Chapter 20: The Spring Feast

If you talk about the nearest capital, the most popular person, it is undoubtedly the second girl of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, who is now the Fengming Dance of the Yunyang County Lord by the emperor.

Although he suffered a little loss under Feng Zhi Singer when he came back from the palace, he was not able to put the county lord's shelf in front of Feng Zhi Ge as expected, but this did not affect Feng Mingwu's fluttering good mood after being named the county lord.

Feng Mingwu grew up in Huzhou and didn't know much about the capital, although she learned from Feng Zhige's conversation with the two grandmothers that her identity as the county lord was not true, but she didn't care much, no matter what, she was the county lord of the emperor's own title, didn't she, with this identity, when she went out, could those ladies and ladies who claimed to be noble still look down on her?

She was a little faintly afraid of Feng Zhige, but those other ladies and misses, how could she lower them now?

The many white eyes suffered in Feng Yixuan before, Feng Mingwu has always remembered in his heart.

With this kind of thought in his heart to take a breath, in the next few days, Feng Mingwu will of course be very high-profile in his actions.

Since the news of Feng Mingwu being named the county lord spread, the posts sent to the various banquets of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion have suddenly increased, and they all invariably invited the freshly baked Yunyang County Lord Feng Mingwu.

If this was in the past, even if there was a banquet, the invitees were all Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige, and even if Feng Mingwu went with him, it would just be a partner.

But now......

As long as Feng Mingwu thought of those posts that were personally delivered to her, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

Proudly, Feng Mingwu was naturally not afraid of these banquets.

is different from Feng Mingwu, Mu Qingwan and Feng Zhige are very low-key during this time, those various banquets. They don't go out unless they have to.

Feng Mingwu didn't feel it, could they still not know that those ladies and ladies just wanted to see what the second girl of the Feng family, who was named the county lord with the background of a concubine, looked like.

Every time the ladies of the families saw Feng Mingwu's appearance, they understood it clearly, and Feng Mingwu was proud when she was surrounded by everyone, which always made Feng Zhige have the illusion of watching a monkey show.

Feng Zhige didn't want to be seen as a monkey.

But. Looking at the big red gold post in his hand. Feng Zhige couldn't help frowning.

The workmanship of this post is very exquisite, both the paper and the material are absolutely superior, but what makes Feng Zhige pay attention is not these. It's the two words at the very end of the post.

Monthly.

In the capital, when the word Hanyue is mentioned, the first thing that comes to anyone's mind is Princess Hanyue, the only daughter of the current emperor.

Today's emperor now has only one son and one daughter. It is now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Hanyue.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been frail and sickly since he was born, and he has not won the favor of the emperor very much. Many people know this.

However, Princess Hanyue, the sister of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is different.

Princess Hanyue is very loved by the emperor.

The royal Zhao family is thin, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is frail and sick after birth. Therefore, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was born, he was not valued by the palace, and a few years later, the Prince's biological mother was pregnant again. coincided with the harem concubines who had not been born for many years, and Concubine Ning, who was just a little beauty at the time, was the second child. It is especially valued by the emperor.

It can be said that if Concubine Ning gave birth to a dragon son again after His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as she is not as weak as the current prince, she is likely to be directly crowned the prince.

However, to the disappointment of many people, Concubine Ning's second child was not a prince but a princess.

Although the result was not gratifying, after all, this princess was born under the emperor's expectations, and the emperor was of course different to her, and she was given a title as soon as she was born.

You must know that at that time, the crown prince was only the eldest prince, and he had not yet been titled.

The favor of Princess Hanyue can be seen from this.

The emperor was disappointed by the prince's frailty, but the princess was originally a daughter's family, so naturally she didn't have so many requirements for her, and over the years, Princess Hanyue was almost raised in the palm of the emperor's hand.

Born in the royal family, she is naturally superior, and she is deeply favored by the emperor, Princess Hanyue's temperament will inevitably be pampered, but there are many noble girls in Beijing who have dealt with Princess Hanyue as soon as they hear her name.

However, the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion has been staying in Huzhou all these years, and he has never even seen Princess Hanyue's face, how could Princess Hanyue hold a spring banquet, how could she specially invite Feng Zhige and Feng Ming to dance?

Come to think of it, it's because of Feng Mingwu's name as the county lord of Yunyang.

