Chapter 163: Going to the Banquet
It was the first time Sun had seen Shen Bai wearing women's clothes.
Shen Bai was born with white skin, and when he was in Tai Academy, he had Zhou Jue with him, but it didn't look too abrupt, but now that he has changed into a rouge long skirt, his beautiful face that is as tender as water is suddenly revealed.
She has been practicing martial arts, running around all day long, her waist is soft and tough, tied with a light pink silk belt, she looks like she can't hold it, and it is very eye-catching.
The bandeau dress that Mama picked out for her was covered with a light cyan cardigan, which looked childish and simple, but her chest had developed, and there was a little bulge under her breasts, and the cardigan was covered, revealing only a beautiful collarbone and a little white.
Her appearance inherited the softness of her biological mother, combed with a falling horse bun, and matched with a beautiful pearl pendant, she was very smart.
The Sun family has participated in a lot of banquets over the years, and the noble ladies of the major families have also seen it, and when they saw Shen Bai, their minds were full of surprise.
Besides, Shen Bai is only fifteen this year, and he will fully grow up in two years, and this face will only be first-class and good-looking among the ladies of the family.
Since ancient times, women have loved beauty, but sometimes it is not a good thing to be born too good-looking.
Sun was inexplicably a little worried, and she looked at Mama Ye. Asked: "Mama, the protagonist of today's banquet is Miss Su, Xiaobai is dressed like this, will it be noisy?" β
Sun was always stupid when he was in the house, but he was very cowardly outside, and he was cautious everywhere over the years, for fear that he would make a wrong step and cause trouble to Shen Ru.
Mama Ye's back straightened, and she looked at Sun angrily and said: "Madam, the eldest lady of the Su family has been outcast, and she was only recently picked up, but she is just a rough girl, our young lady is a serious Taifu concubine, in terms of identity, above Miss Su, and today is also the first time that our young lady has shown her face in front of these big families, does Madam want others to look down on our young lady?" β
That being said, but in this way, wouldn't Shen Bai and that Miss Su be put together for comparison?
Sun still felt that it was inappropriate, and said: "I heard that the Su family attaches great importance to this Miss Su, has written her name into the family tree, and is also preparing to move her early mother's grave to Beijing, such a big fanfare, if Xiaobai steals her limelight today, won't there be endless trouble in the future?" β
Sun's worries were not unreasonable, but Mama Ye said with a calm face: "What situation our young lady is in now, others know that the Su family chose to hold a banquet at this time. also specially gave us a post, doesn't Madame know what they mean? β
The Sun family really didn't know that the Shen family had left early, for so many years, only Shen Bai and the Sun family in the Taifu Mansion did not deal with each other, but the two of them put on a face for each other on the surface, and they would never play any tricks behind their backs.
Although Shen Bai has a lot of eyes, he doesn't have so many thoughts about these weak women, so he asked curiously, "What does Mama mean by this?" Could it be that the Su family deliberately set up a banquet today to see my jokes? β
Su Yuanhua is still the head of the hospital, and he has met a lot of powerful people, and Mama Ye is not good at speaking too bluntly. Said gently: "The old slave didn't mean that, but I just felt that since the Su family made a post, they were not afraid of being robbed of the limelight by Miss, Miss had been dressing as a man before, and now she suddenly recovered as a daughter, there must be many people who are curious, Miss went out as a woman for the first time today, and every word and deed will be infinitely amplified, and it is of course great to be able to do as well as possible." β
Mama Ye said this sincerely, and she was completely thinking about Shen Bai from Shen Bai's point of view.
Although Shen Bai had no experience in house fighting, he could distinguish between good and bad, and nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Mama, I have kept in mind the rules you have taught me these days." Today's banquet will definitely not disgrace Mama. β
Sun was still afraid of causing trouble, so he stopped talking, but Shen Bai saw it and deliberately provoked: "Do you know why you can't take my mother's position for so many years?" It's because you are afraid and look forward to the future, my mother was able to make handkerchiefs with the former queen back then, but you were afraid of everyone when you saw it, how could you have the bearing of Mrs. Taifu? β
After Shen Bai finished speaking, he walked forward, Sun was so angry that his eyes were red, and he whispered, "I just don't want to cause trouble for the master." β
Shen Bai retorted lazily: "Even if you don't cause trouble, many times trouble will come to your door, if you have the ability to solve trouble, why be afraid?" β
Shen Bai's words hit the nail on the head, and Sun couldn't refute it. It took a while for his chest to calm down, but his back was straighter than usual.
