The Rose of the Red Chamber

Chapter 148

In the front yard of Liu's house, guests came one after another. In the backyard of Liu's house, no wives came to visit, but even if there were no wives from outside, the backyard was not smooth, and there were waves again and again.

If a woman can be compared to five hundred ducks, then the six rows of women in Liu's backyard are definitely a medium-sized farm.

Aunt Liu and her daughters Liu Meili, Liu Meimei and Liu Meimei, Liu Meibai and Liu Meiyan.For two places to enter the palace, that really exhausted all scheming.

When the six women sat in Aunt Liu's main courtyard and heard the butler report that there were too many guests and the family didn't have so many preparations, they were all stunned for a moment.

Since the end of autumn last year, every time the family has a banquet, there are more invitations and more things to prepare. In the end, there are more leftovers, but fewer and fewer people come.

"How could there be such a mistake, how do you manage the house?"

When Aunt Liu heard this, she was anxious, she got up from her seat, pointed at the housekeeper to reprimand her, and walked around trying to find a way.

More people are better than fewer people.Maybe her family's master is short of things right now.Therefore, you must entertain the guests in front of you well, and you must not let people think that they are slack and unhospitable.

The butler felt aggrieved when he heard what Aunt Liu said. Didn't Madam say that there were only Young Master Biao and his friend?Why did so many people come all of a sudden, the problem is that all the people who came here seemed to be well-known, but none of them got invitations, what's the matter?

Although the housekeeper was not wrong, he still took the initiative to admit his mistake at this time, and then hurriedly asked about the urgent matter, "I don't know that there will be so many guests, and it's too late to go shopping now. Madam please show me , how to make this table?"

Aunt Liu glared at the housekeeper fiercely, and showed her where to go.

Liu Meili was also a little worried. After hearing it and thinking about it, she suggested, "How about going to a famous restaurant in the capital and ordering a few tables? Although it's a bit slow every time, it's better than nothing."

"What my sister said is that before the banquet, you can also serve some snacks, good tea. When our family came from the south, we brought a lot of tea. It's not enough for this snack at home, but outside Dessert shops should have ready-made ones, and it’s more convenient than those drinks and dishes.”

The way Liu Meili can think of, other people are not vegetarian.So some reliable ideas came out one after another.

When Aunt Liu heard this, her eyes lit up again, and then she felt that it was feasible, so she ordered the housekeeper at the side to send more people to do it.

Hearing this, the butler gritted his teeth secretly. How could he get so many people for a banquet with so many people today.

"Where's Master Biao? Are Master Biao and Shunchang here?" Aunt Liu glanced at the sky and thought that Liu Xianglian should be here, so she said, "Let Master Biao help Master greet the guests, and then you will go back to the family affairs quietly. It will also let the master know what to do."

When the housekeeper heard this, his expression became a little unnatural, he glanced at Aunt Liu, and replied in a low voice, "Master Biao and Marquis Shunchang haven't entered the mansion at this time." In fact, the housekeeper is not sure about Liu Xianglian on such an occasion today. Will it come.

Aunt Liu's eyes were slightly cold, and she glanced at the housekeeper.Although the butler didn't dare to look up at the mistress, he also felt a needle-like gaze.

This nephew of the madam usually looks cold when he sees people, even when he sees his wife, he doesn't melt even half of it.

On weekdays, Madam often called Master Biao to come over, but Master Biao came once in ten times.

"Zhu Zi'an dares to do that?" Aunt Liu was so angry that she gritted her teeth and spit out the words word by word.

Hearing Aunt Liu's scolding so impolitely, everyone including the butler dared not raise their heads. When people are angry, they are rarely rational. The concubine and the butler's servants are afraid of being swept away by the typhoon. .

They came from Guangzhou, what is a typhoon, but the most clear.

Thinking of this, everyone became silent.

When I was young, it was the housekeeper who became more and more nervous looking at Shi Chen, so he had to bite the bullet and ask Aunt Liu if she had other orders. If he didn't have him, he could arrange for someone to go shopping.

Aunt Liu glanced at the butler, and sent him away impatiently.

Neither Liu Xianglian nor Chang Tuo came, which prevented her plan from being implemented.

Why don't you ask who came to the front yard, and just grab a strong man to fill the number?

There are so many guests here today, there will be no chance to take advantage of it, right?

Aunt Liu's idea was completely correct, because the people who came from the front yard were really drunks who didn't want to drink.

Either they want a famous matchmaker to marry, or they want to take advantage of the fire to rob, or they want to see the management of the Liu family's inner house, and then have a private meeting with a beautiful woman...

Jia Yucun, who was implicated because of the Zhen family and Jia Zheng, rushed over with Jiao Xing's son, and he planned to marry his son a daughter from the Liu family back home.

