Chapter 8: Birthday Celebration
When I got dressed, breakfast was delivered from the kitchen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Li Guan ate casually, and was accompanied by Chu Fang and Xun Fang to Mrs. Li's.
When I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I happened to meet Li Zhizhu.
"My sister is so beautiful today!" Li Zhizhi looked at her in surprise. Li Guan smiled at him and took his hand.
As soon as the two of them entered the house, Mother An greeted them: "Miss, young master!" ”
Li Wan smiled and shouted "Mom", and led Li Zhi into the room. Mrs. Li sat in the Taishi chair near the window, and the two of them stepped forward to salute.
"Daddy has already gone to the mansion?" Li Zhizhi looked around a few times.
Mrs. Li smiled and nodded, and asked them if they had breakfast, Li Wan only said that he had eaten, but Li Zhizhi said what he ate with his fingers. Mrs. Li listened patiently, kissed him on the cheek, and then took Li Guan's hand, looked at her with a smile, and nodded with satisfaction.
At three o'clock, Mizuki came in and told her that the carriage was ready.
Mrs. Li nodded, and said to Li Guan and Li Zhi, "Let's go." ”
Wu'anbo Mansion is in Ruyi Lane in the east of the city, and it takes more than half an hour to drive a carriage from the Li Mansion in the north of the city.
Li Guan didn't sleep enough, and as soon as he got into the carriage, he relied on making up for sleep. Xun Fang took a blanket and put it on her body.
About half an hour later, Li Guan was groggy, and Chu Fang gently patted her shoulder: "Miss, it's almost there." ”
Li Guan snorted twice and opened his eyes.
"Where?"
"Just past East Main Street." Xun Fang sat behind Li Guan and gently massaged her temples.
Chu Fang looked at Li Guan's face, frowned, and said, "Why is Miss's face so pale, is there something uncomfortable?" ”
Li Wan waved his hand and signaled that Xun Fang didn't need to press it. He patted his face and said lightly: "Really? Maybe I didn't sleep. "She has always gone to bed late and got up late, but it is strange that she got up so early today, her face can be good-looking, and she has no appetite too early, and she only drank half a bowl of porridge for breakfast, which is estimated to be low blood sugar.
"Miss, why don't I give you some rouge?" Zhu Fang asked.
After all, today is my grandmother's birthday, and if I look sick, I can't help but be unlucky. Although she doesn't believe this, she can't stop others from believing it. Li Wan thought about it and nodded.
Chu Fang put on some light makeup for her, and re-combed her somewhat messy bun.
"Miss, what do you think?" Chu Fang took a mirror and took a picture of her.
Li Guan looked at the person in the mirror, and his complexion looked very good, but there was a bit of tiredness in his expression that couldn't be covered by a little fat powder. She took a deep breath and smiled at Chufang, "Not bad." ”
The carriage walked for a while, stopped, and Wu Anbo's mansion arrived.
Li Guan helped Xun Fang's men get out of the carriage, and Mrs. Li also got out of the carriage with Li Zhizhi. There was a daughter-in-law from Wu Anbo Mansion who greeted her at the door.
"Guan'er, are you not feeling well? I don't think your face is good. Mrs. Li looked at her with concern.
"My daughter is fine, you don't have to worry."
"Well, if you're really uncomfortable, just tell me."
Li Guan smiled and nodded.
At that moment, two carriages slowly approached and stopped ten paces away from them.
The attendant got out of the car and turned around to help a gorgeously dressed woman in her forties and a little girl of seven or eight years old.
"Mrs. Cui, it's a coincidence, I met here." Mrs. Li greeted with a smile.
The woman immediately smiled when she saw her: "Ah, it's Sister Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”
Surname Cui?
Li Wan followed behind Mrs. Li, muttering in her heart which lady of this family, the woman was already looking at her: "This is?" ”
Mrs. Li smiled and took Li Guan's hand, "This is my daughter, with the single word Guan." After speaking, he introduced to Li Guan: "This is Mrs. Cui and the eldest lady of the Anning Hou Mansion. ”
Li Guan stepped forward and saluted.
