Shao family has a daughter

Chapter 13 Conspiracy and calculation (2)
"Then let Mrs. Rong rest and recuperate. Let's go back first." Shen Shi heard the sound and knew her. Anyway, she didn't really want to come to visit, so she led them back to the East Courtyard.

Xianhui felt that her mother had come to honor the ceremony, and that Rong could not see her. Even if her father knew about it, she would not be able to blame her, so she asked her mother not to visit her for the time being.The next day, I asked my elder brother to buy some red dates and longan, and went to visit the doctor with my elder sister again——if I still can’t see Mrs. Rong, then let her do it, anyway, I have done enough courtesy.

As soon as he arrived at the main room in the west courtyard, he saw his father and Shao Tongyun walking out of it.

Xianhui smiled and said, "Father, let's deliver something to Mrs. Rong."

"Oh." Shao Yuanheng's eyes flickered slightly, he turned his head to look at Shao Tongyun and said, "I still have something to do, and your mother is inconvenient in her legs and feet, so you can talk to Xianhui and Minghui well." His face was a little serious, " They braved the wind and snow to come here to show their intentions, and they must not be disappointed."

Xianhui looked at it and felt that his father's expression and tone were not natural.

Shao Tongyun's gaze was even more unnatural, as if... there was a flash of avoidance for a moment, and then he smiled, "Father, don't worry, even if the two sisters usually come to talk, I will not neglect."

Shao Yuanheng nodded, "You guys are talking, I went to the study room first."

He walked down the steps with his hands behind his back, neither greeted Xianhui and Minghui nor made eye contact, he hurried away as if someone was waiting outside.

Xianhui lived a new life, with a sensitive mind, and a cloud of suspicion could not help but float in her heart.

Shao Tongyun smiled and said: "You two sisters, it's cold outside, come in and drink a cup of hot tea to keep warm."

Xianhui looked at her, no, no... When she came here with her mother yesterday, Rong Shi didn't see her, but Shao Tongyun saw her——although she didn't say anything bad, she kept her face sullen, There was obvious hostility and hatred in his eyes, why did he suddenly get better today?Just because of a few words from his father?But her father was gone, so she just put on a face and said a few perfunctory words, so she didn't need to invite herself and her sister in again.

Ming Hui tugged at her sleeves and whispered: "...Go in?"

Xianhui didn't answer her sister, but asked with a smile: "Is Mrs. Rong better?" She probed inside, "If you feel better today, let's go in and have a look..."

Shao Tongyun hesitated for a while, "I'll go in and have a look, see if mother has fallen asleep?" After a while, he came out and said: "Mother just talked to father for a while, she was a little tired, she took off her clothes and lay down." Laughing, "Mother said, let me talk with the two sisters, it's the same."

Rong Shi won't be angry so soon?Let your daughter talk with the people in the East Court?The more Xian Hui thought about it, the more she thought about it... the more uneasy she felt in her heart.But it was not easy to show emotion, so he had to be patient, followed Shao Tongyun to the side room to drink tea for a while, chatted a few gossips, and then left.

After returning to the house, Minghui said: "It seems that the Rong family is still quite calm. I thought... that with 3 taels of silver, she would have to 'raise' her for a while."

Xianhui frowned, but didn't speak.

Minghui pondered for a while, then nodded, "That's right, she didn't really fall in the first place, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so there are so many things going on between people and relationships, so naturally it's inconvenient to delay too long." She speculated , "At the latest... before the [-]th year, it should be well-raised."

Xianhui replied casually: "Yes, she is not in a hurry these days."

Suddenly a light flashed in my heart!By the way, because the Chinese New Year is approaching, the Rong family can't stay "sick" all the time, but she can't swallow the cowardice of 3 taels of silver given to the East Hospital.So... the father was in a hurry, so he said something to relieve the worries of Rong's mother and daughter, and then they suddenly changed their attitudes.

According to this speculation, everything becomes reasonable.

I couldn't help laughing at myself. If other people's fathers are more partial, they must be full of joy.I'm afraid I'm the only one who not only doesn't dare to rejoice easily, but is also frightened. It's ridiculous and ridiculous to say it!

The next day, Shao Tongyun suddenly came over.

