Ordinary clear day

Chapter 248 Untitled
In spring, the weather is getting warmer.After saying goodbye to Xinran's family and Shunning's family one after another, Shuning felt a little lazy, and her parents had already returned to Baoding, so she stayed at home and concentrated on housework.

It was only broad daylight, she was sitting on the imperial concubine's couch flipping through the ledger, listening to the birdsong outside the window, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers, she felt drowsy, could this be the so-called spring sleepiness?
Su Xin happily walked in, showed Shu Ning a page of the embroidery pattern album in her hand, and asked, "Madam, what do you think of this pattern? Would it be good to embroider this on the red hijab?"

Shu Ning looked at it, and said with a smile: "That's good, but why not embroider mandarin ducks but peonies?" Su Xin blushed slightly, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "The flowers are embroidered on the wedding dress, just like this one." The patterns match. The mandarin duck embroidered on the quilt will do." Then she turned and walked away a little embarrassed, causing the other maids to cover their mouths and laugh.

Suxin fell in love with Director Yin's son, and she had been procrastinating and refusing to agree to the marriage, but last month she had a quick talk and agreed to marry her "Brother Wenjing". Come to propose marriage to Shuning, and arrange the wedding as soon as possible, even waiting for Tongying to come back.Shu Ning also felt that Su Xin was not young, and since the two parties were in love, she agreed to the marriage after asking Zhou Zhou Lin and his wife for their opinions.

When the matter is settled, Beizi's mansion will start to be busy.Shuning sent a lot of jewellery, clothing materials, Zhou's family helped buy furniture and household items, Yin's family tidied up the new house, Suxin and a few maids who had befriended her rushed to make needlework.The date is set in April, if Tong Ying comes back early, maybe she can still participate.

When mentioning Suxin's marriage, Shuning inevitably thinks of another big girl, Dongqing.Dongqingji is older than Suxin, but she keeps rejecting other people's proposal of kissing her. When she asks her why, she just says that she doesn't like it. I don't know what she thinks.Thinking of this, Shuning recruited Dongqing, and asked her in a low voice: "Suxin already has a family, what are your plans? If there is someone you like, just tell me."

Dongqing was still laughing at Suxin, but now she got off her horse and blushed: "Girl...no...madam, why do you talk about me properly? I, I, I don't like me..." , the sound is not much louder than the buzzing of mosquitoes.

Shuning blinked, feeling very suspicious, and was about to ask, but Dongqing saw through her intentions, and said in a panic like a frightened little rabbit: "I, I, I will go and see if the dim sum is ready... " Then she left in a hurry, startling Su Xin who happened to enter the door.

Su Xin asked strangely: "What's the matter?" Then she approached the shelf and took a sewing box: "I almost forgot to take the gold thread."

Shuning told her what happened just now, and then asked: "Does Dongqing have someone he likes?" Suxin looked at her with some hesitation, and said falteringly: "Let her tell you about this. To be honest , I really don't understand how she fell in love with that man..." Then without waiting for Shu Ning to ask again, she also left the room.

Shuning was even more puzzled. It seemed that Dongqing really had someone she liked, but the other party seemed to be in poor condition, so Suxin was not very optimistic. If Dongqing really wanted to be with that person, she would come to her for help sooner or later, but if She doesn't want to mention it, and she won't force it.Shuning made up her mind and waited for Dongqing to speak to her.

There was a daughter-in-law talking outside, and Tan Xiang went out for a while, then came into the house with a letter and said to Shu Ning: "Ju Mahe Village's letter, Wang Yin said that this year, a famous master was invited to take care of it, and the lotus is growing well. When the weather gets warmer, it will definitely drive well, so the master and wife will have time to stay for two days."

Shu Ning was aroused by her, so she took the letter and read it. Sure enough, Wang Yin also mentioned that there are officials and eunuchs in Beijing who bought property nearby, and the government built a river embankment. This year, the scenery of Juma River must be more prosperous .He has asked someone to make a boat, if she and Tong Ying go, they can go on the river.

Shu Ning became interested. She had been to the Juma River a few times before, the place was a bit desolate, but the scenery of the mountains and waters was excellent.Now that someone has improved the environment, she can enjoy it.It's a pity that Tong Ying didn't know when she would come back, even if she came back, she might not have so many days to spare.Thinking of this, she was a little depressed again.

