After the queen arrived, everyone entered the Lixiangyuan, which is a special place for the Liguo Mansion to entertain guests, and a spacious hall can accommodate hundreds of people to dine and sit.

Because today is the birthday of the second lady, there are a lot of female guests, Mo Qingshan is not an official, and there are no colleagues or anything, so the male guests only have relatives at home, and there are no outsiders, so the few male guests were arranged in the Lotus Lotus Pavilion, but the most spacious pear fragrance courtyard in the house was given to the female guests.

Entering the Lixiang Courtyard, Cai Wei was invited to sit on the main seat, the old lady Liu sat on her left, and everyone persuaded Bai to sit on the right hand side of the seat, Bai repeatedly refused, and then Cai Wei said that the birthday star was the largest, so she reluctantly took a seat and sat on the right side of Cai Wei.

The rest of the ladies sat down in order according to their grades, the ladies sat in the insertion room on the left, and the right side was prepared for the faceless people, such as the eight palace maids and eunuchs brought out by Cai Wei from the palace, except for Zhao Qiu and Xiaozhi, who were waiting by Cai Wei's side, the rest were all invited to the insertion room on the right, and several big girls around the old lady, the eldest lady, the second lady and the first-class girls around the ladies and ladies who came were also invited to sit in the insertion room on the right.

When she sat in the seat, Chrysanthemum was embarrassed, she came with Miss Ning, but Miss Ning sat in the check room on the left, but she was no longer a young lady but a married woman, so naturally she couldn't sit with Ning Huaixiu, but there was no place for her on Mrs.'s side, and there was nowhere to sit.

was embarrassed, Cai Wei found the chrysanthemum, she was very surprised why the chrysanthemum was here, since she had already married, it meant that it was impossible for her to leave Mo Zili, it stands to reason that the Liguo Mansion should not invite her to come, but why is she here?

Sensing her embarrassing situation, Cai Wei quietly called Fei'er, who was on the ground, and asked her to arrange the chrysanthemum by Du Shi's side, so that she would not be pointed at.

At this time, it is not yet time to open the banquet, the families who came to worship the birthday have come forward to pay their respects, send birthday gifts, and say a few auspicious words of blessings, the second lady Bai sat on the seat, and replied to everyone with a flat smile, she has been married to the Liguo Mansion for more than 20 years, although she is the daughter-in-law of the Liguo Mansion, but because her man is white, she has never been so decent.

The first to give a gift was naturally the queen's mother.

What Cai Wei gave to Bai was a fine guqin, three feet six inches long, symbolizing three hundred and sixty-five days a year, about six inches wide and two inches thick, the lower part of the body was flattened, and the upper part was arc-shaped and convex, symbolizing the sky and the earth respectively, and the corresponding harmony with the saying that the sky is round and the place is round. The upper end of the sycamore wood is the piano, and the sound is light, and the lower end is the piano, and the sound is turbid, so only the interruption is just right.

The strings are made of silk in the south of the Yangtze River, and the body of the sycamore wood, the sound is loud and agitated, like a melodious turn, and the aftersound is lingering, which is wonderful.

Bai Shi played a few times, and immediately won the applause of the whole house, some of them praised the sound of this piano, and some praised Bai Shi's piano for playing well. Cai Wei said with a smile: "I heard that my aunt and uncle are happy with the music, I hope that this birthday gift in this palace can be called the heart of my aunt and uncle." ”

Bai got up and thanked him, and said: "The piano given by the mother is in excellent condition and has a beautiful timbre, even the 'horn bell' and 'winding beam' are nothing more than that!" ”

Then, the old lady also sent a congratulatory gift to her daughter-in-law, which turned out to be a huge Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, which was so big that it was staggering!

The eldest lady Wu gave her younger siblings is a set of excellent jade heads, although a little cheesy, but it is extremely valuable, if it is placed in the ingenuity building, there is no four or five thousand silver can never be bought; After several years of unremitting practice, Fei'er's embroidery workers have become more and more sophisticated, and now there are few people in the entire Jin Kingdom who can compare her embroidery skills, if one of her double-sided embroidered screens is sold outside, the price will never be lower than the set of jade head jewelry sent by her mother-in-law....

After their relatives finished sending, it was the turn of the ladies and ladies who came to congratulate the birthday to give gifts, and everyone sent the things they had carefully prepared one by one.

