When Ling Xiu'er and the Fan brothers and sisters arrived at Zhang's mansion, the mansion was already full of guests, and it was lively. Ling Xiu'er was puzzled, it was just a crab feast, why did she engage in such a big battle. Thinking about it, Ling Xiu'er still smiled and said to the housekeeper who received the guests at the door: "I am Ling Xiu'er, and I came to the banquet with Fan Meihua and Fan Si. ”

The housekeeper saw Ling Xiu'er coming, and the face of the ravine was full of traces of time, and they all raised a sincere and flattering smile: "Oh, Miss Xiu'er is here, you can come, our old lady has been waiting for a long time, she must be very happy to see you coming, Miss go in quickly." ”

The housekeeper is really good to Ling Xiu'er, but Fan Meihua next to Ling Xiu'er is not in such a good mood, the housekeeper is really snobbish enough, I am a big living person, and he actually ignores me.

"Hmph." Fan Meihua is a pampered character, and she doesn't like others to ignore her the most, but now her temper came up, bumped into Ling Xiu'er, and stepped into Zhang's mansion one step ahead of her.

"Huh? Plum blossoms, you wait for me! "Fan Si is a big rough man, a little unclear, but he is also chasing his sister.

The housekeeper looked at Fan Meihua's actions, and looked at Ling Xiu'er with a faint embarrassment, Ling Xiu'er smiled at the housekeeper: "It's okay, I'll go in first, so I won't disturb your hospitality." ”

"Please, please."

Ling Xiu'er took small steps and left. This crab feast is set in the pavilion in the back garden of Zhangfu, the round moon hangs in the air, the stars are also decorated, the nose can smell the fresh fragrance of flowers, and the breeze is gentle at night, which is also very pleasant.

The pavilions of the ladies and men are separated, but the dynasty is not very strict with the defense of men and women, so it is enough to just surround the pavilion of the ladies with a light yarn. But this veil is very light, and it will raise a corner when the wind blows, so it is equivalent to no circumference, and it is still clear to see.

When Ling Xiu'er arrived, her own maid lifted the veil for her and called her name: "Miss Xiu'er has arrived." ”

Hearing the maid's roll call, the ladies in the pavilion stopped talking, and there was a moment of silence in the pavilion. The ladies in the pavilion are all from the family of status. The people in the capital are all human spirits, and the news is very well-informed, so they naturally know what kind of character Ling Xiu'er is.

Born in a humble background, from the countryside, her husband Cao Yu served in the Ministry of Officials, and is now sent to control the water, good at embroidery, and won the first place in the embroidery conference. That's all these ladies and ladies know about her. Such an identity is not worthy of those noble ladies standing up to greet them.

When Sun saw Ling Xiu'er coming, he immediately stood up and greeted him. The previous ladies and ladies could only stand up to show their respect for Mrs. Sun when they saw that Mrs. Sun had gone to pick up people in person.

Fan Meihua, who had just come in before Ling Xiu'er, saw that Old Madam Sun actually stood up in person and went to the door of the pavilion to greet Ling Xiu'er, and there was a burst of jealousy in her heart. When she came just now, Mrs. Sun didn't react at all, why! She Fan Meihua is not as good as Ling Xiu'er. Fan Meihua, who was angry, was angry and didn't help Mrs. Sun.

Ling Xiu'er saw that Old Madam Sun personally greeted her, and hurriedly took two steps forward and helped the old lady.

"Oh, how can the old lady come to pick it up in person, as a junior, I should go to see you." Ling Xiu'er helped Mrs. Sun to walk towards the main seat.

In just a few steps, I passed by the ladies and ladies of various families. How could she have thought that Old Madam Sun would personally stand up to pick her up, which would make the hearts of all the ladies present ripple in their hearts. Several familiar ladies looked at each other, as if asking in their eyes: This Ling Xiu'er is not an ordinary woman, why did Mrs. Sun pick it up in person, and she is still very close.

"You girl, haven't you seen me for many days, and you have been separated from me?" Old Madam Sun originally saw the corners of Ling Xiu'er's mouth that had been smiling, but it was erased by Old Madam Sun, pretending to be angry and dissatisfied.

