Madam Hou

Chapter 133

Since it is a noble concubine who enters the door, there is always a concubine ceremony, and it can't be like lifting a girl, casually respecting the mistress tea and throwing it on the man's bed and it's over.Moreover, this noble concubine was bestowed by the emperor, so the concubine ceremony should not be too shabby.

The concubine's room will come in three days later, and it's too late to prepare the concubine's banquet, but then again, it's a concubine after all, so it's definitely not as grand as a wedding, and it's not like three days can't be too much time for preparations.

Now Mrs. Lin is the housekeeper, and Mrs. Lin is in charge of the concubine ceremony.But when the concubine enters the house and wants to live in Tangrong Courtyard, Yinniang cannot shirk the matter of preparing a new house.

Just as Yinniang told Lin Fengqi that night, Yinniang arranged the bride's room in Xikuayuan.There are three small courtyards side by side in the west courtyard. Each small courtyard is a three-light and two-dark pattern. It was originally prepared for the concubine's room of each generation of Marquis. Therefore, the courtyard is not big, but it is enough for the aunt to live in. up.The first courtyard is the closest to the main house, and the rooms are larger than the other courtyards.After all, Yinniang was concerned about the emperor's face, she didn't arrange the bride in the farthest courtyard, but here.

After Yinniang and Lin Fengqi moved into Tangrong Courtyard, because there was no concubine's room, the Xikua Courtyard was always vacant, and no one was usually arranged to clean it.The curtains and paint in the yard are a bit old.Yin Niang had someone clean it up, and then smoked it several times to cover up the smell of dust in the yard.

It was too late to repaint the yard, so Yin Niang asked people to pick out new tables, chairs, vases and tripods from the warehouse, replaced the old furnishings, hung up new curtains, and pasted a few red sheets, which looked like a mess. There are also some celebrations of new houses.It's just that happiness is happiness, but when Yinniang saw her, she felt bitter like she had eaten Coptis chinensis.

When Qing Hua and Cai Zhu saw each other, they couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, no matter how virtuous and generous they are, how many wives can feel comfortable with their husbands taking concubines, not to mention that the wife and Lord Hou have always had a good relationship, and the wife has never had the intention of taking concubines.

But no matter how uncomfortable it was, things couldn't be changed, Qing Hua could only comfort Yin Niang and said: "Madam, don't worry, Master Hou has always loved you more than you, even if Miss Liu came in, she couldn't get past you."

Yin Niang nodded, turned around and returned to the main room.

Seeing Yinniang coming back, Cai Lan hurriedly went up to her and said: "Madam, Miss Biao came here just now, and this servant told her that you were not in the main room, so she stopped her out."

Yin Niang nodded, and then said: "If she comes back after going down, you invite her in." It's not an option to avoid her all the time.

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On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the concubine's room enters the door.

Because she was a concubine, Lin Fengqi didn't need to show up. Yinniang sat alone on the chair at the top of the hall, watching Liu Jianjian in a pink dress and a pink dress holding a porcelain bowl with a lid painted with patterns of flowers blooming and wealth in both hands. He raised his hands above his head and said respectfully, "Sister, drink tea!"

Hearing a woman who is three years older than me call my sister is really uncomfortable.But no matter how uncomfortable it was, the scene had to be finished.

Yin Niang took the tea bowl and took a sip, then handed her a pair of red gold emerald noodles, and said kindly: "This is a gift for you, please keep it well." She didn't want to talk about the scene.In short, she does all the work of serving Lord Hou, and there is no need for others to share it.

The golden face is freshly made, and the golden face is bright and shining with a dazzling luster.At the beginning, Qingteng advised her to choose a few pieces of jewelry from her jewelry box as a gift for the bride, so that she could show her virtuousness in front of outsiders.Although she has always paid attention to her reputation, she has no such bad taste in giving her jewelry to her husband's concubine to wear.

The gold-headed noodle has eight or two weights, and the weight is enough. It is all pure gold without fakes. Outsiders will never dare to say that she is dissatisfied with the concubine's room. This is enough.

Liu Jianjian obviously didn't play any sisterly love tricks with her. After taking the head off, he only said "Thank you sister for the reward".Without even looking at the golden face, she handed it to the maid behind her. Yin Niang could imagine that this golden face would never appear on Liu Jianjiao's head in the days to come.

