lot of fun and insight, which can only be made up from books.

Seeing the door of the inner room opened, Mother Liu came in with a plate of cut fruits.Normally, Shuyao closed the bedroom door.They are all meditating and practicing internal strength (of course, they are actually practicing Qi in a mahogany box), and the people around them know not to disturb, and they will take turns guarding the door.

Shuyao is now in the mood to gossip: "Mom, do you know about Chen Yueying, right? Uncle Chen is really letting Mrs. Chen make trouble?"

Mother Liu sneered: "So what if I can't help it? Then Chen Yueying fell into the pond in the Ma Mansion, was rescued by the eighth master, and was hugged wet, and she could find another family willing to marry her? Speaking of which, Miss Chen San I am very envious of the wealth of the Ma family, maybe this is still 'just in my arms'."

Shuyao shook her head: "Falling into the pond again? Don't these people have any tricks?"

"That's the only thing in the inner house. Doesn't anyone who is watching know it well?" Liu's mother smiled disdainfully, "But they can be regarded as concubines, and the drowning was just used to gag Uncle Chen's mouth. Uncle Chen is also unlucky, he married such an incomprehensible wife and ended up raising an even more incomprehensible daughter."

This is what people often say "marry a wife and marry a virtuous man" and "a virtuous wife and husband are less likely to cause misfortune".

"However, the worst thing is Murong Shangshu." Liu's mother's excited tone was blatantly gloating, "I heard that now I can't even utter a complete sentence. Shang Shu held her hand, but could only say the word 'looking at', and then she kept crying."

"Oh?" Shu Yao wondered. "He wanted to say 'look at Murong's family', 'look at Uncle Murong'?"

Mother Liu nodded approvingly. This child has been intelligent since childhood.It is really quick to respond, and it is transparent at one point.What's even more rare is that he is low-key and doesn't like to make publicity.

Now it is rumored that Xia Shuyao, a girl from the Two Marquis Mansion, is a lucky and well-fated person, but there are still many people who say sour things, such as "It's a pity that I was born in the market, so my background is inevitably poor", "The roots are not right, Miao is not expensive", "I have never heard of her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I don't know if she can get it?" "Fortunately, there is a palace maid by my side, otherwise I would become a concubine. I don't know if it will be possible." Turn Prince Yong's Mansion into a mess...

When these words came to Shuyao, she just smiled lightly: "The mouth is on someone's face. Can you not allow them to speak? You have to go to them one by one to prove that you can't do it? The more you care, the more people like to say, you Ignore it, they will be bored when they talk about themselves."

This is tolerance, as the so-called "a bucket of water can't be shaken, but half a bucket of water can jingle." Truly talented people never think about how to prove themselves, those are just chasing fame and fortune.

Shuyao didn't know that Liu's mother lifted her up so high in her heart, boasting like a peony flower, she was feeling: "The most powerful people in Murong's mansion are Murong Shangshu and Li Concubine, and now Murong Shangshu is dying, I think I can entrust her to you." There is only Concubine Li."

Mother Liu snorted and said, "Concubine Li is not the favorite concubine she used to be. She is still trying to please others. Besides, the concubine in the harem can't leave the palace once in a few years. Can you still call Murong Ziye into the palace every day? Now that Murong Shangshu has not closed his eyes, the Murong family has begun to be in chaos. There are not many people in Murong Ziye. Even if Concubine Li is still there, and there is also the Ninth Prince, otherwise...it's hard to say."

Shuyao and Shuyao chatted for a while, and Lan Jin walked in with a happy face: "Girl, the Nangong family's annual ceremony has also arrived, and there are many rare things. I heard that they were all brought back from the West. Grandma picked out a lot. Send it here, and tell you to pick the ones you like and put them away, and keep the ones you don’t like so much as gifts for later. Girl, do you want to see it now?"

Shuyao put down the book in her hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm afraid I won't be willing to give it away." Every time there is something new, the sister-in-law usually sticks to her and Shuwen, and the sister-in-law chooses and sends it over. Yes, there must be all good things, and they must be suitable for her.

