This kind of flower-viewing banquet that only invites young men and women is tacitly known by everyone and knows that it is called flower appreciation, which is actually a blind date...... Well, in fact, it is also a flower appreciation, but it is not necessarily the peach, plum and apricot pear on the branches, but the nephrite soft flower in the best years.

Speaking of which, it is customary for the chief father of Wuyang to host this kind of banquet, in the early years it was to choose a son-in-law for his daughters, and later because she was mixed, and each family wanted to discuss the marriage of their children, and they all entrusted her to help provide an opportunity to take care of the face.

Therefore, this banquet is of course very familiar, and the people who received the post didn't think much about it: another list of new science and technology scholars has just been baked, and how many people in Chang'an have daughters and granddaughters to be married are preparing to choose, and a flower viewing banquet is in the middle of it!

Some people also thought that Yichunhou, the only son of the eldest princess of Wuyang, had finally improved his condition, and it was time to discuss his relatives.

didn't know that the eldest princess was actually optimistic about the candidate.

However, the news of the flower-viewing banquet came out, but Empress Meng urgently sent someone to Ningweihou's mansion to ask Sheng Weiqiao to take Sheng Weirao into the palace immediately to meet her.

Sheng Weiqiao thought that something had happened to the county lord and the township lord who had been said before, but who knew that after arriving at Jingshao Palace, he was complained by Queen Meng: "The flower-viewing banquet is about to start, and you don't know how to bring your sisters to see me before the banquet!" This banquet is actually for blind dates, pinch the county lord and the township lord's decree before the banquet, and then your sisters' faces will be brighter, and they will be more eye-catching at the banquet, right? ”

"I'm thinking it's been a few days since I last entered the palace, and I'm afraid I'll disturb you." Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly explained, "I was planning to bring my sister to meet after attending the flower viewing banquet!" ”

Empress Meng hated that iron could not become steel: "The eldest princess of Wuyang is the most widely populated nobleman in Chang'an, she holds this kind of banquet, almost the entire Chang'an has a little bit of identity, and the new science and technology is not married and looks passable, and it must be all in one net!" Such a good opportunity to find a wishful man, do you think there will be another one if you miss it? ”

"Do you know how many people are choosing a son-in-law at this time?"

"Don't talk about other people's families, it's our Meng family, our big house, my niece, you've seen it, Shuangxiao is definitely going to go, if Meng Lijiang is not dead, she will definitely participate; In the second room, the twelfth sister of my generation, Meng Liyi, and her niece Shuang Yao, although something went wrong, she will not show up this time, but she still has a few sisters who are like each other; Meng Liti, the thirteenth sister of the third room, and the sister Shuangjiao, niece; The eleventh sister of the fourth room returns to Huan...... You said that you sisters, if you don't have a special identity, how can you stand out among the crowd?! ”

Sheng Weiqiao said embarrassedly: "Let's just go over and have a good time!" ”

"You are going to the banquet with the intention of joining in the fun, and when you turn around, your good husband and wife have been picked away, so it is time for others to see your liveliness!" Empress Meng was heartbroken, "I used to be silent on this occasion, but I was forced by the situation and there was really no way!" You have a good opportunity in front of you now, why don't you know how to cherish it?! ”

Sheng Weiqiao couldn't bear her and said, so she had to say, "Look, aren't we here now?" ”

"Last time, I said that I would bring a set of jewelry back for each of your sisters, but I forgot about it because the fifth sister came over to make a fuss." Only then did Empress Meng slow down her tone and said, "It's just right today, I'll ask someone to take a few sets of the latest ones, and you sisters will pick them well." ”

"By the way, what happened last time...... What happened? Sheng Weiqiao asked in a low voice.

Empress Meng didn't care and said, "What else?" When I went to Xinshou Palace, sure enough, the fifth sister was crying and complaining in front of my aunt! I caught up with me and rolled up my sleeves and twisted it several times, so I didn't dare to make a sound. After I told my aunt the ins and outs, my aunt was very angry, saying that the fifth sister, as my maiden sister, didn't even know how to respect me, so how could the harem concubines not take me seriously as a queen? ”

"So let her kowtow to me and pour tea to admit her mistake...... However, my aunt also said in private that I was too faceless to the fifth sister, and I promised my aunt not to take care of this matter, and my aunt also revealed it. ”

Sheng Weiqiao breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak, when Empress Meng said again, "I have already told my aunt, let my aunt tell the fifth sister's family to go back to Jiangnan first!" At this time, the Meng family and the king of Gaomi are both trying their best to find trouble with each other, just the temper of the fifth sister's mother and son, there is more than enough success and more failure, and staying in Chang'an will be a scourge sooner or later! My aunt also felt that if she continued to make trouble, it would make the Wu'an Hou Mansion more and more centrifugal, so she took advantage of Mrs. Wu'an Hou, which was my second aunt, to enter the palace to ask for peace two days ago, and told her. My second aunt promised to pack up their family after they went back, and sent them back, presumably the itinerary was only in these few days, that Gao Chengxuan was broken leg, the so-called injured tendons moved for a hundred days, ten out of ten will not go to the flower banquet. ”

"That's a real concern for you!" Sheng Weiqiao said gratefully, "I'm really afraid that if I meet Miss Five's mother and son at the flower viewing banquet, something unpleasant will happen." ”

Empress Meng said with a smile: "The eldest princess of Wuyang is a powerful person, and the banquet she holds generally won't cause any turmoil. Even if it happens, if you go to her in time, she will definitely be able to deal with it. ”

Speaking of this all the time, Empress Meng noticed Sheng Weirao, who came with Sheng Weiqiao, raised her eyebrows and said, "Your sister looks a little similar to you, but it doesn't look like a cousin, but a bit like a sister." ”

