It is said that on the second day after Meng Ying returned from the city defense camp, Dongsheng sent a wooden box with a full two thousand taels of silver notes in it.
As the saying goes, Meng Ying is the most unfavorable person, so she picked up the embroidery needle and wanted to make clothes for Tao Huansheng.
It turned out that when Tao Huansheng saw him off that day, when she raised her hands, Meng Ying discovered that both of his cuffs were frayed.
I chose two pieces of plain satin and planned to make a horse-riding suit and a sky-blue straight tie.
When Hongying saw that her master had visited the city defense camp, she became enlightened. She was so happy that her branches trembled with joy. One moment she was helping to separate the lines, and the next she was talking good things about Tao Huansheng.
It made Meng Ying dumbfounded.
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On the day when Mrs. Wei celebrated her birthday, the middle gate of Wei Dudu's Mansion was opened wide.
Guests from all walks of life are arriving in droves, and those carrying congratulatory gifts are lined up two miles away in front of the Governor's Mansion.
Even the Queen Mother sent a proud nun to present a pair of jade Ruyi.
Tao Huansheng wore a sky-blue straight gown made by Meng Ying herself, with a hosta in her hair, and was dressed in an elegant manner.
Meng Ying wears a moon-white lotus silk double-breasted fairy dress on the upper body and an azure pattern skirt on the lower body.
A pair of beautiful people walking side by side attracted the attention of others.
The longevity hall is arranged in the flower hall in the garden. Among those who come to pay homage to the birthday, male guests and female guests are separated by curtains.
When it's time to pay birthdays, a maid will lead a family of male and female guests to come out to pay birthdays to Mrs. Wei.
Mrs. Wei, today, is dressed in red and colorful, with a golden phoenix hairpin in her white hair, and an emerald on her head, looking gorgeous and rich.
When Tao Huansheng brought Meng Ying to celebrate her birthday, Wei Hong specially introduced his capable general to his wife.
When Mrs. Wei saw Tao Huansheng's handsome appearance and measured conversation, she couldn't help but feel regretful.
Tao Huansheng pointed at Meng Ying and said, "This is the Meng family of Zhuo Jing."
Meng Ying bowed down and said loudly: "I wish the old lady a long and prosperous spring."
"Okay, okay, they are all good children." Mrs. Wei smiled with a smile on her face, but she gave Tao Huansheng a meaningful look. She thought to herself: How great it would be if this was her grandson-in-law.
After Tao Huansheng and his wife, it was the Wei family themselves who paid their birthdays.
Wei Hong and his family were supposed to be in an orderly manner, but Wei Yun'er, in order to highlight his status as a prince, actually ran to the front like a child.
It’s the right day for something to happen.
There was an octagonal palace lantern in front of Mrs. Wei. It was very beautifully made. Perhaps because it was too heavy, the palace lantern fell down at this time.
In the rush, some guests saw the lantern falling and shouted: "Get out of the way, the lantern has fallen!".
But Wei Yun'er, who was showing off her cuteness, didn't hear her at all.
Just when everyone was hiding their faces and not daring to look, they straightened their posture, tiptoed the ground, flew up, and caught the lantern firmly with both hands.
Before Wei Yun'er could react, she saw a man wearing azure straight-cut, thin-soled official boots, like a god, descending from the sky holding a lantern.
When this person lands, take a closer look at this person: he is seven feet tall, with a narrow waist and clasped shoulders, eyes like stars, temples like a knife, and no beard under his chin. He is exactly a young man.
Madame Ma, the wife of the Governor of Wei, thought she was frightened when she saw her daughter's dreamy eyes, so she stroked her back and called her soul.
Wei Yun'er didn't wake up until she saw this person disappear in front of her eyes. Seeing the room full of guests surrounding her and her mother yelling, she was very embarrassed.
Pushing Ma's hand away, she said, "Mom, I'm fine."
After a false alarm, the Wei family once again paid their birthday wishes.
Wei Yun'er's heart was focused on the young man just now, and she couldn't help but look in the direction of the men's seat. Ma kept giving her daughter a wink, and Wei Yun'er restrained himself slightly.
Not to mention the Wei Mansion, let's talk about Tao Huansheng coming out of the birthday banquet and having a small gathering with several of his comrades in the army. His outfit was the envy of his comrades.
