The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 340

There is no other reason, most of the guests who come to the door are female relatives, and many of them are old women over fifty years old.

Needless to say, this must be the handkerchief Madam Tie made friends with when she was young, as well as the family members and even in-laws of the lieutenant generals of the Zhennanhou Army.

These people are usually like scattered sand, scattered all over the capital, but now that they gather here, it is surprising how powerful the families and power behind these people are.

In the main courtyard of the Hou Mansion, there were seven or eight old ladies sitting in the main hall. Their clothes and jewelry were either luxurious or plain, but their manners were all first-class.

It is obvious that they are usually the heads of the family who hold the power of the whole family, so they are naturally calm and generous.

Nanny Dao and her maid served the tea and snacks in person, and Madam Tie greeted everyone with a smile, "Old sisters, it's been hard work getting up early, come here, have a cup of tea, and eat some snacks to cushion your stomach."

One of them, a fat old woman in a pine flower brocade dress, was the first to reprimand, "Well, you iron lunatic, you are very generous when we played together when we were young. Whenever the sisters fancy any handkerchief flowers, you wave them I waved my hand and gave it away. Why are you so old now that you are stingy? We came here on an empty stomach because of your post. Are you going to use two pieces of snacks and a cup of tea to get rid of it?"

Her funny words made the other old ladies laugh.

"That's right, sister-in-law of the Tie family is the most straightforward. Now that she's been away for a few years, why don't she know her?"

Mrs. Tie stared, and pretended to be annoyed, "You people, when you were girls, you always missed my good things. Now your hair is gray, and you can't change this problem. Don't underestimate the tea and snacks. The tea is from the south this year. The tribute tea and dim sum were baked in the small kitchen of Fengxiang Palace. If I had known you were so disgusted, I would not have taken them out."

"You said it earlier, who would dare to dislike the things that came out of the empress's palace? It's too late for us to confess."

"That's right, who knew that you were walking outside a few years ago, drinking northwest wind, and we sent someone to send a letter asking you to come back, but you refused. But you took advantage of it and became the queen's godmother. I really envy us gone."

"Isn't it? If I had known this, I would have been willing to go out and drink the northwest wind for ten years."

There are no outsiders in the house, and the old women have played with each other since they were young, so they are too familiar with each other. Even though they rarely contacted each other because they got married and had children to run the house, their friendship is not usually deep, and they naturally did not hide it when they spoke. Tuck it in.

Mrs. Tie lifted her chin proudly, "You have been rich and well-clothed all these years, how can you afford the hard work of traveling. God has pity on my loneliness. It was so hard for me to meet my empress. I cherish it. Don't give me bad ideas. "

Everyone laughed, "Stingy! Don't be complacent, you come back to stay longer this time, we have something to ask you to match up."

"I don't speak big words, my mother is kind-hearted. I will definitely ask for grace when I open my mouth about ordinary things. But there are some things that make me and my mother difficult, so don't open my mouth. Be careful that I don't think of love, and beat people with a whip .”

Mrs. Tie shook her hand and made a gesture of waving a whip, which made everyone curl their lips.

"You're getting old, you still look the same as when you were young. Don't worry, we don't get involved in the big things of men. What bothers you is nothing more than the marriage of the granddaughter and grandson at home. It is also the face of the whole family to ask your mother for grace. There's light all over."

"Exactly, the grandson is fine. He married someone else's daughter, so let's treat him well. But the granddaughter is always afraid of being bullied when she gets married. If the mother gives you a talisman, then everything will be safe."

When several old women talked about their children and grandchildren, they talked more and more.Just drinking tea and snacks, but talking endlessly, it is no different from when I was young.

But over half a hundred years old, after getting married and having children, and managing the house, how could she still be as innocent as when she was a girl.

Mrs. Tie doesn't care about these things, she has the confidence now.

Although the son is not his own, but he is filial, and the daughter-in-law is also sympathetic.In the Hou Mansion here in Kyoto, she is the only one who has the final say.

The most important thing is to regard her as her own goddaughter as the queen's empress, treat the Hou's mansion as her own family, and treat her as filial as her own mother.

Even if outsiders are a little cautious, she has nothing to be afraid of.

In the east and west rooms on both sides of the courtyard, the female family members of the younger generation were also drinking tea and eating snacks, occasionally chatting a few words, but hearing the occasional laughter from the main room, they couldn't help pricking up their ears.

A young girl couldn't hold her breath, so she asked her mother in a low voice, "Mother, grandma..."

"Don't worry, Mrs. Tie is generous and caring for younger generations. Your grandmother often said that she will definitely not refuse your grandmother's entrustment this time."

The young girl's mother comforted her, but she was also a little uneasy.

Although it was said in the capital that the empress treated Mrs. Tie like her own mother, she couldn't believe it without seeing it with her own eyes.

Besides, there has never been a shortage of people who demolished bridges in this world. The empress was originally a peasant girl, and she took advantage of the Houfu's influence to gain a firm foothold in the palace.

Of course, she wouldn't dare to speak these words even if she had a hundred guts, so she could only pretend to be calm and continue to sit upright.

