Sister Zhu'er's matter is like growing legs, and the whole Ji Mansion knows about it the next day. Mother Qian was sent to the outer courtyard to do chores in the back kitchen, the cook in the outer courtyard is not as kind as the kitchen lady in the inner courtyard, they are all round and broad-waisted, and they speak in a rough voice.

"It's only been a few days since I came to the house, and I've been full of tricks, it's really not a trouble-free thing, and now even the maid has been changed, but it's going to be a toss." The second sister expected that there would be such a day, but it was not much strange.

Yingning": She has a big heart, and she thinks about things all day long, so it's good for her to think about it behind closed doors. ”

"One moment of drunkenness, a moment of quarreling, the daughter of a small family really can't be on the stage." The second sister shook her head helplessly, "Okay, let's not talk about her, it's your turn." ”

Ying Ning held a white chess piece in his hand, and slowly clicked it, and several black chess pieces were eaten to death.

"The seventh sister's chess skills are progressing so fast, and they suppressed me without paying attention for a while."

"I'm not welcome to my own family, and the second sister agreed." Ying Ning played unequivocally, forcing the seventh sister to throw out the chess pieces and admit defeat.

"You don't have to play like this, it's just a pastime, why should my sister be so serious."

"I've always done things like this, and my second sister doesn't know me." Ying Ning winked playfully at Ying Xiu.

Yingxiu looked at this sister-in-law, and she didn't know if the seventh sister would be so innocent and innocent if she would marry a woman and become a housemother in the future. The seventh sister was born good-looking, and when she was still in infancy, she lay on the side of the bed and looked at this beautiful sister and refused to take her eyes off. This sister has been smart since she was a child, she just learned poetry and studied it every day, and she memorized it backwards in a few days, and she could do a good article at the age of six or seven, her mother often laughed at her for being a female showman, and when she was four years old, she first touched a chess piece, and she also fell into it, and she held a chess game every day to study, and pestered her to play chess every day, and even her mother almost lost to her when she was eight years old. Later, when she learned the piano and painted, everyone also praised the seventh sister for being a clever person. Yingxiu only hopes that her sister is so lovely, and she should have a husband who loves her and protects her in the future, and it is good to guard her beautiful innocence.

Yuebai came in and reported that the mother-in-law from the inner house had sent new clothes.

"Take it and take a look, Shangyige has always been exquisite in making clothes, and I don't know what the beauty is like when I use such good materials." The second sister beckoned, and the mother-in-law who sent the clothes came forward.

The woman was blessed, and said with a smile on her face: "The slave maid went to the courtyard of the second girl, and the girl in the room said that you came to Liuyunxuan, so the clothes of the two girls were sent here." The girl hurriedly tried it, and it was not suitable for the slave maid to call the tailor of the Shangyi Courtyard to change. ”

Ying Ning was looking forward to the dress made of ice silk material, "I heard from my mother this morning that Zhenguo Gong is on his birthday, and the Zhenguo Houfu is here, and he will come to the banquet the day after tomorrow, if the clothes are not suitable, he can change them in time." ”

Mother-in-law": If it is not suitable, then it must be changed, and a few tailors must be asked to change it overnight, and the clothes worn by the girl must be changed. ”

"Sister, go try it and let me see what the beauty looks like."

When Yingning came out of the inner room with a silver-pink flowing color dark flower ice silk skirt, the second sister couldn't think of words of praise for a while": I saw this material in my mother's room that day, and I said that my sister looks good in this dress, you can see where to find such a beauty in Kyoto. ”

Yingning": Second sister is making fun of me, go try on your clothes. ”

"My sister is also shy." The second girl entered the inner room, and did not forget to turn around and laugh.

When the second girl came out, she wore a rouge pink makeup satin woven hundred butterfly skirt, she was already tall, with a goose egg-shaped beautiful face, a pair of smart big eyes, with this carmine gorgeous skirt, there is no sense of vulgarity, but it is more noble.

