Chapter 9: Blossom Viewing Feast
Parking at the Hanging Flower Gate of the Wei Mansion, Hong Dan got out of the car with a smile, and the mother who had already been in charge gave Mrs. Shizi a misty manner.
Shui Hanwu walked over quickly surrounded by a large group of maids and women, and greeted from a distance: "Tenth sister, you are here, I am almost looking through the autumn water." The speaker had already come closer, and took Hanxiao's hand to prevent her from giving a salute: "What do we sisters still care about these false gifts? In fact, the two have only met three times, one of which is the full moon of Shui Hanxiao, one is the coming-of-age ceremony of Shui Hanwu, and the other is the time for Hanxiao to get married;
Shui Hanwu smiled and held Shui Hanwu and took his hand, "Then listen to my sister, as long as my sister doesn't secretly say that my sister is rude." ”
"Look at what my sister said, is my sister that kind of person? I don't blame my sister. The water mist pretended to be angry. He smiled and walked inside holding hands.
I went to meet the Duchess of Guo first, and the Duchess of Wei smiled gently and gave Hanxiao a red gold bracelet as a meeting gift. Xiaoxiao was a little embarrassed: "I've become a parent, I'm an adult, and I can't take a greeting gift." Shui Hanwu couldn't help but say that he directly stuffed the bracelet into Hanxiao's hand and said with a smile: "You will accept the gift that my mother gives you, how old is my sister? In front of my mother, we are all children. He smiled dissatisfied.
Hanxiao smiled suddenly, the previous uneasiness disappeared, maybe the second sister took the initiative to get close to herself because of Xiao Di, but at least in her heart she regarded herself as a sister, at least she still had a sincerity to herself in her heart, and the kindness in her heart was not completely annihilated by the worldly glory.
The relationship between Hanxiao and Hanwu is not ordinary, so the time to come is slightly earlier than the others, so that it can not only help Hanwu entertain guests, but also get to know some of the hostesses of the princess's house, and it will be easy to come and go in the future.
"Today, Mrs. Shizi of the Dingguo Mansion, the eldest and youngest grandmothers of the Maoguo Mansion, Mrs. Gan of the Xining Marquis Mansion, and Mrs. Xiang of the Ji'an Marquis Mansion are entertained by us, and those who are older are like Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang of the Zhennan Hou Mansion, and Mrs. Ouyang of the Changxing Marquis Mansion, and those are entertained by the mother-in-law. Misty explained.
Nodding with a smile, he listened and took notes.
A beautiful woman in colorful clothes came over surrounded by a maid and a woman, and Shui Hanwu smiled when she saw it: "Aren't you busy marrying a daughter-in-law?
The beauty in colorful clothes scolded with a smile: "If I really can't come today, it's strange if you don't annoy me!" The speaker nodded with a smile and smiled: "This is the tenth sister who married into the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei! Compared to us, we have all become yellow-faced mothers-in-law, what can we do!" said and pretended to frown, looking very distressed.
Misty laughed: "This is starting to make a mess again. He raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's a big truth to say that my sister is good-looking, and I don't look at whose sister it is, can it be good-looking?" said proudly and comfortably, and then pointed to the beauty in colorful clothes and turned back to smile and said: "This is the young grandmother of Maoguo Mansion, she is a pungent one, you have to be careful." ”
Seeing that Hanwu was smiling when she spoke, her demeanor and tone were very kind, guessing that this young grandmother and Hanwu had a very good personal relationship. Seeing that the other party's eyebrows and eyes were sparse, his smile was bright, his eyes were clear, and he was in the style of everyone, so he hurriedly curtched and saluted: "Grandma, young man." ”
The eldest and youngest grandmother of the Mu family of the Maoguo Mansion stayed on Hanxiao for a while before looking away and smiled at Shui Hanwu: "The tenth sister looks different from you. ”
Shui Wuwu glanced at Grandma Mu: "My sister is gentle and kind." You can't bully her. The speaker pulled Grandma Mu along the verandah towards the house, smiling and accompanying her.
