On this day, after the two sisters returned to the house, they explained what had happened to everyone, and Nan instructed the house to prepare: "Ming'er may have a decree to come." ”

Early the next morning, sure enough, the Empress Dowager Yizhi arrived, and after praising Zhong Lingyuxiu of the Sheng family girls, Sheng Weiqiao was registered as the county lord of Kangzhao, Sheng Weirao as the county lord of Fuchang, Sheng Weiwei as the county lord of Huiyi, and Gongsun Yingjiang as the lord of Mingning Township.

This news caused a commotion in Chang'an, although this is not the first time that this dynasty has given the unique title of the daughter of the clan to the courtiers, but the lord of Jingshu County, who was previously sealed, was the lord of Jingshu County, after the famous family, his grandfather was a big man known to the government and the opposition, and he was also talented and beautiful, with a wide range of friends and exquisite faces, and the queen mother couldn't close her mouth...... Everyone can understand this situation, but the Sheng family?

The girls of this family, the first to come to Chang'an was only at the end of last year, these days have always been inconspicuous, but the whole family of a full generation of girls, all of them have been named the county lord, not to mention, even the younger generations who do not have the blood of the Sheng family have also been named the township lord, it is really surprising and thought-provoking.

It's just that both the palace and Xu Sheng are convinced that it was Empress Dowager Meng and Empress Meng who saw how cute Sheng Weiqiao and how they liked it, so they sealed it, although these people were full of doubts, but there was no evidence, so they had to temporarily stay curious and inquisitive.

Sheng Weiqiao and others dressed up on the day of receiving the order, entered the palace to thank them, this time they went to the long-lost Xinshou Palace, Empress Dowager Meng saw them, with a dignified smile and gentle words, but she didn't stay long, and a few words of encouragement hinted at their retirement.

Empress Meng waited here under the banner of greeting the Queen Mother, and after accompanying them out of the main hall of Xinshou Palace, she explained: "My aunt has been a little tired recently, and even we haven't seen each other for a long time in the past two days. ”

Sheng Weiqiao knew that the reason why the Queen Mother let them go so quickly, it was estimated that there was also a dispute between Queen Meng and Zheng Guogong for them, which made the Queen Mother feel dissatisfied, which was all human nature, so she tactfully hinted that Queen Meng didn't have to estranged herself from the Meng family, in the end, Queen Meng needed to rely on her mother's family to gain a foothold in Wangchun Palace.

The two talked all the way, and the queen personally sent them out of Xinshou Palace, and said goodbye.

After returning to the Ningwei Hou Mansion, the group couldn't take a break, and hurriedly opened the suitcase and makeup box to prepare for the flower viewing banquet.

Fortunately, the Sheng family is wealthy, and for the sake of going far away, the purchase is exceptionally complete.

Therefore, although this flower-viewing banquet was in a hurry, it was hurriedly checked, and there was no shortage of costumes.

Sheng Weiqiao deliberately turned out the fat powder that Nan's sent to Sheng Mansion a few years ago, that is, Xu Caikui mentioned that it was a special fat powder made by Fang Xin's mother's family, and used it together with Sheng Weirao and Gongsun Yingjiang. Although Sheng Weiwei also received the post, considering that this was a blind date banquet, Mrs. Sheng directly sent a message to her not to go, and to stay and play with Xu Caifu, so as not to delay the good things of her sister and nieces.

On the day of the flower-viewing banquet, Xu Baomo, who decided to go to the banquet...... Originally, according to the common opinion of Old Marquis Xu, Old Lady Xiahou and Xu Zijing and his wife, Xu Baomo was not allowed to participate, because he was afraid that he would harm other people's good girls!

But Mrs. Sheng helped him speak: "This flower-viewing banquet is said to be another blind date banquet, and it doesn't mean that you must find a companion after you go!" After all, most of the new science and technology jinshi will be present, and he will be absent well, and no one will think that he is arrogant and domineering, and he doesn't even pay attention to the post of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, which affects his career in vain! ”

So Xu Baomo thanked Mrs. Sheng with tears in his eyes, and went to prepare happily!

The future of the garden full of flowers and plants starts with this flower viewing feast!

It was early in the morning, and Xu Baomo, who was handsome and dashing, and suave, couldn't wait to stand under the hanging flower gate. Half an hour later, the three female relatives who went to the banquet today came out together, Sheng Weiqiao, Sheng Weirao, Gongsun Yingjiang and Xu Caikui were all dressed up, which can be described as surrounded by beads.

When he went out, Sheng Weiqiao still thought it was too exaggerated? Don't let people see it when the time comes, thinking that they have just sealed the county lord and the township lord, they will tremble, and they are very suspicious and shallow of the nouveau riche.

However, when she arrived at the mansion of the eldest princess of Wuyang, looking at the crowds coming in and out, she was suddenly relieved: among the people who came to the banquet today, they were much more ceremonious than them!

