She said she didn't expect anything, but she couldn't do it in an ugly way, let alone treat her three daughters differently at this time.
Therefore, the three ladies in the house all made a few sets of clothes and a few pieces of jewelry equally. Fortunately, the Hu family was in the cloth business, and they also had a clothing store in Beijing. The jewelry was gold-plated and the style was average. It doesn't cost much.
Looking at the clothes that were given, Lu Yunying accepted them with gratitude. No matter how dull a person is at this time, he still has to say a few words of obedience when he gets something.
According to Lu Yunying, Aunt Qin believed that she was born well and her son was better than Madam's. Madam just relied on her own wealth to take advantage of her and take her position.
However, now in the entire Lu Mansion, every piece of clothing, food, brick and tile, not to mention all, at least the eighth floor is Mrs. Hu's dowry and the income brought by her dowry.
Such a powerful woman could not be said to be a strong woman with her own career in modern times, but now she is wronged in the backyard, and is angry and heartbroken by her husband's concubine every day. It is really... she was born at the wrong time. .
So most of the time, Lu Yunying was grateful to his wife and respected her from a distance. After all, she was her bread and butter.
But she was grateful, and she would never agree to that shabby marriage.
But Aunt Zhang knew about this for some reason. She happened to come over eagerly at this moment, touched the material of her clothes, and made a few gestures on Lu Yunying's head with the jewelry, and said with a smile:
"Madam treats us very well."
"Look at these clothes and jewelry. They are much better than those over there."
This is about Aunt Qin and the Fourth Miss. After all, the financial power is in the hands of Madam. It is easy for her to embarrass them, but because Lu Feng is watching, even if she embarrasses them, she won't do it so ugly.
Lu Yunying agreed with a few hums. For her weak and weak aunt, Lu Yunying could not regard her as her mother. After all, she already had parents in her heart.
Before time travel, she was also the only daughter in her family. Her father was a gentle middle school teacher, and her mother was a resolute head nurse. Although her family's conditions were not very wealthy, they were still better than most families. Lu Yunying has always wanted the stars but not the moon at home since she was a child. Her elders pampered her so much that she unknowingly developed a character that requires someone to push her before she can even take three steps.
After coming to this world, due to helplessness, this character has changed a lot. At least she has to plan for herself, Aunt Zhang and maid Yu Duo. But after all, she is not a proactive character, so she was suddenly promised to marry before and faced the problem of having no one available. situation.
It's just that Aunt Zhang usually stays in her yard and rarely comes to her side except to greet her. Today is...
Sure enough, without saying a few words, Aunt Zhang couldn't help but speak:
"Although the style of this dress is good-looking, the material is actually average. When I was in the Hu family, the materials used by my master were better than this."
Lu Yunying said nothing, silently waiting for her next words.
This made Aunt Zhang a little nervous. She knew that her girl was different from the dull and honest people said by outsiders. She was specially brought out by Madam to compete with Aunt Qin. Madam was the main wife and Aunt Qin could not move, but she was different. Therefore, she had suffered a lot from Aunt Qin before.
But since the third girl gave her some ideas ten years ago, the life of mother and daughter in the Lu Mansion has become easier, so she subconsciously began to rely on and listen to her daughter, even though she was just a daughter at the time. Six or seven years old, this sounds like almost ten years.
But now, facing Lu Yunying's gaze that seemed to see through everything, Aunt Zhang gritted her teeth, stamped her feet and said:
"Girl, did Madam tell you that she wants to marry you to the eldest son?"
She was once the son of the Hu family, but now she is the aunt of the Lu family, and she still calls the eldest son of the Hu family that way.
"Madam came to me specifically to ask. None of the big girls in the draft have such a blessing, let alone us. But the eldest young master is different."
"You are now a girl from the Lu family, a young lady from an official family. You used to marry into a high position, and you have the support of your wife. No one dares to bully you."
"When the time comes, silks and satins, fine clothes and food, oh my, I'm afraid it won't be better than being at home. If I have another child, then..."
