Just as the Houmen is as deep as the sea!

This sentence is definitely not an exaggeration, even if the memory is as demonic as Zhu Ping'an, but on the way to the old lady's greeting, he was almost dizzy, through the winding path, the corner gate shadow wall, and so on for several cycles, Zhu Ping'an arrived at the courtyard where the old lady of the Hou Mansion was. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Uncle, the old lady's yard is ahead." The two girls who led the way reminded Zhu Ping'an in a low voice.

Zhu Ping'an nodded, indicating that he knew, and checked that there was nothing wrong with his dress, and then motioned to the two girls to continue to lead the way.

This hall is relatively wide, and after passing through the hall is a huge jade shadow wall, which makes Zhu Ping'an look a little stunned, I don't know how much gold and silver it took to buy such a large jade shadow wall. Bypassing this piece of jade shadow wall, there is a spacious courtyard, this is the courtyard locked by the old lady of the Hou Mansion, Zhu Ping'an walked in and saw five main rooms, ear room, gatehouse, stove room and so on.

"Uncle Wan'an."

The six girls who were orderly and busy in the courtyard saw Zhu Ping'an, bowed in unison, and greeted Zhu Ping'an in unison.

Zhu Ping'an nodded, and then asked, "Grandmother is free?" ”

After getting an affirmative answer, Zhu Ping'an walked towards the main room in the middle, and the maid in the door had rolled up the curtain high when Zhu Ping'an first arrived at the door, and Zhu Ping'an walked in.

"I heard that my uncle is coming to say hello, the old lady has been happy for a long time, so come in. When the old lady saw her uncle, she must be overjoyed. ”

In the main room, Zijuan, a big girl wearing a dark green bijia, walked out and saluted Zhu Ping'an with a smile.

"Grandmother thinks of peace, and peace naturally comes to say goodbye." Zhu Ping'an smiled faintly.

Zijuan opened the curtain with a smile, welcomed Zhu Ping'an into the inner room, and then said to the house with a smile, "Old lady, your long-awaited son-in-law has come to greet you." ”

The inner room is very luxurious, there is a big kang with a scarlet blanket near the window, and the front is set up with Aunt Mei's birthday backrest, and the pillow is painted with gold and blessings, and the quilt is smoked with spices. On the kang are a pair of delicate cases of huanghuali, with dried fruits, fragrant tea, spittoons and other things.

A red carpet was laid out on the floor, with four chairs with soft supports, cushions, and footrests. The room is filled with vases with seasonal flowers, incense burners, and all sorts of unnamed ornaments.

Zhu Ping'an entered the inner room and took a look, then saluted the silver-haired old woman sitting on the chair of the Taishi in the center. When Zhu Ping'an lived in the Hou Mansion before, he had seen the old lady many times, and he could recognize the old woman as the old lady at a glance.

"My son-in-law is safe, and I say hello to my grandmother."

Zhu Ping'an stood one meter in front of the old lady's chair, then stepped forward with his left leg, put his left hand on his knee, knelt with his right leg, and bent his knee to say hello to the old lady.

There may be many people who think that please is the etiquette of the Manchus, in fact, it is not the case, please be from the Ming Dynasty, the earliest is one of the Ming military rites, the "Ming Huidian" has a standard description of the etiquette of the invitation, called "bending a knee". Theoretically, a soldier should kneel down and salute when he sees his commander, but because he can't kneel down in armor, he only bends one knee or half a knee. Over time, I got used to it, even if I didn't wear armor, the soldier would bow on one knee when I saw the commander, which was the same as kowtowing and bowing, which contained the meaning of greeting and greeting.

The unique etiquette of the Manchus should be kneeling, which is kneeling on both knees, at this time the monarch **** is at its peak, and the people of the world, including officials, are all servants of the emperor, so they kneel on both knees.

"Brother An, hurry up, I've suffered you all the way, and that incident at sea has frightened my grandmother. Come over here and let Grandmother take a good look. The old lady stretched out her hand and motioned for Zhu Ping'an to get up quickly.

Zhu Ping'an answered, and got up, and then saw that the old lady of the Hou Mansion did not live on herself, so she also looked at the old lady with a smile.

