Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 112 Guilt
The fourth prince didn't know how long he stood there. The Lantern Festival in the capital began to light up the lanterns on the eighth day of the lunar new year, reached its peak on the fifteenth day, and lasted until dawn on the seventeenth day. These three days were brightly lit all night long, The fourth prince stood there until midnight, but luckily he didn't attract much attention.

The fourth prince stood for too long, walked to the entrance of the alley with a slightly stiff footsteps, and without getting on his horse, he walked a short distance, and suddenly ordered: "Go and have a look at the Rongbao Hall." The servant was sent to the Rongbao Hall first to pass the news, the fourth prince got on the horse, and arrived at the Rongbao Hall after a while.

From the [-]th to the [-]th nights of the Rongbao Hall, business was done all night. When the fourth prince arrived, the shopkeeper had already waited respectfully at the side door, picked up the fourth prince all the way into the inner hall, and said with a smile: "The trumpet just happened to be a year ago. I got a batch of good things. There was a lotus leaf brush washer, carved from a whole piece of jadeite. The jade is good and the workmanship is even better. The writing style is very quaint, and there is only a pen case."

"Do you have any good pearls?" The fourth prince interrupted the shopkeeper and asked, the shopkeeper hastily bowed and smiled, "Yes, a batch just arrived, there are Nanyang pearls, and there are also big pearls from the north, which are all black. There are a lot of big beads here, I don’t know what to use them for, how big are they?”

"It's about the size of a lotus seed." The fourth prince thought about the size of Li Tian's handkerchief with horns and said, "If there are other beads, bring them along with them. Come here." The shopkeeper promised, and withdrew his hands, and after a while, he led a few servants in, carrying four or five boxes of pearls of various colors and other beads such as jadeite, ivory, agate, etc., and a dozen plates of various trinkets, one by one. Put it on the long table in the house.

The fourth prince sat in front of him and slowly picked up pearls from the plate one by one. Seeing that the fourth prince was in a daze, the shopkeeper hesitated whether to introduce him or not. Exiting the inner hall, Ming Feng came out and ordered: "It's cold outside, our master has been shopping for a long time, please ask someone to bring you a bowl of hot ginger tea."

The shopkeeper hurriedly went to watch the ginger tea being prepared and brought it up. Mingfeng tasted it and carefully handed it to the fourth prince who was still concentrating on picking out the beads. Then he retreated with his hands down. The shopkeeper stood at the door, looking gloomy, The fourth prince who was concentrating on picking the beads asked curiously: "What's the matter today, sir? It's not the same as usual, why did you pick these things?"

"What can I do? Well, isn't it the Chinese New Year? I think about the kindness of my parents in giving birth, and I also think about my parents getting old. I just want to pick something for the imperial concubine. Who else can I pick things for?" Ming Ming The wind blocked the shopkeeper's words, and the shopkeeper looked at the fourth prince with admiration and exclaimed: "It is said that the fourth master is a filial son, it is true, tsk tsk, this filial piety is really admirable!" care about him.

The fourth prince has been picking for more than an hour, and picked out a box full of various beads, and put them away one by one, and picked out a few exquisite gadgets such as white jade nine chains, and put them together in a delicate huanghuali. In the box, ordered the shopkeeper to fetch the sealing paint, took out the small seal and sealed it, and went out of the Rongbaotang and told Mingfeng, "You run there yourself, and send this to Uncle Ye, and ask him to send a proper person to deliver it tomorrow." When you get to Qingtong Courtyard, tell her that they gave it to her to play with."

Ming Feng agreed, carefully carried the box, mounted his horse and headed towards Dongyang County Prince's Mansion.

Early the next morning, Yinhua led the wife of Dongyang County Prince's Mansion into the upper room, and the lady entered the east chamber, and Li Tian who was on the kang made a gesture to kneel down, Li Tian hurriedly ordered Qingzhi to help her up, Before squatting down, the mother-in-law straightened up, greeted Li Tianfu with a blessing, took a one-foot-square, heavy red sandalwood box from the little girl behind, handed it to Qingzhi, and pointed to the few behind her. A careless lady was carrying a suitcase and said with a smile: "This box is from our twelfth lady to the fifth lady, and there are a few new gadgets rewarded by the old ancestors. Our twelfth lady said, thank you very much for the fifth lady last night." Those riddles guessed by the lady won a lot of prizes, and yesterday's honey plum tea, our twelfth lady said, although they are all worthless gadgets, she picked them out by herself, please don't worry about them. I hate it, even if I hate it, I have to keep it." The mother-in-law laughed when she said this, and Li Tian also pursed her lips and smiled when she heard it.

"The old ancestor also tasted the honey plum blossom tea yesterday. He liked it so much that he asked someone to make a few boxes of snacks according to Wu Niangzi's usual favorite food. There is also a box that was given out by the palace. Let the old slave Bring it to Wu Niangzi to taste something new."