Wang Yin also mentioned in the letter that Xiaolanzi's family had settled down in the village. After the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, his father's leg injury improved, but he was still lying in bed. His mother helped with sewing, and the younger brothers and sisters went fishing. , the days are passing.His eldest brother was introduced to Gu Quansheng by Wang Yin, and he had a promising future as a boy in Shunfeng Grain Company.

Earlier, because there was something wrong with Xiaolanzi, Qiuyun, and Lingrong, she asked people to inquire, only to find out that the two daughters heard that Xiaolanzi's father was injured and lost his job, and the family was going to have trouble, so they used Subsidize his family in exchange, let him help create opportunities to get close to Tongying, in order to get a higher position.When Shuning got the news, she quickly arranged for Xiao Lanzi's family, and found two young and strong unwed stewards in Changping Village, and married Qiuyun and Lingrong.

Although those two young people are both capable and good-natured people, but for some girls who want to get ahead, this ending is very disappointing, right?The remaining two, Qiu Yi and Ling Lan, have a lot of peace because of this.

Shuning called Juxiang and said, "Go and tell Xiaolanzi that a letter has come from Jumahe Village. His family is doing well, his father's injury has recovered, and the elder brother has found a job again. Give him three days off to let him go." He's going back to his new home to have a look." Ju Xiang was also happy for her god-brother, so she hurriedly agreed.

Shu Ning looked at the letter and smiled, and said to Tan Xiang: "Wang Yin has a heart, but unfortunately last year because of the birth of cousin Xu Xu and his eldest son Fujin, I called his wife to come to Beijing. They gave birth to another child, which caused the couple to be separated for several months. I was a little embarrassed to see them."

Sandalwood laughed and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. There's a good woman at home, and a doctor guarding her. Are you still looking for someone else to go outside? The Wang family may not be willing, and she will get the benefits soon after washing three times. It has caught up with the previous two years."

Shu Ning smiled, took out the ledger again, and picked some unimportant ones to talk to Tan Xiang about.Although Suxin is still serving her after marriage, she has to learn to be a steward's wife, and Tanxiang is quite smart, so she picks her to be Suxin's successor.

The whole day was spent leisurely, but when the evening approached, Eunuch Luo brought a post and said to Shu Ning: "Ma'am, it's a post from the Prince Heng's Mansion, saying it's from his family Liu Fujin." The newborn little Gege is full moon, and I want to invite a few close female relatives to have a drink to celebrate. How do you reply?"

Shuning frowned, took the post and glanced at it.Yuanning obviously felt uncomfortable, but she still wanted to act like a good wife, she really didn't know what to say.But thinking of Suo Chuo Luo's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's fawning face, and Yuan Ning's forced smile, she really didn't want to see him again, so she said to Luo Gong: "Follow the example of the full moon ceremony of Li Fujin's little elder brother in Prince Yong's Mansion last year. Change the jade Guanyin pendant into a pair of silver bracelets, add two boxes of hearth stoves, and send a congratulatory gift. Just say that I am not feeling well these days, so I won’t go, and accuse me of guilt.”

Eunuch Luo agreed, and asked again: "But send them from the Chen family?" Shuning nodded: "Let them speak smarter, don't say too many congratulations in front of Wu Fujin, and praise his family more."

After discussing with Tong Ying years ago, she selected a few articulate, persuasive, and sweet-mouthed people from mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to act as gift-giving envoys.When sending gifts to other homes, if she doesn't want to go in person, she can send them there. Although the effect is not great, at least it won't offend people.So far, it seems to be working fine.

Although Shu Ning avoided a banquet, after a few days, this Yuan Ning sent her a maid to send her a letter, asking her to be a guest on a certain day.Shu Ning was wondering, and suddenly remembered that it seemed to be Yuan Ning's birthday, so she hurriedly agreed, and asked someone to buy a gift, and when the agreed day came, she went to the Prince Heng's Mansion.

Because the fifth elder brother was not at home, Yuanning did not allow others to publicize it, so she did not celebrate grandly, and continued to sit and sleep as usual, but the palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and some prince's residences all came to give gifts.When Shu Ning saw her, she was asking the grandma about the diet of her elder brother Hongsheng, and she instructed her very carefully, as if she was treating her own child.

