Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 71 Too stingy
Wen Ruxiang's ability to style clothes is not only known to the noble ladies and young ladies in the deep house, but also well known among men.

Wu Zhe was the first to bet on Wen Ruxiang, and then irritated the third prince Wu Sheng. No one else knew, but the two of them knew that Wu Zhe clearly wanted to avenge his loss in the poetry competition in the garden!

It's just a loss of 2000 taels, Wu Sheng doesn't care about it, he has already won once, so what if you let him once?

He smiled generously and said: "Since the second brother has already helped the second brother to choose, then the second brother will do as the second brother wished, betting on the young lady of the palace to win, and the bet is 2000 taels!"

One is narrow-minded, the other is magnanimous. In this contest, Wu Zhe originally deliberately made things difficult, but now he has fallen behind, and his complexion immediately became ugly.

The eldest prince Wuyuan smoothed things over in a friendly way, "Since the second brother chose Miss Wen and the third brother chose Mrs. Gong Shao, then the emperor chooses Miss Du, but the emperor is too shy to bet 500 taels. "

Wuyuan was living in a tight financial situation, everyone knew that the emperor didn't love the queen, and he didn't have the emperor's grandson or his family's support, the 500 taels was probably not easy to get.

The key is that the 500 taels is obviously only a loss but not a win, and there is no return.

Wu Sheng couldn't bear it, but it was hard to tell Wu Yuan not to place a bet in front of everyone, so he made up his mind in his heart that he would quietly find a reason tomorrow and send him some money.

"How do you place your bet?" Wu Zhe scanned the crowd with his eyes.

It seems to be just a small matter of betting, but it represents the position of the families behind the princes of the aristocratic families.

"I'm betting on Mrs. Gong Shao, 400 taels." Xiao Yichen said lightly, he is Wu Sheng's cousin, and it is a matter of course to follow him to choose.

Wu Yuan only bet 500 taels, even though no one cared about him, no one dared not to care about the face of the royal family, so the bet could only be less than 500 taels.

Several in-laws of Wu Zhe's niece, the Ge family, chose Wen Ruxiang one after another, and all of them cost less than 500 taels.

Most of the rest of the people are hesitating on the sidelines, waiting for others to show their cards.

Gongsun Mobai and the three princes are cousins, so it is too obvious who to choose, so he said: "I think it's better to draw lots according to the method of the ladies over there. The one who gets one can bet at will, and the one who gets two can only bet from the lottery." Madam Gong Shao or Miss Du choose one of the two."

"So good!"

Gongsun Mobai's proposal attracted bursts of approval.

The emperor is in his prime, and the position of the crown prince has not yet been determined. Even if there are prince candidates from various families, they dare not make it too obvious.

Wu Zhe snorted coldly in his heart: A bunch of cunning villains!
Gongsun Mobai, who took the lead in the draw, drew the second number and bet 20 taels on Lu Xinyan's victory, which drew boos.

After all, he is also a relative of the emperor, knowing that he will lose, and paying 20 taels, isn't it a little too stingy?

Gongsun Mobai said calmly: "My mother is very strict."

This is true. Everyone in the capital knows that Mo Bai, the grandson of Princess Yunyang, loves to hang out in brothels, and his mother, Mrs. Chen Pinghou's wife Da Dong, because he was born too beautiful, not only did not stop him but was happy at first. Seeing its success, I am afraid that he will be infected with some dragon and yang aura.

Now that the marriage is blocked, Da Dong began to prevent Gongsun Mobai from going to the brothel, but Gongsun Mobai was used to the luxury and money in the powder pile, and couldn't bear the dull and boring ordinary life. After Da Dong tried hard to persuade him to no avail, he cut him off Economy, only give him ten taels of silver every month.

These 20 taels are his two months' expenses!

"Cousin, who do you choose?" Gongsun Mobai slammed into Li Yu who was wandering.

Li Yu let out a cry, absentmindedly said: "I will choose whoever the big cousin chooses!"

"How much to bet?"

Li Yu threw the money bag to him, "Big cousin, you can figure it out."

Gongsun Mobai opened it, shook his hand, and calmly pulled out a 20 tael bank note, "Then do the same as me, 20 tael."

Then he calmly put the money bag back into his sleeve, thinking: Auntie is really kind to this silly cousin. Just now, at a glance, there are at least two or three hundred taels. I am his cousin, so I will keep it first.

The betting on both sides was in full swing, and Lu Xinyan and the others had already started to make a move.

The black-faced little girl saluted uneasy, maybe it was because she was nervous, her posture was very stiff, "My servant Xiaomei has seen Mrs. Gong Shao."

