Chapter 32: Birthday Celebrations
This year is Mrs. Song's seventy-seven-year-old birthday, and the original date was yesterday, but because she heard that Yao Yanyu was going to come back in the next few days, the old lady meant to postpone her birthday by a few days, and then have a banquet after Yao Yanyu returned to Beijing.
Originally, because the catastrophe had just passed, it was rainy this year, and there were floods in many places, Yao Yuanzhi was afraid that the emperor would not be happy and did not want to celebrate his birthday. It's just that I don't know how to let the emperor know about the old lady's birthday. After the discussion in the Zichen Palace that day, the emperor suddenly asked, and the imperial pen gave the word 'longevity'. Yao Yuanzhi couldn't hide it if he wanted to.
Yao Yanyu rested at home for a day, and early the next morning, she took Su Yuyu, Ruan, Cuiwei and three birthday gifts to Yao's mansion.
Yao Yuanzhi's current status is by no means comparable to the past, with the ouster of Feng Zongye, he has become a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and there are many people in the court who are rushing up and down. The old lady was given the imperial pen by the emperor himself, and the officials had no scruples and came to congratulate them.
Yao Yanyu and a few people came over in two big carriages, followed by two ordinary carriages for the maid to sit on, and there was also a carriage loaded with birthday gifts.
They didn't come early, and the Yao Mansion was already full of friends at this time. And Yao Fengge also came over early in the morning with his daughter, Liuli and two exported children, and was helping Ning to accompany the guests inside. Hearing that Yao Yanyu was coming, Yao Fengge smiled and said goodbye to several ladies, and then got up and went out to greet him.
Several people knew the identity of Mrs. Yao Yanyu Erpin, and knew that even though she was the eldest sister, she couldn't hold it up, so they nodded and said: "Yes, it is said that we should also go to greet us, but I am afraid that Mrs. Fuguo will be impatient when there are too many people, so I have to wait for a toast before I go to confess." ”
After Yao Fengge left, a waiter who was doing it sighed: "It is not accurate to say that this concubine is humble and humble. You see that the two sisters are now going upside down. ”
Another lady said with a smile: "Who said it wasn't, I originally thought that the Hou Mansion was noble, but the third prince had achieved nothing, and his body and bones were not good." And the auxiliary generals are different. He is still a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he is married well, and this concubine is still the second lady. ”
"This is not only a good marriage, but also a wife!"
"What I mean by saying that this honor is only one of the people."
While a few people were talking, they heard laughter outside, and they gradually approached. Looking out of the blue screen window, I saw Yao Fengge and Ning Shi accompanied Yao Yanyu in a rouge purple Qiluo Yanyu dress from outside, and the three of them talked and laughed as they walked, followed by three young ladies who were Ruan's, Su Yuxuan and Cuiwei.
Someone in the room here recognized Cuiwei, so he said to the person next to him: "See, the one in the red dress was originally a maid in this house, and now it is also the fate of Wupin." ”
"Didn't you say that the concubine of the Ning family had been separated for many years and finally found it?"
"Do you believe that? However, they are now also the six products in the Chinese Medical Museum. It was still General Zhao's poisonous eyes, and he married someone into the door before others thought about it. It's a strong team. ”
"What you said, if you think it's good, isn't there a big girl next to Mrs. Fuguo who hasn't left the cabinet? It is said that it is also the sixth product. Why don't you ask to be a daughter-in-law? ”
"I've thought about it, but isn't it too wronged for a twenty-two-year-old girl to marry my son?"
"Hehe, that's what I said."
While several ladies in the wing room were talking and laughing, Yao Yanyu had already followed Ning into the main hall of the upper room of the inner house.
The old lady Song wore a purple skirt of Fushou Tuanhua and sat on the main seat, accompanied by two elderly old ladies, one was the second wife of the Zhenguo Mansion, and the other was Mrs. Yan, the mother of Jinghai Hou. Mrs. Yan is not very old, but her status is noble, her son is a second-class Marquis of Jinghai, and the Xiao family occupies the title of an emperor, so others naturally can't wait for it.
Mrs. Wang was busy greeting the guests today, and she had not yet taken her seat.
Yao Yanyu came in and gave the old lady a birthday greeting first.
Mrs. Song's birthday was delayed for three days in order to wait for this granddaughter, at this time the person was already kneeling in front of her, the old lady was naturally happy, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull it up, let her sit beside her, and looked up and down, left and right, and sighed: "I have lost so much weight!" A while ago, I heard that it was not very peaceful over there, and my wife's heart reached her throat, and she couldn't sleep for several days. The dream is that the Qingjiang River bursts, and the flood is raging. As he spoke, he took a handkerchief to wipe his tears.
Yao Yanyu hurriedly said: "The granddaughter is not filial, which makes the old lady worried." ”
Mrs. Wang sighed: "It's good to come back safely!" It's all over, and the next few days are good at home to recuperate. The old lady said every day, if you don't come back, you won't have the heart to celebrate this birthday. ”
Yao Yanyu was busy kowtowing to Mrs. Wang again, Mrs. Wang bent down to pull the person up, also looked at her face, and sighed: "Sure enough, I have lost a lot of weight." Didn't your eldest brother go to Huguang later? ”
Yao Yanyu said with a smile: "The eldest brother is an envoy, and things are complicated in Huguang, I don't know how many things are waiting for him to take care of." ”
"That's what I said." Mrs. Wang sighed and shook her head again: "It's just that I'm bitter for you." ”
"My daughter is not bitter. Who is in the Jiazhou area, and the people are displaced, which can be described as mourning. Although my daughter is tired, she has always eaten and drunk, and she has been taken care of by others, which is much better than that. ”
Which of the ladies sitting in the main hall is not the most rich and noble? Even though there was an earthquake and natural disaster a few years ago, these noble ladies were frightened at most, but they did not suffer any grievances, let alone the experience of hunger and cold. At this time, I heard Yao Yanyu say that "there is no shortage of food and drink, and there are people to take care of it" is already excellent, and then looking at her emaciated face and pointed jaw as if she was recovering from a serious illness, she naturally couldn't see her face after patting rouge, but she couldn't help but sigh.