The two cousins ​​exchanged pleasantries for a while and chatted some gossip, which was nothing more than some gossip circulating among the clan and official women in the capital.While chatting, Shu Ning looked at Yuan Ning, and saw that she looked happy and looked good, as if she no longer felt sad about her husband's attitude towards her.She happily tasted the pastries that Shuning brought, and asked for the recipe.

While talking, a woman lifted the curtain and came in to answer. Shu Ning looked familiar, but when she took a closer look, it was Yue He whom she hadn't seen for a long time.Now she is combing her hair in a bun and wearing a water-red satin dress, but she is dressed as a woman. Compared with the servants, the ornaments on her head and body are more expensive, but she does not have the aura of a lady.

Yue He didn't know that Shu Ning was there, so she was slightly startled, with an unnatural expression on her face.Yuan Ning glanced at her, and said to Shu Ning: "Third Sister, do you still remember? The girl Yue He who used to be in the big house is now called Fu Rong, but everyone here calls her Ma Gege, she is already our master's person." " Turning her head to Yue He, she said, "Why are you not polite? You really have no rules." Yue He bit her lip and bowed to Shu Ning.

Shu Ning bowed and bowed back, she was already prepared in her heart, this girl who has always been a bit high-minded, is finally in the top position.

Yuehe is here to report two expenses, and she seems to be acting as Yuanning's housekeeper assistant.After listening to her words, Yuan Ning said coldly: "Whatever you want from the Fujin, just agree, the master doesn't feel bad. As for Liu Fujin, he has sent a lot of good medicinal materials to her, enough for her to eat for a month. Master is not at home, you tell her to settle down."

Yue He bowed her head in response, glanced at Shu Ning, then retreated.Watching her disappear, Yuanning turned her head to Shuning and said, "I heard about this girl before, and thought she was a smart person, but I didn't expect her to be a fool too. Even if it's for that person's sake, I don't care about her." Blue eyes are added, but that man is always a thorn in Grandpa's heart, but she thought she could really stand out."

Shu Ning said: "I've heard that she entered your residence a long time ago, and you helped her, how could you agree?"

"As soon as I get married, the master wants me to take her into the mansion. I can't go against his will. I see that this girl has a high heart, so I asked Ama to help her whole family to vote for the flag, and it is the Ministry of Internal Affairs. under the Baoyi flag." The corners of her mouth were slightly sneering, "Which mansion does not have Shu Fujin who was born in Baoyi? She entered the mansion, but I always praised her, and the Lord also praised me for being virtuous. Now her whole family is here. Doesn't it mean that she has become a prominent figure when she works as a servant in the mansion? I heard that her younger brother has read a lot of sage books since he was a child, and he was specially transferred to a foreign study as a servant."

Shuning was speechless, coughed lightly, responded with a few random words, and then talked about Dagege.As soon as Yuanning talked about her daughter, her complexion changed, she said a lot of interesting things, and even asked her to take her daughter to see.The two were very happy watching the little girl crawling around on the couch.

As noon approached, Yuanning specially left a meal, Shuning heard that her natal family didn't come, so she only gave a few gifts, so she stayed with her.Yuanning was a little overjoyed, and ordered the kitchen to cook some special dishes, but at this time the maid came to report that Fang Fujin had arrived.

This Runyu from the Guerjia family of the side Fujin has a similar appearance to her sister, but looks brighter, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and the corners of the eyes are slightly upturned, which is not a style.Fine white skin, bright red mouth, when she smiles, two dimples appear on her cheeks, adding a charming air.Although I have heard that she looks like Wanning, but when I saw the real person, I found that their appearance was only slightly similar, only the way they smiled made people seem to see Wanning ten years ago, with a faint sense of superiority, It's just that there is a little carelessness and innocence in the eyebrows.

Although Yuanning's attitude towards her was only indifferent, she did not appear to be indifferent. When introducing Shuning to her, she only said that she was the third sister of her natal family.Runyu smiled sweetly, stopped Shuning from saluting to her, and said: "I've heard about it before, but I see you today, it's really different from others."