"Third sister." Xian Hui felt strange, no matter what his father said or promised to Rong, at most he could suppress the anger of Rong's mother and daughter and let them show affection for the East Courtyard.

3 taels of silver, that hatred...will definitely be inseparable for the rest of my life.

But right now, Rong is "ill", her father is behaving strangely, Shao Tongyun actually came to look for her, and...the look in her brows and eyes looks gentle and gentle, but actually hides danger, I'm afraid there will be nothing good thing.

Those worries that had been suppressed by force before surfaced again.

Shao Tongyun wore a half-new hazy-colored sleeveless shirt with a pink skirt, which was a little more gentle and amiable than usual, with a haggard look on his face, looking very pitiful.

She also spoke very politely, and said with a smile: "I came here today to thank Mrs. Shen and her two sisters and sisters-in-law. My mother fell on her leg. Thank you for your concern and visits. There are also red dates and longan you sent. Not bad, mother let someone stew chicken soup to drink."

Can the Rong family really drink the things given by the East Hospital?Xianhui couldn't believe it.

Of course, you can't ask this question, just laugh, "Your third sister is very polite, Mrs. Rong is ill, we should visit in the past." A series of concerned questions, "Is Mrs. Rong's legs better? How is your spirit?"

"It's much better." Shao Tongyun's smile was as calm as water, and he couldn't see any clues. After exchanging pleasantries, he turned to the main topic, "Come here today, and I have something to tell you along the way."

"Oh?" Xianhui raised a string in her heart, "Third sister, tell me."

"That's how it is." Shao Tongyun smiled naturally, "Tomorrow, Prince Qing's Mansion will make birthday wine, and the Dajun King will celebrate the birthday of the eldest son, Brother Quan. When the time comes, everyone in our family will have to go over to congratulate. Mother Rang Let me come over and say, everyone should dress decently tomorrow, so as not to embarrass our family."

Of course, Xianhui didn't want to go to Prince Qing's Mansion—it's been more than a month since she was reborn, and her memories of her previous life are still fresh, so instinctively... she feels that Prince Qing's Mansion is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.

She pretended to be shy and shy, "Then...the Qing Palace, it sounds like it's not something ordinary people can climb." With a look of disbelief on her face, "I still won't go."

"Second Sister, you are overthinking." Shao Tongyun persuaded: "Although the Prince Qing's Mansion is not as distinguished as ordinary families, my cousin is the princess of the Dajun, and the Shao family is the turning point of the Prince Qing's Mansion. Since they are relatives, of course they should walk around for weddings and funerals. She smiled softly, "When the time comes, Second Sister will follow me all the way."

Follow you?That would be fatal!

Wait, do they want to stage the matter of the big county king in advance? !Xianhui couldn't help but her heart sank.

"Second sister, why don't you talk?" Shao Tongyun talked for a long time, but she couldn't hear her answer, and he became a little impatient, "Are you listening?" But thinking of the big thing his father said, hum...it must be facilitated , Looking back, there will be days when their mother and daughter cry together!
So he held back his temper and continued to persuade, "Second Sister, let me tell you..."

Who knew that Xian Hui wouldn't eat oil and salt, and she still drank two bowls of tea because of what she said, but she still flatly refused, "No, no, I really don't want to go."

After all, Shao Tongyun is still too young, even if he can hold his breath, there is a limit.

Seeing her refusal again and again, she couldn't help but get angry, "Okay! It seems that the second sister doesn't give me this face, so that's fine." She said angrily: "Anyway, this is what Dad meant, and if Dad blames me later Come down, Second Sister will go and explain by herself."

Xianhui just lowered her head, looking shy and shameless.

Shao Tongyun bit his lip and left angrily.

In the afternoon, some new jewelry was delivered, as well as new clothes.The person who came was Mr. Zhao, "Master said, all the people from the east courtyard and the west courtyard will go to Prince Qing's Mansion tomorrow, remember to dress well, no matter who it is, don't be negligent."

Did it really mean what my father meant?Did Shao Tongyun lie? !Xianhui was very surprised.

If it wasn't the mother and daughter of the Rong family plotting against him, but his father... If he insisted on letting him go to Qing Palace, then what would happen?She looked at the newly made jewelry in a daze, and her heart was in a mess.

