Legend of Concubine’s Daughter Minglan Chapter 153: The Life of Ningyuan Hou Mansion 2(1)
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There are a lot of food on the round mahogany octagonal carved peony embossed table. In the middle is a steaming steaming steamed bun, surrounded by red bean cornmeal cakes, goose fat crispy fried bean paste, four colors Scallion fragrant rolls, deep-fried twisted fruit, and jujube mud and yam cake. On the side table are sweet and salty porridge, golden rice pumpkin porridge and mushroom chicken porridge.
Minglan suddenly moved her index finger, but she kept reminding herself that this was at her husband's house, so pay attention to her temperament.
The lady took the lead in the seat, looked around, smiled and asked: "Where is Can girl? Her sister-in-laws are here, she won't come out yet?"
Mother Xiang, who was standing by, was serving porridge, and turned around and replied: "Seventh girl said that she had eaten with Miss Sun and Master, and come back to see the second lady."
Ms. Shao sat down next to Mrs. Tai, and there seemed to be a faint smile on her face: "Thanks to Sister Seven these days, I am relieved to have her with Sister Xian."
Zhu had already sat down with Minglan, and was asking her softly what porridge she was eating. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "My sister has the best temper. She is respectful and filial, and she likes children. Who is blessed to go!"
Madam Tai scolded softly: "Don't talk nonsense, I made your second wife a joke."
Ming Lan took the mushroom chicken porridge, the fragrance was overflowing, and smiled: "Where do you say it, I heard at home that Seven Girls are the most talented and talented, and they are among the best in Beijing. I realized that Sister Tingcan is not only good at studying poetry and prose, she is also kind and friendly, which is really rare." This is not a blunder. Once Lian Jie'er and Mo Lan quarreled, Lian Jie'er once said loudly, "My Ningyuan Hou Mansion" My seven cousins are much better than your poetry, writing and painting' Yunyun.
There was a burst of joy on the lady's face, and she repeatedly said: "Don't praise her! That girl is so naive!"
Ming Lan smiled and bowed his head to eat. The savoury porridge was eaten with crispy twisted fruit and hemp dough, full of fragrance.
If she remembers well, this Miss Gu Tingcan is a few months older than herself. Like the Gu family who has lived in Beijing for a long time, the young lady in the mansion has said good marriage early, but why has she still still What about it? If it is to keep filial piety for the first emperor, and a year of delay is normal, it sounds like he doesn't even have any intentions.
The reason is nothing more than one reason, that is, there has been a change in the people who originally looked forward to. Either people do not look down on the Gu family, or the Gu family does not look down on them; in the two or three years between the death of the first emperor and the new emperor’s accession to the throne, more than half of the nobles in Beijing have been implicated. strange.
Gu Tingye can’t eat food and sleep, but Gu Tingyi can’t do it. The stepmother can do it. The female family members don’t have to eat. The maids filed in with the bowls and pans. After Minglan rinsed slightly, they served Sip tea lightly.
Raising your hand, squeezing your fingers, dipping in water, gargle, and serving tea, a whole set of movements are gentle and gentle, flowing smoothly, extremely elegant and beautiful, Zhu clan watching sideways, slightly surprised in his heart: this four-rank civil servant The concubine of the family is well educated. Whether it is the hustle and bustle of prominent wealth or the solemn and solemn rules of etiquette, she seems not to pay attention to it. She is always not scared, not afraid, not hurried; standing and smiling, sitting Also at ease.
I heard that the old lady of the Sheng family, Taiyuan, was born as the eldest daughter of the Jinling Courageous Hou Mansion. She is the most noble and arrogant. The Xu family is not good now, but it was extremely prosperous back then. Thinking of this, the Zhu family knew it. The new lady was raised in front of the old lady since she was a child, so it is no wonder that her manners are extraordinary.
On the other side, Minglan is holding the saucer with three fingers with difficulty, with a subtle smile on her face, and she secretly said in her heart that Mother Kong did not expect that when she first came to Shengjia to teach, what she taught was four. Three of the girls used it.
