February 23 is Hua Jintang's birthday, and he is forty this year.

From the twentieth to the twenty-third, three days of feasting. On the first day, the royal family and nobles were invited, the second day was to invite the bureaucrats of the same dynasty to gather together, and on the third day, it was a family banquet for the elders and children of the Hua family and their relatives and friends.

The second master Hua Jinye was entangled in business and could not arrive, so he sent his eldest son and second son to celebrate his birthday together, and sent a longevity coral stone, a twelve-fan red sandalwood Fushou double full screen, a jade peach tree, and an inkstone.

Don't say anything else, just say that the inkstone, is the Taohe inkstone, the water into the rock texture, the skin is moist, the green stone is rippling, the stone pattern is like silk, like the waves rolling clouds, precious and abnormal, it is Hua Jinye to go to Gansu when he got it, he knows that his brother loves these, this time he specially sent it, Hua Jintang really can't put it down.

The family banquet is divided into two seats, the front yard Jiahe Hall is entertained by Hua Jintang, the backyard Yichun Courtyard is hosted by Ji's Zhang Luo, and the old lady Hua Meiniang sits together.

At noon, the female guests came to the leisurely hall to take their seats. Ji also specially invited Chang'an Hou's grandmother eldest princess and mother Chuyang eldest princess, led by the old lady Brother An and several elders of the Hua family and Ji's mother, Hua Meiniang to sit with the eldest princess to occupy a long seat, Ji and their own sisters and several daughters-in-law from the side branch of the Hua family sat with the eldest princess of Chuyang, the second aunt led the seat at a table, the girls sat at two tables, and the remaining relatives and friends were more than a dozen tables.

When I was young, after the meal, Mama Mao led more than a dozen maids to deliver good tea, Tao Jin's family came with the play list, Ji's let the eldest princess order first, the eldest princess didn't want to take the lead, let the old lady order first, the old lady couldn't refuse, and ordered two, one "Champion Media", one "Heroes Meeting", she ordered, and the rest of the people also ordered a few in succession.

When she arrived at Ji's, she had enough to watch the play, so she ordered "Five Women's Birthday" and asked her to sing it to Hua Jintang in the front yard.

The people who sat with her heard that she was here, and they were still thinking about the front yard, and they all praised her for her virtue.

The eldest princess slowly sipped the tea, casually looked at the girl's two tables, and asked, "Which one is the second girl?"

Ji's table was next to the old lady's table, and when she heard her ask about Wan Niang, she hurriedly got up and stood up, beckoning Wan Niang to her side, "Eldest princess, this is Wan Niang." ”

Wan Niang bowed shyly, "The eldest princess is fine." ”

The eldest princess looked her up and down, Wan Niang's face was like a full moon, round and jade, she liked it very much at a glance, beckoned to the past, and Ji Shi hurriedly asked the maid to move a pestle and put it next to the eldest princess.

The eldest princess pulled Wan Niang to speak, Wan Niang changed her previous temper, responded obediently, coaxed the eldest princess to smile, and liked it even more, so she took the red jade bracelet on her wrist and gave it to Wan Niang on the spot.

Ji Shi saw it in his eyes and secretly rejoiced.

The eldest princess of Chuyang looked over and snorted softly.

Although she and the eldest princess are aunts and nephews, but in the end they are also mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and they are secretly more energetic in the house, one thinks that she is the imperial aunt and has a noble status, and the other thinks that she is the sister of the saint today.

And in the marriage of Chang'an Hou, the two also have many disputes, the eldest princess of Chuyang dotes on her son and only follows his wishes in everything, but the eldest princess is relatively strong, she did not do her son's marriage back then, and when it comes to her grandson, she wants to have the final say, so as not to marry a rude and willful home like a son.

The eldest princess of Chuyang put down the tea and said, "I heard that there are five girls in the Hua family, who are extremely beautiful and like immortals. "A few days ago, I heard my son talk about the fifth miss of the Hua family, and I always wanted to see what kind of person he could hang in his mouth.

She looked over and saw Jiao Niang at a glance, and her eyes lit up instantly, "This is it, right?"

Inexplicably, Jiao Niang looked at each other, smiled slightly, and got up to salute.

"Tut-tut. The eldest princess of Chuyang waved to her three times in a row, "Come over and show me, there is such a standard person in this world." ”

Jiao Niang turned her eyes to look at Ji, Ji's face was dark, and she smiled without a smile: "It's not over." ”

Jiao Niang walked in front of the eldest princess of Chuyang according to her words, and the eldest princess of Chuyang stood up and took her hand, looked up and down, left and right, and smiled with everyone as if showing off: "Everyone, look at this appearance, this figure, this temperament, I'm afraid it's a golden phoenix." This palace has lived for so many years, and few of the concubines in the harem of my father, emperor, and brother can compare. ”

Everyone agreed, frequently looked at Jiao Niang, and praised endlessly, some people sighed in their hearts, but unfortunately it was a concubine, if it was born by the Ji family, the threshold of the Hua family's marriage would be smoothed.

It's just that some people also think that Jiao Niang's appearance is too good, but she is not the best candidate for a good wife, but Wan Niang is round and jade, and she is the face of Wangfu.

"Which of the daughters of the Hua family is not the Golden Phoenix, the eldest lady born to the eldest lady, married to the Lord Rui, that is the daughter-in-law of the saint, the golden phoenix who is alive, the second lady and the eldest lady are compatriots, and they are naturally also golden phoenixes. ”

The one who spoke was a daughter-in-law of the Hua family, and her husband was a five-grade official, who was released the year before last and was transferred back to the capital this winter.

Since returning to Beijing, why do you want to let it out again, Jingguan is a nine-grade sesame petty official, and it is better than being an official outside. Just like the Si Cheng of Dali Temple, the Bing Jing and Tan Jing who are honored by foreign officials for a year are three times that of a five-grade official.

In the past few months, she has been running to Hua's house a lot, coaxing and flattering the Ji family, just thinking that Uncle Hua can say a few words for her husband in the court in the future and stay in the capital.

"Mrs. Xing has won the award. Ji's face was a little pale, walked to the side of Jiao Niang, held her shoulder, showed an intimate look, and said with a smile: "But my daughters, this little daughter is the most popular with me, Mei Niang Wanniang and they can't compare." I'm also so pampered that she is boundless, and she loves to talk back to me the most, with sharp teeth and sharp mouths, and sometimes I am speechless. Her father too, was so angry with her that she couldn't eat for several days some time ago, but she was angry, and her heart still hurt. ”

talked back to his mother-in-law again, and made his father angry, when he said this, everyone's eyes when they looked at Jiao Niang immediately changed, and those who had a good impression before also became disliked.

The eldest princess frowned even more when she heard this, and said, "Shuning, you can't be so arrogant with her anymore, if you go out in the future, will she treat her father-in-law and mother-in-law like this?" ”

Jiao Niang's heart fell layer by layer, Ji Shi is really a powerful character, to put it mildly, she will become a pampered and unfilial person, and even a respected person like the eldest princess said that she was not like her, and even sent her into the eighteenth layer of hell, it is conceivable that in the future, who would dare to marry a daughter-in-law with such a reputation?