Chapter 290 Linhuaihou Mansion

Xicheng Gonghou Street is well-known in the capital. The street lives up to its name. There are only five or six families living on this street, but it occupies the entire length of the street. These three or five families are all famous princes in Beijing. Houses, the most famous ones are Wei Guogong Mansion, Founding Duke Mansion, Linhuaihou Mansion, Dingyuanhou Mansion, and Lingbihou Mansion.

After the Tumu Fortress Change, the families of honorable nobles are all hairless phoenixes and are no longer as good as chickens. Their political status and voice have been lowered by several steps. In addition, the marriage has also strengthened the influence of each other. The princes on Gonghou Street are all related to each other. The various relationships are intertwined. Overall, the effect is not bad. Now the status is still out of reach of ordinary people. exist.

The Linhuai Hou Mansion on Gonghou Street has been quite lively these days, because the birthday of the old lady of the Hou Mansion is approaching, and everyone in the Hou Mansion is busy preparing for the old lady's birthday. Of course, the main people who are busy are the servants, and the masters are still relaxed in various ways. For example, Li Erye is currently busy making a man to play games on a certain maid.

In the Mudanzhai of the Marquis of Linhuai, several beautiful young ladies laughing and chatting under the service of the maids. The young ladies are all about thirteen or fifteen years old, the age when they are about to leave the cabinet, and they are gathering together to laugh at this time.

"Heck. I heard that the fifth sister of the third uncle's family is coming today."

"I don't know what third uncle thinks, but he ran to the corner of the mountain to eat ashes because of a wild woman."

"Third sister, be careful, what kind of wild woman is that third aunt."

"Second sister, what kind of third aunt is she? The old grandmother never admitted it, and our family has never been hired, but the third uncle is really good to her, but it's a pity that she has no blessings and left early. The latest chapter full text read"

"Fifth Sister is here today, then I will pack up a box of jewelry that I eliminated last year and give it to Fifth Sister as a gift."

"I think you'd better keep it as a reward, Fifth Sister is a high-spirited one."

"I think Liumei is right. The third uncle's fifth sister is just from the countryside. Seeing Liumei's gift, she doesn't seem to be very happy."

"Hehe. I heard that the fifth sister was betrothed to a poor boy who was digging in the dirt in the countryside."

"Really or not, the fifth sister who is arrogant and arrogant wants to marry a bumpkin, it's so ridiculous, even the maids around me will be pointed out to the yamen officials, fifth sister actually... giggle"

"It's not fake. The old grandmother was very angry. The eldest aunt managed to find a good family for the fifth sister. It was the son of the founding father's wife's natal family. She kindly talked to the third uncle, but who knew that there were not many?" In just a few days, it was reported that the fifth younger sister had been betrothed to a country bumpkin, and the eldest aunt was so embarrassed in front of the founding father and wife that even the old grandmother was so angry that she didn't eat for two days."

"Heck. The fifth brother-in-law turned out to be a bumpkin"

A few of them laughed, and when they talked about the Fifth Sister they probably all laughed, but the smiles were contemptuous. When they were talking and joking, the carriage of a third master's family had already arrived at Gonghou Street.

"Cao Cao Cao Cao will be there. It's a coincidence that Fifth Sister is here. We just said that she is here. Let's go, let's go to the door and have a look."

"A countryman, what's there to see."

"Third Sister, how can you talk? They are all sisters of my own family. Fifth Sister is not easy to come all the way from the countryside. Let's welcome her."

"I'm going too, I haven't seen Fifth Sister for several years."

"Let's go, maybe. The bumpkin who was betrothed by the fifth younger sister also came. Giggle hasn't seen what a bumpkin looks like yet."

After a few moments, they reached a consensus, and surrounded by old women and maidservants, walked along the Chaoshou veranda and passed the Chuihua Gate. Go to the gate.

On Gonghou Street, several large carriages slowly drove up, followed by more than a dozen healthy servants, and there were also many maids and servants. Under the command of the old lady in charge and the eldest maid, they followed the carriages in an orderly manner.

It was almost time to reach Gonghou Street. Li Shu drove Zhu Ping'an into another carriage, this was also to avoid suspicion, since men and women in Daming could not get close, even though Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an were engaged, they still wanted to avoid suspicion. Men and women sharing a carriage will be chewed by others, so Li Shu drove Zhu Pingan to another carriage.

After Zhu Pingan changed the carriage, it didn't take long before he felt the carriage stopped, and there was a commotion in front of him.

"My lord, we are here, let's get out of the carriage." A servant stood respectfully outside the carriage and told Zhu Ping'an.

"Oh, I see."

Zhu Ping'an nodded, said something softly, then opened the curtain, and jumped out of the carriage with a smile. It feels so good to exercise your muscles and bones after nesting in the carriage for too long.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw the large-scale Linhuaihou Mansion. Looking at the Linhuaihou Mansion in front of him, Zhu Pingan really didn't know what arrogance was. The Linhuaihou Mansion in front of him was huge in scale and extraordinary. Of course, the Duke of Wei's mansion that we saw just now is also of the same scale.

Gonghou Street is about three meters wide, wide and straight, even if two sedan chairs are carried side by side, it is very spacious. But compared to Linhuaihou's Mansion, this street pales in comparison. If Linhuaihou's Mansion is a python, then Gonghou Street is nothing more than an earthworm.

Linhuaihou Mansion is located on Gonghou Street, next door is Wei Guogong Mansion, both of which are very large. In front of the main gate of Linhuaihou's Mansion, there are two town house stone lions, each taller than a person, with superb carvings and lifelike. There is also a plaque hanging on the gate of Linhuaihou's Mansion, on which are written "Linhuaihou's Mansion" in four gold-plated characters.

Not long after the carriage stopped, the door of Linhuaihou Mansion was opened, but it was not the main entrance, but the side doors at the east and west corners next to the main entrance.

The side door was opened wide, and several gorgeously dressed women came out from inside. The leader was a woman in her twenties, followed by some uniformly dressed maidservants.

"This is Miss Fifth, she is such a beautiful person, the servants are moved by seeing it. The servants greet Miss Fifth. I am Zijuan, the big girl next to the old lady. The old lady just ate wine and fell asleep. , before going to bed, order the maidservants to come and pick up Fifth Miss. The yard where the third master lived before has been tidied up, and all the things have just been put in order, and we will wait for Fifth Miss to arrive."

The leading woman claimed to be Zijuan, the big girl next to the old lady, and bent down to say hello in front of Li Shu with a smile all over her face.

"It's such an unfortunate coincidence that Shu'er wanted to go to say hello to her grandmother first." Li Shu made a pityful look, and Cherry Xiaozui sighed.

"Miss has been exhausted all the way, but still misses the old lady. She is sincere and filial, but the old lady has already fallen asleep. When the old lady wakes up, the servant will definitely convey the filial piety of the young lady to the old lady."

The girl named Zijuan is very good at talking, and simple greetings make people feel comfortable.

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