Chapter 8 Qinglian Prosperous Age
Mama Tao has long practiced in the palace to see the six ways and listen to the eight directions at any time, and now she quietly observes all the noble girls, which is all trivial.
The girl of the Zhao family has long been familiar with it, but the girl of the Song family is the first time to see her!
But even though all the girls were dressed up in fancy ways, Mama Tao still saw Su Su standing at the end at a glance. There is no way, this girl is too beautiful, that is, Mama Tao is used to seeing beauties in the palace, and she has to admit that Su Su's beauty is the most special, so that she still has no resistance when she has seen her once, just like this girl still shows "admiration, admiration, and amazement" when she sees herself, but she doesn't know that she is also "amazed" in the eyes of others!
Such a girl, no wonder Mrs. Song always lifts up, so that the concubine remembers such a talented and beautiful little maid. Today, the county lord held a banquet, and the concubine also asked someone to give her a post seriously, instructing people not to slack off.
Mama Tao led the girls to the concubine's Rongle Hall, and said as she walked: "The guests who came here today also include the three girls from the Annam Bo Mansion of the concubine's mother's family, and the four girls from the Rongxian Mansion of the princess's mother's family. The second young lady of Annanbo's Mansion is a funny one, and she also came with her sisters today. There is also Shen Xianjun of Pingshun Bofu, who is now at the concubine's place. ”
The specifications and layouts of the Great Chu Palaces are similar, but Prince Gong's Mansion is a prince's mansion, and it is nearly one-third larger than the prince's mansion.
After about 200 meters of sandwich road, I entered the inner courtyard. Sun Fangqing and Su Su were at the back, whispering about Mama Tao who had just met, sighing that she was worthy of being Shangyi in the palace, and talking about those servants, which can be described as strict rules.
Su Su echoed her softly, thinking about the second lady of the Annan Bo Mansion that Mama Tao said, if nothing else, this second young lady should be Ruan Qiniang. Su Su was sure that Ruan Qiniang was here for herself, otherwise, how could she, a young woman who had already married, participate in the small banquet held by the unmarried girls?
The layout of Rong Le Tang is similar to that of Sui An Tang, but it is larger and more luxurious, and the furnishings are more exquisite, presenting a low-key luxury!
Su Su and Mrs. Song can be regarded as seeing a lot of good things, but the Luohan bed that looks inconspicuous but is golden silk nanmu sitting under the concubine is something that the Song family can't buy even if they have money.
There are also calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, the incense burner placed on the small table, and the warm jade handle in the concubine's hand, which really makes people know what the background is!
The Song family spent a lot of money to get a Shun Anbo who can only be demoted for three generations, and he is as happy as a pie in the sky, just because he has a background!
Su Su thought about it in her head, and it didn't prevent her and the girls from seeing the princess, the princess, the lord of Qingning and the county lord of Shen County, as well as the two concubines of the palace, the girl of the Marquis of Rongxian Mansion and the girl of the Annan Bo Mansion and Ruan Qi Niang!
Su Su, as a maid, was a little conspicuous when she appeared on such an occasion, but she didn't expect the concubine to deliberately say: "Su Su's girl came to the palace!" ”
The concubine only saw Su Su two or three times, but she was very impressed, one is Su Su's appearance, the second is the promotion of Mrs. Song, and the third is the limelight of this girl! Not a little maid in any family can make the ladies in the palace specially appreciate things!
Not to mention that even the Queen Mother now knows that Concubine Xi's mother has a talented, beautiful, affectionate and righteous little maid!
This matter is still the incense made by Su Su, because of the twelve flowers of the incense offered on August 15, Concubine Xi and the little princess won the praise of the emperor, and also let Su Su get the reward of the queen!
At the beginning of November is the birthday of the Queen Mother, because it is not a whole birthday, I am not ready to do a big job, but the gifts everywhere can not be sent, Concubine Xi sent a message to Su Su to make a fragrance!
Knowing that the Queen Mother believed in Buddhism, Su Su spent a month to make a Buddha incense, a full nine hundred and eighty-one palm-sized jade carved green lotus, the most precious is a total of seven hundred and twenty-nine nine-color lotus seeds in the lotus canopy the size of the thumb belly of the green lotus, the material is not the most precious, but it is made by secret method, nine colors and nine fragrances, and one fragrance is divided into three types of fragrances: top note, middle tone, and tail note.
Originally, the Queen Mother didn't care who made this incense, she was naturally a concubine who rewarded the sacrifice with comfort, but the day before yesterday, the concubine and the eldest princess of Changlong, and the old lady of Zhenguo entered the palace to gossip with the queen mother, and they saw this incense, and they knew that it was offered by the concubine, and the three people who had used the incense given by Mrs. Song naturally knew that this must be Su Su's handwriting.
Who knew that the old lady of Zhenguo, who has never liked to praise people, actually praised the old lady Song a few words like the queen mother, and then actually mentioned the little maid Susu, so that the queen mother also praised the affection and righteousness, ingenuity, but it's a pity and so on!
The Queen Mother naturally would not summon a little maid in person, but she mentioned, "Next time, the old lady of Anshun Bofu will enter the palace and ask her to come to the mourning house to sit!" She is in the south all the year round, and she has more knowledge than those of us who have never been out of the capital in our lives! Looking at Concubine Xi, you know that she is also a good person! Although this is just said in private and will not be spread to the outside, it can also be seen that Concubine Xi still has a lot of weight in the eyes of the Queen Mother!
