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On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were mothers and sons talking in the deep palace, grandchildren chatting in Liufang Hutong, and the Shangguan Mansion in the hat Hutong was naturally not idle.

As soon as Qingdai returned home, Qingwei came to Rongxi Hall to inquire about the news.

"Third sister, third sister, no one arrived, the sound came first.

Qing Dai shook her head, "Here!" Stop shouting! ，．

The curtain at the door opened, and Qingwei, who was wearing a small satin jacket with foundation begonia flowers, walked in, her little face was flushed, her nose fluttered, and her mouth made a snoring and panting sound, looking like she was running.

Qing Dai took a handkerchief to help her wipe the fine sweat on her forehead, "What are you anxious about?" I can't run again. ，”

Qingwei let Qingdai help her wipe her sweat, threw off her shoes and climbed onto the kang, sat cross-legged next to the small table, and waited for Qingdai to tell her about the same in the palace.

Qing Dai carried the kettle and poured a glass of water and pushed it in front of Qing Wei, "Drink the saliva and then speak." ,, Qingwei took a big sip, "Third sister, is it big in the palace?" I heard that the lady who lives in it is beautiful and beautiful, like a fairy in a painting? ,,"Drink slowly, no one will rob you!" ,, Qingdai glanced at Qingwei, "Who told you?" ,,""Tinglan! She said that her cousin was the queen's mother, who was handsome. ，．

"Well, there are many palaces in the palace, the houses are very large, and the painted auspicious clouds and dragons and phoenixes are painted on the beams, and the queen mother is noble and elegant, and the queen mother is graceful and dignified, and the best one is Princess Duanyang." ,, none of the concubines and ladies I saw in the Daqi Palace are really not good-looking, and the quality is much better than the photos of a certain emperor's concubine that I have seen in my previous life. But among the people I saw, the most beautiful one was Jiu Niangniang's mother.

Qingwei chattered and asked what to eat, what to wear, and what to see, and Qingdai answered them one by one.

Qingwei listened to what Qing Dai said, and her face was fascinated, "I really want to take a look!" ,,"There's always a chance. It's that the rules in the palace are big, I went with my grandmother to meet the queen's mother, and I stood at the Shunzhen Gate for an hour, and I didn't even see the mother's face after worshipping. ，．

"What? An hour? ，．

"Well, I calculated, get off from Shenwu Gate, then go to Shunzhen Gate to line up to meet, and then go to the queen's Kunning Palace to worship, it took more than two hours, until I went to Yueyin Pavilion to have a place to sit and rest" I got up three times in the middle and saluted the lords of each palace. Finally, when I was dining in Yonghua Palace, I saw the queen from afar. ，．

Looking at Qingwei's stunned expression, Qing Dai squinted and smiled, mō her head, "This time the third sister went in to see it, and next time you see you, you must grandmother take you in to see the world." ，．

Qingwei's little face fell, and she was no longer interested in entering the palace, and said: "I heard my mother say that the palace did a good job for my father in the palace, and the emperor gave a basket of crabs, and the family held a banquet in the back garden in the evening, admiring the moon and drinking and eating crabs. ，．

"Hmm! ,, Qingdai nodded, and the joy of teasing Qingwei just now suddenly faded.

"I haven't eaten crabs since I arrived in Qingyang, I really want to! Third sister, you are more blessed than me! I shouldn't have followed my father and mother to Qingyang in the first place! ,, Looking at Qingwei's excited little face, talking about the longing slander on the face of the crab, Qingdai couldn't help laughing, "Even if there is no father's pain, no mother's love, don't you have a grandmother by your side, and Qingwei."

"A full moon hangs high in the sky.

There are red lanterns hanging at the four corners of the pavilion in the back garden, and a table of wine and food is set up in the pavilion, and the whole family gathers together to enjoy the moon and eat wine, and Aunt Liu is also allowed to eat.

At the beginning of the banquet, Shangguan Hong said two auspicious words, the old lady carried wine, everyone raised their glasses and drank together, and then began to eat.

Because it's moon viewing, there is no rule for the whole family to eat in the past, and everyone is very casual. Qingwei ate the crab and began to play with Shangguan Xu in Xiao Feng's arms. Qingqiang also changed her silence during this period, and would always make a joke or two, which made the old lady and everyone laugh. Later, Shangguan Xi and Shangguan Jie responded to the scene with two poems, and Qinglian also made a subcouplet, which was praised by Shangguan Hong, and Aunt Liu couldn't hide the smile on her face.

