Ordinary clear day

Chapter 154
Da Liu's temper is still as sharp as before, but the level of clothing and clothing has been fully improved by two steps.She was wearing a sapphire blue silk cheongsam, with emerald jewelry on her hair, and a shining gold bracelet on her hand, she was a lady.But she said: "Don't be intimidated by my outfit. I don't usually wear it like this. Today I dressed it up specially to show off in front of my relatives."

Mrs. Tong couldn't laugh or cry, but Mrs. Liu kept crying from the moment her sister appeared, from the courtyard to the house, from entering the door to the maid serving tea.Da Liu became impatient and said, "Why are you still crying? Don't tell me you don't want to see me as a sister? You cry when you see me?"

Little Liu choked with sobs and said: "I, I, I...I am so happy, sister..." Big Liu's head hurts: "Okay, okay, I thought you have improved in the past two years , Unexpectedly, I came back to life again. Look at the children, they are all frightened by you.

Xiao Liu was stunned, and turned her head to look, sure enough, both Xiaobao and Xianning hadn't seen her cry for a long time, they were staring at her stupidly, Xiaobao even took out his handkerchief and gave it to her; Looking at the other side, Da Liu's three-year-old son is being held by the maid, staring at her with a pair of round eyes.

Little Liu blushed, hurriedly wiped away her tears, and pulled her son to let him meet his aunt.Big Liu said: "I have prayed earlier, you should come back to your senses." Everyone snickered beside her, even Shuning Zhenzhen was no exception, Little Liu's face turned even redder.

After they sat down again to discuss in detail, everyone knew that Mrs. Liu's current husband, Rong Zhi, was transferred to Wu Dan's subordinates in the autumn of the previous year, and had been in charge of guarding the chiming bell workshop. He was devoted to his duties and was highly regarded. He has been promoted again, and is already a fifth-rank infantry lieutenant.Da Liu has a serious order now, but she is really a noble lady.

Da Liu came to see her sister specially this time, because she wanted to know if she was doing well.I saw that although she was only wearing a stone blue homely robe and only a plain jade hairpin on her head, the clothes were of good material and the jewelry was not of ordinary quality. Looking at her complexion, she was as white and as white as myself. If she was fat, she knew that she was doing well, and she let go of her heart.

Xiao Liu was very happy for her sister to live a good life.You must know that when her sister left the Shen family, the eldest son of the Shen family was only a doctor of the fifth rank.Now it can be regarded as elated, recalling that when the two sisters sadly sailed south with the boat, where did they expect to have today's situation?Thinking of this, she couldn't help crying again.

Big Liu supported his head and had nothing to say.Tong said: "Her yard is not far away, why don't you accompany her back to your own room to cry, even if your clothes are soaked from crying, it is convenient to change, and the handkerchief is enough."

Everyone laughed.Xiao Liu knew that she was giving her sisters a chance to talk privately, so she turned from crying to laughing, pleaded guilty, and took her sister and two children back to her room.Tong Shi also took the opportunity to signal Yuge to take Xianning down.

She specially apologized to Mrs. Wen on behalf of Mrs. Liu, and Mrs. Wen said with a smile: "This is a happy event, and it is human nature to weep with joy, so what is the crime?"

The two chatted.Shuning gave Zhenzhen a wink, and looked for an opportunity to leave the flower hall.

Shuning showed Zhenzhen the yard she lived in, and then led her to play in the garden, and the two little girls chatted again.It's just that Shu Ning is a little bit regretful: "Today there is an exam in the Imperial College, and my brother can't get away, or he will be back long ago. You haven't seen each other since you left at the pier two years ago, right?"

Zhenzhen bowed her head and remained silent. After a while, she said, "Is he doing well in his studies now? I heard that you will be fully qualified in a few months. He...does he have any plans?"

Shu Ning then told her that the imperial examination had just ended this year, and Duan Ning wanted to wait for the next one to take the exam, but it took a little longer, so his family was intending to let him enter the officialdom from Enyin, but the specifics would have to wait for his father Zhang Baoqi to return. Only later did I know.

Zhenzhen didn't say anything, and she didn't speak again until Shuning brought up other topics.

Shu Ning felt a little strange, and also had a vague premonition.Zhenzhen's attitude towards Duanning seems to have changed, but it doesn't seem like she has changed her feelings.Every time she talked about Duanning, whether it was studies, martial arts or interesting things in life, Zhenzhen listened attentively and asked about the details from time to time.But when it comes to the meeting and getting along between the two, Zhenzhen doesn't answer.This is really strange. They have been communicating with each other for the past two years, almost every two months. The last time Zhenzhen wrote a letter was in spring, and there was nothing wrong at that time?What the hell happened between these two?

