This post was written by An Guogong, saying that she was invited to attend the little girl's sixteenth birthday banquet.

Qingjuan has just entered Beijing, although she has settled in Beijing as an official dependent, but her husband is still on the front line, how can she go to socialize rashly alone?

I wrote a post and prepared a congratulatory gift and sent it to the Anguo Mansion to express my gratitude.

Speaking of which, after Qingjuan came to the capital, he has been sending people to inquire about the news of Sui'an City.

But after hearing that the king of Zhennan had changed his previous offensive strategy and learned that the two guards, Li Zongze and Wu Wen, were guarding Sui'an, he slowed down.

A large amount of grain and grass was transported to Dengcheng, as if he was going to fight a protracted war.

Qingwan looked at the letter sent by Wu Wen from Sui'an, and her heart was also worried.

"Sister, is your brother-in-law okay?"

Qingwan frowned, looked at the withered lotus in front of her, and sighed: "It's cold, it's about to enter the wax moon, it is not appropriate to move troops, it seems that this scene is going to be stalemate until next spring." ”

Zi Yan dangled the thrush cage he had just bought from the market to Qingwan's face, "Don't be unhappy, look at this snow-white thrush, how beautiful it is." ”

Qingwan looked at it, this thrush has albinism, and there is no understanding of this disease in ancient times, so I am afraid that it is a rare species.

"Where's Futang? It's so cold, he went out to run errands again? ”

"No, he, Hongshao and Mo Qing went to pick out a personal maid for you, and the personal person must always check carefully."

In the evening, Futang and they came back, and several people sat down to eat together as if they were a family.

Bai Tan looked at the table full of dishes, still sitting in his original hall, and couldn't help but cry with emotion.

"It would be nice if my mother and sister were here, the two of them don't know which house they were sold to and what kind of life they are living now."

Zi Yan touched Bai Tan's head, "We will find it for you, we will always find it, our family has just entered Beijing and the foundation is unstable, so it is not good to blatantly find someone, and when you have cronies, you will definitely find someone." ”

After eating, Fu Tang led the newly bought girl to Qingjuan.

The first is Mother Jin, who was originally the daughter-in-law of the chef of Wanquan Restaurant in the capital, and her family went to the front line, so she had no source of livelihood, so she had to come out to find a living.

Qingwan remembered the Li guy he met in the border city, the sergeant who boiled soup in a big pot and tasted delicious.

"Is my mother's husband's surname Li?"

Mother Jin was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself that the young lady in front of her could not be a mind-reader? She didn't say anything about her husband's surname.

Mother Jin nodded, and said in response: "It's surnamed Li, how did Madam know?" ”

Qingwan smiled, "When I was guarding the border city with my husband, I met a guy who cooked delicious soup.

So I went to get acquainted, and he said that he was the chef of Wanquan Restaurant in Beijing, and if he came back from the war, he would still come back to be a chef. ”

Mother Jin suddenly burst into tears when she heard this, "Alas, if it weren't for the fact that there were no children at home."

There is no need for him to serve in the military, leaving me and my youngest daughter, who is about to marry but can't even make up a dowry money. ”

"It's okay, you stay in the general's mansion and do your errands well, and you will definitely be able to raise a good dowry for your daughter."

Mother Jin stayed with great gratitude, and stayed in Linghua House as Qingwan's personal mother-in-law.

The second is a girl in charge, whose family name is Hua, known as the flower girl, was originally on an errand in the Li family of Dingyuan Hou, but now Mrs. Li has dismissed everyone in the house and has no livelihood.

"Mrs. Li and I are also good friends, and I will definitely take good care of her family.

The girl was very happy, stayed in her clothes, and became a second-class maid in the house, serving her hair and makeup, washing and cleaning.

The third is a housekeeper in the outer courtyard, named Qiu Niang.

Qiu Niang stood in front of Qingwan and looked like an honest and shrewd master.

"Who else is in the house?"

Qiu Niang replied: "There is a husband in the family who does odd jobs for a living, surnamed Su. The family lives two blocks away. ”

Qingwan looked at her name post, not to be a slave and maid in the house, but to be a buyer and help in the outer courtyard.

"I don't get paid much here, why are you willing to come?"

Qiu Niang smiled, "I'm just helping my husband and making some savings, since it's the work of the outer courtyard, I think my wife always needs someone who is familiar with the capital."

Seven generations of my ancestors have been from Beijing, and I know who has lived in each street and what has happened. ”

Qingwan nodded with satisfaction, "You lady, you are more useful than those men in the outer courtyard." ”

In addition to this, there were some slaves and maids who did odd jobs, all of whom used the person who bought out the deed.

The branch of Yipinge is going to be opened in the capital, and Futang and Ziyan are fully responsible for this matter, and the store address is selected on Zigui Street.

It was a downtown area near the river, and the land was extremely expensive, and I don't know how the two of them used to buy it.

Now that the decoration has begun, and the clothes in Qingping City are waiting for the arrival of the clothes, they will start doing business.

On this day, Zi Yan and Fu Tang went to supervise the work again.

