Chapter 26 Birthday

The second wife narrowed her eyes slightly, tapped her fingers slowly on the table, and made a thong sound: "Mother Liu, if you foster the ninth sister under my name, even if she gets married, do you have to be grateful to me?"

"My second wife, the ninth sister is the only daughter of the long room. How can the old lady let her raise her under your name!" Liu's mother was a little flustered. She didn't know why the second wife had such an out of tune.

"Haha!" The second wife suddenly laughed, "It's just a joke. What are you panicking about!"

There was a usual smile on her face, but her eyes lit up a little.

Mother Liu was relieved. At this time, Mother Deng came in with a curtain and respectfully blessed her. "The items for the Lantern Festival have been completed, and the maids in each room also warned that they should be ready."

The second wife nodded with satisfaction, and she was even more satisfied with Deng's mother.

The sixth sister asked the maids to prepare a few new clothes for her, all of which were made by Jinxiu Pavilion. First, she turned over a vertical water-patterned eight-treasure cotton skirt and felt that the color was too elegant. Then she turned out a red brocade double butterfly jacket and a crimson gold yarn skirt, which smiled with satisfaction and hung her cheeks. Sweet dimples.

"This red is specially prepared for you, Sister Six." Luoyu took the clothes in the sixth sister's hand with a smile and knew that the sixth sister had fallen in like this set of dresses, so he asked the other maids to pack all the ** clothes into the cabinet.

After being praised by the maid, the sixth sister's cheeks became more rosy. "I will wear this suit for the Lantern Festival tomorrow. You pack it up for me. Tomorrow is the third sister's birthday. By the way, you can finish what I have prepared."

"Don't worry, the maidservant has been done for a long time." The rain folded the clothes and put them in the small cabinet at the head of the sixth sister's bed.

Early the next morning, the sixth sister got up and let the rain dress up. Today, the sixth sister did not stay in bed, and I think so. After the Lantern Festival, the husband of the private school also came back. Today is also the last free time of the year, not to mention the third sister's birthday.

She looked in the mirror and picked a pair of white pearl earrings in the jewelry box, which made her skin whiter and tenderer.

Luoyu took out a yellow pear wooden box from the small cabinet at the head of the sixth sister's bed. Although it was not big, he knew that the box was very expensive at a glance. She carefully held the box in her arms and followed the sixth sister out of the door.

The whole Xue House is more and more lively than on New Year's Eve. The firecrackers at the door are crackling, and the house is full of guests. There were also some ladies and eunuchs in the inner house. The maids in the corridor walked on foot with fruit, and the second wife even took the coconuts sent back by the eldest sister to entertain the guests, making a lot of face among the officials and wives.

Dongyuan looked much quieter. Sister Jiu first cleaned up and only wore a light yellow vulgar velvet embroidered jacket. When she saw Feng's mother, she stopped talking.

Yao's mother quickly said, "Today is the fifteenth birthday of the third sister. We can't dress so plainly. If outsiders see it, we don't know how to say our Xue family."

She looked down at her dress and asked Feng's mother to choose a happy dress, but it was not obvious. There are many guests coming to Xue's house today. She can't pretend to keep a low profile. After all, she is a legitimate daughter. Although she doesn't worry about her husband's family, a good reputation will help her better in her future life.

Seeing that time was running out of time, Feng's mother quickly opened the cabinet, glanced around, and picked out a big red cotton-padded jacket with a small waist. But how did you feel that something was wrong? Yao's mother was skillful and combed a pair of sheep horns for her again.

The ninth sister suddenly took a new look. Some of her usual illness was covered by this big red, and she looked like the boy sitting on Guanyin.

"The old lady will like it." Feng's mother couldn't help joking.

The ninth sister smiled shallowly and took all the close servants to the main courtyard. Dongyuan only left a few rough maids and women to watch.

The air is a little cold, but the snow on the ground has been cleared for a long time. Today, the sun rarely comes out, and the whole Xue family is happy.

Ninth sister took a group of people to the main courtyard, but happened to see the sixth sister coming out of the west wing. The two happened to wear the same color and combed the same bun. The sixth sister's face suddenly became ugly.

"Why did you dress up the same as me!" The sixth sister hurried to the ninth sister and looked at the ninth sister condescendingly, questioning angrily.

The ninth sister gently raised the corners of her eyebrows, but she didn't expect that the sixth sister would dress like this. The servants around them are even more like you to look at me and I look at you.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two masters was wrong, Yao's mother stood up and said with a smile, "Good things come together. There are two boys sitting down in our Xue family, and the old lady will definitely like them very much."

The sixth sister stared at Yao's mother with dissatisfaction, but her anger suddenly disappeared after being praised like this. Yao's mother retreated knowingly at this time.

The sixth sister's big eyes dripped. She suddenly came to the ninth sister and hugged the ninth sister's arm. "Let's go, we are the Guanyin boy who brought good luck to the third sister today."

