Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 4

Yan Zhaoning was wearing a pomegranate red embroidered skirt with folded branches and piles of flowers, a moon-white neckline and waist with dark butterfly patterns, and a flower bun with a flying swallow hairpin made of pure gold inserted in the bun. Wearing a pair of red emerald bead earrings, she walked over with great vigor, followed by two young boys with red lips and white teeth. The one in front was Yan Shuyan, the young master of the Yan Mansion. He was the son of the Xie family. One year younger than Yan Zhaoning, and following them with his head down all the time was Yan Ruiqian, the second son of the Yan Mansion, Yan Zhaohua's direct brother of the same mother and same father.

The safe birth of two healthy children, Yan Zhaoning and Yan Shuyan, is something that Mrs. Xie is quite proud of. After all, she is in the same situation as Yan Zhaohua's mother, Xie Wei, who has had children one after another. But Xie Wei died in Huangquan, and she didn't make it through, but she lived a long and healthy life until now.

"elder sister."

Two shouts brought back Yan Zhaohua's thoughts, Yan Zhaoning and Yan Shuyan were already sitting in front of her, but Yan Ruiqian didn't approach, and stood alone under a white plum tree under the pavilion looking at the flowers.

Yan Zhaoning said: "I heard that my sister is sick, and my younger brother and I are worried. If I come here today, he is also clamoring to come here, and he doesn't study anymore, and he doesn't care whether the husband will be punished or not." Seeing Yan Zhaohua's gaze fell on Yan Ruiqian, Yan Zhaoning said again: "Oh, we met the second elder brother on the way to Qingqueju. He was going to the study, but we pulled him over."

What Yan Zhaoning said was to tell Yan Zhaohua that Yan Ruiqian didn't want to see her, but was just pulled over by them along the way.

Yan Zhaohua didn't say a word, she was more guilty of this younger brother, Ruiqian's character was too dull, and he was not good at expressing, so that in the past she was not kind to him, and more often she was disgusted, thinking that he was a dear My younger brother is not as nice to her as others, he speaks coldly and looks weird, in short, he is not pleasing, so Yan Zhaohua has always been very ignorant of him, but after she was down and down in her last life, she can be called sincerely good to her This was the only younger brother, at that time he had been expelled from the house by the Xie family, and he set up his own family outside, and his life was not easy, but that was the case, he still gave her some things and money from time to time When she was dying, he even rushed back to the capital all the way, just to see her for the last time.

After Yan Zhaoning finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Shuyan again, and the two exchanged glances before Yan Shuyan put a gift box in his hand on the table, smiled at Yan Zhaohua, and said:

"Eldest sister, this is a gift prepared by my second sister and I. It is a 50-year-old ginseng plant bought from Huichuntang. It is very precious."

Yan Zhaohua glanced at the box that Yan Shuyan opened, and he was not as happy as usual, but smiled lightly and said, "There is my third sister and fourth brother, but it's just a small typhoid fever, and it's not worth such a good medicine."

Yan Shuyan came to Yan Zhaohua's side familiarly, and said innocently and honestly: "It's not worth it. In Shuyan's heart, there is nothing more important than the health of the big sister." When she came to ask Mrs. Xie to reason, he personally beat her to death, pressed her head into the lotus vat, almost drowned her, and finally grabbed her hair and kicked her from the back door go out.

Yan Zhaohua laughed at himself, took two fruits from the table and handed them to Yan Shuyan, and then shouted to Yan Ruiqian under the plum blossom tree:

"Brother Qian is here, why don't you come up and sit down?"

Yan Ruiqian looked up at her in surprise, that look was cold and cold, but in Yan Zhaohua's eyes, it was so familiar and so moving... He thought he would never see him again.

The slender and beautiful lips moved, and his eyes lingered on the gift box from Yan Shuyan and Yan Zhaoning for a while, then he shook his head lightly, and after handing over to Yan Zhaohua, he wrapped his hands in his hands without saying anything. Cloak turned and left.Yan Zhaohua stood up and wanted to chase after him, but he knew that there would be no results if he chased after him at this time. Brother Qian has lived in the eyes of being ignored and...disgusted since he was a child, because everyone knows that the former wife of the Marquis Xie Wei It was because of giving birth to him that he died of dystocia, so no one in the Yan family or the Xie family gave him a good look, which made him more and more withdrawn and inferior. Thinking about his former self also made him humble. Yan Zhaohua couldn't help feeling a burst of remorse for the main reason for his younger brother's personality.

"Second elder brother always treats elder sister coldly like this, and he is also out of tune with us. Oh, how can you say that you are all siblings of the same mother, you shouldn't be like this!"

While eating snacks, Yan Zhaoning sued Yan Ruiqian in front of Yan Zhaohua. Yan Zhaohua glanced at her, only smiled, and did not speak. Yan Zhaoning was also looking at Yan Zhaohua. Well, the eldest sister has never been so indifferent to her.However, Yan Zhaoning is not the kind of character who has a hot face and a cold ass. Yan Zhaohua doesn't talk to her too much, and she doesn't bother to talk too much. Coming to see Yan Zhaohua is just because of his mother's wishes, not really. How worried about her condition.

