Chapter 33: The Banquet (2)

Hearing that the five princesses were coming, Jiang Xuehui and Yan Xuemei immediately got up to greet each other at the entrance of the courtyard, and within a few steps, they saw the princesses each with a maid.

Walking in front of the five princesses, Jiang Xuehui and Yan Xuemei immediately made a blessing salute: "I have seen Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

In feudal society, respect and order are the core ideas, so even if Jiang Xuehui and several princesses are friends, she also needs to salute the princess without an official position.

"Sister Jiang doesn't have to be polite." The eldest princess of Xiangcheng immediately stepped forward to support Jiang Xuehui, Jiang Xuehui raised her head and glanced at the strange little girl at the end, presumably it was Princess Changle, so she looked at her and said: "This must be Her Royal Highness Princess Changle, she is really born beautiful." ”

Princess Changle is only ten years old at this time, and girls of this age, generally speaking, as long as the nutritional conditions are up to standard, the figure has not changed, and the facial features are correct and not crooked, they can basically be regarded as beauties, not to mention the Changle princess Li Li, who has inherited so many excellent bloodlines from the Li family, the Dugu family, the Dou family, and the eldest grandson family.

"Sister Jiang praised it falsely." Princess Changle looked modest: "There is comparable to Sister Jiang, I have heard from all sisters that Sister Jiang's talent and beauty are rare in the world, and when I see it today, if I am a man, I will also like Sister Jiang!" ”

Originally, Jiang Xuehui was still a little complacent when she heard the famous Princess Changle praise herself like this, but when she heard the latter sentence, the smile on her face immediately froze. This kind of thing is not something that the princess of Changle in history can say, so she immediately suspects that this princess of Changle is also a traverser.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuehui immediately broke out in a cold sweat, the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, not to mention two traversers, generally two traversers meet, they basically want to kill the other one, even if it is next to the female character, sometimes women are much more ruthless than men.

However, these are just speculations, it is unknown whether the princess of Changle in front of her is a traverser, and there are so many people here, it is not easy to test directly, Jiang Xuehui can only maintain the appearance that nothing has happened, and respond: "If I were a man, I would also like Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

"Hehe, Lizhi is so beautiful, who doesn't like it." Princess Xiangcheng chuckled.

At this time, the voice of the greeter sounded again, and someone had arrived.

At this time, there are only ten minutes before the start of the banquet, and many people like to arrive some time in advance, so the guests came one after another, and the voices of the greeters almost never stopped.

In ancient times, banquets were generally dinners, where a group of people sat down in a place and then enjoyed singing and dancing while eating, which was a very high-end banquet. And Jiang Xuehui's banquet, said to be a banquet, should actually be called a party, calling guests over is not simply eating, but a handkerchief meeting between girlfriends, and gathering friends to play together, as for the so-called treasure appreciation, it is just a beginning, after all, it takes a beginning to initiate a party, such as who has a birthday, what festival to go out and so on.

After the invited people arrived, they would first come over to say hello to Jiang Xuehui as the host, and then go to find other people to play, or play chess, or shuttlecock, or poker, anyway, Jiang Xuehui invented a form of entertainment, for a while, the small courtyard was full of warblers and laughter.

And Jiang Xuehui was sitting not far from the door, greeting the guests.

At about half past five, Jiang Xuehui, who felt that there were still many people who had not come, instructed the little maid Yingxue on the side: "Go to the front and ask, how many people have not come." ”

"Yes." In response, the little maid ran away quickly, and soon came back again, and reported: "There are still twenty-six young ladies who have not yet arrived." ”

"So much?" Jiang Xuehui was a little surprised, because her courtyard was not large, her capacity was limited, and there were so many aristocratic women of similar age to her in Chang'an City, so this time she sent a total of seventy-four invitations, and more than one-third of the twenty-six people.

So many people didn't come, and they didn't send anyone to inform them that they weren't coming, Jiang Xuehui didn't know if she should continue to wait, after all, it had been more than half an hour, and she shouldn't have come if she hadn't come.

