Madam Hou

Chapter 63

In Lanhe palace, Yanniang held her two younger sisters' faces and looked them up and down carefully. After she was completely sure that there were no flaws, she relaxed, let go and smiled: "Sure enough, there is no scar left. , still beautiful!"

Yanniang is almost eight months old now, and her stomach is as big as a basket. A few days ago, Yinniang and Pingniang had acne at the same time. After all, I have never seen it with my own eyes, so I am worried every day, tea and food are not good.The queen was afraid that Yanniang's depression would be bad for the fetus, so when Yinniang and Pingniang recovered, she personally gave a sign to summon Mrs. Chen, Yinniang, and Pingniang to the palace, so that Yanniang could see it with her own eyes.

After all, Yinniang has grown up, and when she heard her sister say this, she just wanted not to worry her pregnant sister, so she comforted her and said: "Sister, don't worry about me, there are a lot of maids and women around you, and there is also time for an imperial physician Taking care of him by his side, even if something happens, it’s not easy.”

On the contrary, it was Ping Niang, who was still at an innocent age, touched her face, and proudly said: "That is, otherwise, how dare you say it is the younger sister of Chen Concubine, she was itching to death at that time, but I couldn't bear it." I stopped and didn't scratch my face."

After listening to Pingniang's words, Yanniang pinched the younger sister's face and laughed loudly: "It really is our Pingniang, but I really didn't embarrass my sister."

After laughing, Yanniang moved her body again and found a more comfortable position to lean against.She was pregnant this time, her belly was bigger and heavier than last time, even sitting on the couch with thick brocade cushions, she felt a little hard after a while.Yan Niang continued to say to Mrs. Chen: "Sure enough, there is a fate between sisters, and even the pimples came out together."

Mrs. Chen looked at the three daughters beside her with soft eyes, and then said to her eldest daughter: "What fate is not fate, I was worried to death at that time, the two sisters had acne together, and they went back and forth every day Running away, really caring about one but not the other, and worrying about handing it over to others, for fear that if they don’t take good care of it, they will scratch their faces, and even if they get better in the future, their appearance will be ruined, that’s a lifetime thing.”

Yanniang grabbed a younger sister with one hand, squeezed their hands, then turned her head and continued to say to her mother: "Thank you for your hard work, mother, but fortunately, both Yinniang and Pingniang recovered well, and they did not leave anything behind. scar."

Mrs. Chen stroked the hair of her two daughters, and continued: "That's right, and it's better to have acne now, than to wait until you're old." Anyone with common sense knows that the best time to get acne is when you're old. It is much more dangerous to come out when you are young, and it is much more dangerous to come out when you are old, and there are not a few people who might lose their lives in it.Yan Niang was born when she was seven years old, and Mrs. Chen was also born when she was very young.

Mrs. Chen went on to say: "Speaking of which, it is thanks to Mrs. Linhou this time. If she hadn't helped me take care of Yinniang's side, I really didn't have the energy to take care of both sides. I heard that she took care of her this time. Yin Niang, in the end I was so tired that I suffered from the wind and cold, I feel really sorry."

Yanniang was not as grateful to Mrs. Lin Hou as Mrs. Chen was, and she said calmly: "Yinniang will soon be part of their family, but she should take care of Yinniang. As for the matter of getting cold, I will let you It’s enough for the hospital to give some medicinal materials.” In order to repair the relationship with her, Mrs. Lin Hou is now very close to curry favor with her, such as taking care of her sick sister, which can make her owe her favors. According to Lin She will not miss Madam Hou's temper.As for the fact that she was exposed to the cold, Yan Niang seemed to be faking it. Mrs. Lin Hou's body is so strong that she will not fall ill easily after three days and three nights in the cold wind. She will be exhausted after taking care of the patients for a few days.Isn't the purpose of pretending to be sick just to make her appreciate her more.

Speaking of this, Yanniang thought of Yinniang's marriage and asked Mrs. Chen, "By the way, mother, when is Yinniang and Shizi's wedding date?"

