novelraw Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Today is Jia Zheng's birthday.There are many visitors in the Rongguo Mansion, and the wine and opera are set up, which is very lively.Suddenly someone came to report that a father-in-law, the chief manager of the palace, had come to deliver the decree.Jia Zheng hurriedly asked people to stop singing, set up the incense table, and respectfully led the crowd to kneel down to receive the order.
Zhou Lang accompanied Jia's mother to drink in the back, and someone came in front to pass the order. Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, someone had already told Jia's mother about such a big movement.
Mother Jia is always very shrewd in such matters, she asked the girl who sent the message in carefully, and knowing that the father-in-law who came to pass the decree came with a smile, she said cheerfully: "There must be something good to come!"
That's right, Jia Zheng was summoned to the palace for an audience, Zhou Lang reckoned that news of Yuan Chun's concubine would come in later.
Mrs. Wang led the crowd to coax Jiamu to sit and wait for the news, but Jiamu knew that accompanying the king was like accompanying a tiger, and she was anxious and uncomfortable when sitting. She always wanted to wander around, but was tired after wandering.Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing had no choice but to circle around Jiamu.
Seeing that Jia's mother was restless and the hall was crowded with people, Sister Feng asked Lin Daiyu, Sanchun and Zhou Lang to go back and play by themselves.
The little girl likes to be lively, Sanchun heard about the important event of promulgating the decree, so she naturally had endless things to say, so she took Zhou Lang to Lin Daiyu's room together, drinking tea and eating snacks, chirping over the conjectures.
Zhou Lang originally wanted to go back to rest, and Yuan Chun's concubine has nothing to do with her directly, so he planned to go back early to communicate with the shopkeeper and prepare the business.But now sitting in Lin Daiyu's room, she was too embarrassed to just leave, so she pursed her lips and smiled, watching the girls guess together.
Lin Daiyu saw Zhou Lang smiling and saying nothing, so she tilted her head and asked her, "Sister Bao, everyone is guessing what's going on, you guess too?"
Sanchun Qiqi looked at Zhou Lang, staring and waiting for her to say something.Zhou Lang didn't hide it either, and said with a smile, "I guess it's Sister Yuanchun's good deed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there were girls outside who became lively.
Tanchun stood up first, and called out, "What's the matter? It's so lively!"
Zijuan came in happily, and said with a smile: "The word came from the front that our eldest girl has made a virtuous concubine, and the old lady is going to bring the wives into the palace to thank you!" He was so happy that he forgot the stability he should have in his daily life.
But everyone didn't care about it, and everyone was happy when they heard it.
"Big sister has been named concubine!" "There's a lot of excitement in the mansion now!"...
Lin Daiyu was also happy, and said directly to Zhou Lang: "Sister Bao guessed right, it really is a good thing for big sister!"
First, they were happy in the room for a while, and when Jia Mu came back from the palace to thank her, they had dinner together, and they were happy again. It was not until dark that Zhou Lang led Ying'er back to Lixiangyuan.
In the yard, Aunt Xue, who was always sick in the room, was sitting in the room fully dressed, with a big smile on her face, and she spoke with Xiang Ling with a few high-pitched voices.
Seeing Zhou Lang coming in, Aunt Xue quickly waved her hands and said, "My son, tell me quickly, what's the matter with today's edict?"
People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and this Aunt Xue really treats Jia's mansion as her own home. She heard that Yuanchun became a concubine, and most of her illnesses have recovered.
Doesn't Jia Yuanchun have a good relationship with the Xue family as a concubine?
Zhou Lang pouted secretly, smiled again and sat down on the small stool in front of Aunt Xue's bed, and told everything that happened during the day.
Aunt Xue listened carefully, and after listening, she was still not satisfied. She looked at Zhou Lang unconsciously with some unclear expectations, and then took Zhou Lang's hand and said, "Do you think Concubine Xiande can work hard to let your brother join the army?" come back?"
When Zhou Lang heard this, he was startled, and a cold sweat broke out from behind his back.Aunt Xue was also too shrewd, she grasped the main points as soon as she made a plan.
If it was an ordinary son, Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, even a hundred people could be rescued from the army by saying a word at will.It's a pity that Xue Pan was sent to the army, not to mention that Itachi begged the emperor's order to send Xue Pan, even Zhou Lang was extremely unwilling to have Xue Pan come back.
I haven't been there for a few days, and I'm still a prodigal when I come back, and I'm not a prodigal!
"Mom, eldest sister has just been made a concubine, how could she go to ask for trouble so soon?" Zhou Lang tried to persuade Aunt Xue, "It's the emperor's imperial decree for my brother to go to the army, and he will be beheaded if he disobeys the imperial decree! Even if Big Sister becomes a concubine, she can't resist the decree!"
Aunt Xue was really frightened, she stopped her mouth in a daze, didn't say anything, she just lowered her eyebrows and became a little sullen.Just after being sad for a while, she looked up at Zhou Lang again, saw her soft brows and eyes, and her skin was as white as snow, and remembered whispering with Mrs. Wang's sisters, and felt happier again.
Now the Jia family is a relative of the emperor, and their status is much higher than that of the former Duke's Mansion.If her daughter married Jia Baoyu, she would be the daughter-in-law of the royal family.At that time, Xue Pan can be regarded as a relative of the royal family, so can he still be detained in the army and not allowed to come back?
