194 Hongmen Feast
The next day, she was going to Pingxi Hou Mansion for dinner, and Jin Niang brought Su Xuan and Su Zheng with her.
Su Xuan and Su Zheng felt that it was inappropriate for them to be people with foreign surnames in the past, but Jin Niang would leave the two of them in the mansion?
Today, except for Xu's father, who has difficulty moving, he still has to stay in bed to recuperate, and the rest of the people even Xu's mother have to go over together. There is not even a person in charge of the house in the family, so Jin Niang is relieved to leave the baby son of the Suqian couple in the house.
People's parents specially sent their sons here, just to prevent no elders in the family from looking at the passport, what accidents happen to the children, she promised the family before, so that the father and mother of the people will not go out of the gate of the capital, she will make a move to break her promise, that is too unhuman.
In addition, let Su Xuan and Su Zheng go over together, which also hides a little bit of Jin Niang's own careful thoughts.
She is still worried that Xu Liangming will occupy a favorable place, which is not good for Chang'an Changping.
Although Xu Liangming and Xu Wenqing came to the house to deliver the invitation together a few years ago, they had a good attitude of admitting their mistakes, and even "turned hostility into jade silk" with Chang'an and Changping, claiming that they would be good brothers in the future. But no one can say how credible this statement is. So to be on the safe side, Jin Niang decided to find two free bodyguards and helpers for her two nephews.
Su Xuan and Su Zheng are good, although the two have not systematically practiced martial arts, but children of this age, fighting is a self-taught ability, so even if Xu Liangming set a trap in Pingxi Hou Mansion to prepare for Chang'an and Changping, the two have two more helpers, and they are not too helpless, right?
This kind of thinking is deceptive, but it is exactly what it is.
However, Jin Niang didn't want to hide from Su Xuan and Su Zheng, no one is a fool, she has the heart to maintain this relationship with the Su couple, and naturally she will not engage in conspiracy behind her back. So Jin Niang was very frank and said this idea.
Will Su Xuan and Su Zheng be afraid? Can you back down?
Even if the two of them felt that it was a little inappropriate to go to Pingxi Hou Mansion, they would disturb the master's family too much. But as soon as they heard the grievances between Xu Liangming and Chang'an Changping, they felt that they had a great responsibility. So don't say that Jin Niang begged them to go together, even if Jin Niang didn't open this mouth, they had to go!
Their good brothers who can wear a pair of pants can bury themselves in the cold, and the rest of them will stay where they are.
And so the group set off.
Xu Erlang didn't ride a horse today, and sat in the carriage in front of him with Jin Niang. There were two carriages behind them, one of which sat Xu Mu, Pian Pian, Changle, and Xiao Yu'er.
The three of them were in high spirits, listening to Mother Xu once again lecture on what they had seen in the palace, blinking their eyes one by one, listening attentively.
In the last carriage, Chang'an Changping and Su Xuan Su Zheng were playing cards.
It is not a long distance from Xufu to Pingxihou Mansion, and it can be reached in about a quarter of an hour by carriage. But at this time, a few people can't sit still, and they have to have some fun.
Jin Niang listened to the exclamations from the two carriages behind, laughing, and playing, and her mood should have been soothing, but for some reason, she felt that her heart was pounding so badly that even her right eyelid kept blinking.
The left eye jumps to wealth and the right eye jumps to disaster, so there is definitely a disaster today.
Jin Niang still believed in her instincts, so she couldn't help but lift her heart, and her little hands clutched the placket of her body tightly.
Seeing this, Xu Erlang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and reached out to slowly break Jin Niang's clenched fingers one by one. "Take it easy, it'll be fine, aren't you all arranged?"
Chang'an and Changping where she arranged Su Xuan and Su Zheng over, but after all, they are both children, how much of a role can they play? This arrangement is not foolproof, so her heart is beating so fast, does it indicate that the two of them will really be in danger this time?
After thinking about Chang'an Changping, Jin Niang suddenly remembered Pianpian again.
You must know that Mrs. Pingxihou and Mrs. Pingxihou are still very persistent about sending Pian Pian Pian into the palace, and they have not dispelled this idea, does that mean that it is possible that Pian Pian has an accident today?
thought that Pian Pian did enter the palace in the end, and Xu Erlang clearly said that he would not compromise for this and sent his sister into the palace to seek wealth for himself. So she had thought earlier about whether there was something irreversible that happened in it that caused Pian Pian to finally be sent to the palace. So, is that what happened at this banquet?
