Nangong Yuzhen exchanged a few words of greetings with Shu Yao and Liu's mother, and then went to greet the other guests first: "Miss Yao, the ceremony will start immediately, I won't take you into my sister-in-law and Miao'er, and when the ceremony is over, you will talk slowly." ”

Shu Yao nodded: "Aunt Zhen is busy." "At this time, Mrs. Nangong and Sister Miao have no time to meet and chat.

Not interested in looking at those noisy people, Shu Yao quietly looked out the window with the fire in her arms.

Walking all the way from the gate of the mansion just now, Shu Yao liked the scenery of Nangong Mansion very much, Nangong Mansion was as big as she imagined, but it did not have the "gold bricks all over the ground and silver pillars everywhere" of the richest man's mansion as most people think.

It can be seen that the design and planning of Nangong Mansion has spent a lot of ingenuity, which is worth more than those luxurious facilities and decoration materials. In this house, you don't see much gold and silver, but you are like being in a large garden, where you can see flowers, green trees, exquisite rockeries and stone carvings, and artificial lakes with small bridges and flowing water.

Shu Yao secretly despised herself: After all, the Nangong family is a family of imperial merchants who have gone through several generations, how can it be compared to ordinary rich businessmen? As the saying goes, there are no more than three generations of wealth, and the Nangong family is still proud in the business world, so that the royal family does not dare to underestimate it, and naturally they have their own uniqueness.

was stunned, Xu Nian'er's voice pulled back Shu Yao's thoughts: "Sister Yao'er, what do you think?" ”

Shu Yao looked back, a pink Nian'er was looking at her with a smile, but a girl in a green jacket next to her looked arrogant and impatient: "It's so cold here, where ......are we going" Before she finished speaking, she saw the fire in Shu Yao's arms, and her eyes were straight.

Nian'er said embarrassedly: "Sister Yao'er." This is Chen Yueying, the third girl in the Sincerity Mansion. Come with me today. "Although the Chen family of the Sincerity Bofu is also a noble family. But the foundation is in the south, and Nian'er's future father-in-law, Uncle Chengcheng, has only been in the capital for five or six years to receive the title, and the relationship network is not as good as Xufu.

Since Nian'er married Chen Wenhao, the eldest son of the Chen family, Mrs. Uncle always hoped that Nian'er would bring Chen Wenhao's sister-in-law Chen Yueying when attending various banquets. Chen Yueying is also eleven years old, the birthday in the first month, the New Year will be twelve, and the parents of their daughter will start to marry Zhang Luo when they are twelve or thirteen years old. Only by showing up more at banquets where noble ladies gather, or showing their talents in some poetry and piano meetings of young ladies in the boudoir, will there be more opportunities to get a good marriage.

The sincerity of the Bofu and the Nangong Mansion have no friendship, and Mrs. Chen naturally did not receive the post this time. Mrs. Chen didn't know out where Nian'er took the Nangong family's post, and hurriedly asked Nian'er to take Chen Yueying. The mother who went to Xu's Mansion to deliver the word revealed that Mrs. Chen was very dissatisfied with the fact that Nian'er did not invite Chen Yueying to the Xia Mansion last time.

Shu Yao smiled: "Miss Chen San is good", Nian'er's future sister-in-law, Shu Yao naturally wants to give Nian'er some face.

Chen Yueying snorted coldly, but she was just an orphan girl in the market who was lucky enough to be accepted as a righteous daughter by Jin Xida, who was a maverick and didn't even want her family, and she was not worthy of befriending a young lady from a noble family like her, and she hated those tall and slender women the most. Chen Yueying is delicious. Although I can't say that I am obese, I still look meaty. But she didn't have the perseverance to quit.

Shu Yao didn't care, it was just a fate, and she was about to turn her head to talk to Nian'er, Chen Yueying pointed to the fire in her arms with a proud face: "Bring it over and play with me." ”

Shu Yao looked at Chen Yueying amusefully and didn't speak, not hiding the ridicule in her eyes at all. Which little girl likes Huohuo when she sees it, if Chen Yueying is polite, for Nian'er's sake, as long as Huohuo does not reject it, Shuyao will also let her hug Huohuo. But what is the tone of such an order?

Lan Jin and Zijin are also extremely angry in their hearts, who are these people? Who does she think she is? However, they remembered Mother Liu's teachings on weekdays, Shu Yao didn't speak, and they didn't dare to make a mistake, this was in someone else's house.

Of course, Chen Yueying saw the sarcasm in Shu Yao's eyes, but she really didn't expect that a nine-year-old girl in the market would dare to treat her with such an attitude. Born in the market and raised in the market, what insight can you have? Seeing them, which of these noble girls is not flattering?

