On the ninth day of the seventh month, Du Jinyao and Qian, Qingxiang Hou Du Ziqian and Wei couple to show their grandeur, widely distributed banquet posts, and invited all the officials and eunuchs who could be invited in the capital and had friendships, and it was early in the morning of this day, and the Hou Mansion was noisy and lively.

The male guests in the outer courtyard are received by Du Ziqian and the fifth master Du Ziping, and the Wei family in the inner courtyard is the absolute focus center, like a butterfly wearing flowers, greeting among many ladies and ladies, smiling and exquisite. This Wei's age is not very old, but it has just passed the year of Huaxin, and today he has deliberately dressed up, which makes him even more delicate and infinite, bright and moving.

Du Jinyao is the protagonist of today's banquet, and she has been dressed up by her grandmother in the house for a long time, and taught some rules and etiquette in the ceremony, until she did not come out to greet the guests.

Yi'er hid in Qiuxia Pavilion, didn't want to go out to see this bustle, and had nothing to do, so she ordered Qingli to lay out Qingwan rice paper, grind the ink, and she picked up the pen and practiced the words.

When he first arrived, Lu Fu inquired and rushed into the house, saluted Yi'er, and said, "Miss, there are a lot of people here today, and the Mingfeng Building is almost crowded." And the slave maid also heard about it, and Wei Bo'an, the prince of the Weiqin Marquis Mansion, and the wife of the princess, Su Shi, came over. ”

Yi'er answered, didn't raise her head, and continued to practice calligraphy, Lu Fu saw that Yi'er didn't react, so she pursed her mouth and ran out again.

At this time, the Wei family was in a state of shock, and the little maid in the gatehouse ran over to report that the Huayang County Lord of the Ningguo Mansion had arrived. Wei was overjoyed, and hurriedly confessed to the ladies, and greeted the wife of Su Chou, her sister Da Wei.

But it was said that the county lord of Huayang was supported by Mama Hu and the eldest girl Songling to get out of the carriage, and he saw the Wei sisters coming up from afar, and the county lord of Huayang remembered the oolong that had been placed these days, and he felt a little depressed in his heart, and frowned on his face that was almost invisible.

Wei stepped forward and saluted: "The woman has seen the county lord. Today, it's just a little girl and a girl, and the lord of Lao County came in person, which really made the humble house shine. ”

The county lord of Huayang said lightly: "Mrs. Qingxiang Hou doesn't have to be polite, Huayang came uninvited, it's just a passing, Mrs. Hou shouldn't be too careful." ”

Wei Shi was stunned, there was no problem with this Huayang County master's words, but his tone was flat, but there was a touch of intentional or unintentional estrangement, Wei Shi didn't know what was going on, and there was a trace of panic on his face.

Accompanied by the Wei sisters into the Mingfeng Building, all the ladies and ladies in the room stood up, and bowed slightly to greet the lord of Huayang County, who responded one by one, with a proper smile on his face.

There was a lady still sitting in place on the upper floor, without even raising her head, which was quite a bit of a standout feeling in the crowd full of people who got up to salute and greeted, which was especially eye-catching.

This seated lady is the concubine Su of the Marquis of Weiqin, and when everyone sees that it is her, they have a sense of what they are.

The Ningguo Mansion and the Weiqin Marquis Mansion are not right in terms of court politics or private communication, both sides are relatives of the emperor, high and powerful, in Kyoto, if there is any other house that can be compared with the Ningguo Mansion, I am afraid that only this Weiqin Marquis Mansion. In fact, putting this aside, for this Su clan, the county lord of Huayang is an old acquaintance.

Su's background is not high, his father is the first emperor Zhaoming Emperor Qianlong when the cloth servant, but this person is a martial artist, vulgar and unliterate, to Zhaoming Emperor ascended the throne as the emperor, only did the inner guard, and later lost his life to protect Emperor Zhaoming in an accident. At that time, Su was still a two-year-old baby, and her mother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to her, and died less than a year later. Emperor Zhaoming was loyal to his father, and he pitied the loneliness of the Su family, so he made an exception to put him in the palace to raise him.

Speaking of which, this is the creation of the Su family, but this person may have inherited his father's temperament, he didn't like to read since he was a child, and even the daughter's female red handicraft was not interested, so that he only liked to dance with knives and stick like a boy. She is the same age as the county lord of Huayang, and when she was a child, the county lord of Huayang was often led into the palace by the eldest princess of Yunping. However, at that time, the lord of Huayang County was smart and lovely, soft and well-behaved, noble and generous, and those princesses and female officials in the palace, and even the palace attendants, were all in a hurry, and the Su family was rarely treated because of their identity and temperament.

So at that time, when the lord of Huayang County saw this Su family, his eyes were full of disdain, and the Su family also sneered at Huayang, although the two knew each other, it was rare to play together.

Later, the Su family was pointed out by Emperor Zhaoming to Wei Bai'an, the prince of Weiqin Hou, and Huayang married Jiang Pei, and the Weiqin Marquis Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion worked together to help Emperor Qiming win the throne before the current Holy Emperor Qiming ascended the throne, but then, because of the interests of the prince behind them, they gradually drifted apart, and even today's-for-tat, not against each other, because of this, Su and Huayang are like strangers, almost never at the same table.

