Chapter 21: The Birthday Banquet of the Sixtieth Birthday
"I don't want to drink, I don't drink." The hoarse voice was obviously from Duanmu Qing.
"Qing'er, I didn't put the tea leaves, I boiled the water myself." With eagerness and distress is Qiu Tian.
Duanmu Jun's face that had just eased suddenly turned black again.
"Poisonous woman," Duanmu Jun's eyes were full of anger when he looked at Li Ningshuang, "It turned out that Mrs. was not in good health, and you were your mother's niece, and you were also a well-informed person, so I handed over the middle feed in the house to you, you are good, so intolerable, even the eldest lady can't tolerate it." ”
Where did Li Ningshuang dare to argue at this time, he could only stabilize him first, and then slowly plot later.
"Hou Ye, it was the concubine who was confused for a while, I used to look at it, although the second miss is a concubine, but in the eyes of Hou Ye, there has always been no distinction between each other, and I don't know what happened when I came in, Hou Ye seemed to be a lot lighter to the second miss, and the concubine secretly saw the grievances of the second miss, and it was inevitable that she was distressed, so she was blinded by lard for a while."
Where can Duanmu Jun listen to it at this time, no matter what the reason, poisoning the eldest lady is a fact, "Hugh is going to be clever and orderly, you are so heartfelt, how can you be a major matter in the inner government again?" ”
As soon as the old lady heard this, it was clear that she was going to seize power, Li Ningshuang was a concubine after all, if she didn't have the right to control the middle feed, she wouldn't be slaughtered.
Although there are many things wrong with Li Ningshuang in this matter, there are still doubts, besides, she was originally her niece, no matter what, she still has to look towards her in her heart.
The Lin family, who was standing next to the old lady, naturally saw the old lady's intentions, and was afraid of going down further, but he was afraid that he would make the old lady's face ugly, so he smiled and came out to play a round.
"The second brother is angry, his mother's good days are approaching, and the things in the house are exactly seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and at this time, Aunt Li has to preside over it, and what will happen when this major event passes."
After all, the Lin family is the eldest sister-in-law, and she can't help but give her face, Duanmu Jun is not a heartless person, so he naturally knows that his mother's heart is still towards Li Ningshuang, and besides, what Lin said is also reasonable.
Therefore, although I have a choke in my heart, it is not good to let it go at this time.
"Humph!" With dark clouds still on his face, Duanmu Jun said sharply, "If it weren't for the fact that my mother's birthday banquet was imminent, and my sister-in-law interceded for you, I would have sent you down today." ”
This sentence is the end of tonight's matter, everyone heard the homonym and knew the elegant meaning, and came over to persuade each other, and came to visit Duanmuqing who was still in bed, and it took a while to be considered to be clear.
It wasn't until everyone was gone that the people in the Dancing Ink Pavilion breathed a sigh of relief, and Lu Xi couldn't help patting her chest, and hugged Feng Nuan's hand excitedly, "Thanks to you, otherwise I really don't know what to do." ”
Lu Xi's enthusiasm is known to the people of the Dancing Ink Pavilion, but Feng Nuan has never been so close to people, and his face turned crimson.
Cai Wei sighed, "Miss, this trick is too dangerous, why bother using your body as a raft?" ”
"If that's the case, how can I perform this good show, but fortunately, I just got some medicinal materials from the master to identify them." Smiling slightly, Duanmu Qing drank the antidote he had prepared by himself.
"Speaking of which, this matter is not without suspicion, and everyone may not find out if they think deeply." Cai Wei has always been much more thoughtful than Lu Xi, and she also thinks deeply.
Duanmuqing intends to cultivate her, "It doesn't really matter what the truth is, the point is that now we have set up such a bureau, she Li Ningshuang got in, and my father believes who is the key, we have planted so many thorns in front of us, and now we should be itching to pull them out." ”
Cai Wei suddenly understood, and nodded with a smile: "I know." ”
In the Dancing Ink Pavilion, Lu Xi and Cai Wei both understood, only Feng Nuan still didn't quite understand, there was no life and death feud, why did they deal with each other so much? Since it's not pleasant to watch, isn't it enough to solve it with one sword, why bother to go around so many curves.
Duanmu Qing didn't expect her to understand that Feng Nuan was not the same person as them after all, and she should have her own way of life.
The old lady's birthday banquet came as scheduled, and the people in the house were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground a few days earlier, and the birthday gifts sent from all over the country were also piled up, and the gifts were handed in one after another, inspected, registered, and stored.
Duanmu Qing, Duanmu Zi, Duanmu Bi, and Duanmu Su also went to Rongxi Hall every day to accompany the old lady to talk and laugh, and take a look at some rare birthday gifts.
The Lin family, the Li family, and the Zhou family were busy preparing to receive female guests.
Because Duanmu Qing is "serious illness" is just recovering from a "serious illness", and he also comes to accompany his grandmother every day, the house has greatly changed the opinion of the eldest lady who has always been rumored to be indifferent.
I also learned from the whispers everywhere about the last "poisoning" incident, and there were some rumors from people in the corners that the eldest lady's previous reputation was deliberately spread by Li Ningshuang.
Who can be an errand in the Hou Mansion, who does not have the ability to see the wind and steer the rudder, seeing that the wind direction of the Yongding Hou Mansion is about to change, who is willing to offer Li Ningshuang as an ancestor.