Qing Dai ate with vegetables one by one, occasionally glanced at Qingwei and Shangguan Xu, and most of the time sat quietly, without saying a word, just watching the excitement of others.

On the night of the reunion on August 15, this is the first Mid-Autumn Festival I have spent with my family after coming to Daqi. If it weren't for the Mid-Autumn Festival three years ago, after her grandmother sighed overnight, she might not have known that this day was the day when her mother and father got married, let alone the treatment her mother had received. Looking at the picture in front of her, thinking of the woman who had never been in front of her, Qingdai felt an indescribable sourness in her heart.

During the banquet, the old lady suddenly remembered Bi Tao, and turned her face to ask Aunt Liu about Bi Tao's situation.

Xiao Feng grabbed in front of Aunt Liu and replied: "Bi Tao is pregnant, and her daughter-in-law is afraid that she will catch a cold outside, so she prepared a table of wine and food and sent it to Lanyue Xuan. ，…

Aunt Liu said: "There is also Bicao with you." ,, The old lady nodded with satisfaction, ""Hanyan, you have bothered a lot these days." ，．

"What the old lady said, this is what Hanyan should do. Aunt Liu obediently responded, and glanced at Shangguan Hong, who was sitting on the top. Shangguan Hong happened to also look at her, and nodded at her gently, and Aunt Liu was suddenly full of spring breeze.

Xiao Feng, who was sitting next to Shangguan Hong, saw the two of them eyebrows, tugged at the chún corner, and reached out under the table to put a handful on Shangguan Hong's big tuǐ. Shangguan Hong retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at Xiao Feng, who lowered his head to tease his son, sighed silently, and also lowered his head to tease Shangguan Xu.

The old lady glanced at the silent Qing Dai, and then looked at the son beside her who was bowing her head and teasing Shangguan Jie, shook her head slightly, and asked Qing Dai who was sitting at the bottom: "Dai girl, why don't you eat it?" ,, The old lady asked, and everyone looked at Qingdai.

Qing Dai hurriedly smiled: "Grandmother, you see the difference, where did I not eat?" I looked at the table full of favorite dishes, and I didn't know which one to eat, so I had to eat slowly, one by one.

Qinglian looked at Qingdai with a smile, "The third sister is really good at talking. Now that you enter the palace, is the treasure in the palace really as extraordinary as it is said outside? ”

Qing Dai didn't speak yet, but Qing Qiang next to the old lady glared at Qing Lian, "No matter how extraordinary the treasure rubbing is Baiwei, it's not the same for people to eat." Qinglian sneered and was silent, she didn't expect Qingqiang to jump out to help Qingdai speak.

Qing Dai smiled and said: "I just watched the dishes serve one by one, and followed everyone to the queen mother, queen,

The princess toasted, but she didn't eat much, and she really didn't notice the difference in those dishes. The second sister's father is well-informed, you should ask your father about this. As he spoke, he didn't forget to glance at Shangguan Hong.

The crescent-like smiling eyes made Shangguan Hong stunned for a moment, coughed twice, and casually ordered two dishes with the names of Qinglian perfunctory. Qinglian just listened to Shangguan Hong's words, and stopped mentioning the affairs in the palace.

When the feast was over, the crowd dispersed.

After returning to Rongxi Hall, the old lady summoned Qingdai to her room to talk.

"When I came back from the palace, I saw that you were talking and laughing, why did you enjoy the moon at night without Jingshen?"

Qingdai leaned against her grandmother's side, "Xu is nose." You're tired from the day, so rest early! ”

The old lady stroked Qingdai's hair, "Later, I will ask someone to go to Jiangning to pick up Mama Fang."

"Mama Fang's youngest son has been on an errand in the Wang family, and when the Qingdai family moved to the capital, Mama Fang did not follow and returned to Jiangning.

