Fang Qi couldn't figure it out for the time being, Qin Weng Weng didn't want to think about it at all, he turned his attention to Qin Yuan and Qin Zhi's two grandsons, Xiao Liuniang didn't go to the banquet today, and was not among the reviewers, Qin Weng Weng finally turned his eyes back.

"Gao Liuniang, don't go to the banquet today."

"Why?" Mrs. Wang and Gao Beisheng spoke in unison, and even their tones were surprisingly consistent.

"Why?" Qin Xun snorted coldly: "You are embarrassed to ask me why? The banquet of the Yiguo Mansion the previous time, I didn't pay attention, and the eldest lady took Gao Liuniang to go, haven't you heard how the female relatives who witnessed Liuniang attending the banquet that day talked about it? The concubine is serious and recognized Liuniang as a righteous daughter, Liuniang was once proud, but as a result, the concubine was newly mourned, and Liuniang dressed up and went out to the meeting proudly!

Fortunately, I only took Sanniang that day, and I was not allowed to accompany the eldest woman, it was the eldest woman, you separated from me and took Liuniang to the Yiguo Mansion by yourself, and everyone else also saw it, not to mention that I don't understand filial piety, but just laughed at the eldest woman, you, the daughter of the Wang family and the daughter of the Gao family, were eager for quick success and quick profit, and disregarded the etiquette, and corrupted the family style and discipline accumulated by the king and the second door of high school for many generations, why do you still ask me? Okay, today's eldest lady can take Liuniang to the eldest princess's mansion again, just don't go with us, you can still ask the eldest princess for more invitations, and show off your two unique tutors with the noble family of Lin'ancheng. ”

These words finally made Gao Beisheng's face white, and tears rolled in her eyes.

It hasn't been long since she recognized the concubine as her mother-in-law, and she didn't have time to enjoy the scenery of the righteous daughter of the next heavenly family, not only did the concubine die of illness, but the eldest prince was also deposed, how could she still remember the mother-daughter relationship with the concubine, and last time I heard that it was a banquet in the Yiguo Mansion, or that the Yiguo Duke wanted to apologize to Yan Saburo in public, how could she be willing to be absent? I didn't expect these ladies in Lin'an to do so many things, they didn't know how to be magnanimous at all, and they were blamed behind her for this mistake, how noble could they be?

Mrs. Wang felt that she should argue with reason: "Bei'er recognized the concubine as her mother-in-law, but after all, she is only a godmother, and she has no blood, the eldest princess and the concubine are still close relatives, didn't the official family let the eldest princess serve the concubine under the mourning system?" ”

"Is the eldest woman really confused, or is she just trying to quibble? The eldest princess is the sister of the official family, and the concubine is only the side of the official concubine, and the concubine can still claim to be her sister-in-law in front of the eldest princess? How could a princess of a dignified country mourn for her concubine? ”

"Even so, Bei'er is the righteous daughter of the heavenly family, and she should not be the concubine of the heavenly family."

Qin Xun was not so angry with Mrs. Wang: "The righteous daughter of the heavenly family? If the official family recognizes Liuniang as a righteous daughter, why is it not allowed to be crowned princess and county lord, and even the title of county monarch is stingy? When did the official family admit that there was such a righteous daughter? Gao Liuniang is the righteous daughter on the side of the concubine, shouldn't she be a stepmother? ”

Mrs. Wang was finally speechless.

Qin Xun saw the old lady's affection, and did not humiliate Gao Beisheng ruthlessly, he even felt that he was saving the Gao family, but the Gao family girl was so stupid and stupid, and she clearly had a grudge against him, and he deeply felt that he was salty and eating radishes and worrying about it, just that, he could only try his best to make up for his mistakes and not let the old wife's mother family have bad luck, as for Gao Beisheng's life and death, he couldn't control it.

