Before the queen mother's birthday arrived, the Qin family first welcomed several unexpected guests - the king of Shu and the princess of Shu, as well as their youngest son Zhao Yan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Speaking of which, it is quite surprising that Princess Shu will appear in Beijing. Originally, I had only heard that the King of Shu had come to Beijing with his youngest son, but where did he think that the Princess of Shu would follow him to Beijing? However, the father and son of the King of Shu received the order and learned that the emperor had allowed their father and son to go to Beijing to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, so they immediately took the luggage they had prepared and set out on the road day and night. They said to the outside world that they were worried that they would go slowly and mistakenly congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, so they hurriedly arrived in the capital a month before the Queen Mother's birthday. The two of them were in the prime of life, and they could stand it in such a hurry, but the princess of Shu was delicate and expensive, and she couldn't stand the pain at all, so she could only take a group of entourage, gifts and luggage to the back, and hurried slowly, and finally walked into the gate of the capital the day before the princess's birthday.

After the princess of Shu entered Beijing, she didn't even have the time to take a breath, and she was going to enter the palace to see the queen mother the next day, and congratulate the princess on her birthday by the way. Xue complained that the Queen Mother did not summon the female dependents of their second room to Jin, in fact, it was not that people looked down on her, but that the Queen Mother was busy reuniting with her little niece at the time, where did she have the leisure to meet outsiders? That is, Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Chengenhou Xu are serious in-laws, and Aunt Fu has been an acquaintance for many years, so they went together, otherwise the Queen Mother would not even have the spirit to deal with them. After meeting once, saying some polite words, and giving some customary things, he sent the person back to the East Palace to receive the meal given by the crown princess.

The Queen Mother and Princess Shu's aunt and nephew haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Since the princess of Shu married the king of Shu, she followed her to Shu to become a vassal and was not allowed to enter Beijing unless she was edicted. Not to mention the queen mother in the deep palace, even their maiden Tu family, only when the young and strong men go to Shu, can they see the princess of Shu. For 20 years, Princess Shu has never returned to the capital or returned to her parents' home.

However, this is also not a coincidence. In the past, the king of Shu actually had several opportunities to enter Beijing, either to celebrate his birthday, or to see the emperor to report on his work. But every time, Princess Shu will always encounter something, pregnant, sick, or the child is sick, so that she can't accompany her. Therefore, this year is the first time that Princess Shu has returned to her parents' house after taking up the domain with her husband. She entered the palace to see the queen mother, and the aunt and nephew hugged their heads and cried, and the next day they went straight to her parents' house, and then cried with her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law. Then she should have taken a breath of rest, but she didn't expect that only two days later, she followed her husband and son to Chengenhou's Mansion again, and she really worked hard.

Because the princess of Shu came, the ladies of the Qin family had to come forward to entertain her. The Xu family took the two daughters-in-law, the Xue family took the little Xue family, and the Niu family appeared alone, all of them revolved around the princess of Shu. In the Kurong Hall, Qin Bai was entertaining the father and son of the King of Shu, and in the Songfeng Hall, the female dependents were gathered together. Qin Bofu, Qin Zhonghai and Qin Shutao all went to the yamen on errands and were not at home. Qin Ping was naturally guarding the palace. The younger generation never showed up, and only Qin Bai was the only one to support the field. As for Qin Song, the Marquis of Cheng'en, Qin Zhonghai had already officially handed over the excerpt to his father a few days ago, and the emperor in the palace also sent a doctor to come over for "diagnosis and treatment". Now that Qin Song is a recognized patient and needs to recuperate, it is naturally impossible for him to run out to entertain guests.

Xu did not send a letter to his two sons, but Xue sent someone to send an urgent letter to his son. When it was close to noon, Qin Bofu rushed back, and he didn't even have time to change his official uniform, so he ran to Kurong Hall, for fear that the third uncle Qin Bai would take advantage of it alone. However, he saw that the nephews and nieces of the younger generation did not appear, so he didn't dare to ask his daughter to come over to give the "elders" a salute, but just sat on the side, laughing dryly and listening to Qin Bai and the King of Shu reminiscing with great interest, saying that they used to be interesting when they were studying in the palace, but he couldn't even insert a word.

