Chapter 64 Sister-in-law
In my memory, my beautiful cousin liked to play tricks of trying to get when she was young. She obviously envied everything about the Xu family the most, but every time she was together, she had to look disdainful. She was moody at a young age, and when she was a child, she ate this one the most. No matter what delicious or fun the cousin liked, she would quickly serve it with her hands.
Of course, this is Xu Hao in the past, but now he just treats Xiao Yuying as a beauty and a cousin who likes to be scheming.
My cousin Xiao Yushi has been living at home for some time and has never set foot in the bamboo garden. When Xiao Yuying arrives, she urges her sister to come and visit her, but instead she looks reluctant to be pulled.
Xu Hao's bamboo garden focuses on the word "natural" and does not have too much luxury decoration. It is completely a house built with natural materials. From a distance, the house built with green bamboo is green and has an ancient and antique color imitating the style of the Tang Dynasty. The entire floor is paved with a row of sensible mahogany floors, which are more than one foot from the ground. You have to take off your shoes first when you enter the house. You can walk around in the main house and the surrounding corridors of the Huxia. In winter, you are covered with thick and soft carpets. Small wooden tables and soft cushions are placed in each corner, and you can sit on the ground everywhere.
There is a foggy hot spring behind the house, and the water wheels are gurgling with bamboo tubes swing from time to time with the water flow. It is interesting and beautiful. In addition to the bamboo forest, there is also acre of flower beds around. Xu Hao, who is indifferent to the scenery, plans to plant some fruits and vegetables next year, and you can see Tianxiang Pavilion at the eaves of Feilou in the distance.
Whether it is the old lady or the red leaves and green bamboo, everyone praises Xu Hao's taste, but in Xiao Yuying's eyes, it is just a pretty exquisite thatched hut.
Xu Hao didn't think about his residence. The outer hall was decorated with no decorations, and it looked very neat. The bedroom and study brought all the things from the previous residence. Under the careful decoration of the girls, it looked more like the boudoir of his daughter, warm and elegant, full of powdery charm!
The walls were wrapped in yarn and red and pink satin. The partition shelf was filled with antiques and jade artifacts. On one side were hung with guqin and swords. The kites I played with when I was a child, and some famous calligraphy and paintings looked like the embroidery room of a wealthy lady, which was right for Xiao Yuying's appetite.
The two girls from the Wang family, Wang Xuanqing and Wang Xuansu, were also here. They looked at this unique residence curiously and stood with the beautiful Xiao Yuying, and looked a little dull.
Xu Hao treated the guests equally and invited them to have a cup of tea with a smile. The Wang sisters didn't say much when they first arrived, and Yu Shi kept her duty. Xiao Yuying sat for a while and felt that it was cold here, so she got up and said goodbye.
I thought Xu Hao would chase him, but I didn’t expect Xu Hao to send them to the door, so I turned around and went back. Xiao Yuying was secretly angry and thought to myself, I’d still pay attention to you these days?
As soon as they left, four maids immediately surrounded him with gossip. Zhulan smiled and said, "In the past, you missed the most Yuying girl, but today she became faint. Carefully annoyed her! But she said that the older she looked, the more outstanding she looked. None of our girls could compare to. She was so beautiful that even we liked her when we met her."
Xu Hao sat lazily on the carpet and said leisurely: "That's rare for you, but my cousin is indeed beautiful."
Qiuxiang squatted halfway and said with interest: "She has been arrogant since childhood, and is not as gentle and charming as Miss Yushi. She doesn't look much worse when she swung her. I think Yushi is good."
Xu Hao smiled and said, "If you think it's good, just marry it home. Anyway, you two slept in the same bed when you were young, so you are considered old couples."
When the maids saw Xu Hao joking, they all chuckled. Qiuxiang said unwillingly: "If I were a man, I would definitely marry her."
Qingwen asked curiously: "Did you fall in love with other people and have a crush on the two girls of the Wang family?"
Before Xu Hao could speak, Zhulan quickly said, "What are you talking about? Don't continue to say anything, otherwise your wives will know."
Xu Hao said disapprovingly: "You are all the age when you are in love, so you are naturally most interested in love and love. This is human nature. It doesn't matter what you want to say in our room. Even if your wife knows, I will block you for you. But Zhulan is right. People are afraid of words, so be careful, especially when you leave the yard, you must always be careful in your words and actions. It will only benefit you and not harm you."
Everyone understands this principle and nods gently. Xu Hao suddenly sighed: "As for who I like, I can only say that I don't plan to get married in the past few years. Don't help outsiders mess around. In short, I don't have that leisure."
Seeing this, Qiuxiang smiled and clapped her hands, "We know that the person in your heart must be the mysterious Princess Mu."
Xu Hao smiled bitterly at it. Now his family is facing a crisis. Before he escapes, even if Mu Ningxue is determined to marry, he will not pull others into the water, and the fate between them seems to have been broken.
He had no intention of chatting with the girls, letting them chatter and talking, while listening, thinking about his thoughts. Later, Zhulan and Musk Yue went to Tianxiang Pavilion to study medical books. Qingwen couldn't stop standing in the hall to direct the little girls to do things. Musk Yue sat quietly beside him, and from time to time he used iron tongs to fiddle with charcoal basins, guarding the hot water on the mud stove, so that the green tea in the tea bowl always remained hot.
The pretty girl was accompanying her with all her heart, and this scene was full of fragrance. Xu Hao enjoyed a moment of tranquility and cherished everything in front of him more and more. At first, he felt that he could not do nothing, and stayed at home and watched the family suddenly fall down one day. As he thought about it, he remembered what his uncle said in his letter, and his eyes lit up.
