Chapter XIV: Visitation

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Yaotai Qiong Banquet is one of the four major banquets in the imperial capital of the empire, because of the special status of the princess of the town, it can be called the most important gathering for the ladies.

At the banquet, if they can win the favor of the eldest princess of the town and be included in the eldest princess's 'purple shirt show', it will be no less than a step to the sky for the girls, and it will also be of great benefit to their family.

Tianfeng post, earth phoenix sticker, and human phoenix sticker are the entrance invitations of Yaotai Qiongyan, of which there are only ten Tianfeng posts every year, which makes famous ladies grab their heads.

Not to mention the table of the lady who holds the Tianfeng post at the banquet, being able to hold the Tianfeng post itself shows the status of the girl.

In previous years, Mo Xinlan could only go to the Yaotai Qiong banquet with her grandfather's family, and could only hold the Difeng post, but this year, after Mo Guanjie was imprisoned, the prince of Anguo personally came to the door to send the Tianfeng poster, how could she not be moved?

With her back to the big tree to enjoy the shade, Mo Xinlan has always expected to be looked at differently by the princess of the town, and she also lacks a chance to really make a splash.

Jiang knew that the prince of An Guo had a deep meaning in sending the invitation, and the Mo family couldn't help but appreciate it at this time.

After the two sisters thanked them, Jiang served tea to the guests, and the prince of An Guo was also a smart person, so he followed the master's thoughts and got up to say goodbye.

"I'm waiting for the two young ladies to be found in the house."

"Send the world."

Jiang got up to lead Ah Jiu, and Mo Xinlan sent him off.

Mu Yanyu bowed to the ground and turned away in a dashing manner.

Ah Jiu praised: "Outstanding temperament, like a pine and cypress, when he used to study in casual clothes, his father said that he was a green pine on the cliff, and now I see him as the Zhilan jade tree in the rich township." ”

"The noble status of the prince is not something you can evaluate."

Jiang glanced at his beloved daughter warningly, and Ah Jiu helped Jiang to sit down with a smile, "The second sister said that she wanted to visit her father, and Lao Fu's mother gave Master Lu a message, and it is not easy to enter the edict without favor." ”

"Sister Lan wants to visit the master?"

"I hope my mother's permission."

Mo Xinlan gave a blessing, Jiang Shi grabbed her arm, didn't let her salute again, and said with a smile: "You go to see the master, I can only be happy, how can there be no reason." The old man's heart is all about Sister Lan, and you will be happy to go to the master. ”

"Thank you, Mother." Mo Xinlan said to Ah Jiu: "Thank you Sister Jiu for helping me." ”

"The second sister is very good at needlework, and I can't help clumsily."

"If my mother doesn't give me any more orders, I'll go down and get ready for the door."

"Sister Lan." Jiang opened his mouth to stay, "I still have a few words to say, the people in the imperial capital are more afraid and criticized by Lord Lu, and I don't like Lord Lu very much, now that the master is locked up in Fusi in Beizhen, with a little friendship along the way, Lord Lu will not stop Sister Lan from visiting the master, but the Mo family does not have a deep friendship with him." Sister Lan'er's grandfather's family is prominent, and Lord Lu has been arresting nobles over the years, I hope Sister Lan can suppress her temper a little and think more about the master. ”

"I don't dare to offend Lord Lu and implicate my father."

"I know that Sister Lan is sensible."

Mo Xinlan faintly felt the alienation in Jiang's smile.

"Still watching?!"

Jiang Shi broke Ah Jiu's little head and hugged Ah Jiu tightly in his arms, "Your second sister can embarrass you?" ”

"Nope."

"That's good, if you are wronged, just tell your mother."

Jiang rubbed Ah Jiu's forehead, his baby daughter couldn't hurt enough, "I saw that she was preoccupied, and she had an idea and a plan." Ah Jiu, go to the eldest princess's mansion and watch from the sidelines......"

"My maternal grandfather is Jiang Cifu, do you think I can be unknown? The prince of An Guo sent two Tianfeng posts, not only because he had a master-apprentice friendship with his father in Jiangnan, but also because of his grandfather's face, you are the only daughter of his grandfather...... Maybe the princess of the town admires her father's talent and temperament? ”

Then she shook her head, her little face was very strict, and Jiang couldn't help pinching her face, "The eldest princess can't appreciate your father?" ”

"It's not that I look down on my father, I think my father's greatest strength is not that he is an official." Ah Jiu avoided Jiang's harassment, and said with a shelf: "Master, preaching and teaching to solve doubts, my father was born to be a teacher, and it can also be said that he was born to study the subset of scriptures and history." The eldest princess should not lack talents like her father. ”

Jiang Shi said with relief: "Ah Jiu can see farther and deeper than Niang. ”

"I'll grow up quickly so I can help you, look at Dad."

Ah Jiu stood up, as if he said that he could grow up when he grew up.

