Chapter 77: A Good Feast (2)
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The Yellow Canal is the water source of the Hibiscus Pond, the water is big and clear, the willow trees are densely planted on the embankment, and the grass under the trees is very suitable for a picnic. Li Manniang responded, asked the entourage to step forward to arrange the screen, spread the banquet, take out the food and wine brought and put it on the table, and asked who was the first to take the lead.
"Of course it's me, how's that? Is it good-looking? A lady surnamed Xu greeted her with a smile, and ostentatiously stretched her head in front of Li Manniang and Peony and shook it from side to side, and the bow and hairpin on her bun trembled slightly, as if she was about to flutter her wings and fly.
Li Manniang gave her a handful and scolded with a smile: "You have to be scared." β
A lady surnamed Huang smiled: "Who doesn't know her temper, she will cry if she loses, and she will show off if she wins, for the sake of our people's ears to be clean, or she will cry, so let her win, Mrs. Xu raised her eyebrows, pounced over and pinched Mrs. Huang's mouth, and scolded with a smile: "If your subordinates are defeated, there is only one mouth left." The two twisted together regardless of their image, and everyone watched the joke on the sidelines, and the atmosphere was very warm and relaxed.
Li Manniang smiled and asked Peony, "What's the matter?" It's different from the people you have in Liu, right? β
Peony ran under the sun for a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his body, and he smiled while fanning the wind with a handkerchief: "It's really different." "The style of these military attachΓ©s is more like the way of communication between modern girlfriends, relaxed and free, not so exquisite. Unlike Madame Bai, the noble women of the family always reveal a kind of elegance and dignity in their words and deeds, although they feel pleasing to the eye, they also feel heavy and restrained.
While speaking, the attendant had already arranged the banquet, wine and food, etc., and beckoned everyone to enter the table, Xue Niang naturally sat down with the peony, pestering the peony and said: "The fragrance of this lotus on my sister is more fragrant than before, I have heard that some incense will taste better after sweating, it seems to be true." 79 Free Reading Network 79? β
Peony heard Xue Niang say this, put her sleeve to her nose and sniffed, sure enough, the fragrance was stronger, and said: "It's my brother's match, I don't know how to get you if you like it, I'll pretend to be some after I go back and ask my cousin to pass it on to you." β
Xue Niang smiled: "Why bother so much, my family lives in Buzheng Fang, and when the time comes, you can send someone directly to my house." We've only been from out of town for a year or two, and we don't know what a good fragrance is, and I'm often laughed at. Okay, this time, you have a spice shop at home, and you know what is good and fragrant better than others, just tell me. See who dares to laugh at me. β
Peony was silent. In her opinion, it's not that the incense used by Xue Niang is not good, those people are just deceiving them, not a famous family, and their background is not high. The view of the door exists at any time. But she didn't want to discuss this topic with Xue Niang. I warmly promised Xue Niang that if there is any new fragrance to match, I will be the first to share it with her. Xue Niang was very happy, and suddenly became a little closer to the peony.
The funny Mrs. Huang clapped her hands and said with a smile: "It's not fun to drink and eat like this, let's use the wine beard to persuade the bar." This proposal was echoed by everyone.
Madame Huang called the crowd to sit around, and ordered a silver plate to be placed in the center, and a puppet carved with a high nose and blue eyes and the image of a bearded man was taken out, and placed on the plate to spin. As soon as the mustache began to spin, the crowd began to applaud and scream, lest they stop in front of them.
Peony was still embarrassed to scream before, but after the first glass of wine fell into her mouth, she couldn't get that much from her neck, and applauded and screamed with everyone. While he was having fun, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a large group of people whistled loudly and galloped towards this side from the direction of the capital.
Everyone stopped the game for a while and got up to watch the excitement. 79 free reading network 79 A group of brightly dressed people, both men and women, are very young, crotch 79 free reading network book friends 79 free reading network 79 free reading network book friends updated horses are all high-headed horses, colorful decorations, very exquisite, really freshly clothed horses, wanton flying.
At first, a woman in a red dress with a fallen horsetail, naturally beautiful and with a beautiful smile, she waved her whip vigorously, looked intently ahead, and from time to time played some tricks, waving her whip left and right to stop those who were about to overtake her.
Peony can see clearly that this person is the county lord of Qinghua. She couldn't help but wonder why her luck was so bad, and she would meet this plague god when she came out. In line with the principle of not causing trouble, Peony decided to sit back and not let people find her.
Suddenly, someone screamed that it was who had fallen from the horse, and the sound of the horse's hooves suddenly became rhythmic, and then a group of people scattered in all directions, trying not to let their horse's hooves step on the fallen man. Peony hid behind Li Manniang and could see clearly, the one who fell from the horse was a young woman in a blue round-necked robe, one of her feet was still hanging on the horse's pedal, and she was dragged forward by the panicked horse, neither struggling nor shouting, silently, as if dead.
