The wing room where Jiang was sitting was the wife of a civil official above the third grade, and the Wang family personally led Jiang in, and the ladies in the house wearing the costumes of the command fell to the ground.

Everyone socialized with each other. After a while, another housekeeper brought a lady in, and as soon as she sat down, she asked, "Who is that little girl next to Mrs. Yang?" Mrs. Yang is very kind to her. ”

Jiang smiled but did not answer.

Everyone stopped chatting, and the lady sitting diagonally opposite Jiang asked the serving maid, "But your in-laws?" ”

The maid said: "The slave has been serving here, I don't know which young lady is in front of the old lady." ”

Someone quietly stuffed the red seal and asked the maid to inquire.

The maid had some prevarication at first, but then she couldn't shirk it, so she had to go.

Soon came back, looked at Jiang, and said, "It's the young lady of Master Cui's family." ”

The ladies were in an uproar, and immediately surrounded the Jiang family at the core, and asked if Cui Keyin was engaged, how could she get the blue eyes of Mrs. Yang, who was usually a frequent visitor to Guo's mansion.

Cui Keyin didn't know about these discussions, she had been sitting quietly on the small pestle, no one came in to pay respects, Mrs. Yang talked to her casually, she responded softly, and when someone came to pay respects, she smiled and nodded.

At noon, the maid reported that Guo Shouning and his son had brought the Guo family's sons and nephews to pay homage to Mrs. Yang's birthday, Cui Keyin retreated, and went to the wing room to find Jiang's under the leadership of the maid.

A group of wives of senior members above the third grade praised Cui Keyin to the sky.

Cui Keyin had a smile on her face, half-lowered her eyelids, and looked shy, and the Jiang family came forward to entertain, saying humble words, but in fact, every sentence praised Cui Keyin for her outstanding speech.

After making a fuss for half an hour, someone suddenly found that it was too late and the banquet had not yet started.

Wang smiled reservedly in front of people, but in fact he was anxious. Thinking about Mrs. Yang's whole life, Guo Shouning is the first assistant, and he has pre-arranged forty tables, which should be enough. Unexpectedly, Emperor An's holy decree, the officials in the capital were all mobilized, and those who were qualified to enter the palace to sit at the table also brought their relatives and relatives, counted the number of people, and found that it was enough to open more than 200 seats.

Guo Fu suddenly turned on his back.

At the end of the day, it was not easy to arrange the banquet, the men were in the outer courtyard, and the women were in the inner courtyard, and the guests were invited.

Except for the high-grade ladies, there is not much else to take care of, as long as there is a vacant seat, the housekeeper of the Guo Mansion will arrange for someone to sit down.

Sitting with Cui Keyin were all girls of the same age, dressed up one by one.

On the left hand side is a girl with a long face, sixteen or seventeen years old, with a pair of eyes that are brilliant and sharp; On the right-hand side is a round-faced, blessed girl, fifteen or sixteen years old.

The round-faced girl took the initiative to talk to Cui Keyin, and introduced herself as a girl from Yao Shilang's family in the Ministry of Industry, ranking sixth in the clan.

When Miss Yao Liu and Cui Keyin were chatting, the girl with a long face kept listening with her ears pricked up, and she interjected at some point, and then said that it was the fifth lady of the Dingxing Hou Mansion, called Li Xiuxiu.

The dishes have not been served, and Miss Yao Liu, who has brought a tea cup and drank tea, heard the words "Dingxing Houfu", and almost sprayed Cui Kegongyin with a sip of tea.

The girls at the table who listened to their conversation all smiled.

Li Xiuxiu's face was a little unsightly.

Someone pointed at Cui Keyin and said, "This is the young lady of Cui Shilang's family." ”

However, in just one hour, Cui Keyin has become a "celebrity" among the female dependents, and I don't know how many people secretly inquire about her.

Li Xiuxiu's face changed, and her face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Cui Keyin lowered her head and drank tea.

Fortunately, at this time, the maid of Guo's mansion finally took the tray and began to serve the food. Miss Yao Liu took the opportunity to divert the topic.

After lunch, I started singing.

Miss Yao Liu has been following Cui Keyin, the two of them are sitting next to a peony and whispering, Cui Keyin feels Li Xiuxiu's sharp gaze not far away from time to time.

Guo's mansion is a three-entry and five-wide mansion, and it is full of people at this time.

Cui Keyin stood up, and Miss Yao Liu hurriedly stood up.

Cui Keyin said: "I'll go to the official room." ”

"I want to go too, let's go together." Miss Yao Liu said, taking Cui Keyin's arm.

There were a lot of people standing outside the official room, all waiting to enter.

Cui Keyin said: "Let's go to the garden for a walk." ”

Of course, Miss Yao Liu had no objection.

The two walked back, but before they could find the maid asking the way to the garden, Li Xiuxiu walked up to them, stopped in front of Cui Keyin, and said, "Miss Cui, I have something to ask you." ”

Miss Yao Liu looked at Li Xiuxiu and Cui Keyin, her expression was a little stiff.

Cui Keyin casually pointed to a pine tree not far away, and said to Miss Yao Liu, "You wait for me here." He drew his arm and walked under the pine tree.

Li Xiuxiu followed.

"Why shouldn't my brother be allowed to marry?" Li Xiuxiu's footsteps stopped, and she asked with a slashing face.

Cui Keyin smiled slightly and said, "Miss Li Wu has lived in the capital for a long time, so she should know that civil officials have never intermarried with nobles, right?" Isn't it obvious why marriage should not be allowed? ”

It is true that civil officials and nobles have never been able to get together. But there is no rule prohibiting intermarriage, it's just that civil officials have always prided themselves on being noble and looked down on the noble children.

Li Xiuxiu snorted, and only after a few breaths did she say: "Even so, you shouldn't make my brother the laughing stock of the capital." ”

That's the point, right? Otherwise, Li Jiang is a concubine, how can she be looked at by one of her concubines. The Dingxing Houfu has become a laughing stock, and it is rare for her to say that she is a good family, which is the reason why she is angry and can't bear to question in person.

"You should go and ask Brother Ling why he is making a fuss at the city gate. Unfortunately, the city gates were about to close at that time, and there were a lot of people coming in and out. ”

Cui Keyin turned around and left after speaking, ignoring her again.

Li Xiuxiu watched Cui Keyin's upright back like a birch tree in the wasteland leave step by step, and her face kept changing.

Miss Yao Liu greeted her, took Cui Keyin's arm, and whispered, "It's just the daughter of the Hou family, what are you dragging." ”

Xungui is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, if there are no children in the house who support the court, they will be worse than ordinary people.

Cui Keyin said: "It's almost time, let's go see if the play is over." ”

Mrs. Yang's play is "Guo Ziyi's Birthday", and it is time to say goodbye after singing.

Miss Yao Liu naturally had no objection.

Jiang was talking to Big Jiang, and at a glance, he saw that Cui Keyin was not sitting there, so he hurriedly sent Cuihuan to find it.

Cuihuan went to the official room to look around, but didn't find it, she was anxious, she didn't want to see Cui Keyin and a girl walking by arm in a blink of an eye, so she hurriedly greeted her, smiled and saluted: "Madam said that the play is almost over, let the slave maid come and talk to the young lady." ”

When I got to Jiang, it happened that Mrs. Yang sent someone to say to Jiang: "The old lady said that the reception was not good today, and I will ask Mrs. to bring the young lady to the house to enjoy the flowers in two days." ”

Jiang said politely: "The old lady has a heart, she must come." ”