Chapter 606: Phoenix Flying (5)
The eldest princess of Chun'an, this summer resort, was given the name "Zeyuan" by Emperor Xianxianzong, this garden covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres, and the lake accounts for one-third, the boat on the lake can go dozens of miles, it is very broad. Hence the name of the garden.
The large courtyard in the courtyard is a small courtyard, imitating the Soviet-style garden, interlocking, very exquisite. In the past, if there were not many guests, it was enough to open one or two courtyards near the water.
In the past, the guests and horses all went straight to the village, and the servants in the house pointed them to the place where the banquet was drunk.
There are too many people who come today, almost all the courtyards in the garden are open, and this welcome guest is also set up in a particularly chic way, which is to lead the guests to the water pavilion by the stream, and the light boat painting boat comes to the Liuyu Pavilion.
This trip to welcome guests has never been seen by others, highlighting the greatness of Zhuangzi, and it should also be more on the festival scene, and all the guests are amazed and applauded.
After the Wujingbo Mansion and the Yang family dismounted, Zhao Hongpei and Yang Shen were led by the servants to the male guests, and the female carriage was led to the water pavilion on the other side, and then the lady was invited to get off.
This is a small wharf, with a water pavilion on the side, and many female relatives rest in the water pavilion, or wait for acquaintances to take a boat together.
When the Zhao and Yang families passed, they saw many acquaintances.
Liu Ji, the young Zhan of Zhan Shifu and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the young Qing of Taichang Temple and the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, Fei Hong, the right Yude of Youchunfang and the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, Jiang Mian, the inner family of the Hanlin Academy, and the inner family of Bai Yue, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, etc., are all old acquaintances of the Yu family.
Yu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and went over to greet everyone - although Mrs. Wu Jingbo has a cool temperament, it is not difficult to get along with, but she is about a temperament that does not like to socialize, and the civil and military forces can't talk about one place, and they don't have much to say with Yu, so wouldn't it be embarrassing for the two of them to stay together.
The bachelors in front of them were all colleagues of Yang Tinghe and had a close relationship, but now they are all the little emperor's daily officials, so they are particularly close.
Everyone was also very enthusiastic when they saw Yu and Yang Tian.
Mrs. Wu Jingbo also knew two noble ladies on her side, and they also went to talk to themselves, but the two little daughters over there were only five or six years old, so Zhao Tong greeted Yang Tian and followed him.
Yang Tian knew that Zhao Tong was keeping his promise to take care of himself, and he was grateful for her righteousness, but he couldn't help but worry that she was not socially in this group of Hanlin ladies.
I don't want Zhao Tong to be a natural sociable player, with an amiable face and a pleasant mouth, he won the favor of everyone in just a few words.
When they boarded the small painting boat together, the youngest and youngest girl from the Bai family in the world was already calling out "six aunts", saving Zhao Tong's surname, just like a relative.
Yang Tian couldn't help but secretly admire.
In early spring, when the greenery is just rising, the scenery in this garden is far from the height of summer, when the flowers and trees are flourishing.
But all the way to the boat, see the clear water reflecting the green willows, that one is fresh and refreshing, and the pavilions and pavilions hidden among the trees on the shore in the past are fully revealed, the carved beams and paintings are gorgeous and magnificent, and it is also a good scenery.
The third girl of the Fei family, the daughter of the champion, came to poetry when she arrived, and she made a joint sentence with everyone, without limiting the rhyme, and wanted to sing the spring breeze of this early spring.
The second and third girls of the Jiang family all applauded, but the girls of the Liu family secretly glanced at Yang Tian and Zhao Tong.
Yang Tian smiled and said to Fei San's girl: "Later, I have to compose poems, I am not as talented as you, wonderful sentences and good works are at your fingertips, good sister, and let me leave a few words to cover my shame when the time comes." β
Zhao Tong knew that Yang Tian was out of the siege with him, and smiled sweetly at her, but he generously admitted: "I can't compose poems, and this word and your sisters copying poems are also insulting sentences, and I won't be able to play the piano and blow the flute in harmony, hey, I'm pinching my fingers, well, but the incense is barely passable, you and yours, I'll show you the incense." β
Although his words were self-deprecating, he said them playfully and calmly, and all the women laughed without feeling embarrassed at all.