Elite educators are not the same, their efficiency is high!
It took a little longer to eat. I turned to my mother and looked at the hourly hour, then gently said: "Madam, the hour is almost up, I'm afraid it's the four grandfathers and they are already waiting, I just ask seven girls They passed away from the place where they used their food, and were closer."
Madam Tai thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes." She turned her head and smiled at Ming Lan and the others, "The happy event is here, our appetites are all gone, and after all these efforts, let's go over. It’s not easy to keep everyone waiting."
The three Minglan bowed their heads and stood upright, and they responded, and went out with Mrs. Tai.
Just a few steps out, I saw Gu Tingye and another young man standing in the courtyard. When Minglan and the others approached, there were flowers around the man’s eyes, red lips and white teeth. He was very similar to Gu Tingyu, but more. A bit clear and heroic, when he saw Mrs. Tai and the group, he immediately bowed his hands, with cheerful eyebrows: "Mother, I'm talking to my second brother about this garden, when will we also learn from Jingning Hou's family and planted a lot of huacai trees? The tree is just fine."
The lady could not help but smile when she saw the younger son, and lightly scolded: "You don't grow up, you only know how to play all day long, and you don't know how to study and enter the martial arts to seek improvement. No one makes your second brother a joke!" /
Gu Tingwei stretched out an arm on Gu Tingye’s shoulder, and smiled, “Mother, I’ve been this way since I was a child. When did my second brother laugh at me? When I was young, I couldn’t climb a tree to get a bird’s nest, and I was afraid of being punished. I dare not ask you to know, the second elder brother secretly memorized me back! Right, second elder brother?
Gu Tingye smiled and glanced at him: "You are a father, and you should learn some economic career."
The wife smiled more and more: "If you supervise this monkey more, I will feel more relieved." Then, she turned to Minglan and said, "This is your third brother who doesn't grow. "
Ming Lan moved his steps slightly, stepped forward half a step, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and said softly: "The third brother."
Gu Tingwei solemnly bowed his hands: "Second Sister-in-law."
The two groups joined together, and Zhu consciously walked to her husband, Ming Lan Mumu’s slow half-beat response, Gu Tingye waited for a long time, so he walked over and stood beside Ming Lan and couldn’t help it. Glancing at her, but seeing her big watery eyes blinking ignorantly, the morning mist in the courtyard just dispersed, and the slender eyelashes that dyed her were slightly wet, Gu Tingye's heart softened. Asked in a low voice: "Are you full?"
Ming Lan gently shook her head with a bitter face, looking sad and angry.
Gu Tingye said softly: "Go back and eat again."
Minglan nodded immediately with a look of flattery. If she has a tail at the moment, she must also take it out and shake it. The corner of Gu Tingye's mouth bends slightly, and he slowly turned his head back, looking serious.
Ms. Shao helped Mrs. Tai to walk in front, followed by the two couples behind. The group walked around the Begonia Flower Gate, along the gravel path of the front door of the east wing courtyard, and then entered the main courtyard in a short while. Passing a screen of extremely wide and majestic horse galloping marble engraving on the wall, you suddenly see a wide open passage, and you can walk more than fifty steps in front of it. It is a very large and bright hall with ten rows of ten. The six bright vermilion lacquered wood doors are all opened, and there are three large letters on the plaque "Rui Xuan Tang", which is strong and vigorous, and it seems to be gold and stone.
Ming Lan raised his eyes to look around, and saw that all the decorations were simple and heavy. Compared with the extravagance and richness of the Xiangyang Houfu, there was a simple and elegant pride here, and it was very stylish.
Everyone approached, and a forty-year-old steward at the door came forward and bowed his head. He had a sharp face and said loudly: "Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Hou, Second Master, Second Lady, Third Master, Third Lady , Please come in quickly, the two old ladies have arrived."
Mrs. Tai nodded slightly, and Mrs. Shao turned her head to look at her, then turned her head and said: "Thanks to Qin's hard work, go to report."
