concubine leisurely

Chapter 17

Cherry blossoms, pink twigs and chrysanthemum patterns dark floral satin waist jacket, shallow lake blue brocade satin made of sixteen wide skirts, flying on the skirts are large and small butterflies embroidered with silver silk thread, Beautiful and agile, as if she was about to fly out of her skirt when she moved, Meng Lai looked at the delicate and flower-like Leisurely dressed, her eyes were full of joy and satisfaction, she smiled and told, "When you arrive at Shui's house, you must abide by the rules, no drinking or drinking is allowed. Nonsense, go early and return early."

You Ran smiled and agreed, "Dad, don't worry, it's the most polite thing for a daughter to go out of the house, and she won't say a word or take a step, besides, Sister Shui's hospitality is very considerate and thoughtful, so nothing will happen to her." , will definitely return with a lot of fun.”

Mrs. Zhong listened to the father and daughter talking with a smile, and felt a little dissatisfied with Meng Lai's doting on You Ran. The Shui family was the Ministry of War Minister's Mansion, and had no relationship with the Meng family, but the Shui family's ancestral home was Guangzhou. After the death of Shui Shangshu's wife, his only daughter, Shui Bing Xin went back to her hometown to observe filial piety. After the filial piety period expired, she still lived in her ancestral home for two years. During these two years, she and You Ran got together several times, and thus became friends.I heard that Miss Shui Bingxin, the only daughter of the Shui family, was very beautiful, talented and capable. After the death of Shui Shangshu's wife, she never continued her life. Shui Bingxin took care of the Shui Mansion. She was well organized and well organized. Although Shui Bingxin returned to the capital for only a short time In the past year, she has already been a famous lady in the capital. Many noble ladies in the capital want to participate in the poetry meeting she holds. Du Youran has invitations for the five daughters of the Meng family.

People who are about to leave the court of Yueran will not go out. Yanran wants to accompany the old lady, but Youran asked Xinran and Anran to invite them to go together, and said that sister Shui's sister could come over, but both Xinran and Anran were indifferent. Not very good at writing poetry, afraid of making a fool of herself, wanted to go but was afraid to go, hesitated and finally decided not to go, so Youran had to go to the meeting alone.

Meng Lai was worried and went out alone leisurely, and the girl and mother-in-law brought a bunch of them, and told Mo Lian to "serve the fifth girl well, and she was not allowed to leave her. She was not allowed to go to the water, and the girl was not allowed to drink. The girl persuaded her to be good-tempered." " Mo Lian replied, "Yes, I will serve the fifth girl well. Although it is the first time to go to Shuifu, Miss Shui and the fifth girl know each other very well, master don't worry."

Leisurely bid farewell to Mrs. Zhong, and Meng Lai took her to the old lady's place to bid farewell, and Fang went out to board the car and headed for Shuifu.Looking at the back of leisurely leaving, Yanran was stunned for a long time, and bit her lips for a long time, she is also a concubine, why can leisurely dress up beautifully and go out to participate in the poetry meeting, but she has to accompany the old lady day after day ?When it comes to poetry, how could Youran compare to herself?Hu said with a smile, "Fifth niece's wide skirt is really carefully made. The butterfly embroidery is just like the real one. Tsk tsk tsk, it's really exquisite."

The old lady frowned, "It's too extravagant. One strand at a time, it's hard to think about it." Mrs. Hu pursed her lips and smiled, "Who says it's not? The concubine's daughters are all dressed like this, like my sister Yi is a concubine's daughter. How to dress up." The old lady had a loving face, "Sister Yi is just at a good age, you have to dress her up well." Mrs. Hu shook her hand and smiled, "We can't compare, the material of fifth niece's dress is very good If you can buy it, it is very expensive. Where can you buy it with silver? Not to mention the workmanship, it was done by her aunt herself. In terms of embroidery, Aunt Huang in our house is the first one."

The old lady didn't take it seriously, "Xiao Wu has it, and Sister Yi also has it. I'll find your second sister-in-law later. Aunt Huang is good at embroidery, so just order her to do it for Sister Yi." Hu's big eyes were blurry. Turn, "Hey, look at what you said, it's not so easy. I asked the second sister-in-law for the material. The second sister-in-law said that Xiao Wu didn't use the public standard, and said that the second brother ordered it. Besides doing work for Xiao Wu, Aunt Huang , don’t care about anything else.”

The old lady's complexion changed slightly, and she picked up the Jun Kiln tea bowl and slowly picked the tea leaves, groaning silently. Hu was secretly anxious, but she didn't dare to provoke her. He smiled and said, "Primary [-], [-], and [-] will go to Wei Guogong's mansion in the future. I heard that the garden in Wei Guogong's mansion is big and beautiful. These three little girls are destined to have fun. If you want to say that the third niece is well-behaved, no matter where Don't go, stay with the old lady every day, reasoning I shouldn't say, only those who are as filial as the third niece should go out to meet guests, and let outsiders know how the girl from the scholarly family knows how to be polite, like the one who doesn't keep her duty Yes, you should stay at home and teach more."

