Chapter 18: The Huo Mansion Banquet
When Mrs. He heard this, she really wanted to go up and scold directly. Yu Guang saw He Qianqian's delicate face, which made her second daughter He Miaomiao just like a passerby, and Mrs. He hated this concubine even more. Obviously, she is good-looking, but her two daughters look like their general's father, and they are all mediocre. What's even more annoying is that He Qianqian followed her biological mother, and she also picked on the advantages of General He, who was even more outstanding than her biological mother, and her favor in He Mansion completely overshadowed her two daughters. How could Mrs. He not hate.
Mrs. He stared gloomily at He Qianqian's goblin face, and the hatred in her eyes hit He Qianqian's face nakedly, He Qianqian felt as if she was being abused by a knife, and the cold wind swept through the delicate skin under her clothes.
Entered the door.
A maid led them to Mrs. Huo's courtyard and met the old lady first.
As soon as I stepped into the main hall door, I heard an old and full laugh coming, "Hahaha, good boy, what a good boy." ”
I saw an old woman on the main seat in front of the main hall holding the hand of a young girl and laughing happily, the old woman was wearing a light blue auspicious cloud pattern dress, and the cloud pattern was white; The hair is pulled up high with a white hosta, half green and half white; The corners of his eyes are covered with traces of time, but his eyes are still bright, and he is extremely powerful when he looks at people, as if he can see everything; The earlobes on both sides are the white jade earrings of Hengxin Pavilion, and the earrings are lubricated with beauty, which makes the fierce face covered with wind and frost softened a lot.
Presumably this old woman is Mrs. Huo, I heard that Mrs. Huo followed her father and brother on the battlefield when she was young, a person, a horse, and a spear, sweeping hundreds of people without blinking, and she was the "red scarf" that terrified the enemy. Later, because of the instability of the border, she returned to Beijing after the age of saying goodbye, and the suitable sons and daughters in Beijing were all good partners, so the first emperor had to give her to Huo Yusheng, the new champion of liberal arts at that time, and now Huo Shangshu.
Huo Shangshu was just a foreign student without any support at that time, since marrying Mrs. Huo, a heroine, she has developed in Beijing, relying on the power of Mrs. Huo's mother's family, step by step to achieve today's Huo Shangshu's position. Therefore, although Mrs. Huo is not his favorite candidate, he still respects him very much, even if there are other concubines in the house, he still respects Mrs. Huo and stays with her half of the time. All the concubines were raised after Mrs. Huo gave birth to two sisters-in-law, and all the concubines could only give birth to children after they were carried by the concubines, so Mrs. Huo's status in the Huo Mansion was unshakable, which became the envy of many women in Beijing.
The maid who led the way whispered a few words in Mrs. Huo's ear. Old Madam Huo raised her head, her gaze moved to Shen Yafei's group, the corner of her eyes twitched imperceptibly, and laughed: "Wu family girl, Li family girl, you are here." ”
"Wu girl, your little girl is becoming more and more dignified and virtuous, you teach very well, I don't know who has this blessing. Hehehe. Old Madam Huo said with a smile.
He Miaomiao lowered her head in the laughter of Old Madam Huo, and He Qianqian blushed even more, causing all the women in the main hall to feel pity. Mrs. He glanced at her fiercely, and it was not easy to say anything here, so she had to thank the old lady and move aside.
"Yo, Li family girl, your daughters are just going to pick the long, all of them are so outstanding, you say that you are outstanding, and the talent is outstanding. If you hadn't been engaged, the threshold of your family would have been broken. Hehehehehe! Old Madam Huo said while laughing.
"This good-looking little girl here must be Sister Fei'er. She looks really like your sister, and she's also a beautiful embryo. Old Madam Huo looked at Shen Yafei who was saluting on the side, and said, "This appearance has changed a lot from when I was a child." When I was a child, I was a cute little girl, and when I grew up, I looked even better. ”
Mrs. Shen smiled: "The old lady has won the award, how can they be as good as you say." Don't praise them so much, they don't praise them, I'm afraid they will be proud. ”
Mrs. He frowned and squinted at the dazzling smiles on the faces of the Shen family, and felt very uncomfortable.
This old lady Huo praised her daughter but didn't praise her like this, she just said that she was dignified and virtuous, and when she arrived at the daughter of the Shen family, she said that she was outstanding in appearance and talent, which implied that her daughter was not as good as her Shen family?
