banyan garden
"I don't know which daughter of the lower official His Highness is looking for?"
Dewang glanced at his master and said, "How many daughters does Mr. Sun have? The one who can write well. Why, is Mr. Sun unwilling?"
"Of course I don't dare to be unwilling, no, no, no, I am very happy." Perhaps because he didn't expect that what he wanted would come true, Sun Qinghua was so happy that he couldn't even say what he said.
"Xiaguan understands, Xiaguan will go and bring the little girl here."
Looking at Sun Qinghua's back, Dewang smiled and said, "Look at Mrs. Sun's happiness! But his daughter is able to follow the master, because the ancestral grave of their Sun's family burns high incense and smokes during the day!"
"You talk too much!"
That being said, maybe others can't see it, but Dewang can still see that his grandfather is in a good mood.
When the Song family arrived at Xinlanyuan, Sun Ruhua was also there.
She called Sun Ruyi in and said a few words, then asked her to prepare and left first. Although this is a great happy event, it is not too glorious after all, especially with Sun Ruhua here.
After Mrs. Song left, Sun Ruyi happily asked Fei Cui to come in and dress her up. The girls were fetching water and preparing clothes and jewelry, which caused Sun Ruhua, who was sitting in the next room, to look sideways.
"You mean that the third prince has taken a fancy to you and plans to take you into the mansion?"
Sun Ruyi glanced at Sun Ruhua: "What? Don't think it's Na, my mother said that the gate of the prince's mansion is not easy to enter, and everyone who can have a title is the daughter of an honorable official in the court and comes from a famous family. As long as I If you can please His Highness, even if you are a junior now, you may be able to sit in the position of side concubine someday."
Sun Ruhua smiled forcedly: "Fourth sister, don't get me wrong, I'm just a little surprised."
"Then you can continue to be surprised. I have to dress up and make a good impression on the third prince. I don't know why His Highness likes me. He even called me by name and asked my father to beg me. Could it be that he secretly peeped at me?" Now? Speaking of this, I have to thank my third sister, if it weren't for your method, I wouldn't be able to get such a big benefit."
Sun Ruhua clenched her handkerchief tightly, gritted her silver teeth secretly, and laughed so hard that she vomited blood in her heart.
Sun Qinghua took Sun Ruyi to the banyan garden.
It was still in the same hall, but Zong Yue was no longer there, and it was the father and daughter who Dewang had come to meet.
"This is?"
"Eunuch De, this is the little girl."
"Not this, not this, mistake."
"Mistaken?"
The father and daughter looked at each other in disbelief.
Dewang said: "Master Sun, you don't know how many daughters you have? It's the one who is quite thin, who can write well and can sing ditties!"
"This..." Sun Qinghua was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "Eunuch De, what you said makes me feel really wrong."
Sun Ruyi's charming face was full of astonishment, and she still didn't want to give up: "How could you make a mistake? It's me that His Royal Highness is looking for. Could it be your father-in-law who made a mistake?"
"Wrong? You made a mistake, and I won't make a mistake! Go, go, get her away quickly, leave her here and yell, be careful to disturb the master, and be careful of your skin."
Sun Qinghua didn't bother to ask any more questions, and hurriedly dragged Sun Ruyi away.
After returning, he discussed with Mrs. Song, but he really couldn't figure out who it was.
It wasn't Sun Ruyi, could it be that Sun Ruhua failed? But Sun Ruhua can't sing ditties either.
"Why don't you ask the old lady, sir?"
Only then did Sun Qinghua think of the old lady, and rushed to Xiwu Hall as if she had been pardoned.
He told the old lady about it.
The old lady frowned and said, "At first, I thought it might be Fang, but that father-in-law said he could sing ditties. Is there a girl who can sing ditties in our family?"
"There should be no mistake. The third prince himself said it was the girl in the house. Aunt Qin's ditties are pretty good. Could it be Rufang?"
