Chapter 159: Birthday Banquet 1
Wang Erniang smiled and went back to the house to prepare the clothes and jewelry for her birthday, since there will be a good show to watch that day, she has to dress up outstandingly, otherwise let the shallow eyes in the imperial capital think that the girls who went out of their palace are so tasteless.
That's a big shame!
That day, she helped step on the flat surnamed Su, but she didn't allow anyone yet, so she must not lose the golden sign of the Wang family!
So, this Wang Erniang was basking in the gorgeous clothes and gems with great interest, and the Qi Niang and Banxiang continued the next step in the room.
Banxiang asked, "Lady, how should this tail be filled?" Look how cute you draw, the tail is first lowered, and then raised high, but the slave thinks that what we make is soft, how can we warp it? ”
Qi Niang stopped her pen and walked over, pondered carefully for a long time, and then shook her head.
Yes, it's really a problem to pretend to have such a long tail, if it is dragged directly to the ground like this, then this Mickey Mouse doll will be ugly more than a star and a half, no, if the tail can't be cocked, then her hard work will be in vain.
It turned out that what Su Qi had prepared these days was the Mickey Mouse doll that was popular all over the world and captured the hearts of many children, girls and young women, and it was the image of Miss Minnie Mouse in it, but now a model was made with moon-white satin, and the tail has not yet been filled and connected.
Qi Niang picked up the filled long tail and tried repeatedly, but it still didn't work.
Banxiang was also very anxious when she saw it, and asked tentatively: "Lady, if this mouse doll else, we won't pretend to be tails, right?"
Forehead...... How can you still be Minnie Mouse if you don't pretend to be a tail? She is bent on restoring Disney cartoon characters, is it really good to give up halfway?
I don't know about those masters in my previous life. How to put such a vivid big tail on, can you give me a dream or something, do me a favor!
It's a pity that Qi Niang slept too dead that night, she didn't dream of anything, and when she opened her eyes, it was dawn.
She thought about asking her grandmother again, but finally gave up, the old lady has never been interested in these, if you ask her to embroider a five-pointed star, sickle or something, it's okay, it's better to ask these than to ask Banxiang, this girl.
After Qi Niang corrected for a day. Decisiveness abandoned the production of the tail. It's just that the fluffy ice green princess dress on Minnie's body has been added by two inches.
In this way, there is no flaw to be seen.
After the model was cured, it began to inlay gems according to the picture, originally Qi Niang wanted to use obsidian as a base, and purple gems to fill the big bow. Then there are pearl-encrusted gloves. Boat-shaped shoes with purple gemstones. That couldn't be more precious.
But these days, Granny Chensu and Chu Qing have traveled all over the entire Imperial Capital City, and they haven't collected half of the gems. Listening to Granny Chensu, the shopkeeper heard that we wanted so many gems, and they were so shocked that they didn't know what to do, for fear that we were joking.
After hearing this, Qi Niang realized one thing, was she too generous with the birthday gift of the county lord of Qiling?
In order to prepare these materials, she asked Granny Chensu to take a thousand taels of silver tickets and put them on her body at one time, not including the gold in Chu Qing's pocket.
She gives gifts like this, how many birthday gifts can she give with the silver earned by Yujinfang these days?
If my grandmother knew about it, I wouldn't know how to discipline her!
Qi Niang shuddered and said, "Forget it, these gem samples are also returned, the big ones and the small ones are not useful, let's think of other ways."
So Qi Niang and Banxiang pondered carefully.
Finally, the whole production was completed the day before the birthday of the county lord of Qiling, Banxiang almost hugged Mickey Mouse and cried, Qi Niang was relieved for a long time, and the girl retreated with a blushing face to rest.
Qi Niang gave her three days off and let her have a good rest!
That night, Qi Niang had dinner, counted tomorrow's clothes and jewelry, packed the gifts, and climbed into bed early.
But I couldn't sleep!
