Chapter 115: The Masses Who Eat Melons
Approaching the "women's circle", Yuan Quanquan maintained a proper smile on his face and stood still on the side.
The princesses and ladies who were originally chatting, as soon as they saw the visitor, they all stopped talking tacitly, and each looked at the Yuan Circle with different eyes.
"This ...... I guess it's Princess Ming, right? ”
The one who spoke was a young woman wearing a rose-red hairpin and a dress of the same color, who looked about the same age as Yuan Quanquan.
"Princess, this is the young lady Ji of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, who has just married into the Marquis Mansion for half a year." Xiang'er immediately reported the identity of the other party to the Yuan Circle.
Yuan Quanquan glanced at the past lightly and looked at the other party.
looks very beautiful, but with an Internet celebrity face, sitting among a bunch of beautiful ladies, she is not recognizable, maybe in a blink of an eye, the Yuan Circle will not recognize who she is.
Everyone opened their mouths to speak, and made a greeting that was not a greeting, and the Yuan Quanquan was not good to ignore the other party, pursed his lips slightly without showing teeth, folded his hands in front of him, and took two steps forward with a very dignified and dignified step, and then said: "Sorry, Qingyang is late." ”
Of these people present, none of them had ever seen the Yuan Circle, and most of them had never heard of her before the Yuan Circle was married to King Ming by the emperor. They have only known that there is an eldest lady Lu Qingyang who is as beautiful as a flower and knows how to be a gift, but they have never heard that there is also a second lady Lu Qingyang.
And at this moment, the princess Ming, who had been married into the Ming Wangfu for more than a month, was standing in front of them, looking ...... It's ordinary! What kind of vision does King Ming have to fall in love with such a mediocre woman? The emperor actually gave the marriage in person.
Everyone had a common doubt in their hearts, but when they saw Qian and Lu Qingyuan following closely, their attention shifted to several other questions.
A few days ago, the matter of the mother and daughter was spread all over the capital.
Although these ladies don't say anything on the surface, they don't know how happy they are to watch the excitement behind their backs, and they must not say less sarcastic and ridiculous words.
The ladies of these princes, nobles, and courtiers' families don't go out of the door all day long, and they don't have any entertainment at all, so the gossip of other people's families can fill their emptiness.
As soon as they saw Qian and Lu Qingyuan, everyone's expressions became wonderful again, each conveying a tacit look, looking at the mother and daughter with interest and disdain.
The mother ran naked in her house in the middle of the night, and the daughter jumped into the water by herself nervously, and said that Princess Ming was a witch. The matter of the mother and daughter once became the biggest talk in the entire capital, and the ladies in these deep mansions did not know the truth, but they were happy to listen to the story.
Since those two incidents, it was the first time that Qian and Lu Qingyuan had appeared on such an occasion today, and everyone looked at them with a trace of doubt and ridicule.
At today's flower viewing banquet, Lu Qingyuan didn't want to come, but Qian pulled her to tell her a bunch of things, analyzed the pros and cons of this matter, and she hesitated for a long time before agreeing.
But she didn't want to, but she actually met someone here who she hated so much.
Yuan Quanquan stood in front of Qian and Lu Qingyuan, and she couldn't see Lu Qingyuan's eyes, but she seemed to feel the sharp and hateful gaze from someone behind her.
If her eyes could be turned into substance, she would probably have been pierced into a hedgehog by now.
Ignoring the sight of the person behind him, Yuan Quanquan found an empty seat and sat down, and looked at the others quietly.
Xiang'er has introduced all these people here, but only the Duchess is missing.
Just as he was thinking about it, people came.
Mrs. Guo and Concubine Liu are of the same generation, and they are about the same age, but they are not as well maintained as the concubine, and they look older than the concubine in their forties.
However, the temperament is very lady-like, wearing a purple gold embroidered dress, and there are not many jewelry on the head, but they are all atmospheric and low-key.
Although this flower-viewing banquet was held by the Duchess of Guo, who is also an elder, in this ancient society, the most important thing is status. Among the people present, Yuan Quanquan was the youngest, but she was the highest. Others have to salute the Duchess of the Kingdom, but the Yuan Circle does not, on the contrary, others have to salute her.
"Princess Ming, this is the first time to participate in our flower-viewing banquet, right?" As the host, the Duchess sat in the middle, smiling gently at the Yuan Quanquan sitting next to her.
Yuan Quanquan saw that this Duchess was very kind and kind, and was willing to communicate with her, "Madame invited, Qingyang came to join in the fun." ”
"Princess Ming is not what I imagined."
It was Mrs. Ding'an Hou who spoke, the young woman who looked like a fox spirit, wearing a red gauze skirt, even sitting there with a bewitching posture, looking at people with eyes that seemed to have hooks, and her eyes were wandering, as if she was about to hook people's souls.
Fortunately, all of them were women, and they were not affected by her appearance. However, perhaps, as Xiang'er said, she sat in the main room from the side room only half a year after the death of Mrs. Ding'anhou, and what means were used in it, others do not know, but her image and reputation are not good in the circle of noblewomen in the capital.
When the ladies around heard her words, they agreed, but no one agreed.
