"Do you want to be so coincidental?" Xiao'e couldn't help but sigh first, "The slave maid just persuaded the fourth lady to let her not wear white for a long time, so as not to be told by the second lady that it is like a funeral, which is unlucky." Can...... But Second Miss, why did you get dressed up like this? Bai Zhenzhen smiled and covered her stomach, "What am I talking about, this is my own sister, we can even think about what color clothes to wear." As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Xiao'e's head, "You dead girl, you know that you are in the nest, and you are very powerful in front of me, and you will be cowardly when you get outside."

。 What is unlucky, she said that she will do a funeral? Then I also said that because our family name is white, I wear white to represent grandeur, indicating that I attach more importance to her birthday. Besides, she is not my mother, and I have a bad relationship with her, so do I need to save her face? ”

Bai Heran agreed with this theory of "Bai's surname is Bai", and nodded again and again: "That's the reason." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and they all saw the same message in each other's eyes: That's it, let them go! Today's Wenguo Mansion is very lively, the people are allowed to wear bright clothes by exception, the servants and servants have changed into new clothes, and the maids and maids are all kinds of pink and green, and their faces are also painted with light makeup, and some also use some incense, not only look gorgeous and colorful, but also have a faint fragrance

It's really pleasing to the eye.

But no matter how bright it is, the clothes are also ordinary materials, although they are much better than the coarse cloth clothes of ordinary people, but they are still not as valuable as the clothes used by the masters. Allowing people to dress up is a grace that is held every year at the Ye's birthday banquet. For many lively girls, this is an excellent opportunity, because there are many people in the house, not only the ladies of the house, but also countless male guests, all of whom are famous figures in Beijing, and they are really expensive

Tribe. If they are lucky enough to be taken by a son-in-law or a middle-aged master, it is their greatest blessing to go back and be a concubine.

When Hakuzuru and Bai Zhenzhen arrived, the front yard was already very lively, more than 20 banquet tables were set up around the courtyard, and the maids were busy placing melons and fruits on the tables, many of which were not seen in Kyoto during this season, and I don't know where they were transported from and how much silver they spent.

Before the old lady arrived, Ye and Bai Jinghong also saw the shadow, and Bai Xingyan was already dressed and standing at the gate of the mansion talking to the housekeeper.

In addition, Xiao Ye's and Bai Huayan also arrived early, Xiao Ye's kowtow to Bai Jinghong a few days ago, and the blood is no longer flowing, but a shocking blood scar is still very disturbing. Bai Huayan wore a peach-colored dress today, her hair was tied into two balls, and she looked very playful and cute from a distance. But the words that come out are not close to cuteness: "Don't look in the mirror to see how scary you are, today is your mother's birthday, and you are not afraid of touching your mother's mold when you come out like this."

Head? May I beg you to go back quickly? If your mother is so unhappy with you, it won't be good for me to follow. ”

Xiao Ye raised his hand to touch the scar on his head, sighed softly and said, "If I don't show up, I will not be in accordance with the rules." Otherwise, I'll go back and find a way to cover it up, and I won't get you in trouble. ”

"Let's go, let's go!" Bai Huayan drove Xiao Ye's family away like a fly, turned around again, and asked a maid beside him with a snarky movement: "Which courtyard are you from?" Clumsy in doing things. ”

The maid was only twelve or thirteen years old, and she was frightened by this roar, and the fruit bowl in her hand almost fell to the ground, "The slave maid is from the courtyard of the third lady, the slave and maid are guilty, please forgive the slave and maid of the fifth miss." As soon as I heard that it was from the courtyard of the third lady, Bai Huayan became even more energetic-"Yo, don't you say that I really can't remember that there is a third lady in this house." How many days have you not returned? Today is my mother's birthday party, aren't she going to show up with her foxy mother? I really treat myself as a dish

In my opinion, I want to escape giving my mother a birthday gift, right? ”

Where did the little maid dare to answer this words, she could only kneel on the ground and tremble. Bai Zhenzhen cut off, raised her neck and asked, "What good things did the fifth sister and Aunt Ye give to their mother?" If you want to say that you are double relatives, the gifts you give should be more valuable than others, so as to show the closeness of the family! Fifth sister, don't hide it

Now, tell me what you sent? Bai Huayan's mouth opened, and she wanted to say it back, but she didn't react until then, it seemed that she and her aunt hadn't prepared any gifts? Fei Dan didn't have anything to give to the second lady, and even took the gift that the second lady gave them. I didn't think much about it, but now

was blocked by Bai Zhenzhen's words, and I felt a little embarrassed.