If the daughter of the Liu family is really as beautiful and gorgeous as the rumors say, she will definitely be favored when she enters the palace, and it doesn't matter if she returns with a concubine.

The son of Qiu Duwei's family who was beaten up by Feng Ziying the other day happened to be here at this time. Hearing the rumors in the market, he wanted to quietly bribe the servants of the Liu family and go to the backyard to reward the Liu family. sister flower.

If it happens to be caught by someone, then take one back to be the N house.

The younger brother of Nobleman Zhou in the palace and the nephew of Concubine Wu Gui also came.

They both had dirty thoughts and the mission given by the family to see if the girl from the Liu family would become someone who would win favor.If they can, well, they will share the worries of the emperor and solve the problems of the noble lords in the palace.

The most indispensable thing in this capital is the dude and the nepotism brother-in-law in the palace, and the small yamen.

Well, all of a sudden, all the yamen in the capital came to Liu's mansion on this day to pay respects to an official waiting for a vacancy. How can one describe this?

Chang Tuo didn't know how to describe this day's banquet, but after Emperor Qingfeng knew about it, he just shook his head, wondering what was going on.

Since when did the dandies in the capital work together like this?

Don't talk about them, the parties don't understand it.

When these people first came to the capital, Uncle Liu didn't even want to talk to them.But later, he just wanted to talk to him, but he still didn't talk to him.

He was surprised that today they all paid him birthday wishes.But Uncle Liu was someone who had seen big scenes after all, he put on a serious face, but he was happy in his heart.only,

I'm just happy, but I can't help worrying, why are these second-generation ancestors here today?

And the food and drink haven't been served yet, it's just some tea. Why do these people go to the toilet frequently and get lost so often?

Suppressing the puzzlement in his heart, Uncle Liu greeted these people warmly.

However, among the people who came, there were three generations, old, middle and young, and there were more people, but he was too busy alone.At this moment, both he and his daughter-in-law with the same strange thinking thought of Liu Xianglian.

When the couple went to the capital this time, they only brought five daughters, not even a son. How could he be the only one in the front yard for such a banquet?

After thinking about it, I sent someone to see where Liu Xianglian was.

Where did he expect to send several waves of people out, but there was no sign of Liu Xianglian.In the end, Uncle Liu sent someone to Shunchang Hou Mansion to look for someone, only to find out that Chang Tuo was not in the mansion either.

Helpless, I had to keep busy dealing with these visitors, and at the same time comfort the few aristocratic princes who accidentally lost their way to the second gate.

Aunt Liu's mother and daughter's calculations were known by a few concubines for some reason.The concubines thought of doing the same thing on Liu Meili.

It's a pity that Aunt Liu took Liu Meili with her every step she took, so she was very careful.When the concubines met, they were even more afraid of what would happen to them, and they never left their side.

But even so, people broke into the backyard from time to time.

"Since it's Uncle Shi's birthday today, why don't some Miss Liu come here to pay homage?" The younger brother of Zhou Guiren in the palace put forward such an unscrupulous suggestion with a serious face.

The people nearby also responded after hearing this, "Yes, Mr. Liu, why don't you ask some girls to come out, not only to pay your respects to him, but also to get acquainted with us."

Until now, Uncle Liu understood that these people were not paying homage to him, they were here to pay homage to his own daughters.

However, do you have the nerve to say such shameless words?

What kind of family are they, how can the girls go out to meet a bunch of outsiders, and he also expects the girls to enter the palace to fight, how can he ruin his reputation at this time.

After some excuses, the well-known Prince Zhongshun in the capital also came to the Liu Mansion, and everyone paid respects to him, and Prince Zhongshun sat on the main seat because he was the most prestigious among these people.

Prince Zhongshun has been very decadent since the throne was hopeless.But he didn't dare to make progress.Hearing about the girl from the Liu family a few days ago, he wanted to join in the fun, but he thought that there were quite a few serious people who had the same idea as him.

"My lord also heard that your daughters from the Liu family are handsome, so I will send one to my lord's mansion. If it is true as the rumors say, I will recognize your two nieces as righteous daughters again." After a pause, Prince Zhongshun He also realized that the adopted daughter he recognized was even less likely to be drafted, so he said, "I will help you find a godmother for those two girls. The matter of entering the palace is on me. As for your waiting , this king has also done it for you."

These are trivial matters to the Zhongshun Palace. Since he came here for the rumor, he naturally asked people to investigate the Liu family.

And he said everything, not afraid of the emperor's jealousy.

He's just such a jerk, he's just swollen every day.Not only does he want to be a brother with the emperor, he also wants to be a bridge with the emperor.

Hearing King Zhongshun's words, the others all calmed down, but Uncle Liu's heart turned cold.

Rumor?What rumors?

Could it be that all of these people who came today came for that rumor?

"Master is not well, something serious happened, Madam fell into the water." At this moment, the housekeeper of the Liu residence rushed over from behind, and when he saw Uncle Liu, he hurriedly bent down to report.

