Li Shu's words obviously touched Li Zhen's pain point, especially when she revealed that Li Zhen cut off her piano strings. Li Rou actually originally had three-thirds of guesses that Li Zhen did it, but now that Li Shu said it, it should be true. of.
But she deliberately publicized it in front of so many people, and I'm afraid her purpose was not pure.
The reason is that Li Shu wants to get rid of her potential rival Li Zhen immediately. Li Zhen is irritable and reckless, unruly, willful and mean and domineering, but she is the only daughter of a large family and has a good family background. The granddaughter of the former Chief Assistant, she was the granddaughter of the Zuo Governor, the Crown Prince Tutor, and the Commander of the Jinyi Guards. Her father was also a commander. The eldest aunt's dowry back then was so luxurious that it took three hundred dowry bearers and six hundred women to carry it in. How can Li Shu compare? I heard from my aunt that Mrs. Fu only had sixty-four marriages when she got married, and there are still many false gifts. How can this compare?
Now that Li Shu is taking advantage of Li Zhen's attack, Li Shu deliberately tells such things to damage Li Zhen's face.
It's a pity that Lirou wants to get married, so her parents ordered a matchmaker. Lishu has an advantage over Lizhen. Of course, seeing how decent the Zheng family is today, she might not even look down on girls from the Liu family, and she might even want to marry someone high!
When the sisters saw that Li Shu was gone, Li Wan quickly ran away. It was none of her business anyway, so why bother making a fuss about it? Li Jia comforted Li Zhen with a few words and said she still had something to do, so she left first. Li Rou because Being on the same road as Li Zhen, you can't even hide.
Li Zhen complained fiercely along the way: "That third girl with red lips and white teeth falsely accused me. She did something wrong, but she slapped her on the back."
Obviously Lirou felt that this statement was untrue, so she just hesitated and didn't say much. The two of them walked into the flowers, and suddenly they saw a young man coming out. He was very polite and stopped when he saw the female family members. The man was very graceful, and his hair was like a spring moon and willows, and bright like the sun and the moon in his arms.
Lirou and Lizhen continued to move forward. Although Lirou was dazed for a moment, she quickly came to her senses and looked at Lizhen again. However, Lirou had a pink face and looked dizzy. As he said this, his emotions were written all over his face.
"Is that Mr. Zheng?" Li Zhen murmured.
Lirou said in confusion, "I don't know either, fifth sister, I'll go down and change my clothes first. When I was having tea, I spilled tea on my body. It's sticky and uncomfortable."
Li Zhen wanted to say more, but seeing her like this, she had no choice but to say, "I know, go ahead and I'll talk to you later."
Lirou breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and left with Xiangxue Xiangdan first. When she was far away, Xiangxue said: "Miss, it turns out that is Mr. Zheng. No wonder the ladies were fighting."
"Silence, it has nothing to do with us anyway." Lirou restrained her servants. These beautiful things have never been hers, so why fight for them. It will be bad if they are accidentally injured.
Li Shu scolded Li Zhen, but she was in a good mood after returning to her room.
Siyu brought the tea and said with a smile: "Sister, you are really scolding me. It's obvious that the first lady is very attentive, but she blames you. The fifth girl usually runs against you when there is nothing wrong. I don't know what's wrong with you." You are so angry."
Li Shu took a sip of tea and finally figured out the problem that she had not figured out before. Why did Li Zhen target her so much? She always thought that Li Jia and others were sowing discord. This was certainly one of the reasons, but more importantly The important thing is that Li Zhen has low self-esteem.
Although she was an only daughter and was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was not very good-looking and could even be considered ordinary. Although she often wore dresses that cost hundreds of taels, it was not as good as Li Shu's casual one. Homely coat. Because they were similar in age, when Lishu was studying, she would always be sarcastic and sarcastic when she was focused on her studies. Lishu thought she was just a chirping sparrow, and she had to do things well by herself. Now she is at home every day, and her sisters often see each other. She always outdoes her, but she refuses to be a lowly person, and never coaxes her. Naturally, her hatred becomes deeper.
In fact, Li Shu had envied Li Zhen in her previous life. They were both sisters, she had both parents, her eldest uncle and eldest aunt loved her so much, and she was rich and prosperous, so she had almost everything. As for me, except for the beauty of her skin, there is nothing better than her, but in the previous life, she had such beauty on her body, and she could be targeted.
