Chapter 42: Clever Tongue
After nightfall, the Weiguo Mansion was very lively, and an endless stream of dignitaries led their families into the pre-arranged guest seats of the main house, patiently waiting for the start of the night banquet.
Seeing that the guests had almost arrived, but only the most important guest was missing, Wei Guogong and his wife couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
At this time, in front of the gate of the Weiguo Mansion, a pretty woman dressed exquisitely and elegantly led two maids to the door from time to time to lean outside, looking at the darker and deeper night, and the anxious look on her face was even worse than that of the Weiguo Duke and his wife.
Suddenly, a crisp and loud sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the mansion gate, and the pretty woman left the servant in the door and rushed out happily, only to see three people and three riders coming towards her.
When I looked closely, it was all my daughter's house.
The woman at the head was wearing bright red makeup, and she could feel a charming atmosphere from a long distance.
When they got to the gate of the mansion, the servant greeted and took the horses, and the pretty woman recognized the female guest at a glance, and said a little stupidly: "The Tao family's Jiuniang time is quite accurate, and the banquet has not yet begun." ”
Tao Jiuniang pretended to be mysterious and smiled faintly: "The slave family not only knows that the banquet has not yet started, but also knows that the people who are waiting for Eleven Niang today will not go to the banquet." ”
"Oh?" , The pretty woman she called Shi Niang was surprised: "Why did Jiu Niang say that? ”
"Haha", Tao Jiuniang smiled again, and replied fearlessly: "Because the slave family just saw with their own eyes that the Qing prince on the tip of Eleven Niang's heart went to pity the little lady of another family." ”
"Nonsense, what's on the tip of your heart", the pretty woman's face was slightly gloomy, and then she hurriedly explained: "King Qing is not the frivolous person you say. ”
"Hey", Tao Jiuniang deliberately shook her head and sighed: "The slave family doesn't have that kind of leisure, it's a pity, the dignified daughter of the Weiguo Mansion, Wei Shi Niang, is going to lose to an inconspicuous businesswoman." ”
The concubine of the Weiguo Mansion she said in her mouth was Wei Ruji, who wrote the poem "Yongyue" at the Qujiang Poetry Conference.
Wei Ruji glared at Tao Yunshu with displeasure, and said angrily: "Tao Jiuniang, I see that you were rejected by Zhao Sanlang, and you have nowhere to vent your resentment, so you deliberately came to my Weiguo Mansion to make trouble, looking at the entire Chang'an City, not to mention the women of the Shangjia family, even if it is the princess's family, few people can enter the eyes of King Qing." ”
Tao Yunshu's arrogant face also sank: "Who said that I was divorced by San Lang, Hugh has to talk nonsense." ”
"Oh, am I talking nonsense", Wei Ruji smiled sarcastically: "It's really unfortunate, last night my eldest brother was drinking and listening to music in the Persian Mansion, and happened to bump into the head of the third room of the Zhao family, but I heard about it with my own ears, could it be that the head of the Zhao family was talking nonsense after drinking?" ”
"Hmph, San Lang just encountered troubles recently, and lost his mind for a while, my relationship with him is only a matter of time or time, so I won't bother with Eleven Niang", Tao Yunshu knew that paper couldn't hold the fire, so she had to admit the facts, and deliberately provoked her with a smile:
"It's just that Fang Cai Eleven Niang said that no one in the entire Chang'an City can enter the eyes of King Qing, but I don't know if the eldest daughter of the Su family's house is counted?"
"Su Zhining?" , Wei Ruji couldn't help frowning, and then sneered: "What are you kidding, you have been divorced by Qingwangfu and become an abandoned girl, if you hadn't been lucky enough to win the favor of the saint that day, I'm afraid you won't even have the courage to step out of the boudoir in the future." ”
"Hehe, is it", Tao Yunshu pursed her lips and laughed to herself, pointing to the maid beside her and said, "Ah Ruan, tell Shi Niang what happened along the way." ”
"Yes", the maidservant girl named Ah Ruan rubbed her body respectfully with Wei Ruji, and replied slowly: "Little lady of the guard, when the slave maid came over with my Jiuniang, she did see King Qing, and the little lady of the Su family fell off the horse and was injured, if it wasn't for King Qing's timely rescue, Su Yiniang may have to worry about her life." ”
A few people were still talking, and they heard a noisy shouting and scolding sound outside the mansion gate: "Tao Jiuniang, you poor vinegar girl, even if you hide in the inner courtyard of the palace today, I, Li Sanniang, will dig three feet into the ground and pull you out." ”
Tao Yunshu and Wei Ruji looked at each other, and smiled bitterly: "If you don't believe what the slave family says, you should always be able to believe the words of this little ancestor who will come in later, and the slave family is also afraid of being clumsy, and then help Eleven Niang to interrogate it well." ”
Wei Ruji glanced at her suspiciously, and soon saw Li Wanwan hurriedly entering the mansion.
