Good morning Mr. Zhongtang

Chapter 2

Tong Wanrou walked behind her mother, Wu Shi, with her flag head combed, her appearance was upright, her facial features were extremely clear, although her appearance was full of childishness, her allure had already begun to emerge. She was wearing a royal blue cheongsam with large sleeves , not too gorgeous, not too plain, with the flamboyant flowers that she should have at her age, but without losing the implication that a lady should have, she walks gracefully, and takes every step carefully.

"The reason why I brought you this year's 'Jian Gong' is to let you learn more, but you and the concubine have not seen each other for many years, so you must not reveal too much. There are many people in the palace, and if you make a wrong step, you will be called People don't talk about it, you know?" Wushi is not a married woman and has no class, so she doesn't have any bead chains or finger cots on her body, so she has to wear a blue gown with moiré patterns on the cuffs and neckline. dignified.

"Understood." Tong Wanrou answered her mother's warning words without looking aside, her voice was like an oriole coming out of the valley.

'Seeing the palace' is the only time in a year that women in the harem can see their relatives. Tong Wanrou's sister, Tong Yurou, entered the palace in the seventh year of Yongzheng and became a nobleman of the late emperor. Tong Guiren became Tong Taifei.

Tong Wanrou remembered that her eldest sister was only twenty and two years old this year, but she was destined to spend her time in the harem of this golden cage, it was really no different from being in prison.But she knew that her parents didn't think so. They always felt that the elder sister's life could reflect the family's glory.

However, Tong Wanrou felt that such a life was extremely terrifying, and just imagining it made her feel terrified.

The time to see the palace was very short, and Wushi gave a lot of money to the nanny in charge, but he couldn't say a few words to Tong Wanrou's elder sister, just asked a few questions about his current situation and health, and the nanny in charge came to politely ask They went back, because there were too many people who came to see the palace today.

Wu Zhi said to Tong Yurou who was dressed in plain clothes almost in a hurry: "I have prepared some things for you and put them in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They will send them to you later."

Tong Yurou didn't have much emotion, just nodded lightly, then turned and left under the guidance of the nanny in charge.Looking at her thin back, Tong Wanrou felt extremely sad.

On the way out of the palace, Wushi was preaching to Tong Wanrou about Tong Yurou again. Tong Wanrou quietly looked at the surrounding scenery, listening to Wushi's words in one ear and out the other. Her mother kept saying that her life was not good. , came out at the right age, but it happened that the emperor didn't choose a draft, otherwise, she would be able to enter the palace and enjoy the blessings like her sister.

After leaving the Donghua Gate, they were about to get into the carriage of Duke Anping's mansion, but they heard a soft cry from behind, and saw a servant running towards them panting, and said respectfully:

"Madam, please stay. My wife and side wife are behind. They want to go back with you."

Wu Zhi knew who this servant was, the servants of the Fucha family wore more gorgeous clothes than the rest of the family, and the wife he was talking about was the Guerjia family, who had heard operas with her before, because of the two They are all the wives of the aristocratic family, so the relationship can be considered close.

Wu Zhi stood in front of the car and waited for a while, only to see Guar Jia, who looked a little older, came up and took Wu Zhi's hand. They saluted each other, and Wu Zhi was the first to say politely :
"Why did Madam come here today?"

Guerjia casually pointed to his side wife Li who was dressed in plain and elegant clothes beside him, and said with disdain:
"Didn't you come with Jian Gong?"

It was only then that Wushi remembered that the Fucha family seemed to have a concubine's daughter who married Qianlong, who was the fourth son of the emperor at the time, and became a princess, and now she has also entered the palace and became a nobleman. The Guarjia family must have accompanied his wife here See the palace.

After the two wives made eye contact, they understood each other's meaning. Guerjia's eyes turned twice on Tong Wanrou who was standing quietly at the side, and then he took Wu Zhi's hand meaningfully, and went to the Whispered aside.

Tong Wanrou looked at the backs of their ear-to-ear exchanges, sighed silently, and was about to lower her head to count the beads on her clothes, when she suddenly saw a clean ropa with a few beads on it. Candied fruit dipped in icing sugar looks very tempting.

Tong Wanrou raised her head and looked at the owner of the veil - the side wife of Fucha's family was looking at her with a smile on her face, her loving eyes were much more kind than the wife's, she only heard Mrs. Li say to her:
"It's already half past noon, you must be hungry."

Tong Wanrou bit her lips, remembering that her mother told her that every lady should maintain her manners at all times, but Li Shi's smile was so gentle that Tong Wanrou couldn't stand her tenderness at all, so she nodded unconsciously. nod.

"Eat two, both belong to Fushanju."

Fushanju's melon and fruit preserves are unique in the capital. The girls in the capital always buy some for snacks when they have nothing to do. Tong Wanrou also often asks the maid Xibao to secretly buy them and hide them under the pillow. eat.

Li's kind fist, Tong Wanrou no longer refused, took one, and bowed to Li Shifu:

"Thank you ma'am."

After thanking her, Tong Wanrou stopped being polite and put the candied fruit into her mouth. She felt sour, sweet and refreshing. It was really delicious. She secretly wrote down the appearance of the candied fruit so that Xibao could buy it next time.

Mrs. Li put all the naropas into Tong Wanrou's hands, looked at the embarrassed Tong Wanrou with admiration, and asked gently:

"Which Miss is Tong Jia's family?"

Tong Wanrou heard her questioning herself, and then she replied softly, "Mrs. Hui, I am the sixth in the family."

Mrs. Li nodded: "Oh, so it's Miss Six, are you betrothed?"