The second sister turned around twice in front of the bronze mirror, but she was still satisfied, but she only felt that the skirt was a little plain, so she instructed her mother-in-law to embroider some crochet gold edges to make it more atmospheric.

The mother-in-law responded, promised to send it tomorrow, received the reward, and returned with the tray.

"The second sister still likes these jeweled things."

"I'm not as elegant as your sister, those plain ones are fallen fairies on my sister, and when I wear them, I will follow Dongshi."

"My sister was born rich and noble, and in the future, I have to find another rich family to support you."

"Okay, you seventh sister, you actually arranged me, see if I don't clean you up." The second sister sighed at her fingers, pounced on it, and scratched Yingning to forgive.

Over there, in the cool little pavilion.

Jingzhu is quite satisfied with these two newly bought girls outside, they are all ignorant of things, and they dare not go west when they go east, how can they be like those girls with hard wings in the house, one by one, they have a lot of thoughts.

It's just that a rich woman has gone, and there is another mother Yu in the courtyard. This Yu mother-in-law came to serve in the wife's courtyard, and she was sent to Sister Zhu at this time, Jingzhu felt that her status in this mansion was not ordinary, and those subordinates no longer dared to look down on her.

This Yu mother-in-law is very powerful, and when she saw that Sister Zhu was going out, she didn't stop her, so she had to say good things angrily, so Jingzhu had to scruple about three points, and she had to go back to the house after throwing off the handkerchief. Although Sister Zhu is high-spirited, she is still a casual girl after all, how can she fight with Mrs. Yu. On weekdays, this Yu mother-in-law seems to speak softly and ingeniously, but Sister Zhu has to be obedient every time she meets her. Mrs. Yu manages people and persuades people to have their own set, and those who can be errand in the wife's courtyard are all capable.

When the mother-in-law of the inner mansion gave Jingzhu clothes, she accidentally leaked her mouth and mentioned the matter of the town and the country.

Jingzhu was not good when she heard the whole person, and she was very annoyed by the original impulse, otherwise this time she followed the Ji family girl to the banquet, not only can she make many noble girls, but it is not necessary if she is favored by any lady, she is helpless, and what she lacks is the opportunity to attend this kind of occasion. If she had known, she would have gritted her teeth and swallowed it in her stomach, but unfortunately it was useless to regret it now.

No matter how Jingzhu begged Mrs. Yu, she was pushed back by Mrs. Yu unhurriedly": If the girl doesn't want to make her wife angry, stay in the house. Mrs. sent away Qian and sent two more girls, but she was reluctant to punish the girl, all of them were kind and loving to the girl, and the girl should be more grateful. The wife has taken in the girl, and she will definitely seek a good family affair for the girl, and the girl must not let down the wife's heart. ”

Mrs. Yu immediately told Sister Zhu's thoughts, and asked Jingzhu to say that she couldn't make a mistake, so she had to go back to the room angrily and think about leaving the house by herself. She still doesn't give up after all.

On the tenth day of August, the old lady Zhou of Zhenguo Houfu celebrated her 70th birthday, which was an auspicious day.

Early in the morning, a girl sent a set of pink coral beads to the head of the face, a pair of hairpins, a pair of step shakes, a tassel, three hairpins, a pair of earrings, complete.

"Mrs. said, this head and face are just right with the silver pink ice silk skirt of the seventh sister, so the girl must wear it."

Lift the silk cloth, the purpose is to shine with the top of the pink coral head, generally go out as a guest on this occasion, you must dress up well, but you can't come with your own temperament, go out is the face of Jifu.

Zitang used a copper bucket last night to iron the clothes that the seventh sister was going to wear when she went out, and today she only needs to use the incense burner to burn incense inside and out to smoke the clothes.

