A world of glory

The sun and the moon flew like a shuttle, and it snowed again and passed the kitchen festival.The entire mansion changed into new clothes, and the garden looked brand new.

Although there are no flowers in winter, the mansion also ordered skillful craftsmen to make silk flowers and wrap them around the branches. For a while, they were so colorful that it was hard to tell whether it was winter or spring.The second wife and his wife were even more busy, preparing annual gifts for relatives and friends of the rich and powerful, preparing for the opening of the clan to worship the ancestors, and taking time to meet relatives and friends celebrating the festival from time to time.

Qin Yi is a person who never likes to socialize. If Master Hou ordered him, he would go out to meet the occasion. On weekdays, he would hide in his yard and be lazy to see outsiders.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the mansion prepared all the offerings, replaced the door god peach charms, opened a main gate, and hung a big red official lantern, illuminating the mansion as if it were daytime.On the morning of New Year's Eve, the old lady went to the palace to congratulate with the nobles in the mansion. After receiving the banquet, she went to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, burned silk and offered wine, and played music to present the nobility. Bi quit.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the palace bestowed a spring plate with silver flags, and the old matriarch and others had to enter the palace to thank him again, which made the emperor's kindness even more profound.There is an endless stream of relatives and friends coming to celebrate the festival, the opera wine in the mansion has never stopped for a while, and the gold and silver used up are like running water. Mrs. Hou and the second wife are invited to have New Year's wine every day, but unexpectedly After eight or nine days in a hurry, seeing the Lantern Festival approaching, I stopped.

The wife and the second wife only rested for a day or two, and then they were busy again for the Lantern Festival. They ordered the servants in the mansion to tidy up the yard, and asked the craftsmen to make lanterns. The mansion was busy for a long time.

Seeing that the Lantern Festival was approaching, Qin Yi's heart was also full of joy, and he didn't talk much about those details.On the contrary, the maidservants in the yard, who were usually restrained, received a lot of grace, and all of them were so happy that they only had to pray to Buddha and kowtow.

In the early morning of this day, Qin Yi got up early, put on a white fox fur, picked up a collection of annotations to the Four Books, leaned on the couch, and turned it up.Just watching, Peiyu brought two little maids into the house, and saw that Qin Yi was only wearing a fox fur, and hurriedly said: "It's still cold today? Why don't you love yourself, my lord."

As he spoke, he opened the top chest and large cabinet, took out a brocade robe with light green embroidered with five-colored begonias, and was about to help Qin Yi change his clothes.Qin Yi smiled and said, "What clothes should I change into? I'm quite warm in fox fur."

Peiyu persuaded with a smile: "Although it's not cold, but you have to walk around the house a few times a day, it's better to change into warm clothes."

Hearing this, Qin Yi couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and said with a smile, "It's good to change it." After saying that, he got up and asked Peiyu to change his clothes.

As soon as she changed her clothes, Yizhu entered the room. Today she changed into a dark blue lantern-patterned satin pantyhose, and she wore a pink and white floral skirt on her lower body, making her look even more beautiful and lovely.

Seeing that Qin Yi had changed his clothes, he brewed a pot of Xishan Bailu, poured a cup and handed it to Qin Yi, and said with a smile, "I just met Bi Lian in Brother Xian's room, so I heard something new."

Qin Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "There are many things in his room, which ones are not new?"

Yi Zhu pursed his lips and smiled, and said straightly: "Master, I don't know. A few months ago, Madam got a piece of gold-weaving kingfisher feather makeup satin as a tribute, so she made a emerald cloud fur from the material and gave it to Xian. brothers.

Who knows, last night Brother Xian was messing around with a few girls in the house, and burned most of a good dress.

But those girls were very anxious, I don't know who came up with the trick, let Brother Xian still wear that dress to go out, and when he passed the courtyard gate, he pretended to fall and let the lantern burn on the clothes. past.How do you know, the clothes were on fire, and Brother Xian got a scald on his hands, but his wife was in a hurry. Although those maids escaped the punishment of damaging the clothes, they were charged with poor service, really. It's funny. "

Peiyu asked the little maid in the corridor to pass on the message, turned her head to Yizhu and said, "I also blame Brother Xian for being absurd, but a piece of clothing, no matter how expensive it is, can't compare to human clothes. I want to help the maid in the house, but I don't think he is the treasure in Madam's heart, not to mention falling and scalding, and coughing twice on weekdays, Madam is still going to get angry, this time not only fell, but also burned, wait for him Your servant girl was not guilty of any major crimes, but she is also guilty."

Qin Yi said: "Brother Xian is still young, and when he grows up, he will know how to measure."

He smiled and asked again: "The Lantern Festival is coming, have you finished making the lanterns in the yard?"

Peiyu smiled and said, "It's been made early. Just wait for the lantern stand to be erected on the day of the Lantern Festival and the lanterns will be hung up."

Just as he was talking, Lanyue entered the room with a gift box, and said to Qin Yi with a smile: "The general's mansion sent a post and came here with a box of congratulatory gifts."

Qin Yi smiled gently, and only complained: "I only sent things here a year ago, why did you send them again? Uncle is not at home, and the second cousin is getting more and more foolish."

