The birthday banquet was placed in the main hall, and everyone had a lively meal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The old lady was old and didn't like to be noisy, so she invited the female gentleman to tell a story in the side hall. Miss Gu didn't want to hear about it, so she coquettishly told the old lady: "...... Originally, I was going to go to Ning Xueju to see the flowers, but it didn't happen. ”

Hearing this, the old lady smiled and said to the Gu family: "Their little girls love to move, you send someone to Ning Xueju to serve her." ”

Gu Shi respectfully agreed, stretched out his hand and nodded Miss Gu's forehead, and Miss Gu took her arm and called "Auntie" sweetly.

The old lady seemed to like the Gu brothers and sisters very much, and asked Gu Chengyu with a smile: "Do you boys want to go to see the flowers, or do you do something else?" ”

Gu Chengyu pretended to be helpless and said: "I'd better go with Cheng Jiao, lest she destroy the flowers again!" ”

"Brother!" Miss Gu stomped her foot in disgust.

Everyone in the room laughed.

Li Guan didn't know why, and blinked suspiciously. Seeing this, Miss Wang Liu next to her explained to her in a low voice: "It was the eighth year of Qingtai, and the bluegrass raised in the palace of the lady concubine finally bloomed, and I invited the queen mother and the ladies to enjoy the play, but when I walked into the flower room, I saw that the grass was still there, and the flowers were gone, so it turned out that she pinched it to make a garland." Fortunately, she was clever and offered the wreath to the queen, who praised her for her dexterity. ”

Miss Gu looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and a few years ago she was at the age of ignorance, so it was no wonder that she would do such a ridiculous thing. Li Wan couldn't help but smile: "The queen is really generous and generous. ”

Miss Wang Liu's eyes rolled: "Exactly." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Gu Shi looked at the others: "Do you also want to go to see the flowers?" ”

Everyone nodded.

Li Guan was about to say that he would stay and listen to the book, but Miss Wang Liu had already preemptively said: "I want to go on the swing!" Turning his head to Li Guan, he smiled widely, "Let's go together, when I walked around the garden in the morning, I saw a swing on the corridor by the lake." ”

"Ghost girl!" Wang Taijun said with a smile, "When I was at home, I clamored to let her install a swing!" ”

The old lady smiled: "Children like to play, don't be restrained, go ahead!" ”

Miss Wang Liu cheered and said excitedly to Li Guan: "We can go on the swing!" ”

Li Wan saw that she was so happy, and if she refused, she couldn't say anything more, and nodded with a smile.

The Gu family arranged for them to watch the flowers and swing the swing.

When everything was in order, the Gu family returned to Rongshoutang. Mrs. Cui couldn't be idle, so she pulled Gu, Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Fei to the compartment to play cards, and after a few games, she won a lot of money, and she couldn't close her mouth. When the fifth game was played, Mother Yuan in Gu's house suddenly came in and said to Second Mrs. Dong: "Second Madam, a kid came outside, claiming to be a little servant in your house, as if he was looking for you in a hurry." ”

Looking for it at this time? Second Mrs. Dong was afraid that something would happen in the house, but she still smiled and said to everyone: "I'll take a look!" ”

She has a special identity, and the others listened and hurriedly said: "Then you go quickly, I'm afraid that something will happen to the princess!" ”

Second Mrs. Dong followed Yuan's mother.

After a while, Second Lady Dong came back with a smile on her face. When everyone saw it, they knew that it was okay, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Shiqi said: "What's the matter?" ”

Second Mrs. Dong smiled and said, "It's the kid next to Linzhi." Linzhi traveled with friends today, and when he came back, he happened to pass by, and knew that today was the birthday of the old lady, so he came to say hello. ”

Gu Shi was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and went to pay homage to the old lady in person. The old lady was really happy to hear this, and said continuously: "Please come in!" Please come in! ”

Mrs. Cui returned to the side hall and sat down.

The ladies and wives present were very surprised, this little ancestor, the master who dared to spill in front of the Queen Mother, why did he run to Wu'anbo Mansion today?

Second Mrs. Dong saw everyone's expressions in her eyes, but she didn't say a word, she also wondered in her heart!

For a while, everyone didn't speak, and the storyteller respectfully stepped aside, and the room was quiet.

After a while, the little maid in the mansion led a handsome young man wearing a pine-green moire brocade robe to walk in, it was the third master of Princess Chaoyang's mansion, Dong Linzhi.

Dong Linzhi smiled and bowed to the old lady: "The old lady Xianshou, it's polite." ”

The old lady smiled very happily: "No need to be polite, no need to be polite, please take a seat!" The two maids moved a chair and placed it on the right hand side of the old lady, next to the second lady Dong.

Dong Linzhi respectfully greeted the ladies and wives before sitting down.

"Why don't you see the prince and the eldest young master of your mansion?" After a few words of gossip, Dong Linzhi suddenly asked, "The last time I visited Mr. Song, I had a relationship with the prince and the eldest young master, and at that time I felt that the prince was very agile and intelligent, and the eldest young master was steady and dignified. ”

The old lady, the Gu family, and the second lady Yao were very useful, and the third lady Cai smiled reluctantly.

"I'm accompanying the prince of Zhongguo and Gongzi Gu to visit the garden!" The old lady smiled, "This time I should still be enjoying the flowers in Ningxue Residence, and a few girls are also there." ”

"Oh, the court is here too?" Dong Linzhi said strangely and asked the eldest lady of the Zhongguo Mansion, "Isn't he going to travel to the south of the Yangtze River and hasn't left yet?" ”

Feng Tingfang, the son of Zhongguo, is 16 years old this year, erudite and talented, and a while ago he met a scholar from Jiangnan, and they talked very happily, preparing to go to Jiangnan to see the customs and customs.

