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Chapter XV State of affairs (in)
Chapter 15 State of affairs (in)
On the front of the hall, there is a three-foot-square shrine for the sitting statue of Avalokitesvara, like the small three-legged lacquer incense burner containing three Ganan incenses.
Amidst the curling cigarettes, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is watching all living beings with an expression of love and compassion.
The maid told me that lady eleven had come to send Luozi in person, and the two aunts came together.
With a round smile on her face, her expression was gentle and affectionate, and she told Caixia, "Quickly, serve Miss Eleven!"
There was also a slight smile on the thin face of the second aunt, and she pointed to the grand teacher's chair beside her, "Sit down and talk!"
Lady Eleven smiled and bowed to the two aunts, half sitting on the chair of the teacher, motioned for Amber to hand the box to the two aunts, and modestly said, "I don't know if it's in agreement?"
The auntie took the box with her hands, and smiled before seeing it, "It is agreeable, agreeable, how can it be undesirable!"
The maids had tea, and the auntie said with a smile, "I went to the Luyun Tower this morning. I heard that you were talking on the network, so I didn't bother you. I went to Miss Ten."
Since I personally sent Luozi, I wanted to take this opportunity to make things clear. Since the other party is not taboo, he also meant to open the window and speak brightly.
Lady Eleven smiled slightly, "I heard that you went to Ten Niang's place. I asked Dong Qing to invite him. Who knows that you are gone. I thought that when the network was finished, I would always send it over, so I didn't let her chase him."
Auntie smiled kindly "I went to the fifth lady."
Lady eleven couldn't help being surprised, her mouth curled slightly, she was thinking about what to say, and the aunt had already sighed, "You are young. I don't know something about it before.
Your eldest sister’s husband’s family is waiting for Xu’s family in Yongping, and his ancestor borrowed from Hebei. Because of his merits from the dragon, he was awarded the hereditary title of nobleness. During the Zheng'an period, the Xu family was involved in the'Zheng'an King's conspiracy case' and was seized of the title. Although the title was restored during the Yannian period, the momentum was not as good as before. When the old man was an official in Beijing, he had a good relationship with the elder of the Xu family, Lord Marquis, and gave your eldest sister to Xu family.
At that time, the second lady of the Xu family was just a powerless and powerful concubine Jane. The uncle did not study much, and had an older brother and a younger brother. She was a seventh-ranked guard in the Imperial Guard, and the older lady was reluctant.
Who knows, time comes.
First, the uncle's elder brother died of illness, the uncle was knighted, and the eldest lady became the marquise of Yongping. Later, King Jian ascended the throne and became the emperor, and named the second miss of the Xu family as the queen. The uncle quelled the Miao Si and the Northern Xinjiang Rebellion successively, sealed the general, and became the governor of the third rank. Such splendid wealth is not for everyone. "
Speaking of this, the auntie's eyes have some coldness.
"The eldest had a miscarriage of her first child. The old lady of the Xu family was in charge. First, she stopped the medicines of Qin and Tong in the two common rooms in the aunt's room before the eldest came in, and then took the Yangzhou Wen family's elder for the uncle. The young lady was a concubine. In the second year, Qin gave birth to a son and carried her aunt. Although Aunt Wen did not have the blessings of Qin, she also gave birth to a daughter. As for our eldest lady, she hasn't moved a little for several years. The close-knit maid Qiulao took the house. Finally, Qiulao was also pregnant and gave birth to a son in the second year, but the child died before the full month.
For this matter, our eldest wife did not know how many gods we had prayed to, how many Buddhas we had worshipped, how many secret recipes we had searched for, and how many medicines we took. Finally, we had good news in the eighth year of marriage. Who knows, the child was born prematurely in the seventh month of pregnancy, and gave birth to a weak son who could not even cry a lot, named Ge Ge. "
lady eleven couldn't help but let out a soft "ah".
In the eyes of Luo's wife and servants, among the sisters of the Luo family, Luo Yuanniang has always been a distant existence like a god.
She is outstanding in appearance, talented, married to the dignitaries of the dynasty, and gave birth to a son...All the happiness that can be thought of in the world can be found in her. But she didn't expect... What she didn't expect was that the Wen Family, who was known as one of the four great masters in Jiangnan, even agreed to let her daughter be a concubine for Yongping Hou.
She thought of what the second auntie said that day, "Brother Chen is a son, but not the son of the elder." Could this be the inside story?
Lady eleven felt her throat dry and wanted to ask, but she didn't know how to speak.
"It's not full-term, it's just fed with ginseng bird's nest. After all, it's no better than Qin's son, he's alive and kicking, he's smarter. He can read and write at the age of three, and he is just ten years old now. Next year will be the end of the exam for the talents." As she said, the aunt gave lady eleven a deep look, "So, our eldest lady has been having trouble sleeping and eating in the past few years... and naturally it is impossible for her body to heal."
The Xu family is really complicated...
lady eleven smiled bitterly in her heart. "Wen family, how could you agree to give your daughter to someone else as a concubine... This is too shameless!"
The second aunt, who had been silent for a long time, gave a cold "hum", and said ironically, "What is a face? Can you eat or drink. With this relationship, the Wen family only won the porcelain of the House of Internal Affairs this year." Business. Compared to the profit on porcelain, what is the face?"
lady eleven stopped talking.
