Chapter 17 Situation (above)

　　Chun Yao's eyes flickered and looked at Miss Six's house, Rong Hua also looked over, at this moment Miss Eight's house door was tightly closed, a look of refusal. Fourth Aunt's maid Zhi Hua also did not know where she had quietly gone, the house suddenly became extremely quiet except after that sound just now. 　　Such a way of covering up one's ears. 　　Rong Hua couldn't help but smile. 　　Xiangqiao nervously squeezes her hand tightly, but fortunately, the eighth young miss has a gentle smile, "Since this is the case, then I won't disturb sixth sister's rest." 　　Xiang Qiao hurriedly saw her off. 　　Rong Hua and Chun Yao came out of the Sixth Miss's courtyard and went directly to the First Mistress's room. 　　The First Mistress was sitting and talking with Mother Chen, and Deaconess Cui's family was also sitting on a brocade stool drinking tea, when she saw Rong Hua come in, Deaconess Cui's family busily got up and blessed her body, saying, "How are you, Miss Eighth." 　　Ronghua bowed to the First Mistress, and returned to Deaconess Cui's family and Mother Chen, "I traced the pattern, and will bring it to mother to see." 　　The First Mistress smiled, "Have you shown it to your sixth sister?" 　　Ronghua's face changed slightly, she just obediently said, "Not yet." And there were no more words. 　　The First Mistress glanced at Chun Yao, who also had an odd look in her eyes, the First Mistress seemed to have gotten the answer she wanted after a little contemplation. 　　Chun Yao took the pattern over, the First Mistress looked at it one by one, and immediately praised it, "I always said that Chun Yao this girl is hard to find, but I didn't realize that our Eighth Miss is even more extraordinary, look at how beautiful this pattern is, not to mention embroidered down." 　　Chen mother and Cui deacon busy went up to see, also all praise, "really good, the famous embroidery bank in the capital is also difficult to find such a pattern out." 　　The First Mistress smiled and said, "If you do it according to this pattern, the relatives will all like it. I don't think there is a need to pick, do something with all these looks," said picking out two from inside, "These two looks alone will make two purses, the colors should be a bit more festive." 　　Ronghua respectfully answered and took the patterns over. 　　The two looks picked out by the First Mistress look like a pair together. 　　Dong Rui brought tea up, Rong Hua sat on the chair next to the First Mistress and drank tea. 　　A few people talked for a while, the first wife talked about the daughter born to the brother of Deaconess Cui's family, Ronghua gently blew away a tender green leaf in the tea bowl. 　　The first wife of the family has always been strict, Cui deacon's family is the first wife of the mother's family born slave, Cui deacon's brother was not used by the first wife's mother's family whisked out of the house, these years rely on Cui deacon's family to feed, according to theory, Cui deacon's family niece should be followed by the Cui deacon's family to come into the Tao House is right. 　　"To be able to go in and serve in a house like the Marquis' is also a blessing for her." 　　Rong Hua could not help but be surprised that there was no hint of blame in the First Mistress' words. 　　Deaconess Cui's family is thankful, "Mistress said so, how can I be good." 　　First Mistress said, "When she has time to come back, you bring her in and I'll take a look." 　　Deaconess Cui's family hurriedly said yes. 　　It is rare for the First Mistress to be so magnanimous. 　　After drinking two cups of tea, Rong Hua, Chun Yao and Deaconess Cui's family retreated together. 　　After the people left, the First Mistress asked Chen Mama, "What exactly is going on with Sixth Miss?" 　　Mrs. Chen said, "Tinglan in Miss Sixth's house said that Aunt Fourth went away early this morning, and Miss Six is losing her temper with her aunt. Yesterday, Miss Six hit a snub and naturally blamed the Fourth Aunt, so isn't this just what Mrs. wants? I'm afraid Miss Six won't listen to Auntie Four again." 　　The First Mistress said, "That may not be the case, after all, it crawled out of her belly." Speaking of this, the First Mistress' eyes added a point of disgust, "Rhenhua is even so unpressurized, the meekness, tolerance, and virtuousness of a lady of the house, she does not have any of them, I have taken the trouble to cultivate her all these years, but she is not allowed to use it at the critical moment." 　　