Ninefold Purple

In Dou Zhao’s memory, Dou Mansion in Huaishu Hutong is a house with four entrances and three rooms with side rooms. Pomegranates are planted in the front yard and square bamboos are planted in the back yard. Stone tables and stone piers are placed under the grape trellis. It's still a little crowded, but it doesn't lose the warm atmosphere of fireworks.

But in this life, when she got off the carriage, she found that the Dou family's house was more than double the size of her impression.

Dou Shishu not only bought a three-room and three-room house next door to his house, but also bought a two-room and three-room house in the back, opened up the three houses, and renovated them to become the present The old Douge mansion in Huaishu Hutong has lost the forbearance and prudence of the past, and has a little more low-key publicity.

This may have a lot to do with the fifth uncle being suppressed by Wang Xingyi for a long time in the previous life, but in this life he joined the cabinet before Wang Xingyi.

Dou Shishu, Dou Shiheng, Dou Shiying and other men were in front, the fifth wife Fan, the sixth wife Ji and other female relatives were behind. Almost all the maids, daughters-in-law and mother-in-law of the whole family were dispatched, surrounded by everyone in the Dou family, and went out early. They just stood in front of the door and waited, but there was no Wang Yingxue. [

Seeing Mrs. Ertai, Dou Shishu took a few steps forward and knelt down in front of Mrs. Ertai, and called "Mother" with moist eyes.

The second wife burst into tears immediately, and wanted to get up with Dou Shishu.

However, Dou Shishu insisted on kowtowing three times to Mrs. Er Tai, and the forehead was immediately covered with dust.

Dou Shiheng and others hurriedly kowtowed to salute Dou Shishu.

The second wife's eyes were full of relief and joy with watery eyes.

Dou Zhao, who was walking behind the second wife, saw Dou Ming hesitate in the crowd, and then knelt down with a slender, fair-skinned, and pretty-looking elderly woman.

Dou Zhao recognized the woman as Dou Zhengchang's wife, Han Shi, so she couldn't help but take a second look.

Han's relationship with Ji Ling, who was first his sister-in-law and later his sister-in-law, was so bad that Dou Dechang and his wife had to move to West Street near Yongguang Temple in Xuanbeifang, the outer city of Kyoto.

Sensing Dou Zhao's gaze, Han nodded kindly towards Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao smiled.

As if wanting to prove something, Dou Ming hurriedly took Han's arm, and glanced over coldly.

Dou Zhaoquan pretended not to see it, and his eyes fell on Guo Shi and Cai Shi who were beside Han Shi.

Although Guo Shi is as slender and gentle as in memory, her skin is fair and tender, and her pair of black eyes are as cute as a deer, unlike the last time she saw Guo Shi, her expression was sluggish, her skin was sallow, like a bedridden girl. The patient on the couch let out an uncomfortable depression.

Counting the days, the Bai family will enter the door next year.

Dou Zhao sighed in his heart, thinking of Ji Lingze.

Ji Ling got in touch with Dou Zhao through Ji Jili.Dou Zhao used the excuse that Mrs. Er Tai invited a real person from Longhu Mountain to tell her fortune, and she quietly asked that real person to do a fortune-telling for herself and Ji Han. He said that Ji Ling had a hurdle in the past two years, and after he could get over it, he would be able to pass it. If you can't make it through, I'm afraid you will suffer a little in the rest of your life. It's best to avoid the hustle and bustle of the public, and eat two years of fasting alone.

She and Ji Ling said that these friendships are too weak.When sending the letter out, she herself smiled wryly and shook her head. Who knows that the Ji family and the Han family delayed their marriage in a short time, and after a few days, the news that Mr. Han was seriously ill, Dou Zhao couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. , just when she thought that Ji Lingze might be a widow, Ji and the Han family suddenly and quickly set the date of marriage, and Ji Lingyou married into the Han family in a happy manner. Three months later, the sixth son of Han died of illness.

When Dou Zhao heard the news, she didn't close her eyes all night. She wrote a letter to comfort Ji Lingze.

After that, the two often exchanged letters, but Ji Ling never mentioned her happy event, and out of respect, Dou Zhao didn't ask her about the situation at that time either.Since she came to the capital this time, she definitely wanted to visit Ji Lingze, but she didn't know whether she was living in Ji's house or Han's house. [

She hurriedly stopped her thoughts, and after the Er Tai Furen and others finished the contract, she went forward and bowed her knees to her father, Dou Shiying, as a blessing.

Dou Shiying, who hadn’t seen Dou Zhao for a long time, seemed very excited. He took Dou Zhao’s hand and asked her if the trip was safe, what she usually does at home, how is Aunt Cui’s health... she kept talking like a lotus root , or Dou Shiheng interrupted Dou Shiying with a smile: "The child has just arrived, what can I say later, Shou Gu can't run away." But he asked Shou Gu: "Are you tired? Let your sixth aunt give you Make a pot of citron tea to remove the heat." Everyone laughed.

Dou Zhao hurriedly saluted Dou Shiheng, laughed loudly and called "Uncle Six", then took Aunt Six's arm, and shouted "Brother Eleven" and "Brother Twelve" to Dou Zhengchang and Dou Dechang, Like Ji's daughter, a little polite, but more affectionate, which made Ji happy, grabbed Dou Zhao's shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't listen to your sixth uncle, come and meet your fifth aunt." She brought it to Mrs. Fifth.

