West of Jinling City, Gaoxi Street, Xue Mansion.
"Last night Zhu Lou dream, tonight the water country sings. The dark clouds... the island cloud steams the sea, the sea... the sea... the sea... "
In front of a rock that looked like a plow cow lying on its side, a girl in a palace dress sat on a low table, and chanted 'the sea' a few times, but her beautiful jade-like eyebrows became more and more wrinkled.
Suddenly, she threw herself forward, crouched down on the short table, and shouted, "No way, no way! I've been bored at home all day, but how can there be any poetry? As usual, in the future when I marry my husband, I will definitely be disliked."
Mournful in his mouth, those big watery eyes crossed the pale-white wrists, and secretly glanced at the opposite pavilion, looking at the stars, but how could there be any sense of depression and trouble
The two little maids next to her who served with writing and ink, heard that she would not hesitate to use her future husband as a raft in order to be able to go out and play in the mountains and waters, and they all laughed.
Even the servants in the pavilion couldn't help but laugh at each other.
Only in the middle of a leisurely chair, a woman with a graceful posture lowered her eyebrows and did not respond, as if she had already fallen asleep.
"Is mother really asleep?"
After waiting for a long time, there was still no response. The girl pouted and sat up helplessly again. She picked up a large pen like a rafter, and swiped it into the inkstone, hanging her wrist and splashing ink on the spread white paper. In an instant, a five-character quatrain was written.
Carefully turned the brush upside down, and handed it to the maid who was holding the brush. The girl 'heroicly' lifted the poem to Lao Gao, blew a few breaths, and then shook her head and recited: "Last night, Zhu Lou Meng, Tonight the water country sings.
The island cloud steams the sea, and the haze connects the jungle.
The moon has no present and past, and the love is deep and shallow.
Hannan Spring Calendar, why not care? "
After reading, the girl put the paper on the table again, stroked the beard that didn't exist on her chin, and sighed in an old-fashioned voice: "Oh, this poem has a very good mood and a good idea, but it's a pity that I lost it. In terms of rudeness, it can’t be said to have both form and spirit—in my opinion, the person who writes poetry must still owe some experience, if he can let him enjoy the lakes and mountains, the sea and the sky, he will surely achieve something in the future!”
Before she could finish her words, the two little maids next to her were already laughing and couldn't straighten their waists.
While the girl commented with a pretentious attitude, she glanced into the pavilion, but saw that her mother was still lying high on the easy chair, and there was no feedback that she should have given.
"Could it be that he was really asleep?"
The girl's face collapsed, her mouth flattened playfully, she got up and left the short one, and walked to the side of Qushui Liuxi in a sullen mood.
He wrapped the shampa on a big rock, sat on his side, took off his shoes and socks, and immersed his head in the stream water as if his two fresh ling tender lotus were barefoot.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, although the sultry heat has not subsided, but it is not comparable to the midsummer season. .
Therefore, when agitated by the cold water, she couldn't help but tremble slightly, but she refused to pull out her bare feet from the inside. Instead, she gritted her silver teeth and stretched her legs inward. Hai Nezha seemed to be messing around in the stream.
After a short time, the girl gradually got used to the water temperature, closed her beautiful eyes comfortably, leaned back slightly, and raised a pair of proud objects on her chest.
I don't know how long it took, the girl was in a daze, wandering between the heavens, the earth and the mountains and rivers, when she heard a scolding from behind: "You crazy girl, when are you still here playing in the water, and you are not afraid of getting caught in the wind and cold? !"
Hearing this scolding, the girl flattened her ruddy little mouth again, and as if in a fit of anger, she used her feet to splash the water, and said angrily, "Who asked my brother to only care about traveling in the mountains and water, but left my mother and me behind. Don't care at home!"
As she said that, she turned her head and rolled her eyes, but suddenly found that the hand of the little maid who was holding the inkstone was replaced by a bowl of steaming ginger soup.
"ah!"
The girl immediately jumped up, pouting her lips in a coquettish protest: "Mother was just pretending to be asleep!"
Seeing her sister escape like this, Xue Tao shook her head helplessly, and went to the pavilion to greet her mother:
"Mother, do you feel more relaxed today?"
The woman had long since sat up straight on the leisure chair, her bloodless face was full of love, she smiled and shook her head and said, "I've been sick for so many years, and there's nothing relaxing or not."
As she said that, she raised her hand and waved her sleeves, and the servants in the pavilion all retreated obediently.
When only the mother and son were left in the pavilion, Xue Tiao lowered her voice and said angrily, "Then Wang Ren only perfunctory and dismissed his son, obviously he did not take our family seriously, and was even more unwilling to replace him. Let's get started!"
The Wang Ren in his mouth was the son of Wang Xifeng, the chief inspector of the nine provinces, and the elder brother of Wang Xifeng, the second grandmother of Rongguo.
At the beginning of the year, he moved from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, temporarily serving as an assistant and superintendent under his father's account. Although he didn't have a serious official status, who would dare to bypass his ya within when it came to matters big or small
The Xue family has recently caused some entanglements in their business. If they want to turn to Wang Ziteng for help, they naturally have to follow Wang Ren's way.