Anyway, in front of Shen Bai, she can't lose face.
The two of them each took a carriage, one after the other to Su's house, Mama Ye was mainly accompanying her today to accept her teaching results, and the things that served Shen Bai were all done by Green Tips.
As soon as she stepped out of the gate of Taifu, Shen Bai felt that there were many pairs of eyes nailed to her on the street, not only these powerful families, but also the people in Hanjing were very curious about how Young Master Shen of Taifu's Mansion suddenly became a young lady.
Before going out, Green Tip put a veil on Shen Bai, and everyone only saw a slender figure and a pair of watery eyes, but they didn't see Shen Bai's full picture.
Shen Bai walked out in small steps, and when he got into the carriage, he carefully carried his skirt and stepped on the footstool to get on the car.
Green Jian and Mama Ye followed, and after getting into the car, Green Jian took out the pastry snacks that had been prepared long ago and handed them to Shen Bai.
No one else was watching, Shen Bai revealed his true form, and immediately grabbed two pastries and stuffed them into his mouth, Mama Ye said seriously: "Miss is usually carefully dressed when she goes out, and it is best not to drop the slag or be too dry when she prepares the food, and it should be easy to swallow, so as not to stain the clothes." β
Lujian has learned a lot from Mama Ye these days, nodded again and again, and said, "Mama Xie reminds you, the slave and maid remember." β
Shen Bai was a little hungry. couldn't stop eating, Mama Ye didn't stop it, and said lightly: "Miss can eat a little more at this time, and when she goes to the Su family for a while, she can't be so wanton, and after serving the table, no matter whether there is food that Miss likes to eat on the table, you must remember to eat slowly and elegantly, so as not to insult the family style of the Shen family." β
The mouth grows on others, no matter how perfect it is, there will always be people who make irresponsible remarks, but Mama Ye is right, no matter what others say, you must do your best to do a good job.
Shen Bai thought that Emperor Hengde sent Mama Ye and Mama Li to teach him the rules to take revenge on him, but now it seems that he has found out that Emperor Hengde is actually doing good for her.
If there was no Mama Ye and Mama Li to teach, according to her previous temperament, she was afraid that she would soon become the biggest joke in the mouth of the family.
Shen Bai has never cared about her reputation, but that was when she couldn't marry Gu Hengzhou before.
Now that she has recovered her daughter body, she can marry Gu Hengzhou openly, of course, I hope that others will mention it in the future, and it can also be said that she and Gu Hengzhou are a good match and a match made in heaven.
The Shen family was not too far from the Su family, and the carriage walked seven or eight streets, and it took two quarters of an hour to stop at the gate of the Su family.
When I lifted the curtain and got out of the car, two big red lanterns came into view.
The matter of the prime minister's forcing the palace was not publicized in the city, but the Praetorian Guards secretly copied the Li family, and the prime minister's mansion was closed for the past few days, and it was very depressed.
The people in the city didn't know that the Zhaoling court had just experienced a huge shock, and the red lantern hanging at the gate of the Su family also made Shen Bai a little in a trance.
People in the world are like this, every day someone encounters an accident, and the family is ruined, but there are also people who put up lights to celebrate their happy events.
Sun asked someone to send an invitation to the concierge to see, and then took out a beautifully packaged Huanghuali box as a congratulatory gift for the banquet.
The porter opened it and took a look, and inside was a red and clear jade bracelet, the jade bracelet was polished and beautiful, which was very suitable for a girl of Shen Bai's age.
The porter saluted, and glanced at Shen Bai over the Sun family, and then respectfully let his subordinates lead them in.
In the previous life, Shen Bai came to Su's house for a banquet. At that time, she was a man, and she entered directly from the main entrance, and when she arrived at the hall, this time she and Sun went in the direction of the hall.
