Chapter 43 - detail
The second day was Shen Yuzhi’s birthday. To celebrate, the pantry brought a bowl of longevity noodles early in the morning. Bai Chu also got a bowl next to him. She joked and pushed her bowl in front of him. : “I don’t dare to fight with Shouxing Gong today, third brother, you have to eat all of these to be considered as a good sign of continuous longevity.”
In terms of nonsense, Shen Yuzhi was her opponent, and she was poured down two bowls of noodles without knowing it, and her stomach was full of pain. He looked at Bai Chuqiao’s smiling face, and all the depression in his heart dissipated, and he said helplessly: “My birthday, instead, let you make fun of me.”
Bai Chu just pretended not to hear it, waiting for Shen Yuzhi to rinse his mouth and clean his hands with a smile, “Are you going out this morning?”
“Yes,” Shen Yuzhi took the warm handkerchief and wiped his lips, “The Fourth Highness has sent a letter and invited me to go out for a chat.”
Because he just decided to hold a family banquet in the mansion, it would be difficult for others to participate, so Pei Qian simply wanted him to go out to the mansion to set up a table, and bring a few close friends who come and go daily to have a lively event.
Bai Chu heard some emotion: “His Royal Highness is approachable, not as cold and arrogant as he looks.”
“Indeed,” Shen Yuzhi nodded in agreement and smiled, “I entered the palace with His Royal Highness at the age of five to study literature and martial arts. Although the Fourth Highness is the most respected prince and looks at the majesty, he is actually the prince. The most kind and straightforward person.”
“Really?” Bai Chu was a little curious, “I heard that the third highness is outstanding in learning, gentle and elegant, and has the style of a sage?”
Shen Yuzhi’s brows wrinkled, it’s not easy to say what the princes are right or wrong, he just euphemistically said: “How dare outsiders speculate on the prince’s behavior privately? It’s just an imaginary scene, just listen to it.”
Bai Chu nodded meekly, sent him out of the Wutong Courtyard in person, and turned back to his room to read.
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Bai Chu is really not a very considerate and thoughtful daughter-in-law. If it were someone else, there would be no comparison between the sister-in-law, and she would have been eager to gain favor with the eldest princess every day. , to please the mother-in-law of extraordinary status, but also to increase the bargaining chip.
However, apart from the morning greetings every morning, as long as the eldest princess did not have someone to pass on her, Bai Chu would easily not set foot in the Chu Yu Pavilion. Compared with the former sister-in-law Xie, who always served the eldest princess before her death, Bai Chu was naturally inferior. It was far away, but probably no one asked her to meet the standards of Xie’s direct daughter, so Bai Chu nestled in his own small yard and enjoyed himself.
After having lunch, he took a nap again, then changed his clothes, combed his hair, dressed up and went to the old lady’s Hexiang Courtyard. As he approached, he could faintly hear a few strands of laughter coming from inside. When the light moved, he asked the little girl who was guarding the door softly, “Is it my mother here?”
“In the words of the third young lady, it is not the eldest princess, but the second lady and the three young ladies.”
There were no young ladies in the Shen residence, so there were only three girls brought by the Hu family.
Bai Chu glanced at her with a light smile. According to Hu Manrou’s identity, she should be called “Miss Biao”, which is comparable to Shen Fu and Shen Rong. I don’t know if the old lady flattered her too much, or if there was another deep meaning.
“Three young ladies are here!”
The maid at the door happily opened the curtain and closed it, Bai Chu smiled and walked in slowly, slightly blessed: “Chu Hua greets grandmother,” then turned to look at Hu, “I have seen Second Aunt.”
Hu Shi smiled kindly and raised his hand: “Get up quickly.”
Old Madam Shen sat in the first seat, leaning on Shen Fu and Shen Rong beside her, two beautiful and lovely girls who were almost identical raised their heads and gave her a smile: “Fu’er/ Rong’er has seen the third sister-in-law.”
I have to say, this picture is still very sweet.
The old lady smiled kindly at Bai Chu: “Chu Hua is here? Come and sit.”
Bai Chu Yiyan walked slowly to the seat next to the old lady and sat down. The person sitting opposite was Mrs Hu. Hu Manrou was sitting quietly beside her with her head lowered. From Bai Chu’s point of view, she could vaguely see her tight lip line.
“Grandmother always looks forward to having children and grandchildren under Chenghuan’s knees, and now it’s fulfilled.” Bai Chu said with a smile, “Speaking of which, second aunt, why don’t you see your cousin and cousin?”
Originally, the ranking of the younger brothers in the big family was generalized, but Shen Yuan and Shen Ming separated early, and the eldest princess probably did not want to let her son succumb to the lineage, so now they are together, the ranking is Some confusion.
Fortunately, for Shen Yuzhi, one happened to be a few years older than him, and the other was two years younger, so let’s just talk about cousins and cousins.
Hu Shi replied with a smile: “These two children admire Jingzhi, and they made a fuss to find him early. It’s a good thing that the old lady didn’t care about their rudeness and let them go.”
The old lady smiled lovingly: “Jingzhi has been cold and serious since he was a child. Even Yuzhi didn’t like to approach him when he was a child. It’s rare that your two boys are not afraid of him.”