However, no matter how arrogant she was, she still knew that the little fox belonged to Xia Shuyao, and this was in someone else's mansion, not in their sincere mansion.

"You ......" Chen Yueying stomped her foot, glared at Shu Yao fiercely, and pulled Xu Nian'er away. If you don't pull Nian'er, she can't do it, she hasn't found any girl she has befriended in her life.

Nian'er looked embarrassed: "Sister Yao'er, I'm sorry, I'll go over first, and we'll talk later." She really didn't want to pay attention to Chen Yueying, but the helpless person was brought by herself, this was in Nangong Mansion, at this time, she was surrounded by guests from Nangong Mansion, and if she made a big fuss, she could only lose the face of Xu Mansion and Chengyi Mansion.

"Yao'er, did you arrive so early?" Yao Xuelan, who was late, was looking for Shu Yao as soon as she entered the hall, "Well, how beautiful you look when you wear this beaded flower." Yo, why did you bring this little guy today? ”

Huohuo "squeaked" in Shu Yao's arms, which was regarded as saying hello to Yao Xuelan, causing Chen Yueying to pause again, and put on a well-behaved and quiet appearance. Her mother always told her that she must make a good impression in front of these princesses and ladies.

Shu Yao pouted at Yao Xuelan, who was gushing: "Aunt Lan, you don't have a pause in such a series of questions, which one should I answer first?" ”

Yao Xuelan saw Shu Yao's delicate little appearance and was happy: "Okay, good, it's all Aunt Lan's fault, go back and Aunt Lan will buy you a set of beautiful beads and flowers as compensation, I saw someone wear it, it's good-looking." ”

Shu Yao pouted, this Aunt Lan is really a shopaholic, she can always find an excuse to buy things and "compensate"! But the heart is warm, in the past and present life, Aunt Lan treated her like her own daughter.

Several ladies who were good friends with Yao Xuelan saw Yao Xuelan come in and waved to her from afar. Yao Xuelan looked at Xu Nian'er and smiled at Shu Yao: "You little girls play, Aunt Lan went over to say hello." ”

Shu Yao hurriedly responded.

Nian'er and the others hadn't left yet, and a few maids from Nangong Mansion entered the hall, starting with a woman wearing a pomegranate red jacket skirt and dressed as a big maid, followed by five little maids, each holding a large tray in their hands. Inside is a pink moon flower that has just opened and is still covered with dew.

The Great Zhou Dynasty loved flowers. Flowers. Many customs are associated with flowers.

For example, girls' wedding ceremonies are sprinkled on red carpet with fresh moon petals, and the auditorium is decorated with moon flowers, and girls' wedding dresses are often embroidered with large moon flowers...... The host will also give each unmarried girl who comes to participate in the ceremony to wear a first-blooming moon.

The moon season is also known as the moon red, the flowers are graceful, the colors are gorgeous, and the fragrance of the flowers is tangy. What is even more rare is the long flowering period. The flowering is continuous, and in the warm south, it can bloom almost all year round.

The girl is as seductive as the first blooming moon season, and the abundant use of the moon season in the ceremony is also a blessing to the girl: always beautiful.

Seeing that the maids came up with the moon season, all the guests who came to watch the ceremony sighed and admired: What a generous amount! is really worthy of being the richest man in Dazhou,

The royal merchant family!

It is indeed very common to use the moon season in the ceremony, but the problem is that it is already the beginning of December, and it is cold in the north, where is the moon season? What is rare is that the season is still very fresh, one by one as if it has just been picked, and it will take nearly a month for the fast horse to be sent from the south, right?

A few noble ladies couldn't help but inquire quietly. Where did the Nangong family get these moon flowers, and their family also has daughters and nieces who have been in the past few months. Even if the price is expensive, they are willing to buy some, and the amount is less, after all, there is only one ceremony in a woman's life.

The people of the Nangong family didn't know the specific situation of the Dao, but they only knew that the Dao was from the second young master, Nangong Yizhang, and there were twenty plants, and they were only sent to the mansion yesterday.

"Madame, Mrs., girls, slaves and maids are green, and please gather the girls here, and the slaves and maids will put fresh moons on you." The big girl in the pomegranate red jacket skirt stood next to the red carpet under the ceremonial stage and saluted the guests, and said loudly.

The girls love beautiful flowers, especially in this cold winter when there are no flowers except plum blossoms, and they gather very excitedly.

Shu Yao handed the fire to Lan Jin to hold, and walked over with Zi Jin.

Biqing took the moon season from the tray and put it on one by one for the ladies who came to watch the ceremony, and she would ask for their opinions and help them put them in a bun or pin it to the placket. Some little girls will also reach out and want to pick one, but each one is about the same, so forget it.

