When the concubine's mother dies, her biological sons should be fed with beheading for three years, and the other sons should only be fed with sesame. The filial piety clothes are made of fine linen and last for three months. Li Shu and others had already changed into fine linen clothes.
Aunt Su originally gave everyone the impression of being a glutton, but it was strange why not a single servant around her followed her. Now he is Fu's housekeeper. In Fu's absence, Liusu, the eldest maid, helps to patrol the house at night and take care of things. Considering the relationship between Liusu and Aunt Su, it is difficult to make it clear.
Liu Chengxu had been punished for a long time, and the Liu family was also the home of Jinyiwei. He could suspect that Liusu was related to Aunt Su's death without any inference. Soon Yingtao was called in for questioning. Before she could be punished for her dereliction of duty, Yingtao was so frightened that she tried to do anything.
"It was my aunt who was looking for Miss Liusu. She had already made an appointment with the gatekeeper, Old Feng, to have Miss Liusu tied up and sold out. I was afraid, so I made excuses not to go."
Little Fu pretended to be furious: "I really didn't expect Aunt Su to attack Liusu. Cherry, tell the truth. Aunt Su admitted her mistake to Liusu last time, so why do you want to kill her now?"
Yingtao kowtows desperately: "I don't dare to lie when I reply to the second wife. The Putao who was originally serving my aunt was Liusu's sister. Putao was given to me by Uncle Su's uncle back then. So, after the last incident, Aunt Su... She said Liusu was cruel and was afraid that Liusu would retaliate against her."
Liu Chengxu thought to himself that Aunt Su might have wanted to strike first, but she ran to the toilet because she had a stomachache and was killed instead. Aunt Su is certainly not a good thing, but this tassel——
"Ms. sir, I heard that Liusu was originally the maid who held the dog next to the old lady. Later, she took the initiative to serve the fourth girl. Then a few days later, she was knocked into the river on a flat ground. She said she saved her sister. So... She is highly respected by her sister. Someone saw her taking the initiative to find Liu Daquan that day, and then for some reason she shouted for help outside the master's study." Little Fu knew that it was time for her to take action. Since Liusu was here for revenge, now Su Daquan was beaten She was disabled, Aunt Su was dead, how could she tolerate such a person staying in the Liu family.
Besides, after she had done such things, it was a mercy to drive her out and save her life.
Liu Chengxu still believed in Mr. Fu: "Is this really true?"
Little Fu nodded: "Sister is honest and doesn't know this. She really treats her as a savior. But no one knows what her intentions are. I heard from Yulan that she has ulterior motives."
"Okay, talking about these things, all of them are related to her. Aunt Su brought it on herself, but Liusu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but she avenged her sister. It can also be seen that she is not afraid of power and will fight for revenge. Report. It's just that people like this will cause many troubles in the future if they stay in our Liu family, so just drive them out." Liu Chengxu also needs to worry about Liwan and Shujing Shuyi. If Aunt Su goes like this, she can be said to be seriously ill. Yeah, if you cover it up well, outsiders won't say anything. But if there are various confrontations, hitting a mouse and injuring a jade bottle, or an aunt colluding with servants to buy and sell the eldest girl in the house, it will also be the source of chaos in the family.
Mr. Fu praised: "My husband has a bodhisattva-like heart and a benevolent attitude. He always does things impartially and does not favor anyone because of his unfair status. I really admire him."
Just like that, the manager quickly called Liusu's father to take her out. In fact, Liusu had explained everything when Mrs. Fu entered the house, but she was about to be asked out before the day was over.
Mrs. Fu looked at her and said: "Master has always acted very justly and would not punish anyone just because of his status. Now it is too easy to drive you out. I have two hundred taels of silver here. Take it out and do some small things with your family." Buy and sell, I will release your contract. I just hope that you will not be trapped by hatred in the future and live your own life well."
Liusu was so grateful that she kowtowed three times. Seeing that the person who came to take her was urging her, she hesitated to speak. Finally, she couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Madam, you have to be careful with the third wife."