Miss Fei San also hurriedly smiled: "I was fascinated by this scene for a while, sisters, don't laugh at me." β
Yang Tian pointed at Zhao Tong with a smile and said: "Sister Tong will choose Qiao Zong'er, this incense is too light, but we will be counted as a group later, if you are drawn to drink, I will send you." β
But Zhao Tong mentioned that she was very good at drinking, and after hunting, she also fought with her brothers to drink, knocked down the eldest brother of the world, and got a good bow from her father.
Zhao Tong really smiled, clapped his hands and smiled: "It's wonderful, it's wrapped up in me." β
All the women also laughed and said, "Then the sister of the Lao Zhao family will be tired." β
While laughing, there were a few conversations about the servants of the boat, and a little maid came in and said that her seventh girl had arrived.
The speed of the boat began to slow down, and the fast boat on the opposite side came closer, and the servants connected the two boats and put them on the gangplank, and a petite girl in a yellow shirt did not need the help of the servants, so she conveniently landed on the gangplank, and crossed the boat in two steps.
Zhao Tong had already reported the crime and went to the cabin to greet her, and several daughters heard that it was the Cai Qi girl with the title of county king, and where could they sit safely, so they also got up to greet each other.
This Cai Qi girl came before she arrived, and her crisp voice was like that yellow bird, and said: "What do you say, you are happy, I will hear it from afar!" Zhao Liu, you can tell me to wait! β
Zhao Tong greeted him and said with a smile: "Qi Ye, you shouldn't be busy, how can you have spare time waiting for me?" β
Miss Cai Qi took a sip of her, and then saw everyone coming to salute, hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, and returned the half salute, and said with a smile: "All the sisters are my distinguished guests, I am negligent, how dare I accept the courtesy." β
Zhao Tong pulled her again and introduced her one by one.
Cai Qi's girl has a single word Miao, which is said to be given by the Empress Dowager and named Qinghe Junjun.
As soon as Yang Tian saw Cai Miao, he knew why she was the top of the eldest princess of Chun'an, because her appearance was too similar to the eldest princess, but her beautiful phoenix eyes were slightly raised, showing a bit of sharpness, not like the eldest princess's soft face.
The two sides met, but Cai Miao did not enter the cabin, and accused everyone of the guilt, laughing and saying that there were some private matters to ask Zhao Tong about. And Zhao Tong pretended to be afraid, and with a smile, he pulled Yang Tian to "strengthen his courage".
When everyone saw Cai Miao coming here, they knew that there was something to do, where would they find out, and they hurriedly invited them to go by themselves.
Yang Tian was pulled by Cai Miao and Zhao Tong one after the other to cross the springboard, and boarded Cai Miao's boat.
The guests and hosts on the fast boat here sat down, and Zhao Tong took the first step and said: "Sister Tian can be like my own sister, you don't speak lightly, don't scare her." β
Cai Miao had already been instructed by her brother to take care of Shen Rui's fiancΓ©e Yang Tian, and knew that Shen Rui was a good friend of the emperor, so she naturally didn't dare to slack off.
At this time, seeing that Zhao Tong insisted on pulling Yang Tian over, he knew that the two should be very close, so he should also say a few words to Zhao Tong and have a good greeting with Yang Tian.
After talking a lot of gossip before getting to the point, Cai Miao said to Zhao Tong with an ugly face: "The Zhang family is afraid that they will get the rumors, but it's good that they have brought a string of girls from their relatives, and they really don't want to lose face!" Do you want to do anything in my homeland? When you see them later, don't give them a nice face. β
The eldest princess and the Zhang family's discord are well known in the capital, although the eldest princess sent posts widely, she didn't invite the Zhang family.
