Indeed, the entire Bai Mansion has begun to pay attention to the obscure eldest lady in the past. From the old lady, Bai Sheng and Qin Rou and his wife, down to the servants in charge everywhere, they all greeted each other with a smile when they met.

Bai Jinghao enjoyed this feeling very much, no matter whether the other party was sincere or not, it was a good thing that they could pretend to be harmonious and greet each other on the surface.

After the annual banquet, Chenghua was thirty-seven years old, and the new year was a new situation.

Emperor Du's serious illness was relegated, but because she served the saint endlessly, she was demoted and stripped of her title, and was only called Concubine Du.

Concubine Du's favor is not as good as in the past, and because she has offended Queen Lan for a long time, her status in the palace has plummeted.

In the royal court, the son is always valued by the mother, and the mother is humiliated.

The sixth prince lost several powerful ministers in the court, was reprimanded by Emperor Chenghua, and his wings were broken, and he no longer had the mind to be in the wind and snow, so he actually left his promise to Bai Jinyao behind.

But he no longer came to Shangshu Mansion, but Bai Jinyao often went to the palace to find him in the name of visiting the concubine.

The lady's reputation is noble, it was his six kings who let her have a tryst with her in the Fumen Restaurant, but now her reputation is damaged, but he has not fulfilled his promise to marry her, and he is in a hurry.

Compared with the loss of power in the Six Princes' Mansion, the Blue Queen and the East Palace are proud.

And the general's mansion, which is the wife of the emperor's grandson, is naturally more prosperous, and Bai Qingping, the first-class lady, has a higher shelf.

When she returned to Bai's house, the old lady wanted to discuss with her the marriage date of Bai Jinghao and Shen Shikai.

The Bai family means that after this year's Qixi Festival, Bai Jing will get married after the ceremony.

But Bai Qingping, who had already compromised the marriage, did not want to respond positively when she changed her old attitude for some reason, and only said that it was still early and would be discussed in the second half of the year.

The man is not in a hurry, but if the woman appears to be in too much of a hurry, she will lose her dignity.

In addition, Bai Sheng deliberately wanted to "reuse" his eldest daughter, so he didn't argue anymore, and revealed the topic in a vague manner.

saved Bai Jinghao to come forward to prevaricate.

It's just that Shen Shikai seemed to have a hunch, and ran to Shangshu Mansion two times in three days, and it was inconvenient to stay in the inner courtyard for a long time after coming, so he could only stay with Bai Heng.

So, Bai Heng often brought gifts to her, and the people in the house knew that the second young master was a gift for the young master, and they didn't take their brother and sister's frequent contacts too seriously.

Shangshu's mansion seems to be peaceful.

On this day, Bai Jinghao went to Rongfu Hall as usual, and there was a guest in the house, who was Qin Rou's mother's family, the wife of Zongyu Hou, Sun.

Mrs. Hou, who came so quietly, didn't hear the porter's courtesy, she was very surprised, and hurriedly greeted her.

Qin Rou smiled and said to her, "Jing Hao is here?" He turned his head to look at Sun again, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, this is the eldest girl in my family." ”

Sun actually stood up, walked to Bai Jinghao's side, happily responded to the other party's salute, and said kindly: "Last time I came to the house, my niece was still sick, and now I heard that I can help your mother take care of the affairs of the house, which shows that she is in good health." ”

Bai Jinghao couldn't stand her closeness, so she withdrew her hand and avoided it without moving, "Thank you, Madame, I'm fine." ”

Then, she looked at Qin Rou: "Since my mother has a guest here, I'll come back to serve another day." ”

"Okay, you wait."

Qin Rou got up and pulled her to her side and sat down, "Your aunt is rarely at the house, I am about to ask someone to summon you and A-Yao, and I will have lunch at my mother's place later." ”

Bai Jinghao looked back and forth, and obediently agreed.

But this meal was really not easy to eat, especially after Bai Jinyao arrived, the Sun family began to talk about the peony banquet in the princess's mansion next month.

Princess Heshun is hospitable, and the officials and relatives of Manjinghua know it.

But this year, the Qin family, as a relative of the East Palace, did not receive the invitation from the Wei family.

In fact, not only the Qin family, but also the Bai family did not receive it.

Bai Jinghao knew about this, and two days ago, the county lord of Qinglong ordered someone to send the invitation to Pinmeixuan. At that time, although I was curious why I didn't send it to Qin Rou's house, I thought that Qin Rou had been living in a simple house recently, and she rarely attended the entertainment outside, and she was in charge of the affairs of the house, so she didn't think about it deeply.

Now, I understand.

