bright moon goes west

Passing through the white marble screen wall inlaid with gilt treasures and embossed with double dragons playing with pearls, there is a white marble arch bridge in front of it.

After getting off the stone bridge, there were already two small sedan chairs parked at the stone bridge. Heng'e and Chen Yanru got into the soft sedan chairs and headed towards the main courtyard.

Along the way, the pavilions, terraces and pavilions, the corridors of Quyuan, exotic flowers and plants, Pinggang and distant mountains, and Zhuwu Qushui are dizzying.

The buildings in the courtyard are high and low, and the primary and secondary are distinct. The Taiwan Pavilion is separated, and the decoration is gorgeous and exquisite.The shadows of flowers move on the wall, the peaks and mountains serve as windows, the bamboos are covered, and the vines and vines hang, changing the scene with each step, the poetic feeling is natural.

The soft sedan stopped in front of the main courtyard, and the golden lacquer plaque was engraved with the three characters "Dexingtang" on the Wei stele, and the couplets on both sides read: Guanghua presents the sun of love, benevolence and longevity permeates harmony.It is the residence of Chen Yunhong, the most powerful person in the Chen family, and his wife.

Hang'e got off the sedan chair, and asked Housekeeper Shen: "Uncle Shen, Madam has fallen asleep?"

"Eldest Young Madam, unfortunately, Madam took Fifth Miss to Liaodong yesterday, and the Fourth Madam will be the housekeeper for these two days. The Fourth Madam didn't know you were coming, so she has already fallen asleep at this time." Shen Jie replied with a peaceful face talk.

"There's no reason to ask the elders to wait for me." Heng'e said softly, "It's too late, Uncle Shen, go and rest, the young master's yard, just find me a maid to lead the way."

"Thank you, Young Madam, for your consideration. My family is waiting for you at Mingguang Courtyard. You and Missy have been exhausted all the way, so you should rest as soon as possible."

It was only then that Heng'e discovered that Chen Yanru was recorded in the ranking of the Chen family's direct branch, which shows how favored she is.When Chen Yanru was one year old, she was raised under her mother-in-law's knees. Her father-in-law loved the house and loved her, and treated this niece differently, caring even more than a few concubine daughters.

Heng'e thought about it, and took Chen Yanru's arm: "Sister, shall we go back to Mingguangyuan to rest?"

Chen Yanru is a frequent visitor in Shuai's mansion, and the Youhuang Pavilion in the mansion has always been reserved for her, but she is very happy to invite Heng'e to get close to this younger brother and sister who is held in the palm of Bo Yu's hands.

Chen Yanru said goodbye to Shen Jie with a smile: "Uncle Shen, my siblings and I are going to rest first."

The Mingguang Courtyard is brightly lit, rich, noble, and gorgeous as the main courtyard. What's more interesting is the couplet at the door: Qiankun Zhenghede, the sun and the moon shine brightly.It can be seen from this that Chen Yunhong does not allow anyone to shake his position as the only legitimate son.

After meeting with Shen Jie's wife, Xu Nai, the lady in charge of the inner courtyard, Heng'e went to bed under the service of the maid, exhausted from the journey, and had no dreams all night.

The next morning, Heng'e woke up in the morning light. Although she didn't rest until early in the morning, her body had already gotten used to the fixed biological clock.In the new environment, Fei Qiong personally kept watch at night, and when she saw the young lady woke up, she hurriedly rang the bedside bell.

A pair of maidservants in brocade clothes and embroidered clothes filed in with the washing utensils. Although they were not as meticulous as Cui's maidservants, they were well-trained.

Heng'e cleansed her face, used some breakfast, sat in front of the dressing table, Zaoxiu and Jichun helped her to dress up.

Two maidservants with apricot eyes and peach cheeks held a six-layer mother-of-pearl red lacquered jewelry box and put it on the dressing table. Personally select the good ones, and keep them all in the handsome mansion, maybe you will be able to use them when you come back. The home-made jewelry in the drawer of the dressing table is reserved for your daily wear, and the precious jewelry in the box is for you to spare when you meet guests .”

