On the third day of the third month of March, it was the birthday of the princess of Prince Lu's mansion, and the princess invited the daughters of various royal relatives in Beijing, and Su Xi also got an invitation because of Lu Xiyuan's relationship.

This morning, Su Xi took Xianglan and Jinxiu—that is, Xing'er, and she asked Su Xi for a new name that was "more wealthy"—and went to Prince Lu's Mansion together.

Xianglan was a little nervous, silently reciting the rules, she didn't want to make a mistake in front of many nobles and lose her young lady's face.

Jinxiu was even more excited, taking out the small mirror in her arms from time to time to look at it, practicing how to laugh so that people could relax their vigilance.

The small hand mirror is a Western product, the mirror is bright and translucent, and it can clearly illuminate the portrait, Su Wenqin has recently started a business of reselling Western goods, he has bought a lot of goods from Westerners, and sent several mirrors to Su Xi.

I heard Lu Youzhen say that this mirror is still a novelty, and the merchant ships he sent out last year had never seen this kind of mirror, and the Jinxiu side was borrowed from Su Xi.

Su Xi also brought one today, she felt that this kind of mirror would definitely be popular in the circle of noblewomen, so she planned to give it to the princess as a congratulatory gift, and it could be regarded as promoting for her eldest brother.

"Jinxiu, have you memorized all the rules you taught you before?" Xianglan couldn't see her casual appearance a little, "The Prince's Mansion is not as good as our own home, and today's guests are all noble, so you must be careful." ”

"Remember, Sister Xianglan, I won't cause trouble for Miss." Jinxiu took Xianglan's arm and reassured.

Xianglan nodded, and told her again: "Do you remember the task that Miss told you?" Most of the maids from those big families are not easy to get along with, and you can have a conflict with them......"

"I know, Sister Xianglan don't worry," Jinxiu is still very confident in completing the task, that is also her old job, seeing what Xianglan is going to say, Jinxiu turned her head to Su Xi and said:

"Miss, look at Sister Xianglan, she is not very old, but she looks like a housekeeper, Miss, how can you stand it?"

"Wow, you little hoof, you dare to speak ill of me to the young lady in front of me, where am I like a housekeeper?" Xianglan pretended to be angry and ignored her.

Su Xi pursed her lips and smiled on the side, Jinxiu blended in quickly, which can be seen from the fact that she dared to make such a joke with Xianglan and Xianglan was not angry at all, this Jinxiu is really very set.

She said a little fanning the flames: "Xianglan should indeed get married and be a real housekeeper." ”

"Miss, why do you say that," Xianglan was a little aggrieved, glanced at Jinxiu, and said: "It's all your fault, what are you blind, I still want to follow Miss for a few more years and serve the little boy and the little lady." ”

"With me here, Sister Xianglan doesn't need to worry about Miss, I will definitely be able to take care of Miss for you." Splendid this is not afraid of chaos, and it is like a "usurpation".

Xianglan shouted angrily: "Don't even think about it, as long as Miss doesn't hate me, I will never leave, you don't have this chance." ”

"Yes, yes, I don't have a chance, Sister Xianglan has followed Miss since she was a child, where can I replace this love halfway." Jinxiu saw that she had provoked people, so she hurriedly smoothed her hair, "I'm talking nonsense, even if I think so, Miss won't agree." ”

Su Xi nodded cooperatively, Xianglan swallowed back her tears, Jinxiu said some good words, coaxed Xianglan happily, and when the carriage stopped in front of Prince Lu's mansion, the two maids were already holding hands and calling their sisters and sisters.

In general, Su Xi is very satisfied with Jinxiu, although Jinxiu has such and such small problems, but the ability to communicate alone is enough for Su Xi to admire, and she knows very well how to use her ability to achieve her goals without being boring.

Look, Xianglan was no longer nervous, helped her out of the sedan chair as usual, and calmly followed her to serve.

In front of the palace to greet the guest is a face-to-face father-in-law, Su Xi heard others call him "the manager", about a small official in the palace, behind him Yang Gonggong, Su Xi is known, Yang Gonggong has long seen Su Xi.

Gonggong Yang stepped forward and said, "I've seen Mrs. Lu, Concubine Shisun has been looking forward to you coming early in the morning, I'll take you in." ”

Su Xi said "You're tired", handed over the invitation and the gifts he brought to the little eunuch who registered in front of the door, and then followed Yang Gonggong to the mansion, there were many distinguished guests in the house, and the maids and eunuchs were obviously busier than the last time they came, but they were still orderly.

Su Xi wanted to inquire about the banquet, but Gonggong Yang seemed to see through it, and introduced it with a smile: "The birthday banquet is placed in Linchaoxuan, next to the back garden.

"The princess loves flowers, the peach blossoms in the garden are very good, and there are some plum blossoms and orchids to welcome spring flowers, but the slave doesn't know much about this, she only knows that they are all blooming beautifully, and the young lady can go to the garden if she likes it later."

Su Xi nodded, and Gonggong Yang continued: "There are many distinguished guests in the mansion today, but the palace has given gifts early in the morning...... The visitors are just the ladies and ladies of the various princes' mansions, and the princess said that you don't need to be nervous, just follow her for a while. ”

"Thank you father-in-law for mentioning this," Su Xi thanked him sincerely.

"It's all ordered by the princess, the slave and maid just passed on a word, and I don't deserve your thanks."

Gonggong Yang led her to the door of Linchaoxuan and left, and another maid took Su Xi into the flower hall.

The flower hall is elegantly furnished, with a semi-open west side and a small pond connected to the largest man-made lake in the house.

The east window is wide open, and the scattered flower shadows fall on the windowsill, and when you look up, the pink and tender colors are lovely, and the breeze blows, and the fragrance of peach blossoms surges.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw today's protagonist Princess Shizi wearing a princess costume and holding her little grandson peach to talk to the ladies of each family, Lu Xiyuan smiled at the corner of her lips and stood quietly beside her mother-in-law.

Seeing Su Xi come in, Lu Xiyuan bowed her head and said to the princess and then stepped forward to greet Su Xi: "Brother and sister are here, come and see the birthday star with me." ”

Su Xi responded with a smile, stepped forward to salute the princess, and said: "Lu Su's family meets the birthday star Niangniang, and wishes Niangniang every year to have today, and every year to have a future." ”

"No need to be polite, get up quickly." The princess smiled kindly, and when she saw the peach in her arms looking at Su Xi curiously, she called Su Xi to come forward and talk to the peach.

Su Xi is naturally kind, she likes Peaches very much, she likes Peach, a clever and cute child, she reached out and pulled Peach's little hand, and Peaches was also very face-saving, grabbing Su Xi's fingers and laughing happily.

"Yikes! He still recognizes me," Su Xi exclaimed happily.

Lu Xiyuan's eyes were full of tenderness when she looked at Peach, and when she heard the words, she answered: "You are his little uncle, how can he not recognize you." ”

"That's also Peaches is smart and has a good memory," Su Xi boasted, and asked Peaches teasingly, "Did you say yes, Peaches?" ”

Peaches seemed to respond to her question, and shouted "oh oh" twice at Su Xi, which provoked the praise of the surrounding ladies, and almost said that she was a prodigy.