Eight Treasures Trousseau

Chapter 25: Cinnamon wine

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There was light footsteps outside the door. After Mrs. Zhou heard it, she put down the teacup in her hand and stood up. After a while, she saw Princess Xian come in with several beautiful maids. Don't underestimate either.

"The old woman has seen Princess Xian." Before Mrs. Zhou finished her ceremony, she was supported by Hongying.

"Mrs. Zhou doesn't need to be so polite," Hua Xiwan sat down at the top and motioned for the maid to change tea for the guests, "I am incompetent because of a lot of things in the house these days. , I'm really sorry."

"Princess's remarks are too modest, the promotion of the lord is a major event, and there are many things to do," Mrs. Zhou was sitting in a straight posture, but her back was slightly bent, showing a respectful attitude, "If it was someone else, they would have been in a hurry. All hands and feet are diligent but not flustered, it can be seen that the princess is virtuous, but she is only afraid of being ashamed, so she deliberately humbles herself."

"But Mrs. Zhou can't be praised so highly," Hua Xiwan glanced over Hua Yiliu, and saw that she was thinner and paler than before her marriage, and that the girl of the Zhou family beside her had a pink complexion. Dehua Yiliu became even paler, "How are you doing, eldest sister?"

"Princess Lao asked, everything is fine." Hua Yiliu replied with a smile, but there was no vitality in her eyes, and she looked like a fifty or sixty old woman.

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Zhou's heart skipped a beat. She knew that her son had done a bit too much, but she only had such a lifeline under her knees. She was willing to detain him, and now she was afraid that Princess Xian would have an attack.

"Eldest sister seems to have lost some weight. I wonder if you can ask an imperial doctor to cut the pulse?" Hua Xiwan frowned slightly, and then said to Madam Zhou in a helpless tone, "Cousin has the most gentle temperament, and is usually a taboo against medical treatment. , and also ask your wife to discipline her a little bit, my words as my sister have no weight, but my sister is a filial one, and she will listen to what my wife says."

Mrs. Zhou smiled as usual and said: "What the princess said is very true. My daughter-in-law has lost a lot of appetite recently, and the old woman is also worried. With the princess by your side, the old woman is also relieved." Having said that, Her hand holding the teacup froze.

"It's my daughter-in-law, not my mother-in-law," Hua Yiliu smiled at Mrs. Zhou, then looked at Hua Xiwan with mixed feelings, her lips moved when she thought of her younger brother who had not yet participated in the Spring Festival, but she didn't say anything after all.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Zhou was also satisfied, and then turned her head and said, "This time I heard about the great rejoicing of the honorable mansion, and the old woman came to congratulate her, and asked the princess to forgive me for the crime of harassment."

"Madam's words are out of the question," Hua Xiwan blew the heat from the teacup gracefully, and then said, "You are the in-laws of my Hua family, and we can be regarded as relatives, so why bother talking about seeing each other like this? foreign words.

Mrs. Zhou took advantage of the situation and praised the palace for a few more words, and then somehow turned the topic to the imperial examination: "Next year is the year of spring, and I don't know how many famous students will come to Beijing."

"The more students there are, the more talented people there are. It's a good thing," Hua Xiwan smiled. She didn't answer Mrs. Zhou's words and said, "Mrs.'s girl is really a sign. How old is this year?"

"Last month, she had already reached her hairpin," Mrs. Zhou said with a smile when she saw Hua Xiwan asked about her daughter, and she ignored the subject of the imperial examination, "She is a brutish girl, and she can't be praised by the princess."

"If Miss Zhou is a rude girl, wouldn't we be the fire-fighting girl?" Hua Xiwan took a look at Zhou Jinxi, "I don't know what books you read at home on weekdays?"

"Returning to the princess, I just read the "Four Books of Women", "The Analects of Confucius", etc.," Zhou Jinxi didn't know what was going on with herself, Mingming Princess Princess's eyes were very gentle, but she just didn't dare to look into Princess Xian's eyes.

"Well," Hua Xiwan nodded, and after a few compliments, she said nothing more.

At this time, someone came to report, and the prince returned to the mansion. Mrs. Zhou winked, she got up and said goodbye when she saw this. Hua Xiwan pretended to keep it for a while. Mrs. Zhou resigned again, and Hua Xiwan asked Bai Xia to send the person out.

Hua Yiliu walked behind Mrs. Zhou, and saw King Xian leading a few eunuchs from the other side of the path towards the hospital from a distance. She only had time to see a back, and when she looked again, the person had disappeared around the corner.

After leaving the gate of the palace, Zhou Jinxi and Hua Yiliu got into a carriage, and Zhou Jinxi asked a little shyly, "Sister-in-law, is King Xian really as good as rumored?"

Hua Yiliu was stunned for a moment, then lowered her eyes and said, "Maybe so, I have only seen it twice in the uncle's mansion from a distance, and I didn't take a close look."

"Oh," Zhou Jinxi was a little disappointed, and felt that as an unmarried girl, she shouldn't ask these questions, she looked at Hua Yiliu, and seeing that she didn't say anything, she lowered her head and played with her handkerchief.

After the group returned to Zhou's mansion, Mrs. Zhou looked at her pretty daughter, and for some reason a crooked idea suddenly popped up in her mind: "Daughter-in-law, I heard that there is no side room in Prince Xian's mansion?"

