Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 211 Lost Chilblains
The little mischief succeeded, Ma Min'er laughed, seeing Xia Zhen stretching out her hand, she hurriedly ran away, hid beside the hanger, and deliberately said straight: "You are a rabbit."

"Then do you have a puppy at the corner of your clothes?" Xia Zhen bluffed.

"Woof..." Ma Min'er put her hands next to her ears, jumped up and down in front of Xia Zhen, and called out in a different voice, "Brother Little White Rabbit, Younger Sister Wang is calling you for dinner!"

Xia Zhen reached out and pinched her little nose, "Sister Wang, thank you for thinking it out."

"Hee hee, is it fun?"

"Hmph!" Xia Zhen snorted angrily, "Don't fix me these gadgets next time."

"Okay!" Ma Min'er smiled sweetly, "Next time embroider where you can't find it."

"You... still dare to..."

Xia Zhen stretched out his hand to pinch the little daughter-in-law, but she dodged and ran outside, "This little girl, really..." He was reluctant to speak ill of the little daughter-in-law, so he lowered his head and reached out to pinch the little white rabbit at the corner of his clothes, "Do you still want to be raped in the future?" The son hugged his legs and asked, Dad, what are you doing with the little white rabbit embroidered on your clothes, a big man, that's really..." Feeling a bit cold on the back, he quickly took the outer robe and put it on his body, and walked out of the inner room.

-

Another person came in, Myolie looked up, "What's the matter?"

"Where's Xiao Dan?" Xiaowen stretched out his head deliberately.

Xing'er didn't notice his small movements, and replied sternly: "I probably went to find Brother Xiaoyou."

Xiaowen leaned against the door frame with a smile: "Then help me deliver dinner to the young lady."

"You send it yourself, I'm busy!" Xing'er lowered her head and continued to settle accounts.

"You come with me." Xiaowen still stood still.

Xing'er raised her eyes, looked at the food box in his hand, thought about it, and put down the pen and abacus in her hand.

"Hee hee..." Seeing that she agreed, Xiaowen stepped forward happily, and helped her pick up the table with the other free hand, and quickly finished, "I know that Miss Xing'er is considerate, and I know that I am alone. It's inconvenient to go."

Xing'er pursed her mouth slightly: "When did you speak so glibly?"

"..." Xiaowen stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, "I... I won't talk." She smiled and looked at Xing'er with a serious face, with a cheerful expression on her face.

Xing'er's temper was calm, she didn't talk to him too much, the two of them left the room together and headed towards the master's room.

The girl in charge, Dongmei, happened to come out of another room. Seeing the backs of the two, she looked towards the door again. Thinking of Mr. Wei who had left soon, she pursed her lips and said to herself, isn't Mr. Wei better than Xiaowen?

-

Seeing Wei Ren coming back, Zhang Nianmei asked: "Would you like to go to my place? Your sister-in-law asked someone to cook some side dishes, and how many drinks should we brothers have?"

Wei Ren shook his head, "Sister-in-law wants to take care of the baby, so don't bother me."

"You kid..." Zhang Nianmei stretched out her hand and patted him on the shoulder: "What's the matter? I didn't see my sweetheart, so I looked lonely?"

"Nothing!" Wei Ren didn't care.

Zhang Nianmei sneered: "Brother, when you were dating girls, you didn't know that you were wearing crotch pants there, and you pretended to be fine and tender with me."

Being beaten by humanity, Wei Ren laughed and spread his hands, "Isn't it good that I have that place?"

"No, on the contrary, you are fine." Zhang Nianmei replied straight.

Wei Ren was puzzled: "Then why does the little lady ignore me?"

Zhang Nianmei squeezed her chin and squinted her eyes: "Want to hear the truth?"

Wei Ren immediately shouted: "Of course we must listen to the truth."

"Then Dai Xing'er has a reputation for knowing herself, and feels that she is not good enough for you, so she won't pester you."

"Not worthy?" Wei Ren frowned, "I didn't think about whether I was worthy or not."

Zhang Nianmei's eyebrows were firm, "Little brother, don't you want to marry her as your wife and take her as your concubine?"

"I..." Wei Ren was stopped by Zhang Nianmei.