The most dazzling thing in front of her was a pair of phoenix hairpins with red gold and rubies inlaid with two tails.

Xianhui picked up the phoenix hairpin, compared it at the side of her temples, and looked at the mirror a little blankly——there was a beautiful face reflected in it, with long distant eyebrows, bright black eyes, a delicate and straight nose, and a beautiful face. White and delicate like jade, as if it could be broken by blowing a bullet.

His mother was a great beauty when he was young, and his father was also tall and handsome, and he took advantage of all the advantages of his parents.

Wait... He looks good, young, and still in his boudoir, but he is too conspicuous in front of his father in this life.Could it be that his father was planning to marry him into Prince Qing's mansion when he saw that he was still able to do so?But let him go to marry Prince Qing's Mansion, even if his father agrees, the Rong family will not agree.

Who else?Assassin?Xianhui's heart "thumped".

It's not that the governor's family is not good, but the governor's family is a family of officials, who pay attention to family status, and most of them look down on daughters of merchants like the Shao family.It is only slightly possible to enter the family of the governor, or the bastard, or the stepmother.

But... Even if I asked myself to fill in the house for the son of the governor's family, it would not be worth 3 taels of silver.

——The train of thought went back to the original point.

At night, Xianhui tossed and turned restlessly.

But after thinking about it, he couldn't refuse his father's arrangement.

Anyway, I can hide from the first day of the junior high school and the fifteenth day of the junior high school, so why don't I just go there once and see what kind of drama my father is singing?I couldn't help feeling sad in my heart, that man... is my biological father.

I hope all of this is just my own random speculation.

Otherwise, the day when father and daughter turn against each other will not be far away.

At dawn the next day, after Xianhui finished washing, the girl came over with the new clothes she brought over yesterday.The jacket is a goose-yellow Baoxiang flower jacket, the satin surface is as smooth as water, and the pattern is exquisite, not to mention all kinds of exquisite embroidery work, the material alone is already extraordinary.

The rarest thing is the [-]-piece Yin-Yang Xiangshui skirt on her lower body.

One piece is green and the other is white. The eight yin and eight yang are intertwined and embroidered with gold thread. When worn on the body, it looks like a green skirt. After a few steps, it sways and reveals some white.Then hang a string of red coral beads around the waist, falling into the green for a while, and falling into the white for a while, like flowers rippling between white clouds and clear water.

Minghui exclaimed softly, "Amazing! What a beautiful dress."

The girls also gathered around one after another, looked at it with a smile, and one said: "Such a beautiful dress, it is not the second young lady's outstanding appearance, if I wear it, it is also very beautiful." The other spat: "Bah! You Look at the embroidery and needlework of this skirt, if you are sold, it is not enough to buy this skirt."

Xianhui sighed softly in her heart, it seemed that something was really wrong.

If not, how could his father give himself such gorgeous clothes?And I have it, but my sister doesn't.

When they met in the west courtyard, she took a careful look, Shao Tongyun's dress was not as gorgeous as her own, and she didn't have any objections, her heart sank even more.

The journey went smoothly, and the Shao family's carriage team soon arrived at Prince Qing's Mansion.

The female relatives could not go through the main entrance of the palace, but through the side entrance. The scale of Qingwang's palace is so grand and extraordinary that it can be called a small palace in Jiangdu.Entered the side door, got out of the carriage, and then moved forward in a soft sedan, zigzagging for a long distance, and finally had to walk for a while to reach the flower hall.

Many female family members have already come, including relatives from various families in Prince Qing's Mansion, as well as climbers like the Shao family, and some wives and daughters of local officials.

Xianhui kept bowing her head in silence.

But the strange thing is that Youdao's eyes swept over him.

She felt a little hairy in her heart, and when she looked up, she saw a middle-aged servant woman.But that person was well dressed, with a haughty demeanor, and he didn't look like an ordinary mother in charge, so he couldn't tell what his identity was.Because it was inconvenient to keep staring at the other party, I had to withdraw my gaze temporarily.

After a while, when I looked up again, the woman was gone.

- It's strange.