The ninth sister looked up at Yao's mother and was secretly anxious. Why didn't the sixth sister look at what time it was? If it was like this, it would be nothing, but now there may be an outsider in the house at any time to see what the two of them looked like.

"Six sister, it seems that we are a little bad, in case we are seen by other eunuchs..."

Sure enough, before the ninth sister finished her words, the sixth sister's face changed again. She suddenly shook off the ninth sister's arm, "You know the etiquette. Humph, do I still want you to remind me? Look at the outsiders here. I want to make friends with you, but you prevaricate me like this."

"I..."

"All right, since you are afraid of ruining your reputation, I won't go with you." The sixth sister stamped her feet dissatisfiedly and whispered, "Who do you think is rare? If the third sister hadn't asked me to make friends with you, how could I have put down and walked with you?"

She raised her head, looked at the ninth sister and took the maid into the main room.

"I..." Sister Jiu's heart breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the sixth sister's arrogant back, her heart was really blocked. She squeezed her lips tightly and her eyes were as bright as ink.

It was not until the sixth sister could not see her figure that she looked around. When it was confirmed that no one outside found their dispute, the ninth sister stepped into the main room.

But he stopped at the door again and turned around, just in front of a pair of joking eyes and the face he had seen once. The ninth sister's face suddenly turned pale, and she stamped her feet fiercely and entered the main room.

"He won't say it. He definitely won't say it." The ninth sister medited in her heart, and her heart was slightly bitter. How could she be seen by him? But in an instant, he became lucky. Fortunately, he was seen by the son of the Marquis of An. In the future, the son of An will be the son-in-law of the third sister. Even for the sake of the third sister, he will not spread this little thing.

Xia Houchen touched his nose. He just sent his mother to the inner courtyard of Xue's house, but he didn't want to see Xue's sixth sister and ninth sister pulling. In fact, Houfu's two sisters would also fight like this in private, but only when there were no outsiders. But these two ladies dared to pull regardless of etiquette when there were many guests, which was a little disappointed. He has tried his best to cover himself, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the ninth sister. The corners of his lips couldn't help raising a smile.

As soon as he entered the room, a servant took down the cloak on the ninth sister. At a glance, the ninth sister swept everyone in the room. Fortunately, most of them were from the Xue family, but there was a woman who was elegantly dressed but noble in the middle. The woman was talking happily with the second wife and occasionally looked at the obeddy third sister beside her. Son, the third sister also occasionally said a few words, and her cheeks showed a faint blush. But the sixth sister sat obediently next to the old lady today.

The ninth sister was a little clear in her heart that the luxurious lady should be Mrs. An Guohou. It turned out that only Mrs. An Guohou was invited to the inner courtyard today.

"Ninth sister said good to your grandmother and your second aunt!" The ninth sister quickly stepped forward, saluted the old lady and the second wife, and then turned to the third sister, "How are you, third sister!"

After the salute, the ninth sister stood obediently. The old lady smiled and couldn't close her mouth. She quickly greeted the ninth sister and pretended to be angry, "You didn't see any guests in this room."

The ninth sister's eyes were a little more flustered, and she was about to speak, but she heard the old lady say, "This is Mrs. Anguo. You haven't seen it before, and I don't blame you. Hurry up to see the ceremony and ask the marquis's wife to give you a red envelope."

Obviously, this sentence is more a joke.

Sister Jiu didn't think about anything else. She walked lightly to Mrs. Anguo and knelt on the ground. "Wishing greetings to Mrs. Marquis in her old age, and Jiu'er asked for red envelopes!" She stretched out her hand and looked at Mrs. An Guohou with hope.

She is just a child, and it's right to do what the adults say. On the contrary, Mrs. An Guohou looked at the ninth sister in a blank way, as if she had no reaction.

"Get up quickly, you child, how can you give such a big gift? Just call me aunt." Mrs. An Guohou stood up and helped up the ninth sister in person, and directly took the jade pendant at her waist and put it on the cold palm of the ninth sister.

But the jade pendant actually had a lot of warmth, and her hand suddenly trembled.

"My aunt didn't prepare a red envelope, so she gave you the warm jade she usually brought with you." Mrs. An Guohou was very polite to the ninth sister and even spoiled her a little.

"Thank you, aunt!" The ninth sister is blessed again.

Mrs. Anguo pushed her to the old lady and said with a lot of sadness, "Old lady, you have a good granddaughter."

The smile on the third sister's face stiffened, and she looked at the ninth sister with a little coldness. Seeing that the ninth sister looked back at him, her smile began to warm up again. The second wife grabbed the teacup with a little trembling and said, "Nine has always been sensible."

The old lady smiled and chatted with Mrs. Anguo again. The ninth sister lowered her head and deliberately ignored some hostile eyes.