He first entered the Tang State Mansion

The next day, a year ago, I received a post from Mrs. Dou of the Tang Mansion, inviting her to go to the Tang Mansion with Du Ruhui for a banquet, and early in the morning, Ah Yue urged Mu Qing to get up and freshen up. Ah Liu opened the cabinet, full of mostly plain and light dresses, in the middle of the New Year, she was afraid of provoking the Duchess of Tang Guo, so she chose left and right, and reluctantly selected a long skirt with tender red florals, a beige bottom and silver embroidered small group flower half-arm jacket, and a water red collar. Ah Yue is young and has never seen much of the scene, and she is not sure what to comb her hair in a bun. Mu Qing made up his mind, "After the former Emperor Cao Wei, he saw a green snake coiled in the Wei palace, spitting red beads in his mouth, not hideous and hurtful. Just put a snake bun on it for me, just stack it a little lower, don't show it. Ah Yue exclaimed: "The spirit snake bun is used to combing, but I don't know the original allusion." "Ah Yue is skillful, and after a short time, he combed his hair in a bun, Mu Qingzi faced the bronze mirror and put a plain golden hairpin at the root of the bun, and inserted a golden hairpin with a wishful auspicious pattern in the middle. In the center of Jin Tian is inlaid with a thumb-sized blood ruby, which is rare and rare, and it was Du Ruhui who asked Kang Lang to find it in the Western Regions.

Before going out, he was tightly wrapped in a large wool cloak, and a copper heater had been installed in the car, so it was not very cold. Ah Liu followed Yinghua and Ah Yun to the car that Du Qi was driving behind. Du Ruhui once mentioned the origin of Yinghua, Tang Guogong also remembered his father's deputy general General Wan when he was young, just because the old Tang Guogong died early, and the old family was scattered.

After recovering from the illness, Mu Qing's face had not yet recovered, and he had a late night of keeping a new year, so his strength was even weaker, and his lips were pale. According to Du Ruhui's temperament, if she saw her like this, she was afraid that she would not be allowed to go with her, she was neither worried about Yinghua, nor did she want to refute Mrs. Dou's face, so she deliberately put a thin layer of plain powder on the dough, and dyed the lipstick to cover up her sick appearance. In this makeup, her lips were flushed with a tender red luster, and the snail swept lightly, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and then there was the bright blood red on the bun, which made her fair face more delicate and lovely, which made Du Ruhui look at her.

When the car arrived at the Tang Guogong Mansion, there were many cars and horses parked in front of the door, Ada and Du Qi stayed behind to guard the car, and before entering the door, Mu Qing couldn't help but remind Yinghua again, "Be calm, don't forget the rules of teaching." Yinghua combed his beard and wore a lot of pearls, he didn't dare to shake it at will, so he drooped his head and followed behind Du Ruhui and Mu Qing without interest. Du Ruhui looked back and saw her with a sad look, and suddenly felt funny, "Such a big little lady will have someone secretly look at her, if you don't have a little smile, who else will dare to ask you in the future?" ”

"Brother-in-law, are you ......" Yinghua was ashamed and annoyed, she just raised her head and glared at Du Ruhui, completely ignoring the second door threshold under her feet, I don't know if she was tripped by her long skirt or tripped by the threshold, listening to her low voice, the whole person rushed forward. Before Mu Qing in front of him could react, a person came from the side of the second door, and he had reached out to help, but the person who reached out was empty, Yinghua's speed was faster, and the moment he stumbled, he quickly pointed at the threshold with his knees and fingers, stabilized his body with his strength, and stood firmly. The young man by the door looked at her in amazement, and even forgot to withdraw the hand that was stretched out, Yinghua stood firm and saw him looking straight at him, remembering the etiquette of Mu Qingjiao, and hurriedly said to him: "Although I didn't support it, Xie is still thankful, so it's time to withdraw your hand." He said softly with the hand still stretched out in front of her.

