Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 52

Wu Chenglin suffered from a minor illness, followed by impeachment and official reprimands. He was used to being scolded. Anyway, every time he received a few words of scolding, he would kneel at the palace gate at most. Princess Ningguo was also reprimanded, this is very rare, Princess Ningguo naturally knew that the officials were really annoyed this time, so she just detained Wu Chenglin tightly and asked him to copy scriptures in the outer study and cultivate his morals, and he was not allowed to Go out, and he is not allowed to call concubines to have fun.

Wu Chenglin was bored to the extreme, when he heard Steward Dai tell the gossip he had heard in Zhang Qian's Soup Shop, he jumped down from the couch and cursed loudly without even wearing his shoes: "Who else? Who could it be? Other than that bastard of the fifth child, who else? I knew someone was playing tricks on someone behind the back! Little bastard, dare not say a word in front of the master, and tripped behind the back of the master! Little bastard! "

"Master! Lord Guo! Please be gentle." Dai Guanshi nodded and bowed, and said anxiously in a low voice: "It wasn't just the fifth master that day, the fourth master and the uncle were also there, please be gentle."

"Small fart! Uncle is a good answering guy. Does he have a use for his fart? The fourth master specified that he was cheated by that bastard, the fifth son. I knew it was this bastard who made trouble. There is no end to it!" Wu Chenglin thought of it. Yao Xianxian, the anger in his heart was rising higher and higher.

"Master, I'm just afraid that this matter is not over yet." Guanshi Dai said in a low voice, "Those dozen or so quotations in our hands." Guanshi Dai looked up at Wu Chenglin, and continued cautiously: "The little one took the old According to the instructions of our ancestors, if we want to release this Quyin, it is best to put it in Huixianlou, Zhangzhaiyuanzi and other big shops, and at least get back the money for these dozens of Quyin, who knows, alas!" Steward Dai sighed heavily: "Think about it, this wine shop relies entirely on song quotations. This song quotation is so rare. I originally thought it would be an extremely easy task, but first let me tell you a few words. A big store came to find us, and we would sell to whomever the price was high, which is a safe and secure business, who knows, alas!" Steward Dai said again 'who knows' and sighed: "This The little one has searched for seven or eight authentic stores from yesterday to today, but none of them are willing to ask for it. The shopkeeper Zhu in Zhangzhaiyuan vaguely said, saying that we have ten shops in our hands. I’m afraid that no one in the whole capital would dare to ask for a few quotations. Master, listen to us. How come no one dares to ask for our quotations? I’m so stupid. I was puzzled when I heard this. , I still wondered if the market is different this year? I have just tasted it now, this is not a matter of the market, Lord Guo, this is someone deliberately trying to make things difficult for us."

Wu Chenglin's face turned yellow with anger after what Guanshi Dai said, he gritted his teeth back and forth, shook his folding fan quickly, stomped his feet and shouted: "Go! Come with me to find my mother, you dare to bully us!" , turned around and went to the main courtyard to look for Auntie, Steward Dai hurriedly followed behind, quickly turning his mind, thinking about how to tell Princess Ningguo about this later so as to get rid of himself from the matter of selling songs. clean.

In the other courtyard outside Fayun Temple, the next afternoon, Yu Yaofang sent Li Tian away, stood under the hanging flower gate, thought over the things she had discussed with Li Tian from beginning to end, and turned her head to look at Mrs. Xu who was resting. In the east wing of the house, he clenched his fists subconsciously and thumped hard on the railing next to him. This time, no matter what, he wanted to express his anger for A Niang!
Mrs. Xu leaned halfway on the kang under the south window, the bright light from the window fell on her face through the peach red gauze, and applied a light layer of pink on her pale face, which made people look more energetic. When Yu Yaofang came in, Mrs. Xu smiled and said in a low voice, "Sister Tian is gone?"

"Well, she'll come back in two days." Yu Yaofang saw that Auntie's complexion was obviously better, her heart was relaxed, her steps were lighter, her skirt was lightly twisted into a half-opened morning glory, she sat sideways on the kang, her head went over, and she was careful Taking a closer look at Madam Xu, she said with a smile, "Aniang, your complexion is much better, and I can tell it when I look at you every day."

"Really?" Mrs. Xu couldn't help but smile, looking at her daughter with soft eyes, her voice was low but happy: "I also feel much better, Yaoyao, you sit down, Aniang will talk to you. "Yu Yaofang agreed briskly, took off her shoes, and moved to Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu raised her finger. Yu Yaofang understood, and waved away all the girls and women waiting in the room. Mrs. Xu held her daughter's hand and asked with a smile. : "Did you see your seventh cousin yesterday?"

"Well, when Tiantian and I came back from listening to the scriptures, we happened to meet him and the second aunt at the door, and we had a few words."

"Your seventh cousin grew up in the ancestral house. When I was a child, I heard that he was very smart and naughty. I didn't expect him to be so sensible when he grew up. He was born well and made people like him just by looking at him. Look at your seventh cousin. Are you okay?" Mrs. Xu looked at her daughter and asked tentatively, Yu Yaofang didn't think much at all, she nodded casually and said, "Okay, what's wrong? Doesn't Aniang often praise him for taking the Jieyuan exam at such a young age?"

