Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 70 Gathering (1)

Li Tian told the story of meeting the fourth prince on the road, and even repeated what the fourth prince said to himself. Shui Qiuniang's expression became serious, she slowly put down her glass, looked at Li Tian and asked, "Have you met him before?"

"I've seen it before, it was the time when grandma was at the funeral. He happened to save me and Mrs. Xu's party. He just took a look from a distance. How can I see him in the future?" Li Tian smiled wryly and spread his hands. Qiuniang's eyes flickered slightly, she was silent for a while, and then she said in a low voice: "You didn't see him, so he didn't mean he didn't see you." Li Tian was dumbfounded, Shui Qiuniang glanced at Yueniang and the others, gently He ordered: "Yingluo stay here to wait, you two go back and have a rest." Yue Niang raised her brows and looked at Shui Qiuniang displeased, but stood up without a sound and went out, Qing Zhi hurriedly bent her knees Withdrew, Yingluo walked to the door without saying a word and guarded it.

"The spokes were broken by someone with a sharp weapon. He arrived as soon as you got out of the car. This is arranged." Shui Qiuniang's gentle voice was full of indescribable coldness: "If it wasn't for intention, who Going out of the city with curtains and chairs? He stared at you unmovingly, and then went all the way to Qingfenglou. "

Li Tian took a deep breath, nodded in agreement, but felt bitter in his heart, when had he seen himself?I don't know anything about it!Shui Qiuniang looked at Li Tian with pity, and the coldness in her voice was slightly lessened, and she asked with a trace of concern: "If he comes to ask for marriage, will you marry or not?"

"Don't marry." Li Tian shook his head without hesitation and said, "He has great ambitions and his future is uncertain. Concubine Lin Gui and Dongyang County Palace are not easy to get along with. This is not a good man."

"Hmm." Shui Qiuniang couldn't see any expression on her face, and she said in a flat tone: "The former queen left after only three or four years of marriage. At that time, the official family was still in the Longqian Pan mansion. The first empress had a deep love, and after the first empress left, the official family never remarried. At that time, Aunt Yao took care of the royal family's affairs. Aunt Yao was originally a big girl in the official house. Waiting by the official's side, she is also the biological mother of the first prince. Later, Concubine Ye Gui entered the mansion and gave birth to the fourth prince the next year. , the official family has ascended the throne, and there has never been a queen, and the palace is also managed by Concubine Ye Gui, just like the previous rules in the palace."

"What about Aunt Yao?"

"A year before the official's accession to the throne, Aunt Yao died. She said she died of illness." Shui Qiuniang said in a flat voice, "It's true that Concubine Ye Gui and Dongyang County Palace don't get along well, and the palace is not a good place to live. , but, I'm afraid this matter is out of your hands."

"So please come and discuss, sir."

"Life and death are up to fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, you are a good fortune, the fourth prince has great ambitions, and he must worry a lot, how can the personal relationship of his children compare to his ambitions? It is of no use for him to marry you, so you can rest assured about the matter of asking for marriage."

"Yeah." Li Tian breathed lightly: "I think so too. In fact, I'm not afraid of him asking for marriage, but I'm afraid that he'll be a rascal and take advantage of his power, or...if his thoughts spread outside, Who else in the capital would dare to marry me?"

"You don't need to worry too much about the rogue." Shui Qiuniang said with a smile on her lips, "The fourth prince has been arrogant since he was a child, and his character is also very upright. The behavior of the rogue you mentioned, He can't do it, besides, the officials are very strict in self-discipline, they never linger on women, and they don't like others to linger on women. None of these princes dare to be presumptuous on women, and he has great ambitions. How can I break this taboo and make the officials dislike me, but." Shui Qiuniang paused, sighed and said, "I'm afraid that his thoughts will be spread outside by those who care about him. There are too many thoughts in this capital. I'm afraid that someone with a heart will take advantage of it..."

