Chapter 200: Zheng Guogong's Mansion
When they set off this time, Sheng Sleeping Crane was only sent to the gate, not to mention accompanying them to Chongxin Bo's Mansion to meet Meng Guihuan, let alone send it to the gate of Zheng Guogong's Mansion. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Sheng Weiqiao was still a little surprised when she got into the car, because judging from Sheng Shenghe's previous attitude against her going to the banquet, she thought that this person would not only send them to the gate of Zheng Guogong's mansion, but even wait outside Guogong's mansion to pick them up after the banquet was over?
But this is not a big deal, Sheng Weiqiao thought about it and didn't take it to heart.
After a while, their carriage arrived outside the gate of Chongxinbo's mansion, and they saw that the gate was half-open and half-hidden, and a carriage stopped at the foot of the stone steps, looking at the snow on the back of the horse pulling the cart, it had been waiting for a while.
Sensing the approach of the Sheng family's carriage, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a maid came out and asked, "But the young ladies of the Sheng family have arrived?"
Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly asked Lu Jin to open the curtain and said apologetically: "Is it Miss Meng Shiyi's car?" I'm really sorry, we have been cleaning up for too long, so you have to wait for a long time!"
"I didn't have to wait long. Meng Guihuan heard her voice, and also showed her face to answer in person, "What about the three of you, I am the only girl in my family, and my brothers are not invited, and I don't have a sister or sister-in-law to help me when I dress up alone, so I feel bored, so I just got it and went out." ”
She said so, but Sheng Weiqiao saw that her face was snow-white in the dim light of the car, her eyebrows were curved, and her lips were bright.
Thinking about it, Meng Guihuan took this birthday banquet as an opportunity to show goodwill to the future, even if he knew that most of the birthday banquet would not be peaceful, and he might not get much attention, but for the sake of a little slim possibility, how could he not dress seriously?
The two exchanged a few words, and Meng Guihuan said: "Let's go now, although it's a little early to go now, but it's too late, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of people, so I will surround the fourteenth sister, and I may not be able to squeeze in if I come forward to congratulate you." ”
"That's it, let's go quickly!" Sheng Weiqiao nodded very approvingly, thinking that it would be best to wait while there were few people and the time was early, and the banquet had not officially started, so he would congratulate Meng Biyun, and when he was finished, he would leave the Meng family for 108,000 miles, and only go to get together with those ordinary guests, so that the banquet was over...... No matter what happens in between, it has nothing to do with them!
Well, it must be okay!
Both sides had the same thoughts, and they both urged the carriage to go quickly, and originally Chongxin Bofu was not much away from Zheng Guogong's Mansion, so they arrived at the place quickly. Under the leadership of Meng Guihuan, the group entered the familiar corner gate, connected the two courtyards, and the top of their heads suddenly darkened, and the carriage stopped, and they heard the sound of the mother-in-law and maid outside, as well as the words of inviting the distinguished guests to get off.
After Sheng Weiqiao and the three of them got off the car, they found that this was a sedan hall, but the place was spacious, the ground was flat, and it was very convenient for the carriage to enter and exit.
"Mother Meng, I haven't seen you for many days, you are getting more and more energetic!" Meng Guihuan obviously came more often, and he was also familiar with the maid and mother-in-law here, so he nodded to the mother-in-law led by him at this moment, and said with a smile, "Is this time for other people to come?"
Mother Meng also smiled: "Back to Miss Eleven, there are already a few young ladies who have arrived, and the county lord of Deping has also come, there are about four or five people before and after, not too many, and you and them will also work the front and back." ”
He greeted Sheng Weiqiao again, "The three must be the young lady of the Sheng family and Miss Sun?" The strange way is that the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Wuyang are full of praise, our lady met the Queen Mother two days ago, and when she came back, she also said that the three of you have a good appearance and bearing!
Sheng Weiqiao pursed his lips and smiled, and said humbly: "Mom is really ridiculous, to say that it is not bad, the young ladies of your family are all Zhong Lingyuxiu, very human!"
As he spoke, Lu Jin handed over his purse and whispered: "Please eat tea for your mother, don't dislike it!"
Mother Meng didn't refuse, took it with a smile, said two more flattering words, and told in a low voice: "Originally, the three young ladies came to our mansion for the first time, and it is said that they should lead you to meet with Madame." But Madame thought that all the people who came to congratulate the fourteenth lady of my family today are a few young girls like you, and I am afraid that I will feel restrained after meeting. So I told you not to go to the back hall to see you, just go directly to Miss Fourteen's boudoir!"
Sheng Weiqiao couldn't keep his distance from the Zheng Guo Mansion, and he couldn't ask for it, so naturally he wouldn't mind whether his wife's move would despise the three of them and be too lazy to take the time to meet them, so he immediately said: "Madame's kindness, how dare we not accept it?"