"Why did you lose so much weight?" The old lady looked up and down for a moment, asked distressedly, and then without waiting for Zhu Ping'an to answer, she looked at Zijuan again and ordered, "Zijuan, go to the treasury and give Brother An half of the supplements such as bird's nest, lingzhi, deer antler velvet, ginseng, and snow lotus that were rewarded in the palace last time." ”

"The old ancestor is really eccentric, people begged for a long time, and the old ancestor gave them so little, this brother-in-law just came, and before he spoke, his grandmother had to go half."

As soon as the old lady's voice fell, she heard a coquettish female voice coming in, ostensibly aggrieved, but actually coquettish and inviting pets.

As soon as Zhu Ping'an turned his head, he saw Miss Six in a light pink gauze skirt walking in with a fragrant breeze, with a round baby fat face and a smile, showing her little tiger teeth and coming to the old lady, holding the old lady's arm and being coquettish.

"You monkey has sharp ears, get up quickly, don't look at who is there, just be so shameless." The old lady patted Miss Liu's fragrant shoulder dotingly, and joked with a smile.

Only then did the sixth lady raise her head from the old lady's arms, looked at Zhu Ping'an, and said with a smile that was not shy at all, "Grandmother will divert the topic, brother-in-law is not an outsider, so the grandson is not ashamed." ”

Miss Six's dark eyes looked at Zhu Ping'an boldly, her eyes were charming, and her round goose egg face was flushed, like a lively finch, with a sweet and lively atmosphere all over her body.

Zhu Ping'an looked at his mouth, his mouth and nose, and his nose and heart, and there was no wave in his eyes.

"You monkey is looking for your grandmother again, okay, okay, I'll let Zijuan send the box of Dongzhu you've been coveting for a long time to your yard." The old lady pinched Miss Six's baby fat face dotingly, and promised to give her a box of Dongzhu.

"Hehe, then the grandson will thank the ancestor." Miss Six happily thanked the old lady.

"Okay, the big girl who is going to leave the pavilion is not in shape, go and sit down." The old lady patted Miss Six's arm and reprimanded dotingly.

"Yes, Ancestor." Miss Six got up and smiled coquettishly and performed a standard maid salute, and then sat down on a chair beside the old lady.

"You monkey ......," the old lady cried and laughed.

"Ping An thanks to his grandmother for his love, but this tonic is given to his grandmother by the palace, and Ping An is no longer filial, and he doesn't dare to share his grandmother's tonic." Zhu Ping'an shook his head with a smile and declined the old lady's love.

"Your child, since the palace has rewarded the grandmother, then it belongs to the grandmother. If your grandmother gives it to you, you will keep it, and you and Xiao Wu will make up for your body, which is the greatest filial piety to your grandmother. The old lady of the Hou Mansion insisted again.

Zhu Ping'an refused again, and then the old lady made an angry appearance and said that the elder did not dare to resign, and the number of arguments was exchanged, and an agreement was reached, and finally Zhu Ping'an accepted one-third of the supplement.

"Shu'er, why didn't you come back?" The old lady asked with concern.

Zhu Ping'an explained to the old lady the reason why Li Shu came back a few days late, and the old lady nodded after hearing it, and said that it was okay to come back a few days late, and the province was running on the road.

After talking for a while, the old lady asked about Zhu Ping'an's performance, and persuaded Zhu Ping'an to submit to the Yan Mansion, although our noble family is not weak in terms of meritorious service, but time has passed, and the arms can't twist the thighs, for the sake of Zhu Ping'an's career, persuade Zhu Ping'an to go to the relationship between the Yan Mansion, it is best to reconcile, and it is not good for Zhu Ping'an's career to make a big fuss.

"Grandmother rest assured, peace knows how to be measured." Zhu Ping'an's eyes rolled, and he didn't say too much, and replied ambiguously.

The old lady thought that Zhu Ping'an had listened, nodded with satisfaction, spoke again, asked some about Zhu Ping'an's affairs at sea, and then asked Zijuan to send Zhu Ping'an back to rest. (To be continued.) )