Chapter 361: The Visitor
For Lu Qingrong, this new Mrs. Chu is no stranger.
On the day Jiang Xuan returned to Beijing in triumph, she ran out to see the excitement in men's clothes, and met Mrs. Chu who had not yet married in the teahouse.
Mrs. Chu was very enthusiastic, and came over to hold Lu Qingrong and walked forward together: "When we got married last time, we just glanced at it in a hurry, and we didn't have time to speak, today is your birthday, and I can't keep occupying you, it's better to be like this, how about you come to our house as a guest another day?" Let's have a good chat, just like we did in the teahouse that day! ”
She has never had any friends, and she has always regarded meeting Lu Qingrong as a big fate.
Lu Qingrong was even more flattered, you must know that Mr. Chu has a withdrawn temperament and is unwilling to let others go to his house, except for Jiang Xuan, she has not heard of any people next to her who have visited the door in the past.
Lu Qingrong was slightly worried, afraid that Mr. Chu might not agree.
Mrs. Chu saw her concerns, patted her chest, and had a posture of "I am the master of our family", and her aura was very powerful.
Lu Qingrong hurriedly smiled and nodded, indicating that he was only waiting for her invitation.
After beckoning Mr. Chu and his wife to take a seat, Lu Qingrong found that not far behind them was Sun Yiming.
Why did he come too?
Lu Qingrong turned his head sideways and looked at Jiang Xuan with a puzzled expression.
It wasn't until Sun Yiming was arranged to be seated that Jiang Xuan quietly explained in Lu Qingrong's ear: "Master Sun heard that there was a dinner today, so he insisted on coming over, for the sake of him giving such a big gift." I'm not good at refusing, no! ”
Jiang Xuan's explanation is not very serious, but it is also reasonable.
It's just the "big gift" given by Sun Yiming. Every time Lu Qingrong thinks about it, he always cries and laughs.
Fortunately, today's male and female guests were seated at two tables. Lu Qingrong didn't have to look at him embarrassed.
There are exactly ten people at the table of the female guests, Yin Pingru and Brother Xu, as well as Geng's, Gu's, and Mrs. Chu's elders, as well as Lu Fangyu, Lu Qianyu, Jiang Yunpei, and sister-in-law Fan.
Today, as soon as Fan entered the door, he had been looking at Lu Qingrong with gratitude on his face. It is conceivable that it is because Master Fan's problem has been properly solved.
Lu Qingrong and her looked at each other and smiled, and the two of them did not mention this matter very tacitly.
Wait until everyone is seated. Jiang Xuan quickly announced the opening of the table at the other table.
Obviously, all the invitees have arrived.
At this time, suddenly someone came again.
Although the relationship between Jiang Xuan and the Zhenbei General's Mansion has been greatly eased in the past two years, there is still some distance from intimacy, not to mention that it was Lu Qingrong who celebrated his birthday, Jiang Xuan still wanted to invite more of her relatives, so he did not invite them.
However, the Zhenbei General's Mansion did not turn a blind eye. I still sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.
Jiang Xuan and Lu Qingrong were not surprised by this, but what they didn't expect was that the person who came with the gift giver turned out to be the second cousin Jiang Huijuan.
Lu Qingrong recognized her. First glanced at Jiang Xuan in surprise, and got his equally surprised eyes, only then did he feel a little more comfortable. got up and went to welcome Jiang Huijuan over to the table of female guests.
Jiang Huijuan was undoubtedly very unfamiliar to the others at the table.
Lu Qingrong introduced her to everyone. One by one, he pointed out to her relatives and friends at the table.
Everyone looked at her, even though they all had a decent smile on their faces. But it is inevitable that their hearts will be slandered.
What's going on in the Zhenbei General's Mansion, so that a girl who has not yet left the cabinet shows up to give a congratulatory gift?
Although she and the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion are relatives, there are still many foreign men at today's banquet, so abrupt that it really makes people feel inappropriate. Especially in the face of Lu Qingrong's polite concession, she didn't mean to shirk at all, so she came over.
But these were all secretly thought by everyone, and no one said it for a while, and everyone kept a smile on their faces.
At this moment, after Lu Qingrong introduced Mrs. Chu, when Jiang Hui was giving a salute, Mrs. Chu opened her mouth.
I saw that Mrs. Chu first looked at Jiang Huijuan with a puzzled face, her expression was calm, her eyes were direct, and she said after a while: "Why do I look at Miss Jiang a little familiar, have you seen it somewhere?" ”
Mrs. Chu asked, but turned her head to look at Lu Qingrong.
Lu Qingrong saw Mrs. Chu's complicated eyes and immediately understood what she meant.
The last time they were waiting for the triumph of the Mobei generals in the teahouse, the people in the private room on the second floor across the street were dressed most conspicuously by Jiang Huijuan. After thinking about it, I felt that it was unlikely, Lu Qingrong was also able to have an impression because he recognized her, could it be that Mrs. Chu also noticed her?
Mrs. Chu saw Lu Qingrong's entanglement, and when the words came to her mouth, there was no exit in the end.
But I don't want to, the maid Ziying, who has been standing behind her and waiting, is still as straightforward as ever.
"On the day of the triumph of the Mobei soldiers, there was a girl waving a handkerchief vigorously upstairs on the street, and she was dressed in fancy clothes, which was very conspicuous, and she looked a little similar to this Miss Jiang!"
Ziying's voice was so loud that she couldn't help but look sideways at the table of the male guest next to her.
Lu Qingrong secretly admired that the two masters and servants were actually observant and observant, and their memories were not ordinarily good!
Before Ziying could clearly shout out that they were also going to watch, Lu Qingrong hurriedly interrupted: "Ziying is just passing by, there are people who see the wrong person!" ”
Lu Qingrong smiled in his words, trying to look casual and ordinary.
Mrs. Chu understood and knew that although Lu Qingrong was a little dissatisfied with this Miss Jiang, she was not enough to make her embarrassed in front of everyone, so she also followed her words.
"We were really just passing by at the time, and we didn't really see it, thinking that Miss Jiang was a lady in the boudoir, and she wouldn't run out to see the excitement like this!"
Mrs. Chu's seemingly exculpatory words still carried a little ridicule.
Jiang Huijuan's face was almost unbearable, and she was so red that she was almost brighter than the hibiscus-colored cherry blossom embroidered gown on her body.
Mrs. Chu's words did not have much impact on the atmosphere of the whole table.
But when Jiang Huijuan gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, and sat down to prepare for the banquet, the scene was immediately quiet for a moment.
At this moment, Brother Xu came out to break the silence.
He had been looking left and right for a long time just now, and when he found out that his table was full of women, he couldn't sit still anymore, ignoring Yin Pingru's obstruction, ran away with a smoke, and ran away to the other table.
Seeing that Jiang Xuan pulled him to sit beside him, Yin Pingru didn't insist anymore and went with them.
And it was Brother Xu'er's innocent behavior, accompanied by a burst of laughter from everyone, that restored the liveliness and warmth of the banquet just now.
It's just that for a long time after that, Jiang Huijuan could only sit there and no one cared.
But it's too early to think she's just the only unexpected visitor today. (To be continued......)