Chapter 15 Heaven's Law forbids Fullness
Wei was a noble lady from a high-class family, so she could only walk fast in her own house.
The Rongchang Marquis Mansion occupies an entire street. It takes half an hour to walk around the central building, and two circles will take an hour.
Feng Qingsui took the opportunity of walking with her to get a good understanding of the layout of Rongchang Marquis Mansion.
The entire mansion faces south, with the ancestral hall, garden, Songbai Hall where Madam Rong lives, the banquet hall for gatherings and banquets, and the main courtyard used by Marquis Rongchang to meet guests and do business as the central axis, and large and small courtyards scattered on the east and west sides.
The courtyards of the eldest son of Rongchang Marquis and his other sons are on the east side.
The guest house and the courtyards of the brothers of Rongchang Hou are on the west side.
Feng Qingsui had previously wondered why his sister and brother-in-law would bring their children to attend the birthday banquet of the old lady of Marquis Rong'an - young ladies from wealthy families who had not yet reached the age of marriage rarely went out to meet guests.
Wei learned that when Mrs. Rong held a birthday party, her father had a unique idea and arranged for a hundred children to write longevity characters for Mrs. Rong on the spot and present them with birthday wishes.
Wei's father was the Minister of Rites, Wei Buqun, who was the superior of his brother-in-law, the Minister of Rites.
There is no doubt that my brother-in-law and his men brought Xiaoyu to the banquet at the request of their superiors.
When talking about Baitong's birthday celebration, Feng Qingsui and Wei happened to walk to the corridor on the west side of the banquet hall. Outside the corridor was a moon-shaped lake called Yuehu. There was a nine-curve bridge on the lake, and the guest house was opposite the bridge.
Wei looked at Yuehu and sighed slightly.
"Unfortunately, a naughty child sneaked onto the bridge to play during the party and fell down and drowned, almost ruining the good omen.
Fortunately, the prince reacted quickly and said that heaven forbids being full, and human nature forbids being complete. It is God's will that the old lady live a long life, so the child will die. So the old lady did not take it to heart. "
After saying this, she held her forehead with her hand, looking speechless and frustrated.
"Why am I telling you this? It's forbidden to talk about this in the mansion..."
A trace of gloom passed through Feng Qingsui's eyes.
She knew why Wei was speechless. When people are tired, it is difficult to control themselves. Whatever they think in their hearts, they say out loud. She pretended to comfort her, "I guess she is tired. Let's go to the banquet hall and sit for a while before continuing."
Wei nodded immediately: "It's time to take a break. My legs are almost unable to move."
The west door of the banquet hall was open, and Feng Qingsui helped her in.
To the north is the main banquet hall, to the east and west are auxiliary halls, and to the south is a stage.
"On the day of the old lady's birthday banquet, there were 300 tables, and six opera troupes and various acrobatic bands were invited. The performance lasted all day and all night."
After sitting down at the tea table in the auxiliary hall, Wei pointed at the stage and said to Feng Qingsui.
"If you were there at that time, you could have watched the excitement."
Feng Qingsui looked at the huge stage and thought: Was this where Xiaoyu was writing at that time?
Xiao Yu's handwriting is very good. Although she is young and doesn't know many techniques, her composition and layout are very creative. She also designed her own font.
The font is cute and crooked, yet flexible and changeable, just like her.
She had never seen Xiaoyu in person, but had only seen the portrait drawn by her brother-in-law. Her sister said that Xiaoyu looked very much like her when she was a child. When she looked at Xiaoyu's portrait, it was always like traveling through time to see her sister.
Xiao Yu is as gentle and kind as her sister.
"Aunt Sui Sui, mother said you are a great storyteller. Can you tell me some stories when you get to the capital? I've saved all the candies for you to eat."
"Aunt Sui Sui, I hid a red envelope in the clothes my mother sent you. You can use it to buy fried glutinous rice cakes. My mother said that glutinous rice cakes cannot be sent by mail or they will go bad."
"Aunt Sui Sui, when will you return to the capital? If you don't come back soon, I'm going to lose my teeth."
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Memories were so mixed up that she almost didn't hear Wei calling her.
After coming back to his senses, he smiled slightly: "What did Madam just say? I was almost stunned by the mural on the stage. Is this the carving of Magu offering longevity?"
Wei's face lit up with satisfaction: "This was newly carved before the old lady's birthday. It was painted by His Majesty himself."
Feng Qingsui showed a hint of just the right amount of envy on his face: "A painting created by the emperor, only the old lady of your house has the blessing of this."
Just as Wei was about to speak, a voice suddenly sounded outside the wall.
"It's so cold, why did you bring me to the lake to enjoy the breeze?"
The woman said coquettishly.
"Be quiet, don't let Dad hear you. Don't you want to eat crabs? I brought you here to catch crabs. Someone sent a few baskets of crabs to the mansion yesterday. We didn't have time to eat them, so we kept them in the lake."
The man joked.
"Nonsense! Even if there really are crabs, do you really need to catch them yourself?"
"You really understand me. To be honest, I have a new medicine that I want to try with you."
"You bastard, there are so many people coming and going here, aren't you afraid that someone will hear you..."
"Let's row the boat to the middle of the lake. No one will hear us."
"You have so many tricks."
…
The sound gradually faded away and soon could no longer be heard.
Feng Qingsui was a little dazed.
Because she couldn't see since childhood, her hearing was extremely sharp. Others recognized people with their eyes, but she recognized people with her ears.
Although the female voice just now was quite different from that of ten years ago, she still recognized it.
That's the sound of the delphinium.
Delphinium had stayed in the Salesian home where she and her sister lived for two months, sharing a room with them.
When she first entered the courtyard, Delphinium was very attached to her sister. She followed her sister wherever she went and did whatever her sister did. She was more like her sister than her little tail.
When her sister heard that her parents were killed by evil people, she felt very sympathetic towards her and shared all the delicious food with her.
Until one day, the warden asked everyone to go to the yard, saying that someone had stolen her purse and wanted to check everyone one by one.
At that time, she, her sister and Delphinium were all in the house. After hearing the message, they all went out.
Her sister held her hand and walked in front, and Delphinium walked behind.
She heard Delphinium's footsteps pause for a few moments before she caught up, and she immediately became suspicious - Delphinium had been trying to snatch her sister from her as soon as she entered the yard, and she was like a little animal guarding its food, always wary of her.
So after coming out of the house, she started to make a fuss for Xiaobai - that was a rabbit doll her sister had sewn for her. She had been holding it since she was a baby, and she couldn't bear to throw it away even though it was tattered. She would hold it when she was nervous - her sister had to take her back.
Delphinium followed, but she quickly left it behind.
She rushed back into the room alone, threw herself on the bed with her sister, reached under the pillow, and felt a smooth purse that looked like it was made of silk.
——Delphinium paused just now in order to stuff the stolen purse on their bed and put the blame on them.
She stuffed the purse into her arms, then touched the doll and walked towards the door holding it.
Delphinium was unaware of her evil deeds, and seeing her clinging to the doll, she laughed at her and said, "You're already so old, why are you still acting like a baby?"
She remained silent.
While waiting in line for inspection, he found an opportunity to stuff the purse back into Delphinium.
The warden found the purse during a body search and beat Cuiqiao severely.
The next day, her Xiaobai disappeared.
Her sister helped her search for a long time before she found it in the ditch behind the kitchen. It had been torn into pieces and was covered in filth.
She asked Delphinium if she did it.
Delphinium poked her forehead with her nails and said viciously, "Even if I step on your broken doll, I'll still feel dirty. Who do you think you are?"
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