After Yingning had breakfast, she dressed up carefully, put a thin layer of powder on her face, put on some rouge, and her little face was white and red, and she drew her eyebrows and took a sip of lipstick, and her outfit was half done.

Outside, another mother-in-law came to urge, "Isn't the girl okay, the carriage outside is ready, and it will take half an hour on the way to Zhenguo Houfu, and it will be time when I get there, and my wife asked me to come and see." ”

Qingqing smiled back and said, "Good mother, my daughter has a lot of family affairs, you and your wife said that we will come over immediately." ”

"Hey, then I'll go first, there's a lot of work ahead." The mother-in-law who ran the errand turned around and went to the front yard to do her work.

By the time Yingning had changed her clothes and arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate with the two maids, it was already two quarters of an hour later. Before he stepped out of the weeping flower door, he heard the voice of his mother-in-law outside.

"Ask Mrs. for mercy, I opened the door, Sister Zhu didn't know, and the message was also delivered by the slave and maid, and the slave and maid were guilty." I saw Mrs. Qian kneeling on the ground, looking like she had gritted her teeth and was guilty.

Mrs. Ji on the side couldn't see her joy or anger": You said that you asked someone to pass on the message, who did it entrust? ”

"This, this ......" Mrs. Qian naturally couldn't answer, not to mention that Sister Zhu was grounded, just Mrs. Qian was punished out, who would dare to bring her a letter. It wasn't the message she sent asking Sister Zhu to come out, it was Sister Zhu who ran out by herself. "The slave and maid have a bad memory, and the slave and maid went in by themselves."

The preamble does not match the afterword.

The young man guarding the door also panicked, Jingzhu, who he didn't know, looked at the maid who was dressed and thought it was the sister next to him, so he helped her pass the letter, and blamed him for being greedy for that bit of broken silver, and grabbed the broken silver and went to find Mrs. Qian, and felt that he had encountered such a good thing early in the morning. Since Mrs. Qian now believes that she did it, he will not stand up stupidly.

Jingzhu only hung her head on the side, didn't say a word, her eyes were rolling with tears, and the handkerchief in her hand was clenched.

"Why did you make a fuss at the gate, this Sister Zhu ......" The second sister bit her ear at Yingning, and waited for her mother to send her, and then forbade her for ten days and half a month, she couldn't get used to these tricks.

Those who watched the excitement outside wouldn't know who Jingzhu was, and they thought it was a girl from the Ji family, and they didn't ask others to watch jokes. Sister Zhu'er made a fuss, she broke the jar and fell.

Mrs. Ji glanced at Sister Zhu lightly, then she didn't look at her anymore, and went to the soft sedan chair by herself, and the tears swirling in Jingzhu's eyes came down suddenly, and she looked at the Ji family on the side, and wanted them to help talk, the tears flowed silently, and the pear blossoms brought rain, which was a little pitiful.

The eldest prince already had a fiancée, so he didn't see it in order to avoid leisure, and went outside, and the third prince withstood the events of that night, so he was afraid that he couldn't avoid it, so he also went out. Jingzhu's heart sank, she was isolated and helpless in this world, and comforted herself that the third son Xu was avoiding leisure.

When Mrs. Ji opened the sedan curtain and was about to get in, she turned around and said, "That's it, Sister Zhu'er." "Mrs. Ji doesn't like it in her heart after all, but at this gate, she really wants to punish her, and everyone will only say that she is ruthless as a housewife.

With such a play, Mrs. Ji became more and more cautious about Jingzhu, specially pointed out a girl to follow Sister Zhu, and asked several girls to stay in one place when they arrived at the Zhenguo Houfu, taking care of each other, but nothing wrong.

The sedan chair passed all the way through the East Market, passed through Ming Lane, and traveled for half an hour before arriving outside the gate of Houfu. At this time, the government was already in full swing, and more than a dozen entourages were not busy enough to lead horses, bring guests, and welcome guests.