Mother Meng smiled and said, "It's good that Miss doesn't blame you." ”
Only then did he order a little maid to show them the way and lead them to Meng Biyun's boudoir.
After all, it is the Guogong Mansion, the house of the Queen Mother's brothers, in terms of scale and wealth, but it is not comparable to the Ningwei Hou Mansion, let alone the Chongxin Bo Mansion, at first glance, there is even a little bit of luxury seen in Xinshou Palace.
Although it was winter, there were flowers along the way.
In particular, the big red peony bonsai that was placed along the verandah looked like it was specially taken out for decoration after being opened in the greenhouse.
Peony is known as the spring lord, it is the real spring when the flowers bloom, this kind of flower, even if it has bloomed, this will be placed under the verandah, but also have to be under the bottom and around the stove, otherwise it will not be able to hold at all, the cold wind blows, it is necessary to show wilting, and then it will be unlucky.
Looking at the seemingly endless peonies, as well as the brass carved landscape smokers around him, Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but secretly wonder: "When I walked through these smokers, the warm and melting, and the peonies protected by them were also open. ”
is just such a thing, which shows the extravagance of Meng Biyun's birthday banquet today.
That Meng Biyun is indifferent, the name of loving books is spread abroad, but she is not very gorgeous in her dress, and she is probably not the kind of person who loves power and wealth, and she will never take the initiative to ask for a big fight for her birthday.
After all, even if she is designated as the successor, she is young and her elders are all there, so it is not suitable to celebrate her birthday.
From this point of view, the main person who is so high-profile must be Mrs. Xiang.
It can be seen how much Mrs. Xiang has been suppressed by that Jiaoyu aunt over the years, and she can't wait to use this way to raise her eyebrows.
However, when Sheng Weiqiao thought of this, he sighed secretly, and said in his heart that Mrs. Xiang was really unable to hold her breath, and she couldn't bear it for just a few months, and even doubled her self-denial and forbearance, and she wouldn't settle accounts with Aunt Jiaoyu's mother and son if she pretended to be powerful...... Even if the coquettish aunt refuses to believe it, she can avoid Zheng Guogong from being persuaded by her favorite concubine to give up her stepdaughter to the greatest extent!
But when I thought about it, I remembered that Meng Biyun never left her hand when she cleaned up Meng Lijiang, and she had nothing to say: if there is a mother in the co-author, there must be a daughter, and Meng Biyun, the quasi-successor, is also a person who has no city government and only wants to be happy in front of him, and he gave it to Meng Lijiang to cry in front of Zheng Guogong after she came back.
"I don't know what the Queen Mother thinks? Even if today's son is not so wholeheartedly obsessed with the Shu sisters, with Miss Meng Shiv's temperament, is it really suitable to enter the palace? or be the queen!" Sheng Weiqiao frowned, and became more and more unable to understand Empress Dowager Meng's approach, "Looking back, the Shu sisters will set up a bureau to calculate Miss Meng Fourteen, maybe Miss Meng Fourteen will roll up her sleeves, right?"
"At that time, the Son of Heaven will feel sorry for the dislike of the concubine, and she will be small, maybe he will remove her from the throne and demote her to the cold palace like he did with the Yuan Empress and the later waste Wen clan?"
Even if the Meng family doesn't feel sorry for a good girl who is folded in the palace like this, they are not afraid that they will be affected by this and affect the future of the He family?
After all, Meng Biyun's temper and personality don't seem to be suitable for surviving in the palace, in fact, Sheng Weiqiao feels that his temper is even softer than this one, and he thinks that Chang'an City is not easy to mix, let alone Meng Biyun?
But in the end, this is Meng's business, Sheng Weiqiao doesn't want to get involved at all, and he doesn't bother to bother thinking about it if he doesn't figure it out.
Just when they entered a moon cave door, behind the door is an atrium with three or five plum blossoms in full bloom, between the plum branches, a small elegant building with a plaque of "Manjuanzhai" stands quietly.
The embroidery door downstairs is ajar, but there is a curtain hanging on the door to prevent the cold wind from blowing in, and the sound of girls laughing and playing can be faintly heard.
The little maid who led the way walked under the plum tree and said, "Miss Eleven, Miss Sheng and Miss Sun have arrived!"
Hearing this, a girl who looked like a big girl immediately came out, saluted with a smile, and said apologetically: "My young lady is reading upstairs at this time, I didn't know you were coming, I couldn't welcome you from afar, and I invite you Haihan!"
Everyone in the group knew Meng Biyun's temperament, and said in their hearts that even if they knew, it would be impossible for them to come out to greet them. And people are quasi-successors, who dares to ask her to greet them?