That was all she could say. Originally Liusu thought that according to the tacit understanding, Mrs. Fu would just watch the fire from the other side. Unexpectedly, she made a decisive move and kicked her out. This person is a hundred times more scheming than Mrs. Fu. Mrs. Fu is no match for her. Even herself He didn't dare to compete with her at all.
Mrs. Fu was stunned.
Relatives may be sad, but others may also sing.
Except Liwan and her two brothers were sad, but after being sad, they were even more afraid of the news that their mother fell into the toilet and died. Such disgrace would also affect them. Fortunately, the Liu family has always been very strict with their servants, so they didn't What do people dare to say to their face.
In addition, Aunt Su's two sons still had to observe mourning for their biological mother for three years, so the adoption matter was settled.
No one would associate this incident with the little Fu family, including Lirou, who all said to Aunt Ding: "My daughter thinks that Aunt Su's death must have something to do with Liusu, otherwise the second wife would not send her out so quickly. of."
In Lirou's heart, she also felt that Liusu was too arrogant and would have to retaliate.
"No, Liusu is a girl. How could the plan go so smoothly? Someone must be secretly guiding her. It's her, it must be her. She must be well aware of what happened back then, but she tolerated it for so many years and was killed in one blow." Aunt Ding was horrified. .
Lirou couldn't help but ask: "Mom, who is it?"
"It's Xiao Fu, it must be her, it must be her." Aunt Ding felt that she had guessed it.
Li Rou was puzzled: "What is the deep hatred between her and Aunt Su?"
Aunt Ding touched her daughter's hair and explained: "Back then, your father favored Mrs. Fu, and she was very favored. It happened that at this time, my wife's son died, but she became pregnant after many years. You also know that Su The aunt's only dream is to adopt her son to the eldest brother, but if Mrs. Fu gives birth to a son, how can she adopt her son? How can her son compare to Mr. Fu's son? In any case, if Mr. Fu gives birth to a son, it will be considered a legitimate son. . And the people around the wife hated Mr. Fu for causing the death of Mr. Fu's son, so they connected with each other. When the second girl got chickenpox, Aunt Su even sent her clothes with acne scars."
"Is it harmful to little Fu?" Lirou asked anxiously.
Aunt Ding shook her head: "Not only was it not harmed, Mother Rao and others were betrayed by the master. I thought she didn't know about Aunt Su, or she decided to forget it, but I didn't expect that after so many years, Aunt Su would die because of it. "
Li Rou thought that Aunt Su had died originally, but she still let her die of defecation. In such a state of death, it was impossible for the second and third brothers to be adopted.
It's really heartbreaking to kill people.
Therefore, Aunt Ding looked at her daughter and said, "I have already expected what you told me a few days ago. I also saw that the master was ill at that time and had no money to buy medicine, so she fell into the trap of Little Fu. She is Any talent or weakness is just an act, but the master has managed to get hold of it, so now that we are in danger, we must stay dormant and don't force ourselves to show off."
Lirou secretly hid these in her heart and looked at Aunt Ding: "My daughter knows."
"You can keep the green hills without worrying about having firewood. Didn't Little Fu have endured it for so many years?" Aunt Ding did not expect that Little Fu was so ruthless. It was not that she had no means, but she was not favored.
But Lishu was appreciating paintings with her parents, and Mrs. Liu sent her three paintings, one of a lady with hairpins, one of flowers and birds, and one of a galloping horse.
Little Fu is very accomplished in painting. She first talked to Li Shu about the paper and the painter. Li Shu pointed to the picture of the lady on it and said, "Then why is this lady's body fat and gorgeous?"
"Silly girl, look at Zhang Xuan's "Pounding Practice Picture" of the Tang Dynasty, the mural "Lady Playing Chess" from the Western Regions, "The Lady of Guo Guo's Spring Outing" written by the Tang Dynasty painter, and Zhou Fang's "Lady with Hairpin Flowers Picture" of the Tang Dynasty. The female images in the paintings are relatively plump. It can be said that in the Tang Dynasty, plumpness was regarded as beauty, and roundness and plumpness were the essence of the paintings of ladies." Little Fu taught Li Shu how to read paintings.
Lishu received a lot of education, and Liu Chengxu also studied calligraphy and painting. He taught Lishu how to read paper and read fonts to see people's mood and aspirations.