"You are like your grandfather, transparent, perceptive, rigorous, but it's a pity that ......" Jiang Shi felt a little regretful, "If you are a man, you can ensure that the Jiang family and the Mo family have no worries for three generations." One of the things your grandfather scratches his head the most right now is that there is no successor. ”

In several letters, Jiang Cifu mentioned that he was not very satisfied with the performance and studies of his children and grandchildren.

Jiang Cifu only has one wife of the Ouyang family, and he has not taken a concubine in his life, that is, the Ouyang family only gave birth to a daughter of the Jiang family, and Jiang Cifu has never moved the idea of taking a concubine and having children.

Now it is also a full house of ancestors and grandchildren, but who doesn't have their own blood and bones?

The Ouyang family will only say it to their biological daughter if they have something to say, even if the successor daughter-in-law is filial to her, and bows her head to the ear, the Ouyang family loves the Jiang family the most.

"My grandfather often taught and supervised my cousins, and my cousins will naturally have a good life." Ah Jiu didn't want to bother Jiang's family, so he diverted and said: "Second sister's needlework, I can't compare, next time I will visit my father...... What kind of gift should I prepare? ”

Jiang Shi held Ah Jiu's white and tender little hand and tapped her lips, "As long as you take your mouth, your father will be as happy as a baby." ”

"I'll go to the study."

Ah Jiu didn't just go with her mouth, although it was very interesting to reason with her father, she also liked to find the loopholes in her father's words, and the mistakes, but with Mo Xin Lan Zhuyu in front, if she went empty-handed, it would be too bad.

Don't ask to compare with the second sister, you can't only put filial piety on your lips.

*****

Aunt Zhou has always lived in Jiuzhenju, even if she is in the capital, she has never had the luxury of living in the main courtyard, Jiuzhenju is warm, quiet, luxurious but not flashy by her.

Jiuzhen's house is full of treasures, Li's mother counted for most of the day, and said to Aunt Zhou: "The things sent have been returned, Miss Nine didn't take it, the slave maid saw that Miss Nine didn't understand the benefits of Zhen play, and she didn't necessarily eat it in the imperial capital with Qing Gao. ”

"You're underestimating our lady too much."

Aunt Zhou checked the account books, looked up and said with a wry smile: "I have worked hard to fulfill them, Sister Lan warned me, I am cold"

"Master......"

"At the beginning, the master misunderstood me, and insisted that the Mo family would not marry a concubine, and the Mo family would ...... It's just a country turtle, can there be this ancestral teaching? ”

Aunt Zhou can only start as a concubine for this reason, and she has not eased her breath for ten years, "What else do you say that you can only be a concubine if you marry without telling her, and it's not that the old lady is pulling behind your back, or can the old lady know how to marry without telling her?" ”

"Man, when I love you and love you, everything is good, and I don't recognize anyone when I turn around!"

"The master is just confused for a while."

"He was confused for a while, and he missed my life." Aunt Zhou's tone was incomprehensible, and she couldn't say whether she loved Mo Guanjie more or hated more, "It's a good life to marry the lady who entered the door, and the young lady of the Guogong Mansion can only bow down in front of her and be a cow and a horse for them." What do you think I'm doing? ”

Mother Li comforted softly: "You want to open a little." When the lord returns to Beijing, he will know your benefits, Miss Eight is now the tip of the old lady's heart, since the old lady can use the old lady to press you, you can use the old lady to press the lady and the master in the future. ”

"It's a good job to live up to my expectations. However, I didn't expect that the prince of An Guo would send Tianfeng post, and Qing'er missed such a good opportunity in vain. No, I can't wait any longer, hurry up and send a letter to Qing'er and let her enter Beijing with the old lady. ”

"It's a good thing to bring the young lady back, but now the old man is still in prison, and the second and ninth young ladies go to the banquet, and they will be wronged if they don't meet the rules. When the master is released from prison, Miss Eight will serve her grandmother in Beijing, and the most filial piety and scenery will only be Miss Eight at that time. ”

*****

At the gate of the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen, Mo Xinlan threw the book written by Jiang to the Jinyiwei officer, and after a while, a man came out and saw that the official uniform grade was on the fourth grade, and he belonged to the elite of Jinyiwei, and when he saw Mo Xinlan, he was stunned for a moment, and looked around, changing the smile he had just gone out, and there was a murderous aura in the dark, "Miss Nine didn't come?" ”

"What? I can't go and visit my father? ”

Mo Xinlan straightened her waist and raised her head and said, "Or is it only the ninth sister who can?" ”

"You don't have to be unconvinced, the ladies who are higher than you may not be able to go to prison." Liu Tiecheng's tone was not good, it was not Miss Jiu, the adults of their family were happy, "For the sake of Mrs. Jiang, let you in this time, come here, and send her to visit Master Mo in the Imperial Prison." ”

"Yes."

Mo Xinlan watched the tower-like man turn around and leave, the relationship between the ninth sister and Jinyiwei was not simple.

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