Qin Guanshi answered.
Ming Lan stood next to Gu Tingye, suddenly felt that his whole body was getting cold for no reason, and couldn't help but peek at him, only to see that his expression was indifferent, and his brows raised a slightly upward arc, Ming Lan lowered his eyelids, cold and cold. I saw that the hands in his cuffs were already squeezed into fists, and the knuckles were slightly whitish. Fortunately, his scarlet sleeves were very wide today, covering a lot.
Minglan was wary in her heart, and secretly watched.
Stepping forward, there are people full of people inside. It is a buzzing voice. On both sides of the chairs are men and women sitting in order of teeth, and above are two old couples, with a space in the middle. , I guess it was reserved for Mrs. Tai; when everyone saw Mrs. Tai and her party coming in, everyone stood up and greeted them from the top of the table. Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "I told my uncles to make a joke. A group of women and women are long-winded. , I'm sorry."
The middle-aged woman on the right stood up and smiled and said: "What did the sister-in-law say, but after a while, what can't you be sorry for!"
Mrs. Tai stepped forward and sat down, Mrs. Shao sat down in the first seat with the female family on the right, Zhu followed, and Gu Tingwei sat in the male seat on the left row, and then the Gu Tingye and his wife met the elders, maid-in-law. We had prepared the futon tea cups, Gu Tingye and Minglan both knelt down to pay respects, and the wife warmly introduced them.
Because she is not an immediate family member, Minglan doesn’t need to kowtow this time, but only pays homage to her elders who scream for tea. Of course, she has less effort and less harvest, so she only got two meaning purses.
Standing up after the worship is to meet the brothers and sisters of the same generation. Those who are older than Gu Tingye have to offer blessings to him, and those who are younger have to salute Minglan in turn. This time the narrator is replaced by the Zhu family. , Her mouth is crisp and neat, and the explanation is very detailed and clear.
In fact, long before she got married, Mrs. Sheng gave Minglan a brief introduction to the Gu family's internal affairs. Minglan upholds the spirit of perseverance and took notes carefully. Nowadays, there are three people in Ningyuanhou's mansion, respectively. It's a big room, four rooms, five rooms.
Actually, when the father of the old man had passed away, he had already separated his family. The few rooms he had left had moved out long ago. Some lived on Ningyuan Street and lived by the direct supporters, while some lived on their own. A separate residence outside.
Originally, the fourth and fifth rooms had to go out, but because the old man was guarded by the guards all the year round, the Hou Mansion was not to be left unattended, so he let his two brothers still live; The purpose was transferred, and after returning to the capital with his family, the three rooms got along well and lived together again.
The four old ladies are rich and honest, and look like a wealthy gentry, with only a pair of eyes appearing muddy. The five old ladies are dressed as a scribe. The five-collar beard is quite elegant and elegant. He is rare in the Gu family. Scholars, young scholars, but have never been able to get a scholar, have been a few ministers, now at home, leisurely chanting poetry and painting, but also quite famous in the capital.
Minglan barely remembered them.
The following is a series of "Gu Ting X", there are men and women, one by one dragging the family with their mouths, and the wire is tripping, Minglan's brain is short-circuited, she remembers that she sent out a total of eight A gourd pouch and five lotus pouches, plus a big bag of gold and three or four jade ornaments, only distressed Minglan's eyes are blooming.
Finally, when Zhu's explanation was finished and he picked up the tea bowl, Ming Lan only made it clear to his immediate family members that the old man had three sons and two daughters, and his son was three wives and one life. (Sure enough, it is rain and dew. , Minglan admires it very much); her daughter is a married concubine daughter Gu Tingyan-today and in the future, and the prostitute Gu Tingcan-a beautiful girl with a melon face, bright eyes, three points alert, three points dignified, four points Reserved, quite a bit of arrogance as a talented woman.
Besides, Minglan also knew that the ‘sister-in-law Xuan’ who laughed at the bridal chamber that day was the eldest daughter-in-law of the four old ladies.