Chen mother sighed, "You can't help it, the other young ladies are either born stupid, or they don't have outstanding appearance, or they are born timid and afraid of things, only the sixth young lady is still considered good." 　　The First Mistress said, "If Master had let go of my control over the affairs of the house long ago, it wouldn't have been such a situation. That dead Ronghua, if it had been given to me earlier, it might have come in handy." 　　The Eldest Mistress' gaze flickered, "It looks like the Eighth Miss should have been to the Sixth Miss. Find Chun Yao sometime and ask for clarification." 　　Mother Chen said, "Yes." 　　The First Mistress thought for a moment, "Didn't Chun Yao say that the Eighth Miss believes in Buddhism? You go and bring the Buddhist scriptures that I often read to the eighth miss." 　　Mother Chen went and brought out the Buddhist scriptures. 　　The First Mistress added, "You've read a lot of scriptures after me over the years, so you'll personally deliver this scripture." 　　Mugun and a few maids sat idly in the garden as they all talked in the sun. 　　Mu Geun to the eighth miss here, although the monthly routine is still the third-class maid's, but the subordinate pile has already seen that she will have a good future sooner or later, the previous reluctant to talk to her maids, no longer ostracize her, but also with her to say together. 　　A few people gossiped about something else, Mugun suddenly remembered, "The old lady is going to have a big birthday, right? The mansion will be bustling in a few days." 　　A maid said, "Yes, it's the winter solstice, not to mention the winter festival, the old lady's birthday is on those days." 　　"The third master renewed, the old lady and the wife only took the side of the maid to go, the third wife how we are not allowed to see, this time is finally going to see." 　　"Yes, I also heard ...... that." 　　"What do you guys know? This new third wife of our ah actually ......" Speaking is the Tao House of domesticated maids, her brother in the third house side as a messenger, a few days ago her sister-in-law also piggybacked some things to her, think her words are credible. 　　Mugun hurriedly listened carefully to the past. 　　Mugen returned to the eight miss house, opened the curtain to hear mother Chen and eight miss talk, eight miss is probably talking about some of the content of the Buddhist scriptures, some complicated Buddhist language she can not understand, not to mention can not understand, just think eight miss is very patient, mother Chen asked on the one side, eight miss on the other side of the explanation. 　　After a good half day, Miss eight face did not look impatient, but it is Chen mother feel embarrassed, "Look at me, net to find things for the lady, just Mrs. sent me to send the sutra over, I even nagging endless, Mrs. right, read the sutra really is to be patient." 　　"I see ah eighth miss is a good natured person." 　　Ronghua smiled shyly, "I also look at it when I'm not doing anything, when mom Chen asked me, I dared to talk nonsense, usually when I'm not doing anything at home, I also copy Buddhist scriptures." 　　Chen mother was immediately delighted, "Mrs. let me take the sutra over, is to trouble Miss copy a few times, see will be the old lady's birthday, Mrs. is want to let the clan's young ladies copy a hundred times, in order to show filial piety, said took out a small yellow silk bag, open inside is a security life extension sutra and a few pieces of buddhist yellow silver rice paper. This first copy is naturally to be written by the young lady of our house, Mrs. said, looking at the eighth young lady is a blessed one, let me send it with the eighth young lady, who knows that coincidentally, the eighth young lady was copied before." 　　Ronghua receives the scripture with both hands, "Mother trusts me, I naturally do my best, besides I should do my filial piety in front of the old madam." 　　Mother Chen was all smiles, "Yes." After a couple more sentences of small talk, she resigned. 　　