As the second sister-in-law said, the face can neither be eaten nor drink, but when it is critical, it can straighten the back and overcome the dilemma of not eating or drinking.
But she didn't come to argue with the two aunts, nor did she want to change other people's ideas.
She smiled faintly, and said, "In this way, Qiulao in our house is accompanied by a lady from the Wen family, and it is not lonely!"
In fact, she asked the auntie, what happened to Qiulao who gave birth to Yongping Hou?
The aunt is also a clever person, and she immediately laughed and said, "The Qin family was trained by the old lady of the Xu family since childhood, and the Wen family was a prostitute. Although our Qiulao is beautiful, if this woman is only beautiful, then how could there be? What do you say about'?" As he said, he covered his mouth and smiled, and there were a few charms at the corners of his eyes and brows.
In other words, Qiu Luo didn't even get an aunt!
lady eleven's face changed slightly.
Although the two aunts have passed away and their faces are haggard, the indiscriminate manner in their gestures allows her to guess how beautiful they were back then. Isn't it the best argument for "women can't just rely on being beautiful" if they all fall to this end?
She couldn't help sighing softly.
"But our Luo family is a family of officials and eunuchs. It is a family of officials and officials. The old lady is tired from officials to the cabinet. It is not comparable to the generations of merchants." Lady Eleven further verified, "Lighting a long-life lamp is not an ordinary Buddhist affair, right?"
"Unexpectedly, you still know about lighting a long-life lamp." The second aunt, who had been cold-faced, had a thick smile in her eyes. "When Ma Zifu, the former servant of the bureaucracy, was in politics in Shaanxi, there was an outside room. When the wife returned with her son, the first emperor still called him “very good officials and excellent talents.” What's more, none of the three of you have a genealogy!"
At this moment, lady eleven could no longer conceal the throbbing in her heart, and her face suddenly turned pale.
"No genealogy?"
She never knew that she had no genealogy.
The auntie sighed and looked at her with some pity. "When you first came back from Fujian, the second and third masters also came back from office with your family members. There were so many things at home, but you fell down again. ...... The big lady can forget it!"
Lady eleven returned to Luyunlou in a complicated mood.
Shiniang has not returned yet.
She asked Dong Qing to find out the news, and Baizhi said that Shiniang hadn't come back since she went out in the afternoon.
Lady eleven was silent for a long time after listening, and asked Amber to unfold the words written by Fifth Mother to Dong Qing.
"When I give you one night, you trace a picture on bright paper."
Although she didn't know what lady eleven was going to do, Dong Qing responded respectfully as before.
Lady Eleven didn't say anything, but Kohaku served to rest.
Early the next morning, Dong Qing handed over the errands she had confessed with dark circles under her eyes.
Lady eleven took it over and looked at it carefully for a long time, then nodded and said with a smile, "Dong Qing's painting skills are getting better and better. I had a hard time yesterday, so go and rest!"
Dong Qing retired in response, lady eleven wrote a letter, then put the letter and clear paper into an envelope, sealed it and handed it to Qiu Ju, "You send this to Master Jian in Hangzhou." Amber gave her five more Two silvers, "Never let others know."
After entering the winter moon, Master Jian went back to Hangzhou to celebrate the New Year, and only returned to Luofu in March next year.
Qiu Ju took the letter and put it in her arms, "Miss is asking Master Jian about embroidering the screen, right? I won't tell anyone."
She has an older brother who works as a servant in Ma Yuan, and has a very good relationship with the boatmen who transported goods to the Luo family.
Lady Eleven didn't explain much, and went to the lady with a smile.
"I slept well last night, and I will start embroidering the screen when I go back."
She tried her best to come today earlier than yesterday, but she still saw Wu Niang.
The eldest wife immediately asked her to feed her sheep. After she drank it, she asked her to embroider the screen with peace of mind. She would not use it for the peace at night. She also emphasized that "It is true filial piety to embroider the screen on time."
The eldest wife said something like this last time. It seems that the eldest wife is not fake.
Lady eleven thought about it, smiled and agreed, chatted with the old lady a little, and then went back to the Luyun Tower and began to concentrate on embroidering the screen.
After a few days, the lady sent someone to make spring clothes for lady eleven.
Dong Qing was shocked.
Spring clothes are custom-made, and they will be after the second day of February.
Now, hasn't Chinese New Year yet?
Lady eleven found out and just raised her head and asked, "Is it just for me? Or everyone has it?"
The person who came to measure the clothes laughed and said, "Naturally everyone has it. However, the eldest wife said that Miss Eleven has grown a lot this year, so let's make more sets."
Lady eleven nodded absently, then lowered her head to continue embroidering the screen.
Amber heard this but was very disturbed, and pulled Bin Ju. "Take advantage of Miss Dong Qing serving by her side, let's go to Miss Wu-I used to be with the old lady, and I didn't get along with Ziwei and Ziyuan much. I am now ten It’s in a young lady’s room, so it’s better to get closer to the people in the young lady’s room."
Bin Ju still supported her statement, and went to Fifth Mother with Huang Hu.
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