As she talked, Aunt Zhang fell into memories. The Lu family was said to be imperial officials or Qingliu, but in fact, their lives were not as good as the master's family she had seen in the Hu family before.
According to Aunt Zhang's knowledge, the Lu family has some face, but the wife has to support the family, and they went to the Hu family. Then they really have both face and money, so what happened to the merchants? Living a good life is the truth.
"And your maternal family is still working in the Hu family. When you get married, you can help take care of her, and they can help you. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Lu Yunying was in a daze.
Look, this is one of the reasons why she can't treat Aunt Zhang as her biological mother, and she has never advised her to compete for favors. For this reason, she just wants to live a peaceful life in the backyard.
Aunt Zhang knew everything she knew about the Hu family before, and maybe she knew more than she did, but she still had this idea, and Lu Yunying didn't bother to argue with her. It was useless and a waste of energy to argue with her if she had different ideas.
But it was one thing that she couldn't be treated as a parent. She would still take good care of her until she grew old. Aunt Zhang was actually kind to her, but she couldn't accept this kind of kindness.
"My maternal family is the Hu family, the old man of the Hu family is my maternal grandfather, and the old lady is my maternal grandmother. How can I do any work?"
When she said this, Aunt Zhang's eyes suddenly turned red, and she said with a sobbing voice:
"Do you dislike me, my aunt..."
"Besides, the election is not over yet whether you are selected or not. Auntie, please don't spread your words outside."
"If someone overhears it, do you know what it is to discuss a marriage during an election?"
"This is contempt for the royal family!"
Aunt Zhang was startled, and she didn't dare to say anything immediately. She returned to her yard uneasily, and Lu Yunying was left alone for half a quarter of an hour.
Not long after Aunt Zhang left, Yu Duo hurriedly walked in again.
"Miss, miss, Aunt Qin and Madam are having trouble again."
It's a joke, but it's just two parties confronting each other in the air.
The talent show in Dalin is to first select the beautiful women together. The superior ones will keep the women with good looks, good character, light manners, and no diseases or disabilities in the palace to learn the rules for a month or two, and then send them to the palace. The emperor will choose personally and will decide on the position when the time comes.
In fact, those who stay in the palace may not necessarily be the confirmed palace concubines, but these girls are definitely the best women. Even if they don't stay and leave the palace, it would be great to get married on their own.
Similar to how many people nowadays like civil servants. With official endorsement, this person's background is at least relatively clean and there are no big problems.
Her appearance was given by her parents. The issue of character cannot be spread for a while now, but her manners can be solved. Aunt Qin also heard that a certain family spent a lot of money to hire a nun in the palace to teach her. Isn’t it time to take a girl’s etiquette and rules seriously?
So Lu Feng took advantage of Lu Feng to go to her side to blow the pillow. Lu Feng thought that this was indeed good for his girl, so he went to talk to Mrs. Hu again.
How could Mrs. Hu be willing to spend this money? The election had nothing to do with her own daughter. However, Lu Feng had already spoken out his words, claiming a promise of a thousand dollars and was unwilling to take it back. This led to a stalemate between the two parties.
They were in a stalemate, but it had nothing to do with Lu Yunying. Even because their relationship was so tense, Lu Feng spent a lot longer in Aunt Zhang's yard.
But this incident reminded Lu Yunying that manners are indeed important.
She was just the daughter of a small official, so she definitely didn't know the rules in the palace, but she knew how to behave.
In her previous life, her parents sent her to learn folk dance, and her dancing skills were good. In this life, she often practiced dancing in her bedroom, which was a different kind of physical fitness. Just to pretend to be an honest and introverted third lady, she always holds her breasts and hunchback when going out to greet you. Now you need to pay more attention and slowly correct yourself.
In this way, as time passed, the smell of gunpowder in the government became stronger and stronger, and the general election was approaching.