"No need. Her sons are all in Jiangning, and she has never stayed in the north, so she is afraid that she will not be able to adapt to it. ”

Qing Dai sat up, "Grandmother, I'm fine. Don't worry, after looking forward to it for so many years, we should be happy that our family has finally gotten together again. ”

The old lady knew that Qing Dai had always been smart, and she didn't need to break it herself, but she also understood what she meant, and she blamed her son in her heart, and felt that her granddaughter was sensible and pitiful, so she had nothing to say for a while, so she had to sigh softly and send Qing Dai back to rest.

Coming out of the old lady's room, Qingdai took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, and the turbidity that spit out seemed to take away the full heart. The courtyard was quiet, the silver glow that spread throughout the courtyard was cold and dazzling, she looked up at the lonely moon on the canopy above her head, whispered a familiar tune, and slowly paced back to the east chamber.

Early the next morning, Qing Dai went to greet the old lady, and it happened that Xiao Feng also came with Qingwei and Shangguan Xu. Qingdai greeted the two, and then sat down next to Qingwei.

Xiao Feng glanced at Qing Dai, who was sitting upright, and then looked back at Qing Wei, who was twisting her buttocks, and became more and more determined in her heart, so she said to the old lady: "Mother, I heard Mrs. Chen next door some time ago that there is a relative in Mrs. Yongningbo's family who used to be a female official in the palace of the former emperor and concubine, and after she was released from the palace at an age, she opened a women's school in Sanxian Hutong, and hired two grandmothers who retired from the palace to teach etiquette rules and female popularity to the nobles of various provinces in Beijing. I heard that the eldest girl of the Zhao family, the second girl of the Zhou family, and the girl of the Wang family have all studied in it for a few years. The daughter-in-law thought that Qinglian should be in time for two years, should she also be sent to learn some etiquette rules? ”

The old lady nodded, "I also know that gentleman, but she is somewhat famous in Beijing. ”

"I heard that the female gentleman is very strict in accepting students. My daughter-in-law is not familiar with the place in the capital, do you want to help find someone to talk to? ”

"You don't have to worry about that." The old lady glanced at Qingdai and Zhiwei, "Since you are going, let Qingdai and Qingwei go together." ”

Xiao Feng was overjoyed, "Then there is Mother Lao!" She actually wanted Qingwei to go, but because her daughter still had two sisters, it was not easy to mention it clearly, so she just waited for the old lady to agree, but she didn't expect the old lady to say it herself.

Women's Academy? Qingdai lowered her head and snapped her fingers, she studied with Mama Zhu and the old lady at home for three years, and it was only a few months after moving to the capital, and she was going to school again. How many years has she not been to school?

When Qingwei heard that she was going to school, her head suddenly grew big, "Mother, Qingwei is still young and doesn't want to go." ”

Xiao Feng's face changed, "How can you object to the things decided by the elders. The third sister began to learn female red needlework when she was your age, and now you know how to play all day long, and it is time to take care of it. ”

"Okay, okay, don't discipline her. Qingwei is a lively xìng, and it's normal that she can't sit still.

After all, she was still young. ”

As soon as the old lady said this, Xiao Feng stopped talking. Qingwei had someone to support her, and she was bold, so she jumped off the chair and walked to the old lady's side, "Grandmother, Qingwei doesn't want to go. ”

The old lady patted Qingwei's little brain, "Silly girl, girls are all going to get married. You won't suffer a loss after going to the academy to learn some real skills. Your mother is busy preparing for the marriage of your eldest sister and eldest brother, and your grandmother has no heart to take care of you, so she happens to go with your sisters. ,, Qingwei resisted to no avail, raised her eyes and asked Qingdai for help, Qingdai squeezed her eyes, then looked at the old lady and said: "Grandmother, mother, I will accompany Qingwei to go, you can rest assured." ”

"Third sister!" Qingwei didn't expect Qingdai to agree, so she pouted angrily.

"Fourth sister, I can meet new friends when I go to the school. Maybe Lanting will go back too, you really don't want to go? As soon as she heard that Lanting would go, Qingwei thought for a while, "Then I'll go!" ”

Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Qing Dai and nodded, very satisfied with her performance just now.

The old lady explained a few more words to Xiao Feng, and Qing Dai and the others went back to their rooms.

The next day, the old lady went out. On the twentieth day, Qing Dai got the news, and on the twenty-fifth, the old lady was going to take the three sisters to Sanxian Hutong, so that the female gentleman could take a look, and then decide whether they could enter the museum. @。