As he spoke, he took out the gift box, opened the box, took out a lacquer post, opened it and looked at it carefully for a while, then pondered for a while, then smiled and said to Peiyu: "Take the black one I brought back last month. Take out the box with lacquer inlaid bamboo and osmanthus pattern." Then he said to Yi Zhu, "You tell Shui Mo to get the carriage ready, I want to go out."

After thinking about it again, he said to Lanyue: "Go to the warehouse and get some clever things I ordered to make last time."

Lanyue nodded knowingly, and went straight away.Peiyu went to the back room to get things, and Yizhu went to the second gate to send someone to find someone to get them.

Qin Yi was thinking about what else he might have missed, when a little maid with a hanging bun and apricot red cotton gown came in with a cup of bird's nest, put it on the table next to Qin Yi, and went out again.

Qin Yi picked up the bird's nest and looked at it. It was a high-quality golden silk blood swallow. Although he didn't like it, he still reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls.Seeing Peiyu come back with the box, he said to Peiyu, "Who sent this bird's nest? How much is there?"

Peiyu said with a smile: "Master, I forgot, this was sent by the third master years ago, and a few coral trees were sent along with it. Not many were sent, but according to the rules, the hundreds of medicines in the small warehouse There are a lot of precious medicinal materials in the pavilion, if you want to use bird's nest, not to mention a lot, you can find high-grade ones in three or two catties."

Just as she was talking, a little maid's voice came from outside the door: "Second Grandma is here."

Peiyu hurriedly put the box away and drew up the curtain on the door. Not long after, the second wife came into the room with a few maids.

Seeing Qin Yi leaning on the couch, Fang smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that the eldest son is at home, so I came at the right time."

Qin Yi hurriedly got up and saluted, and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, sit down quickly." Then he ordered Peiyu, "Make tea soon." Peiyu took the order, and another second-class maid entered the room and served it refreshments.

The second wife found a seat at the bottom and sat down. Peiyu presented a pastel-painted gilded cover bowl to the second wife on a small tea tray, and said with a smile: "It's rare for the second wife to come here."

The second wife said with a smile: "It's so rare, I want to come here every day to beg for tea, I'm afraid you girl will think that I come too often."

Peiyu smiled and said, "I don't mind it, it's just a matter of adding too much water."

Qin Yi could only smile after hearing this.The second wife said with a smile: "What a clever girl, I always thought Lanyue was a sharp-edged one, but I don't think you are not easy."

Qin Yi glared at Peiyu, saw her bow her head and said nothing, then smiled and said: "It's my fault, I let their tempers mess around and spoiled them, please forgive me."

The second wife took a sip of tea, then waved her hands and said with a smile: "I like their temperament, it's no big deal." She put down the teacup, and smiled at Qin Yi: "I came here today to deliver something."

As he spoke, he asked the maids around him to bring up two boxes.He laughed and said: "Yesterday, the palace rewarded some materials for tribute. It is said that it is a feather satin, which is quite rare. The old lady was thinking about the brothers and sisters in the mansion, so she ordered me to send the materials to the courtyards. Coincidentally, I was about to come to the eldest son, so I brought it along with me."

Qin Yi thanked with a smile: "Please trouble sister-in-law." Peiyu stepped forward to take the box, and retreated with a smile.

The second wife Fang laughed again and said: "The things have been delivered, I won't bother the eldest son to study, I should go back too." After saying that, she got up and said goodbye.

The maid outside the door suddenly said: "Second Miss is here." As soon as the voice fell, Lanyue entered the room and opened the curtains. Feixue was wearing water-red gold and silver carved clothes and a white silk embroidered with orchids. Dressed in a snow-white moiré-trimmed fur cloak, she brought the maid into the room.

Seeing that the second wife and Qin Yi were both in the room, she hurriedly saluted, and then said with a sweet smile: "Sister Yaohua was still looking for the second sister-in-law just now? But I don't know that she is here with the elder brother."

The second wife said with a smile: "I was born to be a hard worker, and I can't even hide for a moment of leisure. That's all, I'll go there right away." After laughing, the second wife took the maidservant to go.

Seeing the second wife go away, Qin Yi smiled slightly and said, "It's freezing cold, why are you wearing such thin clothes? What if you get sick again?"

As he spoke, he called Lanyue to fetch a blue fox fur with beige peony pattern and shiny satin.He laughed and said, "This fox fur is lighter and warmer than that cloak."

Fei Xue only responded in a low voice, and her own maid took the clothes over.Fei Xue smiled softly, and thanked with a smile: "I made my brother worry." She said with a smile: "I came here today, but I borrowed something from my brother."

Qin Yi asked with a gentle smile: "Is it borrowing or not? Just take it if you like it."

Feixue covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Brother has always been generous, but I'm not greedy. I just borrowed a volume of "A Picture of Asking Questions in the Cold Mountain", and returned it after ten and a half months."

Qin Yi called Peiyu to fetch the paintings, but asked with a smile: "Sister Xue only likes to play the piano and chess, but when did she also like to paint with ink?"

Fei Xue smiled coquettishly, and said with a smile: "Everyone talks about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. If I only love piano and chess, it would be different." After chatting for a while, she took the painting and went.