After returning from Jichangyuan, Liu stepped up the discipline of his two daughters. Not surprisingly, Chu Ying and Chu Ju can both enter the palace to accompany them, and they also take care of each other when they are together, and when the time is ripe, let Concubine Zhen pick a good family to marry, and both of them can marry in style. Only Jiang Chutao's daughter is a knot in her heart.

The first peach has grown in the past few years, showing an amazing beauty, but this beauty gives birth to a sense of danger for no reason - it is so beautiful that it always makes people think of the ending of being red-faced. This is also the reason why Liu does not require Chu Tao to write poems and lyrics, she feels that those women who have both talent and appearance will always do something out of the ordinary, and her Chu Tao, as long as she is safe and sound for the rest of her life.

Liu feels that this daughter is straightforward and lively, innocent, no human feelings, no mental skills, if there is no parental care in the future, I don't know what kind of situation she will fall into. While hanging his head, he discussed countermeasures with Jiang's mother.

The two finally reached a consensus - to invite famous nobles to come to the General's Mansion to enjoy the flowers and open Jiang Chutao's social circle.

It stands to reason that Jiang Chutao has a beautiful appearance and a prominent family, so she only needs to wait for the person who proposes to break through the house, just like her sister Jiang Chuying. Helplessly, the matter of Chu Tao biting Xue Zicheng and his drunken disappearance on his birthday still spread out eight hundred times, naturally mixed with some improper words, making Jiang Chu Tao a joke in Jinling's golden circle.

Jiang Chutao didn't care about herself, her mother asked her to embroider, so she embroidered a small trumpet flower, asked her to embroider a mandarin duck, and she embroidered a wild duck; let her play the piano, and in three days she broke two of them; asked her to paint, and left two female officials from the palace in a row. She is only good at dancing, and she is not hard at practicing, and she is lazy if she can. Liu's face is getting darker day by day, her husband is busy with government politics and doesn't care about Chu Tao, Jiang's mother is even more doting, and she can't do anything to such a villain.

So the Liu family wanted to invite the famous nobles and wealthy families of Jinling to a banquet under the pretext of appreciating the flowers, so that these young ladies and ladies could see Jiang Chutao, who was alluring to the country and the city, and softly said a few good words for Jiang Chutao, reversing her fierce and confused image. Then let Brother Yun and Brother Jin come forward to make some decent sons, and the Liu family took the opportunity to find out about this good boy in Jinling, and at the same time, he could also see other girls with the Hu family and the Cao family.

So Jiang's mother came forward, sent out seven or eight invitations, and took good care of her garden before setting up a banquet.

Xiaohuan and Xiaoyan, who were originally serving around Chu Tao, were sent to the Zhuangzi under the Liu family, and Liu specially selected three safe and clever maids to serve Chu Tao, and Chu Tao gave the name "Little Red", "Little Green", and "Little Purple". On this day, the sun is more poisonous, and the temperature is rising in the afternoon, and Chu Tao can't sleep when he lies on the bed and tosses and turns.

Xiaohong moved a round stool around the table to peel lychees, and in the center of the table, a silk-wrapped agate bowl contained more than a dozen round, milky white lychees, exuding a sweet aroma. Xiao Lu took a walnut clip and peeled the walnut flesh finely, and he was going to use it to cook porridge later. Xiao Zi stood next to a wooden shelf, with threads of different colors branching out one by one. The trio went about their business methodically, occasionally adding incense to the censer or adding ice cubes to the gold-edged enamel pots.

Chu Tao stared at the silver soft yarn hanging on her bed in a daze, and recalled in her mind what her mother had told her in the morning - the ancestor likes to be lively, and has been depressed since the death of her grandfather, and the family has changed her way to make the ancestor happy, so the family is ready to invite some young people to come to their home to enjoy the flowers, and they can also take this opportunity to meet more friends in the boudoir. Be sure to dress elegantly, and practice your best dance in the next few days.

Chu Tao rolled over, and the wet sweat stuck a thin layer of middle clothes to her back, making her feel uncomfortable. The hot and humid sweat was densely hidden in the dense hair of the first peach, as if a large bowl of hot soup was on his head. Chu Tao kicked a pair of emerald green and weeping bed hooks in front of her bed with her feet, and when she couldn't kick it, she touched her head with both hands, pulled out her buckwheat pillow, threw it into the air, and smashed it to the ground with a dull sound.

The maid who came in to check on was Xiaohong, she picked up the pillow and leaned towards the bed, Chu Tao had already pretended to be asleep.

The most planted flowers in the General's Mansion are peonies and peonies, which are in full bloom this season. Planted with dozens of varieties such as Moon Palace Flower, Snow Lady, Pink Nu Xiang, Yuyi Huang, Zhuangyuan Red, White Jade, Erqiao, etc., all of them are in full bloom like a bowl-like size, red like fire, yellow like gold, white like jade, and more dark purple, light green, powder blue and other uncommon colors, each color is just right, a strong point is too bright, a light point is lost taste, the petals are many and heavy, the rhyme is colorful, graceful and luxurious, fragrant and fragrant, refreshing. It is really a bright and soothing face with a national color, and the fairy crown overlaps and cuts red clouds.

