The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 184
It's the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and all kinds of colors are ready. Xing Zhong personally led Xiuyan to replace the door gods, couplets, and listings in front of the door. It must be thought-provoking for the master of the family to bring his daughter out to do these things.In some old households in the countryside, there is no male heir to inherit, and only a daughter is left to recruit a son-in-law. Most of them will tell the neighbors cryptically in this way.Several neighbors in Fengwei Hutong saw each other and hurriedly went to the inner house to report to their wives.

Just to say that early the next morning, Xing Zhong changed into a new imperial uniform, and sat in an official sedan chair for two, with four guards at the front and back, the first-class steward of the outer court and the messenger also wore a new indigo satin robe, and the two servants on the mat At the end.

The simple appearance of this light car is not a style only for a fifth-rank official, but a style only for a senior official with a fourth rank or above.Xing Zhong's official position is still low, and it stands to reason that he has nothing to do with entering the palace on New Year's Eve to congratulate him, but with a swipe of Xiaozong's pen, he asked the internal servants to add another name to the list of all officials. Xing Zhong.

In Fengwei Hutong, apart from Mr. Yuan Keli, the censor of Qiandu, there are only a few sporadic elders in Fengwei Hutong.Mrs. Lu personally sent her husband out of the gate, and told everyone to follow carefully, and then turned back to the inner courtyard.

Xiuyan was watching Meilian and Meiying give out rewards to the maids and wives, when she saw Lu Shi coming in, she hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "The second sister-in-law of Lian just sent someone to tell them that their family will not come here today, wait Say hello to mom tomorrow morning."

Mrs. Lu looked at the gloomy sky and nodded: "It's fine if you don't come here. I don't know what happened these few days. The weather is very bad. Girl Feng's house is said to be close, but it's not far away. There's a strong wind all the way. , other people don't care, only sister Qiao is still young, so don't suffer from the wind and cold."

"My mother and I have the same meaning. I asked the housekeeper to deliver a dozen silver carp from Suzhou Zhuangzi to the second sister-in-law. The stewed soup is excellent, and there are also Lingnan fruits. Meilian and Miying packed a small A fruit basket, tied with colorful silk, looks exquisite and small to me, and it would be a perfect gift."

Lu smiled and praised her daughter's carefulness: "Since it's good, let's make a few more fruit baskets and take them with us when we visit relatives these days. I think everyone will find it new and accept our favor. By the way, how can there be those candied fruits in the shop, but there are still more?"

Xiuyan knew what Lu meant when she heard it, and laughed early: "Of course, since my mother fell in love with that candied fruit when she was pregnant with Brother Fu, how has our family ever broken it? It seems like what Lian's second sister-in-law likes to eat, listen to me My son said, half a bottle a day, I feel my teeth hurt when I hear it, thanks to Lian's second sister-in-law who eats it happily."

Lu Shi pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I'm afraid she has it. She is afraid of being disappointed, so she hasn't invited anyone to take a good look at it."

"Mom is right!" Xiuyan sighed, "Second sister-in-law Lian just thinks too hard, and is always afraid that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. But now that she has made her own decisions, the pressure is not as great as before."

Lu Shi could not help but feel relieved when she heard her daughter speak clearly and logically. She looked at her daughter who was getting more and more provocative: "Seeing that your sister's good life has hope, now I have to worry about your marriage."

Xiuyan is not a coy person, she took Lu Shi's arm and walked into the inner room: "Mom told Dad two years ago that she would keep me for a few more years, look, just after I added a Fu brother, Baba asked Send me out!"

Mrs. Lu laughed and cursed, and slapped her daughter's buttocks: "Thank you for being so brave to say, who is the one who loves Brother Fu the most in our family? That brat keeps silent when he sees me, and hums when he sees your sister." Humming for a hug."

When Lu Shi mentioned this, she was very annoyed and funny. Her son was like a villain, he couldn't stand upright, and he only hummed when he opened his mouth, but he recognized him very clearly.Every day when I opened my eyes, I first looked for the nanny, and when I was full, I acted like a baby, insisting that the nanny hug me all over the room to find my sister.

The nanny didn't understand what it meant at first, and Fu Ge'er almost cried hoarsely. When Lu Shi and Xiuyan heard the news and rushed over, Fu Geer didn't want anyone. In Yan's arms, she flattened her mouth in grievance, scaring the nanny into thinking that she had made a big mistake.

In this family, Fu Ge'er is closest to elder sister, followed by Lu's.

Lu Shi gave birth to Lin'er only ten months into her pregnancy, so she naturally enjoyed it in her heart, but what she ate was not someone else's jealousy, but her own daughter, so whenever she thought about it, Lu herself had to have fun first.

When the two entered the house, Mrs. Lu showed Xiuyan the Gan family's post: "On the eighth day of the first lunar month, only Mrs. Xu's natal sister-in-law and our family were invited. Mrs. Xu couldn't go because of her filial piety, so she told us to do things cheaply. I hear what you mean when you come back, Mother Jia is very satisfied with this marriage?"

Xiuyan smiled and said: "I can't say it's very good, but in this situation, I'm probably satisfied with it." The mother and daughter talked and laughed, and in the afternoon, Xing Zhong had finished receiving the banquet and came back in a sedan chair. Come down for dinner.