"This is because my ancestors love me." Li Tian had already stood up from the kang when she heard Mrs. Sun, holding her breath and stood there listening: "I'm sorry, please go back and tell Twelve Niangs, she If the things I picked are not good, I will find her to replace them later." The old lady laughed and agreed repeatedly, Li Tian ordered someone to reward the old lady and the others, and asked Qingzhi to call Mama Xiong to come in, and told her to come in with the old lady. After returning home, she kowtowed to Mrs. Sun in person to thank her, and asked Yingluo to pick up some local products brought in by shopkeepers from other places and bring them back to Ye Twelve Niang.

After seeing off everyone in Dongyang County's palace, Li Tian signaled Qingzhi to open the box.Yue Niang heard the movement, lifted the curtain and came in, and looked into the box that had just been opened, and saw that there was a box on top of the box, and the green branches were taken out one by one, one of the two boxes on the top put a few fresh-looking piles of flowers, One puts a string of lapis lazuli bracelets, and the two boxes below, one holds a white jade pendant with an excellent water head, and the other is a huanghuali box, but it is sealed with wax paint.

Li Tian frowned involuntarily, took the huanghuali box, carefully looked at the seal on the wax paint, and frowned suddenly, this is the private seal of the Fourth Prince!Annoyed, Li Tian threw the box on the table, Yue Niang snatched it up, lifted it up for a closer look, pulled Ying Luo over and asked, "Why is this word twisted and twisted, what is it written in?"

Yingluo wanted to laugh but didn't: "It's Ziyu, the name of the Fourth Prince." Yue Niang raised her eyebrows all of a sudden, turned her head to look at Li Tian and said, "Go back?"

"To whom? Ye Shierniang? The old lady? Or the fourth master? Open it first and see what it is." Li Tian flicked the box annoyedly and ordered, Yue Niang took the paper cutter from Qing Zhi's hand, Picking open the lacquer seal with a knife, opened the box, looked in surprise at a box full of beads of various colors, laughed out loud with a 'poof', pushed the box in front of Li Tian while laughing, Yingluo looked at it subconsciously. Glancing at the handkerchief in Li Tian's hand, he wanted to laugh but felt it was inappropriate, the expression on his face was a little weird, Li Tian glanced, ignored Yue Niang who was laughing uncontrollably, and ordered Qingzhi and Yingluo to turn over the contents of the box After looking it over, there was nothing else, so she breathed a sigh of relief and ordered, "Take it down and put it away carefully. It's best to make an account. In whose name will it be delivered someday, so it will be convenient for you later."

Yingluo agreed with a smile, took off the box and went to do the billing.Yue Niang dragged a chair, hugged the back of the chair and sat down on the chair, looked at Li Tian and asked, "Why is this fourth master crazy? The old lady in Dongyang County Prince's Mansion also went crazy, isn't he going to be engaged? "

"Why are you crazy!" Li Tian looked down at the account book in his hand, and replied in a straight tone, Yue Niang sighed, looked at Li Tian sympathetically and said: "This person, he is so good, that's all." No, let me tell you, you can’t start with everything. Once you have the first time, you’ll get used to it twice, then three or four times. If he keeps coming and going, it’ll be annoying. , you have to think of a way."

"Since his marriage is almost settled, the gift should be celebrated in February at the most. When he celebrates the gift, no matter what he has given, return it back together." Li Tian replied without raising his head, Yue Niang rested her chin on the back of the chair Looking at Li Tian, ​​he smiled and said, "You mean to make him feel that he is engaged, are you angry?"

Li Tian raised his head and glanced at Yue Niang, and explained in a low voice: "Yesterday he stood in our alley until midnight before leaving, and today he sent these things over early this morning. This is far more abnormal than before, and there must be a reason for the abnormality. What is Yineng? It must be that his marriage has been settled, and he also knows that it is settled. Most of the men give things because of guilt. I will bet that he feels guilty in his heart. When his engagement is announced, he will put these things together Give it back to him, with this guilt in the way, he may not be angry or blame others when I get engaged in the future. Right now, I only plan for myself and Jiang Yan, and I don’t care about others. "

"Don't make any mistakes in the matter of getting married. Princess Jiangjun clearly knows the thoughts of Fourth Master. If she knows, she will definitely stop the Jiang family from marrying you."

"Well, that's why I explained this matter to Jiang Yan. On the other side of the Jiang family, he can only think of a way. If he has any scruples, let him have a chance to think about it." Li Tian said quietly and without a trace. Feeling emotional, Yue Niang looked at Li Tian and sighed: "When your grandma was here, I thought you had a very comfortable life. Looking at you now, I feel that your life is too difficult. Can you still marry?" go out?"

Li Tian took a deep breath when she asked her a single sentence, and stared at her not knowing what to say.

As Yue Niang said, if there is one thing, there must be another, and after three or four, it will become a common thing. The next day, the Dongyang County Prince's Mansion sent someone to send over a suitcase, which contained some snacks and sealed it with a sealant. The red lacquer box contained only a few seasonal snacks in the palace.Two days later, the wax-sealed box arrived again, this time a pair of crystal paperweights, and a few days later, four lotus seeds carved from agarwood wood and a bunch of lotus flowers carved into buds were sealed in the box. There is a small painting on the bottom of the box, which shows the pattern of lotus seeds and lotus flower bracelets. Yue Niang shook the paper and said meanly: "The painting is so ugly, it can be carved like this, this craftsman Not easy."

(End of this chapter)