Today, the eldest princess finally dyed her temples black under the persuasion of the palace people, she was numb at this time to let those young palace maids, carefully smear the balm and jade fat layer by layer on her already rough skin, the woman in the bronze mirror, it seems that she is not so old, but Wan Yi herself understands her state of mind, in fact, she can never return to the same way as returning to the country, and also go back to twenty years ago.

Jin Zun Yugui, like the memory of the stars and the moon has long been forgotten by her, she is actually difficult to socialize now, she is a little afraid of too many eyes, she is not used to talking with so many people, she actually just needs a quiet place to grow old silently, one day, quietly say goodbye to this world.

Her real relatives, friends and old friends have been in the dark for a long time, and there is actually no one she is familiar with in this world.

No, there's another one.

Wan Yi looked at her nanny, the old man with a clumped waist was also the only person who had relied on her for her life in the past 20 years.

At this time, the nanny looked at her with a very sad and pitiful gaze.

Until those palace maids finally felt that the eldest princess was radiant enough, they were finally satisfied, and did not forget to ask the eldest princess if she was satisfied, the eldest princess smiled and should be satisfied, but she actually didn't look at herself carefully in the bronze mirror, she was satisfied that she could finally return to a moment of silence, and the palace maids all withdrew from the house of the eldest princess Yanju, and the eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief.

The nanny came over at the right time, she felt sorry for the woman she had brought up since she was a child, not because Wanyi was a golden branch and jade leaf, but because of this vast world, they were close and familiar with each other, it had been too many years, she only had a princess and a princess, no matter the wind, frost, rain and snow in Beijing, spring to autumn, they were all under the supervision of the Liao people, cutting and weaving together, doing hard work, and facing the bleak years.

"The eldest princess just shows up for a while and goes through the motions, at most, she just lets Mrs. Wang accompany her, and she can't be embarrassed to entertain other guests."

The nanny knew that the eldest princess was actually afraid of crowded occasions, not that she was lazy, and she was really at a loss for socializing with the eldest princess.

"You can't be so willful." Wan Yi had already tightened her fingers, but she tried to overcome her resistance and fear: "Brother Huang wants to let the ministers experience the benefits of peace talks, welcome me back, let me really get rid of suffering, I must be glad to be able to return to my homeland, glad to be rich and honored again, very different from the sorrow of being in a foreign country, as a royal daughter, I only have these small uses in the country." ”

The nanny sighed: "The eldest princess is not as comfortable as going to Beijing when she returns to China." ”

"You can't say that." Wan Yi held the nanny's hand, her hand was too cold, she needed to warm her palm, maybe this would really calm her mood: "Auntie, now I am the eldest princess after all, I am just a prisoner in Shangjing, we can't be called comfortable at that time, we are numb, because we are helpless, we are at peace with the situation, we are not looking forward to returning to China at that time, but we dare not have extravagant hopes at all." ”

Wan Yi is convincing the nanny, and she is also convincing herself again.

She should be glad she wouldn't be? Unthinkable things really happened, from the prisoner under the stairs, to become a royal princess again, no one will scold her anymore, ridicule her as a slave of the dead country, no longer have to worry about being insulted by the Liao people, she can overcome her heart barrier, exercise her duties as a royal princess, there is not a sea of swords and fires in front of her, it is clearly a cluster of flowers.

Lin'an City, she can also slowly get familiar with it, and truly regard this place as her home country.

David's winter solstice banquet, the main family needs to set up luncheon, dinner two meals, no special circumstances guests generally can not leave early, and the past Dongping Mansion, the most famous is the plum garden, today's winter solstice banquet is also located in the plum garden.

Fang Qi has never been to the plum garden before.

But once I heard Qin Fangzi show off, saying that the plum garden of Dongping Mansion is so elegant and magnificent, and there is no place where the plum forest scenery can be better than that of Dongping Mansion.

She didn't know how much the plum garden was different at this time than it was three years ago.

