Chapter 619 Sister-in-law
Xiao Wei heard it from the side, and the corners of his lips curled up. This feeling of being valued is so good!
Xie Zhiwei asked Xiao Lingsu to sit in the room, and said to Xiao Wei, "Fourth brother, go back and take a bath first, change your clothes, and come back, I will let someone set up a banquet in the west wing of Jiulin Courtyard of your elder brother, and give it to you." You catch the wind."
"Thank you sister-in-law!"
Xiao Wei came out of the east courtyard and was about to go back to his servant's room when a servant came over and saluted Xiao Wei in a serious manner, "Fourth young master, the prince said, since the fourth young master is now going to the county The Lord has done something, and set aside a yard on the north side of this side for the fourth young master to live in, and all the belongings of the fourth young master have been tidied up, please invite the fourth young master to live in."
Xiao Wei was silent for a while, his nose was sore, tears were about to well up in his eyes, but he held back.
The yard is still very crude, but it is much better than being squeezed into a room with the groom before. He lives in three upper rooms, the bright room is used for meeting and living, a study and a bedroom. The bookshelves in the study are all empty, and a lacquered canopy bed in the bedroom is his old bedding, which is simple.
To Xiao Wei, this is nothing. He still has more than two thousand taels of silver in his hands. It doesn't cost much to buy some daily necessities, but he doesn't want to buy any property. This place is not his. Home.
Under the bright window of the main hall of Ninghui Hall, Xiao Lingsu and Xie Zhiwei sat on the big kang, the maids served tea, Xie Zhiwei took a sip of the tea and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Lingsu was very embarrassed and couldn't help but blush, "Sister-in-law, I came to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been named princess."
"What are you talking about? You are the daughter of the father and king. Even if you are not named the princess, you still have the honor of the princess."
Xie Zhiwei didn't intend to say anything more to Xiao Lingsu, and said, "Don't think about it too much, we will be driving with you in three days, have you started packing up?"
"Not yet." Xiao Lingsu blushed, "Sister-in-law, can I not go?"
"Of course not. Letting you go is a decree passed down from the palace. It is a reward. You must know that no matter whether it is autumn hunting or winter hunting, or midsummer summer vacation, those who can accompany you are those who are close to the emperor." .”
Of course, there are also some emperors who are worried. For example, Princess Dagon, before the empress dowager left Beijing, asked the emperor to reward Zheng Jingyan with a background and send him to the battlefield in Western Xinjiang. He ordered Princess Dagon to accompany him.
These are naturally not enough to explain to Xiao Lingsu.
"However, can you tell me why you don't want to go?" After Xie Zhiwei passed the door, she gradually knew what kind of person Mrs. Zhuang was. Seeing the girl's honest and honest appearance, she felt a little compassion Heart, so I asked one more question.
"Sister-in-law, if I go out, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. I don't have much money in my hand, and I'm afraid I'll embarrass my sister-in-law." After finishing speaking, Xiao Lingsu's face was blushing.
Xie Zhiwei just noticed that Xiao Lingsu's cuffs were frayed and cut short, revealing a white wrist. Her skirt was also short, and her ankles could be seen if she wasn't wearing tabi socks.
It's no wonder that when she was in her boudoir, she could hardly see the girls from Prince Xiang's Mansion outside.
"It's good that you can come and tell me these things. You know, we will be a family in the future. No matter how we fight like cross-eyed people at home, we will be a family in the eyes of others when we go outside. Just like you said, If you lose face, I will lose face too."
It's not that Xiao Lingsu couldn't understand Xie Zhiwei's words, but, she didn't expect that Xie Zhiwei didn't mock her, but was able to talk to her calmly.
"So, sister-in-law, if I don't go, Uncle Huang will not convict me of exterminating the nine clans, right?"
"Indeed it won't, but at the very least, the title of princess you were granted today should be taken away. If so, what good reputation do you think you have?" The more Xie Zhiwei said, the more he sympathized with this sister-in-law. According to my understanding, King Xiang would never fight for anything from the emperor for this daughter.
If he valued his sons and daughters, he would naturally not allow his son-in-law to keep cats and dogs all day long, and even rewarded his son-in-law with a shop next to the street to run a cat and dog business, and made his daughter-in-law wear clothes that could only cover her body.
"I still have some materials in the warehouse. If you don't mind, I'll take you to pick two, and let the embroiderer in the mansion help you make two clothes in the next two days. We will wait until we arrive at the Lianchi Palace." Think of ways to."
There is also a very bustling market at Lianchi Palace. When the time comes, choose a few pieces of material, and then ask the embroiderer over there to measure the size, and then help Xiao Lingsu make some clothes, as a gift from her sister-in-law. for her.
"Sister-in-law, don't be so troublesome. I will pick two pieces of material from you. I still have two summer clothes made for me by the mansion this year, but I didn't take them out to wear when I didn't go out. There are four clothes in total. Got it."
Xie Zhiwei rubbed her brows helplessly, she asked Xuantao to go to the warehouse to pick out a dozen or so pieces of material, and brought them to Xiao Lingsu to pick out. It's not that she has never seen good material, but she has never seen such a good material. squinted.
Xie Zhiwei simply picked out five or six pieces for her, and then called her embroiderer to measure Xiao Lingsu's body size, and ordered two sets of summer shirts to be produced as soon as possible.
"Put away the clothes for me and Your Highness first, and let the big girl do it first. If it's too late, you can choose some patterns with less embroidery." Xie Zhiwei said.
"Yes, princess!"
Xie Zhiwei married as many as five or six embroiderers. It would not be difficult to make a few clothes in two or three days, so Xie Zhiwei didn't take it to heart.
Xiao Lingsu didn't say she wanted to leave, but when it was time for lunch, Xie Zhiwei asked Xiao Lingsu to have dinner with him, and she decided to stay in Ninghui Courtyard Let's go after lunch.
The food cooked by the cook brought by Xie's family was very suitable for Xiao Lingsu's taste. She ate two bowls of rice in one go and thought the rice was delicious, so she asked Xie Zhiwei, "Sister-in-law, your rice is different from other flavors. What kind of rice is it steamed with?"
"I have a village outside the capital. I planted a season of Champa rice last year. Except for some that were reserved for seeds, the rest were used as rations. If you like it, you can come back tomorrow."
Xie Zhiwei went out today, originally planning to enter the palace to see Yuan Jia, but when Xiao Wei came back suddenly, Xiao Lingsu came again, so he was going to enter the palace at noon.
"Sister-in-law is going out today? I don't know where to go, shall I go with you?"
Xie Zhiwei was slightly surprised, when did she please this sister-in-law so much? However, Yuan Jia didn't know how to comfort her after the empress incident happened. If there was one more person, she would definitely have nothing to say, so she nodded.
The third update!
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