The Zhang family was probably not going to come to the door before, but now, nine times out of ten, it is rumors that the emperor came out of the palace to join in the fun, and he knows that the Zhou family has a post and will bring relatives and girls to come together, so he also brought a group of little girls uninvited.
In detail, it is not decent enough. However, this family is used to being cheeky, when has it ever talked about the rules of decency.
Zhao Tong smiled coldly and said: "They are not here for our good face, what does it matter if you don't give a good face?" Which one is coming from the Zhang family's side? I'm afraid that I have to go to the nobles to serve, which brother of your family is over there, but be careful, don't let them play any tricks. Also, I heard that Zhou Yingqi is here, don't face Zhang Yuxian, you have to put a few more people over there. β
Cai Miao's face was a little more ugly, and said, "It's not like putting a few more, not only Zhang Yuxian, Zhang Yuting is also here!" β
Zhao Tong sighed twice and said: "What is the Zhang family doing, bringing the relatives and girls next to them, and the 'love' is forgivable, bringing them is to let the eldest princess check how well they have learned the rules?" β
Zhang Yuxian and Zhang Yuting are the two daughters of the Zhang family who lost their honor in Kunning Palace that day, one is Zhang Heling's second daughter, and the other is Zhang Yanling's eldest daughter.
Zhou Yingqi is the granddaughter of Changning Bo Zhou Yu, the worst tempered one of the Zhou girls, that day Kunning Palace saw that she was infected with the wind cold and did not go, and when she came back, she heard that the Zhang family girl ridiculed her sisters, she was angry, and she openly released words at the banquet after saying that if she met the daughter of the Zhang family, she would make her look good.
It's just that the two families have never had the opportunity to go to the same banquet before, but now they bumped into each other here.
Cai Miao snorted continuously, her eyes were about to roll out of her sockets, and she was too lazy to speak, and said to Yang Tian: "Sister, don't pay attention to them, we are here today." Zhang Yuting still dared to bare her teeth, so I threw her out. He shook his hand as he spoke.
Seeing her delicate and fierce look, Yang Tian couldn't help but smile dumbly and said, "You guys are too worried." That day was in Kunning Palace, how could they be allowed to slander in front of Tianyan. Today, they are going to break the sky, and who cares, and what does it have to do with me? β
Cai Miao tilted her head and looked at her for a moment, grinned, and said, "Strange Grandmother likes you." β
Yang Tian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile: "It is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who is sympathetic to the courtiers." β
Cai Miao waved her hand, "My sister is so humble, I can't speak." Don't mention it, let's go and see my grandmother first, so I can take you to Liuyu Pavilion and get to know more of my good sisters and the sixth sister. β
Yang Tian and Zhao Tong all responded, the boat lady got the order, the boat traveled very fast, and the tea kung fu arrived at a small wharf behind the courtyard.
Seeing that there were all narrow fast boats parked next to it, not a hospitality boat, and it was also very secluded, Yang Tian knew that he was going to take a shortcut.
Sure enough, Cai Miao took them into the corner gate of the courtyard, turned around, passed through the two halls through the verandah, and soon arrived at the main courtyard where the eldest princess was entertaining.
This courtyard is the most central location of the main seat Zeyuan, a three-storey small building is built near the water, climb high and look into the distance, the field of vision is broad, most of the beautiful scenery in the garden is in full view, this building is named near the moon.
"It's bare now, it's not very good-looking, and so on in the summer, I'll do the east, invite my sister to come, and live in this near moon building, enjoy the scenery during the day, and enjoy the lights at night - it's not that I boast about it, when the garden was built, there were also a number of lampposts, which were inconspicuous during the day, and it was really beautiful at night, and there was no one in Beijing with such a view of this garden." Cai Miao's eyebrows fluttered when she spoke.
Zhao Tong also nodded on the side, saying that he had seen the beautiful scenery with his own eyes, and Yang Tian couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
However, when he went downstairs and wanted to go upstairs through the back door, he was stopped by a well-dressed mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law whispered a few words in Cai Miao's ear, Cai Miao raised her eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "It's so soon." β
Zhao Tong and Yang Tian glanced at each other, and they were afraid that the emperor was talking to the eldest princess upstairs. I didn't want to follow Cai Miao to the side hall, only to know that it was His Royal Highness King Rong who had arrived.
