The Xu family was able to receive an invitation to the eldest princess's flower-viewing banquet, and it can be regarded as a family worthy of friendship in the eyes of the noble family.

The invitation did not indicate the number of participants, and with Mrs. Guo's undisadvantaged nature, she naturally called all the girls of the Xu family. Even Xu Qiyao, who went to Tangzhou to attend his grandfather's birthday banquet, returned to Xu's house on the first day of the flower viewing banquet.

Mrs. Guo wore a golden jacket with a golden rooster dancing, and the forehead on her head was also inlaid with a round topaz, which looked rich and noble.

Xu Qijin pulled Xu Qirong and whispered in Xu Qirong's ear: "Uncle and grandmother are like a moving big ingot." ”

Xu Qirong looked at Mrs. Guo again, and looked at Xu Qijin with a strange expression, this description is really too appropriate!

Because the two sisters, Xu Qijin and Xu Qirong, are still in the filial piety period, they are wearing plain white dresses, like two white magnolia flowers. The third lady Xu Qiyun is eight years old this year, a little taller than Xu Qijin, the duck egg blue cloud silk brocade is embroidered with cinnabar-colored petals, and a waist seal of the same color is embroidered with pine-colored tangled branches. Apparently well-groomed. even compared Xu Qiyao, who was already a cardamom year. Xu Qiyun was very proud.

The third old lady Xu Tingbai is very unpopular with Mrs. Guo because he is a concubine, so the fourth lady Xu Qiyu is the same age as Xu Qiyun, but she does not dare to be as flamboyant as Xu Qiyun, and only wears a lilac-colored gown with a lilac-colored skirt.

But Xu Qimoth and Xu Qidie regretted it, Xu Qimoth found out out from nowhere that Xu Qiyu was wearing the clothes of the Gongzhong, thinking that the girls of the Xu family would wear the clothes of the Gongzhongfa. Therefore, the two little girls wore clothes that were exactly the same as Xu Qiyu's but in different colors. It's too late to change before you go out.

Xu Qirong saw that Mrs. Guo was in a good mood, and couldn't help but say to Xu Qijin: "Sister, do you want to mention Sister Hui to your uncle and grandmother?" ”

Xu Qijin shook his head: "The matter of the big house, let's mix less!" ”

Xu Qirong thought of Sister Hui'er's pitiful appearance, a little unbearable, but then thought of her purpose today, Sister Hui was timid, if she went, she would definitely follow her, and she was not a strict-mouthed person, if something went wrong at that time, the gains outweighed the losses. So he nodded and didn't mention it anymore.

Xu Qirong and Xu Qijin took a car, and later added Xu Qiyu, who didn't know who to follow. In addition to Ruyi Lane, when the carriage of the Xu family passed through Jiuru Lane, it happened to meet the wives and ladies of the Qiu family going out, and they happened to go together.

Go all the way out from Yanluo Xiejie, bypass the White Horse Temple, go out of the east gate of the inner city, all the way to the north, and you will arrive at the foot of Xifeng Mountain. The flower-viewing banquet was held on the top of Xifeng Mountain, and the carriage could not get up, so everyone had to get off the car and walk.

The Xu family and the Qiu family live closely, and Qiu Wei, the fourth master of the Qiu family, is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and he happens to be a subordinate of Xu Jinxing, the second old lady of the Xu family, so the two families are also close.

As soon as the second wife of the Qiu family, Chen, and the fourth wife, Min, got out of the car, they took several girls from the Qiu family to ask Mrs. Guo for peace.

Mrs. Guo smiled: "You old ladies haven't come to talk lately. ”

The fourth wife was busy saying: "My mother has not been feeling good recently, and the doctor told her to recuperate at home. ”

When Mrs. Guo saw that the fourth lady replied respectfully, she nodded in her heart, and said, "It's good to go out for a walk more, but since the doctor said that, it must be right to listen to the doctor." ”

Xu Qirong and Xu Qijin stood beside Xu Qiyao and listened to their elders, and when they turned their heads, they saw Xu Qiyao pinching his fingers at the Qiu family to make small movements, and then they heard a coquettish laugh, looked up, and just saw a round-faced girl about the same size as Xu Qiyao in a pink dress squeezing her eyebrows at Xu Qiyao.

