Chapter 44 The Noble Lady of Beijing
June is really not a good day for kite flying.
The weather is already a little stuffy, but the wind has no strength, so it blows sticky on people, and it becomes more and more irritable, but this little bit of wind is soft, not to mention sending coolness, even blowing a kite is extremely reluctant.
Qin Songen and Gao Panpan walked into the courtyard and saw such a scene: the ladies of various provinces sat in the corridor under the shade of the trees with fans and laughed, several healthy servants and maids ran under the sun and released the line, one of the mothers-in-law sweated a lot and finally put the kite up, and then carefully handed the basket to a certain lady's personal maid, who still hated the basket and took out the handkerchief and wrapped it carefully before handing it to her own lady.
Qin Songen looked at it from afar, and saw that it was just a small butterfly kite, and the basket was taken by the delicate lady for a while and shouted that it was hard, and the maid who served on the side hurriedly took out the scissors and broke the thread, and everyone watched the kite fluttering and swaying away with the wind, and they all clapped their hands and said: "Go to bad luck." ”
As soon as I opened my eyes, there was only a little black star left on the kite, and it disappeared in a flash.
Qin Songen saw that this was the way to fly kites, so he was even less interested in playing together, and also walked into the verandah and picked up a place to sit down.
The maid sent by Mrs. Qin's name was Caiqing, and she was relieved to see that Qin Songen was not going to make fun of those noble girls, so she stood quietly beside Qin Songen and looked at her.
Gao Panpan entered the courtyard, like a tiger returning to the mountain and a dragon entering the sea, abandoning Qin Songen to find her group of sisters who could talk to her. Qin Songen was happy to be pure, and he sat alone in a remote place, so that he could finally calm down and carefully consider what Qin Lian said to her in the study before.
So, she still has an uncle?
Qin Songen shook his head and recalled carefully, but he never remembered hearing his grandfather and mother mention it...
She was carefully considering whether there were any loopholes in Qin Lian's words, when she suddenly saw Gao Panpan walking over with a few girls of her age, looking at her curiously.
"Hey, you're the eldest lady of the Qin family who picked you up from the countryside?" The leading girl is tall, she looks almost the same height as Qin Songen, with a high raised chin, proudly like a little peacock, this kind of look she occasionally sees in Qin Songhui, but the women in the Qin Mansion are beautiful and weak, so in order to pretend to be in front of the world, Qin Songhui has to hide her pride and rebelliousness, pretending to be gentle and obedient, but the woman in front of her does not take into account the aesthetics and etiquette of this era. was stunned and hung a look of scrutiny and curiosity about Qin Songen on his face.
Qin Songen understood that it was estimated that her background was much better than Qin Songhui's, so she could show her temper unscrupulously. Well, think about it, the granddaughters of the Gao Taifu family are all following her, so what is the origin of this girl?
She stood up, about the same height as the girl, changed the previous state of needing to look up by herself, looked at the noble girl who looked a little smaller than her, nodded and smiled: "Yes, I am." ”
Wang Chunniang didn't expect Qin Songen to admit it so calmly and generously, but she was stunned first. Her father is Wang Pu, the privy envoy from Yipin, who is in charge of the military and political affairs of Ye State, and the prime minister He Chaozhi is in charge of the two handles of civil and military, although he did not take sides in this party dispute, but because of his detached attitude, both sides tried their best to curry favor with him; And Wang Chunniang's maternal family is also very prominent, her mother is the cousin of today's saint, the lord of Changle.
It is said that with her identity, Qin Songhui's etiquette is not enough for her at all, but she overheard from her subordinates that his mother intends to marry the Cao family and marry her to Cao Rui, the eldest grandson of Cao Lie in the imperial history. It's just that her father doesn't agree, once the news of marrying the Cao family spreads, then regardless of Wang Pu's wishes, he will definitely be regarded as leaning towards the Lord and the faction, which Wang Pu can't accept. Although Cao Rui stands out among the younger generation, he has not stood out to the point where he can influence Wang Pu's political views.
Wang Chunniang has been curious about that Cao Rui since she heard the news. She had heard the name of this man from her brother many times, but she had never had the opportunity to meet him in person.
When she was young, her father was the envoy of the Daizhou Festival, when the Wei people had not yet conquered the north, she and her father lived in Daizhou together, where the people were open, and women could also fight on the streets; On the contrary, after his father was promoted, and after coming to Mancheng, he was gradually trapped in the inner house, but compared with these noble girls in Mancheng who have been kept in captivity since childhood, Wang Chunniang is also more bold and willful.
