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On the sixth day of the April 1st, Emperor Mingde ordered Gu Heng as Tanhualang, and at the subsequent Qionglin banquet, he gave Gu Heng a marriage with Princess Yongfu Meng Xianxian.
Gu Heng was admitted to the imperial examination together and immediately became a person envied by everyone in the capital. He was the noble and high-ranking officials. Because of Princess Shou'an, they also walked with Gu Heng. If there was a banquet at home, they would remember to send him a post.
"Dad, is Tanhualang very beautiful?" Chu Qing returned from the banquet. Chu Man asked curiously, "I remember the plays are all said that Tanhualang is more beautiful than Pan An."
The eleven-year-old daughter is thinking about this kind of thing. Chu Qing looked at the eldest daughter who is more and more like a big girl and sneered: "No matter how good you look, can you still be as good as your father? Don't listen to those actors singing, it's just a normal appearance. You don't have to worry. When you grow up, your father will choose a good man for you."
Chu Man blushed shyly.
Hanzhu also lowered her head slightly. Now Chu Qing was just talking casually. When it was serious, she said that she couldn't let go of her younger brother and wanted to stay at home for a few more years. With Chu Qing's attitude towards her at this time, she should not force her to get married.
"What is the Ruyi Langjun?" Ah Xun couldn't understand and asked his father foolishly.
Chu Qing smiled and pinched his nose, "It's your brother-in-law. In a few years, the sisters will be married. Move to your brother-in-law's house and they will be separated sooner or later. A Xun will move to the front yard to live with his father now? Dad will be your company."
"I don't!" Ah Xun heard this too much and stopped crying. He climbed down from his father's legs with his little face tense, threw himself into Hanzhu's arms, turned his head to look at Chu Qing, "Sister is married, so I will go with my sister and live at my brother-in-law's house!"
With confidence.
Chu Qing laughed loudly.
Hanzhu blushed and scolded her younger brother in a delicate voice: "Don't talk nonsense anymore." She couldn't help but glance at Chu Qing with complaint. She didn't teach her son to call her brother-in-law in front of her unmarried daughter.
With anger and resentment at this glance, Chu Qing was so shocked that she was staring.
The eldest daughter has never acted coquettishly with him, not before or after the accident. The daughter forgot and no longer hated him, but the blood relationship between the father and daughter seems to have faded. No matter how he compensates her, her daughter will be polite and polite, not angry with him, nor intimate with him.
Today is the first time my daughter has not "respected" him as her father.
Chu Qing was happy and sad, afraid that his daughter would see it, so he lowered his head to coax his son: "A Xun listened to his sister, and he was not allowed to call him brother-in-law again. Brother-in-law is all bad guys, and he is robbing us of his sister. Who will come to his sister in the future? A Xun wants to drive them away, do you know?"
"You..." Hanzhu couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up from the chair with a blushing face and walked quickly.
"Sister, wait for me!" Ah Xun quickly left his father and chased after him.
Chu Qing laughed constantly and looked at her children with a gentle expression. There was no day that was happier than today in the past two years.
Chu Man looked at him resentfully, and lowered her head when her father looked over.
Chu Qing was about to go to Mu. Yu, and waved his hand and said, "Manman should go back too, Daddy has something to do."
Chu Man said softly and left dejectedly.
Looking at the lonely back of his little daughter, Chu Qing frowned.
Wanyun looked at his expression in secret, and followed Chu Qing to the side room and whispered: "Mr. Marquis, the new clothes prepared for the eldest girl in the embroidery room are ready. Should I send them directly, or take them over to the marquis to see first?" Logically speaking, the eldest girl is the housekeeper, and the embroidery room is also under the control of the eldest girl, but when doing clothes, the marquis is afraid that the eldest girl will not be willing to dress up, so he gave instructions in advance and hide it from the eldest girl first to give her a surprise.
Chu Qing thought for a while, "Take it over and show it to me first."
Wanyun behavedly, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to wipe his back.
Chu Qing had something to do in her heart, but she didn't use her. After sending her down, she leaned on the bathtub and thought about it.
He knew why his youngest daughter was depressed recently, but she felt wronged when she saw that he loved her sister more and more.
They are all flesh and blood, and Chu Qing cannot bear to let any daughter suffer from grievances. Therefore, except when the eldest daughter first returned home, he treated the two sisters almost equally and did not obviously favor anyone. However, from the past two years to today, the younger daughter still felt wronged. Chu Qing finally realized that he was wronged. There is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate wife, and he treated her equally. The eldest daughter who should have been wronged, but the younger daughter who should have been wronged has not been complained, but the younger daughter who should have not been complained about was sour.
Why is it sour? Isn’t he too spoiled her in the past?
What we are fighting for now is the love of our father. When the daughters grow up and talk about marriage, will the younger daughter continue to compete with the legitimate sister? No matter how confident Chu Qing is, there will be someone who will fight to marry his concubine. He also knows that the younger daughter's marriage will definitely be much worse than the legitimate sister. So instead of letting the younger daughter be confused day by day, it is better to let her know the difference between legitimate sister and illegitimate sister early.
So this time, the younger daughter followed the old rules, and the eldest daughter ordered people to make more sets.
The next morning, the embroidery room delivered a long summer skirt to the Lotus Courtyard.
All are the best silks, all of which are the most beautiful colors that cardamom girls like the most. In addition to the bright red, the cherry red, peach red, crabapple red, pomegranate red, which is eye-catching and pink, and there are many other plain colors. The fabric is soft and smooth. The hand gently brushes over it, like running water, the sun shines over, and there is a halo flowing.
Hanzhu was crazy about clothes for the first time.
