Chapter Seventy-Nine: You Xing
Chapter Seventy-Nine: You Xing
I have to say that Princess Gaoyang's sources are still very well-informed. When Fang Xuanling came back that night, she brought back the news that the queen would invite the ladies of the families to take the ladies of the appropriate age to visit the Daming Palace three days later.
The whole Fang family, from Mrs. Lu and Du Shi, who were the masters, to Tianfu and Tianxi, all became nervous. But Yongning's mind was still on King Wei's plan, she had quietly informed Fang Xuanling of the matter, and Fang Xuanling's ugly face at that time made her feel an ominous premonition.
Until the day of the meeting, Mrs. Lu still couldn't decide what color clothes to let Yongning wear. The delicate yellow color has always been in line with the queen's eyes, but the begonia red is delicate, and it is particularly moving against Yongning...... In the end, Princess Gaoyang sent someone to send a message, saying that the young lady of the eldest grandson's family prepared a yellow and green dress today, which made Mrs. Lu make up her mind to choose the color of begonia red for Yongning, and simply matched the hairpin ring of hibiscus jade, and then someone combed Yongning with makeup.
Yongning has never liked the Tang people's painting and makeup methods, and always felt that it would make people breathless, but today she didn't want to be outstanding, so she had to be patient. A series of powders, rouge, thrushes, appliques, veneers. After the steps of slanting red, applying lip grease and so on, although Mrs. Lu and the others were very impressed, Yongning still felt that he could no longer recognize who the girl in the bronze mirror was.
Since getting in the car, Mrs. Lu has been pulling Yongning to speak, from the queen's preferences, to the background of the daughter who will be present today, to the proportions that need to be paid attention to when speaking, although she has been nagging Yongning about these things in the past few days, but she still can't help but explain it again at this time. Yongning also knew that Mrs. Lu was nervous, and today was her first step into the social circle, as a mother, Mrs. Lu naturally hoped that she could take this step steadily, at least not make mistakes.
Yongning caressed the dark pattern of the group embroidery outlined by the gold and silver threads on the skirt, and secretly had a hunch that it would probably not go well today. Because it is a crowd gathered in the name of Youxing Daming Palace, the place of the gathering is naturally located in Daming Palace, the reason is that the water lilies in the Taiye Pool of Daming Palace are opened......
When Mrs. Lu and Yongning rushed to Penglai Mountain next to Taiye Pond, there were already many people gathered there, among whom were familiar with Mrs. Lu, so Mrs. Lu took Yongning into the crowd to socialize. Yongning has always been a home-loving person, and he has a deep hatred for such a thing, but when he is forced to this step, he can only pretend to be a lady with a smiling face. These ladies are basically standing next to their own daughters, and the topic is going around their daughters, and Yongning wants to be sleepy when he listens to it.
This Penglai Mountain is indeed a good place to enjoy the scenery, only a small effort, the surrounding scenery will attract Yongning's attention to the past. She tugged at the hem of Madame La Rue's garment. Then he whispered, and turned around and walked to a secluded corner to enjoy the flowers.
There are a few osmanthus plants planted in this corner of Yongning, which have faintly budded, although the sweet taste of osmanthus has not yet been released, but the stars are white, but people can't help but feel happy. Yongning was looking at it, and suddenly a girl's voice came from behind: "You, are the talented daughter of the Fang Xiang family?" ”
Yongning was stunned for a moment, and then looked back and saw a girl in an aqua blue dress standing there. "Talented girls don't dare to be, the little girl is surnamed Fang, may I ask who you ......are" Yongning was sure that he had never seen this girl, and she was definitely not within the scope of Mrs. Lu's introduction just now.
"Lanling Xiao Clan, Xiao Qingyi." When the girl introduced herself, she looked proud.
It's a pity that Yongning has never heard of the Lanling Xiao clan at all, so she just nodded lightly, indicating that she knew, she just wanted to turn around and continue to enjoy the flowers, and suddenly thought, isn't Gaozong's concubine surnamed Xiao? It can't be this one, right? Thinking of this in her heart, she immediately looked up and down seriously at this Xiao Qingyi.
It's supposed to be a pretty girl. At least in good shape. After all, the age is there, and she is two or three years older than Yongning, but unfortunately the makeup of the Tang Dynasty is really ruined, and she can't see what this girl's facial features look like. The sound is very good, plus points; The demeanor is very feminine, which is a plus; The family background should be not bad, continue to add points...... In general, if she wants to face Li Zhi, a comrade for the rest of her life, excluding Yongning, then she still has a good impression of Xiao Qingyi in front of her.
