Chapter 25(1/2)
"Please have tea for grandma."
With a straight kneeling posture, Chen Qingqing took out the tea from the tray and handed it to Mrs. Zhu with a smile.
After getting married, she represents the daughter of the Shen family. Chen Qingqing would never give anyone a chance to laugh at the Shen family through her. As for Li Zhi, she was a hypocrite anyway, so Chen Qingqing would not care about Li Zhi's ideas.
Old Mrs. Zhu nodded with a smile, and then looked at Changsun’s wife carefully while receiving the tea.
To be honest, the chairman of this marriage only knew about her on the eve of Emperor Qingde's marriage. Old Mrs. Zhu was very dissatisfied with this. But she personally raised the eldest grandson and didn't even discuss the matter of marrying a wife with such a big deal?
However, after Changsun analyzed the pros and cons, Zhu Lao Ma felt much more comfortable. Changsun was the leader of military officers, and Chen Qu was the leader of civil officials. In terms of family lintels, the Shen family deserved their Li family. In terms of pros and cons, the Shen family had an empress and a concubine of his own family. If the situation changes in the future, when the two families were to be hostile, the Shen family would always be afraid of the enemy. Of course, it would be even better if Chen Qingqing could win over the second and third rooms of the Shen family.
After drinking tea, the old lady bent down and held Chen Qingqing's little hand and smiled: "Okay, Qingqing, Zhongchang praised you so much before, but her grandmother didn't believe it. Now when she saw the real person, she realized that there were really fairies in this world who came to earth. Zhongchang could marry you, which was a blessing he had only cultivated in three lifetimes."
"Grandma is too much." Chen Qingqing lowered her head and pretended to be ashamed. She just listened to such a scene, so she was not so stupid as to take it seriously.
"Come on, this is my grandmother's wish, don't dislike you." Old lady Zhu took out the meeting gift that had been prepared by the maids and handed it to Chen Qingqing.
The red sandalwood box was opened with a lid, and there was a whole set of green jade heads and faces inside, worth a thousand gold. Such heads and faces were never seen by most of the officials in the capital.
Chen Qingqing just took a look, lowered the box, and said with a smile: "Thank you grandmother, granddaughter-in-law."
Wish the old lady nodded.
Li Zhi helped Chen Qingqing get up, Chen Qingqing married the box to Yuchan, and then followed Li Zhi to serve tea to Mr. Li and his wife.
While serving tea, Chen Qingqing finally noticed that Li Erye's eyes were not right. She subconsciously looked at Li Zhi, and saw that Li Zhi's face, which seemed to always smile, finally became cold and majestic.
The second wife also saw that Li Zhi was angry and hurriedly handed the prepared meeting gift to Chen Qingqing, and then introduced her daughter to Chen Qingqing: "Qingqing, this is your fourth sister Azhen. You have just come to the Marquis' Mansion and you have to go on an office again every day. If you feel bored, you can ask Azhen to come and talk to you."
Fifteen-year-old Li Zhen called Chen Qingqing sweetly "sister-in-law".
Chen Qingqing smiled and replied with a smile.
The couple did not stay at the second room and soon arrived at the third room.
Mr. Li San lost his wife for many years and had no re-strength, so he had to personally hand over the meeting gift he prepared to Chen Qingqing, which was a rabbit-shaped mutton fat jade paperweight.
"Thank you, Uncle San." Chen Qingqing said respectfully, because Mr. Li was obsessed with his first wife, and Chen Qingqing had a good impression of him.
"This is your cousin Zhongjing." Mr. Li San pointed to his son and introduced that Li He was eighteen this year, with his courtesy name Zhongjing.
Chen Qingqing nodded to Li He with a serious face.
Li He saluted and called "sister-in-law" in a low voice.
Mr. Li San introduced his daughter again: "This is your fifth sister Ayu."
Chen Qingqing smiled and called Wu Sister.
Although the fourteen-year-old Li Yumei is beautiful, her eyebrows and eyes are cold and she has a kind of arrogant attitude. She calls her sister-in-law lightly and then lowers her eyes.
Chen Qingqing didn't take it seriously.
After the tea ceremony, everyone started to have a meal. The Li family was rich and the breakfast was full of food. Fortunately, Shen Qingqing was not a poor daughter and had never shown her timidity in her words and deeds.
After dinner, Li Zhi and Chen Qingqing had to go to the palace to pay homage to Concubine Chun.
When walking out, Li Zhi whispered to Chen Qingqing: "Uncle Er is not good at character, you don't have to respect him. Everyone else in the family can interact with you. You can get along with him as you like."
Chen Qingqing nodded indifferently. She treated the people of the Li family with politeness to her, otherwise she would ignore them.
While speaking, I arrived at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, and a carriage was prepared in front of the door.
Li Zhi kept walking beside Shen Qingqing, waiting for the coachman to set up the stool, Li Zhi smiled gently and said, "I will help my wife."
It was already noon at this time, and the sun was shining brightly. The man stretched out his hand gently. His hand was slender and white, with clear knuckles.
However, it was this hand that made her whine on her last night, forcing her to beg.
Thinking of the embarrassment at that time, Chen Qingqing's face became hot and gradually became hot.
In the eyes of the servants and maids serving around, the young and delicate Mrs. Hou was shy.
Li Zhi could naturally see why his young wife blushed, and that reason made him feel evil thoughts regenerated.
Therefore, when Shen Qingqing put his hand into his palm, Li Zhi held it a little tighter.
The man's palms are warm, Chen Qingqing is very uncomfortable and has to stop before he can stand firm.