On this day, the two younger sisters of Mrs. Kai came first, Mrs. Kai was the eldest daughter of the Ministry of Rites, and she came with a sister-in-law Hu Muqing and a sister-in-law Hu Muling, followed by Qi Ruotong, the daughter of the right deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, the grandson of Liao Fucai, the Duke of Qingguo, Liao Yaozong, the grandson of Yao Guoyong, the hereditary first-class son Yao Muying, the grandson of Wang Yu, the Duke of Qi, and the grandson of Wang Yu, the grandson of Wang Che, the prince of Qi, and his sister Wang Wan, the grandson of Zhang Ronghai, the hereditary general of the three-rank pacification of Yuguo Zhang Hongyi and his sister Zhang Anxi, Bujun Jiwei, Sun Gongliang's grandson, Sun Yihao, and his sister Sun Shaomin and others. The masters and minions of the black and the young filled the entire garden.

The three daughters-in-law of Liu, Cao, and Hu served Jiang's mother, Wu, and He's two aunts, and after eating a bowl of dried bamboo shoots and ham soup in Liu's room, and eating some refreshing sesame oil mixed with shredded chicken and stir-fried water spinach, they re-touched their makeup before joining hands in the garden. There is an eight-sided glazed tile pavilion in the garden, in which there are two bamboo tables, on which are placed eight rubbing of tea leaves of different shapes and colors, a few bamboo brushes are inserted in the bamboo tube, and one takes out the freshly ironed teacup and wine utensils, and puts it next to the tea cup and tea whisk. The girls were busy making tea and hot wine.

In addition, there are three fruit baskets on the circular stone bench, all of which are covered with emerald green plantain leaves, on which are filled with seasonal fruits such as lychees, grapes, apricots, plums, etc., and then there are fans, incense cakes, sweat towels, purses and other things neatly placed next to them. On the small table opposite, there are also snacks such as chanterelle rolls, rhombus flour cakes, chestnut cakes, etc., which are covered with bamboo covers.

Liu and others came in and sat and drank tea, these young people came over one after another to say goodbye, Liu blew the teacup, while smiling and looking at these wealthy nobles, the girls gathered together to see the flowers, the boys got together to talk about poetry, what a peaceful scene!

Sun Shaomin, the sister of Sun Yihao, the grandson of Sun Gongliang, the Bujun Ji Wei who came today, is a friend of Chu Tao since childhood, the two are the same age, and they have learned to dance with Aunt Han, a female official in the palace, and their friendship is deeper than others, and the two held hands and talked for a long time.

Chu Ju looked self-conscious, and refused to say more than one word, only pacing along a row of peonies with the two daughters of the Cao family, talking in a low voice, but peeking at the boy pile in the distance from time to time. Hatsuzakura is gentle and lovely, and she will talk to this sister about the latest popular patterns, and then praise that sister's clothes are good-looking, and no one will be snubbed after a circle. Chu Ju saw her so sleek and sophisticated, and her heart snorted coldly.

Jiang Chengyun and Jiang Chengjin are lively by nature, and a few sons and brothers are discussing hotly, but the peony around them does not look at it, this one said "The peach blossom is light and ruthless, and when it meets the water, it flows with the water, there is no certainty, and when it meets the wind, it goes away by the wind, and there is no loyal product", and the other said "The peach blossom is suitable for the room IKEA, neither enchanting nor too upright, and it is quite the golden mean", and the mouth is dry and the face is red.

Chu Tao knew that the Liu family was coming, so she had to hang Shao Min first to ask her mother for peace. As soon as the curtain was opened, a touch of fresh and natural green first greeted Liu's eyes, the first peach wore a crescent moon bandeau and a light green gown with narrow sleeves, on which was a cotton-white passionflower pattern, with a goose-yellow diamond flower satin as a belt, and an off-white silk cotton skirt underneath, embroidered with tangled branches at the skirt.

When Liu saw his daughter dressed like this, with shaved shoulders and thin waist, thin fingers of green onions, pink face with spring, apricot eyes and bent eyebrows, looking forward to Shenfei, a feeling of love arose. But it's good that the beauty in front of her doesn't open her mouth, and one mouth makes Liu's mood fall to the bottom: "Mother, can I eat a plate of chestnut cake?" ”

Cao's loved Chu Tao, and he hurriedly asked the maid around him to hand the chestnut cake to Chu Tao, Chu Tao pinched two and ate it, and wanted to eat a few more, but he only listened to Liu's block: "I can't eat it anymore, the chestnut cake is bloated, and it's hard to digest if I eat too much." He pulled Chu Tao to his side again and asked gently, "How do you look at the flowers?" ”

Chu Tao replied: "I think it's good, but the girl from the Sun family who came said that there are no other new things, and there is a lack of fun." ”

Liu smiled: "Yes, that's right. With the elders around you, you will inevitably appear a little reserved. For my mother to know that you young people love to be lively, so I thought of a way for you, which one of the present is both talented and beautiful, but there is no opportunity to perform, let you draw lots to perform, that is, to be lively. The boys and brothers are not too strict, and if you really can't draw it, you can make a poem on the spot to help the fun. It's time for the old ancestor to take a nap, and I'll go and invite her over. ”

Chu Tao stubbornly said: "This ......" Hu Shi gave Cao Shi a look, and Cao Shi immediately answered: "This child is just afraid of life, you are all the same age, what is there to be embarrassed about." You go and call your sister Sakura, and I'll tell her. ”

Liu acquiesced to Cao's words, and softly coaxed Chu Tao and said, "What are you doing so embarrassed kid, being a mother won't harm you, just make your grandmother happy." As he spoke, he stuffed a small bamboo stick into Chu Tao's hand.