Chapter 206: Celebration Banquet (4)
Before today, Zhilan was still very dissatisfied with her mother's teachings, but after attending the celebration banquet held by her cousin's house for the first time, she finally understood why her mother said that even if she was a concubine, she would marry into a noble family. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The magnificent mansion, the exquisite and elegant garden, the artificial lake that is dozens of times larger than the small pond at home, and the magnificent wings, all these things that have been seen at the birthday banquet of the eldest princess are experienced again today but are different.
Last time, she couldn't even wear a nice garment, as inconspicuous as an ugly duckling, and the daughters of the ladies looked at her with only deep disdain and contempt; But this time, when she reappeared in front of those people as the cousin of the princess, all she received was a kind and kind smile, and a sweet and greasy compliment.
The two extreme life experiences have planted an unknown seed in this immature young mind, not knowing when it will take root and sprout, and I don't know what flowers will eventually bloom.
"You kid, what are you doing in a daze, you haven't come to meet a few elders." The second lady of the Lu family had just finished introducing her daughter, but when she turned her head, she saw that she was looking left and right, so she couldn't help but quietly pull her and push her to the old ladies sitting in the main hall.
These old ladies have their own characteristics, whether they are serious, or charitable, or dignified, or shrewd, but they all have one thing in common, they exude a kind of majesty that has been in a high position for a long time.
Facing these people all of a sudden, Zhilan was obviously a little timid, covered in blood rushing straight to her head, and she didn't know what to say, but fortunately she didn't forget to salute.
Today, Mrs. Song helped Wei Wangfu entertain guests, and she should have come forward to make a round at this time, but she was upright, and if she couldn't get used to it, she really didn't want to give this young man such a big face. But the old lady beside her, who was smiling kindly, took the initiative to relieve the siege: "I said, why does this child look a little kind? It turned out to be the cousin of the princess, no wonder ......"
Lu Zhenyuan and Lu Zhenxing don't look very similar, not to mention Zhihua and Zhilan, who are one layer away? The old lady said casually that it was just a good intention to dissolve the embarrassing atmosphere, but the second lady was too uninteresting, and she actually beat the snake with the stick, and boasted to herself: "Is that okay?" My Lan'er looked like her cousin when she was a child, and when the princess was not out of the cabinet in the previous life, the sisters often went to school together, and I didn't know that I thought they were sisters......"
"Who looks like the princess?" The second lady was only halfway through her teasing, when a noble lady dressed in a red dress and wearing a whole set of emerald headdresses happened to step into the hall, listened to the second half of her sentence, and then interrupted.
Everyone followed the prestige, and immediately stood up and saluted, and even the respectable old ladies sitting on the chairs bowed their heads to her.
"I've seen Princess Yan."
Princess Yan waved her hand casually to signal everyone to be exempt, walked straight to the old ladies, picked a vacant seat at the end and sat down, and at the same time did not forget to ask about the previous matter.
"Who did you just say looks similar to the princess?"
The second lady proudly pulled her daughter over and continued to boast that she hadn't finished talking about before: "Back to the princess, you're talking about the little girl Lan'er." She and the princess are cousins, and they go to school together, and everyone says that the temperament of the two is almost the same......"
Who knows, her words were interrupted by the same person again.
"Hey, vulgar powder, I can't do it!"
Princess Yan sneered, and immediately offended the second room of the Lu family completely. But she has a deep background, how can she take such a small thing to heart.
Several sneers came from all sides, Zhilan's face turned blue and white for a while, her eyes were red with anger, and she couldn't help crying bitterly.
Old Madam Song didn't raise her eyelids, Mrs. Jiang's temper was similar to her, and she only treated the second room of the Lu family, who didn't have a lot of colds, as a joke, but Mrs. Cheng was tactful, and when she saw that the situation was not good, she immediately stood up and found a safety topic, and skillfully rounded the scene.
"Oh, speaking of fat powder, the set of apricot blossom fragrance that I ordered in Baolin Pavilion last time is really good, rouge, head oil, fragrant pancreas or something, a whole set is made of apricot blossoms, both shades and shades, I like it." I heard that Princess Yan likes orchids? Would you like to order a set there as well? ”
Princess Yan is a little arrogant, but she is not stupid, today's Wei Wangfu has a good celebration banquet, if it is because of her casual two sentences, how will the two families communicate in the future. Therefore, she pulled the corners of her mouth, squeezed out a faint smile, and followed the steps handed by Mrs. Cheng and said, "Since Mrs. Cheng strongly recommends it, then I really want to try it." ”
"Mrs. Cheng, is there any peach blossom to do? I love peach blossoms. "Fat powder, clothes, jewelry, and children are always the four topics that women are most interested in, and some people can't help but ask about them immediately.
Everyone opened the conversation box and discussed it with you and me, and the little episode just now passed without a trace, as if it had never happened.
In front of everyone's eyes before, in order not to cause a bigger joke in order not to lose her temper, Zhilan couldn't help but ran out without crying. Now that everyone's attention had been diverted, she couldn't hold on any longer, quietly exiting the hall, hiding her face and fleeing.
The third lady of the Lu family had seen enough of the good show, and her heart was already happy, but she complained angrily to the girls brought in today: "What are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and have a look! I was so good with Zhilan before, but I didn't know how to comfort her when I saw her so sad. ”
After speaking, he pressed the second lady's hand again to prevent her from getting up. "Just let them go, don't wander around. Last time, you asked me to inquire about the ladies of those families, and three of them haven't arrived, so maybe you'll be here as soon as you leave. I missed such a great opportunity to make friends, so don't come to me next time. ”
The second lady had to give up. turned his head to see that in addition to the twins in the third room behind him, the two maiden nieces brought by the big house also sat firmly in their positions and did not go out. The second lady suddenly had an outlet for the sullen stomach that she had just accumulated, and she brought the pair of sisters to the big room and accused them in a weird way: "Why are you two so ruthless? If it weren't for the light of our Lu family, how could you be qualified to sit here and put on a score? My Lan'er is so aggrieved that she doesn't even look at it, she is really sorry for the white-eyed wolf who is not grateful. ”
scolded the people brought by the big house, but his eyes glanced at the two sisters of the third room, and this style of pointing at Sang and scolding Huai made the eldest lady and the third lady black their faces together.
Where can a mother endure others to give her children a little bit of anger, the eldest lady doesn't want to tear her face and make trouble, she swallows her anger and pretends to be deaf and dumb, but the third lady is not so easy to speak, and sneered coldly: "The second sister-in-law has the leisure to blame this and that, why don't you reflect on yourself?" If you didn't know how to be humble, would Lan'er be so wronged? Seeing that the second lady was glaring and about to push back, the third lady kept talking and said, "What?" The second sister-in-law thinks I am not right? Then when we get home, let's find my mother-in-law and say, is it okay for her old man to come and evaluate the reason? ”
These words were like hitting the second lady's dumb acupoint, which made her anger disappear in an instant, and her face turned red, but she never dared to say half a word.
After the quarrel between the two concubines came to an end, the eldest lady's sister glanced at each other, and the older one said timidly: "Don't quarrel with the two ladies, it's all because the younger ones are ignorant, let's go see Sister Lan'er." (To be continued.) )