However, the scene still has to be said: "Where? I was originally here to congratulate her, but if she had not yet entered the door, she would have been asked to run for us, but what would have become? What's more, it was so cold that you had to put on a robe when you went out, which was both troublesome and outside." ”
While talking and walking, after entering the door, I saw a red sandalwood base embedded with mica carved thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, because the screen in the boudoir pavilion, the material is often flowers, birds, ladies and the like, even if there are landscapes, it is probably a soft and charming scenery, but this seat screen is majestic, it is the real weather of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
Sheng Weiqiao noticed it, couldn't help but take a second look, and said in his heart that this Miss Meng Shishi is worthy of being a lover of books, not only is the name of the boudoir similar to the literati's study, but even the furnishings in the room are very different from ordinary girls.
It's a pity that such a girl who is so different that she can be said to be a maverick will eventually be sent to the deep palace to be the so-called queen because of the interests of the family.
My mind was so scattered, but fortunately, I knew that I was following Meng Guihuan, and when I turned the screen, I saw that there was a small hall inside, with a circle of seats. There are several cases separated between the seats, and tea and snacks, seasonal fruits and flowers are placed on them as entertainment.
Although the main seat was empty, there were already four or five girls in colorful clothes sitting underneath.
Regardless of the question, these are the first to arrive.
Seeing them come in, the people who arrived first got up to greet them and talk, Sheng Weiqiao was perfunctory with them, and noticed that there were only four or five people, but they were clearly divided into two factions, one was the girls who came up to greet them first, and the other faction was only one lonely, which was the lord of Deping.
She was surprised in her heart, because after hearing Meng Guihuan talk about the situation of the county lord of Deping, she felt that this girl was a little pitiful, she was twenty years old, even if she was the county lord, but she had not yet left the cabinet, what should she do in the future?
But I didn't expect that this county lord was not only unpopular in his father's house, but also so unpopular on such an occasion now?
However, the sympathy in Sheng Weiqiao's heart suddenly arose, and he suddenly realized a problem: "The county lord of Deping is the daughter of King Gaomi, even if King Gaomi doesn't like her, but today is the birthday of the fourteenth lady of the Meng family, she came over to congratulate...... No wonder these people are keeping their distance from her!"
After all, the blood relationship is difficult to break, even if King Gaomi has not been waiting to see the county lord of Deping all these years, in case the lord of Deping County hears the important news from the Meng family's side and takes it to her father to invite merit, then the father and daughter will be happy when the ice release is released, won't the Meng family be unlucky?
Just thinking like this, I heard Meng Guihuan greet the girls who deliberately alienated the county lord of Deping, and he didn't even look at the county lord of Deping, but only pulled aside the eldest girl who had just gone out to greet them, and whispered: "I know that the fourteenth sister doesn't like to disturb when she reads, but when we come, we always have to congratulate her in person." After waiting for a large number of people, even if she comes down, we may not have the opportunity to come forward, rather than squeezing dizzy and dazzling at that time, so that the fourteenth sister will not look like it, it is better to go up now and say a few words to her alone, and wait for the meeting and not disturb her. ”
The eldest girl hesitated when she heard this, and also whispered: "Miss Fang Cai is downstairs, and several people over there have arrived one after another, greeting her one after another, and Miss is impatient to go up to read a book, this is ......"
It's only been a long time, if someone catches up upstairs to disturb again, maybe Meng Biyun, who has always been showing a cold face, will be more and more embarrassed!
After all, today is Meng Biyun's birthday, even if this girl has a reputation for being indifferent, it is really embarrassing to have a calm face in this good day to celebrate her.
"In this way, let's go upstairs to take a look, if the fourteenth sister is reading and is in a trance, we will not disturb her, and come down lightly; if she is taking a break occasionally, we will also stay soon, and congratulate her!" Meng Guihuan frowned, and said in his heart that since his sixth brother told him to stay away from these people today, it is better to congratulate Meng Biyun as soon as possible, otherwise he will find another opportunity to come to her side, in case something happens to happen?
So although she saw the embarrassment of the eldest girl, she still insisted, "I know that the fourteenth sister has always loved to read, but this excitement today is mainly for her, she can't read a book upstairs for a day and ignore other people as usual, right?"
After all, she is Meng Biyun's cousin, and when it comes to this, the eldest girl thought for a moment, and then gave in: "Then you can be lighter, otherwise the young lady will be disturbed, and she will not say anything about you, but she will punish the slave and maid when she turns back." ”
Meng Guihuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Don't worry, today is a good day for the fourteenth sister, everyone wants her to be happy, how can we deliberately do things she doesn't like?"
Hurriedly turned around and greeted Sheng Weiqiao and the others, "Come, let's go up and congratulate the fourteenth sister!"