In the evening of the same day, as soon as Linglong returned to the yard, her mother beckoned her over and said with a smile:

"Linglong, good news, in the afternoon, the old lady sent someone to pass the word, saying that on the tenth birthday of the county lord of Nanyang in a few days, the eldest princess is going to hold a banquet in the princess's mansion, and asked if you are going?

Linglong, go reads;! Such a good opportunity, I can meet a lot of people, in the future, we will settle down in the capital, and it is not possible to support without an acquaintance, not to mention that we may be able to meet your aunt and uncle at the banquet! ”

"Mother, do you want to go?"

"Yes! How don't you want to? I think that when our sisters were not out of the cabinet, they looked forward to the banquet invitation every day, but unfortunately my father's official position was not enough, and he could not participate much, and he was often neglected when he went, alas! ”

"Mother, do you still want to go?"

"Of course I think about it, silly boy, this kind of banquet is not for everyone, it is a great honor to be able to go, and only when you go will you have the opportunity to enter their circle and have the opportunity to make more friends.

For example, if your father or I had been a little more popular, it would have been easy to come back.

By the way, Linglong, I heard that the eldest princess and the Guogong Mansion are cousins and sisters, Mrs. Liang will definitely go, you must show yourself well in front of Mrs. Liang, if you have the opportunity, by the way, mention your father's matter, as long as Mrs. Liang relaxes, your father will be able to return to Beijing soon! ”

Linglong was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Do you want me to say it? Didn't Grandpa say that he would mention it to Grandpa Guo? ”

"Silly boy, it's one thing for your grandfather to mention it, it's another thing for you to mention it, you worry about your father's affairs, people won't say anything about you but think you're filial, and moreover. If Grandpa Guo can't pay attention for a while, and Mrs. blows a pillow wind, wouldn't it be better to do things? ”

Linglong glanced at her mother, but she didn't expect that when she also had a bright brain, why didn't she use this mind to deal with the old lady?

Song glanced at her: "Stinky girl, what kind of eyes are you?" Do you take your mother for a fool? ”

Linglong tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Mother, people didn't say anything!" Just go. I didn't say no. ”

"Good. We have to prepare well, by the way, Mrs. Liang sent so many fabrics. Let's make a few new clothes, your previous jewelry is also old, wait for Ming'er to take it for your mother to melt and re-make a few new ones, and ......"

Mother muttered and muttered. Linglong touched the post in his sleeve and wanted to show it to his mother. That's it, the old lady sent someone to inform her that she must follow the old lady when the time comes, and a post is enough. I still don't take this one out, so as not to let Zhu Lingxuan know that she is looking for trouble again.

Linglong returned to the house, feeling irritable. She thought about it, and she definitely couldn't avoid this trip to the princess's mansion. What's more, there is a next time to avoid this time, you can't hide every time, right?

Most of the news of her engagement to Liang Chenjing has spread all over the city, otherwise the eldest princess would not have personally posted to herself, I don't know how many people are waiting to see her jokes? When the time comes, I will see Mrs. Liang......

Linglong was nervous when he thought about it, called Gui Ying and Guilan over, and carefully asked Mrs. Liang about her preferences, important relatives of the Liang family, families close to the Liang family, and so on.

Early the next morning, his mother Song picked up cloth and took Linglong out of the house to make clothes.

Although there are embroidery girls in Su Mansion, I heard that they are busy making new clothes for the old lady and several ladies and misses, and most of the Linglong mothers and daughters are too late, not to mention that they must look at people's faces when they are invited to do things.

Linglong has no objection to this, after all, so many people are watching, it is too cold, not only is he faceless, but the Liang Mansion is not satisfied.

According to Gui Ying, the most famous embroidery workshop in the capital is called Wucai Fang, the clothes in it are fashionable, the embroidery is new and exquisite, and the big families in the capital like to go there to order clothes, and even Mrs. Liang will go to order a few pieces every year.

Song's hearing that there will be no objections, Wucaifang is Wucaifang, we brought our own fabrics, but the cutting wages are not enough, there should not be much silver, of course, this is just my mother Song's own thoughts.

Wucaifang is in an alley on the side of the second street in the south of the city, and the location is not conspicuous, but before they reached the alley, they saw a long queue of carriages in front of them.

Linglong asked Gui Ying to ask, it is said that these are all custom-made clothes from Wucaifang, and they have to wait in line.

Seeing so many people waiting at the door with silver in their hands, Linglong's eyes were very greedy: "Gui Ying, is the business of this colorful workshop always so good?" ”

"No, every time there is a big event or a New Year's festival in Beijing, you have to queue up here, and you don't usually use it."

