The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 281 No matter how beautiful, can there be a beautiful girl? (1)
Zhao Jing sent someone to Songhe Hall to inform the yard that the mothers-in-law had finished tidying up.The Hou Mansion had just gone through a major cleanup, and there were not enough people, especially the old and experienced maids. Fortunately, Qi Xinrui brought two of them, and Zhao Jing started from the little maids who were doing odd jobs. I found two who looked smarter, and found two older women, and ordered them to serve in Ziwei Garden from now on.

Dinner was eaten at Songhe Hall, Master Hou didn't come back at night, he only sent a servant to come in to answer, saying that there was a delay in a party outside.Mrs. Xu was already a little unhappy because of what happened earlier in the morning, and after hearing this, she became more and more convinced that Lord Hou was angry with herself. She only took a small sip of dinner, and she was playing with her temper and getting angry.

Zhao Jing knew the old lady's heart troubles, but Qi Xinrui was there, she was too embarrassed to persuade her, so she asked Zhang's mother to serve the old lady and go to bed first.Zhao Jing had been busy all day and had to go back to her room, the girls dispersed, and Qi Xinrui got up to say goodbye to Mrs. Xu.

The maid she brought was already waiting for her outside the door, and when she saw her coming out, she stepped forward to greet her, and the master and servant walked one after the other.Qi Xinrui was a newcomer, and she felt a little bit disappointed, so the maid talked to her and said, "Girl, the courtyard of the Hou's Mansion is really big, much bigger than that of the He's."

Qi Xinrui looked indifferent after hearing this, and just said casually: "That's natural, the mansion of Marquis of Wu'an, I heard that it was originally the mansion of a prince in the previous dynasty, and later that prince lost power and was demoted to be a marquis, but the regulations of this mansion are It is still the standard of the original palace."

She lowered her eyes and thought about what Mrs. He said to her in the backyard of the He family last night, and she couldn't help but frown again.She has lived in the He family for four or five years, and everyone in the He family has never disliked her since the old lady. Now she has no one to rely on and has no other thoughts. She just waited for her age and a dowry Get married, that's all.

But who knew that since Mrs. He was pregnant with her second child, all this had changed. Her brother-in-law, who seemed to be a gentleman and cared for her, had evil thoughts.At first, she only respected him as an elder, but who knows... Qi Xinrui's heart was still pounding at the thought of this, luckily, that incident didn't get out, otherwise her boudoir reputation would be gone, I'm afraid she could only Marry him as a concubine.

Mrs. He's words rang in my ears again: "The Qi family is defeated, and among the remaining relatives, only the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion is still prosperous. Although their old lady has a bad reputation, I heard that She is a nice person, and has adopted several children. If you go and serve her wholeheartedly, she will treat you well. Besides, when you go to their house, you can often see Brother Bao and Sister Hui. Whether our Qi family can be revived now depends on Brother Bao, and if he grows up in the future, he will also be your reliance."

Thinking of this, Qi Xinrui felt a little sad again, and couldn't help but secretly shed tears again.Fortunately, not long after, the two of them had already arrived at Ziwei Garden, and the women inside were about to hang up the paintings in the main hall, and rested their hands to greet Qi Xinrui.

Qi Xinrui met the maids and mother-in-law, and ordered her close maid to give them a reward for meeting, and leaned on the soft couch in the inner room a little listlessly.The maid named Liu Sui next to her has a strong temper. Seeing the women going out with rewards, she personally made a cup of tea for her. She frowned and said, "This Mrs. Hou is also interesting. What kind of good thing is it?" It was hung in the living room, and when the girl came to live, she put it away, I heard that she was just a girl from a poor family, but she became rich and honored because she entered the palace as a palace maid, she seems to be a petty person."

After hearing this, Qi Xinrui quickly reprimanded: "Liu Sui'er, don't talk nonsense, I have met Mrs. Hou, she is very decent and well-behaved, and she is also beautiful. I heard that she is already 26, but she is only in her early twenties. look."

After hearing this, Liu Sui didn't pay attention, and only whispered: "No matter how beautiful, can a girl be as beautiful?"

After all, Qi Xinrui is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, and she is not unhappy to be praised for her beauty, but she blushed slightly and said, "Anyway, Mrs. Hou looks very good, and you will know when you see her."

Liu Sui snorted casually, and seeing the sky darken, she just said, "Miss, rest for a while, I'll ask my mother-in-law to go to the kitchen to drink water, so that the girl can relax."

Zhao Jing read in the study for a while, the sky was completely dark, but Xu Si'an hadn't come back yet.She stood at the gate of the yard and took a look from a distance. The lights on the verandah leading to the outer yard had already been lit.

I don't know where he went all day?

This unreasonable worry made Zhao Jing feel a little helpless, she thought about it, why not take a shower and wait for him in the room before Xu Si'an came back.

(End of this chapter)