One is the much-loved royal princess, and the other is the emperor's newly crowned Yunyang county lord.

One has a bad temper, and the other is proud because he was named the county lord.

These two people got together......

Especially Feng Mingwu's brain has never been very good.

Feng Zhige said that she was really looking forward to what would happen then.

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Princess Hanyue and Feng Zhige are the same age, but Princess Hanyue's birthday was at the beginning of the year, and now it has reached the end of the year, but Feng Zhige's birthday is in August, and there is still half a year to go.

The spring banquet held by Princess Hanyue is very famous among the nobles in the entire capital.

Speaking of this spring banquet, Princess Hanyue felt bored in the palace when she was ten years old, so she specially asked the emperor to reward her with the hundred gardens full of strange flowers and plants in the south of the city, and held a spring banquet in the hundred gardens, inviting all the ladies in Beijing to gather in the hundred gardens to enjoy the flowers.

Spring is the season when the flowers are blooming, and there are many royal craftsmen in the garden who carefully take care of the exotic flowers and plants inside, and then invite many peers in Beijing to enjoy and play together, after all, it will be more interesting than staying alone in the palace, right?

So, Princess Hanyue's spring banquet continued year after year.

Up to now, all the nobles in Beijing who have some status are proud to receive invitations to Princess Hanyue's spring banquet, and if they haven't participated in the spring banquet, I'm afraid they are not too embarrassed to talk to others outside.

The influence of the royal princess is so amazing.

No matter why Princess Hanyue invited Feng Zhige and Feng Mingwu, both of them must go this time.

Feng Zhige had no joy or anger in his heart, but Feng Mingwu was very excited because of the invitation card in his hand.

Before being named the county lord, Feng Mingwu was just a concubine of the Hou Mansion. It is absolutely impossible to receive such an invitation as a symbol of status.

But now it's different, she has become the lord of Yunyang, and she can be regarded as a royal clansman.

The royal family is withered, and the only ones who can be regarded as the children of the clan are her and Princess Hanyue, except for His Royal Highness the Prince.

As long as he thought that he was about to appear side by side with Princess Hanyue in front of people, Feng Mingwu's heart couldn't help but jump wildly with excitement.

That. What a scenery it should be.

So. Since receiving the invitation, Feng Mingwu began to prepare for this spring banquet.

Although Zhao Youjun was sent to Ciyun Nunnery, the gold and silver in her hands were not taken away. And they were all held in Feng Mingwu's hands, plus the private silver that the Queen Mother gave her before leaving the palace, now Feng Mingwu's waist bag is bulging, and the silver in her hand. Even if it can't be compared with Miss Qian who is standing behind the richest man in the Dawu Dynasty, but in the eyes of other boudoir ladies. But it will undoubtedly be an astronomical amount.

If you have money in your hands, you will naturally have confidence in your heart.

For these days, Feng Mingwu went in and out of Fengyi Xuan every day, just to change the clothes and jewelry worn at the Spring Banquet.

Of course. The effect is undoubtedly remarkable.

Feng Zhige looked at Feng Mingwu, who came to the second gate with her and was about to get into the carriage.

Feng Mingwu wore a rose-red blue cloud pattern bead skirt with peacock pattern, and the lower part of the skirt used not particularly conspicuous gold and silver threads to outline the luxurious and unusual peacock lines, moving with her footsteps. The lines also loomed, making people subconsciously want to wait for the Naluo skirt to open completely. So as to get a glimpse of the whole cat, it is very eye-catching.

She combed a flying fairy bun suitable for a girl on her head, and inserted a thousand leaves in the middle of the bun to save gold peony jewelry, each petal of the peony is made of gold sheets as thin as cicada wings, and together they become a lifelike peony flower, if it is in the wind, those petals will move with the wind, which is more moving.

Feng Mingwu obviously attaches great importance to this spring banquet, and deliberately put on makeup, in order not to make people feel immature, Shengsheng used makeup to pull up the age by two years, and had more coquettishness that was usually not obvious because of her immature appearance, and carefully pasted a jasper flower in the center of her eyebrows, which made her whole person bright and unique.

Feng Mingwu has been preparing for this spring banquet for so long, whether it is clothes or jewelry, she has carefully selected them in Fengyi Xuan for a long time before deciding, and she is not only satisfied, but also a little proud.

