A Thousand Hills

Chapter 39

People, as long as there is a place that is as powerful as it is.

This is Mrs. Xie's impression of Xie Moru.

When Xie Moru asked this question, Mrs. Xie immediately let go of all her dissatisfaction, and said with a smile, "Princess Ning Rong only brought two daughters-in-law with royal orders, and she didn't see any girls from Cheng En Gong's Mansion." The reception of the banquet in the palace also paid special attention.

Xie Moru helped Mrs. Xie to sit down, and Xie Shangshu also sat down. He smiled and said, "Sit down." Everyone sat together and watched the moon in the pavilion.

Xie Moyou thought about it, how could Xie Moru politely ask about the girls in Cheng Engong's mansion.Before she could think of a result, Xie Moru had already said to her, "It is said that His Majesty is going to appoint a girl from the Hu family as queen. I asked my grandmother because I was curious about what the future queen will be."

Xie Moyou let out an "ah" and was very surprised, "The girl from the Hu family is going to be the queen? Grandma, who is the girl from the Hu family, do I recognize it?" Xie Moyou didn't go out much, but he was better than Xie Moru , the girls of Cheng'en Gong's Mansion, she has met them once or twice.

Mrs. Xie smiled, "It's just what people say, I don't know if it's true. How can we know His Majesty's thoughts. But next month, the fifth girl of the Hu family and Ji will also post a post to our family. You go with me."

Xie Moyou naturally praised him.

Xie Moru directly and magnanimously told the possible future of Hu's daughter in front of the maidservant of Xie's mansion, her posture was natural, as if she was casually telling a rumor about the imperial capital.Mrs. Xie answered the words very naturally, because the moment Xie Moru said it, Mrs. Xie understood, yes, anyway, the Xie family doesn't intend to compete for the second place, so it doesn't matter if you talk about it.

Because he has no such ambition, he becomes more calm.

Xie Shangshu nodded secretly, and said with a smile, "It's okay to talk about this in our family, but it's not allowed to talk nonsense when going out, especially in Cheng'en Gong's mansion, the girls will be shy."

Xie Moyou said quickly, "Grandfather, don't worry, my eldest sister and I are not talkative people. We just went with my grandmother to attend the Hu family girl's wedding ceremony. My eldest sister and I don't know much about the Hu family girl. It's just a joke." Wouldn't say something like that."

"That's good." Xie Shangshu toasted, the Hu family would not think that Princess Yi'an could call the Xie family to be the lackey of the Hu family, right?If the Hu family thinks this way, they are really good at dreaming.The Xie family didn't intend to compete for the second place, but the Xie family didn't intend to support the Hu family either, at most they wanted to be an outsider honestly for the Empress Dowager Hu's sake.Xie Shangshu calmed down and said with a smile, "Tonight is a good time to enjoy the moon. Come, let's have a drink first."

Everyone toasted and drank, and enjoyed writing poems and guessing riddles.

Xie Bo also taught his nephews and nieces how to play boxing games. Xie Moyou was very clever in boxing games. He won five games in a row against Xie Moru. Xie Moru drank five glasses of wine in a row. Mrs. Xie laughed, "Don't get drunk."

Xie Moyou was proud, "If big sister can't eat, you can send it first."

Xie Moru said, "This wine is not intoxicating." What I ate was hot rice wine, and I ate some on an autumn night to keep my body warm.

The two continued to guess punches, and Xie Moyou won or lost. Later, Xie Moyou's tongue grew out of drinking, and Xie Bai was called Erzhu instead of Second Uncle, which made everyone very funny.Until the middle of the night, Fang went back to each courtyard and went to rest.

Xie Zhi and his grandparents naturally went together, Xie Song sent Xie Moru back to Shaoyaoyuan, Xie Bai sent Xie Moru back to Dujuanyuan.

The woman who watched the door knew that Xie Moru hadn't come back yet, so she didn't dare to sleep, so she asked to open the door, and Xie Bai said, "Let's rest early."

Xie Moru nodded, and when Xie Bo left, he ordered the mother-in-law to close the door.At this time, the moon was in the middle of the sky, Xie Moru was standing in the garden, the sky and the earth were quiet, the moon was shining brightly, there was no light or shadow in the small courtyard where the Fang family lived, and it seemed that the Fang family had already rested early.

Xie Moru stopped for a moment, then turned and went back to Qiuju's courtyard.

As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the weather became colder day by day, so I called the tailors to arrange the winter clothes of each courtyard. On the other hand, women's dresses are cumbersome, choosing the color and pattern, as well as the style of the dress.These are just big clothes for going out, like ordinary clothes in the house, the materials are distributed and made by the maids in each house.

After clearing up this matter, Xie Moru did not forget to remind Mrs. Xie, "General Song's [-]-day ceremony, I think Miss Jiang will go to the temple to do a dojo."