Zhang Nianmei patted him on the shoulder again, "Little brother... Not every woman will get lost in love."

"Brother Zhang, what do you mean by that?"

"Based on my experience, Dai Xing'er likes you, but compared to her future life, she chose life instead of love."

"What, why can't I understand what you said?" Smart and shrewd as Wei Ren, he didn't understand this.

Zhang Nianmei sighed, and turned to look at the dark night sky: "Just like us men, if we like a woman, we don't necessarily marry her."

Wei Ren was silent.

"My status determines that I can only marry a lady of the right family. Do you understand?" Zhang Nianmei turned to look at Wei Ren.

"I understand." Wei Ren lowered his head, "She couldn't afford it, so I gave up."

"That's right." Zhang Nianmei said, "Dai Xing'er and my old sister have been together for nothing for so many years. She knows herself clearly and knows what she wants. In the future, life will not be bad."

Wei Ren stared at Zhang Nianmei, pursing his mouth very tightly.

Zhang Nianmei shook her head and laughed, "In my opinion, you, like me, can't break through family and tradition, so you like it. Since you can't give her anything, let it go."

Standing at the vent of the porch, Wei Ren looked at Zhang Nianmei who was walking away and remained motionless for a long time, his love full of joy had not had time to bloom in the time, so he was in reality.

Is liking that can be easily erased by reality and reason still called liking?Or are you not brave enough to break through obstacles and go to the person you like without hesitation?No one knows the answer.

-

In the blink of an eye, it has been less than half a year since I came to the capital. When I first came here, I was busy getting married. One month after the wedding, I couldn't just go out at will. Just as I was about to go out, the third uncle was blackmailed. I really don't have time to deal with the royal relatives in the capital and the rich and powerful.

In the early morning of the twelfth lunar month, Shan Xiaodan knocked on the door, "Master, Young Madam, the time has come."

"understood."

Hearing Ma Min'er's voice, Shan Xiaodan turned around and said to the girl behind him, "Stay back and wait."

"Yes, Elder Sister Shan." All girls, big and small, stood outside the door, quietly.

Lying inside, nestled in the warm quilt, Ma Min'er really didn't want to get up, stretched her waist a few times, opened her mouth several times, and then sat up and put on her clothes, "Oh, my God, it's amazing, I don't have a job. It’s really overwhelming to get up early.”

Xia Zhen put her hands behind her head, "Why don't I wake you up after exercising every morning?"

"No, Brother Zhen, please spare me." Ma Min'er quickly surrendered.

Xia Zhen couldn't help laughing. He was going to the princess mansion this morning. He didn't practice swordsmanship. Normally, he either went to court or practiced swordsmanship. The little daughter-in-law could sleep till the end of the day by herself.

If Ma Min'er could sense what was going on in his mind, she would definitely stick out her tongue secretly. In modern times, when there is nothing to do on holidays, she can sleep all day without getting up, so it's nothing to spend three days in the sun.

Haha... that's a long way off!The young couple got up one after the other. In the living room, maids and women were generally not allowed in. Only when the sheets and quilts were washed, Shan Xiaodan was allowed to come in to tidy up. Others were not allowed in.

After washing up, the couple went out of the inner room. They were not in a hurry to dress up. Instead, they sat in the cubicle with convenient clothes and had breakfast. After breakfast, they went to the dressing room outside the bedroom and asked the maids to help. Dress up and wear formal clothes, so that breakfast will not be dignified and awkward.

It was the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was already three or nine days old. It was really cold to the bone. The distance from the yard to the carriage was so cold that the air that came out was atomized in an instant. One could imagine how low the temperature was.

Quickly got into the carriage, put both hands on the charcoal brazier, "It's so cold, where are the flowers!" Ma Min'er sighed: "There is still a flower viewing party, only these rich people can think of it."

Xia Zhen smiled, and stretched out her hand to the charcoal fire, "I asked, Princess Yunbao and Grand Master Feng's granddaughter will go, you have company, and you won't be lonely."

It was really thoughtful, Ma Min'er tilted her head into Xia Zhen's neck, "Thank you Brother Zhen!"

