Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 62

Xie's funeral was considered complete. Three months later, the mourning hall's mourning period was over, and some relatives in Wufu could come to the house to take off their mourning. Xie's family hosted a thank-you banquet.

Mighty Marquis Mrs. Geng took Yan Zhaohua to sit beside her, and said distressedly:

"Oh, look at this little face, how thin it has become. They say that the stepmother is not as good as the birth mother. I envy the Xie family sister for having such a good daughter like you."

In the flower hall, Geng held Yan Zhaohua's hand and said, the wives next to him also saw Yan Zhaohua's filial piety these days. Everyone can see her character from her filial piety.

"If you want me to tell you, the two girls from the Yan family are good, so it can be seen that sister Xie is good at teaching. Alas, if I knew she was so capable, we didn't learn from her before. It's a pity now."

The person who spoke was the wife of the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Although her husband's official position is not high, this lady was born in the uncle's mansion. After getting married, she will be the wife of the third rank. Therefore, although it is a bit inappropriate for her to say this on such an occasion, But no one dared to say anything to her.

Geng smiled, his gaze was always on Yan Zhaohua, Yan Zhaoning walked over from the side, saluted the ladies generously, behaved dignifiedly, looked haggard, she was originally sitting with Yan Zhaohua , was later called by Mrs. Ren Enbo and Mrs. Ping Ninghou to talk for a while, and then came to follow Yan Zhaohua.

She sat behind Yan Zhaohua, called 'sister' in a low voice, and then lowered her head to do so. The servant's wife looked at Yan Zhaohua and Yan Zhaoning, and couldn't help saying:
"I heard that the Xie family had beauties in the past. Look at these two young ladies, they are evenly matched, and they are not even equal in beauty."

Mrs. Shi Lang's words made all the wives present nod in approval. Geng grabbed Yan Zhaohua's hand and said with a smile: "Yes, who said no! Such a lovely person carved in powder and jade is even more beautiful. What's rare is that there is still such filial piety, every time I come back, I see them kneeling in front of the mourning hall, not daring to neglect them at all, my heart hurts to death when I saw them."

Geng's attitude towards Yan Zhaohua seemed a little too enthusiastic, Yan Zhaohua himself felt it, his big eyes flickered, then lowered his eyelids, and lowered his head in embarrassment, she didn't know what Geng wanted to do, she just hoped it wasn't After falling in love with her, she remembered that there seemed to be a young master who was one year older than her in the Weiwu Hou family, so the Geng family would not have put their brains to this.

As a matter of fact, Geng really has this intention in mind. Ever since Yan Zhaohua took a look when she came to thank Chang Ning Hou Yanxiu last time, Geng felt that this little girl is both beautiful and sensible, and that it's good to have a rare background. , the father is the Marquis of Changning, and now he is fighting outside. If he wins, the status of the Marquis of Changning will naturally rise. Even if the Marquis of Changning loses, the Xie family is behind this child after all. How she was favored in Duke Dingguo's mansion is something that anyone with a little seniority can still remember. Mrs. Duke loves her eldest daughter like a princess. Although Xie Wei passed away, she stayed behind. A pair of sons and daughters, the wife of the Duke always praises the eldest granddaughter everywhere she goes. It can be seen that this child has an extraordinary status in the heart of the old lady. With such an identity, coupled with her own character, the conditions are very good. She It is inevitable to think so.

In Geng's opinion, the most wonderful thing is that the marquis of Changning has not yet returned from the expedition, and the child is being fostered in Dingguo's mansion. , and wouldn't feel that she was climbing high, if a girl of this status could marry her son, it would mean that there was more support from Xie Yan's family behind her. This business, Geng felt, was only profitable.

Yan Zhaohua remained calm, pretending that he didn't understand anything. Anyway, Geng was just thinking about it now. She had just lost her aunt, and she still had three years of filial piety. Even if she wanted to, she would have to wait until the three years Only when it is full can it be brought up. At that time, Yan Zhaohua would not be as hopeless as he is now.

Yan Zhaoning only sat for a while, and was called over by several young ladies to accompany him to talk. Those were all acquainted with Yan Zhaoning, some wrote poems together, some admired flowers together, and some walked together Qing, Yan Zhaoning seemed to show the courage of the daughter of the Marquis Mansion, and actually asked Liu Shi to have a place alone to entertain these friends of hers.

At noon, Yan Zhaohua and others were not allowed to attend. During the filial piety period, banquets, dances, music, meat and wine were not allowed. This is the rule of filial piety, so after everyone was seated, Yan Zhaohua respectfully offered to leave and prepared to leave. Listen back to Yuxuan to rest.

Ranxiang Qingzhu and the others were all arranged to serve at the banquet, and there was no one in Yuxuan. Yan Zhaohua was about to go upstairs when he heard Ranxiang call her. He walked over with a food box and said to Yan Zhaohua:

"Miss, this servant is looking for you, I thought you were in front."