After all, she was talking about her own wedding date. No matter how bold and heartless Yin Niang usually pretended to be, she was too shy to speak at this time, she lowered her head and blushed, wishing she could be the backdrop.

Mrs. Chen looked at her shy second daughter, her eyes couldn't help being softer, and she answered Yan Niang's words with a smile: "Mrs. It's been a month, and some of Yinniang's dowry has not been arranged, so I think it would be better if the wedding date is later, what do you think?"

At the very beginning, Mrs. Lin Hou and Mrs. Chen scheduled their wedding in December. Later, Lin Fengqi was anxious to marry his wife in, and spent a few days with Mrs. Lin Hou. Mrs. Lin Hou wanted to mend her relationship with Yanniang, and then In addition, marrying early and marrying late are all married, so they agreed half-willingly, and moved the wedding date to October.But in October, Yinniang delayed the wedding due to acne, so she had no choice but to postpone the wedding.So Mrs. Lin Hou proposed that the wedding date should be the original December.

On the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, when Yanniang heard this date, she snorted inwardly. It happened to be a few days after the expected date of delivery, and Mrs. Lin Hou really knew how to choose a date.It's not that if she can't give birth to a prince, Mrs. Lin Hou would dare to decide not to marry Yin Niang. It's just that people's psychology is so strange. They always think that when she can give birth to a prince as she wishes, Only then would she be more willing to hire her sister in, otherwise, there would always be such a little unwillingness in her heart.

Yan Niang looked at her expectant mother and her shy younger sister, and she didn't have the intention to express Mrs. Lin Hou's little thoughts.Anyway, whether to say it or not is the result, as long as Lin Shizi is towards her sister, why bother to care about the matter so clearly, it will spoil the mood of the mother and sister.Yan Niang thought so in her heart, so she smiled and said to her mother: "Mother decided that it is good to get married in December, and it will be the new year soon, and the newlyweds seem to be festive."

Mrs. Chen nodded and said, "I think so too."

Yanniang said again: "When it's time to put on the makeup, I will ask the queen to let the empress add a pair of makeup for Yinniang. Our family background is weak, and the dowry may not be comparable to other famous ladies in terms of dowry, but there are Empress Dowager's makeup looks just as decent."

It is so honorable to have the Empress Dowager add makeup, Madam Chen is not unhappy, but she was just agitated in her heart, thinking of the situation of the eldest daughter in the palace, she was a little worried and said: "Will this be bad?" , will it make it difficult for you?"

Yan Niang said: "There is nothing difficult to do, but for the problem of a pair of jewelry and headgear, the empress will still be able to do without this, and the empress will still give me this little face."

Mrs. Chen said: "The relationship is good. I have always been worried that your sister's dowry is too thin. When she arrives in the Hou Mansion, people will look down on her. With the makeup of the empress, who would dare to say otherwise."

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and Yanniang finally asked about Master Chen.

"What is Dad doing at home lately?"

Mrs. Chen is very impatient with Lord Chen now, she curled her lips and said: "What else can I do, he and Lord Lin can talk together, every day after breakfast, I will go to Lord Lin, and at night I just came back, and I don’t know what they were doing all day.”

When Mr. Chen went to the capital, he had the lofty dream of becoming an official in the capital, but when he arrived in the capital, the gap between the dream and the reality was too great. He mentioned this to Mrs. Chen several times and asked her to go to the palace to find his eldest daughter. The eldest daughter begged for mercy in front of the emperor and rewarded him with an official job, but Mrs. Chen said, "You think the palace is the vegetable market in front, so you can enter if you want?" and pushed back.

Mr. Chen was depressed. He married an unvirtuous daughter-in-law, and he didn't care about his "great ambitions" at all, and because he had several promising daughters, he didn't take him seriously at all. Divorce his wife, but he dare not do so.His wife didn't help him, so he went to the gate of the palace by himself and yelled at the guards guarding the gate that he was Concubine Chen's father and wanted to enter the palace to meet Concubine Chen.In the end, the guards ignored him and directly forked him to the ground. If it hadn't been for the son-in-law of the crown prince passing by, he might have been directly forked into an octopus.

