The hesitation on the eldest lady's face, Princess Huai, who was sitting next to her, could naturally see it. She patted Wang Shizi, and then scolded with a smile: "I said that you insisted on coming with me today, and said so many good things in front of the old lady and your aunt, but it turned out that you had the idea to hit your aunt's pots of treasures." ”

Princess Huai interrupted like this, and the eldest lady really couldn't refuse, so she said tactfully: "I do have two pots of good-looking double flying swallows in my garden, which were brought back from the south when Brother Yu was ten years old. After raising it for so many years, it only budded in the spring of the previous year, and it only bloomed last year. If you want to enjoy other flowers, you can't do it. ”

Candle laughed: "I think my aunt thought I was going to spoil those flowers." After that, he glanced at Princess Huai, and said, "The beginning of next month is my grandfather's birthday. ”

After the maternal ancestor of King Huai ascended the throne today, he retreated bravely, and the whole family moved back to their ancestral hometown of Dingzhou. Although the Meng family has no one to come out now, only relying on the husbands of the girls of the Meng family, they can form a dense network in Dazhou. Shizi's grandfather was the patriarch of the Meng family, and Concubine Jin's parents in the palace died early, and she had no brothers, so she grew up with Princess Huai in the big house.

The grandfather of the prince has the grace of nurturing Concubine Jin.

When the eldest lady heard the candle tell the reason, her eyes flashed, and the expression on her face loosened a little.

Seeing this, Candle hurriedly said: "Auntie, let me be filial once, and wait for next year I will send someone to the south and bring a few pots of treasures to my aunt to Beijing." Didn't my aunt take a fancy to the pot of big bud white camellia in our house last time, so my aunt asked me to take advantage of it and exchange it for my aunt's two pots of double delphinium. ”

After the eldest lady said the reason, even if she was reluctant in her heart, she would grit her teeth and agree. But I didn't expect that the candle would be exchanged for a large bud white camellia, but it was an unexpected harvest.

Even though she was happy in her heart, the eldest lady's expression was still upright, and she muttered for a long time before she said: "In this case, if I still don't agree, it will seem that I am not close to people."

Princess Huai saw that the eldest lady was relieved, so she pointed at the prince of Huai Wang and said with a smile: "I thought you had some ability to move your aunt to cut love, but it turned out that I still used my camellia in exchange." ”

The girls at Gu Qingwan's table were all paying attention to the conversation between Wang Shizi and the eldest lady, she felt bored after listening for a while, so she turned her eyes to look at the flowers and trees in Yiyuan, from the weeping willows by the lake and the spring begonias scattered on the shore, to the meticulously trimmed green space on the shore, Gu Qingwan could also see that the eldest lady had put a lot of thought into Yiyuan.

When Gu Qingwan followed the eldest girl to Huaiwang's Mansion as a guest, she also went to the courtyard where the eldest lady lived before she left the pavilion. There was also a small garden next to the courtyard, but most of the flowers in it were brought to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion after the eldest lady left the pavilion. The rest are those plants and trees that are not easy to transplant.

When the county lord Zheng Yu was not married, the eldest lady's garden was in charge of her, but it was still vibrant. It's a pity that the county lord has been gone for two years, and now things are not people∪ and Yiyuan has come, and the small garden of Huaiwangfu seems much colder.

There were only a few big maids left in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and there were many people on the shore. At this hour, the sun had already come out, sprinkled on the sparkling lake, Gu Qingwan could only squint her eyes and patrol the shore.

Taozhi wore a peach-colored armor today, but it was easier to recognize, Gu Qingwan saw her leaning against the willow tree near the lake at a glance, talking to the maid of Jinhuitang.

As soon as Gu Qingwan wanted to retract her gaze, she saw a maid wearing a cyan waist pinching armor hurriedly running on the goose warm stone path, trotting all the way to the Huxin Pavilion. After approaching the Huxin Pavilion, her steps slowed down, and the panicked look on her face disappeared.

The big girl who was attached to the eldest lady said something in her ear, and after listening to it, Qingyan's face changed, she glanced at the eldest lady, and saw that she was still smiling and talking to the prince. After hesitating for a while, Qingyan said a few words to the light rain beside him, turned around and was led by the maid to the outside of the Huxin Pavilion.

The thoughts of the ladies and girls in the Lake Center Pavilion were all on the eldest lady and the prince, and no one noticed the previous episode. If it weren't for Gu Qingwan's panicked look when she saw the maid before, I am afraid that nothing would have happened.

Gu Qingwan quietly withdrew her gaze, and sat quietly listening to Mrs. Gu's table, but her eyes looked at the lake from time to time. Qingyan is a first-class maid beside the eldest lady, and she is very stable in Su Rili, looking at the look on her face, you can know that something must have happened to Lu Dao.

Sure enough, not long after the light smoke left, the shore became lively. Huxin Pavilion is still some distance from the shore, and the maids and women on the shore are all gathered together, but Gu Qingwan can't see the situation clearly.