After a hundred days, Rexiao came out.For every mourning family, during the Hundred Days Festival, ordinary people will burn a handful of yellow paper for the dead. Although the Song family only has Jiang Xingyun as an orphan, depending on Jiang Xingyun's temperament, even if he lives in Xie's family, he will do it in the temple. held a ceremony.

Mrs. Xie said, "That's right. If you don't tell me, I'll forget." Then I asked Li Qing's wife to go to the third old master's house to ask Miss Jiang when she was doing the dojo.

Mrs. Xie said to Su Lan again, "Remember to remind me of General Song's anniversary."

Su Lan responded softly.

Mrs. Xie smiled, "The third day of the next lunar month is Mo You's birthday, and we girls will also have a lively banquet. How Mo You wants to celebrate, you might as well tell me."

Xie Moyou smiled modestly, "I know my grandmother loves me, but I'm young, so there's no need to celebrate."

The answer was decent, Mrs. Xie smiled and asked Xie Moru, "Why don't you say it?"

Xie Moru knew Mrs. Xie's intentions, and said, "The birthday of the younger generation has its own rules at home, and the elders are not to be alarmed, so why not let the second younger sister invite her acquaintances here, wouldn't it be more lively."

Mrs. Xie also meant the same thing, and smiled, "That's good." Since Aunt Ning lost her power, even though she took care of Xie Zhi herself, the servants did not dare to neglect Xie Moyou and Xie Zhi's siblings, but they were no more courteous than before.Therefore, Xie Moyou's birthday still needs to be celebrated.Since we want to do it, we should do it more lively.

Xie Moyou was also happy in his heart, but now he knows how to measure, and said, "I don't have any very good friends, why don't I invite the sisters-in-law from the third old lady, and the younger sister Jing from Uncle Feng's family Come here, we are all from our own family, we are about the same age, so let me take this opportunity of my birthday to have fun."

Seeing that what Xie Moyou said was appropriate, and the guests were all from his own family, Mrs. Xie naturally obeyed her.

On that day, the new dress and jewelry in the public office will be the same as Xie Moru's birthday, except that the elders of the various prefectures gave him other gifts, Xie Moru gave Xie Moyou two pots of chrysanthemums, and Xie Zhi and others I also have my own thoughts for my sister.Even Aunt Sun who lives in Lilac Garden also made needlework for Xie Moyou, and Xie Moyou thanked him according to the etiquette.

Aunt Sun also had a share of sewing for Xie Moru, she apologized a lot, "I've been here for a short time, I didn't know the eldest girl's birthday before, I did it in my spare time."

Xie Moru said, "Thank you, Auntie." Although her birthday has passed, she has already done everything, so it is not easy to refuse, and after accepting it, she will hand it to the maid for safekeeping.

Aunt Sun saluted Mrs. Xie and returned to the Clove Courtyard.

Only the birthday gift from Xie Bo made Xie Moyou the most happy. Xie Bo framed a scroll of Su Buyu's handwriting and sent it to Xie Moyou. Yes, and took them to see it again, the two of them were also very envious.

Xie Moru saw that the handwriting was the one written by Su Buyu when she followed Xie Bo to another hospital last time, she knew that Xie Bai was begging for Xie Moyou, and she didn't want to give it to Xie Moyou now.

In addition, Xie Huanpei, Xie Qi, and Xie Jing who were invited all had gifts. Jiang Xingyun was inconvenient to come, so he also asked Xie Huan to bring a birthday gift to Xie Moyou.

Xie Huan, Xie Pei and Xie Moyou are together to talk about clothes and jewellery, rouge and gouache, and gossip about the imperial capital.Xie Huan and Xie Pei also heard about the gossip about Hu's daughter-in-law being the queen, and asked Xie Moyou if it was true or not.

Xie Moyou said, "I've heard it too, who knows if this is true or not, it's all fake before His Majesty makes a decree."

Xie Huan said, "The Hu family is the first family of the government's family. In terms of background, the girls of the Hu family are also first-class."

Xie Pei said, "What's more, I heard from my grandmother that Cheng Engong is still Princess Ningrong's son-in-law, and the fifth girl from the Hu family who will be born at the end of this month is the first daughter of Princess Ningrong and Cheng Engong. , are more honorable than ordinary girls in the government. I heard that this time, the five girls of the Hu family and Ji, most of the wealthy families in the imperial capital have invited them, but unfortunately I won’t be able to see them." Full of regret, Xie Pei asked again , "Ayou, are you going then? Has my sister-in-law received the invitation from Cheng'en Gongfu?"

Xie Moyou said, "Got it, grandma said to take me and eldest sister. Aunt Pei, if you want to go, I'll ask grandma to see if we can go together?"

Xie Pei was full of surprises, looked at Xie Moyou with bright eyes and said, "That's really great! Ayou, even if it doesn't work, I know you too!"