The daughter of the Shen family really hates it, doesn't she just have a good skin, what's the big deal, if it weren't for a good skin, who would be able to see their talent.
I don't know what kind of magic the daughters of the Shen family have cast on people, and they all have such a high opinion of them.
The eldest daughter hooked the prince to the ground, and was given to marry as the crown princess, and this adopted daughter also fell into the eyes of the prince's only half-brother King An. Is this a trick that will be a fox trick? Why did they let the Shen family occupy everything that was good?
But
Fortunately, there is also a Shen Yafei. Even if it's good-looking, it's not the same as the thick legs of the countryside, and as soon as you enter the city, it becomes a joke in Beijing, and you look uninformed, it's really ugly. This time, I don't believe that she Shen Fu is not ugly.
Shen Yafei stood to the side with her body upright, and as soon as she entered the door, she felt that the eyes around her were on her. Although Old Madam Huo was smiling, the sharpness and scrutiny in her eyes seemed to want to penetrate her eyes and hit her heart directly, she was worthy of being a person who had been on the battlefield, and her sharp eyes made Shen Yafei's heart tremble, and she lowered her head to avoid it.
Fortunately, it took two lifetimes to settle down, so as not to lose his manners, Shen Yafei could feel the slight trembling of Dabao behind him. This little girl, usually only fools around, is not afraid of the sky, but I didn't expect that there would be times when I was afraid, which is really rare.
Everyone was also puzzled when they saw Shen Yafei's dignified and polite appearance and Dabao standing quietly beside her. Because what happened at the door just now was seen by a few ladies, and it was also spread in this hall, and these people did not leave after they came to salute, in fact, they all wanted to see their jokes. However, now Shen Yafei and Dabao's appearance is completely different from the one outside the door, so people can't fault it at all. Could it be that he was even more intimidated by such an atmosphere?
"Hehehe, these little girls are afraid that they can't get used to staying here. Ning Xiang, you take them to the South Garden to enjoy the flowers, you don't have to accompany me, an old woman. Old Madam Huo said to her third granddaughter.
"Yes. The granddaughter retired. Huo Ningxiang said.
Old Madam Huo bowed her head.
Shen Yaru went over and grabbed Shen Yafei's arm, followed behind everyone, and whispered to Shen Yafei: "You did a good job just now, if someone tells you anything, you just like you just now, you don't have to reply to them." Xin'er and I will help you deal with them. And your maid, you have to tell her not to interject when others are talking, just stand aside and keep silent. Did you hear that? ”
Shen Yafei looked at Shen Yaru with a serious face, with a hint of eagerness in her voice. Shen Yafei sneered in her heart, aren't you afraid that I will embarrass the Shen Mansion, hum.
Shen Yafei said coldly: "Got it." ”
Shen Yaru looked at her with an indifferent look, suspecting that she didn't listen, and pulled Shen Yafei's arm tighter, for fear that she would run away.
Spring is a time of great flowers.
The south garden of Huofu is full of all kinds of flowers, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, just like the girls in this garden are all in the best years of their lives, thousands of charming, for a while I can't tell whether it is beautiful flowers or people.
"The flowers in this garden are so beautiful, we might as well use flowers as a poem." A fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman smiled and took Huo Xiangning's hand, looked at her expectantly, and glanced at Shen Yafei a few times intentionally or unintentionally when she spoke.
Huo Ningxiang saw that everyone was looking at her expectantly, and her chin agreed: "Okay, then let's have one for everyone." ”
"However, Sister Yafei doesn't need it, after all, she has just entered Beijing and doesn't understand the style of poetry in Beijing." Huo Ningxiang paused and said.
"That's not good, we're just looking for pleasure in composing poetry, and we don't distinguish between high and low. It's good that everyone has to participate, otherwise, if the sister of the Shen family is left behind, wouldn't that exclude her? Another woman laughed.
"yes, we're not a game, we don't have to be high. It's just a poem to relieve boredom. A girl in yellow echoed softly.
Seeing that everyone said this, Huo Ningxiang looked at Shen Yafei apologetically and said, "Okay." ”
"Today is the banquet of Huo Mansion, I am the host, so let's start with me." Huo Ningxiang said.
"By asking where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village." Huo Ningxiang pondered for a moment and then spoke slowly.
"Good poetry, Miss Huo is worthy of being a talented girl in the capital!" The girl in green praised.
"Next, I'll do it."
"The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom."
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