She always feels that a person will not be targeted or jealous for no reason. Is there something wrong with her? But later she discovered that there was nothing wrong with her, it was just her own mental disorder.
Sisters of the same family, why should I admit my mistakes and apologize because of your bad temper and because you are younger than me and fear that you will target me? That is absolutely impossible.
However, from now on, Mrs. Xu will definitely target her. This is certain. This was the case in her previous life, and Mrs. Xu was very protective of her shortcomings. Especially after she and Zheng Hao arranged to get married, they always looked at her and felt that she was not worthy of her virtue. This inexplicable hatred made her very uncomfortable, so she often did not come out.
But every time she comes out in front of others, her beauty cannot be ignored, and people will marvel at her radiance.
In this life, her mother is still around and has a status in the back house, so she won't be as anxious to settle the marriage as she was in her previous life, and Li Shu has nothing to be nervous about. Zheng Hao is nineteen years old this year, ten years older than her, so they are of the wrong age.
As she thought about it, she fell asleep.
There were also flashes of swords and swords in the front hall. He was obviously a guest in the second room, and Mrs. Xu was also chatting happily. She was from Nanzhili, and Mrs. Zheng's biological mother was also from Nanzhili. When talking about the relationship in a roundabout way, Mr. Fu was very well-mannered and didn't interrupt. Mrs. Liu was tired of hearing what Mrs. Xu said, so she couldn't help but said: "It took three generations for our garden to be restored to what it is now. Now the garden is empty." Now, let our girls live in. Why don’t we finish dinner later and go to the garden together."
Mrs. Zheng said quickly: "This relationship is good."
Little Fu smiled and introduced: "We have planted several loquat trees in the garden, which are full of fruits. I also brewed some loquat wine a few days ago. If Sister Zheng doesn't mind it, why not put the banquet in the garden and enjoy the feast?" Spending time eating and drinking is a beautiful thing."
Mrs. Liu agreed. She said to Mrs. Xu, "Go and give the order."
It's not that the old lady is targeting Mrs. Xu, it's just that she was too excited today and was a little embarrassed. Although the Zheng family is good, the Liu family is also from the Jinghu Ding clan, so it's a bit embarrassing to be so flattering. Besides, Mrs. Zheng is a guest in the second room, so she should just be a companion.
Although Mrs. Xu was still holding on to her face, she spat when she walked out.
Lunch was served in the garden, the breeze was gentle, the food was delicious, the scenery was beautiful, and Mrs. Zheng was in a good mood. In the middle of the meal, after dinner, Mrs. Zheng asked her two sons to come over and say hello to Mrs. Liu again. Mrs. Liu gave her a gift. Mrs. Fu saw that Zheng Hao was really a talented person, not much different from her nephew Fu Minglun. I understand why little Fu ran in such a hurry.
Therefore, Mrs. Fu smiled like an elder: "My mother's family has a nephew who is about the same age as Brother Hao. They may not be able to tell each other when the time comes."
Mrs. Zheng thought for a while and then said: "You are talking about Mr. Fu Ge's grandson, right? That's really okay!"
Mrs. Fu seems to have found the confidence to communicate. She has known many more people in Beijing over the years than Mrs. Fu. Her natal family, the Fu family, is her supporter, no matter who she talks to. Little Fu didn't try to discredit her sister, she just listened with a smile. Anyway, she had achieved her goal today, so she didn't care about much else.
But she said that Mrs. Zheng had a good impression of Mr. Fu when she saw that he was about thirty years old, spoke slowly and slowly, and was slightly stout. But she knew in her heart that Liu Chengxu's heart must be biased towards Mr. Fu, otherwise, he would not only take Mr. Fu out to meet her.
During this period, she saw that little Mrs. Fu actually served her mother-in-law more than Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Fu. She never took the initiative when others were talking. She had a gentle and peaceful temperament, but was also very tenacious. She heard that when the refugees stormed the mansion, she She resolutely stayed to take care of her husband and distributed food to the refugees, but she looked up to her.
Mr. Fu felt embarrassed when he heard Mrs. Zheng's praise: "It's not that I am really generous. As the saying goes, a man is not guilty, but he is guilty of having a jade. I am afraid that he will lose his life because of his wealth. Besides, our master is the local censor, so he should be He loved his people as his own son. At that time, many people were hungry, so he was able to accumulate negative virtues."
"It's good to think so." Mrs. Zheng praised.