Li Tian clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and remained silent for a while, then managed to suppress the anxiety in his heart, looked up at Shui Qiuniang and said, "I have to get married quickly, before we get married, we can only ask Bodhisattva bless, from now on, unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not go out again."

"Well, this is the best way, and you should think about the benefits. At the fourth prince's age, this love comes and goes faster. If we don't see each other in half a year or a few months, maybe we won't have such a strong affection." Qiu Niang gave a word of relief, and Li Tian sighed heavily, now he had no choice but to only think about the good in everything.

Li Tian sent Shui Qiuniang away, and stood in the hallway for a long time. This engagement can only be entrusted to Mrs. Xu. The matter of cleaning up the Qingjiang Hou Mansion must be done quickly. Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless Mrs. Xu, I hope Qingjiang Once the matter in the Hou's mansion is over, Mrs. Xu's heart can be cleared, her serious illness is cured, and she has been in good health ever since.

Old Mrs. Zhou of Lai Guogong's Mansion came out from her natal Dongyibo Zhou's mansion, leaned on the pillow with her eyes closed, pondered over the gossip she had just heard, and after pondering for a while, suddenly opened her eyes and told the little girl: "Send someone to the Qingjiang Hou's mansion, ask Mrs. Chen if she is free, and tell her that I want to talk to her." The little girl agreed, lifted the curtain and poked her head out to give orders. A woman took the order, and the driver turned around. direction, and drove the car slowly towards Qingjianghou Mansion.

In the main courtyard of the Qingjiang Hou Mansion, Mrs. Chen stood reservedly at the door of the upper room and came in. The old lady Zhou said politely: "Which gust of wind brought you here? Come in quickly."

"I've been thinking of coming here to talk to you for a long time. You know, a lot of things happened in our house a while ago, and we haven't had time to relax. Look at your complexion is getting brighter, and you are really getting younger." The old lady Zhou looked Mrs. Chen up and down, and flattered enthusiastically, the two of you entered the room and sat down in a friendly manner. They complained, showed off, and chatted for a long time. The mysterious gossip said with a smile: "Is Mrs. Xu better in your house?"

"It's much better, what's the matter, but take advantage of this illness to send Aunt Hong away." Mrs. Chen said disdainfully with the corners of her mouth curled down. Old Mrs. Zhou gave a huh, moved forward and continued Said: "Our family has not stopped for a while, your family is also the same, this time there are enough things, the matter of Aunt Hong, she deserved it, no wonder someone else, an aunt, went beyond your control I have gone to the Jianghou Mansion of the Qing Dynasty. Isn’t this life-or-death? It’s true that you can make an aunt like this. Have you heard of it? Look at me, I’m so confused, who would dare to hear this in your ears? .”

"What's the news again?" Mrs. Chen's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. There have been a lot of things these days. Ever since Aunt Hong was betrayed, she hasn't had much peace in her heart.

"I shouldn't have told you this. Actually, it's not a big deal. It's Aunt Hong's fault for spoiling an aunt like that. It's rumored that Mrs. Xu was kicked out by your master?"

"How can there be such a word... Where did this word come from? How did it come out so well?" Mrs. Chen was half indignant, and suddenly saw a chance, and hurriedly asked Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou Looking around, she moved towards Mrs. Chen and said mysteriously: "Although it's the gossip of your uncle, this uncle is just a step-son, but this step-son is also a son. As a mother, it's good for you to know it. It's not that I talk too much."

"That's it, that's it, tell me quickly."

"It's not a big deal." Mrs. Zhou swallowed and vomited for a while: "It is rumored that the uncle of your family drove the daughter of the first wife and the second wife out of the city and ignored a concubine as his wife. Talking about your house... saying that your uncle took his concubine as his wife and his concubine as his wife, this is a major event that violates the rules. Speaking of which, which family does not have such absurd children? But the matter of your uncle in the family is a mess This is a violation of the king's law! You have to be careful, if you make him tired and lose his title... Alas, if a family like us loses its title, it will be a disaster! Well, it’s not surprising that people are puzzled when they hear this. Look, he doesn’t have a son. I heard Mrs. Xu had conceived several babies before, but they didn’t keep them? This concubine is really a waste, your family Uncle is also true, you said he is a son, why is he so indifferent?"

