Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 137

Yan Zhaoning didn't go out all night, and the carriage arranged by Yan Zhaohua at Xie's house didn't move all night. Yesterday afternoon, she told Lao Liu, the concierge, and asked him to send a reliable person to Xie's house to watch, because she felt that Yan Zhao Ning has been really weird recently, if she wanted to go out secretly, she would definitely not alarm the Xie family, so she deliberately left her a carriage from the Marquis of Changning, just to know her whereabouts.

But what Yan Zhaohua expected was that Yan Zhaoning didn't go out, so Yan Zhaohua felt strange.

It's just that the fifth day of the lunar new year is the day when the folks welcome the God of Wealth. Yan Zhaohua has many shops in his hand, and they will welcome them today, and today is the first day of the year when the market opens. I came to show Yan Zhaohua a look, and last year's account book, which was sent over years ago. Yan Zhaohua's accountants read it and put it in the warehouse, and then took the new account book from Yan Zhaohua's private account book. Yan Zhaohua didn't need to come out to do anything this day, but he had to stay behind the accountant's office all day, so that it was convenient for some shopkeepers to ask questions and make requests.

After being busy all day, Yan Zhaohua forgot about Yan Zhaoning. He didn't remember it until the next morning. He called Lao Liu over to ask, and Lao Liu said:

"The third miss did go out last night. It is said that she was invited by the third miss Geng of the doctor's family to visit Miss Geng's house. Miss Yue from the second room of Xie's family, Miss Fang, and the eldest room were also there. Fifth Miss. Third Miss Geng is very hospitable, and the young ladies were guests at Geng's house last night."

Yan Zhaohua listened to Lao Liu's report in the corridor, stopped putting on the earrings, and asked, "It means that they didn't come back last night?"

Old Liu was stunned for a moment: "Um, the other young ladies are not sure if they came back or not. We will send someone to investigate later, but our third young lady definitely hasn't gone back. She is still at Geng's house until now."

Yan Zhaohua stood up from the dressing table. The Geng family of the imperial censor should be the natal family of Mrs. Geng, the majestic Marquis. I never heard that Sister Ning and Miss Geng are very close. How could she be invited to the mansion by Miss Geng? What about playing?

Walking to the door, he waved to Old Liu: "Go and keep an eye on it. When Miss San will come back, you can send someone to inform me. Ranxiang knows where I am."

After getting the order, Lao Liu withdrew.

Yan Zhaohua returned to the dressing table, Qingzhu continued to comb her hair, and comforted her: "Miss, don't worry, the third lady has gone to the Yushi's house, and she didn't go to other places, let alone there are other ladies with her, no Something will happen."

Although Yan Zhaohua finds it strange, this matter is really nothing. Among the good friends, all of them are from the background of noble girls, and there are elders at home watching, so nothing will happen.After making up her mind to dress up, she went out with Qingzhu and the guards.

Yan Xiu and Yan Ruiqian didn't come back last night, probably because they drank too much, the father and son stayed together, Yan Zhaohua had nothing to worry about, so he got into the carriage and went to the banquet.

Old Liu sent someone to find Ranxiang in Shenshi in the afternoon. After getting the news, Ranxiang came over and told Yan Zhaohua: "Miss, Third Miss has returned to Xie's house."

Yan Zhaohua nodded, indicating that he knew it, and it happened to be her turn to write a poem, so he waved his hand to let Ranxiang back down without saying anything.The gathering of the noble ladies was very successful. With Yan Zhaohua's identity there, he would not be treated coldly wherever he went. At today's banquet, she heard the news that the county lord Ronghua had been promised to King Pingjiang's youngest son. , the noble ladies are saying that the land of Pingjiang is too barren, and it is quite a distance from the capital. The Ronghua County Lord is used to living in the capital, and suddenly wants to live in Pingjiang, I am afraid that it will take some time to get used to it.

However, everyone also expressed their understanding, because after Princess Ronghua was named and punished by Princess Gong in the Xie family, her reputation in the circle of noble women fell to the bottom. Who would want a woman who would bring disasters to the family at any time to start? ?Only the Pingjiang Prince's Mansion is located in a remote place, has not returned to Beijing for many years, and has a tendency to go down without knowing it.

Princess Kangtai also knows that the matter can't be dragged on any longer. The longer the princess drags on, the more she won't be able to get married. Now her reputation is already bad in the capital. If it continues, everyone outside the capital will probably know about it. The bad reputation will gradually stop spreading.

Yan Zhaohua doesn't remember who Princess Ronghua married in her previous life, but she also feels that with her personality, she is not suitable to live in Beijing. A certain family in the village, her temper of offending others may bring some disasters to them.

After she came back from the banquet, she passed the concierge and asked Lao Liu, "Have the Lord Hou and the prince come back?"

Old Liu shook his head: "Hou Ye and Shizi haven't come back yet, so I sent someone to tell them that they are continuing to entertain the distinguished guests in Wangjiang Tower today, and they should come back tonight."

Yan Zhaohua was about to leave when Old Liu called to stop her, "But Miss San is back."

This surprised Yan Zhaohua a bit, because Yan Zhaoning only returned to Xie's house in the afternoon, Yan Zhaohua thought she must be sleeping at Xie's house tonight.

"It's not long since I just started, and it's a matter of front and back with the young lady."