The Su family is a family of medicine, and the layout of the courtyard in the house is also quite elegant, and most of the flowers and plants that can be used for medicine are planted in the yard, which is very unique.
Walking through a long and winding corridor, Shen Bai and the others were taken to the back garden.
The back garden of the Su family is quite large, and instead of digging a pool to build a rockery like ordinary people, a large four-corner pavilion was built, which was connected by a promenade on all sides, and a large number of irises were planted in the open space.
In hot weather, the women's seats are set up under the pavilion and promenade, which can provide shade and facilitate everyone to enjoy the flowers and talk.
Shen Bai didn't arrive early, and there were already many people sitting in the pavilion.
Su Yuanhua's wife, Su Liu, only has two young masters under her knees, and Su Liu's is just sitting here today, and it is Aunt Lou who talks more with other ladies.
The Knowles have a son and two daughters under their knees, and their son Su Pan is the third young master in the house, who has been suppressed by the Su Liu family for so many years, and has not become a climate, and the daughters Su Ying and Su Xuan are slim and slim, before Su Xiaoqiu came back, these two were the eldest and second ladies of the Su family, and now they have been forced to lower their rankings, Su Ying and Su Xuan are naturally very dissatisfied in their hearts.
But there were a lot of guests today, and it was a banquet specially set up for Su Xiaoqiu, and both of them had smiles on their faces and didn't dare to show it.
In addition to the two young ladies of the Su family, there are also many young ladies of the family in the pavilion.
Shen Bai glanced at it casually, and coincidentally, there were all acquaintances here.
The closest to Su Liu's were Lu Qingqing and Lu Xiu.
Lu Qingqing is the niece of the Queen Mother, and she is the one with the highest status among the ladies of the family who are present today, Lu Xiu has lived in Ci'an Palace for a year, and has always been deeply loved by the Queen Mother, and now it seems that she is getting along with Lu Qingqing very well.
The two of them have been talking with Su Liu, and they don't know what they are talking about. Su Liu had a faint smile on his face.
The atmosphere in the room was not bad, Shen Bai turned his eyes and saw Jiang Qinse sitting next to Su Ying and Su Xuan.
Li Deren failed to force the palace, the Li family was secretly arrested, and the Jiang family was also reined in a lot, in order to detain the crime on Shen Bai's head, Jiang De'an and Li Deren both hyped up the fact that Jiang Qinse was humiliated, and now Shen Bai was exposed to his daughter's body, this case has become an unsolved case, the people behind the scenes can't be caught, and Jiang Qinse's reputation has been ruined.
Jiang Qinse has been having a bad time these days, she is so thin that she is almost out of shape, and she originally likes to wear plain clothes. In order to show his cold and noble spirit, in order to cover up his bad face today, he painted heavy makeup and wore a begonia-colored dress embroidered with bauhinia patterns.
In this way, the cold air on her body dissipated, and it became two more gaudy.
Coincidentally, Jiang Qinse and Shen Bai's clothes are still a little contrasting, the colors of the clothes are similar, although the embroidery is different, but there is not much difference from a distance, but the temperament of the two is different, Jiang Qinse is still three points sick between the cold and gaudy, but Shen Bai is completely warm and uplifting. Even if the two of them didn't stand together, the eyes of others fell on Shen Bai more.
Everyone present knew about the festival between Shen Bai and Jiang Qinse, and as soon as Shen Bai followed Sun into the pavilion, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Qinse.
Jiang Qinse sat with his back straight as usual, not looking at Shen Bai, his head was held high, trying to maintain his usual noble image, but like a little cypress tree standing stubbornly in the wind, the more he tried to straighten his back, the easier it was to be destroyed by the wind.
The conversation between Lu Qingqing and Su Liu had stopped, and everyone looked at Sun and Shen Bai, Su Xiaoqiu hadn't come yet, and Sun was a little nervous. was worried that Su Liu would blame Shen Bai for stealing Su Xiaoqiu's limelight.
Su Liu didn't know what Sun was thinking, and seeing that Shen Bai was still wearing a veil, he said softly: "There are only female dependents here, no outsiders, why doesn't Miss Su take off the veil for us to see?" β
It's not that I haven't seen it on weekdays, and it seems that Shen Bai deliberately hides it and refuses to make people look like it.
