pampering wife

Chapter 82

"No, just put it away carefully." Qingmei didn't allow her to hesitate, she turned around in the mirror and walked out the door.Seeing this, Lu Zhu hurriedly followed.

Arriving in Deliufang Hall, Mrs. Gu suddenly saw Qingmei's attire, her face darkened a little, Qingmei just didn't realize it.After a short rest after dinner, Mrs. Gu took Gu Ronghua and Qingmei to the Marquis of Wu'an.

The atmosphere in the new year is naturally much more lively than usual. Chu Xiuming is away all the year round, and it is rare to go back to Beijing. There are naturally countless guests outside the Tianhou Mansion these days, but most of them are men, and few of them are women.

It's no wonder that the Marquis of Wu'an didn't care about political affairs for many years, and Mrs. Chu rarely participated in the gatherings of those noble ladies, so there was naturally less communication.A few years ago, Chu Xiuming married a wife. He was the jewel in the palm of Hanlin. The new wife entered the house, and the Hou Mansion was very lively for a while. Unfortunately, the young grandmother had a poor life and died of illness when her son was three years old. .

Now there are only two female family members left in Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, Mrs. Chu and Chu Hongxiu. Mrs. Chu has been quiet and quiet in recent years, while Chu Hongxiu has a straightforward and unrestrained temperament, and her contacts with noble ladies in Beijing are limited. Entertainment is minimal.

Mrs. Gu led the two daughters out of the carriage. Outside the gate of the mansion, there were maids arranged by Mrs. Chu to welcome them. They entered the mansion and took a soft sedan to travel. When they arrived at the inner courtyard, someone led them to the warm hall for receiving guests. middle.When Qingmei and others entered, Mrs. Chu and Chu Hongxiu were feeding the sparrows on the porch. One was gentle and regal, the other was heroic. The warm morning light added a bit of homely warmth.

Seeing them enter the door, Mrs. Chu handed over the exquisite silver pot to the servant girl, and greeted them with a smile, followed by Chu Hongxiu, who unexpectedly smiled at Qingmei.

After the ceremony in two seconds, Mrs. Chu asked Chu Hongxiu to accompany Gu Ronghua. She took Qingmei's hand and accompanied Mrs. Gu into the warming room.

Because the weather was warm during the daytime these two days, the warming room was only used for receiving guests during the daytime, so the thick curtain on the door had long been replaced with a thin gauze curtain.A little maid in a light green thin coat opened the curtain, and when the five of them sat inside, a maid would serve tea, which was Lu'an Guapian, Qingmei's favorite.

In the past few days, spring has not yet arrived, and when visiting and visiting, it is nothing more than hosting banquets, drinking, watching plays and making trouble.The warm hall faces the north and the south, and there is no wall on the east side, but a huge window.The willow branches hang low outside the window, surrounding the moon-shaped small lake, the ice on the lake is half gone at this moment, there are graceful figures in the octagonal pavilion with double eaves in the middle, and the sound of silk and bamboo sounds as expected.

Marquis Wu'an and Mrs. Chu are both pure-hearted people, and they rarely watch lively dramas with loud gongs and drums. Today, they only invited a Tsing Yi from the south to sing in the pavilion. .There were some candied fruit on the table, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Chu sat listening to the music and chatting, while the three daughters listened beside them, occasionally interjecting a few words, which caused a few laughs.

The maids put out the dishes one by one, and Qing Mei slowly tasted the dishes. After all, Chu Hongxiu was the host, so she introduced a few words from time to time, and commented on Tsing Yi's singing voice.After listening to her introduction, Qingmei realized that she was a well-known Miaoyin lady in the south.

For some reason, Qingmei thought of He Jiuniang, the wonderful hand and magic skill, of the Baizi who surprised her that day at the Lantern Festival, and also of Junli's smiling face.

It's only been a day or two since I haven't seen him, why do I feel like I haven't seen him for a long time?Qingmei was a little lost in thought.

Although Mrs. Chu has a pure temperament, since she is in the Hou family, she must have some skills in socializing.Therefore, although the Gu family and the Chu family had little contact in the past, now they are listening to music and chatting, and Mrs. Gu's mother and daughter intend to please her, which is quite lively.

A few people were talking happily and interestingly, when a servant woman came in from outside the hall and said a few words beside Mrs. Chu, Chu Hongxiu on the other side said to Gu Ronghua: "Recently, I got a new picture of an eagle and a rabbit, which is said to be from Changchun mountain people. But I can't identify the paintings. Miss Rong is good at this, can you show me?"

How could Gu Ronghua not know that this was an excuse, so he said, "Okay."

Not long after the two of them left the warming hall, Mrs. Chu said to Mrs. Gu: "Xiu Ming just came back from meeting a visitor, and now he is outside the warming hall. He has some relationship with Qingmei, so why don't you ask him to come in?"

Mrs. Gu nodded with a smile, Qing Mei bit her lip, and couldn't help but cast her eyes outside the hall.

Although she didn't like Mrs. Gu's demeanor in her heart, she was quite curious about this famous evil spirit.What's more, I heard from Mrs. Xu that when Chu Xiuming was young, he lived with his father in the frontier for a while. When she was just born, Chu Xiuming, who was only 12 years old, even grabbed a little white rabbit and coaxed her.

(End of this chapter)