"That'...... How much does it cost to make a dress? ”

"This is not necessarily, there are expensive and cheap, the lowest is ten taels of silver, and the highest is ...... For example, the set made by the eldest princess last year cost 2,000 taels of silver. ”

"Two thousand taels! My God, even if it is changed to gold, it will weigh one or two hundred pounds on the body, right? ”

Gui Ying and Zhishu Zhihua both burst out laughing, and Zhishu smiled: "Miss, the things of big families are not counted like that. ”

Gui Ying nodded: "Yes, Miss, although our lady is usually thrifty, she is never stingy when it comes to major events. ”

Linglong thought about it and nodded again and again: "It makes sense, it is worthy of Mrs. Liang!" ”

Gui Ying was a little proud: "Our lady has a lot of truths, and the slave maid occasionally listens to one or two sentences and feels that it is extremely useful." ”

"Really? Can your wife go into business? ”

"No! Madame never cared about business, but she knew what business was in the house, and studied everything. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"For example, if there is a jade workshop in the house, Mrs. will spend time studying all kinds of jade, and when the house opens a ready-to-wear workshop, Mrs. will spend a few months studying the cutting of clothes and fabrics, although our lady is not in business, but she knows a lot of things, so the lord has always respected her, and she will consult Mrs. if there is any major event in the house!"

Linglong was surprised when she heard this, she didn't expect Mrs. Liang to be so powerful, this is not just a virtuous helper, if you put it in modern times, she is definitely a top strong woman, it should be good to be a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with such a person, right? Only that Liang Chenjing is too much of an eyesore.

"Miss, look, the carriage of the Miao Mansion!" Zhihua suddenly shouted, and Linglong and the others were startled.

She lifted the curtain to look, and happened to look at Miao Dandan, who was also lifting the curtain and looking out, both of them were stunned, Miao Dandan glanced to the side, it should be looking at the sign on the carriage.

The look of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she asked the coachman to stop, the two carriages happened to be side by side, and Miao Dandan stared at Linglong with a scrutinizing gaze: "Second Miss Su? ”

"Yes, Miss Miao reads;!"

"How many times have we met?"

Linglong pursed her lips and didn't answer, she didn't want to mention the first time they met, when she was hit by her carriage and flew away, making a mess, at that time she asked Liang Chenyu to compensate herself for a few clothes, and she still felt that this young lady was beautiful and kind-hearted, but it turned out to be completely different! Knowing about her and Liang Chenjing was even more contemptuous to her.

"Second Miss Su, I heard that you have only been in Beijing from Jiangzhou for a few days?"

"It's been more than half a month, right?"

"Really? Can I adapt to coming to Beijing? ”

"It's fine!"

"Ah, by the way, I suddenly remembered, half a month ago, at the gate of Qianzhuang, my coachman was reckless and accidentally bumped into a young lady, similar to Miss Su Er!"

Look, she really wanted to say this, Linglong felt very uncomfortable, "Miss Miao, are you going to Wucaifang too?" ”

"Yes, I made a few clothes a few days ago, and I didn't feel very satisfied, so I wanted to ask the master to change them. Oh, by the way, I bumped into that young lady on the way to make clothes last time, Miss Su Er, it can't be you, right? ”

Linglong smiled brightly, and she mentioned it three times and twice, knowing that it was me who deliberately asked, "Does Miss Miao still want to compensate me?" ”

Miao Dandan pretended to be surprised and said: "It's really you!" It didn't hurt you, did it? Oops, I'm really sorry, I saw that you were dressed ordinarily, and you didn't even have a maid by your side, and you were rampage on the street, and I thought it was an ignorant maid, so I didn't care about it at the time, I knew that I would go down to make amends to the second lady in person. ”

Scolding me for being an ignorant maid? This little hoof! Linglong breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and several maids next to her were a little dumbfounded, especially Gui Ying, Miss Miao has always been gentle and lovely in her heart, but have you ever seen her ridicule others?

Linglong took a breath secretly, and the smile on his face was still bright: "If Miss Miao wants to make amends, it's okay now, I don't mind!" ”

The smile on Miao Dandan's face froze, "Second Miss is really good at laughing." ”

"I'm not joking, do you want Miss Miao to come down?"

There was an inexplicable smell of gunpowder between the two, and although they both had smiles on their faces, the eyes of both sides were not like that. Gui Ying was a little anxious, these two young ladies will be the young ladies of the Liang Mansion in the future, this is the street, there are so many ladies and ladies from rich and noble families in front, it would be terrible if they were pinched here!

But Miao Dandan knew her, she didn't dare to show up, so she could only hide in the corner of the carriage and secretly give Zhishu Zhihua a look, and Zhishu pulled Linglong's sleeve: "Miss, the convoy in front is moving, you sit down." ”

Miao Dandan glanced ahead and smiled slightly: "Does Miss Su Er still have to line up?" I have a VIP jade card, if Miss Su Er doesn't mind, I can take you in. ”

"No need, I'm not in a hurry, I have time."

"Okay, just wait! Maybe when I come out, you haven't arrived yet, and then I'll talk to Miss Su Er a few words. Miao Dandan smiled and waved to Linglong, put down the curtain lightly and left.

Linglong was so angry that he threw down the curtain and scolded in a low voice: "It's really unlucky! Is she everywhere? ”

Seeing that the carriage of the Miao Mansion was gone, Gui Ying breathed a relaxed sigh, and she could hear the conversation between the two clearly: "Miss, are you very familiar with Miss Miao?" (To be continued)