Seeing Feng Zhige standing aside, she "hummed" softly, her face full of disapproval.

Feng Zhige was not angry.

Feng Yixuan has been rooted in the capital for so many years, of course, he will seize the opportunity to take money from the purses of various noble ladies and ladies.

As early as a month before the Spring Banquet, Feng Yixuan put on a lot of expensive clothes and jewelry in the name of letting the ladies of various families shine at the Spring Banquet.

The ones Feng Mingwu wore were all picked up like this.

After all, she is sending money to herself, Feng Zhige is too late to be happy, how can she be angry?

Compared with Feng Mingwu's grand dress, Feng Zhige seems a lot more careless, she combed a simple hanging bun, no grease powder on her face, the magnolia butterfly in the middle of the bun swayed to the center of the eyebrows, the jade light is elegant, the eyebrows are like water, a green gauze dew lily skirt with blue water, swaying like water waves flowing between walks, looking at it is very refreshing.

The two of them were gorgeous and flamboyant, and the other was elegant and indifferent, and they got into the carriage one after another and went straight to the hundred gardens.

Baihuayuan is located in the south of the city, in fact, it is not far from Weiyuan Hou's Mansion, and it only takes two quarters of an hour for the carriage of the Houfu to reach Baihuayuan, but it also takes two quarters of an hour to walk from the alley outside Baihuayuan to the gate of Baihuayuan.

It was really because there were a large number of nobles who came to the spring banquet today, and they all thought that they couldn't be late for the banquet held by Princess Hanyue, so they gathered together.

When I got out of the carriage and entered the gate of the hundred gardens, I felt that my eyes suddenly opened up.

Baiyuan was originally the palace of the previous dynasty, after the establishment of the Dawu Dynasty, the emperor ordered people to transplant many strange flowers and plants into it, and gradually, it had the same reputation as the palace in the palace.

The Hundred Gardens are indeed worthy of their reputation, not only are there many famous flowers that are rare to see outside, but they are also separated by small gardens according to the types of flowers.

At this time, although the spring banquet has not yet begun, there are already a lot of young ladies walking around in the garden to enjoy the play, most of these young ladies are not bad, and they have been carefully dressed up to completely highlight the delicate beauty of the girl, and the famous flowers in the garden are blooming brightly in the garden. It also gives people a sense of beauty of "the peach blossoms on the human face reflect the red".

Among the young ladies of all families, Feng Zhige and Feng Ming Dance are undoubtedly the most concerned among them.

To be precise, many people pay attention to Feng Mingwu, the newly crowned Yunyang County Lord, and Feng Zhige is just being looked at by others a few times.

Fortunately, Feng Mingwu didn't like Feng Zhige, and at this time, she couldn't see Feng Zhige because of her, so she got rid of Feng Zhige not long after entering the Hundred Gardens. Took her maid and walked aside.

Feng Zhige didn't care. She had been lingering not far from the gate of the Hundred Gardens.

She's waiting for someone.

After a while, Feng Zhige only listened to a crisp "cousin" and followed the prestige. I saw that Mu Xiaoxiao completely ignored the exclamation of the maid behind her, and trotted all the way to the place where Feng Zhige was.

Mu Xiaoxiao used to dress up how convenient it was, but today she has carefully dressed up, and her face, which looks a little darkened on weekdays, is coated with a light purple fat powder. The whole person looks a little brighter.

Speaking of which, Mu Xiaoxiao can receive an invitation to the Spring Banquet. It can be regarded as the light of the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion.

The three official ranks of the Mu Bingheng brothers are not high, if it were in the past, Mu Xiaoxiao, the daughter of a five-grade military attaché, would most likely not receive an invitation to the Spring Banquet. It's just that now that the Marquis of Weiyuan's Mansion has moved back to the capital, as the niece of Mrs. Marquis Weiyuan's relatives, it is not surprising that Mu Xiaoxiao will receive an invitation.

"Cousin!" Feng Zhige smiled and greeted Mu Xiaoxiao. Then Ren Mu Xiaoxiao took her arm and walked inside.

Mu Xiaoxiao has a lot of resentment about coming to this spring banquet.