Mrs. Feng said with a smile: "It is estimated that he will not come back until a year ago, so we will leave him next month." ”

"I haven't seen him in a long time." Dong Linzhi smiled brightly, and said to the old lady, "I have long heard that the garden scenery of Wu'anbo Mansion is very good, and I want to feast my eyes today!" ”

He is the youngest son of Princess Chaoyang, and he is very favored by the princess and the queen mother, although he is a generation older than Fan Weijie and others, but the age difference is not a few years old, if Fan Weijie and they can make friends with him, it will be very beneficial to Wu'anbo Mansion, thinking of this, the old lady happily agreed: "The third master is polite!" Then he instructed the Gu family, "Send someone to lead the way for the third master." ”

Gu Shi responded with a smile, called a small servant to lead the way for Dong Linzhi, and called the personal maid Helu to go around the shortcut to Ning Xueju to inform him.

"Higher, higher!" Miss Wang Liu sat on the swing, a little maid was pushing the swing for her, she shouted excitedly, the moon-white dress was flying, and the laughter like silver bells echoed on the verandah.

There is a small lake in the back garden of Wu Anbo's mansion, a verandah is built by the lake, the dense wisteria is intertwined with each other, the gray-brown branches are winding like dragons and snakes, the huge flower spikes hang on the branches, purple with blue, strings hang down from the corridor, it looks like clouds from a distance, like a dream. The swing is under the verandah, facing the rockery at the end of the verandah.

At the foot of the stairs at the entrance of the corridor there is a stone table and a stone bench with cushions on the stools and hot tea on the table. Li Wan sat on a stool, his head slightly bowed, and his face pale.

"Miss, are you alright?" Xun Fang asked, "Why don't you talk to Miss Six, let's go back." ”

Li Guan shook his head.

Xun Fang looked at those gorgeous and abnormal wisteria roses, and stopped talking.

"Guan'er, you can also come and play, it's fun!" Miss Wang Liu shouted at her, her pink face was slightly red, and her eyes were shining.

Li Wan looked up at her and smiled: "No, you can play." ”

Miss Wang Liu saw that she was smiling reluctantly, and seemed to be very uncomfortable, so she threw down the swing and ran over: "Your face is so bad, are you uncomfortable?" ”

"No, you go play, leave me alone."

Miss Wang Liu looked at her obviously uncomfortable, and her mouth was stiff, and her face showed a little dissatisfaction, as if she was bullying her.

Seeing this, Xun Fang frowned, and blurted out the words on her lips: "Our young lady is not uncomfortable, but she doesn't like these wisteria roses!" ”

"Xunfang!" Li Guan said unhappily.

Miss Wang Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Don't like wisteria? Why? ”

Wisteria roses are gorgeous, most of the nobles in the capital will plant, it is really a very common flower, and it is the first time she has heard that some people don't like it.

"Why?" She asked again.

Li Wan hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "When I was young...... she paused, as if thinking about how to phrase it, "Something bad happened, so ......"

Miss Wang Liu immediately understood, before in Mo Hanxuan, Miss Fan Jiaer had said that Li Guan was the adopted daughter of the Li family, and there was a lot of disdain in her tone, thinking that it was not easy for her since she was a child. Thinking of myself again, when I was five years old, my father died of a sudden illness, and my mother couldn't stand the blow and followed, and I became an orphan without a father and mother.

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little sympathetic.

"In that case, why didn't you tell me in the first place? It's obviously very uncomfortable, why do you have to endure it? Miss Wang Liu suddenly felt a little angry, "I said so many things before, I thought we were friends, but it turned out that I was amorous!" ”

Li Wan looked at her sincere expression and was suddenly stunned. For the first time in so many years, someone asked her why she put up with it, and it was the first time someone said that they regarded her as a friend. Everyone around her, whether informed or unaware, never asked her if she wanted to live like this, as if she should live like this, even though she thought so herself.

"Miss Six, I'm ......" Li Guan's eyes were sour, his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't speak.

When Miss Wang Liu saw her like this, her heart softened, her cheeks bulged, and she said aggrievedly: "You still call me Miss Six!" ”

When Li Guan heard this, it was as if there was a thin warm current flowing from his heart to his whole body, and the sadness that had just emerged disappeared.

She smiled and called Miss Wang Liu's maiden name: "Manqing." ”

Miss Wang Liu smiled, took her hand and stood up: "Let's go for a walk, don't stay in this place!" ”

It immediately became a broken place, and the little girl who had just run over was stiff when she heard it.

The two walked side by side, skirting the rockery and walking along the gravel-paved flower path.

There are large green plants planted on both sides of the path, Wang Manqing pointed and asked the little girl: "This is a impatiens, right?" ”

"Yes, it's not flowering yet, so it looks inconspicuous." The little girl was very articulate, "When the flowers bloom in June, the red and pink pieces are connected, but they are beautiful!" ”

Wang Manqing nodded approvingly, and said with a smile to Li Guan: "Last summer, I followed my grandmother to Anninghou's Mansion as a guest, and they also planted a lot of impatiens in their mansion, which bloomed just right, and Mrs. Cui also used them to dye her nails. There was a bit of envy in his words.

"Yes," Li Guan took a closer look at the appearance of the flower plant, and said, "Our family seems to have it too, but I haven't paid attention to it." ”

Wang Manqing was pleasantly surprised when she heard this: "Really, then I'm going to go to your house to have a look, and we can try dyeing our nails together." ”