Ninety-four: Invitation
On the fifth day of the first month of January, Song Jue specially went out of Beijing to welcome Mrs. Song and her party back to the city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Because it was the reason for returning from a long journey, there were a lot of carriages and horses in Bofu, and there were seven or eight carriages in total----- which was still adjusted in Beizhuang, and the streets were crowded with people, so the carriages and horses moved extremely slowly.
The restaurants and restaurants on both sides of Chonghou Road are full, and the private seats near the window need to be booked in advance to find a seat.
At this moment, Chen Mingyu and several noble ladies of the same age surrounded a palace beauty in the middle of the moon, smiled and stretched out his slender jade hand and pointed out, sighing: "Look at the head of Changningbo Mansion, it is not a century-old family, it is difficult to do this." ”
Seeing that everyone was gathering their eyes on the car, she covered her mouth and laughed again: "Now there is such great news from the noble concubine Niangniang in the palace, and there is still the old Song Pavilion in Changning Bofu, but isn't the Song family cooking oil with fire and flowers?" Originally, I was ashamed of myself when I saw the sister of the Song family, but now I feel more and more despised. ”
Song Guifei was rumored to be pregnant for nearly four months when she was about to celebrate the New Year, although Emperor Jianzhang had a mediocre affection for her, but because the harem had not seen a happy event for many years, Song Guifei's pregnancy proved that he was still young and strong, so he was extremely happy, and the reward flowed into the Fengzao Palace.
Even the identity of the eleventh princess has risen with the tide, and recently she has been in and out of the queen's Qingning Hall every day to accompany the queen to pick up Buddha beans.
"Sister Chen is too arrogant." A girl sitting by the window wearing a goose yellow shirt with bangs immediately frowned and retorted: "If it is really as good as you say, and you don't see it at the major flower fairs?" Even if it is a palace banquet in the palace, I haven't seen how outstanding a girl from the Song family is......"
She sneered, put the brilliantly embroidered Suzhou embroidered double-sided embroidered handkerchief in her hand on the table, and smiled at the palace beauty: "What's more, with her status, can she be higher than the daughter of the saint?" said that the sky is broken, but it doesn't depend on the mind of the ninth princess? ”
But any little girl of the same age and status likes to be crushed. The higher Chen Mingyu praised Song Chuyi, the more dissatisfied the others were with Song Chuyi.
Chen Mingyu was ridiculed and didn't feel annoyed, the flowers on her forehead swayed in the wind, making her skin more and more like cream, snow skin, and the cherry mouth painted by the bright red lip grease between her lips was like a branch begonia, so bright that people couldn't take their eyes off.
She glanced at the ninth princess, who had been silent, and turned her head to look at the noble girl who had just talked: "She was too young at the beginning, and the Bofu was detained and not let out." It was only after I met in Tongzhou that I learned that there was such a girl in the world. If you don't believe it, Xiao thinks about the elegance of the Cui family girl back then, you can guess a thing or two. Sister Han, don't be angry, I heard that your eldest brother came back with the Song family all the way, is it what I said, you go home and ask your brother? ”
Shen Huiyi, who had not spoken, suddenly sneered beside her: "Is it really as good as singing, won't you be able to see it this time?" What are you all anxious about? ”
The Ninth Princess, who had not spoken, also glanced at them with condescension, and lightly hooked the corners of her mouth: "What Huiyi said is that on the eighth day of the first month, isn't your house going to hold a begonia party?" Wouldn't you just leave her a post? ”
Shen Huiyi has been walking around in front of Concubine Zhuang every day recently, so she has something to do with the Ninth Princess, and when she saw this, she laughed a little ill-willedly: "What's more, now her father is a criminal minister, no matter how prominent the family is, if something like this happens to her father, is there a light on her face?" Sister Chen really thinks too highly of her. ”
Chen Mingyu smiled but said nothing.
That night, the post went to Song Chuyi.
Ziyun looked at this post with some surprise: "Our family has always had no friendship with the Marquis of Jinxiang, but now we have just walked with their family for a while, and this invitation will come immediately." The Marquis of Jinxiang Mansion is really thoughtful. ”
But after Han Zhi's incident, Song Chuyi intuitively felt that this invitation was not so simple----- the Han family has always been low-key, and they almost wanted the nobles in the capital to forget them, and they had never held any flower parties so publicly.
What's more, this flower meeting was held on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and she should have started preparations long before she returned to Beijing, and now that she sent a post in such a hurry, Song Chuyi had to suspect that there were Han Zhi's hands and feet here.
She thought about it for a while, then turned around and instructed Ziyun: "You go to your cousin and ask later, and see if she has this post." ”
The cousin she said was not pointing to Mingzi, Han Zhi was on the road with them, as long as his brain was not broken, it was impossible to fall to Mingzi. She wanted Mama Xu to go to Cui's Mansion.
Sure enough, Ziyun was aware of it, put down the clothes that were scented with incense in his hand and looked at Song Chuyi: "Seeing that it's all night, won't it be too conspicuous to go out like this?" ”
Song Chuyi's hand clutching the corner of her skirt loosened, how could she forget that she was no longer in Qingzhou, and it was not so convenient to get in and out?
After being silent, she threw the post aside, put on a big coat and went to Mrs. Song's room.
Although the eldest lady has been immersed in the capital for decades, her background determines her knowledge, and some people don't know about their relatives at all.
After thinking about it, she still felt that she had to ask Mrs. Song, the old feudal lord.
Mrs. Song was very happy to see her, stretched out her hand to pull her to sit beside her, and asked her with a smile: "I heard that you received several posts as soon as you came back?" ”
The girls of the Song family actually don't go out much, but in recent years, Mrs. Song has also noticed the disadvantages of raising girls in the boudoir----- such as Song Chumi, who is so easy to be deceived, and Song Chubin and Song Chuxuan are also insufficient.
It is also good to go out and see and learn.
Song Chuyi took out the post and showed it to Mrs. Song: "This is a post sent by Miss Han Er from the Jinxiang Hou Mansion, but my grandmother also knows that the Jinxiang Hou Mansion is different from other families...... I'm afraid I'll make a joke then. ”
Mrs. Song was not very interested in the delicate and beautiful invitations made by the girls, so she flipped through them casually and put them aside, and talked to Song Chuyi about the Han family: "It was also a family that relied on military merits, but later it was not a master, and most of the daughters-in-law she married were from ordinary people's families, as long as they were virtuous." After passing five generations, it was reduced to the rank of the lord, and now it is down to the Hou generation, but this generation of Jinxiang Marquis is a little different, the daughter-in-law he married is not an ordinary girl, speaking of which, it was a legend in the streets and alleys that everyone rushed to inquire about in the capital. The origin of this lady of Jinxiang Hou is unusual, she is the girl of the Fan family in Xingyang, and the two girls of the Fan family came to Beijing to talk about family affairs, one fell in love with His Royal Highness the Prince at first sight, and the other took the Marquis of Jinxiang into his pocket......" (to be continued. )