Yang Tian didn't know anything about King Rong and even the current emperor's uncle, who wanted to ask for the emperor a while ago and was rejected.
Zhao Tong heard a lot of gossip from all walks of life, and her heart was clear, she approached Cai Miao and quietly bit her ears: "This person is really here, is it really to be selected in person?" As he spoke, he raised a finger and pointed at the Heavenly Dao, "But by him?" β
Cai Miao shook her head, "Who knows what the noble person thinks." How could my family be willing to wade into this troubled water, the old lady entrusted it, and my grandmother couldn't have a child. β
Zhao Tong's eyes rolled and said, "Since I came, I'm afraid I want to pick it in our group." Otherwise, why bother to come in person. You and I bet, who is it? β
Cai Miaopi smiled and didn't smile twice, a pair of phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at Zhao Tong and said, "What are you betting on, which one of us is at his disposal?" I'd better wait for that poster. β
Zhao Tong couldn't help but smile and leaned back, and even called "wonderful".
Yang Tian only lowered his head and played with the teacup, as if he hadn't heard it, but he sighed in his heart, there were a lot of scheming calculations behind such a feast. The heavenly family, the clan, and the honorable relatives, which one is good to get along.
After a few moments, the mother-in-law who had been guarding before was at the door of the side hall, and Cai Miao knew that King Rong was gone, so she hurriedly took the two little sisters upstairs.
The flower hall on the top floor is very large, and in the middle of a twelve-piece four-season flower blooming sandalwood inlaid treasure luodian screen is set up in front of the Luodian couch, the eldest princess of Chun'an sits in the middle, and next to her sits the eldest princess of Deqing who came early to accompany her aunt.
There are round tables on each side of the circle, but they are very casual, not as neat as the ordinary living room, and there are only eight or nine ladies in the whole hall.
The reason why there are so few people is not only because the hour is still early and the guests are not all counted, but also because many ladies and eldest princesses have been led to the garden after seeing the ceremony, and they have not stayed in this hall.
Those who stayed, except for those who were close to the eldest princess, were of a high status, waiting here to go to the banquet with the princesses.
Zhao Tong's eyes were sharp, and he glanced at Mrs. Changningbo, Mrs. Shouninghou and Mrs. Jianchanghou, and quietly glanced at Yang Tian.
Yang Tian lowered his eyelids, and there was no expression on his face.
The three of them went over to greet the two princesses, and then saluted the ladies around them. The ladies couldn't help but greet each other politely, and Mrs. Shouninghou also put on a warm smile, only Mrs. Jianchanghou had a faint face and nodded casually.
The two princesses are very loving, and they talk to Zhao Tong and Yang Tian very seriously, and they are not perfunctory, they asked the two families how they are okay, and then asked Zhao Tong about their marriage.
Zhao Tong was not ashamed, and replied generously.
At the end, the eldest princess of Chun'an smiled and said, "It's boring to accompany the old woman here, Xiao Qi'er, take your little sister to Liuyu Pavilion." β
He said to Zhao Tong and Yang Tian: "You two are very knowledgeable about etiquette, and you also look at Xiao Qi'er for the palace, she is a monkey with a quick temper, and she is good at fighting grievances, today the palace is the master's house, and it is not beautiful to cut the face of the guests." β
Although the words were said with a smile, the tone was not light or heavy, and it seemed to be more bantering, but where was this ridicule of the younger generation, it was more like a real slap on the face of the Zhang family over there.
The warning in those words could not be more obvious, causing the ladies present to secretly glance at the faces of the two women.
Mrs. Shouninghou barely kept smiling, and Mrs. Jianchanghou already had a thin look of anger on her face. It's just that I have given up my face today, and I haven't seen the main man yet, so I have to press it down first.
