The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 113
The woodcarving chosen by Lin Zhu is agarwood monkey picking peaches, while Guo Baozhu chose boxwood wood for his little niece. The big peach on the top of the birthday boy's head and in his hand is shiny, and the edges and corners are so small that it won't hurt the little girl when she grabs it and plays with it. Then she chose a red sandalwood double lion play hydrangea for King Rui.

When the gift was chosen and the assistant helped to wrap it, Tang Tao winked at the follower outside the door, and then said to Guo Zijing and the others: "I met today by chance, the two girls have done me a big favor, so I will treat these two small gifts as my king's gift." The lady is all right, please accept it with a smile." The words were addressed to the three of them, but their eyes kept falling on Lin Zhu.

The gift was chosen by the two girls, and Guo Zijing couldn't decide directly, so he looked at his sister inquiringly.

Guo Baozhu refused without thinking too much: "My lord has good intentions, but this is the full moon gift I picked for my niece, and it would be more suitable for me to buy it myself. Besides, we didn't do anything for my lord, so my lord doesn't have to be so polite."

Guo Zijing also didn't want his younger sister to take advantage of King Rui, so he said: "What sister She said is right, so please don't spend the money."

The three items add up to less than 100 taels, they don’t want it, and Tang Tao can’t hold on for such a small amount of money. When the follower paid the money and stood behind him holding the gift, Tang Tao smiled: “Okay, Ben Wang You took a step ahead, and we will see you later." Looking deeply at Lin Zhu, he turned around and walked away, coquettishly.

Only then did Lin Zhu dare to raise her eyes to look at people, and when King Rui's figure disappeared at the door, she felt a lot more relaxed, but felt a little lost in her heart.A high-ranking prince with a handsome face and a gentle smile, and obviously has a crush on her, why does he feel like a dream?

"Azhu, why are you blushing?" Guo Baozhu asked curiously.

Lin Zhu came back to his senses in an instant. Seeing that the brothers and sisters of the Guo family were staring at him, their faces became even hotter. He turned his head to cover up and said, "Is there any? Maybe it's a little hot here. Alright Baozhu, let's go back, my mother told me several times Go back sooner."

"Go back now?" Guo Baozhu asked incredulously, "Didn't we agree to have lunch outside together before going back? Ah Zhu, it's rare for us to have a chance to go out for a walk. My brother will work in the palace in the future. He may not be able to do it next time." Come out with us, think about it carefully?"

Lin Zhu actually wanted to continue shopping. He was just nervous and panicked for a while, but now that Guo Baozhu was distracted by her words, he couldn't help but want to change his mind. Unfortunately, Guo Zijing didn't give her a chance, and said to the door: "Go back. , don’t let Auntie worry, Baozhu likes to be with Azhu, you can visit her uncle’s house on weekdays, or invite Azhu to our house, Azhu is still young, you’re already fifteen, it’s better to show less publicity.”

"You can't go out when you are fifteen!" Guo Baozhu stared at his brother angrily, his good mood was completely gone, "I am urged to marry every day, and I will never marry in my life. I will hang around in front of you for the rest of my life and see what you can do to me." manage!"

Guo Zijing glanced at her as usual, paid the bill together regardless of Lin Zhu's objection, and left the shop first with two boxes of gifts.

Guo Baozhu pursed her lips and didn't want to leave.

Lin Zhu blamed himself for making such a fuss, and took Guo Baozhu's arm and whispered: "It's okay, if it's convenient for you to go out in the future, you can come to me, the two of us are out for a walk, Brother Guo is busy with business, and he probably doesn't like to accompany us This." And she didn't want Guo Zijing to help pay the money anymore, Guo Zijing was so cold that she didn't dare to insist, and only Guo Baozhu would have no such scruples in the future.

Guo Baozhu finally showed a smile on his face, and when he was about to walk to the door, he turned his head to stare at Lin Zhu and said: "You said that, if you come out for a while and ask to go back next time, I will never play with you again !"

Lin Zhu quickly promised that he would not.

Two good sisters with similar interests got into the carriage happily, the gift box was already inside, and they talked about the splendid full moon gift again.Guo Zijing stood outside for a while, making sure that the two of them were seated firmly, and whispered to the coachman to drive to Lin's house, and he also got on the horse.

At this time, the sun was high and the streets were bustling with people coming and going, so the carriage was going slower than when it came.

Inside the car, Lin Zhu had always wanted to ask Guo Baozhu about King Rui, but he was afraid that his thoughts would be seen through and he would not be able to open his mouth. As for Guo Baozhu, who grew up in the capital, he had seen many dignitaries. Today, he met King Rui. It's not a big deal at all, plus she has no interest in the prince or anything, as soon as Prince Rui left, she forgot about him, how could she guess that the good sisters around her were expecting her to bring it up?
When the two were thinking about each other, there was a melodious yelling from a peddler on the street outside, selling candied haws.

Lin Zhu immediately remembered what he promised his brother, and hurriedly called the driver to stop.

"What are you going to do?" Guo Baozhu asked curiously.

