Duan Ling'er didn't go to the main hall together, Duan Tianya didn't make a special move, and their ninth room was still in the grounding arranged by Xiao Su's family.

None of them were allowed to move around at will for a month.

Duan Ling'er didn't want to stay in the main hall either, the first thing she had to do had already been done, and now she just had to wait.

Besides, the eldest lady's eyes were very warm when she looked at her, but she was cold all over.

Duan Ling'er complained that she suddenly felt unwell and went back to Hefeng Xiaozhu.

As soon as she entered the door and saw Duan Yu quickly hiding a book behind her, she walked over and stretched out her hand.

Duan Yu's face turned red and made a "shhhhh

Duan Ling'er nodded and took the book.

This is a book of "The Story of the Partridge", which is a story of love and marriage between the hero and heroine, which begins with personal love and ends with marriage. The language is gorgeous and beautiful, rich in algae decoration, but in terms of subject matter, it does not get out of the trap of talented and beautiful women and romantic affairs.

Duan Ling'er shook her head, and suddenly felt a sense of anger and indisputability, and just wanted to scold, but she saw her brother looking depressed, and suddenly understood in her heart that she probably wouldn't see her father, and she was trapped in the identity of a concubine, and her brother should be very painful at this time.

It is also helpless to numb yourself with this kind of market novel.

Duan Ling'er thought of this, so she returned the "Partridge Story" to Duan Yu and sat on the chair without saying a word.

Shen was embroidering a sachet, heard that his daughter was back, stood up and just wanted to speak, but saw An Niang hurriedly walking in from outside, and said to Shen's blessing: "Madam, the master ordered someone to say, the eldest young master, the third young master, and the fifth young master of our house are all back today, and the other young masters can also come back in the afternoon, and the master decided to set up a banquet in the evening, so that our nine rooms are also ready." The eldest lady specially instructed not to be late. ”

The banquet must be attended, but why did the eldest lady send someone to tell An Niang not to be late?

Is the eldest lady so kind?

Duan Ling'er shook the tea bowl, feeling that at this time, in this situation, even if he lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, it was not unavoidable.

"Brother" Duan Ling'er looked up from the tea bowl: "I pretended to be disfigured and deceived the sixth aunt, and now that she has discovered the truth, what do you think she wants to do to us at this banquet?" ”

Duan Yu thought for a while: "It's definitely not a good thing. ”

An Niang pouted: "From the nurse's point of view, you still had a face in front of people just now, according to the sixth aunt's temperament, maybe I want to teach you a lesson while the master and the eldest lady are there!" ”

Duan Ling'er lowered her eyes, Xiao Su's eyes were full of revenge, and the eldest lady wanted to suppress all the rooms, so as to get a better impression and wealth in front of Duan Tianya, so that the business of the silk village under their hands could be better boosted.

If she is not disfigured, will the eldest lady do it to her mother again to get her "adopted daughter"?

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At this time, the eldest lady was sitting on the chaise longue, Duan Lan was full of jewels, and there was no place to put a new treasure.

She reluctantly shook the prosperous reproduction of the jade step down, only to feel that her head was already heavy.

Xiao Su now cried in front of the eldest lady, telling how Duan Ling'er burned the housekeeper and mother-in-law and pretended to be disfigured to deceive herself, the eldest lady listened quietly, raised her hand and let her out.

"Cousin...... No, Madame......" Xiao Su snorted.

"You go out first." The eldest lady could not be ignored, and Xiao Su had no choice but to leave the room.

The eldest lady's maid Hongxing shook her fan, looking at Duan Lan stunned.

"Red apricots." The eldest lady opened her mouth.

"Ma'am." The red apricot shuddered.

"I was so careless that the fan hit the back of the chair just now." The eldest lady's tone was still faint: "Twenty palms." ”

Hongxing's eyes were red, and she fell to her knees with a thud, slapping her face, and her face was swollen after a few slaps.

The eldest lady didn't seem to be able to see the red apricot in front of her, but watched her daughter Duan Lan dress up with interest.

Duan Lan's appearance is very charming, this daughter who is raised like a flower, is about to be noble. After Duan Lan finished dressing up, the eldest Duan Hong looked his sister up and down, and his tone was even more proud: "Sister, your reputation has long spread out of the capital, and my brother was in Shanxi a few months ago, and the officials and wealthy businessmen there heard that his brother had arrived, and they all came to the door to ask for your portrait for his brother, which shows how famous you Duan Lan and Hibiscus are in the water." ”

The eldest lady raised her eyebrows: "What, Rui'er, did you give someone a portrait of your sister?" ”

The second Duan Yuan laughed twice: "Mother, those delusional toads have made our brothers sarcastically scolded away." The eldest lady breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that her daughter was beautiful, and she had been building momentum for her daughter outside all these years, in order to let her daughter be noble one day.

There are many beautiful women in the world, and if you want to be surprised, only the real body is mysterious, and legends are spread among the people, so that you can attract people.

Ordinary people, the more they are curious about things that are out of reach, the greater the momentum, and over the years, Duan Lan has become somewhat famous.

The eldest lady was very satisfied.