At this time, the ladies who had been playing for more than half an hour also remembered the main body of the party, driven by a few people, a group of people surrounded Jiang Xuehui, and when she reacted, there were already people around her.

"Sister Jiang, you sent an invitation to invite us over, saying that there is a treasure to appreciate with the sisters, why haven't you seen the baby for a long time?" One person asked loudly, this is Cheng Qingluan, the daughter of Cheng Yanjin, although she is from Jiangmen, she is not a tiger girl, and Cheng Qingluan, who inherited the appearance of her mother Cui, is no different from ordinary ladies.

Seeing the posture of the women, Jiang Xuehui knew that she had to take out the baby this time, so she said: "I wanted to wait for everyone to arrive and then take out the treasure and invite everyone to watch it together, but at this time, they should not come, so I took out the baby and asked everyone to appreciate it together." ”

After speaking, Jiang Xuehui immediately shouted to the little maid beside her: "Ying Xue, go to my room and bring the baby." ”

Hearing Jiang Xuehui's command, the little maid immediately ran to the attic, and soon walked out of the house with a box in her arms. ”

"It's a book." Jiang Xuehui smiled and took the wooden box from Ying Xue's hand, opened it to everyone, there was a book with a purple cover inside, and she introduced to the women: "This is a medical book, which records most of the diseases in the world, and there is also a set of medicine books, which records all the medicines in the world, but because there are too many, I didn't take it out." ”

"Really?" One person asked in disbelief, if what Jiang Xuehui said was true, then this could really be regarded as a peerless treasure.

"Of course it's true." Jiang Xuehui took out the original barefoot doctor's manual from the box and handed it to the girl who asked: "If you don't believe it, you can look through it." ”

The girl was overwhelmed by Jiang Xuehui's sudden action, at this time, this kind of treasure is generally hidden at home as a secret that cannot be passed on, and it can be shown to others casually, so she looked at Jiang Xuehui in astonishment: "Can you really see it?" ”

"It doesn't matter, this treasure is for everyone to appreciate together, and anyone who wants to see it today can do it, just be careful not to stain or break my book." Jiang Xuehui looked very generous, joke, this thing was originally used by her to hug Li Er's thick thighs, and if she didn't show it to others, she spread the news that she had a cross-era medical book in her hand, how could she catch Li Er?

At this time, the first girl who got the barefoot doctor's manual had already opened the book, saw the simplified Chinese characters on the catalog, and suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, the words on this are so strange, I can't understand them at all." ”

Hearing this, several girls next to her immediately shouted, "Show me." ”

The children of the nobles present were all well-educated, and although they did not line up at this time, they did not compete with each other, but just competed for the previous one to read the book to themselves. And Cheng Qingluan took the opportunity to squeeze behind the girl who was holding the book, she was taller, she could see the content of the book from behind, read some, and said with a puzzled face: "Strange, the words on this book seem to be cursive, but it looks like it is written from left to right, is the person who wrote the book a barbarian?" ”

At this time, the habit of the Celestial Empire is from right to left, and from left to right are all barbarians, and it is said that modern Chinese are all barbarians in the eyes of ancient Chinese.

When the other women heard the tall girl's words, they immediately said in unison: "Sister Qing, since you can recognize the words on it, it is better to read them out and let everyone listen to them, so as not to read them one by one." ”

"This looks like a table of contents, since the sisters want me to read it, I will read it......" Cheng Qingluan cleared his throat, and then read: "Chapter 1, Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Symptoms, Chapter 2, Common Pediatric Diseases, Chapter 3, Emergency Treatment, Chapter 4 ......"

The table of contents of the barefoot doctor's manual originally had twenty-one chapters, and Jiang Xuehui crossed out the chapter on family planning and the last appendix, so there were only nineteen chapters left, but the difficulty of simplified characters was still too high compared to the ancients, and there were many words that Cheng Qingluan had to guess by combining the upper and lower characters, so it took nearly ten minutes to read it.