Yinniang is not interested in giving lectures to the bride, or giving her power in front of the guests. After skipping this part, Yinniang directly said to her: "Go back to the new house first." Then let the two people next to her A maid helped her up and sent her to the new house.

Because it is a concubine ceremony, the guests who come here are some concubines or concubines with high status from various prefectures. If Yin Niang goes out to entertain them in person, it is to give them face. If Yin Niang is not willing to go out, no one will will say anything.But Yinniang herself had a big belly, and she really didn't want to go forward to join in the fun, so she helped the maid's hand and went back to the main courtyard.

Ordinarily on such an occasion, it would be best to let He's concubine daughter-in-law go out to greet her, but since Yanniang fell out of favor, He was banned again, and this time it was not only her, but even the maid and the maid she married. Well, Lin Fengqi personally spoke, and they were all locked in the Danfeng courtyard and not allowed to go out.

Mrs. Lin Tai considered that Yinniang was pregnant and should not work hard, and she was already an old lord and a widow, so it was also inappropriate to come out to greet these concubines, wives and concubines.But when guests come, there is always a need for hospitality, so Mrs. Lin invited Feng Xuan back to help.Although it is helpless to ask a married aunt to come back to her natal home to help greet guests, it is not too out of order.For Yu Fengxuan, this is an opportunity to close the relationship with her natal family and sell favors to her natal family, she has nothing to hate.Yin Niang was very relieved when Feng Xuan was doing things.

On one side, guests and hosts were toasting, and on the other side, in the Jingxiang Courtyard, Sister Lu Qian almost rubbed a handkerchief in her hand to pieces when she heard the bustling noise outside.

Sister Lu Qian rubbed her handkerchief and said bitterly: "Fox, fox, it's just a concubine's room, why should it be so grand." Then she complained to Yin Niang: "It's true, cousin, my cousin wants to take her as a concubine. It's fine if you don't stop it, but you are so foolish to give him such a face."

It's just a sojourner cousin, and it's really a bit unruly to gossip about the wife who took her in.Xiao He next to him wanted to remind her, but when he thought of what his wife said to him, his opened mouth immediately closed again.

Miss Lu Qian thought of the appearance of her cousin-in-law she saw in the yard that day, and felt shy and sweet for a moment, and then thought of the scene of taking concubines today, and was entangled in her heart for a moment, and the pain was unbearable.

The rhombic mirror on the dressing table reflected her face, and Sister Lu Qian leaned her face towards her, and reached out to touch her face.The mirror surface of the rhombic mirror is polished with brass, in fact, it can't clearly show people's faces, but Lu Qianniang is very satisfied with the face reflected in the mirror.

Sister Qian raised her head and asked Xiao He, "Tell me, who is more beautiful between me and my cousin's new aunt?"

Xiao He replied: "This servant has never seen the new aunt, so I don't know who is more beautiful, Miss Biao or the new aunt."

Sister Qian was obviously dissatisfied with the answer, frowned, and continued to ask: "Then tell me, who is more beautiful between me and my cousin?"

Xiao He gave a silly "hehe" smile, thinking that Madam is naturally beautiful, among so many women she has met, except Miss Yan who lived in the mansion before and is now a concubine, no one can compare to Madam of.However, Miss Biao obviously doesn't want to hear the words that others are prettier than her, and she doesn't want to say anything against her will, so she can only say: "I don't know." , said: "Miss Cousin, the tea in the room is cold, and this servant is going to bring you a pot of hot tea."

Sister Qian looked at Xiao He who was walking away in a hurry, and said with disdain: "What a fool!" After speaking, she turned her face back to the Linghua mirror, continued to touch her face and feel sorry for herself.

Sister Qian thought that the appearance of her two cousins ​​was rare in the world, especially the eldest cousin Yanniang, who was as beautiful as a monster.Although she is not as good as the two cousins, she is also beautiful, and she should be better than the bride.Besides, to attract a man, it doesn't have to be beautiful.

Sister Lu Qian thought for a while, then suddenly stood up as if she had made up her mind, and walked out of her room.

In the main room of Jingxiang Courtyard, Mrs. Zhong was half sitting and half leaning on the upper couch, eating melon seeds while talking about today's concubine ceremony, and Mrs. Zhong was beside her, holding a cup of tea, smiling and flattering .On a red pear wood square table under the bed, Master Lu and Young Master Lu were sitting and drinking.

