Chapter 22 Birthday Celebrations
On the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Tang Shaohe was woken up by a commotion outside the door, gently rubbed his eyes, looked at the few figures outside the door who directly opened the curtain and entered, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, the eldest aunt was so quick 'hands and feet', so soon to send someone to dress her up, it seemed that she couldn't wait.
Xia Tian and Qiu He rushed to her side and said aggrievedly: "Miss, the slave just told them that you were sleeping, but they just didn't listen......
Tang Shaohe waved his hand and signaled the two girls not to speak, so as not to offend all the powerful maids around the eldest aunt, and then they would talk to the eldest aunt, and the two girls would be miserable in the future.
"Third Miss is early, the slave maid came to dress up for you on the order of the eldest lady, please cooperate with the third lady." The woman who spoke was the first-class maid Qing Cong next to the eldest uncle, and among the maids who combed her hair in the entire Tang Mansion, her hands were the most dexterous, and the patterns she combed out were the most beautiful and changeable. It's just that there are more with the eldest aunt, and this tone and vision are all a posture of looking down on people.
Tang Shaohe nodded, and silently let them be busy around her, busy for most of the hour, this group of tossed girls finally stopped.
She raised her eyes and looked in the mirror, is this woman still her? The tall figure is draped in a dark red cape, a purple gauze shirt, a red peony flower is inserted in the bun, wearing a little emerald hairpin, pearl and jade earrings, a beautiful face is as delicate as the sunset, a pair of bright autumn eyes are clear and bright, faintly revealing a little surprise and unconfidence.
After a long time, she came back to her senses, and sighed with emotion in her heart, sure enough, the Buddha relies on gold, and people rely on clothes. She really didn't recognize herself in this dress.
"Third Miss, can you go?" Qing Cong urged, it had been almost an hour since she came out, and she was worried that the eldest lady would be impatient to wait.
"Well, you go first, I'll come after I explain the matter." Tang Shaohe said calmly, seeing that they were still waiting at the door, he couldn't help but say to Xia Tian and Qiu He: "You stay in the courtyard and wait for me to come back, as for the little young master, you watch the hour, let him get up when he should wake up, and then ask Dasheng to send him to school." ”
"Yes, miss, the slave knows." The two girls replied in unison.
Out of the room, Tang Shaohe walked in front, and Qingcong and the others followed closely behind, as if they were worried that she would run away.
Tang Shaohe pursed her lips and smiled mockingly, this group of girls thought too much, how could she have the leisure time to do those meaningless things? Since she can't run away, is it difficult for her to bargain directly with the eldest uncle? As long as she is not allowed to marry into the Anning Marquis Mansion as a concubine, she can do whatever she is asked to do? This is too self-deceptive! In this way, does it not expose the target?
There were two carriages parked at the gate of the Tang Mansion, Tang Shaohe had an ominous omen in his heart, this was how the hall sister tricked her into the carriage last time, this time it won't be repeated, right?
Just as she was thinking about countermeasures, the eldest aunt appeared with her cousin, she looked at the lobby sister's charming and charming smiling face like peach blossoms, and the ordinary gauze skirt with dark and elegant embroidered patterns, draped in a gray cape, and a simple peach hairpin on her head, looking like a fairy who wants to hide in the mountains and forests, indifferent, quiet and unique.
Tang Shaohe pursed her lips and snickered, in this way, the beauty of the lobby sister is always better than her. Even though the eldest aunt deliberately dressed the lobby sister as an ordinary woman, the lobby sister's natural beauty could not be concealed, but gave people a different charming temperament.
She was there fixedly, wanting to watch the eldest aunt and the eldest sister get into the carriage and cheekily stick to it, but she never thought that the eldest aunt suddenly called her, "Shaohe-"
Slowly coming back to her senses, she raised her head and looked at the eldest aunt, only to see the eldest aunt frowning and staring at her with displeasure on her face, so frightened that she hurriedly responded: "What does the eldest aunt command?" ”
"You and the maids will sit in that carriage together, and your lobby sister and I will sit here, and your second cousin and fourth sister will also come over later, you can go and say hello to Mrs. An first." Li Guiru had a rare smile on her face, and people who were not familiar with her would definitely think that she was very kind and friendly, and treated people sincerely.
"Auntie? Shaohe thinks it's better to go together, so as to save Mrs. An from misunderstanding that you deliberately used tricks in front ......of her," Tang Shaohe reminded with a smile, anyway, she made up her mind to follow the eldest aunt and them, so as not to fall for the eldest aunt's scheme.
After a quarter of an hour, the second cousin Shaozhi and the fourth sister Shaozhi also came, and also brought some hand-copied scriptures and embroidered handkerchiefs to Mrs. An as congratulatory gifts.
This seems to be her? Tang Shaohe pursed his lips and didn't speak, standing there thoughtfully.
When it was time to get into the carriage, the second cousin Shaozhi walked at the back, she looked back at Tang Shaohe, stretched out a hand, and said softly: "Come on, aren't you going?" ”
Tang Shaohe shook his head, and was about to answer the second cousin's words, but he heard the eldest aunt say with a smile: "Shaozhi, this carriage is a little crowded, I let Shaohe sit in the car behind...... Okay, are you all seated? It's time to go! ”
Seeing the carriage go first, Tang Shaohe really didn't want to follow.
She turned around, looked at the maids waiting for her in the car, and couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, go! There were more important things to do.
When I arrived at the Anning Hou Mansion, I saw that the eldest aunt and my cousins had walked to the corner of the corridor and soon disappeared.
Tang Shaohe took a deep breath, in order not to be alone, she ignored the strange gazes of others, and ran forward in three steps and two steps.
Suddenly, a nightmare-like figure burst into her sight, and she didn't have time to control the pace of her feet, and she let out an 'ah' sound, and was about to crash into the man's arms.
"Girl, be careful!" She felt someone pull her her arm, and after standing firmly, she hurriedly said 'thank you', and then looked at the man, her face couldn't help but show a hint of joy, and exclaimed, "General Meng!" You're here too, huh? ”
Meng Shilin recognized her, and nodded at her friendly, there was surprise in her dark eyes, this girl still looks good dressed up.
"Brother Meng, do you know her?" Xu Shi'an pointed to the woman in front of him with his back to him, looked up at Meng Shilin, and asked curiously, "Which girl is this?" ”
Tang Shaohe came back to his senses, looked at General Meng with a pair of apricot eyes as if asking for help, and raised his hand to pull the cloak and hat even lower, as if he didn't want to be seen.
Meng Shilin strode up to Xu Shi'an, put his hand on his shoulder, and secretly hugged him past her side, saying as he walked: "Oh, I don't know each other, it's just Miss Tang's maid." ”
Taking advantage of the moment when they crossed over, Tang Shaohe ran forward a few steps quickly, only to hear the fuss of Xu Houye's voice behind him: "What? Brother Meng, why didn't you say it earlier! Is that girl the one you saw in the palace? No way! I'm going to have to see if it's her? Hey, that girl in front, you stop for this marquis-"
Tang Shaohe strode forward without looking back, and secretly regretted in his heart: Alas, it's all because the last palace banquet was a bit excessive, otherwise she wouldn't have provoked this ruthless man!