The weather at the end of July, not seeing the hot summer in June, but the day is still hot, there is a trace of suffocating impetuous atmosphere floating in the air, and the rippling Old Summer Palace seems to be affected, it is difficult to find pedestrians to pass by during the day, as if everyone is closed to the house to cool off.

Of course, not everyone is closed on the grounds of cooling off, for example, at this time, it is the peak of the afternoon sun, and there are more than a dozen beautiful palace ladies holding each other's fresh fruits, holding thin wine and fish, anyone who sees it, must know that there is a banquet here, not to mention the sound of women's laughter from time to time.

Under the bright sun, the sun is incandescent and shines on the two clusters of Dongzhu tassels that hang down to the shoulder blades and fold the glittering white light, which dazzles people's eyes; At that time, Huizhu was slowly marching on the way to the water pavilion, wearing a lotus lotus-colored silver silk white butterfly flower flag dress, and the lower body was equipped with a modified Han skirt with a moon white base with a yarn texture. The clothes are elegant and graceful, but the dress is too plain, so it is easy to insert a golden phoenix ruby tassel hairpin obliquely on the bun, which not only has the casualness of the gathering of relatives and daughters, but also does not miss the solemnity of hospitality.

After about two minutes, the faint sound of bamboo orchestra jumped into her ears, Huizhu stopped and frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" Xiao Ranzi replied sideways: "Gonggong Lu heard that the master was going to hold a banquet to entertain Prince Yi Fujin (Zhaojia's family), his mother's concubine, and the daughters of his wife, so he recommended a few palace people who could play and play to the slaves. Huizhu tilted her head and smiled: "Father-in-law Lu has a heart, and he will go back and send him the purple sand tea set." Xiao Ranzi responded; The master and servant were seven or eight people and went forward again.

The five female dependents and the women in the boudoir who gathered in the water pavilion saw Huizhu coming, and hurriedly got up and went out to greet each other, Huizhu smiled and took Zhaojia's hand and carried it in.

As soon as you step into the water pavilion, a residual lotus fragrance fills the room; As far as the eye can see, I saw that the twelve bamboo curtains in the room were rolled up, replaced with light silk soft satin of the azure color after the rain, among which the six moon-white shark yarns for self-use in the lotus pond were hung and tied, and suddenly, the water lilies in the pond were imprinted with white, or light purple, or light pink, or apricot yellow, which was extremely delicate and lovely.

Huizhu retracted her gaze with satisfaction, and swept her eyes to the corner of the room at will, each corner was filled with ice, and then there was a water lily with green lotus leaves on the ice.

After sitting down and taking a sip of iced herbal tea, Huizhu's eyes narrowed to the only fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl with braids and a pretty appearance...... Huizhu shook her head, she really couldn't say it for a while!

Li Shi noticed where Huizhu's gaze fell, his eyes turned, and he secretly nudged **, but he looked at the superior with a smile on his face and said: "Niangniang, ** is going to get married in more than a month, and the concubine thinks that she won't be able to go out in a few days, so I specially brought her here to kneel down and thank you for your grace." As he spoke, he secretly smoked again.

** Quietly glanced at Li, Fang bit his lower lip lightly, lowered his head and walked into the room, and respectfully saluted Huizhu; Huizhu saw the ** hidden under the sleeves of the soft cloth stirring the brocade to death, couldn't help but chuckle, waved his hand to the front and said: "This palace is not an outsider, the big girl is called the aunt of this palace, where did she come from to see the outside." **Seeing Huizhu's smile and cordial conversation, she let go of her caution and called "aunt" generously.

"Giggles-" Zhao Jia, who was sitting in the west, covered his mouth and chuckled, a pair of eyes with a thick smile flowed between Huizhu's aunt and nephew, and said with a half-ring smile: "Niangniang and ** girl are worthy of being two aunts and nephews, just a concubine looks at ** girl is familiar, and the two of them are placed together at this time, which is clearly printed in a mold." As soon as these words came out, everyone was interested, and their eyes were fixed on the two of them, and after a closer look, they really looked like it! Not to mention that there are eight points of similarity, at least five points of similarity.

Huizhu suddenly realized, no wonder she looked familiar, she didn't want to see her for a few years, ** she looked so similar to her, and she had to sigh at the wonder of blood.

The Fucha woman, who was sitting in front of Zhaojia's, picked a small piece of ice-soaked honeydew melon and swallowed it in her mouth, then took the hand of the **, looked up and down, and looked at Huizhu as if complaining: "Niangniang is eccentric, your mother's family has such a good girl to hide it like this, and the head of the concubine's family is a big child, no matter how many big ones are married, there are also four who should be married." As he spoke, he said with a look of pity: "She looks like a mother, and she knows that she is a blessed person at first glance, and I don't know which family has received this blessing!" ”

The sour tone caused everyone to laugh for a while, but the Li family was reluctant to let his daughter face be ashamed, and hurriedly said: "What kind of blessed person is she, and she is not stained with the nobility of her mother, so she can promise Shu Mulu's family." Fucha's eyebrows moved slightly, and then he smiled with a concealed smile: "The earl's family is deep, and the ** girl is a good family affair." I just don't know which one? ”

