boudoir

Chapter 108
The old lady asked Liuli to copy the "Diamond Sutra" ten times, so she didn't go anywhere in the past few days, and just wrote in the room. She didn't know what news was in the other room.Mrs. Yu didn't do anything after returning to her room that day. The matter was considered settled. She just remembered that the Song family had withdrawn the agreement with Mrs. Nie to exchange their sons and daughters, and wondered whether Huanhua had been dragged into this situation by Mrs. Qi again. In the whirlpool, I felt a little worried, but I hated that Huanhua hadn't come over for a few days, and I didn't know where to ask.

In July, the weather became hotter, and she could sweat just sitting still, so every once in a while, Liu Li had to get up and move around to avoid boils on her body.This afternoon, he put down his pen and left the house, and saw a person wearing an official uniform poking his head in the corridor, Liuli took a closer look and found that it was He Xiuyuan, so he stepped forward and said, "What is fourth uncle doing here?"

When He Xiuyuan saw that it was her, he breathed a sigh of relief, fanned the wind with his official hat, and said, "Didn't I come here for you! You promised me to let me come to see the old lady at night, but I didn't expect to go out again later." I didn't come for that matter. It doesn't matter if you don't listen to it, then you were fine and just came back from the official department, so I came here directly to look for you."

Liuli laughed and said, "Fourth Uncle really knows current affairs, so he didn't come when he heard that I was unlucky. I might have pointed at Fourth Uncle to say a few words for me to intercede."

A bit of embarrassment appeared on He Xiuyuan's face, and he said: "It's not that I don't want to come, it's that sister-in-law—forget it, let's not talk about this, I still ask you to help me with my matter, and Fourth Uncle will never forget you later." The advantage is."

Liu Li stared at him for a long time with a half-smile, after all, he was a man, and he was not really expected to stand up and speak for her in this matter in the inner mansion, so she walked down the steps and said, "Who told you to be my fourth brother?" Where is Uncle? The old lady was taking a nap just now, wait a minute, I'll go and see if she's awake."

He Xiuyuan hurriedly said, "Go quickly!"

Liuli entered the house, and the old lady hadn't woken up yet, so she opened the cupboard where the tonics were usually kept, and found three or four old ginseng roots, as well as some small ginseng whiskers left over, wondering if the old lady would take them Giving him the whole old ginseng tree, he picked out some thick ginseng beards from the pile and wrapped them in paper.

Just about to close the cabinet door, the old lady woke up suddenly and asked, "What are you doing?"

Liu Li put the paper bag, came over to put on her shoes, and said, "Fourth Uncle is outside, he said he wants to get some ginseng tea to drink, I'll see if the old lady has any, if not, I'll go back to him."

The old lady snorted, "He's as strong as a cow, why does he want to build up all of a sudden? I don't know what the hell he's trying to do with my ginseng!"

Liuli smiled and said: "It's true that nothing can be hidden from the old lady's eyes. Fourth uncle took this ginseng to give you grandchildren!"

The old lady said: "What grandson do you add?"

Liu Li said: "Have you forgotten, did your son adopt a concubine for the fourth uncle? When the new concubine came in, he couldn't help but think about the heirs, right? The fourth uncle saw that the concubine was weak, so he thought about it." Bring some grandchildren to the old lady as soon as possible, why don't you come to ask the old lady to use ginseng to make up her body!"

The old lady pondered, nodded and said: "If it's because of this, it's fine. You don't need to give it to Lao Shen, you call the fourth son in."

Liuli nodded, went outside the door and waved to He Xiuyuan, calling him in.

When He Xiuyuan entered the room, he bowed to the old lady and said, "Baby, pay your respects to mother."

The old lady said: "Don't come to those phonies! Let me ask you, is your aunt still obedient?"

He Xiuyuan hurriedly said: "You are obedient. It's very different from Nie's family. Everything depends on your son. He has gained a few catties because of her service."

The old lady sneered: "She is a concubine, she doesn't depend on you in everything, does she still depend on her?"

Liuli picked up the paper bag wrapped with ginseng from the cupboard and came over, and when she heard this sentence, she said: "I don't know what kind of person this Aunt Cui is, but I heard that the idea of ​​marrying the Song family with the Fourth Madam was actually She came out, which is rare."

As she spoke, she opened the paper bag for the old lady to see, and the old lady nodded, motioning for He Xiuyuan to take it.He Xiuyuan took a look and said: "Why are these ginseng beards?" The old lady said: "When she raises a grandson for me, come back to ask for ginseng!" He Xiuyuan had no choice but to accept it.

The old lady said: "If she is really obedient and doesn't fight with the main wife, I can't lose her. When she is pregnant, I will send her all the love. There is nothing wrong with her at this moment. With these enough."

What else can He Xiuyuan say?Immediately, he followed the old lady's words and said a few words before resigning.

Liuli followed him to the door, but asked: "I don't know how the fifth girl's marriage with the Song family is now?"

He Xiuyuan said: "What's the point of bringing this up? There's been a word over there that it's not suitable, and another candidate has been found, and a matchmaker will be sent to talk about marriage soon."

Liuli was stunned, and hurriedly said, "Does Fourth Uncle know which one it is?"

He Xiuyuan said: "How do you know this? People don't want to say it." He was also really depressed when he was put on the spot at this juncture.