"Prince Dajun is here." Outside the door, a maid sang promise loudly.

The female relatives in the flower hall all stood up with a "crash".

A rich and graceful young woman came in at the door, her head was surrounded by emeralds and emeralds, she was wearing a big red gourd multi-seed makeup and flower skirt, and a flower skirt with white butterflies, she looked energetic and good-looking.She smiled before she spoke to anyone, and the ruby ​​beads on her head swayed, "There are a lot of distinguished guests here today, and there are people inside and out. If there is any place where the hospitality is not good, please forgive me."

Among the female relatives, some people flattered them about their hard work.

Princess Dajun smiled and said: "It's not hard work, it's my duty to be busy."

Xianhui's heart is full of hatred, she can't wait to rush up and tear off her hypocritical smiling face, and expose her and Shao Tongyun's ugly faces to the public!But...but nothing can be done.

I just want to quickly end the scene in front of me and leave Prince Qing's Mansion.

Soon everyone was seated, and various delicacies were presented on the table like flowing water.

Xianhui ate without taste.

Finally, when the banquet was over, the local officials and their wives had already left, but the Shao family’s wives stayed behind and planned to move to the stage instead, and had to spend half the afternoon watching the theater.For her, it was really annoying, but she had no choice but to endure it.

And you have to raise your heartstrings, beware of any trouble if you are not careful.

Somehow, I felt that someone was looking at me again.

She looked up, and saw the unidentified middle-aged woman before, with shrewd eyes and scrutiny, and even when she looked over, she didn't look away at all.

Who is this?Xianhui felt uncomfortable all over, feeling like a vase, being appraised by the buyer for how much money it was worth, and her whole body was hairy.

I was just about to grab a little girl and try to ask, who knew that someone was serving tea, and when there were more people, the middle-aged woman disappeared again.

"Second sister." Shao Tongyun's voice sounded from the side, and she smiled, "Come here quickly, there is an audition on the stage, and we have to wait a while before we go." She was very affectionate, and came over to pull people, "How many of us Play the flower cards twice first."

Xianhui was drawn into the circle of ladies.

Among them, the most distinguished person was the unmarried Princess Xiaohe of the Prince Qing's Mansion, followed by Princess Wuyang's daughter Zhou Qiao, and the young ladies of some relatives of the Prince's Mansion.In terms of kinship, the worst thing is the Shao family's turnaround relatives. In this circle, they are just for other people's foil.

Unexpectedly, Shao Tongyun was young and frivolous, so he didn't think so, and took the initiative to help deal the cards like a half-master.

Ming Hui was embarrassed, "I don't know how to play this game, so I'll just watch you guys fight."

Shao Tongyun smiled and said: "Come on, come on, everyone is just playing around." Looking at Princess Xiaohe and Zhou Qiao, "Who is serious about playing cards every day? It's just killing time."

Princess Xiaohe smiled slightly relying on her identity.

Zhou Qiao has a lively and playful personality, and because he is young, he doesn't have so many thoughts about status differences. On the contrary, he likes to play with Shao Tongyun the most.She patted the table in front of her in cooperation, and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, bring me some good cards."

Shao Tongyun said softly: "Don't worry, I will give you the best."

Ming Hui was really not used to this kind of occasion, nor could she fit into this circle, so she got up quietly and sat beside her.

Shao Tongyun turned around and shouted, "Hey, big sister..."

"Let me do it." Xianhui didn't want to embarrass her sister, took her words, and smiled at everyone, "It's just that I'm not very good at playing, so don't laugh at me if I make a mistake later. "

Zhou Qiao hurriedly said: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, who hasn't just learned it?"

The other young ladies also echoed, saying from the bottom of their hearts whether or not they think highly of the Shao family, at least on the scene, no one showed contempt, and there was a harmonious and intimate atmosphere.

Shao Tongyun finished dealing the cards and said with a smile, "How much do we play today? A penny?"

"One coin is too little!" Zhou Qiao said dissatisfied: "Five coins, five coins! Let's spend all the money quickly, and the winner will buy something for everyone to eat, and we will go to the theater later." , Let the girl bring over a silver coin of two taels.

Princess Xiaohe also asked the girl to take two taels of silver.

(End of this chapter)