Yutai Bi

Chapter 34
The two went out of the Moon Cave Gate and entered the flower hall in the front yard for guests.

After entering the door, the two sat down.The eldest lady took the main seat, and said with a smile: "My lord, Sanniang is here." She picked up the teacup, her eyes wandered between the young master and Cen Sanniang, as if she wanted to see the relationship between the two. relation.

The nanny Xu had a strange expression on her face. She wanted to say something, but she closed her mouth again and stood behind Cen Sanniang.

The person who came was a young man.How young is she? Cen Sanniang thinks she is about fifteen or sixteen years old.After traveling thousands of miles away, my grandfather just called a kid to come and see me?He was wearing a dark green diamond-woven silk round-neck deep coat, and a piece of white jade was tied on the silk belt around his waist.Seeing that he was dressed like a son of a rich family, could he be his cousin or something?

Seeing Cen Sanniang, the young master stood up.

Cen Sanniang also stood up quickly.

"The villain's name is Kongqing, and I'm giving something to Sanniang at the order of my master." Kongqing took out a box from his sleeve, and handed it to Cen Sanniang respectfully.

It turned out to be a servant!The eldest lady choked on a mouthful of tea.

"Who served this kind of tea?" The lady put down the teacup heavily, with a look of disgust for this kind of tea.

The eldest lady's close maid stood with her hand hanging down at the door, and she replied wittily: "Madam, calm down, the new servant in the tea room in the outer courtyard doesn't know what you like. This servant will go and change it for you."

The eldest lady hummed, took out her handkerchief and wiped it at the corner of her mouth, and smiled again: "My little brother said you came from Chang'an, but you were ordered by Sanniang's grandfather?"

The title changed from son to brother.

Kong Qing smiled slightly, cupped his hands to the eldest lady and said: "My master has some connections with San Niangzi's ancestral family. Passing through Longzhou, I asked the villain to prepare a gift to visit. The things have been delivered, and the villain bids farewell."

"Wait!" The lady withdrew her smile, stared at Kong Qing and said indifferently, "I was ordered by the old lady to accompany Sanniang to meet guests. Since you are not from Sanniang's ancestral family, what is your master's name? We The Cen residence has never accepted gifts from people whose origins are unknown."

The clothes of the servants are so exquisite, and the status of the master's family is also very important.Da Furen didn't figure it out, and felt uneasy.

"Auntie Datang is right!" Cen Sanniang didn't want Kong Qing to leave like this.For Cen Sanniang, she has some connections with her grandfather's family, and she can take advantage of her, "I just received your master's gift like this, which is not in line with the ceremony. Please also tell your master's name. Since I have an old relationship with my grandfather's family, San Niang should pay a visit."

Kong Qing smiled and said, "It's inconvenient to tell my master's name, and it's inconvenient to reveal my master's itinerary, too. Take your leave."

After talking about Tuantuan's album, they will leave.

"Baicao!" Cen Sanniang gave Baicao a wink.

Baicao held the box and stopped Kong Qing: "Take it back, my third lady won't accept it."

Kong Qing frowned, took out a famous thorn from his sleeve and put it on the box: "This is the famous thorn of the governor of Longzhou. My master just expressed his affection for his old friend's granddaughter. San Niangzi can accept it with confidence."

It means that Lord Inspector can be a guarantor for his master?The eldest lady didn't dare to stop Kong Qing anymore, she put on a smile all over her face: "Don't worry, little brother, I'm Sanniang's aunt, and I'm also thinking of her."

Kong Qing smiled: "It's worthless for a villain."

Cen Sanniang cursed inwardly, it wasn't the emperor who went out on tour in his clothes, why was he so mysterious?She quickly came up with words, and said apologetically, "My mother is married far away, and she will never return to Chang'an for the rest of her life. Sanniang also did not fulfill her filial piety in front of her grandfather's hall... If your master is still staying in Longzhou for two days, I want to catch up with sewing Is it okay to take the live to my grandfather?"

Kong Qing readily responded: "I will call you after the villain reports back to the master."

After he finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Cen Sanniang and left.

"What kind of person is this! Such a big spectacle!" The lady said, looking at Mrs. Xu.

Xu lowered her head and replied: "Back to Da Furen, the servants don't know him."

The eldest lady took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It must be that the old man of the Li family has a lot of friends. There are so many noble people in Chang'an. I don't know what to give to the third lady."

Even if she didn't ask, Cen Sanniang didn't intend to hide it.She took the box from Baicao and put it on the table, and said with a smile, "I'm also very curious."

Opening the box, Cen Sanniang gasped.Inside the box is a gold emerald hairpin.The body of the hairpin is covered with gold and silver, and the head of the hairpin is two lifelike emerald butterflies.

"This craftsmanship... I'm afraid it's made inside!" The lady murmured as she looked at the Dian Cui Chai in Cen Sanniang's hand.

Gold is used as the base, and the greenest feathers of the kingfisher are glued on.The butterfly wings are as thin as paper, and the butterfly whiskers are twisted with a few strands of extremely thin gold wire, and two sapphires are embedded at the top.Hold it in your hand, and with a slight movement, it seems to fly.Cen Sanniang thought of her mother Li's distracting workmanship of the branch of gold and silver flowers.

