A month has passed in a blink of an eye, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the time for An Li's closed-door thinking in January has arrived, and the birthday banquet of Mrs. Wu'an Hou is about to be prepared again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of the queen's decree, the ladies in the capital couldn't guess whether the Wu'an Marquis Mansion was rejected by the palace, and the one who followed the invitation also hesitated and agreed unhappily.

Empress Minghua shook her head when she knew it, although the Hou Mansion of Wu'an has no one to do now, but the old Marquis of Wu'an has made outstanding achievements, and he also had the skill of being a dragon back then, so he was not disgusted by the palace, but he was afraid that he would die too quickly when he saw that the Hou Mansion was not good, so he just knocked and knocked.

Empress Minghua ordered the favored letter around her to go to the Wu'an Hou Mansion, rewarded the old lady of Wu'an Hou with a jade pillow as a birthday gift, and praised the old Marquis of Wu'an for his exploits back then.

The queen personally sent someone to give a birthday gift, and the Jingli ladies were moved when they heard the wind, and they began to prepare birthday gifts for the old lady of Wu'anhou, a high-ranking and high-ranking lady.

An's is no exception, because of the trouble between her mother-in-law and her sister, which has affected the Hou Mansion of Wu'an, she is very upset, and she is even more afraid that An Li will have a hard time in the Hou Mansion, thinking about how to prepare a birthday gift for the old lady to see.

But the old lady of Wu'an Hou has been prosperous and rich all her life, and she has never seen any good things, and An's has been very worried about gift-giving recently, even if she sits in front of Jiang Mutong's easel, she can't laugh.

Or Yujing gave the idea, the old lady of Wu'an Hou doesn't like to go out on weekdays, and she is not smiling and withdrawn, but she believes in Buddhism very much, and she loves to read the scriptures for her when she has nothing to do.

Therefore, it is better to find a few embroidery girls with good craftsmanship and embroider the Buddhist scriptures and frame them as birthday gifts, that is, auspicious and cast the old lady's favorite.

An's was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked people to go to Suzhou to invite a few famous embroiderers, and he didn't embroider the long Buddhist scriptures, but only took the "Heart Sutra" to hurry up and embroidered a two-and-a-half-meter-high single screen with double-sided embroidery techniques.

The actions of An's mother and daughter were not particularly hidden from anyone.

Soon Mrs. Jiang also knew that An was going to Wu'an Hou's Mansion for a banquet, she called Jiang Mutong into the main room for a long time, and Jiang Mutong was very embarrassed when he came out again.

When he entered the East Wing, An and his two daughters were marveling at the screen that had just been sent over and mounted.

The screen seat is Venus red sandalwood, which was inadvertently obtained by An's family, thinking about giving her daughters a kang or something as a dowry in the future, and now she is gritting her teeth and taking it out to play the screen seat, hoping that the old lady of Wu'an Hou can like it.

Suzhou's embroidery skills are naturally superb, "Heart Sutra" according to the old lady's preference, embroidered with the font of Zhong Xuanxiaokai, and both sides are exactly the same.

Even after living for two lifetimes, Yuxuan has never seen such embroidery, she asked An's: "Mother, I know that the painting on both sides is the same, how can the words be embroidered on both sides of the same way?" ”

An Shi didn't know: "So people are everyone, it's really wonderful, and the old lady will definitely like it." ”

Yujing was proud: "I have a good idea, as soon as this screen is lifted out, it will definitely surprise everyone's eyes." ”

"What should I do if I am reluctant to let my mother send it out?" Yuxuan said: "Mother, can you let the embroidery girl embroider another pattern for us, we don't want to be big, my sister and I can just have a small kang screen." ”

An smiled: "Yes, it can be, anyway, the embroidery lady came all the way to make a trip, so we might as well embroider a few more." There is not much left of Venus rosewood, and it is okay to make two or three small screen seats if you can't make anything else. ”

After speaking, he instructed Chuncao to go out and tell the embroidery girl, and then embroider three small kang screens, the pattern is simple and auspicious, and let the embroidery girls watch the embroidery themselves.

After An Shi finished instructing, he turned around and smiled: "The salary of the embroidery girl is not low, and this time it has cost a lot of silver." ”

Yuxuan said: "Anyway, my father gave you a lot, maybe my father will make up for you if you spend a little more." ”

Jiang Mutong entered the door and asked, "Let me make up for something?" ”

Seeing her father come back, Yuxuan replied with a smile: "Mother also embroidered a small kang screen for us, and I am distressed that I have to spend a lot of wages again." ”

Jiang Mutong looked at the screen standing in the center of the room, and his face was cloudy.

Yuxuan saw that something was wrong and looked at An's.

An Shi had already stood up, looked at Jiang Mutong and asked, "San Lang has something on his mind?" ”

Jiang Mutong said: "It's better to embroider one more fan and give it to my mother." ”

An said: "I was negligent, but we used the leftover scraps, and I don't know if my mother will care." ”

Jiang Mutong said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a kang screen, whether my mother likes it or not, whether we send it or not is our filial piety." ”

Seeing that he opened his mouth, An Shi always wanted to leave him face, and hurriedly replied: "I will tell Chuncao to pass the word, I don't know if it is good to embroider a blessing for my mother?" ”

Jiang Mutong nodded: "You look at it." After saying that, he sat down and stopped talking.