If you think about it carefully, it's no wonder, this is the first blind date banquet after the gold list came out today, the first talented woman has the opportunity to harvest the opportunity, and if you are sincerely looking for a good wife and a good son-in-law, can you not take it seriously?

"I don't know if it's a sleeping crane...... Alas, I think I will change my name back to Rong Qingyu soon, I wonder if he will come? Sheng Weiqiao and his entourage handed over the post at the door, and after the door reported in, Tu Ruchuan personally greeted them, led them in, and introduced them to the scenery and places along the way while walking...... Eighty percent of her will also post to the Gaomi Palace? ”

This question lingered in her heart for a long time, and when she finally arrived in the back hall, she couldn't help but ask it sideways.

It's just that Tu Ruchuan said: "His Royal Highness did send a post to the little county lord and the two little princes of the Gaomi Palace, but the palace's reply was because the princess of Gaomi was not in good health, and the county lord and the little prince were all sick, so they couldn't come." ”

Sheng Weiqiao let out an "ah" when he heard this, and he didn't know whether to be disappointed or relieved?

At this time, the back hall arrived, and the eldest princess of Wuyang, who was wearing a silk dress with oil green and gold makeup and a tulip skirt, sat on the top, and was talking to the guests who came first with a smile.

The eldest princess is dressed very grandly today, combing her family bun, wearing a gilt dot emerald inlaid treasure group phoenix crown, inserting a golden hairpin with a silk inlaid gemstone figure, carefully depicting the moon eyebrows, thin grease powder, making a "Feixia makeup" style, and the gold beads in the ears of the character pendant move slightly from time to time with the voice of the voice, and the refraction points of golden light.

On the chest is a gold box jade mandarin duck folded silk coral gemstone pendant neck, on the wrist is a pair of gold silk jade bracelets and three hollow twist bracelets, the little finger each wears a tortoiseshell inlaid jeweled flower armor, at this moment gently staggered in the sweet white glaze painted gold double sesame parrot lychee tea bowl, more luxurious and graceful.

"Joel is here?" When the eldest princess of Wuyang saw Sheng Weiqiao and his party, her original smile suddenly became a little thicker, and she hurriedly beckoned them to come forward and speak, and introduced to the left and right, "This is the beloved daughter of Sheng Nanfeng in the same year as Tu Changshi, this Sheng Nanfeng You younger people may not know, but this person was pure filial piety, and he had not been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, and he received a letter from his hometown, saying that his father was seriously ill, so he asked for his resignation and went back to serve the sick." After taking over the family business, he has not recovered until now, but he has been guarding his parents all day long. ”

The guests who came here today are all of the younger generation, and it is true that most of them don't know Sheng Lanci.

At this time, after listening to the introduction of the eldest princess of Wuyang, someone suddenly said: "Such pure filial piety, it is strange that the Empress Dowager will canonize these young ladies of the Sheng family!" ”

However, the acceptance of the girls of the Sheng family was regarded as Empress Dowager Meng's intention to commend Sheng Lanci's filial piety and favor her daughters.

The eldest princess of Wuyang smiled, didn't answer this word, only raised her hand to let Sheng Weiqiao and the others who saluted flatten, and pointed to the person who said this: "It just so happens that you young people know each other, this is the grandson of Luguo Gong, surnamed Cao, with a single name of the word 'candle', because it has not yet reached the crown, and the word has not been taken." You haven't seen him before, but the Chongxin Bo you've seen is no stranger to him! ”

Hearing this, Cao Zhu stood up and said politely: "Hello young ladies!" ”

Sheng Weiqiao and his entourage hurriedly returned the salute and asked him hello, they had to peek at each other, this Cao Zhu was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he looked upright and fair, although he was not the kind of beautiful man who made people shine, but he could also be called a "magnificent".

He would have said that sentence before, obviously paying more attention to the fact that several girls of the Sheng family were canonized.

At this moment, I carefully looked at the girls led by Sheng Weiqiao, and saw that they were all beautiful women, their faces were slightly red, and they said in their hearts: "The news in the palace said that the Queen Mother liked them at first sight, and I thought it was an excuse before, but now look at it, so many girls stand in front of them, and it is really strange and comfortable to look at them." ”

I plan to wait for a meeting and have a good chat with Sheng Weiqiao and others.

After all, he came here today to find a lady to be his wife.

It's just that this scene fell in the eyes of the eldest princess of Wuyang, and the eldest princess raised her eyebrows, but she made up her mind that she must separate Cao Zhu and Sheng Weiqiao later...... What are you kidding, this is the daughter-in-law candidate she fancied for her son, where can people cut off their beard halfway?

Because she was worried that her son would have another rival in love, although the eldest princess of Wuyang continued to introduce other guests to Sheng Weiqiao and his party, when she met the sons of each family, they were all careless and understated, but focused on the names, preferences, and family backgrounds of several young ladies.

In the end, he asked Sheng Weiqiao to sit beside him, clearly valued it, and secretly avoided Cao Candle and his ilk from making up their minds, and abducted the prospective daughter-in-law when he was negligent.

