The night was as cool as water. Zhou Gu sat on the steps and looked at the grape trellis in the yard.
Midnight squatted beside him, looking at Zhou Gu for a while, then at the grape trellis. After a long time, he cautiously said: "Master, do you want to eat grapes? I will pick a bunch for you to eat?"
Big bunches of purple grapes are particularly attractive.
Zhou Gu said nothing.
Midnight suddenly remembered that after returning from Jiangning County, the young master looked at the long bunches of grapes and said: "After the exam is over, my mother will take me to Jiangzhou to propose marriage. The grapes will be ripe by then and can be picked as a gift."
bride price."
Ziye complained at that time and told him, who would use grapes as a betrothal gift? You can't help but let this thing go. Don't break it when you get to Jiangzhou. No matter how good-tempered the eldest lady of the Su family is, she will fall out with the young master.
But the young master felt that purple grapes had a good meaning, and from then on he ordered that no one was allowed to pick grapes in his yard this year.
So, after so long, the grapes were ripe and the bunches were attractive to look at, but not only the servants serving in the yard no one dared to touch them, but no one even the master in the house came to pick them.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhou Gu suddenly spoke up and whispered softly, "Ziye, why do you think she is?"
Midnight quickly turned around to see Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu whispered again: "Tell me, why did she insist on breaking off my engagement?"
Ziye shook his head. He couldn't understand why the young master was so good, and why was the seventh lady? Wasn't he very good when he was in Jiangning County? Could it be that he really fell in love with someone else? Is the seventh lady a person who easily falls in love with others?
?If you fall in love easily, shouldn’t you fall in love with someone like Young Master first?
Zhou Gu suddenly stood up. He must have been sitting for a long time. He staggered when he stood up. Ziye quickly supported him. Zhou Gu stood firm, paused for a moment, brushed Ziye's hand away, and told him, "Pick all the grapes."
Yes, it has been divided among all the houses and courtyards in the mansion."
After saying that, he stepped into the house.
Midnight chased after him and asked: "Sir, will you pick it tomorrow?"
"Pick it now."
Midnight responded and immediately called someone. It didn't take long for them to pick all the grapes on the grape rack, divide them into multiple portions, and send them to the yard of Princess Sheng'an, the Duke's wife and others.
The eldest princess of Sheng'an looked at the basket of grapes that was delivered to her. She was stunned and called Ziye to ask.
Ziye didn't dare to hide it, so she told him that the young master had been sitting on the steps under the eaves for a long time, staring at the grape trellis.
After hearing this, Princess Sheng'an sighed inwardly and waved her hand to Ziye. After Ziye left, she called the housekeeper and ordered: "Divide half of this basket of grapes and send it to Princess Qingping's mansion."
The housekeeper should have arranged for someone to go immediately.
Half an hour later, Princess Qingping's Mansion received half a basket of grapes from the Duke Protector's Mansion.
The housekeeper of the Princess's Mansion collected the grapes delivered by the Protector's Mansion in the middle of the night. He was still puzzled, but seeing that each of the purple grapes were big and round, they looked particularly attractive, so he hurriedly sent them to Princess Qingping.
Princess Qingping and her consort were finishing their dinner when they saw the housekeeper coming with half a basket of grapes. They were surprised and asked, "Where did the grapes come from?"
"It was sent by Princess Sheng'an of the Protector's Palace." the housekeeper said quickly.
Qingping was even more surprised, "My aunt never likes to talk to me. It's so late today, why did she suddenly send grapes?" She turned to look at the prince-in-law, who was also puzzled, and also showed a strange and questioning expression.
, she asked the housekeeper again, "What did the people sent by the Protectorate say?"
The steward shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything. I just said that the eldest princess ordered me to send half a basket of grapes. The person who came brought the grapes to me and then left."
Qingping is inexplicable.
The Prince Consort thought thoughtfully, "Most of the melons and fruits in Beijing are supplied by Zhuangzi outside the city, or they are transported from afar. Fruits like grapes were off the market half a month ago. Many mansions in Beijing
, are all planted with flowers and plants, only a few grapes are planted in the courtyard of the Duke Protector Zhou’s house.”
When Qingping heard what he said, he also remembered it and opened his eyes wide, "So, these are the grapes from Zhou Gu's yard?"
"should be."
Qingping frowned and wanted to throw the half basket of grapes out. She looked around at the grapes in the yard, but she didn't want to eat them. But looking at the bunches of delightful grapes, she thought of her greedy daughter and two even more greedy guests.
There was a look of struggle on her face, "It's late at night, auntie, what do you mean?"
The Prince Consort said, "Divide the grapes, shall we? Keep one portion and send one to Cangjiao Pavilion."
"I won't stay."
"Don't you also like to eat? You can't feel bad about delicious food to make others angry." said the prince-in-law.
Qingping choked and said, "Yes."