Shen Bai raised his hand and generously removed the veil.
In order to pretend to be a man before, Shen Bai deliberately drew his eyebrows thick, but now that she has restored her daughter's body, Mama Ye helped her trim her eyebrows, her eyebrows are in the shape of slender willow leaves, and she looks good with a little modification, and her skin is good. She was young, and Mama Ye painted her with light makeup, only using cinnabar mixed with gold dust to draw a flame-shaped flower in the center of her eyebrows, and her beautiful facial features were highlighted.
However, Shen Bai has not fully grown up yet, and her appearance is still not as good-looking as Jiang Qinse, but her eyes are very moist and smart, and her eyes are not as gentle as water as ordinary women, but as bright as sparks.
The people in the gazebo did not speak for a long time.
It's strange that when Shen Bai pretended to be a man, everyone thought she was unruly, deviant and unruly, but now she wears women's clothes. Standing there prettyly, everyone thought she was dazzlingly beautiful, and people didn't dare to look at her directly.
How can anyone in this world be both a man and a woman?
Everyone secretly thought that they wanted to see Shen Bai's jokes, but they were shocked and didn't know what to do.
The pavilion was silent, and after a while, Shen Bai took the initiative to remind: "My mother and I were invited to the banquet, but Mrs. Su is dissatisfied with us and wants to punish us for standing?" β
Shen Bai called Sun's mother in public for the first time, Sun was startled, and Su Liu was even more frightened by Shen Bai's words, and hurriedly came back to his senses and reprimanded the maid behind him: "Little hoof, why don't you invite Mrs. Taifu and Miss Su to sit down, what are you doing in a daze?" β
The subordinate stepped forward and led Shen Bai and Sun to sit down next to Lu Xiu, and when Shen Bai walked over, Lu Xiu raised his head and smiled gently at her, releasing kindness.
Shen Bai hooked his lips and smiled back.
Miss Xiuxiu is still as gentle and lovely as in her previous life.
After the two sat down, the subordinates immediately offered the almost, Shen Bai remembered Mama Ye's previous explanation, folded his hands on his knees, and sat upright without eating.
The green tip was also standing straight behind Shen Bai with Mama Ye, and the three of them went there with a pestle, and they actually had the bearing that only the nobles in the palace had.
Everyone was secretly frightened, but they didn't expect that Shen Bai had really changed from a grinning man to an elegant and feminine woman in just a few days.
The people present were very curious about how Shen Bai concealed that he was his daughter in the Tai Academy, but they didn't know how to ask, and after a while, Su Ying couldn't hold her breath and asked with a smile: "Miss Shen is so powerful, she can keep such a big secret until now, and she has not been discovered after studying in the Tai Academy for so many years, how did you do it?" β
Su Ying is seventeen this year, three years older than Shen Bai, and a little younger than Jiang Qinse, it is a good time to discuss relatives, but she has not yet left the cabinet, and she is still a child, even if she says something wrong. When the time comes, it will just be a fairy tale and prevaricate.
Shen Bai glanced at her, then turned his head to look at Sun, and asked softly, "Mother, Miss Su is asking me a question, can I answer her?" β
Shen Bai had beaten people on the street before, but now he pretended to be a good girl who only listened to Sun's words, Su Ying secretly scolded for hypocrisy, and then felt that Su Liu's looked at him dissatisfied.
Su Ying was a little frightened, before Su Xiaoqiu didn't come back, she was the eldest lady of the Su family, and Su Liu's secretly suppressed Su Pan, and her tolerance was much higher, so Su Ying didn't take Su Liu's in her eyes many times, and Su Liu's didn't say anything.
The Sun family is just a flat wife, Shen Bai respects her so much, Su Liu is still the original housewife, but Su Ying doesn't take her seriously, how can this work?
The more Su Ying thought about it, the more frightened she became, but there was no way to make up for it at this time, she bit her lower lip tightly and glanced at Shen Bai.
