Lan Chunyu looked at Lan Lingxue, jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she turned to smile and said, "Yes, we haven't seen my sister for a few days, and we miss my sister very much." ”

Lan Qiushuang looked at Lan Lingxue with a faint smile and nodded.

Mama Hui, who was behind Lan Lingxue, had been paying attention to her young lady's every move, and naturally she didn't let go of Lan Chunyu's jealous eyes. But now she can't do anything, she can only be careful that Lan Chunyu doesn't do anything bad to Miss.

Lan Lingxue has been pampered by everyone since she was a child and grew up carefree. The mind is simple and kind, and he never knows how to conspire. So she naturally thinks that everyone is the same as her, but she doesn't know that people's hearts are unpredictable, and some people are kind on the surface, but they are very insidious behind the scenes.

Lan Lingxue was really happy to see Lan Chunyu and Lan Qiushuang, she pulled Lan Chunyu and Lan Qiushuang to sit on the chair on the side, talking and laughing.

Although Lan Chunyu is not very old, she is very good at speculating on people's hearts, she echoes Lan Lingxue, as if being able to chat with Lan Lingxue is something she has been looking forward to for a long time. Lan Qiushuang is like her aunt, she doesn't talk much and listens to the two sisters quietly, and sometimes answers.

Mrs. Lan saw that the three sisters were chatting happily, so she went back to the bedroom to rest for a while, and after a while, the birthday banquet began and there was still a long time to be busy.

In the back kitchen, 20 stoves are lit at the same time, and the chef and assistant chef plus hundreds of people do chores. Qing Wen'er asked people to invite chefs from several restaurants in Blue Ocean City to come over, and the chefs of several major restaurants personally cooked their own specialty dishes.

Qing Wen'er took her personal mother Qing Mama and the maid Lan Cui shuttled through the kitchen. Tell everyone who is busy in the kitchen that there should be no problems with today's diet, and let alone let people with bad intentions approach the kitchen.

Qing Wen'er walked around the kitchen, watched everyone do their part, and walked out of the kitchen satisfied.

"Has Miss cleaned up?" Qing Wen'er walked outside the kitchen and asked Lan Cui who was following her.

"Mama Hui just passed the word, Miss has already packed up, and she has gone to the old lady's Cishoutang." Lan Cui said respectfully. Lan Cui is a confidant given to her by Mrs. Lan after Qing Wen'er married into the Lan family. Since the first day of following Qing Wen'er, Lan Cui has realized that there is only one person who can be loyal in the future, and that is Qing Wen'er.

"Well, that's good! Mama Qing, you are staring at the kitchen, don't let any messy people do anything. Qing Wen'er said to Mama Qing behind her.

Mama Qing was Qing Wen'er's personal maid when she was not out of the cabinet, shrewd and capable. So Qing Wen'er got married, and Qing Wen'er's mother asked her to follow Qing Wen'er.

"Yes, ma'am." Mama Qing replied respectfully.

Qing Wen'er took Lan Cui back to dress up and change clothes, and the birthday banquet began soon after.

Qing Wen'er returned to Agarwood Garden and sat in front of the dresser to ask Lan Cui to put on her makeup.

Agarwood Garden, the courtyard where Mrs. Lanfu lived. As soon as I entered the yard, I was greeted by a flower garden, which was full of peonies that Lan Lingxue liked, and there were various varieties and colors. Skirting the flower garden to the left is a small pond with many rare species of goldfish. Under a gazebo on the right side of the flower garden, there is a stone table, on which is an unfinished game of chess.

There is a mahogany swing on the side near the room, and on the table next to it is the osmanthus cake that Lan Lingxue likes, and Qing Wen'er's love for Lan Lingxue can be seen from the decoration of this courtyard. Decorate your yard with the look your daughter's favorite.

The main room of Agarwood Garden is Qing Wen'er's bedroom, the east side is the study room and the banquet living room, and the west side is the room where the personal maid and grandmother live.

When you enter the bedroom, you will see a bar on the back wall, a blue and white porcelain antique vase is placed at the end of the bar, a square table in front of the bar, and two Taishi chairs on both sides of the square table, which can see the majesty of the owner of the room.