Tao Huansheng said goodbye to his comrade and walked to the street to see how the clothes he was wearing looked and how they fit.
I have been alone for more than twenty years, but now, although I have a wife in the house, I am a wife in name only. In the past month since I got married, I have taken good care of my food and clothes.
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Having accepted someone’s kindness, you should reciprocate it.
When Tao Huansheng raised his head, he noticed that there were many shops in front of him. Thinking of the silver hairpin in his hand, he walked up to the silver building.
Seeing that Tao Huansheng's extraordinary appearance, the waiter quickly moved to the private room and brought out two plates of rare treasures.
Tao Huansheng frowned and said, "I want to buy a silver hairpin."
The waiter in the shop was stunned and said: "I wonder who this distinguished guest is buying from? Is it his parents, brothers, or his wife and concubines?"
Tao Huansheng blurted out: "Wife."
The waiter understood and hurriedly went to arrange things.
Tao Huansheng felt speechless as soon as he finished speaking. He glanced at Dongsheng and explained: "There must be some expression for taking away Miss Meng's clothes and eating."
Dongsheng replied: "Madam will definitely be happy when she sees your gift."
Tao Huansheng was about to say, "Don't call me madam in private." When the waiter brought up two more trays of jewelry, he swallowed his words again.
The complicated styles of silver hairpins are dizzying.
A silver hairpin inlaid with jade caught Tao Huansheng's eyes. The body of the hairpin was simple and unpretentious, and the head of the hairpin was inlaid with a magnolia flower inlaid with Hetian white jade, which seemed to be in bloom, very elegant.
"That's it!"
"Your distinguished guest has good eyesight. This silver hairpin is one of a million. It was made by a disciple of Mr. Zhongyi. It is the only one in the world."
Tao Huansheng started sneezing as soon as he left the Silver Building. I don't know who mentioned him behind his back.
He didn't know that today's good deed had already attracted a bad peach blossom.
At the end of the birthday banquet in the Wei Mansion, the guests in sedans and carriages all turned around.
Wei Yun'er was in her room, sitting and lying uneasily, looking out the window constantly.
Not long after, her personal maid Xiaocui ran in, closed the door, and said: "Girl, I asked my cousin about it. That man is one of my subordinates. His name is Tao Huansheng. He is just a young man."
Twenty, he is a fifth-rank Pingxi general appointed by the emperor, and he is currently serving in the city defense camp."
After saying this, the maid paused and whispered: "It's just that he is married and has a wife."
Hearing that Tao Huansheng was married, Wei Yun'er was discouraged, fell down on the bed, and said lonely: "I should have thought that with his appearance, how could he not have a wife." After saying this, he shed tears.
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Xiaocui couldn't persuade her after several attempts, so she said: "It just so happens that General Tao came to Beijing with our master, but he got married within a few days of entering Beijing. Guess who is Mrs. Tao?
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Wei Yuner's eyes were red and she asked in a tearful tone: "Who is it?"
"It's the owner of Dengzhi Embroidery Shop, the businesswoman Meng Ying who is very close to Xiao Mingzhu, the granddaughter of Mrs. Xiao who has become an official, and is also favored by the Anding Marquis."
"It turned out to be that embroiderer. Wasn't she married by the Queen Mother? Why did she marry General Tao again?"
Xiaocui told Wei Yun'er everything she knew, and even added insult to injury by telling how Meng Ying had a bad reputation. First, she was expelled from the clan, and then she was related to the prince-in-law of the dynasty, and she was also related to Mr. Wu from the Anding Marquis Mansion.
Walk quite close and so on.
After hearing this, Wei Yun'er stood up and said: "General Tao and I have a life-saving grace, how can I let this businesswoman offend him? No, I have to go to my father and ask him to help General Tao." p>
Having said that, he didn't bother to change his clothes. He opened the door and ran out, but when he opened the door, he ran into his mother Ma's arms.
"Oh, my son, what are you doing in such a hurry? How frightened are you today?"
"Mother, you came just in time. My savior has been deceived. It's up to mother to help him."
Wei Yun'er's words were so meaningless that Ma was confused.
"My son, please wait a moment before you enter the room. I'll make you faint."