The Fifth Wife didn't open Dou Zhao's mouth, she took Dou Zhao's hand and said with a smile: "It's better to be famous than to meet each other. Our fourth lady is really beautiful. As expected, she grew up under Mrs. Tai's knees." The last sentence was Said to the second wife.

Mrs. Ertai laughed and happily accepted the compliment from her daughter-in-law.

Dou Zhao smiled and bowed his knees to salute.

Mrs. Fifth recruited her two daughters-in-law, grandsons, and granddaughters: "Come and meet your fourth sister."

Guo Shi and Cai Shi brought their children to meet Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao signaled Su Xin to take out the meeting that had been prepared, and rewarded her nephew and niece.

Seeing that Dou Zhao gave her daughter the little Ruyi bracelet of red gold, Guo felt that it was too precious, so she thanked her repeatedly with some embarrassment.Mrs. Cai carefully gave Dou Zhaoshou to her two sons Yupei, looked at her carefully, and then thanked her with a smile.

The Cha family is still as snobbish as in the previous life.

Dou Zhao pouted in his heart, and stepped forward to salute Dou Shishu.

Dou Shishu smiled slightly, and said: "When I saw you last time, you were still a child, and you have grown into a big girl in the blink of an eye. Time is not forgiving!" His tone was quite emotional.

Dou Zhao saw that Dou Shishu had put on some weight and had a few silver threads on his temples, and felt a little sad in his heart.

Ji introduced Han to Dou Zhao.

Mrs. Han has met her face to face before, and knows that Dou Zhao is like the adopted daughter of Mrs. Ji, and she treats Dou Zhao like a sister-in-law. She is respectful and affectionate, which makes people feel good.

Dou Shiying scolded Dou Ming: "Your sister is here, and you don't go up to say hello?"

Dou Zhao thought she would be awkward or have a cold face, but she never thought that she came forward to salute Dou Zhao with a smile, and said: "Who made me the youngest and the lowest in seniority, so I will be the last one."

Everyone roared with laughter, which made Dou Shiying look a little rough.

Fortunately, Dou Shiying's two daughters have always been doted on, so she smiled helplessly and taught her a few clichés like "obedience", and everyone embraced the second wife and went to the main room.

Dou Zhao was arranged in the West Wing Room.

Su Lan took a little maid to help Dou Zhao wash and wash, while Su Xin instructed the daughters-in-law to put on Dou Zhao's favorite things from Zhending. [

The little maids and rough envoys who were arranged by the fifth wife to serve here couldn't help but click their tongues, and whispered to each other: "This fourth young lady who is definitely here is really grand."

A little maid said: "What is this? I heard that Fifth Young Lady's ostentation is even bigger. In addition to the usual attendants, there are seven or eight guards in the room, two women who wash starch, two daughters-in-law who work on the stove, and four needleworkers." The servant girl on the bed... Master Seven is the richest of all the masters."

A little servant girl listened and settled the score, saying: "Miss Fourth only brought four guards, four maids, and two wives who are rough envoys. It is indeed not as grand as Miss Fifth."

Guo Shi, who came in to treat Dou Zhao to dinner, couldn't help shouting: "What nonsense are you talking about here? Why don't you help me!"

The little maids scattered in a hurry.

Hearing the movement, Su Xin hurriedly came up to her, saluted respectfully, and called her "Miss Six".

Mrs. Guo was kind to others, and asked her softly, "Has Fourth Sister finished her grooming?"

Su Xin let Guo Shi into the hall, and asked her to sit down with a smile. Before tea came, Dou Zhao came out after freshening up.

Mrs. Guo hurriedly stood up, and said: "Fourth younger sister, the second wife is here, I'll wait for you to go, and then we can start the banquet."

Dou Zhao thanked with a smile, and went to the flower hall where the dinner was served with Mrs. Guo.

At this time, Song Mo was sitting cross-legged on the Zen chair in Yizhitang's study room with his eyes closed, listening to Gu Yu and his steward Qiao An settle the accounts: "...by then, the 5 taels of silver from the account department will have arrived. Now, I don’t have to worry about money, so is it okay to eat alone like this?”

Joan looked a little worried.

Gu Yu sneered: "What kind of food is this? Compared with Shen Qing, we are far behind. He is not even willing to pay the money to hire a helper, and asks the guards along the way to help him transport stones. Those principals have to personally entertain them to drink flowers and wine." Speaking of this, he couldn't help complaining, "Wang Qinghuai is too careful. According to me, what we are doing is this book business, no matter how polite you are, without this Relationship, people won't take you seriously, no matter how rude you are, with this relationship, they can only endure..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Song Mo suddenly opened his eyes and said, "How much money does the Wei family have with us?"

Gu Yu was startled, collected himself, and said, "It looks like twenty thousand."

Song Mo said again: "How much money did you give them?"

Gu Yu curled her lips and said, "Zhang Yuanming's daughter-in-law has a big heart. When I settled the settlement for the first time, I followed your instructions and returned their principal to her. Who knew she returned the principal? , Said it was included in the share capital... I didn't think it was much, the big deal is to allocate some of my share to her, so I didn't mention it to you. The 2 taels of silver included the Wei family's principal of 3000 Two denarii."

Song Mo nodded, and said flatly: "Give me all the money. I tell him when to give it to him, and when will you settle it for them."

Gu Yu opened his mouth wide, and it took him a long time to say "Okay" loudly, with an unconcealable joy in his voice.

Song Mo lowered his head and took a sip of his tea, remembering that when he came back that day, Mr. Yan told him about what happened in the Prime Minister's country.