Chapter 1 Entering Beijing
On the official road three miles away from the south of the capital, two small carriages with blue curtains hanging on the pattern of "Cheng Pingbo" swayed towards the capital.
Yan Baoyun was lifting the curtain to look out, suddenly her elbow was slightly painful, and when she raised her eyes, she saw her cousin with a "plump" figure staring at her viciously, she pursed her lips and consciously shrank to the side, but she had already touched the wall of the carriage.
She glanced at her grandmother, who was sitting in a precarious position, with a noble woman's posture, and began to sympathize with the people in the carriage behind her: they were all of average size, and the three of them were crowded on this side, and there were six people on the other side...... They were so happy to know that there was a carriage to sit in......
"Yan Baoyun, what's the matter with your expression? By the way, I took you to the eldest princess's banquet, and you weren't even happy? Yan Baoqin glanced at her grandmother who closed her eyes and recuperated, her voice was gentle, but her eyes were very vicious.
Baoyun didn't take it to heart, still lifted the curtain with one hand and looked out, and replied playfully: "No, I'm just thinking about why the eldest princess invited our family in Jinling to come to the banquet this time." ”
Cheng Pingbo's wife Wu opened her eyes when she heard this: "I haven't figured it out either, it stands to reason that there has been no interaction between the two sides." ”
The words of the two people were euphemistic, the fact is that the Yan family, who was about to be cut down after the generation of Cheng Pingbo, had long lost the qualification to attend the banquet of the elite circle in the capital, which was already clear when the Wu family failed to sit in front of the queen mother on the day of the Wanshou Festival.
Yan Baoqin's eyes flashed with pride when she heard this, and she pulled Wu's arm with a smile and said, "Doesn't grandmother know?" The granddaughter knows a little bit about it. ”
"Oh?" Wu was surprised and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it." ”
Yan Baoqin coughed, smiled proudly at Baoyun, who also turned his head to look when he heard the movement, and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, do you remember that my mother's cousin who has a separate room is now serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites?" ”
Wu pondered for a while and said, "It's Lord Wen Fengwen, right?" ”
She nodded, "Exactly." ”
"But what does this have to do with Lord Wen?" The Wu family frowned, although the official of the Ministry of Rites is also heavy, but it is not enough to make the eldest princess so concerned, right?
"Grandmother doesn't know, I heard my mother say that a few days ago, the eldest princess and Mrs. Huang, the wife of Uncle Wen, had frequent contacts, and the two families seemed to have the intention of marrying......
"Really?" Wu was a little surprised, "In this way, isn't that girl Qingyu going to marry the eldest princess and Xue Shangshu's only son?" ”
"The granddaughter is just guessing," Yan Baoqin smiled modestly, "If we were really invited for this matter, it seems that the affairs of the two families will be inseparable." ”
"Okay," Wu sighed, "this is a great event, and I have to congratulate your aunt when I see her......
Baoyun listened to a few words, and then lost interest.
Uncle Wen in Yan Baoqin's mouth, since she came here, she has heard it hundreds of times, and her ears are about to grow calluses.
The title of the Yan family could not be inherited, so the three brothers had to find another way.
With the support of his mother Wu, who wanted to get rid of the label of a vulgar martial woman, Yan Liang gave up the tradition of martial arts in the previous generation, and studied poetry and books for several years, but he was only admitted to the same jinshi.
Yan Liang's political ability is not very good, but he is very good at making friends, a few years have passed, and now he has returned to his hometown in Jinling to be the same knowledge of the five products of Jinling Mansion, but in this position, there is no extremely strong connection, and it is useless to rely on opportunism, so in this position, he has not moved for six years.
During this period, Wen Feng also made a lot of efforts, and the people in the big house respected him very much, and Yan Baoqin even showed off to several sisters in the family all day long as a backer.
And her father is a tenacious martial artist. When I married her mother, I heard that she insisted on going her own way and did not listen to the dissuasion of the Wu family, which made the relationship between mother and son not very pleasant. Later, he stubbornly continued to serve in the military in an environment where generals were not allowed to be reused.
Now in his early thirties, the Wei Command Division in Jinling is doing the suppression of Wupin, although the official rank is similar to that of the big house, but basically he is hanging out on the street every day, and he has no real power and use at all.
As for the third room of the concubine, he didn't have any connections left for him, so he only took part of the family's property to do business, and he didn't lose money.
Her father is at the end of a short house in his career, and her mother is also not happy with her mother-in-law, so she naturally will not have a good life, and she will be taught by the Wu family and bullied by her cousin every day.
What could she do? I heard that she was originally a cowardly character.,Out of fear of being found out and burned to death as a monster and the already very optimistic and arrogant character.,She decided not to worry about them.,It's good to marry in the future, right? Alas, it can't be helped.
"Three girls...... "Wu said unhappily.
"Huh?" Baoyun came back to her senses and said busily, "What's the matter, grandmother?" ”
"I'm talking to your eldest sister, you dare to get distracted, when you arrive at the eldest princess's mansion for a while, if you don't know the rules and lose face to our family, I won't spare you!" Wu's face was serious, and there was no warmth in his eyes.
Before she could reply, she heard Wu say again: "Learn from your mother all day long, look at your sister, sit upright, this is what everyone looks like, look at your big horse golden knife, where does you look like a boudoir lady?" ”
Baoyun was stunned for a moment, and looked down at his sitting position. No, it's just that the distance between the legs is slightly larger than Yan Baoqin's, so let's not talk about the Malaysian Golden Knife......
She couldn't help but glance at Yan Baoqin's sitting posture again, and then hurriedly turned her head.
Yan Baoqin was already fatter than a young lady of the same age, and there was some fat on her shoulders, so she deliberately restrained herself from sitting up straight, but she looked rough and funny, in her words, she couldn't bear to look at it directly.
However, although he thought so, he still pretended to be humble and asked for advice: "Grandmother tell me about the rules of going to a banquet, I have never been to such a magnificent place......"
In fact, Mo said that it was Baoyun, it was Yan Baoqin who was calling for wind and rain in the Yan family, and it was the first time.
Last time on the Halloween Festival, the Wu family was not qualified to bring their granddaughter into the palace. This time, a few days after returning to Jinling, she received an invitation from the Xue family, and the post said that she was invited to bring her granddaughter to the banquet. Originally, the Wu family planned to only take Baoqin, but thinking that there would be more people in the end, and he could still show his majesty, he brought his two granddaughters with him, and the second child of the concubine stayed at home.
She coughed lightly, subconsciously touched her sideburns, and began to talk about the experience of many years ago with the juniors.
After saying that, the carriage also stopped at the gate of the Xue family.
Baoyun couldn't suppress his curiosity, and got out of the carriage first, and was amazed.
My God, this mansion must be a third of the width of the street......
It seems that no matter what era it is, there are traces similar to the evil capitalism!