However, Bai Huayan has always been thick-skinned, and he can be strong even if he doesn't pay attention, and immediately said loudly after realizing that he was wrong: "I want you to take care of it!" We are close relatives, and we send them in private, how can we go through that useless scene like you outsiders. ”

"Oh." Bai Zhenzhen suddenly said, "It turns out that we are both outsiders with the surname Bai, and your surname Ye is a close relative." Forgive me for being so unheard, it's the first time I've heard of this kind of truth. The two of them walked forward as they spoke, and at this time, Bai Xingyan, who was originally standing at the gate of the mansion, was also attracted by the noise in the courtyard, and turned around and walked over here. As he walked, he said unhappily: "What are you making a fuss about?" I don't look at what day it is, one by one I simply don't teach

Raise! ”

Bai He Ran happily replied to his words: "Father, it is the fifth sister who is punishing a slave, because the third sister and Aunt Lin did not come back to give a birthday gift to their mother. Bai Xingyan subconsciously wanted to go back, but the little maid who was kneeling on the ground defended herself: "Third Miss, when they will come back, the slave and maid really don't know!" The slave and maid are just a girl who burns the fire, and there is no way to know about the master

Xiaoxiao! ”

This time Bai Heran's words were confirmed, Bai Xingyan had to turn his anger to Bai Huayan's head again, and shouted loudly: "There are no rules, for my father I gave them a month of leave to visit relatives, and now that the deadline has not yet arrived, are you holding your father accountable for saying such things?" Bai Huayan was scared and annoyed, and she was even more unwilling to be beaten by Bai Xun like this, so she thought about it and said: "Even if you have a leave from your father, if you don't come back on such a big day, you just look down on your mother." To look down on my mother is to look down on our Wenguo Mansion, and my daughter is too

It's holding grievances for my father. ”

"Huh?" Bai Heran raised his eyebrows, "Our Wenguo Mansion?" Didn't the fifth sister just say that our surname Bai is an outsider, and your surname Ye is your own person? According to your logic, what should be the surname of this Wenguo Mansion? She looked dazed, "It seems that it should be last name...... Leaf? ”

"Nonsense!" Bai Xingyan was so angry that he straightened his arm, and he didn't think about who to hit for a long time, so he could only put it down again in embarrassment. But he pointed at Bai Huayan and said, "Get out of the backyard for me!" Don't be embarrassed here! ”

"Father!" Bai Huayan was anxious, "I didn't, she wronged me!" ”

"The second sister didn't wronged you, I heard it too." Bai's Zhenzhen opened her mouth to prove that Bai Xingyan was a little more convinced. He glared at Bai Huayan, and the anger in his heart towards the Ye family was all concentrated on this concubine who also had the blood of the Ye family. Fortunately, there is still reason, and he didn't do it directly in the front yard where people came and went, but he still gritted his teeth and scolded fiercely: "Things without conscience, stay."

When the birthday banquet is over, you will roll back to the Ye family for me, and go back to your own home! ”

At this time, there were already people at the gate of the mansion singing loudly: "Lord Liu of the Ministry of Rites congratulates the second lady on her birthday!" Master Zhang of the Criminal Department congratulates the second lady on her birthday! Tobe Shangshu Guan celebrates the birthday of the second lady! ”

A series of guests arrived, so that Bai Xingyan didn't have time to pay attention to these daughters, and only threw down a sentence: "Let me stay in the front hall!" Then he hurried to the door to greet the guests.

It's just that when I walked to the door, I turned my head again, looking at the backs of Bai Heran and Bai Zhenzhen, and I always felt that something was not right. But before he could think about it carefully, he was stopped by a wave of visitors.

At the end of the front hall, Ye and Bai Jinghong had also arrived. Because it was Ye's birthday, the old lady specially gave up the position of the head, and she arrived later and let the Ye family sit on the top to receive the female guests. According to the practice of previous years, the male guests arrived directly in the front yard, although the weather is still a little cold, but the people will prepare thick curtains to enclose the seats, and the cold wind will not pour in to warm up a lot. The accompanying ladies gathered in the front hall to meet with the Ye family first, and then separately

The free subordinates led him to the banquet hall set up in the back house. Ye is dressed very luxuriously today, his clothes are peony-colored, with large peony flowers embroidered in front of him, and even a hairpin with the style of peony flowers is inserted on his head. Whether it is clothes or jewelry, they are by no means ordinary nobles see ordinary products, and all kinds of fine craftsmen can be seen by discerning people at a glance, it is in the palace

The quality of the craftsman and the weaving, embroidery and spinning. As the niece of the Queen Mother, Ye is trying to show her unique identity as much as possible at this time, so as to warn the ladies of the various mansions who come to congratulate her birthday that she is not only the head of the Wenguo Mansion, but also a royal relative who cannot be ignored.

She is not sitting alone on the top, and there is a white frightening hung by her side. Today's Bai Jinghong is even more stunningly bright, wearing an apricot yellow dress on her body, lining her elegantly and a little more delicate. Bai Jinghong is very good at dressing up, she knows that her country is invincible, and she also knows that her beauty is too outstanding, so that it will make people have a sense of distance, and they only dare to look at it from afar, not close. So she specially wore a goose-yellow dress to make people more delicate

It's a little more approachable. Ye was very satisfied with her daughter's dress, and she always had a smile on her face, until she saw Bai He dyed them in, and the smile that was originally piled up on her face suddenly froze......