It was Shu Yao's turn, and inadvertently, she keenly felt Bi Qing's hand tremble very slightly. It's not that she is staring at Bi Qing's hands, but she is looking at those flowers proudly, but Bi Qing's hands are shaking when she takes the flowers to Shu Yao, although others will not notice, but Shu Yao's five senses are comparable to ordinary people.

Suddenly, Shu Yao became alert, and she suddenly realized that Bi Qing had been picking flowers in order just now, but now she had directly taken the one to the left. Of course, if it weren't for Shu Yao's sudden tightening of vigilance, he wouldn't have noticed this.

Biqing twisted the flowers and approached Shu Yao: "Hello Miss Xia, the raw edges and embroidery on the placket of your clothes are so beautiful, I'll put the flowers on the girl's hair bun." ”

Shu Yao smiled but didn't answer, she smelled a special wisp of the flower, fragrant, but not the fragrance of Yueji itself.

One hand reached over and picked up another flower on the plate, but the afterglow in the corner of Shu Yao's eyes never left Biqing's face, and sure enough, a trace of panic flashed on that face, although it was quickly hidden, it did not escape Shu Yao's eyes after all. "Miss Xia, it's all the same, this one blooms better, come, the slave maid puts it on for the girl."

Shu Yao put down the flower in his hand with a "hmm", and at this moment, the pearl-inlaid blonde hairpin on the blue bun fell to the ground with a "clanging", and everyone's eyes focused on the hairpin.

Bi Qing hurriedly put the flower on the plate first, squatted down to pick up the hairpin and quickly inserted it, and then stood up and picked up the flower and put it on Shu Yao's hairpin.

The corners of Shu Yao's lips hooked slightly: "Sister Xie Lu, Sister Xie Biqing." ”

After that, the corner of Shu Yao's eyes never left the flower on the farthest edge, no matter whether there was anything on that flower or not, it could not involve the innocent.

It was Murong Zhi's turn, and Shu Yao had a change of heart, hehe, if you have the opportunity to send it to the door, just take this second sister to "take risks", she doesn't have to keep staring at it all the time.

Bi Qing gave Murong Zhi a hairpin on the placket, as if unintentionally raised her hand to brush the hair on her forehead, smiled at Xiao Ding, who was standing not far behind Murong Zhi, quickly lowered her eyes, and continued to give hairpins to other young ladies.

The moment Xiao Ding turned around and returned to his seat, he quickly glanced at Shu Yao's side, with a smug look that could not be concealed.

Shu Yao smiled secretly, it seemed that the fragrance on that flower had nothing to do with this Murong lady. Just right. The "good" things are still better for her own daughter.

The ceremony soon began in earnest. Nangong Miao is the only concubine of Nangong Master, that is, the only concubine of the generation of Nangong family, and the guests and praisers invited today are naturally not ordinary people. Zhengbin is recognized by the empress mother's mother, the Duchess of Zhongguo, and the praiser is the grandnephew of the empress dowager, the county lord of Anping.

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After three plus three bows, when Nangong Miao wore a grand red big-sleeved dress and a complex and noble crown of nine cui and four phoenix golden hairpins on her head and stood facing the guests, everyone couldn't help but gasp, so beautiful!

This Miss Nangong rarely participates in various banquets and is very low-key. I heard that she wears a hat or veil when she goes to incense or something on weekdays, so before this, not many people have seen her true face.

"Hmph", a cold snort in the sound of inhalation and admiration made Shu Yao turn her head curiously, it was really that the cold snort was too abrupt, and it was close to Shu Yao.

The one who snorted coldly was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, dressed extremely gorgeously and very beautiful, but the jealousy on her face at this time ruined her beautiful appearance.

The maid beside the girl whispered, "Second girl, my aunt has explained." You should go over and congratulate the big girl, and wait for the feast. Don't keep a straight face. ”

Shu Yao retracted her gaze, it turned out to be Sister Miao's sister-in-law, and it was not a good match to look at like this.

Nangong Miao's maids led the guests to the banquet hall, of course, those important VIPs were naturally brought to the chairman by Nangong Old Lady, Madame and other hosts.

Nangong Miao quickly walked over and took Shu Yao's hand: "Is Yao'er hungry?" Let's go to the table too. After the feast, I will take you to my courtyard. Huohuo, are you good today, come, I'll hug you. ”

Huohuo jumped into Nangong Miao's arms, very well-behaved. Shu Yao secretly slandered herself, what a perverted fox!

Except for the three Shu Yao brothers and sisters, Huohuo is reluctant to hug people on weekdays, and occasionally "socializes" with people who are close to Xia Zhai, but they are all perfunctory, and they jump away after a while, or squeak, when did they become so well-behaved and so quiet?

