Concubine Raiders

When they came out of yuanniang's, they still took the green curtain car that they had come to, and walked westward for about a column of incense. Then they turned left into a lane, left out of the lane, and then left, and stopped in front of a Guangliang door.

Grey tube tile, clear water wall, black lacquer door, outside the door, there are eight characters of wall shadow, left carved a "Fu" word, left and right carved a "longevity" word, both people tall. There are five stone green steps in front of the door, chiseled into the pattern of five blessings holding longevity. Two little maids were playing on the steps when they saw the carriage stop. One ran in with smoke and the other saluted.

Zhun elder brother called "Xiao Shao" to the servant girl.

It can be seen that he and the people in the courtyard are very familiar.

Xiao Shao smiles to answer, Xu's mother touched a few Wen money from the sleeve and rewarded the little servant girl. The little servant girl thanks for the reward, and then several servant girls in official green Bijia come out with a servant girl in yellow teeth Bijia.

"My wife in law, the maidservant is Wei Zi who is in front of Mrs. Tai." The servant girl in yellow Bijia saluted the eldest lady and others respectfully, and then saluted Zhun elder brother with a smile: "Zhun ye, are you accompanying your grandmother to see Mrs. Tai?"

Zhun elder brother smiles shyly.

Xu's mother took her purse and gave them a reward. Wei Zi and others graciously appreciated the reward, and they entered the door.

Facing is a rockery with grotesque rocks, and on both sides are hand copied verandahs.

On the rockery, there are some twists and turns of emerald belts, or vines with curling green lines. At the foot of the mountain, the vegetation is verdant and dotted with small yellow, red or blue flowers. Although it is full of wild interest, it is a scene of spring flowers.

Eleven Niang was very surprised. After a closer look, she found that there were dark red large pottery lattices crisscrossed like chessboard among the plants. It turned out that these plants were not grown in the underground soil, but were planted in square pottery pots.

It should have been cultivated in a greenhouse and then moved in.

She thought in secret, and with a smile, followed the eldest lady from the right hand reading corridor to the hall.

There are three rooms in the hall. In the middle of the hall stands a four fan red sandalwood glass screen for welcoming guests. Around the screen, there are hand reading corridors on both sides, and a small three room room room is in the middle.

Then Yao Huang said with a smile, "some moms are working hard. Let me have a cup of tea with me."

Actually, it doesn't matter if people don't follow.

Xu's mother looked at crape myrtle, amber and others and said with a smile, "thank you, Miss Yao Huang." Then he took them to the shelter at the back with Yao Huang at the corner door beside the small hall. Brother Zhun was held by the nurse. The eldest wife, five Niang, eleven Niang, Wen aunt and two servant girls followed by Zhun went through the small hall with Wei Zi and arrived at the main courtyard behind.

There are five upper rooms with black lacquer columns, large glass windows, snow-white brocade curtains, stone green western flower plywood curtains, parrots and thrushes on both sides. In the middle of the courtyard, there are Cross Blue Stone corridor, and two towering trees in the northwest corner, whose branches and leaves are like umbrellas, cover the roof. A tall tree in the northeast corner, leafless and flowerless, with brown twigs. In the southeast corner, a flower trellis is covered with green vines, and there are stone tables and stone piers under it. It is elegant and simple.

Some servant girls who had received the letter stood in front of the steps and saw them coming. Some helped to beat the curtain, and some told them, "Zhun Ye is coming with his wife."

They entered the room, and a large group of red and green women came in, surrounded by a tall woman.

Zhun elder brother has already called out: "grandmother!"

Eleven Niang knew that this was the mother-in-law of yuanniang and the too lady of Yongping Marquis's house. She could not help looking at it carefully.

Mrs. Tai looks two or three years younger than the eldest, wearing a stone blue tapestry, a butterfly shaped stick and a ginger skirt. Black hair combed into a bun, only in the temples wearing two Coral Turquoise wax beads. The skin is white, the body is slightly rich, the round white face has a pair of very gentle eyes.

She smiles at Zhun elder brother, and then goes forward a few steps to give in big wife a blessing gift: "younger sister, let you move, is really ashamed."

Big lady in too madam squat down when body also crouches down to give too madam to return a gift: "elder sister says so, don't be bashful to me." Also introduced to the too madam five Niang and eleven Niang: "this is my two not become the daughter. The big one is five niangs, the small ones are eleven niangs. "

Five Niang and eleven Niang come forward to salute too madam.

The first lady looked at them carefully with a smile: "the pearl is like the morning dew. They are really two beautiful maidens."

"I'm flattered." The first lady is modest.

Mrs. Tai introduced to the eldest lady a woman in her 40s, who was wearing a deep lotus root purse and embroidered with cloud and crane patterns: "this is Mrs. Qiao of the Duke of Cheng."

The two met each other.

Mrs. too pointed to Mrs. Qiao's side a bright eyed little girl: "this is the sixth miss of Chengguo mansion."

The old lady nodded to the little girl with a smile and said "Miss Qiao" politely.

Miss Qiao saluted the eldest lady, and then met with Wu Niang and Shi Niang.

Mrs. Qiao pointed to Aunt Wen and said, "this is..."

Too madam laughs: "it is the star of four son."Aunt Wen came forward to salute Mrs. Qiao. Mrs. Qiao nodded with a smile and rewarded her with a purse. She said, "the Marquis is really blessed. Look at my aunt's appearance. It's so small and ingenious. It's really lovable

Mrs. Tai laughed and asked Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao to go to the western side of the daily banquet. Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Tai sat down on the Kang near the window. Another servant girl took the chair and put it under Mrs. Qiao's head. She also brought Jin Wu to miss Qiao, Wu Niang, Shiniang and aunt Wen.

