It is not easy to be the fourth master's wife

Chapter 70

Pearl felt "Gordon" in her heart, and she knew intuitively that she would cause trouble for Zhou Ting this time, so she didn't respond immediately, she pulled out her sleeves without a trace by pouring hot tea, and while passing tea to Wanxian, she smiled and beat her. : "I have to go back to the master about this matter, today the master went to the concubine De, and I don't know when she will enter the palace next time, now the master's body is getting heavier, and the master doesn't allow her to move too much. "

Who knew that Wanxian twisted her eyebrows when she heard this, and she was about to scold her immediately. After all, she still remembered that she was relying on her now, suppressing the dissatisfaction in her heart and forced a smile: "I also know that my aunt is inconvenient, but I am really here." I have something to say to my aunt." As she spoke, she took off a gold bracelet and stuffed it in Pearl's hand: "I also ask my sister to help me find a way."

But she just wanted money, Wanxian was impatient, the servants in the palace were all the same, they talked about how difficult it was, but in fact they just wanted money, and it was convenient to give them even the most difficult things.

She didn't have enough self-cultivation skills, and when she thought about it in her heart, a contemptuous look appeared on her face, which made Pearl choke with anger. She usually waited on Zhou Ting, and even the big palace maids around ordinary empresses would not show such a look. I didn't see it, so I lowered my head and opened the box: "This is the Changzhou comb sent by our master, a set of twelve butterfly-style combs. The master said it was for the girl to play with."

Seeing that the pearls were not picked up, Wanxian thought she was too small, and thought that she was the big girl next to Zhou Ting, and it was normal for her to have high vision, so she took back the golden bracelet, pretended to pick up a comb to admire and asked, "What is this?" Is it agate?"

Pearl had already underestimated her in her heart, and said with a smile: "This is tortoiseshell, the master said, this pattern is only loved by little girls, and I brought it here for the girl."

Since Yinzhen generously gave her a whole set of brushed ivory mats and ivory pillows, Zhou Ting was also generous to his children. Da Gege sold 24 of them, flowers, plants and insects carved from ivory and agate, and hair clothes. It can be decorated on the table. The two boys are still young and don’t need expensive things. Someone made the twelve zodiac signs of calico. Hongyun refused to let it go when he held it. He made twelve little puppets of different colors and hung them on the car. Now he wants to play with them as soon as he opens his eyes.

The more Zhou Ting devoted herself to her child, the more Yinzhen wanted to repay her for being respectable. She always came here to rest for a day in five days, and slept in the study outside for the other four days. She didn't ask "Which one is convenient in the backyard?" Come.

Zhou Ting also slowly figured out some ideas. As long as she didn't speak first, Yinzhen would not bring it up on her own initiative according to her current behavior. No one else would talk about this matter, not even a close eunuch like Su Peisheng. If the subordinates want to go around him to sell Yinzhen, they have to weigh their own weight first.

"I have to thank my aunt face to face for such a beautiful thing. Since I entered the palace, she has been taking care of it like this. I don't feel at ease if I don't thank you face to face." Wanxian was thinking about the value of these combs in her heart. Knowing that all the things around her can be used by others, she felt that no matter how ordinary they are, they are still precious in the eyes of servants, so she checked and estimated the price so that they can be rewarded to the maids and nuns.

Pearl looked at her coldly looking at her in the box. She really saw her. I am afraid that the master will be upset. She made up her mind to go back and persuade Zhou Ting not to see each other. The reason is very good. She has a big belly, how can she come and go so freely? : "If you have this heart, you can do it. How can the master want to hear a word of thanks from the girl?"

Seeing that the pearls are not allowed to enter anyway, Wanxian's eyebrows frowned, her face began to look ugly, and she thought about what she could give, the silver she brought into the palace was not too little, Xilin Jueluo thought about her She has a very generous temper, fearing that her own daughter will suffer in the palace, so she will give five packs of silver, thinking that even if she offends someone, she can use money to open the way.

In this way, it is almost enough to give her back, the less expensive jewelry has been given to others, and the rest of these are what she will wear on the day of the face-to-face. If she can get out a gold chain, it will be considered. Well, after thinking about it for a while, I decided to give a pair of gold bracelets. It doesn't matter if she has other bracelets on her wrists.

Thinking about it, he took off the other arm, and handed it over with a smile: "It's just me thanking Sister Pearl for running errands." It's impossible not to accept it this time. , A group of little girls over there have already noticed, Wanxian raised her head and glanced out of the window from the corner of her eyes, and then looked back, her smile deepened.