The servant at the door saw that the woman was riding a Western domain horse, dressed luxuriously, and at first glance she was a famous lady, so she dared to stop her, so she hurriedly retreated to both sides.
Li Wanwan held the horsewhip and walked quickly to Tao Yunshu with a posture of asking for guilt, but when she saw Wei Ruji, she hesitated and was stunned.
Wei Ruji and she looked at each other and saluted, and asked a little puzzled: "Why is Wan Niang so arrogant today, she is a distinguished guest when she comes to the house, how can she be disrespectful to Jiu Niang when she enters the door?" ”
Li Wanwan glared at Tao Yunshu angrily: "Eleven Niang doesn't know, this poor vinegar girl bullied my stupid lady for her unfamiliar horse skills, and she deliberately angered her mount, if it wasn't for the timely rescue of King Qing, my stupid lady wouldn't know how much sin she would have to suffer." ”
"Ah, Lord Qing?" , Tao Yunshu was overjoyed in her heart, looking at Wei Ruji's ruddy complexion, and while she was still pondering, she deliberately started the conversation again:
"Wanniang, don't talk nonsense, King Qing is about to come to the banquet, how can you have the kung fu to care about Ning'er's sister, she is just a woman from an ordinary businessman's family, you really think that she is a fairy who came into the world, and the blessings are continuous, so she won the favor of the saint, and now she can make King Qing change his mind, who believes it."
"Hmph", Li Wanwan glanced at her arrogantly, and pouted very proudly: "My family has such a blessing, just now I saw King Qing wrap Yiniang in the carriage and lead the guards of King Qing's Mansion to send Yiniang back to the house, a fool has a foolish blessing, how can Yiniang's blessing be compared to a sinister villain like you." ”
"Ah, and got into the carriage?" , Tao Yunshu was shocked again, staring at Wei Ruji meaningfully, and didn't care about Li Wanwan's ridicule and abuse of herself.
"Of course, when King Qing looked at Yiniang, his eyes were full of pity, and the slave family was going to envy Yiniang."
Li Wanwan has the deepest relationship with all the daughters in Chang'an City, except for Su Yiniang, there are very few, and she is not as powerful as Tao Yunshu, not only has a wide range of contacts, but even knows the hearts of many women in the boudoir.
So naturally, he didn't think that Wei Ruji in front of him had already secretly promised and thought hard about the noble prince of Qingwangfu.
Casually looking at Wei Ruji, Li Wanwan listened to the noise inside, and had already expected that the night banquet had not yet begun, so she kindly reminded: "I'm afraid that Lord Qing won't be able to come tonight, so Eleven Niang still immediately told Guogong to ......"
"Enough", before she could finish speaking, Wei Ruji scolded angrily, turned around and left angrily.
Li Wanwan puffed out her big watery eyes, and she didn't know why, so she said to herself: "What kind of wind is this Wei Shi Niang smoking, why is she so angry with me?" ”
"Hmph, you are embarrassed to say that today the Weiguo Mansion is full of guests, but Wanniang, you are making a loud noise outside the mansion, disturbing the interest of the guests, and you don't take the main family in your eyes at all, and it is strange that Wei Shiniang is not angry."
"Is that so?" , Li Wanwan frowned hesitantly.
Tao Yunshu covered her mouth, held back a smile, quietly looked at Li Wanwan, and pretended to be very serious and explained:
"Li Shisanniang, I can tell you, I didn't mean it today, my Shadow is a famous horse that Aya just got from the Western Regions, and I was in a hurry to pull it out before I was tamed, and I didn't know that Ning'er's sister was unfamiliar with her horse skills, and she couldn't even control her own Yueying, it was really a coincidence."
"You clearly did it on purpose."
"I didn't mean to."
"You just did it on purpose."
"The slave family really didn't mean it."
Tao Yunshu didn't bother to argue with her anymore, so she simply took the slave next to her and walked inside proudly.
She didn't know what kind of luck this Suning'er had, a poem appeared out of thin air, and she won the favor of the saint.
It's good now, if you fall off a horse, you can meet King Qing to come to the rescue, but it's really infuriating.
Fortunately, she was already very unhappy when she saw Wei Ruji's face, and she couldn't help but watch a good show next, so she felt a lot more comfortable.
And Li Wanwan watched her leave like this, gritting her teeth with hatred, but she was afraid that her recklessness would really annoy the main family, so she had to hold her breath and leave the Weiguo Mansion.
Without Suning'er as a companion, she had no intention of going to watch any more hundred plays, worried about Suning'er's safety, but she was afraid of King Qing's cold appearance, thinking about it, she had to go back to the house first and then make plans.