Perhaps this was due to the influence of the eyes and ears. From Aunt Zhu, Lishu knew how to stand up, lie down, and behave gracefully, and how to look as if she was born with a beautiful posture. However, there were many things like this that she could not teach.
The family of three tasted it for a while. Liu Chengxu took the first step when he had something to do outside, leaving little Fu and Li Shu behind. The mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled.
When Mrs. Fu saw her daughter wearing fine linen clothes, she ordered, "She is also your concubine. You have to wear it until the last three months."
Li Shu understood: "My daughter knows."
She knew very well that Liusu was kicked out very neatly after her revenge. This act almost looked like her mother's handiwork. She would never really tolerate adultery. Tassel is very beautiful, and she will do anything to succeed. Even if such a person catches her, if she is not careful, she will put herself in danger. In this case, it is better to rush out in advance to solve her worries.
As for why Aunt Su had to go to the toilet after eating too much, and why no one came to rescue her while soaking in the toilet, it was both Liusu's plan and little Fu's encouragement.
But Aunt Su's death is not a pity, just...
"Mom, Aunt Su died in such an ignominy. It is not easy for the second or third brother to adopt her. Will the younger brothers be adopted by then? My daughter actually doesn't want to." Li Shu said.
Little Mrs. Fu patted Li Shu's hand: "You don't want me to, and we don't have to separate our mother and son for the sake of wealth. Besides, I won't do that to your eldest aunt."
Li Shu nodded: "I know that those who take advantage will suffer a lot. Besides, they are not their children, so how can they feel pain? If Aunt Su's sons are adopted, the big family will also feel bad."
Little Fu smiled: "As long as you understand this truth, besides, your aunt and Aunt Ding are still here, maybe they will have children, and they will also want to inherit in the future. I don't want to be rich and powerful, I just hope As long as our family is safe and sound."
After taking off their clothes for three months, the girls of the Liu family all made a spring shirt. The color of the spring shirt was very tender, either goose yellow, pink or light green. Compared with tailoring new clothes, the most important thing was to divide the courtyards. The girl's family was getting bigger, so Mrs. Liu asked Mrs. Xu to clear out several courtyards in the back garden for the girls to live in.
"You should also look like the daughters of an official family. Besides, you are all sisters. You should also learn how to live in harmony. In the future, you sisters will all be daughters of the Liu family and you should support each other." Mrs. Liu warned.
In fact, Mrs. Liu really didn't care that the second wife's aunt died. After all, she was just an aunt. But there are too many evil things happening in the second room, and older people always have taboos. As the saying goes, everything goes well in the family, and the second wife has several wives. The aunts do not listen to the first wife, and they all go their own way and cannot be disciplined, so they fight with each other.
The only thing is to be separated from their biological mothers, which will not only allow them to manage their own yards, but also enhance their sisterhood. Furthermore, Lizhen from the eldest family is usually too doted on by the eldest son and his wife, and does not know how to be humble. In this way, they all live together, and they can understand the beauty and beauty. Sooner or later, they will get married. People like them will marry in the future. Man, if your husband’s family is also a big family, can you just follow your own temper?
The old lady decided, so she discussed it with several of her daughters-in-law. Young Mrs. Fu said it first: "Of course it is good that the old lady said this, and it will also make the sisters more intimate."
In fact, she is not worried about Li Shu. She also hopes that Li Shu can have a yard of her own. Being able to manage her own yard is also an experience for her.
Mrs. Fu also agrees. Her daughter Lijia is getting older and Liwan is also a girl waiting to be married. It is indeed better to live alone.
Although Mrs. Xu was unwilling, she had no choice. Everyone agreed, so she had no choice but to agree. However, she took the initiative and chose the best courtyard for her daughter Li Zhen. The peonies planted at the gate of the courtyard are all in various colors of red. The only ones I can recognize are Lingbo Fairy, Thousand Fold Hydrangea, Purple Colorful Pearl, Purple Colorful Seizing Wheel, and hundreds of flowers blooming in front of them, creating a scene of wealth and splendor.