On the west side of the room, there is a coffee table under the hollow carved window, and a set of purple sand tea sets on the coffee table. On the opposite wall is a rosewood desk with several account books. On the westernmost wall is a beautiful woman leaning against a milky white blanket neatly stacked.

Looking back at the east side of the room, there is a white landscape screen, behind which is a moonlit veil. Lifting the veil, a large bed carved from nanmu was laid on the bed, and the azure brocade was spread on the bed. The smoked blue brocade curtain hangs from the side of the dresser. The decoration of the bedroom reveals the nobility and elegance of the owner of the room everywhere, which does not make people feel vulgar and not too luxurious.

Qing Wen'er is sitting in front of the dresser at the moment, Lan Cui is combing Qing Wen'er's hair bun, and Qing Wen'er's beautiful face is reflected in the bronze mirror, although she is more than thirty years old, there is no trace of time on Qing Wen'er's face.

Lan Cui quickly combed Qing Wen'er into a bun, picked up Shi Dai and swept the willow eyebrows, and then tapped the red lips with lip grease. Open the mahogany carved plum blossom jewelry box, and choose a pair of plum blossom hairpins to insert in the hair. Lan Cui looked at it carefully again, and felt that this was too simple, so she picked a butterfly and put it on the cloud bun. A few strings of beads hung down, and with Qing Wen'er's movements, they shook on Qing Wen'er's thin white neck.

Lan Cui carefully looked at the makeup again, and helped Qing Wen'er get up and change clothes. On such an important day as today, Qing Wen'er was not as elegant as usual, and wore a smoky skirt. It is not too eye-catching, but it also shows the nobility of the hostess.

Everything was packed up, and Qing Wen'er took Lan Cui to Cishoutang.

In the main hall of Cishoutang, Lan Lingxue and Lan Chunyu and Lan Qiushuang were still chatting, and Lan Chunyu had been flattering Lan Lingxue. Lan Qiushuang watched quietly on the side, but her heart was like a mirror. Lan Qiushuang is like her biological mother, although she doesn't like to be lively, she sees things very clearly.

When Qing Wen'er walked into the main hall, she saw Qing Wen'er chatting happily with her two sisters, and she called softly: "Xue'er! ”

When Lan Lingxue heard her mother calling herself, she stopped talking to her sister and looked towards the door. I saw Qing Wen'er wearing a smoky purple dress, which made her even more noble. Lan Lingxue stood up with a smile, ran towards her mother, took her mother's hand and said, "Mother, you are so beautiful today!" ”

Lan Chunyu and Lan Qiushuang stood up and saluted Qing Wen'er: "Mother." ”

Qing Wen'er waved her hand to get them up. looked at Lan Lingxue and said, "Just your sweet mouth, what about your grandmother?" ”

"Grandmother is resting in the back, do you want me to go and see if Grandmother is resting?"

"It's okay, you're with your mother!" Qing Wen'er took Lan Lingxue and crossed Lan Chunyu and Lan Qiushuang and went to the back.

Lan Chunyu watched Qing Wen'er take Lan Lingxue to the back, and a wave of jealousy welled up in her eyes. Old Madam Lan never let Lan Chunyu and Lan Qiushuang enter the back hall, but Lan Lingxue's mother and daughter can enter at will, why? Lan Chunyu's heart is more and more unwilling.

Lan Qiushuang didn't care, she just wanted to be safe and secure with her aunt in the huge Lan family.

Qing Wen'er and Lan Lingxue entered the back hall and found Old Madam Lan asleep on the couch. Mama Huang saw Qing Wen'er coming and wanted to wake up Mrs. Lan, but was stopped by Qing Wen'er.

"The birthday banquet hasn't officially started yet, so it's okay to let the old lady rest."

Qing Wen'er and Lan Lingxue sat on the chairs in front of the couch, quietly waiting for the old lady.

After a while, Old Madam Lan opened her eyes and saw Qing Wen'er sitting there, and glanced at Mama Huang with disgust, meaning why didn't you wake me up. Mama Huang smiled helplessly, without explanation, and Mrs. Lan didn't really blame her.

