Chapter 336: A Guest from Afar (Part 1)
This time out of the palace, but it is different from before, this time it was prepared by Xu Siyan according to the county lord's etiquette, and it is not bad.
Biluo Luanche, brocade foot board, golden pot, silver basin, avoidance, dust whisk are all gorgeous treasures, Xiaokui and Abi on the side smacked their tongues: "Such a complete guard of honor, I'm afraid I haven't seen it in the vanguard mansion." ”
The eldest princess of Xuanyang has passed away for many years, and the princess's guard of honor has been taken back by the Shanggong Bureau back then, Ah Bi and Xiaokui have never seen a full royal guard of honor, let alone thought that one day Gu Mingzhu would be able to use such a guard of honor.
Gu Mingzhu was dressed in an apricot yellow lotus silk tuanyun robe, a lake green and green Xia Xiang skirt, and there were no more hairpin rings on her head, only a golden silk eight treasures dotted emerald bee hairpin obliquely on the sideburns, but the princesses and ladies who often came to the palace to ask for peace were afraid that they would be startled when they saw it, they all recognized it, it was what the queen of heaven used to wear, but now it is on Gu Mingzhu's head, and the meaning of this is self-evident.
She stepped forward and thanked Xu Siyan with a smile: "Thank you for your trouble, I'm just going back home for a few days, where will I spend so much effort." ”
Xu Siyan bowed respectfully: "The county lord has tormented the minister, the mother has ordered, if the county lord leaves the palace, what else will he order, just let someone send a letter back, and the minister will handle it himself." ”
Gu Mingzhu smiled, nodded and thanked her again, and then took the maid to get into the Luan car and go outside the palace in the respectful salute of Xu Siyan and the palace maid in the Ganlu Palace.
She was not surprised by the attitude of the queen of heaven and Xu Siyan, this can be regarded as a reward, rewarding her for her knowledge of current affairs and decisiveness, when the queen of heaven was the most "critical", she never had other thoughts, she passed the test of the queen of heaven, and finally became the person she trusted, so the queen of heaven naturally will not hesitate to lift her, give her honor and decency, and become the support behind her.
Thinking of this, Gu Mingzhu glanced at the Taiji Palace that was gradually moving away, and smiled, this is excellent, she can get a lot of things done without saving her a lot of effort.
In recent years, Gu Qing has rarely been in the General's Mansion, most of them are patrolling the northwest border, even if he stays in Chang'an, he is also on duty in the Xishan Camp and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, since Gu Mingzhu entered the palace, he rarely comes back, and the old lady Gu has little contact with the clan and the people of your mansion, and the tall and spacious mansion of the Hussar General's Mansion is rarely visited.
It's just that this day is unusually very lively, there are several cars parked in front of the house, and many people get down from the car, talking to the servant who guards the door in front of the house, the tone is very unkind, and it is heard clearly in the alley.
The fifth lady of the Huo family was fighting cards with the concubines in the flower pavilion in the mansion, and heard the noise outside through the courtyard wall, full of curiosity, and sent the maidservant to inquire: "Could it be that the General's Mansion has a banquet today?" Otherwise, why is it so lively, but I don't know what kind of happy event it is, and why we neighbors who have been in contact for many years have not received posts, which is strange. ”
The maidservant came back and reported: "...... It's not a banquet, it's the people from the clan in Qingzhou who came to the door, I heard that all the elders of the clan came here, and several old ladies said that they came to the General's Mansion to visit relatives, but they didn't know how, they were stopped at the door, so they made a fuss, so they would be so noisy. ”
Mrs. Huo Wu was interested when she heard this, stopped the dominoes in her hand, and asked the maid carefully: "From Qingzhou?" Is it someone from the Great General's Clan? ”
Seeing that the maid nodded, she wondered again, the Huo family had moved into the alley and lived for more than ten years, but she had never heard of anyone from the Gu family, why did someone come to the door at this time, but she was still stopped outside the house to make trouble, I was afraid that there was something inside, she was busy asking the maid to inquire again, this is the best conversation with other mansions in the future.
As the maidservant of the Huo family said, the gate of the Gu family of the General's Mansion was very lively.
Several donkey carts stopped in front of the tall general's mansion, the gray curtain was raised, and there were several female dependents sitting inside, all looking in front of the general's mansion, a tall and sturdy servant woman supporting an old woman who was old but straight, was standing in front of the mansion gate, and spoke loudly to the servant guarding the door: "...... This is the elder of the general's family, several old ladies are here, you still dare to stop it, and you don't invite a few old ladies into the mansion quickly. ”
The old woman glanced up and down at the plaque and gate of the General's Mansion with a pair of sharp eyes, and sneered: "Thanks to her enjoying her wealth and being the old lady of the General's Mansion for so many years, it can be seen that she is still a foolish person who doesn't know the rules of etiquette, and she doesn't even know how to entertain herself, even if she is not a respected elder in her clan, can she stop at the door and ignore it?" It's a joke, and it loses the face of our Gu family! No wonder after all these years, I don't have the face to go back to the clan again. ”
Her words were so mean that the servants at the door blushed when they heard it, and they didn't dare to be rude, so they could only quickly let people in and pass through, and here they persuaded them to wait a while.
The second lady Mao listened to the rumor, but she didn't look surprised, but smiled: "It's a day later than I thought, but it's good to come." ”
The maidservant girl who came to pass the news looked hesitant and said in a low voice: "Madame, do you want to go back to the old lady first, and then invite them into the house after the old lady nods, after all, I have never heard the old lady say that there will be people from the clan to come to Chang'an, and I don't know what it is, if you ...... rashly."
Mao sneered: "No need, just invite in, I'll go and talk back to the old lady now." ”
She summoned the face-slick grandmother to invite the people outside the gate of the mansion to come in, and she slowly took the maidservant to Songshou Temple.
"People of the clan?" The teapot in Old Madam Gu's hand almost fell, and she looked at Mao with wide eyes: "Who is it?" Who will come to Chang'an? ”
Over the years, she has no contact with the Gu family, when she just lost her husband and pulled her two sons, she still walked around, since Da Lang was appreciated by the first emperor and rose step by step, she no longer had anything to do with these people in the Gu family, one is afraid that they will want to use Da Lang's power to come to the door and increase a lot of trouble, and secondly, they are also disgusted that they have no power and power, if the people in the sect An Guifu know these poor relatives of the Gu family, wouldn't they want to make fun of her again.
Over the years, only Gu Qing has been communicating with the clan from time to time, and often asks people to send money and silver back to the clan to help some down-and-out relatives, but she has long ignored these.
But how could they suddenly come to the door!
Old Madam Gu's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and she gritted her teeth and asked Mao, "Do you know who is here?" ”
Mao lowered his eyes and said with a chuckle: "It is said that several old ladies are here, and they have been invited to sit down in the flower hall, I am afraid that they are all waiting to see the old lady." ”
The tea pot in Mrs. Gu's hand slammed heavily on the desk, and her brows were twisted together, and it was a coincidence that it was actually those few concubines who had never dealt with her, which really taught her to be upset, and it seemed that she was going to be unhappy again.