Princess Heshun didn't plan to invite the people of Zongyu's Hou Mansion, and she didn't even want to see Qin Rou, the aunt of the Hou Mansion.

can make the hospitable and joyful Princess Heshun like this, I think it is unpleasant to have trouble with the princess in the palace.

Qin Rou and the Sun family expressed their meaning implicitly and euphemistically, wanting her to take Bai Jinyao and the Qin family's cousin to the princess's mansion together.

Bai Jinghao inevitably thought of the result of taking Bai Jinzhu to the banquet that time, and he didn't want to do this kind of thankless work.

She said politely: "Mother, aunt, it's not that I don't want to bring my second sister and cousin, but after all, this is a princess's banquet, not a private banquet for the county lord, if I bring my sisters with me, it will inevitably make the princess unhappy." ”

"You kid, don't you mean that you won't take them?"

The smile on Sun's face immediately couldn't hold back, "This is all your sister, and it's not an outsider." Since the county lord of Qinglong can give you a post, then the princess is willing to let you go, the princess is willing to see you, will she still refuse to see Ayao and my family Huiru? ”

The prince of the Chengguo Mansion has reached the age of saying that he is married, and he is the most beloved grandson of the saint, which lady is willing to miss the banquet in the princess's mansion?

Although Qin Rou didn't have this plan, Bai Jinyao's reputation was in the wane, and it was good to be able to take this opportunity to get a face in front of the officials.

So, the sister-in-law didn't think about it, and even if it was Sai, they had to stuff people to the peony banquet in the princess's mansion.

"That's the truth. Quietly, Ah Yao is your own sister, didn't you still eat and drink together a year ago? At that time, the county lord of Qinglong was also there, and you all had a good time. Qin Rou said with a smile.

Bai Jinghao looked embarrassed, "Mother, didn't you forget that the county lord didn't even attend the New Year's banquet in the palace because of the cold caused by eating wine at our house." For this, he was reprimanded by the princess. ”

"But this idea of eating and drinking was not proposed by Ah Yao." Qin Rou immediately looked at her daughter.

Bai Jinyao also spoke up: "Eldest sister, the wine order that night was proposed by the county lord, how can I say that I caused her to provoke the cold and was reprimanded by the princess?" Besides, it was you who was the east that day, and the county lord really had any discomfort, but you entertained him. ”

This is not good, Qin Rou immediately shouted "Ah Yao" and gave a look.

Only then did Bai Jinyao stop talking.

Sun immediately said: "It's all the girl's fun, it's nothing." Quiet niece, my aunt knows that in previous years, you were sick and suffered a lot of grievances at home, and your mother couldn't bear to take you out of a social scene out of concern, you must not misunderstand, thinking that your mother only took your second sister to a banquet or something. ”

"My aunt is serious, how can I think of my mother like this?"

Bai Jing was so kind, seeing that they really lowered their posture and persuaded her to bring Bai Jinyao and Qin Huiru with kind words, she had to say: "The last time I took my third sister to the county lord's birthday banquet, my mother also knew about it. It's not difficult for me to take it, but if the county lord is not happy, he still has to send it back. ”

Qin Rou's mother and daughter naturally knew about that incident, and Bai Jinyao's face also turned pale.

If you are kicked out of the princess's mansion in front of everyone's eyes, it is really better not to go.

Qin Rou also thinks so, but she still doesn't want to give up such an opportunity, now Bai Jinghao follows the master of Qinglong County to walk among the major families, plus the old lady lifts, and welcomes guests and relatives every year Bai Jing is good at presiding, in the long run, I am afraid that outsiders only know that there is an eldest lady in Shangshu Mansion, and they don't remember her eldest lady.

"Otherwise, how about quietly begging the county lord and asking for two more invitations?"

Bai Jing looked at Qin Rou and said with a light smile: "Mother has orders, and my daughter will naturally obey her fate." Knowing that the other party was suspicious, he immediately called Chunxiao to step forward and ordered: "You go to the Guogong Mansion to find the county lord now, just say that the peony banquet in the princess's mansion next month, our second sister and the cousin of the Qin family also want to go, and ask her if she can." ”

Chunxiao heard that the master deliberately slowed down the speed of speaking, and responded clearly: "The slave and maid will go over." ”

The room full of people smiled happily.

After finishing lunch, Bai Jing excused herself and said that there was something in the house and left.

After she left, Sun lowered his face and frowned: "Sister, what's the matter with you now, you can't even hold a little girl?" Give her face like this, she also deserves it? ”

"Sister-in-law, don't underestimate her, this girl is amazing, if I don't have a good relationship with her, I'm afraid that this year will not be better." Qin Rou's tone was bitter.

Sun nodded, "That's right, last time for her, my brother-in-law drove you back to the Hou Mansion." ”

Qin Rou squinted at her, and her face became even more unhappy.