"Naughty again." Xia Zhen stretched out his hand to caress her cheek, Ma Min'er was like a cat, letting him have a big hand... The two kissed without knowing it.

Uh... If the carriage hadn't been jolted, the young couple would have almost... Xia Zhen hugged the young daughter-in-law in his arms, "What's going on?"

Jing Mo replied outside, "Nothing."

It was Jing Mo who replied. Xia Zhen understood that there must be an assassin, but they were dealt with, so he could hear Jing Mo's voice.

Ma Min'er is a smart person, and she immediately understood that it's not because of special events, and Jing Mo usually doesn't appear.

"Let's go then."

"Yes, sir."

After a while, the carriage started to walk leisurely again, heading towards the Grand Princess' Mansion.

-

On the street, Liu Zaili's men had already spotted the assassins, "Let them keep an eye on them, we must find out where they are hiding?"

"Yes, sir!"

Liu Zaili stood in front of the carriage, glanced back and forth, left and right, and then got into the carriage.

After he left for a long time, behind the crowd of onlookers, there was a young man who disturbed his worn-out padded robe, folded his hands, turned around and dodged into a certain alley, and after a while, several people followed him, "Old man Two, it didn't work—"

The young man who copied the hand said: "Let your boss find the right opportunity to do it next time. This will only scare the snake, and it will be useless."

The few people looked at each other and said, "Yes, we will tell the boss, thank you this time."

The young man hooked his lips into a smile, "Who made me your second child?"

Hearing his tone seemed to be dissatisfied, several people were angry and stuffy in their stomachs, "Thank you, second brother, let's go ahead!" After speaking, he raised his hand and disappeared in front of the young man.

The young man looked around, making sure that no one turned to another alley. After walking for half an hour, he arrived at the back alley of a certain restaurant.

"It's you, why are you looking for your sister again?"

"...It's rare to have a day off, so...so I came to see my sister." At this moment, the young man looked dull and honest, which was not at all the same as the previous training.

The doorman narrowed his eyes until the young man stuffed a small handful of coins before letting him in: "Xiao Shuan'er, take him to see his sister quickly, come out quickly."

"Yes, Master."

The little brother sent the young man to the main entrance of the backyard, "Look for Mei Ruo'er."

"It's her again."

"Yes... yes, she is only my elder brother. If I don't come to see her, who will come to see her?"

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, go in quickly, come out quickly."

"Yes, yes..." The young man quickly ran towards a certain place.

In the remote room, there was only one young woman sitting on the floor, holding the pipa with a sad face, and when she heard the door, her face instantly changed to a smiling one, "Brother, why are you here?" She put down the pipa quickly Welcoming the person in, he pulled the sliding door shut.

"They failed again." The young man sighed, sitting by the charcoal fire, his outstretched hand was covered with frostbite.

"Brother..." Mei Ruo'er looked at her with distress, the former noble son, now reduced to a handyman.

"How are you doing?"

"Not very good." Mei Ruo'er said: "The Prince of Yancheng took a few extra glances at me, but he didn't ask me to be by his side."

Hearing this, the young man was dejected, "Can't we avenge our great revenge?"

"Brother, how are those people?"

"It's always out of reach."

For a moment, in the small room, only the embers of the charcoal fire still exuded some residual heat. Suddenly, the door of the room was opened, "Mei Ruo'er, mother is calling you—"

"Understood." Mei Ruo'er stood up and said to her eldest brother, "If there is nothing else, you can sit here to warm up for a while, and then leave after the charcoal fire is finished."

"No, I'm going out and looking for opportunities."

"Oh."

Mei Ruo'er and her elder brother separated, and were taken to her mother's room, "Hurry up and clean up, someone caught cold in the Princess Mansion, I'll ask you to be a substitute."

Princess House?Mei Ruoer's eyes lit up instantly.

Today's Princess Mansion is full of traffic and crowds at the entrance of the mansion. When Xia Zhen and his wife arrived, many guests had already arrived, probably because they had notified them, and Da Fuma actually stood at the door to greet them in person.

"Brother Zi'an..."

"Brother Ziqi—" Xia Zhen raised her hand and saluted.

Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi stretched out his arms to hug him, and patted him on the back, "Brother, it's not easy to see you now!"

"Didn't you see this?"

"Haha..." Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi is a cheerful and lively person, looking at Ma Miner, "This is my brother and sister!"

Ma Min'er saluted him dignifiedly, "Master Fu Ma—"

"Please, please, please—" Xie Xuanqi let him be polite, and at the same time, he had already looked at his brother and daughter-in-law, she is really a stunning beauty.

Xia Zhen didn't like others to look at her little daughter-in-law, even if this person was Dafuma who called her a brother, she turned around slightly to block Dafuma's sight, "Brother Qi, won't you invite me in?"

"Come in, of course, haha..." Da Fuma laughed, stretched out his hand to welcome Xia Zhen and his wife in.

Of course Ma Miner saw Dafuma's scrutinizing gaze. In the workplace, she had seen a lot of people like this, so she also looked at Dafuma calmly. A man who can marry a princess must have the best skin, and he is also chic and suave. He is a handsome guy, but this handsome guy has blue eyelids, and he is probably a drunkard.

As soon as Liu Zaicheng got off the carriage, he saw Xia Zhen being escorted into the mansion by the big horse, and hurriedly called out, "Master Fu, Xia Zian, wait for me..."

Liu Zaiwen also got out of the carriage, and when he saw Liu Zaicheng calling for someone, he followed him.

"So it's Zicheng and Ziwen—" Da Fuma turned around with a smile on his face.

"Master Fu Ma—" Liu Zaiwen bowed respectfully.

"Ziwen, I heard that your Xuanmo workshop is very successful, and many students flock to it!"

Crowd?When Ma Min'er heard this idiom, the corners of her mouth curled into a twitch. Is Dafu Ma a compliment or a detriment to others? He actually used this word.Looking back, sure enough, there were some cracks in Liu Zaiwen's perfect and decent smile, "There, there, it's just a group of literati playing around."

"Haha, next time, I'll join in the fun and make some kind of music cup..."

Liu Zaiwen accompanied him with a smile, "Welcome Mr. Fu Ma!"

"Haha..." Fu Ma laughed loudly, "Please, please come in..."

Ma Min'er frowned secretly. It is an ancient traditional custom about Qushui Liushang. Later, he held the Qushui Liucup in Lanting Qingxi, and made the well-known "Preface to Lanting Collection" in this grand event.

This ancient custom is like this: put the cup filled with wine in the stream, float slowly down from the upstream, and pass through the winding stream. Whoever spins or stops in front of the cup will have to compose poems and drink wine impromptu According to historical records, in this game, 11 persons respectively inscribed two poems, 15 persons respectively inscribed one poem and 16 persons did not inscribe the poem but was made to drink three cups of wine as forfeit.

Wang Xizhi collected everyone's poems and wrote them on the spur of the moment, and wrote the "Lanting Collection Preface", which was hailed as "the best running script in the world" by later generations.

Ma Min'er's hand was held by Xia Zhen, and she followed everyone into the princess mansion. At the moment when Xia Zhen held her hand, many people looked at their hands, and felt uncomfortable, and wanted to withdraw His hand was held tightly by Xia Zhen and did not let go.

Uh...Okay, let's spread some dog food in front of the ancients. Ma Min'er let herself relax, leaned slightly, followed everyone with her eyes, and browsed the majestic Princess Mansion at will.

As soon as you enter the princess mansion, you will be faced with Ruoda Yingbi and white jade rocks, both magnificent and solemn, and some famous trees are planted around, even in the cold winter months, the green leaves are lush and full of vitality.

Walking along the corridor through the long front courtyard, they arrived at the main hall of the Princess Mansion. The inside of the hall was a wooden floor covered with carpets, and the chairs were arranged in order of primary and secondary. They sat in the main hall and were led to the central courtyard.

In the central courtyard, there are Chaoshou verandahs on both sides, and a hall in the middle, where a large red sandalwood screen is placed.Turning around the screen, there are three small halls, all with carved beams and painted buildings, and the corridors and rooms on both sides of the mountain are hung with parrots, thrushes and other birds of various colors.