After spitting out a melon seed shell, Mrs. Da Zhong continued to sigh with emotion: "...I really didn't expect my niece and son-in-law to be so powerful and powerful that even the lady of the Hou's mansion would come to be his concubine."

Xiao Zhong echoed: "That's right, you didn't see the grandeur of the Hou Mansion today, but taking a concubine is more powerful than marrying a relative in our Linping County."

Sister Qian frowned when she heard this. Although they were her relatives, she really looked down on them for their small vision.

When Da Zhong saw his daughter coming out, he asked, "Didn't you say you were uncomfortable, why did you come out?"

Sister Qian walked a few steps to Da Zhong's, squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, and said, "Mother, how about I go and be a concubine for my cousin's husband?"

The room was suddenly quiet, Mrs. Zhong and Lu's father and son looked at Sister Qian in a daze, and finally Mrs. Zhong reacted first, stood up from the couch, clapped her hands and laughed loudly: "Oh, my daughter is smart, how can I I didn't expect it!"

After finishing talking, I turned my head around, and continued: "If you become the concubine of the Hou Ye, I will be considered as the half-mother-in-law of the Hou Ye, right? We will be the in-laws of the Hou Ye at that time. Chen Yinniang's cold ass is strong."

Young Master Lu felt that although this idea was beautiful, there were some problems, so he couldn't help reminding: "Mother, the family of this concubine's family is not considered in-laws."

Da Zhong glared at his son, and said: "What do you know, whether it is in-laws or Lord Hou has the final say, if your sister is favored and blows the pillow wind to Lord Hou, she will naturally recognize us as in-laws." After finishing speaking, he continued to look forward to: "Your sister is Yinniang's cousin, she must be a concubine. If she gives birth to a son in the future, her status will only be a little lower than Yinniang's son. In the future, part of the family property of the Hou Mansion will be My grandson's. The Marquis's mansion is so rich, and this part of the family wealth is probably several times more than our previous family possessions. Thinking about it further, if Yinniang can't give birth to a son, then your sister's son is likely to be He will be established as the eldest son, and he will inherit the Marquis of Yongning in the future. Oh, my God, I might be the grandma of the Marquis in the future! Oh, my God, my God!"

Xiao Zhong also reacted, and couldn't help but went forward to look at Sister Qian pretendingly, and then flattered with a smile: "Tsk tsk tsk, our Sister Qian's demeanor can only be compared with someone like Master Hou."

Sister Qian's flattery to her family is very useful, but on the other hand she looks down on her mother's power and vulgarity.She is willing to be a concubine for her cousin's husband, not because she is greedy for the wealth of the Hou Mansion or the status of her cousin's husband, but she really loves her cousin's husband.

The cousin's husband now has a concubine's room, but the cousin is pregnant and cannot compete for favor. She must be worried that the cousin's husband will be won over by the new aunt.At this time, if she told her cousin that she was willing to help her compete with the new aunt for her concubine, her cousin would definitely be grateful to her.When she becomes her cousin's husband's concubine, she will definitely win over her cousin's husband and let him see her sincerity clearly. After a while, his cousin's husband will definitely be moved by her and fall in love with her.At that time, if Lang has a concubine who is interested, if the cousin-in-law reads and writes, she will grind it beside him; if the cousin-in-law practices sword and martial arts, she will play the piano for him next to him; back; in the future, she will help her cousin-in-law have many children, both boys and girls, and when their children are married and married, she and her cousin-in-law will also grow old, and they will support each other and be together Basking in the sun in the afternoon or taking a walk in the evening... Such a day is really like a couple of gods and gods.

As for the cousin, please rest assured that although she has won the love of her cousin-in-law, she will never compete with her for the position of the main wife, and she will let her cousin-in-law give her the respect of the first wife, and she only needs to be with her cousin for the rest of her life. Brother-in-law is fine together.If the cousin can't give birth to a son in the future, she doesn't mind adopting her own son and keeping him in her name, and she will educate the child well in the future, and she must not let him only remember her biological mother, but Unfilial to my cousin, my adoptive mother.

Sister Qian couldn't help but smile as she thought about it. Her mother and sister-in-law were still chattering, but she couldn't hear them at all...

(End of this chapter)