The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 106
Mrs. Cheng is the elder sister. When her mother gave birth to her, she was a little difficult to give birth. Later, she was unable to take care of her young daughter, so she had to send Mrs. Cheng to Princess Kaiping. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Cheng's mother was pregnant again after forty years old. After the first child, she is now the girl who is betrothed to the young master of the Cheng family.

The proposal of marrying the Xing family was not Cheng Zimo's whim, but the result of his deliberation.

Cheng Zimo didn't expect that the Xing family would attach so much importance to an adopted baby. If they didn't know about it before, then Cheng Zimo would admire him instead.It is good to have a good relationship with this kind of family, and it is also a good thing for my younger brother Zixuan.

Besides, my mother has never been very proud of her wife. Cheng Zixuan is the youngest son of the old lady, and he is already very dissatisfied with marrying Mrs. Cheng's sister again. If he can change to a girl of comparable family status, his mother will definitely agree.

As for Zixuan's stubborn guy, Cheng Zimo is not worried.It is said that the color of the daughter of the Xing family is very good. Could it be that he will push her out when a beauty is in his arms?

The most important thing now is Mrs. Cheng.

"Being a husband is not cruel, but my wife always cares about Nian Hui'er's future. As you said, the Song family is willing to run around for the Xing family. Our bargaining chip is not big. How can the Xing family take advantage of it? Now that there are not many people who know the inside story, everything can be discussed, once the emperor really recognizes the lost prince, the Xing family will not be able to manage it today."

Although Mrs. Cheng understood this truth, she still couldn't turn the corner. Seeing her husband's stubbornness, she begged: "Master also has a nephew of the same age, why must it be Zixuan? My sister can't have another son if the master does this. Alive."

Seeing that Cheng Zimo's patience has completely disappeared, he threw off Mrs. Cheng's tugging in displeasure: "How can they compare with the direct branch? They don't even have a reputation. Let's go to propose marriage. Instead of getting better with the Xing family, they will be recognized by the other party." It's a deliberate provocation. Don't you understand that you've been taking care of the house all these years?"

Madam Cheng gritted her teeth: "What if I still don't agree with Master?"

Cheng Zimo went back and sat down opposite the desk, and looked at Mrs. Cheng coldly: "Madam doesn't agree, so naturally I can't say anything more, but the fortune teller said that Zixuan should not get married early, wait ten or eight years before we talk about it." Not too late."

Others can wait, but my younger sister Xiaodie is fifteen years old. After ten years, won't she become the laughing stock of the capital!

Mrs. Cheng gasped in anger: "Master, you don't even care about the happiness of your own brother?"

"For the sake of the Cheng family, let alone a younger brother, even I can give up this life." Cheng Zimo paused, and said: "If you just go back to your mother's house because you can't let go of this face, I will Please come on, old lady."

Cheng Zimo blocked the front and rear roads tightly, and Mrs. Cheng went out of the study in a daze.The housekeeper did not dare to say a word, and when it was time to turn on the lamps at night, Mrs. Cheng quietly sent someone to her mother's house to spread the word, and only asked her younger sister Xiaodie to come to the house to talk tomorrow.

May is the Girl's Day. There was a saying in the Shen Bang of the previous dynasty: On this day, it is necessary to wear Dragon Boat Festival ropes, wearing mugwort leaves and five poisonous charms.And if there are married women, they can also go to Ning to visit their relatives on this day, commonly known as Tibetan afternoon.

In this name, Mrs. Cheng invited everyone to come to the house to get closer to the family indirectly.

In the early morning of that day, there was a lot of traffic in front of Shangshu's mansion, except for Princess Fu who had not yet arrived, the rest of the family had already arrived.

Among them, Princess Beijing is the youngest. She is only in her early twenties this year. She is three years older than King Beijing Jing. In line with the old saying that "a third-year woman holds a gold brick", Princess Beijing is next to Princess Zhongshun. The two are about the same age, and they often go to the palace together to pay their respects, so they get along well.

"Which family is that wife? She looks very familiar with Mrs. Xu?" Princess Bei Jing looked curiously at the middle-aged woman sitting next to Mrs. Xu from Qing's family in Dali Temple.

Princess Zhongshun smiled: "It's the first time I've seen you, and my eyes are tight, but." The princess covered her mouth with a handkerchief and snickered, "The two ladies beside the wife are really beautiful, not inferior to those in the palace. Empress Anpin."

Since Jia Yuanchun kept Xue Baoqin in the palace, because the little girl has a naive appearance and a straightforward temper, within a few days she won the emperor's favor and made her a precious person.Still living in Fengzao Palace, Jia Yuanchun lived in the main hall, precious people lived in the side hall, Xiaozong stayed in Fengzao Palace for three nights in a row, everyone in the palace knew Yuanfei's tricks.

The queen had no choice but to ask her natal family for help.The Duke of Guoan became cruel, and spent a lot of money to find a charming girl in the south of the Yangtze River. He accepted her as a righteous daughter, and hurriedly sent her to the palace.As expected, Emperor Xiaozong favored her a lot, and even directly named her An Concubine, whose status was below that of concubines and above that of nobles.All of a sudden, the wives and wives in the capital knew that Concubine An was a rare beauty in the world.

When Princess Bei Jing entered the palace to greet the Empress Dowager, she met Concubine An from a distance, but she was slightly inferior to the two ladies in front of her. "I don't know if Xu is betrothed or not. My natal family's third brother is not married yet."

Princess Zhongshun couldn't help laughing in a low voice, she gently pushed Princess Beijing: "You think beautifully, didn't you see Mrs. Song's eyes staring at her all the time? I probably had the same thought as you."

Sure enough, Mrs. Song always had a slight smile on her lips, and her eyes fell there from time to time.