When it was Chrysanthemum's turn, Bai's smiling face fell suddenly, and because of the full number of distinguished guests, she didn't drive Chrysanthemum out, but said coldly and detachedly: "I remember that the Liguo Mansion didn't give Mrs. Li a post, it's rare for Mrs. Li to be so attentive, thank you!" ”

Bai's sentence is to tell everyone that she didn't invite Chrysanthemum at all, it was Chrysanthemum who was cheeky and uninvited.

Chrysanthemum was very embarrassed, she just wanted to give her a birthday, to express her apologies to their family and her gratitude to Mo Zili, but she didn't want to put a hot face on someone's cold buttocks, Mrs. Bai's attitude made Chrysanthemum's fiery heart suddenly pull out the cold, and was looked at by everyone's disdainful eyes, making her face blush to the root of her ears, the pestle is not going there, and it is not staying, it is really embarrassing.

Fortunately, Fei'er was there, and she helped her play the round in time, Fei'er took her birthday gift and said: "It's good that Sister Chrysanthemum is here, we thought you had just gotten married, and it was inconvenient to come out to socialize, it's rare that my sister came out for my aunt, thank you so much." It's time to start the table, sister, please take a seat, I'll talk to you later! ”

After speaking, let Tanchun help her back to her seat.

Fei'er's words are a disguised explanation of the reason why she didn't give chrysanthemum an invitation, and it can be regarded as helping her regain a little face. However, Chrysanthemum still felt very aggrieved, sitting in the seat, her face was red all the time, and when the food was served, she had no appetite for the sumptuous banquet on the table.

Du Shi sat beside her, and saw that she was wronged, so he kindly helped her to grab some food, and the chrysanthemum reluctantly ate a few bites, but it was also unsweet, and she always felt that the people in the room laughed at her again.

It's easy to finish eating, Chrysanthemum can't wait to leave here, and the prefect also arranged a drama for everyone to watch after dinner, it is said to be a new book, called "Water Man Jinshan", or Liu Xi wrote it!

Chrysanthemum didn't have the heart to watch the play at all, so she took advantage of the withdrawal of the banquet and walked out with Xiaokui, planning to find Ning Huaixiu and talk to her, and then go home quietly.

When she was going to the checkroom on the left, it happened that Ning Huaixiu came to her with the girl's hand.

Seeing the chrysanthemum, Ning Huaixiu grabbed her hand and said in a low voice: "Sister Shen, my sister just heard that you were wronged, what is going on, tell my sister quickly." ”

There are a lot of people here, it's really not a place to talk, Chrysanthemum said: "Sister Ning, I'll tell you when I go back, now I'm not feeling well, I want to go back first, you can stay here by yourself!" ”

Ning Huaixiu looked at the ladies and ladies who were coming and going, and said, "You come out with me first, and let's go outside." ”

said, without waiting for Chrysanthemum to answer, he pulled her out.

"Hey, Sister Ning, where are you going to take me? I'm going home? Chrysanthemum whispered.

Ning Huaixiu whispered as she walked: "My sister is uncomfortable because of the second lady's words, so she wants to leave early regardless of the etiquette?" ”

Shen Juhua puffed out her mouth and said angrily: "People don't appreciate it at all, but they get angry when they see me, why should I do this and post it to dislike people?" ”

Ning Huaixiu said: "My sister is not right to say this, when I left the son and the second master and the second lady because my sister did not suffer less, my sister turned around and married someone else, it is normal for the second lady to be resentful, if a person has a grudge, the resentment will become more and more in the heart, if she does not untie her heart knot as soon as possible, sooner or later it will become a deep hatred, although the queen mother is better with her sister, but she can't protect you every day, the Liguo Mansion is high and powerful, in case one day God unknowingly has a black hand on your family, Isn't my sister sorry? ”

"No, it won't!"

Chrysanthemum exclaimed: "They won't be so vicious, and they won't go to trouble my father!" They're not that kind of people! ”

Ning Huaixiu said: "Normally, no, but when people are resentful, they do everything, and my sister is better just in case." ”

She said very solemnly, Chrysanthemum was intimidated, Chrysanthemum cares most about her parents in this life, in case her parents are retaliated against by the Liguo Mansion because of her, she will not have a good time in this life!

"So, what should I do?"

"Stay, wait for a while when everyone is gone, go and have a good talk with the second lady, and untie the knots in your heart, let's go to the back garden for a while, and then go back when the play is almost over, which will not only prove that you have not left, but also save you the embarrassment of staying in the banquet!"

