Chapter 274: Fen Wangfu Sees and Hears
、、、、、、、、、、 However, the temperature is already very high. So much so that when he rode to the residence of Fang Bohui and Mrs. Wang in Beijing, the Daozheng Fang near Xingqing Palace, there was already a thin layer of sweat on his body. The few Ding who followed her were sweating profusely, but everyone couldn't care about their own homes, and the first thing they stopped was to see if the four bonsai peonies in the basket were damaged.
These four pots of peony flowers are the protagonists today, and they cannot tolerate the slightest damage. Originally, it would be safer to use an ox cart to pull it, but it could not play a good role in publicity, so I had to walk through the streets and alleys to attract attention. It seems that the effect is not bad now, so let's wait to see if I can show my skills at the banquet in the Fenwang Mansion later.
Shu'er thought of the curiosity of many people when she came, and she was very proud: "Several people have accosted and asked what kind of new species this is, and I think it will definitely be successful today." ”
"I hope so." Peony has no bottom in her heart. Because Fang Bohui and Mrs. Wang were going back to Qiuzi after August 15, many people gave them a banquet, and the Fen Wangfu also had a banquet, so Mrs. Wang took this opportunity to weigh with Princess Fen and asked her to bring these bonsai over today, so that Fenwangfu would be the first to trade in the old for the new. This peony bonsai is still a new thing at the moment, it can attract people's attention, and the future is bright, but the final result is unknown. Peony sighed softly, watched Mrs. Wang's figure come out of the door, and hurriedly saluted: "Mother." ”
"Don't worry, just sixty or seventy plants are nothing, I'm afraid that you will still have too many by then, and you will think about how to shirk so as not to offend people." Mrs. Wang pressed Peony's shoulder soothingly, she was wearing a red beard today, her skin was ruddy and delicate, her spirit was flying, and her eyes and expressions revealed the words "I am very happy".
A woman with love is really more beautiful, Peony couldn't help but think of such a sentence in her mind, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of her lips when she thought about it. Mrs. Wang was very sensitive, and immediately raised her eyebrows and glared at Peony: "Little girl, what are you smiling at?" I'm your mother-in-law. ”
Peony pursed her lips and smiled: "Please advise mother-in-law, what's wrong with my daughter-in-law?" ”
"You bad thing." Mrs. Wang glared at her for a while, burst out laughing, and turned over on the horse: "Adults don't care about villains, for the sake of not seeing you soon, I won't care about you this time." What do you think? The day before yesterday, you went shopping with the cousin of the Gao family, but you were still happy? ”
Peony smiled: "Fortunately, she is very calm and generous, basically she follows me wherever I go." In the end, I mentioned that I wanted to go to Qujiangchi, and I also took her there, and I sat on the boat with her in Qujiangchi for nearly two hours, and she got along very well. It was the Guogong Mansion who deliberately sent someone over to remind her to fulfill her promise, if it weren't for the old lady's black face and a few words of nonsense such as "big unfilial piety, unruly, running around" that came out because she and Jiang Changyang refused to go back to help, everything would be fine.
Mrs. Wang raised her eyebrows: "Qujiangchi? But what is not so strange? Jiang Yunqing didn't go with you? ”
The old lady wouldn't let her go. Nothing strange happened. "Yesterday's weather was good, there were a lot of boats playing on Qujiang Pond, and it was very lively, and Gao Gao Shu just sighed at the time, and then begged her to play in Qujiang Pond for a while. Speaking of Jiang Yunqing, she seemed to have changed when she saw Jiang Yunqing the day before yesterday. After recovering from his illness, Jiang Yunqing's cowardice and a little flattering look on his face were gone, and the whole person had a cold and calm temperament, which was much more pleasing to the eye than when he deliberately pretended to be delicate before.
Mrs. Wang smiled: "I'm afraid you didn't meet it." The day before yesterday, Mrs. Chen accompanied Pingyang County to visit the lake. Calculate the time, it should be the time when you swim in the lake, since you didn't meet it, it is the luck of the Zhu Guogong Mansion is really bad. "The prince's heirs are the heirs, and the rest are county dukes, Chen lost her husband in her early years, and her son naturally inherited his father's title and became the prince of Pingyang County.
"Then I'm lucky." Peony was as sad as eating a fly. The old lady was scheming against her again. Let her accompany this beautiful and colorful high-end Shu to Qujiangchi, in fact, she hopes to meet the Chen family and Pingyang County Gong, and use her familiar face to talk to the Chen family and go straight away. No wonder Jiang Yunqing followed, and specially reminded her to fulfill her promise yesterday, and high-end Shu also delayed leaving on the Naqujiang Pond. It's really a thousand defenses, and it's always impossible to prevent it. Fortunately, she didn't meet it, otherwise on that water, if the dignified and generous high-end Shu girl accidentally got wet, she would be stirred into it and would not be able to live in peace.