Just when Mrs. Fu thought that Mrs. Fu would start recommending Lishu to play the piano or something like that, she saw that Mrs. Fu didn't mention anything and was really just accompanying the guests. Whatever Mrs. Zheng is interested in, she helps accompany the guests and is very patient.
The men in front were drinking, Master Zheng began to splash ink, and little Fu made an excuse to change clothes first. Of course, Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Fu took the opportunity to chat with Mrs. Zheng and discuss the past and present.
After a long time, when young Mrs. Fu came back, she said to Mrs. Zheng: "Just now I saw that Mrs. Zheng was enjoying herself very much, so I drew a picture and gave it to you as a gift."
When she opened the picture album, Mrs. Zheng was overjoyed. She was very thin. Especially this year, she had a gynecological disease and was always afraid of cold, so the veins on her hands were bulging. Unexpectedly, in Xiao Fu's paintings, she was holding flowers and smiling, looking like a lady from the Wei and Jin Dynasties among the flowers.
"This..." Mrs. Zheng was so happy that she didn't even know what to say.
Of course, little Mrs. Fu achieved the greatest success in this communication, but the person she is most grateful to is not Liu Chengxu but her daughter, because if her daughter had not asked her to help Liu Chengxu paint prisoners with a brush when she was a child, her paintings would have been just for her own entertainment. It’s just time.
Now I can use my favorite thing to make friends with others and help my husband. What could be better than this!
Before Mrs. Zheng left, she also invited the Liu family to hang out next time when they moved to a new house, and everyone in the Liu family naturally agreed.
Mrs. Xu was unhappy with the success of Little Fu. She used to see jokes about the second wife and thought she was one step ahead of them. But now, Little Fu actually openly competed with her for people. Of course, Mrs. Xu also knew that Xiao Fu was just doing it for Li Shu, but she didn't want to think about whether Li Shu really had Li Zhen's conditions?
Rather than making it impossible for a daughter from the Liu family to marry into the Zheng family, it would be better to choose the one with the greatest possibility.
After returning home, I heard that Li Zhen had been scolded by Li Shu. She threw the hairpin on her head on the dressing table: "What's going on? I'm just angry. What's wrong with Li Zhen?"
Xi'er said quickly: "You also know that our girl has always been outspoken. But seeing her go to pick up Mrs. Zheng early today, I naturally felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, so I complained a few times. Who knew that the third girl would instead pull something out? Regarding Gu Zi, she said that our girl cut off the strings of her piano, and that Liusu told her, and also called our girl a nun, and many servants were watching."
"This is really..." After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she seemed to realize something.
In fact, Mrs. Xu felt that her mother-in-law was dissatisfied with her. She had a big family and no offspring. She disliked Aunt Su's son as being unseemly and did not want to inherit her. She said many things in front of Liu Chengzong, such as "dragon, dragon, phoenix, phoenix, mouse" Knowing how to drill holes made Liu Chengzong hesitate.
Is it possible to have a baby after giving birth? That's impossible too.
There are several good sons-in-law.
It’s not that I look down on the adopted son-in-law, but there are really not many promising adopted sons-in-law. Besides, there is a male in the family to adopt a son-in-law, so why bother looking for an adopted son-in-law? The elders will not agree, and the daughter will complain.
"Okay, I thought of a two-pronged strategy. She dares to bully my daughter. In this case, I will adopt her son to me. In the future, I will have the final say. As for her, she has a son. In my hands, even her daughter would not dare to compete with my daughter." Mrs. Xu thought that in the past, Mrs. Fu had only one son, so it was not good for her to adopt her only legitimate son, but now that Mrs. Fu has two sons, she only needs He said that he did not want his future eldest son to have a dishonorable background, and believed that Mrs. Liu would definitely help.
Mrs. Fu also knew that Li Zhen was mocking Li Shu, so she snorted coldly: "It's normal for girls to have some quarrels, but there are very few uncultured girls like her. Our Li Shu has been beaten by her in public over and over again. It’s a run, so is this attack.”
Danhong naturally agreed: "Thankfully, our sister has a good temper. I don't know why she always targets our sister."
"The eldest girl is focused on the Fu family. The second girl's marriage has been decided early, and the fourth girl is a concubine. These people have nothing to do with her. However, our Lishu is about the same age as her, and we are both direct children. Her father is in charge of directing her affairs. , My husband is a fourth-grade civil servant, and now we are on par with each other. Our Daqi civil servants are better than military attachés. You see, my sister-in-law is still trying to steal people from us." Little Fu felt that Mrs. Xu was simply overestimating her capabilities.