Only then did Yang Tian know what Cai Miao meant by bringing her over to meet the eldest princess in a hurry, and he felt a sense of gratitude in his heart.
Sure enough, after the three of them saluted and exited the Jinyue Building, not long after, the servants of the Zhang family and the Zhou family left in a hurry, and with the admonition of their own wife, they went there to find their own girl.
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The Liuyu Pavilion in Zeyuan is not very large, and it can accommodate more than 20 people, which is only for the daily fun of the children of the princess's mansion, and is not specially prepared for such a grand banquet today.
However, it is not only to raise the name of the Shangsi Festival, but also how can it be missing the flow of water.
The princess's mansion opened a small canal next to the pavilion, about a foot wide, with nine bends and eighteen bends, leading to living water.
There is also a paper-thin celadon lotus leaf cup, which contains a small wine cup with a thumb high red glaze, floating on the water and meandering down.
The two sides of the canal imitate the ancient rites of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the guests sit down to drink, and the music of the flowing water is also full of charm.
At this time, the table was not opened, and the ladies were in groups of three or five, watching the wind and enjoying the scenery in the Liuzhen Pavilion, the Water Pavilion, the waterfront verandah, etc.
As soon as Cai Miao and Zhao Tong arrived at the Water Pavilion, many relatives and daughters surrounded them and greeted them warmly. The two took Yang Tian's hand and introduced her to everyone.
Whoever didn't know what happened in Kunning Palace that day, and when they met Yang Tian, they couldn't help but go to see a group of Zhang family girls over there.
A group of girls from the Zhang family were not in the water pavilion, but on the verandah, and many people turned their heads to see it.
Zhang Yuting had already probed over, and saw that Cai Miao and Zhao Tong were still waiting to say hello, but then she saw Yang Tian, and a little face immediately fell, and just about to say something, she was persuaded by the housekeeper mother who followed her.
She glared at her side with some dissatisfaction, and then pushed her cousin beside her.
Zhang Yuxian didn't even look over there, she sprinkled a handful of dim sum scum, and stared absentmindedly at the koi fish that came over on the water to fight for food, it was Zhang Yuting who pushed her, and she didn't react.
Zhang Yuting was even more angry when she saw her cousin like this, and then glared at the mother in charge, but when she saw that the mother had a straight face and a serious face, she was deflated and turned around and ignored it.
Several girls from the Zhang family looked at each other, and they had already come over to make Zhang Yuting happy. There were two who didn't seem to be very gregarious, one stretched his neck to look at Yang Tian over there, and the other seemed to have nothing to do with her, so she just stared at the green willows on the other side of the lake with interest.
And over there, a group of ladies of the Zhou family, who were taken away by Cai Luo, the third room and nine girls of the Cai family, also came to the water pavilion at this time.
That week, Yingqi didn't even see anyone, and he was about to rush to the Zhang girl's side, looking like he was going to fight for 300 rounds.
It scared Cai Luo enough, and it was clear that the servant wife of the Zhou family had come over to pass on the words of Mrs. Changningbo, and this one also promised well, so why did he turn around and still go to the Zhang family like a cannonball.
Cai Miao saw it, grabbed Zhou Yingqi over, and lowered her voice in her ear: "You want to make my grandmother and your grandmother angry, and then let the surnamed Zhang look at you and laugh at you?" β
Zhou Yingqi stopped immediately, with a strange look on his face, and only after a while did he spat over there, and said angrily: "Today, I will look at the face of your master's family and ignore them." The next time you call me to meet them, they will definitely make them look good. He said a few more cruel words before he stopped.
The daughters have different looks, some are gloating, some are not caring about themselves, and there are many people who are sarcastic.
And her two cousins and relatives of the Zhou family who followed Zhou Yingqi were all relieved, and their faces were more or less embarrassed.
Zhou Yingqi didn't realize it, and he was still laughing loudly with people as if no one was around.
Seeing Yang Tian, she may have consciously "hated the same enemy", and said a few more words, praising Yang Tian's beauty very bluntly, about, all the praise sentences she knew were used to praise people's appearance
Yang Tian couldn't cry or laugh a little, and she didn't say more than half a sentence, she really couldn't help but want to stay away from these noble daughters.
