boudoir

Chapter 112 Someone to Propose Marriage?

Shuhua is still awake at this moment, lying on the bed and flipping through the "Book of Songs".Liang shi pulled his face, sat down on the head of her bed, and started crying before he could speak.Shuhua said: "Mother, what are you doing?"

Mrs. Liang flicked her handkerchief, wiped her tears and said, "What are you doing? You still ask me what to do? Listen to the bustle in the main courtyard, and look at the rewards they have received. How can they show off so much? Is it because you didn't go?!"

Shuhua glanced out of the window, and said: "Rewards? When did we lack these? When did mother care about this little money?" While opening the book again, her eyes fell on the scroll.Mrs. Liang paused, and said: "How much money is this? What does this reward represent? It is the favor and affirmation of the eldest princess. You didn't go, but Yu Yatou was left alone to win back His Highness's favor." Yes! Those rewards are nothing more than that, but the key is that it is not good for you to let her take the limelight by herself now? If she enters the palace and becomes a concubine in the future, Mrs. Yu's tail may not be up. Where are you going!"

Shuhua put down the book and said, "Is that why mother wants me to enter the palace?"

Mrs. Liang was stunned for a moment, and before she could answer, Shuhua sat up, looked at her and said, "Even if you don't see me all year round, even if I'm murdered inside, even if one day my servant is accidentally thrown into the Even if the heir I will give birth to in the future is assassinated by someone, even if the Holy Majesty will go west in a few years, I will live in the harem with this youthful appearance, eat fast and chant Buddha for the rest of my life, or simply be buried, are you willing to risk these things? risk, let me enter the palace?"

Liang was speechless, and stood up in a daze, "This, isn't this all, did we agree?"

Shuhua straightened her back and narrowed her eyes slightly: "Yes, I once promised you in order to fight for you, but if I have to endure so much pain, it is possible to make you proud, do you feel happy?" ? You can't even tolerate a single Aunt Liu, but you would rather your daughter compete with thousands of other women for a man?"

Mrs. Liang stood there in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.Suddenly she thought of something, her eyes widened suddenly, she rushed to the bed and pointed at her, "You, did you mean not going to Jinquan Temple on purpose?"

Shuhua turned her head slowly, "Mother finally has a time to be smart. Yes, last time Dr. Wu came to ask my sister-in-law for pulse, I asked him for some medicine that would disrupt menstruation, and I took it yesterday Well, it happened that Mr. was present today, so I asked Aunt Ren to send me back. So even if you want to hide this and send me there by force, Mister will not allow it. "

Liang felt that the sky was dim for a while, and it took him a long time to stand firm while leaning on the railing of the bed.

With this happy event in the long room, the haze caused by Mrs. Xie's birth of a daughter and boy was swept away. Mrs. Yu walked with the wind these few days, and everyone smiled when she saw him, and even sealed a lot of thanks. Gift to Guo Xia.At least Guo Xia didn't know if Liuli was confiscated. Since the old lady hadn't left the house for a long time, she felt relieved for Yuhua, so she asked about Liuli's experience of watching the lantern this time.

In order to make her happy, Liuli made a lot of nonsense, and told her what she had seen and heard at the lantern festival when she was young, which made her laugh out loud.After laughing, the old lady said again: "It can't be done, my stomach hurts from laughing." She touched her abdomen with her hand.Liuli noticed that she had more gastrointestinal problems recently than before, secretly worried, but still smiled on her face, and gently massaged her.

The old lady sighed, "I'm afraid my days are numbered."

Liuli was startled, it was ominous for the old man to say these words, so she said softly: "Why did the old lady say that, Jiu Yatou is still waiting for you to protect her!"

The old lady closed her eyes and didn't make a sound for a long time. Finally, she said: "Just work harder and help me delay it for another year or a half."

Liuli was silent and held her hand tightly.

If Liuli didn't pay much attention to the old lady's body before, since the time she protected her in front of Yu's face at the three-dynasty banquet, she deeply felt that this seemingly helpless old lady was really It can help her, and her illness has become her heart disease since then, the words just now can be said to have directly pierced her heart.

In the afternoon when the old lady was taking a nap, Huanhua came over, and Liuli sat with her under the south window, drinking tea and eating snacks.Looking at the withered leaves outside the window, she said, "I wonder if the White Horse Temple is far from here?"

Huanhua said, "What do you want?"

She sighed, and said: "I want to find Master Yongxin to treat the old lady. The old lady was so seriously ill last time, she was rescued by him. He should do it." If the gate control is not so strict, She can also not abide by those rules, maybe she will go to him in person, even though Yongxin said that they might not see each other again.

Huanhua sat up straight: "Is the old lady seriously ill?"

Liuli nodded and said nothing.Huanhua was silent for a while, then said: "This is really bad news." He raised his head again: "It seems that many people have been sick recently, not only the old lady, but also the fourth sister. I didn't go to school. When I went to the second room just now, the second aunt looked very bad and refused to let me see her. I was wondering, is it really that serious when my daughter comes to her house?" Her face suddenly turned red .