Pearl held back her anger and took it with a smile, Wanxian said again: "I have nothing to do in the palace, I want to do some sewing, I wonder if my sister can bring a piece of yarn in, the begonia red one is very good."

This is someone who has just been rewarded with benefits, and those two gold bracelets can burn Pearl's hands off. She has seen a lot, and she can still hold a smile on her face, but she really feels that this girl is not worth it. After a few days, I just said: "I will go back and tell the master that next time I enter the palace, I will come back to the girl." He couldn't stop talking for a moment: "Master is still waiting there." I'm serving, it's not good to be lazy here with the girl, so I'll go right away."

"Send my sister out." Wanxian sent Pearl to the door, Pearl resigned again and again, so she had to go out quickly, Wanxian stood by the door for a while, staring straight at the little girl's room in the Shi family, humming softly He let out a sound and turned back, but he was not liked by her husband, so there was nothing good about it.

Zhou Ting listened to Pearl's report with a strange expression, and guessed in her heart what she was going to do, whether she wanted to complain or sue the little girl of the Shi family?If she complains, Zhou Ting can still listen to a few words. After all, it seems that she should be young and still immersed in dreams. If she complains about the little girl of the Shi family, then Zhou Ting has to say honestly, she is The future prince Fujin, according to her performance in this scene, it is impossible to be higher than others, so let's be a man with his tail clamped.

"It's good to see her, she still has younger sisters who are going to enter the palace later." Zhou Ting's effort in this palace will be lost by half if she continues to worry about it. She came in for the draft, otherwise she would be left alone.

The marriage of the daughter at home is also a way of connection. Zhou Ting actually needs such a network, and her children need it even more.If you see her, you can still know what she is asking for. If you don't see Zhou Ting, you will be crossing the river blindly. You only know that she is thumping, but you don't know why she is thumping. It would be even better if you can pinch her tossing thoughts.

"Master," Pearl hesitated to speak, she was not in her own home, she made it too clear that she would embarrass Zhou Ting, so she had to show Zhou Ting a pair of golden bracelets given by Wanxian: "This is the girl's reward." The slave, the slave can't shirk."

The gold looks good when it is thinned, so a one-to-one pair of gold bracelets with only five or six rings weighs seven or eight coins. Gold is still a hard currency, so she just gave it away, Zhou Ting looked at it and sighed In one breath: "Since it is for you, you can keep it. If you don't like it, you can make some other tricks." These can be a pair of hairpins, let alone earrings and bracelets.

Hui Rong raised his eyebrows: "This is really generous." Although such things are common, not everyone can appreciate them.

Zhou Ting smiled slightly, made up her mind, and said to Hui Rong: "If I don't talk to you as an aunt, I'm afraid my mother-in-law will blame me too."

Concubine De nodded: "If you are heavy, don't run too far, just sit in the garden behind here, I'll ask someone to prepare some snacks and tea."

Hui Rong saw the opportunity to leave: "Then don't bother mother and concubine, I have to look at the gift list again, our master said, the fourteenth brother has never been younger than him, and the wedding ceremony must be done."

"You have intentions." Concubine De sent Huirong out with a smile, Zhou Ting nodded at her and said, "I'll go make trouble with you when it's convenient for me."

Concubine De knew her difficulties: "When the day is full of people, it is easy to get tired. I will go and rest for a while. If you want to rely on the house after you have finished talking with her, it is ready."

Zhou Ting nodded, and asked Pearl to take the three maids to ask Wanxian to take them there: "It's not that I, an aunt, worry about it. My niece, I don't know the way."

Zhou Ting got up and sent Concubine De to go in, and asked someone to wait in the small garden of Yonghe Palace first, and she went slowly when Wanxian arrived.Wanxian had already waited in the pavilion, it was actually the first time she saw Zhou Ting up close, and she stretched her head to look over here.

From a distance, she couldn't see her face clearly, she only knew her graceful appearance, the last time she saw her was in Ningshou Palace, Zhou Ting was sitting beside Concubine De, she only heard a voice, and didn't pay attention to her facial features.When she got closer and took a closer look, Wanxian couldn't help but compare in her heart, her face was round, her eyebrows curved in a natural arc, her eyes were very energetic, her lips were ruddy, she looked very good complexion, her appearance could only be regarded as upper middle class.

Wanxian's eyes turned on Zhou Ting's face. Since the royal family has such a standard for choosing a daughter-in-law, her color must be higher than that of the Fourteen Fujins. Thinking of this, a somewhat smug smile appeared on her face. Wearing a veil, he couldn't help thinking about that stone-blue shadow, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a pair of dimples.

