first princess

Chapter 17
Shui Linglong got up early in the morning, only to realize that it was snowing heavily outside.This year's snow came late, but it also came fiercely, like goose feathers, falling one after another, bucket arches and cornices, main tiles and red walls, Qiongzhi jade trees...all are covered in silver.

Liu Lu waited on Shui Linglong to change into a lake blue plain brocade short jacket and a white embroidered blue shadow grass skirt. After a period of conditioning, her complexion was much rosier than when she first entered the mansion. Liu Lu squatted down and leaned out. The long fingers dyed with bright red cardamom smoothed the wrinkles on the skirt, and said with a smile: "Miss, I think you are getting more and more beautiful!"

Shui Linglong looked down, and said: "Liu Lukai will be seventeen during Chinese New Year. Did your parents tell you who to marry? If there is someone you like, just tell me, and I will give you a dowry."

There was a flash of panic in Liu Lu's eyes: "No, the family said that marriage is just a matter of chance."

In fact, her mother said, "Liu Lu, you are so handsome, why hasn't mother found a partner for you? Didn't she hope that you would follow the master to prosperity in the past, so that you can help your younger brother in the future?" Really not happy.

At this moment, Ye Mao rushed in with a look of surprise: "Miss! His Royal Highness sent someone to deliver gifts!"

Three horses of Ruan Yanluo and a box of night pearls. There are not many things, but everything is exquisite and precious. Ruan Yanluo is delicate and soft, spreading slowly like light smoke on the sparkling blue waves, and the color of the whole room is instantly captured, as if entering an illusion.Needless to say, Ye Mingzhu is more translucent and radiant than the Shark Tears sent by Leng Yixuan.Remembering that she still owed him 2000 taels of silver, and that he had nothing to do with her, it was difficult for her to accept such an important gift.

Shui Linglong blinked: "Is there any Shui Lingxi?"

Ye Mao shook his head: "No, only Missy has it."

Shui Linglong frowned, what exactly did Yun Li mean?
After a while, Zhi Fan opened the curtain and came in: "Miss! The prizes from Ruixue Villa have arrived."

When I opened the brocade box, it turned out to be a contract!
Shui Linglong couldn't help laughing. Ruixue Villa is one of Xun Feng's most important properties, but he promised her 50.00% of the shares in one go. In his memory, Xun Feng has never been so generous to anyone.She had to admire Xun Feng's ability. She was still thinking about doing business last night, and this morning Xun Feng sent shares to her door. If Xun Feng wanted to please someone, no one would be able to refuse him. He is really... a very powerful opponent. Woolen cloth.

Shui Linglong asked Ye Mao to keep the contract, and Ruan Yanluo gave Shui Lingqing and Shui Lingyu one each, and kept one for herself.After simply eating some porridge and steamed buns, Shui Linglong got up and went to Fushouyuan to pay her respects.Shui Linglong is now a celebrity in front of the old lady, and the servants of Fushouyuan treat her very respectfully.The woman guarding the door saw her coming from a distance, bowed to meet her hastily, and said with a flattering smile: "Miss is here, the snow is really heavy, come inside to keep warm."

Compared with the first time she stepped into the Fushouyuan, she stood in the cold wind for a full two quarters of an hour and no one cared about her. This kind of treatment now is really gratifying.Shui Linglong smiled gently, "Thank you, Mommy!"

She is a poor woman, how can she afford to say "Mom"?The eldest lady is also approachable and gives her face.Xin's mother rolled her eyes and pointed to a crabapple tree in the courtyard.

Shui Linglong followed the trend and was surprised to find that Shui Lingxi was kneeling on the bluestone slab beside the crabapple tree. Ruixue was holding down the branches and fruits, hanging heavily above her head, as if she was about to fall at any time. Although she was wearing a coat , but also a little thin, petite body wrapped in royal blue satin, white rabbit hair curled cloak, a piece of makeup without makeup looks extraordinarily fair and clean, oval face, black eyebrows and star eyes, long hair The eyelashes are slightly curled, and there are still unmelted snowflakes on them, which shows that she has been kneeling for a long time.

Xin's mother whispered: "The old lady thinks it's an eyesore, so let her get out of the way. She was kneeling at the front door."

Directly using "she" instead of "Second Miss", it is hard to hide her disdain for Shui Lingxi in words.Shui Linglong lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then walked over and smiled slightly: "Second sister, be careful that you kneel and break your body."

Shui Lingxi quietly stared at the one-foot territory in front of her, and said calmly: "Thank you for your concern, elder sister, but Lingxi made a mistake, and I want to kneel until grandma forgives me."

Shui Linglong raised her hand and brushed off a few snowflakes on Shui Lingxi's shoulder blades: "I knew this before, so why bother?"

Shui Lingxi shook her plain hand: "Yesterday is gone, tomorrow will come again."

Shui Linglong smiled: "Then I wish Second Sister many bright and brilliant tomorrows."

After saying that, she took a step to leave, the cold wind blew her hair flying, and the elegant fragrance of lily-of-the-valley floated in the snow.