Mrs. Cui saw Li Guan for the first time, looked at her carefully, and saw that she was not very old, but she looked sick, and she also carried two maids with her, her eyes flashed, and she smiled: "What a beautiful girl, my sister is reluctant, why didn't she bring it out to walk around before?" ”
"Wan'er is not in good health, so she doesn't come out and walk around often." Mrs. Li explained with a smile, "Let's go in." ”
Mrs. Cui nodded and didn't ask any more.
When he entered the door, a mother-in-law came up and took the servants who accompanied her to the side courtyard to rest.
Mrs. Li said: "Wan'er is unwell, so Xunfang will follow and serve." ”
The birthday banquet is held in the Rongshou Hall on the east side of the garden. The maid who led the way led them into the garden, and a plump woman in a lotus-colored gown greeted them by the maids.
"Grandma, Mrs. Cui, you are here!"
Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Li shouted "Mrs. Big" and the other shouted "Sister-in-law", smiling and saluting.
Mrs. Wu Anbo Gu returned the salute with a smile, and saw Li Guan behind Mrs. Li at a glance: "Guan'er is also here!" ”
Li Guan stepped forward and saluted: "Auntie." ”
Gu said kindly: "You don't come back often on weekdays, but you have to have fun this time." ”
Li Guan nodded slightly shyly.
Eijudo is not large, there are only three rooms, and the green pines are planted in front of the steps.
The group went straight into the house.
The interior of the house is very elegantly furnished, with black lacquer furniture, purple curtains, flowers, trees and jade bonsai on the octagonal shelf in the corner of the house, and an interstitial screen for Magu's birthday on the long table in front of the window.
There was a commotion in the west, and Fei led them in.
There were three black lacquered round tables on each side of the room, and fashionable tea and fruits were placed, and about 20 ladies and wives sat together, and the scene was very lively.
"Mother! Grandma, Zhu'er, Guan'er, and Mrs. Cui and Miss Cui are here to congratulate you on your birthday! ”
As soon as Gu Shi entered the door, he said loudly, and everyone in the room looked over.
The old lady was wearing a gown embroidered with a big red background, sitting on the Luohan bed by the window, and was talking to several ladies sideways, when she heard Gu's voice and turned around, the smile on her face was even bigger.
"Grandmother!"
Li Zhizhi shouted and threw himself into the arms of the old lady, who touched his face lovingly.
"Grandmother, grandson wishes you good luck and good health, and longevity than Nanshan!"
Li Zhizhi raised his face and said loudly, which made the old lady so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and smiled and hugged him in her arms.
Li Wan followed behind Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Cui took Miss Cui forward to salute, and then sat down on the right hand side of the old lady.
Mrs. Cui smiled and quipped: "The old lady really loves her grandson, I think several young masters and young ladies in the house are going to be jealous!" ”
Sitting on the left hand side of the old lady, a lady with silver hair and a kind face teased: "Just your mouth is powerful, and your ass has not yet been hot, and you will start to sow discord, look at how you set rules for your daughter-in-law when you become a mother-in-law tomorrow!" ”
An Ning Hou Shizi will marry next month.
When Mrs. Cui heard this, she turned her eyes, sat down beside the lady affectionately, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Wang Taijun, you always like to joke with us juniors, when it comes to teaching daughters-in-law, who is sitting in this room like you!" After speaking, he looked at a woman in her thirties next to her, "Third lady, you said yes?" ”
The third lady didn't react for a while, and let out an "ah" stunned.
Wang Taijun smiled and said "stupid goose".
The people in the room couldn't hold back their laughter anymore.
Li Wan smiled slightly, the third lady of the Marquis of Rongning Mansion is notoriously honest, this Mrs. Cui is a talker.