Xu Qirong was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that it should be the second lady of the Qiu family, a famous lady, and Xu Qiyao is handkerchief. Although he is not the best-looking one in the Qiu family, he is the best married one in the Qiu family. In her previous life, Qiu Yuanyuan married the little prince of Yuwangfu as a side concubine.

When Mrs. Guo heard Miss Qiu Er's laughter, she first frowned, and then saw that Miss Qiu Er was making small movements with Xu Qiyao, and her words became: "The relationship between the two of you is good, Yao'er doesn't have to accompany my wife later, and it's good to chat with Sister Yuan in the back." ”

Xu Qiyao smiled sweetly and immediately agreed: "Thank you, ancestor, for showing compassion to your granddaughter." Then he rolled his eyes, swept around the girl of the Xu family, and said, "The third sister will support the ancestor for me!" ”

Xu Qiyun originally regarded Xu Qiyao as an opponent, but when he heard Xu Qiyao's words, he was angry! But it couldn't be revealed on his face, but he smiled sweeter than Xu Qiyao: "Big sister said this strangely, the old ancestor is also the old ancestor of Yun'er, without the command of the big sister, wouldn't Yun'er be filial to the old ancestor?" ”

Xu Qirong shook his head secretly in his heart, how familiar this scene is, this kind of drama has been performed thousands of times in his previous life, and he is also a stupid person, he feels that he can't compete with Xu Qiyao anyway, so he simply helps Xu Qiyao to block Xu Qiyun's words, hoping that Mrs. Guo will like herself more.

In the end, in front of outsiders, Xu Qiyao did not argue with Xu Qiyun, but said: "It turned out that the eldest sister said the wrong thing, is it okay to accompany the third sister, can the third sister forgive the eldest sister?" ”

How dare Xu Qiyun say it is not good!

Mrs. Qiu Si hurriedly smiled and said to Mrs. Guo: "It's still the old lady who can train people, and the young ladies of the Xu family are all as good as the water and shallots, and they are more loving and kind than the girls of other people's families." ”

Second Mrs. Qiu also said: "Especially Miss Xu, in my opinion, there are few people in the entire Xijing City who can compare to her in terms of appearance and character." I really can't wait to make a switch between our sister Yuan and Miss Xu! ”

Mrs. Guo smiled with a wrinkled face: "Sister Yuan is also excellent." Let's stop standing here and talking, go up the mountain slowly, I'm afraid the eldest princess has already put a few pillars of incense on the Bodhisattva in Miaocui'an! ”

The group then began to walk up the mountain.

The road up the mountain is made of blue jade stones, and it is not steep, and there are all kinds of wild flowers blooming on the side of the road, which is very cute, and it is also a pleasure to enjoy the scenery while walking.

Pear trees and apricot trees are planted on the mountain of Xifeng Mountain, from the mountainside, a tree is pink and a tree is white, the more you go up the mountain, the more pear trees and apricot trees, to the top of the mountain, it is already a piece of pink and a piece of white, like a cloud and like a brocade.

Xu Qijin recovered from his illness for a long time, and when he arrived at the top of the mountain, he was already sweating.

Mrs. Qiu Er smiled and quipped: "If you want me to say, Miss Xu Er is plain white, and she is weak and not facing the wind, but it seems that the pear blossoms on this mountain have become immortals!" ”

Xu Qirong frowned when he heard this, Xu Qijin is nine years old this year, if there is a reputation for being weak and not facing the wind at this time, I am afraid that it will be affected in the future.

Mrs. Guo didn't say anything.