For Yan Zhaoning, although Yan Zhaohua is the eldest daughter, Marquis of Changning is Yan Zhaoning's mother after all, and Yan Zhaohua is the eldest daughter, but who treats her as the eldest daughter?It's not her who is the first daughter. If Yan Zhaohua is smart, he should see the situation clearly, let go of his eldest daughter figure, and establish a good relationship with them. Maybe she will be willing to pull her out in the future. If it is not good If so, her mother won't let her have a better life anyway, so Yan Zhaoning felt that there was no need for him to deliberately please Yan Zhaohua, but because next month is the birthday of Mrs. Ding Guogong, that is, their grandmother, if When the aunts of the Xie family asked about Yan Zhaohua's illness, it would be too fickle for her to ask something she didn't know, so her mother asked her and her younger brother to visit with gifts.

"By the way, for grandma's birthday next month, have you thought about what to give?" Yan Zhaoning asked again suddenly.

Yan Zhaohua was a little stunned for a while, next month is the birthday of the old lady of Dingguo Duke's mansion, that is, their grandmother Liu's. Fortunately, Qingzhu mentioned this when he and her were chatting about the affairs of the mansion yesterday. After all, for today's For Yan Zhaohua, grandmother Liu's fiftieth birthday is too long ago, so how can she still remember it? Now that Yan Zhaoning mentioned it, she asked:

"I haven't made up my mind yet, how about you, Second Sister?"

Yan Zhaoning suddenly smiled strangely, and said, "Don't lie to me, eldest sister. You saw everything when I came back last time. You embroidered four pictures of spring, summer, autumn and winter for grandma, plus a screen with five daughters praying for their birthdays. Now you don't have any money." Tell me, do you want to surprise grandma and compare the gifts from other people?"

Hearing what Yan Zhaoning said, Yan Zhaohua had the impression that it wasn't that she forgot, but that it was really too long ago. She did embroider these things for Mrs. Liu, but she didn't send them out back then. Yan Zhaoning was replaced.She still remembered how happy Yan Zhaoning was when she gave her embroidered things to her grandmother, and she kept praising her for being a good boy.

For Yan Zhaohua, not having a mother is the first regret, being at odds with her brother is the second regret, and the third regret is her grandfather Xie's family.

Grandfather Xie Zhenxun was an extremely powerful minister, with great military exploits, and married many women in his life. The Liu family was his first wife who had been in trouble with him. Yan Zhaohua's mother, Xie Wei, was Liu's first child. Ning's mother, Xie Lan, was born to Aunt Gong, a concubine, and she was a concubine. This Aunt Gong's family was also an official family. It is said that she entered the government's mansion as a concubine because of her family's decline. This Aunt Gong was quite capable when she was young. The father's heart was won, so when Xie Wei died of dystocia, although Xie's family had a woman of the right age, the position of Changning's stepmother still fell on Xie Lan. Aunt Gong's ability can be seen.

And the reason why Xie's family became Yan Zhaohua's regret was because after seven or eight years, the Gong family was about to make a fortune.Aunt Gong's brother changed suddenly and became the most popular minister in the palace. The Gong family sprung up like mushrooms after the rain. Aunt Gong's family became powerful and asked the Duke to help her to be his wife, but Before the Duke of the Kingdom agreed, Aunt Gong asked for a divorce letter, and used the influence of the Gong family brother to let her son separate and set up a new family. I thought the matter would end here, but who knows, the Gong family members are all vengeful, and Gong Dechuan did not hesitate to enter the palace for the sake of glory and wealth, which shows his character. He was not respected and valued, and he was holding his breath all the time. It happened that the Xie family and the imperial court asked for Mobei's military salary to be rejected that year, and then lost two rounds of battles, which caused the country to lose a lot. Gong Dechuan used this matter as a hindrance , to speak before the Empress Dowager, or the Xie family deliberately lost this battle, because the treasury did not pay their share of military pay in Mobei, and it is said that all the people in the Duke Ding's mansion are deceiving the upper and lower, and the people who have made great achievements , the mother went to the emperor again, and a decree of demotion and punishment came down.

Dingguo Duke's mansion was reduced to Dingguobo's mansion, kicked out of the upper third class of the family, and the Xie family has been in a slump since then. On the contrary, Aunt Gong and the others who left the Xie family long ago were not implicated in any way. Only then did everyone understand why Aunt Gong Those who dare to resolutely want to suspend the book.Xie's family fell, Gong's family rose, Xie Lan took advantage of Aunt Gong's wind, and lived in Changning Marquis Mansion even more prosperously, and then occupied all of Xie Wei's dowry back then, not giving half of it to Yan Zhaohua. The daughter of a first-line relative, married her to a family that was well-behaved on the surface but completely wiped out in the bottom of her heart. After Yan Zhaohua got married, she still didn't let go, and kept meddling in the affairs of her backyard, causing Yan Zhaohua to be tortured every day and depressed. And finally.

Yan Zhaoning deliberately brought up the matter of embroidery to himself at this time, and naturally he was moved by the embroidery, but this time Yan Zhaohua will not be fooled again, and he didn't say anything, just perfunctory:

"Oh, that one, I haven't embroidered it yet. It was originally planned to be given to my grandmother for her birthday, but now that I'm sick again, I don't know if I can make it."

(End of this chapter)