Chapter 7: The Flower Viewing Feast

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and this day was the day of the bright moon to go to the banquet.

As soon as the sky was bright, the bright moon was called up by the ink.

Today, she needs to dress up carefully, and then say hello to the old lady and mother respectively, and report the matter by the way, before she can go out.

Yes, Mingyue specially ordered Mo Dye last night to wake her up two quarters of an hour earlier today, so as not to miss the hour.

After Mingyue washed, she sat in front of the dresser and saw that a lot of rouge gouache had been placed on it, and Mo Dye was about to pick up a box of rouge to prepare to apply to her.

She frowned slightly, and said, "You don't need to touch it too much, just put it on a little lightly." ”

The ink dye should be, only lightly rub rouge with her, tap her lips, loosely pull up a hanging bun on her head, and add a few pearls to adorn it.

"Girl, why don't you wear this set today?"

Mingyue looked sideways, and saw Mo Dye holding a big red satin embroidered gown and a pink scattered full-breasted skirt in his hand.

"It's so glamorous," she said lightly, "change that set of cigarette blue." ”

After all, today is Qingning's home field, although it will be dominated by the two princesses, but no matter what, she can't go past her friends.

With a look of disappointment on her face, she opened her mouth, but after all, she didn't dare to question her girl, and obediently turned around to put her clothes back together.

After finishing dressing up, Mingyue went to Rongshoutang with a book fragrance to say hello to the old lady.

Before dawn, the house was brightly lit.

When the old lady walked out of the inner room with the help of Mama Li, her eyes lit up when she saw the bright moon that was obviously different from the past.

Today's Mingyue changed her usual plain clothes, only to see her wearing a smoke-blue moire crepe gown, a smoke-cloud butterfly breast-length skirt inside, her face is like clotted fat, her eyes are like paint, her eyebrows are smoky, her temperament is quiet and elegant, she walks forward, like a beauty walking out of a painting, which makes people linger and cannot turn back.

The old lady sighed in her heart, because the family has served filial piety for three years, and her granddaughter has not gone out for three years.

Mingyue had already walked in front of the old lady, bent her knees slightly, folded her hands at her sides, and said softly: "Granddaughter greets grandmother." ”

The movements are like flowing water, which is extremely pleasing to the eye.

The smile on the old lady's face could hardly be hidden, and she looked at Mingyue lovingly: "Today is a moment earlier than usual, but you are going to the flower viewing banquet of the county lord of Qingning?" ”

The matter had been reported to her grandmother and mother three days ago, and the old lady had already known about it.

Mingyue bowed slightly, with a smile on her face: "Yes, please ask for your grandmother's permission." ”

"Go, go to someone else's house, talk less and listen more, and remember not to be strong in everything."

"Yes, Mingyue must remember her grandmother's teachings."

The granddaughter has always been smart and calm, and the old lady is very relieved of her, so she only gives a brief advice.

When Mingyue was about to retire, the eldest lady Wang walked in and said hello to the old lady.

After a few people saw the ceremony, Mingyue said to the two elders: "Grandmother, mother, Mingyue is going to the flower viewing banquet of the county lord of Qingning today, and she will retire first." ”

"Go ahead." The old lady waved her hand.

Mingyue looked at her mother, saw her mother nodding slightly, bowed her knees at the top, turned around and exited the main hall.

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The Pingyang Royal Mansion in the capital is located in Dongcheng Wangfu Street, where several palaces are located, but the owner of the palace has lived in a fief for a long time. Even so, ordinary people do not dare to set foot on it, so on weekdays, Wangfu Street is very empty.

On this day, the street of the palace was lively.

Horse-drawn carriages drove on the streets, and the family logos on the carriages showed the prominent status of the people in the carriages.

The carriage of the Jiang family stopped in front of the corner gate on the east side of the Pingxi Palace, and when a guest in front of him was welcomed into the courtyard, Shuxiang stepped out of the carriage first, and then put down a small pestle, lifted the curtain and helped Mingyue get out of the carriage.

A maid with a high bun walked over, saluted respectfully to Mingyue, and said with a smile: "Miss Jiang is fine, the county lord has already ordered the slave maid, if he sees you coming, he will bring you directly to her, please come with the slave maid." ”

Mingyue looked at the familiar maid in front of her, and also smiled: "Then it's troublesome Spring Rain." ”

"Miss Jiang's words are tormenting the slave maid, this is the slave's business."

Under the guidance of Chunyu, the eldest maid of the county lord of Qingning, several people walked into the inner courtyard of the Pingyang Palace, passing through a small garden. Without the shelter of the rockery, the line of sight suddenly opened, a sparkling lake appeared in front of him, from the side of the water pavilion came bursts of laughter, the bright moon fixed his eyes, a radiant Qingning county lord is standing on the water pavilion with several noble girls, as if talking and laughing about something interesting.

Seeing the arrival of Mingyue from afar, the eyes of the county lord of Qingning lit up, and he confessed to a few people around him, and greeted Mingyue.

"Bright Moon!" Qing Ning walked quickly to Mingyue and took her hand affectionately: "We haven't seen each other for three years!" ”

Mingyue showed a warm smile: "Yes, three years have passed, and our Qingning County Lord has been able to hold a banquet alone, at the beginning, he was still a crying nose-"

"Bright Moon!" The county lord of Qingning said coquettishly: "Can't you forget this stubble? ”

The two laughed for a while, and Mingyue said, "Let's go over, you are the host today, so it's not good to snub those guests." ”

The county lord of Qingning covered his face with a papa, and whispered to Mingyue: "I wanted to invite you to come over alone, but who knew that my mother asked me to invite all the ladies of the noble family in the capital over, I am not familiar with them, but it is just a false and wrongful snake." ”

Mingyue chuckled: "The princess is looking forward to you making more friends with them, don't let down her hard work." ”

The county lord of Qingning understood his mother's intentions, and he didn't say anything more at the moment, but only quietly made a sad face with Mingyue, and smiled again in an instant.

Soon, the two walked to the water pavilion, and a girl in a red skirt asked the county lord of Qingning with a smile: "County lord, I don't know which lady this is?" Why have I never seen it? ”

"This is the eldest lady of the Jiang family," the county lord of Qingning let Mingyue in front of him and introduced to the nobles: "Miss Jiang has never been out of the mansion to participate in any banquet in recent years because of Jiang Shoufu, so few people know about it. ”

It turned out to be the Jiang family behind the former Jiang Shoufu?

When everyone heard this, their expressions were different.

If Jiang Shoufu is alive, with the prestige of the Jiang family's century-old family and the name of the noble, he will undoubtedly be one of the top families in the capital.

But Jiang Shoufu died of illness too early, although the head of the Jiang family of the next generation is also a dragon and phoenix among people, after all, he is too young, and before he has time to make a difference in the court, he has lost his biggest cane and has to resign to help the soul return to his hometown.

Such a Jiang family has already fallen out of the top forces in the capital, if it weren't for the county lord of Qingning, I'm afraid this Miss Jiang wouldn't even have the qualifications to participate in this banquet.