"What? How is Madam? Is there something wrong?" At this time, Uncle Liu couldn't care less about King Zhongshun and the others. If something happened to his wife, not to mention that the daughters would not be allowed to enter the palace this time around. He has to observe three years of filial piety, that is, he also has to observe one year of filial piety for his wife.

When the butler saw his master asking, he glanced at the guests, gritted his teeth, and said, "The male guests who came to the banquet today sneaked into the second door, and the lady and the girls were about to pass through the lotus pond. It got out of the rockery behind the lotus pond.

The lady and the girls were frightened, and during the confusion, the lady and the guest fell into the pool together.Now that they have been rescued, the lady was frightened, and the male guest seemed to be injured.

Let me go, luckily the cash cow is fine.

At this time, Uncle Liu didn't care about pretending to be noble anymore. Hearing King Zhongshun's proposal, Uncle Liu thought that as long as he sent out a daughter, he would become Prince Zhongshun's father-in-law, and at the same time, he could bring the rest of the daughters into the palace. It's a good deal, and you can make a profit without losing money.

Anyway, he relied on his niece to make money, so he just gave away another one.After thinking about his family history, he realized that the person who sent out this time had the highest status.

Sure enough, I answered that sentence, good things take a long time.

So he directly agreed to Prince Zhongshun's proposal, and then he wanted to send off some of the male guests who came to see the girl today, oh no, it was the many male guests who came to pay their respects.

When these male guests saw King Zhongshun coming, they didn't dare to move without any scruples like they did just now, but now they saw that he had opened up their words, so they couldn't stay any longer, and left one by one regretfully.

He didn't even drink a glass of wine, so the birthday gift was wasted.

Uncle Liu decided to send his daughter to Prince Zhongshun's mansion, so he had the confidence to dismiss all the dandies in the capital, official positions, drafts, and even without a banquet, they were all settled.What a surprise.

Fortunately, that Liu Xianglian didn't know the goods.

Hmph, since he doesn't show face, don't blame him for not showing respect to relatives.

While thinking about it, while preparing to turn around, he told the housekeeper that even if Liu Xianglian came, he would not be allowed to enter the door.

His Liu family doesn't have such a large number of relatives.

Aunt Liu fell into the pool, luckily the girls and servants around her were all brought over from Guangzhou, they are quite knowledgeable about water, and after the initial panic, they rescued her.

It's just that the male guest who caused the commotion was not so lucky. He waited until the manservant from the mansion came to rescue him.

But he was luckier than the others, who only drank a cup of tea and lost their birthday gifts and were sent away.He drank at least one more pool of water before he was carried to the front yard. After seeing that the doctor was fine, he was sent away.

King Zhongshun thought about it, he should have left after such a thing happened to the Liu family.But the rumors about the girl from the Liu family really tickled his heart. He was afraid that the Liu family would pick the least beautiful one to send to him and make him suffer, so he didn't care about Uncle Liu's face and followed her in cheekily.

Drink, the girls of the Liu family are indeed as the rumors say, they are all beautiful and gorgeous enough, and each has its own beauty.

After King Zhongshun asked the name of the girl from the Liu family he was looking for, he left satisfied.

After noon, the chief historian of the palace came to Liu's residence.

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The affairs of the Liu family were spread very eloquently, and Tanchun, who had been paying attention to the affairs of the Liu family, was very satisfied to hear it.On the contrary, there is something unclear about Liu Xianglian.

"My son sent some supplements there, but was stopped by the housekeeper of the Liu family. He even told me not to go there in the future. He said it as if I wanted to go." Although this aunt was not very Shangxin, but he heard that he fell into the pool, so he had to give a gift to suppress his shock.Unexpectedly, he was kicked out.

Fortunately, it was a servant who came to the door. Wouldn't it be shameful if it was him.

Tanchun raised his eyebrows, not caring, "I guess the Liu family found out that they had misunderstood their nephew." They have already climbed up to the prince's mansion, so why would they want to spend their minds on you, a fourth-rank military officer.

Especially after you spent so long with him, you didn't do anything practical for anyone.

People are 'chilling'!

After hearing this, Liu Xianglian nodded, "I guess it's the same."

Tanchun shook his head and chuckled, and felt that the affairs of Aunt Liu's family probably had nothing to do with them anymore.

After talking about this topic, Liu Xianglian reported all the preparations he had made for marriage.Tanchun also put aside other people's affairs and focused on his own affairs.

After that, time passed quickly and easily until October.

The day before the wedding, Tanchun carried the dowry around half of Chang'an County to the Liu family's house in Chang'an County.

It's a pity that not long after the dowry was carried over, when everyone was having a banquet, bad news came from the capital.

The Supreme Emperor kicked his feet and drove the crane west.