Lady Zhao

Chapter 49

The Duke of Dingguo's mansion became bustling again because the fourth master returned home. Mr. Zhao and the fourth master talked at night by candlelight. It's been 20 years, and it's meaningless to care about it.

Reconciled here, not long ago held a family banquet, called the eldest aunt and five aunts who lived in Shangjing to come back, and had a family reunion dinner. Mrs. Zhao looked at the table full of people, young and old, children and grandchildren, Can't help feeling a lot of emotion, almost shed tears, but finally laughed through tears under the appeasement of everyone.

That night Mrs. Zhao seemed to be in a trance and saw the gentle young man in red clothes and black hair who promised never to take a concubine. She especially remembered the beautiful red plum blossoms and the auspicious snow on the wedding day...

After waking up early in the morning, she saw that there was really a fine fluff of snow outside the window, Mrs. Zhao sighed, and Mama Yang patted the snowflakes on her jacket and entered the inner room. "I saw that you were sleeping soundly, old madam, so I didn't wake you up. Mrs. Guogong, grandma of the third room, and grandma of the fourth room just came to pay her respects, and I let the old slave take the initiative to invite them back. At this moment, the eldest lady and the second Miss came to greet you."

Mrs. Zhao chuckled, she was in a good mood, she asked Mama Yang to call her two precious granddaughters to wait in the house, after a brief grooming, she put on thick clothes and sat on the kang.Zhao Wenwan and Zhao Wenxi walked in together, the old lady pulled them to sit down, first she squinted her eyes and looked at Zhao Wenxi carefully, "The complexion is getting better day by day, and there is no scar left, so grandma can rest assured."

Zhao Wenxi nodded lightly, and affectionately held the old lady's arm, "The poor grandmother went to the palace to beg for good things from the empress dowager, and wiped her face so as not to ruin her face. If there is a chance, Wenxi would like to go to the palace to kowtow to thank her in person." .”

"It's sensible. My old sister-in-law, the queen mother, has been talking about wanting to have a look at you, saying that she wants to keep you in the palace for a few days. The old lady didn't want to hear it. Her grandson and daughter-in-law strongly recommended it. I came to snatch the baby, so I found a reason to prevaricate. Besides, there are complicated rules in the palace, and my wife is not willing to let my granddaughter go to the palace to suffer that punishment." Such words also show that the feelings between the old lady and the queen mother sisters are full. deep.

Hearing this, Zhao Wenxi's eyes were filled with inexplicable eagerness, and she lowered her eyes coquettishly, and said: "The granddaughter must learn the rules from the nanny..."

Zhao Wenwan watched from the side without making a sound, just playing with the jade bracelet in his hand, turning it around in a circle seemingly bored.

The old lady glanced at it meaningfully, and habitually held Zhao Wenwan's finger in her palm, "Why doesn't Miss Wan say a word today, because she doesn't want to pay attention to my old lady."

"What did grandma say, the granddaughter is just thinking about something." She was really thinking about things, recalling the year when Zhao Wenxi came back in the script, when the first snow fell, people came to the palace soon, and she couldn't help but laugh in her heart, because According to the script, another threshold for Zhao Wenwan to die has finally come.

That year was a snowy winter day. Zhao Wenwan and Zhao Wenxi entered the palace together, causing troubles constantly, and being punished constantly. It was very embarrassing, offended some women, and captured some men because of the beauty of the first beauty. , It means that there is a fork in the relationship, and it will not be chaotic since then, it is so chaotic.

"What good thing did my sister think about just now?" Zhao Wenxi asked softly, her beautiful eyes wandering.

Zhao Wenwan smiled, pretending to be mysterious and said, "If you say it, it won't work."

Mrs. Zhao nodded Zhao Wenwan's head, "You are a ghost."

Zhao Wenwan pursed her lips, deliberately shouted "it hurts", poked her head out and said, "Grandmother, my sister is here, you have to save me the face of a elder sister, look, this head is turning red."