Seeing Peony's depressed appearance, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile slightly: "Anyway, I didn't meet it, so it can be seen that God is unwilling to help her." As long as Da Lang is still surnamed Jiang one day, there are some troubles that you can't get rid of, you also want to open some, be careful yourself. "Unless it is the old lady who is happy early, she will not be freed, and she will have to make her suffer a loss, so that she will have a long memory, otherwise she will always think that everyone else owes her, and everything is taken for granted.
When I arrived at the Fenwang Mansion while talking, it was the time when the guests came the most, and many carriages and horses were parked at the door. Seeing the peony and Mrs. Wang, there were acquaintances who greeted her two, and there were those sharp-eyed, seeing the four bonsai peonies, guessing that it was about a rare thing that the peony gave to Princess Fen, so he asked what the new species was on the side, and at the same time was full of praise. The palace steward came out to pick up the bonsai peony, and said that Princess Fen was already waiting for everyone on the court, and invited everyone to go in, and the peony breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the banquet held by Princess Fen this time was for Fang Bohui and Mrs. Wang, in fact, the formal banquet was held after Shen Shiguan went to the office, but in the morning it was King Fen's favorite ball game - of course, all the people who participated were the meritorious brothers of the clan who had won the money for nothing. When Peony, Mrs. Wang and the others entered, the warm-up game had already begun, and before they reached the outside of the court, they could hear the applause inside.
This stadium was only better than the stadium poured with sesame oil by King Ning at the beginning, and it was also as smooth as a mirror, and it was not dusty. The surrounding structure is similar, with the same two rows of buildings on the left and right, with the men sitting on the left and the women sitting on the right with the princess of Fen.
Mrs. Wang is the guest of honor, and she is placed under the hands of Princess Fen, and the position of Peony is behind Mrs. Wang. Princess Fen excitedly pointed to a dark-skinned, strong and tall, expressionless, nimble young man on the court to show Mrs. Wang and Peony: "See, that's my little four, this kid's equestrian and ball skills are the best." His grandfather taught him by hand, and he is not much different from your eldest man. ”
Hearing Princess Fen praise her grandson, many people around her praised her, and a number of young women had their eyes shining, just staring at the fourth child of Pingyang County. This person doesn't look like a problem, how can he say he's stupid?
Peony was taken aback, didn't he say that this child was very silent and withdrawn, and the Chen family was reluctant to let him see people? Why was it suddenly released today? She secretly looked at Chen, who was so nervous that his face turned red, clasped his hands tightly, his body stiffened, and he looked at the young man with a blank eye. There is no excitement in the eyes, only Jiao.
Princess Fen naturally noticed Chen's expression, sighed, and said in a low voice: "I told her a long time ago that it's not good to lock up that child and not see anyone." No, I persuaded death to agree to take the child to Qujiangchi, but today I only promised to let the child participate in this game, and I refused to go on the field later. Speaking of which, she was a little sad. Those who can look down on this family matter, they can't look down on it; What they can see, others can't. After making a fuss for so long, the Chen family finally fell in love with the only daughter of a seven-petty official, and wanted to make that daughter a daughter-in-law, but the family of the seven-petty official refused to agree, which gave the Chen family a big blow.
Even though the two have a close relationship, Mrs. Wang can't make any comments on these things in the Fen Palace, so she can only gently pat Princess Fen's hand and comfort in a low voice: "It's going to be fine." Peace and joy are the greatest blessings, and this child seems to be a blessed one. It's better to walk around more often. ”
Princess Fen shook her head: "You don't know, this kid is very withdrawn, he is just interested at this time, and when he is not interested, he will leave immediately, he prefers to stay alone." His grandfather and uncles and brothers had spent a long time playing with him for years, and I just wanted him to fit in a little bit. Since people say he is stupid, let him come out and show others how stupid he is. ”
Peony had to admire that Princess Fen was very courageous.
As if to verify Princess Fen's words, when Xiao Si was running with the ball, another person rode over to grab the ball, and before the person got close, he saw Xiao Si bury his head and raise his stick, hit his horse foot pole hard, and then continued to dribble with his head down. Ignoring the effect he would have on the other side, he turned a deaf ear to the cheers around him, the neighing of the horses, and the shouts of the people, and ran alone near the goal, struck the ball in, and turned away with the horse. walked straight to King Fen, reined in his horse, held a club in one hand, and looked at King Fen with his head raised.
The crowd on the pitch seemed to know about him, and the young man who had been hit by him said nothing, and King Fen was full of joy and asked people to send him colored satin and white silk. He placed the bungalows on horseback and trotted out of the field.
At this time, everyone had already seen that there was something wrong with this little four, so they were all silent, Chen Shi had red eyes, trembling lips, and couldn't say a word. She looked at the people around her with some panic, and she was afraid that they would laugh at her stupidity. Princess Fen sighed heavily: "Look, that's it. It seems that I don't have to worry about whether she agrees to let him play or not, and he himself is not interested in the first place. ”
Chen sat silently for a moment, walked up to Princess Fen, saluted, and quietly withdrew. Peony saw that her face and lips were pale, and her eyes were straight, as if she had been stripped naked in front of people.
Princess Fen was silent for a moment, cheered up and smiled: "I asked people to place those pots of peonies in the banquet place at night, and I have already explained what I want to say." ”