Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Day of the Birthday Banquet
As soon as the sky was bright, Lin Fangyu was woken up by Qiao'er. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and dressed and painted her eyebrows under Qiao'er's service.
This day is the 40th birthday of the palace master, in fact, it is said to be forty, but thirty-nine, the man is a virtual woman and a woman, so this 40th birthday must be a big event. The palace family was busy up and down, and Lin Fangyu, as a guest of the palace family, was idle.
Qiao'er looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction, she had slowly become accustomed to serving, and she also understood some of Lin Fangyu's habits and hobbies. I know that she doesn't like fancy colors, and she doesn't like Zhu Huan's full bun.
The girl in the mirror is dressed in beige clothes, as beautiful as black silk, and only a few beige belts are tied, because it is a birthday, and it is not good to not apply fat powder, so Qiao'er put a thin layer on her, and the whole face is more delicate. Like a budding lotus flower, the soft breeze is like a bone and it is just cold.
"Miss, let's go."
Today, I want to go to congratulate the birthday star first, and then present my own congratulatory gifts.
When Lin Fangyu went, the wide hall was already full of people, and the palace master was sitting on it, with a look of high spirits. Lin Fangyu smiled and stepped forward to bend her knees, Qiao'er was holding a tray, and there was a scroll in the center of the tray, Lin Fangyu said with a smile: "Yu'er asks my uncle and aunt to say goodbye, today is my uncle's birthday, and Yu'er also represents the Lin Mansion to send a congratulatory gift to my uncle." ”
Lin Fangfei was on the other side, smiling like a crescent moon.
This congratulatory gift was just right, the palace master unfolded the picture scroll, saw that it was a book by a famous family, smiled more heartily, handed over the things to the little guy on the side, and said: "Yu'er Fei'er is a distinguished guest of the palace family, and she is busy today, if your aunt is too busy, you have to help." ”
This is asking her to greet guests in disguise, Mrs. Gong was already cowardly, a little absent-minded, so the big day of the palace lord did not show it immediately, at this time listening to the palace master's words, her eyebrows raised slightly, and pulled out a smile: "Yes, aunt has something that can't be taken care of, and the language can help a little." ”
Lin Fangyu felt insincere no matter how she heard it, it was true that Mrs. Gong was not happy, until this time, Master Gong did not mention Gong Miaoyin, and made it clear that Gong Miaoyin would not be allowed to attend. Miss Gong Jia's young lady pretended to be her cousin to seduce the young master of the Guogong Mansion, the truth is true and false, and some curious people will inevitably inquire openly and secretly today, and the palace master also doesn't want his daughter to lose face, but Mrs. Gong doesn't think so, she has a pampered daughter, but she can't even participate in her father's birthday, isn't that true that she was disgusted by her father because of misconduct?
Mrs. Gong's hand hidden under her sleeve was clenched, her own daughter was imprisoned, but the concubine looked like this, she hated to strangle her!
"Uncle advises, Yu'er should obey it." Lin Fangyu replied coquettishly: "But, why haven't you seen your cousins yet?" ”
Which pot is not opened, which pot is not opened, which pot is not opened! Mrs. Gong even forgot to avoid it, and directly shook her face at Lin Fangyu: "The eldest young master is weak, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up this time." “
Hmph, even if her daughter can't please her, she has to pull Gong Baixi's over to cushion her back!
Can't get up? Lin Fangyu almost lost her laughter, how could Cousin Xi, whom she had seen yesterday, be so weak? Although it is a little weak, it is not so weak that it is not even possible to get out of bed. Unexpectedly, Cousin Xi's acting skills were hidden from Mrs. Gong, and he was really perfect.
She smiled: "I heard that Cousin Xi is the root of the illness when he was a child, but fortunately, with the care of his uncle, and recently he often goes to the store with his uncle, I look a lot better." “
Master Gong's eyes lit up: "Yu'er really thinks so?" These days, the eldest son runs around with him, and he also makes many feasible suggestions, so that the business of several shops has increased by 10%. At first, Master Gong was just for the sake of face, but after a few contacts, he really liked this eldest son.
"yes." Lin Fangyu ignored Mrs. Gong's meat-splitting eyes and continued: "I think it was because I was in the house all day long and had nothing to do, so I was depressed. Now that I have something, I am very busy, my body and bones are more active, and my qi and blood flow seem to be better. “
The palace master groaned, feeling that Lin Fang's language was reasonable, and thought that this time it was really crooked, and he found a good helper. Thinking like this, the smile on his face deepened, and even Mrs. Gong pretended not to understand what she said, and said, "He only accompanied me to the manor yesterday, so it's understandable to get up late." “
Mrs. Gong lowered her eyebrows: "Yes." "At the moment, the most important thing is to get my daughter out, and the rest can be considered in the long run.
"Uncle is really blessed to have Cousin Xi and Cousin Wang as helpers."
"Yu'er!" Madame Gong exclaimed, she had fallen into a trap! What is this niece going to do?
The palace master frowned, looked at the hall, and said angrily: "Where is the second young master?" "This rebel knows that he fights crickets every day, and his plaything is just discouraged, and he doesn't even know where he is fooling around on his birthday!
"Master, Wang'er has already prepared a congratulatory gift for the master, and this time is probably coming this way."
Old Master Gong felt a little more relieved, and he was still hearted.
Lin Fangyu hid a smile: "I don't know what congratulatory gifts my cousin has carefully prepared, Yu'er is very curious." “
Master Gong smiled: "Then let's wait and see." "The Gong family used to be a scholarly family, and they liked brothers and brothers the most to be filial to their fathers and sons. Hearing what Mrs. Gong said, he was also really curious. He had already received the gift from his eldest son, and he sent this sister-in-law. The birthday feast starts at noon, and the whole hour is reserved for the children's families. Master Gong began to have some expectations.
Mrs. Gong was in trouble, and her heart was full of joy, hoping that the previous advice would be effective, she asked Wang'er to go to the temple to invite a Buddha statue back, in order to show her piety, she had to kneel in the temple for one night before going home. Originally, she thought that the lord would let go of her daughter yesterday, but she waited left and right and didn't hear the lord's pardon, so she had to temporarily change her strategy and let her sister-in-law bring two cronies to the housekeeper, and she used tricks to coax the palace master over. Who knew that as soon as her son left, Aunt Liu's stomach hurt, and the palace master left again, and Mrs. Gong felt as uncomfortable as if there were nine cats scratching her, she could only secretly pray that the grandmother who was quietly sent out could successfully complete the task.
The time of a stick of incense passed, and the palace master didn't wait for his son-in-law, and his face began to be a little bad. Mrs. Gong was also very anxious, but she still had a magic weapon in hand. Since her son was too late, she thought that she was delayed on the road, so it was better to get her daughter out first, so she quietly gave Gong Miaotong a look.
Gong Miaotong is like sitting on a pins and needles on the stool, her mother took care of her last night, if Sister Chang can't come out this time, she shouldn't want to have good fruits to eat. So she got up tremblingly, went to the center, and whispered, "Father." “
The palace master was a little unhappy when he thought that his concubine had lost his face in the court, but when he saw the concubine's appearance and suddenly remembered the dead concubine, his heart softened, he only stared at the concubine, and said, "What's wrong?" “
Lin Fang said: "Cousin Xu Tong also has a congratulatory gift for my uncle." “