Sun was frightened by Shen Bai's abnormality, completely lost his opinion, and said the same as the matter: "Miss Su is also curious, and there is no malice. Xiaobai, you answer truthfully. β
After getting Sun's words, Shen Bai bent his eyes and smiled, and asked instead of answering: "I was forced to pretend to be a man, Miss Su has nothing to inquire about, what is she doing?" Don't you want to try pretending to be a man? β
Shen Bai didn't understand the twists and turns of the back house, but she had a lot of times when she scolded the old fox in the court, and Su Ying was just a little girl, of course she couldn't compare to her.
According to Shen Bai's temperament of pity and cherishing jade, she originally didn't plan to scare Su Ying, but Mama Ye was right, today is also the first time she has appeared among the ladies of these families, if she can't let others know her temperament and be treated as a soft persimmon, I'm afraid that there will be various versions of gossip outside after tomorrow.
For once and for all. Today, she can only destroy the flowers with her hands.
Su Ying was choked by Shen Bai, and her eyes widened and retorted: "You are talking nonsense, I don't have such an idea!" β
Shen Bai nodded and smiled: "It's naturally best if Miss Su doesn't have such an idea, after all, it's not fun for a woman to dress up as a man." β
Shen Bai's words were half exhortation and half self-justification, she was not a woman who voluntarily disguised herself as a man, and she had naturally suffered grievances that ordinary people could not imagine over the years.
Su Ying couldn't understand Shen Bai's point, thought about it and said: "Tai Academy is all men, I heard my brother say that Miss Shen always had a fight with the students of Tai Academy in Tai Academy before, so didn't she have skin to skin with many people?" β
As soon as these words came out, there were immediately many whispers in the gazebo.
The defense of men and women in Zhaoling is very serious, and the woman who has not yet left the cabinet has a skin-to-skin relationship with a man, which is a very bad thing for a woman.
The eyes of everyone looking at Shen Bai changed. Shen Bai secretly licked his teeth, feeling that this Miss Su was inexplicably hostile to him, so he deliberately wanted to embarrass himself.
However, what Su Ying said was true, Shen Bai did inevitably have skin-to-skin affinity when he fought with people in Tai Academy, but what was more serious than this was that in order to retaliate against Zhao Chou, Shen Bai drew that album.
Before, she wanted to take this opportunity to let others know that she liked men, and let Emperor Hengde and Zhao Che feel that they owed themselves a debt to themselves, so they could never marry, but at this time, they felt a little like lifting a stone and shooting themselves in the foot.
Can she deny the matter of Tai Academy, so how can that album explain it?
As long as others have a heart, these problems will emerge endlessly, Shen Bai thought for a while, nodded and said, "Miss Su's words are true, I have indeed fought with many classmates of Tai Academy. β
Hearing Shen Bai's admission, the corners of Su Ying's lips rose uncontrollably, and the next moment he heard Shen Bai say: "Brother Ling is also studying in Tai Academy, he is talented, his literary cultivation is very good, and his medical skills have also obtained the true inheritance of the head of Su Academy, he is the best among the children of these families in Beijing, once I broke my head in a fight with someone, and he also helped me take the pulse, does Miss Su know about this?" β
How could there be such a thing?
Su Yingxiu frowned slightly, looking puzzled. Thinking back carefully, Su Liu quickly realized that Shen Bai had dug a pit for Su Ying, and scolded in a deep voice: "Miss Shen was born in a scholarly family, and she was killed by a traitor and had to disguise herself as a man, and it is normal for some last resort, Ying'er, how can you be hearsay like a woman in the market, this is how I teach you on weekdays?" β
Su Yuanhua's eldest son Su Xun was born to Su Liu's family, and Shen Bai said that Su Xun had helped her diagnose her pulse, which implied that Su Xun had already seen through her secret, but he helped her deceive the king.
Emperor Hengde can not pursue Shen Bai's crimes, who knows if he will pursue Su Xun?
The fire burned to Su Xun's body, and of course Su Liu couldn't let Su Ying slander Shen Bai anymore.
