Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 116 Home visit
The rule of the big family is to eat without talking, and when everyone is seven or eight percent full, the maids bring a bowl of tea after the meal, and then there are voices during the dinner.

Mrs. Zhao, who was the first to speak out, first said greetings, and then chatted about family affairs.If it were a woman next to her, she would only find it long-winded, but the words that came out of Mrs. Zhao's mouth were like a stream flowing in the forest, not greasy at all.

Cheng Guyuan is not a girl who was raised in a boudoir, she has an informal personality, she speaks confidently and freely, and the rare heroism in her eyebrows makes a family of generals like Ningbei Hou Mansion look different. Also looked satisfied.

The Cheng family also liked Shen Ci, and they still remembered the last time they invited for a banquet, when Cheng Fei came, they discussed with the second-bedroom couple to take Shen Ci to the border, but the matter was settled in the end, after all, the Zhao family couldn't bear it.

The elders of the two parents looked at each other, and the more they talked, the happier they became.

Seeing that his mother liked the daughter of the Cheng family so much, Shen Ci ate wine without saying a word, almost engraved the word "unhappy" on his forehead.

But whether he is unhappy or not, he also has scruples.

Knowing that Mrs. Shen is afraid to act wild.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao suddenly heard a general feeling: "Ten years have passed in a flash. I remember that when we were young, Gu Yuan and our Jingyan had a good relationship. We played together all day long. Now that we have grown up, our two families There should be more contacts."

Shen Ci endured it for a long time, and when she heard Zhao mentioning her childhood for the nth time, she finally couldn't help but lazily said: "Mother said it was a childhood thing, more than ten years have passed, what's the point of repeating it now?"

There was an instant silence in the hall.

Mrs. Zhao had long thought that she would be humiliated by Shen Ci, so she smiled and said, "General Cheng also knows my family Jing Yan, and his temper is so unpleasant. He is not like your girl, who is sensible and annoying. Happy."

Cheng Fei didn't care, waved his hand and said: "What did Mrs. Zhao say? Our two families have known each other for decades. My Cheng family has been at the border all these years. I occasionally go to Beijing by order, but my wife and daughter I've never been to Beijing, so I don't know many rules, last time at your home polo match, the little girl was very naughty, and mixed with men to race horses, and she made a lot of jokes when she just returned to Beijing."

The Erfang couple exchanged glances when they heard the words, and they were probably surprised that she was the girl who raced with the man that day. After all, they only cared about matching Jiang Wangshu and Shen Pan'er that day, and didn't care much about other things.

After realizing it, Shen Chongwen smiled and said, "It turns out that the one who raced horses with Erlang in the matinee was the daughter of General Cheng. A tiger father has no dog daughter. Your daughter has the demeanor of your youth."

The eldest lady of the Cheng family replied: "Second Master Shen, don't praise the little girl so much, she needs to work on her temper, and she will learn more from your two girls in the future. By the way, Princess Jiayi, I heard that Xiaohou Shen Master went to the Southern Region, how long will it take to come back?"

Qin Mingyu, who had been silent all this time, was suddenly asked, and replied slowly: "I don't know how long he will come back. In the past, every time he traveled far away, it would be at least half a year. He is not used to staying at home. There have been many frontiers in Zhaoguo these years." go."

Seeing Qin Mingyu's gloomy expression, everyone looked at each other. The words of persuasion in the past few days were almost worn out, and they didn't see her face getting better, so they simply lowered their heads tacitly and began to drink.

The lady of the Cheng family realized that she might have said the wrong thing, so she quickly changed the subject, and asked about the current situation of the Ningbei Hou Mansion in recent years. Mrs. Zhao would also like to chat more with the lady of the Cheng family.

The family of generals is not restrictive, whether the Cheng family couple is the second bedroom couple or Qin Mingyu, eight pickpockets can chat with Mrs. Shen.

The juniors didn't say a word, just listening to the elders chatting happily.

The banquet was over, and the elders went to the side hall to talk.

The weather was hot, Shen Pan'er, as the host, took Cheng Guyuan and the girl from Fuzhong to set up a tent by the pool to enjoy the cool.

Ningbei Hou Mansion has a wide pond between the outer courtyard and the inner house. The pond is surrounded by flowers that only bloom in summer.

Ye Lingwu and Rongxiu came late, and before they arrived, they heard laughter and laughter, heard the sound, surrounded by many female envoys, Shen Pan'er and Cheng Guyuan rolled up their sleeves with loops, trouser legs Also rolled up to the thighs, catching fish in ponds submerged in the knees.

It was probably because the elders were present at the banquet for too long, the two of them looked very unhappy now, especially Cheng Guyuan, the movement of catching fish was very neat, she didn't look like a novice, Shen Pan'er watched from the side She went down with one hand, picked up a fish when she came up, and clapped her hands in surprise.

Ye Lingwu looked at it and couldn't tell what was in her heart.

Seeing Ye Lingwu looking there, Rongxiu didn't move for a long time, so she couldn't help asking: "Girl, why don't we go over?"

Ye Lingwu came back to her senses, shook her head and said: "It's not over, didn't Madam Xuan hand over to me a lot of ledgers from Zhuangzi in the suburbs of the city yesterday? There is no way to pile things up, let's go back to Jinghetang to clean them up. "

The afternoon sun was the most venomous, and when we returned to Jinghe Hall, there were only a few young maids cutting branches in the yard, and Tanchun and Jiang Lanshu were nowhere to be seen.

Ling Wu led Rongxiu around the long corridor, but saw Qingju sneaking out of the courtyard with a letter, the master and servant looked at each other, but no one called her.

"Miss, these days, my servant is always absent-minded watching Miss Lanshu's work, especially that day when I came back from the polo field, my servant passed by Miss Lanshu's dormitory, and heard crackling inside, as if she was throwing something." Rongxiu pressed her voice. whispered.

"Throwing things?" Ye Lingwu said in a dazed manner. In her memory, Jiang Lanshu was always decent and pleasing to do things, and she never lost her face, let alone lost her temper.

Rongxiu nodded, and replied: "That's right, there is one thing that I didn't tell the girl. During the days when you went to commit crimes with Mrs. Shen, Miss Lanshu would leave the house through the back door every now and then. The servant girl was curious, so she followed, and she saw Miss Lan Shu getting into the carriage of the Rong family at the back door."

Ye Lingwu frowned: "Are you reading that right?"

Rongxiu said: "You read that right, it is the carriage of the Rong family, and it is the one that the Rong family always rides when they come to the Hou's mansion for banquets. The master of the Rong family and the eldest lady never go to the Hou's mansion for banquets. It's Mr. Rong, and the slaves just want to have a private meeting with Miss Lanshu... Maybe it's Mr. Rong?"

Ye Lingwu didn't answer.

I remember that a long time ago when Rong Yu mentioned Jiang Lanshu in the private school, she felt strange. Jiang Lanshu served Mrs. Shen without going out of the door, and the second door did not go out. How could she get to know Rong Yu, let alone mention it at the hairpin meeting.

After returning from the crime month, Jiang Lanshu's service to Mrs. Shen was obviously not as meticulous as before. She couldn't tell what changed, but it changed a lot. She didn't even rush to go to the Haitang Zhai banquet today.

When it comes to the banquets hosted by Ningbei Hou Mansion in the past, she is the most active one.

After thinking for a long time, she replied: "It's better not to tell the old lady about this, lest the old lady get angry. The old lady is not in good health these days, let's talk about it later."

Rongxiu thought for a while, and replied "Yes".

(End of this chapter)