Jin Niang's breathing stopped in an instant.
"Pian Pian ......" she opened her mouth, and Xu Erlang raised a finger on her lips, "Don't disturb, I've arranged everything." ”
Xu Erlang's arrangement will definitely not be as pediatric as her actions, since he said that it has been arranged, that is, all emergencies have prepared emergency plans. Even for some possible situations, personnel arrangements and handling have been made. Since he was so sure, she seemed to be relieved.
But thinking so in her heart, in fact, she couldn't control herself, and her heart was very restless.
It wasn't until she arrived at the door of Pingxi Hou's Mansion that Jin Niang's hands and feet were still a little trembling, Xu Erlang patted her several times, and Jin Niang stabilized, and then Xu Erlang carried her out of the carriage.
"Go ahead, and don't worry about whatever happens later. Take care of your mother and a few Pian, and I'll do everything. ”
Jin Niang took a deep breath and responded in a deep voice, "Okay." "It seems that there is indeed a tough battle to be fought today, no matter what happens and what the final result will be, she can't show her stuffing at the moment, even if she is uplifted, she must be calm and light, so as not to let people see that something is wrong.
Jin Niang supported Xu's mother and took a few people into the flower hall, and at this moment, many people surnamed Xu from Pingxi Hou Mansion had already come.
And because today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, the day when the married daughters return to their parents' homes, and these ladies of the Xu family are gathered in the Pingxi Hou Mansion, so those married girls directly brought their husbands and children here.
The Pingxi Hou Mansion must have a higher threshold than their own house, and they can come into contact with some characters here that they couldn't get in touch with in the past. This is good for the men of the house, so even if it does not enter the eyes of some people, it immediately gets a good errand and is reused. But it's also good to be able to make some connections. Therefore, when they came to Pingxi Hou Mansion for dinner, they really couldn't ask for it.
Because they all had the intention of clinging, everyone did their best to please several young ladies in Pingxi Hou Mansion. The flower hall was full of laughter for a while, and it was very lively and festive.
Jin Niang noticed the abnormality at the first time - several young ladies, especially Mrs. Shizi, were dressed up really ceremoniously today.
The dress of the ladies of the family is limited by specifications, this is not to say that several ladies are dressed out of line, in fact, they do not, they will not make such low-level mistakes. A few ladies are just within the scope of the specifications, dressing themselves up as magnificently and ceremoniously as possible.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that, but that's the biggest thing wrong in the first place.
You must know that when the old lady of Pingxi Hou celebrated her sixtieth birthday earlier, several ladies did not dress up so carefully.
The other young ladies don't mention it, just talk about Mrs. Shizi.
When the wife of the prince got married, the Marquis of Pingxi was still quite favored by Emperor Yunwen, and at that time he controlled the military power of the entire northwest region, and it can be said that he was a veritable important minister of the imperial court and a confidant of His Majesty. That is why the prince and his wife were rewarded in the palace when they got married.
His Majesty and the Queen gave two handfuls of jade Ruyi, but the Queen Mother specially rewarded a phoenix feather Zhai Feng purple gold bead crown made inside. This stunned everyone's attention at the time, and Mrs. Shizi was also in the limelight for a while because of this crown of pearls, and became the most enviable noblewoman in the capital.
However, the crown of pearls is precious, and Mrs. Shizi does not take it out easily, so she only wears it when she goes to meet the Queen Mother and the Queen during the New Year's holidays. Usually when she is at home, she doesn't wear it, even the old lady's 60th birthday, Mrs. Shizi didn't put this bead crown on, which made everyone's eyes red. But now, it's just a concubine returning to the door, but Mrs. Shizi has put on this crown of beads, and she is dressed up so grandly, which is abnormal.
It's not just this abnormal, take a closer look at this flower hall, as if it has been completely renewed inside and out. Even the gadgets on the Bogu shelf were all newly put up, and one by one they were polished and shiny, shining in the sun.
Jin Niang's eyes flashed slightly, and she felt that the Pingxi Hou Mansion must be going to do a big thing this time. But what exactly they were going to do, she really couldn't guess for a while.
As soon as her eyes rolled, Jin Niang tested the third lady, "Madame is really shining today, if you don't know, I'm afraid you think this is a little daughter-in-law who has just passed the door, young and fresh." ”
The third lady is slightly older than Jin Niang, but her husband is the same age as Xu Erlang. Because of the same age and similar temperament, when she came to Pingxihou for a banquet before, Jin Niang chatted with her a few more words, and her feelings gradually came out. Therefore, it is not taboo to joke like this, and both of them are quite happy.