It's not that Mu Xiaoxiao doesn't want to come, the spring banquet has always been longed for by the nobles of the capital. The scenery in the hundred gardens is indeed charming, of course Mu Xiaoxiao also wants to come to see and see, what makes her resentful is the various preparations that the Zheng family forced her to make for this spring banquet.

"You see, my mother hasn't let me go out once this month, saying that it's to raise me whiter." Mu Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand to Feng Zhige, and slightly pulled up her sleeves, complaining as she walked, "I also spent a lot of money on Feng Yixuan to buy me a few clothes, if you want me to say, just wear some casually, anyway, even if I look good, others will only treat me as a crazy girl." By the way, even the jewelry on the head was given by my aunt last time! ”

When Mu Qing returned to her parents' house for the second time, she chose a few sets of Feng Yixuan's head as gifts and meeting gifts, and gave them to her three sisters-in-law and Mu Xiaoxiao's niece.

The Mu family is not rich, and it is nothing for the Zheng family to pick two clothes for Mu Xiaoxiao in Fengyi Xuan, if they still have to prepare matching jewelry, I am afraid it will be a little reluctant.

Mu Xiaoxiao didn't shy away from this matter at all, and didn't think that the jewelry she was wearing was given by Mu Qingwan and had any other thoughts.

The reason why Feng Zhige was able to intersect with Mu Xiaoxiao was because of her straightforwardness.

The two held hands, chatting while enjoying the strange flowers and plants in the garden, and felt comfortable for a while.

It's just that there are always some people who can't see them so comfortable.

"Hey, you guys stop!" Diagonally behind, a slightly delicate voice came.

Then, a rush of footsteps sounded, and a girl in a pink hundred butterfly skirt dragged the other two girls towards Feng Zhige and Mu Xiaoxiao.

The two people who were pulled by the girl in the pink shirt, one of them was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slender figure, a soft face, wearing a light purple moonflower skirt, and anxiously comforting the girl in the pink shirt on the front.

The other person was the same age as the girl in purple, wearing a light green gown, which looked fresh and pleasant, but the coldness between the eyebrows made the freshness dissipate a lot.

"Second sister, don't be like this, let's go back......" The girl in purple frowned slightly, and while persuading the girl in pink shirt, she glanced at Feng Zhige and the others with some uneasiness.

The girl in green clothes standing beside her only watched the two of them pull with a cold face.

Mu Xiaoxiao took the lead in turning around, stretched out her index finger to point at herself, and asked the girl in pink shirt, "Are you calling us?" Then he turned his eyes, but saw the delicate girl in purple, "Feng Yiren, why are you?" ”

With just this glance, the smile on Mu Xiaoxiao's face disappeared in an instant, and there was a lot of unkindness in his expression.

It turned out that the person who was persuading the girl in the pink shirt was the White Lotus Feng Yiren whom Feng Zhige had met in the Mu family before.

Since that day, when she learned that Feng Yiren wanted to push Feng Zhige into the waterhole, Mu Xiaoxiao completely lost her good impression of Feng Yiren, and even her title changed from the original "Sister Feng" to calling her by her name.

Feng Yiren's face darkened slightly when he heard this, and some water immediately appeared in his eyes, although he didn't say a word, the gesture he made was obviously wronged.

It was the girl in pink who immediately raised a pair of willow eyebrows, looked at Mu Xiaoxiao with an unkind face, and said: "Mu Xiaoxiao, it's a shame that my eldest sister didn't dislike you at the beginning and was willing to associate with you. Last time, not only did I let my big sister fall into the water at your house, but now I don't apologize or say anything when I see my big sister, and I look unhappy! ”

Feng Yiren made such a big scandal in the Mu family last time, so he was naturally embarrassed to tell the truth when he went back, and only made a look of being wronged.

At this time, I heard that the girl in pink was upset for her, for fear that Mu Mu Xiaoxiao would make public what happened that day, so she hurriedly pulled the girl in pink and said in a low voice: "Second sister, forget it, I was also wrong that day." ”

She was telling the truth, but because of her expression, it made people think that she was saying this to calm things down.

The girl in pink is the daughter of Uncle Feng Yiren, named Feng Yiyue, and she stomped her foot with some anger when she heard this.

And Feng Zhige, when he heard Feng Yiren's words, he turned around with a smile, and before he could speak, he heard another exclamation with hidden hatred.

"Feng Zhige, it's you!" (To be continued.) )>