Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 88

Li Tian looked at Yu Yaofang in surprise, and couldn't help laughing: "Listen to what you said, really, your father is not a father. Hearing you talk like that, it's like talking about your younger brother. Now in your house, isn't it? You are the most majestic and unambiguous?" Yu Yaofang also laughed: "How come, my mother's temper, I don't have to be tough, I am afraid that after a long time, this day will go back again, I am not the same I can't help it! By the way, there is another fun thing, my seventh cousin, has been making a lot of trouble at home these days, have you heard?"

"What's the matter?" Li Tian asked in surprise, how could she care about other nosy things these days, she really hadn't heard anything about Xu Sihai.

"Just to talk about the relatives or not." Yu Yaofang seemed to think of something, and hurriedly explained: "I asked the wrong question, how did you hear about this, my second aunt kept this matter under strict control , the second aunt runs the family so strictly, the whole house is full, who dares to leak a little? I heard from my aunt that the second aunt is almost dying of worry. Since entering Beijing, the second aunt has told the seventh cousin There are so many families, but Seventh Cousin doesn't like any of them. In fact, he doesn't even look at them, so he says no, and even threatens that this marriage must be approved by him, or else it will be so-and-so. He was so angry that he even changed the family law, scolded cousin Qi as an unfilial son, said that the Xu family would never tolerate such a rebellious son, and asked cousin Qi to kneel in the ancestral hall, saying that if he could kneel in the ancestral hall and nod his ancestors, that would be a big deal. I listened to him about family matters. The seventh cousin really went to kneel in the ancestral hall. He knelt upright for more than an hour, saying that even if he knelt down to death, he would kneel down and nod his ancestors. The second aunt was so distressed that she cried like something It's a good idea to drag him back, and now that the marriage is so frozen here, Second Aunt's worrying hair is going to be gray."

While talking, Yu Yaofang carefully looked at Li Tian's expression. Li Tian squinted his eyes slightly and slowly sipped his tea, looking very indifferent. Yu Yaofang hesitated for a moment, looked around, moved and moved Li Tian said: "You are so hard-hearted, you are not tempted at all." Li Tian tilted his head to look at Yu Yaofang, frowned, and said in a cold voice, "What does this matter have to do with me?"

"Didn't you see it? Seventh cousin, he is." Yu Yaofang waved her hand, not knowing what to say next, Li Tian sighed leisurely: "I know what you mean, I have no relationship with him. How to make trouble, it has nothing to do with me, what is there for me to be tempted?"

"Tiantian, let me tell you, Cousin Seven is not the kind of romantic and talented person you said. I have inquired carefully. Cousin Seven never goes to those fireworks places, and I have seen all the girls in his room." I heard that Cousin Qi never pays attention to those girls." Yu Yaofang explained very seriously: "Didn't you say that life is good or not, and some people can live well when they marry anyone. Well, some people would have a hard time marrying anyone, and you are willing to marry cousin nine, so why don’t you look down on cousin seven? My aunt said that the reason why she settled on Li Sanniang was that cousin nine was really not good enough for you. To be honest, A Niang and I also feel the same way, if you are worthy, Cousin Seven is really worthy of you, I really don't understand, why do you think Cousin Seven is not good?"

"It's not that he's bad." Li Tian patiently explained: "Just like Mrs. Huang thinks I'm too nice, I also think your seventh cousin is too nice. We've known each other for so many years, and you know my temper. I don’t want to be rich, rich, or a first-class lady, but I just want to find someone who has a backer and can live a life of being an ordinary, safe and stable rich man. Cousin Nine is an honest man with a backer, that’s what Mrs. Huang said He is worthless, but your seventh cousin is not, he is young and ambitious, and besides, the Xu clan has high hopes on him, so he will not be able to live a peaceful and stable life no matter what."

"If you are very ambitious, let him be very ambitious. Cousin Qi is talented and has the support of the Xu family. You don't have to worry about him. You can still live your ordinary and stable life in the backyard." Yu Yaofang persuaded, Li Tian looked at him Yu Yaofang smiled and shook her head: "You read a lot of books, let me ask you, is there any official in history who is talented and ambitious, and who is dedicated to climbing up and down, has a smooth sailing life without ups and downs? Which one has not gone through countless hardships? How many have a good death? It is your second cousin who was relegated to the side for a felony ten years ago. Didn’t he come back after a narrow escape? When your second uncle was relegated to the side and was seriously ill, could your second aunt be at peace? Can you live this day? The stability? It’s the same for anyone else, it’s all a word of suffering, I don’t want to live this kind of suffering, not even a day.”

Yu Yaofang blinked her eyes a few times, stayed there for a long time, then let out a long breath and said, "Well, that's the same as what you said, in the years when the second uncle was relegated, the second aunt got old all of a sudden. Don’t think about it, forget it, I won’t advise you anymore.”

"That's it. There must be ups and downs, let's talk about it." Li Tian put down his cup, looked at Yu Yaofang and said with a smile: "Your seventh cousin has such a temper, and he just makes trouble so straight-forward. The uncle and the second aunt were forced by him to accept death and life, and there must be big knots in his heart. The son is his own, so naturally everything is fine. It's okay to open and close your eyes after this matter, but what about the daughter-in-law? What to do? Let my uncle complain without entering the door, can this day be easier?"

