Chapter 53: Chrysanthemum Garden
The carriage stopped for a long time and didn't move, Cheng Wanqi said, "Could it be that you can't go?" β
After a while, there was a sound of someone gently knocking on the door outside the carriage door, the basket lifted the door curtain, and Mama Wang, who was beside Mrs. Li, got into the carriage with a small round face and almond-eyed maid that they had never seen before. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The maid invited An Dao: "Two young ladies, Mrs. Li has already agreed to go to the chrysanthemum garden to enjoy the chrysanthemum and drink chrysanthemum wine, my Mrs. Ouyang specially asked me to come and tell the two of you, today is a family banquet, please don't be restrained, just be comfortable." β
Cheng Wan asked, "Who else is there besides our family today?" β
The little round-faced girl smiled and said: "There are the Hubu Shangshu, the Hubu Shilang, the right deputy governor Yushi, and these ladies from the Guogong Mansion." β
Cheng Wan sighed, and the maid retreated, Shen Jinyu watched the basket take out a purse from her waist and hand it to her, and she also accepted it with a smile.
The maid looked generous, her voice was clear, and she should benefit from advancing and retreating, so she must be the big maid next to Mrs. Ouyang's family.
Shen Jinyu saw Cheng Wan bowing her head and was silent, so she asked, "Are we going here?" β
Cheng Wan nodded and said: "If you want to go, no one else cares, but there are two officials from the household department, but our Cheng family can't push it." Another one, today there are people in the Guogong Mansion, they are relatives of the emperor, but the family is idle, so it is even more difficult to shirk. β
The household department is in charge of money and food, and the Cheng family is a military general, which is a matter of life.
Cheng Wan smiled: "Don't worry, the girls of their families, I used to play together when I was a child, they are all gentle people, besides, you don't know that people like us are all face-saving, and there will be no true temperament for you at such a party." β
After saying that, he laughed out loud.
Shen Jinyu smiled, turned her head to look at the somewhat uneasy Biyu and said, "Are you uncomfortable?" Why is your face so bad? β
Biyu's face was a little pale, she nodded subconsciously, and then shook her head and replied: "I'm fine, it's hard to come out once, girl, just have fun." β
She lowered her head and no longer looked at Shen Jinyu's eyes, following Shen Jinyu for so long, she knew what she meant, and suddenly asked like this, she definitely didn't want to go, she had to lower her head and pretend not to see.
Shen Jinyu asked like this, it was indeed the intention of asking for Biyu's opinion, after all, she didn't understand the intricate relationships of those families, Biyu had followed Han Zhenzhen for so long, and knew her life experience, whether she could go, Biyu must have a better bottom than her in her heart, since Biyu didn't object to this, she should be able to go, she was a little relieved.
After the carriage began to move, it soon arrived at the chrysanthemum garden,
Juyuan is not too far from Cheng's racecourse, but the style is completely different, there is no Cheng's racecourse, and it is the Jiangnan style of gentle small bridges and flowing water.
The carved beams and pillars of the hand-copying verandah, the pavilion, the hanging flower door, and the moon cave are all exquisite.
The Cheng family arrived late, and the wives of several families had already arrived.
Mrs. Ouyang in the family of the military department, with the unmarried fourth daughter Zeng Rong is greeting guests, their mother and daughter look very similar, they are all goose egg faces, Mrs. Ouyang looks in her early thirties, a little fat, but still retains some of the beauty of her youth, looks very kind, Zeng Rong is thin, but much taller than her mother, the Zeng family and the Cheng family are both military generals.
Their mother and daughter are carefully dressed up at a glance, skirts? Chrysanthemums are embroidered everywhere, Mrs. Ouyang is dressed in purple, embroidered with a large purple robe with gold with chrysanthemum, Zeng Rong embroidered with a handsome pine nut chrysanthemum, with a goose-yellow crepe skirt, which has a girlish flavor.
Mrs. Wu of the Tobe Shangshu family was a little older, already a grandmother, lean, and her face looked a little sternβalthough with a smile on her face.
She came with her daughter-in-law, Cheng Wan later told Shen Jinyu that the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Wu's family is the daughter of the Qu family, the Wu family is from the Qingliu faction, and the family of Ning Guanyu, the head of the household, is considered a family of cultivation and study, he is the first person to take the test for fame, the Qu family is not everyone, but the family has a good reputation for several generations, and the officials are not very big, but they are better than the people, so the court also has some of its own strength.
Shen Jinyu thought about it for a while, Hubu Shangshu took over Han Dong's position, although it was still Qingliu, but there was still the shadow of the family.
From Shen Jinyu's point of view, Mrs. Wu's dress is not luxurious, and it can even be said to be frugal, not as good as Mrs. Li of Cheng Mansion - Mrs. Li's background is better, even if Cheng Mansion is frugal, her use is reduced compared to her mother's family, but it is still not something that ordinary Qingliu can catch up.
Wang Tong and Cheng Wan are about the same age, with a very white complexion, a small cherry mouth, Danfeng eyes, and look extremely beautiful, just standing there, I already feel that she Tingting Yuli knows books and etiquette.
Shen Jinyu knew that Wang Yuanbiao's concubine was married to the third prince as a concubine, and in addition to her family background, she was bound to be a long country.
The right deputy governor Yu Shi Bai's family is Mrs. Feng, the surname Bai is an uncommon surname in the capital, I think it should be a foreigner, Mrs. Feng looks a little old, round face, and she only smiles when she sees people, and she doesn't talk much.
Mrs. Jiang Jiaye of the Guogong Mansion is tall and tall, and the contours of her facial features are very deep, which can be regarded as thick eyebrows and big eyes, not the subtle beauty of Yao and Wang Tong, like a rose, blooming intensely.
Mrs. Ouyang can be regarded as a long-sleeved dancer, Mrs. Li took the daughter of the Cheng family into the chrysanthemum garden, and she and Zeng Rong both stepped forward to greet her, and personally accompanied Mrs. Li to greet the ladies one by one.
After sitting down and serving tea, Zeng Rong took Cheng Wan's hand and said coquettishly to Mrs. Ouyang: "Mother, it's rare for our sisters to see each other once, so don't detain us today." β
Mrs. Ouyang smiled: "I knew that you couldn't bear it, so lead your sisters and sisters to the garden for a walk, but don't be like a monkey, it frightens them." β
Several ladies laughed, and Zeng Rong took the opportunity to salute and pulled Cheng Wan away.
Cheng Wan's appearance at this time is completely different from at home, she put away her big grin, her behavior is very ladylike, her steps are small, and she can't even see her teeth when she laughs.
Shen Jinyu thought of what Cheng Wan said before she came, people like us are all face-saving, and they won't have any true temperament to show you.
She saw that Cheng Wan behaved appropriately and was like a fish in water in the crowd, because she didn't know anyone, so she followed behind Cheng Wan, didn't talk much, just smiled or nodded, on this occasion she hated to let herself be invisible, it was best not to be discovered by anyone.
She was bored watching these little girls' houses perfunctory, but she saw a little maid she had never seen before walking away with Jasper.