After Yan Zhaohua said he knew about it, he went back to Qingqueju, changed his clothes, and went to Yan Zhaoning's yard. It seemed that Yan Zhaoning had just changed his clothes. He piled up a smile, leaned over and said to Yan Zhaohua:

"Why are you here, big sister? Is today's banquet interesting? Is there anything new?"

Yan Zhaohua looked her up and down, Yan Zhaoning seemed a little uncomfortable, turned around and walked in, looking as if he was going to welcome Yan Zhaohua in, but his eyes never dared to meet Yan Zhaohua. Looking at each other, Yan Zhaohua quietly followed her into the ear room.

"It's nothing new, I just heard that the Ronghua county magistrate is engaged."

When the word engagement was mentioned, Yan Zhaoning's eyes lit up, and he asked with interest, "Really? Whose family did she engage with? Is that family high?"

"Pingjiang Palace, you may not have heard of it. King Pingjiang is regarded as the founding father of the country, but in the past few decades, there have been no big names, but the heritage of a century-old family is still there, and it can be regarded as a high-ranking family."

Yan Zhaohua looked at Yan Zhaoning's room by himself, and his eyes fell on a jade pendant she hung on the screen. It was a pendant like a drop of water, like a lake, blue and blue, and it didn't look like it was from the Central Plains. ,very special.

Yan Zhaoning felt Yan Zhaohua's gaze, moved his body, and blocked Zhiyan Zhaohua's sight a little: "Mr. Ronghua County is really lucky. With such a reputation, she can still marry a century-old family. Sure enough, this Girl, you still have to be born... Just like my sister, you don't need to do anything, and my father will naturally find you a good marriage in the future, unlike me..."

Yan Zhaoning hesitated to speak, Yan Zhaohua smiled slightly: "How do you look like you? You are also a noble daughter of the Marquis Mansion. Will my father treat you badly in the future? Your pendant is very special, where did you buy it?"

Yan Zhaoning's complexion changed, and he recovered after a while, stood up gracefully, walked to the screen, took off the pendant, and handed it to Yan Zhaohua, "Where is it valuable? It's worth being a big sister, but she's just a glazed embryo. My sister has countless treasures, how can such an ordinary thing catch my eyes."

Yan Zhaohua looked at her, and then glanced at the pendant. There seemed to be a red engraved mark under the pendant, which looked like a lettering, but from Yan Zhaohua's point of view, it was reversed, and the engraving was in seal script, so look at it. I don't know what is engraved on it, but it is transparent and round, definitely not the ordinary thing that Yan Zhaoning said, what's more, Yan Zhaoning is just pretending to be generous, after showing it to Yan Zhaohua, he put it in the palm of his hand, He didn't intend to let her take a closer look.

"Didn't you say you wanted to stay at Xie's house for a few days? Why did you come back today?"

Yan Zhaohua's question made Yan Zhaoning heave a sigh of relief, and replied: "Oh, my sister came back the day before yesterday. I was bored at Xie's house by myself, so I came back after I had nothing to do. I can accompany my sister tomorrow." Go to dinner."

Seeing Yan Zhaohua looking at him, Yan Zhaoning lowered his eyelids again and said, "Don't you think my sister welcomes me back?"

Yan Zhaohua stared at her, and concluded that this girl must have something to hide from her, but if she asked, she would definitely not say so. She stood up, stroked her sleeves that were not messed up, and said with a smile: "Where is it? Welcome? I am so lonely at the banquet today. It must be good to have you by my side. I just came to see you. I have nothing else to do. Let the small kitchen do what you want to eat later, father and Brother Qian is at Wangjiang Tower tonight, if you don’t come back for dinner, let’s take it easy at home, I’m quite tired today, so I won’t have dinner with you.”

Yan Zhaohua said as he walked, Yan Zhaoning walked her to the door: "Yes, eldest sister, go slowly."

Yan Zhaoning's straightforward words made Yan Zhaohua feel even more strange. Usually, Yan Zhaoning should not be too fussy. Every time Yan Xiu went out, if he only brought Brother Qian and did not bring Brother Yan, she would always complain. A few words, but today he didn't say anything, as if he wanted her to leave quickly.

Yan Zhaohua's thoughts returned to the glazed pendant that Yan Zhaoning had put away, always felt that the pendant didn't look like a woman's thing, but if it was a man's thing, how could it be in her hands, and she cherished it very much What does it look like?Could it be that Yan Zhaoning has a lover whom he likes, and that thing is their token of love?If this is the case, it can explain why Yan Zhaoning has been a little abnormal these two days. After meeting her and Pei Xuan, the appearance of love at the beginning of love may also be strange in the eyes of others.

Thinking of Pei Xuan, Yan Zhaohua couldn't help smiling. He didn't know what he was doing these days. Did he miss her? Sister Rou got married in March, and the imperial decree from Prince Kung's Mansion is estimated to be delivered in March or April. It turns out that there must be very few opportunities for the two of them to meet each other during this period of time. Yan Xiu added a lot of guards in the mansion, and still did not give up arresting the "thief" who broke into the Changning Hou Mansion that day. When will it end, but before the guard is over, the chances of Pei Xuan wanting to break into the Hou's mansion and talk in her boudoir as before are too small, and Zhaohua doesn't want him to take the risk.

(End of this chapter)