Xu Qijin let Shui Er wipe the fragrant sweat on her forehead for her, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Qiu's second thing is not right, this is Miaocui Nunnery, which is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the pear blossoms and apricot blossoms in this mountain are listening to the sound of Buddha and smelling sandalwood every day, and they have their own wind and bones." Jin'er is a layman, when the wind and cold are completely healed, where is it still weak and can not catch the wind! ”

did not offend Mrs. Qiu, but also made it clear that she was not really frail.

Mrs. Qiu Second laughed dryly twice and stopped talking, and Mrs. Qiu Si smiled and went to help Mrs. Guo: "Let's go in, I just saw a few maids and women who are a little familiar, but I'm afraid that many people will arrive before us!" ”

Mrs. Guo nodded and led people to Miaocui Nunnery.

Since the flower-viewing banquet is held on Xifeng Mountain, the people who come to participate in the flower-viewing banquet naturally have to go first to the two pillars of incense on the Miaocui Temple. When the time is almost up, the flower-viewing banquet begins, and there is naturally an arrangement for the eldest princess's mansion.

A little nun of twelve or thirteen years old smiled and stepped forward to take everyone to incense the Bodhisattva, and Mrs. Guo asked, "The eldest princess is in the wing?" ”

The little nun nodded: "The eldest princess has ordered, and after the fragrant poor nuns, she will take the donors to see the eldest princess." With a little snack, drink some tea, say a few words, and the flower-viewing feast begins. ”

Mrs. Qiu Si asked, "Little Master, do you know who has arrived?" ”

The little nun led the way, and folded her hands to count: "The eldest lady of the Gu University scholar's family in the Hanlin Academy took two young ladies, the old lady and the three sisters of the Guo family who supervised the wine of the country, the eldest lady and the second wife of the Chen Mansion in Zhuangyuan Lane brought a young lady, the frost mercy county lord of Yuwang Mansion came with the county lord of Jiaren, and the little prince of Yuwang Mansion and the prince of the eldest princess's mansion brought a few classmates and friends to paint in the Fenghua Pavilion in the west, young ladies should be careful not to go the wrong way." ”

Xu Qirong found that except for their Xu Mansion, the ladies in other mansions really did not all go out.

When the little nun talked about the little prince of Yuwang's Mansion and the prince of the eldest princess's mansion, Xu Qijin quietly pulled Xu Qirong, and while signaling with his eyes, he lowered his voice and said: "Look at the third sister's face, how red it is!" ”

Xu Qirong took a look and found that Xu Qiyun was not the only one blushing, Xu Qiyao and the second and third ladies of the Qiu family were all blushing. However, when people are in the prime of their cardamom years, it is normal to blush when they hear a young man with a good family background and a good reputation like the little prince and the prince, Xu Qiyun, you are only eight years old, and you blush a little early!

After waiting for the incense, he walked out of the hall, a gust of wind blew, Xu Qijin trembled, Xu Qirong remembered that Xu Qijin had just sweated, but he was afraid that the clothes inside were already sweaty.

If the wind blows again, I'm afraid that I will fall ill again when I go back!

Hurriedly crossed over Xu Qiyun, pulled Mrs. Guo's sleeve, and said, "Ancestor, my sister has just sweated, and now I am afraid that the eldest princess will be indecent, but I will lose the face of the girl of the Xu family." Shall I accompany my sister to change her clothes? ”

Mrs. Guo didn't want to care about Xu Qijin, but Xu Qirong said it in front of the Qiu family, if she didn't agree, she was afraid of gossip about her harsh niece and granddaughter, and besides, Xu Qirong mentioned the four words of the Xu family girl, for Xu Qiyao's sake, she couldn't let the eldest princess be dissatisfied with the Xu family girl because of Xu Qijin.

The little nun was very observant of words and expressions, and said busily: "There is an empty meditation room next to the main hall, and the poor nun asked a little junior sister to bring two donors over, changed their clothes, and then asked the little junior sister to take them directly to the eldest princess to find the old lady." ”

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