Chapter 51: A Woman's Mind
Zhou Xiya got off the carriage with Bi Jin's hand, she didn't bring other maids today, but with Bi Jin, just to add fuel to the fire at the right time, other maids don't have the dexterity of Bi Jin's hands, and it is most suitable to do bad things with Bi Jin.
At this time, one after another carriages were sent to the gate of the palace, and from the carriage came down one by one, dignified and elegant ladies or young and beautiful ladies, and people who knew each other gathered together in groups to talk and walk towards the palace.
The subordinates of the royal palace diverted traffic in the periphery, arranged for people to receive reasonably, shouted who arrived, and everything was in order.
The high vermilion gate of the palace is open, and you can see the scenery inside, which makes people yearn for it and wonder what kind of beauty the palace is.
"Ya'er, what are you doing in a daze? Let's go in," Bai reminded, and went to the gate of the palace first.
Zhou Xiwan glanced at Zhou Xiya mockingly, she had never seen the earthly buns in the world.
Zhou Xiya turned her head and pretended not to see it, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, she was here to pretend to be stupid today.
"Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War congratulates her with her daughter...... "The housekeeper handed over a large box and told Tongyu.
"Yo, Mrs. Zhou, you haven't been out for a few days, why didn't you come out to our party during this time?" As soon as I entered, a lady came over to say hello.
"How can I not go out, I took my daughter to participate in Mrs. Li's birthday last time, but there have been more things at home recently, so I have gone out less often." Bai replied with a smile, outside, she was Mrs. Zhou.
"This is the eldest lady of the Zhou family, she looks really beautiful, Mrs. Zhou is so blessed, she has another daughter, these two daughters are brought out, it is definitely an old face, by the way, I heard that this child was injured outside some time ago, and now it is better." This lady is very gossipy, and people outside the Zhou family still know a little about it, but the two sisters marrying a man is not a special case of the Zhou family, there are many such things, and everyone is not surprised.
"It's much better, Ya'er fell and injured her head, it shouldn't be a big deal, come, Ya'er, I've seen Mrs. Liu, the servant Siqing." Bai's cousin was a little secretive and vague. She didn't mind letting people misunderstand what she meant, and something bad about Zhou Xiya.
"I've seen Mrs. Liu" Zhou Xiya smiled and saluted, this Taifu Siqing is a third-grade official position, much smaller than his father, a second-grade official. seems to be good friends with the Bai family, and she naturally doesn't have a good impression of such a person.
"Mrs. Liu, what about Sister Xuan, didn't she come?" Zhou Xiwan didn't want other people's eyes to stay on Zhou Xiya longer, so she directly approached Mrs. Liu and asked. She often followed her mother to Liu's house, so she was very familiar.
"Xuan'er is here, I don't see a few good sisters, so I went in first, let's go, let's go in too, your little sisters have a lot." Mrs. Liu patted Zhou Xiwan's hand.
A few people walked to the palace, today the palace is full of lights, and the stage has been set up early, but it is still early and the opera has not yet started, but is performing acrobatics and the like. From time to time, there was the laughter and applause of a group of girls.
A few people, led by the green-clothed maid, went to the main hall, where the three princesses were receiving the guests.
When I entered the living room, I saw the three princesses sitting on the top, and the two sides were full of officials' wives, and the three princesses and the ladies present were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"Mrs. Zhou of the Ministry of War... Mrs. Liu of the Taifu Temple Qing arrived..."The maid reported.
Everyone looked at the door together, and several people from the Bai family walked into the hall quickly, squatting down and saluting, "I wish the princess a long and healthy life, and her beauty will stay forever"
"Okay, good, hurry up and excuse me, come here, take a seat." The third princess gave a false help. But she was looking at the strange Zhou Xiya, this girl should be General Zhou's eldest daughter.
The prince explained that she wanted to greet the Zhou family well, and she naturally couldn't slack off.
There are also rules for this time, and it is also arranged according to the position of the men in the family, and the three princesses are very close to the position where the Bai family sits.
"The girl born in this eye is the eldest daughter of Lord Zhou, right?" The princess spoke.
"Yes, princess, this little girl of my family, Zhou Xiya." The Bai family pulled Zhou Xiya over to introduce.
"It's really beautiful, Mrs. Zhou is so blessed," the princess nodded.
"yes...... Is it the first time that Miss Zhou has appeared in front of people? ”
"Yes, we are all very curious, Mrs. Zhou, this is wrong for you, hiding such a beautiful daughter from us."
"yes......"
A group of women chattered with a flattering tone. The Zhou family is now in full swing, Zhou Jianxiong is a second-class member at a young age, and his future is unlimited.
"Where, where, it's not that this kid just came back, and he is not familiar with everything in the capital, and he caught up with an accident and broke his head, and the injury was healed, so he took the little girl out to see the world." Bai likes the feeling of being flattered, which makes her feel a sense of happiness.
And Zhou Xiya is smiling cooperatively, quietly, but her eyes are a little muzzled.