The mother and daughter returned to the inner room together, and Wei Yun'er recounted what she had just heard.
When Ma heard this, he waved his handkerchief and said nonchalantly, "What do I mean? That boy just took a lantern casually. He is your father's subordinate, and that is what he should be.
What a great favor."
"But..."
Before Wei Yun'er could finish her words, Ma interrupted her: "Don't ask any more questions about this man. What an elegant young man, he is the general who came from a bandit that your father once told you about.
The mud has not been washed away yet, he is just a reckless man, and he is a good match for that businesswoman."
"What, it's him? How could it be him? Mother, you must have made a mistake? How could there be such a bandit? Shouldn't the bandit have a bearded face, a fleshy face, and a round waist? No, no, you must
Mistaken."
It was her fault that she refused to marry him in the first place. When she heard Ma said that General Pingxi was a bandit, she put aside her harsh words and said that if she was asked to marry, she would rather become a sister-in-law and hang herself in front of the door.
"It's unmistakable, it's him. The bandit general's surname is Tao, Tao Huansheng."
"Then...then you...why didn't you tell me earlier? You know he has such good looks and character, and my daughter would like it." Wei Yun'er twisted her handkerchief and looked at Ma Ma with tears in her eyes.
Shi Dao.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You are willing, but I am not willing either. His appearance can be used as food, but he is a martial artist with no foundation in the court. How can he stand out? Today, at your grandmother's birthday party, I saw two handsome young men.
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One is Cui Shangshu's son, who has matching big ears and a face full of good fortune; and the nephew of Mr. Sun Ge, who has red lips and white teeth and a bookish face. They are all good candidates, and any one of them is better than Tao Huansheng.
A hundred times."
After hearing this, Wei Yun'er felt like crying but had no tears, and said: "He has big ears to match, but that person has a big head and a big belly, and looks like a pig; that Young Master Sun, looks like a sick young man, and I don't want that." p>
As soon as Ma heard this, his anger surged and he came up.
He patted the Kang table and said: "This won't work, that won't work either, so what kind of thing are you looking for? That Mr. Sun looks similar to your cousin. Didn't you always want to find a scholarly family before? What about the Sun family now?
But everyone in Beijing.
Not to mention in the court, even in private, the family property is rich. If you marry, urge Mr. Sun to make more progress, and you will get an official position in the future, and you will be safe for the rest of your life."
"I won't marry, I won't marry... If you want to marry, marry someone like General Tao."
"You...you evildoer, you were the one who refused to marry at first; now you are the one who wants to marry. I already have a wife. Is it possible for you to become a concubine?"
"Isn't it okay to divorce my wife now that she is not worthy of him? If he knew that I could marry him, he would definitely divorce that shameless business girl." In Wei Yun'er's heart, if he was willing to marry, then
Tao Huansheng must come to marry her with a divorce letter.
"You are dreaming, I will never let you marry a military general. I am so worried all day long that my life will be on the battlefield if I can't protect it! Do you want to be a widow?"
"A widow is better than a pig's head or a diseased seedling."
"You..." Mrs. Ma was so angry that her daughter almost fell over.
"Mother, you love me the most. The person my father likes must be the right one. Just make your daughter happy! Please!" Wei Yun'er knelt down in front of Ma, holding on to Ma's skirt and begging.
"No, you'd better put away your unwanted thoughts. If your father finds out, we will both be ruined!" Mrs. Ma is very aware of her husband's temper. Doing so is tantamount to digging your own grave.
After saying that, he pushed away his daughter's hand and walked out of Wei Yun'er's room.
Ma walked out of her daughter's yard angrily, turned around and said to the maid who was serving her personally, "Let people take good care of the young lady, and don't do anything outrageous."
Ma's nanny advised: "Madam, you are too worried. Everyone has a love for beauty. What's more, the girl is at the age when she is in love. After a few days, she will see many people and forget about it."
"Oh, I hope so! That bandit general is really lingering, he is everywhere!" Ma said this, completely forgetting that if there was no one to help, Wei Yun'er would have been injured by the lantern, and it was unknown whether he could survive.
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Therefore, all spectators, people's hearts cannot be changed. Some people are not grateful, so no matter how nice they are to her, it will be in vain.