Lin Zhu opened the curtains and looked outside, saw a stall selling candied haws just across the street, turned around and smiled and said, "I promised Xiao Jiu to buy him candied haws. If you want Baozhu, I'll buy you a bunch."

Seeing the clusters of bright red fruits, Guo Baozhu also had sour water in his mouth, and seeing Guo Zijing approaching suspiciously, thinking of losing his temper at the woodcarving shop, he went to the window and greeted him with a smile. "Brother, Azhu and I want to eat candied haws, you go and buy... How many bunches do we want, Azhu?"

Lin Zhu looked at her with a smile: "I want four skewers, how about you?" A family of four has one skewer, and her father has been studying hard recently, so she went to honor her father and make him happy.

Guo Baozhu understood her intentions in the blink of an eye, and suddenly wanted to buy a string for everyone in the family, so she tore off her purse and handed it to her elder brother: "Here, buy eight strings!" Forget it.

Guo Zijing stared at the purse in his younger sister's hand, expressionless, and slowly looked at the two girls who were almost next to each other in the car window.When did he promise to help?He, a man in his 20s, actually asked him to buy eight strings of candied haws?
He raised his head, and was about to call the driver, Guo Baozhu saw his intentions, and immediately softened his voice and acted like a baby: "Brother, go buy it, I want to eat what you bought, you are tall, go over there and carefully pick out a few bunches of the best OK!"

Lin Zhu hurriedly left the window and couldn't help laughing at Guo Baozhu. She didn't have an older brother, and it was the first time she knew that her younger sister could bully her older brother like this.

Guo Zijing had been bullied countless times by his younger sister, but he had nothing to do with her. He frowned and signaled Guo Baozhu to put his arms back under the curtain of the car, and got off the horse helplessly.Just as he was about to pass, he heard movement behind him, turned around abruptly, and asked displeasedly, "Do you still want to..."

Unexpectedly, another delicate face appeared by the window.

Lin Zhu was a little embarrassed, and said with a blushing face, "Brother Guo, can I ask you to pick out the seeds from my four skewers?"

Guo Baozhu followed closely, "Brother, we're going to get the seeds too!" After speaking, he smiled at Lin Zhu.

The two girls smiled with crooked eyebrows, as innocent as children, Guo Zijing suddenly felt that these were the two little sisters, sighed helplessly, and turned away.

He is tall, and he is still eye-catching in the crowd. Guo Baozhu and Lin Zhu looked at him together, saw him stand outside a few children, stretched out his hand and pointed to a few places on the shelf full of candied haws, as if he really chose carefully. They couldn't help laughing, and when Guo Zijing walked back with four bunches of candied haws in one hand, Lin Zhu couldn't stand it anymore, and hid back in the carriage to laugh.

"Brother is so kind, I'll eat it for you when I get home!" Guo Baozhu boasted without hesitation.

Guo Zijing glared at her, got on the horse after handing over the things, and led the way.

On the way to the Lin Mansion, Guo Zijing hesitated.With King Rui's status and bearing, and his backyard full of wives and concubines, he must be able to handle women with ease. If he really wants to get close to a girl deliberately, I believe there are few girls who can't be tempted, especially a little girl like Lin Zhu.It stands to reason that Lin Zhu's reaction has nothing to do with him, but thinking of Lin Zhu's childishness when she reminded him to buy seedless candied haws, he always felt that he should at least remind her.He reminded that Lin Zhu continued to fall in love with King Rui, indicating that she wanted the wealth and honor of the palace, so his reminder was unnecessary, but what if, if Lin Zhu didn't want to be a concubine, his reminder would make her Take care early, so as not to sink deeper and deeper.

Although he is a big man, it is not appropriate to remind him of this, right?

Guo Zijing is not an indecisive person, he didn't hesitate for too long, when the carriage stopped in front of Lin's house and Lin Zhu was about to enter, Guo Zijing asked his sister in a moderate voice: "By the way, Baozhu, you often go out with your mother as a guest." , have you ever met Princess Rui?"

"I've seen it twice, brother, why do you ask this?" Guo Baozhu just got into the car, but he didn't go in for the time being, so he turned his head and asked.

Guo Zijing said casually: "It's okay, I just suddenly remembered, let's go in, let's go." After saying that, he took the reins from the coachman and got on the horse, as if he didn't notice the girl standing at the door. Ahead, walked unhurriedly.

Wangzhuxuan.

Mrs. Ning was sitting on the kang to tease her granddaughter.

Cancan, who will be full moon in a few days, has grown nearly two catties compared to when she was born. She is white and fat, and her big eyes are even more beautiful.The little girl's eyebrows are still not particularly obvious, but her eyelashes are already very long, slightly curly, not to mention very attractive.

Maybe it’s because children like brightly colored things. The whole family has prepared so many playthings, but Cancan’s favorite is the fox lantern that Ah Ju asked Madam Jiang to bring on a whim. Wanting to cry, Ah Ju had no choice but to ask Zhao Chen to hang the fox lantern on the beam.Put it down for my daughter to play with during the day, and lift up the lantern when I want to sleep at night. Cancan turns her head to look at it for a while after breastfeeding. Immediately returned to mother's arms, as if he was not willing to kiss his father.