The lady who saw it naturally saw Zhou Xiya's strange appearance, and she still had the heart to marry the Zhou family, but seeing Miss Zhou like this, it didn't seem to be very good, and asked euphemistically: "I heard about this, there were many people who were injured that time, and my nephew was also washed away by the heavy snow, fortunately he was rescued, but there were some external injuries, Miss Zhou looked fine, this is already a great blessing."
"My Ya'er was injured on the head, although the doctor said it was okay, but it was always injured, and the person also had amnesia and forgot a lot of things, it was really a poor child, it was my bad and I didn't take good care of her." Bai Shi took Zhou Xiya's hand very remorsefully, and said Zhou Xiya's condition in a timely manner.
"It's not your fault either, who knew something like this would happen"
"Yes, it's good that the child is fine," the crowd advised.
Zhou Xiya sneered in her heart, the Bai family must be very proud now, but there will always be times when she can't laugh.
Zhou Xiya secretly observed the ladies present, more of them came today, more of them were officials under the three princes, and not many wives of high-ranking officials came, from the words and expressions of these ladies, you can guess that those are the descendants of the three princes, and which ones are just here to attend the birthday banquet.
At this time, the third prince stepped forward in a golden python robe, and smiled heartily, "Concubine, the song and dance in the front yard are ready, how about we go and watch?" ”
The three princes stretched out their hands, the three princesses smiled, stretched out their jade hands and put them on the hands of the three princes, "Everything is arranged by the prince" The two walked out hand in hand.
The two of them are in a state of affection and affection, the third prince gives face to the third princess, he has always been a good man's performance outside, especially in front of these ladies, he doesn't mind showing respect and love for his wife, this is what these women are willing to see, and their words will affect their own men, he never underestimates women's pillow wind.
Zhou Xiwan clenched the handkerchief in her hand and looked at the third prince excitedly, but unfortunately the third prince's gaze did not stay on her, but looked at Zhou Xiya, but Zhou Xiya was smirking, could it be that her brain was really confused?
A group of people came to the garden, a greenhouse was built in the courtyard, and there was a charcoal pot in it, it was not cold at all, the third prince and the princess sat at the front, and the minister who came was in the men's area on the other side.
The performance began, the first was singing and dancing, the graceful posture of the dancers, the program full of meanings, but there was something to see, some of the ladies sitting next to each other whispered and laughed something.
And a group of girls were whispering this in the back, Zhou Xiya sat in the corner, many of these girls she had known in her previous life, but now she is not in the mood to make friends again.
But she didn't go over, so naturally someone came to look for her, "Miss Zhou, are you here too?" Li Aoxue happily walked around.
"Miss Li," Zhou Xiya nodded politely.
"I'll sit with you, are you healed? I originally wanted to go to your house to see you, but I'm afraid it's not good to go rashly? Li Aoxue smiled apologetically.
"It's much better, it's okay now, thank you for your concern." In this life, she has developed a very cold temperament.
"That's good, I'll introduce some little sisters to you, you just returned to the capital, you must not know anyone yet, everyone is also very curious about you, why do you want to make an appearance." Li Aoxue is familiar with it, and she is going to pull Zhou Xiya to recognize people.
"I don't want to go" Zhou Xiya wanted to pull her hand out, she wanted to stare at Zhou Xiwan, how could she have the kung fu to make friends.
"Go ahead, don't be afraid, everybody's fine, look at your sister, there is a group of people around, what's the point of you sitting here alone?" Li Aoxue pulled Zhou Xiya over.
Zhou Xiya had no choice but to follow, Li Aoxue pulled Zhou Xiya into her friend's small circle, and introduced Zhou Xiya to each other one by one, Zhou Xiya just nodded with a smile, and said a little greeting, everyone knows that she just came back from the border pass, she is not too enthusiastic and doesn't mind, not everyone is a familiar person.
Halfway through the ball, the ladies in the greenhouse couldn't sit still, and walked out in twos and threes, followed by operas and the like, they couldn't sit still here and look at their expressions, today's princess's birthday, the garden of the palace is also open, or it is interesting to visit the garden, although it is winter, but the scenery of the palace is also very beautiful.
Although Zhou Xiya is not good at talking, the experience of the two lives is here, and she chatted very well with a group of girls, and everyone quickly became familiar with it.
"Aoxue, I heard my brother say, your brother has a good errand?" A girl spoke.
"Yes, my brother is now with Xiao Ergongzi, and he is very trusted by Xiao Ergongzi, when Xiao Ergongzi leaves and returns to the south in the future, my brother may follow, and he will find a half-official position in the south in the future." Li Aoxue is a little proud, going to the south to be an official is a good errand, there is the chassis of the Xiao family, there must be a good position, in the future, my brother will be promoted little by little, with qualifications, and then return to the capital to have more development.
"And is your brother taking you with him? Xiao Gongzi is a talent, don't you get the moon first near the water building? A girl teased, girls are together, not clothes and jewelry, that is, men, fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, it's time to get married, and there is no need to be taboo to say this among girlfriends.
"you, that's you, I didn't have it" was said to be the center, Li Aoxue was a little embarrassed, alas, alas, but unfortunately, although her brother was by Xiao Gongzi's side, she didn't have much chance to get close to Xiao Gongzi, but she just knew some of Xiao Gongzi's preferences, but this already made her very happy.