After all, Zhengde was missing on the flower table, and it was no more lively than in previous years. Fu Geer was sucking his thumb, his big eyes looked at his father for a while, and his mother for a while, and finally his eyes fell on Xiuyan. , rewarded them with a big sunflower smiling face without hesitation, and then insisted on sitting in Xiuyan's arms with bare feet.
Everyone couldn't suppress their smiles.After the reunion dinner, Xing Zhong and Lu Shi went back to rest early, but Xiuyan took a hot bath and lay on the imperial concubine's couch without sleepiness.Several little maids who were on duty in the main room outside clamored to play leaf cards, but Xiuyan didn't stop her, and she even paid out money to ask Meilian and Miying to fight a round, and she half-lyed there by herself to rest her eyes and close her eyes.

"Girl, Fang Guan seems to be dying." At some point, Mi Ying approached, leaning into Xiuyan's ear and murmuring: "The mother-in-law who looked at her said that Fang Guan wants to see the girl."

When Xiuyan opened her eyes, a trace of displeasure flashed across her face: "Who is looking at her at this moment?"

"It's the raccoon girl on the corner gate," Mio saw the girl's displeasure, and didn't dare to speak loudly. After waiting for a long time, Mio realized that the girl had no objection to Fangguan, so she wanted to back out.Before halfway there, Xiuyan suddenly stopped her.

"Tell Granny Ping to take a look at her."

Granny Ping is a nanny who specializes in taking the pulse of his wife. She lives in Xing's house on weekdays, and goes to the girl's shop every five days to give one-day lessons to the young daughters-in-law.Mio knew that the girl wanted to save Fangguan's life, so she didn't dare to delay, so she turned around and got busy.

She went out on her front feet, and Meilian followed her in, "The girl shouldn't be merciful. According to me, someone who is restless and honest like Fangguan should have been sold far away, just like the lady in the house." Qiuping."

After Xiuyan dealt with Ouyang's family, she calmed down and found Qiuping.Because the girl was greedy for profit, she believed the old lady Ouyang's words. Qiuping's parents even gave 100 taels of silver to encourage her daughter to hide the witchcraft doll in Qiuyue's bedding.

100 taels of silver, after all, lost to the kindness Lu's treated Qiuping in the past.

In front of the white money, Qiuping's parents have long forgotten that Xiuyan is still holding the deed of prostitution.When the Dongchuang incident happened, Qiuping's family came to kneel and beg, but there was already nothing to do.Xiuyan called Aunt Zhou who was well-known in the capital.

This week, Aunt Zhou's two sons are both small bosses in the Northwest Mine, and they are very powerful. Because the mines suffer from mining accidents every year, and countless deaths and injuries occur every year, Aunt Zhou started this business, buying servants or officials who committed crimes. The slaves were sent to the northwest. After a few years, the Zhou family's money accumulated more and more, but their reputation became worse and worse.

The servants and maidservants in these rich and powerful families in the capital knew that if the Zhou family came to buy someone, they would probably never return, so when they heard Zhou's mother, regardless of whether it was related to themselves or not, they were scared to death.

Qiuping's greedy father was bought by Zhou's mother, and Qiuping cried to death, so she subdued herself in front of the girl, but what's the use?The girl didn't even see her.

Qiuyue found out her innocence and was released, but she lived in fear after that, and within a few days, the girl also let her out.

Only Fangguan said to the outside world that the Rongguo Mansion left her to serve in the garden, and the Xing Mansion knew that Fangguan had been kidnapped by no more than five people.

Meilian asked tentatively: "How does the girl plan to deal with Aunt Guo?"

Xiuyan smiled faintly: "Let's not be in a hurry, as long as the affairs of Ouyang's family are not broken, this Aunt Guo will still have a place to use. I can't just expose my mother Kang, but I don't leave any hints behind."

The old lady Ouyang is not a vegetarian either. When her family was in a mess by Xiaozong, the old lady Ouyang knew that she had been tricked by Kang's mother. Fengwei Hutong.The old lady Ouyang was so angry that she wanted to ask the people in the yamen to catch the fugitive slaves, but when the guards went back to the yamen to check, she was surprised to find that Mother Kang's family had lost their slave status half a month ago, and now it is serious ordinary people.

Only then did the old lady of Ouyang panic for a while: The Xing family also planned every step of the way carefully, and she has no chance of winning in this game!

Since then, the Ouyang family has ceased in resentment for these days, following the third master of the Ouyang family to Beijing, it is even more unobtrusive, and I don't know what they are planning.

Meilian looked at Xiuyan hesitantly: "Girl. I don't understand. The last time was obviously an opportunity. Why didn't the girl use a hard medicine? At least the Ouyang family can't stand up."

Xiuyan stepped down from the imperial concubine's couch, put on a pair of embroidered shoes barefoot, and poured a cup of tea to eat: "The Ouyang family was raised by the emperor with one hand. Their family climbed too fast. This is the grace of the royal family, but it fell too fast. The emperor's face can't be saved. Especially when the Supreme Emperor is still alive, if the emperor treats him too harshly, it can only show that he is incapable of knowing people. Long live God cares about face, how could he agree?"

Meilian snorted angrily, "Wouldn't it be cheaper for the Ouyang family?"

Xiuyan smiled slightly: "That's not necessarily the case!"

(End of this chapter)