All kinds of rare treasures were arranged inside, and pearl gauze was pasted to make window screens, and soft smoke was used to make gauze tents. When walking outside, there were carved railings and jade inlays, creating a first-class atmosphere of wealth.
Lijia lives in a quiet place. Liwan has always been afraid of heat, so she lives near the water. Lirou lives in a place without partitions because she likes spaciousness. Only Lishu likes books, so she chooses to live there. A small but exquisite house.
After the courtyard was divided, Mrs. Fu took Lishu to divide it up. Lishu bought half of the private room for books, and the other half was used to buy items for Mrs. Fu.
Little Mrs. Fu waved her hand, and Li Shu said: "Mother, I know that you have now added two younger brothers, and you have to supplement them privately. My monthly money is enough. I used these to buy a yard. I If you live comfortably yourself, just promise me."
In this way, Xiao Fu accepted it without any courtesy.
Lishu first raised green lotus and pink lotus in a tank at the door. When she came in from the door, there was a winding path made of cobblestones. She had three exquisite small rooms here. From the inside, she pushed the door and went out to connect the two sunny rooms. The bright room is also arranged into a study and piano room.
I bought two pairs of drum stools, a pair of rose chairs, and two sets of the most fashionable tea sets from outside. The central hall is also used as a flower hall to entertain guests. The decoration here is the most exquisite, and it can be said that it is the most exquisitely done with the least amount of money.
The west side is used for daily needlework, so the curtains there are Xiangfei curtains, and the east residence uses bead curtains.
Next to the flower hall, Lishu asked someone to buy a mahogany table from outside, and asked her mother to decorate it with gold powder and begonia-style flowers. She drew a picture herself, and asked her mother to paint it according to her drawing. The cup holder is the most ingenious place she has designed to place tea sets. The various tea spoons with peony patterns, crabapple patterns, and lotus patterns that she wants can be turned at will. It looks extremely exquisite, but in fact it is just a waste. Two taels of silver.
There are also light pink porcelain cups, amber colored glass cups, white jade cups, and a tea set made by Li Shu.
What's even more ingenious is that she soaked the pollen collected last year on various colored silk cloths. After the silk cloths dried, she made various colored flowers. This is what Hu's mother taught her, especially making flowers like flowers. It is simply Hu’s mother’s specialty.
She decorated these silk flowers with pearls and malachite, which looked dazzling under the light.
It can be seen that without a lot of money, you can still decorate this place very exquisitely.
Compared to Lishu, others did not spend so much time cleaning up the room. Lijia moved in without doing much tidying at all. The paper windows and wooden couches in the house gave off an aura of wealth. After Liwan Su's death, the money and private property that her aunt usually kept were divided equally between her three brothers and sisters. Liwan also received gifts from the Tseng family. She had a lot of private wealth, and she was always good at planning money to make people around her beautiful. The two girls Ming Baozhu helped clean up.
As for Lirou, Mrs. Liu's mother Wei helped clean up her. Unlike Li Shu, Aunt Ding asked Lirou to get closer to Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu saw that Lirou was too dependent on her, so she asked Wei's mother to open the treasury privately and gave several good things to Lirou.
Lirou was mostly arranged according to Mrs. Liu's preference. Li Shu went in to take a look, but she didn't like it very much. She felt that the colors were too dull when she was at Mrs. Liu's place, but Lirou liked it.
When everyone went to see Lishu's yard, they all secretly felt good about it.
Lijia pinched her face: "They say you are busy cleaning up the yard these days. I look at your face and it looks smaller."
"It's nothing. After all, it's the place where I want to live. It looks good if I clean it up myself." Li Shu smiled.
Originally, Li Zhen's place was really resplendent, but now I see that Li Shu's place is full of lace cushions, which are completely different from the traditional bright red patterns in her place. It is very elegant and beautiful.
Then there is her tea set, which is different for everyone, with various tea spoons. Her tea set has seven layers in total, and each layer has seven small boxes. It looks breathtaking.
After she returned, she wanted to ask Mrs. Xu to make a tea set exactly like Li Shu's, which made Mrs. Xu couldn't help but said: "You have a special tea house here, why do you want to build a Lao Shizi tea house?"
