Chapter 24 A Guest at the Marquis' Palace
Xie Qinghan waved his hand: "No, just rest for a while, but I won't take a boat again in the future, it's too sinful." ”
Qingzhi said to send her back, and when she turned around and saw her eldest sister behind them, she just bypassed them and left as if she didn't see them, Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, and heard Xie Qinghan whisper: "Isn't it strange?" ”
Qingzhi nodded, and Xie Qinghan said again: "If it was before, she would have scolded me for being hypocritical." ”
Qing Zhi smiled, this is true, in the past, the big sister always had to be mean in front of them, Qing Zhi said: "Maybe I'm too tired all the way." ”
Xie Qinghan smiled: "No, how can she bother to pay attention to me now?" ”
"What's wrong?"
"Didn't you see how she accosted Shen Xiaohou on the boat this way? The little marquis was slightly injured when he retired from the bandits, and she couldn't wait to deliver medicine three times a day, and her mother and grandmother turned a blind eye. ”
Qing Zhi really didn't pay attention, her mind was on that person at that time, worried about his injury. However, the second sister can see clearly this time, Shen Yanqing is the only son of the Marquis's Mansion, and people like them can't climb high, but if the eldest sister can really win the favor of the little marquis, can't the eldest aunt and grandmother turn a blind eye.
Qingzhi's courtyard was much larger than when she was in Jinling, and before she bought a new maid, there were only her and Ah Xun in this courtyard. The apricot trees transplanted from the courtyard are lined up on both sides, and there is a stone table under one of the trees, and the stone path at the entrance of the courtyard leads to the door, and there is a long corridor at the door.
Qing Zhi leaned under the porch, thinking that they were so close now, her heart seemed to be filled with something.
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a month since the Xie family moved to Bianjing, and the male dependents in the mansion have entered the new dynasty as officials, and their busy feet do not touch the ground every day, while the female dependents are much easier in comparison.
There are many noblewomen and noblewomen in Beijing, and the mother of the big houseowner, Xiang, has always been sociable and exquisite, and it didn't take long for her to gain a good reputation in the women's circle, and Xie Qingrui is also a source of left and right, and has met many famous ladies in Bianjing.
On this day, the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion posted a banquet to invite the nobles in Beijing to watch the play, the Marquise is a good match, she likes to set up a banquet to kill time when she has nothing to do on weekdays, and the most important thing is that Shen Yanqing, the only son of the Hou Mansion, has entered the court as an official, but she has not yet decided to marry, she has more contact with these girls in Beijing, and it is also for her son's plan.
This time, the Marquis Mansion of Zhongyong was posted, and naturally the Xie Mansion was also among them, and the Marquise was also to thank the Xie family for taking care of Shen Yanqing all the way. Qing Zhi and her main mother, Zeng, met her eldest aunt and two sisters at the gate of the mansion, and the two carriages drove to the Marquis's Mansion together.
When they arrived, there were already a lot of carriages and soft sedan chairs parked in front of the Marquis's Mansion, Qingzhi got out of the car, and saw the eldest aunt and Xie Qingrui talking and laughing, intimate like a mother and daughter, and Xie Qinghan stood behind them, looking cramped and uneasy.
Zeng's temperament is cold, and he has always been lukewarm to Qingzhi, although he has never embarrassed her in front of outsiders, but he will not show too intimacy, Qingzhi just follows her in a regular manner, not far and not close.
So happened to walk side by side with Xie Qinghan, Qingzhi smiled gently at her. This is the first time Xie has received a banquet in Bianjing, and the other party is still a marquise, so the ladies who should attend the Xie Mansion naturally have to come, even though Xie Qinghan doesn't like such a lively scene, he was still dragged over.