After returning to the palace, the concubine knew that her granddaughter was going to have a small banquet to entertain new friends, so she filled in Su Su's name easily, although she didn't know why the old lady of Zhenguo wanted to give her a decent look, but it didn't prevent her from pushing herself, but she was just a little maid, and she didn't want anything, so she should just be kind!
When I saw it before, it was just a maid's dress, but when I saw it again today, I couldn't help but praise it, what a pity for such a look! The beauty is a little biased, and there is more pity in her heart: "Good girl, that Qinglian Shengshi is really a clever thought, the Queen Mother has never seen anything good, and she also praised it wonderfully!" I can talk to your old lady, if Su Su doesn't show the ability to press the bottom of the box to let the palace meet, I will detain the girls of your family and my wife as companions! ”
Su Su was a little confused about the situation, but Qinglian Shengshi knew that it was a fragrance designed by herself at the request of Concubine Xi, and she didn't feel that there was any difficulty in making incense, but it was just a "take-it-or-leave-it", but the ninety-nine eighty-one jade carved green lotus cost a lot of silver, and a special jade carving master was invited, and the most precious piece of glass imperial green jade in the old lady's private warehouse was used.
The material of a green lotus can deduct at least two pairs of bracelets and some small pendants, a full eighty-one, you can imagine the size and value of this jadeite!
The Queen Mother has just celebrated her birthday, and the Song family has not received the letter yet, but now that she heard the concubine say this, Su Su knew that the result must be worthy of the jade and her own time for a month!
Su Su was still smiling lightly, not arrogant or impatient, which made people look up again, "What good things haven't you seen the concubine?" Su Su has such a little ability, and he can also turn out the five finger mountains of the Buddha, it seems that our girl can only stay in the palace! As he spoke, he made a "I am also powerless" and looked at the girls of the Song family, which made the girls present laugh.
The county lord of Qingning pulled Shen Xianjun and smiled at the six girls: "You said how good she is, I still don't believe it, but I only know that you have said a little less when I see her today, this girl is really funny!" ”
Ruan Qiniang saw Thirteen Niang, she was happy in her heart, and when she saw that her sister seemed to have inadvertently glanced at herself, she stepped forward and pretended to be pitiful and said: "I knew that there were so many sisters who were like flowers and jade today, so I wouldn't come, so I didn't have to make my aunt and grandmother more and more unable to see me!" ”
The concubine pulled her to sit in front of her, and scolded with a smile: "Whose family is this, such a big face, a little daughter-in-law came to me to eat the girls' flying vinegar?" ”
Ruan Qiniang pretended to be ashamed and stabbed into the concubine's arms, "Isn't it your family!" "The funny crowd is getting more and more unrestrained!
The princess looked at it again and covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her eyes inadvertently swept over Su Su next to her, and when she looked at Ruan Qiniang, she said, "Huh", and said: "I looked at this girl before and looked familiar, but now such a comparison, it is not a little similar to the second nephew and daughter-in-law, this girl's eyes are also familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen it!" ”
Hearing what the princess said, the concubine and the others also looked at Su Su and Ruan Qiniang carefully, and the concubine said: "Don't say it, the nose and mouth are actually ordinary, these eyes are ......" The concubine didn't know what she thought, her eyes tightened, and she was so fast that people didn't notice it, so she said: "These eyes look really good!" ”
The concubine said this by staring at Ruan Qiniang, and when she saw that her face changed slightly, she sighed slightly in her heart! But he glanced at the princess quietly, and the princess and her mother-in-law had a very tacit understanding, so she saw the princess smile and said to her daughter: "Today is your banquet, you want to get along with the little sisters!" ”
The concubine also said: "Let's play, girls' families, play at home one day less than one day, don't be restrained!" Then he looked at Ruan Qiniang and said with a smile: "You are the biggest in this, but you can take care of the guests, if you are not satisfied, I will not only find Qingning, but also punish you!" ”
Ruan Qiniang said to the girls with a sad face: "Good sisters, please go to Yintai Building one day!" "All the women have to cover their mouths and laugh!
After that, the women followed the county lord of Qingning and Ruan Qiniang to the largest back garden of the palace, not only a small piece of plum forest, but also a glass flower room, because of the weather, the noon banquet was placed in the flower room, but because it snowed last night, today is a good time to enjoy the red plum in the snow, so in the plum forest also used a screen to separate a small space, arranged with a low table and futon, not only a small red clay furnace but also a delicate small point, it can be seen that the county lord really put a lot of thought.
Su Su's identity is embarrassing, but fortunately, there are Song sisters and Ruan Qiniang in the middle, and most of the girls who come here this time are eleven or twelve years old, so they are more curious about Su Su, and the atmosphere at the beginning is relaxed!
No matter how small a girl is, she also has the characteristics of a woman, and after gossip, she is wearing clothes and jewelry, rouge and gouache! And these are what Su Su is good at, plus Su Su gives people the feeling that they are gentle and harmless, which makes it easy for people to take off their guards, and the girls who began to be jealous and looked down on because the concubine attached great importance to Su Su also found that Su Su was proficient in "eating, drinking, and having fun, clothing, housing, and food"!
The three girls of the Song family and the two cousins have also made lovely friends, that is, the fifth girl, who is not really stupid, and has long put away the little family spirit at home! In addition to the crooked minds of the five girls, the etiquette rules of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are also taught by famous masters.
Since everyone has already met, and left the friends who want to make friends, they will get up in groups to enjoy the plum blossoms in the future, and there is the elegant one who also gathered the snow water on the plum blossoms together. Su Su and Ruan Qi Niang came together, and everyone only saw the two chatting about food and having similar interests, but they didn't know that these two were sisters and recognized each other!