Tong Wanrou's face was slightly red, and she shook her head after a slight smile. Seeing this, Li's eyes showed surprise, and she looked up and down again with admiring eyes, and then she withdrew her gaze.

"Miss Six, with a gentle personality and a dignified and beautiful appearance, she will definitely find a good family."

Tong Wanrou Yunying is not married, at first hearing Li Shi's words, she felt a little embarrassed, but she also knew that Li Shi didn't have any malicious intentions, so she blessed her body gently to Li Shi, and said softly:
"Mrs. Xie Ji Yan."

Seeing Tong Wanrou's generosity, Li Shi looked at her more and more fondly, and was about to ask something more, when Wuzhi and Guarjiashi came back from the other side, as if they had finalized something, they went through Pingli, eyes met again, and then each sat back in the car and left the palace.

On the carriage, Wu Shi saw the handkerchief in Tong Wanrou's hand, and couldn't help asking:

"I saw you talking to Mrs. Li earlier, what did you say?"

Tong Wanrou was in a daze, and when she heard her mother's question, she sat upright and replied, "I didn't say anything."

Seeing her daughter staring at the handkerchief in her hand, Wuzhi sighed and said to her, "Even if you said something, you'd better forget it quickly. She is just a Han Chinese and a concubine. This kind of woman , I have too many eyes."

Tong Wanrou sat with her head bowed, remembering Li Shi's gentle appearance before, she couldn't help speaking for her: "But, my daughter doesn't think that Li Shi is like a bad person."

At the very least, she looks much more kind than the Zheng wife, Guerjia.Tong Wanrou did not dare to say this sentence.

Wu Shi was a little disgusted with her daughter's rebuttal and defense, frowned and said coldly: "People's heart is so deep, do you know what she thinks in her heart?"

Tong Wanrou wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Wu Shi:

"Okay, stop talking. Remember what Er Niang said, and don't talk to her next time." Seeing that Tong Wanrou lowered her head as always, Wu Zhi was relieved and said: "By the way, next month the royal family will host the Western Suburbs Wai Hunting also invited the children of various families, I will go and grind with your father, let him take your brother to go with you, after returning home, let your brother teach you how to ride and shoot, you can't lose your manners before driving. "

Tong Wanrou stared at Wushi with big eyes, speechless in surprise.

The western suburbs... Wai, Wai hunting?Mommy, are you kidding me?
In the east courtyard of Fucha's house, a slender young man was washing horses in the yard, as if he had just grown a long one. Fu Heng looked a little thin, but he was quite tall. He was wearing a blue dress, showing his long legs without a doubt .I saw that his facial features were surprisingly handsome, and even the way he was serious about washing the horses could be described as beautiful.

Mrs. Li changed into her regular clothes in the house, went out, and saw her son was washing the horses, so she yelled:
"Heng'er, come here."

After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she waved to her son, then turned around and entered the house.

Fu Heng put down the horse brush, took the clean towel from the boy's hand, wiped his wet arms, walked into the house, and saw Mrs. Li wink at him mysteriously, then beckoned him to sit beside her. Down.

After sitting down, Mrs. Li grabbed his hand and asked:
"Last time you said you had a girl you liked, which family's lady is she from?"

Fu Heng didn't understand why his mother would suddenly ask this question, and couldn't help feeling a little lost. He stood up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Mrs. Li preemptively. Fu Heng was helpless:

"What's the use of my liking? She's a concubine's daughter, and I'm a concubine, so what's the use of just liking her?"

Mrs. Li suddenly smiled and said to Fu Heng: "Is it Miss Six of the Tong family?"

Mrs. Li knows what her son means, and there are naturally rules among the major families in the capital. Although no one has set the rules, saying that a daughter of a concubine must not marry a son of a concubine, and a son of a concubine must not marry a daughter of a concubine as his wife, but this is everyone's understanding For undeclared matters, if anyone breaks this rule, they will definitely be criticized by others. The direct family will feel disadvantaged, while the concubine family will feel that the direct family is contemptuous. Such two families, even if they are reluctantly married, will eventually be separated. It also broke up unhappy.

Li Shi was also worried about this at first, but since she met the girl, she didn't think so.That young lady is not as frivolous and powerful as ordinary girls from aristocratic families. She is also very respectful to her side wife. Too many characters that just complement each other.

Fu Heng blushed when his mother mentioned the girl, but he didn't deny it: "Why do you ask me if you know?"

"My mother has also seen that young lady, she is honest and polite." Mrs. Li is still very relieved about her son's eyes.

Fu Heng was naturally happy to hear his mother talk about his sweetheart, but he couldn't be happier when he thought of the gap between their identities.

Seeing her son like this, Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing and said: "I just want to ask, do you want to marry that lady? Regardless of the status, do you think so or not?"

Fu Heng nodded solemnly without hesitation: "I want to! Of course I want to! I want to dream!"

Mrs. Li nodded, and she was relieved to have a son.After saying something in his ear, Fu Heng looked at his mother in surprise, feeling that this gentle woman was not as weak as he imagined.

"But remember, this time the hunting in the western suburbs is your only chance to perform. No matter what method you use, you must accomplish this." Li said to her son with a firm attitude: "Where is your mother?" , from me, as long as I open my mouth, I think you, Ama, will agree. Don't let Fu Xin take the lead. Since we have done it, we must do things well, and I will not compete with them for other things. That's all, but I can't help but argue with this daughter-in-law."

Mrs. Li's words lingered in Fu Heng's ears. After thinking for a while, he nodded solemnly and agreed to his mother: "Yes."

Mother is right, he won't fight for other things, but for his beloved woman, no matter what, he has to give it a go.

(End of this chapter)