Chapter 64: The Flower Viewing Feast
"The second miss has come to see the fifth miss!" Mama Gui said lightly, and then said to Xu Qirong, "The eldest princess's mansion will hold a flower viewing banquet on Xifeng Mountain tomorrow, and she has left a post for Her Royal Highness alone, and Her Royal Highness plans to take the fifth lady with her." Since I have to go out tomorrow, I can't sleep too late tonight, and His Royal Highness instructed that even if the fifth lady has not finished reciting, she can also eat on time. ”
Xu Qirong frowned, surprised in his heart, Princess Pingtai's identity is embarrassing, the eldest princess and Princess Pingtai didn't have a deep friendship before, it makes sense to invite Princess Pingtai alone in the next post, what does it mean to invite Princess Pingtai to the flower viewing banquet where the female relatives are like clouds?
Yu Xia is happy, now, the girl can't finish the "Female Commandment" and don't have to worry about being hungry.
Mama Gui saw that Yu Xia's eyes were smiling, and she added: "If you can't finish it before dinner tonight, you won't have to eat tomorrow's dinner." ”
The smile on Yu Xia's face froze, and he couldn't help but mutter: "This is too unkind!" ”
Xu Qijin was worried about another thing, and asked Mama Gui with a worried face: "Grandmother really said that she took Sister Rong to the flower viewing banquet?" But Sister Rong is like this now, and she still goes to participate in the flower-viewing banquet, doesn't she tell the entire Xijing City that she can't speak? What to do in the future? ”
Mama Gui gave a rare explanation: "Your Highness naturally has His Highness's considerations. Miss Fifth was poisoned and almost lost her life, which is a well-known thing. Something so big happened, who still believes that Miss Five is intact? His Royal Highness means that this trip is to let everyone see an intact fifth lady. ”
Xu Qijin was still worried: "You can't speak, it's too obvious, where is it so easy to hide!" ”
Mama Gui said expressionlessly: "Isn't Miss Fifth changing her teeth, the little lady loves beauty and refuses to speak, isn't that a normal thing!" "No matter how flexible those ladies and ladies are, it is impossible to think that Miss Xu Wu can't speak and dare to go to the flower viewing banquet held by the eldest princess generously.
Yu Xia is a sincere person, and when she heard what Mama Gui said, she immediately explained: "The girl hasn't started to change her teeth yet, and the girl's front teeth were accidentally removed when the doctor inserted a bamboo tube before." ”
Xu Qirong changed her teeth late, Xu Qirong remembered that she didn't start changing her first tooth until she was eight years old in her previous life.
Xu Qijin's eyes lit up and he put his mind at ease. But if you think about it carefully, I'm still worried that there will be an accident, and when the little lady and the little lady play together, Princess Pingtai can't always guard Sister Rong! So he hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't I go and ask my grandmother to let me go to the flower feast too?" ”
Xu Qirong shook his head, asked Yu Xia to bring paper and pen, and wrote: My sister is weak, go to Xifeng Mountain, what a long stone staircase! Don't worry, the county lord will take care of me. When I finished writing, I pursed my lips and smiled.
Xu Qijin read what Xu Qirong wrote, and became even more worried: "When has Shuang Lian been reliable!" ”
Mama Gui nodded: "The county lord of Jiaren will also go." ”
Now Xu Qijin was relieved: "With Jiaren here, there should be no problem." ”
Xu Qirong slandered in his heart, compared to frost pity, Jiaren is the most unreliable one!
Before dinner, Xu Qirong took the "Female Commandment" to Mama Gui and signaled that she had memorized it all. Mama Gui didn't believe it, and had the intention to let her memorize it again, but Xu Qirong couldn't speak, and had the heart to let her write it silently, but this "Female Commandment" was too thick, and it was really finished, and it was estimated that the sky was about to dawn.
Princess Pingtai saw that Mama Gui was entangled, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”
Mama Gui replied honestly: "Fifth Miss said that she finished reciting it. ”
Princess Pingtai was taken aback: "I finished memorizing a chapter in one afternoon?" ”
Mama Gui shook her head: "It's a whole book!" ”
At this time, the expressions of Princess Pingtai and Mama Gui have become the same, it's not that they don't trust Xu Qirong, it's just that with such a thick copy of "The Female Commandment", it is already very good to be able to read it three or four times in an afternoon. Mama Gui proposed to let Xu Qirong memorize it backwards in the afternoon, which was originally deliberately embarrassing her, how could she really finish memorizing it!
Even Princess Pingtai memorized a copy of "The Female Commandment" that year, and it took three days.
Princess Pingtai called Xu Qirong and asked, "I heard that Mama Gui said that you have finished reciting a copy of "The Female Commandment"? ”
Xu Qirong smiled and nodded.
Yu Xia spoke for her girl: "The girl has been carrying it seriously in the afternoon, and she hasn't even drunk two sips of water, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to have dinner in time." ”
Princess Pingtai asked again: "Is it a whole book, not a chapter?" ”
Xu Qirong still smiled and nodded.
Princess Pingtai will be suspicious, relying on her own memory, to come up with the question: "In the couple's article, if the woman is not virtuous, she will have no husband, and if the woman is not a husband, she will fall into ruin." What is the latter sentence? ”
Mama Gui hurriedly handed over the pen and paper she had prepared, Xu Qirong was taken by Yu Xia and laid it on the small table, and wrote without thinking: If you want to maintain righteousness, you must make women understand righteousness.
Mama Gui stepped forward and presented it to Princess Pingtai, Princess Pingtai nodded, and then asked: "In the couple's article, if the husband is not virtuous, there is no royal wife; If a woman is not virtuous, she will have nothing to do. What is the latter sentence? ”
Xu Qirong wrote: If the husband is not a wife, the prestige will be wasted; If a woman does not take care of her husband, then righteousness will fall.