The people who went with her were all in control of their horses, and they might not care about her life or death for a while. Peony felt a layer of cold sweat all over her body, and trembled uncontrollably. Because she saw that the reason why the horse would be because the whip of the county lord of Qinghua swept into the eyes of the horse. I don't know what kind of sad woman she is, she accidentally offended the county lord of Qinghua, so she would suffer such a big loss.
While she was pondering, Li Manniang had already run out quickly, pulled out a knife from the attendant, and her fat body turned over on the horse very nimbly, and chased after her with a whip. After catching up with the startled horse, he leaned out his waist, raised his arm, the cold light flashed, the horse's pedal tether was cut, the female committee fell to the ground, the horse galloped out, Li Manniang also immediately stopped the horse, put away the knife in his hand, turned over and dismounted. Squat down to see how the woman was doing.
At this time, the county lord of Qinghua and the others had already reined in and fell back, and soon surrounded Li Manniang and the woman in the middle.
Mrs. Dou, Mrs. Huang and the others glanced at each other and decided to go up and have a look, so as not to suffer a loss for Li Manniang's kindness.
Peony was a little hesitant, she also wanted to go up to see Li Manniang, but her intuition told her that it was better for her not to appear in front of the county lord of Qinghua, otherwise it might be counterproductive. Xue Niang didn't care about so much, so she took Peony's hand and said adoringly: "Sister, let's go and see it too." I can't see that Mrs. Li is so fat, but she is so profitable. β
Peony withdrew her hand, rushed to Mrs. Dou and said, "Madam, I have something to say to you." β
Mrs. Dou was worried about Li Manniang in her heart, for fear that she would suffer a loss, and felt that what was going on with this cousin and niece brought by Li Manniang, not only did she not care, but she also added chaos here, so she was a little impatient: "I'll talk about it later." β
Peony didn't care about that much, and said hurriedly: "I know the leader of the county, he is the lord of Qinghua. She and I have a bit of a feud. β
This reminder is very important, this group of people is not ordinary people, they are noble relatives of the clan, so we must pay attention to the way when dealing with conversations. The impatience between Mrs. Dou's eyebrows dissipated, and she whispered to Peony: "Then you stay here with Xue Niang, don't go over, let's just go and see." It's going to be fine. β
Xue Niang was very dissatisfied, she couldn't stand her mother's stern gaze and Peony's preoccupied appearance, after all, she still took Peony's hand very obediently and said, "Then I'll accompany Sister He to wait here." β
The two stood behind the screen, looking out through the gap in the screen. But seeing that Mrs. Dou led several women with solemn expressions, walked over with her chest held high, and after standing outside the crowd and saying a few words, the crowd dispersed, revealing the situation inside. The woman who had fallen from the horse was lying lifeless on the ground, Li Manniang was checking her injuries, and a woman in a carmine beard was anxiously squatting to the side.
A young goddess in a green beard robe excitedly pointed to what the county lord of Yuhua was saying, and the county lord of Qinghua looked at the woman with an innocent face and whispered something. The woman in green was furious, and without thinking, she raised her whip to smoke the county lord of Qinghua, and the rest of the people hurriedly stopped her and made a mess. The county lord of Qinghua looked at him coldly from the side, did not dodge, did not persuade, and was calm. I don't feel guilty at all.
Xue Niang had just learned the identity of the county lord of Qinghua, and she couldn't ask what kind of feud there was between the two from Peony's mouth, so she became interested in the identity of the woman in the green beard: "This is also a county lord, right?" Look at how dare she whip the county lord. β
Peony said: "Probably." This woman in green, she remembered what she had seen in the tent of the eldest princess of Kangcheng during the festival, when this woman wore a very delicate crown of gold silk on her head, and always whispered to the lord of Qinghua, so she looked at it twice. She also thought that this person had a good relationship with the county lord of Qinghua, but today it seems that it is incompatible. But she can be sure that the identity of the woman lying on the ground must not be as good as that of the county lord of Qinghua, otherwise the county lord of Tsinghua would not dare to be so arrogant.
Not long after, someone got a simple stretcher over, and carefully lifted the woman who fell off the horse on the stretcher, the woman in green was persuaded by everyone, spit on the lord of Qinghua resentfully, and thanked Li Manniang, and took the woman in the carmine and beard and a dozen or so people dressed as followers to follow the stretcher and turn around in the direction of the capital.
At this time, the county lord of Qinghua had already talked to Li Manniang, Mrs. Dou and others with a smile. Peony didn't know what they were talking about, but she could see the look of embarrassment and rejection on the faces of Li Manniang and Mrs. Dou. The county lord of Qinghua was like a cowhide plaster, and he took the lead in walking over to the place where everyone was feasting.
Peony was taken aback, but still couldn't hide? She clenched her fists, since she couldn't dodge, she was calm, could it be that she could still hide for a lifetime? Aunt Feng and Yuhe glanced at each other, and quietly stepped forward to surround Peony, Peony breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, in front of so many people today, as long as we are careful enough, she doesn't dare to mess around." Saying that, she was beating a drum in her heart, wasn't the woman who fell from the horse just now being plotted against in front of a group of people?
As he spoke, the county lord of Qinghua had already arrived outside the screen. 79 Free Reading Network 79x.
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