I don't know if my wish for many days has been fulfilled, and I am relieved for a while, but I don't have the sleepiness when I'm tired, anyway, she rolls over and over on the bed, and the more she rolls, the more she loses the mind to sleep.
She simply sat up, and for fear of alarming the dusty mother-in-law outside, she carefully leaned on the inside of the corner of the bed, and was stunned.
From returning to the General's Mansion, to now returning to the imperial capital to live in the palace, the twists and turns along the way have never stopped, I always feel that there is an invisible net approaching step by step, you go to the east it will open a little bigger, you go west it will shroud from the west, but it is always invisible and touchable, I don't know how to do it at all!
First, there was a house fight in the Cenzhou General's Mansion, which finally ended in the tragic death of Su Sanniang, Siniang and later Wuniang participated in the draft, and they should arrive in the imperial capital in January, but I am afraid that it will be lively again.
Then there is Aqin's request, to track down the old case, it is meaningless to her, what she wants is peace and stability, is that her grandmother can drink a cup of fragrant tea every afternoon without worry, she doesn't need the so-called facts and truth, but after rejecting Aqin so firmly, she regretted it in her heart, especially when she returned to the imperial capital, seeing with her own eyes the indifference of His Majesty the emperor, and the cold state of the people in the palace, there will always be another voice in her heart from time to time: Aqin is innocent and wronged, and it is too important for Aqin to find out the truth, why are you so ruthless?
Thinking of this, Qi Niang's heart trembled, and she involuntarily bit her lower lip.
She...... What should I do?
found that there are too many things piled up on her now, whether to help Ah Qin or not, she is entangled, she can't go back, she is also entangled, and the more hateful thing is that there is still so much painstaking time to prepare birthday gifts for the county lord of Qiling, with such a beginning as the county lord of Qiling, maybe there will be many similar posts in the future?
No, she has to deal with these things well, this time the birthday of the county lord of Qiling is over, the time is too urgent, but in the future, she will have to prepare well in advance.
Thinking of this, Qi Niang cursed Xuanwu Yicheng fiercely in her heart, she had nothing to do when she was full, why did she come up with such a crooked idea?
It's really hateful!
Look at the imperial capital, a casual birthday can torture you half to death, and maybe there will be some demon moths in the future. Now she is looking after the bodies of Old Emperor Mu and Murong Qin, and without these two useful shields in the future, I am afraid that she will be even more sad!
It's better to leave the imperial capital, and it's not interesting to go back to Cen Zhou, or you can go shopping everywhere at the ends of the earth!
Now that my grandmother is in good health, she can eat and drink, and she doesn't have any pain, so it's a good time to visit the mountains and rivers with her, why didn't she think of it?
Oops, there must have been too much going on during this time. I'm stupid to do my own thing!
In a past life. In the end, my grandmother could only lie in the cold hospital room, listening to the old friends who came to visit talk about the sea in the south, the desert in the west, and the passion of revisiting the holy land of the revolution. Grandmother listened then. It is joy and regret at the same time. When all her old friends were gone, she would hide alone in the corner of the hospital room and sigh in such a low and dull voice. made the eavesdropping Qi Niang burst into tears!
Later, before she got married, she was held by her grandmother and whispered, "Grandma's biggest regret in this life may be the burden of her body, and she has never been able to go out to have a look before leaving, and she has not been able to fulfill your grandfather's last wish......"
Re-taking the revolutionary road of the year, this is what my grandfather promised my grandmother personally, but unfortunately, neither of the two old people finished this journey in the end.
But now it's different, she can accompany her grandmother, although there is no revolutionary road in her previous life, but you might as well let them go out for a walk, breathe, look at the good scenery, if you are tired of running around, choose a small city, choose a place with good scenery, live for three or two months, and don't limit where you live, and don't rush to leave, how good it should be!
The more Qi Niang thinks about it, the more feasible she feels!
As pressed on her chest now, it was a big deal - go back!
