Chapter 299: The Banquet (9)
I don't know how many people have wandered outside Zhou Huaiyu's small courtyard, but every time they go out, they can occasionally hear one or two laughs, but the others can't see anything, which makes people anxious to scratch their hearts, and they can't wait for the third princess to come out of it, so that they can have the opportunity to contact the third princess, in case they are as lucky as Zhou Huaiyu, and are favored by the third princess, even if they don't become such close friends, it is a great honor to be able to say two words.
Maybe the kung fu of the minds of the people outside is too strong, God finally heard it, and when everyone looked at the small courtyard door again, they suddenly saw that the closed gate was actually opened, and then they saw the third princess walking in front, Zhou Huaiyu was slightly half a step behind, and the two came out one after another.
At this moment, everyone in the back garden became excited, and almost everyone stopped their movements and saluted the third princess and Zhou Huaiyu.
Here, Zhou Huaiyu and the third princess walked leisurely towards everyone, but everyone could also see that during this period, Zhou Huaiyu and the third princess still didn't know what they were talking about, and the third princess actually showed a bright smile.
"Princess, what do you want to do?"
The two of them were talking well in the courtyard, but suddenly, the third princess slapped her head and shouted: "It's bad, I almost forgot about business, let's go, go out with me, so as not to catch up!"
Zhou Huaiyu didn't have time to ask just now, so he had a chance at this time, who knows, after listening to her question, the third princess actually smiled mysteriously, and then showed a malicious smile, "You just wait to watch the show, I came today, but I didn't come in vain!"
I don't know what it is, but it makes the third princess so interested, but according to Zhou Huaiyu's understanding of her, it must not be a good thing to make her so happy, at least for most people, especially these women in the back garden, it is not a good thing, because the third princess is the most lively and not a big deal!
However, because the two of them were already about to come to the front, Zhou Huaiyu also kept silent, anyway, after a while, she would naturally know.
"Say hello to the third princess!"
Everyone saluted again, but the third princess didn't wait for everyone to finish this time, she waved her hand and said loudly: "I heard that today is the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, in order to refer to everyone's opinions and choose some good things for Huaiyu to dowry." Although Mrs. Wu'anhou did not invite this palace to come, but this palace is the most knowledgeable about these things, what you take out today, this palace will give you an estimate, if you meet a really good one, this palace will make the decision for Mrs. Wu'anhou, and leave it for Yu'er, how about it?" The last two words of the third princess were said to the Su family.
Everyone became a little stunned after hearing the words of the third princess at the beginning, and then listened to it in a daze, although the general meaning was understood, but why did they feel that the third princess was inexplicably wrong?
Including the Su family and the Yan family, they didn't understand the words of the third princess, and they couldn't understand what she was going to do, but the sentence "Although Mrs. Wu'anhou didn't invite the palace to come" Su heard it clearly, and immediately wanted to explain, but the third princess kept talking, and she didn't dare to interject, and when she saw the third princess taking the initiative to ask her, she immediately replied.
"The princess is here, it is the honor of our Hou Mansion, in fact, the concubine was also thinking deeply for a long time, whether to invite the third princess to come today, but later I heard that the princess has been busy recently, so I didn't dare to send a post to the princess to bother, and asked the princess to atone for her sins. Su Shi explained first, and saw that the third princess waved her hand, indicating that she didn't care, and then Su Shi put down her heart and said the next words, "I can let the princess make the decision for our Yu'er, and the concubine can't ask for it, in this regard, if the princess says one, no one dares to say two words!"
Hearing Su Shi's words, the smile on the third princess's face completely bloomed. Everyone saw it, but they still felt the same as just now, and they inexplicably felt that something was wrong. But at this time, the third princess had already unceremoniously sat on the main seat, and shouted in her mouth: "Let's start, let the palace see what you have brought." ”
Before the third princess and Zhou Huaiyu came out, everyone was guessing that the purpose of coming here today was estimated that Mrs. Wu'anhou was about to speak, so they all quietly ordered their maids to wait aside with things, waiting for their summons at any time, so soon, everyone walked to the third princess to offer things in accordance with the order.
On the side of the main seat, in addition to the three princesses, Zhou Huaiyu, Su, Yan and others are all masters, and other noble girls like Chen Yingying have not been able to come here, so except for the four of them, others can only stand on the other side and watch from a distance what others are brought.
All treasures, who doesn't want to look twice, so every time someone comes forward, everyone stares intently, and gradually, some people notice where something is wrong.
The first thing I took out was a small jade screen, one foot square, placed on a small table, quite a large piece. The jade is delicate, white and flawless, and it is carved with beautiful landscape paintings, which are lifelike and look quite valuable.
As a treasure connoisseur, the third princess stepped forward to look and touch, and then praised: "Yes, this piece of jade is Zizhou water jade, just such a good piece of color is worth a lot of silver, not to mention that I look at the carving, it is from the hand of the jade carving master Master Wenfeng, so it is very good, I think this jade screen can be worth three thousand taels, Mrs. Wu'an Houfu, this can be left for Yu'er." ”
As soon as the third princess spoke, everyone present exclaimed a little in surprise. This jade screen is just a small ornament, although three thousand taels of silver is really not a large amount, but for most of the people present, they still won't spend three thousand taels to get such a thing at home.
And when she heard that this jade screen was actually worth three thousand taels, the current owner of the jade screen was also taken aback, because she didn't know how much silver this jade screen was worth, but this was her own master's explanation, and she must let the Wu'an Hou Mansion accept it, and she could only accept three hundred taels of silver at most, and now as soon as the third princess exits, it is ten times as much!
This lady is also a sincere person, and extremely obedient, although she was stunned by the amount of three thousand taels of silver at first glance, but after reacting, she immediately waved her hand and said: "No, no, no, thank you for the princess's praise, but this jade screen, my lord said, three hundred taels is enough!"
As soon as she spoke, the originally noisy discussion disappeared, and the silent needle drop on the scene could be heard.