Mrs. Ruan and Su Yuxin Cuiwei then came forward to pay their respects, and Mrs. Song hurriedly asked Ning to help, and after some courtesy, everyone sat down and gossiped.
Old Madam Song pulled Yao Yanyu to sit beside her, and asked her carefully if she had gotten off the boat to go to her house when she passed by Jiangning, and if she had seen the Jiang family. Yao Yanyu answered them one by one, and the old lady Song looked at the kung fu of everyone talking, and asked Yao Yanyu quietly: "Have you ever seen your aunt of the Song family?" ”
Yao Yanyu shook her head lightly: "No." At that time, the time was urgent, and the adults came to worship the master, so they didn't have time to ask about family affairs, and even the eldest sister-in-law only sent some food and drink, and didn't say a few words. ”
Old Madam Song sighed and said, "People say that people live to eighty-eight, and keeping their mother's family is a family. Now I live to be seventy-seven, but none of my mother's family members are gone. After speaking, he sighed heavily.
Yao Yanyu didn't know what to say for a while, so she had to be silent. Fortunately, Mrs. Liang next to her saw that Yao Yanyu didn't speak, so she hurriedly interjected and came in, and Mrs. Song had to put aside the affairs of her mother's family first.
Later, the old lady of the Feng Shaoping Mansion came to celebrate the birthday with her daughter-in-law Li, and the Ning family welcomed people to the main hall, Yao Yanyu hurriedly stood up, and waited for the wife of the Feng family to come forward to greet the old lady Song, and then greeted each other.
Mrs. Feng was naturally happy to see Yao Yanyu, and after being polite, she couldn't help but sigh softly and said: "Today's good day for the old lady, it was originally scheduled that your eldest sister in Beihou Mansion should also come over to celebrate the old lady's birthday, but she was helpless and fell ill." ”
Yao Yanyu asked, "What is the disease?" What did the Imperial Doctor say? ”
Mrs. Feng sighed: "It is said that it is the root of the old disease, and he lost his recuperation before, and then suffered from the extremely cold weather, plus he has been worried too much in the past two years." It's a big symptom, and I've been taking medicine for more than a month, and it's not getting better. I shouldn't have said much about this day, but I just ask my wife to forgive me for loving my daughter, and when my wife is free, please go to the house over there. To put it bluntly, we can trust the pulse of the lady. ”
Yao Yanyu had to nod when she heard this, and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured, madam, when I am busy for a few days, I will definitely go over to take a look." ”
Mrs. Feng thanked her repeatedly. For a while, there were people celebrating his birthday, and the room was full of elderly people, so Yao Yanyu didn't stay long, so she went to the wing room to talk to Yao Fengge.
By noon, all the guests who should have come had come, and Mrs. Wang ordered Ning to hold a banquet.
The wine scenes are naturally excellent, but Yao Yanyu can't stand this the most now, so she only coped with it for two quarters of an hour during the banquet, and after toasting with a few first-class and second-grade ladies, she quietly said to the Ning family and hid in the small courtyard behind to rest.
Although Yiyi's singing voice was clearly recognizable, Yao Yanyu was really tired. There were ice sculptures in the room to cool off, and after drinking a bowl of sour plum soup, he fell asleep on the couch gradually.
When I woke up, the previous banquet had been dispersed, and Xiang Zhi replied that Mrs. Ruan and Mrs. Su had returned to the General's Mansion. Seeing that Mrs. Madame was very haggard, Mrs. here said that she would stay at home for two days to recuperate, so they did not come to alarm when they left.
Yao Yanyu nodded when she heard this, then leaned on the couch and continued to be confused.
In the evening, Ning personally took the little maid to deliver food to Yao Yanyu, because he asked: "I see that my sister's complexion is really not good, and it is not good to ask so many people during the day, don't you be tired and sick from the hard work, right?" ”
Yao Yanyu shook her head and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I'm tired and sick." ”
"That'...... Or sick? Ning frowned and asked, "You know medicine yourself, why are you so careless?" ”
Yao Yanyu glanced at Xiang Zhi, and Xiang Zhi Fang stepped forward and replied, "Back to the second grandmother, our wife is happy." ”
"Yes...... Hi? Ning smiled in surprise: "This is a great thing!" I've been worried about you for the past two years. Although the general is very good to you, you have no children, and you will be talked about after all. Now it's good! Amitabha! ”
------Off topic------
My son has bad eyes, similar to pink eye. The doctor wasn't allowed to look at TV, not to look at the computer, not to read and write, so the little guy kept pestering me. There's no way, I really can't write it today, so I can only update this point first, I hope you can understand. In two days, when he is better, he will be sent back to his hometown, and then he will be more.
Everyone!
Summer vacation children and moms of children, I wish you a happy summer vacation!