Danqing asked: "Madam, does she want the fifth girl to marry the Zheng family?"
Little Fu nodded: "No one can see this. But do you think her daughter can become a clan wife? The Zheng family is not a small family, and the requirements for clan wives are very high."
Danqing was about to say something, but then he heard Xiao Fu say: "That's all, we have to go to Zheng's house in a few days, and I will have a plan by then. For now, I'd better accompany the old lady to Gan Nian Temple. I have to recharge my batteries." That’s all.”
Gan Nian Temple was an ancient temple in the former dynasty, and many literati and poets left a glorious mark here. Many of Li Shuxue's poems even wrote about the ancient temple.
Perhaps it was because this day was the Buddha's birthday, but she only knew that this day was the birth day of Sakyamuni after listening to Mr. Fu.
Li Shu asked, "How many Buddha birthdays are there every year?"
Little Fu smiled and said: "That's a lot. There will be two in April. In twenty days it will be Medicine King Bodhisattva's Christmas."
Lishu let out a "ouch" and heard her mother say: "In a few days, let the tailor come to your door to make some clothes for you, and it's time for your hair and face to be shaved. You have to go out often, but you can't always do it so often." If you don’t do it, others will laugh at you.”
"Mom, I'm still young. My daughter will stay with you all her life. I don't want to go out every day." She was really allergic to the matter of getting married. In her previous life, she was married to Zheng Hao. On the way to get married, Zheng Hao was ordered to marry a princess. To Yu Maozhong, Yu Maozhong was the one who sold her to a foreign land for the rest of her life. She was even forced to change husbands three times in Wusun.
Later, when she became the Queen Mother, someone came to her rescue and said that her life was precious and ordinary men were not blessed to enjoy it.
In the end, it was successful, and naturally there were praises everywhere. However, the husbands she chose several times to get married were not chosen well, and Li Shu really didn't want to get married so early.
She was even a little scared.
Little Fu smiled and said, "Who won't let you stay with me? But it's not good to be at home every day. Mother also wants my baby to stay with me, so that I can have confidence."
"Okay, since you are the bridesmaid, I am willing." Lishu knew that the people Xiao Fu met at the wedding banquet invited young Fu to go out. She was very happy for her mother.
Thinking that her eldest brother Shurui had become enlightened, he inherited the advantages of his parents, he was good at reading and liked painting, and Shulin was also lively and cute, Lishu felt that she was very happy in this life.
But she was vaguely worried. In her previous life, her mother passed away when she was ten years old. Will something happen to her mother when she is ten years old in this life? No one knows this.
But she knew she had to protect her mother.
After getting off the carriage, Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu went in together, with their daughters-in-law waiting on them. Speaking of which, Li Shu was quite envious of Mrs. Liu. At her age, whether she went to Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat or came to the temple, her husband would accompany her.
Mrs. Xu grabbed the first stick of incense. She was praying for her daughter to marry the best husband in the world. Mrs. Fu and Mrs. Fu knelt down silently, not knowing what they were asking for.
Li Shu never believed this, and she couldn't get used to the smell of sandalwood. After knelt on the futon and kowtowed, she quickly stood up, which made Li Rou look at her several times.
In her heart, she doesn't believe in warlocks or ghosts. The only person who can help her when she is most desperate is herself.
The Liu family was finishing worshiping the Bodhisattva, and heard that Princess Cheng had also come to worship the Buddha. The wife was startled: "We didn't know that Princess Cheng was coming, and the temple was not cleared. Wouldn't this be a collision with Princess Cheng?"
The young novice monk smiled and said: "The Princess has the best temperament. In the past, our temple was prepared to be cleared. Who knew that the Princess said that the temple was originally used for people to burn incense and worship Buddha, so she didn't pay attention to these things."
"Princess is not particular, let's go and pay a visit." Mrs. Liu sent someone around her to deliver the greeting card.
If the married princess is willing to see him, they will kowtow. If not, they will not go there.
Sure enough, Princess Cheng said she wanted to worship the Buddha quietly and let them do what they wanted, and Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, it was best for courtiers not to deal with the clan, especially since the Liu family held important positions in the royal guards. Young Mrs. Fu was serving her mother-in-law. Seeing that Lishu was a little impatient, she said to Mrs. Liu, "Old lady, I think it's a little cramped here. Why don't you let the children go out for some air?"