Beads of sweat dripped from the corners of Shui Lingxi's forehead, but her fingernails penetrated into her palms, after all...unfortunate!

In the Fushouyuan, all the girls gathered together, laughing and chatting. I don't know if they didn't see Shui Lingxi kneeling outside, or if everyone collectively lost their memory.

"No, no, according to the servant girl, Aunt Zhou's birth must be two young masters!"

"Why not a man and a woman, the dragon and the phoenix make auspiciousness?"

Aunt Lan and Shui Ling talked about each other, and the old lady was very happy.

Shui Lingqing doesn't know how to please people, so she just sits politely next to Aunt Feng, holding Aunt Feng's hand, very restrained.

In the morning, Changlexuan sent someone to say that Qin Fangyi had fallen ill. She was afraid that the old lady would not come to pay her respects if she was too sick. Don't let them visit the sick!
Aunt Lan is young and beautiful, Shuihangge often stays in her yard, she is the most nourishing of all women.

Aunt Zhou has figured it out now, petting and everything are just floating clouds, and only the heirs are the safest backing.She looked at Aunt Lan, smiled sincerely and said, "Sister Lan's happy news should be coming soon, and I hope that next autumn and winter, we can all have grandchildren for the old lady."

Aunt Lan blushed, she was very happy in her heart.

The old lady smiled kindly: "I don't have much hope, I just think that this grandson is like planting fruit, plowing in spring and harvesting in autumn."

The people in the room laughed together again.

Aunt Feng also laughed, but very quietly. If you didn't look carefully, you would hardly notice her existence.But it was such an ordinary aunt who gave birth to two children.

A few people chatted and laughed for a while, and gradually brought up the affairs of the court. After all, women in the capital are different from local women. Even street vendors pay more attention to current affairs than daily necessities, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

Now the one who has attracted everyone's attention is Guo Yan, the son of Guo's eldest son who returned triumphantly from the Mobei battlefield.The Guo family is a family of hairpin tassels with hundreds of years of history. There have been two prime ministers, one grand tutor, three first-rank generals, more than 20 third-rank officials, and among the female family members, there have been two noble concubines, a crown prince and three princes and concubines. , was once prominent to the extreme, but later Prince Liuheng forced the palace to rebel and was executed by the Emperor.Decades later, the head of the Leng family, Leng Qiukui, took the Guo family's prostitute daughter as his concubine, and the Guo family gave birth to a shy, intelligent daughter, Leng Yun, who later became Queen Zhuang Min.Empress Zhuang Min is only a concubine, but she has climbed from a fifth-rank nobleman to a noble concubine. She has been in the harem and court for more than ten years. Both the Leng family and the Guo family have benefited a lot from it. The ranks of the top ten families, but later fell into crisis again because of offending the empress Sang Yue, and almost collapsed.

But now, Guo Yan has won the battle and was named a mighty general. The emperor has ordered his marriage with the third princess, which means that the Guo family will rise again!

The old lady took a sip of tea and said: "Old Madam Guo is celebrating her [-]th birthday, and our residence has also received the post. I don't know if Min Yu and Min Hui came back at that time."

Aunt Feng looked at the drifting snow shadow outside the window, and frowned: "The weather is bad, I'm afraid we will have to delay for a few days on the road."

A few people were talking and forgetting the time, until Fei Cui closed the curtain and came in to report that Shui Lingxi had fainted in the snow, and everyone looked at the hourglass on the wall, and two full hours had passed.

Shui Lingxi should indeed be punished for her obedience to the old lady, but now that she is fainting in the snow, what do you expect to do to her?After all, if she is the concubine daughter of the Shui family, she will not be kicked out of the house because of one or two mistakes. If the Shui family really did this, the prime minister's mansion would have to go crazy.

In the room, Shui Linglong is practicing the piano, playing a piece they have never heard before. When the sound starts, it is like spring water, soft and elegant; , as if the sun is setting, the Yi people are looking forward to Lang's return.

Liu Lu lowered her head, her face flushed red.

Ye Mao didn't know the rhythm, he just followed the rhythm of the piano and bought the soles crazily. Today he bought two more pairs than yesterday!
After finishing the song, Zhi Fan put down her needlework and sighed: "It's a good move to retreat. It's okay for the master to hold it up high and put it down gently. I thought the old lady could more or less replace the young lady." You ask for a little justice, who would have expected... Sigh! After all, she escaped."

Shui Linglong gently caressed the strings with her light white fingertips, and smiled lightly, like pears stained white with frost, beautiful and elegant, but exuding a frightening coolness: "What's the hurry? Interesting days are coming."

Qin Fangyi was still ill, originally Shui Lingxi was serving the sick, but now that Shui Lingxi was sick, Qin Fangyi chose the candidate from among the concubine's daughters.Shui Linglong is the eldest daughter, and it should be her turn first, so when Chang Lexuan sent someone to send her to serve the sick, she readily agreed.

Zhi Fan couldn't help feeling a little worried: "Miss, Madam may not be really sick, you go now..."

(End of this chapter)