Xue's face is a little thicker than that of her son, and under the premise that all the girls of the younger generation did not show up, she was stunned to call her granddaughter Qin Jinyi to meet Princess Shu. Princess Shu smiled generously, praised Qin Jinyi twice, and rewarded the meeting gift, Xue took the opportunity to leave her granddaughter in Songfeng Hall, and ordered her to accompany everyone to talk, and when necessary, she could also wait for Princess Shu to drink tea.

Xu smiled quietly, Yao pouted and smiled, glanced at Niu and had some ideas. Min's face remained unchanged, and he sat quietly aside, as if inadvertently asked Qin Jinyi: "It's still early at this time, Mr. will leave class so soon?"

Qin Jinyi paused, didn't dare to say that he left early, and replied with a smile: "Yes." ”

Min didn't say anything, Yao said with a smile: "Yo, class ended early today, more than half an hour earlier than usual, why didn't Mr. Zeng mention it before?"

Xu Shi smiled slightly: "The weather is hot, the sun is very hot at noon, and the children will suffer less if they get out of class early." ”

Princess Shu asked with a smile: "The lady in the house, I heard that she taught the crown princess in the past, right? The girls in the house must be very good at teaching with such a wonderful gentleman, right?"

Xu smiled: "It's just that I know a few words and understand some truths, which is far worse than the crown princess." When Mr. Zeng came to our house, he was actually looking for a place to retire. Then the topic changed and talked about the famous talented women or famous ladies in the capital, their deeds back then, as well as their whereabouts and recent situation of marriage. This is a topic that Princess Shu is familiar with, and it is also what she is interested in, and the two soon chatted.

Of course, on such a topic, the people who can talk about it are the few female relatives in the long room, the Niu family doesn't know anything about the characters they talk about, and the second room can't reach this level of social circle - twenty years ago, Xiao Xue's family had not married into the Qin family, Qin Bofu was still young, and the widow in the second room was weak, so he couldn't talk about social interaction at all. Xue couldn't interject it, and occasionally mentioned a little gossip from her hearsay, but the rumors were refuted by Xu and Princess Shu in person. It was also thanks to Xue Shi that he was calm, pulled his face down, and still sat there with a smile and a groan, insisting on interjecting and saying something dry from time to time, and then being slapped in the face. In this way, over and over again, he never learned to shut up and smile gracefully.

Although Niu couldn't interject it, he didn't force it, just sat quietly and listened to the gossip, and listened to it with relish. Xue's actions, as well as Qin Jinyi's courtesy by Princess Shu's side, seemed like a joke to her. However, as the noon time approached, she remembered her granddaughter and grandson, so she quietly instructed the little girl Baishou to leave Songfeng Hall and deliver a message to Qin Hanzhen and Brother Zi'er.

When Qin Hanzhen returned to Mingyuewu after class, he saw Bai Shou talking to Xia Qing under the corridor. She walked over with a smile: "Why did Baishou have time to come and see your sister today?"

Bai Shou hurriedly stepped forward a few times and saluted: "Girl, Mrs. asked me to give you a message." There are guests in the house today, she has no leisure, she has already asked the nurse to take care of Brother Zi'er for lunch, the girl will stay in her own yard to use, and she doesn't have to go to the front in the afternoon. ”

Qin Hanzhen was puzzled: "What kind of guest is here?" Grandparents and grandmothers are going to accompany each other?" told her not to go to the Qingfeng Pavilion in front of her, which means that Qin Bai and the Niu clan have no time to take care of their grandchildren. There are guests who are so important that they need to be dispatched together?

Bai Shou said: "It was the King of Shu and the Princess of Shu who brought his little son to visit. The king of Shu said that he and the third master were also old friends back then, and they had been separated for many years, and they missed it very much, so they came to visit him. Princess Shu only arrived in Beijing a few days ago, and she also came. Now the king of Shu and his youngest son are in Kurong Hall, accompanied by the third master and the uncle; the princess of Shu is in Songfeng Hall, several ladies, wives, and grandmothers are there, and even the eldest girl has passed. ”

"Big sister?" Qin Hanzhen was surprised, "Didn't she feel unwell, took leave from Mr. Zeng, and left first?, why did she run to meet the guests?" she smiled mockingly, "With this kind of excuse, doesn't she think that it will be easy to be exposed? Just say that the elders asked her to meet the guests, and she still needs to lie?"