Seeing that Liuli couldn't figure it out, she had to give up.

After copying down the ten times of the Diamond Sutra that the old lady explained, July will be over, and the third young master Tingfang's wedding is scheduled for August 25th, so the long room will start to be busy again.But at the same time, news came in from the outside world that Marshal Qi has now led troops to fight back against the main force of the Hulu army. He killed two of his generals and won an unprecedented victory. If there is no accident, he will be able to return to the dynasty in the spring of next year.Chao Li was very excited, and he bestowed the mighty general on Qi Yunhao who had made great achievements in advance. At the same time, the Holy Majesty decided to set up a case on the moon-watching platform on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, offering sacrifices to soldiers far away.

Although Liuli stayed in the Zhenguo General's Mansion for a while, she only met Qi Yunjing, the second son who served in the Military Department of Central Beijing, who was Yuhua's husband in the previous life. I heard about it, but because he was guarding the border but had never seen it, he lacked interest.But victory at the frontier is always a great thing, and Liuli is happy for the people all over the world even in her boudoir.

Coincidentally, news came from Huanhua, saying that the Qi family seemed to have forgotten about the marriage with the Song family, because the day before yesterday, they heard that the Qi family was wondering who the Song family was looking at, so they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the dream of using Yanhua to break the Qi family failed to come true, but after going around for a while, the goal has finally been achieved, and it can be regarded as the same goal by different routes.

Unexpectedly, it took a few days to relax. Today, the old lady and all the other masters in the mansion stayed in the palace until late at night. The old lady kept sending people to inquire, only to find out that there was another big incident at the border. Many soldiers had diarrhea and vomited, and it turned out that they had gastrointestinal diseases caused by eating unclean food. Now thousands of people have died without fighting.The Holy Majesty was very angry, and left all the officials above the fifth rank in the court to reprimand him, and hurriedly ordered Dali Temple and the soldiers to send people to the front to investigate the matter strictly, and sent another imperial envoy to accompany him.What's more, it has been decreed that the whole country will not be able to hold weddings this month, and those who have a fixed date must be postponed.So Tingfang's wedding was postponed to September.

Yu's father, Yu Huaiqing, as the prime minister, was also ordered to co-manage the case with Luo Shixin in the past few days. The Yu family was afraid that Yu Youcheng would be ashes, and they were always in fear.Fortunately, the wedding date was postponed, so Yu Shi took a breather and went back to her mother's house several times. Every time she came back, she would stand in the room with He Wei for half a day, not knowing why, but anyway, she had no time to talk to Liu Li.But this time, Mrs. He, who is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has never been involved. He was lucky enough to be a person who watched the situation. Except for walking around the Youcheng Mansion occasionally, he stayed in the house to write and read.

Occasionally, there would be a sentence or two in the speech, so Liuli knew that the imperial envoy who went to the west to inspect this time was the current prince, and Luo Shixin had always supported the prince, so the old man couldn't help reading and writing. To divide his worries and thoughts, he asked his four sons to be cautious in their words and deeds in their spare time, especially He Cunli, who was a grain collection envoy, repeatedly told him to be careful in everything, and not to go on business trips in the grain collection, so as not to be stabbed in the back by Luo Shixin.

Except for the second eldest, He Jianghong, the four sons were not in Beijing, and the other three naturally responded to the old man's words, but it is unknown what happened after they left the house.

Now that he spends more time in the mansion, the old man is gradually getting used to the extra glass in the house, and now he calls Biyun Qingshang less often, and calls "Nine Girls" unconsciously from time to time.Sometimes when she is interested in writing, she will unconsciously ask her to come forward to grind the ink and ask her to comment, but sometimes if Liuli speaks frankly, she will also reprimand her, saying that she does not know the heights of the sky and the earth.Liuli didn't take it seriously, as long as she was called to come closer, she would still be there whenever she was called.

This day the imperial court rested, and the weather was not as hot as before. The old man called Liuli into the study again, pointed to the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" that had just been written and said, "How about this one?" Liuli picked up the words and stood After reading carefully for a long time before the case, he said: "I still feel that the charm is not enough. The characters of 'Zhi' in the original work are all different. The old man here looks different at first glance, but it is still similar when you look closely."

The old man immediately lowered his face.Liuli hurriedly said: "But compared to those sold in the calligraphy and painting studio, it is still several times better." The old man snorted and said: "Dare to be so frivolous at such a young age, dare to be so frivolous in your daily life. Yes! I also read the scriptures you copied. The handwriting is good, but what is it if you can write well in lowercase? As long as you practice for a long time, you can write with a bit of style. You have really practiced calligraphy to a certain level It's supposed to be a one-swipe, and you dare to comment on this or that in a small letter, it's too overpowering!"

Liuli was dragged in for no reason to be trained, she was very helpless, so she could only say: "The old man taught me the lesson."

After the old man returned to the desk, he took out a new sheet of paper, knocked on it and said, "You write a picture, you are not allowed to use lowercase letters!"

Liuli hesitated, and the old man said: "Why, you don't want to?" Liuli was afraid that he would scold him again, so she had to pick up the pen, pondered for a while, and wrote the song "Butterfly Love Flower" in lines.The old man waited for her to put down the pen, then walked over to look at it, took a look, walked to the back of the case, took another look, and immediately picked up the word.

(End of this chapter)