The old lady looked at Yan Ran softly, and sighed, "Your father has been promoted to the Minister of Guanglu Temple, and will take office in ten days. From then on, you are also a lady from a third-rank family. Good boy, with your appearance and temperament, I always stay at home with me, an old lady, but I have wronged you." Hu's eyes flashed, Meng Lai's appointment was officially announced yesterday, the old lady was ecstatic, and wanted to invite relatives and friends to put on wine and sing operas to celebrate, but She was stopped by Meng Lai and said that it was not appropriate to show off, but in the end the old lady did not push Meng Lai back.Hey, I'm afraid that in the future, the old lady's words will become less and less effective.

Yanran hugged the old lady's arm, with a coquettish look on her face, "Look at what grandma said, you have wronged your granddaughter to death, it is my granddaughter's blessing to accompany you and learn the truth from you, granddaughter can't ask for it, where did the grievance come from?" Huh?" The old lady smiled all over her face, "Look at my good granddaughter, it's so painful!" Yan Ran acted like a baby and refused to follow the old lady, the old lady coaxed Yan Ran, Hu and the girls and women who served beside her all made fun of her. I laughed.

In the evening of the same day, after You Ran returned to the mansion, she got out of the carriage from the west door, changed into a sedan chair and came to the inner house. The sedan chair went to the outer study.

Standing in front of the desk, Meng Lai wore a cyan Taoist robe, black cloth shoes with a white bottom, and his hair was tied loosely with only one hairpin. It’s wonderful not to wear it!”

Meng Lai glared at her, "You flatter me, what painting do you know! You can't do poetry either! I went to the poetry meeting today, did you make a fool of myself?" You Ran stuck out her tongue, and swore, "I definitely didn't make a fool of myself! "

"Oh?" Meng Lai looked at Youran suspiciously, could it be that she has improved in her homework these days?But I heard Youran praise herself, "I'm so smart, I know I'm not talented enough to write poetry, so I didn't do it at all!"

Meng Lai looked helplessly at his triumphant daughter, speechless.This child is very clever when she is smart, and sometimes she is very stupid when she is stupid. Everyone's daughter can do some needlework. She looks sad when she picks up the needle, quarrels and headaches, and it is unreasonable to force her to do anything crooked. She doesn't do it; she is very smart in reading serious books, and she can remember it with a glance, and she often looks excited when reading travel notes and stories, but she has never been good at calligraphy, let alone painting, and poetry and songs.

Seeing Meng Lai's expression, Lei Ran hurriedly changed the subject, "Shui's house is a mansion bestowed by the imperial court. It is magnificent and magnificent. There are mountains and water in the garden, which is beautiful and fun. Sister Shui's life is getting better and better. I know her again. I have met a lot of people, sisters of the Tang family and sisters of the Li family have treated me very well, I am very happy to play today."

"It's good to have fun." Meng Lai nodded gratifiedly, hugged Meng Lai's arm leisurely, and said with a smile, "Daddy, the third sister spends all day with the old lady, but I go out to play, and I feel very sorry. How about this, Three sisters, four sisters and six younger sisters will go to Duke Wei's mansion to enjoy the flowers in the future, and I will stay at home with the old lady."

"Oh? You don't want to go to Wei Guogong's mansion?" Meng Lai looked at Youran cautiously. This child is evil, why would she ask Yanran to go enjoy the flowers on her behalf, and she would accompany the old lady instead?She has always avoided the old lady, what's going on?Could it be that there is someone in Wei Guogong's mansion that she can't avoid?
Master Zhang Zhao praised Lei Ran several times intentionally or unintentionally, and Meng Lai just went away with a haha, not to mention that Master Zhang is notoriously fearful of internal affairs, Mrs. Wu is in charge of the family affairs, only for the disciple of Wei Guogong's mansion, Meng Lai didn't like it.The honorable family, it sounds impressive, but in fact, it is filthy inside, and cares about face. How can Youran have anything to do with Wei Guogong's mansion with such an identity and temperament.She is lazy by nature and can't stand it, so she only marry into a family with a simple population and a simple family style.

Leisurely shaking Meng Lai, "Daddy, do you think this is good?" Meng Lai came back to his senses and smiled and said, "Very good. My You'er has grown up and knows how to think about my sister. She is a good boy."

"Is there any reward for a good boy?" leisurely climbed up. "What reward do you want?" "A few days off without practicing calligraphy?" "No!" Meng Lai flatly refused, "A piece of big Chinese characters is a must every day. Girls can't write well."