But if she wants to go back, she is not in a hurry, so let her spend some time with her grandmother, not to mention whether she can go back now is another matter, she can't get into a dead end.
As for the rest, Aqin's old case, the Lich Saintess and the Lich Beast that the people in Xuanwu Yicheng were looking for, and the real reason why they were forced to come to the imperial capital, as well as the murderers behind the scenes......
All of this, think about it, when she Su Muli leaves the hot and aquatic place of the imperial capital, it will all turn into smoke!
It's just that she won't help Aqin's affairs at all, and there is still that guy in Xuanwu Yicheng, I have to forgive her for Su Qi's untrustworthy words!
No, that guy took advantage of himself like that, how could he still have the face to care about these things with himself?
How dare he?
I didn't ask him to settle the score!
Qi Niang couldn't help but feel sulky when she thought of this, she hated herself for being too slow to react that day, and she didn't know what's wrong, she was so strong by that guy, her head was like she was in the water, she didn't obey the call, she was dizzy, and when she woke up afterwards, she was already sick, damn, she was sick in those two days, and she scared her grandmother and grandmother half to death, and even the palace was shocked!
Xuanwu Yicheng, damn it!
You have to take revenge to be worthy of the first kiss of your time, right? Even if you are bitten by a mad dog, if you forget it like this, wouldn't it be too much of a loss?
No, when Ming'er survives the birthday of the county lord of Qiling, this matter will have to be planned carefully!
Qi Niang thought of this, her heart was relieved in vain, she looked at the quiet in the huge house, and the sleepiness finally hit, she shrank into the quilt and fell asleep regardless of it.
A dreamless night......
The birthday banquet of the lord of Qiling County is placed on the side of the sunny and rainy hibiscus pond in the eldest princess's mansion, and the imperial capital in June is still early summer, but this huge sunny and rainy hibiscus pool is already full of hibiscus in the first bloom!
or slim, or extremely open, or a small river only shows sharp corners......
The visitors who entered the eldest princess's mansion were immediately attracted by the hibiscus flowers full of eyes.
So when Qi Niang and the others entered the house, they didn't cause much of a sensation.
Well, a low-key start is half the battle.
Su Muli hid in the pile of people like flowers and bones, and from time to time she glanced at the lotus flowers, and her ears were full of praise.
"Tut-tut, it's still the eldest princess's mansion that has such a big deal, look at how timely the hibiscus flowers bloom in the pond, I think it's the flower fairy in the sky who is also worried about the birthday of our county lord, and specially ordered this hibiscus to bloom overnight!"
Funny, can you still be here if you are remembered by the gods? What a flower fairy, you've read too many old fairy tales!
Qi Niang secretly snorted, don't overdo it.
Another beautiful voice came from his ears, "If you want to talk about the hibiscus flowers in the imperial capital, where can they compare to the eldest princess's mansion?" At that time, the Dongcheng Horse Master personally brought the hibiscus rhizomes from Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south. I also brought the best florist to cultivate in the south, I don't know how much effort it took to cultivate! ”
"Sister, that's not right, Dongcheng Horse Master is worth it no matter how much effort he spends, you must know that it is also this pond full of hibiscus flowers that makes our gorgeous eldest princess nod and marry convincingly, such a cost-effective good thing, who will try his best on the wheel!"
Oh, it turns out that there is such a beautiful story in the sunny and rainy hibiscus pool, and Qi Niang couldn't help but prick up her ears.
"That's right, Dongcheng Ma Ye and our eldest princess are really a pair of beautiful people, what are these talented and beautiful women. It's really not worth mentioning in front of the eldest princess. It's a pity that now the hibiscus flowers in the pond are still blooming, but the eldest princess can't come back......"
"Isn't it? The most desolate thing in this world is also the scene of things and people, but fortunately, the county lord of Qiling is safe and happy. It's a good day again. Sister, don't think about the old things. ”
Then. The two beauties got together again and chattered about the length of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Qi Niang sighed in her heart and turned her face away.
