pampering wife

Chapter 77

In the early morning of the next day, after Qingmei washed up briefly, she went to Liufang Hall to report to Mrs. Gu, and then carried more than 20 wine gourds, took Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xu Huaiyuan, and happily drove to Chongrenfang.

Ever since she came back from Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, Mrs. Gu has treated Qingmei more and more kindly. This time Qingmei talked softly and stubbornly for a long time, and finally persuaded Mrs. Gu to agree to let Mrs. Xu go out.Of course there are conditions, except for the He family in Chongrenfang, the Xu family can't run around anywhere else, Qingmei naturally agrees.

Arriving at He's house, Mrs. He and He Zimo's brother and sister happened to be at home. The two families hadn't eaten together for a long time, and now it was the New Year's Eve, so they were naturally very happy.The fruit wine brought by Qingmei was put on the table immediately, and then He Zimo took Xu Huaiyuan to the market to buy some things. Everyone worked together and quickly prepared a table of sumptuous meals.

The two families sat around together, and the little one also ran over and rubbed against Qingmei's feet.

Because He Zimo was about to take the exam in Chunwei, Xu Huaiyuan was also 12 years old this year. At the dinner table, he talked about studying and taking the exam for a long time, and then mentioned various affairs in the Imperial College, so it was inevitable that he would talk about Wu Yujian.

When Mrs. He talked about Wu Yujian, her slightly fat face was full of smiles: "You are really a good girl. Although she was born in an official family, she doesn't have the airs of an official daughter at all. It is really rare." Put a piece of meatball into the green plum bowl, and said: "Qingmei also knows the girl from the Wu family, right? What do you think?"

On the other side, Qingmei knew it well, met He Zilian's eyes, smiled each other, and said, "Sister Wu is a very nice person, and...Mr. He is so rigid and serious, she is probably the only one who can talk to him." As he spoke, he stuck out his tongue and looked at He Zimo, only to see that he smiled and did not answer.

He Zimo is now 20 years old, and has never had a favorite person. Now that he has hit it off with Wu Yujian so much, and Dr. Wu values ​​him so much, the matter is probably settled.Qingmei knows the inside story, so it's okay to joke a few words.

The Xu family next to him blamed: "Is this due to the board again? It's not big or small."

"What's the matter." Mrs. He smiled and stroked Qingmei's hair, "This is just like our little Qingmei. Before Zimo was so strict, this girl saw him as if she saw a cat. I felt distressed when I saw him .” As he spoke, he glanced at He Zimo resentfully, and He Zimo said lightly: “Just do your duty, who told her to be naughty.”

It was almost evening when Qingmei reluctantly bid farewell to He Zimo's family and got into the carriage.Because Xu Huaiyuan didn't like the confinement of Gu's mansion, he decided to stay at He's house, and when the academy started after the festival, he would live in the dormitory.

After returning to Gu's mansion, she asked the servant who summoned her and learned that Princess Yongle had granted her request and asked her to bring wine over before the seventh day of the lunar new year, so Qingmei was busy preparing.

Her cellar of fruit wine was originally brewed for Princess Yongle, so it was carefully prepared. In addition to the specially selected twelve flower wine jars, there is also a clay backflow pot that Wu Boren gave her before, and a set of paintings. An ancient pottery cup with wine allusions.Naturally, there is no shortage of good wine utensils in Princess Yongle's mansion, Qingmei prepared these, just to make it interesting and exquisite, and Princess Bo Yongle would like it.

After finishing these preparations, Qingmei had nothing to do, so she simply prepared all the wines that she planned to gift to Junli, Marquis Wu'an, Wei Xin and Wu Boren, and put them neatly in several wine boxes.

In the early morning of the seventh day of the lunar new year, after Qingmei said hello to Madam Gu, she packed her things and prepared to take Luzhu to the Princess Mansion.This time when she went out, she didn't pay attention to dressing up as before. When choosing clothes and jewelry, she didn't need to be gorgeous or expensive, but she focused on refinement and simplicity. She then applied light makeup and painted willow eyebrows lightly, making her look like a delicate and neat little beauty.

During the New Year's Eve, Princess Yongle naturally wouldn't go to the other gardens in the city. The carriage left Taipingfang and drove straight to the Princess Mansion on the west side of the imperial city.

Arriving in front of the gate of Defu, Qingmei raised the curtain to see the formation, and couldn't help but secretly amazed.The Princess Mansion is really majestic, with a plaque written by the imperial pen on the door. The open space in front of the mansion is paved with large polished bluestone slabs. There are two majestic stone lions standing there. The guards are heavily guarded.

With that kind of formation, even the sparrows would fly around here, so as not to make a noise and cause a bloody disaster.

When Qingmei's carriage was approaching, a soldier with a long spear approached and stopped the driver, asking, "Who is it?"

"It's the second young lady from Gu Shangshu's mansion. I'm here to deliver fruit wine to the princess. Please report back to me, sir." Luzhu bowed her knees and saluted, and the soldier went back to the gate of the mansion, said a few words to the concierge, and then greeted Luzhu. waved.

The carriage moved forward slowly for a few feet and then stopped. Qingmei helped Luzhu's men get out of the carriage, and asked the two servants behind each to carry a two-foot-square wine box, and under the guidance of the soldier, Walked in through the side door.

When she got there, she was greeted by Nv Shi, Qingmei was infected by the atmosphere and didn't say much, just followed Nv Shi all the way inside.Going around the screen, walking through the open hall, entering the double courtyard, and then continuing inward, there are more and more maids and servants coming and going, and the layout gradually adds a bit of life.

(End of this chapter)