Today is the day to enter the palace to stand for election. All the masters of the family are standing at the door, watching Lu Yunying and Lu Yunshui get into the carriage. Naturally, the two of them have been dressed up, but at this moment:
"The hairpin on the second sister's head is really eye-catching. It's so unique. Could it be that it was father's wish just like us?"
"Oh, Madam is really interested in the second sister. Our jewelry is gold-plated, while my sister's is solid, and the style is also the latest. For those who don't know, you think today is my sister's palace audition?"
In the end, I couldn't invite the nuns. Firstly, the price was too high. Secondly, at this time, the number of nuns in the palace was very short. I didn't have any connections. Would you like to invite them to teach me the rules? Disaster!
But the fourth young lady, Lu Yunshui, didn't think so. Her aunt had already said that she could enter the palace with her qualifications. Mrs. Hu deliberately didn't invite Auntie. Wasn't it just a deliberate delay to prevent her from actually entering the palace?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She who originally did not dare to confront the second girl Lu Yunluo in front of her father Lu Feng had nothing to fear when she entered the palace.
If you don't vent your anger now, when will you vent your anger? How could her father punish her?
I have to say that her idea was very correct. As soon as she said this, the atmosphere suddenly became weird. Mrs. Hu also wanted to be angry, but after looking at Lu Feng's expression, she immediately said:
"This is one of the dowries I prepared for Yunluo. Today, two girls in the family are entering the palace. As a sister, she naturally needs to dress up."
Whether this is true or not is another matter. Now it is indeed a step up. Lu Feng nodded when he heard this and promised:
"Okay, okay, your mother also said that she doesn't treat you sisters differently."
The fourth girl, Lu Yunsuan, was naturally unwilling to give in, so she smiled and said:
"Really? I misunderstood my mother?"
"So if I enter the palace, my family will give me the same dowry as my second sister."
That is naturally impossible. There are differences between concubines and concubines, and the dowry has its own fixed amount. What's more, most of the family's wealth is her dowry, so how can she subsidize Lu Yunsuan, the daughter of a bitch?
But before Mrs. Hu could say anything, Lu Feng felt that it was very ugly to be pulling with his daughter at the door. He frowned and said:
"You are both my daughters, so naturally you are the same."
After hearing these words, Lu Yunsuan was immediately happy and stopped making trouble. Just now she was just angry and casually said, how could she know where else she could get such a promise from her father?
You must know that Lu Feng cares about face the most, and what he says in public will definitely come true. At that time, even if Mrs. Hu refuses, it will be of no use.
With this thought, she got directly into the carriage.
As the elder sister, Lu Yunying was naturally already in the carriage and heard the farce. She had no role to speak about this kind of thing, so she could only listen honestly.
Lu Yunshui, who had benefited from the other side, came in and saw Lu Yunying. His gorgeous face made her envious and fearful at the same time. Especially today, after her third sister dressed up, she looked even more eye-catching.
The mood that had just gotten better suddenly disappeared, and the carriage began to move slowly. Lu Yunsui could only raise a high pitch and said:
"I asked for the dowry from my father outside, so I gave you an advantage. I didn't contribute this much."
"No, your dowry must not be the same as mine."
Lu Yunying's eyes were blank, thinking that his cheap sister was farting, but Lu Yunsuan didn't give up, and kept talking:
"By the way, you don't need to add up the dowry. After all, you go to your mother every day to honor her, and now your mother has specially promised you a good marriage, haha."
The last one, haha, is simply full of malice.
This made Lu Yunying too lazy to endure it. If she could stay in the palace this time, she wouldn't have to look at her family's looks. If she couldn't get in, it would be a fire pit anyway, so it was useless to look at her family's looks.
So she glanced at Lu Yunsuan and said:
"Yes, yes, I am respectful and filial in front of my mother every day, so my mother took the trouble to choose a good marriage for me, but I don't know what kind of marriage my mother will choose for my sister."
"After all, Madam is also our mother, right? Fourth sister?"