Qing Wen'er saw that Old Madam Lan had woken up, and stepped forward and saluted: "Mother! ”

Lan Lingxue also saluted: "Grandmother." ”

Old Madam Lan asked them to get up, sat up straight on the couch and said, "My daughter-in-law is here, has the birthday banquet begun?" ”

Qing Wen'er looked at the old lady and said, "Back to my mother, it should be soon, my husband is receiving guests in the front yard, and I should come to invite you in a while." ”

"Alright, it's time for me to get up and clean up." Mama Huang saw that Mrs. Lan was about to get up, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Qing Wen'er stepped forward and held Old Madam Lan's other arm.

"Originally, I said that I wouldn't hold a birthday banquet, just celebrate and celebrate together as a family, Peng'er still has to do it, this is to exhaust my old bones." Old Madam Lan said as she walked, seemingly complaining about her son, but her eyes were full of smiles.

"Our Lan Mansion hasn't been lively for a long time, and my husband wants to take advantage of your 60th birthday. You see that you are so strong, you should go out and talk to other ladies and listen to some new things. Qing Wen'er said with a smile.

"I like to stay in my little Buddha hall. It's you who should go out more, Xue'er will be in time soon, and it's time to choose a good in-law. "Since the death of Lan Peng's father, Mrs. Lan has often stayed in the Buddhist hall and rarely goes out. Only Lan Lingxue and Qing Wen'er will often come to accompany her and relieve her boredom.

"Oh, grandmother, why did you say me again." Lan Lingxue, who was following behind, said shyly when she heard her grandmother mention her family affairs again.

"You see, Cher is still shy. Hahahaha! Old Madam Lan laughed.

Qing Wen'er smiled and looked at her daughter.

Lan Lingxue stomped her feet shyly: "Grandmother, mother, you all make fun of me!" ”

At this moment, even Mama Huang and Mama Hui, who were following behind, covered their lips and laughed behind them.

In the front hall, Lan Peng asked the housekeeper Lan Ping to receive the guests outside the door, and he sat in the front hall.

Lan Peng sat on the main seat, one hand on the table, and a cup of tea that had cooled down in his hand. His fingers tapped on the table, revealing his anxious heart.

Although this is just an ordinary birthday banquet, the invitations on his invitation are all the patriarchs of the major families, so whether the patriarchs of the major families can come today is very important to him. Because that matter must be in the presence of the patriarchs of the major families to be determined.

Lan Peng's eyes kept looking outside, as if he was waiting for someone.

Finally, the housekeeper Lan Ping walked in quickly: "Master of the family, here!" ”

Lan Peng stood up excitedly: "Who is here, and where are they?" ”

"There are four, and there are only two left. The old slave invited people to the study. Lan Ping said, pointing his finger at it.

Lan Peng understood what Lan Ping meant, this meant that the Orange Clan and the Chi Clan had not yet come. Lan Peng had already thought of this, after all, those two families were not easy to invite. Now that these families have arrived, they have to go over to find out the wind first.

Thinking so, Lan Peng raised his feet and walked towards the study. Lan Ping didn't follow, there was someone in the study, so he didn't have to worry about it. Lan Ping went to the gate of the house to continue to greet guests.

In the study of the Lan Mansion, Lan Peng pushed the door in, turned around and closed the door. The guards were all outside, and there were only five people in the study, and only these five people knew what was going on here.

Lan Peng closed the door and walked to the middle of the study, where three people sat on six chairs on both sides of the study, and an old man in bright yellow clothes sat on the main seat.

Lan Peng clasped his fists and saluted the old man on the main seat, "Old Huang! ”

Sitting on the main seat is the patriarch of the Huang family, Huang Zhenghan. It is also the person with the highest status except for the Orange Clan and the Red Clan.

Sitting below is the patriarch of the Green (pronounced lu here) clan in dark green clothes, Midori Chenguang.

The patriarch of the Qing family in dark blue clothes, Qing Hao. is also Qing Wen'er's brother.

The patriarch of the Purple family in dark purple clothes, Zi Yueyun.

Lan Peng hugged his fists with the patriarchs of several major families one by one, "Green Patriarch, Green Patriarch, Purple Patriarch." ”

The patriarchs of the three major families stood up and clasped their fists in return.

"Blue Patriarch!"