Qingwan invited a master to Bai Tan to give him a lecture at home, and she had nothing else to do except raise the fetus with peace of mind, so she drank tea in the Lanyue Pavilion, and only followed by Mao Qing.

"Lady, something happened, the capital is about to turn upside down, why are you still sitting at home?"

Mother Jin ran up to the pavilion in a hurry, panting, followed by Qiu Niang, who was also anxious.

"What's wrong, why are you so reckless?"

Mother Jin stroked her chest and said, "Lady, do you remember what day it is?" ”

Today? Qingwan thought about it carefully, today is the second day of the lunar month, the day of the birthday banquet of An Guogong's daughter.

"The biggest thing in the capital today is just the birthday banquet of An Guogong's daughter, I have already sent a congratulatory post and a congratulatory gift, is there something wrong with his family?"

Qiu Niang added later: "Yes." An Guo's family also sent the worship post to the small courtyard of the martial arts family in Changle Fang, that is, your mother-in-law.

Who knew that your mother-in-law, brother and sister-in-law actually went to the banquet, and they didn't bring a congratulatory gift. There was a big fuss at the banquet, and Miss Guogong's face was scratched. ”

"What!"

Qingwan was so shocked that she sat up from the stool suddenly, she had been busy cleaning up the house for days, how could she forget the three troublemakers of the martial family, and now they don't know how much they have done under the banner of the General's Mansion.

"Let's go, go to the Anguo Mansion immediately."

Qingwan brought Mother Jin and Mao Qing, as well as Yu Yan who stayed at home, Yu Yan has some kung fu.

This is just right, if you bring a few more small guys, I am afraid that it will provoke people's criticism, saying that the people in the General's Mansion are pompous and arrogant.

It only took a stick of incense to get into the carriage and arrive at the Anguo Mansion.

Mao Qing is a familiar person, and he went to visit with the name post, and Jin's mother still carried the rare white thrush that she gave to Qingjuan two days ago.

"We are the family members of General Weiyuan, and we have come to visit An Guogong and his wife."

As soon as the janitor at the door heard that it belonged to General Weiyuan's family, he immediately took a big stick and was about to sweep people out of the house.

"General Weiyuan's family? It's not enough to block our government, is it? Roll on! ”

Mao Qing had no choice but to take two steps back and stand at the bottom of the stairs with Qing Juan, "Lady, how should this be?" ”

Qingwan remembered that Rong Chen had received Wu Wen's letter, and now that she was afraid that she had just arrived at home, she asked Mao Qing to turn around and immediately inform Rong Chen.

Let him be sure to invite the owner of Jinghui Villa to the capital, and she will pay whatever the price.

A general's wife, La Yueli, stood in front of the door of the Guogong Mansion and waited for the door, and after a while, the news spread all over the capital and also reached the ears of the concubine.

The concubine in the Hongluan Hall was wearing thrush makeup, and she almost didn't laugh when she heard the news.

"This really has this family, I was expecting them to add a little block to the Lin family, but they played tricks for me in the capital."

After the concubine said, she smiled at Shui Fang in the bronze mirror and said, "What now? Is the Lin family still waiting at the door of the Guogong Mansion? ”

"No, I've already been invited in, where can she let a noble family really freeze outside, after all, after standing for two hours, it's dark, and she can't lose face too much."

The concubine frowned and said: "Then it seems that the Guogong Mansion is also a boneless, if it is me, I will not let me enter if I hammer my door." I put up with it this time, who will still take me in the capital in the future? ”

Shui Fang complimented: "It is this reason, so no one dares to snub and despise the concubine." ”

The lights of An Guogong's house have been lit, the yard is bright, Qingwan is so cold that her face is red, fortunately she added a fox skin on her body when she went out, otherwise she would definitely get sick, and getting sick during pregnancy is a troublesome thing.

Sitting in the living room of Duke Anguo's house, Qingwan politely saluted Duke An Guo and Duchess Guo.

"The concubine came to confess the crime, and asked the Duke and the Duchess of the State to forgive."

The Duchess of Guo was a temperamental, and she didn't care about the etiquette, so she slapped Qingwan when she came up, leaving five red fingerprints on her left face.

"We can't afford the accusation of your Weiyuan General's Mansion." Duke An Guo pulled the Duchess back to her seat and said coldly.

"If the Guogong Mansion loses something, the concubine will definitely repay it in full, and if there is still dissatisfaction, the concubine is willing to compensate as much as possible."

The Duchess smiled and said, "Compensation? My daughter's face is ruined, how are you going to compensate for it?

How will she negotiate marriage in the future, and how will she bear it if she is criticized? Can you compensate for it? ”

Qingwan was speechless when asked, but lowered her head and saluted the two again, "The concubine knows that no matter what, she can't turn back time and change the result."

Therefore, I can only try my best to make up for the existing situation, and the blame and resentment of the two concubines will bear all of them, but I hope that the two can give the concubines a chance. ”

An Guogong suddenly sneered, "Mrs. General, do you know what happened today?" ”

The lights illuminated the entire living room, and Mother Jin, who was following Qingwan, didn't say a word.

It's the first time she's seen such a noble family have a dispute, and she is really a decent person, not like a person in the market.