In Baihuaxuan, the invited ladies and girls also sat in order of status, and through the fluttering light veil, they could vaguely see the sons of the family outside.

"Mrs. Xu, why didn't Lord Xu come today?"

The questioner was a middle-aged noblewoman, the wife of Yang Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Xin's mother.

"My family has official business, so I can't come to the banquet." The woman who replied was younger, less than thirty, very handsome, she rarely spoke, she smiled and nodded to the people she knew, and if the people next to her didn't ask, she didn't take the initiative to talk.

"Oh, Lord Xu is young and promising, and he has won the trust of His Majesty, and Mrs. Xu is really blessed."

The woman known as Mrs. Xu smiled, "Mrs. Yang praised. ”

After the two talked about this, Mrs. Yang was pulled by the lady on the other side to chat, and Mrs. Xu had silently lowered her head and tasted the food on the plate in front of her.

There was the whispering of some ladies and girls.

"That prince is not bad, he is dignified, he was born in the Wang family, I heard that he is also good at reading, and next year's autumn exam should be expected."

"Well, it's not bad, but he's just a side branch of the Wang family."

"The Anguo Mansion has also come, but it's a pity that they are all married."

"Phew, what's the pity, there is only an empty shelf left in the Anguo Mansion, and it is just glorious outside, and you are still willing to let your daughter suffer."

"The Cao family doesn't seem to have come."

"It's that I didn't come, the Cao family still has some promising children."

"Hmm." ……

This is the conversation of the ladies, and the thoughts of the ladies speak for themselves, and as for the girls, the girls are also quietly biting their ears, and their thoughts are completely different from their mothers.

"I didn't expect the Four Princes and the Six Princes to come, wow, His Royal Highness the Four Princes is really good-looking."

"What's the use of looking good, have you heard, I overheard the conversation between my father and my mother, saying that the fourth prince doesn't like women, he likes men."

"Huh? Is there such a thing, really fake? ”

"The imperial capital has already spread all over the city, but we don't know it when we stay in the boudoir."

"No wonder I haven't had a wife."

"Even if it's not the case, no one wants to marry him, his reputation is not good, and his majesty can't be treated, and his status is not as good as that of an ordinary son."

"But, he's a prince anyway."

"Huh, prince? What's the use of the prince, I don't know what will happen in the future. ”……

Some of the words fell into the ears of Mrs. Xu, and some she didn't hear clearly, although she was eating the food on her plate, she was in a trance, and her thoughts had already drifted away, drifting to the way she came.

She received an invitation from the Five Princes' Mansion, she is the sister of the Five Princes, although her surname is Ma, the surname of the Five Princes and the Concubine Shi is Shi, although she is not close to the Shi family at all, and she does not have much friendship with that sister, she doesn't want to come, but she can't help but come, she understands that her husband Xu Lang can sit in the seat of the right waiter, in addition to his own talent, but also the support of the Five Princes and the Cao family, if he offends the Five Princes and the Cao family, unless he votes for the Three Princes, no matter how talented he is, he will never come out.

But it was this kind of support that made her uncomfortable, because of her, Xu Lang went against his will and worshiped under the Cao family.

She sat in the carriage, remembering that back then, she was not the daughter of the Ministry of Scholars, Xu Lang was just a poor student, because the two families lived next door, her mother was engaged to them, and then Xu Lang participated in the Spring Festival, and won the Jinshi, her mother was afraid that she would be like herself, her husband would never return, and she would take her God to find relatives.

Father was afraid that she and her mother would be exiled and affect his reputation, so he took them into the house, she thought that a good life was about to begin, but her father wanted to marry her to an old man, saying that the uncle of the Bofu family was fighting for reason, and even did not hesitate to threaten him with his reputation, so his father compromised and agreed to her relationship with Xu Lang.

And she didn't know that the price of Xu Lang marrying her was to invest in the disciples of the five princes.

When she was young, Xu Lang once said that when she grew up, she would be a good official, a clean official, and benefit the people, but she didn't understand at that time, she just looked at him with admiration, and she felt that Xu Lang was full of a different kind of brilliance when he said those words.

But now Xu Lang is an official, he has risen very quickly, and he is already the position of the household servant at just thirty, I don't know how many people envy him, but only she knows that Xu Lang is not happy, many times, he stays in the study and sighs, and when she goes in, he puts on a smiling face, she pretends not to know, but her heart is aching and dripping blood.

They are bosom friends when they are poor, they are husband and wife in times of trouble, the two are very affectionate, she wants to help her husband, but she is helpless.

She held her handkerchief tightly, and the carriage suddenly stopped, and the guard who followed reported that someone had sent a letter, and she took the letter and opened it, and there was only one line of words, "If you want to save your life, please move to the alley and talk." ”

Help me? Who is this person, and how does he know that his mother-in-law is seriously ill and her life hangs by a thread?

Yes, it must be that Langzhong has been going in and out of the house recently, and he has been noticed. The husband is a filial son, and his mother-in-law's illness makes it difficult for him to sleep, since he can't help anything else, if he can find a way to heal his mother-in-law, he can also relieve his husband's sorrow a little.

The idea must be that the coachman drove the carriage to the mouth of the alley.

In the alley, there was a man in a green shirt standing in a green shirt, and when he saw her, he saluted politely, and then took out a jade box, "Mrs. Xu, I heard that Lord Xu is asking for a blue fruit, and my son-in-law ordered me to give this fruit to Mrs. Xu." ”

As he spoke, he handed over the jade box in his hand.

Azure fruit? Her eyes lit up, this was the most important medicine prescribed by an outsider to her mother-in-law, with this medicine, her mother-in-law's illness would definitely be cured.

But she didn't stretch out her hand to take it, but asked suspiciously, "Who is your son-in-law, and why did you give me this precious thing?" ”

"No matter how precious things are, they are not as good as fate, my son-in-law said, and Lord Xu is very close to each other, and there is nothing else to ask for, Mrs. can rest assured to accept it."

Hearing this, although she was still puzzled, she thought of being able to save her mother-in-law's life, and she accepted it without hesitation, "Thank you." ”

The man in the green shirt said goodbye, and she hurriedly shouted, "You...... What do you call your son-in-law? ”

"My son-in-law's surname is Xiao." The man didn't stop any longer, smiled and left.

"Mrs. Xu, what are you thinking, thinking so much?"

Ma, who was pulled back to his thoughts by another lady beside him, smiled embarrassedly, "It's nothing, it may be a little tired." ”

"I heard that your old lady is sick, you must be sick sooner or later, no wonder your face is not very good, you still have to take care of your body."

"Well, thank you, Mrs. Zhou."

Outside Baihuaxuan, there is also laughter and laughter, and the wine is fragrant.

It is a chrysanthemum feast, naturally inseparable from chrysanthemums, the wine is a newly brewed chrysanthemum sake, and each dish is related to chrysanthemums, the first is a dessert, chrysanthemum bird's nest soup, and then there are fried chrysanthemums, chrysanthemum fish, chrysanthemum tofu...... The last dish is a beautifully crafted chrysanthemum cake.

The chef in the Prince's Mansion is not covered, it is really delicious!

Liu Qin ate to his heart's content, especially the last chrysanthemum cake, the shape and taste have a fight with the pastries in his heart-to-heart tearoom, and the chrysanthemum cake and fried chrysanthemum can be introduced.

"Young Master Xiao, it's your turn."

A voice woke him up from the delicacy. (To be continued.) )