And over the years, Li Ningshuang has managed the inner house, in order to please the old ladies and princes, it is inevitable that there will be some things that violate the yang and the yin, and the people below will naturally suffer.
Now that Li Ningshuang has such a day, there is naturally a lot of discussion below, lest the words are not piercing enough.
Regarding these nonsense remarks, Li Ningshuang held it in her heart and didn't dare to show it, but she was on the cusp, for fear that someone else would make a mistake, so she pretended that nothing happened.
On her birthday, the old lady got up early in the morning, and Duanmuqing took Duanmusu to dress and change clothes for her old man.
The old lady, who didn't know Duanmusu very well, suddenly smiled and praised again and again.
The psychology of the elderly is the same, and the most important thing is the respect and filial piety of their children and grandchildren.
Regarding the old lady's praise, Duanmusu only said that he had been well educated by the Zhou family since he was a child.
When Zhou came over, he praised Zhou again.
The Zhou family has never been very liked by the old lady, and suddenly being praised in front of so many people naturally feels very dignified, and he feels more and more that it is the right decision to send Duanmusu to Duanmuqing.
By the time Duanmu Zi came over to pay his respects, there were already a bunch of people in Rongxi Hall, and it wasn't necessarily too late, but Duanmu Qing and the others had already come over for a while, so they would feel that she was late.
I saw her dressed gorgeously, delicate makeup, and hairpin ring jewelry just right.
Compared with Duanmuqing and Duanmusu's simple and generous dress, it is naturally much more complicated.
The old lady was a little unhappy in her heart at the moment, since the last queen's birthday banquet, Duanmu Zi's reputation has been spread, and there are still people in the streets and alleys who secretly pass Duanmu Zi as the first beauty in Xiqi.
This birthday banquet is the congratulations of the old lady's sixtieth birthday, and it is in a princess family like the Yongding Marquis Mansion, naturally the princes and nobles have to come, Duanmu Zi is planning to show off at the birthday banquet?
When the old lady thought about it like this, she felt even more angry, and when she thought of the faceless face that Li gave her a few days ago, her heart was also cold.
simply ignored her, and only talked and laughed with Duanmu Qing and Duanmusu.
"Young girl, your mother has been in poor health for the past two days, I have said hello to your father, and you don't need her to go out to socialize, so you will follow your aunt and aunt, meet more guests, and communicate more with those aunts and aunts and sisters-in-law of the family."
As soon as the old lady said this, the people of Rongxi Hall were shocked, and their eyes were different when they looked at Duanmu Qing.
If you don't look at the old lady's attitude, just looking at the eldest lady's ability is already amazing, and it has only been a long time for her grandmother's attitude towards her to change so much.
The power of the Zhongfeng family, which has been rumored in the house, is about to change hands, and it seems that it is a very good thing.
The Lin family was even more confused, and he couldn't imagine that the eldest lady who had never said a word would not make a sound, and she was a blockbuster, which was simply a thunderous wrist.
"Grandmother is an old birthday star today, and there are aunts and aunts for those social things, but it will be in the way for me to go, so it is better to let me and Su'er accompany you and touch your blessings."
The old lady naturally smiled, where could the people below be stunned, and they were beaming with joy.
As he was talking, the Li family accompanied the eldest princess of Duanning in, and there was a circle of people in the house.
Princess Duanning is the sister of today's saint, and her status is naturally different, but over the years, she has always had a close relationship with the old lady, and she arrived first before others came.
I saw her wearing a bluebird wearing a cloud-orange-red palace dress, a gorgeous fallen horse bun, a ruby head, and a jeweled body, which made people unable to ignore it when she entered the door.
When the two saw the salute, Duanmu Zi immediately stepped forward to salute.
The princess took her hand, looked her up and down, and said with a smile: "In the end, it is a person raised by my sister, and the eldest lady is so good-looking." ”
The faces of the people in the room immediately stiffened, the old lady sank her face slightly, Duanmu Zi was embarrassed, and it took a while to pull Duanmu Qing and smile: "The princess can recognize the wrong person, this is my sister!" ”
As if she remembered something, Princess Duanning hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, I said it!" I was sick at the last queen's birthday banquet, and I didn't make it, and then I heard the sisters say that the second lady of the Yongding Marquis Mansion is beautiful, and today I saw it. ”
This sentence was naturally used to hide the embarrassment, and Princess Duanning didn't want to continue the topic, so she smiled and said: "I see that the Fushou Shuangquan on this gown on my sister's body is very well embroidered, but I have never seen such a delicate thing in the palace since I was a child, I don't know which master it came from?" ”
The old lady smiled at this time, pulled Duanmu Qing and said: "Where is this done outside, it is made by my eldest granddaughter, this girl has always been silent, but she can do the embroidery work with one hand, but it is just a child's thing, it is nothing." ”
The eldest princess of Duanning was really surprised, and looked Duanmu Qing up and down.
was lively, and someone outside announced, "Aunt Qixia next to Concubine De is here." ”
Everyone looked at each other, even the old lady didn't know what was going on, if she remembered correctly, she had never had anything to do with Concubine De in her house, she was in an honorable position, and such a birthday banquet could not mean anything.