As soon as Pearl sat down, she took a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, Zhou Ting wiped off the sweat on the tip of her nose, and said with a smile: "The rules in the palace are not as comfortable as those at home. What are you missing these days?"

She is looking at Zhou Ting, and Zhou Ting is also looking at her. The 11-year-old girl can barely see what she will look like in the future. The pink palace dress makes people more delicate, and the sitting posture seems to be trained. Look It still looks like that.

Wanxian dressed up specially, and when she left Qixiang Palace, she made a special trip to the door of the little girl's house to pick up her pearls, urging her desperately, otherwise she would have to pretend to be loud and show off What: "It's nothing unusual, it's just that the girls of the same age are not very kind."

The smile on Zhou Ting's face almost couldn't hold back: "You are all pampered at home, don't cause too many conflicts with them in everything, don't you think you will stop moving around in the future?"

Just as the agate was served, Zhou Ting pointed to it and said, "The small kitchen of Yonghe Palace is best at making these creamy pastries. You should try them too, and bring some with you when you go back."

Agate stood outside the pavilion after serving snacks. Zhou Ting was afraid that Wanxian would say something inappropriate. Even the maids around Defei had to guard against it. What's more, there were a few nobles living here. Waiting in the pavilion, several court ladies also knew the rules, and all stood far away.

"Thank you, Auntie, for thinking of me," Wanxian smiled and revealed a pair of dimples. She took a piece of snack and held it in her hand without moving. Jewelry: "Auntie, this string of beads is made of crystal."

"Since you like it, next time I enter the palace, I will send you a string of pearls." Zhou Ting touched the long amethyst chain hanging around her neck, smiled and did not speak, just waiting to see how long she could wear it.

Sure enough, after a few words, Wanxian couldn't help it anymore: "Since she is in the Yonghe Palace, Wanxian wants to ask the concubine De concubine to please her, otherwise it will be against the rules."

"Er Niang is taking a nap. When she wakes up, it's almost time for you. If you have the heart, I will tell Er Niang." Zhou Ting picked the sugar grains on the flower cake with her fingernails and took a bite. Swallow it into your mouth.

Wanxian bit her lips, and made another plan after failing to make a plan: "Last time, my niece got lost in the imperial garden. If it wasn't for the fourth master and the fourteenth master, I don't know where she would go. My niece wants to thank you in person. .”

Zhou Ting's eyes shot towards her face like searchlights, and she did not miss the sweet smile on the corner of her mouth when she mentioned the two masters, and said calmly: "Although you and your uncle have always been rare, but always Family relatives, no need to thank me.” When Zhou Ting was mentioned, she was an aunt, and when two elder brothers were mentioned, she was directly called a father, what kind of tutor!

"That's all for your uncle. You will always come and walk around after you get married. My fourteenth brother is a foreigner. I'll just give you a thank you letter. It's not in compliance with the rules in person. Your future is uncertain, so don't make people talk too much. "Zhou Ting put out all the money for her aunt, one mouthful for one uncle, and she refused to let go.

Is this girl's mind caught by the door? Zhou Ting sneered in her heart, her name is fixed there. Since she is already a niece, she can't think about it anymore. Did she think that she could be a nephew and nephew to serve her husband when she was still in Shunzhi? ?Now it's real incest.

"I heard that Lord Fourteen is about to get married..." Before Wanxian could finish her sentence, Zhou Ting realized that it was Fourteen she was looking for, not Yinzhen.

Pearl didn't dare to look up anymore, Zhou Ting swept her eyes and said, "Pearl, my ivory fan fell inside, you go and get it for me." Send her out quickly, otherwise she won't feel at ease and neither will Zhou Ting. .Pearl replied and walked out quickly, Manao turned slightly to enter the pavilion, Pearl gave her a wink, she stood still again, and turned her back.

Zhou Ting looked at Wanxian again with cold eyes: "The fourteenth brother is getting married, and the emperor's concubine, mother, and brothers from the same family will worry about it. By then, you will have left the palace. You will definitely not be able to drink this glass of wedding wine." Zhou Ting made it clear that Wanxian was aroused by the sound of the tea cup falling on the stone table.

"I like Fourteenth Master!" She gritted her teeth, her eyes glistened, she stared straight at Zhou Ting's face, and once she finished speaking and saw that she didn't respond, she said again: "I like Fourteenth Master, even if I do it for him I want to marry him too!"

(End of this chapter)