The second day of October.

The gate of the Meng Mansion is open, and there are two stone doorposts held by four people next to the crimson carved gate, and the carriages of each family are parked at the door, and many ladies and ladies are holding posts to attend the banquet of the Meng Mansion, and the guests are in an endless stream, which seems to be very lively.

Two carriages also came from the Fenyang Palace, which stopped at the gate of the Meng Mansion.

As soon as the curtain of the carriage stopped a little later was lifted, a maidservant helped Ruan Jingjia out of the carriage.

Ruan Jingjia is wearing a pink silk embroidered butterfly skirt today, the sample is smooth and exquisite, and there is also a butterfly hairpin of the same style on her head, and there are several pink gems on the butterfly wings, which sway slightly with her movements, which looks very dazzling.

She looked around slightly, with a reserved smile on her face, and she seemed to be in a good mood. But as soon as she saw the carriage in front of her, her smile froze.

Today, when she was about to go out to the banquet in Mengfu with great interest, she knew that Ruan Tingge was also going to the banquet together. And her mother, Concubine Lin, privately told her to restrain her temperament and not provoke Ruan Qinge again, which made her feel very aggrieved.

Ruan Tingge also got out of the carriage at this time, her clothes were not heavy, and even a little simple. Wearing a light silver scattered flower Ruyi cloud smoke skirt, combing with a cloud bun, and a light-colored pearl hairpin in her hair, the whole person looks a little plain, but she can't bear her delicate aura, and it seems that her eyebrows are like ink paintings, her lips are like cherry blossoms, and a light-colored dress makes her have an indescribable ethereal and elegant.

Seeing that Ruan Tingge was dressed in simple clothes, but he was a little cheesy in his well-dressed clothes, Ruan Jingjia was even more unhappy in her heart, but she had to wait for Ruan Tingge to enter the door and hand over the post.

As soon as the doorman received the posts of the two, he immediately bent down respectfully and said, "Little greetings to the county lord of Yun'an and Miss Ruan Er, our second miss is already waiting in the Jinyan Pavilion, please go with the little one." ”

Today's banquet in the Meng Mansion is called the Chrysanthemum Banquet, and the families and daughters of the major families and officials in Jinling are invited to come to enjoy the chrysanthemums, and the younger ladies are entertained by the eldest daughter of the Meng family, the second-ranked Meng Yanwan, and the wives of those officials are entertained by the lady of the Mengfu Mansion.

The two took the maidservant and followed the doorman into the Meng Mansion, and there were some hurried little maids and maids, who seemed to be a little busy.

After entering the door and turning left, the doorman led them to an arch and whispered something to the maid in front of the arch, and a maid in front of the arch immediately stepped forward and respectfully blessed them and said, "Two young ladies, this is the place where the maid lives, and now the slave maid will lead the way." ”

Follow the maid through the arch, and then there is a winding verandah, and the stones under the steps form a path, and many chrysanthemums are planted on both sides. I didn't walk for long, and I saw a door plaque on a four-sided pavilion in the distance, which read the words "Golden Jade Pavilion".

Entering the Golden Jade Pavilion, the layout inside is clear at a glance. On both sides is the hand-copying verandah, and in the middle is the front hall, in which there is a large screen made of marble made of red sandalwood shelves, and some potted flowers and plants are placed on both sides.

Turning the screen, you can see that the front hall is a small and small three-room hall, with sandalwood tables and chairs. On the top of the platform, there are several beautiful maids with more delicate costumes standing on both sides.

Behind the hall is the main house compound, there are many rooms, all carved beams and painted buildings, there is a rockery in the center, the two sides pass through the mountain verandah wings, hang all kinds of parrots, thrushes and other birds.

There are already a lot of people sitting in the front hall, all of them are young ladies from various provinces, most of them are twenty-eight years old, young, wearing exquisite skirts, smiling Yan Yan, a warbler and swallow language, and the flowers are extraordinarily blooming.

Seeing Ruan Tingge and a few people coming, everyone's conversation and laughter were a little quieter, and the woman sitting in the middle stood up and said with a smile, "Presumably these two are the Ruan family lady of Fenyang Palace." ”

This woman also looks to be twenty-eight years old, with a beautiful face, slightly raised eyes, and a peach-purple panjin embroidered gauze dress, which looks extravagant.

She glanced at Ruan Tingge and Ruan Jingjia with a slight look in her eyes, and seemed to be a little uncertain, so she looked at the maid who led the way behind the two.

The maid hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, and then the woman looked at Ruan Qingge and said with a smile, "This is the county lord of Yun'an." ”

Ruan Qingge looked at the familiar and much younger woman's face in front of her, her hand clenched and loosened slightly, and replied lightly, "Exactly." ”

"I've seen the Lord of Yun'an." Meng Yanwan was choked by Ruan Qinge's cold attitude, and after saluting, she still smiled and led the two to the front hall.

After everyone saw the ceremony, Meng Yanwan smiled and said, "Today can be regarded as inviting the county lord, we sisters get together, so don't pay attention to so much hypocrisy, and invite the county lord and the second miss of the Ruan family to sit at will." ”

Seeing that Ruan Tingge was still nodding coldly, Meng Yanwan smiled slightly.

She herself is also the daughter of the Meng family in Jinling, she is of noble birth, and she thinks that compared with Ruan Tingge, she is not worthy of anything except the position of the county lord, seeing Ruan Tingge's cold appearance, she was a little annoyed in her heart, so she was reluctant to talk more with Ruan Tingge, and returned to her seat, laughing and talking with the girl next to her.

Seeing this, Ruan Tingge found a seat nearby and sat down.

Ruan Jingjia didn't like to stay with Ruan Tingge, so she sat far away at this time, chatting with the young lady she knew well.

Seeing that Meng Yanwan didn't care much about herself, but was still angry with her attitude, Ruan Tingge knew that Meng Yanwan didn't have any intentions for herself at the moment, and those previous posts should be that Meng Fu wanted to invite herself over in the name of Meng Yanwan.

After half an hour, a maidservant whispered a few words to Meng Yanwan, and Meng Yanwan stood up and said with a smile, "The banquet is about to start, and the Juyuan side has been arranged, please go with Yanwan." ”

The chrysanthemum garden is already full of gold, with the autumn breeze, the chrysanthemum flower plate gently swaying, looking at the past like a layer of golden waves, very beautiful.

There are pavilions in the southeast and northwest corners of the chrysanthemum garden to enjoy the scenery, Meng Yanwan took a group of girls to the south pavilion, the pavilion has been set up with wooden tables and futons, and drinks and refreshments are readily available.

Before the girls could sit down one by one, there was a cheer in the distance, and when everyone looked around, they found that there were already several men in the pavilion to the east, each holding a wine jug, drinking and composing poems there.

Most of the girls in the pavilion couldn't help but blush slightly, and their eyes showed excitement and joy. Dongyun's banquet has always been a good opportunity for young boys and girls to see each other, so there will be a variety of poetry banquets, wine banquets and flower banquets every month, if someone performs well in the banquet, the reputation will quickly spread throughout Jinling, which is very beneficial to marriage.

The girls sat down one after another, but they were all a little absent-minded, glancing to the east from time to time.

"Sister Yanwan, the pavilion in your house is really a bit far away." A young girl complained quickly.

The others couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and they all teased her, "Jiaojiao, you're too anxious." ”

Meng Yanwan was also a little absent-minded just now, but at this time she also smiled, "Sister Jiaojiao, don't worry, although it is far away, the poetry can still be heard clearly." ”