The clothes were hung on the hanger, and A Xun followed his sister. The fat little hand touched and touched the east and west curiously. He touched a butterfly. A Xun liked it very much, pulled his sister's sleeve and shouted excitedly: "Sister wearing this piece, butterfly looks good!"
It was a big red double-breasted pants embroidered with hundreds of butterflies wearing flowers.
The bright red ones, Hanzhu rarely wears them when she is not filial, not to mention that Chu Han’s biological mother’s filial piety period has passed and her father’s filial piety has not yet. Due to the situation, Hanzhu cannot be filial piety seriously, but she still...
"Sister wears it for me!" Ah Xun hugged his sister, twisted his body and acted coquettishly, "Sister looks good in clothes, and looks better than the second and third sisters!"
Hanzhu has a headache, why is this child so harsh?
Si Xi smiled and advised, "Girl, put it on, take a look, this is also the Marquis' wish."
"Well, Daddy's wish!" Someone asked for help, and A Xun was more happy and kept urging his sister.
Hanzhu had no choice but to drive him out, "Sister changes clothes, A Xun goes outside and waits."
"Then you change it quickly!" Ah Xun ran out with short legs.
Hanzhu took Ruyi Sixi to the back of the screen.
Just after the change, Chu Qiang coaxed A Xun came from outside. Hanzhu looked at herself in the mirror of dressing, and was inexplicably embarrassed and anxious to change back. Ruyi ran away with the changed clothes first. Sixi even hugged Hanzhu's arm and coaxed her, "Girl, don't be embarrassed. Girl is so beautiful, so you should dress like this!"
Hanzhu was so angry that she hated her: "You don't listen to me!"
Si Xi pretended to be afraid, let go of her hand and gently slapped her face, and laughed, "I am disobedient and willing to be punished."
Hanzhu was angry and laughed, afraid that Chu Qiang would be anxious to wait, so he sorted out his clothes and went out to greet the guests.
Chu Qiang squatted on the ground to show A Xun the peony flowers she picked. When she heard the movement, she turned her head and looked at it. She was stunned. After being amazed, she pushed the peony flowers to A Xun. She quickly walked to Hanzhu, held her arm and said, "Sister is so beautiful, I don't know how to praise me."
After the Chinese New Year, the cousin, who was only a few months older than her, had a slim figure, and was much taller than her, with a thin waist and a bulging chest, and her cheeks became plump. She looked thin, but she was less sad when she first recovered from a serious illness and more generous. No wonder the old lady always praised her cousin for being blessed.
Such a beauty is both liked by men and loved by elders.
Hanzhu was so uncomfortable that she was praised by her. She looked at Ah Xun and said, "I just sent my clothes to the embroidery room. I'll try putting them on first. Now I'll change them back."
"No change!" Ah Xun threw the peony flowers and ran over to hug her sister's thighs, with her little head pressed against her, "Sister is beautiful, I want my sister to wear this!"
"Why do you care about everything? What do you care about me?" Hanzhu pointed at the boy's brain and decided not to continue spoiling the little guy, so as not to become more domineering.
Axun ignored her and did not let go as if he was holding the baby.
Chu Qiang liked his cousin very much, touched his head, and smiled and invited Hanzhu: "The peonies in the garden are blooming. I came here to invite my sister to go to enjoy the flowers. My sister will follow me now. If you make new clothes and don't wear them, wouldn't you waste this good material?" He also wasted this good look?
Despite Hanzhu's opposition, he and Axun led Hanzhu out of the Lotus Courtyard.
The two sisters held A Xun, who was satisfied, and admired the peonies together.
It was probably because the weather was good, and everyone wanted to enjoy the flowers. After a while, Chu Rong and Chu Man also arrived one after another. They were all their sisters, so they naturally got together. When they were tired of enjoying the food, they went to sit in the pavilion not far away. There were five stone benches on the side, which were just divided.
Ah Xun's forehead was sweating, and Hanzhu took out a handkerchief to help him wipe it.
"Sister is sweating too." Ah Xun looked at his sister with big black eyes, raised his hand and nodded his forehead.
Hanzhu smiled and wiped herself.
Chu Rong, who was sitting opposite her, sucked gently and said in surprise: "What does it smell so fragrant?"
Chu Qiang also smelled it, sniffed it, moved his head to Hanzhu, and said, "It's from the eldest sister."
She is not very passionate about spices, but the third girl Chu Rong is the best dress and is very good at jewelry and spices. When she meets a fragrance that she has never smelled before, Chu Rong is very fresh and asks Hanzhu with a smile: "What fragrance does the eldest sister use? It smells so good." Now she is not far away and close to Hanzhu, and she still chats when sitting together. They are all girls' homes, and they are the ones that they say the most, so it is not rude to ask this.
Hanzhu smiled and said, "Yuehua Xiang is matched by Ruyi. I like it very much and I have always used it."
"Yuehuaxiang," Chu Rong murmured, "I haven't heard of it..."
Hanzhu looked at Ruyi who was serving behind her.
Ruyi lowered her head and said, "Go back to the third girl, this is the ancestral prescription from my grandmother's house. It is only passed down to my daughter, and it should not be sold outside."
Chu Rong wanted to ask for the prescription, but when she heard that it was inherited from her ancestors, she gave up and praised Ruyi for a few words, and talked about the other party.
Chu Man sat on the other side of Hanzhu. When the three sisters spoke, she listened quietly, but her mind was on the other side.
That night, the family gathered in the room and had to chat about family matters before the meal. Chu Man looked at her father, suddenly turned to Hanzhu, and said timidly: "Sister, I like the Yuehuaxiang you mentioned in the morning, too. Can you give me a box?"
A pair of peach blossom eyes that look very much like Aunt Xia, full of expectations.
Chapter completed!