“Where are you?” Hu Shi said softly, “Although Jingzhi speaks few words, he is very enthusiastic. Our family can go to Beijing safely, or rely on his hard work to take care of him along the way.”
Hu’s smile filled his round face, and he closed his eyes when he saw it. He also eloquently praised the old lady’s three grandsons back and forth, even Bai Chu didn’t let go. The old lady listened happily and treated her well. also getting closer.
After chatting like this for a while, the banquet in the front courtyard was ready. I heard that tonight’s protagonist, Shen Yuzhi, had also returned, the old lady immediately got up happily, under the support of Shen Furong and Shen Rong, she was happy. Go to the main courtyard.
Bai Chu deliberately kept a low profile, but fell behind. Hu Manrou gently supported Hu’s side with a gentle smile on her face, as usual, but she always felt that she was pretending to be worried and emotionally unstable.
Before she came over, did the old lady say something? Hu Manrou really isn’t like a demure person like you said.
Due to the arrival of the Shen Ming family, tonight’s family banquet was very lively. There were separate seats for men and women. The old lady, Shen Yuan, and the eldest princess had a separate seat and took the throne.
As the head of the family, Shen Yuan took the lead in getting up and raising a glass to give a speech, expressing his evaluation and expectations for Shen Yuzhi, and his words were concise and experienced.
Bai Chu followed the crowd with a smile and looked up, her thoughts had already flown out, listening to Xiao Ba in her mind telling her that today Shen Yuzhi received a letter from Bai Yinhua’s maidservant when he went out. He put it away subconsciously, and before he could decide whether to dispose of it or take a look at it, Pei Qian, who was emotionally sensitive, saw the flaw and forced Shen Yuzhi to take it out. out the window…
It frightened Shen Yuzhi, if anyone picked it up, there would be an accident. Pei Qian pulled him to sit down and said that as long as he didn’t lose his mind, this matter would not leak out.
Seeing this turbulent change in an instant, Bai Chu was a little disappointed. If Bai Yinhua still only had the means to spread the word, she would be too disappointed.
The family banquet was still going on. Against the backdrop of the Qing music in the courtyard, a large group of people in the house laughed and laughed, and they were very happy.
Bai Chu drank the wine in the cup, and suddenly felt that a gaze that could not be ignored fell on her, and he looked up unconsciously, and it was Shen Yongzhi.
The two were bumped into by Shen Jingzhi when they were talking before. Although it was clear sky and daylight, and they each had a maid and attendant by their side, it would not be called Guatian Lixia, but the distance was indeed a little too close. Seeing Shen Jingzhi’s dark face, he thought it would teach Shen Jingzhi a lesson. .
But seeing him greet her with a smile and a toast at this moment, his expression is elegant and calm, so frank that people can’t tell whether it is or not, Bai Chu is inevitably a little surprised, and turns a little interested, and blinks curiously, but he doesn’t. Saying more, he also raised a glass to toast him, but he didn’t drink it, so he put it directly on the table in front of him, and instead he casually picked a small bright yellow orange from the fruit plate on the side and peeled it.
Shen Yongzhi was stunned for a moment, shook his head and laughed, and resigned himself to drinking up the wine in his hand.
She seems to be like this forever, just makes you feel as if you have caught your hand, and before you have time to be happy, she instantly turns into a playful and agile colorful butterfly, gently causing a little itch in his palm, and then you can feel it. Leaping away without hesitation.
It’s not that I can’t catch it, it’s just that I can’t bear it.
“Ah!”
Suddenly there was a coquettish cry, Bai Chu Xunsheng looked at it, it turned out that Shen Fu was reckless for a while, suddenly got up and didn’t notice Hu Manrou next to her, she touched her arm, making the wine in the glass in her hand pour onto her dress, refreshing There is a dark water mark on the waist of the moving aqua blue skirt, which is really indecent.
Shen Fu felt a little guilty, and hurriedly wiped the handkerchief on her hand: “I’m sorry, cousin, I didn’t mean it.”
Sensing the movement here, Mrs Hu frowned and glared at Shen Fu with a reproachful look: “They’re all big girls, why are you acting so ignorant, just sit and sit, what are you doing when you stand up?”
This was also noticed by people who were a little further away. The men looked away politely. The eldest princess smiled and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Hu Shi hurriedly restrained the reproach on his face and showed an apologetic smile: “I’m so sorry to disturb the eldest princess, it’s all a naughty little girl who accidentally knocked over Manrou’s wine glass, it’s okay, let her go down and change it. Just get dressed.”
The eldest princess smiled warmly: “If that’s the case, let’s go, Nianxia, take Miss Hu to the wing to change clothes.”
“No need,” Hu Shi politely refused, “How dare you disturb the people around the eldest princess? It’s enough to let Rulan accompany her.” As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Manrou shyly got up and thanked her. The skirt was wrapped with a very thin layer of silk gauze on the brocade, and when it was soaked in wine, the water stain penetrated into it and turned into a wrinkled mass.
Seeing her blushing embarrassed look, I was afraid that I could dig a hole and bury it myself, but the eldest princess didn’t stop her.
Bai Chu finally drank the glass of wine, looked thoughtfully at Shen Fu, who was blamed by her mother for being extremely wronged, and sat back to her seat with a sullen mouth, while Shen Rong lowered her head and comforted softly beside her. she.