"Then, go fishing?" Youran winked, choosing the next best thing. "Okay" Meng Lai agreed this time, with a happy face on his leisurely face, but he heard that Meng Lai added additional conditions, "However, only when Dad brings you." Huh?You Ran pouted, and looked at Meng Lai with accusing eyes: When will you be free, old man? It's the same as not agreeing.

Meng Lai smiled and pulled her up to go out leisurely to Xuanrui Hall, "It's rare that my daughter has filial piety, and she will have dinner with the old lady at night, which makes the old lady happy." Yesterday the old lady was not allowed to put on wine and sing, the old lady must be angry, Today, I have to take a few daughters to accompany the old lady and make her happy.

That night, Menglai and Zhong took a few daughters to accompany the old lady in Xuanrui Hall, and they were careful to accompany them. The old lady was originally displeased, but she couldn't stand her son's repeated words of caution, and gradually became happy. After hearing Youran say that the Japanese let Yanran go out to enjoy the flowers at home, they praised Youran for the first time, "He is a good and sensible boy." The atmosphere was very happy.

The crowd dispersed and left Xuanrui Hall. Three young girls of the same age, An Ran, You Ran, and Xin Ran, walked together. The three pushed the girl away, and sat on a small stone bench under the flower tree to whisper, and Xin Ran grabbed Youran's hand, " Why didn't you go? I want to go with you, and Zhang Tianxin and I don't know each other well!" Youran gently pushed her paw away, and said in a low voice, "The Zhang family girl is the most generous, although you and her only After meeting once, she will definitely treat you well and make you feel at home. Don't worry."

Xin Ran bitterly said, "I don't like to go with her!" This she naturally refers to Yan Ran. "Fourth sister has let me in since she was a child, and fifth sister loves me too. Only third sister doesn't even know the difference between a concubine and a concubine."

Leisurely frowned, looking at Xinran fixedly.

Xin Ran raised her eyebrows and asked, "What advice does Fifth Sister have?"

An Ran tactfully persuaded, "It's getting late, let's go back early and rest."

Leisurely and slowly, he said, "Sixth sister, you are the most familiar with Cheng Guogong's mansion. There are two concubine daughters and four concubine daughters in the Chengguo mansion. Do you think there are differences in their food and clothing? Is there a difference in appearance? ?If you just look at the appearance, you can tell who is the concubine and who is the concubine? There is no difference in the clothes, the general gold and jade, and the general elegance in front of others. Such an act? It is simply because these six sisters are born of the same father!"

Xin Ran froze for a moment, and argued, "But the concubine daughter of Zhongqin Boji's family is simply the concubine girl of the concubine daughter." "Is that good? Take a girl who has the same father as myself as a maid?" Asked leisurely and gently .Xinran tilted her head and thought for a while, then said uncertainly, "It doesn't seem too good." Xinran immediately smiled and said, "I know what you're going to say, as sisters, you have to cherish this life or not, right? That's fine, in the future As long as she doesn't mess with me, I won't mess with her." An Ran smiled and said, "Sixth Younger Sister is a smart girl, she must know what to do best. Go back early and have a good rest."

An Ran beckoned to the girls not far away, and the girls hurried over to serve, and said leisurely, "I want to sit for a while." Xin Ran and An Ran left first.

Yan Ran came out from the depths of the flowers, and said sincerely, "I heard what you said just now, what the fifth sister said is really good, we are born of the same father, and we are all of ordinary dignity." You Ran smiled lightly, "I'm tired, I have to go back Take a rest. My sister should come back soon, too."

Yan Ran wanted to persuade her to stay, "Fifth Sister, we are both concubines, we are so outstanding, we should strive to be as good as our first daughters."

Looking at Yanran leisurely and quietly, "Third sister, a girl from Chengguo Duke's mansion, her concubine's general upbringing is very reasonable, they are the same father, all the expenses are from the Duke, and all the money used is the father's property, which is very fair. But the Meng family, relying only on the Meng family's ancestral property and father's salary, how can we live like this, this is supplemented by the wife's dowry. Although we are the same father, we are not the same mother. What qualifications do we have for the wife's dowry? .”

"Although we were not born in my wife's womb, we still call her 'mother'. Since we are also mothers, why are we not qualified to use her dowry?" Yan Ran argued plausibly.

"Now the third sister is a concubine, and it is said that you should be entitled to enjoy the dowry of the aunt as the same as the children of the aunt. In the future, the third sister will marry a wife and have a concubine. I hope you will continue to repeat the argument and treat the concubine as your own. Treat them like your own children." You don't have double standards. "It's getting deeper and heavier, I'm going back, and I'm leaving."

Looking at the back of leisurely going away, Yan Ran secretly hated.What does it mean that although they are the same father, they are not the same mother. Since they are both father's daughters, they should be treated as one!If the wife is virtuous, she should use her dowry to supplement the concubine's daughter. After all, if the concubine's daughter is promising, it is also the wife's dignity, right?
(End of this chapter)