Chapter Twenty-Six: The Great Birthday
A family banquet was in a lively atmosphere, and the guests and hosts ended happily.
After Wu Tianrou returned to Yunxiang Courtyard, the time was already in the right moment.
Fortunately, Cuiqin had already boiled all the bath water, and after Wu Tianrou took a comfortable hot bath, she changed into loose home clothes and pulled up her long half-wet hair loosely at will. Leaned back on the chaise longue, picked up a travelogue and flipped through it.
"Miss, what can I do if I don't dry my hair, it's already autumn, and I'm suffering from the wind and headache again!"
As she spoke, Mother Wu's hands were not idle, so she quickly took a clean cloth towel and gently wiped her hair for Wu Tianrou.
Feeling the gentle movements on her head, Wu Tianrou didn't make a sound, but just raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
The bright moon breeze, the pleasant fragrance of flowers, and the warm candlelight in the house, the whole Yunxiang Courtyard is shrouded in a warm and pleasant atmosphere......
On September 23, the 69th year of Mizusawa, the weather was wonderfully good, and the sky was clear and sunny under the crisp autumn air.
The Prime Minister's Mansion Wu family has been lively since the beginning of the Mao Dynasty. As early as the day before, the scaffolding in the courtyard of the palace was erected, and red silk and red lanterns were hung everywhere, and the big red shou characters were pasted all over the walls and windows, and there was joy everywhere.
The subordinates of the Wu family, regardless of their status, were all issued with new clothes, which were worn by Mrs. Wu on her 60th birthday today.
At this time, all of them were dressed in new clothes, and the whole house seemed to be orderly and festive, and the people were all in good spirits and full of joy.
Since the beginning of the time, there have been relatives and friends of the Wu family, and Wu Yunyang's colleagues in the court, so in front of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, all kinds of cars and horses have stopped, so it is not lively.
Fortunately, the Wu family holds a birthday banquet for the old lady every year, and they are used to this kind of scene, so they have already arranged for the little maid to guide the carriage in front of the door. The only difference is that there are more people coming this year.
The guests who came were all familiar with the rules, and when they got off the carriage, they would tell the coachman to come and pick them up on time, and there was no need to stay in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion to block the road.
All the qiē was going on in an orderly manner, and Wu Tianrou also got up early, and accompanied Mrs. Wu to receive the ladies and ladies of the palace in the flower hall of the inner courtyard.
Sitting at the table and talking to the ladies of the mansion for a while, Wu Tianrou picked up the teacup and drank a sip of water, moistening her throat that was a little dry.
While drinking tea, Wu Tianrou glanced at the tables in the flower hall as if casually, and found that each table was almost full, and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.
This flower hall is not small, there are six tables in it, all of them are full of people at this time, all of them are young ladies from various provinces, entertained by Wu Tingrou and Wu Tingcheng, drinking tea and eating snacks.
In the water pavilion on the side, there are also six slightly smaller tables, where the ladies from each prefecture are sitting, and Wu Tianhua and Wu Tianqiu are entertaining them.
As for the ladies of each province, they had tea and rested in another flower hall, and were entertained by Mrs. Wu, her aunt and two aunts.
Over the years, to celebrate Mrs. Wu's birthday, these relatives, friends, and officialdom colleagues will only bring their sons and daughters at most, and often most of the time they just come by themselves. This time, not only the whole family came, but even the concubines brought it, there was nothing interesting in it, and Wu Tianrou would not believe it if she killed her.
Looking at a room of warblers, swallows, flowers, red and willow green, Wu Tianrou lowered her eyelids slightly, hiding the mockery in her eyes.
The charm of the prince is great! It has attracted so many women to come, but I don't know where the "flowers" will fall after all?
"Hasn't the hour come yet? When will it start? I said you can't eat less, the makeup is spent, what does it look like! ”
An impatient voice came from the side, Wu Tianrou looked sideways slightly, and found that it was Sun Yueru, the young lady of Sun Shilang's family, who was talking.
She frowned and waved her hand at the slightly obese girl next to her, as if she was very disgusted to sit with each other.
"Whose lady is this?"
Wu Tianrou turned her head and asked a young lady beside her softly.
"Did Miss Wu ask the fat man who ate? She is the daughter of Du Shilang's family, her name is Du Rong, and she is a foodie! But she's a nice person. ”
Listening to the words of the young lady beside her, Wu Tianrou nodded slightly, and looked in the direction where the voice came from.
I saw Sun Yueru jump up and stare at Du Rong, who was slightly dumbfounded.
"You know how to eat, eat, eat! You see, the grape juice has been splashed on my body, this dress was specially made for today, but the master of the Splendid Workshop personally sewed it! ”
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, and besides, you can't see anything in the purple clothes you are wearing."
The chubby Du Rong smiled innocently and stood up embarrassedly, as if she wanted to help wipe Sun Yueru's clothes.
"Stop, don't come here! Don't look at my own hands, it's all juice and pastry crumbs, don't stain my clothes again. Away from me, go and sit somewhere else. ”
Raising her hand to stop Du Rong from approaching, Sun Yueru looked at her with disgust.
Du Rong withdrew her hand in embarrassment, turned her head to look around, but found that everyone quickly turned their heads when she looked over, afraid that she would sit next to them.
"Miss Du, please come and sit down here."
Wu Tianrou stood up, smiled and beckoned to Du Rong, who was a little overwhelmed, and then motioned for Cuiqin to step forward and helped her to the outside of the flower hall, a few places on the side. There are two chairs here, which can seat just two people, so Wu Tianrou sat down with her.
"Cuizhi, go get some tea fruits. Cuiping, pour tea. ”
Commanding the maid, Wu Tianrou turned her eyes to look at Du Rong, who was a little stiff.
"Oh yes, I almost forgot about it. Cuiqin, fetch water to clean Miss Du's hands. ”
"Don't bother, don't bother, let's let Xiaoxiao go fetch water."
Du Rong, who finally reacted, waved her hand embarrassedly, and at the same time hurriedly asked the little girl who had been following her to go out to help Cuiqin fetch water and clean her hands.
After Du Rong finished cleaning his hands, the hot tea and a few colors of tea fruits were also placed.
"Please, Miss Du, I see that you seem to be hungry, you can eat some tea fruits to cushion your stomach first, and then the banquet will be held later, don't eat too much and can't eat the banquet."
Laughing, Wu Tianrou pushed the tea fruit to Du Rong.
"Hehe, thank you Miss Wu, I haven't eaten since last night, I'm really hungry."
Embarrassedly smiled at Wu Tianrou, Du Rong was unpretentious, and generously picked up the tea fruit and ate it. Her little maid was small, and she was also taken outside to eat snacks by Wu Tianrou at the signal of Cuizhi.