Du Ruhui heard the voice behind him, turned around and saw the young man, hurriedly turned around, waved opposite him, and said "Erlang". Mu Qing followed Du Ruhui and saluted, looked up and glanced over, and saw that he was handsome and clear, tall, with a broad face, a high nose and deep eyes, and eyes like stars. He returned the salute, turned his gaze back to Yinghua, and laughed to himself, "This little lady is very skilled." ”

"This is Yinghua, after General Wan." Du Ruhui interrupted his gaze with a smile, "I don't like red makeup since I was a child, I love to dance and play with swords, and I don't have the appearance of a little daughter." The rules are also taught less, and Jiro is smiling. The young man felt rude, hurriedly went forward, and led the group inside to see Tang Guogong. A young man smiled Yan Yan, "After my father was thinking about the deceased, he ordered to go to greet him early this morning, but fortunately, the people arrived in time and met by chance at the door, which is considered to be a good mission." Mu Qing followed behind them, thinking if this was the Erlang of the Li family, the one Du Ruhui had chosen earlier? In this way, if great things are accomplished, will this young man who is as bright as the morning light be the king on the throne in the future? For no reason, she felt a chill in her heart, the winter morning sun rising in front of him, reflecting the white snow, penetrated as if it was not a warm light, but a cold light refracted by the sword and sword.

Walking to the main courtyard, Du Ruhui took Yinghua into the hall to pay homage to Gong Li, and another maidservant came forward and invited Mu Qing to the backyard. Tang Guogong's wife Dou's warm pavilion, the fat powder is fragrant, the sound of the hairpin ring colliding is pleasant, and more than a dozen female relatives are already sitting at the table, with witty words, full of spring. Mu Qingyingying walked into the warm pavilion and said, "Mrs. Dou is fine." About to bend her knees and salute, the eyes of the women turned to her, and Mrs. Dou hurriedly got up and supported her, "Those who come to me are all sisters, and they have never been so polite." Mrs. Dou said crisply and neatly, and took her hand again and looked left and right with a smile, "I heard that Mrs. was born in Jiangnan Gu's family, and others say that Jiangnan women are delicate and delicate. ”

Even if he is a cool person, Mu Qing is no longer rigid, and looks up at Mrs. Dou generously, only then does he understand why the Li family Erlang he saw just now has the appearance of a Hu person, and the Mrs. Dou in front of him is a Hu person, only different from the Sogdian people with chestnut curly hair and brown eyes and high nose that she is used to in her daily life.

Mrs. Dou took Mu Qing's hand and led her to recognize all the ladies in the banquet one by one. The closest to Mrs. Dou's desk was a lady who was nearly ten years old, compared to Mrs. Dou's kindness, she was a little solemn, with no expression on her face, and bowed to Mu Qing in a decent manner. Beside her stood a little lady of the same age as Yinghua, although she was young, her face had begun to show a strong outline, white as the moon, her eyes were wavy, her nose was straight and straight, and her lips were plump and moisturized. The dress is plain and light, similar to Mu Qing, with only a slight embellishment of bright colors.

Mrs. Dou said: "This is the wife of Zhililang, Mrs. Xianyu." This lovely little lady is Gao Zhili's niece, because of the frail and often sick in her childhood, her mother vowed to her to serve Guanyin Bodhisattva all the year round, in order to seek peace and health, the name of the milk is called Guanyin, the year before the unfortunate loss of her father, fortunately her uncle hurt, took her mother and brother and sister back to the house, only as a child to raise. Saying that, Mrs. Dou stroked her cheeks with pity, and said softly: "Such a well-behaved and stable little lady, and such a complexion, will promise my family and be my daughter-in-law in the future, but it is humiliating?" ”

The ladies in front of them covered their mouths and laughed, and the lady Xianyu also smiled and said: "That is the blessing of my Guanyin maid, how can I say anything about it." The little lady blushed, bowed her head deeply, and Mrs. Dou waved her hand, "Oh, I should blame us as elders, who have lost our integrity for a while, and our mouths are open, which makes the little lady ashamed." The crowd laughed again.

Mrs. Dou said and laughed, and led Mu Qing to see a younger lady on the right, "This is the wife of Mr. Kong, the assistant teacher, Mrs. Xiao." Mr. Kong is known for asking questions all over the world, and Mrs. Xiao is also a talented person who is well-versed in the scriptures. "Kong Yingda Mu Qingyuan met in Yuhang, in the past, he lived in Yuhang's Gu Mansion for more than a month, and discussed "Zuo Biography" with Daddy. After the two saluted, Mrs. Xiao looked at Mu Qing intently, and hesitated: "One year, my family Ah Lang went to Yuhang to visit Mr. Gu, and after coming back, he said that Mr. Gu's young daughter is talented and intelligent, and she has been taught by Mr. Gu since she was a child, so she is not inferior to all the men in the world. My Ah Lang is talking about his wife, right? Mu Qing was humble and didn't dare to speak out.