As soon as the third lady grabbed Jinniang's hand, she smiled and patted her, "You have such a mouth, you are really good at burying people." I'm half-old, and you're embarrassed to joke that I'm young and fresh. Am I still young? My sons have all entered the country to study, and in a few years they will have grandchildren, and they will become old goblins, and you are embarrassed to say that I am young and fresh. You say, "Aren't you burying people?" ”
He said something that he didn't follow, but the expression on his face was not like that at all. The third lady smiled like a flower, with joy flowing between her eyebrows, and even touched her face uncontrollably, obviously very satisfied with her maintenance, and felt even more intimate for Jinniang's compliment.
She is also an elderly person, and she is also worried that she will no longer have wrinkles and wrinkles on her face, and after losing the favor of men, she will end up alone in an empty house. Although it is a matter of time before a beauty twilights, people always want to be more youthful and more beautiful, aren't they?
How did Jin Niang not know her thoughts, and made fun of her for a while, "Okay, you, don't get cheap and behave." I praise you for being young and fresh, and you are young and fresh. It's not like you don't know that I'm not a word of falsehood. I'm serious, if you dress up like this, I'm afraid you're going to compare your sister-in-law who came back today. How is this good? Originally, today's people are the protagonists, and you are dressed up in a showy way, doesn't this steal the limelight of the little girl. If the sister-in-law is unhappy when she turns around, will she still think that your sister-in-law doesn't have an opinion on her, so she rushed over to dismantle her stage? ”
The concubine who married was not from Pingxihou's house, but from his second brother's house. Because she is a concubine, she never likes to go out, but she doesn't have much contact with the third lady.
And the third lady, as the main room, naturally can't take a fancy to these concubines, but fortunately, this concubine's sister is not annoying, so the third lady listened to Jinniang's words, and barely said anything bad about her. But the expression on his face was a little disapproving, as if he didn't care about it at all.
Jin Niang's eyes flashed, the third lady didn't pay attention to this detail, and only pulled Jin Niang to advise, "Don't walk around today, if you ...... It's terrible. ”
There were a few words during the period, and I don't know if the third lady was trying to prevent others from hearing it too quietly, or if she was just trying to hide it in order to achieve an unfathomable and unspeakable purpose, in short, Jin Niang couldn't hear it clearly, or thought about it carefully afterwards, and guessed that the words that the third lady vaguely said should have been "collided".
Who will be bad if you collide?
There are many meanings in this sentence. First, there must be outsiders coming to Pingxi Hou Mansion today. Second, the identity of the visitor is unspeakably expensive, and it is definitely not something they can afford to offend.
Although the status of the Pingxi Marquis Mansion is not transcendent, the ordinary important ministers of the court will definitely not let them be afraid to this extent. So the identity of the person who is going to come is obvious, either it is the palace concubine in the harem, or the emperor wants to come in person. And there is another possibility, it was Pingxi Hou who somehow moved His Majesty, and this time he took that Jieyu Niangniang back to his parents' house together.
After coming to this conclusion, Jin Niang couldn't help but inhale in her heart, and her hands and feet trembled uncontrollably.
There is only one thought in her mind now, that is, to hide Pianpian, and she must hide Pianpian quickly.
But where to hide? How to hide?!
This is Pingxi Hou's Mansion, not his own home.
Suddenly realizing this problem, Jin Niang was dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, she was sitting on a rose-carved rosewood chair at the moment, so as to avoid making a fool of herself, otherwise this gaffe would be seen by everyone.
Jin Niang tried to take a deep breath and told herself not to panic, don't panic! The more panicked, the easier it is to go wrong, so be sure to hold it steady.
What can be known now is that the banquet of Pingxihou is definitely a Hongmen banquet specially set up for them. And they pointed at Pianpiao, the purpose must be to send Pianpian into the palace.
It's something you don't have to think about, so it's definitely not going to work if you let Pian Pian excuse go back now. Because the Pingxi Hou Mansion will definitely be on guard. Maybe it's ready now, and the doctor is waiting for this one in the house. It's okay if she doesn't make trouble, but if she does, others will diagnose Pianpian's pulse and send Pianpian to the courtyard to recuperate, can she stop it? Unstoppable! This is no different from sending Pian Pian Pian directly into the mouth of the tiger!!
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