Yu Yaofang gave a soft 'uh': "Cousin Seven definitely didn't think of this, neither did I, it's true, it seems that Cousin Seven's troubles are all for nothing, forget it, let's not talk about him, this year The three of us never went out of the city to play in the summer. My family just happened. Lin Ke and her mother are sick again. What disaster do you have to avoid? Seeing that summer is almost over, let's go to Jinmingchi to sit Let’s enjoy the lotus on the boat.”

"Didn't you just say that I want to avoid the disaster star, and I can't go out." Li Tian said depressedly, and Yu Yaofang was very surprised: "Okay, what disaster star are you avoiding? I have wanted to ask you about this for a long time, what happened?" What's wrong? You never believed in disasters and non-disasters, and said it was all an excuse. What do you want to avoid, a disaster?"

"Don't ask, I'll tell you later, it's nothing serious, I just don't want to go out, by the way, is your marriage settled?"

"No, I'm only fifteen this year, and now my family is doing so smoothly, so I'm not in a hurry. I told my aunt, and I will say goodbye to me two years later. I want to spend more time with my aunt at home. It's not too late to get married at the age of 20." Yu Yaofang said with a little complacency, Li Tian looked at her enviously, and sighed sadly.

Sending Yu Yaofang away, Li Tian sat bored on the rocking chair on the porch, staring at the Yanbaba flowers and trees in the yard under the scorching sun for a while, then turned to look at Qingzhi and said: "Tomorrow, let's go to Qianqing Lake to eat lotus root noodles .”

"Okay!" Qingzhi is used to going out with Li Tian, ​​and has been bored in the yard for more than a month. When he heard that he was going out, his excited voice became a lot louder. Just as he responded excitedly, he reacted again: "It's better not to go out, if you meet that one, it will be terrible."

"It's okay." Li Tian replied, shaking the rocking chair: "That master has a job and is ambitious. He is detained in the household department every day. How can he have leisure time to go to a place like Qianqing Lake? Let us Leave early tomorrow morning, eat lotus root noodles and come back for lunch."

In a very small compartment in the attic at the back of Qingfeng Building, shopkeeper Min stood behind shopkeeper Huang, tiptoed and stretched his neck to look at the looming figure in the private room on the second floor ahead. Shopkeeper Huang looked at it with his hands behind his back, Turning around, while going downstairs, he ordered: "Take care of me."

"Yes." Shopkeeper Min promised, watched as Shopkeeper Huang turned a corner and disappeared, then turned his head and looked up at the private room on the second floor. He really couldn't understand why this fourth master suddenly fell in love with Qingfenglou. He went to Qingfeng Building every day to have dinner, and the meal was so frightening.

Huang Jingjie entered the building at the back lake, the fifth prince Qin Ju heard the movement, turned to look at him and asked, "Are you here again?"

"Yeah." Huang Jingjie looked helpless, but the fifth prince was irritable: "What is this? Didn't he hurt me! What does this make elder brother think? What does father think? His dirty thoughts Father doesn't know! Oh, I'm going to be killed by him!" The fifth prince circled around in place, his folding fan crackling: "No, we can't let him stay here every day, what's the matter? manage?"

The fifth prince suddenly stopped circling, raised his foot and walked out: "I'll find him!" Huang Jingjie was startled, and hurriedly stopped him, saying: "Fifth Lord, don't be impulsive!"

"What are you rushing for!" The fifth prince reached out and pushed Huang Jingjie away: "I'm not chasing him away, I'm going to talk to him, I have to find a way to coax him away." Huang Jingjie breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head with a smile, and followed Go to the front yard behind the Fifth Prince.

The fourth prince was holding a Ru kiln fine porcelain cup, and was standing in front of the window of the private room on the second floor, looking at the direction of Duke Yong's mansion in a daze. Ye Shusheng was sitting at the table, looking at the back of the fourth prince sullenly.The fifth prince came before he entered the door with a laugh: "I heard that the fourth brother is here, so I didn't send someone to call me earlier. I wanted to have a few drinks with the fourth brother."

Ye Shusheng hurriedly stood up to greet him out of the private room, the fourth prince turned around, leaned against the window and watched the fifth prince enter the private room with a bright smile and said with a smile: "I came here to hide and be quiet, not to ask you to drink."

"Hiding here in peace? Fourth brother is really, this is not a place to hide in peace. Listen, it's so noisy. If the fourth brother wants to be quiet and quiet, he has to find me. Let me tell you, when it comes to quietness, the first choice is Yizhang Buddha." The garden, his house is very large, and the places are far away from each other. You can't hear such a noise, and it's not like here, there are people dangling in front of the door and windows. Li Concubine's garden, the front row is not very good, but the private room facing the lake at the back is very good, his house is such a big lake, and there are only four or five private rooms facing the lake, it is really quiet and elegant." The fifth prince talked a lot Like seven 80-year-old old ladies.

(End of this chapter)