Chapter 103: Departure
Early in the morning of February 23, when Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan were still asleep, many people were already busy. The maid who was in charge of preparing the two young ladies to wear when they went out today rechecked the clothes and jewelry. The Qin family was not worried about the people who followed her granddaughter, for fear that they would not have seen the world, and that they would not be able to help but add to the chaos when the time came, so they specially sent the eldest girl Chunye beside her, and Tong Mingyu also sent Xiying to let her take care of her daughter.
From clothes, shoes and socks, to purses and handkerchiefs, they are all guarded and taken care of, although these people have tried to slow down as much as possible, Xiao Yao is still "woken up".
"Xiaofu, what time is it?" Xiao Yao asked sleepily.
"Miss Hui, it's the time of the year." Xiao Fu replied softly.
"Mao...... Mao time. Xiao Yao slammed herself on the bed, she really hoped that everything just now was just an illusion, usually at this time she was still in a dream, the family was so nervous when she went to the banquet, if she had the opportunity to enter the palace, would she be woken up in the middle of the night!
"Miss, why don't you sleep again?" Xiao Fu didn't lift the curtain, but just opened a crack and stretched out her head to ask.
"No need, you can wait for me to freshen up, tell the maids in the Ruyi room to move lightly, and let her sleep a little longer." Xiao Yao rubbed on the soft quilt and prepared to get up.
"Second Miss, you don't have to worry about it, unless the Second Miss herself is willing to wake up, let alone someone walking around, even if someone strikes a gong, it will never wake people up." Xiao Fu laughed.
"You girl dare to say bad things about me behind my back, my sister will punish her quickly." Xiao Yuan wore his hair, hugged his clothes, and trotted all the way into Xiao Yao's bedroom.
"Xiaofu, go to the window and see if the sun is rising in the west today." Xiao Yao didn't have the heart to lie in bed anymore, just kidding.
"My sister has also learned badly." Xiao Yuan crawled onto Xiao Yao's bed familiarly.
A few maids came over to wait for the two young ladies to wash their faces, rinse their mouths, and comb their hair, and then Chunye and Xiying took the new clothes and planned to change them for the little masters.
"I want to wear that light-colored dress." Xiao Yao's eyes fell on a set of blue embroidered butterfly clothes in Xiying's hand, expensive clothes, exquisite embroidery skills, complicated styles, such clothes must be very beautiful on the body, just because they are so good-looking, Xiao Yao didn't want to choose it today.
"Miss must look very good in this dress, Madame and Mrs. have already instructed you to wear it to the palace today." Xiying patiently coaxed.
"Then wear it." The opposition was invalid, and Xiao Yao had no choice but to obey the majority.
When the two sisters came to Ninghetang hand in hand, except for Xiao Jingkang and Xiao Jingtai from the previous dynasty, the rest of the people were present.
Everyone in the family knows that Xiao Yao is good-looking, but she rarely dressed up deliberately before, and she went to a familiar place or a relative's house when she went out.
With a blue dress and a pearl headdress, a refreshing, fairy-like little girl stunned everyone.
Qin: You can rest assured, this appearance, this bearing, will not lose to others at all.
Tong Mingyu: My daughter is outstanding.
Li Jiaoying: If I had a daughter like this, I would wake up laughing in my dreams.
The rest: It's so beautiful!
"I'll just say that our uncle and nephew are the most similar, look, it's not wrong at all!" Because he was about to leave, he had been recuperating at home for several days.
"You are you, peace is peace, where is it like, why didn't I see it." General Xiao said unhappily, he always thought that his youngest son could show off with this face, and there was nothing to be desired. The granddaughter is different, sensible, well-behaved, and the opposite of the son, the whole body is a merit.
"I also think Ping An and Brother Yan are a little similar." The Qin clan supported his son.
"It's not too early, let's eat!" Seeing that the drama was about to start again, Tong Mingyu had no choice but to stand up.
Taking the opportunity of eating, the Qin family carefully explained the matters that need to be paid attention to when going out to the granddaughter......
During the meal, the Qin family talked a lot and ate little, and General Xiao was nagged by her early to run away.
"Go and do things and study." The Qin family, who had come to an end for the time being, waved his grandson away.
"My son still has something to deal with, so he left first." Xiao Jingyan took the opportunity to speak, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and he still won't stay with his little niece to listen to the teachings of the old lady!
So Xiao Jingyan and Xiao Lang retreated with a few younger brothers, and everyone looked at the sisters with sympathetic eyes when they left, hold on, and you will be relieved when someone comes from the palace.
"No righteousness."
"Yes."
Two small, weak voices were almost drowned out in Qin's speech.
Tong Mingyu walked behind the two of them, and nodded them on their backs with his hand, you listen for a while, it is estimated that the carriage of the palace is coming soon.
"Remember Grandmother's words." Qin instructed again.
"Remembered."
"Remember, remember."
"Haruba, have you brought a change of clothes, Xiying, you must follow Miss when the time comes, each of you must protect a young lady." Tong Mingyu wanted to distract her mother-in-law and opened the topic.