Lan Jin hurriedly said: "Hehe, Grandma also said that if you like it, you can keep it. The things you sent here are pure women's things, and there are a lot of decorations. After the old lady, master, and second master pick them out, The girl will pick some more for presents.

Lan Jin greeted the outside, and four little maids came in carrying two large trays, one tray contained pearl flowers, jewelry and so on, but most of them were shiny, not quite the same as Da Zhou's.Most of the precious jewelry in Dazhou is made of gold, silver, various gemstones such as jade and coral, and some rare woods.Western jewelry is mostly made of glass, crystal stones, and particularly shiny diamonds.

According to Nan Gongmiao, these glazes, crystals, and diamonds are not very expensive in the West.However, due to the risk of shipping and the limited quantity brought back, the price is naturally extremely high, and it is not easy to buy.

Once Shuyao went to visit Nian'er in Chengyi Bo's mansion, and gave Nian'er a peony hairpin inlaid with a lot of diamonds, and saw Mrs. Chen and Chen Yueying's eyes were brighter than diamonds, and they were eager to grab it. .

At that time, Shuyao suddenly became playful and said to Nian'er deliberately: "Sister Nian'er, these hairpins are a pair. The two are exactly the same, and I keep one for myself. You can't give this away, otherwise I will will be angry."

In an instant, from the corner of her eyes, she saw Madam Chen and Chen Yueying's expressions changed, and Chen Yueying gave Nian'er a unwilling look.

After the mother and daughter left, Shuyao and Nian'er laughed together.Shu Yao just couldn't figure it out.After all, Mrs. Chen is also from a scholarly family, and she is also the head mother of the Earl's Mansion, why is she so shallow-sighted?She wished she could snatch all of Nian'er's belongings and give them to Chen Yueying as a dowry.

Every time Shuyao passed by, they seemed reluctant to leave without seeing the gift Shuyao brought.Fortunately, although Nian'er has a generous heart, she is not at the mercy of others.Otherwise, Shuyao was really worried that Chen Yueying would snatch all those things as soon as she left.

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Lan Jin pointed to a hat decorated with dried flowers and silver tulle on the tray and said, "Sister Hongqiao said that these are Westerner's veiled hats. My wife knew that grandma and you don't like too ostentatious ones, so I specially picked two hats." The most elegant sent.

Shuyao's hat, the main body and the veil are pink blue. Although the brim of the hat is more fancy, but the range is not large, and the overall look is still not so eye-catching. Shuyao likes it very much.It just so happens that she doesn't have many ornaments on her head on weekdays.It is not a special occasion, it is mostly solved by a hairpin or a bead flower.Otherwise, it will be full of pearls and emeralds.Coupled with the dried flower silver yarn on the brim of this hat, it is too lively.

In another tray, there are one large, three small and four mirrors.The big mirror is oval, as big as the bronze mirror on Shuyao's dressing table, and it illuminates people very clearly. There is also a shelf behind the mirror that can be opened to allow the mirror to stand obliquely.

The three small mirrors are round, only half the size of a palm. The difference from those small mirrors that Shuyao got before is that these three mirrors have covers, and there are a few diamonds dotted on the covers, which are very beautiful.

Shuyao couldn't put it down, and decided to keep one side for herself, and bring the other two sides to the fourth princess and Princess Yue when she enters the palace next time.

After looking at those Western objects, the time is easier, and it passes in a hurry.Hearing Zijin come back saying that the uncle is back and waiting in the study, Shuyao hurriedly took Zijin and Lanjin to the study of the elder brother.

As soon as Shujie returned to the mansion, he heard Hongqiao say that Shuyao had something to look for him. He was so nervous that he didn't even change his coat, and waited anxiously in the study.He knew his sister well, and he wouldn't go out of his way to tell the servant girl if there was no urgent matter.

As long as he didn't leave Beijing with the emperor, or had some urgent business, the family would eat dinner together every day and chat for a while, unlike other brothers and sisters who might not see each other for a month or two.