After knowing from Gao Panpan's mouth that Cao Rui's cousin wanted to perform the ceremony, Mrs. Taifu was the guest, and the legendary Cao Rui would also go to watch the ceremony, Wang Chunniang grinded her mother and also went to the Qin Mansion to watch the ceremony. She was originally Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword with the intention of Pei Gong, and this time she came to the Qin Mansion just to see Cao Rui as a person, but fortunately, the nobles in Beijing also came a lot to the face of the Cao family, so Wang Chunniang's arrival was not too conspicuous.
At this time, seeing Qin Songen's reaction, she was stunned for a moment and then smiled, stared at Qin Songen and said, "You are worthy of being a wild child who grew up in the countryside, and your courage is not small." ”
Qin Songen also felt funny, obviously looking younger than himself, but he wanted to make an old-fashioned look. However, she was not in the mood to argue with a few girls who didn't know the height of the sky, so she just smiled faintly and didn't answer.
Seeing that Qin Songen didn't speak, Gao Panpan on the side said, "Sister Wang, look at it!" I said she was very proud, and when I talked to her, she ignored me as well. ”
Originally, Qin Songci chatted with the daughters of some petty officials with similar identities or the unloved concubines of wealthy families, she knew her identity, and knew that those noble girls were very arrogant, even if she was her sister Qin Songhui, she might not be able to look at it, so she didn't want to be bored and make it up, but at this time, when she saw them surrounding Qin Songen, she remembered that Qin Songen had helped her before, even if she was still entangled in the end, and now her feet are faintly painful and unable to walk, But the few hours when she could loosen the cloth belt were the happiest moments of her year. Even if the people around her later said that she was not a good person, Qin Songci faintly felt that this sister who came halfway really didn't look down on foot binding, and was not jealous of her.
Therefore, she hurriedly ordered someone to carry her over, and it was not until she got close to the ground that she endured the pain, saluted the group of noble girls, and said timidly: "Sisters, sisters..."
On the side, the Cao sisters also came out of the main hall, and saw a group of people gathered under the verandah, and the little cousin of the Cao family in the back did not pay attention to her after a long time of saluting.
Cao Jie pulled Cao Rong and walked over.
Qin Songci saw the Cao family sisters approaching and hurriedly saluted them.
Cao Jie smiled and waved her hand, she coughed at the backs of the women, and everyone turned to look at her when they heard the noise.
Gao Panpan saw Cao Jie and shouted happily: "Sister Cao! ”
When Wang Chunniang heard that her surname was Cao, she knew that someone from the Cao family might be from the Cao family, and she turned her head and looked at her curiously.
Cao Jie took Cao Rong to greet everyone, and Fang pointed at Qin Songci and said: "I see that this girl seems to have something to say to everyone, but she shouted several times shyly, and the sound she made was not as good as the buzzing of mosquitoes, and you didn't notice it." ”
She turned her head and said to Qin Songci: "It's okay now, you can say what you want to say." Cao Jie's words were interesting, everyone was not surprised, they just looked at Qin Songci curiously, some people who knew her knew that she was the concubine of the Qin family, and the concubine of the protagonist Qin Songhui today was quiet for a while, wanting to hear what she had to say.
Qin Songci is not very used to speaking in public, especially when he becomes the focus of everyone, he lowered his head for a while, and said weakly: "My eldest sister is not arrogant, she has just returned to the house, and she is not good at speaking official words, please forgive me, sisters." ”
Everyone burst into laughter when they heard her words, Qin Songci was so red from laughter by them that he couldn't help but wonder if he was doing bad things with good intentions again? She secretly peeked at Qin Songen with her eyes, for fear that she would blame, who knew that Qin Songen was also looking at her, winking at her mischievously, indicating that she understood her intentions.
Qin Songci was sure in his heart, and he couldn't help but bring a smile to the corner of his mouth.
On the other side, Cao Jie also looked at Qin Songen curiously... This new cousin, she had heard many rumors before, and now that she had to see the real person, she stood straight, only felt like a sharp sword out of the sheath, full of sharpness, and didn't seem to take the ridicule of everyone to heart at all, and looked at them with a smile on the corner of her mouth...
Cao Jie faintly felt in her heart that it was like they looked down on her, and this woman from the countryside seemed to look down on them a little...
But this is indeed a bit beyond her understanding: maybe Gao Panpan is not wrong, she is really arrogant, but what is she proud of?
Cao Jie was puzzled, but she wouldn't show her confusion.
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly everyone's laughter faded away and turned into silence...