Daily Life of Jiang Liuniang

   Chapter 713 Concubine

  After the Jiang family fell asleep, the lights in the study in the backyard of Fenghua Building were still on.

  Liu Juntang took a sip of boiled water and used the light to read the various memorials given to him by his teacher, and the three examiners of the undergraduate Chunwei wrote to Long Live.

   The little book boy pushed the door and walked in, and the wind came in with it, causing the wick to sway, but this did not affect Liu Juntang, who was attentive.

   "Master, the surname Lai is here again."

  The first time Lai Xin from the Princess Mansion approached him, Liu Juntang was vaguely uneasy; the second time he approached him, Liu Juntang was uneasy; the third time he approached him, Liu Juntang was sincere and frightened. But after being enlightened by his teacher, Lai Xin came to him again, and Liu Juntang didn't even lift his eyelids.

   "Just say that I was seriously ill and just took the medicine and went to bed, and let him get out of the way. When he comes back in the future, you can do it like this, don't disturb my study."

   "Yes." The little book boy responded briskly, glanced at the hourglass placed on the window sill, and reminded, "It's almost time, Master should rest."

   Is it going to be so soon? Liu Juntang reluctantly closed the memorial, placed it upright, got up and went back to his room to rest.

   The lights are on at the third watch and the chicken is on the fifth watch, when the boy is studying. Before apprenticeship, Liu Juntang was willing to sleep until he couldn't lift his eyelids, otherwise he felt that time was wasted. But after apprenticeship, he worked and rested according to the way of health preservation of his mentor passed down by the people of Kang'an, and when he arrived at Haizheng, he went to bed and slept peacefully.

   In less than ten days, he felt more energetic. He is worthy of being a teacher, he is worth learning everywhere.

   Outside Fenghua Building, Lai Xin, who learned that Liu Juntang was seriously ill, pretended to say a few words of care. After the servants of the Liu family returned, he hummed a little song with his hands behind his back, and walked three steps away.

At the time of the son, Lai Xin, the deputy general of the Princess Leyang's mansion, went to Fenghua Building to find news of Liu Juntang, and was sent to Liu Xu's mansion on the west side of Yijianghou's mansion.

Mrs. Sheng, who was in charge, bent down and said in Liu Xi's ear, "Although Young Master Liu is a genius, he is the son of a businessman who has never seen the world. I won't be able to go to the Golden Palace."

  Lai Xin forced Liu Juntang to enter the Princess Mansion, and the civil and military capitals of the Manchu Dynasty stood by and watched the excitement. If Liu Juntang can endure it, he is someone who can catch their eyes. If he can't endure it, it is just a joke in their mouths.

   The man Liu Xi is in love with will never be a joke. The time is ripe, she should go to guide Liu Gongzi, help him regain his strength, ascend to the Hall of Heaven as the leader, and marry her beautiful girl.

   Liu Xi with peach blossoms on his face, ordered, "I will go to Qingxuguan tomorrow to pray for my parents."

"Yes. The sauerkraut fish in Fenghua Building is very well made. Will the slave and maid accompany the girl to try it at noon tomorrow?" Mrs. Sheng, who was standing beside Liu Xi, looked at Liu Xi's flower-like jade face in the bronze mirror. All satisfied.

  Liu Xi, who was combing her hair with an ivory comb, opened her red lips lightly, looked at the old woman in the mirror who used ugliness to set off her beauty, and smiled slowly, "Okay."

   After waiting for Liu Xi to fall asleep, Mrs. Sheng walked lightly to the courtyard and whispered to the old lady who was guarding the courtyard gate, "The girl will go to Qingxuguan in the morning and Fenghua Pavilion in the afternoon."

  The old lady nodded, and soon sent the news to the ears of Mrs. Yijiang Hou.

   Mrs. Jianghou of Yi snorted coldly and said gloomily, "The daughter who was raised with hard work and spent money in the house is actually such a thing that can't move her legs when she sees a man!"

   The concubine was born, and as expected, there is a base in the bones!

  The old woman bowed her head and did not dare to respond.

   When it was dawn the next day, Liu Ruyan took her children to the outside of the in-laws' courtyard, and greeted the second younger brother and sister Hou Shi who was one step earlier than her, "The second younger brother and sister came very early."

The complacent Hou turned around to see Liu Ruyan's delicate and beautiful face, and was stunned for a moment before raising his hands to let Liu Shen and Liu Lan who greeted her stand up, and said without a smile, "Sister-in-law's complexion is really getting better day by day. All right."