People are listening to the excitement. What are you going to talk about? Didn't the county lord of Qiling not even show a shadow? What are you afraid of!
She stood up and moved to another corner to see if she could hear any more about the eldest princess.
I didn't want to, Mu Jiu's girl suddenly appeared, "Sister Su Qi, I can be regarded as looking for you!" ”
With a big grin, a happy look, this is nothing, why are you shouting so loudly at the top of your throat?
Now thanks to your old Hongfu, the ladies and ladies in front, behind, and opposite sides of the Hibiscus Pond have all cast their eyes one after another, followed by the sound of inhalation, and then the head to ear.
It's nothing, you can whisper as much as you like, Qi Niang doesn't want to care and can't care, but what do those who bite their ears a few times or don't look at them with slanted eyes?
Qi Niang's heart was numb for a while, in order to be able to finish this birthday banquet smoothly today, she thought about it a lot, clothes and jewelry are low-key, and they must not be too public, causing the suspicion of taking the host. She thinks that she is plain-faced, firstly, because she is lazy and doesn't like to spend time on these, and secondly, because she knows that she has the capital of Bingqing Yujie, but now she specially asked the girl of the Wang family to give her a little thin powder, in order to follow the crowd and not come out!
But Mu Jiu's girl was especially unpleasant, and then said happily: "Qi Niang, are you here with you today?" Is Aunt Princess Anqing here? And what about the ladies of the Wang family? Why haven't I been with you, I have been here with my third brother for a long time, and I have been looking for you, but now I have found it, what are you hiding in the corner, go, I'll take you somewhere! ”
As he spoke, he pulled Qi Niang to get up.
Now, the discussion on the side is louder.
Qi Niang stared at Mu Jiu's girl secretly, her wrist was silently using dark power, but her face was cloudy and asked with a light smile: "Where are you going?" It's about to start, so let's sit down here. ”
She didn't want to run around, to be exact, she didn't want to cause trouble! It's better to hide quietly in the crowd, so she doesn't want to jump up and down with you Mu Jiu.
Let her be caught in this pile of strangers today and be a quiet beauty!
But Mu Jiu was stupid and didn't understand this, she was in a hurry, she pulled harder, and couldn't help but raise her voice: "Why are you the daughter of a general hiding here?" This is the west side of the sunny and rainy hibiscus pool, a place for the wives and ladies of the official family, and your position as the daughter of General Changfeng can be in the east, let's go to your aunt and the princess of Anqing! ”
As soon as these words came out, crackling discussions rippled, and the big guy changed his secret peeping style, and was already staring at her in blatant surprise and surprise!
Qi Niang screamed in her heart, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of god-like teammates, you are afraid of pig-like teammates!
Mu Jiu, this girl must be an undercover agent, an undercover agent!
Qi Niang escaped as if she was pulled away by the girl, and finally left the attention, but fell into another place of right and wrong!
Especially when she saw Wang Erniang's bewitching face, Qi Niang's judgment in her heart was even more certain.
The place on the east side is indeed much larger, and the ladies of all families are also in groups of threes and twos, but there is no feeling of crowding at all, and the banquet is much larger, and the tables and chairs that are spare for the banquet are not the common black lacquer carved style. It is a milky white carved style, and the corner of the table is carved with the mark of the horse, which is lifelike, and Qi Niang remembers that Granny Chensu said that this is the unique mark of the eldest princess's mansion, just like the mark of the phoenix tail pattern of their Cen Zhou General's Mansion, representing the image of the entire family.
Qi Niang roughly swept the surroundings again, all the ladies and sons, none of the adults were present, and each was dressed. Although Qi Niang doesn't understand the little ninety-nine. But those rare fabrics, new styles, and the sparkling gemstone head on the lady's head, and the huge intricate jade pendant on the waist of the son. You don't have to think about it to know that it must be rich or expensive!
