Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 200 Appreciation of Snow's Concubine Qu Xiuhe

"You must be happy in life, and don't let the golden bottle face the moon."

Facing the catkin-like heavy snow in front of him, Huang Laifu raised his wine glass and chanted slowly.

"It's so sour..." Gu Yunniang rolled her eyes at Huang Laifu, while teasing Huang Dalang in her arms.

At this time, Huang Laifu was in Wangmei Pavilion in the back garden. Amidst the snowflakes, several cold plum trees outside the pavilion were in full bloom, red and white, extremely beautiful.

The first heavy snowfall in winter had already fallen. Huang Laifu had never seen such a heavy snowfall in the years since he came to Daming Dynasty.The auspicious snow heralds a good year, so next year will definitely be better.

Seeing that the snow was falling so thickly, Gu Yunniang also became interested and wanted to make hot milk tea for everyone in Wangmei Pavilion.At this time, everyone is gathering in the pavilion to gossip.It is rare for Huang Laifu to have such a leisurely mood, and he is also very relaxed.I also remembered that everything in front of me was earned by myself, and I felt proud.

In the Wangmei Pavilion, there is a floor furnace heating kang, and there are several brass braziers on the ground. There is a thick silk curtain at the door of the pavilion.Huang Laifu was dressed in brocade robes, leaning comfortably on a thickly cushioned drunken chair. Gu Yunniang was just sitting beside him, holding a small hand stove in her hand. She was wearing a yellow silk and cotton bijia today. Wearing a silver silk bun on the head, it looks even more pretty.Although she is the mother of a child, she looks more and more elegant.

Next to her were Liu Yumei, Liu Huan, and Meiyue, who were also sitting there. The three women's bellies were all swollen, and they were not far away from giving birth.In order to take care of them, mother Yang specially invited many maids to accompany them at all times.

Huang Laifu finished singing while shaking his head, and drank the hot wine in one gulp.Listening to Gu Yunniang making fun of Huang Laifu, Liu Yumei said seriously: "Sister, I think Xianggong's poems are very good, not sour at all. My family has always wanted to read, but they always can't."

Liu Yumei is wearing a sky-blue satin dress today, with a bun on her head, perhaps because she was born in a poor family and her status is low. Liu Yumei usually has low self-esteem, she doesn't talk much in the house, she is always timid, with a pair of eyes , is to observe the expressions of others all day long.

What she cares most about is how Huang Laifu sees herself. She changes with Huang Laifu's face all day long, and she also cares about the eyes of Gu Yunniang and others.Fortunately, she is already pregnant, and her greatest hope is to have a son in the future, so that she can stabilize her position in the mansion in the future.

Hearing Liu Yumei defend Huang Laifu so earnestly, Gu Yunniang couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, she said: "Sister Yumei spoils my husband too much, you know, men sometimes can't be spoiled."

Liu Yumei glanced at Huang Laifu, her eyes were full of affection, she sighed softly: "My husband is the god of my family, my family is willing to do everything for my husband..." Her voice became thinner and thinner, and finally became as thin as a mosquito, full of tears. flushed.

A strange look flashed in the eyes of Liu Huan and Meiyue. They all touched their stomachs. Gu Yunniang just laughed twice. If other concubines competed for favor in front of the old woman like this, maybe she would Expert law.

But for Liu Yumei, Gu Yunniang has never been worried. She is the main wife, she is full of the old man, the old lady's thousands of favors, and has a five-rank imperial order, and now she is giving birth to the eldest son of the main family. It can be said that her status is as solid as gold.As for the two daughters Liu Huan and Meiyue, they have always followed her lead, and their fate has always been linked with Gu Yunniang.

Gu Yunniang's status in the mansion is supernatural, she doesn't tremble in front of Huang Laifu like other concubines, she always talks and laughs freely, she delicately scolds Huang Laifu next to her: "You, you are such a passionate seed, let sister Yumei do this for you! You are in ecstasy."

Huang Laifu smiled slightly when he heard it, and felt a little proud in his heart, but he is a man who puts his career first, and he doesn't care much about his feelings in this regard.

Gu Yunniang kissed Huang Dalang in her arms, and said in a low voice: "My son, in the future, you can't follow your father's example and leave love debts everywhere, and you will be born with injustice."

Huang Dalang opened his round eyes, stared at Huang Laifu in shock, and babbled: "Daddy..."

Huang Laifu said dissatisfiedly: "How can I reject his father like this in front of my son."

Gu Yunniang giggled, and the maidservants standing beside her also covered their mouths and laughed.

At this time, a strong milky smell came out, and Gu Yunniang said: "Okay, the milk tea is ready."

A servant girl stepped forward and took the delicate little jar from a stove. Gu Yunniang took it and poured a cup of milk tea herself. It was extremely hot and white as thick as goose fat.Gu Yunniang added sugar and handed it to Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu took it, took a sip while it was hot, closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and praised: "Good."

Gu Yunniang smiled sweetly: "I know you like to add some sugar."

Huang Laifu put down the cup, stretched out his hand to hold Gu Yunniang's soft and tender hand, and said, "Young lady understands me."

Gu Yunniang's eyes fluttered, she turned her head slightly to look at Huang Laifu, she just pursed her lips and smiled.

Seeing her expression, Huang Laifu couldn't help being moved, and said with a soft smile: "Why don't we try the jade girl sitting on the lotus at night?"