Shu Yao and Ke Min followed Nangong Miao away, and Chen Yueying muttered to Nian'er very unhappily: "Wasn't your post also written by Miss Nangong herself?" Why didn't she greet you? ”

Nian'er said lightly: "Miss Nangong will give me a post, for the sake of Sister Yao'er's face, our Xu Mansion and Nangong Mansion do not have any friendship. ”

"It's useless for you to look stupid! Is an official lady not as good as that girl in the market? Chen Yueying glared at Nian'er angrily, "I knew that I wouldn't come with you, it's a shame!" ”

Nian'er didn't reply to her, Chen Yueying's attitude is not the first time, I really don't know how Mrs. Chen, the prospective mother-in-law of Lu Dao, taught, is coquettish and arrogant, ten times with her, there will be eight times to apologize to the people for her.

Fortunately, this prospective sister-in-law is only one and a half years younger than herself, and when she marries, she should also marry out. I heard my father say that the future husband Chen Wenhao is a good person, knowledgeable, sensible, and motivated, he just won the exam this year, and he is going to participate in the spring exam in the spring, it may be difficult to enter the first list, but there should be no problem in entering the second list.

There are two banquet halls in Nangong Mansion, one for male guests and one for female guests, and Shu Yao and the others naturally went to the one that entertained female guests, which was next to the hall where the ceremony was held just now.

Nangong Miao pulled Shu Yao to the second main table and sat beside him. Soon, the second girl of Nangong who snorted coldly at Nangong Miao just now also took Murong Zhi to sit at this table. Nangong Miao frowned, but still didn't say anything.

"A market girl who sells tofu brains also sits at this table, eldest sister, you are really not afraid of price drops!" Nangong Ying snorted coldly.

Nangong Miao had a calm face and said lightly: "Our Nangong family started by selling baked cakes, and my father has always taught us to remember this and not forget our roots, imperial merchants are also businessmen, and we are just businessmen." Didn't the second sister forget it again? Still don't agree with my father's words? If you want to talk about the price, Yao'er's sister is also a concubine. ”

"You ......" Nangong Ying was so angry that she almost wanted to flip the table, but she didn't dare. First, today's house is full of guests, if she dares to make trouble, her grandmother and father will definitely not spare her, and secondly, the Nangong family is on par with the real official family, that is, the concubines are distinct. If you really want to think about it, Nangong Miao, as the eldest sister, not to mention just pointing out the fact that she is a concubine, it is normal to teach her a lesson.

What surprised her was that this eldest sister had always been gentle, or very disdainful of their provocations (of course, Nangong Ying would never admit this), every time she and Nangong Qiao deliberately made trouble behind their father's back, Nangong Miao ignored it, at most turned around and left, what's wrong today?

Nangong Qiao and several Nangong family girls and cousins on the table were also stunned, they never thought that Nangong Miao, who had always been high in the mansion and always indifferent to them, would start a fire and speak so ruthlessly.

What they didn't know was that Nangong Miao was closer to Shu Yao and Shuwen than her younger siblings and cousins in the house, and today Shu Yao was her guest, Nangong Ying was so rude, didn't she slap her in public? usually disdain to ignore them, but is she really a soft bun that can be kneaded at will?

Murong Zhi saw that the situation was not right, this Nangong eldest lady was not as cowardly and easy to bully as Nangong Ying said, so she quickly pulled Nangong Ying's shirt under the table, and looked at the moon flower on Nangong Ying's head pointedly.

Nangong Ying reacted quickly, snorted angrily, and stopped talking.

After a while, the people at the main table next door also walked in and took their seats, and it should be the old lady Nangong who was surrounded in the middle, with a kind and rich face, wearing a brown placket with four happy patterns, and holding a snow-white blue-eyed Western cat in her hand.

Many old ladies from large families will raise cats and dogs, but most of them are held by maids, and it seems that Mrs. Nangong likes this white cat very much.

Nangong Miao seemed to see what Shu Yao was thinking, and laughed softly: "This cat's name is Fubao, it was given to her grandmother by the Queen Mother, and the name was also given by the Queen Mother. Hehe, you don't know the way, people say that the dog nose is smart, this blessing, the nose is much more smart than the dog nose. ”

Nangong Ying snorted coldly again: "The Queen Mother's mother, Chrysostom, said that this Fubao likes blessed people, so the first time I saw my grandmother, I was close to my grandmother." Hmph, on the contrary, the person Fu Bao doesn't like must be a disaster, a scourge, and a nuisance. ”

Before Nangong Ying's words fell, Na Fubao suddenly "meowed", jumped up from the arms of the old lady Nangong who had just sat down, and "flew" straight to Shu Yao and their table. (To be continued......)

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