  Liu Ruyan raised her hand slowly, asking her nephew Liu Lun and niece Liu Qing to excuse herself, and then she replied casually, "My younger brother and sister look better than mine."

  Because Liu Cheng was finally cut off the title of his son, her husband is expected to inherit the title, so she was refreshed and her face was well-deserved. Liu Chengtian held his wife and concubine horizontally in the nest and let out anger. It was really strange that Liu Ruyan's face was so good. Hou pursed his lips and hehe, secretly feeling that he should send someone to inquire as soon as possible to see what the **** Liu Ruyan was doing.

   Liu Ruyan didn't pay any attention to Hou's daughter who thought she was smart but actually put everything on her face. She lifted her slender jade to guide her temples, and looked at the courtyard door in a trance: last night, the old woman in Liuxi courtyard went to her mother-in-law's courtyard through the side door, what happened?

   After being served by two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Yijiang Hou instructed her eldest daughter-in-law, "Qingxuguan is going to hold a ceremony to welcome Lei Gong today. You take Shen'er and Lan'er to the ceremony, and please bring more water to the house."

When the    time is approaching, there are ceremonies set up in all Taoist temples to welcome Lei Gong and wake up the dragon, and pray to the gods to bless the weather and rain this year, and present talisman water to pilgrims. After all the prefectures get the talisman water, they sprinkle it into the canals of the farms, and the fields will be blessed by the gods, which will lead to fewer pests and more yields.

   According to legend, last year, the fields that sprinkled Qingxuguan Fushui had the most grain, so this year, more pilgrims went to Qingxuguan to ask for Fushui than other homes.

   Such trivial matters should not have been attended by Liu Ruyan in person. Not only did her mother-in-law send her there, she also asked her son who should go to Guozijian to follow him. Liu Ruyan was not happy, but she obeyed.

  Hou's eyes rolled around, "Mother, daughter-in-law too..."

   Mrs. Yijiang Hou glanced at the second daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Hou immediately swallowed her words and changed her words carefully, "Mother, drink tea."

   Mrs. Jianghou of Yi took the tea and put it on the table, and said to her eldest daughter-in-law, "Send someone to the West Court to ask if they want to go with them."

   Soon, the news came back: Liu Xi followed.

   Mrs. Yijiang Hou ordered the others to step down, and told her eldest daughter-in-law, "Your sister is young and she is not stable enough in her work. You keep an eye on her, don't let her mess around and ruin the reputation of the Hou residence."

"Yes."

   Mrs. Jianghou of Yi picked up the teacup, "Jieyuan Liu Juntang on Jiangnan East Road in Fenghua Building is seriously ill and bedridden. You ask Shen'er to visit him and forgive him."

   Let her son help Liu Xi protect the media! Liu Ruyan's nails were stabbed into the palm of her hand, and she replied calmly, "Yes."

Mrs. Yijiang Hou looked up at her eldest daughter-in-law and scolded mercilessly, "What is your identity? Don't you know what clothes and hairstyles a 'woman' of your age should wear? Go back and change into a decent body. I don’t want to go out again, so as not to be laughed at by Yijiang Houfu for not understanding the rules!”

"Yes."

  Liu Ruyan sneered in her heart, the old thing said so, just because she was afraid that she would overshadow Liu Xi's limelight! The huge Yijiang Hou Mansion, not thinking about how to make the children and grandchildren move forward, but relying on a concubine to turn over, who does not understand the rules and does not follow the right path? !

   went back to the room, took off the flower hairpin, took off the purple spring shirt, put on the half-old dark red dress, Liu Ruyan with four cumbersome silver hairpins on his temples took the children out the door.

   "Sister-in-law!" Liu Xi, who had a peach hairpin on his head, welcomed him happily.

  Liu Ruyan looked at Liu Xi, who was wearing a red bamboo leaf narrow-sleeved blouse and a white mopping cigarette cage plum blossom and water skirt, and smiled gently, "Xi'er is so beautiful today."

   Liu Lan puffed out her cheeks and turned her head with a snort.

  Liu Xi stepped forward and took Liu Ruyan's arm, her carefully decorated little face was full of shyness, "Sister-in-law is making fun of others again!"

   Sister-in-law? Ah! Liu Ruyan sneered in her heart.

   A fool who doesn't even know who his own father is, shouldn't he be made fun of?

   (end of this chapter)