Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 70 The Weird Intimacy

The second lady of the Li family is the first daughter of Li Wen, a scholar, and there is another older sister who is now the concubine of the fourth prince.Li Xueshi is the only official in the Li family of Hanlin Mansion, and his family background is not very rich, but because of several generations of scholars, Li Xueshi even brought out many students, and now they are all in the court.Although most of them are only low-ranking officials, they are still full of peaches and plums.

Mrs. Cheng's Mrs. Xu fell in love with the second lady of Li Xueshi's family because of Princess Danyang's recommendation.Mrs. Cheng was very satisfied after reading it. The second lady of the Li family is also well-read in poetry and books, but what is even better is her gentle personality.It's just that Mrs. Xu is an interesting person, because he and Master Xiao Cheng, Cheng Tian, ​​Cheng Ao'er's father, had met each other before marriage since they were childhood sweethearts.In order not to make his son feel regretful, Gu Er asked someone to secretly deliver the news, only saying that Cheng Jingxin would attend the Qionglin Banquet.The Li family is also a transparent person, and they understood it after hearing it, so they simply hoped to meet each other.The news that Gu Er handed back also said that he would attend the Qionghua Banquet, but Cheng Jingxin actually went to the Qionglin Banquet.

As mentioned earlier, invitations to the Qionghua Banquet are rare, but the marriage of the Cheng and Li families was arranged by Princess Danyang, so how could they not get invitations?

"How did my aunt know Princess Danyang?" Qing Huan was curious.

Cheng Ao'er pursed her lips, trying to deliberately stimulate Qing Huan's curiosity.

Qing Huan had no choice but to step forward and tug on Cheng Ao'er's sleeve, seeing that she didn't respond, she handed over the fruit in a fawning manner.

Only then was Cheng Ao'er satisfied.

"My grandmother accompanied Princess Danyang when she was young."

The people of Daqi respect literature and martial arts, regardless of men and women, they can learn literature and martial arts, but after all, women are in a disadvantaged position, and most of them are keen on literature and Taoism.

The princes and princesses of Daqi are all accompanied to study, and they accompany them to study with the master on weekdays.It was for this reason that Cheng Ao'er's grandmother was chosen to accompany Princess Danyang for several years.It was not until Princess Danyang got married that she went out of the palace to marry.Although compared with Xia's mother, the relationship is naturally not comparable.

But if you want to ask for something, it's okay.

Princess Danyang always liked to be a matchmaker, otherwise she wouldn't have created a Qionghua Banquet.She saw Cheng Jingxin again, and saw that he was a man of great talent, and the son-in-law Wangtang was also half of Cheng Jingxin's mentor.And Wang Tang and Li Wen have been best friends for many years, so this marriage is also a happy marriage.

Just wait for the day of Qionghua Banquet, the two sides look at each other.

However, Qing Huan felt that the marriage was probably settled.Even though they just met secretly, the elders on both sides are so transparent, presumably they have already identified each other.

For this reason, the Xu family also specially found someone to bring gifts to Princess Danyang's mansion. Princess Danyang knew the reason, and was very generous to send someone to send invitations, and the family gave one.

"It's strange, how did the four girls know?"

Since Cheng Jingxin's marriage has not yet been settled, Mrs. Gu still kept the news hidden, but now it seems that many people outside have already known about it.

The two sisters looked at each other, but they didn't know the reason.

"Let's wait for my aunt to come back and ask." Qing Huan shook her head in the same doubt.

It's just that in my heart, I gradually started to suspect Uncle Ruyang's Mansion.

After all, Mrs. Yan was already old, so she only ate some of the dishes in front of her, and brought her back to Rongshoutang first.

The old birthday star left, but the two wives who were the hosts couldn't leave early, so they sat with the wife who came and chatted about gossip.

On the way, the fourth girl brought Song Molan and her party back, but seeing that the old lady was not there, she left quietly again.

"What are you looking at?" Xu asked.

That is the direction of Rongshou Hall.Aunt Liu turned her head, looked away, smiled and said it was nothing.

Aunt Liu is a maid from the Cheng family, and she has a good relationship with Mrs. Xu, but she went to pick Mrs. Xu up.

The banquet lasted until dusk, and the setting sun in the west had already illuminated the clouds red.

Mrs. Xu followed Aunt Liu and walked forward slowly.

Cheng Ao'er never showed up, presumably she and Qing Huan were taking her with her in the yard.

"Ma'am, aunt, girls and the others are taking a nap." Ling Lu, who was guarding the door, saw Xu's coming, and hurriedly got up and said.

Xu nodded, and also understood that her daughter had never had the habit of taking a nap, so she must be with Qing Huan. .

"Aunt Liu, let's wait, we don't need to be called. It's almost time to wake up. Just wait until we wake up." Now that her daughter has taken a nap, Xu is also reluctant to call she gets up.

Aunt Liu naturally had no objection, and the two talked about Cheng Jingxin's marriage again.

"It's good to meet you." Aunt Liu agreed after hearing this, but she thought in her heart that it was fortunate that the girl had given her some thought and analyzed the matter between her and Cheng Jingxin.

Although she felt sorry, Aunt Liu just smiled.