No matter how soft his voice was, everyone could hear it. Liu Yumei's daughters all blushed and lowered their heads, envious at the same time.The maidservants in the back also blushed, only some experienced mothers giggled.

Gu Yunniang's face seemed to be smeared with a layer of rouge. She pointed to the orchid flower and tapped it on Huang Laifu's eyebrows, and said softly, "You, you are not ashamed to say these things in front of your sisters."

She straightened her face, and poured a few cups of milk for Liu Yumei, Liu Huan, and Meiyue. The three girls all said, "Thank you, sister."

Gu Yunniang continued: "Haitang, you give this milk jar to the master and the old lady, let them taste it too."

A servant girl responded and went away with the pot.

She is busy here, Huang Laifu drinks milk tea while admiring the snow.Seeing the snow getting bigger and bigger, like pear blossom flurry.He put the milk tea on the table next to him, and said: "Such a beautiful scenery, it should be accompanied by music."

After hearing this, Gu Yunniang summoned a maid and gave a few orders, and the maid responded: "Yes, ma'am." She hurried away.

Huang Laifu continued to enjoy the snow, and soon, several women in red cloaks came to the pavilion, holding pipas, zithers, strings and other things, and said sweetly to Huang Laifu and others.It was a music troupe that Qu's family sent to the Zongbing's mansion, and they were all girls with excellent music skills.Seeing their sincerity, Huang Laifu accepted them.It is also a piece of music to listen to a ditty when you have nothing to do.

After the girls saluted, everyone sat down and played and sang a little song.

At this time, Kunqu opera was popular across the country, tasting the euphemistic and delicate charm of the song, Huang Laifu couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, lying on the drunkard's chair, just patted along with the tune.A few servant girls stepped forward and carefully tapped his shoulders and legs.

After savoring the taste, Huang Laifu suddenly heard Gu Yunniang's voice: "Sister Xiuhe is here, please sit down."

Qu Xiuhe's soft voice sounded: "Thank you, Sister Gu."

Huang Laifu opened his eyes, and saw Qu Xiuhe dressed in pure white sable fur, standing pretty beside him, seeing Huang Laifu's eyes, Qu Xiuhe smiled sweetly, bowed to Huang Laifu, and said: "My lord well."

Huang Laifu said: "Miss Xiuhe is too polite, please sit down."

Qu Xiuhe sat beside Gu Yunniang as promised, Huang Laifu looked sideways, and saw Qu Xiuhe and Gu Yunniang talking and laughing at Yanyan, making giggling sounds from time to time.The red plum blossoms outside the pavilion are in full bloom, reflecting Qu Xiuhe's plain white body, making her fair complexion even more delicate and beautiful.

From time to time, Huang Laifu smelled a faint fragrance, and he didn't know if it was the cold fragrance of red plums, or the fragrance from Gu Yunniang and Qu Xiuhe's body.

After Qu Xiuhe entered the pavilion, Liu Yumei, Liu Huan, and the two daughters of Meiyue focused on Huang Laifu. Seeing that Huang Laifu seemed to pay attention to Qu Xiuhe, jealousy flashed in the eyes of all the girls. When she was showing lotus, there was some vague hostility.Compared to Gu Yunniang, Qu Xiuhe naturally poses a threat to their status.

Soon, Qu Xiuhe left, and she made an appointment with Gu Yunniang to sweep the snow in the afternoon.The two daughters are both knowledgeable and interesting, and they always have endless words to talk to each other. Besides, Qu Xiuhe has been helping Gu Yunniang for more than a year, sorting out the accounts of the house for her, and she is very pleased with Gu Yunniang. .

After Qu Xiuhe left, Gu Yunniang smiled at Huang Laifu, "Sir, what do you think of sister Xiuhe?"

Huang Laifu immediately saw that all the girls in the pavilion pricked up their ears, he said: "Very good, what's the matter?"

Gu Yunniang pursed her lips and snorted, and said, "I intend to recruit sister Xiuhe to be your concubine, what do you think?"

Huang Laifu said: "No way, how can a wife take a concubine for her husband, aren't you jealous?"

Gu Yunniang looked at Huang Laifu, and said with a half-smile: "I'll find it for you, it's better than you go out to steal food by yourself, and ruin my sister's reputation. Besides, sister Xiuhe often travels to and from the mansion, and there have been gossips outside, so don't let her in. Do you think there will be a good family to marry her?"

Huang Laifu spread his hands and said, "That's it, then you decide, I don't care."

Gu Yunniang snorted: "Hmph, look at you, you're acting like a good boy when you get a bargain."

With the improvement of Huang Laifu's status, Gu Yunniang knew that her husband would definitely have many concubines in the future. As a wife, she couldn't interfere, otherwise she would be guilty of seven crimes.But looking for Huang Laifu by himself is better than him going out to look for it himself, so that after the woman enters the door, she can easily control her.She has observed Qu Xiuhe for a long time, and she will definitely not threaten her future status.Her father, Gu Qianhu, and mother, Song Shi, also meant the same thing.

But to be honest, what Huang Laifu said just now is the truth. He knows that he will definitely have a lot of concubines in the future. Couldn't be more worry-free.When he came to this world, if there was one woman he could love, it would be Gu Yunniang, and for the rest, he was dispensable.

At that moment, Huang Laifu said: "Miss, you have worked hard, let me hug you."

Gu Yunniang wanted to refuse and welcome, and said angrily: "I hate it, you are glib."

(End of this chapter)