Xing Xiuyan's Life in the Red Mansion

After talking about the Jia family, Miaoyu put down her teacup, "How are you thinking?"

Xing Xiuyan glanced at her, "What are you in such a hurry for? I haven't figured it out yet!"

"It's not that I'm in a hurry. Someone asked me to ask you. Recently, the Envoy of Fannan came to the pilgrimage. He is responsible for protecting the safety of the imperial city. He is very busy. Otherwise, he would have asked by himself." Miaoyu smiled, " I heard that he is doing both. Your parents have no objections now, how about you? What excuses are you going to find?"

Xing Xiuyan bowed her head and remained silent.

Miaoyu looked at her deeply, "Xiuyan, you in my impression are not such a cowardly person! I remember the first time I saw you, you were only two years old, a thin and small person, just The two eyes are bigger, the road is unstable, and I am sweeping the fallen leaves with a broom taller than you. At that time, I saw your eyes for the first time, no embarrassment, no complaints, magnanimous, but Full of hope. It was your eyes that touched me. At that time, I was seriously ill and couldn’t remember the past, but my heart was full of resentment. But after seeing you, I felt that I was wrong for the first time. You Life is so embarrassing, but full of hope. Compared with you, I am too self-willed. That's why I was moved with compassion. Xiuyan, at that time, you had no tiles, but you were full of hope for life. But now, you have shrunk. Is it worse now than in the past? Where is your courage?"

Xing Xiuyan looked up at her, and said with a wry smile: "What good did he do to you? It's worth your speaking for him like this."

Miaoyu glanced at her and smiled, "He didn't say anything, but she didn't say anything. I also know that I have more confidence in this family when you are my sister-in-law. To tell you the truth, I may not be married. In this case, whoever is my sister-in-law has a lot to do with it. I naturally hope that that person is you. In fact, with my sister-in-law, you have more confidence. We two, this is a mutual win. "

Still so direct!Xing Xiuyan thought, "You have to give me some time!"

Seeing that her attitude was a little loose, Miaoyu continued, "As for your parents, you don't have to worry at all. If you are worried about living in the Hou's mansion, you will have some money in your family. If it is not enough, I will subsidize you. A house with a yard, let your parents move in, and find a few people to take care of it. It’s not enough. It’s so close, you can rest assured of each other.”

Xing Xiuyan smiled, "It's something that hasn't happened yet, you're thinking too far."

Seeing this, Miaoyu said, "Okay, I won't talk anymore. Let him tell you when he finishes his work."

Xing Xiuyan remembered what Miaoyu said, and she asked, "You said just now that you don't plan to marry, it's true or not, why do you think so? The eldest princess will not agree."

Miaoyu smiled, "At the banquet just now, I felt tired of seeing the hypocrisy of the wives pretending to be on good terms with each other even though they were clearly at odds. When I think of how I will become such a person in the future, surrounded by my in-laws and men The child hangs around, and I have to force myself to socialize for him. I feel annoyed when I think about it! After more than ten years of pure life, I can't imagine that I will live such a trivial life in the future. If that is the case, I would rather not marry for the rest of my life people."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Just now you still said me, but now, you, this is too pessimistic. I heard from the eldest princess that your mother was similar to you at the time. She liked poetry, calligraphy and painting, flowers and grass, and hated it the most. She is the director of the social and entertainment housekeeper, but your father tolerated her, and she lived a happy life after marriage! It's just four words of like-minded, you can also find a like-minded person."

Miaoyu laughed at herself, "You said yes, I was confused for a moment." Then she looked at Xing Xiuyan and smiled again, "Look at what we are talking about, if that Bao girl is present, I should say it again , my daughter’s family, how can you talk about such things as getting married, women’s morals are damaged! Cut, don’t look at herself, run to Yihong Courtyard every day, and don’t go back until the lights are turned off. Still have the face to talk about others."

Xing Xiuyan smiled, "If there are other people around, naturally I can't say it. However, from your voice, it seems that you have a lot of opinions on Miss Bao!"

Miaoyu snorted disdainfully, "Don't tell me you don't know what the second wife and Xue's family are up to. Ordinarily, it has nothing to do with me who is Bao's second grandma, but they shouldn't come to Changcui Temple because of Baoyu." He sat down and ran to me and said something. Pooh! I really thought that stinky stone was some kind of treasure! In the entire Jia family, only Miss Lin is good, others? Humph!"

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help laughing, "You have really good eyesight."

Miaoyu stood up, "I'm tired, I'll go back and rest first. You don't have to send it off, think about it carefully!" After speaking, she walked outside.

Although Miaoyu said not to send her off, Xing Xiuyan still sent her to the gate of Songbaiyuan, watched her go away, and then came back.

Murong Ling pouted and looked at Xing Xiuyan, Xing Xiuyan smiled, and touched Murong Ling's chubby face, "What's the matter, Ling'er, why are you so angry?"