The lord of Huayang County was not surprised to see that the Su family was also there, after all, the Wei family was from the Weiqin Hou Mansion, and it was really calculated that the Wei family and the Su family were still sisters-in-law, but the Wei family was just a concubine of the Wei Qin Hou Mansion, and Wei Bai'an, the son of the Wei Qin Marquis, and his wife had always looked down on these concubines.

The county lord of Huayang glanced around, but he didn't see the eldest lady Li and Yi'er, and saw that the Su family was really an eyesore, so he said to the Wei family: "Huayang came here today, there is something to find the eldest lady, I don't know where the eldest lady is now?" ”

Wei was stunned, and the ladies and ladies around him were a little surprised. Wei Shi was faintly uneasy in his heart, but he had to say: "Sister-in-law should still be in her courtyard now." The county lord should also know that her kid is still young now, and she has to take care of the child, so it's not so convenient to come out, and it is estimated that she will come over after a while. ”

Who knew that the county lord of Huayang nodded, and said, "That's right." Can the lady send someone to lure Huayang over to take a look? ”

At this moment, everyone on the lookers saw something strange, didn't this Huayang County Lord come to congratulate Miss Du Si and pay her salutes? Now that the fourth lady has not come out, why does she insist on going to the Hou Mansion Chief's Room to meet the eldest lady?

Wei's face was already a little ugly, and he forced a laugh and said: "It's rare for the county lord to come here, if you want to go to the sister-in-law to have a look, the woman will accompany the county lord to take a look, and along the way, I can explain the scenery of the Hou Mansion for the county lord." ”

The lord of Huayang said: "Mrs. still has guests and relatives and friends to entertain and entertain, Huayang is also a trivial matter here, so don't bother Mrs., Mrs. only needs to arrange a subordinate to guide Huayang." ”

Wei gritted his teeth, forced out a smile, and had to call a maid over and let her lead the county lord of Huayang to the Ripple Courtyard.

When the county lord of Huayang and the others came out of the Mingfeng Tower, the Great Wei clan stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" What is the lord of Huayang going to your long house for? ”

Wei shook his head and said, "How do I know?" I wanted to say a few more words, and when I saw that the ladies and ladies around me were all looking forward to it, and listened to each other, I stopped talking, took a breath, smiled hard, and beckoned the guests around me to come, but I just found a gap and secretly instructed Mama Liu next to me to go to the Ripples Courtyard to watch.

But said that Yi'er practiced calligraphy here, and always felt that she couldn't calm down today, and Qing Li, who was waiting next to her, knew the reason, so she smiled and said: "Miss used to practice calligraphy in the afternoon, but this suddenly changed the hour, and there was some unaccustomed to it for a while, or Miss would go to Mrs. to see it first, and she would have to go to Mingfeng Lou to show her face later, and I didn't know if the little master could clean up." The young master is naughty, but he listens to the words of the young lady the most, and the young lady has helped in the past, and the lady has a lot of worries. ”

Yi'er knew in her heart that the dead girl of Green Fu must have told Qing Li a few things about Jiang You's going out of the city to hunt geese yesterday, and Qing Li was calm, so she asked her to go to Ripple Courtyard to find something to do. I thought that it would be good to go to the Ripple Courtyard, and it was better to accompany the Li family to talk, and it was better than practicing calligraphy here in a trance, thinking like this, and just about to respond, a figure swished in at the door, and said in a panic without even standing firmly: "Miss, Miss, the lord of Huayang County has gone to the Ripple Courtyard to find Mrs." ”

Yi'er's Qiuxia Pavilion can be so reckless Naturally, Yi'er saw the surprise on this Nizi's face, and couldn't help but glance at her, and scolded: "You can't change your young lady's temperament when you lose your soul at first glance!" ”

Lu Fu grinned, and didn't wait for Yi'er to say more about her, and said: "The slave will go over and inquire about what His Royal Highness and Mrs. of the county lord have said, hehe, look at it, it has something to do with my young lady, young lady, you wait, the slave will bring you back with good news soon." After speaking, the man had already rushed out like a gust of wind.

Yi'er shook her head, but Qing Li pursed her lips and chuckled on the side, Yi'er glared at her and said, "You dare to laugh at me?" ”

Qing Li smiled and said seriously: "The slave doesn't dare to laugh at Miss, Miss, you see, the slave is grinding ink and waiting for Miss to write." ”

Yi'er threw the pen away, wanting not to write, but after thinking about it, now that the Ripple Courtyard is inconvenient to pass, what else can she do besides practicing calligraphy? So he picked up the pen again, settled down, and began to write again.

It didn't take long for the girl from the green lady to rush in again, and said breathlessly: "Miss, Miss, Madam led the Lord of Huayang County to our Qiuxia Pavilion." ”

Even if Yi'er's temperament is calm, after hearing this, she was stunned for a moment, speaking of which the county lord of Huayang has spoken and dealt with in the Ningguo Mansion, but this time is different from the past, since last night when she came back with tears and said that Jiang You went out of the city to hunt geese, she had a sweet expectation in her heart, and the county lord of Huayang went to see the Li family and came to see her, what this means, it is self-evident, what kind of mood she will have, she really can't say it, but for a moment, she suddenly thought of the ugly daughter-in-law to see her in-laws, Probably that's how she's feeling right now!