About the same age as Xiao He, but obviously much more timid, Lu Xinyan said gently: "There is no need to be polite, come and sit down."

Xiaomei sat next to her buttocks tremblingly.

"It's the first time I've seen the triplets. It's so interesting." Lu Xinyan said in a gentle and casual manner, using small talk to relax her, "I wonder where you are among the triplets? What are the names of the other two sisters?"

"The servant girl is the smallest, the eldest sister is Xiaolan, and the second sister is Xiaoju."

"Xiaolan, Xiaoju, Xiaomei, Sanduohua, what a good name." Lu Xinyan smiled and praised: "Then where is your home? Are there other people in the family?"

"The maidservant is from Changyuan. Her grandfather, grandmother, parents, and mother are all alive, and there are two pairs of twin brothers."

two pairs?incredible!Lu Xinyan blinked, and this time she sincerely admired, "Your parents are amazing!"

Xiaomei smiled shyly, "My parents, grandparents and grandparents are very kind to us, but the crops in the fields have not been good in the past few years, and there are too many children in the family, so we have to come out and sell ourselves as slaves temporarily to help support the family. Save yourself a dowry."

us?Not a slave?It seems that this rule is not learned very well.

Lu Xinyan said calmly: "Then you must miss your family very much. How long have you not seen them?"

"Well, I really think about it. Although we have only been separated for five days, it seems like five years." The little girl's face was full of nostalgia.

"Five days?"

"We...the three sisters, slaves, were brought to Fangfu by Ren Yazi two days ago."

The maid was bought only two days ago, no wonder the rules haven't been learned yet.

But which mistress would bring a maid who didn't learn the rules to a banquet?
Lu Xinyan rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Let me cleanse your face first."

Xiaomei hurriedly got up, "Your maidservant, come by yourself."

Seeing her panicked look, Lu Xinyan let her do it herself.

When her face was half wet but not wet, Lu Xinyan patted her with toner and started to massage.

The greasy fingertips moved around the face, sometimes pressing the forehead, sometimes the chin, and sometimes pressing the temples.

Xiaomei felt very comfortable, the uneasiness of entering Fangfu and the fear just now seemed to have dissipated.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Xinyan was still doing skin care for Xiaomei.

The nurse on the side couldn't help reminding: "Madam Gong, there is a time limit for the competition. Miss Wen and Miss Du have already started. You have to speed up. If you don't finish when the time comes, you will lose."

"Thank you, Mommy, for reminding me!" Lu Xinyan replied, but her hands didn't stop.

The skin care in the first step of makeup is very important. Whether the makeup is applied or not, whether the complexion is good or not depends on the first step.

Mammy did her duty, seeing that Lu Xinyan ignored her, she stepped back with a sigh.

After a while, Lu Xinyan withdrew her hand, looked at Xiaomei's moist and shiny skin, and nodded with satisfaction.

After all, young, the skin absorbs the effect well.

"Mommy, I'll go choose the clothes first, please help her do a bun."

Heroine bun?Did you hear me right?

Women's buns are similar to men's buns. Is Mrs. Gong Shao planning to disguise herself as a man?

But the clothes are only women's clothes!

Before Mammy could ask questions, Lu Xinyan had already gone to the clothes hanging place to choose clothes.

She had no choice but to sigh again, and started to do Xiaomei's hair.

Xiaomei smiled shyly: "Please trouble Mammy."

The scarf bun is the simplest of all hair buns. It used to be a kind of dress for women from poorer families. It was convenient and easy to wrap the scarf on the head. Later, it gradually spread to women walking outside. In the boudoir, when going out for spring and autumn hunting, it is a good combination to match with strong clothes.

The nanny tied it up with a few dexterous efforts, seeing Lu Xinyan approaching with a few bright orange dresses, the corners of her eyes twitched.

He sighed in his heart: This Mrs. Gong Shao, I'm afraid I'm doomed!

"Nurse's hands and feet are really neat." Looking at Xiaomei's meticulously combed updo, Lu Xinyan praised without hesitation.

Nanny restrained her emotions, "Xie Gong Shao Madam for your compliment."

There is not much time, without talking nonsense, Lu Xinyan started to put on Xiaomei's makeup.

As she moved, the surprise on Mammy's face became more and more intense, and when Xiaomei finally changed into her clothes and wrapped her scarf around her, Mammy was too shocked to speak.

After Lu Xinyan made a final check, there was a sudden sound of a gong.

"It's time!" Someone yelled, "Madam Gong Shao, Ms. Wen, and Ms. Du are invited to show up!"

(End of this chapter)