Seeing his mother’s excited gaze, Zhang Yanhua felt scared. His mother was hoping that the wife of Duke Wei would die soon!
Empress Xia is such a gentle and kind person, and her own sister is seriously ill, and the medicine is ineffective. She must be very sad.
Even so, when I was unwell when I was congratulating my health today, Queen Xia still comforted me and helped me cover up the embarrassment, and could not see the torment in her heart at all.
Zhang Yanhua despised his mother’s face, hoping that people would die early, and said, “How old is Empress Xia’s second sister? The Duke of Wei is young. She is sick and can only get through it. There is a dead place where people eat grains and grains. Who can guarantee that they will not get sick for the rest of their lives? I don’t want to have good things, think of some bad thoughts.”
Mrs. Zhou said, “I’m all for your own good.”
“I don’t want it!” Zhang Yanhua said, “From today, I will copy a page of Buddhist scriptures every day to pray for the Duke of Wei. I wish her good health and a long life.”
“You–” Mrs. Zhou fell down in anger, “You have to go against me, right?”
Zhang Yanhua ate orange cakes made in the palace. “The three daughters of the Xia family, Empress Xia and Sister-in-law are good people, and they are all very caring for me. The Duke of Wei must be a good person. Our Zhang family is also three daughters. Although they were not born by the same mother, they have been considered to be in love over the years.”
“Salvation of others by yourself. I thought, how sad it would be if one of the three of us was seriously ill. I hope she would recover soon. If someone is thinking about her position and cursing her to die, I will definitely scold her for who she is.”
Mrs. Zhou whispered: “When did I curse the Duke of Wei, don’t talk nonsense.”
Zhang Yanhua said, “My mother said the opportunity has come. I am not stupid. I advised her to stop thinking about this. If her mother talks about this matter to me again, I will tell her sister-in-law.”
My sister-in-law is Mrs. Xia and the third lady of the Xia family. Although Mrs. Xia is Mrs. Zhou’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou really dare not show off her mother-in-law’s style in front of her eldest daughter-in-law!
After the death of Empress Dowager Zhou, the Zhou family of Mrs. Zhou’s mother’s family gradually declined. Sometimes Mrs. Zhou had to secretly support her family, while the Xia family of Mrs. Xia’s mother’s mother’s family, Qingyang Bo Mansion, was as prosperous as the Xia family, and she could not control her eldest daughter-in-law at all.
Facing her daughter’s “threat”, Mrs. Zhou had to shut up.
The carriage was driving on the street. Tonight was New Year’s Eve. Now it was afternoon. Many shops on the street had begun to close their doors and rest. They had pasted new peach talismans and replaced them with new lanterns. Some had already started to set off firecrackers, crackling sounds.
Back in the Summer Palace, the four decreed wives changed into heavy court clothes and took off their heavy Zhai Guan. They were tired and tilted on the kang, hoping to sleep now, but today they had to have New Year’s Eve dinner, and they had to stay up to the New Year at night.
It is necessary to struggle and put on the clothes of auspicious celebrations. The masters of the east and west governments gathered in Songhe Hall to reunite with the whole family.
The ancestors looked at the house of children and grandchildren, especially the East Mansion, and even the great-grandson. The wife of the Marquis of the two mansions kowtowed to her with her children and grandchildren. She couldn’t stop smiling and said:
“Get up, it’s the New Year, let’s have fun. I’m old, and I’ll come to the palace to congratulate you early in the morning, and I’ll go to the palace tomorrow morning, and I can’t stand the old bones. I closed my eyes and tilted my rest on the kang. I can’t play with you young people. I’ll rest, you can’t help it. Those who listen to the opera, those who play cards, those who play cards, are lively, and those who do the New Year, don’t be restrained.”
Furong helped her ancestor back to her bedroom to rest. Today, she came to Shou’s family to celebrate the New Year at her home in Shi Laoniang’s Hutong and enjoyed the joy of family. She did not come to the Summer Palace, so Madam Wang locked Ruyi in Ziyunxuan and came to Songhe Hall. She was the one who came to Shou’s family for the time being and agreed to the ancestor.
However, when I entered the palace to congratulate me early in the morning, my ancestors were so tired that they almost slept with their heads next to the pillow, so they didn’t need these people to serve them.
Madam Wang and Furong retreated, leaving only Huajiao in the house to guard the ancestor – Huajiao is at night and takes up sleep in the morning. She is in good spirits now.
At this time, there were still one and a half hours before the New Year’s Eve dinner. Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Cui, and Mrs. Xia were all sleepy, so she hurried to the room to rest and make up for the night. So Madam Wang said:
“Don’t set off fireworks in Songhe Hall, so as not to wake up the ancestors, their wives and the eldest young lady. If you want to leave, go outside. The farther away from Songhe Hall, the better.”
“I know, don’t worry.” Miss Zhang Dehua couldn’t help but yawn, “I’m so tired, second sister and third sister, let’s take a nap too.”
Furong hurriedly said: “I’m ready for the three ladies, come with me.”
Zhang Dehua said: “One room is enough for three of us, lie in the same place and talk.”
The wedding date is approaching, and you will be less likely to spend one day with your sisters. Zhang Dehua cherishes it very much.
They are all women, and they are their own homes, so Zhang Yanhua didn’t hide it and said, “I’m here for Yuexin, can my sisters sleep together with their quilts?”
Zhang Dehua laughed and said, “When the palace gave the banquet, you didn’t go. At that time, we knew your condition. The Queen did not dislike you. Do we still think that our sisters still complain that you are not good?”
Third Miss Zhang Ronghua asked with concern: “Does the second sister’s stomach still hurt?”
“It’s much better.” Zhang Yanhua said, “I took the pills in the palace and melted them with hot yellow wine, and my lower abdomen was warm.”
Furong led the three ladies to a room with a big kang. At least six people could lie down, three people, three quilts, three pillows, and heads.Lying down with his head and talking to himself.
Zhang Yanhua thought about his mother’s terrible smile and asked the two sisters, “You have gone to Cining Palace, what did our Empress Dowager say?”
Zhang Dehua said, “After I went to Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager asked two female officials to take me to the side hall, teach some court etiquette, and visit the palace to congratulate various details, and it was not over until the banquet was given.”