Madam Hou

Chapter 92

When Lin Fengqi came back, although he smelled of alcohol, he was not drunk, so Yinniang asked someone to bring him hangover soup.

He didn't drink, but when he came back, someone fetched water to wash him up.He still remembered the last time when he came back drunk and ended up intoxicating Yin Niang.

As long as Lin Fengqi drank alcohol, his self-control in a certain aspect would be extremely poor. As a result, that night, the two had a quarrel very late.

In the morning, Qing Hua, who changed the quilt for the master, smelled the faint fishy smell emanating from the bed, as well as the little traces on the bed, and couldn't help but blush a little.Looking back at the master in front of the dressing table, the green vines helped her to tie a bun and put hairpins on her hair. Her brows were full of spring, tender and charming, like a rose that had just been moistened by dew, and her whole body couldn't hide her aura.

Qing Hua couldn't help but be happy for her master, if this continues, the young mistress should have a young master soon.The young mistress should hurry up and have a young master. Without a child, she always feels that her foundation is not stable in the Hou Mansion.Qing Hua thought to herself, then happily went out with the sheets and quilts in her arms.

From the mirror, Yinniang naturally saw all the actions of Qinghua, she was very embarrassed, and she felt a little guilty as if she had done something bad, but she didn't want others to see it, so she played with a hairpin in her hand, forcing herself Calmly let Qingteng help her dress up.

After putting on her makeup, she walked over to the kang next to her and sat down.After a while, Caizhu suddenly opened the curtain and came in from the outside in a panic.Yinniang was in a good mood and wanted to make a joke with her, so she smiled and said, "Caizhu, what are you doing in such a hurry, is there a tiger chasing you?"

But Caizhu said eagerly: "Young Mistress, something serious has happened, you still have the mood to joke around."

Yin Niang said: "What's the matter?"

Cai Zhu said: "This morning, Yuan Momo, who is beside Madam, went to the second young master's new house to collect the Yuan handkerchief, but the Yuan was afraid to be clean."

Yin Niang was also startled, and hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"

When the couple bridal chamber, they will put a yuan handkerchief under their body, as for the function of this yuan handkerchief, there is no need to explain it.

On the second day after the bridal chamber, someone from the husband's family will come to collect the yuan handkerchief. If the yuan handkerchief is stained with something that should be there, the person who collects the yuan handkerchief will congratulate "have a precious son early", and then bring the yuan handkerchief to the husband's house. In the ancestral hall, Yuanpa was burned in front of the ancestors, which meant to inform the ancestors that the bride was chaste.When Yinniang got married, she naturally did the same.

As a result, the He family's Yuan Pa is clean now, and Yinniang's first reaction is, could it be that the He family is not chaste?If this is the case, it would be a big blow, and the unfaithful person He Shi should be arrested and locked up, even Mrs. Linhou will not be able to go.As the mother-in-law, she failed to fulfill her duty of discernment and hired an unfaithful daughter-in-law for her son. Mrs. Linhou would have to go to her ancestors to make a confession.

But thinking about it later, Yin Niang felt that it was impossible.Not to mention that the He family is a family of officials, and it is impossible to allow their daughter to do such a disgraceful thing. Let's say that the family status of the Yongning Hou Mansion is more than a star and a half higher than that of the fifth-rank Honglusi Cheng. If her illegitimate daughter married to the Marquis of Yongning, if she was found out, the whole He family would have nothing to eat.It is impossible for the He family not to think of the consequences.

If it's not He's problem, then it can only be the second young master's problem.

Caizhu really replied: "It's the second young master. The second young master doesn't want to have a bridal chamber with the second young mistress. Last night, he actually slept on the couch in the new house. This morning, the second young master's yard was full of chaos. The young mistress clamored to go back to her mother's house, and even scolded the second young master. Those words were really ugly. The wife just called the second young master and the second young mistress over, and she also ordered the maids in the Danfeng courtyard not to spread the matter indiscriminately. .”

The second day of the wedding is the day when the bride recognizes her relatives and visits her ancestors, but the bride makes a fuss about going back to her natal home.

Lin Fengqi lifted the curtain and came in, just in time to hear Caizhu's last sentence, and asked, "What is not allowed to be spread indiscriminately?"

He was wearing a blue straight suit, holding a sword in his hand, and his face was still dripping with sweat.

He came back from practicing sword in the courtyard behind Mude Hall. As long as he was not on duty on weekdays, he would go to the courtyard to practice sword for a while in the morning.

Lin Fengqi put the sword on the table, then sat down on the other side of the couch, and Yinniang briefly explained the matter to him.

Lin Fengqi frowned after hearing this and said: "Why is this second younger brother so ignorant, and this second younger brother is also the same, when this kind of thing happened to other girls, it was too late to cover it up, and she alone must be known to the whole family. She's nothing to be ashamed of."

Sure enough, his family was helping his own family. After careful calculation of this matter, it was clear that Lin Fengye was more wrong, but in the end it was He who was blamed more.

Yin Niang said: "I think we should go to Zhongtang later, if we meet the second sibling now, I'm afraid she will be embarrassed."