Without waiting for Shu Ning to be modest, she said directly to Yuan Ning: "Fu Jin, I'm here today, I have something embarrassing to ask you." Yuan Ning raised her eyebrows and asked what it was, she smiled and called The maid brought a red sandalwood box one foot square, opened it and said, "These are some Western toys I saw at my master's place. I thought it was nothing serious, but I liked it again, so I asked for it. Yesterday, I was in the Eastern Palace. Well, I heard from the princess that even his elder brother wanted it but failed to get it, so I realized that these things are very valuable. I don't think I should ask the Lord for it, but he is not here now, and I don't know what to do. I have to bring it to Fujin." She smiled brightly: "Fujin, please keep it for me first."

Yuanning tightened her handkerchief, took a deep breath, and said, "Since the Lord has rewarded you, please accept it and leave it to me. What will you do with it? This is a gift from the Empress Dowager. No one else cares about who the Lord loves for you."

"Really?" Runyu's face was full of joy, "Then I'll put it away. Thank you, Fujin." After a pause, she blushed a little again, and said embarrassedly: "That...Fujin was rewarded in the Heavenly Palace a few days ago. For the few things that came down, I... I fell in love with the bracelet, but it was owned by Sister Liu, she doesn't seem very happy..."

Yuan Ning said indifferently: "It's okay, she has already agreed to send you off, I have just explained it, and it is probably already in your room at this time. Go back and have a look."

Runyu happily thanked her again, then said hesitantly: "The pair of bracelets I got are actually very good, and they are more expensive than that bracelet. I will give it to Sister Liu as an exchange, and she will not blame me anymore Bar?"

Yuanning was noncommittal, dismissed Runyu with a few words, then turned to Shuning with a smile and said, "Ci Fujin is still young, and his etiquette is not very thorough, third sister, don't be offended."

Shuning smiled and said no, while feeling sorry for her, she also felt a little relieved.This side Fujin doesn't seem to be a scheming person, so he shouldn't be detrimental to Yuanning, right?
Back at Beizi Mansion, Director Yin came up to him from afar and reported, "Madam's natal grandma is waiting for you, and she has been waiting for more than an hour."

Shu Ning was a little puzzled, hurried into the main room, and when she saw Mrs. Li, she asked what was the matter.Mrs. Li said anxiously: "Second sister is sick, very sick, and needs more than ten years old ginseng to make medicine. I don't know where to find it for a while, but I remembered that you have it here, so I came to ask for it. gone."

Shuning was very surprised, why did Wanning suddenly become ill?Busily called Suxin and the others to open the warehouse to get ginseng, and then asked Mrs. Li: "There should be some at home, is it useless?" Buy, don’t know what’s going on now.”

Shu Ning thought for a while, and asked: "What's going on? How could a healthy person get sick? Do you need so many ginseng?" Li Shi sighed and briefly explained the matter.

It turns out that since Wanning got the limited permission to go out, apart from going back to her mother's house and her grandfather's house, she only occasionally ran to the temple.Previously, the fifth prince's family had a full moon, and several female relatives had a gathering. Because some concubines were also invited, Yumin took Li Shi, Song Shi and Wanning together.Originally, Wanning was supposed to sit at the same table with the concubine Fujin who were born as beautiful women, but somehow she was arranged to sit at the table of concubines, and she also sat with the concubine of the fifth prince, Yue He.

Yue He was a little sarcastic towards Wan Ning while talking, but Wan Ning refused to accept, so she got into a fight with her and wet half of her clothes.Sifu Jin Yumin and Wufu Jin Yuanning knew about it, and they all blamed Wanning for not knowing the rules, and reprimanded them in front of everyone.Wanning got angry, listened to a lot of gossip, got cold again, got sick after returning home, but brought back the old injury, and it dragged on for several days and didn't heal.Yumin looked bad, so she informed her family to take care of her.Now Nala is guarding Wanning, so Li came out to look for medicine.

Li Shi said: "I heard that when she was the most seriously ill, she begged Prince Yong to visit her. The prince only said a few words before leaving. The girls said that the prince's eyes were as cold as ice at that time." Yes, it’s three feet away from her.” After a pause, she sighed, “It’s only today that the second younger sister realizes what she’s in and regrets it! Her life is ruined. You're really sensible, don't bother your mother's family anymore."

