On the third day of the ninth lunar month, from the time of the morning, the door of Anyuan Bofu was wide open, and there was an endless stream of sedan chairs in front of the door, and the luxurious and exquisite eight-person sedan chair was directly lifted from the gate to the front of the second gate. The mother-in-law waiting in the concierge knew that these ladies and ladies had come to attend the ceremony of the fifth lady in the house, because the fourth master had ordered them down in the morning, and they were very respectful to these distinguished guests.

Seeing that the two o'clock in the hour, the carriage and horses are gradually thinning, the mother-in-law who guards the door estimates that the time is almost up, and is about to close the door, when he sees three green silk sedan chairs in front of the door, the mother-in-law who guards the door sees that the three sedan chairs are half-old, and they are not luxurious at all, so they have a sluggish heart, and when they hear that they are coming to participate in the ceremony of the cousin girl in the house, they suddenly have a better face, and waved their hands: "This gate is going to be closed, you go in through the corner gate!" After speaking, without waiting for the servant woman on the other side to say anything more, she slammed the door shut.

The maid who came with the sedan chair was so angry that her face turned white, and she ran to the first sedan chair, and said aggrievedly: "Madam, the people in this house are so rude, and the sedan chairs of those ladies in front of them are all carried in from this gate, so let's go through the corner gate?" ”

I heard a voice from the sedan chair say, "Then let's go in through the corner door." His voice was soft, and he couldn't hear the slightest anger.

When the three sedan chairs entered from the right corner door, and went to the front of the second door, Mama Du took the orange and sweet orange to see that it was three sedan chairs, first stunned, and then hurriedly stepped forward, and when she saw clearly the face of the lady who came down from the first sedan chair, she was simply stunned in the good, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, and she wanted to salute, but she saw that the lady shook her head at her, and her eyes were full of smiles.

At this time, Mrs. Huang also came over and said: "Mrs. Shen, this is Miss Zhou's upbringing Mama Du, Mama Du, this is Mrs. Shen, because she and the deceased Master Zhou are also distant relatives, I heard that Miss Zhou did the ceremony today, so I wanted to come to watch the ceremony, because of the rush of time, I didn't have time to care about your girl's post, so I brought her directly today with a thick face, and please don't be surprised!" ”

How dare Mama Du be surprised, it was too late to rejoice in her heart, she thought that most of the people in this sedan chair would be Mrs. Zeng, but she never imagined that it would be this lady who deigned to come, and she didn't want to reveal her identity, so she also called Mrs. Shen and said a blessing.

In the third sedan chair was a girl, dressed in a willow yellow shirt and skirt, and seeing that she was in the prime of her life, she was walking up to Mrs. Huang and shouting, "Auntie! ”

"This is my niece Liuniang, half a month ago I was looking forward to today, a vigorous complaint that the sun is going too slowly, how is it not the third day of the ninth month, she is the first time to give people praise, if there is anything inappropriate, please forgive one or two!" Mrs. Huang said with a smile.

Mama Du hurriedly said: "Madame is too humble, you and Miss can come to be the guests and praisers of my girl, we are already grateful!" ”

She was hesitating whether to take these guests to see Mrs. Tai first, so she heard Mrs. Shen say: "I heard that today is also the day of a girl in this mansion to perform and pay a ceremony, and there are many distinguished guests, and I want to come to Mrs. Tai's place is overwhelming, so we might as well go to Miss Zhou's place first, and then go to see Mrs. Tai after the ceremony." ”

Mama Du took the three of them to the Qiutang Courtyard, and the ceremony of picking the rose was held in a hall in this courtyard. Although the place is a little small, fortunately there are not many people who come to watch the ceremony, except for Aunt Zhao's mother and daughter, Mrs. Huang and her niece, Mrs. Shen.

Although her eldest aunt Mrs. Changping Hou went to her niece Yifei, she didn't forget Caiwei, her niece, and sent her daughter-in-law and the third young grandmother over, Yihui wanted to come, but unfortunately her mother thought about it again and again, and still let her go to Yifei's place to watch the ceremony, and ordered Yifen to come to Caiwei.

Mrs. Shen's eyes swept slightly, and when she saw that there were only a few figures in the room, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Looking closely at the expression of Cai Wei who came to greet her, she couldn't see the slightest displeasure and sadness on her face, her eyes were as clear as water, and her cherry lips were slightly smiling, radiant and radiant. Looking at his words and deeds, manners, movements and demeanor, he has a good charm and is different from the others.

Zhou Caiwei was also surprised when she saw Mrs. Shen, although this lady was dressed normally, her bearing was by no means very comparable, how could she not know that her father had such a distant relative?

An auspicious time is approaching, Cai Wei and everyone said goodbye, went to the back hall to change into clothes, ready for the first ceremony, one time three plus the ceremony, everyone used the things of the rice, because Cai Wei's parents are mourning, it is necessary to take the word for Cai Wei by the guest.