Maoguo Mansion is one of the four major mansions of Wu Yueguo, and it is also one of the richer families of the Gongqing, and the operation of several generations has changed Hongfeng Qian Zhuang from a small money village to the current time-honored money village. Although there are Wenchen Qingliu who call it unattainable, and there are also impeachments by the imperial history, but the Hongfeng was originally just the marriage of the former wife of the Duke of Maoguo, and it has grown to the current scale after a hundred years of hard work.
At present, there are many heirs of the Duke of Maoguo, and only two of them have been born, but there are 12 of them, and they can be regarded as flourishing in the family of the Minister! Since this beautiful woman in colorful clothes is called the eldest and young grandmother of the Mu family, she should be the wife of the eldest son of the Duke of Maoguo.
The Maoguo Mansion has not yet played the fold to ask for the son, so it can only be called the eldest young grandmother, and only after the title of the prince can it be regarded as a high-ranking edict, and only then can it be called the young lady.
However, there are only two sons in law of Maoguo, but there are so many concubines, and among these concubines, there are also those who have the ability to be extraordinarily outstanding, and the position of the prince is probably not so easy to get. Even if the prince is sealed now, I'm afraid that position is not so easy to do! That's just a ready-made target
Thinking about the situation of the Maoguo Mansion with a smile, he looked at the young grandmother of the Mu family who was chatting and laughing with Shui Hanwu beside him, and couldn't help but admire, when he encountered such a mess, this young grandmother was not worried, and she was very generous, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
In order to avoid unpleasantness, Shui Hanwu invited some people who had a better relationship on weekdays, as well as those who were closer to the Wei Mansion, such as the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Mu family, and the wife of the prince of Dingguo's mansion.
Dingguo Mansion is not an ordinary minister's house, the current Dingguo Gong Yelu Qi is the father of the current queen, and the son of Dingguo Gong Yelu Feixiang is the brother of the current queen Yelu Feiyan. Dingguo Gong Yeluqi made great achievements for Wu Yue State back then, and even now his prestige in the army is still unmatched. There is a faint momentum of the head of the Duke of Minjing, this lady rarely goes out on weekdays, and she can't be invited to a general banquet, if it weren't for Shui Hanwu and Mrs. Shizi's previous meetings, they talked very happily, I'm afraid they wouldn't have participated this time.
The lady of the Dingguo Mansion looks extremely beautiful, different from the luxurious and elegant grandmother of the Mu family, she is a kind of chaste and elegant beauty, with a gentle smile and restrained temperament, looking at Shui Hanwu and the eldest and young grandmother of the Mu family playing poor jokes there, her eyes are very soft.
Shui Hanxiao and the hot lady of Dingguo only said a few words of greeting to each other, and didn't say anything more, but Hanxiao found that this lady was very concerned about herself, and she couldn't help but be surprised; after thinking about it, she felt that it was a matter of course, and she was even more sure of her previous guess that the relationship between Xiao Di and Yeluqi must be very close, and it was not strange at all as it appeared outside.
If it is really a master-apprentice relationship, then when the disciple gets married, it is natural for the master to want to see the newcomer! It seems that this Dingguo Duke is extremely concerned about Xiao Di.
Smiling thoughtfully.
"Mrs. Xiao's clothes are really beautiful, are they made by the sewing workshop in the house?" Mrs. Xiang of Ji'anhou Mansion looked at the smiling clothes and praised them.
It took a long time for Hanxiao to react, it turned out that he was talking to himself! It turned out that his title was already Mrs. Xiao, Wu Yueguo's first-class edict and Mrs. Gongqing, as if he was not talking about himself.
"Thank you Mrs. Xiang for the compliment, this is embroidered by the embroiderer of the glass garment workshop. He said with a smile. "It is their blessing to be able to receive such praise from Mrs. Xiang. ”
"Liulifang, that's also a time-honored brand, no wonder!" Mrs. Xiang suddenly said: "However, the one who can make this kind of embroidery must be the top embroiderer!"
"Ha, this dress is made by an elderly embroidery lady surnamed Jiang in the Liuli Embroidery Workshop, and her craftsmanship is still good. "Introduce with a smile.