At this moment, someone suddenly rushed in from outside the courtyard, shouting, "The Empress sent someone to reward you!"

The people in the main room and the east and west wing rooms did not dare to stay after hearing this, and all walked out.

Others were fine with it, a little surprised and uncertain, but Mrs. Tie was confident, and she took the lead and knelt down on the ground.

Linglong, who didn't want to bring anyone in, stepped forward quickly, helped Madam Tie up, and said angrily, "Old Madam, Your Majesty has something to say, you don't have to kneel down to accept the imperial edict anytime. It is in front of the Emperor. I also reward you for not kneeling in front of you. You are like this today, but it is not easy to do business with slaves and maidservants back."

Mrs. Tie didn't insist anymore, she stood up and responded, "The emperor and the empress are gracious, but the old woman has to be polite."

Linglong smiled, glanced at the people at the side, took two steps back, and then said loudly, "The Empress heard that there were guests in the Hou's residence, so she specially ordered the servants to fetch ten boxes of palace flowers from the storeroom. There are two pairs for each girl. In addition, there are 36 squares of handkerchiefs made of magic sea yarn, and 36 boxes of mooncakes newly baked in the small kitchen of Fengxiang Palace. Please accept them, the old lady, as a token of the icing on the cake for the empress."

"Thank you madam for the reward."

Mrs. Tie bowed deeply to thank the reward, her expression was calm.After all, the Hou Mansion has received too many rewards, food, drink and clothing, and she is used to it.

But the rest of the female relatives are not so calm, they are going out as guests today, they don't want to get the reward from the empress, these palace flowers and handkerchiefs are extremely rare, wearing them when going out is definitely a good thing to add luster to the face.Carrying the moon cake box back is also the glory of the family.

Thinking of this, they kowtowed more and more sincerely.

"Thank you madam for the reward."

Linglong didn't stay too long, she purposely gave face to Mrs. Hou today, but if she did too much, she would be suspected of being a spoiler.

Mrs. Tie motioned for Nanny Dao to see her off, and brought everyone back to the main room.

This time, not only a few old ladies, but also dozens of other female relatives gathered here.

The maids were very busy adding chairs and serving tea and snacks.

An old woman said, "These are secondary, let us quickly see what the empress rewards are important."

Mrs. Tie was amused, "Your Majesty said that you will distribute things to the young girls. Your hair is all white, and you still want to grab a palace flower?"

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere became even more lively.

Just as Nanny Dao turned around, she personally moved the reward boxes and brought them to her.

Mrs. Tie opened the box, and both the palace flower and the handkerchief were handcrafted by the imperial embroiderer in the kitchen's womb. Needless to say, they were naturally extremely delicate.

In addition to the common patterns of peony, rose, peach blossom and plum blossom, there are also tulips, roses, lilies, etc. specially drawn by Xiaomi, which are not only beautiful and fresh, but also make all the girls fall in love with them.

The veil of the magic sea yarn, not to mention the workmanship, is extremely precious. In the southern state capital, the best weavers can only weave one piece in five years.The annual tribute is only three or five horses.

In the previous dynasty, there were examples of concubines quarreling over the phantom sea yarn, but now there is only one empress in the palace, of course there is no such fight, but it is enough to use, so this kind of reward is only available today.

Mrs. Tie is really generous, and today she discussed with Xiaomi again, the main reason is to deter.

So, with a big wave of her hand, Gong Hua'er and Pazi were separated.

There were only seventeen young girls who went to the banquet today, and there were palace flowers and handkerchiefs left, and she didn't plan to keep them, so she divided them among several old women and asked them to take them back to their beloved granddaughters.

Such a large scale and distribution of money pushed the whole banquet to a climax.

The banquet afterwards was also delicious, and everyone drank a little wine under the joy.After getting out and getting in the car and returning home, I couldn't avoid talking about it with my family, so all the mansions sent gifts back to Hou's mansion one after another.

With such back and forth, the front of the Hou Mansion was bustling.

In this way, in the eyes of caring people, it is natural to understand the intention of the Hou Mansion.

Not to mention how chaotic things are in Kyoto.It only said that on the official road to the north, Father Lu brought four children, Aunt Han and others, guarded by hundreds of soldiers, but he was not in a hurry.

Father Lu's literati temper, always keep in mind, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles.

Along the way, whenever we encounter good scenery or towns, we almost have to take the children out of the car and go for a walk.

The four children grew up in the palace, and when they went out, they mostly went to the Duke's Mansion and Zhennanhou Mansion.It is equivalent to walking between two yards, big and small. Naturally, I have never seen such mountains and rivers, with different customs and customs.

So, early on, he left the sadness of leaving his father and queen behind him, and followed his grandfather wholeheartedly.

Catch and grill fish by the river, hunt a rabbit in the mountains, play bamboo leaf tunes, buy fried chestnuts in sugar at the market, and pinch a sugar figurine.

This was a pain for the guards, for fear that some bad guys would take the opportunity to harm the masters.

Fortunately, Lan Tianqin brought four hundred personal guards to catch up and relieved a lot of pressure.

(End of this chapter)