"By the way, let Qing Huan go to this Qionghua Banquet." Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Xu, remembered that she had another purpose for coming here today.On the day of the Qionghua banquet, Cheng Ao'er would definitely be going, but Mrs. Cheng was a little worried about Cheng Ao'er's jumping nature when the ladies of the various families were present.Thinking of Qing Huan, although she is younger than Ao Er, she is a calm person.If they go together, the two sisters can also take care of them together.

"Ma'am, is this okay? Will it be a little younger?" Aunt Liu also heard Xu's talk about the Qionghua Banquet. Although her heart was moved, she was still a little worried.

"It's okay, let's not do anything else, just go and have a look."

Aunt Liu thinks about it too, not to mention the rare opportunity, this time she was able to go because of the Cheng family, but she just thought of the old lady in the mansion.

"Auntie."

"mother."

The voices of Qing Huan and Cheng Ao'er sounded outside the door.

They must have woken up.

After asking Aunt Liu to send Xu Shi and Cheng Ao'er away from the house, and take Jun'er's baggage with her, Qing Huan went back to the house.Thinking of the old lady talking about asking Jun'er to live in Cheng's mansion for a few days.Qing Huan obviously felt that the old lady was full of unwillingness, but after Mrs. Xu mentioned the Qionghua Banquet inadvertently, the old lady quickly changed her mind and agreed.Just don't worry, let Xia Cao go together.

Regarding Xia Cao, Qing Huan just smiled inwardly and agreed on the surface.

Washing water was already prepared behind the screen, Linglu handed over a handkerchief for Qing Huan to wipe, and prepared a change of clothes.

When Qing Huan came out, she went straight to the table. When she came in, she had already noticed the small cloth bag on the table.

"This is...?" Qing Huan was surprised.

"When the girl was eating, the little maid from the fourth girl's side brought it over. She said it was a small gift, and I hope the girl likes it." Ling Lu said as he unwrapped the cloth bag, which contained several squares of rusty handkerchiefs.

"Little maid? Isn't it the maid next to Fourth Sister?" Qing Huan took out her handkerchief and looked at it. One of them was embroidered with a picture of plum blossoms. There are many plum blossom trees planted in Qiufenglou, but compared with Yongyihou's Mansion , by a few points.

"I looked at that strangely, but it is similar to the little maid in the wife's room." The clothes of the servants in the mansion are custom-made, the big maid, the second-class maid, and the little maid are all different.The meaning of Mancao is naturally that the fourth girl, in order to avoid others, did not give things to Qing Huan like Shunqiao and Shunhao who are familiar to everyone.

Instead, a little maid came here specially.

After hearing this, Qing Huan counted the handkerchiefs in her hand, and there were quite a few of them worth six yuan. Although the handkerchiefs were not worth much, it took a lot of effort.Aunt Liu and the others sometimes make a few handkerchiefs and sell them together.Qing Huan picked out the veil with the plum blossom pattern and let Ling Lu put away the rest.

Qiu Ye took a handkerchief and gently wiped the decorations in the room. The old lady's room was mostly filled with precious antiques. She was worried that the little maids would be unsteady, so a few big maids would clean up the dust.

"Old lady, the fourth girl is here."

The fourth aunt specially changed into a pink-bottomed plum-patterned skirt, and when she entered the room, she felt a burst of fragrance. The old lady was lying on the bed of the imperial concubine, and beside her, Chun Zhi was doing needlework with her head bowed. Only a very beautiful incense burner.

"The old lady's place is the most comfortable, no wonder I've been thinking of running to the old lady's place every day for the past few days." The fourth girl meekly sat on the slumped stilt, and spontaneously picked up the beauty hammer.

"You child..." The old lady opened her eyes helplessly, smiled and patted Miss Si's body. "Why are you here?"

The fourth girl smiled and took the old lady's hand: "Didn't I just say that, I feel that the old lady is comfortable here. Could it be that the old lady despises me, and I don't agree. In the past, the old lady loved the second sister the most, and it was hard. It's my turn, why wait until I get married before falling out of favor."

"I don't know how to be ashamed." The old lady smiled.

The fourth girl said affectionately: "Isn't this in front of the old lady, I'm not like others."

Looking at the intimacy of the two, even the second girl back then was inferior.

The old lady narrowed her eyes and asked calmly: "But who in the house said what?"

"It's nothing, it's just casual talk." The fourth girl said with a smile.

"Damn girl, you can't say this casually, otherwise the old lady will be sad. Who in this huge mansion doesn't know that the old lady loves us the fourth girl most in her heart now." It was Zhang's mother who spoke, so the fourth girl Seeing what Zhang's mother said, she just hugged the old lady's arm in embarrassment.

"Old lady, I know you love me the most."

The old lady smiled and nodded the fourth girl's forehead.

"Huixiang, bring me the bird's nest that was rewarded by the palace a few days ago. I see that the fourth girl has lost weight recently." Huixiang is not the name of Zhang's mother before she married, and now only the old lady will call like this.

Zhang's mother agreed and took people to the small kitchen.

After the room was cleared, the old lady sat up, and the fourth girl hurriedly got up and took the tea placed by Zhang's mother at the table.

Moisturizing her lips, the old lady looked at Miss Si who was busy in front of her, and suddenly thought of Miss Er. She felt a pain in her heart, and before Miss Fourth turned her head, she quickly calmed down again.

(End of this chapter)