Xiao Qingyi was not dissatisfied with Yongning's scrutiny, but added a bit of pride, she walked forward slowly, looked up at the osmanthus that Yongning had been looking at, and said: "Although I have only been in Chang'an for a short time, I often attend some banquets, why have I never seen Miss Fang?" ”
Yongning felt a little helpless in her heart, this girl was too self-centered, she also turned around with Xiao Qingyi's movements, then looked up at the osmanthus tree, and said: "I have been weak since I was a child, and I have stayed outside the city all year round to recuperate. ”
In fact, after Yongning returned from distress with King Jin that day, the news of her physical damage came out, but neither the royal nor the Fang family went out to clarify, so that the rumors only stopped at rumors, but as Yongning grew older and did not appear in the social circle, the spread of this rumor expanded a little. However, even if these people who are spreading rumors, hindering the dignity of King Jin and the royal family, they will never mention such a topic in front of the Fang family. This Xiao Qingyi ...... Yongning had some different thoughts about this girl.
"I see...... Xiao Qingyi glanced at Yongning with squinted eyes, and then continued: "I also heard about it." Miss Fang is familiar with His Royal Highness King Jin? ”
Yongning raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Xiao Qingyi, there is nothing wrong with this girl, right? There are many words without mistakes, can this be asked in this place? Moreover, the identity is not appropriate...... "I don't know who Miss Xiao listened to?" Yongning dared to answer, and asked back directly.
"This ......" Xiao Qingyi suddenly understood that she was in a hurry, and said with some embarrassment: "Anyway, everyone is talking...... Oh, my aunt is calling me, I'll go over first......" With that, she hurried towards one of the women in the crowd.
Yongning was relieved when he saw Xiao Qingyi leave. But she was secretly surprised in her heart, it is not a secret that she is familiar with King Jin, after all, almost everyone knows about the same life and death, but at this juncture, it is suddenly taken out and passed on, there are some problems. This made her more and more determined that she must be honest today, and if she can, she must not come out.
After a while, Yongning suddenly found that the corner where she was staying was lively, and when she came back to her senses, there were already three or four girls standing together in twos and threes, looking around these pitiful osmanthus trees. She turned around and looked at Mrs. Lu's position, thought about it, and felt that it was better to continue to stand here and be quietly watched, so she calculated the time. It will probably be a little while before the queen arrives.
What can a group of little girls do standing together? Naturally, it's gossip! Yongning was naturally conspicuous when she stood here alone, but when she stood in the middle of this beautiful woman, she was not conspicuous at all. Yongning also loves to listen to gossip, but if she becomes the object of other people's gossip, it is really not a pleasant thing. Especially when people deliberately whisper something you don't like in a voice that you will be able to hear, it feels terrible.
In the mouths of these girls, she really became a popular candidate for Princess Jin, but the reason for being selected was not because of her affection, but because she relied on the credit for saving King Jin back then to ask for debts, although His Royal Highness King Jin was dissatisfied. But he didn't want to be ungrateful and discredited...... Then some people even said about Yongning's injuries back then, where and where the injuries were, how serious and serious they were, and said that if they don't bother King Jin again, they don't want to marry in this life......
Yongning was glad that the makeup on his face was thickly painted, and no one could see the change in his face.
Mrs. Lu finally coped with it and remembered Yongning, I originally saw her standing in the middle of a group of ladies, and thought that her daughter had changed sex and could communicate with strangers, but after a few glances at Mrs. Lu, she realized that something was wrong, Yongning was simply isolated in the crowd, and she hurriedly and softly called Yongning to come over. "What's wrong? But wronged? Mrs. Lu had a quiet smile on her face, which did not match the tone of her speech at all.
Yongning smiled slightly and said, "I thought it would be like this before I came...... Mother, don't worry about me. ”
Mrs. Lu nodded, helped Yongning straighten her sideburns, and said, "That's why my mother doesn't want you to marry into a wealthy family, it's too hard to socialize, where can you stand this with this temperament?" Yongning, the road ahead will eventually have to be walked by yourself, you must think clearly...... Daddy doesn't ask you for anything, as long as you are well, safe and happy, Daddy and Daddy will be happy......"
Yongning's eyes were red for a moment, but he quickly held back, put on a sweet and lovely smile, and said, "Don't worry, mother, no matter what situation I find myself in, I will let myself live happily!" ”
Before Mrs. Lu could speak again, she heard a message from an attendant outside: "The queen has arrived-"
The sound of the word was getting closer and closer, and everyone in front of Penglai Mountain found their place to stay, and then knelt on the ground to meet them. After waiting for the big ceremony, Yongning looked up and found that Changsun Jing was actually standing beside the queen, and she came with the queen!
Yongning and Changsun Jing haven't seen each other for many years, and their life circles are too incompatible. The eldest grandson Jing was two years older than Li Zhi, the king of Jin. She is sixteen years old this year, the same age as flowers, today she is wearing an apricot yellow summer shirt, with a light yellow half-sleeve on the outside, but the skirt is tender green, and the branches on the skirt are embroidered with hibiscus flowers, which makes her figure more and more tall, and the makeup on her face wants to reflect more noble.
The way Eldest Sun Jing appeared in this way made the daughters present a little less hostile to Yongning, but it was only at this moment that their eyes looking at Yongning were no longer hostile, but replaced with ridicule.
Yongning felt that it didn't matter, but Mrs. Lu clenched Yongning's hand unwillingly.
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