At the end of the year, there are many happy events, and in the area of Wutongli, Guihe Street, Beijing, from the morning, there are many richly decorated carriages gathered from all directions.

The reason why these dignitaries sitting in the carriage gathered here was to attend the 70th birthday of the old lady of Chengenhou.

Cheng Enhou himself is the elder brother of the queen of the dynasty, and he is a veritable uncle of the country. And the old lady is the queen's biological mother, and her identity is naturally very noble.

On such a happy day as her old man's 70th birthday, of course all the families and officials at all levels in Beijing had to come over to celebrate.

What's more, this is different from a banquet held by a certain bigwig in the DPRK, and the officials below do not need to think about factions and sides, so almost half of the families and officials in the capital came on this day.

The main gate of the Hou Mansion is wide open, and a pair of gold-sprinkled red couplets are hung on both sides, and eight big red lanterns are also hung on the beams. Outside the door, a string of large firecrackers is held high with a bamboo pole, which looks very festive.

The male guests entered directly through the main entrance, where the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion had already stood at the main entrance with a large group of male servants to greet them, and brought the guests into the hall one by one.

As for the female dependents who enter from the side door, they will come to the second gate under the leadership of the mother-in-law and Yahuan, and then enter the backyard and back garden specially for receiving female dependents through the hand-copying corridor.

Cheng Enhou himself, with his three sons with red faces, was receiving the influx of male guests in the hall.

In the backyard and back garden, Mrs. Hou was also in good spirits to receive the visiting ladies and ladies.

As the protagonist of the birthday, the old lady Chengenhou no longer needs to entertain anyone with her identity. At this time, she was sitting in the living room in the backyard and catching up with a few old sisters.

This Chengenhou Mansion is not only large enough, but also extremely luxuriously decorated. You can see carved galleries and paintings everywhere, and even the doors and windows are painted with gold and color, which looks quite rich and magnificent.

The entire back garden covers a very wide area, not only an artificial pond full of lotus flowers, but also a variety of precious flowers. Rockery, flowing water, rare stones, everything.

Many first-time visitors to the Hou Mansion will be impressed by the luxurious scene.

And Cheng Enhou himself has always given people the impression that he is also a rich man who can enjoy life.

He didn't care about political affairs, he was only interested in eating, drinking, drinking, and dressing.

There were many people who wanted to get through the queen's way from him, but I don't know if he really didn't understand or pretended to be confused, in short, those people spent a lot of money, but it didn't work at all, so gradually no one asked him to do anything anymore.

Mrs. Liao of Anshun Hou took her two daughters, Jian Shushi and Jian Shuqin, to the backyard under the guidance of a mother-in-law.

Chengenhou's wife Zhang, who had already exchanged handkerchiefs with the Liao family when she was young, immediately came over to greet her affectionately, "I thought you couldn't come if you weren't well, but now I'm relieved." ”

Mrs. Liao of Anshun Hou smiled and said, "The day before yesterday, I was just a little uncomfortable, and I was fine."

I originally wanted to come early, but the road outside was full of carriages that came to your house to celebrate your birthday, and we waited for a long time to arrive, so you waited for a long time. Shi'er, Qin'er, don't hurry up and say hello to Mrs. Hou. ”

"Hello Mrs. Hou." "Hello Mrs. Hou."

"Good, good, all good. Your poems are really getting more and more beautiful, and I don't know how many matchmakers will step on the threshold of your family in the future. ”

"Madame made fun of them again." Jian Shushi said coquettishly with a red face.

Mrs. Chengenhou Zhang smiled and pinched her little face, which was still a little baby fat, which made Jian Shushi's face even redder.

Jian Shuqin, who was standing next to her, pursed her lips, with a look of disdain in her eyes.

Liao smiled: "Don't praise her, the children don't praise her." Okay, you two go find the little sister by yourself, just don't walk around, let Yahuan do it if you have something. ”

"Yes, Mother." "Yes, Mother."

