Chapter 68: Mid-Autumn Festival
The weather in August is the hottest of the year, and although it is already autumn, there is still no trace of coolness, and the sun is shining on the earth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, no matter how powerful the sun is, it always has to go down the mountain, when the sun falls on the hillside, a red glow attracts colorful clouds, colorful clouds drift in the wind, bringing a trace of coolness. The lotus flowers in the lotus lake bloomed, and two red dragonflies stood on the tips of the petals, and the fragrance of lotus flowers wafted in the air. A few people came from afar by the lake, and the wide pleated skirt set off a gust of wind, startling the two red dragonflies on the lotus, and they flew together to the lotus in the center of the lake and stopped, looking curiously at the group of women dressed in flowers and branches walking along the lake.
Qian Yuning and the other five aunts walked to the Moon Pavilion under the leadership of Shi Huiyun, which was built in the garden in the middle of the Hou Mansion, crossed the Lotus Lake, and then passed a small flower garden planted with Phalaenopsis orchids.
When a few people arrived, the banquet had been arranged, a total of three tables, and the middle table was a large table for several serious masters such as Hou Ye, Hou Ye, and Mrs. Hou, Young Lady, Eldest Lady, Second Master, and Eldest Son. The table on the left is slightly smaller for the old marquis's aunts and concubines, and the table on the right is slightly smaller for the little marquis's aunts and concubines.
At this time, the sun was already overcast, clusters of colorful glow swam leisurely on the top of the hill around the fiery red sun that had receded from the heat, and a few clouds floated in the sky, bringing a trace of coolness, and a small breeze blew by, sweeping the wisps of green silk of the beauties in the garden, and everything looked so peaceful and peaceful.
When Shi Huiyun and the others arrived, they saw Mama Xu leading the people to set up the dishes and chopsticks, and another mother-in-law surnamed Pang was helping on the side, shouting and directing loudly before and after running, very attentive. No, seeing Shi Huiyun coming, Pang's mother was the first to come forward and salute and say, "Young lady is well!" Young lady, you are here, sit here for a while, and the slaves and maids will be all right away. ”
Shi Huiyun raised his hand: "Well, get up!" ”
Mama Xu also came forward to ask for peace: "Please be safe young lady, young lady is well!" ”
Mama Xu is no better than Mama Pang, Shi Huiyun stepped forward to help her up personally: "Mama Xu works hard, so there is no need to be polite." ”
"Thank you, young lady!" When Mama Xu won this honor, her face was full of smiles, she stood up and glanced at Mama Pang next to her, unable to hide the smug look in her eyes. Mama Pang was also a boss smiling face standing aside, with a completely proud expression.
Shi Huiyun turned sideways and said to Chunli: "Chunli, you go and help Mama Xu, and learn some too." ”
Chunli stepped forward and saluted "yes", then turned to Mama Xu and smiled and saluted, "Please also teach me." ”
Shi Huiyun said: "Mama Xu help me train this girl, if there is anything wrong, just scold." ”
How dare Mama Xu, she replied in a loud voice: "The young lady has tormented the slave, Miss Chunli is the most capable, where to learn from the old slave, it's just to ask each other for advice." ”
Shi Huiyun smiled with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead!" ”
After Mama Xu instructed a little girl to pour Shi Huiyun a cup of tea, she took Chunli to get busy, Shi Huiyun sat and drank tea and watched the scenery and saw that people were busy in front of her, and Chunyan and four second-class maids stood aside. The aunts were only standing behind Shi Huiyun, and they couldn't help but be bored, and at this time, all kinds of flowers in the garden were blooming just right, so they slowly began to walk around the garden, whispering in twos and threes.
The twilight is getting thicker, the lanterns are on at the beginning, and the people hang up all kinds of lanterns that have been prepared in advance, there are rabbit lanterns, carambola lanterns, lotus lanterns, round lanterns, moon god lanterns, almost every tree in the garden has one, and the four sides of the Moon Pavilion are also hung with special hexagonal red lanterns. The shrine of the moon goddess has been placed in the middle of the garden in the open air, on which a plate of apples, a plate of large round kumquats, a plate of moon cakes, a plate of candy made into a circle, and a plate of a large round watermelon that is divided into petals into a lotus shape.
Then, one after another, the female dependents came, which were several concubines of the old marquis, Aunt Liu took the eldest lady Cui Shuqin from the old marquis, Aunt Yang took the third lady Cui Shujing, and Aunt Guan took the fourth lady Cui Shulan.
