Chapter Eighty-Five: The Day of the Birthday Feast
In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of the new month, the seventieth birthday of the old lady of the Yang family.
Although the Yang family is not a high-ranking official of the imperial court, it can be regarded as a very high status in Kyoto, where the powerful and powerful are running all over the place, so the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Yang family is naturally very lively.
As a century-old family of wood carving, the Yangjia family is famous for the carving of mermaids, flowers, birds and insects, and the carving is outstanding and lifelike, and has always been the home of the craftsmen used by the royal family.
You must know that not everyone can be called a century-old woodcarver family, let alone anyone can become a royal craftsman, but the Yang family can.
Regarding the huge name of the Yang family, the three brothers of the Fu family were noncommittal.
No matter how famous the Yang family is and what power they have, it has nothing to do with them.
On the birthday of the old lady of the Yang family, there are many famous dignitaries and nobles in Kyoto alone to congratulate her old family, not to mention some small families who want to climb the relationship.
Here, Mrs. Shen took the neatly packed Liu Qianyu and Fu Shiqin to get into the carriage to Yang's house under the eyes of Fu Ze and Fu Jingwu.
Before the carriage moved, Liu Qianyu looked at Fu Ze and Fu Jingwu who were standing outside the carriage and refused to leave, and sighed in her heart, knowing that the two of them were worried about herself and her eldest brother, so she poked her head out and waved lightly, signaling them to go back quickly.
"Let's go back......"
Seeing this, Fu Ze moved his lips, and a thousand words turned into one sentence: "...... Be careful! ”
"Got it, don't worry!" Worried that Fu Ze was thinking too much, Liu Qianyu pretended to be relaxed and said.
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Shen in the carriage didn't think much about it, but said that it was because Liu Qianwei was calm and kind by nature, and won the hearts of the Fu family brothers, so she had a good relationship with the little uncle of the Fu family, and she couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Fu Jingwu looked at Liu Qianyu with a blank look, wanting to call his daughter-in-law but didn't dare, and in the end he could only express his tangled emotions with a resentful look.
They wanted to tell Mrs. Shen about their relationship, and they didn't plan to avoid anything, but Qianyu considered that they were no longer in the small mountain village before, and they were worried that the elders would not be able to accept it if they knew it, so they stopped it.
Liu Qianyu's worries are not unreasonable, Kyoto is the center of power after all, people here are used to seeing men hugging left and right, where have they seen women hugging left and right, but I am afraid that when the time comes, it will spread out and I don't know what kind of chaos will happen.
When they first came to Kyoto, they were all small people, without the slightest foundation, and if they were lucky, they didn't have anything, and if they were unlucky, they might have something, so they had to be careful and cautious.
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The carriage was ringing very frequently, and Mrs. Shen couldn't help but talk to her when she saw Liu Qianyu, who was as calm as water.
"Qianfei...... Is it? Mrs. Shen asked embarrassedly, she still heard Fu Shiqin call her like this, and she didn't know if she heard it wrong.
Liu Qianyu couldn't help but look sideways slightly when she heard Mrs. Shen's voice, did not avoid Mrs. Shen's scrutinizing gaze, smiled and nodded, and said softly: "Yes, Madame!" ”
Liu Qianyu behaved very calmly, without the slightest restraint with strange elders, which made Mrs. Shen unconsciously add points.
Mrs. Shen saw Liu Qianyu's smiling appearance, and she was in a good mood: "Okay, good, a good girl, in the future, just follow them to call your aunt!" ”
If she has such a handsome face and a docile daughter at home, she may not know how to spoil her.
In Mrs. Shen's loving eyes, Liu Qianyu happily followed, and her voice was delicate, almost sweet to people's hearts: "Aunt Shen......"
"Hey......" Mrs. Shen responded happily, the smile on her face was very bright, she liked this girl from the bottom of her heart.
Seeing that Liu Qianyu and Mrs. Shen got along happily, Fu Shiqin, who had been silent, couldn't help but soften his eyes a little, he was not surprised that Mrs. Shen would like Liu Qianwei, in his opinion, Liu Qianyu is such a likable girl.
Mrs. Shen took Liu Qianwei's little hand, and couldn't help but start to say something considerate: "I like you from the bottom of my heart, if you suffer any grievances in the future, just look for your aunt, and your aunt will stand on your side......"
When Liu Qianyu heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly, her eyes were crooked, but she was gratifying: "That Qianyu is pointing at her aunt...... But ......"
Her eyes flickered, and she glanced at Fu Shiqin coquettishly, and Liu Qianyu continued: "Big brother won't let me be wronged......"
Mrs. Shen couldn't help but twitch when she heard Liu Qianyu's two words, and then couldn't help laughing when she heard the words behind.
glanced at Liu Qianyu kindly, and Mrs. Shen didn't realize that she had already brought care.
"Okay, aunt knows that you two are on good terms!" Mrs. Shen laughed.
Being teased by the two women singing and harmonizing like this, Fu Shiqin couldn't help blushing, quite embarrassed, and glanced at Liu Qianwei helplessly, hoping that she would be merciful.
Liu Qianwei raised her chin arrogantly, and after all, she didn't tease Fu Shiqin anymore.
The three of them talked and laughed along the way, and soon the carriage arrived at Yang's house.
Liu Qianwei supported Mrs. Shen's side, Mrs. Shen patted her hand gently, and Fu Shiqin stood on the other side, thinking that it was her mother-in-law with her son and daughter-in-law.
At this time, the Yang family was really lively, the red lanterns were hung high, the carriages at the door were overwhelmed, and the little guys greeted them one after another, and they heard the melodious gift list as soon as they arrived at the door.
"Qingtian Wang's family, jade relief lotus mandarin fish wear a pair of ......"
