Chapter 43 and Li
Zheng Man'er wears a tea-yellow bird diamond embroidered shirt, a lilac lotus silk skirt tied straight to her armpits, with a drooping double bun on her head, and a pair of silver bells tied on her wrists. It jingled as she moved, crisp and pleasant. In her hand, she still held a light tiger skin pattern, stretched out her pink tongue and licked her mouth from time to time, jumped behind Yuan Xiu and entered the side hall of Zichen Hall, saluted with a smile and shouted, "Five uncle!"
Fengchun changed into an 80% new beaded brocade robe, took off the soft robe, revealing the hairband inside, and his face had returned to normal. He looked slightly younger than his actual age. He smiled and said, "After a while, Man'er seems to have grown much taller?"
He himself has three sons but no daughter. Originally, he was indeed more tolerant of the small county owner in the clan, but Zheng Man'er was not much younger than Yuan Xiu. He was older than Xu Wang and Princess Liyang, and he usually didn't see much with Feng Chun, so Feng Chun actually can't remember how tall he was when he saw her last time, but Say it casually.
However, Zheng Maner was overjoyed to look at Yuan Xiu and said, "Aunt Jiu, I said to tie the skirt higher. The fifth uncle must feel that I have grown taller again, right?"
"You were taller than last time I saw your fifth uncle." At this moment, Yuan Xiu is wearing the beard of the bead tree against the deer pattern brocade, with chestnut ribbon around his waist, which looks light and neat. Feng Chun said strangely when he saw it, "Why did you change into a beard suit?"
Yuanxiu said chagrinly, "When I was about to go out in the palace clothes I was just wearing, I was caught by the lyrewren I picked yesterday. It's more convenient to think about Hufu."
Fengchun saw that it was not a big deal, so he nodded and ordered the fish hydrocarbons: "Premeat."
Zheng Maner knelt down at the bottom, looked at Yuanxiu and Fengchun with dark eyes, and suddenly said, "Five uncle, are you still angry with the ninth aunt?"
"..." Yuanxiu was angry and funny. Fengchun glanced at her and asked Zheng Man'er with a smile: "Is it that Man'er came today to apologize for your ninth aunt?"
Zheng Man'er nodded seriously: "Man'er doesn't know how the ninth aunt made the fifth uncle unhappy. I just hope that the fifth uncle and Man'er have been there for so long that they can only eat vegetarians. Don't be angry again?"
This time, Fengchun really laughed and looked at Yuan Xiu and said, "Oh? Jiumei and Man'er have lived so hard in the past half month?
"It's pure and pleasant in the view. The third aunt is amiable. I think it's good to live here. If it hadn't been for Man'er's quarreling to come back and the seventh sister went in person, I wouldn't want to come back so soon!" Yuan Xiuqiang refused to admit it.
Who knew that Zheng Man'er immediately said, "Aunt Jiu said nonsense that Qing Wangguan was originally the private practice of the third aunt. We were actually very unhappy to disturb the third aunt. Except when we went and left, it can usually be seen that the third aunt called us to gossip?"
"After all, the third aunt is already a monk. He has his own homework in the morning and evening. How can he compare with ordinary elders?" Yuan Xiu said lightly.
"So the room for visitors to live in is in disrepair, and it has reached the point of water leakage! And the bedding is hard and thin, and everything in the room is not complete, but is it true? Zheng Man'er retorted, "If it hadn't rained heavily, if the third aunt hadn't remembered to ask us to change places, the room we lived in in the middle of the night was half destroyed by lightning, and the water almost flooded the bed. The clothes that I didn't have time to clean up were also suppressed, so that I only had two or three sets of clothes and skirts were left to change... And when I was watching, Aunt Jiu, you I only ate a small bowl of soup cakes, but when I went back to the palace and was in the ice hall, even if I just made my seventh aunt cry and the atmosphere was awkward, you ate twice as much!"
Yuanxiu was so angry that he didn't care that Fengchun was on the top. He scolded, "Don't say it!"
"Haha..." Fengchun listened and laughed without sympathy.
Zheng Man'er made a face to Yuan Xiu and was proud.
"It seems that Man'er and Jiumei have a very good relationship during the period when they lived in Qing Wangguan." Fengchun said quietly, "I heard that Man'er didn't even go to the eldest princess's house after returning to Chang'an, so he went directly into the palace with Jiumei. If the eldest sister knew, she should complain about Jiumei."
Yuan Xiu said hurriedly, "I'm reluctant to be barbarians."
"Five uncle, no, in fact, I have always wanted to go home, but the seventh aunt asked me to continue to stay with the ninth aunt for a few days." Zheng Maner dismantled her platform without hesitation and said, "I thought that the ninth aunt and fifth uncle were still angry, so they stayed. Now after lunch, can the fifth uncle ask someone to take me back?"
"You have no conscience!" Yuan Xiu was angry, "What's in your arms? Dare to say that it's dedicated to accompanying me!"
Zheng Man'er ignored her and looked forward to Fengchun.
Fengchun muttered, "Not today, tomorrow, let's talk about it tomorrow if you have time tomorrow."
"I'm free every day!" Zheng Maner was puzzled, "You don't need to see me off by your fifth uncle and ninth aunt. Just arrange a carriage. If there is no idle car in the palace, just send someone to the eldest princess's house to ask your mother to send a car to pick me up."