Fortunately, at this time, Miss Fei San and the others also visited the eldest princess and came to the Liuyu Pavilion here. And Yang Tian saw Shen Li's wife and daughter in the crowd again, so he confessed to everyone and went over there to salute.
Zhao Tong really guarded the former promise, and walked with her, almost not leaving an inch.
Yang Tian saw Zhou Yingqi's fiery temper and knew that this group of girls didn't care about it, so he also relied on her.
Over there, Shen Li's wife Xie had just met the eldest princess, and she had not gone to the ladies, but pulled her daughter Shen Mei and told her to follow the Xie family sisters well today, and to be cautious in what she said and did.
Seeing Yang Tian coming over to salute, Xie Shi was obviously stunned, and then he slowly burst into a smile, shushed the cold and asked for warmth, and asked Shen Mei to salute the little aunt.
Shen Mei is thirteen years old, she is already a cardamom girl, slim and elegant, her appearance follows Shen Li more, she has the unique softness of the water towns, but her body follows the Xie family, and she is quite tall.
Although she had met Yang Tian with a faint smile on her face, she was not very enthusiastic.
However, the Xie family was unusual, and Yang Tian was much closer than Su Ri, and Yang Tian couldn't help but secretly wonder in his heart.
Yang Tian knew that Shen Rui's biological mother, Sun, was kind to Shen Li, and he also knew that if it weren't for Shen Li, Shen Rui was only afraid of being tortured to death by his grandmother and father when he lost his mother.
She just didn't understand why every time she held banquets of all sizes, or even when she held a banquet at home, Xie Shi was always very cold to herself, not only did she not get close, but she seemed to be distant and disliked.
However, this kind of thing, everyone has their own feelings, if the mother is still there, or there are sisters, Yang Tian can still recite two sentences to relieve the boredom.
But the Yu family is only a stepmother, and Yang Tian only has a big brother, so it is even more difficult to ask Shen Rui about this matter, so he pressed it in his heart, but every time he saw the Xie family, he was also faint, and it was good to keep the etiquette.
Today, the Xie family actually took Yang Tian's hand affectionately and began to ask about how the Xu family has been in good health recently, what your third aunt is doing every day, and the righteous sister is still helping the Xu family's housekeeper and other miscellaneous Shen family affairs, which makes Yang Tian, who has not yet passed the door, a little embarrassed.
But thinking about the situation of the Yang family, I am afraid that there is nothing to ask about the Xie family.
Yang Tian speculated, today's good attitude, eighty percent of Xie wanted her to take care of Shen Mei, so he simply answered one by one, and then said that he would always take Shen Mei to take care of this little niece.
I didn't want the embarrassed expression on Xie Shi's face to flash, so he changed the topic with a smile, hurriedly told his daughter a few more words, and went to Mrs. Hanlin's seat over there.
And Shen Mei only smiled at Yang Tian, still following the sisters of the Xie family.
Yang Tian became more and more confused, this is ...... Still thinking about letting Shen Mei follow the Xie family instead of her? So why is Xie Shi's out?
Although Yang Tian and the girls of the Xie family also knew each other, but they nodded their heads, and the girls in the old mansion were also quite arrogant, and they were different from the girls of the Zhuhan Lin family, and Yang Tian was not interested in making friends, so he only said a few polite words, and still looked for the sisters in his circle.
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In the distance, the sound of silk and bamboo floats across the water, and through the dense water vapor, it is particularly ethereal.
The little maids dressed in uniform emerald clothes held lacquered wooden round trays and put the wine and delicacies on the table like flowing water.
The feast began in a roar of admiration.
There is no host, there are no rules, the canal is nine twists and eighteen bends, divided into multiple sections, all the female guests find their own friends to get together, find a section of the canal at will, set their own orders, or throw pots for frolic, or beat drums and pass flowers, or chant poems against each other, everything is according to their hearts.