Qin Hanzhen didn't bother to take care of Qin Jinyi's affairs, so he said to Baishou: "Okay, I know, you go back and tell your grandmother, I will take care of myself, so that she doesn't have to worry." It's Brother Zi'er's side, I don't know how the nurse is waiting, Mama Tiger is still sitting in Qingfeng Pavilion, right?"

Baishou nodded. Mama Tiger generally doesn't leave Seifukan. Now there are two grandmothers by Niu's side, and there are two big girls from the Internal Affairs Office waiting, there is no shortage of people, and it is not a big problem without Mama Tiger to follow, but in the Qingfeng Pavilion, because Brother Zi'er's nurse is a little inappropriate, she can't leave Mama Hu to take care of it.

With Mama Tiger here, Qin Hanzhen didn't worry about the little cousin, stuffed Baishou with a handful of fruit, and asked her to go down to talk to Xia Qing. However, Xia Qing knew the sense of proportion in her heart, and knew that her sister was ordered to come and go back to restore her life, and it was impossible to play outside at will, so she told a few words, stuffed her with a few more money, and sent her away.

Qin Hanzhen wiped his sweat, changed into his homely clothes, and heard the bustle in the courtyard outside. When I looked at it, it turned out to be Qin Jian here. He came to see his sister, and brought Zhao Mo with him by the way. Originally, when Qin Jian went to Mingyuewu, he went to the main house where his sister Qin Jinhua lived, but because Zhao Mo was added, and Zhao Mo wanted to come to see Qin Hanzhen, they still chose to sit in the small pavilion in the courtyard. The big girl next to Qin Jinhua carefully took the little girls to serve tea and snacks, and asked Qin Jian if she planned to have lunch here.

Qin Jian said with a smile: "There are guests in the mansion today, and the elders are not empty. I thought that my sisters had no one to take care of me, and I didn't know what to do, so I would come here, so naturally I would have lunch here. You go to the big kitchen and tell them to bring me and Guanglu's share. We ate in this yard. ”

Xia Xia took the order and left, and instructed the two little girls to move the ice basin to a corner of the pavilion, and then let them fan the wind with fans, so that the pavilion would keep a cool breeze and the heat would disappear immediately.

Qin Jian smiled when she saw it: "Good girl, your method is good, it is cool, and it will not accumulate cold." Ming'er, I also asked my girls to do the same, so that I don't have to study in the house, and I am sweating all over the heat!"

Zhao Mo smiled and said: "It turns out that their yard is good, the flowers and trees are flourishing, and there is water and wind, which is cooler than other places." ”

Qin Jinhua covered his mouth and smiled: "The Zhegui Terrace where my brother lives, there are osmanthus flowers planted everywhere, pay attention to the meaning of a 'Toad Palace Zhegui', auspicious is auspicious, but unfortunately the osmanthus tree can't shade the sun, and he will be too hot to stand every summer." It's good that the swallows next to them are back, and the jujube trees and pear trees are tall, which is a little cooler than our yard. ”

Qin Jian snorted: "Why don't I envy the cool courtyard where he lives? I really wish to pull out all the osmanthus trees I have there and plant some flowers and trees that can provide shade." It's a pity that my mother didn't allow it, and even my grandmother had to scold it, so I had to continue to endure it for the sake of the good meaning of the laurel. ”

He laughed at himself a few words, and then mentioned the distinguished guests from today's house: "The family of the King of Shu is here, have you ever heard of it? I thought that I would be called over to meet the little prince of the King of Shu's mansion, but I never thought that the third uncle and ancestor didn't speak at all, and I was muttering in my heart." Speaking of which, the King of Shu's family suddenly came to the door, and people couldn't guess the reason. He looked at Zhao Mo, "Guanglu, what kind of idea do you say they are fighting when they enter Beijing this time? There are many rumors outside, how credible is it?"

Loeva said

I'm thinking about whether to set the second one, and I'll send it out again in the morning...... I always remember the relationship between the Queen Mother and Princess Shu, but in fact, they are aunts and nephews rather than sisters......