As she said that, the little maid opened all the drawers and mother-of-pearl lacquer boxes on the dressing table, and a burst of jewels and jewels came to her face, lighting up the entire inner room.

A ruby ​​head the size of a lotus seed rice, a gemstone ring the size of a pigeon egg, a jade bracelet so green that it can drip water, a necklace of pearls the size of a fingernail, a coral bracelet as red as blood, gold emerald emerald The phoenix hairpin, the wreath inlaid with a hundred treasures, the suet white jade step rocker, a complete set of diamond jewelry, opal, tourmaline, crystal, agate, lapis lazuli, amber, beeswax, emerald, pigeon blood red, blue diamond, yellow Diamonds, pink diamonds... It's dazzling.More than a dozen pieces of jewelry are made internally.

Heng'e closed the box, feeling a burst of sweetness in her heart.The coldness and dust between the eyebrows have all turned into tenderness and sweetness, the eyebrows are black in spring, and the water in autumn is rippling.Her lips curled up, and she asked the servant girl in a kind tone: "What's your name?"

The two maidservants bent their knees and answered, one of them was named Cuiyu with blue dress and white skirt, beautiful brows and lotus face, and the other was named Pearl with pink dress, oval face and willow-leaf eyebrows.These two maids were beautiful and smiled before they spoke, and Heng'e fell in love with them at first sight.

She smiled and said to Fei Qiong: "Teach these two girls well~Teach them for a few days, and then serve by my side."

Pearl and Cuiyu were overjoyed when they heard the words, and quickly knelt down to thank them.

Heng'e gently told them to get up, and asked Jichun to comb her hair.

Heng'e's appearance is peerless, if the maid who serves her is not very attractive, she will make her face look ashamed.Mrs. Cui was afraid of losing her daughter's face, and she always picked up beautiful and clever maids to serve her daughter. No matter how beautiful these maids are, they can't surpass the daughter who looks like a fairy in the moon palace.

Unexpectedly, this shrewd Madam Xu picked out these two outstanding maids in just a short time last night. Their ability to understand their wishes is no less than that of the long-standing servants of the Cui family.

Heng'e was satisfied in her heart, and couldn't help showing a little more respect to Shen Jie and his wife.

The maid had just tidied up when Chen Yanru entered the room.

Heng'e greeted with a smile: "Eldest sister, have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"Eat something casually." Chen Yanru had a faint blue shadow under her eyes, which was covered with powder.

"I've sent someone to send greeting cards to Fang's family. We'll go there early tomorrow morning."

There was unconcealable worry in Chen Yanru's brows, and Heng'e smiled and took her arm: "Elder sister, don't worry, the Fang family is the best, if they don't, I will ask Director Yang to collect charges and throw them all in to prison."

Even though Chen Yanru was in a bad mood, she couldn't help but chuckle: "Sure enough, he is close to Mo Zhehei, such a charming person who looks like a fairy, he has imitated Bo Yu's bandit temper."

Seeing that she finally broke into a smile, Heng'e secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that Chen Yanru would lose her spirit after being so depressed, and Fang's family would take the upper hand.

"Fourth aunt should be handling the affairs of the house in Xiaohua Hall at this time, let's pay my respects to fourth aunt." It happened that Heng'e also wanted to meet her second younger sibling.

The two walked hand in hand through the long Chaoshou verandah and headed for Zizhao Hall.

Just after passing through Ruyi Gate, a well-dressed old mother greeted her, squatted down and saluted: "Young Madam, the old slave is the mother in charge of the Fourth Madam, her husband's family name is Liu, please greet the Young Madam, and the Eldest Miss. "

"Mom, please." Hang'e bowed slightly reservedly to Mama Liu, smiling gracefully and dignifiedly.