"Lingchuan Lane Li Family, thin tire copper sea pattern bottom celadon ......"
"Kyoto Zhao family, three glazed cups on the colorful painting wall, a pair of agate silver round bracelets......"
“……”
When Mrs. Shen led the two people to present gifts, she heard the reading of Sheng.
"Kyoto Shen Mansion, Xinjiang Hetian jade pinched gold bracelet pair, Qin Qiaoqiao carved hollow thick fine silk ......"
The gift list is varied, and Liu Qianyu heard it in a fog.
As soon as she stepped through the door, Mrs. Shen saw the person she least wanted to see.
The movement under his feet was paused, and his face was not very good-looking.
I saw a woman dressed gracefully and luxuriously not far away, her appearance was indistinct, and only the heavy fat powder still couldn't cover the wrinkles on her forehead and eyes.
The woman saw Mrs. Shen's expression for a moment, then the corners of her mouth hooked, and she raised her chin and walked away from the three of them: "Yo! Who am I, it turned out to be Mrs. Shen'......"
The woman smiled on her face, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and specially accentuated the tone of the word Mrs., obviously satirizing Mrs. Shen's maid background.
"Hehe......" Mrs. Shen sneered a few times: "Presumably, Mrs. 'Luo' has been living a good life in the years that Mrs. 'Luo' has been away from Kyoto!" ”
Looking at each other, the posture of the two can be described as needle-to-needle, and they do not give in to each other.
Liu Qianyu glanced at the woman more because of Mrs. Shen's reaction, and the woman immediately caught her gaze, and after seeing it clearly, she was stunned for a second, and then showed extremely disgusted eyes, and no longer looked at Liu Qianyu.
This woman is the daughter of the Yang family, the sister of Yang Yunshu, the mother of the Fu brothers.
Yang Yunxian's affairs were exposed, and she was sent away by the old lady to marry the Luo family in Kyoto, the Luo family belongs to a small family, even if the Yang family only married a concubine, it was the Luo family.
Mrs. Shen's sentence specially accentuated the word 'Luo', but it was just to return it to her body in the way of others.
The implication is that your current surname is Luo and not Yang, so you don't have to make such a big shelf, in the final analysis, you are just a concubine sent out by the Yang family.
Sure enough, when Yang Yunxian heard this, she immediately understood Mrs. Shen's sarcasm, and with an angry expression on her face, she pointed at Mrs. Shen and made a sharp voice.
"Yang Minlan! You-"
The voice was really sharp, so that the people who heard it couldn't help frowning and avoiding it, but Yang Yunxian didn't know it.
Mrs. Shen was happy when she saw that Yang Yunxian was angry, she chuckled a few times in a good mood, neatly pushed away Yang Yunxian's unceremonious hand, and said lightly, with a calm face: "I'm sorry Mrs. Luo, borrow it!" I hurried to pay my birthday to the old lady, and I delayed the time and made the old lady wait for a long time...... It's not good......"
As she spoke, Mrs. Shen led Liu Qianyu and Fu Shiqin to walk slowly in front of Yang Yunxian, without squinting.
Yang Yunxian stared at Mrs. Shen's back angrily but helplessly, dressed in gorgeous clothes like a pheasant in a flock of peacocks, the old lady has a big birthday today, how can she not give birth to any mess.
At this moment, a young girl walked directly to Yang Yunxian with a complaint on her face: "Mother, Brother Yu Cheng didn't pay attention to me today!" ”
The girl looks pretty, and when she mentions 'Brother Yu Cheng', her expression is obviously a little shy and mixed with dissatisfaction, and her eyes flicker with pampering complaints from time to time, which destroys the beauty of her face and makes people feel disliked.
Yang Yunxian was angry, where was she in the mood to take care of the girl, so she just waved her hand casually: "A man can't control it, and I will give you a face for nothing......"
Speaking of this, a delicate and gorgeous face suddenly flashed in her head, and that face belonged to Liu Qianyu brought by Mrs. Shen, and Yang Yunxian couldn't help but feel depressed.
With a hideous face for a moment, Yang Yunxian secretly cursed: "Little fox spirit-"
The sharp-eyed woman noticed the commotion, hid her face and chuckled, her eyes full of mockery.
The things of the year were not small, the noble girl married the village husband, and the concubine was married far away, how could these wives who are good at house fighting not guess one or two.
I have to say, that pheasant, how can it not become a phoenix!
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On the other side, Mrs. Shen planned to take Fu Shiqin and Liu Qianyu directly to meet the old lady.
Because of the young lady's affairs back then, the old lady and the old lady treated herself very well later, and she guessed that it was probably because of empathy.
After all, the last person the young lady saw before she left was her.
Fu Shiqin had guessed the identity of that person since Mrs. Shen and Yang Yunxian faced each other, and there was a moment of unhappiness in her mood, Liu Qianyu naturally felt it, and couldn't help but look at him with some worry.
Mrs. Shen was even more careful, and when she noticed that something was wrong with Fu Shiqin, she couldn't help but comfort: "Don't think too much about it, what happened back then...... The old lady may not care so much, and only punishes the person slightly, but the old lady will definitely not forget, after all...... Miss is also the biological daughter of the old lady who is spoiled on the tip of her heart......"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Shen couldn't help but feel a little melancholy in her heart, pressed her aching forehead, and let out a long sigh of turbidity.
Suddenly came to mind the situation when she was a girl with Miss, although she was a maid at that time, she actually enjoyed treatment no worse than ordinary noblewomen, and the Yang family did not have too strict dignity, or rather, Miss did not have it in her heart.
The past has passed in a flash, time flies too fast, and in a blink of an eye, she is also an old woman who is nearly fifty years old......