Chapter 13 The ladies are coming
On the day when Shao Yuemei officially arrived at the Xihe Palace, Qiu Yulan thought that she was mentally prepared to entertain the guests. As a result, when it came to the end, I still found that I greatly underestimated the influence of this female gentleman - the Chunfu princess Jiang Qizheng and He Shuijin, which had been photographed before.
In addition to these two, there are also the fifteenth miss of the Jiang family, Jiang Qiyun, the seventeenth miss Jiang Qisheng, and the fourth miss of the Tao family, Tao Peibin-these three daughters are also gone, and there are two sect daughters!
It can be regarded as the Yongfu princess Chu Weitong who has been photographed, the stubbornness of this real golden branch and jade leaf, Qiu Yulan has seen it...... Well, she might be here to join in the fun.
However, the county lord of Duanrou ...... Why did this one come over too?
Qiu Yulan racked her brains, except for remembering that she had lived in the courtyard of this county lord in Ganli Palace, how could she not remember what she had to do with her?
Generally speaking, the daughters of the clan with official titles enter the palace to study with the princesses, and there are full-time female officials in the palace to teach them.
And when He Shui Jin came to recommend Shao Yuemei before, in order to attract Qiu Yulan's attention, he deliberately mentioned that Jiang Qizheng was also Shao Yuemei's student, but he didn't mention the county lord of Duanrou - if Shao Yuemei had taught the county lord of Duanrou, this would be regarded as a glamorous stroke on her resume, and there was no reason not to talk about it.
"Could it be that this Mr. Shao's history of struggle has inspired so many noble girls? I heard that she moved to the museum, and they came to cheer her on? Qiu Yulan suppressed the suspicion in her heart, and tried her best to greet everyone as usual - in fact, the number of guests who came to watch the ceremony suddenly exceeded so many expectations, and with her current social skills, it was impossible to greet everyone thoughtfully......
"Forget it, people are divided into groups, maybe they are all like Princess Yongfu, come over to join in the fun." After discovering that it was impossible for him to be all-encompassing, Qiu Yulan simply broke the jar and broke it, and how many could be greeted counted as few.
Therefore, she could not greet the guests, so she could go to the side and whisper by admiring the courtyard arrangement.
For example, Princess Yongfu is now pulling the county lord of Duanrou to bite her ear: "Did you see it?" That's my future nineteenth cousin! Your nineteenth aunt! ”
Because of his life experience, Chu Chunxiao, the county lord of Duanrou County, although he is the same age as Princess Yongfu, he has always been steady and cautious, and at this moment he said suspiciously: "Didn't you say that you were married to Deng Yiding two years ago?" ”
"What is Deng Yi?" Princess Yongfu has a very motherly style, and waved her hand domineeringly, "My nineteenth cousin likes it, even if she is a quasi-princess, can't she withdraw from her marriage?" ”
"That's just as well." Chu Chunxiao knew the Jiang family's style too well, and bowed her head clearly, "She is very beautiful." ”
Princess Yongfu was very proud: "I still hold this thread!" "In the past few days, the Jiang family has noticed Jiang Yashuang's special attention and maintenance to the Ningyi County Lord Qiu Yulan, and today they are taking advantage of the ceremony to organize a group to visit.
However, even Mrs. Tao believed that Jiang Yashuang was attracted by the unparalleled beauty of Qiu Yulan outside the Liuchun Pavilion, and she was angry and turned red, so she began to protect the flowers.
Only Princess Yongfu understood that long before that, thanks to her, Jiang Yashuang had seen the autumn waves.
"You??" Chu Chunxiao, who didn't know what to do, was shocked when he heard this. It seems that Princess Yongfu is seeing Qiu Yulan for the first time today, right?