"That's fine, but you're not allowed to go too far, and you girls have to follow." Mrs. Liu ordered.
The girls have long been impatient listening to people chanting sutras here, and it would be best if they could go out for a walk. However, the girls from the Liu family are very disciplined and almost always walk around with their four girls under the peach tree outside the Buddhist hall where they just worshipped.
Lijia was a little silent when she saw the peach blossoms blooming like a sea of flowers. Lishu never knew what this elder sister was thinking, but she thought of Taoyao in the Book of Songs.
"When the peach blooms, its flowers are shining brightly. When the son returns, it will be suitable for his family."
After Li Shu finished reading, Li Wan looked at her and hesitated to speak.
Li Shu said playfully: "I know, big sister, I just recited it casually. If there is no other meaning, please stop reciting sutras."
"There's really nothing we can do about you, girl." Lijia shook her head.
The two sisters seemed to be close, but they both had hidden agendas. Li Shu smiled and went to smell the peach blossoms. The peach blossoms smelled fresh and elegant, with a faint sweet fragrance.
In fact, Li Jia was not uneasy. Why did the second mother and the eldest aunt argue so fiercely when the Zheng family came? It was because they both wanted to make a marriage arrangement for their daughters. The Zheng family was undoubtedly a very good choice.
Her sisters, who were several years younger than her, were all looking for betrothals. Although her marriage had a tacit understanding from her maternal grandfather's family, there was still no real engagement. After all, she was a little worried.
In the blink of an eye, Lishu went back to see the names left on the pagoda in front of Ci'en Temple. Many of them were failed scholars. She somehow remembered Bai Juyi's poem: "At the place where the names were written under Ci'en Temple, the youngest among the seventeen people. But some people resigned and returned home." In my hometown, there are people rushing to the exam hall at starry night, which is really ironic when you think about it."
Just like the Zheng Hao we saw before, he obviously became the number one scholar at such a young age and was full of ambitions, but because he favored the princess, he could not take revenge in his life.
Here she reads a person's name, those complaining or excited poems, as if she has seen through a person's life. When she came back to her senses, she saw that there were only two little girls beside her. Li Shu smiled and said, "Where are they?"
"They all looked elsewhere."
Lishu nodded and was about to get up when she found a young man staring at her intently. Who else could he be if he wasn't the prince? Li Shu quickly turned her head away, only to see the man smiling at her.
Xiao Yun wears a winged crown on his head, with a five-clawed dragon on each shoulder on his front and back, and holds a folding fan. It seems that he came out secretly to play, so he only brought one entourage with him.
"Greetings to the Crown Prince." Li Shu quickly saluted.
According to the rules, they even had to kneel down to avoid the passage.
Xiao Yun saw that the little girl was well-born, and his attitude was gentle: "Get up quickly, haven't you asked her her name yet?"
There was no one who asked the name of the female family member. Lishu was immediately angry. What kind of benefactor was he? He was just a disciple. She spoke righteously but was a little speechless: "Your Majesty, men and women do not sit at the same table at the age of seven. What's more, the foreign language is not suitable for people. The inner words are not out of bounds. Please respect yourself."
Xiao Yun found it funny, how many girls in his house, how many women or girls he had met were not begging to get to know him, but this girl spoke so righteously, he didn't know whether she was playing hard to get or something?
So he smiled and said: "I don't agree with what you said. You are still a little girl and not very old. I just want to ask a few more questions."
After saying that, she wanted to come forward, but Li Shu took out the hairpin on her head and put it in front of her neck and said, "Don't come forward, otherwise we will die together. I'm not joking with you."
Xiao Yun originally thought she was good-looking, about eleven or twelve years old, and her body seemed to be illuminated by a divine light. He just wanted to tease her, but he never thought that although she was young, she was innocent, and respect suddenly rose in his heart. Therefore, he quickly apologized: "Girl, it's my fault for being rude to you. There are many people today. I just heard that the green peaches here are good, so I came to take a look."
Seeing that he had come to his right side so quickly, Li Shu put down the hairpin in her hand, felt blessed, turned around and left without stopping.
Xiao Yun saw her back and thought that this girl was still young now, but she was already a good-natured woman with an eye-catching gaze, an everlasting beauty, and an eternity of beauty. It's just a pity that the Liu family has no central leader and no military power. It's a pity that it's not worthy of him. :,,
