When Linglong arrived in Xifu, she first went to Chaoyun Pavilion to ask Nie for peace, Nie was meeting guests, and Mama Zheng smiled and said: "The eldest lady told me, you don't have to wait for her when you come, just go to the eldest grandmother." ”

Linglong looked towards the banquet place, only to see that in addition to a few maids beside Nie's side outside the door, there were four maids wearing pink armor and silver cloves, looking at the outfit, it was not from Dongfu, the second-class maid Bai Zhizheng next to Nie's side was talking and laughing in a low voice in the hand-copying corridor, the mother-in-law was tight, Bai Zhi was smiling, but she always had a smile on her face, polite but detached.

These people should have been brought by the guest, and the depth of the family can be seen from the words and manners of the maid and the way she dresses. These people don't seem to come from ordinary eunuchs.

When Linglong arrived, Mama Zheng was already standing here, not only waiting for her, but also as if she would not let anyone approach the banquet place.

I don't know what kind of guest the eldest aunt is meeting, so solemn should have some origins.

Linglong was inconvenient to ask more, thanked Mama Zheng, and went to find Chen. Mama Zheng called a third-class maid Yuzhu to accompany her.

"Fifth Miss rarely comes over, and she is not familiar with all parts of the house, so you accompany her to walk around."

Linglong thanked Mama Zheng for her jaw, and asked Xingyu to give Mama Zheng a first-class red seal, so Yuzhu led her to find Chen.

On the way, Yuzhu told Linglong, where to lead to the garden, where to lead to the front yard, what time of day is the grandmother Pingsuli, and what time to take care of the middle feed.

About this Shufangzhai, Linglong once heard her fourth cousin Linlang talk about it. Miss daughter of a famous family in Jiangnan. They all invite the elders and daughters of the clan to teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, boudoir training, and housekeeping.

Although the Jin family is a big family, it is not a famous family, and in the old house in Jiangsu, the female master was invited from outside to teach the young lady in the clan. On the contrary, the Nie family in the capital, but after several twists and turns, they found a daughter of the Jin family who was about to come out of five suits, and received the capital to teach Xuanji and Linlang in person.

The place where they take classes is Shufangzhai.

Now that Xuanji has already married, Linlang is also going to marry the wife of the Li family, so the Nie family bought another house for the female dependent in the capital, and Shufangzhai was given to the Chen family to use.

Yuzhu led Linglong to Shufangzhai. smiled and said, "The maid is here today and won't go anywhere." The fifth lady has the job of instructing the maid to run errands, just ask the sisters to call me over. ”

Linglong asked Xingyu to reward her with a red seal, Yuzhu happily took the red seal, and talked to Chen's maids under the corridor, waiting for orders at any time.

Xingyu took a few boxes of tea fruits that had been prepared a long time ago and gave them to the maids. Everyone has a share. Didn't fall short. Chen's maids were all sensible, smiled and saluted and thanked them, and some people had already rushed in to pass it on.

Seeing Xingyu follow Miss Wu into the main hall. A few of Chen's maids asked Yuzhu, "Why did you come to Shufangzhai too?" ”

Yuzhu said that it was ordered by Mama Zheng and asked her to call the fifth lady.

These maids were stunned when they heard this, although Yuzhu was only a third-class maid, but she was from Chaoyun Pavilion, and Mama Zheng summoned the people of Chaoyun Pavilion to the fifth lady, which shows that this fifth lady is very valued by the eldest lady, and in front of the fifth lady in the future, you must not be lazy.

Chen was talking to the housekeepers in several places, and when she saw Linglong coming, she didn't shy away from it, and the little girl served Linglong freshly ground almond tea, and Linglong listened carefully to their conversation while drinking.

Chen Shi really looked like Linlang said, looking slow and reasonable, but when he spoke, he was substantial, methodical, and the few housekeepers looked like old fritters, but they were all cautious in front of her, and they didn't dare to be vague.

Linglong listened for an hour before the housekeepers left, Chen took a sip of tea, and said to Linglong with a smile: "The fifth sister came over on the first day, but are you still used to it?" ”

Linglong smiled and said honestly: "It's okay, it's just a little sleepy." ”

Chen was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, and took Linglong to the ear room next to the West Wing. There are old rosewood bookcases in the ear room, blue and white entwined branches and lotus pattern scroll jars, and light azure pen washes in Ru kiln, and the room exudes a faint fragrance of ink.

Chen said: "This was originally the study room where Mrs. Yu taught the two aunts and grandmothers to practice calligraphy and painting, and it was used by the fifth sister in the future. ”

Linglong picked it up and flipped it over, and saw that it was Mrs. Wei's hairpin. Chen is really careful, and it seems that he has already asked Linlang. Only Linlang in the Jin family knows that Linglong is practicing boudoir Xiaokai.

Coming out of the study, Chen said again: "My mother-in-law has explained that although the fifth sister is here to study with me, she doesn't have to be here all the time, and when she wants to go anywhere, if I am busy, the fifth sister doesn't have to report to me about everything." ”

Linglong secretly aunt is like a god, maybe from the time she asked her second cousin to introduce people, the eldest aunt guessed that she had other plans.

It's just that Xifu handed over a daughter who didn't leave the cabinet to Dongfu, if something goes wrong, Dongfu will be to blame, so Yuzhu will follow her, what is going on with her, Mama Zheng will soon know.

Linglong smiled and agreed, and went back to the study to write a thousand words, and did not come out of the study until evening.

Yuzhu was already waiting outside the study, when Linglong came out, she was chatting with Huancui and Bailu, Linglong saw that Xingyu and Xi'er were not there, and asked Yuzhu: "Is the aunt finished?" ”

Yuzhu said: "Mama Zheng asked the fifth lady to finish practicing calligraphy, and then she went to Chaoyun Pavilion with the eldest grandmother to eat." ”

Linglong followed Chen to Chaoyun Pavilion, the distinguished guest had already left, and Nie was wearing an emerald gold-sprinkled sleeve jacket, wearing a full set of emerald heads, graceful and luxurious.

Linglong smiled and sat next to Nie's side, with a bit of playfulness: "Auntie, is this going to drink wedding wine?" Dressed up so ceremoniously, these earrings are so green that they seem to be dripping out of their hands. ”

Nie's plain dress is simple and generous, dressed like this, the identity of the guest who came today must be extraordinary.

Nie smiled and touched her head, and said to Chen: "Listen to you, how clever this girl's mouth is, she turned around and said that I don't know how to dress up, put on a dress that can meet guests, and I am going to drink wedding wine." In a few moments I put the garment and the head and face in a box and locked them up, and when she came out of the pavilion I changed them into a drink of joy. “

Chen smiled: "It will take two or three years for the fifth sister to leave the cabinet, so shouldn't my mother's clothes be put on for two or three years." ”

Linglong originally wanted to find out who the guest was, but when she saw that Nie Shi had led the topic to her, she knew that she couldn't inquire about this matter, so she didn't ask more.

After dinner, she got up to say goodbye, Nie didn't keep her, and asked Mama Zheng to personally send her out of the second door.

As soon as I arrived at the second gate, I saw Xingyu and Xi'er running over, and said with a smile: "Dongfu is really big, the maids got lost while walking, and they almost couldn't go back to the house in time." ”

Mama Zheng pretended not to know anything, and sent Linglong to the carriage of Xifu with a smile.

Back at Chaoyun Pavilion, Nie asked her, "Sent the five girls away?" ”

Mama Zheng said with a smile: "The eldest lady is really discerning, these five young ladies are still so young, but they are not leaky, no wonder the third lady was defeated in just one or two rounds." ”

111 (To be continued......)