Murong Ling folded his hands on his chest and snorted, "Sister, I don't like Auntie anymore!"

"What's the matter? Why don't you like aunt again?" Xing Xiuyan asked curiously.

"She laughed at me!" Murong Ling was very indignant, "I'm still a child, how can she laugh at me just because she is older than me and has read more books! Hmph, maybe when I grow up, I will know more than she does. How much!"

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help laughing, Murong Ling was even more indignant, "Sister!"

"Okay, okay, my sister stopped laughing." Xing Xiuyan hurriedly held back her laughter, squatted beside Murong Ling, took Murong Ling's hand and said, "Sister knows, our Ling'er is still young and doesn't know many words, your Aunt Yanran It's wrong to make fun of you. But Ling'er, don't be angry, we will study hard in the future and strive to know more characters, and one day, Ling'er will definitely surpass your Aunt Yanran."

Murong Ling nodded, "I will definitely."

Xing Xiuyan smiled, "Master Hou has been busy these days, but he asked me before when he could send you into the palace, saying that your elder brother Li is waiting for you. Tell me about your study in the palace. The gentlemen in the palace are all knowledgeable and insightful people. Linger will definitely learn a lot of knowledge by following them. Okay?"

Murong Ling nodded excitedly, "Okay! I'm going!" Then he took Xing Xiuyan's hand, "Sister, you will stay with me!"

"Yes, my sister is with you."

After a few days, the house and the outside were calm, and suddenly one day, Miaoyu came over and brought a surprising news, "What, you said that sister Lin is engaged?" Xing Xiuyan said in surprise.

"Yes, the eldest princess told me. The other party is the youngest son of Kong Weixian, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. He is seventeen years old and four years older than Miss Lin. He was born in Juren, and now he is editing books in the Imperial Academy. It is said that he is a nerd who is not popular. The most important thing is that the Kong family has a family rule that no concubine can be accepted until 40 years old. The eldest princess and I both think this marriage is very good." Miaoyu said, "The two have similar family backgrounds, and Kong Weixian's wife has a title. The daughter of the clan, she must be the county monarch! She only had this youngest son when she was [-] years old, and the first three elder brothers supported the family. The youngest child liked reading, poetry, calligraphy and painting since childhood. Miss Lin's temperament is not suitable for her. I think it's good that two people have a common language, such as clan wife and family wife."

Xing Xiuyan nodded, this is indeed a very suitable marriage for Sister Lin, it's hard for Mother Jia, where can I find such a good candidate.

"It is said that the Kong family proposed marriage first. Kong Weixian and Ms. Lin's father have a close personal relationship. They have been paying attention to Ms. Lin for a long time, but they didn't want to get involved with such nobles as the Jia family, so they didn't express it directly. This time, the elders of the Jia family The wife got some rumors and said that she wanted to choose a husband for Miss Lin. Mr. Kong immediately asked the official media to come to propose marriage. The two families have officially exchanged Geng invitations, and they will get married on the twelfth day of February next year, Miss Lin's birthday." Miaoyu said.

"So fast? Sister Lin will only be fourteen next year!" Xing Xiuyan was a little surprised.

"Miss Lin is fourteen, but the other party will be eighteen next year. If it wasn't for Miss Lin growing up, people wouldn't be wasting their time today. At seventeen, they don't even have a maid by their side." Miao Yu laughed.

"Really? That's not bad." Xing Xiuyan felt relieved when she heard that the other party didn't even have a maid by her side.

Miaoyu smiled, "I heard from the eldest princess that when he was 16 years old, Mrs. Kong originally planned to pick two maids for him to serve, but before Master Kong got angry, he returned them himself, despising those two maids." The servant girl is superficial, and she said that it is not in accordance with etiquette to accept a house before marrying a wife, and it is also a disrespect for the first wife. I never mentioned this matter again afterward."

"This man is quite interesting." Xing Xiuyan smiled, "If that's the case, shouldn't the second girl and Baoyu's marriage be arranged? Can't the younger sister get married before the elder brother and elder sister?"

"Second Miss Lian has been worrying about her marriage. As for Second Master Bao, there should be news in the past few days. I guess it should be Miss Bao! After all, the theory of gold and jade has been circulating for a long time." Miao Yu laughed.

Xing Xiuyan nodded, "Sit down first, I have to think about what to give to congratulate Sister Lin."

Miaoyu asked: "I'll ask Lue to send some things over later, I'm not convenient to show up, so you can give it to her for me! At least we got to know each other."

Xing Xiuyan nodded. Sister Lin is engaged, so she must go there in person and tell her what she knows so that she can rest assured.After all, these days, blind marriages are common. Some people meet for the first time when they are in the bridal chamber.She didn't want sister Lin to do the same.At the very least, you have to know the temperament of the other party. In this case, it will be easy to get along after marriage!