Rufang is Sun Qinghua's concubine daughter, the sixth in the ranking, born of Aunt Qin, but she has never been favored and rarely shows her face in front of people.
"Then how about I take Rufang to have a look? Mother."
"No!" The old lady waved her hand and said in a deep voice: "Even if our family wants to get into the relationship with the prince, we can't do it too blatantly. You are a civil servant, so you have to be more reserved. Just pick and choose like this, it seems It seems that the girls will have the face to go out in the future, and it won't sound good to spread the news. In this way, you go to that father-in-law and ask the third prince to come to my courtyard. On the surface, I will meet the elders, and I will send the two All the girls of the right age in the room are called over, so that they can see who is going through the screen at that time, so as not to hurt the face of the girl's family."
"But what if the third prince doesn't agree?"
"He is a dignified prince, and he will not understand this truth. Next, if he really likes that girl, he will definitely come."
"Okay, mother, I'll do it now."
Sun Qinghua went to the Banyan Garden again, and told Dewang what he meant.
Dewang didn't even bother to pass on the words to him at first, but he couldn't stand him begging for nothing, and kept stuffing money into his bosom, so he went in and told Zong Yue about it.
Although Zong Yue was a little displeased, he still agreed.
Although Sun Qinghua's back and forth behavior did not clearly state what it was for, after returning to Xinlan Garden, Sun Ruyi, who had caused a lot of trouble, had already vented to him.
So the old lady came to pass the word, and they all understood what was going on, so there was no need to go into details about changing clothes.
In the Xiwu Hall, the old lady sat at the head, with Sun Qinghua and Song Shi, Sun Qingbin and Huang Shi accompanying her at the bottom.
Sun Qingbin and Huang Shi came here uninvited, but in front of their faces, and the old lady couldn't drive them away, so she could only let them stay here.
Smiling, the family looked at the girls filing in from outside.
On the surface, the old lady recruited all the girls in the family for her upcoming birthday. On the oblique side, there is a sandalwood screen embroidered with flowers of the four seasons. There are two people sitting and standing behind the screen, but they cannot be seen from the outside.
But they all seemed to know who was sitting behind the screen, so the girls came in from the outside, intentionally or unintentionally, showing their best side to this side.
The old lady was talking with the girls below, and Zhou's mother had quietly come behind the screen.
"Eunuch?"
"No!"
"No?"
Zong Yue seemed to be very impatient, and turned the thumb on the thumb, so Dewang's tone was particularly bad: "Are you going to do something?"
"Slave servant, go and tell the master."
Zhou's mother went to the old lady's side and whispered to the old lady.
The old lady said calmly, "Let the eldest son go and call the remaining two concubine girls. By the way, there are also cousin girls."
"Yes."
After a while, the remaining three people came, but Dewang still said no.
Now, the old lady has a headache, all the daughters of the right age in the mansion are here, if not, who could it be
"Old lady, could it be Grandma Fourth?" Mother Zhou guessed.
"The second master said he could sing ditties."
"But the girls don't know how to sing ditties. If they are of the right age and are dressed as girls, apart from the fourth grandma, the servants really can't think of anyone else in the house."
"Go and call Mrs. Fang."
At this time, the old lady was already extremely impatient. On the one hand, she wanted to have an awkward chat with the granddaughters below, and on the other hand, she was afraid that the nobleman behind the screen would be annoyed.
Soon, Fang Fengsheng was invited.
Mother Zhou quietly went behind the screen again.
"Eunuch?"
"It's her!"
…
Zhou's mother was almost desperate and fled back to the old lady.
Whispering as usual, the old lady still had a kind smile on her face, her brows were already wrinkled.
She rubbed her forehead and said: "Okay, I will leave this matter to Mrs. Song, you all step back, the old lady is in good health and tired."
"Yes, mother." Mrs. Song replied.
"By the way, the second master stays here, I have something to tell you."
"Mother, what do you have to say, can't my uncle and I listen to it?" Huang said with a smile.
