Chapter 36: The Old Lady's Birthday
Li Chengfeng is a second-class official of the dynasty, and Mrs. Li's Xu is a noble lady with a fate, although the Li Mansion is not a famous family in the capital, it is also a family with a head and a face, and it is quite famous.
Therefore, the old lady's 70th birthday is naturally lively and lively, and there is an endless stream of guests.
As early as a few days ago, the house began to prepare, the gate of the Li Mansion was hung with bright red silk, the backyard was even more magnificent, the red silk paved the floor, the flowers were clustered, the promenade was hung with red lanterns every few steps, the trees along the lake were carefully repaired, and even the stone table of the pavilion was full of snacks and fruits, and thought was spent everywhere.
It has been time, the guests have come, there are dignitaries, relatives and neighbors, all with congratulatory gifts to congratulate the birthday, Shen has been in charge of the backyard of the Li Mansion for many years, and went to the front yard early in the morning to accompany Li Chengfeng to receive guests.
She dressed up carefully today, wearing a crimson phoenix bird flower pattern embroidered brocade robe, a water fu-colored gauze with a man's waist, a long skirt with the same color painted hibiscus placket to close the waist and sleeves, a plum pattern hollow cloud-shaped golden hairpin inlaid with gems on her head held the jet-black hair, and a dew curtain on her forehead and gold beads wiped her forehead to make her skin moist and shiny.
Standing beside Li Chengfeng at this moment, smiling skillfully, coping decently, the temperament of the noble lady was revealed, the demeanor was generous, noble and elegant, and the guests who came and went were all praised, Li Chengfeng looked at her and his eyes were also full of appreciation and love, seeing that the guests were almost here, Li Chengfeng looked at her slightly tired between her eyebrows, and the tip of her nose was also slightly sweaty, took her hand, and said kindly: "Mrs. has worked hard today, it's okay to have a husband here, you go to the backyard to rest first."
Shen smiled gently: "It is the honor of the concubine to be able to share it for the master."
At this moment, an announcement rang out: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, Princess Chaoyang has arrived, Lord Zuo Xiang has arrived, and Scholar Gu has arrived-"
Hearing this, Li Chengfeng was shocked, how could these big names come in person, and they still came together, but they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately put on a smiling face and greeted him.
On the other side, inside the Qinglan Courtyard.
Mo Yi looked at Yunhuang who was lying on the bed, eating grapes while reading a book, and helplessly held his forehead: "Miss, when are you going to stay in bed?" Today is the old lady's birthday, if you don't go to see it earlier, but hide here to eat grapes, and spread the word, you are disrespectful and unfilial."
Yunhuang raised his head lazily, picked up the grapes, didn't peel the skin, threw them directly into his mouth, and snorted: "Moyi, why are you like an old woman, you are so long-winded, you have been talking in my ear until now...... Well, this grape is really good, Angelica Angelica, you can taste it too."
Today's old lady's birthday, the aunts and girls in the house went to visit the old lady early in the morning, now should be the moment when the guests arrive, the male dependents were received by Li Chengfeng and others in the front yard, and the female dependents followed Shen to the living room in the backyard, accompanied by several aunts.
She didn't want to go over early and make a mistake with those women! Anyway, she has already torn off her face, and she has already taken on the name of unfilial piety, no matter how good she does in the future, in the hearts of the old lady and Li Chengfeng, she is an unfaithful and unfilial person, so why should she do these superficial efforts.
When the guests are almost here, it is the same for her to go out to meet her, today there are ladies and ladies in Beijing, the old lady is an excellent face, naturally she will not attack her in front of everyone, and let outsiders see the joke.
Bai Zhi thanked her, took it and took the skin, put it in her mouth and took a bite, the sweet and sour taste overflowed in her mouth, and it was sweet to her heart.
After getting along with Yunhuang for a long time in the past few days, she found that this master was completely different from what she imagined, the gentleness of the first meeting, the awe-inspiring domineering in the face of Shen and others, the ruthlessness and perversity when teaching others, and the approachability in private...... Miss She, she is only bad to those who treat her badly, but she treats the people around her sincerely, maintains them everywhere, and gets along with them, not like a master, but more like a sister......
Bai Zhi secretly swore in her heart that she must work harder to serve the good lady in the future, and she will be loyal to the young lady in this life and never give up.
Mo Lin held his mouth and said: "Miss, if you are eccentric, you know that if you give Bai Zhi, you won't give me food!" I've been washing your grapes for so long, huh-".
"Okay, you'll invite pets", Yun Huang didn't raise her head, picked up the plate with grape seeds and threw it at Merlin, she caught it, and not a single grape seed fell.
"Moyi, look, Miss, she's bullying me again, help me-"
Moyi looked at their pair of living treasures angrily and funny: "Okay, Miss is messing around, you also follow her to mess around!" What time is it, miss, change your clothes quickly."
Yunhuang got up, picked out a gray dress and put it on his body, was stopped by the ink clothes, couldn't help but say, chose a light yellow skirt for her, and after wearing it, asked, "Miss, what headgear do you want to bring?" How many ladies and ladies are going to be present today, Miss, you are dressed too shabby, you will be looked down upon."
"What does it have to do with me if others can't afford it!"
Yun Huang glanced at those golden hairpins, frowned, and picked a hosta casually: "Just use this."
At this moment, Mama Chen walked in with tea and said, "Miss, it's not early, after running out of tea, let's hurry up and go to the old lady to meet you."
Yunhuang hooked the corners of her lips lightly, raised her eyes to look at Mama Chen, then glanced at the tea in her hand, took it and drank it all, "Thank you, Mama, go down first if Mama has nothing to do."
Since she left, Yunhuang's face slowly turned cold.
Merlin asked suspiciously, "Miss, but there was a problem with the tea just now?" ”
"No problem".
"Then why do you have such an expression? It's as if someone else owes you a lot of money."
Mo Yi knocked her on the head, "You fool, you can't figure this out!" If she had put some kind of ecstasy in the tea according to someone else's instructions, the young lady would have been able to detect it because she understood pharmacology, but now, there was nothing in it, which was abnormal."
Mo Lin was puzzled, but after listening to Moyi's words, his mind turned, and he also figured out the Tao, "She won't come over with a cup of tea for no reason, isn't it, there is a trick?" ”
Yunhuang smiled slightly, "It's okay, the soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, you guys are careful for me today, don't follow other people's ways."
I thought that the events of that night would be able to deter the people in the house and make them dare not act rashly.
But I didn't think about it, but after two days of silence, some people began to move.
She was going to see what tricks they were up to.