As soon as mom Chen left, Mugen was happy to come over, "In the past, this kind of face exposure, the first wife was given to the sixth young lady, it can be seen that now the first wife already has a young lady in her heart, wait until the old lady's birthday, the first credit is the young lady, and when the young lady formally meets with the old lady in front of her, the genealogy should naturally fall on the young lady's name." 　　Obtain the trust of the first wife, genealogy and then write the name, these are beneficial to her in the future, just want to marry well, there are still those rituals constraints, "the house of innocence and five do not marry." 　　Hibiscus stared wide-eyed, "Miss said?" 　　"Bereaved women's eldest daughters don't marry, and there are no teaching constraints." 　　Hearing Ronghua say this, Mugen's face couldn't help but be clouded with worry again, "Miss, what should we do then?" 　　Rong Hua smiles slightly and digresses, "How's the matter that I asked you to go and poke around?" 　　Mugun glanced outside, before she dared to quietly tell Ronghua the news she had poked around, "This third wife newly renewed by the third master, her father is a fellow scholar, and is currently the Squire of the Hanlin Academy." 　　Ronghua nodded, such a marriage is also considered a good match. 　　"It's just that, I also heard them say that the Third Mistress is already twenty eight this year." 　　Rong Hua couldn't help but be shocked, "What?" 　　Twenty-eight years old and never been matched before, examples, although there are some, are few and far between. 　　Most of these older women were betrothed, and some were even widows who had married and died of their husbands. If this was the case, how could father not agree? 　　Simply say that at the age of twenty eight years old to marry the third uncle as the main house ...... third wife father, although the same jinshi origin, but only from the fifth rank of the Hanlin Academy service lectures, and there is nothing that can make the Tao family lower the price of the marriage to ask for marriage. 　　The Liao family in Kyoto. Rong Hua's gaze flickered, could it be, the Liao family who had made a mark when the late Emperor Gao Zong succeeded to the throne. 　　"Five children that girl brother is in the third house there as an errand boy, her sister-in-law came to see her some time ago, chewed some tongue, said that the third wife is also from a family of officials and eunuchs, just this branch of her family is not very prosperous just, there is no one of her relatives is not developed, alone the third wife's eldest uncle, that is the fourth rank of the Zuo collar, there is a daughter married to the Duke of Anguo. " 　　"An Guo Gong is now gone, the sons of the Third Mistress's uncles and sisters inherited the title." 　　Rong Hua's heart stirred. 　　"Do you know which Duke or Marquis?" 　　Mugun nodded, "Fifth child said, it's Marquis Wumu." 　　Rong Hua was instantly stunned. Marquis Wumu, it was Marquis Wumu that Rhenghua had mentioned in front of her, Marquis Wumu's main wife had died before she had passed away, could it be that the one the First Mistress was plotting against was Marquis Wumu's main wife? Although Zhao Xuanhuan was the eldest son of Marquis Yi Cheng, he hadn't inherited the title yet. Marquis Wu Mu was a nobleman who had already inherited the title. 　　The First Mistress only had two full-born daughters. 　　The eldest daughter married into the Yi Cheng Marquis, but unfortunately the eldest daughter Shuhua has become a pawn in the hands of the marquis's wife over the years, and has not helped the family much, the first wife is bound to not put all her expectations on Shuhua, she wants to find another way out, and there is only the second daughter Yaohua by her side. 　　If the Marquis Wu Mu is really like the rumors, can the First Mistress be willing to marry the frail Yaohua to the Marquis Wu Mu? Even if the First Mistress is willing to do so, after the previous example, Marquis Wu Mu will not want a frail wife to avoid repeating the same mistake. 　　Then the First Mistress can only choose a concubine's daughter in the house to marry. 　　But how could a concubine's status be high enough to reach the Marquis' House? Even if the Marquis Wumu Mansion had that kind of reputation outside, there would have to be an argument in that. 　　Unless it is credited to the First Mistress, in the capacity of the daughter of the main family ......