Lin Fengqi nodded.

Yin Niang then said to Cai Zhu: "You send people to the yards of the young masters and young ladies, and tell them not to go there so early. You go to the madam's yard to see the situation. If the second young master and the second young mistress have calmed down , you come to inform me again."

Caizhu bowed her knees and said yes, then went out.

Lin Fengqi got off the bed to wash up, and Yinniang asked someone to bring over the marriage recognition gift she had prepared for He Shi last night.

Yin Niang took out a red gold pomegranate hairpin in the box to have a look, after thinking about it, she decided to change it to another one.She originally chose this one because she liked the meaning of the pomegranate's many seeds, but now it is inappropriate to give it away, lest people think she is mocking her.

Yinniang picked out another hairpin that was also red gold but with a Dudan pattern from her jewelry box.

Another half an hour later, Caizhu came back to report, saying that the second young mistress had calmed down, and Yinniang followed Lin Fengqi to the middle hall.

Mrs. He is sixteen this year, one year older than Yinniang. Before this, Yinniang had never seen Mrs. He as a sister-in-law. When she saw her at this time, she found that Mrs. He was a very beautiful girl.With a melon-seeded face and willow-leaf eyebrows, she is now wearing a bright red golden gown, a peony bun, and a beaded hairpin.Perhaps because of yesterday's incident, she now has a bit of resentment on her face, which somewhat damages her color.

Mrs. He took the teacup from the big red lacquer tray held by the maid and raised it above her head, and said to Mrs. Lin Hou in a somewhat cold voice: "Grandma, drink tea!"

Mrs. Lin Hou didn't care, she took the tea cup and touched her lips, then put it back on the lacquer plate, and rewarded Mrs. He with a red gold head and face as a meeting gift.According to the rules, Mrs. He brought shoes and socks, and Mrs. Lin Hou took it without looking at it, and directly gave it to the maid beside her.

Mrs. He presented the eldest wife Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Lin Er and Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Mrs. Si respectively with needles and threads made by herself, and Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Sun presented gold and silver headdresses as meeting gifts.

I don't know if it's because Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Liang and others knew about Mrs. He's trouble in the morning. Today, everyone who recognized relatives was quiet, and even Mrs. Liang, who was the most talkative, only said one sentence "If you want a husband and wife to be harmonious and beautiful", it will be over.

After seeing the elders, followed by brothers and sisters of the same generation.

He saluted Lin Fengqi and Yinniang, and then presented embroidered handkerchiefs and purses, and Yinniang presented golden hairpins.

He thanked her, and then looked up at her sister-in-law, who was wearing a hazy red jacquard beanie, a ponytail, and a hairpin inlaid with gemstones.With fair skin, rosy complexion, and a pair of shallow dimples on her cheeks, she was looking at her with a smile.

This is a very beautiful woman. He is proud of her beauty, but she has to admit that her color is not as good as her sister-in-law.

He looked up at Yinniang again, and saw a faint amorous expression between her eyebrows, like flowers that have been watered.This is the style that only a woman who has been loved by her husband has. Her natal second brother and second sister-in-law have a very good relationship. Whenever the second sister-in-law comes out in the morning, she can see this style from her face.

Mrs. He remembered what her mother said to herself before she got married, "This marriage is a good marriage that is hard to find even with a lantern" "Although Mrs. Chen is the eldest daughter-in-law, she is the daughter of a criminal official and a villager. She grew up on the ground, and her temperament must be cowardly, but she climbed into the Hou Mansion because of her elder sister who was favored by the emperor and became a concubine. In terms of family background, she is not as good as you." "You came in with a large dowry, Hold my uncle well, and then the Chen family will not dare to take you in the fight." "It would be even better if the Chen family is not favored by Lin Shizi, maybe you can even intervene in the middle class of the mansion."

He raised his head to look at Lin Fengqi who was standing next to Yinniang. Although his figure was straight and his expression was serious, he would look at his wife with a doting expression from time to time, and he knew that he loved his wife very much.

He's angry, it's hard to find a good marriage with a lantern, and she is the first one in the whole capital to be left by her husband in the bridal chamber on the wedding night.

No matter how rich the dowry is, it doesn't matter how generous the dowry is, if you marry and follow your husband, you won't be favored by your husband, but the Chen family has the support of an elder son, so what will happen to her in the Hou Mansion in the future.

Yin Niang was very uncomfortable being watched by He Shi, seeing her looking at her for a while and thinking for a while, she seemed to have no intention of moving her eyes away, so she could not speak out and reminded: "Second brother and sister, what are you looking at me for, is it me?" What's on your face?"

Only then did He come back to his senses, seeing everyone was looking at her, he hastily saluted Yin Niang, saying: "I'm rude." Then he went down to greet Lin Fengshan and others.

After recognizing the relatives, Mrs. Lin Hou said: "You have met the elders and sisters in the family, so now go to the ancestors to kowtow."

The group arrived at the ancestral hall again. Lin Fengqi and the He family kowtowed three times in front of the tablet of the ancestors of the Lin family, and then burned three sticks of incense. The ceremony of recognizing relatives was considered to be over.

(End of this chapter)