Chrysanthemum was a no-brainer, but when she heard Ning Huaixiu say this, she agreed, and followed Ning Huaixiu to the back garden.

The two of them were strolling in the garden, Ning Huaixiu turned around and said to his maid who was following behind: "You go to the banquet and keep an eye on it, remember to call us if you have something." ”

The maidservant said yes and walked away.

After walking for a while, when he was about to enter the back garden, Ning Huaixiu put his hands to his mouth, sighed his hands, and said: "Look at my memory, you heard that you were wronged, so you rushed over, and even forgot to take the hand stove, Miss Xiaokui, can you help me bring the hand stove?" ”

At this time, there will only be three people, Chrysanthemum, Ning Huaixiu and Xiaokui, if Xiaokui leaves, there will only be Chrysanthemum and Ning Huaixiu, Xiaokui is not at ease, and said in embarrassment: "Or..." Let's go back, I think in front of so many people, the second lady will not embarrass our young lady anymore, besides, there is still the queen mother, what are you afraid of? ”

Ning Huaixiu rubbed her hands and said to Chrysanthemum: "This time there are people in the Lixiang Courtyard, in case the second lady gives your master no face, it will be bad, since Miss Xiaokui is unwilling to go, forget it, I won't worry about freezing for a while." ”

Chrysanthemum listened, turned back to Xiaokui and said, "Go and help Sister Ning get the hand stove, I'm fine, go and go back quickly?" ”

Xiaokui listened, although she was unhappy, but when the master spoke, she didn't dare to disobey, so she had to trot away.

Chrysanthemum followed Ning Huaixiu for a while, and suddenly saw a miniature version of Tianlun Mountain appear in front of her, the mountain peaks and peaks, and Tianlun Mountain are vivid and highly similar.

Ning Huaixiu said: "Sister Shen, look at how this rockery is made, it doesn't look like the Tianlun Mountain you have seen. ”

The reason why the mountain is good-looking, it is good to look at the majestic momentum, although the miniature version of Tianlun Mountain is similar to the real Tianlun Mountain, but because there is no majestic Tianlun Mountain, the momentum of towering into the clouds, at best it is just a rockery, and there is no charm and spirit of Tianlun Mountain.

"How's that, like?"

Ning Huaixiu asked again, and without waiting for Chrysanthemum to speak, there was a sudden sound of footsteps, because today is Mrs. Er's 40th birthday, and the people in the house are rushing to the front to work, in a back garden of Nuoda, there are only two people, Chrysanthemum and Ning Huaixiu, and now when they hear the footsteps, they can't help but turn around.

Not far away, they saw a young man in a lake-blue brocade robe walking towards them, with a smile on his face, or rather, a malicious smile.

"It's not good, I've met Deng's disciple!"

Ning Huaixiu snorted, and without waiting for Chrysanthemum to react, she took Chrysanthemum's hand and ran.

The two turned the front of the rockery and suddenly saw a cave appear in front of them.

"Get in!"

Ning Huaixiu took Chrysanthemum's hand and trotted into the cave, however, the man's footsteps followed him, and then, the man's lewd voice sounded: "Little lady, what are you running, this son just wants to get to know the two, why should the two of them refuse to be thousands of miles away?" ”

Ning Huaixiu seemed to be frightened, holding Chrysanthemum's hand and running into the cave, the cave was very deep, like a tunnel, the more you went inside, the darker it became, and gradually even people couldn't see clearly, in the dark cave, the footsteps getting closer and closer were particularly terrifying.

"Sister Ning, don't be afraid, I'll protect you!"

Shen Juhua, who had regained her senses, casually touched a stone and blocked it in front of Ning Huaixiu, ready to fight with the disciples.

Suddenly, however, a handkerchief with a strong aroma came from behind and covered her mouth and nose.

Chrysanthemum's eyes widened in disbelief, and she whined twice: "Sister Ning..." You.... You.... And he fell limp down.

"Idiot!"

Ning Huaixiu sneered, threw away the handkerchief, walked outside quickly, and whispered to the oncoming man: "She fainted, you stay here and watch her, before I come back, don't let her have a chance to leave here, you can do whatever you want to her." ”

The man said, "Miss Ning, as long as I help you this time, do you really agree to marry me?" ”

Ning Huaixiu asked rhetorically: "You have known me for so many years, can you see that I have done something untrustworthy once?" ”

"Yes, I believe in you, I only love you alone, and I won't do anything to her, but I will definitely create the illusion of having an adulterous affair with her, so that she will be ruined, who let her offend you, don't worry..."