Zhun Ge invited Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Qiao. Mrs. Qiao hugged Zhun elder brother and looked around and praised him. She did not say anything about her purse. She also handed Zhun elder brother to miss Qiao, who asked Miss Qiao to hold the child to Mrs. Tai.

I don't know if it was the purse that Mrs. Qiao gave me. Brother Zhun was attracted by her attention, or because he could go back to his grandmother's arms immediately. Zhun Ge struggled in Mrs. Qiao's arms for a while. When Miss Qiao held her in her arms, he didn't move.

Mrs. Qiao said with a smile, "Zhun elder brother is predestined with our six elder sisters."

Mrs. Tai didn't say anything. She just touched Zhun's head with a smile and told Wei Zi, "take Zhun Ge to the warm pavilion to play!"

Wei Zi answered and hugged Zhun elder brother, Wen aunt stood up with a smile: "too madam, I will accompany Zhun elder brother!"

Too madam smiles to look at her one eye, way: "that can want to be careful, don't knock the child to touch!"

Qiao's six elder sister's accompany suddenly way: "accompany elder brother also interpose." He also said to Tai Fu, "the sixth elder sister of our family just likes children. When several nephews and nieces see her, they clamour for her."

Miss Qiao's face was slightly red, and she said in a low voice, "aunt You really... "

Mrs. Tai laughed and said, "miss six is a guest! How good to labor her. "

"You are an elder, and she is a younger generation. You can only instruct. How can we say" labor " She insisted that Miss Qiao accompany Zhun elder brother to warm the pavilion.

Mrs. Tai said with a smile, "otherwise, Miss Qiao will help me accompany two in laws! Let's talk together with the older ones, so that they won't be bored when they are young! "

Miss Qiao immediately stood up and answered "yes". She moved Jin Wu to sit with Wu Niang and Xi Niang. Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Tai talked about the whole journey. When did you leave Yuhang, when did you go to where, and when did you arrive in Tongzhou

It is said to accompany five Niang and eleven Niang, but adults in the speech, no one dare to interpose, more dare not whisper in the side. Miss Qiao is just sitting next to Wu Niang and Xi Niang.

A servant girl came in and said, "Madam Tai, Lin Bo, who is close to the Marquis, said that the emperor left the Lord to speak. I'm afraid it will be late to come back today. Let me tell my wife in law that I can visit you in person when I'm free."

"The boy, I don't know what he's up to!" Mrs. Tai listened to a sigh, turned to the big lady and said, "please don't blame my wife."

The eldest lady was about to say something when Mrs. Chou said with a smile, "the Marquis is is the pillar of our country. We should attach great importance to state affairs. How can my wife blame you? "

Mrs. Tai said with an apologetic smile at the eldest lady: "the Duke of Cheng and our family are friends." It seems to be explaining Mrs. Joe's enthusiasm to the eldest lady.

"Exactly." Mrs. Qiao said with a smile, "when our Duke entered Huwei camp of the imperial forest army, the old Marquis was the leader. Our Duke was a camp guard, and he followed the old Duke behind him every day. At that time, we were not married, and his family did not return. Every day, he followed the old Marquis to his sister's place to rub food for dinner... " He said, laughing, "later we became a relative. He always said that the smoked deer meat in his sister's house was delicious. He once sent someone to ask for a piece of it from his sister. Does my sister remember? "

"Yes." Mrs. too faintly smiles, not as enthusiastic as Mrs. Qiao showed.

Mrs. Qiao sighed softly: "later, the old Marquis passed away, and our grandfather was sent to the northwest. My sister is closed to the guests, and we are less... "

But the eldest lady heard something.

Since he is a friend of the world, how can the husband be sent to the northwest and have less contact? Moreover, before the death of the old Marquis, Xu Ling'an, the son of the Xu family, who had always placed great hopes on him, died of illness. Xu Ling'an's widow, Mrs. Xiang He's wife, fell ill and fell ill. Her daughter suddenly took over Zhongfu. The third grandmother of Xu's family, Gan, has always been indifferent and is carrying on with her body. She can't even expect to help her even if she is in front of her mother-in-law's bed. She specially takes over the wife's cousin and accompanies her for more than half a year.

Thinking of this, she looked at his wife.

Too madam feels the big lady's eyes, face toward big wife helplessly smile.

The eldest lady suddenly understood.

Something happened that year.

The "Wu cup case" in the 46th year of Jianwu involved several adult princes. After the empress and the prince died after drinking doves, the former Emperor did not establish a successor or reserve. In that year, someone wrote a letter to suggest that the ten princes born by Ye's Royal concubine should be the crown prince. The emperor was so angry that he ordered Li Qing, a senior scholar in the cabinet, to investigate the matter thoroughly. It was later known that Li Qing was on good terms with the ninth Prince and took the opportunity to attack several other princes. However, at that time, after five years of investigation into the "Wu cup case", I did not know how many ministers were involved, and the Yue family of the Xu family as the seventh Prince's son was also involved. If it was not for the protection of his father-in-law, the old Marquis had died of illness again. I was afraid that things would not be so simple and would be healed down.She was in Yuhang to serve her sick mother-in-law at that time. She couldn't come to Yanjing. The news was blocked and she was worried. She complained that her father-in-law should not marry her daughter to the Xu family

If the Qiao family and the Xu family did not communicate at that time, that is to say, the Qiao family supported other princes at that time!

The eldest lady could not help but smile coldly at the bottom of her heart.

Now I know that the wrong person came to flatter me. Haven't you heard that "it's easy to add to the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow"?

Eleven Niang also saw some problems.

This Mrs. Qiao, although she looks natural and generous, she flatters too much of her wife. Is she asking for something?

Her heart moved and her eyes fell on Miss Qiao.