Mrs. Xiang looked at it with a smile and thoughtfully, the glazed embroidery workshop has always been famous in Fujian, and several top embroidery girls in it are known to themselves, and almost all of them have been dealt with, but Mrs. Xiang is sure that there is no embroidery girl surnamed Jiang among these embroidery girls, so this embroidery girl is either not famous, or ordinary people can't invite it; which situation will it be?
Seeing this, she knew that Mrs. Xiang probably saw something, but what did it matter?
Shui Hanwu pulled a fair-skinned woman with gentle eyebrows and walked over: "Sister, this is Mrs. Gan from the Marquis Mansion of Xining." ”
Shui smiled and bowed to Mrs. Gan, and Mrs. Gan hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Gan, "My marquis and Zhenbei marquis are of the same rank, my sister must not be polite." ”
Shui Han smiled and saw that Mrs. Gan's temperament was gentle and gentle, and she smiled sincerely, knowing that this Mrs. Gan was not saying kind words, so she laughed at the other party's kindness.
After Mrs. Gan greeted Hanxiao, she looked at Mrs. Xiang and asked, "I heard a few days ago that your Mrs. Tai is in poor health, how is she doing now? Is it better? Our Hou Ye was not in good health some time ago, I have been serving in front of Hou Ye's bed, and I didn't go to visit the patient, but it's really rude!"
Mrs. Xiang smiled and said, "It's already much better, thank you for the medicinal materials that Mrs. Gan sent." ”
"What the hell is going on! Wasn't it okay when I visited Mrs. Tai some time ago? Why did you suddenly fall ill? Mrs. Gan asked with some concern.
Mrs. Xiang knew that Mrs. Gan had never liked to listen to those rumors and gossip, and Xininghou was not in good health, so it was normal not to hear about those rumors, but after all, this matter was related to her sister-in-law, and another related party was by her side, so she couldn't say it anyway, so she had to smile reluctantly and change the topic: "You see that the spicy one of the Mu family is starting to be funny again." ”
The three of them looked into the house, and just saw the young grandmother of the Mu family and said with a smile: "Look at what Mrs. Tai said, I just make a mistake, that is, the Monkey King, how can I not escape from the palm of your Buddha." As he spoke, he made a look of sincere fear. The princes and ladies of the Hou Mansion in Zhennan sat in the room and laughed amusedly. Mrs. Ouyang from the Changxing Marquis Mansion stretched out her hand and nodded at the young grandmother of the Mu family, and said with a smile: "The little monkey is getting more and more bold, and he dares to laugh at Mrs. Tai." ”
The eldest and youngest grandmother of the Mu family shouted that she was wronged: "Madame has wronged me by saying this, I don't dare to laugh at Mrs. Tai even if I have the courage to laugh!" ”
Mrs. Wang looked at the young grandmother of the Mu family pretending to be, holding her stomach and laughing again. Mrs. Wang was smiling and supporting her mother-in-law beside her.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xiang said: "With the Mu family's presence, it is indispensable to be lively, and it will be fun to see Mrs. Wang." ”
Mrs. Gan also smiled and agreed: "Yes! It's no wonder that any banquet likes to post to her. ”
Seeing the two of them looking strange, she smiled silently, and thought to herself: The eldest and youngest grandmother of the Mu family is so good at telling jokes, why haven't I heard of the laughter of the Maoguo Mansion, it can be seen that this eldest and youngest grandmother is not a random funny person, and it is not easy for ordinary people to listen to her jokes!
The second sister's banquet this time was obviously narrowed down, and only a few families with a good relationship were invited, or they were in a cooperative relationship, or they were in-laws, like Chen Guogong's mansion, although there was a side aunt in Wei Guogong's mansion, but Chen Guogong's mansion did not invite, so I am afraid that this arrangement is for myself!
And looking at the way the second sister and the Mu family's grandmother talked cordially, it was clear that she had been treated sincerely as a friend, and I hope that this young grandmother would not disappoint the second sister.
I don't want the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Mu family to be able to help the second sister in the competition for the son, after all, her ability and status are limited. As long as you don't fall into the well, help the one who was born in the Chen Guogong Mansion.
――You know, it's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow!