"Mother-in-law. The Duan family saluted in a regular manner.

"Sit down. Princess Wenjun continued to squint her eyes and casually pointed to the chair next to her.

Duan glanced at the chair with some disgust, this must have been Jiao's just sitting, as if it was still contaminated with Jiao's body temperature, where was she willing to sit, she only stood respectfully and said: "My daughter-in-law just listened to the trivial matters reported by the next person, and she has been sitting for a long time, so it's better to stand, mother-in-law, do you have something to do with me?"

The Duan family didn't want to sit, and Princess Wenjun didn't persuade anymore, so she only half-closed her eyes and said: "You did a good job at the tea party last time, but a few didn't come, which seems to be a fly in the ointment." ”

"Mother-in-law, are you talking about the Guojun Palace, and the Six Princes' Mansion?" Although Duan asked like this, he used an affirmative tone, and then explained, "The daughter-in-law has asked, the old lady of the Guojun Wangfu will wait for the daughters of the Guojun Mansion to go to the nunnery in the suburbs to eat fast on that day, the six princes have just opened the mansion, and there is only a new daughter-in-law of the six princesses in the mansion, and they have rarely participated in small banquets such as tea tasting and flower appreciation. ”

"What do you mean, it's not your fault?" Princess Wenjun asked lightly.

"The daughter-in-law didn't dare. Duan's didn't dare to talk back to Princess Wenjun, but the look on her face had already explained that it was indeed not her fault, the big and small banquets in the city did not say that all the people invited would be absent, there were always some people who could not come for various reasons, such as the old lady of the Guojun Wangfu every year on this day to lead all the female dependents to fast, unless the emperor and queen ordered to summon, it will not be rescheduled, how can a tea tasting party in their family be rescheduled, can't let her reschedule the tea tasting party, right? As for Princess Xiangshan, the sixth princess, she is a foreign princess who doesn't know how to count etiquette, and the six princes have nothing to do with the gentlemen of Wenjun Palace, so it's normal not to come. There were already a lot of ladies who came to the tea party that day, and there was no shortage of these two or two.

Princess Wenjun sighed lightly and slowly opened her eyes. looked at Duan: "You seem to have missed one." ”

"Mother-in-law, what are you talking about...... Dingwangfu?" Duan asked tentatively.

Princess Wenjun didn't speak, but her eyes kept staring at Duan.

Duan's very aggrieved: "This princess has rarely participated in banquets in various mansions......"

Subtext. It's normal not to come.

"I heard that you rushed to deliver the post the day before the banquet, is it true?" Princess Wenjun's words suddenly became sharp.

"This ...... It is the negligence of the subordinate. Duan lowered her head a little weakly, she really didn't mean it, but it was also because she didn't pay attention to it that such an omission would occur, generally speaking, important guests ordered someone to send a post a few days in advance, and came back to ask the other party's attitude, whether to answer or not. If some important guests are not clear, they will come to the door again in person, but she did not do that, that is, she did not pay attention to the princess.

"Eh!" Princess Wenjun sighed, "You are still young, and you don't understand whether it is better to settle the grievances or not, not to mention that you have no grudges with Princess Ding, and King Ding has also spoken for your Duan family in the court, how can you ...... Think about it, if you think about it, it will be the birthday banquet of the old lady of Guojun Mansion in a few days. When the time comes, the princess should be present, you know how to do it, I'm tired. Step aside. ”

"Yes, mother-in-law. After the Duan family finished saluting, he slowly retreated, but he was still very unhappy in his heart.

……

Su Yiqing received an invitation to the birthday banquet of the old lady Xue of the Guojun Palace, and she didn't plan to go, the old lady Xue of the Guojun Mansion was good to her, and she should give a face, but she was really not in the mood to participate in these banquets recently, and besides, there must be many people going to this birthday banquet, and there are not many more. One less, no less, she went to the identity of the embarrassment. There may still be a lot of trouble with the seats, etc., so it's better not to go. It's enough to give a valuable birthday gift, anyway, the most important thing in Dingwangfu is rare treasures.

Therefore, after receiving the invitation, let the mother-in-law euphemistically tell the person who sent the post that he has been unwell recently, and he is afraid that he will not be able to attend at that time, which cannot be regarded as lying, and a bad mood is also a kind of physical discomfort.

It was just an excuse, but I didn't expect that on the second day, the Li family from the Guojun Royal Mansion came to visit with a large bag of supplements.

People are so hearted, Su Yiqing can only dress up to receive them in good spirits.

Li's words are not very clever, nor is he a person with many tongues, at this time a person came to visit, he seemed a little restrained, and after taking a sip of tea, he asked with a restrained smile: "I heard that the princess is not feeling well, our old lady is a little worried, she is old and inconvenient to go out, so send me over to see, princess, are you okay?"

Su Yiqing smiled, "It's not a big problem, it's just that the weather is cold, probably infected with the wind chill, and I have been lazy and don't want to move, maybe it's because I have been living in the countryside before, where is it warmer than here." ”

"Oh, then the princess should be careful, remember to wear more clothes when it's cold. Li did not doubt the truth of Su Yiqing's words at all, she is not the kind of person who has a lot of hearts, and it has nothing to do with her, why doubt others, she is a little wooden, but it is easier to get the favor of others, because no matter what others say, she listens carefully and sincerely believes that this kind of trust in her heart is easy to win the favor of others.

"Thank you for your concern. Su Yiqing showed a hint of gratitude slightly, and pointed to the four-color dim sum on the maid, "Auntie taste this newly made dim sum and point it out." ”

"Good. Li picked up an emerald green ball with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, and nodded, "This ball is really good, there is a fragrance of mugwort leaves, wormwood is rare in this season, how did the princess make it?"

Su Yiqing explained with a smile: "This is wormwood in spring, kneaded into a ball, put it in the ice cellar to solidify, wrap it with banana leaves, water it on it, and then solidify it, so three times, you can keep fresh wormwood for a long time, and when you knock on the ice surface in winter, you can get fresh wormwood for food." ”

"Eh! There is such a good way, don't hide it from the princess, I like the dessert made of wormwood the most, I like the fragrance, but a lot of dried wormwood can not be compared with fresh, I also try the princess's method in the spring. Li said with a smile.

This is Su Yiqing's preference that people heard in advance, it just so happens that there is also wormwood placed in the house, which is what he likes, what grows everywhere in the field in spring, it is time-consuming and laborious to maintain it in this way, and it does not make much sense, no matter how much I like it, it is not novel to be able to eat it at any time, and there is no place to spend it when there is money, as if the fresh wormwood that is lowly in spring will become tall and noble when eaten in winter.

Su Yiqing pointed to another plate of pink balls while scolding, "This is a ball made of peach blossom juice, auntie also try it, this is not chilled, it is made by squeezing the peach blossom juice in spring and burying it under the peach blossom tree." ”

Li tasted it again, and still praised the sincerity on his face, not like perfunctory.

If I hadn't eaten the balls before, just looking at Li's expression, I really thought that this was something delicious, Su Yiqing had already eaten it, and it was just a faint peach blossom fragrance, no taste, not delicious, just a kind of enjoyment.

While chatting, the maid came to report, "Princess, Mrs. Ning is here." ”

Mrs. Ning, the daughter-in-law of Ruicheng Wangfu, Su Yiqing had a gorgeous face in her mind, since the meeting, this Mrs. Ning has never been here, and the mansions have given gifts during the New Year's holidays, and in addition to the congratulatory gifts from the palace, the princess of Ruicheng has also sent some other gifts, but this Mrs. Ning has never given them.

I don't want to get too close to her, it doesn't matter, she can't wait to socialize a few boring people, why did this Mrs. Ning suddenly come to the door today?

The Li family was a little surprised, before she came, the old lady Xue repeatedly told her not to face the Ning family in front of the princess, even if the princess took the initiative to mention it, don't say anything for the Ning family, just say that she didn't understand the Ning family, but now this Mrs. Ning suddenly came to the door, and she would inevitably have to face it.

Should she say goodbye? She has been here for a short time, and it is not rude to say goodbye, the other party now has guests, but there is also some friendship between the Guojun Mansion and the Ruicheng Palace, especially the Princess Ruicheng has always respected the old lady Xue, and has not had the slightest neglect because the old lady Xue has no children.

The Li family is not a decisive person, just after such a hesitation, Su Yiqing had already ordered the maid to invite Mrs. Ning in, so she couldn't say goodbye as soon as people came in, so she could only continue to sit.

Mrs. Ning is still wearing a red dress, dressed up in a fancy way, her makeup looks kitsch, and the smell of fat powder is quite strong.

Su Yiqing also wore a lot of makeup when she went out a few times ago, and she was not qualified to despise others, but she was really curious, it was also makeup, the delicate and luxurious atmosphere of a noble lady was different from kitsch, this Mrs. Ning was such a concubine style every time she appeared, why didn't anyone remind her? Ruicheng Wangfu is also a big family, so it should be reminded, right?

Glancing at Li slightly, it could be seen from Li's eyes that she was not very disagreeing with Mrs. Ning's dress.

Su Yiqing also wondered, each has its own hobbies, it is someone else's business that others like this, maybe people think her makeup is more exaggerated, every time she sees a guest, she puts on makeup that is different from her own style, so as not to make people have any bad associations.

"It's good to be a princess. Mrs. Ning was a little unconvinced and gave Su Yiqing a salute.

"Mrs. Ning doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat. Su Yiqing nodded politely.

Mrs. Ning sat down to the side as she said, and then said to the Li family who was sitting on the side: "What a coincidence, my aunt is also here." ”

"Come and talk to Princess Ding. Li smiled at Mrs. Ning kindly, and decided that the princess could come out to meet guests with strict makeup, so naturally it could not be said that she was here to visit the patient, and it was best to talk. (To be continued)