Hearing this, Ning Huaixiu smiled lightly and said gently: "Bai Gongzi, thank you this time, when I take revenge, you can send someone to my house to propose marriage!" ”

When Bai Gongzi heard this, his heart suddenly burst into joy.

He has liked Ning Huaixiu for five years, and since he saw her for the first time five years ago, he has liked her to the bone, but because he is a concubine, he is not worthy of others at all, so he can only hide his heart in his stomach.

Later, Ning Huaixiu entered the palace as a slave and was sent out, and suddenly became notorious from the most valuable daughter in the capital, he felt that his opportunity had come, and begged his father many times, and finally moved his father, and Wu Qingbo agreed to send someone to propose to Ning Mansion for him.

However, despite Miss Ning's reputation, the Ning family's family is still not something he can climb up to, and when Prime Minister Ning heard that Wu Qingbo actually asked for his concubine to marry his own daughter, he couldn't help but be furious, and drove out the person who came to propose marriage by pointing his nose and scolding him.

Wu Qingbo touched the ashes of his nose, and naturally vented his anger on his son, scolded this unlucky concubine, and quickly helped him marry to eliminate his thoughts.

Bai Gongzi's daughter-in-law is also a courtier's concubine, although everyone is born and people are also born in Peugeot, but Bai Gongzi has already recognized Ning Huaixiu, and when he is in love with his wife, he also calls Huaixiu's name, and he also makes his wife dress up and dress like Ning Huaixiu, and even talk and walk like Ning Huaixiu, which is like a demon.

Originally, he thought that he would never have a chance to get Ning Huaixiu in his life, but not long ago, he suddenly received a letter from Ning Huaixiu, inviting him to a remote teahouse.

After Bai Gongzi received the letter, he was so happy that he was full of urine, bathed again, and put up the incense again, and hurried to the teahouse where he met, and saw Miss Ning with pear blossoms and rain.

Miss Ning told him that she had been slandered and slandered, and she was wronged to death, but her father's position in the court was now in jeopardy, and she didn't dare to let others out for her, so as not to fall into the mouth, so she wanted to ask him for help, as long as he was willing to help her out of this bad breath, she would marry him!

When Bai Gongzi heard this, he immediately patted his chest and agreed, and when he went home, he found fault and fought with his wife, and then took a letter of divorce and sent his wife back to her parents' house.

In ancient times, a woman was divorced, it was an extremely shameful thing, his wife was a concubine with no status in her mother's family, and she was humiliated by her mother's family, and the next day after returning to her mother's house, she was forced to hang herself by her mother, Bai Gongzi didn't care after hearing it, and wanted to avenge Miss Ning wholeheartedly, and then marry Miss Ning as ......his wife.

……

In the Rika Temple

The ladies and ladies in the hall were concentrating on watching the play, Ning Huaixiu quietly walked in, walked quickly to Queen Mu's side, and coughed lightly twice to attract the attention of the queen's mother.

Cai Wei was really attracted, turned her head to look at her and asked, "Miss Ning, what's wrong?" ”

Ning Huaixiu nodded heavily, and made the word "chrysanthemum" in her mouth, Cai Wei saw it, and immediately lowered her face and asked coldly, "What's wrong?" ”

Ning Huaixiu looked left and right, shook his head in embarrassment, and signaled that he couldn't say it in front of so many people.

Seeing this, Cai Wei glanced at Zhao Qiu, who immediately took a step back and let Ning Huaixiu come to Cai Wei's side. After Ning Huaixiu came over, she leaned into Cai Wei's ear and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, it's a big deal, the courtier just walked with Chrysanthemum in the back garden, and met a drunk disciple, who wanted to insult us, Chrysanthemum was dragged into the cave, I escaped by luck, but I was afraid of ruining Chrysanthemum's reputation, so I didn't dare to make a noise, so I came to ask Niangniang to show me!" ”

When Cai Wei heard this, she was immediately startled, stood up and said to the old lady: "This palace is tired, go outside to breathe, you can watch it first!" ”

The old lady hurriedly stood up and said, "Niangniang is light, but do you need someone to accompany and serve?" ”

"No, you don't!"

After Cai Wei finished speaking, she hurriedly walked out, and as soon as she got outside, she released the parrot and asked it to see if the chrysanthemums in the cave had been violated.