Princess Pingtai had a solemn writing on her face, and asked again: "Women have four elements, one is women's virtue, two is women's words, three is women's appearance, and four is women's skills." What is women's work? ”
Xu Qirong wrote: Concentrate on spinning, not good at laughing, clean wine and food (Qi Yin Zhai), in order to serve guests, it is called women's work.
Princess Pingtai took the paper presented by Mama Gui and didn't talk for a long time, and after a long time, she smiled and said: "Don't ask again, it seems that Sister Rong not only memorized the entire "Female Commandment", but also read it thoroughly. If I don't know what it means by rote memorization, when I ask about women's skills, I'm afraid that what I write should be 'women's skills, you don't have to be skillful'. Sister Rong, have you watched "The Female Commandment" before? ”
If you haven't read the answer, I'm afraid that no one will believe it, and thinking of Mama Gui's attitude towards her mother, Xu Qirong didn't think much about it, so he wrote on the paper: Mother read it to Zhuozhuo.
"I see!" Princess Pingtai sighed with emotion, "You don't have to learn the rules and etiquette in the future." I see that you can write well, so follow me to practice in the future. ”
Mama Gui glanced at Xu Qirong with a complicated expression, but she didn't speak. Xu Qirong seized the opportunity, quickly knelt down on Princess Pingtai, and kowtowed three times.
The flower-viewing banquet hosted by the eldest father, a total of two invitations were sent to Xu's house. One was sent to Lin'an Hall according to the rules of previous years, and the other was given to Princess Pingtai alone. Although Mrs. Guo and Princess Pingtai are not concubines who love each other, in order not to let other families see the jokes of Xufu, they still go out together.
I don't know if it's to have a long time with Princess Pingtai, Mrs. Guo dressed herself up more magnificently today! In Xu Qirong's opinion, if Mrs. Guo was dressed like a big ingots last time, then this time, Mrs. Guo's dress is no different from a big ingots inlaid with gems. The eldest lady Xu Qiyao has a year to go, and she has not yet decided on a family, and Mrs. Guo wants to find a good family for Xu Qiyao at the flower viewing banquet this time. So, Mrs. Guo made a bloody investment and dressed Xu Qiyao as a miniature version of herself.
Princess Pingtai and Xu Qirong both had a secret toothache when they saw it, what if they really didn't want to go to Xifeng Mountain with them? It's a joke!
Mrs. Guo took a closer look, although Princess Pingtai's clothes were good, she didn't have a few pieces of jewelry on her body, and she was completely compared to her. So he was satisfied with Princess Pingtai and talked about the interesting stories of the flower appreciation banquet in previous years.
When I finally arrived at Miaocui'an, in addition to a young nun waiting at the mountain gate, there was also a young nun who looked to be only eight or nine years old. The little nun's face was stern, and with her fleshy face and round bald head, she pulled out a sense of joy.
The young nun didn't know Princess Pingtai, so she just talked to Mrs. Guo, so Mrs. Guo was very proud, and in order to hang Pingtai, she chatted eagerly with the nun. Princess Pingtai is so recuperating, where to worry about this with her!
It was the serious little nun, who looked sad and wanted to speak, and took advantage of Mrs. Guo's efforts to stop and breathe, and hurriedly pointed at Xu Qirong timidly and said: "The county lord of Jiaren asked the little nun to pick up Miss Xu Wu." ”
Xu Qirong was surprised, and subconsciously looked at Princess Pingtai. Princess Pingtai asked, "Where is the county lord now?" ”
The little nun replied honestly: "The county lord is watching the fish." ”
Xu Qirong stared at the little nun's face and suddenly realized, she said why did she feel a little familiar, isn't this the little nun from last time!
The little nun added: "The county lord said that please rest assured that the elders will take care of Miss Xu Wu." The frost mercy county lord of Yuwang's Mansion is also there. ”
Pingtai was about to speak, when he heard Mrs. Guo cough twice, and said, "In this case, Yao'er should accompany your fifth sister over!" Then he turned his head and looked at Xu Qiyun, who looked expectant, and added, "Yun'er will go too." ”
Princess Pingtai frowned and stopped talking. Who knew that the little nun was more serious, and immediately said: "The county lord said that he only invited Miss Xu Wu over, and did not invite other young ladies." ”
Mrs. Guo's face darkened, and she was about to get angry, Princess Pingtai was amused by this little nun, and immediately helped the little nun to relieve the siege: "Yu Xia, Qiu Nong, you follow Miss, go with this little master, and take good care of Miss." ”
Yu Xia and Qiu Nong hurriedly agreed, and in the anger of Mrs. Guo, they took Xu Qirong and left with the little nun.
The little nun has already changed her front teeth, and she doesn't leak any more when she speaks, she still remembers Xu Qirong, so regardless of whether Xu Qirong didn't speak, she chattered about the changes in Miaocui'an over the past year.
The little nun was talking happily, when she saw a pink child standing under the flower wall in front of her, facing the wall, her shoulders shaking, as if she was crying, and when she got closer, she found that her clothes were wet!
The little nun was a kind little nun, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "This young lady, what's wrong with you?" Where's your maid? ”
The little lady turned around, her face was flushed, she whispered something, and when she looked up, she saw Xu Qirong's master and servant standing not far away, and she was stunned for a moment.
Xu Qirong was also stunned, how could Jin Ge'er, who should have been in Yangzhou, dress like pink and stand alone under the flower wall of the nunnery? Besides, this is the place where the little lady stays! R1152