Yuxuan saw that her father had something to say to her mother, and pulled Yujing to go out.

Yujing pushed it away and said to Jiang Mutong: "Father has something to say?" I don't know if our sisters can listen to it. ”

Jiang Mutong saw that the two of them were not leaving, and it was not unpleasant to think about it, so he nodded and agreed that the two of them stayed, and he said: "This time I went to congratulate the old lady of Wu'an Hou on her birthday, I don't know who the lady is going to take." ”

An Shi, who asked this, was stunned: "Naturally, I took Sister Jing and Sister Xuan with me." ”

Jiang Mutong said: "Then Sister Fang and Sister Qian won't follow?" ”

Yujing sneered on the side: "It's that my mother wants to take them there, do they have the face to go over?" The eldest brother injured Cousin Yun, and the aunt and grandmother just had a fight, is the father afraid that the matter will be forgotten? Do you want them to come over and be hated by your aunt? ”

Jiang Mutong also knew that it was inappropriate, but Mrs. Jiang mentioned it, and he had always been filial: "Sister Qian can not go, but this matter has nothing to do with Sister Fang." The eldest brother and sister-in-law asked Sister Fang to come to Beijing with her, just to find a better in-law. Madame might as well bring Sister Fang with you, maybe you will meet a good fate. ”

Yujing was about to open her mouth to refute, but Yuxuan grabbed her and spoke first: "What my father said is that it is better to ask the eldest sister and the second sister, if they are willing to go, their mother is also willing to bring them." Mother, are you right? ”

Two sisters, you say a word to me, An Shi was unable to interject, and when he saw Yuxuan asking her, he nodded hurriedly: "San Lang, what's the difficulty, I'll ask someone to ask their opinions." ”

As he spoke, he instructed Xia Yu to go to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to ask, and the two young ladies were willing to go to the Wu'an Hou Mansion together to celebrate their birthday.

Jiang Yufang was naturally willing, she was worried about how to talk to An Li again, and when she heard that An sent someone to ask, she immediately agreed.

Jiang Yuqian directly refused: "My brother is still lying in bed, how can I be in the mood to go to the enemy's birthday banquet!" ”

Xia Yu came back and said the words of the two of them unabashedly, and Jiang Mutong's face was a little worried.

An Shi smiled: "Since this is the case, then I will order someone to make a few more clothes for Sister Fang, make a set of heads, and go to the Wu'an Hou Mansion together when the time comes." ”

Yujing didn't say anything in the room, and as soon as she came out, she said to Yuxuan: "I'll just say that Jiang Yuqian has the face to go over!" It's just that Jiang Yufang has a thick skin, and she is still in a hurry to paste it up! ”

Yuxuan said: "It's just her, let's keep an eye on it, and I'm more at ease if my eldest sister stays at home." ”

Yujing said: "You're still afraid of her!" ”

Yuxuan didn't tell Yujing that Jiang Yuqian killed people as soon as she made a move, but nodded and said: "Big sister is scared when she looks at it, I'm always afraid that she will stab us in the back, don't always take the initiative to provoke her if you are okay in the future." ”

Yujing said disdainfully: "How can I have time to pay attention to her, as long as she is not yin and yang, I will not take the initiative to take care of her." ”

"That's good." Yuxuan looked at Yujing's carefree and contemptuous face, afraid that her sister would suffer, so she pulled her away from the maid, told Jiang Yuqian about killing Qian Yue'er, and said: "I don't have any real evidence, only speculation." The other time, she came out of the main house with the pot of dripping Guanyin, how could her grandmother give Aunt Qian's potted plants to her eldest sister for no reason? “

Yujing was shocked when she heard it, she grew up beside Mrs. An since she was a child, and the An family didn't have these pickled things, she used to just move the bench to listen to other people's stories, but now she heard that there is a ruthless character around her, where can she still stand, and asked urgently: "Does mother know?" Will she hurt her mother? ”

Yuxuan persuaded: "What's the benefit of harming my mother and her?" Will she marry after three years? ”

Yujing said: "If it doesn't prevent her from getting married, what if you hurt her mother?" ”

As soon as she was reminded by her sister, Yuxuan remembered the suspicious death of her mother in her previous life, and her face suddenly sank.

Seeing that her face was not good, Yujing said, "You are also suspicious?" ”

Yuxuan nodded: "Who would have thought that the eldest sister would be so ruthless in a girl's family, I was worried that her chess pieces in the shadows would wait for an opportunity to hurt her mother." ”

Saying this, Yuxuan was already determined to quietly investigate the people around An's side.

She said to Yujing: "Isn't my sister going to Anfu in a while?" You ask your grandmother, the people around your mother are all brought by the An family, are they loyal? Also, you told her about our family affairs slowly, and my grandmother is old and experienced, so maybe there will be some good ideas. ”

Yujing nodded and said, "I went to accompany my grandmother today, and I won't come back." Let's meet again at my aunt's place tomorrow to discuss, Jiang Yuqian won't be here even if she wants to, she doesn't have time and opportunity yet. ”

Yuxuan sent Yujing to the sedan chair at the second gate, and then turned back to Anranju, and before entering the courtyard, she saw Dyeing and painting running over in a hurry.