The old lady couldn't laugh or cry by her resentful expression, she gently stroked her forehead, "Hey, grandma just rub it for you."

Zhao Wenxi was stunned to the side and realized that she couldn't get in the way. After all, she couldn't compare to the intimacy of the interaction between grandparents and grandchildren, so she was a little anxious, with her dress twisted and wrinkled in her hands.

While talking, Madam Yang came in and said respectfully: "Old Madam, the empress of the palace sent a message to our three girls and two young masters. It seems that the banquet is about to start. Mrs. Guo will help the girls The young master and I have finished collecting the post, and have already started ordering people to prepare it, and just sent someone to the Mingxu Garden to make a prophetic meeting, and Madam will definitely come to the garden to discuss with the old lady after a while."

Mrs. Zhao understood it all at once, so she smiled happily and said, "I almost forgot about this, it's time for them to participate in the Qionghua Banquet."

After all, Zhao Wenxi grew up in the countryside, and it was his first year in Beijing. He couldn't compare to the noble girls who grew up in the capital. He didn't understand why his grandmother looked so happy, and asked in surprise, "Grandma, I just heard that sisters There are only three invitations, why is one missing, if so, let me give it up."

Zhao Wenwan tsk-tsk twice in her heart, she couldn't believe that this person would really agree if he knew the inside story.

Mother Yang couldn't help laughing, and persuaded: "The second girl can't let go."

"Why?" Zhao Wenxi looked at his grandmother.

Mrs. Zhao also had a smile in her eyes, "Silly girl, the missing post belongs to your sister Wen Xue. She is still young and hasn't been able to participate yet. Just think about why you invited your two elder brothers Also go to the palace."

After Zhao Wenxi paused for a moment, he suddenly realized, and blushed, "Grandmother..."

Except for Zhao Wenwan who participated in the second year, both Zhao Wenxuan and Zhao Wenxi participated in the first year. In fact, it is also the first time for Zhao Wenwan to participate. Fortunately, she has good acting skills. She has taken on many court dramas before. Xiangzhuyuan still lives leisurely, but often goes to Qingfengju to harass the elder brother, and occasionally gets naughty and asks what kind of woman the elder brother likes with a smile, but Zhao Yuanli has a very strict tone, holding the scroll and refusing to make a sound, but Zhao Wenwan is in a hurry .

In the script, Zhao Yuanli is just a named supporting role, the kind of soy sauce gentleman who is used to set off the background of the female supporting role. The director may not even find actors to shoot. She can't guess the main plot of the big brother, and she doesn't know what kind of woman the big brother will like. Son, I still want to find him for him at the Qionghua Banquet.

As the day of the banquet approached, everything was in full swing. Mrs. Ye asked the master of Baoyi Pavilion to make new clothes for the three of them, and ordered the maids to send the new clothes to various gardens.

After Zhao Wenwan finished admiring it, she asked Xueyan to put away the clothes and put them in the cabinet, and sat on the couch to drink tea, taking a sip slowly, as if waiting for something to arrive.After a while, two familiar voices, Yingying's laughing and talking about something, drifted over.

It was Zhao Wenxi and Zhao Wenxuan who came together, and they were notified by the servant girl to be invited into the house.Zhao Wenwan and Xueyan watched the tea, and greeted her with a smile.Since that day, Zhao Wenxi and Zhao Wenxuan's relationship has grown stronger and they often go together. Zhao Wenxuan has restrained her temper a lot. Even the old lady praised Wenxi as a girl for being kind to others, and Wenxuan was close to Zhu Zhechi.

Zhao Wenxi said first: "Sister, I heard that the clothes that the auntie made for you are extremely exquisite and luxurious, so my sister Wenxuan and I wanted to come and have a look."