The Qing Dynasty woman is looking forward to nothing more than the daughter of the husband Rongzi to marry a good family, and when she heard such a question, Li's eyebrows could not hide her pride, but she said modestly: "It is the third son of his family's eldest son, although it is not as good as the eldest son of the eldest daughter-in-law, but there is no need to bear the responsibility of the eldest daughter-in-law, and the concubine is also content." ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Fucha was really stunned for a moment, this ** said that it was Huizhu's niece, but it was probably just a concubine, and she could marry the eldest son of the Shu Mulu family, which was really a little higher. After thinking about it again, now that Concubine Qi Li has been relegated to the cold palace, even if the third elder brother Hongshi is the eldest son, this throne should have nothing to do with him; The remaining five elder brothers Hongli do not need to be mentioned, only the fourth elder brother Hongli and the eighth elder brother Fuhui can compete with each other, Hongli is older to make up for the weakness of the mother family, and the strength of the Fuhui mother family is difficult to make up for the young and weak. In this way, ** and the family affairs of the Shu Mulu family are not considered who has climbed whom.

Mrs. Fucha's heart was overdosed, and the initial surprise swallowed back into her stomach, and she said with an envious smile on her face: "**The girl's family affairs are good, the concubine has heard of this grandson of the earl, not only is his character so good that he has nothing to say, but he has already mixed up in the barracks at a young age, but at the age of twenty-one, he also has the title of Yun Cavalry Lieutenant (Zheng Wupin)." ”

Above said, Li's heart is as clear as a mirror, but when it comes to the bright side, he still has to pass the buck. Mrs. Fucha is also a master who is good at observing words and feelings, and when she saw this, she didn't say much, and after a round of topics, she returned to Huizhu, and only listened to her: "It seems that as long as you get close to your mother, this good thing will go home, and if you can marry your mother, it will be a great blessing." After speaking, I glanced at it gently, and saw that Huizhu was still smiling like a shallow flowing cloud like a spring breeze, and I couldn't help but feel a sudden cry in my heart, and cold sweat was faintly breaking out in my palms.

This is not that the speaker is unintentional, nor is it unintentional by the listener, Huizhu listened quietly, but her heart had her own measurement, she remembered what Yinzhen had mentioned years ago, as well as the cold eyes of Fu Heng over the years, and the increasingly close friendship of Mrs. Fucha, she had a good impression of his Fucha family, but

sighed in his heart, flicked the tassels on his sideburns, and said with a smile: "Some things are really difficult to say, maybe they can really be accomplished, but the time in between is not short, and it is difficult to say if there is any change." With that, he picked up a small enamel bowl, looked at a pool of water lilies, and tasted the ice bowl as if nothing had happened.

Mrs. Fucha deeply understood the way of interacting with women, and when she heard Huizhu say this, it was an unexpected gain, so she no longer continued to dig deeper, and found another interesting story to talk about.

The rest of the people saw through it, and they didn't feel a little warmer at Mrs. Fucha; For a while, they talked happily with each other, talking and laughing.

While he was talking and laughing, he suddenly heard a loud report from outside: "Fourth Elder Brother, Fifth Elder Brother have arrived-Young Master Fu Heng has arrived——。 As soon as the long tail note fell, I heard a "bang", and the crystal clear bead curtains were lifted up, and a young man in his youthful years, one person took the lead, and broke in first; He is like a pine and green bamboo, like the rising sun, and a pair of starry big eyes under the thick black sword eyebrows, at a glance, he is a young man with a bright temperament!

With the young man entering together, there was a young man about thirteen years old and a child who was only ** years old, the two of them had a rare good appearance, especially the young child's facial features were still outstanding, but the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him was reflected in the light, and he only sighed.

As soon as Lang Lang, a young man dressed in a moon-white embroidered dragon ornament, stepped into the room, and Yuanmu, who did not smile and had a hearty smile, had already passed the eyes of everyone present one by one, and when he was close to the top, his heart was already in his chest, so he returned to the appearance of a carefree young man, flicked his sleeves neatly at Huizhu, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Son Hongli, please Eniang Jin'an!" The two people behind him both knelt down on one knee and said: "Hongday (Fu Heng) please Concubine Xi Niangniang Jin'an, Niangniang is auspicious!" ”

The uncontrollable smile jumped on his cheeks, and the pampering and proud look overflowed his eyes, Huizhu let the three of them get up with a smile in his mouth, and asked two or three words casually, then pulled Hongli to the side, and wiped his sweat with the Jinpa in his hand, while smiling and saying: "Unruly boy, your thirteen aunts, two aunts, an aunt, and Mrs. Fucha are all here, you don't go to salute." Hongli grinned, learned the appearance of the palace eunuchs, and replied loudly in a proper manner: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

After speaking, one got up, the other turned around, dodged Huizhu's gesture of waving his shoulders to fight, and silently went to the Li family at the end, and arched his hand: "My nephew has seen my eldest uncle." After the ceremony, as soon as I raised my eyes, I happened to face Huiya, who was getting up timidly, and I didn't feel a little flashy.

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