“…… Forget it, I'll tell you when she gets past the door. Princess Yongfu wanted to say it very, very much, but after thinking about it for a while, she still regretted her decision to hold back, "Cousin Nineteen is very tender in this kind of thing, if I say it now, God knows what kind of shame he will become...... In order not to cause any trouble, let's wait until the matter is settled - I didn't mean to hide it from you. ”
Chu Chunxiao's curiosity was not very strong, so he just smiled: "Okay." ”
The two clan daughters have a good relationship with Jiang Yashuang, and they will not despise or be hostile to Qiu Yulan, who has the title of the county lord and has not offended them, and thinks that Princess Yongfu, who was naughty at the beginning, brought out this marriage, and is even happy to see it come true.
But some people don't think so.
Under the pear blossom tree in the corner of the courtyard, Tao Peibin, who pretended to admire the blooming pear blossoms, bit her lip lightly, looking unhappy.
Jiang Qisheng, who has always been good friends with this cousin, persuaded her: "It is said that it is the county lord, the death of his father and his mother's funeral, and he also has a feud with his uncle's family." Our family has inquired, and the heir of the Ruan family is not bad to her. But the heir only passed last year, maybe he took care of her in order to earn a good reputation? is the Lian family, and it is also a scene for her. When I went back, I asked the person in front of my mother to say a word in private, so that the Lian family would be estranged from her in the future! The Ruan family is also on the other side - after all, what else does she have besides the title of county lord? Where can you compare to your cousin? ”
"She's very good-looking." Tao Peibin was very gloomy when she said this, as the grandniece and granddaughter of Mrs. Tao, and the cousin of Xiao Tao, the eighth young lady of the Jiang family, she and Jiang Yashuang are also childhood sweethearts.
The girl's family relationship opened early, Jiang Yashuang's mother has been on the frontier with her husband for many years, and he was brought up by Mrs. Tao and Xiao Tao. Tao Peibin got the moon first near the water, and there were many opportunities to meet him when he was a child.
To be honest, the possibility of Tao Peibin marrying Jiang Yashuang is not small, after all, Jiang Yashuang has always respected and obeyed his step-grandmother, Mrs. Tao, and sister-in-law Xiao Tao, who raised him; In terms of family background, the Tao family was more prominent than the Jiang family in the early years; What's more, the Jiang family doesn't really need their children's marriage to consolidate their power now.
For Jiang Tao to marry again, Tao Peibin's only worry is that her appearance is not enough to attract the handsome and uncast cousin - her cousin Xiao Tao is because of her mediocre appearance, even if no one in the virtuous and virtuous Jiang family can pick a half sentence, but she has not asked Jiang Yadan to see it a few times since she passed the door.
Compared with her sister, Tao Peibin is the most beautiful girl of the Tao family's generation, but she looks a little inferior in front of several young ladies of the Jiang family. Not to mention, not far away, the county lord who was dressed in cloth and no makeup, but was as beautiful as a flower essence coming down from a pear blossom tree......
"What about looking good?" Jiang Qiyun, who came over with a broken pear flower and sniffed it, came to the front, and inserted the flower branch between Tao Pei's buns, and said disdainfully, "Which of the oirans in the hook bar is not like a flower?" But when it comes to honor, they are something! This one, heh! is nominally a noblewoman, but look at her hospitality, how can she look like a little noblewoman! ”
Jiang Qiyun's relationship with Tao Peibin is average, she speaks so harshly, but the purpose is not to give Tao Peibin grievances, but she has always been proud of her beauty, and she can't see that others are better looking than herself - in her early years, she even tried to scratch her cousin Jiang Qizheng's face, but Queen Jiang called her into the palace and scolded her bloody head before she relented.
This is still the case for cousins, let alone outsiders.
In fact, the Jiang family didn't want her to come over today, but she heard that Jiang Yashuang was fascinated by the appearance of this Ningyi county lord, and was willing to make cattle and horses for her, and she was going to come alive or dead - in the end, it was her own blood and blood, and the elders couldn't persuade her, so they turned to persuade Jiang Qizheng and others to take her.