After a while, without seeing the crowd, I heard the voice of the female relatives. Before Ma Min'er had time to take a closer look, a group of smiling women came out from behind the pavilion.

"Master Fuma—" The woman in charge looked a little serious.

"Jin'er, this is brother Zi'an's daughter-in-law!" When Da Fuma introduced, Xia Zi'an was still holding his wife's hand, he was really affectionate, and smiled.

The eldest princess' eyes fell on the hands she was holding, and she remained calm.

After arriving at the ground, Xia Zhen let go of the little daughter-in-law's hand, and Ma Min'er hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Princess—"

The eldest princess had a dignified demeanor, with a decent smile on her face. Before she could speak, Princess Yunbao stepped forward before her sister, and stretched out her hand to support Ma Miner, "Er Niang Ma, you are so beautiful today."

"..." Ma Min'er raised her head and smiled awkwardly, "Princess is absurd."

"Really, I've seen your clothes from afar, it's really pretty." Rainbow Dash was a little childish, she could do whatever she wanted.

Ma Min'er obviously felt that the eldest princess's expression became more serious.

Dafu Ma touched his nose with his hand, and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law Zi'an, you come with them, and we won't bother your female relatives."

Ma Min'er turned around to salute them, and looked at Xia Zhen, who was smiling and comforting her, it's okay, why not just be a guest.

The men quickly turned around and left to play in their own territory. Yun Bao kept her eyes on Zhuang Hao until they were out of sight. How did you come up with the idea of ​​using light brown to make the robe, it's so pretty."

The eldest princess turned around and looked at the little daughter-in-law of the North County King as she walked. She was tall and her well-cut clothes seemed to be attached to her body. What a beauty.

Beauty, she hated beauties the most in her life, she raised her body and walked towards the place where the female relatives were entertained.

Ma Min'er was warming up with Yunbao, while she secretly glanced at the eldest princess who was walking in front. For some reason, she felt that the eldest princess was not at all different from Princess Yunbao, and she couldn't tell... She really couldn't tell what.

After a while, everyone arrived at the place where the female relatives were entertained. It was a large pavilion. The veil was drooping, and the surroundings were covered with brocade. Even the top of the pavilion was separated by embroidered felt. The stove makes it warm and luxurious inside.

The furnishings are extravagant, the exquisitely carved marble table is covered with intricately embroidered forged tablecloths, and there are all kinds of exquisite snacks and tea-style cakes on the table, and the cushions on the surrounding small stools are also extremely luxurious. There are still small sachets hanging on the hooks of the four curtains, exuding a faint fragrance.Servants shuttled through it, bringing tea and water to the women and young ladies already sitting inside.

Feng Luoyao was surrounded by several young ladies. Seeing her, she ran over happily and saluted the princess first, "Eldest princess——"

"Sit down as you please." The eldest princess said lightly.

"Yes, Eldest Princess." Turning around, she shouted happily: "Sister Min——"

"Yaoyao—"

Zhao Yuning led a group of young ladies and sat on one side, watching Ma Erniang enter the pavilion, and was welcomed by Yun Bao and Feng Luoyao to sit on the other side.

Unknowingly, there were two factions in the small pavilion. The eldest princess sat in the main seat, holding a teacup, and she understood everything with just one glance.

Ma Min'er only now realizes that sometimes women like to huddle together and talk about dressing, not for the sake of showing off, they really have nothing to say, they can only talk about these irrelevant things, which can warm up the atmosphere without touching to something that shouldn't be touched.

"Er Niang Ma, what are you wearing underneath? Why do I feel that you are wearing a padded robe like an autumn outfit, you don't look swollen at all, you look in good shape." Rainbow Dash looked at her heavy robe, how can you tell the difference? so big.

"I wear less clothes." Ma Miner smiled back.

Rainbow Dash asked curiously, "Isn't it cold?"

"good."

……

In the atrium wing room, all the men had already sat down, and in the middle of the hall, ditties and dances had already begun, and the sound of silk and bamboo lingered in the ears.

Liu Zaicheng was sitting next to Xia Zian, his face was full of excitement, he leaned over to his shoulder, and asked in a low voice, "Xia Zian, what are you doing in the suburbs of Beijing?"

(End of this chapter)