In the afternoon, Mrs. Wen left with Zhenzhen, while Mrs. Liu temporarily stayed in another courtyard to meet her younger sister.Shuning helped take care of Mrs. Liu's accommodation, and then went to the main courtyard to report to her mother, but she saw Mrs. Tong sitting alone at the table, frowning.

Shu Ning asked her what's the matter, she looked up at her daughter, and sighed: "Shu'er, your brother's marriage... I'm afraid there is some trouble."

Shuning was startled, and hurriedly asked what happened.Tong sighed: "I just talked to Mrs. Wen. When talking about your brother's marriage with Zhenzhen, Mrs. Wen looked a little bit wrong. After asking in detail, I found out that there are so many people who want to propose marriage to Zhenzhen, and they are not rich. Zegui even has the prince involved, so his family doesn't dare to get engaged easily now, for fear of offending others. What Madam Wen means is to put the matter aside and talk about it later."

Shu Ning frowned: "Prince? Which elder brother is it? No matter who it is, at the age of sister Zhenzhen, only the top five are suitable. Among them, the eldest brother and the third elder brother have already married, and the fourth elder brother The wedding is about to happen, and the Crown Princess has already been appointed, only the Fifth Elder Brother has yet to be found. But we all know his thoughts, it can't be him, right?"

Tong shook her head: "I heard from her, it should be the third elder brother, and the people on the prince's side also have some intentions. Now it depends on the emperor's will. If there is a marriage, General Wu Dan will definitely obey the holy will. "

Shu Ning frowned even tighter: "No way? Both of those two have regular wives or nominees, the emperor won't let Miss Zhenzhen be his concubine, right?"

Tong Shi sighed, and said: "Even if he is not the prince, there are still many powerful children. Your brother's current situation is difficult to compare with others. Today's General's Mansion is not just the emperor's important ministers, just look at the bell from the ringing factory. The benefits are enough to make people excited. I only regret that I didn't settle the matter back then, which led to twists and turns today. I see Mrs. Wen's meaning, and they also have some regrets. "

Shuning was silent, recalling Zhenzhen's words just now, her heart was heavy, and after a while, she heard her mother say: "When you meet Zhenzhen, find a way to find out her tone. If she has made up her mind, just ask Your majesty, presumably the majesty will not force her." Shuning replied in a low voice.

In the evening, Duanning galloped back to Fangshan Bieyuan. Knowing that he missed Zhenzhen, he was very sorry, but he recovered after a while. After all, the two families live very close to each other now, and it is easy to meet each other.It's just that Mrs. Tong called him into the room overnight to talk, and Shuning waited anxiously outside, wondering if her brother would be sad when he heard about it.

After a long time, Duanning came out, looking a little tired.Shu Ning looked at him worriedly, but he smiled and said: "Brother is fine, it's late, go back to the room and rest." Then he left.

The next morning, Shu Ning looked at her brother's expression again, but found that he didn't look sad at all, except that he talked less, he didn't show anything else, and he didn't even intend to go to Liangxiang to meet the beautiful woman immediately, so she couldn't help feeling anxious for him .

Seeing her like this, Duanning felt warm in his heart, but he only said warm words of consolation, and didn't say much.

In fact, Duanning thought a lot that night.It was Zhenzhen who first thought of a lady towards him, and he began to consider marrying her.At first, it was Zhenzhen's beauty, talent, temperament, and family background that attracted him, so he was happy to see the plans of the two parents come to fruition.But since leaving the dock and returning to Beijing in the past two years, his feelings for Zhenzhen have grown deeper.Probably because there were no other external things to attract his attention, and compared with other ladies, he discovered the preciousness of Zhenzhen. Gradually, he already regarded her as his future wife in his heart.

But now, things have changed, and he feels very sad.But after thinking about it, he decided to wait for Zhenzhen to make his own decision, no matter what the result is, he will respect it.As for things like going to Liangxiang to meet beautiful women, it's okay to meet up with my sister when I send my sister there, it's not good to go there specially.If Zhenzhen marries someone else in the future, and people bring up this matter and make nonsense, wouldn't it harm Zhenzhen instead?Therefore, he just conveyed his affection silently, without expressing it clearly.

But he didn't tell his sister about these thoughts. Every time he sent his sister to see Zhenzhen, he always behaved politely, without any overstepping behavior. Even when he gave gifts, he gave them to Zhenzhen's family in the name of his family.Originally, Zhenzhen's second elder brother, Chongli, was worried that something disgraceful would happen between his sister and Duanning, so he rushed over to guard him as soon as he returned to Beijing.

At first, Shu Ning saw that Duan Ning did not take any action, and felt anxious, but later saw that Chong Li would accompany her elder brother every time he appeared, so she vaguely guessed what her elder brother meant.Although she resented that Chongli became more Taoist as he got older, she also understood that he was eager to love his sister, so she didn't say anything.It's just Zhenzhen's reaction that makes her a little uneasy.