Li Zhi thoughtfully helped her.
Chen Qingqing hurried into the carriage.
Li Zhi followed closely. When he went in, he saw her sitting next to the car window, his head hanging down, and the ruby swaying gently in his hair bun, which complemented her blushing face. Her lips were gently pursed, round and beautiful, and it was very tempting to taste.
Li Zhi sat next to her silently.
Neither of them spoke along the way. Almost arrived in front of the palace, Li Zhicai whispered: "The concubine is completely entrusted by me in the marriage. If you blame me, you will blame me. Don't hate the concubine. She had seen you during the talent show and liked her very much. There is also the second princess, and she has always been looking forward to meeting you."
Chen Qingqing hasn't entered the palace for the past two years when she's married, and she can't remember the second princess's appearance at all.
"Okay." She whispered. She had never blamed Concubine Chun.
The carriage stopped, Li Zhi got off first.
After getting familiar with each other, Chen Qingqing did not hesitate anything this time and lowered her head and handed her hand to him.
In Yichun Palace, Emperor Qingde accompanied Concubine Chun to wait for the newlywed couple. The six-year-old second princess sat obediently beside her mother, and the two-year-old third princess was at the age of playfulness. She sat in her father's arms for a while and then stopped working. He held the wet nurse's hand and insisted on going out to play. Emperor Qingde indulged his daughter, waved his hand with a smile, and instructed the wet nurse, said, "Go and take good care of the third princess."
The wet nurse bent her knees and walked out with the third princess's little hand.
"No!" The third princess had a big idea, broke away from the wet nurse, ran out with her short legs.
The royal princess was well-raised and could run away before she was one year old, although she ran very clumsy.
The wet nurse quickly followed.
Emperor Qingde watched the figure of his youngest daughter disappear, and while loving her, he was very regretful. The imperial concubine was pregnant for ten months. During the ten months, he prayed to the Bodhisattva in his heart to bless the imperial concubine with a prince almost every day. Unfortunately, the imperial concubine did not fulfill her wish. Last April, the imperial concubine gave birth to a daughter again.
The second princess is like a pink little fairy child. Emperor Qingde regards him as a pearl in his hand, but he is unable to calm down after all.
When Li Zhi and Chen Qingqing walked into Yichun Palace side by side, the third princess happened to run out from inside.
Seeing the little niece wearing a pink palace outfit, Li Zhi smiled unconsciously, and his smile reached his eyes.
The third princess recognized her uncle and shouted happily: "Uncle!"
After calling, run out.
Li Zhi immediately walked up to meet him, lifted the little girl high into his arms, and the sun shone on one side, and the man's smiling eyes were as bright as stars.
Chen Qingqing was stunned.
She has seen Li Zhi's smile many times, but it is hypocritical every time. Only at this moment, Li Zhi's smile makes her feel his love for the third princess.
Sure enough, blood is thicker than water.
When Chen Qingqing was distracted, she thought of her young brother at home. I wonder if that brat was lazy and sloppy again and refused to study.
It’s not good to get married. If you leave the family where you gave birth to her, you can only see your husband and family sharing family.
"Call my aunt."
Li Zhi's voice suddenly approached, Chen Qingqing came to her senses and realized that Li Zhi had already come to her with the third princess in her arms.
The third princess had a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes. She looked at Chen Qingqing. The third princess was serious about learning to her tongue: "Uncle!"
Chen Qingqing smiled.
She smiled beautifully, and the third princess looked at her and suddenly reached out to Chen Qingqing: "Hug!"
Chen Qingqing was very surprised. Because the little girl was so cute, she stretched out her hand without thinking too much. Unexpectedly, before she hugged her, the third princess crawled over like a monkey. Li Zhi was so scared that he immediately reached out and hugged Chen Qingqing and the third princess!
The third princess squeezed between her uncle and aunt, probably thinking it was fun and laughed foolishly.
There were palace servants around, and Chen Qingqing was extremely embarrassed.
Li Zhi was afraid that she could not hold her niece, so he forced the third princess back into his arms: "Let's go, let's go inside."
The third princess turned her head unhappily and stared at Chen Qingqing with big eyes.
Chen Qingqing quickly smiled at her.
The eunuchs around Emperor Qingde were all in the yard. Li Zhi was prepared for a long time, so he put down the third princess when he came in and saluted the emperor's concubine respectfully.
Chen Qingqing respectfully learns from her husband, and is perfect.
The newlyweds seem to get along well, and Emperor Qingde is in a very good mood as a matchmaker.
Concubine Chun was not as simple as him. After chatting for a while, she found a reason to bring Chen Qingqing to the inner hall.
Chen Qingqing felt that in terms of beauty, she was not inferior to Concubine Chun, but I don’t know if she had been a Concubine for many years. Concubine Chun had a kind of majesty that made her difficult to maintain calmness.
Now that the two are alone, Chen Qingqing is a little nervous.
Concubine Chun could see that she sat down with the little girl's hand. Concubine Chun said worriedly: "Hey, in terms of age, I should call you Qingqing, but you are my real sister-in-law. What should I call you?"
She spoke intimately, but Chen Qingqing was not used to it, so she lowered her eyes and smiled slightly: "My lady, please call me Qingqing."
My sister-in-law looks old.
Concubine Chun said, "It's not appropriate. My brother must scold me for being out of rules when he heard it."
Chen Qingqing couldn't imagine Li Zhi's reprimanding people. He seemed not angry at all, at least he wouldn't show it.
To be continued...