As soon as she heard the word 'Jie Yuan', Mrs. Xu's face flashed a trace of disappointment, she sighed lightly, and after a long pause, she continued: "That's great, if it wasn't for Jie Yuan."

"Auntie, why do you say that?" Yu Yaofang was surprised, Madam Xu looked at her daughter with pity and smiled wryly: "Your second aunt is honest and kind, and your second uncle is very gentle and reasonable, Le Ning The Xu family has a good family style, if you can climb down this family for you, such a husband, such an uncle, and this is the Le Ning Xu family, if you marry, even if I die one day, you can rest assured..."

"Mother, don't say that!" Yu Yaofang interrupted Mrs. Xu's words in shock and anxiety. Mrs. Xu smiled bitterly, lowered her eyes, and took a long break before continuing: "Your seventh cousin has a good family background, Good character, high talent, good birth, good at everything, alas, this is good at everything, I'm afraid we won't be able to climb up, Qingjiang Hou Mansion... Sigh." Mrs. Xu was sad and lonely, Yu Yaofang heard Mrs. Xu say so Said, staring at A Niang with wide eyes, she was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "A Niang, even if I can climb up, I don't want to marry such a talented young man." Yu Yaofang hesitated, and looked at Mrs. Xu with a hint of cunning. , Putting the words to the front with a straight face: "Aniang is the one who told me about this matter first, if I say something inappropriate, Aniang, don't blame my daughter's family for thinking about it, it's not quiet enough."

Mrs. Xu smiled wryly and lowered her eyes, she was so ill, she just hoped to quickly find a good marriage for her daughter, but although this marriage should not be discussed with her daughter, who else could she discuss with besides her daughter?
"Aniang, Tiantian and I also said how to love my seventh cousin yesterday. Tiantian said that such a talented young man is the most unmarriageable. Which talented person is not pretentious? This romantic talent, if you look at it from the outside, is just like that flower. , fragrant and bright, but if he married such a romantic and talented person, he would be a celebrity today, a confidante tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow he would fall in love with a dancer, and all his poems, words, and talents would be used on it. Not to mention embarrassing others, how much money is wasted? Most of these talented people are high-minded and don't care about common affairs. They only know how to spend money but don't make money. It’s like changing from a flower appreciator to a flower grower, busy every day catching insects and fertilizing them, and the flowers that grow out of them are still other people’s.”

Mrs. Xu stared at her daughter dumbfounded, and after a long while she came to her senses: "Is this what Sister Tian said?"

"Um... ah... Well, no, what is it, let's just talk casually, Aunt, didn't we agree, it was you who provoked me, and I can't blame me." Yu Yaofang naturally Refusing to confess Li Tian, ​​Madam Xu let out a long breath, stared at Yu Yaofang for a long time, patted her hand lightly, and did not blame her: "Sister Tian... The old lady is married to such a romantic and talented person. Alas, this is also the reason. I used to think that you are still young. If you get engaged, you will have to marry in a year or two. A Niang hates you and always wants to keep you. I've been more comfortable around me for a few years, who would have thought that A Niang would be so ill..."

"Aniang, your illness is getting better every day. People who eat whole grains will get sick. After you recover, help me slowly. And Tiantian, choose a good marriage, let's not be so fancy It's useless." Yu Yaofang leaned against Mrs. Xu, gently rubbed her mother's face, half reassuring and half coquettishly said, Mrs. Xu smiled and let her daughter rub her face back and forth, only feeling soft in her heart Warm, there is no more warm and blessed time than this.

Mrs. Xu had been talking for a while, and seeing that she was a little tired, Yu Yaofang called the girl who was waiting close by to come in, waited for Mrs. Xu to lie down, put down the curtain, and quietly retreated out.

At the door of the main room, Genghuang saw Yu Yaofang coming out, bent her knees and was about to report, but just opened her mouth, she hurriedly stopped talking, and pointed to the east chamber, Yu Yaofang understood, and hurriedly pushed Genghuang out to the corridor, and walked to the door of the east chamber, Only then did Teng Huang report in a low voice: "Just now, the young man next to the master came to send a message, saying that the master will come to visit his wife tomorrow." Yu Yaofang gritted her teeth angrily, frowned and thought for a while: "Come on, if you If we don't let them come, we will be rude. When we come tomorrow, we will stop outside the Chuihua Gate, saying that Auntie is in a daze and can't see people. Don't let Auntie know about it. Auntie just passed two days, so we can't Add trouble to Auntie."

"Yes!" Gamboge replied bluntly, ever since she said that she was going to move the house that day, her eldest lady has become much more refreshed in her work, and they are also refreshed.

In the water pavilion in the back garden of the Qingfeng Building, the fifth prince, Qin Yu, was lazily leaning on the low huanghuali couch, with his legs crossed, nodding his toes once in a while, looking at the green lotuses all over the lake and the early-blossoming pink powder Pale red, holding a newly picked lotus pod in her hand, leisurely peeling the tender lotus seeds and throwing them into her mouth, squinting her eyes from time to time, looking very satisfied with the tenderness of the lotus seeds.

(End of this chapter)