The prince and the prince also welcomed the guests and received the birthday gift. The steward who kept the gift list on the side did not stop holding the pen.

There is also a gentleman who specializes in reading the gift list": The Imperial Historian Ji Lao poured! Feed: a pair of eight treasure and jade net bottles, a golden statue of five sons, two pairs of southern and eastern pearls, and a three-star picture of satin silk thorn gold and Fulu Shou! Congratulations: Jin Gui Shenghui Lao Yijian, Daylily Changchun celebrates the ancient rarity, and congratulates the old Hou Ye on his birthday! ”

The third prince of the Houfu greeted him, and Master Ji arched his hand with a smile on his face: "Lord Ji, please hurry up, today's guests are full, and the father and son of the family are also lacking in skills, and the hospitality is not good, please bear with me." ”

"Wednesday Gongzi is polite, Hou Ye is very happy and I have the honor to congratulate."

Mrs. Ji was carried by Mrs. Ji and followed Mr. Ji inside.

Yingning was wearing a gauze hat, and she couldn't see what was in front of her, so she only followed her mother generously with a few sisters, and took off the yarn hat only when she entered the house.

Entering the gate, you are greeted by the relief of the five bats offering Rui. The courtyard of Kankan Houfu is much larger than that of Jifu, not to mention the mansion and garden. If the Ji Mansion is fresh and elegant with flowing water everywhere, then the Hou Mansion is second only to the palace in magnificence.

Before entering the main hall, there was a burst of laughter, and the lobby was full of friends. The old lady sat on the chair of the Taishi with red sandalwood pattern in the center of the Fuju Hall, and accepted the congratulations of the juniors.

": Hey, the old lady has come all the way here, you go to this station, our Houfu is full of brilliance." Mrs. Wei, the young grandmother of Houfu, greeted with a smile on her face, and hurriedly invited Mrs. Ji to sit down. Mrs. Ji is not only the widow of the former Taifu, but also the eldest lady here, so she is naturally respected.

Mrs. Ji stepped forward and blessed her body": Lao Sheng is here to congratulate the old man on his blessings as deep as the sea, and his longevity is higher than the sky. ”

"Old Madam Ji, don't torture the old man, please hurry up." The old man helped him with his hands, and he was overjoyed.

After Mrs. Ji sat down, Ji Yihuai took his wife and children to come forward to pay respects, Yingning followed behind his mother, knelt down together, got up, raised his head, his waist was straight, his eyes did not squint, his movements were gentle, his manners were thorough, and he looked obedient and dexterous.

When everyone saw it, they only felt that the girl of the Ji family not only knew etiquette, but also had outstanding appearance, and she had heard of it on weekdays, and she was fortunate to see it today.

said some compliments, and received the return gift from the maid of the waiting house, Ji Yihuai retired with his family, and this birthday salute was completed.

After the birthday, the men were all in the hall of the outer courtyard, or chatting about officialdom, or talking about poetry and articles, and the women were taken to the backyard and walked around the garden.

Ying Ning looked at Sister Zhu behind her with a little afterglow, and came in all the way to settle down, followed by a group of people to salute, her little face was slightly lowered, and she looked at people directly, looking at her eyebrows much more smoothly.

Jingzhu had never seen such an occasion, so she naturally didn't dare to go out of line, so she followed carefully, and secondly, it was estimated that she was really afraid that she would be sent back to the house by Mrs. Ji, so she would have no chance. Jingzhu learned everything from the girls of the Ji family, and outsiders don't know, so they really think it's a young lady of the Ji family.

In the garden of Houfu, a group of girls and young ladies of warblers and swallows have long gathered, all of them are gorgeously dressed and bright. Those who can receive the Houfu post are all powerful and face-facing people in Kyoto, and among the young ladies in that group, all of them are from extraordinary backgrounds, today's rare banquet, how to naturally shine and how to dress up, the girls in their prime talk and laugh, so lively, and they are pleasing to the eye.