Fengchun pointed to a plate of dishes brought up by the waiter: "This concentric knot is well made. You can all try it."
Another two people held a portion for Yuanxiu and Zheng Man'er. The so-called concentric knot is to choose good raw meat, wash it, cut it into long strips, and then tie the long strips into knots, and then air-dry it into dried it into dried meat. If you want to eat it, take a drawer and steam it. If this dish is cooked well, it pays attention to the temperature from the initial selection of materials to the final steaming. Although it is not a noble dish, it is very powerful.
Yuan Xiu took one with silver chopsticks, swallowed it completely, and nodded, "It's crisp but not rotten, fresh and smooth."
"Five uncle, when can I go back?" Zheng Man'er was not biased from the topic this time. He tasted it casually and then reviewed and asked.
"Man'er said that but was wronged in the palace?" Fengchun picked up the golden bottle on the case and took a sip, smiling and asked.
Yuanxiu immediately stared at her, and Zheng Man'er shook his head: "No, my aunts and aunts treat me very well, but I haven't seen my mother for a long time. If the fifth uncle and ninth aunt want me to stay in the palace again, let me go back to see my mother?"
"That's the same truth. In this case, fish hydrocarbons, let's pass that the eldest princess will come to the palace to visit Man'er tomorrow." Fengchun thought for a little and said.
"Five uncle--" No matter how naive Zheng Maner was, he also found that something was wrong at this time. He looked at Fengchun in surprise and again at Yuanxiu, but saw Yuan Xiu's face hesitantly. Her heart sank and blurted out, "Are the fifth uncle and ninth aunt going to leave me in the palace as a hostage?"
Yuan Xiu frowned: "Where do you think?"
"Then why don't you allow me to leave the palace? Even if I miss my mother, I have to ask my mother to come to see me instead of allowing me to leave the palace and go back to my home?" Zheng Maner stared at her, leaned in and held Yuan Xiu's hand, and said earnestly, "Aunt Jiu, what the hell is going on? Can you tell me?"
"...Don't pester your ninth aunt." Fengchun sighed and looked at the fish hydrocarbons. The latter took a step forward and whispered, "Princess Chengyi, the princess is temporarily in the palace. This is the reason why everyone and the A family are considering for the princess. Please don't let the elders live up to their painstaking efforts!"
Zheng Man'er was shocked: "Is there something wrong with my family?"
"There are some rumors in the city that your mother is busy with cooking, and it will not be long before she can pick you up. Before that, will you live in the Pearl Mirror Hall?" Yuan Xiu coaxed gently.
"Rumors?" Although Zheng Maner was indulgent, she was not confused. What's more, this matter was already clear before she went to forget. She pondered for a moment, her eyes lit up, and shouted, "Is it for the fairy slave? It's the scoundrel Weitan!"
"Man, that's your father!" Fengchun rebuked unhappily.
Zheng Man'er said angrily, "Five uncle, my surname is Zheng, and my father is Zheng Yu of the Zheng family!" What does it have to do with Navetan!"
"Now he is your mother's son-in-law, and naturally he is also your father!" Fengchun's face sank, "It's okay for you to lose your temper in private. How can you be so rude in front of people and let outsiders see the jokes of our Li family's bloodline!"
Yuan Xiu was afraid that Zheng Man'er's stubborn temper would come up. Regardless of contradicting Feng Chun, he quickly persuaded him, "Man'er, now that this matter has spread out of the eldest princess's mansion. Many people are staring at Changlefang to see the bustle. It's really not suitable for going back."
"When I went to Qing Wangguan to accompany Aunt Jiu, Wei Tan had already quarreled with his mother several times about this matter. Hasn't he apologized to his mother and Xiannu for so long?" Zheng Man'er was puzzled.
Yuan Xiu's face changed, and Fengchun's face was gloomy: "Who do you think will apologize to whom?"
"Of course, it's Wei Tan who apologizes to his mother and Xiannu!" Zheng Man'er said righteously, "He is a prodigal. If it hadn't been for his mother's cousin, how many people in Chang'an would have looked up to him now? What is he in the Wei family?
"Your mother is the eldest princess of the emperor's personal title. Her status is noble, and it's nothing for her son-in-law to let her." Fengchun said leisurely, "But the fairy slave you mentioned... seems to be just a toy raised in the house, right?"
Zheng Man'er curled his lips and said, "In terms of talent, the fairy slave is much better than Wei Tan, but he is not as good as Wei Tan!"
Yuan Xiu stroked his forehead with a headache: "Man, you are the princess. Don't you think it's too wrong to favor a child like this?"
"I don't like Vetan!" Zheng Man'er said with hatred, "If he was a good thing, he wouldn't have made my father depressed at the beginning!" I didn't have my biological father by my side. How many jokes I received in the clan when I was a child! Are you still trying to let me call his father? Fifth uncle, ninth aunt, and Wei Tan are not such an outstanding figure in the Wei family, but because of his mother's status in the Wei family, now that this matter has been rumored, instead of letting the outside world talk about it, how about calling his mother and Wei Tan to divorce?
"Presumptuous!" Fengchun's face was as heavy as water, and he said word by word, "Just because of your mother and daughter's selfish desires, do you want the princesses of the Li family to carry the black pot?"