"Yes." Haruka and Xiying replied.
After about a cup of tea, a housekeeper came to report, "The carriage of the palace has arrived." ”
"So fast." The Qin clan felt that he still had a lot of things to explain clearly!
"Don't invite anyone in yet!" The Qin clan straightened his clothes and waited for someone to come in.
"Slave Qiuying has seen Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Xiao." Qiu Ying, the number one girl beside Yin Qianhua, bent down and saluted the Qin family.
No one thought that it would be her, and the Qin family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't help but look at each other.
"Aunt Autumn Shadow is early." Xiao Yao said politely.
"Is this a little fairy descending to earth? The slave maid only felt that her eyes were shaking! Autumn Shadow complimented, half polite, half serious.
"Don't laugh at her." Tong Mingyu said modestly.
"The slave's words are from the bottom of my heart." If it comes to ushering in, no one can compare to someone who has been immersed in the royal inner courtyard for many years, and a simple environment like the Xiao family will definitely not create a character like Qiu Ying.
"Miss Autumn Shadow first drink a cup of tea to warm up and rest her feet, the princess is so polite, she actually sent someone as important as the girl, in fact, it is okay to send someone casually or let them go by themselves." Tong Mingyu said politely.
"Our princess likes the two young ladies very much, and originally wanted to send more decent people to come, but later found out that only I had seen the two young ladies, so I sent the slaves and maids here, and invited Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Xiao should not dislike the palace and have the intention of being lazy."
"The princess is so polite, we are flattered that the girl can come."
"Mrs. Xiao doesn't have to be polite, it's not too early, if the two young ladies have already packed up, let's go." I have to go back to listen to the errand, today is different from the past, how can there be time for small talk.
"Peace, Ruyi, you follow Aunt Qiuying, you must be obedient, and you must not be naughty." Tong Mingyu stared at her daughter and said this, don't treat the outside as a mess at home.
Xiao Yao feels that she has been very well-behaved recently, and she has not been naughty, why is it that when she wants to go out, she is not at ease with one or two!
"If you don't leave, it's too late, goodbye to grandmother, eldest aunt, and second aunt!" Xiao Yuan had already wanted to leave, and it was easy for her grandmother to finish talking, and her aunt and Qiu Ying were talking again, and they couldn't leave!
Before Xiao Yao went out, she saw her mother stuffing Qiu Ying with a purse that seemed to be not light, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, what is this called! If you are invited as a guest, you have to deal with others, and the class level is really harmful!
The carriage of the palace was spacious and magnificent, and Qiu Ying accompanied Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan to sit in the same car.
"You two have to remember to follow the rules and listen to the princess and Aunt Autumn Shadow." Qin didn't forget to say when the carriage was moving.
Xiao Yao had a feeling that her grandmother must be restless before her sister came back today.
"Don't worry, we will not embarrass you and the Xiao family." Xiao Yao poked her little head out of the car window and said.
"Sit back, don't mess with your hair, hey, the way you look, I'm getting more and more worried." Qin took a few steps forward and said.
Yes, the comforting effect did not work, but it was even more reassuring, Xiao Yao sighed depressedly. It suddenly occurred to me that if I had a relative of the emperor and the country in the future, how would my grandmother live this life!
"I knew that my grandmother would be like this, so I might as well not agree to the invitation of the princess and aunt, and stay at home separately, I was not nervous at first, but now I don't know what to do when I am told by my grandmother." Xiao Yuan muttered.
As soon as Qiu Ying wanted to open his mouth to appease him, he heard Xiao Yuan say again: "Aunt Qiu Ying, have you brought snacks, I want to eat when I am nervous." ”
You didn't eat less when you weren't nervous, but for the sake of my sister who really didn't eat much when she listened to her grandmother's "teachings" this morning, Xiao Yao didn't expose her.
"There are snacks in the car, and there is milk." This was specially instructed by the princess before leaving the door.
"Aunt Princess is so nice, Aunt Autumn Shadow is so nice." Careful and caring, Xiao Yuan no longer feels nervous now.
Autumn Shadow paid attention to the expressions of the two little girls, one was focused on eating, and the other was looking at it with a smile, without the slightest hint of restraint and uneasiness. This is a strange thing, looking at Mrs. Xiao's performance, she is obviously worried, and she can't follow her granddaughter, although the eldest lady doesn't say it, but there is also worry in her eyes, on the other hand, the two in front of her are more relaxed than the other, and they are really an interesting family.
Qiu Ying thought that on the way, the sisters would definitely ask her about the palace and the county lord, but she didn't see the two of them open their mouths halfway through the trip, and it seemed that they didn't mean to ask questions, so they really weren't curious about the palace at all!
"Our county lord has a slightly different temperament from others, he doesn't like to talk very much, and he doesn't like to contact others, if the county lord has any improper behavior, I hope the two young ladies don't take it too seriously." This is the information that the princess let herself reveal to them, wanting them to prepare in advance, and Qiu Ying just truthfully repeated the princess's original words.