Xie Moru never talked much, and took Xie Qi and Xie Jing to eat fruit, and occasionally everyone said a word.

The girls chattered for a while, and then the storyteller came, and everyone listened to the female teacher's storytelling for fun, had birthday noodles at noon, and played pot games until it was getting late, Xie Huan, Xie Pei and the others I bid farewell.

In the evening, Xie Moyou told Mrs. Xie that Xie Pei wanted to go to Cheng'en Gong's mansion to attend the Hu Wu girl and Ji ceremony. Mrs. Xie smiled, "You are all young girls of the same age, since Miss Pei wants to Go, there is nothing wrong with going to see and see together." He ordered Li Qing's daughter-in-law to go over and tell the third old lady that any girl in the mansion wants to go together, just come to Shangshu's mansion in advance.

When Li Qing's daughter-in-law came back, she brought back two baskets of oranges, which she said were given by the third old lady. Mrs. Xie ordered Su Lan to distribute them to each house, and the Peony Court also had a share.Even though Aunt Ning was grounded, Mrs. Xie never missed her due role, and after all, she had three sons and one daughter, and now that she is losing power, those slaves don't dare to hold her back.

Xie Moyou said softly, "Grandmother, I'll take it to Auntie."

Mrs. Xie glanced at Xie Moyou and sighed, "Go."

Xie Moyou saluted, and took the maid and Orange to Peony Courtyard.

Late autumn is approaching, and there are few people and few words in the peony courtyard, making it more and more desolate.Since Xie Moyou was born, this yard has been extremely lively. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, this is the first time that she feels bleak.

Seeing Xie Moyou coming over, Aunt Ning's eyes were red with joy, she held her daughter's hand and looked up and down, swallowed a sob and asked, "Today is your birthday, Ayou, are you okay?"

Xie Moyou also had hot eyes, almost shed tears, sat down with Aunt Ning, and said, "I'm fine, Auntie don't need to worry about it, these are oranges sent by the third old lady, all courtyards have them , This belongs to my aunt, I'll send it to my aunt." The number of maids and women in the courtyard is still the same, but why is it so cold.

Aunt Ning wiped her tears, "Thank you Madam for me, I failed her heart."

It's already this time, and it's not the moment when they were grounded, the mother and daughter, what's the point of crying in each other's arms.Besides, it was rare to see my daughter once, and Aunt Ning refused to cry. She asked her how her birthday was, knowing that she had invited her daughter over to have fun and received a lot of birthday gifts, so Aunt Ning was relieved. Comforting the girl, she said, "Don't worry about me. I'm quiet in the courtyard. It's good. Azhi and the others are young, and your grandmother is getting old. You should share your grandmother's worries. It's the eldest girl's place. To get along well, I always feel sorry for the eldest grandma. I fell into a magic barrier because of jealousy. I said a lot of crazy things to you at first, but now I think about it, how narrow-minded. You and the eldest girl, even if they were not born by the same mother, are the same. Father and sister. I have little knowledge and a small heart. To put it bluntly, in this world, apart from A Zhi and you, you are the closest to the eldest girl. They are all surnamed Xie, and the same clan still pays attention to the same branch of spirit , watch and help each other, let alone you are sisters of the same father."

"I was blindfolded by jealousy and taught you many wrong things. Fortunately, God has eyes. Although I was punished, God is sorry. I am happy that you didn't take a detour." Aunt Ning pulled her daughter's hand After talking a lot with his hands, he took out some clothes from the house, and said, "The big clothes are made by a tailor myself. These are the regular clothes I made for your siblings when I have nothing to do. You can take them with you and wear them."

Xie Moyou asked, "Auntie is well-fed and well-fed, but is the maid serving attentively?"

"It's all good." It's true that no one dares to hold back Aunt Ning. She was favored for more than ten years, and even though she was killed by Xie Moru all at once, Xie Moru is a girl after all, and she will definitely marry out in the future.But the three sons of the eldest family were all born to Aunt Ning, and there is no guarantee that Aunt Ning will not turn over in the future.In addition, Mrs. Xie's assignment to the Peony Court remains the same, and Xie Moyou's siblings have not fallen out of favor in front of Mrs. Xie, and the maids and mother-in-law are still considerate.

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, Aunt Ning was very sad, but she didn't stay to thank Mo You, touched her daughter's tender face, and said, "Let's go, my wife is still waiting." You have dinner together. If you want to see your aunt, come and see, but don’t come here all the time. If you have any difficulties, just tell your grandmother. I live in a courtyard by myself, and the maids and mothers-in-law in the courtyard should have it in mind. number..."

After exhorting a lot of words, Aunt Ning sent Xie Moyou to the door, and when Xie Moyou walked away, tears fell from Aunt Ning's eyes.

(End of this chapter)