It was almost noon, and there was still no shadow of Princess Fu, so the smile on Mrs. Cheng's face couldn't hold back, "It's getting hot, and my family has already prepared a banquet on the Sanyuan Building, and I invite the princess and all the ladies to go first." feast."

Mrs. Song snorted coldly: "Concubine Fu hasn't arrived, why should we be seated first, why don't we wait!" Mrs. Cheng hurriedly laughed and said, "I know that my old sister likes to eat the cream cake from Fuyuan Restaurant the most. I sent someone to order it, and it has just been delivered, so it’s not good to eat it while it’s fresh?”

After hearing what she said, Mrs. Song gradually eased up a bit.Princess Beijing followed closely behind, and she hurriedly asked Prince Zhongshun in a low voice: "Why is the Fuyuan Pavilion opened in the capital? My mother-in-law and I happened to pass by when we went to Suzhou to worship the Buddha. The queue was so long that it was enough to go around Follow our palace to walk around three times."

"That's right, why did I forget that you followed your mother-in-law to Mount Putuo for a year, so you naturally didn't know about it. I always heard from our father that only Jiangnan can eat the cakes of Fuyuan Pavilion, which are sweet but not sweet. It's greasy, fragrant and moist, it's a rare delicacy in the world. I can't believe it! No matter how delicious the cake is, isn't it just a piece of dead dough? No one knows until we try it, our son's words are true."

Xing Xiuyan walked behind the two of them, although it was far away, it was not difficult to hear one or two sentences.Daiyu squeezed Xiuyan's hand: "Sister, you are talking about our shop!"

Xiuyan smiled and said nothing. Since her mother parted ways with the Bai family, she changed the name of the old store and changed the title. At first, she was worried that the old customers would not buy it. The owners don't care what the name of the shop is, the most important thing is whether the owner's surname is Xing!
Mrs. Bai was not convinced at first, and she still used the old name of the shop on the edge of Taihu Lake, but within half a year, the number of customers dwindled, and it was almost the same as the small shop imitating Xing's bakery on the market.On the contrary, it was the Lu family who spent a lot of money to build a small building, which happened to be located opposite Bai's shop.

The cakes at Fuyuan Pavilion are soft and mellow, and new styles are launched every month. As soon as they enter the capital, the first shot is fired. Many people wait in the carriage outside for the first bite of freshness. Ken paid for a single room upstairs in Fuyuan Hall.

Mrs. Song is a loyal customer of this new store, and Mrs. Cheng is exactly what she likes, and the former puts aside the unhappiness of just waiting for a while.

The Cheng family is not a Zanying family, it is because of Cheng Zimo's step-by-step climbing up that they are today's respectable.This house was also bought by others at a low price to please Cheng Zimo after he was promoted to Shangshu. It is slightly bigger than Xing's house, but not as good as Rongguo's house.

The Sanyuan Building is the main building in the house. In midsummer, the old lady of the Cheng family likes to enjoy the shade here most.At this moment, everyone followed Mrs. Cheng into the Chuihua Gate, and saw a young and beautiful girl standing in front of the gate from a distance.

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "But Miss Xiaodie from Mrs. Cheng's family?"

Mrs. Cheng hurriedly waved to her younger sister. The little girl was fifteen or sixteen years old, with crescent-like eyes, and she smiled very cutely.Mrs. Cheng recommended them one by one, and when they were finally introduced to the Lu family, Princess Beijing and Princess Zhongshun listened very carefully.

"Is she the wife of a sixth-rank official?" Princess Beijing wondered secretly, but then secretly delighted.Her third brother has already become a commander of the fourth grade in the army, and they say that high marriage is low, and the wife of the Xing family is definitely willing to do so.

Princess Beijing's abacus was ringing, but the woman outside came to report back, saying that Princess Fu had left the sedan chair at the front door with Prince Fu's son.

Mrs. Cheng didn't greet her in person as everyone thought, instead she just sent a little lady in charge.

Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Lu looked at each other and smiled, as if they understood some subtle changes in the political situation.

On the second floor, Mrs. Cheng had been waiting for a long time. The old lady had a limp when she was young, and she didn't like to walk around these years. If it weren't for the distinguished guests who came today, Mrs. Cheng would definitely not want to see them.

"Princess and ladies, let me lie on this couch. You can enjoy yourself." Mrs. Cheng looked at Xing Xiuyan and Daiyu with a smile, "Oh, whose family are these two daughters from? They are so handsome. look!"

Old lady Cheng stood up slightly: "Good boy, let me have a look." She first praised Daiyu, but then carefully examined Xing Xiuyan, and never said a word of praise from the beginning to the end.

Mrs. Cheng saw everything in her eyes, but her heart was completely cold.

She had fought with her mother-in-law for half her life, so she naturally knew that the more her mother-in-law liked her, the more indifferent she would be. It can be seen that the daughter of the Xing family fell into the eyes of the old lady.

Mrs. Cheng also understands that although Zixuan likes his younger sister Xiaodie, he respects her mother-in-law more.At that time, only his mother-in-law forced him to repent and remarry, even Mrs. Cheng would have no choice.

Xiuyan didn't know that Mrs. Cheng's heart was in a state of confusion at the moment, and that the old lady of the Cheng family had such a big difference in attitude towards the two girls in front of these people, which could be seen with both eyes.Daiyu quietly pulled Xiuyan: "Sister, don't worry too much."

Daiyu feared that the behavior of the old lady of the Cheng family would hurt her sister's heart, so she whispered comforting words.

"Sister, don't worry, if I feel sad for such a trivial matter, I will be full of hair in less than twenty minutes!"

Who would have thought that Daiyu would be vigilant after hearing this, if it were her, she might not have the kindness of her sister.
(End of this chapter)