Originally, Xue Tu had already packed up and was about to go south to Ningbo to visit Wang Ren. Whoever thought that before he could leave, he got the news that Wang Ren had arrived in Jinling.
Xue Tu was overjoyed and hurriedly prepared a generous gift to visit the door.
Who would have thought that Wang Ren received the gift, but he didn't mention the help at all, and only talked a little about the car and wheel, and then came to bring tea to the guest.
"Ugh."
Seeing her son's resentment and helplessness, the woman sighed softly: "Even if we have some relatives, what are we, orphans and widows, doing to make the Wang family look up to us?"
The mother and son looked at each other for a long while, and Xue Tao cupped his hands helplessly and said: "It seems that the son can only go to the capital for a while, please ask my aunt to come forward and turn around."
"That's all it takes."
The woman nodded, then she couldn't help shaking her head and said, "I originally saw that the eldest brother is not up to expectations, but I didn't want to climb up the door to a good relative, and even the business has prospered again."
When Xue Tao heard this, his face suddenly became strange, and he said categorically, "Then wait for good relatives, it's better not to!"
The 'aunt' and 'eldest brother' in the two people's mouths are not other people, but they are Aunt Xue and Xue Pan's mother and son - and the so-called 'good relatives' naturally refers to the official minister Wang Shangshu.
To say that the Xue family has been unfavorable for the past few years. First, Xue Pan's father passed away, and then his uncle [Xue Pan's father] also died of an emergency.
As a result, the Xue family, which was originally second to none among the Huang Shang, was left with only one orphan and widow.
Xue Pan's mother and son are still good, after all, they have the Wang family and the Rongguo mansion to rely on.
The situation on Xue Tu's side was much worse.
Although he is not as stupid and playful as his cousin, after all, he was shallow and lacking in prestige when he was young. He has been running around in the past few years, and it seems that the scenery is still rich and noble, but he has suffered a lot in secret.
Less gossip.
But she said that the mother and son had made plans to go to Beijing to seek help from Aunt Xue. Mrs. Xue hesitated for a while, and then suddenly ordered: "Bring your sister with you too, when the Mei family returns to Beijing next year, they will almost get married-and Let her follow your aunt to learn some rules in Beijing, and restrain her temperament, and it will prevent Mei Jiasheng from being unbearable."
"This… "
Xue Tao suddenly became embarrassed.
The younger sister Xue Baoqin has been following her father all over the world since she was eight years old. He is not worried that this girl will not be able to adapt to the bumps on the road.
But the mother is known to suffer from phlegm, and the two brothers and sisters don't know how long it will take to go, and there is no relatives around to accompany them, but how can they make it
"Mother!"
At this moment, Xue Baoqin suddenly jumped out from behind a clump of oleanders, took a few steps to the front, put her head on Madam Xue's lap, and said coquettishly, "I'm not going to the capital! After my brother left, I just happened to be a housekeeper to experience and experience, wouldn't it be a hundred times better than learning those dead rules."
"My son."
Mrs. Xue fondled the blue silk on her head, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Didn't you just go out and play in the mountains and water? Now it just happens to your mind..."
"It's not like I haven't been to the capital."
Xue Baoqin tilted his head and said with a laugh, "It's so dark everywhere, how can we have a good view of Jinling? When it's cooler, I'll accompany my mother to live in Zhuangzi in the countryside for a few days. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Hearing her mouth full of thoughtful attachment, Mrs. Xue's eyes felt a little hot and humid, she lowered her head and rubbed her chin on her forehead, and said softly: "My son, the Mei family will be released next year, I'm afraid it will be big. It’s used—you follow your brother to the capital, and you can walk around with the Rongguofu and the Wang family more, so you can have some support in the future when you marry.”
Since the death of Xue Baoqin's father, the Mei family has had the intention of repeating, and it is precisely because of this that Mrs. Xue thought of letting her daughter go to Beijing first and walk around with some prominent relatives, so as to make the Mei family have more scruples.
"I… "
"Master, Butler Liu sent a message in!"
Xue Baoqin was still waiting to argue, but suddenly there was a woman outside who greeted her from a distance.
When Xue Tao heard the words, he hurriedly greeted: "What did Butler Liu hear? Tell me!"
It turned out that after he was deflated at Wang Ren, he did not give up completely. He specially left the accompanying housekeeper to inquire about the purpose of Wang Ren's coming to Jinling City and see if there was any chance to push the boat along the way.
The old woman hurried a few steps to the front, and before she could complete the courtesy, she heard Xue Tao's urging again, so she hurriedly said: "Liu Butler said, Wang Yanei is leaving Ningbo this time, intending to return to the capital. ."
Back to Beijing
Xue Tao frowned and said in surprise: "Since you want to go back to the capital, what are you doing here in Jinling?"
From Ningbo to Beijing, you can either take the sea route or the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and you will never pass Jinling on the way.
"Listening to Steward Liu, it seems that he has to wait for General Sun, and then go north together."
"General Sun?!"
"General Sun?!"
The two exclamations blurted out at the same time, but Xue Baoqin took the lead, got up from her mother's arms, and said happily, "Isn't it possible that according to the recent rumors, General Sun Shaozong, who will strike Huguang with a sword?!"
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