At first when Zhenzhen saw Duanning, she would blush and be happy, and when girls talked in private, she would ask about Duanning.But as time went by, the number of times she mentioned Duanning gradually decreased, and after entering July, she almost stopped mentioning it at all.Seeing Duanning, he only showed a calm expression on his face, showing all the courtesy.But Duanning was too busy preparing for the big exam and didn't have time to come over.

One day, Shuning finally couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Zhenzhen directly what she thought about the matter with Duanning.

Zhenzhen bit her lips and said, "Since you asked, I don't want to keep the words in my heart anymore. Sister Shu, tell me honestly, what does your brother think of me? Does he really have me in his heart? "

Shuning's eyes widened: "What does Sister Zhenzhen mean by this? Do you still have to ask about this kind of thing?"

Zhenzhen smiled bitterly, and said: "Don't blame me for being supercilious. I have always said what I like, and he never said what he thinks. I feel very uneasy. A few days ago, many people came to When my family proposed marriage, someone told me that with my appearance and wealth, and Ama's power, no official son would not want to marry me. Although this is just flattery, I still can't help but think, you The so-called elder brother likes me, does he like my family background and appearance, or me?"

Shu Ning suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Sister Zhen Zhen! What did you say?!" She felt very uncomfortable, Duan Ning, the boy she watched growing up, had a good character, gentle and courteous, how could she Tolerate someone misunderstood him like this?And is he still the one in his heart?
"Sister Zhenzhen is really confused." She said sharply, "Don't you know what kind of person my brother is? Why do you doubt him so much?! I know that your family is suddenly famous, but I still think that you and the past are the same It's the same. If we are wrong and you think we are not good enough for you, just put it bluntly, we will never brazenly pester you, just pretend that we were blind in the past!"

Zhenzhen was startled, knowing that she had spoken too much, she hurriedly apologized: "I made a mistake, and I will apologize to my sister. I never mean to look down on you, I...I..." She bit her lip and said: "I'm anxious. Your elder brother didn't show any signs of it. When I was talking to my second elder brother, I deliberately mentioned the chess record sent by my third elder brother and the horse sent by the prince of Xinjun. I just wanted to try him. But he... a little There was no response, as if they didn't care at all."

How can you not care?Duanning went back that day and spent the whole night shooting arrows in the training ground.

Shuning gradually calmed down, and realized that the problem between Duanning and Zhenzhen was poor communication.But she was still a little angry, so she didn't answer, and listened to Zhenzhen's words: "It was I who liked him before, and the two families had that idea. Although he was very gentle to me at that time, he never said he liked me After returning to Beijing, he has always abided by etiquette to me, not to mention getting closer, and never even said a private word to me, let alone how about the marriage. I really doubt whether he would be just because of me He said he liked me, so he followed the trend? In fact, he doesn't like me in his heart, maybe, he just thinks that my family background and appearance are not bad..."

Shuning broke out in a cold sweat.At the beginning, Duanning might really have such an idea, but now he is really sincere towards Zhenzhen.

She thought for a while, and then said seriously: "Since you are suspicious now, you will think that I am speaking for my brother even if I say anything. So, I won't defend him too much, it depends on how you are I figured it out. But... there are two things that I have to make clear, so that my brother won't be wronged for nothing."

She met Shang Zhenzhen's bright eyes, and said: "First thing, my brother is strictly abiding by etiquette to you now, and he doesn't dare to go too far, but it is for your sake. Now you are also a well-known lady in Beijing. I'm afraid it will hurt your boudoir's reputation. Besides, the marriage has not been settled for a day, and we don't know who you will marry. If you marry another family, someone will gossip about you in the future , what should you do? My brother doesn't get close to you because he cares about you. "

Zhenzhen was stunned, and murmured: "I'm sorry, I..."

Shu Ning ignored her, and continued on: "The second thing, if my brother was greedy for your appearance and family background, then when he left Guangdong, he should have made an appointment early. And now that your family is very popular, if he If you really have that heart, you should have stuck to it a long time ago, so why did you deliberately alienate you? If you talk about appearance, he has never seen someone more beautiful than you. As for family background, our family may be worse in official positions. But the family status may not be inferior to yours. It is very unreasonable for you to say such things. "

Zhenzhen had already blushed and lowered her head to drink tea.

Seeing her like this, Shu Ning slowed down her voice, and said: "I know brother's temper is a little dull, and he doesn't say anything. You have a straight temper, and you feel uneasy when you can't speak for a day. But you Suspicion is suspicion, but you shouldn't misunderstand my brother is that kind of person, but I want to be angry with you for this."

Zhenzhen took her hand and said in a low voice: "Good sister, I was wrong, I will never do this again, please forgive me."

Shu Ning sighed and said: "Actually, my brother is also wrong. Forget it, this is a matter between the two of you, you have to make it clear for yourself, why am I meddling?"

(communication is really important...)
(End of this chapter)