When Duan Lan heard the praise, he naturally rejoiced, and walked lightly to his two elder brothers, blessed himself: "My brothers have been used to making fun of Lan'er since I was a child, and my sister's lifelong event still needs my brothers to do their best." ”

At this time, two women walked in, one with charming eyes like silk, and the other was still young and beautiful.

Duan Xiang, the eldest lady's second daughter, laughed: "Brothers, don't just take care of the eldest sister and forget me." ”

The two brothers, Duan Hong and Duan Yuan, laughed: "The two of you are our treasures, and we know our own future." Just ......"

The two looked at Duan Xiao at the same time.

The eldest lady glanced at Duan Xiao and changed the topic: "I heard that the business of the concubines is getting bigger and bigger these days, and they are about to try in Beijing, you brothers, don't let the concubines steal the limelight." ”

"Yes!" Duan Hong and Duan Yuan glanced at each other and replied at the same time.

"Mother, what about the little slut?" Duan Xiang raised his voice.

"What little slut?" Duan Hong took the tea bowl.

"It's the little born to Aunt Nine." Duan Lan snorted coldly.

"My brother also heard about it, and today that girl seems to have been praised by her father."

Duan Lan added fuel to the details of the previous month, and Duan Xiao stood aside without changing his complexion.

"Shut up!" The eldest lady interrupted her daughter's words, and a trace of unhappiness flashed in her eyes: "This is a woman's business, you brothers don't put your mind here, paying more attention to the imperial examination is the key." ”

The eldest and second nodded their heads, but at the same time they thought in their hearts that they should get rid of Duan Ling'er who was blocking the way as soon as possible.

They looked at each other, then doted on their two fellow girls and joked with them.

Duan Xiao sat down and peeled walnuts for the eldest lady, as if he hadn't heard or seen anything.

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Xiao Su returned to his garden, and waved while tidying up his crying makeup.

Mama Li said respectfully beside her: "The girl sent to Hefeng Xiaozhu to report, the nurse of the ninth girl and a few little maids went to fetch bath water with a wooden bucket, and the ninth girl is still waiting in the room." ”

"Fool!" Duan Yun sneered: "The banquet is early, and she is still waiting to take a bath?" Can an ugly finch wash out a swan? ”

Xiao Su put on his makeup very satisfied, and Duan Tong raised his eyebrows to the servants behind him: "Go and guard near the lotus wind building, after Duan Xiaojiu's girl goes out, find an opportunity to push her into the lotus pond and wash her well." ”

"Don't get killed." Xiao Su's smile swelled up in his eyebrows: "Today's auspiciousness, killing this stinky girl is in vain." ”

Duan Tong laughed and bent his waist with a smile.

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The banquet in the mansion was held in the main hall, and Duan Lan held the hand of the eldest lady, attracting the sideways glances of countless servants along the way.

Duan Lan's beauty is talked about even in Yangzhou Duanfu.

Duan Xiang is also beautiful and exquisite.

And Duan Xiao, who is with them today, turned out to be a young lady raised by Yangzhou Duanfu, but now in just two months, the whole appearance has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The house slaves secretly compared several girls, felt that they had their own temperaments, and suddenly remembered the cold of the ninth miss like a clear spring, and they all secretly compared in their hearts.

The others had already arrived, and when they saw the eldest lady hurriedly coming over to say hello, they praised Duan Lan endlessly.

Xiao Su leaned hard against the eldest lady, as if the closer they got to the more they showed the sincerity of their feelings, Duan Tong also pestered Duan Lan to shout "big sister" and kept shouting, but in fact, Duan Lan at this time completely ignored Duan Tong.

She is the protagonist of this banquet.

Except for the big room, Duan Lan didn't care about anyone at this banquet, she set her eyes on the entire banquet.

She Duan Lan is the most dazzling peony, and her sisters and sisters-in-law, even if they are delicate and charming, cannot compare to her beautiful flowers.

Duan Lan is confident that he only needs a little bit of rouge to be able to take advantage of the spring breeze.

On the north side is Duan Tianya, with several seats in the east and west, and there are deputy seats behind the seat, and the chairman of the first line is the eldest lady, the eldest young master, the younger master, Duan Lan, Duan Xiang, and Duan Xiao; the second aunt, the third young master; The third aunt and the fifth girl......

At the end was the seat reserved for the ninth room, where Shen and Duan Yu were sitting with their heads bowed.

On the deputy seat is the daughter-in-law, and then to the back are the face-filling rooms and the girls and grandmothers.

The rest of the people were standing on both sides, serving tea and water, shaking fans and ice in an orderly manner.

The eldest young master, Duan Hong, sat on the second seat in the east, wearing a cyan embroidered brocade dress, with a handsome face, which was extremely eye-catching.

The second Duan Yuan sat on the third guest seat in the east, his hair tied up, and the handsome wheel corridor was very dazzling.

Duan Ling'er's seat was still empty.

The second child has always been lustful, Duan Mansion will release a group of old people every year, adding more than a dozen new maids, the second child took a sip of wine, and glanced at a slave who was serving tea to Duan Tianya, and his eyes could no longer be turned away.

After staring fiercely for a moment, he pushed the boss with his elbow and raised his chin to the slave.

The boss looked in the direction, only to feel that his eyes were full of beauties, but the young slave also made him stunned for an instant.

The two of them exchanged glances with each other, and as they drank wine, there were some whispers of evil words mixed with them.