The remaining seven or eight are all Tang Guogong's concubines, these few are considered to have a slightly prominent status, and they are qualified to feast with Mrs. Dou, all of them have outstanding appearances and thousands of manners, and there are not many concubines who are not on the table. Mu Qing saw them one by one, but secretly said in his heart that Tang Guogong was like this, and it was also thanks to Mrs. Dou's open-mindedness, which was really tolerant.

After laughing for a while, a maid led Yinghua in to see Mrs. Dou, Mrs. Dou took her hand affectionately, and inevitably asked a little bit, looking at her heroic appearance, compared to the little lady of the Gao family, Mrs. Dou is loved, and couldn't help sighing: "I think Yinghua is more like our Xianbei girl, can you ride and shoot?" Yinghua shook his head, "I only know swordsmanship and boxing, and I haven't taught riding and archery." ”

"If Yinghua is handed over to me, and my Erlang and Lang practice together, can Madame rest assured?" Mrs. Dou suddenly asked Mu Qing. Mu Qing didn't know whether to respond or not, but the first thought that flashed in his mind was that he shouldn't, and if he shouldn't, how to refuse so as not to refute her face. In just one or two breaths, she couldn't think about it much, so she smiled sideways: "It's just that you can't ask for it, that's Yinghua's blessing." Turning his head to look at Yinghua again, he was also happy, Mu Qing sighed in his heart, it's just that it is not known that it is her opportunity, pay more attention to everything, and be careful to mention it. made up her mind in her heart, and hurriedly raised a smile on her face, reminding Yinghua softly, urging her to thank Mrs. Dou for her love.

All the ladies smiled and catered to each other, but they were thinking about it inside, only Mrs. Xianyu raised her eyebrows, a trace of unhappiness quickly flashed on her face, and soon pulled the corners of her lips disdainfully, so that she could replace it with a faint and delicate smile. Mu Qing looked at it privately, and then looked at the fairy-like little lady beside Mrs. Xian Yu, he understood a little in his heart, and secretly laughed, deliberately showing that Yinghuazhi was not marrying into the Tang State Mansion, but he was already in a state of anger, and then mediated with everyone for a long time, and gradually felt a little uncomfortable, so he was lazy to discern it.

The ladies enthusiastically discussed the current fashionable fabric patterns, head decorations, makeup and silk, Mu Qing was not interested, and had to smile patiently and echo, and asked for a sentence or two in a timely manner, one of them saw that Mrs. Ru saw that she had a glimpse of the jewel Jin Tian on her hair bun in the morning, pulled her to take a closer look, and praised: "Such a big pigeon blood red, I still see it for the first time." It can be seen that Mrs. is a character who is put on the tip of Du Alang's heart, which is not a good blessing. Mu Qing's mind was foggy, dizzy, and she didn't know what those ladies were making fun of her, so it was easy to stay up until lunchtime, she had no appetite, she barely bothered to hold up her spirits, and tasted one or two bites of each dish, her heart was like frying in a frying pan, looking forward to returning home as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Tang Guogong's side dispersed early, and Mu Qing leaned on Ah Liu's arm with almost all his strength, and his feet were vain. Erlang and Lang of the Li family sent off the guests for his father, and the Dalang Lang stopped when he sent it to the second gate, only Erlang sent Du Ruhui out of the second door, and he saw the two of them go out. Yinghua followed behind, and when he passed by Li Shimin's side, he heard him say in a low voice and quickly, "After the New Year, let's see you again." Yinghua ignored it and walked straight to the carriage, leaving him behind his back and smiling. Du Ruhui walked ahead, seemingly inadvertently turned around, and took their whispered descriptions in his eyes, he lowered his eyes, only pretended not to see and hear, and supported Mu Qing to step out of the gate, but his heart sank involuntarily.

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