Chapter XXXVII
When Mu Qianjiao took out an invitation card from the envelope, she understood.
Peach Blossom Feast.
When the peach blossoms are in full bloom every spring, the Xuanwang Mansion will hold a peach blossom banquet, inviting the noble lady of Kyoto and the ladies and the young master of the family to go to the peach blossom forest to enjoy the flowers.
Last year, Mu Qianran received an invitation and took Mu Qianjiao there, but there was no invitation in Bofu.
Not long after the peach blossom feast, there were more people who came to ask for relatives.
Qingyun bet that Mu Shangshufu deliberately took the invitation to show off, maybe the three old ladies came today to show off the invitation.
Mu Qianjiao was overjoyed, and said to the third old lady, "Grandmother, the invitation written by the county lord of Yuxuan himself, inviting me to go to King Xuan's Mansion to participate in the peach blossom banquet. ”
After speaking, she asked Mu Qingrou, "Did King Xuan's Mansion send you an invitation?" ”
Mu Qingrou's face turned red and purple, and she didn't know how to answer her.
Saying that she is poor, she will never admit it.
said that the door of the Bofu was low, and he couldn't enter the eyes of King Xuan's Mansion, which was to make the old lady angry.
In the end, it only turned into an angry eye and gave it to Qingyun.
Qingyun wailed in her heart, this is just the beginning, if Mu Qingrou can't think of another way to participate in the peach blossom banquet, she will probably hate her to death.
In particular, Mu Qianjiao also smiled and said, "Lord Yuxuan said in the letter that the princess has persuaded Yun Guifei to participate in the peach blossom banquet, and maybe the emperor will also go to ...... at that time." ”
This time, Mu Qingrou's eyes couldn't wait to scrape the rhyme.
Mu Qingzhi and Mu Qingxue also began to stare at Qingyun.
Qingyun was angry, even if the Bofu was still the Hou Mansion, the Peach Blossom Banquet would not invite the two of them to go, what would they stare at!
The old lady's face did not change, but the Buddhist beads in her hand were tightly clenched.
The third old lady knew that she was holding back, her goal had been achieved, and it was time to go home, so she got up and said goodbye.
It was only when she stood up that Mr. Zhou came in and came in with a big red invitation in his hand.
Mu Qingrou was overjoyed, maybe it was a late peach blossom banquet invitation!
Mr. Zhou asked for peace and said, "Third girl, King Xuan's Mansion has given you an invitation to attend the Peach Blossom Banquet." ”
Qingyun was stunned when she heard this, "For me?" ”
Manager Zhou nodded, he didn't send it wrong, it was for the third girl.
"Why?" Qingyun muttered.
It doesn't make sense, she doesn't have a good reputation, how can she give her an invitation.
Qingyun just asked casually, who thought that Mr. Zhou really gave a reply, "I asked the person who came to deliver the invitation, and the person who came to ask if it was the third girl who talked to Master Huijing in our house, if so, then there was no wrong ......." ”
Qingyun, "......." ”
"Why did you invite me after talking to Master Huijing?" Qingyun became more and more depressed.
She is talking to Master Huijing, and it is not a good thing to have a long face, so she is obviously very embarrassed!
This time, the wrong way for her to ask for a sign had to spread all over Kyoto.
The old lady couldn't cry or laugh, "Master Huijing has a high status, even the current emperor is a lay disciple under his name, there are so many ladies in Kyoto, I have never heard of Master Huijing talking to anyone, and it is even difficult to see face-to-face, even if it is just to say that you are asking for a sign in the wrong posture." ”
Mu Qingxue said, "Master Huijing not only said that the third sister's posture was wrong, but he also asked the third sister if she could kiss." ”
The old lady raised her eyebrows and looked at Qingyun twice.
Master Huijing is not an ordinary person, how can he ask Qingyun in a good manner?
The third old lady smiled, "I think this time the peach blossom banquet, not only the emperor will go, but the queen will also go." ”
The old lady suddenly raised her eyes.
Then her brow furrowed.
Yun Guifei and the queen are not harmonious, the second prince and the eldest prince are fighting, Princess Xuan and Yun Guifei are sisters of the same mother, Qingyun wants to marry into the Zhennan Hou Mansion, it is the queen's party, Princess Xuan's move......
The old lady's eyes were cold, she was intent on making a fool of Qingyun at the peach blossom banquet, and embarrassing the queen when the time came!
Master Huijing and Qingyun have said two words, it's just a pretense!
Originally, the old lady was very happy that Bofu could receive the invitation from Xuanwangfu, but now it seems that it is better to have it than not.
She can't figure out how talented Qingyun is, but she lives in the Buddha Incense Courtyard all the year round, and there is no nurse around her to teach her, so she can't be better than Qingrou and them.