Because of friendship, I passed by Longzhou to visit my old friend's granddaughter, without even disclosing her name, and casually gave away such a precious Diancui hairpin.What is the origin of Cen Sanniang's maternal ancestral family?The eldest lady asked Xu directly: "What position does the old lady of the Li family hold in Beijing?"

Xu's head was lowered, a little sweat broke out on his forehead: "The old man has never been an official."

It means that the old man of the Li family has never been an official, but has some friendship with the person who gave the gift.The eldest lady was relieved: "San Niang wants to make needlework for your grandfather, if you need anything, just go to the weaving room and get it."

"Thank you aunt in the hall. Although I don't know if that person will leave today, Sanniang will do it first. If it is possible, Sanniang can also show some filial piety on behalf of mother." Cen Sanniang replied quite well.

After returning to the courtyard and closing the courtyard door, Cen Sanniang asked Baicao to watch downstairs, and brought Mrs. Xu upstairs.

"Third Lady..." As soon as Xu opened his mouth, he choked up.

Cen Sanniang sighed, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea into Xu's hand: "Mom, sit down and talk. Why does my mother get nervous when I mention my grandparents' home?"

Mrs. Xu put down her tea and wiped away her tears. The bullying Ai Ai opened and closed her mouth for a long while without saying a word.

Cen Sanniang was anxious for her as she looked at her: "Mom has always been straightforward, and I'm not an ignorant person. Tell the truth about everything."

Xu's face flushed, and her voice was like a gnat: "Madam...Madam eloped!"

Cen Sanniang was dumbfounded: "Elope? You said my mother and my father eloped? They didn't have a dowry and a companion room, so how could it be elopement? What about the marriage certificate? Don't they have a marriage certificate from the government?"

"Yes. It's just...it's all added later." Finally opened his mouth, Xu Shiyuan told Cen Sanniang the story from the bottom of his mouth.

The general idea is that Mrs. Li fell in love at first sight with Mr. Cen of the fourth room in Chang'an.Mrs. Li is only an only daughter, and Longzhou is a rural place in his eyes, so he directly beat out the matchmaker invited by Mr. Cen.

Mrs. Li bravely tidied up the things, and successfully eloped over the wall with the help of her loyal and strong personal girl Mrs. Xu.Mrs. Li and Mr. Cen became husband and wife with the heaven as the matchmaker and the earth as the basis.Mrs. Li led people to catch up with their boat on the river.The young couple decided to jump into the river to die in love.Out of love for his only daughter, and in order not to be ashamed, Mrs. Li made up the marriage certificate, gave a dowry and a companion room, vomited a mouthful of blood, and walked away.

Mrs. Li fell in love and felt guilty towards her father for several years. Finally, a cold became the trigger and she died of illness.Master Cen was infatuated with a man, and after a year, he missed him and passed away.

Although Mrs. Li said that she had fulfilled her daughter, she was so angry that she vomited blood.The white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and he didn't even bother to pay more attention to Cen's family, which naturally included Cen Sanniang.So he carried the dowry and left without leaving a single stitch.Uncle Liu, Uncle Chen, and nanny Xu, who accompany the housekeeper, voluntarily stay with the little master out of loyalty to Li.

After listening to the long romance story, Cen Sanniang finally understood the reason why Mrs. Xu didn't mention her grandfather's family.

"My grandfather was never an official? How did he know the nobleman who was willing to give me some green hairpins?" Cen Sanniang asked.

Mrs. Xu wiped away her tears fiercely, puffed out her plump breasts, and said proudly: "Third lady, don't forget that your mother's surname is Li. Although your grandfather has no title and no official position, no one in the Li family dares to bully you." ?”

Datang Li is the country's surname.Among them, the Li family in Longxi is the most famous clan in the world, and right now there is one who is the emperor.Cen Sanniang sweated profusely: "Mom, what do you mean, my grandfather's family and the emperor's family are from the same family?"

Xu said solemnly: "Exactly! Your maternal ancestor's family also came from the Li family in Longxi."

Cen Sanniang was dumbfounded again.

However, not everyone in the Longxi Li family was close to the emperor, and had a high position and authority.She blinked her eyes and just wanted to confirm one thing: "It means that even if my grandfather has no title or official position, he still has a lot of relatives and acquaintances with high positions, right?"

Mrs. Xu nodded vigorously: "The current emperor is related to our family!"

Well, he is still related to the emperor.Cen Sanniang felt a little ironic.But she finally figured out the situation.Even if her grandfather's generation has declined, her status is still extremely noble.

She took out the emerald green butterfly hairpin and showed it to Mrs. Xu: "Do you see that this craftsmanship is similar to that of mother's gold and silver flower moth distraction?"

Mrs. Xu only glanced at it and said: "These two hairpins are made from within. The third lady looks at the bell on the end of the hairpin. That moth branch was originally a birthday gift from your grandfather to your mother."

Cen Sanniang was very surprised: "Ah? Didn't my grandfather take everything back according to the dowry list? Why did you keep that hairpin? Didn't you say before that it was given to my mother by my father?"

(End of this chapter)