Since Princess Huihe invited several girls from the palace in Beijing to the flower viewing banquet, the family affairs of the five princes have not moved. It's just that the quieter it is, the more bottomless Gu Qingwan's heart is, and she doesn't know what Queen Chen's side thinks.

Compared with Gu Qingwan, Gu Qingyan was even more worried every day, and the weather was hot, and her temper was a lot worse. After Gu Qingyan lost her temper in the garden a few times, the maids in the garden lowered their eyebrows when they saw Gu Qingyan, and the maids in the Lingering Water Pavilion didn't dare to say a word.

Xiao Sun's face was also sad for a while, but it was not easy to ask outside, so he could only be in a hurry.

Within half a month, Princess Huai posted a post, saying that it was a little boring to be bored in the mansion all day, so she invited several ladies and girls from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to go to Huaiwangfu to eat and watch a play.

Princess Huai has been getting close to Queen Chen recently, and now at this juncture, Princess Huai's post should involve the family affairs of the five princes. The eldest lady thought about it, but felt that most of this family affair was set in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, but it was only set on the third girl or the fifth girl, but it still had to be discussed.

Coming out of Old Madam Gu's Tansong Courtyard, the eldest lady couldn't help but sigh often.

Weiyu waited outside the door for a long time, and when she saw the eldest lady coming out, she stepped forward and asked softly: "Madam, everyone else is waiting outside the second gate, Madame should hurry up." Now the sun outside is very poisonous, and I am afraid that the girls will suffer from heat stroke after waiting for a long time under the sun. ”

The eldest lady stood quietly under the eaves for a while, just to avoid the sun, and it was also sultry. She sighed. Whispered, "Let's go." ”

Weiyu nodded, and the maid standing next to her held an umbrella and helped the eldest lady to the sedan chair outside the Tansong Courtyard.

All the way to the second gate, sure enough, I saw that the carriages were waiting outside the hanging flower gate. Because it was just outside the second door, after the curtain was closed, it was a little airtight, but it was rolled up at the moment.

The eldest lady saw Gu Qingwan sitting with the seventh girl at a glance, but she was talking to Xiao Qi very gently.

Gu Qingyan was depressed recently, and she didn't want to take care of the other girls in the Gu family, so she nested in a carriage with Xiao Sun early. Gu Qingwan was reluctant to be with the fourth girl and the sixth girl, so she pulled the seventh girl into a car. Although the seventh girl didn't understand why Gu Qingwan had found herself. It's just that she is used to it, Gu Qingwan's eyes swept over, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

The sixth girl lost the opportunity, so she could only glance at Gu Qingwan with her eyes, and reluctantly squeezed a car with the fourth girl.

This was naturally what happened before the eldest lady came, and the eldest lady only took a cursory glance, except for the third lady Xue, who said that she was sick. But the people are all together. As for the people in the fourth room, she has always cared.

The eldest lady had something in her mind, and got into the carriage a little lazily, and signaled that she could go.

Although he set off early, when he arrived at Huaiwang's Mansion, the sun was already a little poisonous. When Gu Qingwan was helped out of the carriage by Gui Ye, she realized that they had already entered the inner courtyard of King Huai's Mansion. Xu is Gu family has come more often. The eldest lady is a girl who went out of the palace of the king, and she is not as formal as outside.

A mother-in-law in her fifties personally helped the eldest lady's hand, with a smile on her face: "The county lord has not been here for a long time, today I heard my boy say that the county lord is coming to the house, so I asked the princess for grace, so I let me meet the county lord and talk to the county lord." ”

Gu Qingwan took a closer look at the woman's eyebrows, but she was vaguely impressed.

The mother-in-law's surname is Xiao, and she originally seemed to be the maid next to Princess Lao Huai. Later, she became the nurse of the eldest lady. I heard that the eldest lady was going to bring Mama Xiao to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion with her, but the little grandson of Mama Xiao got rid of the slavery by grace, and Mama Xiao was reluctant to separate her little grandson from her, so she stayed in the Huaiwang Mansion.

Although the eldest lady was unwilling, she couldn't bear to force Mama Xiao.

Compared with Mama Yan, who is staying in the house now, the eldest lady obviously has a deeper affection for Mama Xiao. Mama Xiao held the eldest lady's hand, and the eldest lady also held her backhand, and the two of them whispered affectionately, and the eldest lady let out a few chuckles from time to time.

The eldest lady grew up here since she was a child, and she was naturally familiar with Huaiwangfu, and the group followed her to the verandah, and only walked for a while to see the main house of Huaiwangfu.

Princess Huai was already waiting outside, and when she saw the eldest lady and her party coming, she hurriedly asked people from the Gu family to enter the side hall.

"The banquet is prepared early, and the troupe is also a women's troupe raised in our house, and they can go over at any time. It's just that the prince has been busy recently, and the prince is rarely in the house, so it's not easy for me to spend my life alone, so I can only invite you to come over and talk. There are many girls in your house, so my house is also lively. ”

If ordinary people say this, the eldest lady may not be happy. It's just that Princess Huai has always been good friends with her, and although the Huaiwang Mansion is big, it is indeed a little deserted. Thinking of the county lord who married far away, the eldest lady smiled and said: "You are so idle that you didn't call me over early to talk, but I just spend the summer at home on weekdays, and I am also very stuffy." ”

Seeing that Princess Huai was just laughing, the eldest lady half-jokingly said: "I see, it's time to choose a princess for Bin'er." When he becomes a family, your children and grandchildren will be full, and I am afraid that I will not be able to keep busy at that time. ”

Seeing that when it came to the prince's family affairs, the girls of the Gu family lowered their heads one after another, only Gu Qingrao stretched her neck and glanced at Princess Huai with burning eyes.