The eldest lady Cui Shuqin has already made a marriage, and Xu is Pu Jingrong, the eldest son of the governor of Pu's hometown in Lizhou. Originally, the old marquis did not agree, but Governor Pu invited the old princess Jin to be a matchmaker, and during the New Year, he personally brought his wife Hou and his son Pu Jingrong to Anxin Marquis Mansion to meet the old marquis and his wife. After the old marquis saw Pu Jingrong, he felt that he had a good character, and he was admitted to the Jinshi, and he looked like he had some future, so he was relieved and agreed. In the Hou Mansion, Cui Shuqin is quite favored by the old Hou Ye, after all, she is the first daughter of the Hou Ye, and her mother-in-law Aunt Liu has also served the Hou Ye since she was a child, which is naturally extraordinary.
Although the eldest lady is only sixteen years old, but Pu Jingrong is already twenty-seven years old, and he has lost his wife for three years, so he is a little urgent, so the two families set the wedding date for the eighth day of October this year.
As for the third young lady Cui Shujing, like her aunt Yang in the Hou Mansion, she is almost a transparent person, and she herself is quiet to the extreme, and people often ignore her involuntarily. Fortunately, her aunt Yang was originally helped by Mrs. Hou's personal maid, and Mrs. Hou was in charge of their mother and son, and the servants in the house did not dare to be too presumptuous.
The old marquis's favorite is Guan's, she is the daughter of a small officer, she is beautiful and moving, she is charming, and she has an indescribable charm with a smile and a smile. Since her father, who was a centurion, dedicated his twenty-eight-year-old daughter to the old marquis, in the past ten years, he has been promoted to the rank of seventh rank of military cavalry captain, in charge of more than 2,000 troops, and patrols the streets all day long. After Aunt Guan entered the house, she gave birth to a daughter for the old marquis, the fourth lady Cui Shulan, the fourth miss is only nine years old, but she has grown into a beauty, and she is sensitive, and she is very precious to the old marquis, and he said that his daughter will definitely be a noble person in the future.
The green yarn sets off the night,
Caixia retreated, and the moon was bright.
Moon Palace Chang'e admires osmanthus,
Raise wine to invite the stars.
The moonlight is like water, pouring all over the ground, and the fragrance of flowers is like wine, intoxicating all beings.
The two sisters of Meiyun and Meiyu walked slowly while chatting, and unconsciously walked to the side of the rose garden, suddenly, a burst of fragrant fragrance lingered at the end of the nose, the sky was already completely dark, fortunately, the moon was round and bright tonight, and several delicate lanterns were hung on the magnolia trees on both sides of the flower garden, and the hexagonal palace lamps on both sides of the garden path also emitted bright and soft light. The roses in the flower garden bloomed beautifully, Meiyun squatted down and folded a half-opened yellow rose, sniffed it on the tip of her nose, and smiled slightly: "It's so fragrant." ”
"The big red ones are more fragrant!" A jade-faced boy in a light robe walked from the darkness, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, brightening the night. He was wearing a jade crown on his head, embroidered moire silk boots on the pedals, a crescent white finely embroidered gold silk chrysanthemum long silk shirt, and his long jade body stood on the path next to the rose garden, and he was smiling and looking at the two sisters of Meiyun and Meiyu, who were only six feet apart. The two sisters were startled by the sudden sound, and when they saw a young man so close to them, they had already blushed with shame. Meiyun also lowered her hand, pinched the rose and put it on her waist and abdomen, and twisted her hands uneasily, almost crushing the yellow rose.
The man chuckled, walked up to the two of them, put a big red rose in his hand on Meiyun's hand, and glanced at Meiyun's pretty face with a smile, and then turned and walked away. Meiyun and Meiyu glanced at each other, Meiyun saw the shock in Meiyu's eyes and her own red face in her eyes, suddenly, the pain in her hand woke her up, it turned out that she was too hard just now, and the thorns on the rose path hurt her hand, and bright red blood flowed out. Meiyun suddenly felt flustered, quickly threw away the roses in her hand, took out a handkerchief to hold down the bleeding place, and hurriedly escaped from the rose garden with Meiyu. The two roses, one yellow and the other red, had just left the branches, and lay alone on the side of the road.
(Author: Little Hou Ye, cuckold no!) Warm and comfortable.
Little Hou Ye: Don't wear it.
The author smiled flatteringly: Wear one, warm and comfortable!
The little marquis made a tiger face: Don't wear it.
Author: Really, wear one, it's good-looking and not expensive.
The short sword in the hand of the little marquis has been unsheathed: don't wear it.
The author waved his hand and said in fear: Okay, good, good, don't wear it, don't wear it, don't make jokes!
Little Hou Ye: Hmph! )