When she came over and saw the flower-like autumn trolling, no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't compare, Jiang Qiyun's mood can be imagined!
"Fifteenth sister, don't be confused, that is the person that the nineteenth brother is currently fanciing, in case you hurt her, the nineteenth brother is afraid that he will not follow." Jiang Qisheng didn't like Qiu Yulan because of Tao Peibin, but when she saw Jiang Qiyun coming, she still pulled her aside and told her - Jiang Qiyun scarred Jiang Qizheng's appearance That time, Jiang Qizheng's brother Jiang Yashuang was only twelve years old, and after hearing the news, she was furious and wanted to settle accounts with her cousin - if it weren't for Jiang Qiyun's mother, Mrs. Dou, who saw that the situation was not good and let her escape to her grandfather Dou Restaurant, Jiang Qiyun would definitely have suffered a lot that time!
Although the elders did their best to calm things down afterwards, and Jiang Qizheng's appearance was not affected, it was inevitable that there would be a mustard between the Jiang family's big room and the fourth room. Last time, it was Jiang Yashuang's sister, and this time it was his favorite sweetheart, if Jiang Qiyun started again, with Jiang Yashuang's temper, it would be useless for her to hide in Dou Sai Jiu again.
Jiang Qiyun herself knows this, and after what happened last time, she is still a little afraid of this little cousin. Although his face was very ugly, he still said: "She can't offend me, so I don't bother to pay attention to her!" He snorted again, "The matter of the eighteenth sister, I have already said that it was an accident!" And, isn't she okay? Why do you all think it's me? Maybe she herself deliberately made a bitter trick in order to get along with me! ”
“…… You look at the flowers here, and I'll accompany my cousin. Jiang Qisheng didn't bother to argue with her, and when she saw that she listened to her words, she shook her head and comforted Tao Peibin again.
…… The thoughts of these uninvited guests, Qiu Yulan doesn't know anything.
After she found that she couldn't do a thorough job of hospitality, she decisively chose to focus on what she thought was her quasi-cousin-in-law, Jiang Qizheng - and Jiang Qizheng was also very concerned about her future brother-in-law.
The two of them, who also had the noble purpose of contributing to their brother's lifelong happiness, barely said three words, and then entered the mode of acquaintance at first sight and began to talk to each other-
"Sister Qiu's set of four treasures in the study room is very good, I don't know whose words my sister usually learns?" Jiang Qizheng looked at Qiu Yulan's study and asked with a smile.
"The hairpin body that I learned from my mother is not well written, which makes Sister Jiang laugh." Qiu Yulan generously took out a notebook to show her, she felt that at her age, words can still see people, so naturally she has to behave well in front of her future cousin-in-law, "What does my sister usually practice?" ”
Jiang Qizheng took the notebook and looked at it carefully, and said: "I, I don't have a certain character, learn this today, learn that tomorrow, if it weren't for my grandmother's kindness, I would have been scolded by my family a long time ago." ”
He Shuijin said with a smile on the side: "Sister Qizheng's handwriting is excellent. ”
What does this mean is that she writes well in all kinds of fonts?
Sure enough, Jiang Qizheng looked at the words calmly, and smiled lightly: "Sister Qiu's words are very beautiful, and they are really like people." ”
Qiu Yulan noticed that her words were purely polite, and couldn't help but secretly choke - something was wrong! I didn't know that this Princess Chunfu was a calligraphy expert. Qiu Yulan's words think they are good, they are compared with ordinary people, isn't it just an axe in front of the banner?
"Where, I just learned to hold a pen." After Qiu Yulan settled down, he regrouped, "It's my cousin Ruan, but his handwriting is excellent......"
Qiu Yulan, who turned on the assist mode again, concentrated on swiping the impression points for Ruan Qingyan, without noticing at all, after Jiang Qizheng put down the notebook, he sighed slightly, and exchanged helpless glances with He Shuijin......