Zhao Wenwan was polite, "Mother treats everyone equally, and my clothes are the same as yours, but everyone has a different temperament, and the styles made by the master are slightly different."

Zhao Wenxuan started to eat oranges as soon as she came in, and said with a smile: "Sister is the eldest daughter, so it must be different, so don't hide it, and give us eyes."

"Sister, please give my younger sisters a look." Inadvertently, Zhao Wenxi and Zhao Wenxuan's eyes met, colliding with extremely subtle sparks, both pleading.

Seeing that Zhao Wenwan couldn't hold back, she ordered Baochan to fetch it. Sure enough, Baochan brought a very beautiful dress, and used dark brown silk thread to embroider wonderful and strong branches on the material. A plum blossom in full bloom extends from the hem of the skirt to the waist, and a wide dark purple belt tightens the slender waist, which can quite show a slim figure, elegant and luxurious, and is covered with a light purple open gauze dress. Under the slender light and shadow, there is a faint sense of wave light flowing on the gauze.

Zhao Wenxi looked very envious, touched the embroidery and praised it again and again, and showed it to Zhao Wenxuan while talking, the latter was still breaking an orange, her brows were twisted together, and she just heard a "baji" , Zhao Wenxuan squeezed the orange with too much force, and the yellow juice splashed a lot on Zhao Wenxi's face, even the freshly made clothes were covered with orange juice.

Zhao Wenxi opened her mouth wide with surprise on her face, and Zhao Wenxuan, the instigator, jumped up even more, threw the orange quickly, and went to look at the new clothes, "Ah, did you get any stains on this clothes?" It was juicy, and in a hurry, I touched the clothes several times. The clothes that were not obvious at first were completely worn out now.

Zhao Wenxi hurriedly stopped her, "Sister, don't touch this clothes anymore, it's already spent!"

Zhao Wenxuan seemed to realize it just now, covered her lips and said, "Sister, I didn't do it on purpose, what should I do?"

Zhao Wenwan on the side had a good time, quietly watching the two people "surprised and surprised", the corners of their mouths were slightly raised.

With an apologetic look on Zhao Wenxi's face, he held the clothes in front of Zhao Wenwan, "Sister, the third sister didn't do it on purpose, why don't you wear my new clothes, and I'll order Luyun to bring them to you." It's just that who doesn't know Zhao Wenwan's stature Tall, he couldn't wear the clothes of the two of them.

Baochan on the side watched the clothes being destroyed and was about to explode. Just as she was about to go up to argue something, Zhao Wenwan stopped her in time and said without losing her grace, "It's just a piece of clothing, if it's dirty, it's dirty." It's okay, it doesn't matter."

Baochan blinked her round eyes vigorously, gritted her teeth in her heart for a while and thought to herself: Hmph, our young lady is the most beautiful woman in Beijing, even if she doesn't have a new dress, she can be dazzling.

Suddenly, Xueyan came out of the house, holding a more gorgeous gold powder dress, "Bao Chan, why are you so messy, bring out an old dress."

Zhao Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, and Zhao Wenxi also had the same reaction. Zhao Wenwan smiled and said to the two of them, "Hey, sister, don't blame yourself, my new clothes are fine." Then she said: "Take it, I guess Looking at the two younger sisters, I am not in the mood to look at them now."

Zhao Wenxuan and Zhao Wenxi had tea and left in despair. Baochan didn't realize it for a while, but saw Xueyan and her young lady looking at each other and smiling, and burst out laughing instantly.Zhao Wenwan remembered such a scene in the script. At that time, Zhao Wenxuan didn't want to see other people's kindness. When the three of them were looking at each other's clothes, Zhao Wenxuan deliberately stained their clothes with oranges. It's just that she and Zhao Wenxi had never had a friendly relationship at that time.

So Zhao Wenwan ordered Xueyan to put the new clothes in a different place, and found another one to put there, and when Bao Chan went to pick it up, he took it as a new dress.

(End of this chapter)