Yuan Quanquan was a little curious, "I don't know what Madame imagines me to be?" ”
Mrs. Ding'an Hou turned her gaze around Yuanquanquan's face, and said with a smile: "I originally thought that the second lady, who had been hidden by the Prime Minister's Mansion and was not exposed, might have something inconvenient for outsiders...... But I never thought that the princess was such a beautiful woman, no wonder the prince would let the emperor give marriage. ”
Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear.
Yuan Quanquan seemed to understand a little bit why this woman was able to easily sit in the main room from the side room.
This mouth is so good at talking!
How he looks, the Yuan Circle knows it in his heart. Although it is not ugly, it has not reached the point where the country is beautiful and fragrant, and it is beautiful at most.
This Mrs. Ding'anhou is very smart, she patted her ass as soon as she came up, although she didn't have a special good impression of her, but who doesn't like to hear good words? said to her that she was a beauty, Yuan Quanquan pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled at her with a friendly smile.
Someone started the way, and then the next one seemed to go with the flow.
Yuan Quanquan listened to a group of women's praise and praise for herself, although she knew that it was all fake flattery, and few people were sincere praise, but these words still felt comfortable in her ears, and she was happy to laugh into squints.
Lu Qingyuan sat a little far away from the Yuan Circle, listening to the people around her flattering her, and the corners of her mouth raised a slight touch of disdain and ridicule.
Oh, just by virtue of her appearance, she is embarrassed to be called a sinking fish and a goose and a shy flower? Not afraid to laugh off your big teeth?
These people are really hypocritical.
Everyone blindly praised the Yuan Circle, slapped the princess's sycophants to the ground, and finally changed the topic to another place after the filming.
"These flowers in the Duchess's garden are really good, I heard that they are all taken care of by the lady herself?" Mrs. Chen, a university scholar, not only looks kind, but also speaks gently and gently, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.
The Duchess of Guo instructed her subordinates to prepare a bowl of chilled mung bean soup for everyone present, and replied with a smile: "It's just to pass the time with nothing to do." ”
It's now August, and the ancient climate is not affected by the greenhouse effect, and even if it is hot in summer, it will not be much hotter. But Yuan Quanquan is a person who is extremely afraid of heat, in this era of no air conditioning and no popsicle ice cream, a bowl of chilled mung bean soup is simply a savior.
Others are reserved and eat with a spoon in small bites, but Yuan Quanquan is the whole bowl and "Gu Dong Gu Dong" a few sips to drink clean.
Ladies who drink soup and always maintain their image: ......
Finding the strange eyes cast around, Yuan Quanquan wiped his mouth with the handkerchief handed over by Xiao Zhi, laughed twice, and praised: "It's delicious." ”
Glancing to the side, Ah Piao, who had been following her, squatted obediently at her feet, and Yuan Quanquan quietly waved his hand to let him get closer.
The cold air emanating from Ah Piao's body suddenly made the Yuan Quanquan a lot more comfortable, she squinted her eyes comfortably, and suddenly missed the cool embrace of a certain man.
Everyone seemed to be frightened by her "heroic" way of eating, and they were stunned for a while before reacting.
The Duchess was stunned, although she looked a little surprised, but she did not show any disdain, and saw that the Yuan Quanquan drank a few sips, and when she was thirsty and hot, she ordered her subordinates to bring a bowl and put it in front of her.
"If Princess Ming likes it, eat more."
Yuan Quanquan was also polite, and after thanking him, he didn't drink this time, but scooped two sips with a spoon and put it away.
The image is still to be desired.
His Royal Highness King Ming is the emperor's younger brother, not to mention the power, he is extremely handsome, and he has always been the wishful husband who wants to marry the daughters of various families in the capital, and is the first choice for each family to choose a son-in-law. However, in addition to raising four concubines in the palace, the position of the main concubine has always been empty. Originally, it seemed that there were rumors that Concubine Liu was quite fond of Lu Qingyuan, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and intended to make her the princess of Ming, but she never thought that things were unexpected by everyone, the princess was out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it was not the eldest lady Lu Qingyuan, but the second lady who had never heard of it, and she was still a concubine born in the concubine room.
These people here are very curious about this princess who was suddenly married by the emperor. I saw her today, but I saw that she was so ordinary, and her behavior was not as beautiful as everyone's beauty, to put it mildly, it was like a rural village girl.
Look at the way she drank mung bean soup just now, people who don't know think she has never drunk it in her life!
Except for Mrs. Chen of the Bachelor's Mansion, everyone probably despises this new princess in their hearts, and they are silent on the surface, talking with a smile, but they don't know how to laugh and sarcasm in their hearts!
Yuan Quanquan is not blind, and his brain is not stupid, what will these people think in their hearts, guess it, she can still guess some. However, she didn't care about this at all, she came today, just to join in the fun, and by the way, to see if the Qian family and Lu Qingyuan had any moths recently.
"Eh, Mrs. Lu, a few days ago, I seemed to hear that Lu Xiang was looking for young talents for Miss Lu, and it seems that he has taken a fancy to the eldest son of Li Shangshu's family? Is there such a thing? ”
Originally, he was sitting in the Yuan Circle eating melons silently, and when he heard someone mention Lu Qingyuan, his ears suddenly stood up.