Xicheng Gonghou Street, in the capital is known far and near, the street as its name, live in this street a total of only so five or six, but accounted for the entire miles of the street, these three or five are the capital’s famous Gonghou family, the most famous than the Duke of Wei House, Duke of Kaikuo House, as well as Marquis of Linyuai House, Marquis of Dingyuan House, Marquis of Lingbi House.
After the Tumu Fort change, the nobles in the court of the right to speak a lot less, in order to change the unfavourable position, these princes of the family in addition to the change from the military to take the route of the civil officials, each other also strengthened the marriage to expand the influence of the public marquis of the street of the princes of the existence of relatives, a variety of relationships intertwined, the overall effect is not bad, and the status of the current position is still the existence of the general population is still beyond the reach of the existence of the public marquis of Linhuai Houfu, the public marquis of the street.
Marquis street Linhuai marquis house, these days are more lively, because the marquis of the old lady’s birthday is coming, the marquis house are busy preparing for the old lady’s birthday.Of course, the busy main force is the subordinates, the masters are still all sorts of relaxed and easy, for example, Second Master Li is now busy making a man and making games on a certain maid.
In Marquis Linhuai’s Peony Lounge, several flowery young ladies were laughing and chatting under the service of their maids.The several young ladies were also around the age of thirteen or fifteen, about to leave the pavilion, and at this time were gathering together to giggle.
“Giggling I heard that Third Uncle’s family’s fifth sister is coming today.”
“I don’t know what the third uncle thought, for a wild woman to go to the foot of the mountain to eat grey.”
“Third sister, watch your step, what wild woman, that’s third aunt.”
“Second sister, she counts what third aunt, the old grandmother has not recognised, our family has not been hired, but the third uncle to her is really good, but it is a pity that her fortune is thin, early to go.”
“Fifth sister is coming today, then I will pack a box of my jewellery that I eliminated last year later and give it to fifth sister as a gift.”
“I think you’d better keep it to reward people, fifth sister is a high-minded one.”
“I think sixth sister is right.Third uncle’s fifth sister, but a countryside, see the sixth sister’s gift, can not be happy as what.”
“I’ve heard that.The fifth sister was betrothed to a poor boy in the countryside.”
“Really fake, cluck high-minded and proud of the fifth sister actually want to marry a bumpkin, laughing dead, is my side of the maid will be assigned to the government office small officials it, the fifth sister even cluck”.
“It’s not true.The old grandmother was angry it, great aunt had a hard time to help the fifth sister to find a good family, that is the wife of the State Duke’s family son, kindly said with the third uncle, but how to know that not a few days on the word of the fifth sister was promised to a countryside bumpkin, but to teach the great aunt in the State Duke’s wife in front of the good face, even the old grandmother was angry two days did not eat the next meal it.”
“Gosh, fifth sister’s husband is a bumpkin.”
Several young ladies chattered and joked, talking about the fifth sister in their mouths about are smiling, just smile with contempt.While laughing and joking a little maid came in from the second door and reported back to the ladies that the carriage of the third master’s family had already arrived at Gonghou Street.
“Speak of the devil and he arrives.Fifth sister’s arrival is really coincidental, we’re just talking about it and she’s here, come on, let’s go to the door and take a look.”
“What’s there to see in the countryside.”
“Third sister, how can you say that, we are all sisters.It’s not easy for fifth sister to come all the way from the countryside, let’s welcome her.”
“I want to go too, I haven’t seen fifth sister for years.”
“Let’s go, maybe.Fifth Sister’s promised bumpkin is also following her, I haven’t seen what the bumpkin looks like yet.”
Several young ladies spoke for a few moments and then reached an agreement, surrounded by old maids and maids along the copious corridor, past the hanging flower gate.To the gate and go.
Public Marquis Street, slowly came a number of large carriages, carriages followed by more than ten healthy servants before and after, the old maids and maids also have a lot of, are very disciplined to follow the carriages left and right, do not look askance as the carriages move forward.
When they were about to arrive at Gonghou Street.Li Shu drove Zhu Pingan to another carriage, this was also to avoid suspicion, in Daming men and women are not related, even though Li Shu and Zhu Pingan were already engaged, they still had to avoid suspicion.Even though Li Shu and Zhu Pingan were already engaged, it was still necessary to avoid suspicion. If a man and a woman shared a carriage, it would be gossiped about, so Li Shu drove Zhu Pingan to another carriage.
After Zhu Pingan changed carriages, it didn’t take long before he felt the carriage stop, and the people in front of him were noisy.
“Auntie, we’re here, get off.”A boy’s report came from outside the carriage.
“Good.”
Zhu Pingan answered and lifted the carriage door, arching his body to get off the carriage.Just after getting off the carriage, he saw the massive Marquis Linhuai Mansion.
Looking at the Marquis Linhuai Mansion in front of him, for a moment, Zhu Pingan this really didn’t know what a troglodyte was, the Marquis Linhuai Mansion in front of him was huge in scale and extraordinary in its grandeur.Of course, just now saw the Duke of Wei’s Mansion and so on are also the same scale of grandeur.
Marquis Street is about three metres wide, very wide, the street is also very straight, even the eight-carried sedan chair can effortlessly traverse this street.However, compared to the Linhuai Marquis Mansion, this street was dwarfed, if the Linhuai Marquis Mansion was a boa constrictor, then this Public Marquis Street was nothing more than an earthworm.
Marquis Linhuai Mansion is located on Gonghou Street, and in terms of appearance alone, Marquis Linhuai Mansion stands out as a big character.In front of the main gate, there were two one-person-high stone lions with realistic and lifelike images.Above the main gate of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion, there was also a plaque that read “Linhuai Marquis Mansion” in four big, hot gold letters.
Soon after the carriage stopped, the Marquis Linhuai Mansion opened its door, but it was not the main door, but the east and west side doors next to the main door.
The side door opened greatly, from inside came out several gorgeously dressed women, the leader was a woman in her twenties, behind her were some small maids in more uniform clothes.
“This is the Fifth Miss, isn’t it, but what a beautiful person, looking at the slave girl is heartwarming.Slave servant greets the fifth young miss.I am the old madam’s side of the big maid Zijuan, the old madam only ate wine to sleep, before going to bed ordered slave girl to come to pick up the fifth miss.The courtyard where the Third Master originally lived is all packed up, things have all just been purchased, just waiting for the Fifth Miss to come.”
That leading woman claimed to be the old madam’s side’s eldest maid, Zi Juan, her face full of smiles as she curtsied in front of Li Shu to greet her.
“To be so unfortunate, Shu’er had thought of going to greet grandmother her old man first.”Li Shu made a look of pity and sighed with her small cherry mouth.
“Miss travelled all the way and still misses the old madam, it is truly sincere and filial, it is just that the old madam has already fallen asleep, when the old madam wakes up, the slave girl will surely convey miss’s filial piety to the old madam.”
That maid called Zi Cuckoo was very good at talking, her simple pleasantries were all very comfortable to listen to.