Even Qingrou and they may not be in the eyes of the queen, if Qingyun loses face at the peach blossom banquet, doesn't that mean that the Hou of Zhennan does not know people clearly, and makes the queen and the Hou of Zhennan unhappy?
At that time, even if the Marquis of Zhennan keeps his promise and does not withdraw from his relatives, it is estimated that he will not be able to help the uncle's mansion, and the other daughters of the uncle's mansion will definitely not be able to pick good relatives, even the dignified daughters, how much better can the other daughters be?
Peach Blossom Banquet, Qingyun Wan can't go to participate.
But Xuanwangfu only invited Qingyun to go, if she didn't go, no one else would be able to take her invitation to the peach blossom banquet.
The old lady fiddled with the Buddhist beads in her hand, and suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "Where has the eldest lady gone?" ”
Mother Sun shook her head, she didn't know either, so she quickly sent the maid to ask.
Soon, the maid came back and said, "The eldest lady has gone back to her mother's house, the Marquis of Zhongyi, and she has returned." ”
After the maid finished saying goodbye to her front foot, the eldest lady came in with her back foot.
The old lady looked at her and asked, "How did you go back to your parents' house?" ”
When a daughter-in-law returns to her parents' house, she asks her mother-in-law to agree, which is the rule.
The eldest lady said with a smile, "I was in a hurry to go back, so I didn't come to ask the old lady first, the two peach blossoms in my yard have not been seen yet, I thought the peach blossom banquet was still early, who wants to Xuanwangfu will place an invitation today, I am afraid that Bofu will be the same as last year, and I will not receive the invitation, so I will go back to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion to see if I can bring Qingrou to the ......." ”
The post of the Peach Blossom Banquet is said to only give away fifty copies, even if there are more, it will definitely not exceed sixty, even if there are two people in an invitation, it is a bunch of people who want to go.
She went back late last year, and she didn't get a quota, so Mu Qingrou didn't make it.
This year, she mentioned it early, but her sister-in-law said that before she got the post, she promised someone first, and if she didn't have it then, wouldn't it be a shame.
The old lady nodded and asked, "The Marquis of Zhongyi Mansion took Qingrou there?" ”
The eldest lady looked at Qingyun, her eyes were cold for a moment, but she still smiled, "Isn't there an invitation, I'll call someone back from the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion in a while, and I don't owe a favor." ”
The old lady fiddled with the Buddhist beads in her hand, she looked at the eldest lady, and there was a little doubt in her eyes, "The Zhongyi Marquis Mansion really agreed?" ”
The eldest lady nodded, "Can you still deceive the old lady about this?" ”
The old lady smiled, took the tea and sipped lightly, "Since you agreed, don't refuse." ”
The eldest lady's face was a little ugly, she sat down and said, "How can this be done, our uncle's mansion is not without invitations, I will occupy the place of my mother's family again, and they should have a whisper when I go back." ”
As she spoke, she felt that something was wrong, the old lady loved face, and she would not let her take advantage of her mother's family unless she had to do so, so she asked, "The old lady doesn't want to give up the quota to her cousin, right?" ”
The eldest lady guessed so, and Mu Qingzhi and Mu Qingxue bit their lips tightly.
They are the granddaughters of their relatives, and they are not as important as a granddaughter in the grandmother's heart, Zhou Ziting occupies Qingyun's Liuyun Garden, that is Qingyun is so bullying and incompetent, she wants to occupy the quota that should belong to them, she dreams!
After taking two sips of tea, the old lady put the teacup down and said, "I don't plan to let Qingyun go to the peach blossom banquet." ”
Originally, she was worried that Mu Qingrou would not be able to go, and since the Marquis of Zhongyi Mansion took her, what else did she have to hesitate.
But the eldest lady's face was red for a while and purple for a while, and she wanted to bite her tongue.
The Marquis of Zhongyi didn't agree to take Mu Qingrou at all, she just said it for the sake of face, she was a concubine, and the Marquis of Bofu didn't help to say a few words, which was not to pay attention to her as a married daughter.
The mother's family values herself, and the daughter who marries has the support of her mother's family, and she has a status in her mother-in-law's family.
In the past two years, she has been able to faintly overshadow the old lady and take full control of the Bofu Zhongfu, just because the Hou Mansion has been degraded, and she still has the Zhongyi Hou Mansion behind her, she always says that the Zhongyi Hou Mansion will help the Bofu, but it is definitely not enough to rely on the Zhongyi Hou Mansion alone, and she has to find a few powerful mansions, so that it is safer.
Otherwise, according to the old lady, how could she defeat the three old ladies of Shangshu Mansion and keep the title of Marquis Mansion steadily?
It's just that she has to let go of power.
"Why don't you let Qingyun go? Although she is married, the Zhennanhou Mansion has not yet sent Na Cai Lilai, and outsiders don't know much, not to mention that the Xuanwang Mansion has sent an invitation, so it's rude not to go," the eldest lady said with a smile.