Yan Zhaohua knew that she was bringing food to him, and seemed to be jogging all the way here, with beads of sweat on his forehead, Yan Zhaohua took the food box, wiped Ranxiang's sweat with a handkerchief, and said: "I'll carry it up by myself. If you have something to do ahead, go and do it first."

Now that Ranxiang and the others are staying with her in Duke Ding's mansion, they will naturally help if the mansion has something to do. Yan Zhaohua doesn't feel that he needs to be served anyway, so he walks up with a food box. On the second floor, put the food box on the soft couch table next to the window, open the window, sit cross-legged on the soft couch, open the food box, and take out three emerald green vegetables inside, fried lily with lettuce, stir-fried celery and a salad Cucumbers, served with a steaming bowl of white rice.

Yan Zhaohua took a bite of lettuce to eat, then suddenly remembered something, put down his chopsticks, went to the inner room, touched under the quilt on the bed for a long time, then took out the book "Awakening Marriage" and then As he walked, he turned the book to the place where he read and folded it last night.

This story book is so beautifully written, there are three volumes in total, Yan Zhaohua has not finished reading it until now because of Xie’s behind-the-scenes incident, no, I feel a little bit down, so I can’t wait to take it out and read it again, Last night, she only read a few pages and fell asleep because she was too tired. Now that there is no one around, she can take a break for a while.

Holding his beloved talking book, Yan Zhaohua climbed onto the soft couch again, sat cross-legged, put the talking book next to the rice bowl, pressed it with left and right sides, and then ate the food absently with his right hand, sometimes when he was absorbed in reading it, he Simply put the chopsticks in your mouth, pick up the book, turn the pages, and continue reading.

The more I ate the food, the colder it became, and I finally stopped eating. Just as I was about to put down my chopsticks, I heard a voice behind me:

"It's so pretty, why don't you even eat?"

Yan Zhaohua was startled, and subconsciously closed the script, and hid it under her skirt. She was in the period of filial piety, and logically speaking, all entertainment activities were forbidden. If someone saw her reading the script, she would The hard work these days is really wasted, but suddenly I think it's wrong again, her room...is there someone?
Looking back abruptly, he saw a handsome young man leaning on the railing upstairs with his hands crossed over his chest, and he looked behind her for an unknown amount of time, but it was Pei Xuan!

He was wearing a black bamboo gown, and he was as tall as a pine tree. Needless to say, his appearance, it might not be easy for the entire capital to find a man who is prettier than him, but his behavior made it really difficult for Yan Zhaohua to treat him Such a stunningly talented and beautiful man has a good impression, no, the Liang Zi in front of him has not disappeared yet, he unexpectedly appeared again in a grand manner, and this time he appeared in her boudoir very arrogantly.

Pei Xuan's gaze has already swept her up and down. Before looking at her appearance in the mourning hall from a distance, he just felt that she was a little thinner, but he didn't expect to see her so thin when he looked closely. The eyes are big and pitiful, like a rabbit that has not eaten enough, with only fur and no meat.

"Why are you staring at me? I have a mole on my face?"

Pei Xuan didn't intend to be polite to her at all, and walked in from the stairs. He sat on the soft couch opposite Yan Zhaohua, looked at Yan Zhaohua, and looked at the table that barely moved. meals.

Yan Zhaohua didn't expect this person to be so rude. After taking a deep breath, he said, "You, how did you get in?"

Pei Xuan spread his hands, pointed to the stairs, and said, "I walked in." He took it for granted, as if what he was doing now was as normal as eating and drinking.

It can be said that Zhaohua was not calm anymore, and said in a deep voice: "This is my boudoir, don't you know?"

Pei Xuan bent down, looked closely at the dishes on the table, and then glanced at the wound on Yan Zhaohua's chin from this angle, and then sat up straight, nodding roguely and answering:

"I know. If no one is guarding outside, I will come in. If someone is guarding, I will not come in."

Yan Zhaohua was angry, he was clearly using the words he said to her when she was caught reading idle books in class that day, and was about to stay, but he was stopped by him, saying: "Hey, wait a minute."

Yan Zhaohua stopped and looked back at him, and saw his hand stretched out in front of him. He quickly stepped back and said angrily, "What are you doing? Don't think that there is no one in my yard, you can do whatever you want, I, I You can call someone." It was just a bad idea, Yan Zhaohua didn't benefit at all from calling someone, so she was a little guilty when she said it, and she didn't have enough confidence.

Pei Xuan seemed to see this too, propping his chin with one hand, staring at her with those deep and beautiful eyes, as if saying, "Shout, shout if you have the ability".

Just when Yan Zhaohua was about to rush out, Pei Xuan said, "There are rice grains on the corner of his mouth, it seems like someone is too rare to touch you."

Yan Zhaohua reached out and touched his face this time, but he didn't touch the rice grains that Pei Xuan said. Realizing that he was cheated again, Yan Zhaohua jumped off the couch angrily, and shouted to Pei Xuan: " Pei Xuan, are you sick?"

Unexpectedly, Pei Xuan is also a hob meat, and the rascal immediately replied: "I am sick, and everyone in the capital knows it."

(End of this chapter)