The daughter couldn't go this way, so she wanted to change to the son-in-law's way, expressly and implicitly telling the son-in-law that she wanted him to help him with activities and find an official for him.As a result, the son-in-law was enthusiastic about him on the surface, and every time he coaxed him back home happily, it was only when he got home that he thought about it before he realized that the son-in-law was doing Tai Chi with him at all, and he hadn't promised him anything.

He is obviously the head of the family, but his wife, daughter and son-in-law don't seem to take him seriously, and Master Chen is very disappointed.

But later, at the banquet in the Yongning Hou Mansion, Master Chen and Lord Lin had similar interests and hit it off right away.Speaking of which, the Marquis of Yongning is the in-law who will be married to the Chen family. When the in-law arrives in the capital, the Marquis of Yongning invites the in-law to have a meal as a landlord. Give people the handle.Had a banquet at home, Lin Houye was with him, and invited Lin Er and Lin Si masters to accompany him, which was considered as a kindness of the landlord.

At first, Lin Houye looked down on Mr. Chen, a country bumpkin in-law. During the first half of the banquet, Lin Houye basically looked at Mr. Chen with his eyes hanging.As a result, while chatting later, Master Lin was surprised to find that although Master Chen came from the countryside, he had many similar interests with him. Walking the dog, watching the theater and taking concubines really suited his appetite.Moreover, Mr. Chen is very good at flattering, his flattering is so naked that people can hear it very clearly. Lord Lin fell in love with this in-law almost immediately, and he would ask Mr. Chen to accompany him wherever he went during the day.

After Mr. Chen saw many new things in the capital with Mr. Lin Hou, he was not so keen on being an official. He followed Mr. Lin's buttocks all day long, occasionally flattering and so on, and lived a happy life.

Yanniang doesn't care about Mr. Chen's behavior, as long as he doesn't get into trouble.Then he said to Mrs. Chen: "Mother, you should pay more attention to your father on weekdays, lest he be coaxed to do something. The capital city is no better than Linping County."

Mrs. Chen nodded, and said: "I know, but, you also know your father's temper, I'm afraid I can't stand him. Last time I sold some of his concubines, and recently he's getting angry with me. "The four concubines named Lianxiang, Xiyu, Hongxiu, and Tianxiang were sold. After all, Aunt Dou and Aunt Qiu are concubines with children, and Mrs. Chen is not so cruel to sell them too.

Mrs. Chen didn't even want to take care of Mr. Chen's concubines and aunts. Anyway, it was just a matter of taking care of the meal. It was just that when Pingniang had acne, Mrs. Chen took care of Pingniang in the room, but the four concubines were in the room. The yard scolded the shrew with the silver hairpin, and insisted on asking her to settle the lawsuit for them.Mrs. Chen was worried about Yinniang and Pingniang, but the four people's noisy quarrel made her even more upset. In a fit of anger, she directly called Ren Yazi, exchanged the four concubines for 100 taels of silver, and asked them to exchange the 100 taels of silver. The money was sent directly to the theater to Mr. Chen.

Master Chen also said that Mrs. Chen suddenly became enlightened and respected him as a husband, and she was very proud, but when she went back at night, the four concubines were gone.Master Chen clamored to divorce his wife, but no one paid any attention to him, so he resorted to cold violence: not talking to Mrs. Chen.As for whether this cold violence hurt Mrs. Chen, that's another matter.

Yanniang thought it was Mrs. Chen who was wronged, so she couldn't help asking: "Why, is it because father's concubines don't respect you?"

Mrs. Chen waved her hands and said, "Don't worry, I have all of you supporting me now, my waist is stronger than anyone else, who dares to trip me up. They respect me more than your father now."

(End of this chapter)