She just remembered Yan Chi inexplicably, and wondered if if he could not help but exude the gloomy aura in his body if he returned to his hometown today, and invited a frost hail to completely ruin this feast.

The plum garden in the eyes of the Fang period should still have the old scene.

The plum tree is not rooted in the flat land, this garden is a slope from the bottom up, but the slope is not steep, the upward line will not make people feel difficult, all the way only to see the black branches, it is clear that it has grown for many years, the plum is red and beautiful, but it is indeed the delicate posture of the new winter. The pavilions dotted among the plum groves must also be old relics, and they have not been refreshed again, like the brushwork of ink and wash on the pastel paintings, which sets off the scenery of the plum garden, which is rich and elegant at the same time.

At this time, Fang Qi had officially met with many guests, Princess Wanyi, the host of today's banquet, and took a seat in the banquet hall with Mrs. Wang and other female dependents.

The winter solstice banquet will never invite only female dependents, and because of the special identity of the host of today's banquet, the banquet hall of male guests and female relatives is not far away.

The banquet hall is located at the highest point of the plum garden, and a group of pavilions are built in a slightly open place, in which the eldest princess and the crown princess and other clan relatives sit, the male guests are seated in the left wing, and the female relatives are seated in the right wing. The musicians played the piano in the hall on the ground floor, while the maiko danced outside the building, so that the guests of honor could enjoy the song and dance while drinking.

Fang Qi is sitting around a rectangular table with many ladies, and the closest person next to her is naturally Qin Fangzi, but today she doesn't feel that her appetite is affected by her sister, because on her other side, there are three "dead friends" of Mingjiao, Eni, and Xin Wuniang.

Qin Fangzi behaved very gently and quietly today, very down-to-earth and generous, she even took a peach blossom wonton for Fang Qi, Fang Qi felt that she was not eating the eldest princess's banquet at all, but as if she was eating the legendary "severed head rice", it seemed that she was ...... Her sister-in-law thought it was her last lunch.

The luncheon was not particularly long.

Because there is also a dinner party, so there is no need to change to another place to drink and talk more casually, David's customs, but where the princess and other nobles set up a banquet, in fact, it is inevitable to let Lang Jun and the little ladies fight tea and poetry, which is not only to learn talents, but also to add more interest to the banquet, today should naturally be presided over by the eldest princess, many Lang Jun and the lady show are saving up a lot of energy to get the reward of the eldest princess.

Fang Qi is quite self-aware, she can't have this luck, when she went from the banquet hall to Bizet's Beizhi Pavilion, she also whispered to Mingjiao: "I have no hope with Ah Ni, so I pointed to Ah Jiao's ability to take the lead and win glory for our team." ”

"What squad?" It was Xin Wuniang who asked.

The "squad" snickered back and forth, but they didn't say anything.

Xin Wuniang didn't feel that she was being excluded, and only said: "No matter what kind of team, you can count me as one more." ”

E Ni almost didn't laugh out loud, she seemed to like her "target person" very much, took Xin Wuniang's hand and said: "Count you and count you, without you, there will be no team." He also said to Fang Qi: "If it is compared to riding and shooting, I have the confidence to come out on top, and if it is better than cooking, Ah Qi will not let it go." ”

Think about the scene of a group of little ladies wielding kitchen knives to kill chickens and ducks and remove fish bones, and then think about the scene of the little ladies around the stove with a spatula and stir-frying, and a puff of oil smoke rising from the ground, I feel miserable." It is rare to be self-indulgent in the fragrant period.

Mingjiao didn't let her feel inferior: "Who said that if you compare your cooking skills, you can't be elegant?" For example, a spoonful of fresh soup can destroy cabbage and bloom like a lotus flower, and no one will be amazed by this scene of storage. ”

Xin Wuniang is a person who has never eaten boiling cabbage, but obviously heard it, and immediately looked at Fang Qi's eyes full of anticipation, as if she really hated that Fang Qi could show her hand in a while.