While talking, Suxin brought a pack of ginseng, and another package, which was a medicinal material that might be used.Mrs. Li took it, then turned to Shuning and said, "Thank you my sister, I will thank you very much later. You don't know, now that Qiaoyun and his wife have received the grace of the prince, donated a county magistrate, and have already taken office. The second sister has been demoted again." Status, food and clothing are not as expensive as before, and the medicine is not good, so I can only rely on my natal family to help me. I just hope this is the last time." After saying that, he saluted hastily and left.

Shu Ning kept sending her out, sighed, and returned to the room, staring blankly at the residual tea on the table.

Later, news came from the baron's mansion that Wanning seemed to be out of danger, but her illness was lingering, and it might take a long time for her to recover.Shu Ning didn't think too much anymore, the Baron's Mansion had already obtained permission to send someone to take care of her, so she didn't have to worry about it.

Fast forward to April, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.Shuning received a letter from Prince Jane's residence, saying that there was news from Fengtian that Prince Jane had suffered from several minor illnesses since last winter. Although there was nothing serious, his health was much worse.Yarjana and Guarjia specially asked her to go over to discuss what should be done.Shuning tidied up quickly, and took a carriage to Prince Jian's residence.

During the discussion, the Guarjia clan and the Yiergenjueluo clan had been fighting against each other all the time, and they really dared not speak. Azalan got impatient and said, "What are you arguing about? If you really care about the old man, go back and take care of him." That's it." The crowd immediately quieted down, and Yiergenjueluo suddenly smiled: "That's right, it's only natural for sons and daughters-in-law to respect their elders, and the prince will probably be very happy when he sees his grandson." Then he said to Ya Erjiang said: "Master, why don't you go as a concubine."

Guerjia gritted his teeth and said: "If you want to go, I will go. I am a serious wife. What are you?"

Shuning frowned, feeling a little weird.Sure enough, the matter was quickly settled, and Guarjia took his two sons back to Fengtian to serve his father-in-law.But when Guerjia saw the smile in Ergenjueluo's eyes, he suddenly realized that he had been fooled.

Yaerjiang's big hat of filial piety was put down, and the wife and concubine were separated.Seeing that nothing happened, Shu Ning was about to leave, but was stopped by Yi Ergenjueluo, and said with a smile: "There is one thing, it's about the younger siblings' housework, what should I do if my younger siblings look at it."

She became the eldest son of the Fujin, and her status was not as good as before. Shu Ning wanted to pay respects to her, but she was still a little wary, so she asked what was the matter.Ergenjue Luoshi smiled kindly and invited her to his courtyard, called out a young woman, and said to her: "Xiaoyu in my house, my sister-in-law is a child of the palace, and she has lived with her since childhood. The grown-up sister is said to be the waiter in the second brother's house. Since the second brother got married, this girl has been in a miserable situation in the old palace, which is really unbearable. This time she came to Beijing with the messenger. For the sake of her closeness with the second brother, the younger brother and sister should take her back to the mansion, at least give her a name."

Shu Ning only felt that her heart was getting colder and colder. Looking at the lady's hairstyle on that pretty woman's head, her mind went blank.Ergenjueluoshi smiled and took a sip of tea, and asked the woman to salute Shuning.

At this time, the Guerjia family suddenly broke in and scolded: "Bitch! Why did you leave the people in my son's house?!"

Ergen Jueluo quickly got up and laughed, "What did my sister say? That's what I mean. The people around the second elder brother are really useless. Seeing that the eldest elder brother is getting older and there are many people around him, I can't help it." Just transfer two."

Mrs. Guarjia was about to say something, when she saw the situation in the room suddenly, she asked: "Who is this woman?"

Guerjia looked at her suspiciously, and suddenly showed a weird smile: "Oh? You are Su Ping? I heard that you were given to the second younger brother by Ji Fujin? The one who just got drunk and wanted to climb into bed? I heard that the second younger brother married you off at that time, and he fled to Mongolia the next day, and never went back. Now, what are you talking about about 'people in the house', how thick-skinned you are?"

(Sorry sorry~~~)

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