A group of people calmly walked through the garden and arrived at the main hall. Just as the little maid had finished giving an announcement, the crystal bead curtain was rattling, and Mrs. Chen Si had already stepped down from the main seat, smiling with a round oval face: "My nephew, Auntie is looking forward to you."
Heng'e hurriedly bowed to Mrs. Chen Si: "Auntie is well."

Mrs. Chen Si personally helped her up, and greeted Chen Yanru: "Auntie and grandma came back together?" She complained angrily: "Ru girl, too. I just heard that you went back to Jinlu City a few days ago, but in the end Pass through the house without entering."

"Auntie..." Chen Yanru held the fourth lady's arm and acted like a spoiled child. It was obvious that she was very close to the fourth lady.

"You girl, you are still acting like a baby when you are a grown-up, and you are not afraid of your younger siblings' jokes." Mrs. Chen Si patted her hands amusedly, and turned to greet Heng'e: "Nephew and daughter-in-law, please sit down quickly. Where can I relax today?"

Heng'e pursed her lips and smiled: "The fourth aunt called me Ah Heng."

Mrs. Chen Si smiled lovingly and narrowed her eyes: "Well, this room is all my own people, and my aunt will not talk to you anymore."

There seems to be something in the words.

It was just the first meeting, and Heng'e had a rough judgment in her heart.This Mrs. Chen Si is hot-tempered and exquisite, so she should be extremely trusted by her father-in-law. What is rare is that there has never been any discord between her and Mrs. Zou.

Several people had a crystal heart, and they wanted to get close to each other, serving tea and snacks, talking and laughing, and getting to know each other a lot better.

"Hello, Second Young Mistress!" A little maid's salutation came from outside the courtyard.

"Yo, everyone is here!"

A pair of fingers dyed with bright red Kodan lifted the crystal bead curtain, and a beautiful young woman with an oval face walked in from the outside calmly.A cheongsam of fragrant cloud gauze with high slits outlines her uneven figure, two hanging willow-leaf eyebrows, a pair of charming and affectionate fox eyes, a coquettish figure, enchanting eyebrows and eyes, a small and thin face, and thin lips curved down. Her lips made her face look a bit harsh, detracting from at least a third of her beauty.

Fourth Madam and Chen Yanru frowned almost invisibly.

The young woman seemed unable to see how unpopular she was, so she found a seat and sat down. She raised her eyes and looked at Heng'e, who was sitting on the lower left of the fourth lady. She narrowed her fox eyes, and her mind was slightly confused.

However, soon, her complexion returned to normal, and she said with a half-smile, "Auntie is really biased. You took her with you as soon as sister-in-law came back. Why don't you see me loving me?"

This is something that can't be put on the table!

The fourth lady's expression turned cold, fearing that Heng'e would read the Chen family's jokes, although she was annoyed, her face was calm, and she said in a calm voice: "Your sister-in-law is from a famous family, and she is a good lady, regardless of the tiredness of yesterday's journey. , Come here early in the morning to greet me as an elder, such a filial and polite child, how can I, as an elder, not be partial!"

One sentence is dismissed and hit, if it is someone else, it will go down the steps.

However, this second young lady is a stickler, relying on the fact that the fourth wife is not her mother-in-law, she directly contradicted her: "The fourth aunt is saying that I am not polite and filial! You have always looked down on me, but I want to be filial to you. But did you give me this chance?"

"You!" The Fourth Madam was so angry that she fell backwards: "Okay, because your mother-in-law is not here, no one can teach you a lesson?!"

"Auntie, calm down, don't get angry." Hang'e covered her lips with a handkerchief, got up and left her seat, and poured a cup of tea for the fourth lady herself: "Auntie, drink a cup of tea to calm down."

"Sister-in-law will be a good person." The second young lady sneered!Cursing secretly in his heart, he looks like a fairy, but he is a villain who sees the wind and the wind!