In this way, the daughters of the Wenchen military generals each found companions with similar interests, formed a small game, and played their own games, and they didn't have to be patient to entertain people with mediocre relationships, so they all applauded and had fun quickly.
Yang Tian and Fei San's girls together, and some other Hanlin girls couplet Wing Chun, according to the rules of the flowing water, the lotus leaf cup goes down the water, and the one who receives the wine cup will connect the next poem, although there is no rhyme but time limit, if you can't do it, you have to eat wine.
Zhao Tong also followed Yang Tian's side, smiled and said that he couldn't compose poetry, but occasionally he had one or two witty words, and when he drank, he drank until the glass was dry, and he also drank a few times for the Fei family girl, the Jiang family girl and Yang Tian, and also won the praise of this group of girls and melted into this circle.
After three rounds of drinking, Yang Tian got up to change his clothes, and Zhao Tong naturally accompanied him.
Because of the large number of guests at the banquet, this changing place is not only located in one place.
The two of them estimated that there were people in the nearest few places, so they asked the little maid of the princess's mansion who led the way to take them to the courtyard a little farther away.
The two talked and laughed all the way, and they didn't feel bored, just about to turn around a rockery stacked with strange stones, there was a faint sound of quarrel, and before the two of them reacted to avoid or go over to solve the siege, they heard a crisp slap sound, and then an eleven or twelve-year-old girl came from the rockery.
There was still anger on her face, and her steps were extremely fast, and she came with a fierce momentum, as if she had brought a storm.
The string of maids and servants behind her could barely keep up, and even two or three girls who were walking with her shouted "Slow down, and wait for us" to support the adoptive mother, and a pair of small feet stepped tightly.
But it's not who Zhang Yuting is.
Zhao Tong immediately stood still, stood in front of Yang Tian, and stared at Zhang Yuting coldly.
Zhang Yuting saw the two of them, hesitated slightly, but quickly snorted, as if she hadn't seen anyone, and walked over very quickly. The relatives and maids of the Zhang family hurriedly saluted the two, and hurriedly chased Zhang Yuting.
Zhao Tong and Yang Tian glanced at each other, and each shook their heads, not knowing what kind of medicine this person had taken, but it was best if there was no conflict.
The two walked around the rockery and suddenly saw a girl in a water-red skirt standing on the side of the road with her face covered.
The girl obviously had been slapped by Zhang Yuting just now, half of her hair was a little messy, and when she greeted Zhao Tong and Yang Tian, the hand covering her face was put down, and her fair skin was already red and swollen.
It's just that this girl's expression is not like she has been beaten, her face is normal, there is no resentment, no anger and no embarrassment, and she even politely said to Yang Tian: "Hello Miss Yang, although the girl doesn't recognize me, I am fortunate to have seen the girl in Kunning Palace." My surname is Wu, I am a cousin of the Hou Mansion of Shouning, and the girl has just seen it, Miss Zhang and I left in a daze, but I can't find a way back, I want to disturb the two, go back with the two, can you? β
Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows, surnamed Wu, when she was a relative of Mrs. Shouning Hou, this woman had an outstanding appearance and elegant manners, not like an ordinary small family jasper, and mentioned Kunning Palace, when the Zhang family picked out from the relatives and girls to be sent to the palace.
She stroked Yang Tian lightly with her hand, and she spoke first: "It's unfortunate, my sister is about to change her clothes, but she doesn't want to go back." As he spoke, he pointed to the little maid who led the way and said, "I also know the road ahead, you can send this Wu girl back first, and then come back to pick us up." β
The little maid breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly won.
That Miss Wu still looked sad and joyless, and thanked the two of them in a proper manner.
Yang Tian saw that she had a swollen face and messy hair, but she was still elegant, and she didn't know how much hard work she had put into being trained.
Looking at her straight back and tight shoulders, Yang Tian suddenly felt unbearable, sighed, and said, "Miss Wu, I see that your sideburns are a little loose, why don't you go over with us to change your clothes, take care of it again and then go back to the banquet?" β
(End of chapter)