When they arrived at the study room, they told Lan Jin and Yong Jin to guard the door together. Shu Yao was about to knock on the door to enter when the door opened suddenly. Shu Jie pulled her in and hurriedly closed the door and asked, "Yaoer, what's the matter?" Is it? What's the matter?"

Shuyao didn't procrastinate, and first told the story of the origin of the pearl in Qi Haoning's letter and the story of "stupid crying".

Regarding the story of Mrs. Liang’s grandfather and grandson giving beads and selling themselves as slaves, Shujie’s reaction was stronger than Shuyao’s because he knew in advance that Guangdong City had entered the secret work, and his brows were always frowning. Relaxed a little.

After listening to the part of "stupid crying", Shujie immediately frowned again: "Yao'er, do you think there is something wrong with that handkerchief and the word 'stupid crying' that Da Mao said?" Not to mention, the three brothers and sisters not only have sharper five senses than ordinary people, but also have a special connection with each other. Shujie caught Shuyao's tone of voice when he spoke.

Shujie brought up a pair of younger siblings himself, and is familiar with their speaking methods and habits.If there is something "abnormal", he will quickly feel it. He clearly felt that his sister unconsciously strengthened her tone every time she said the word "stupid crying", and naturally discovered the key problem.

However, he didn't understand, just hearing it like this, "stupid crying" doesn't have any special meaning, maybe it's a child's meaningless murmur, or maybe Hai'er heard it wrong.But my sister has always been careful and sensitive, since she has been looking for him urgently to talk about this matter, there must be some reason.

Shuyao nodded: "Brother, I have heard these three characters before, and I also know that it is the name of a kind of flower, the flower of Japan, cherry blossom."

Shujie was shocked, and held Shuyao's shoulders with both hands: "Woguo? Cherry blossoms? 'Silly crying' is cherry blossoms? Yaoer, are you sure? When did you hear it? Who said it?"

Shuyao came prepared: "Dad said, during that time, Dad always told us what he had seen and heard about doing business in various places in Dazhou. Once, Dad was in a coma for a long time, and you haven't come back yet. Wen'er was in a hurry, and went to wait for you at the Guandaokou. I saw my father sad and started to cry.

When Dad woke up, he coaxed me, and told me the joke of "stupid crying", saying that he once met a Japanese sea merchant who secretly came to our Dazhou to do business, and he asked Dad to order handkerchiefs embroidered with cherry blossoms, The purse also said that cherry blossoms are the most popular flowers in their Japanese country, and they are called 'silly crying'.Dad laughed at me and said that the way I cried was 'stupid crying'.

Brother, I really remember correctly, Dad said, "Silly crying" is the cherry blossoms in the country of Japan, brother, you can ask some people who are in the shipping business and have contacts with merchants in the country of Japan. "

Shujie hurriedly said: "Of course my eldest brother believes in Yaoer. My eldest brother is going out now. Tell your grandmother and your sister-in-law that your adoptive father and I should not come back for dinner. Yaoer, don't mention this matter to others. .”

Shu Yao quickly nodded: "Understood, big brother."

That night, Jin Xida came back very late, and Shujie didn't return to Hou's mansion for the next two days.

Mrs. Jin usually does not interfere with Jin Xida and Shujie's errands, but this time she was displeased: "Why do you arrange so many errands for Jieer at this time? This year is the first reunion year. Now that Miaoer is still alive, Jieer Won't you leave Beijing again?"

Nan Gongmiao also looked at Jin Xida nervously. She is a standard good wife and loving mother, who adheres to the principle of "the man is in charge of the outside, and the woman is in charge of the house". On weekdays, she just takes good care of Shujie's life and never inquires about the affairs of the court or the officialdom.

However, Chinese New Year is coming up in a few days. Like Mrs. Jin, she is not happy that Shujie is leaving Beijing for business at this time. What about the baby in the womb?

Jin Xida smiled: "Don't worry, it's just an urgent business. If you haven't left the capital, you will be back in two days. You will definitely not delay the Chinese New Year." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations Tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Today is just this update, 1 words.It was a friend's birthday in the evening, and we went out to celebrate together.Tomorrow four more 00 words, never in debt.