Chapter 45: Let's go to the spring feast
With the seizure of the old Yang family, Xiao Yang invited a tailor to make two sets of clothes for Shen Qiutan to go out on the same day.
The color and material were all chosen by Shen Qiutan himself, a set of light blue flat corrugated half walls, and a set of moon-white skirts. The colors are not bright, and at a glance, you can see that Shen Qiutan still has the intention of keeping filial piety.
As for the jewelry, Xiao Yang's gave an unprecedented set of plain silver head and two pearl hairpins, although plain silver is not valuable, and the pearl is only the size of a grain of rice, but it is better than nothing.
Early in the morning of April 12, the five girls of the Shen family, regardless of their concubines, went to Cixuan Hall together to greet the old lady.
The old lady had a rare pleasant face, and looked at her granddaughters with a smile.
The fifth girl, Qiumei, is fourteen years old, with a graceful figure, and a cowardly figure, because of her age, she already has the demeanor of a girl, like a spring flower on a spring branch, very shy and soft, Mrs. Shen nodded secretly, hoping that Qiumei can take advantage of this time to show her face, find a good mother-in-law, and also strengthen the momentum of the Marquis's Mansion; The sixth girl Qiu Tong has a perfect goose egg face, although her complexion is not the best, but it is rare and dignified, Yao's own mean nature, and her daughter is much better than the fourth daughter-in-law; Then, the old lady's eyes turned to the twin sisters, the two of them smiled, looking at the old Yang's eyes with admiration and closeness, the old Yang was still angry with the little Yang, and when he saw the two granddaughters like this, he also let go; Finally, I went to see Shen Qiutan again, and after returning home for a month, not only did I get fat, but Shen Qiutan's originally thin face also had meat.
Looking at it this way, although the body is still very thin, but on the white and red face, a pair of eyes are like ink of paint, black and bright, plus a small nose and reddish diamond lips, the spirit is clear, but it has become the most eye-catching one among the sisters.
Old Yang immediately thought of Gu Panpan, who had been dead for many years, and sure enough, it was Jianzhong who was a slut, and her heart turned over for a while, but after all, she settled down, and gave Shen Qiutan a smile for the first time.
"Okay, let's go, between sisters, it doesn't matter how you make trouble at home, but when you go out, they are all children of the Shen family, and they must help each other. Don't be rude in front of outsiders. ”
The five girls saluted as it should be.
Shen Qiutan was surprised.
This old Yang can't be possessed by something, right? To be able to say such a thing is too different from before.
She glanced at it quietly and found that although the corners of Lao Yang's mouth were smiling, there was a familiar gloom in his eyes, and Shen Qiutan was relieved.
The person is still the same person, but it seems to have changed tactics.
It's okay to be like this, Lao Yang wants to be "more able to be a man", and he should be more cautious.
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The Shen family used a total of two carriages, Xiao Yang took his twin daughters to ride one, and Shen Qiutan naturally went with Shen Qiumei and Shen Qiutong.
The eldest princess of Longqing is the only daughter of the queen mother, although the queen mother is the successor, in terms of generation, the eldest princess of Longqing is not as noble as the eldest princess of Changshou, but it is still the existence of ordinary nobles.
The queen mother knew that her daughter's fief was not as good as Changshou, so when she built the princess's mansion for her daughter Longqing, she put a lot of effort into it. In a place like the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, the Longqing Princess's Mansion not only has a good location and a wide area, but also a well-known Beijing Garden is connected to the Princess's Mansion.
This garden is called Ai Garden.
It was specially built by the emperor in order to please the queen, among which the pavilions and pavilions, the flowers and trees are sparse, the rockery and the flowing water are everywhere.
Ai Yuan is the witness of the love of the eldest princess of Changshou, the queen mother, and should be given to the eldest princess of Changshou, but in the end it became the private property of the daughter of the queen mother.
This spring feast was set up in Ai Yuan.
The daughters of the Shen family set off quite early, but before they could see the shadow of Ai Yuan, the carriage was blocked.
Shen Qiutong lifted the corner of the curtain, looked forward cautiously, and found that the carriages crowded in front of him were all luxurious and wealthy, needless to say, they should all be going to the banquet.
In this way, it was originally only half an hour away, but after walking for more than an hour, the Shen family's carriage arrived at the gate of Ai Yuan.
The eldest princess of Longqing has a noble status, so naturally she will not greet guests in person, let alone a marginal family like the Shen family.
Shen Qiutong glanced at Shen Qiutan: "Don't look around for a while, as if you haven't seen the world." He looked at Shen Qiumei again: "Don't cower and don't even dare to raise your head." ”
This is to remind himself and the fifth sister, although the tone is blunt and Shen Qiutong is also arrogant, but Shen Qiutan is not angry, but feels more and more cute Shen Qiutong.
The three sisters helped each other out of the carriage and joined the twins.
The arrogant twins also knew that this was not the time to make jokes, so they greeted Shen Qiutan very softly, Xiao Yang had no post and couldn't go in, but she was not ready to leave, she only ordered the coachman to find a place to stop, and before sunset, it was cheap to pick up people again, and many families did the same.
As soon as they heard that it was the five girls from the Jingping Marquis Mansion, a maidservant girl led them into the Ai Garden.
Shen Qiutan didn't squint, but he had already seen the way clearly.
In her previous life, she had been to the Lingering Garden, Yi Garden, and Humble Administrator's Garden, and the Ai Garden in front of her was naturally graceful and beautiful, dripping green and even green, and everywhere revealed the deep and curved nature of the southern garden.
Shen Qiutong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that she didn't show surprise, and went to look at the twins again, but saw that the eyes of the two were glued to the golden phoenix hairpin worn by the daughter of the unknown family not far away. Late Qiutong coughed lightly, and the twins seemed to wake up from a dream, and the two looked at each other, not knowing what they had in mind.
After the twists and turns of the corridor, see the spring flowers all the way fresh, then arrive at the fragrant and fragrant peony flower field, there is a flat grass in the middle of the flower field, there is a stone pavilion wooden chair on the grass again, called the spring platform, according to the little maid, this is a place for the girls to enjoy the spring and rest.
The five sisters of the Shen family came neither early nor late, and at this time, there were already many female dependents on the Spring Appreciation Platform. But as soon as they came, they still attracted a lot of attention, and it was really the nearest Shen family, some of which were too famous......
These gazes are scrutinized, inquiring, and even contemptuous.
Shen Qiutong clenched her fingers, trying her best to maintain her dignity, but in fact, she was very sad, Shen Qiutan took her hand: "Fifth sister, let's go over there and have a look." ”
Shen Qiumei is where others go and where she goes, the twins are also the first time to come to this spring banquet, and they haven't found a familiar person for a while, so they also followed Shen Qiutan to the hidden place where the peony flowers are hidden.
"Hide? So what's the point of us coming? The twins saw through Shen Qiutan's meaning and were a little unhappy.
Shen Qiutan said indifferently: "The two sisters, please take care of yourself." ”
If you don't hide, is it difficult to come up with any limelight?
Shen Qiutong said: "You guys stop a little, wait for a while, there are more people, and then we go out, it will not be so conspicuous." She knew that the twins wanted to make friends, so why didn't she want to?
It's just that those people's eyes are too straightforward, and she can't stand it.
The five girls were silent speechlessly, and suddenly heard a commotion: "The three girls of the Gao family have arrived!" ”