The old lady laughed and called Li Guan to her: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, come, let my grandmother take a good look." ”
Li Guan walked over, and the old lady took her hand and looked at it carefully: "I have grown taller, but I am still as thin as before, have you taken the tonic prescribed by the imperial doctor on time?" I don't look good. ”
Li Guan replied respectfully: "I took the medicine on time, maybe it has been hot recently, and I am easily tired, which makes my grandmother worried." ”
The old lady nodded with satisfaction.
Sitting opposite Wang Taijun, a young woman wearing a ginger jacket and a gorgeous pearl and emerald and looking twenty-seven or eighteen asked, "Mrs. Li, is this the eldest lady of your mansion?" ”
Most of the people in this room saw Li Wan for the first time, and when they heard this, they cast curious glances, and the scene was quiet for a while.
"Yes." Mrs. Li replied to her with a smile, "The name of the word is Guan." ”
"Why haven't you seen it before?"
"Guan'er is not in good health, and she recuperates in another hospital all the year round, so she doesn't often go to various houses."
Mrs. Li pointed to the woman and said to Li Guan: "This is the second lady Dong of the Chaoyang Princess Mansion. ”
"Ma'am." Li Wan smiled and gave her a gentle blessing.
Second Mrs. Dong took the opportunity to take a look.
He was tall but thin, wearing a lilac-colored skirt embroidered with twigs, his hair black as ink, his hair combed in a single bun, and his face even more pale with coral beads.
The facial features are very good-looking, with big eyes and very dark pupils, she thought in her heart, but there is an unconcealable cowardice between her eyebrows, and she doesn't have the look of a young lady of the family, is it a concubine?
But the attitude of the Gu family and the old lady is not the same, it's strange.
She was still muttering in her heart, Mrs. Li had already begun to introduce the people in the house to Li Guan, Wang Taijun, Second Lady, Third Lady of Rongning Mansion, Mrs. Fei of Xuanning Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Feng and Eldest Lady of Zhongguo Mansion, Eldest Lady of Dingguo Mansion, ** Milk and Fourth Grandmother of Wujin Bo's Mansion, and several other official wives.
Li Wan saluted one by one, ignoring their curious or speculative gazes, but it was strange why he didn't see Mrs. Gu Fei and the young ladies of the various mansions, only the two little young masters were accompanied by maids to eat snacks on the side.
At this time, Gu Shi said to her: "Ladies have gone to visit the garden, do you want to talk to the ladies here or go to the garden to play?" ”
Li Wan couldn't wait to sit still, naturally he wanted to stay and drink tea, but before she could answer, the old lady waved her hand and said, "Just go to the garden to find Yue'er and them, young girl, what do you have to say to us people." ”
Gu Shi smiled when he heard this: "What my mother said is that it just makes Guan'er familiar with the girls." He said to Li Guan again, "Your cousin and they are all here, I must be happy to see you." ”
Li Wan swallowed the words that came to his mouth and smiled obediently.
Gu called a maid named "Heyi" to take her to the garden.
Originally, Li Zhizhu wanted to follow, but it was the old lady who thought that he was still young, so she asked the kitchen to make the zongzi candy he liked to eat, which coaxed people.
Wu'an Bozu followed Emperor Taizu to fight the country, and got the hereditary title after the establishment of the dynasty, although there are no great achievements in military achievements in recent generations, but fortunately, he is good at management, and his family background is very rich. This mansion was given by Emperor Taizu, and it was originally just an ordinary mansion, but after several generations of construction, and the surrounding mansions were bought, it has now quite a spectacular scale.
Li Guan was supported by Xun Fangxu, and Heyi led the way in front. Out of Rongshoutang, walk along the gravel road, through several chic courtyards, around a small lake, to the south of the garden to the Zuixian Pavilion.
Zuixian Pavilion is a spacious octagonal pavilion, facing the water on three sides, the pavilion is arranged with tables and chairs, soft couches, carved windows are wide open, and the bean-green veil moves lightly with the wind.
"Hey, why is there no one?" He Yi was surprised. She looked around and was greeted by the turquoise waters of the lake and the blossoming brocade trees.