"Mother, you really wronged Xiu'er when you said that, Xiu'er thought about you at home, and embroidered a new forehead for you." Ling Xiu'er was helpless, originally she didn't want to call Mrs. Sun like this in front of everyone, after all, she still made a lot of enemies after she came to the capital, and she didn't want to involve Zhang's mansion.

"Good boy, I knew you were still thinking of me, an old woman." Old Mrs. Sun seemed to be very coaxing, and when she heard that Ling Xiu'er had embroidered a new forehead for her, she was as happy as an old child.

The two of them have a deep mother-daughter relationship, but they don't know that Ling Xiu'er's "mother" is like a huge stone falling into a lake in everyone's hearts, and the impact is not small. Some of the ladies were fine, but the ladies looked at Ling Xiu'er's eyes and looked her up and down.

After Mrs. Sun sat down on the main seat, Ling Xiu'er gave her a salute.

"Haha, good boy, hurry up, hurry up. You sit next to me, and I look at you with pleasure. Old Madam Sun stretched out her hand to Ling Xiu'er.

But Ling Xiu'er didn't immediately stretch out her hand to sit down, but turned around and saluted the ladies and ladies present: "Please forgive Xiu'er for not saluting the ladies at the beginning, Xiu'er is polite." ”

Old Madam Sun saw that Ling Xiu'er was so polite, and her smile widened. Although the style is not very good, no one will doubt that it is a lady. The ladies are also very gentle and polite on the surface, and they are busy praising Ling Xiu'er for being a good child.

"Old Madam Sun, such a delicate girl, don't you want to introduce us all?" A beautiful lady smiled and spoke.

Old Madam Sun had nothing to hide, and took Ling Xiu'er's hand to introduce to you: "This is Ling Xiu'er, the goddaughter I recognize." But I treat her like my own daughter. ”

Ling Xiu'er and all the ladies all know that this is Mrs. Sun helping her build momentum. These people in the capital have circles, and it is not easy to integrate into them, and the first step is that you have to have an identity.

At this time, a discordant voice appeared: "Old Madam Sun, I'm afraid you're not being deceived by a girl." She's just an ordinary countryman, at most she's an embroiderer with good skills, how can she be your goddaughter. ”

"That's it."

Ling Xiu'er heard the voice and located the lady who spoke, it was really not a family affair, it was Mrs. Qin and Miss Qin, and the look of disdain on her face made her feel a little funny. When I caught a glimpse of the clothes on their mother and daughter, the smile was even bigger, and there was a little mockery.

"Isn't this Mrs. Qin? I haven't seen you for a long time, Xiu'er is polite. Ling Xiu'er was used to this situation and this kind of ridicule, and there was no ripple in her heart.

"Ling Xiu'er, don't pretend, aren't you just a countryman? How can you come in this kind of scene, and you are not afraid of dirtying the land of this mansion. "Mrs. Qin is also stupid, although she doesn't look down on Ling Xiu'er, she shouldn't give face to Mrs. Sun, and speak ill of her in front of her, isn't that a slap in the face.

Old Madam Sun couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to reason with Mrs. Qin, but Ling Xiu'er held her hand and smiled at her comfortingly.

"Mrs. Qin, I don't know if you know what kind of material you and your daughter are wearing?"

"This is a garment made of silk, and you are a woman from the countryside who naturally has no knowledge." Mrs. Qin sneered, not knowing how badly she would be slapped in the face later.

"Does the woman know that the silk is made by me? I see that the woman took off this garment, lest she stain your body. Ling Xiu'er's tone was gentle, but her smile was sarcastic.

"What!" Mrs. Qin stood up suddenly, her face incredulous. They only said that it was a cloth bought from Mao's dyeing workshop, but they didn't say that it was from this cheap girl. Mrs. Qin's face was blue and white, and she had just sarcastically mocked Ling Xiu'er for dirtying the land of Zhang's mansion, who knew that she was wearing clothes made by Ling Xiu'er!

The ladies were secretly amused, but they were silent, and only a few young ladies laughed out loud. Mrs. Qin immediately glared, and the young lady immediately hid behind her mother.

"Old Madam Sun, I'm not feeling well. I took the little girl back first. Mrs. Qin knew that she was embarrassed, and she couldn't eat this crab feast, so she retired by herself.

After the mother and daughter left, the atmosphere became relaxed and cheerful again, at least on the surface.