Mrs. Huang got up and said with a smile: "I am the least good at choosing words and names here, it is better to ask Mrs. Shen to pick up words for you, she is your father's distant relative, and it is more appropriate to be related to you!" ”

Mrs. Shen didn't shirk either, and after a little hesitation, she read out two words, "Mu Quzhi is also soft, and vanilla is Zhizhi, so how about using the word 'Rouzhi' as the girl's small character?" ”

When Cai Wei heard it, she remembered that her name came from "The Book of Poetry Xiaoya", there is a sentence, "Cai Wei Cai Wei, Wei Yi is soft", it seems that this Mrs. Shen must have read this poem for three hundred, otherwise, she would never have taken these two words for her. The word "Rouzhi" won her heart, and she thanked her with a smile.

At this time, it was almost noon, and Mrs. Tai also sent Mama Wang over and invited all the guests to the Qing'an Hall in the main courtyard to attend the banquet.

Mama Du hurriedly looked at Mrs. Shen, and saw that she had walked out with Mrs. Huang, and she couldn't figure out what this distinguished guest was planning for a while, so she hesitated again and again, but still didn't tell Cai Wei her true identity.

When they arrived at the door of Qing'an Hall, they were about to go to greet Mrs. Tai first, when suddenly a big red figure blocked in front of them, and they heard the man laugh and said: "Cousin Wei, why did you come here so late, cousin wants to go and say hello to the old lady first, I advise my cousin to go over later, the old lady is now talking with Mrs. Zuo Xiang and Mrs. Dingxi Houtai, cousin is going, don't you disturb, it's better to wait a little longer." ”

After Yi Fei finished speaking, he pointed to a remote corner on the right and said, "Because there are too many distinguished guests who have come to my side to watch the ceremony today, only the two seats left here are good for entertaining my cousin's distinguished guests." The aunt will lead the three sisters to the table first, and the cousin has already asked the old lady to be safe, so she might as well sit down first. ”

After inviting a few of his relatives away, Yi Fei swept his eyes and saw that there were only three outsiders standing there, so he smiled and said: "Before, I was afraid that there were only eight seats left, I was afraid that it would be too few, in case I couldn't entertain my cousin's distinguished guests, what should I do?" I don't want to ......, this is exactly a table for four people, and I actually this heart in vain! With that, he covered his handkerchief and giggled.

When she had laughed enough, she said, "I never imagined that such a distinguished guest would come to my door today to participate in my ceremony." My cousin doesn't know if he wants to come, but the people who came to watch the ceremony today are not only our family's family friends, but also those who are good friends with Xiangfu and Dingxi Houfu. In addition to Mrs. Zuo Xiang and Mrs. Dingxi Hou, there are also three Mrs. Hou, five Mrs. Bo, four first-class Mrs. Hou, and eight second-grade Mrs. Hou! ”

She proudly reported the names of a lot of high-ranking ladies in Beijing, showed off her life, and asked Cai Wei again, "I don't know which VIPs from my cousin's side came to watch the ceremony, and my cousin didn't introduce me to the ceremony?" ”

Cai Wei smiled faintly and said with a calm expression: "This is Aunt Huang, Li Shilang's wife, who is my guest today, this is my father's distant relative, Mrs. Shen, and this Miss Huang is Mrs. Huang's niece, and she is also my praiser today." Then he said: "My cousin is the fifth lady in the fourth room of this uncle's house, and today is also a good day for her and Lu." ”

Mrs. Huang's name, Yi Fei had heard of it before, and knew that she was just a lady of a third-grade waiter, how to look at it.

As for this Mrs. Shen, in Yifei's opinion, although she is also a middle-aged beauty, the jacket skirt on her body is not old, and she is not a first-class good material, she only wears a silver silk mustache on her head, and a few simple gold and jade jewelry are inserted on it. After saying that, he turned around and walked in front first.

Cai Wei hurriedly apologized to the two ladies Huang and Shen quietly: "My cousin's words and deeds are rude, please forgive the two ladies, she has been this temperament since she was a child, and please don't worry about her in general." ”

Mrs. Shen smiled silently, but Mrs. Huang glanced at Mrs. Shen, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face.

Yi Fei led a few people to the front of Mrs. Tai's seat, and deliberately said loudly: "Old lady, these 'distinguished guests' are all here to attend Cousin Zhou's ceremony. She deliberately put the word "distinguished guest" in a heavy tone, just to attract the ladies who came to see her cousin and the ceremony, and there were only a few female dependents, and they were not very good on the stage.

Mrs. Tai turned her head to look over, and saw that there were only three female guests around Cai Wei, and she couldn't help but feel guilty in her heart, because Mrs. Shen had some eyes, so she took a few more looks, and under this look, she felt that this face seemed to be a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

Before she could remember, Zuo Xiang's wife, Sun, who was sitting on her left, had already exclaimed, "Isn't this the princess of Yingchuan?" How did you get here? ”