As soon as she said that Sheng Weirao looked like Sheng Weiqiao, Sheng Weiqiao subconsciously remembered that Sheng Weirao was mistaken for her own kidnapping, and she felt uncomfortable for a while, and subconsciously pressed it and smiled: "What Niangniang said is that I don't have a sister, and my cousin is the same as my sister." ”

"We're all so acquainted, it's inevitable to call me a mother." Empress Meng listened, thought about it, and said, "I have given myself a word before, called 'Qinglang', in the future, if we talk in private like this, you might as well call my word." ”

Sheng Weiqiao was already a little accustomed to the queen's enthusiasm, so he groaned at this time, and said happily: "Okay!" Last year, my father also named me the word 'Junmu', but unfortunately it was only now that I talked to someone about it. ”

"Junki?" Empress Meng repeated, a little strange, "This word is not like what we girls use at home." ”

It doesn't contain any fat powder...... It's also too fat-free powder.

"He and my mother both thought that the girl's name was too fancy, and it was originally called 'Yanmu' according to my grandfather's meaning, but my father felt that the 'Yanmu' girl's breath was too heavy, and it was not as simple as 'Junmu'." Sheng Weiqiao said a little helplessly, "So I've been in Chang'an for so long, and I've never introduced myself to anyone, except because I don't have a particularly good female companion so far, I just feel that this word is really a little dissatisfied." ”

"Lingzun, this is also for your good." Empress Meng couldn't help laughing and comforted, "I read the book that there were talented women in the previous dynasty. When he was nine years old, his father pointed to Jing Wuyan and said, "The court removes an ancient tong and shrugs into the clouds", so that he continued, and replied that "the branches welcome the birds from the north and the south, and the leaves send the wind to and fro...... If you want to make Zun Ding want to take this kind of man-like word for you, there should be this kind of avoidance? After all, Ling Zun has entered Hanlin, has profound knowledge, and has his own considerations. ”

Although Sheng Weiqiao felt that the words given by his father were a bit pitfall, he also knew that his father and mother attached great importance to him, and there must be a reason for his refusal to follow his own place, so he complained a few words, and said with a smile: "I prefer your words, it sounds both male and female, but it is much more poetic than my words." ”

Empress Meng smiled and said, "It's just one title, it's all the same." ”

But I thought in my heart, I took the word myself, but you were your grandfather and father and mother together, and even decided after a dispute, you envy me This word sounds good, why don't I envy your father's love and mother's love, and there is a grandfather who values you in the hall?

However, Queen Meng didn't have any hatred for family affection, so after thinking about it, she let it go and asked Sheng Weirao, "What do you call Miss Sheng Si?" ”

"The fourth sister's name is 'Wei Rao', she is one year younger than me, she is only fifteen this year, and she is not yet in time, so there is no word." Sheng Weiqiao originally planned to let Sheng Weirao answer by herself, but seeing that she was nervous and didn't dare to speak, she hurriedly replied, "My sister grew up in Nanfeng County, and she doesn't usually go out much. ”

Queen Meng's interest in Sheng Weirao is only average, but she is thinking that it was Sheng Weiqiao who brought her over, and she is afraid that she will ignore this girl's words all the time, and Sheng Weiqiao's face will not look good.

At this time, he was a little more meaningful, and he turned to talk to Sheng Weiqiao.

In this way, the two sisters had lunch in Jingshao Palace, and only let them go in the evening when the sun was about to set.

Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Weirao went out of the palace gate, watching the carriage leave the imperial city for a while, Sheng Weirao suddenly asked: "Third sister, I heard that the palace people around the queen's mother are favored by female officials?" We don't seem to see it today? ”

"There are female officials, but the queen has not been in the palace for a long time, so I guess I haven't taken care of these yet." Sheng Weiqiao didn't think much about it when he heard this, and said casually, "It should be sealed in the future, and if we meet in the palace at that time, we will have to congratulate each other extra." ”

Sheng Weirao thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Third sister, do you think I can enter the palace to be a female official for the queen?" ”

"Why do you have such an idea?!" Sheng Weiqiao was stunned and asked, "Do you think being a female official is a good errand?" To put it bluntly, isn't it a slave and a maidservant? ”

“…… I just don't really want to get married. Sheng Weirao sighed and said, "I used to ...... Third sister, you also know, this time I came to Chang'an, in fact, I didn't want to come, but my grandmother came to persuade me, I thought of the year before I treated my grandmother like that, and my grandmother doesn't care about me now, if she refuses again, it really hurts her old man's heart. But when I think of getting married, I'm really ...... Anyway, the family won't lack my share of makeup, can't you let me live so quietly, with fine clothes and fine food? ”

Sheng Weiqiao didn't know how to answer this question, so he asked after a while: "Did you mention this idea to your grandfather?" ”

"Of course I did." Sheng Weirao smiled bitterly, "Grandfather helped me mention it to my grandmother...... Then the grandmother cried and said, "How can a girl not marry?" He comforted me and said that I must find a way to pick a good one for me. After a few tosses, I'm too embarrassed to talk about it anymore. So I saw that the queen seemed to be very good to the third sister, so I thought about asking her to help me get a female official or something, and I went into the palace to hide? Of course, I just suddenly remembered to say this, and I didn't really want to do it...... Third sister, don't take it to heart, I know that the queen mother is already very good to our sisters, but she is suspected of being insatiable. ”

Sheng Weiqiao's heart was sour when he heard this, and he said after a while: "Isn't it a flower-viewing banquet soon?" Why don't you take a look at the banquet? I really don't like it, let's go back and try it with my grandmother? ”

Sheng Weirao said "um", but there was no hope on her face.

[Note] Xue Tao's story, except for his very young age, knows everything, right?