"Mother-in-law, King Xian and his wife are deeply in love!" Hua Yiliu's voice was a little deeper. This was the first time she spoke in such a serious tone in Zhou Mansion. "This is the blessing of the prince and the princess."

Mrs. Zhou didn't seem to expect that her daughter-in-law would speak to her in such a serious tone, she was stunned for a moment, and seemed to expect that she was a little hot-headed, so she nodded: "You are right, both King Xian and Princess Xian are lucky. people."

After speaking separately from her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, Hua Yiliu held the maid's hand and lost most of her strength.

She was jealous of Hua Xiwan, but she didn't want someone to destroy the beauty. This contradictory mood gnawed at her heart and made her sleepless, but no one knew her mood.

When Yan Jinqiu arrived in the inner courtyard, Hua Xiwan gave him a rough idea of the thickness of the gifts given by various families in the capital, so that he had an idea.

"Prince Xu's mansion is our elder, and the usual rituals can be divided into two points," Yan Jinqiu did not expect Hua Xiwan to be so careful, and only said after listening to her, "Princess Xu is a very kind person, if you are free , but you can go and talk to her."

Hua Xiwan nodded. The current King Xu and today are cousins. Because the old King Xu and the late emperor were very close, the late emperor decreed that if the three generations of King Xu did not commit a serious crime, they would be the princes. Therefore, the current King Xu and his son are all princes who are certain, as long as they don't short-circuit their minds to rebel.

Since then, King Xu's status in the royal family is very respected, and even today's saints are very polite when facing King Xu. The people in Prince Xu's mansion are also smart people. They should eat and drink on weekdays, and they don't like to be too busy. They have a normal relationship with other palaces, but Princess Xu likes Yan Jinqiu very much, and likes to talk about him on weekdays.

However, in the eyes of most people, Princess Xu is a woman in the back house. She likes to show Wang Ding because he has good literary looks and has nothing to do with the previous dynasty.

The courteous emperor of Xu Wangfu is very satisfied, and no one else has any opinions, so Xu Wangfu has been prosperous in the capital all these years, but no one has said that he is not.

"Princess Xu is a very knowledgeable elder, and I want to learn more from her." Hua Xiwan and Princess Xu have also gotten along with each other. Although there are not many opportunities to meet in private, she knows after talking with her words and deeds at parties. Princess Xu is a very intelligent and thoughtful woman. From the bottom of her heart, she respects and likes such elders very much.

When she and Yan Jinqiu got married, it seemed that Yan Jinqiu also asked Princess Xu to help with the marriage affairs instead of the elders in the family. From this, it can be seen that Princess Xu is very partial to Yan Jinqiu.

When Yan Jinqiu heard this, he didn't take it seriously. It wasn't that he felt that Hua Xiwan disrespected Princess Xu, but that he knew that Hua Xiwan could lie down and never stand up, so why would he have nothing to do after that? Things that housewomen often do.

"Okay," Yan Jinqiu smiled, picked up the gift list on the table and glanced at it, his brows were slightly wrinkled when his eyes swept across the palace of Shengjun.

"What's the matter?" Hua Xiwan noticed that his expression was wrong, followed his line of sight, and then smiled: "The next day you were promoted to prince, the sister-in-law paid a courtesy visit, but what's wrong with these things? ?"

"It's nothing," Yan Jinqiu put down the list. Yan Boyi also came that day. He and Yan Boyi have different personalities. Now the emperor deliberately fanned the flames between the two of them. What a great response, I didn't expect the gift to be so generous this time, but it's a bit of a taste of concealment.

I don't know if I really want to hide it, or if I deliberately made this move to show the emperor.

With his index finger tapped on the table, Yan Jinqiu suddenly said, "Next month is King Sheng's birthday, how about we return a generous gift?"

Hua Xiwan glanced over his sleeve robe and found that the stitches on his sleeve robe were a bit wrong, but she said calmly, "Okay, I originally planned this."

Yan Jinqiu nodded and asked someone to come in and wait for him to change into a robe. After being with Hua Xiwan for a long time, he gradually got into her habit, such as wearing a loose robe when no one was in private. Choosing a comfortable posture to read a book shows that people fall faster than developing a good habit.

After changing his clothes, Yan Jinqiu sat down beside Hua Xiwan and drank the tea ceremony, "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the banquet in the palace, we will go back to the palace to enjoy the moon together."

Hua Xiwan said with a smile: "If the banquet of tomorrow night ends early, you can give it a try. There are still a few jars of aged sweet-scented osmanthus wine in our wine warehouse."

"Since that's the case, why don't you give a few altars to Lord Taishan and two uncles, although it's not a rare thing, but it can be used in the future." Yan Jinqiu stretched out his hand and took Hua Xiwan into his arms, "It's also ours after all. A little thought."

"Dark and light yellow body is soft, and the traces of love are far away from the fragrance. Osmanthus wine is really suitable for this kind of day to taste. [1]" Hua Xiwan adjusted herself to a comfortable posture, "Then I will have someone deliver the wine in the afternoon. Go to Hou's Mansion."

"Yeah." Yan Jinqiu's hand gently rubbed her neck, smelling the faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, and his gaze swept over the robe that was replaced and thrown aside, with a dignified expression.

The author has something to say: [1] Borrowed from Li Qingzhao's "Partridge Heaven".