The old lady glanced at Mrs. Huang, and said, "It's nothing, but I suddenly remembered some trivia, do you want to hear it?"
Huang said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law and uncle also want to relieve mother's worries."
"Stay if you want to listen."
The old lady was obviously a little unhappy, but there was someone behind the screen, so she couldn't say anything in person. But Mrs. Huang was like a blind man, she pretended she didn't see it, and stuck with Sun Qingbin.
"You stay with Feng Sheng, and I'll tell you about copying scriptures."
Although the old lady tried her best to cover it up, many people would notice it, they couldn't believe it, and their eyes kept wandering on the old lady and Fang Fengsheng.
…
After everyone else retreated, the hall finally quieted down.
The old lady called Feng Sheng to her side, clapped her hands, and said something exclamatory.
Fang Fengsheng didn't know if he understood, but he kept his head down anyway.
"Okay, grandma doesn't hide anymore. You must have met the third prince, Feng Sheng. Now His Highness has asked us to ask you to go. Would you like it?"
In the hall, everyone's eyes were on Fang Fengsheng.
Although Sun Qinghua and Mrs. Song were a little surprised, the old lady would never do anything she was not sure of. Since she pointed it out face to face, she must be sure. Did the old lady greet Fang Fengsheng in advance? Or was it arranged by the old lady that the third prince personally came forward to please someone today
Sun Qinghua had too many doubts in his mind, but now was not the time to talk about it. Out of trust in the old lady, he drank tea with his eyes half downcast, as if nothing had happened.
"Third Prince?"
The old lady smiled kindly, and stroked her hand again: "It's your blessing that the third prince can take a fancy to you, are you willing?"
"Where is the third prince?"
Zong Yue strode out from behind the screen: "My lord promised you yesterday, and now you have done it, you..."
"Third prince?" Feng Sheng's voice suddenly became sharper, and she looked at the old lady, Sun Qinghua and Huang in astonishment, "Grandmother, are you and your parents planning to sell your daughter-in-law for glory?"
In a word, it was like a stone breaking the sky, causing countless waves.
Without waiting for them to speak, Feng Sheng staggered back a few steps, and said again: "I just thought you guys just didn't like me, I never thought you would do such a thing! Father, you are an official of the imperial court, and you read sage books, don't you The book you read teaches you to use your daughter-in-law to cling to the powerful?"
"Fang Shi, you..."
"There is also the third prince."
Feng Sheng walked up to Zong Yue slowly, and looked at him without hesitation: "Are you really the prince? The daughter of the people doubts whether it is a fake! The holy man's literary and martial arts are admired by all people. As a prince, you should uphold the holy spirit Zhizhai has a kind heart and loves the people like a son. But you, a dignified prince, shamelessly tried to occupy the wives of his ministers. In order to achieve his own goals, he used fame and wealth to buy off these people who are obsessed with interests, and even acted together in such a scene The play is just to force a weak woman to submit to lust?"
"Fang Shi, what on earth are you trying to do, shut up!" Sun Qinghua said angrily.
The old lady also said anxiously: "Mr. Fang, do you know what you are talking about? You want to turn the world upside down?!"
Huang and Sun Qingbin looked at each other and sat down to watch the play.
"Why did you tell me to shut up? Since you dare to do it, are you still afraid of people talking about it?"
Feng Sheng continued with a sneer: "If the third prince wants to see the Minnv kneel down and accept it with a happy face, then I'm sorry, I can't do it! Although the Minnv is a girl, she was favored by her parents and grew up reading sage books. I understand What is etiquette, righteousness and shame, knowing what it means to be amiable but not to be robbed, to be close but not to be forced, to be able to be killed but not to be insulted. If the third prince insists on doing it, he will only see the corpse of a civilian girl."
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The author has something to say: I read the comments and questioned why Fang Fengsheng was dressed as a girl, and married women and unmarried women dressed differently, how could this misunderstanding be caused. There will be an explanation later.