It seems that Lishu doesn't have much money, and the little Fu family's dowry is not much, let alone the brother-in-law, but it is amazing that she can buy it for twenty taels. Her own daughter is guarding a gold house, but she envies her thatched house. I really don’t know what to say.
Mrs. Xu said earnestly: "You don't know, right? Your third uncle's fellow disciple is now the Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu. He originally stayed in mourning for three years because of his mother's death, but now he has returned to the post of Zhan Shi in the East Palace where the prince belongs. Is it right?" A third-grade official."
Li Zhen spread her hands: "What does this have to do with me? Everyone knows that my second uncle always socializes a lot."
"You don't know this. Your uncle's colleague comes from the Zheng family in Xingyang. He is the fifth surname of Qiwang in the previous dynasty. He is also related by marriage to the ancestors of the Liu family. This Lord Zhan was originally the son of the prime minister. His My son heard that he was knowledgeable, talented, and handsome, and they all praised him as a talented minister." Of course Mrs. Xu had plans.
What kind of family is the Zheng family? They have been high-ranking officials for many generations, and the young master of the Zheng family is even more proud of heaven. It's a pity that the second uncle is willful and has a low official position, but her father is a high-ranking official in Jinyiwei. If the second uncle is willing to arrange this marriage for his daughter, there is no problem for her to adopt the son of the second wife. Anyway, she will adopt one.
As for who will be adopted, she doesn't care anymore.
Anyway, the family position can be given to him when the time comes, but all of her dowry money must be given to her own daughter.
You can't have both.
While Mrs. Xu was tempted, Lirou was the calmest. She said to Aunt Ding: "I heard that the Zheng family is going to visit the whole family, and even the old lady has people re-sweeping her place very solemnly. But the better. The more things you own, the less likely they are to belong to me, so, aunt, you don’t have to tell me this, I’ll just stay away from it.”
Aunt Ding was relieved when she saw that her daughter understood the matter: "I was afraid that you would fight. Now I am not favored, I can't talk to you, and I am just an aunt. Maybe the Zheng family doesn't like our family. , I only heard my wife once say that the relationship between Mr. Zheng and our master is irreconcilable, and it is not an ordinary relationship. Even if they are fighting, I am afraid it is your eldest sister and your third sister who are going to fight? I heard that even the eldest wife of the eldest house is also asking about it. .”
Lirou thought that she had to stay away even more. The eldest sister had a paternal grandfather and a large dowry. She was also the eldest daughter of the Liu family. The third sister, Li Shu, was favored by her mother and was very talented and beautiful. Li, her temperament was particularly fond of dominating others, and there was Li Zhen, the eldest daughter of the eldest family. Her father was a confidant of the emperor and a high-ranking official, and her mother was the granddaughter of the prime minister. In short, everyone was better than her.
She couldn't speak out, otherwise she would be eaten alive by these people.
Little did they know that after Lishu heard what little Fu said, she first said, "This Mr. Zheng is indeed very good, but she is ten years older than me. By the time my daughter has hairpins, he will be twenty-five."
When he heard that Zheng Hao was the number one scholar, he was attracted by the emperor at first sight. Seeing that he was young, had good academic skills, had an outstanding family background, and was handsome, he was chosen as his consort.
He even made an engagement long ago and even got on the sedan chair, but Zheng Hao was still chased back.
In fact, Li Shu knew that Zheng Hao was very good. After he got engaged to her, her father was demoted to Chuzhou. At that time, the Zheng family still did not regret the marriage. In fact, I heard that Mrs. Zheng was not very satisfied with her and felt that her life was thin and not as rich and blessed as her eldest sister Lijia. However, the Zheng family still went to Chuzhou to marry her.
Even when she came back from Wusun Kingdom later and found out how he was sold, he blamed himself very much.
Such a good person is trapped in the identity of a consort. She can only serve as an idle official throughout her life. She cannot be so selfish. Even though she knows that Zheng Hao is a good candidate for her husband, she is still less than ten years old. Hao should marry a woman who is close to hairpin and get married as soon as possible, so that he will not be caught as a son-in-law by the emperor and he can realize his ambitions. :,,
