Chapter 33: Aunt and Cousin
With the golden sun, the carriage leading to the palace gradually increased, and when they arrived at the palace gate, all the officials and their families got out of the carriage, some officials talked to each other, and there were also ladies and ladies who whispered in twos and threes, waiting for the inspection and release of the palace people in front.
Lin Zhiyu followed behind the second aunt, got out of the carriage, and saw a young girl in Tsing Yi palace clothes walking towards him in front of him, who seemed to be a little similar to her uncle, very dignified and elegant, and guessed in her heart that it should be her cousin Zuo Zhaoyan, whom she had never met.
"Sister, you're here too!" greeted Lin Zhuyu, and prepared to approach as he spoke.
I haven't seen her for a long time, my sister seems to have grown taller, and she exudes a feeling of not wanting to be approached, as soon as the sensitive girl approached Lin Zhuyu, she felt that her sister seemed to be different from the last time she met.
"Hello sister."
Lin Zhuyu retreated without a trace, and rejected the intimacy of his cousin in front of him, after all, when they met for the first time, Lin Zhuyu didn't want to be too close, so it was better to be careful.
I think it should be my aunt behind me. Seeing my cousin coming, I said a few words to a few ladies and also came over, dressed in a dark red life dress, medium stature, fair cheeks, smiling, doting eyes, looking at my cousin and myself, looking at it makes people have an urge to get close.
"Mother, my sister hasn't been to the house for a long time, can I do it tonight?"
"Don't mess around with Yan'er, my sister just returned to the capital, so I still have to rest tonight."
The aunt stroked her cousin's green silk, and stretched out her hand to pull Lin Zhiyu over, but this time Lin Zhiyu did not refuse, and let her aunt wrap herself in her arms.
"I heard your uncle say that he ran away to Jiangnan alone, but did he suffer?"
I saw a little surprise in my aunt's eyes, but more pity was there.
"Mrs. Zuo, are these a few ladies of the Lin Xiang family?" I don't know when I turned around from behind me a slightly fat, tall middle-aged woman, navy blue brocade dress, and the golden hairpin on her head walked with a bell, Lin Zhiyu looked at the smirk on this lady's face and had no good feelings.
Not only asked about himself who was still in the ring by his aunt, but also asked him with the sister and sister who were standing on the side.
"I've seen Madame."
Without waiting for her aunt to answer, the sister who was standing on the side seemed to be in a hurry to show herself, and leaned sideways and made a very well-behaved but coquettish greeting no matter how she looked at it.
"This young lady is a clever man." Passing over herself in her aunt's arms, the woman began to look at her sister-in-law.
"This lady is good, this is the daughter of the concubine, the eldest lady of Lin Xiangfu." The second aunt hurriedly stepped forward to answer, and at the same time moved out of her father's backer.
"Yo, then I think Mrs. is the second aunt in the house? It's better to see it for a long time! ”
is completely sarcastic, and because of his height, he looks down on an inferior slave and maid, and he completely looks down on his second aunt's background. But also, who in this capital doesn't know that there is no main room in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is all run by an aunt.
The second aunt blushed suddenly, and couldn't hold back a word for a long time. On the other hand, Sister Shu also had a look of resentment on her face, but this anger seemed to be directed at her mother.
"Mrs. Lin is leisurely, why didn't she bring her daughter to the palace banquet today?"
Seeing that Mrs. Lin was speaking so aggressively, my aunt thought that her niece was under the hands of the second aunt after all, and she was unwilling, so she had to give the second aunt a little bit of thin noodles, so she spoke out to solve the siege.
"Our delicate girl has always been wild, and I'm afraid I'm going to follow Lord Yang's daughter at this time!"
When it comes to her daughter, this Mrs. Lin is finally not so strong, with the love of a mother on her face.
"Who in this capital doesn't know the two daughters of Lord Shangshu Lin of the Ministry of Household and Lord Yang of the Ministry of War, but they are famous for their talented female sisters, not to mention that they are delicate, and their good poems are even more out of reach of my family."
"Mrs. Zuo, you are complimenting, the noble girl is a princess to read, and her grade is in her body, how can my Jiao'er compare!"
Mrs. Lin said flatteringly with a sour face. Although his daughter is famous in the ocean, but at the same time, the six departments are officials in the same dynasty, and his husband does not have to be a secretary of the ministry. Look at yourself again, my sister is already a concubine in the palace, but not only has her husband's official position not been promoted, but she doesn't even have a commandment, and she feels very unfair in her heart!
"Mrs. Lin is going to break the smoke when she says this, but she is from a little daughter's family, and she can't be on the stage." My aunt naturally excused herself.
It turns out that my cousin is a princess to read, no wonder she is dressed in palace clothes, she looks very dignified and elegant at a young age, and she has a generous temperament when she walks and does things.
At this time, there seemed to be movement in front of them, and the palace people came one by one to lead the officials and ministers to the palace banquet, and the relatives of the officials were also taken by the female officials in the palace to the queen's banquet palace.
Lin Zhiyu naturally followed his aunt, and the second aunt followed behind him, unhurriedly. Sister Shu seems to have lost a little temper, and it seems that she has lowered her identity with the second aunt and her party, and there is a helpless sister who can't press it down with Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials.
The female officer led the way steadily in front of her, answering the questions of the ladies around her from time to time, with a kind face.
"Lady official, I don't know if the queen's mother is still holding a banquet in Langcui Pavilion today?" Walking to the right of the female officer, a nobleman in a dark purple costume who looked a little older but was quite well maintained asked, and it seemed that he often attended palace banquets.
"Auntie, who is this lady?" Lin Zhiyu asked in a low voice with curiosity, after all, if you want to gain a foothold in this capital, this lady must figure out which lady must figure it out, and it is best to have some friendship.
"This is Mrs. Hu, the Chinese scholar, and the biological mother of the concubine in the palace." My aunt probably hadn't heard it yet, and when my cousin saw Lin Zhuyu attending the palace banquet for the first time, she was naturally very unfamiliar, but she was enthusiastic and whispered a reminder.
"Oh, who was talking to my aunt before?" Lin Zhuyu secretly pointed with his finger at Mrs. Lin, who was walking on the right side of her aunt with her toes high.
"She, it's still your father's distant relative, He's wife, you don't have to pay attention to her, just follow Yan'er when you get to the palace!" My aunt happened to hear it and whispered, she was also afraid that this only niece would enter the palace for the first time and go out of the pool.
"Concubine Hui's sister-in-law in the palace!" The cousin added.
Why does this emperor always like to harm the children of his ministers? The points that Lin Zhuyu got in his heart were always different from others. But think about it, the emperor needs to consolidate his rule, so marriage must be the least costly way. Naturally, there are beauties and folk women sent from all over the palace in the palace, but I am afraid that they will not live long in this harem that eats people and does not spit out bones.
"I don't see any kinship! Can that cousin talk about the queen concubine in the palace? Seeing that his cousin was very enthusiastic, Lin Zhuyu stuck out his tongue mischievously and asked innocently.
Last time in the other garden, Lin Shangshu looked like he didn't know his father at all, and he wanted to ruin his reputation, he was not a good person at first glance, and this He family was definitely not a good person.