Mrs. Zhou was heartbroken when she said it, but Mrs. Chen was overjoyed when she heard it. The surprise on her face could hardly be concealed. She stretched out her hand to hold Mrs. Zhou, and asked eagerly: "Oh, really, why did such a thing come out? ? Isn’t this a problem with our uncle? Really, where did this come from? Did you say anything else? Didn’t you say that he is so immoral that he can’t be the son of the world?”

"Who knows where it came from!" Mrs. Zhou sat up straight, clapped her hands and continued to gossip: "The rumors spread so well, no one can tolerate this, it's all messed up, this immoral person It's not a trivial matter! I'll just rely on the old man to talk about it. You can really rest assured about this matter. It's not uncommon for people to lose their titles because of their children's absurdity. Let's not talk about this. Your uncle, this world, has not yet had one What about the prostitute! How big is this matter! Look at the ruins of those concubines who have inherited the title? Let me tell you, the Ningyuan Houfu will not be mentioned. Once Mrs. Lin died, in the blink of an eye, even the root No more, the mansion of the Duke of Yongguo was so grand and prestigious back then, look at it now, you don’t know, now their little lady, a decent little lady, has no personality, good looks, and is full of people in the capital. There is no such a good little lady, but my son-in-law talked about marriage and wanted to talk to a sixth-rank official family, but they refused to accept it. Look at this ruined one. You can let it go if you hear about it, but don’t talk about it outside. His family Isn’t this downfall just for the concubine to assume the title? You really have to tell your marquis about this matter, it’s a big deal for the uncle not to have a concubine..."

Mrs. Zhou said every sentence that Mrs. Chen was in the heart, and Mrs. Chen almost blurted out to recite the Buddha, but she didn't expect that this matter turned around and turned to the thoughts she had been thinking about for more than ten years. The uncle has been ridiculous for more than ten years. At last the retribution has come, and evil comes with evil, Mrs. Chen couldn't hide her joy, she looked at the old lady Zhou and said very affectionately: "You are old, and you understand things when you see things, isn't that what you said, just because of such a dishonorable person My son, if you ruin the title of a family, the whole family will be involved! You remind me, and you have to tell our Marquis about this matter quickly when you come back!"

Mrs. Chen sincerely and enthusiastically stayed with Mrs. Zhou for dinner, and asked someone to wrap two pieces of fashionable brocade, took some cakes of new tea and a few boxes of snacks, and personally sent Mrs. Zhou to the second door and boarded the car.

The flower fair in the Prince's Mansion of Nanning opened late every year. In the evening, after dinner, Princess Jiang was lying on the kang to discuss the flower fair with Mother Bai.While carefully peeling the walnut kernels and handing them to Concubine Jiangjun, Bai Momo said in a low voice: "...It's a good thing that the uncle and the second master are busy all day long. Don't you feel more worried when you are at home every day?"

Princess Jiangjun laughed: "What you're saying is that I'm not in the mood to make a fuss about the flower festival this year. The flower festival at the second brother's house is enough, and Brother Hong, Dalang, and Erlang are all counted." Luck."

"The princess has been working very hard for a while, or else follow last year's example and stop doing this year, and invite the wives who agree with her to come to the house to talk, and the princess will take it as a pastime." Bai Nao came up with an idea Said, Princess Jiangjun nodded in agreement, and was about to speak, the little girl outside raised her voice to announce, the big man Lin Yangfeng felt the wind on the soles of his feet, and strode into the upper room, bowed to Princess Jiangjun, and took the hand from Nanny Bai. Tea, she turned her head and said: "You guys go down, I'll talk to Auntie." Nanny Bai hurriedly bent her knees to agree, and led all the maids and women back out.

(End of this chapter)