Liuli had this experience, but she couldn't say it, so she coughed and avoided talking.

I thought that Shuhua's "illness" would be cured in a few days, but she didn't know that after the delay, she hadn't seen her outside since September.The old lady was also concerned about this matter, and even asked Liang Shi several times, but Liang Shi hesitated and dragged it.One day when Wu Yinzhong came to check his pulse, the old lady was about to let him go to the second room to show Shuhua, when Qian Changsheng suddenly came in with a serious expression on his face.

"Reporting to the old lady, there are people coming from Shen Zhi Master Song's residence."

When the old lady heard that it was the Song Mansion, she quickly waved Wu Yinzhong back and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qian Changsheng paused for a moment before saying, "He is planning to propose marriage to our family."

The old lady said: "Propose marriage? Didn't they regret the promise? Even the apology has been sent over for many days, how can they come to propose marriage again?"

Qian Changsheng said: "This time we are not talking about the fifth girl, but the fourth girl."

"Miss Si!" The old lady lost her voice, "Miss Si has never had any contact with their family, how could she be mentioned?"

Qian Changsheng said: "When the full moon banquet was held in the second room last time, the fourth girl had several contacts with Mrs. Song, maybe that was when Mrs. Song fell in love."

The old lady was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Quickly invite someone in. Then hurry up and invite the second lady!"

When Liuli heard that someone from the Song family was coming, she originally thought it was a marriage proposal with Yanhua, but now that it was the fourth girl, she felt as if she had been filled with paste, and she was a little confused.

Just thinking about it, Mrs. Liang was invited over, presumably she had heard about the Song family's marriage proposal on the way, and her face was very flustered.Seeing her, the old lady frowned and said: "You know that Si Yatou is planning to enter the palace, but now the Song family has come to ask for a marriage proposal again, what can you tell me!"

Although he has not yet been elected, making a marriage contract is not considered a violation of the king's law, but Liang's heart is on the road to enter the palace, and he knows that the Song family will not be offended. Government embarrassment?Hastily said: "Old lady, calm down, today is just a day to propose marriage, you may decline..."

"You sound nice, so please decline!" The old lady raised her crutches and said firmly: "This Song Mansion is a very popular figure in the court. Others can't ask for it, so can you politely refuse? I am very satisfied, this marriage is almost settled, how come I regretted the appointment halfway, and it turned out that you got in the way! Now it is good, you come to tell me to 'reject'!"

Mrs. Liang was reprimanded, but she didn't dare to say anything, it happened that Qian Changsheng had also invited people from the Song residence, so he had no choice but to go forward with all his strength.

Liuli looked at Mrs. Liang's anxious look, and it really didn't seem like she planned it secretly. Thinking of Shuhua's weirdness these days, what she said to her when she woke up from a nightmare that night suddenly flashed before her eyes. I couldn't help being startled and broke out in a cold sweat——this fourth girl who is very assertive, could it be that she found her husband's house in private because she didn't want to enter the palace? !

If so, then Shuhua is also bold!

The person who came to ask for the marriage proposal was the wife of the housekeeper of the Song Mansion, and the old acquaintance of Song Bi and Mrs. He when they served in Jiangnan, and the wife of the retired Captain Chen Shang.Seeing the old lady, Mrs. Chen, she saluted and said: "Congratulations, old lady, congratulations, old lady! I haven't seen you for many years, and I will bring you good news as soon as I see you. I wish you happiness every year!"

This Mrs. Chen is in her fifties, she has a very clever mouth, she is well known as a sociable person in the circle of officials' wives, and now she has become the matchmaker for this marriage.The old lady also laughed and said, "I actually invited you to be a matchmaker. That's the right thing to do."

The housekeeper of the Song Mansion is also surnamed Song, and Mrs. Song laughed beside her and said: "What the old lady said is true. Since our wife met the fourth girl last time, she loves the character of the girl so much that she can't let go of it day and night. The third young master in the family is at the age of marriage, so he wanted to form a Qin-Jin friendship with your family, so he invited Mrs. Chen to come to the door together, and asked the old lady to grant a lucky day, so that our master can propose marriage for the third young master."

The old lady waited for Biyun Qingshang to put on the tea fruit, then she smiled and said: "Sir Shen Zhi was also a colleague of our old man back then, and we also deeply admire the character of Mrs. Song and his wife. In addition, the doctor is now in the imperial court. It is truly an honor for the four girls to get married in your family."

Mrs. Song hurriedly said: "The old lady appreciates the prize."

The old lady invited the other party to tea, changed the topic, and said apologetically: "It's just that our fourth girl is thirteen years old and is studying under Mr. Guo, so the family has not started to consider her marriage. The invitation to propose a marriage is really a bit sudden, and besides, it is not known what date will be suitable for children's affairs, whether you can allow me to return to the old lady and come to fix an auspicious date."

(End of this chapter)