After a while, everyone talked a little about the current topic, and guests came one after another outside, because Sheng Weiqiao didn't know many people in Chang'an, and there were few people who looked familiar at this time, only said hello to Zhao Li's brothers and sisters, Fang Xinniang, Luo Wan's sister-in-law, Meng Guiyu's brothers and sisters, Meng Shuangyao, Meng Liyi, and Meng Liti.

Among them, Zhao Li, Meng Guiyu, and Meng Guihan are men, although they have a good impression of Sheng Weiqiao, Meng Guiyu especially wants to get closer to Sheng Weiqiao, but they are not too enthusiastic in front of everyone, and they all follow the rules.

But the girls' performance was a little uneven: Zhao Taocheng, Fang Xinniang, and Luo Wanwen saw that Sheng Weiqiao and his party were still enthusiastic, and Fang Xinniang also recognized that they were using home-made fat powder, and said happily: "Do you like it?" My mother and sister-in-law made a new one, and I'll send you some later! ”

Zhao Taocheng was decent, greeted politely, greeted politely, and then went to sit in the crowd she was familiar with.

In contrast, the attitude of the Meng family's aunt and nephew is much colder. Although Meng Guihuan's face was complicated, he nodded to Sheng Weiqiao meaningfully, while Meng Shuangyao, Meng Liyun and Meng Liti pretended to talk to each other, but they didn't even look at her.

This reaction can also be understood, firstly, Queen Meng went against Zheng Guogong's will in order to make the county lord and township lord for the girls of the Sheng family, and the reason why Zheng Guogong wanted to stop this matter was to vent his anger was only secondary, mainly from the perspective of the layout of King Gaomi, the queen's insistence was not only against her father's orders, but also a damage to the interests of the entire Meng family.

So as Meng's daughter, who is closely related to Meng's honor and disgrace, Meng Liyi and Meng Liti naturally have no good impression of the Sheng family;

Second, he was jealous.

As the nieces and granddaughters of the Queen Mother, the cousins and nieces of the Queen, they don't even have the title of Township Monarch until now! Sheng Weiqiao and others are both county lords and township lords...... As a Meng woman, where can you not be jealous?

Sheng Weiqiao didn't pay attention to them anymore, after all, in this case, it is not possible to dissolve the mustard in the other party's heart by saying two soft words by himself. In front of everyone's eyes, she didn't want people to think that the Sheng family was a soft bone, and then wondered if the Sheng family's county lord and township lord were obtained by shamelessly currying favor with the queen mother and queen?

However, Sheng Weiqiao didn't tell Fang Xinniang and Luo Wan's sister-in-law much, these two people's families are from King Gaomi's side, she remembers Queen Meng's advice, that is, although the queen suppressed Zheng Guogong's anger towards the Sheng family, she also persuaded the Sheng family to keep a distance from the Gaomi Palace.

Fortunately, they came to the banquet together with a group of four people, and at this time, they didn't talk to other people, chatted with each other, and didn't feel lonely, not to mention that the eldest princess of Wuyang cleverly introduced Sheng Weiqiao into everyone's topic from time to time.

With the arrival of one guest after another, the number of people gradually increased, and soon the spacious Ming Hall was completely occupied.

Not long after, Huan Yehe, who has always been a must-invite on this occasion, also stepped into the threshold, and she smiled as soon as she came: "I'm late today, Your Highness don't blame me!" ”

"How can you not blame it?" The eldest princess of Wuyang said with a smile, "I'll have to pour you three lamps myself!" ”

After a few jokes, Huan Yehe looked at Sheng Weiqiao and said, "Kang Zhao, you came early today, and I was thinking about whether to go to Ningweihou Mansion to shout at you on the way, who knew that you would come first." ”

Sheng Weiqiao was stunned for a moment, and then realized that "Kang Zhao" was the title he had obtained, and according to the current customs among nobles, he would replace his name and character in the future as his title on the scene.

She hurriedly said: "Not long after we arrived, when we were on the way, we thought you had arrived!" I thought that if we were to say something nice sooner or later, I would have to ask you for help. ”

Huan Yehe smiled: "Alas, I can't make excuses, I can only admit that I am lazy, and I am late today!" ”

She came to Chang'an relatively early, and her popularity was good, so everyone laughed at this time: "It turns out that I got up late, and I still want to be the county lord of Lai Kangzhao?" Fortunately, the county lord of Kangzhao was not fooled and did not give you a chance to pass the test in the dark. ”

"I don't believe that the county lord of Jingshu is getting up late!" At this time, Fang Xinniang and Luo Wanwen quietly bit their ears, suddenly raised their heads, and teased crisply, "I think the county lord spent too much time dressing up to be late, and he is deliberately making excuses to deceive us at this time!" ”

Luo Wanwen also smiled: "That's it!" The so-called woman is a person who pleases herself, and I don't know who the county lord is for, so she dresses up so carefully that she arrives so late? ”