She waved her hand and told the housekeeper, "Share three portions, keep one portion for me, and send the other two portions to Cangjiao Pavilion."
The steward immediately ordered people to divide half the basket of grapes.
In the Cangjiao Pavilion, the lights were on in the painting hall. Duanhua, Su Rong, Fengling, two maids and three young men were gathered around to play games. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard a burst of laughter inside.
The housekeeper thought to himself that the Cangjiao Pavilion was really lively every day, and he was willing to make more trips every day.
Seeing the housekeeper bring a small half basket of grapes, Duanhua's eyes lit up, "Ah, where did the grapes come from?", before the housekeeper could say anything, she immediately added, "The grapes were off the market half a month ago. Now,
There’s still something to eat, isn’t it from Zhou Gu’s yard?”
The steward put the basket down and replied with a smile, "Back to the princess, you guessed it right, these are the grapes sent by the Duke Protector's Palace."
Duan Hua just said it casually, but he didn't expect it to be true. He stopped playing games and stared at the small half basket of grapes and asked, "Did Zhou Gurang send it?"
"It was sent by Princess Sheng'an."
"What did you say?"
The housekeeper thought to himself, they are indeed mother and daughter. They asked the same questions and shook their heads, "I didn't say anything. The grapes were delivered and they left. I just said that Princess Sheng'an asked them to be delivered."
Duan Hua curled her lips, "In the past years, the Princess Mansion never received grapes from the Protector's Mansion." She turned her head and glanced at Su Rong sadly, "It must have been the eldest princess Sheng'an who was in the Princess Mansion.
They brought grapes. You broke off the engagement, but you didn't offend them, and they even brought you food."
Su Rong didn't know what to say.
The steward delivered the grapes and was about to leave. Duanhua took a bunch of grapes and stuffed them into his hand. He accepted them with a smile and left.
Duanhua muttered, "The grapes are in bunches. They are big and purple. They grow really well. There is frost hanging on them. They must be very sweet."
"I have been coveting the grapes in Zhou Gu's yard for a long time, but I can't get any of them every year. He doesn't let me enter his yard at all. He sends people to guard him strictly, for fear that I will enter his yard to pick his grapes and eat them.
."
She was not angry, "Now, I actually took the initiative to send it."
She talked for a long time, but Su Rong didn't talk to her, so she turned to look at her again, "Why don't you say anything?"
Su Ronxiao, "Listen to what you said."
Duan Hua was dissatisfied, snorted softly, and continued: "In the capital, the families of civil servants all pay attention to elegance. Although the families of military generals lack such things as poetry and etiquette, in order not to make people laugh, they also try their best to rely on elegance.
The Duke Protector's Palace is the head of the military generals, because the eldest princess of Sheng'an married into a military general family, but from generation to generation, the wives she married were all ladies, so gradually, a literati style was developed, and the high-level house
Every plant and tree in Huayu is exquisite. Even the old protector, the prince Zhou Wei, and even the two concubines are quite particular. They all plant flowers and plants in the yard and enjoy them in their spare time. Only Zhou Gu, he
I loved eating grapes, so I planted grapes in my yard.”
Su Rong said nothing.
Duan Hua ordered people to wash the grapes, then sat at the table, holding his chin and looking at Su Rong, "If these grapes are sent to the princess's house, they must be for you. Does Zhou Gu like you?"
Su Rong also sat down next to Duanhua and pinched her face, "This is sent by Princess Sheng'an. I told you that day that although I broke off the engagement, I did not have any quarrel with the Protectorate.
After I leave the Princess's Mansion, I still have to go to the Protector's Mansion with my brother to pay a visit and say thank you."
Duan Hua avoided her hand and muttered, "I really don't understand you."
Fengling said "Oh", "Princess, do you understand what my sister is doing? Eat the grapes quickly, these grapes are delicious at first sight."
The washed grapes were dripping with water. Duanhua was immediately attracted to them. He felt that what Fengling said was reasonable and immediately reached out to pinch them.
She ate one herself and said it was delicious. Su Rong also pinched one and threw it into her mouth.
If she had eaten grapes in the past, she would have asked the maid to wash her hands and peel them for her, and she would never eat them with her own hands. But since Su Rong and Fengling came, they have been assimilated by them, and many things have happened unconsciously.
During this time, under the influence of the two of them, she has learned to do things herself.
Su Rong ate the grape Duanhua put into his mouth, spit out the grape skin and said, "It's so sweet."
Fengling directly took a bunch and put it in Su Rong's hand, "Sister, if it's sweet, eat more."
As Su Rong ate the grapes, she suddenly felt a pain in her heart. It was not severe, but it hurt all the way into her heart and lungs.
The side effects are so severe that I feel exhausted after sitting in front of the computer for a while...
Darlings, it’s the last two days of the month, don’t keep your monthly passes, okay~ See you tomorrow~
