Chapter 210: Celebration Banquet (8)
A real lady from a big family, how can she be so careless if she loses her personal accessories? The niece's words made Mrs. Lu's face not know where to put it, she coughed dryly, and reprimanded her a little unhappily: "How can you say that you can't find the things in your daughter's house, even if you buy ordinary goods in a ready-to-wear store, you should find them back." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The eldest lady is ostensibly teaching her niece, but in fact she is excusing her, after all, this matter is not big, and it is not small, if it is picked up by a foreign man, it is really impossible to say.
Among the two sisters, my sister and aunt were the most intimate, and I understood what she meant as soon as I heard it, so I replied along the way: "Yes, the sachet was bought at the Li Ji ready-to-wear store on Xianggui Road, and my sister and I love calligraphy, so we put some paper on paper for copying calligraphy on weekdays, which is really not a big thing." ”
"Huh...... It's okay if it's not important," Zhihua breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head and ordered the maid who sent them back: "But even if it's not important, it's Miss Wang's thing after all, Danlu, you will definitely let them look carefully in a while, but don't be careless because of this." ”
Not only did she breathe a sigh of relief, but so did Sister Wang. I thought that the matter would be revealed like this, but the maid named Danlu received the order, not only did not carry it out, but stayed in place with a look of embarrassment.
"Why don't you go yet?" Zhihua made a straight face and urged unhappily.
Danlu "pounced" and knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again: "The princess, it's not that the slaves and maids disobeyed, it's just that when Miss Wang asked the slaves and maids to help find the sachet, she clearly said that the sachet contained a jade pendant, and the slave was stupid, and I didn't know which sentence to listen to her." In case they find only paper and no jade pendants inside, the two distinguished guests will blame them, and the slaves and maids really can't afford to bear the guilt. ”
Although Danlu was vague and deliberately concealed Shen Ze's master and servant, what she said was also the truth, the Wang sisters did claim to have lost a jade pendant at the beginning, and said that it was given by the elders. Therefore, when Danlu pointed it out at this time, it was difficult for them to deny it.
My sister was still in a hurry, and in an instant she found a plausible excuse: "Uh...... My sister usually uses it to hold paper notes, but when I went out today, the rope of the jade pendant on my body was broken, so I could only put it in my sister's sachet. So my sister didn't think about it all at once. ”
Zhihua smiled patiently, "It's okay, it's good to think about it now." You can also describe that piece of jade pendant to Danlu, she has a good memory, she can remember. ”
Miss Wang couldn't, so she had to rack her brains and say a few characteristics randomly, and finally sent the solid-eyed Danlu away.
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After three rounds of wine, the banquet was coming to an end, and the guests who had eaten and drunk were respectfully invited to move to Xianglan Pavilion.
Xianglan Pavilion is built in the middle of the artificially dug lake in the Weiwang Mansion, although it is named Pavilion, it is actually a water pavilion, covering a wide area, and at the same time accommodating hundreds of people without being crowded at all. Everyone sits here, and the cool breeze blows in the light lotus fragrance, driving away the heat caused by the upsurge of wine, which is extremely comfortable.
Zhihua was surrounded and sat upright on the main seat, surrounded by some older ladies sorted by generation, the youngest was Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but she stared intently at the open space in the center specially vacated for the performance of the daughters, as if she was looking forward to it, and Zhihua was not easy to disturb.
Look at Minyi again. Her seat was at the head of Princess Yan, one of them was arrogant, the other was preoccupied, and compared to their guests, they seemed more and more maverick.
Today is really not a good time to care about her girlfriends, Zhihua sighed secretly, looked away and looked around the entire Xianglan Pavilion, and saw that the guests were almost there, so she nodded at Bai Lan and signaled for the show to begin.
In fact, to be honest, the talents that these daughters have worked hard to come and go are nothing more than a few things, everyone is cultivated in their boudoirs, and many performances actually have similarities. Zhihua felt bored after watching a few scenes, if it weren't for Chunxi quietly handing over a refreshing handkerchief smeared with ginger juice in time, she would have to doze off.
If the order of the performance is reported to the host family before the banquet, it will be sorted according to the family lineage; But if it is a temporary rise to come, there are no special circumstances and it will generally be put last, after all, everything has a first come, first come. The dozen or so girls brought by the Lu family today seriously extended the performance time, and the family spent so much money to send them in, in order to show off their skills at this moment and attract the attention of nobles. Therefore, no one is willing to miss this opportunity.
In order to dispel the sleepiness and not lose her temper, Zhihua had no choice but to talk to a few old ladies around her who rarely interacted with each other. In fact, some of these old people also want to take a nap, and some people talk to them, but they can't ask for it.
After Zhihua served tea, today's celebration banquet was officially announced to be a perfect ending, and the guests said goodbye one after another.
At this time, a maid came panting, holding a blue object in her hand, and shouted excitedly: "Miss Wang, your things have been found." ”
In the midst of a farewell voice, this cry is really eye-catching. All the young ladies surnamed Wang subconsciously looked at their waists, and at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief and aroused curiosity, which daughter with the same surname as them was so careless. In addition, there are many good ladies who have also deliberately slowed down the pace of leaving.
"Shouting and screaming, what kind of system!" Zhihua reprimanded without pain before asking, "Is Miss Wang's sachet found?" ”
"Hmm!" Danxia nodded heavily, raised the bag in her hand and waved it at the Wang sisters: "Miss Wang, is this what you lost?" ”
After a long talent show, the two sisters had long forgotten the little episode that had happened before, thinking that those subordinates would give up if they couldn't find it, but they never thought that there would be extraneous branches.
My sister took the bag and was surprised to see that its characteristics were exactly the same as what she and her sister had described.
To admit it or not to admit it? Both sisters were in a bit of a quandary. Glimpsing the aunt's impatient frown, the most unstable sister gritted her teeth and took the lead in making a decision. "That's right, that's the one we lost."
thought that they would be able to get out after admitting it, but who knew that the development of the situation was another step beyond their expectations.
"Didn't the two young ladies say before that the sachet still contained jade pendants and ink treasures? This concubine is most interested in calligraphy and painting, I wonder if you can see it? ”
The princess smiled kindly, but the eldest lady of the Wang family only felt a chill rising from the bottom of her heart, and cold sweat instantly soaked her clothes. As soon as he mustered up the courage to say a "no", he was rudely interrupted by his aunt.
"Why don't you thank the princess for her advice?" Mrs. Lu, who didn't know what was going on, only thought that Zhihua deliberately gave herself face, and wanted to help her niece and niece, but who knew that these two things who didn't know how to lift would dare to refuse, and their noses would be crooked.
She snatched the bag from her eldest niece and handed it to Zhihua, and said with a smile: "The princess's attainments in calligraphy are well known, and it is really a great blessing for them to have your guidance." (To be continued.) )