Su Ying couldn't think of it so far for a while, and was scolded by Su Liu's in public, but she felt that her face couldn't hold it, her little face was red with anger, and her eyes were also shining, and she was unwilling to defend herself: "Mother, my daughter just feels curious." β
"Is this something you should be curious about?" Su Liu's eyebrows were cold, and when he saw Su Ying still crying, he said angrily, "You still feel wronged?" With so many guests, what are you crying like! β
Su Ying couldn't stop crying, and Su Liu directly punished her to go back and copy the female commandment.
Knowles wanted to help Su Ying say a few words, but Su Liu stared at him, so he could only swallow it, and looked at Shen Bai twice with Su Xuan, they thought that Shen Bai was always in trouble and a brainless person, but in the confrontation with Su Ying, they found that Shen Bai's scheming and city government were much more powerful than they imagined.
After Su Ying left, the pavilion was quiet again, and Lu Qingqing watched a good show, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Does Miss Su have a grudge against Miss Shen?" Why is it so hurtful to speak? β
Lu Qingqing has the support of the Queen Mother and has developed an innocent temperament, and at this time, she is the only one who can ask this kind of question without eyes.
Su Liu didn't want to say what happened, but Jiang Qinse suddenly opened his mouth and said softly, "Miss Lu still doesn't know?" β
Lu Qingqing looked inexplicable and asked, "What do you know?" β
Jiang Qinse lifted his eyes, and his originally bright eyes were as deep as a dry well. With a cold air, she glanced at Shen Bai and said, "The eldest young master of the Wu family went to the Taifu Mansion a few days ago to propose marriage. β
Lu Qingqing's eyes widened.
Kyoto nobles are like this, on weekdays, if there is nothing to do, they will set up a banquet to have a meal, who has a family, whose sisters are not compatible, and it will be known to everyone in less than three days.
Shen Bai hadn't entered this circle before, and he didn't know that Su Ying had admired Wu Shouxin for a long time, and Mrs. Wu had also intended to marry the Su family and marry Su Ying as the young lady of the Wu family.
However, after Su Xiaoqiu came back, Su Ying was demoted from the eldest lady of the Su family to the second miss of the Su family, and from a concubine to a concubine.
Su Ying thought that the position of the young lady of the Wu family must be her own, and she told several handkerchiefs about it in private, but she didn't expect that the stars and the moon would come to an empty place, so she naturally hated Su Xiaoqiu and Shen Bai.
Lu Qingqing had also heard that Su Ying was going to marry Wu Shouxin, and when she heard that the Wu family had proposed marriage to the Taifu Mansion, she was shocked and understood Su Ying's actions.
But Shen Bai's reputation has long been ruined, why is the eldest young master of the Wu family so eager to come to the door to propose?
After Lu Qingqing suddenly realized, he wrinkled his brows and pondered, Shen Bai knew that Jiang Qinse couldn't see himself well, but seeing that Jiang Qinse was sick and weak like this, he couldn't bear to bully her, ignored the conversation between the two, and turned his head to Sun and said, "Mother, I want to come out of Gong." β
The Sun family is not used to Shen Bai having to report to him in everything. After being stunned for a while, he helped to ask Su Liu's thatched house where it was, and Su Liu's asked the maid next to him to take Shen Bai to the thatched house.
Mama Ye wanted to keep up, but was stopped by Shen Bai with a look.
She just wants to go out to breathe, and if Mama Ye comes along, this breathability will not be interesting.
Out of the pavilion, around the promenade, soon came to the thatched house.
The maid was waiting outside, Shen Bai walked in with her skirt, and after closing the door, her shoulders suddenly collapsed.
I'm so tired!
When he was a man, Shen Xiaoye could do whatever he wanted at the banquet, and after recovering his daughter's body, it didn't matter if he couldn't eat casually, he could only sit on a third of the stool, and he had to fight like those old foxes in the court, which was really not happy at all.
Shen Bai crossed his waist and went crazy, scolding his mother silently in the air, and was scolding vigorously, when he suddenly felt a burning gaze, turned his head, and Shen Bai almost screamed.
Gu Hengzhou stood in the room and looked at her seriously.
Shen Bai patted his chest, leaned in front of Gu Hengzhou, looked left and right, and asked nervously, "Brother Gu, am I in the wrong place?" Why are you here? β
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