Ask the empress and the emperor to beg, the words of the person next to the pillow are always useful... Aunt Xue became more energetic as she thought about it, she pulled Xiang Ling and talked with Zhou Lang for a long time, and then fell asleep under the service of the two.
Zhou Lang went back to the house, his face was numb, and he was very tired.
Ying'er brought the washing water, and seeing Zhou Lang's complexion was not good, she asked, "What's the matter, Miss, why are you not happy about such a big event today?"
"Nonsense, I'm not unhappy, it's just that there are too many things in the daytime, and I'm tired." There are many people in Rongguo Mansion, and many of the servants are not good birds. If something unpleasant happens, it will cause trouble.
Zhou Lang's face was serious, and Ying'er froze for a moment in fright. She didn't dare to say anything, and went back to rest after silently serving.
In the past, Yinger and several other maids always took turns sleeping in the outer room at night, but Zhou Lang gradually changed this habit, and now Yinger and the others don't have to go to bed at night, just wait for Zhou Lang to sleep, and go back to their rooms to sleep go.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Lang was half awake and half asleep, when he heard the rustling of the window, he woke up with a start.
I was a little flustered and a little confused.
There are so many people in Rongguo Mansion, and there are many night watchmen in Lihuayuan. Could someone sneak under her window?
There was only half of the candle left in the room. Zhou Lang fumbled to get up and light it. Holding the candlestick, he touched the hairpin on the dressing table and approached the window.
Listening carefully, the rustling sound seemed to disappear again, as if the moment just now was just her hallucination.
However, Zhou Lang was a martial arts practitioner in his previous life, and his ears and eyes are also very sensitive in this life.The quieter the surroundings became, the more abnormal Zhou Lang felt.
"Who?" Zhou Lang asked softly, and after waiting for a while, no one answered outside.
Could it be that she was flustered?
However, Zhou Lang didn't believe it, and still felt that his intuition was correct.
Cursing the corners of her lips, without opening the window, she tightly squeezed the hairpin in her hand, aimed at the carved gap in the window, raised her hand and pierced it fiercely.
The hairpin pierced the window screen, only to hear the soft tap of toes outside, a figure hastily pushed away a few steps, and whispered in a distressed voice: "Lang'er!"
"Itachi?" Zhou Lang was surprised, please open the window, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure shrouded in the hazy moonlight, "Why are you here so late?"
Not far away, the woman guarding the gate of the courtyard was sound asleep and didn't hear any of these movements.
"I'm here to tell you something." Itachi approached, leaning his back against the window, and said in a low voice, "I'm going to propose marriage in a few days."
"Propose marriage?" Zhou Lang blinked, surprised but not surprised, but never thought that Itachi wanted to settle this matter so quickly.
"Yes, I have already informed the emperor, and I am only waiting to propose marriage at the end of the year. I come to talk to you tonight, just to prepare you in your heart."
In fact, it didn't matter to Zhou Lang whether she was prepared or not, anyway, as soon as she met Itachi, she was ready to marry him again.Itachi also knew it, but Zhou Lang lived in the back house and didn't go out often. He missed seeing him for a long time, so he just found an excuse to visit.
Through the window, Zhou Lang smiled lightly and talked to Itachi a lot, and when he heard the fourth night clapper sound, he urged: "Go back, someone will wake up later, it's not good to meet you."
Itachi looked at Zhou Lang deeply for a while, nodded, turned around and walked over the wall lightly.
The woman who was watching at the gate of the courtyard turned over and was still asleep, not aware of it at all.
The next day, when Zhou Lang got up, he was naturally dozing off. Seeing that her eyes were dark, Ying'er was very worried, and asked, "Miss, is she feeling unwell? Do you want to ask the doctor to come and see her? pill?"
While dozing off, Zhou Lang explained perfunctorily: "No, I had a dream last night and didn't sleep well."
It was possible to pretend to be sick and rest in the room, but Aunt Xue always made a fuss, and everyone in the house would know that Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu came to visit again.
Might as well go outside and find a place to rest.
So Zhou Lang reported to Aunt Xue and took Ying'er to Xue's house.All the arrangements were almost the same, Zhou Lang just went around perfunctorily, and then sent Ying'er to order the young lady to clean up, and then went to sleep on the small bed in the middle of the room.
Sleeping until noon, Zhou Lang simply ate lunch in the new house, and was thinking of going to the shop to have a look, but he heard Yinger say that there were several shopkeepers outside the door asking to see something.
Since the new house was built, Zhou Lang felt that the pear garden was too small and crowded, so he often asked shopkeepers to come to the new house to discuss matters.Today they handed the sign to Lihuayuan first, and then came to the new house, but when they went to Rongguo Mansion, they heard that the girl had already come to the new house, so they went straight to the new house without delay.
As usual, a screen was placed in the hall, and Zhou Lang ordered the maids to serve tea and asked the shopkeepers what they wanted.
Sure enough, as expected, it was the concubine's family visit in the palace, and each family wanted to build a relative's family villa!
"Today, everyone is asking about craftsmen and design experts, and I heard that they are all looking for a place!" An old shopkeeper asked Zhou Lang, "Do you know what's going on in Rongguo Mansion, Miss?"
Zhou Lang nodded and said, "Should have already been talking about it." She thought to herself, perhaps at this time, Madam Wang has already made up her mind about the property of the Lin family and the property of the Xue family.I just hope that Aunt Xue will not be deceived too much and give Mrs. Wang a lot of money for nothing.