Now Ning put down the lantern, let a fox tail turn to Cancan's little hand, Cancan cried out excitedly, clear and loud, grinning, her big eyes bent into crescent moons, her little hand had already grabbed the fox's tail, Hold fast.Ah Ju pretended to grab it, but Cancan immediately widened her eyes and tried hard secretly.

"You didn't even give what your mother asked you, Cancan, why are you so domineering, just like your father when he was a child..." Ning smiled and nodded at her granddaughter's tender little face, and said something she was destined to not understand.Cancan really didn't understand. Seeing that her mother didn't grab her, she laughed again, and opened her other little hand, as if she wanted to grab another tail.

Ah Ju sat aside and chuckled.The daughter is really domineering, last night Zhao Chen wanted to play tricks, the daughter became anxious when she saw it, she cried and didn't want her father to steal her food, Zhao Chen was extremely embarrassed, pretended to be angry and slapped Cancan's little butt twice, but dared not Then grab food in front of her daughter.At that time, Ah Ju only felt gloating, Zhao Chen was overbearing before and no one could control him, but now someone can control him finally.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were having fun, and Cuiyu outside replied hesitantly: "Grandma, here are the guests, Mrs. Zeng from Liaodong, an uncle and a young cousin and girl. The uncle is resting in the front yard. Mrs. Madame asks grandma to take the young lady to the Rongshou Hall to meet Mrs. Zeng."

Zhao Chen mentioned that Liaodong wanted to come, Ah Ju was not too surprised, but he did not expect Mrs. Tai to act like this.At her home, as long as the family conditions permit, the daughter-in-law will not go out until the full confinement period. When the weather is warm, the child can be taken out to show relatives, but now it is the cold winter...

Ah Ju looked at her mother-in-law, and saw her mother-in-law looked at her as if curious about what she would do, with a smile on her lips, Ah Ju was sure, and calmly asked: "You went back to Rongshou Hall, just say that I am weak after giving birth. , the doctor told her not to go out before the full moon, the eldest lady just fell asleep, and she suddenly hugged her out for fear of catching a cold, please forgive me."

If she is in good health, it's okay to go through the motions a little bit. Now that Mrs. Tai doesn't care about the safety of their mother and daughter, she doesn't need to take her daughter to show outsiders even if she suffers from the cold.A few days away from the full moon is also a few days away, all of them are female relatives, that old lady Zeng is really polite, if she wants to see the eldest lady, she should also come to see Zhuxuan, there is no reason to bother people like this.

The daughter-in-law is not cowardly, Ning is very relieved, looked at Cancan and said: "It should be like this, you can let it go when you can, and you can go back when it is not necessary. Even if this matter gets out, outsiders will only Say they are rude. Ah Ju, you can clean up briefly, I guess they will come over."

"Mother, go back first?" Ah Ju asked worriedly. After returning to Beijing, Mrs. Ning and Mrs. Tai have never met.

Ning looked up at her, and asked with a smile, "Why did you leave?"

On the other side of the Rongshou Hall, just after Cuiyu finished speaking, Madam Tai threw a bowl of tea on her body, "Your grandma is three days away from confinement, what's the difference? If it wasn't for the distinguished guests at home, I'll let her come over? When was it bad to be coquettish, and at this time, I'm making a show of Joe, and I don't know the slightest bit of rules!"

Cuiyu hurriedly knelt down to make amends: "Madam Tai, calm down, it's really too cold outside, our grandma is worried about Missy..."

"Okay, okay, I don't blame Chengyuan's daughter-in-law. I didn't think carefully. I heard that Chengyuan's daughter-in-law was born in the countryside. Many daughter-in-laws in the village went to work in the fields within a few days after giving birth. I thought Chengyuan's daughter-in-law was in good health. It's not that particular...Look at me, after all, I'm married to our Marquis's Mansion, so of course I have to pay attention to the things in the capital, let's go, I'll go over to see their wives, and make up for it, as soon as I come here, there will be trouble For such a misunderstanding, please don't provoke Chengyuan's wife to think of it."

The round-faced old woman in expensive silk and satin clothes sitting across from Mrs. Tai spoke remorsefully, and stood up after speaking, while the girl in red dress sitting below her had already stood up, stepped forward to hold her arm, and smiled. Smoothing things over, he said, "Grandmother, don't say that, you didn't expect your cousin to be so particular, did you?"

Mrs. Zeng glared at her feigning anger: "Don't be rude, this is what you should say?"

The girl in the red dress lowered her head aggrievedly.

Mrs. Tai sneered and said: "What do you think Xuerou is doing? Xuerou is right, I have spoiled her too much, and spoiled her into such an arrogant temper, let's go, if she doesn't come, let's go and have a look She, my old bones are not afraid of catching cold."

As soon as she finished speaking, some servant girls came forward with cloaks and put them on for the three of them.

"Mrs. Tai, go slowly. The servant girl will go back and pass the message first." Cuiyu lowered her head and said, after receiving a soft snort from Mrs. Tai, she immediately got up and left. The others had already left the door, among them the tall girl in the red dress was like a red plum in the snow, attracting attention.

(End of this chapter)