Princess Huai glanced at the faces of the girls of the Gu family, and then smiled: "It's too early, Bin'er has had many ideas since she was a child, and I am afraid that my words will not be accurate." ”

Gu Qingrao listened to Princess Huai's answer, her eyes darkened, and her head lowered.

Princess Huai smiled and continued: "Speaking of Bin'er, it is rare for him to go to the house during the day today, saying that he just came back from horse racing in the suburbs of Beijing early in the morning, and now he is in the outer courtyard. I've sent someone into the outer court, and I might come in to see you later." ”

The eldest lady is the aunt of the candle, and the prince of Huai Wang has been very close to her since she was a child, and now that the eldest lady has arrived in the house, the prince of Huai Wang should come to meet.

When Gu Qingrao heard this, she raised her head again, with excitement in her eyes. Gu Qingwan sat in front of Gu Qingrao, and naturally saw all Gu Qingrao's demeanor in her eyes, and a trace of interest flashed in her eyes.

She had seen that the fourth girl had thoughts about the prince of Huai, and the eldest lady could naturally see it, and the fourth girl had not given up yet. It's just that how could the Huaiwang Mansion let a concubine be a concubine, and the old lady was afraid that she would not agree to let the girl from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion be a concubine, what the eldest lady had in her heart was really unpredictable.

When the maid came in and said that the banquet had been prepared, Princess Huai and the eldest lady had already talked about the eldest girl Gu Qingshu, and Xiao Sun also interjected a few words next to her from time to time.

Gu Qingshu's delivery date was in mid-September, and now her movement is already a little inconvenient, and she doesn't dare to go out of the house easily. The eldest lady was worried about the eldest girl, and she personally went to the Zhenguo Mansion to see it several times, that is, even the stable woman and the nurse had found the eldest girl in advance, and they had already been sent to the Zhenguo Mansion.

The eldest girl's mother-in-law, the Duchess of Zhenguo, also understood the eldest lady's actions, and the eldest lady was the county lord, so she couldn't say anything.

When it comes to the eldest girl Gu Qingshu, the girls in the house have a little envy on their faces, even Gu Qingwan is a little inevitable. Seeing that the eldest lady and Princess Huai walked out together, the girls of the Gu family stood up one after another and followed out of the house.

Candle entered the inner courtyard when the play had already begun, but she only hurriedly said a few words to the eldest lady and Princess Huai, and then went to the outer courtyard again. Before leaving, he still glanced at the place where the Gu family girls were sitting, and Gu Qingrao, who saw it at this glance, almost stood up excitedly. It's just that before Gu Qingrao could speak, the prince of Huai Wang came out of the garden in plain clothes.

The girls of the Gu family naturally didn't have much to watch the play, and Princess Huai also thought of this, and when the second play opened, she smiled and said: "It's a little embarrassing for you, you have been sitting with us for so long, if you are not too hot, you can walk around the verandah." Some time ago, the garden was renovated again, and it looks a little fresh. I heard that the dozen or so pear trees at the end of the garden had borne fruit a few days ago, so I could go and see them. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Dan in the second play came on the stage, and Princess Huai couldn't take care of them, so she looked forward again. But one of the grandmothers beside the princess got the word, so she came to them and replied: "If the girls want to go to the garden, the old slave will send the maid to take the girls." ”

The girls of the Gu family stood up one after another, but only the fourth girl, Gu Qingrao, was a little hesitant: "Forget it, I'm afraid of the heat, it's better to sit here, you can go." ”

Gu Qingyan saw it in her eyes, the corners of her mouth were sarcastic, and the expression on her face was also a little sarcastic.

Huai Wang Shizi went to the outer courtyard early, and Gu Qingrao's heart was afraid that she also flew out of the inner courtyard. Now that the girls of the Gu family are gone, she is the only one left to be courteous in front of the princess, which has attracted the attention of Princess Huai, Gu Qingrao is afraid that she will not be able to ask for it.

It was Zhilu Dao that Gu Qingrao would not be able to enter the Huaiwang Mansion after all, and Gu Qingyan felt happy for a while. What she can't get, her sisters and sisters can't think of it, except for the eldest girl of the Gu family, others are only worthy of picking up what she doesn't want behind her, even Gu Qingwan is the same.

Thinking of this, the smile on Gu Qingyan's face became even happier. Seeing that the girls of the Gu family had left their seats, she glanced at Gu Qingrao and followed lightly.

If the girls of the Gu family really talk in one place, it can be regarded as a new thing. The sixth girl had the opportunity to stammer Gu Qingyan, how could she remember the seventh girl, so she threw off the seventh girl early and walked in front of Gu Qingyan's hand.

The seventh girl is young after all, and she has not come to the palace many times, so she is inevitably a little scared. Even though she was a little afraid of Gu Qingwan, she was firmly following Gu Qingwan at this time, for fear that she would get lost.

"Where are the two girls going, the slave maid brought you over?" When the maid laughed, two extremely deep dimples appeared on her face, which made people feel good at first sight.

Gu Qingwan knew that the maid was the eldest maid Fu Xia beside Princess Huai, so she only nodded and said politely: "I heard from the princess that there are a few trees in the house that bear fruit, but I want to go and take a look, and I bother to ask my sister to lead the way." ”

The flowers and trees in this garden are mainly ornamental, and they rarely bear fruit. It's boring to pass the time. (To be continued)