The parrot flew up, opened the perspective eye, and saw that Chrysanthemum was indeed lying in the cave, and a man was putting his hand into her arms and touching it, Chrysanthemum was motionless and had passed out!

Brother Parrot told Cai Wei about this situation, Cai Wei couldn't help but get angry, pulled out her legs and walked to the back garden, and instructed Brother Parrot as she went: "You go to the cave to protect the chrysanthemum first, and I will arrive later!" ”

Ning Huaixiu looked at Cai Wei who disappeared from her sight, and curled the corners of her mouth proudly.

In another quarter of an hour, the rockery will collapse, and when the time comes, she will naturally be smashed into a meatloaf by a boulder in the rockery.

Cai Wei walked quickly into the back garden, quickly found the location of the rockery, and entered the cave of the rockery from the entrance of the cave. It's about Chrysanthemum's reputation, she can't let others know about it, so she can only go out and save Chrysanthemum herself.

The cave of the rockery is long, and the more you go inside, the darker it becomes, but it is not quiet, and I only hear a man crying wolf: "Oh, where did this mad bird come from......

"Oops, it hurts me..."

Cai Wei quickened her pace, and soon reached the location of the parrot.

When he arrived, the parrot was still flapping his wings, stretching out his sharp claws to scratch the man who was screaming, and on the ground, the chrysanthemum was lying there quietly, already unconscious!

"Chrysanthemum!"

Cai Wei walked over quickly, crouched down, and checked if she was hurt? Where is the injury?

Because she is nourished by the aura of space all the year round, Cai Wei's sense of vision and hearing is much stronger than that of ordinary people, in this dark cave, others are afraid that they can't even see people clearly, but she can clearly see the facial features of chrysanthemums, and even the pores can be seen when she gets closer!

As I was looking, I suddenly heard a roar, as if it had been heard during the last earthquake in Qixia Mountain. Immediately after, the rocks above her head began to fall, and the rockery in front of her had collapsed, and before she came back to her senses, the mountain had collapsed to her, and at the moment of smashing her, she shouted sharply: "Close!" ”

Then, he suddenly entered the space.

Sky!

It's dangerous!

Cai Wei lay on the ground, her heart was pounding, she still had palpitations, just now, she almost felt the oppression of the stone falling, the cold that came to her face, she even felt the cold of the stone hitting her body.

Just a little bit, she became a patty under a stone, and it was terrible!

"Quack—it's terrible, it's so scary—"

The parrot screamed and cried: "Master, I don't want to go to the cave again, it's too dangerous......"

Cai Wei raised her head weakly and said to the noisy parrot: "I'm sorry! ”

In front of her, Chrysanthemum was lying there groggy, her head was bubbling with blood, probably hit by the stone that had fallen from the cave just now.

Cai Wei hurriedly got up, helped Chrysanthemum to the old turtle's alchemy room, and asked the old turtle to help her take a look.

The old turtle only glanced at the chrysanthemum, and said slowly: "It's okay, this girl was just smashed, and a little skin was broken, and it will be fine in a few days!" ”

As he spoke, he began to slowly look for medicine, find gauze, help chrysanthemums with medicine, and bandage!

Cai Wei heard that Chrysanthemum was fine, so she put her mind at ease, she hugged her knees, sat on the ground dejectedly, and recalled the thrilling experience just now, the more she thought about it, the more scared she became, until the three buns were found, she retracted her thoughts, got up to hug, and kissed her children.

Thank goodness she's still alive, if she had just died, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to be with the children like she is now, and she wouldn't have had the chance to be with the child's father again, and if she died, no matter where her soul drifted, she would always miss them, always care about them, and her heart would never leave theirs......

……

Outside, because the rockery in the back garden collapsed, it soon alarmed all the people in the house, and everyone rushed to the back garden to watch, and talked about it while watching.

"It must have been the time before when the earth dragon turned over and shook the rocks, and it collapsed today!"

"Fortunately, there is no one in front of here, otherwise the rockery with high altitude would have killed people!"

"How do you know that there is no one here, and the people who are in and out of the Liguo Mansion today, not to mention tens of thousands, there are thousands, and there are many people, and there are one or two less, how do you know?"

While they were discussing, a girl stumbled over and shouted, "Have you seen my young lady, my young lady is gone!" ”

Everyone asked, "Which girl are you, and who is your young lady?" ”

The girl cried: "I am the head of the Shen family, my young lady Shen Juhua is a friend of the queen's mother, please help find it!" ”