Yes! Why did you forget the princess Zhu Qiaoqiao? With this amulet, your uncle's life might be saved. Even if it can't be saved, at least Xu Wen can protect the dowry brought by his wife.
As for the third uncle, I asked Zhu Gaochi to write a family letter to my aunt Princess Yan. The kind-hearted Princess Yan personally took care of the fourth brother and reminded the younger clan that he should be able to maintain his third uncle's official position.
At that moment, Xu Hao happily put on the half-old marten cloak, greeted Musk Yue and Qingwen, and rode his horse to the capital with four guards.
The residences of the vassal kings were all built on Zhuque Street not far from the palace. Because the vassal kings did not often enter the capital, the Qin Palace and the Yan Palace were next to each other.
Because of his age, Xu Hao had no scruples and came straight to see his future sister-in-law. The prince's palace lieutenant and the eunuch in charge did not dare to neglect them. He went in to report and came out soon to invite him in.
Needless to say, the royal palace was magnificent, Xu Hao was invited to an extremely spacious and bright flower hall, with six or seven palace maids and nurses standing around, and Zhu Qiaoqiao sat upright with a smile.
As the future brother-in-law, Xu Hao walked in and sat down like a big show and said, "When the spring flowers are blooming, I must remember what my sister-in-law promised me."
Zhu Qiaoqiao gave him a blank look and said angrily: "It's obvious that you begged me, but it seems that I owe you. I don't owe you anything to the Xu family."
Xu Hao smiled and said, "All sooner or later, it's not my beg for you. Anyway, you are my sister-in-law, so we don't speak two families."
Strangely, Zhu Qiaoqiao admired Xu Hao's freedom and freedom from not treating herself as an outsider. On that day, Xu Hao came to the door and insisted that she pay and work hard to repair the new house. Zhu Qiaoqiao agreed without saying a word because she liked Xu Hao's straightforward attitude.
After talking for a while, Zhu Qiaoqiao asked, "Your elder brother hasn't come home yet?"
Xu Hao said: "Brother, he is a person with clear distinction between public and private affairs. As a soldier, he must take responsibility first. He will take leave in a few days."
Suddenly, Zhu Qiaoqiao's expression changed and she said lightly: "Then I ask you, is there anyone in your elder brother's room?"
Xu Hao's heart skipped a beat. He vaguely heard that the two maids who served Xu Wen for many years had been taken over, but they were not clinged to the eyebrows and faces. They were still the maid's identity. How should I answer this? If Zhu Qiaoqiao finds out, wouldn't he annoy her from now on? If he says nothing, he will definitely not tolerate the women around her future husband as a person, and send them away from afar. When the elder brother knows that it was his words, he will not be able to hold a grudge against him from now on?
It seems that it is not pleasing to you no matter how you say it, so Xu Hao said directly: "That's your own business and it has nothing to do with me."
Zhu Qiaoqiao said coldly: "That is to say, you won't stand on my side in the future, right?"
Xu Hao pretended to be very childish and curled his lips, "I only know that my eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. No matter what I do, you have to tolerate it."
Everyone laughed when they said this trick, and the nurse Zhu laughed and said, "Oh, this child is really gone. Our princess hasn't married to your family yet. You just treat it as your sister-in-law's will do it? But this kind of cuteness is so cute."
Zhu Qiaoqiao's expression also returned to normal and sneered: "It's okay, I just think that I owe you Xu Hao in my previous life. In the future, I will treat you as my brother and let you do whatever you want, but there is only one thing. If you dare to do something unethical to your brother on your back, I will turn my back on you ruthlessly and beat you with a big ear."
Xu Hao thrust his chest and smiled, "I dare to guarantee this, I will never do anything bad for my elder brother to do to my sister-in-law."
"This is almost the same." Zhu Qiaoqiao laughed and Yingying stood up. "After all, I will not leave you for food. What I promised you will do in the next few days. In addition, I haven't given you a gift during the Chinese New Year. I happened to have received some rare things from the emperor's grandfather yesterday. You picked up a few of the things you like and left behind, and gave them to your girls. It's my little wish."
Xu Hao stood up and didn't hesitate to take the tray brought by the palace maid. He saw that it was filled with exquisitely crafted jade pendants, agate, amber earrings, pearls and jade pendants and other small things, so he happily accepted them.
Xu Hao pondered: "There are a few, so these treasures should be filial to the elders first. If you calculate it, you won't be able to divide them. Sister-in-law, do you have any elegant things like pen, ink, paper and inkstone that I gave? Take some of them to my sisters and sisters."
"This kid is really rude, haha!" the nurse laughed.
Zhu Qiaoqiao looked at Xu Hao with appreciation, nodded and smiled, "I can't help me think carefully, so I will give you some pens, ink, paper and inkstones from the palace, and then give you fifty ingots of long-lasting and auspicious little silver baby. You can help me give it to me according to my family's identity, and one person cannot be missing."
"Don't worry, I'll cover it with me."
Xu Hao thought that his sister-in-law was very generous in the future, and she entrusted her to do this very readily. She was straightforward and neat and didn't blame her for thinking that she was very compatible with her. She was just too strong and had a noble status. It seemed that the eldest brother would suffer in the future.
As soon as he left, the nurse suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that she is a little younger, otherwise she would be a very good match for you."
Zhu Qiaoqiao's eyes were clear and she said coldly: "I just think he is my younger brother. Whoever is allowed to say such words in the future is to kill someone else, and whoever talks nonsense will be killed by a stick."
The nurse was so scared that she trembled and said noddedly: "Princess Princess En, mother-in-law, will retire and go home."
Chapter completed!