Wrong. The ancients have always despised merchants. Besides, the banquet in the eldest princess's mansion, how can a rich person be rich on such an occasion, I am afraid that this is the core noble circle of the imperial capital!
Qi Niang couldn't help but cheer up the spirit of twelve.
But. Why is Murong Qin still missing, didn't he say that he would come? Could it be that you have changed your mind on the fly? No, he is the third son of the emperor, and he is a cousin with today's birthday star, so it would be too bad if he didn't come! Could it be that it was an illness, wouldn't it, I just went to see it a few days ago, the poison in the Cen Shan Temple last time had already been resolved, and the old poison of the former Nanban was also reasonably suppressed, so it would not break out again!
That...... Why didn't Achin come?
Qi Niang couldn't sit still, and Mu Jiu kept nagging in her ear.
"Qi Niang, my mother said that a birthday banquet like the Lord of Qiling is rare in the Imperial Capital City, if not for anything else, just because the Lord of Qiling County can recruit people with a little background in the Imperial Capital City, it is already one of the few! Mother said, I was afraid that I had never been so complete that day! ”
"So, don't patronize and eat on such an occasion, the banquet is the same anyway, and it's best to eat the whole meal from the imperial dining room, and it tastes the same every year, but if you miss this opportunity, it's a waste!"
Forehead...... If you don't eat carefully when you come to a banquet, what are you doing? Those delicate things in the imperial dining room, you Miss Mu don't like it anymore, it's not weird, that's your old thing, okay! Feelings for her Su Muli for the second time, can't you taste it?
And what does it mean to enjoy good food is waste?
Shall we wait and stare dryly, and we will not waste it?
Qi Niang muttered and couldn't help glaring at Mu Jiu beside her.
The girl hated iron now, she sighed and said: "You just returned to the imperial capital, and it was not easy to meet the rare birthday banquet of the county lord of Qiling, of course, you have to recognize the acquaintances!" Mother said, our ladies and sons on the east table, after casually all of them are wealthy nobles, their status is not ordinary, since you have returned to the imperial capital, you will have to meet with them in the future, and it is only right to get acquainted with them today! ”
Hearing this, it was Qi Niang's turn to sigh!
Look, even if Mu Jiu is an innocent and flawless person, no matter how big he is, he has been infiltrated in the wealthy circle all the year round, and he has the mother who has a particularly heavy interest in supervising him, and he is also stained with the vulgar smell of human affection.
Qi Niang smiled reluctantly.
She didn't know what to say, from Mu Jiu's standpoint, her words were very right, whether it was for her or Su Muli, there was nothing wrong with her. Indeed, if she hadn't figured it out yesterday, she was afraid that she would have followed Mu Jiu's proposal, with a decent smile on her face, and said things that were not salty or light, and knew the scarabs present.
But now, she doesn't want to, she doesn't want to at all!
Because the imperial capital is just a stop!
Where did Mu Jiu know Qi Niang's thoughts, she looked at Qi Niang smiling so far-fetched, and thought that it was the first time she was facing this, thinking that when she first went in and out of such an occasion, didn't she also hide in the corner and didn't want to move?
She decided, as a person who came over, to help Qi Niang.
So, Mu Jiu pointed to the two ladies in front of him, one pink and one blue, and said, "Did you see it?" The woman in the pink brocade jade flower eight-phase skirt is the eldest lady of Cheng Wangfu, who is sixteen years old and has already married our eldest brother. ”
Qi Niang was stunned and said in surprise: "Your sister-in-law?"
Mu Jiu frowned slightly, and said impatiently: "Don't interrupt, I haven't finished talking yet!" The woman in the pink and blue corset pleated Luo skirt next to her is the second lady of the Xie family, who only met last month, and has not yet decided to marry, I heard that she has always been in love with Lord Xuan, but it is a pity that the falling flowers are ruthless......"
Forehead...... Xuanwu Yicheng? (To be continued......)
PS: I've been in a hurry lately, and it's too late to send 6k together~