After the two left, Mrs. Chengenhou said with some disdain: "Your concubine is getting more and more out of the stage." I just praised Shi'er, and she put on that face, thinking that no one else could see it. ”

Liao Shi said leisurely: "Forget it, what is there to worry about with her." If it weren't for the old man insisting on me taking her out, I really wouldn't want to take her. Because today is the old lady's birthday, I originally wanted Shi'er to give a big gift to the old man, and by the way, get some blessings.

But since I brought her out, I can't throw her aside, and I have to take her with me anyway, after all, she is also my daughter in name.

But you also know that your old lady has always had no good face for her concubines and concubines. I was afraid that she had been wronged by the old lady, so when I came home, I cried to my master.

At that time, there was another round of chickens and dogs jumping in the house, and the house was restless. So forget it, just don't bring either with you. I hope the old lady will not be surprised. ”

"Your family is really ...... Alas, forget it, don't mention it.

It's not wrong for you to do this, my old lady is now more and more like an old child, if you like it, you can't like it, and if you don't like it, you can pull down your face on the spot, which makes people a little unable to get off the stage.

In fact, you are not the only one, as long as you know the taboo of my old lady, you will not easily touch her old man's tiger whiskers.

Speaking of which, her old man's situation back then was quite similar to yours, and she was also miserable by the concubine in the family, and her first child was like this. Therefore, I hate my aunts, concubines, concubines, and so on, and I hate them to the core.

Thanks to his old man's gift, my lord did not dare to take a concubine. To be honest, my mother fell in love with my lord as her son-in-law because of this old lady. ”

"Auntie, she doesn't want her family background, she just hopes that you can marry a good husband, this is the real mother's heart."

"My mother really has nothing to say to me.

But she can be regarded as a mistake, many people laughed behind my back that I married a powerless Bai Ding, just with the name of the family, in fact, it has long been an empty shell.

Who would have thought that our family would have a golden phoenix, and my aunt and grandmother would become the queen's mother.

Now the faces of those people have changed again, and they are all licking their faces and wagging their tails at us to flatter, which is simply disgusting. ”

"In this world, there are many people who are icing on the cake, but how many people are really willing to give charcoal in the snow, isn't it normal?"

"Oh, it's going to be far, it's going to get more and more nagging as you get older.

Don't worry, my old lady won't blame you. When she learned about the situation in your house, she took special pity on you. He also told me to try to help if I see any difficulties with you in the future.

I told her that you and I have known you since childhood, and of course I will help you if you have something. She was very happy to hear this, and praised me for doing the right thing and not forgetting the old conscience. ”

Liao Shi said with red eyes: "The old lady has a noble temperament and is eager for work and righteousness, which is really admirable. ”

In order not to cause misunderstanding, she pretended to arrange her hair and wiped the corners of her eyes. By the time she had done this, she had returned to her previous dignified and elegant appearance, and she didn't see any mood swings at all.

Zhang smiled: "Compared with before, you are becoming more and more pretending." ”

Liao said lightly: "If you can't even learn this, you will only be bullied to the head." For the sake of a pair of children, I have to hold on. ”

"Speaking of your pair of children, it goes without saying that Shi'er is smart and cute, the most rare thing is that your chess players are so competitive, and they were admitted to Xiucai at a young age.

Among the many noble children, it is too rare to see someone like him. ”

Liao sighed, "It's not because I'm useless as a mother that Qi'er will study hard to help me fight for breath."

A few months ago, he left home after a big quarrel with his master, but it was actually for me. It's not my mother's boasting, Qi'er is indeed a good child, and it's a pity to be reincarnated with me. ”

"Alright, don't sigh. You can become mother and son, this is a natural fate, and no one can take it away.

Don't worry, the chess pieces are so competitive, and you will have a lot of blessings in the future. ”

"I don't want him to soar, but I just want him to be safe and happy all his life. Don't talk about this, I've been here for so long, and I haven't seen the old lady yet, so take me over to meet you. ”

"She is catching up with a few ancestors in the living room, and I will take you there now."