Before Gu Qingwan could take a closer look, the noise on the shore became louder and louder, until it reached the Pavilion in the middle of the lake, and even Old Madam Gu was alarmed.

Before the eldest lady asked, Weiyu couldn't hide it. It's just that Old Madam Gu and Princess Huai are both there, and she can't just talk back to the eldest lady, so she stubbornly stepped forward and said softly: "Madam, the mother-in-law who was guarding the garden came here to reply, saying that someone had entered the Humble Administrator's Hall, and Qingyan had already brought someone over to check." Looking at the situation now, I'm afraid I'm coming this way, so Madame should let the girls avoid it. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ladies and girls present looked a little unsightly.

When the eldest lady heard this, she knew that the person who had broken into the garden was a man. She paused for a while, but her expression did not change: "It's not good to let the girls disperse now, you guys are guarding on the shore, let people go to the outer courtyard to talk to Steward Zhang, he naturally knows what to do." ”

The courtyard where the Gu family girls live is some distance from the Humble Administrator's Hall, and if you let a few girls go back now, it won't be good to hit someone on the way. This pavilion in the middle of the lake is built in the middle of the lake, and there is only one road to pass through, so that people can guard the bridge, but it is the safest.

"Today I originally wanted the old lady to relax and relax, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen due to a moment of negligence." There were people in the Humble Administrator's Garden, and the eldest lady didn't seem to be flustered. Her attitude was seen by everyone present, and it invisibly calmed people's hearts a little.

"Just leave this matter to Steward Zhang." Old Madam Gu also responded with a smile.

The ladies and girls of the Gu family saw that the old lady and the eldest lady were like this, but they all calmed down, but on the side, Gu Cunyu glanced at the prince of Huaiwang, his expression was a little hesitant, and after a while, he became a little restless.

The eldest lady naturally noticed that Gu Cunyu's expression was wrong, but she didn't expect that as soon as she spoke, the voice on the shore became louder in vain.

Huai Wang Shizi squinted his eyes and glanced at the shore, and his face changed in an instant. He thought about it, and after saying something in Princess Huai's ear, he went to the shore without looking back.

Princess Huai saw that the old lady Gu and the eldest lady were looking at her, and her face was also a little sneering, she glanced at the shore, and then said: "Bin'er didn't say it clearly in a hurry, presumably Brother Yu knew what happened." ”

In fact, Gu Cunyu didn't know the situation very clearly, he only knew that Lu Daozhu sat in his courtyard for a while, and there was a mother-in-law in the Humble Administrator's Hall to pass the word. When the prince and he were about to go to the inner courtyard, someone outside replied that there was a small servant waiting for King Huai's mansion outside the gate. After going out for a while, he brought back a man and handed him over to his servant, and then went with him into the inner courtyard.

Gu Cunyu didn't even see the person's appearance clearly, so he accompanied Wang Shizi to the inner courtyard.

When Fang Weiyu said that an outsider entered the inner courtyard, Gu Cunyu had a bad premonition in his heart, and now when he saw Wang Shizi leaving the table in a hurry, he knew that most of his conjectures were true.

It's just that why did that person come to the inner courtyard of the Gu family?

Although Gu Cunyu didn't see the person's appearance clearly, he also looked at his clothes, and the prince of Huaiwang was quite respectful to him, so he knew that the person was also a son of a family. But he didn't expect that the man didn't say anything about etiquette at all, so he came to the inner courtyard of the Gu family.

Gu Cunyu hesitated for a long time, but he didn't know where to start, and when he saw that everyone was waiting for him to speak, he said, "Let's wait until the prince comes back." ”

After waiting for a while, the candle did not come, but the light smoke beside the eldest lady hurriedly came over to reply. Although everyone looked at her blankly, Qingyan only whispered a few words between Old Madam Gu and Big Madame, although Gu Qingwan listened attentively for a while, but Qingyan's voice was too small, and Gu Qingwan didn't hear a word.

Old Madam Gu stood up immediately in shock, probably too hard, Old Madam Gu's cane rubbed heavily on the ground, and the voice was extremely harsh, and the eldest lady looked a little wrong, she and Princess Huai glanced at each other, the two nodded, and then helped the old lady to walk to the shore.

The rest of the ladies and girls were a little flustered when they saw the three of them like this, but they didn't know what happened to Lu Dao, so they could only be in a hurry.

Xiao Sun quickly stepped forward and grabbed Old Madam Gu, and asked in a low voice, "Old lady, sister-in-law, but what happened?" You don't say anything, our girls are still here, what can we do now? ”

Old Madam Gu originally wanted the girls to wait in the Huxin Pavilion, but when she heard Xiao Sun's question, she was a little hesitant, so she just looked at the eldest lady.

The eldest lady looked stunned, and her eyes swept all the girls of the Gu family one by one, and then she said in a deep voice: "Everyone has already come to Yiyuan, so you can simply follow us." But there is one thing, no matter what, except for the salute, you are not allowed to speak, but remember? ”

All the girls looked at each other, although they didn't know what the eldest lady was selling, they all responded one by one.