After reading the catalog, Cheng Qingluan didn't continue to read, and other girls didn't urge her to continue reading. Because the children of this era are precocious, they can almost get married at their age, so they can naturally distinguish the importance of the matter, and people will take out this kind of secret that can be regarded as a family heirloom to show you, it is polite, you only look at a table of contents is polite, if you still want to read the content of the text, you just don't know how to advance or retreat.

"A glimpse of the whole leopard, just listening to this catalog, you know that this book is worthy of a peerless treasure." As he spoke, Cheng Qingluan closed the book and carefully handed it back to Jiang Xuehui: "Today can be regarded as a long experience, but my sister looks at its font, as if it has evolved cursive into a new font, which is really a precedent." ”

Jiang Xuehui smiled and took the barefoot doctor's manual and put it back in the wooden box, but did not answer, because she did not have the idea of promoting simplified Chinese characters to the whole of Datang.

Taking back the book, Jiang Xuehui looked up at the sky, it was almost six o'clock at this time, and it was almost dark in this season, so she instructed the maid behind her: "Yingxue, send the book back, and then go to pull the gate!" ”

The electric lights in the two courtyards are controlled by two gates, and although these ancient people cannot be allowed to directly touch the wires, it is still possible to pull a gate.

The little maid naturally complied with the order when she heard the order, but Jiang Xuehui had sharp ears beside her, and when she heard her words, she asked, "Sister Jiang, what is the gate?" ”

"It's what it means to light a lamp." Jiang Xuehui explained.

"It's time to light the lantern, it's almost dark, but Sister Jiang, your lantern is hanging so high, can it shine brightly?" A young girl asked, in this era, lighting is generally oil lamps, and there are candles, but there are very few, but whether it is an oil lamp or a candle, the brightness is limited, and the place that can be illuminated is not large, so it can't be hung too high, otherwise the following is the same as not lighting the lamp.

"You'll find out in a moment."

As soon as Jiang Xuehui's words fell, the lanterns hanging on the bamboo poles lit up all of a sudden, and the lights that seemed to be daytime startled all the girls, but then they looked at the lights on their heads with interest, and frequently asked Jiang Xuehui: "Sister Jiang, what kind of oil is your lamp burning, why is it so bright?" ”

Jiang Xuehui smiled and said nothing, because she didn't plan to popularize the knowledge of electricity to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

But at this moment, she suddenly heard the voice of the little maid: "You can't go in!" ”

After the little maid Mengyan was sent by Jiang Xuehui to look at the door, she has been guarding the door, and she has not forgotten Jiang Xuehui's instructions, so after the group of Yulin soldiers in front of her rushed over and said that they wanted to go in to extinguish the fire, they immediately stepped forward to stop it, and warned loudly by the way.

"There's a fire inside, we're going in to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, you get out of the way." Yulin Jun, as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and the leading lieutenant is even more meritorious, he naturally looks down on a mere maid in the dream, and he has no politeness at all, so he pushes her away and is about to rush on a rampage, if something happens to the princesses here, the rest of his life will be over.

"Stop!"

Jiang Xuehui, who heard the warning of the dream, immediately went to the door, and happened to meet the captain of the Yulin Army who was about to rush in, this party where the participants were all Yunying's unmarried little girls If a group of men rushed in, her face would be gone.

Although he didn't know Jiang Xuehui, but looking at his clothes, the captain of the Yulin Army knew that this was not an ordinary maid and maid, it should be a noble woman who came to the party, and he was also much more polite, and said: "A certain family is about to go in to extinguish the fire, please don't stop the young lady." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xuehui immediately understood that these Yulin soldiers might have regarded the lights as firelight, but understanding did not mean that she understood, and immediately scolded: "Where is the fire, do you see that this place looks like it is on fire?" ”

The captain of the Yulin Army was immediately stunned when he heard this, he was concerned about it before, and when he saw the sudden light, he subconsciously thought that it was on fire, but now he can see the scene in the courtyard, and it is indeed not on fire, so he immediately quickly withdrew from the courtyard, and confessed: "It's reckless." ”

Seeing that the other party had retreated, Jiang Xuehui turned around and went back, and immediately someone chattered around and asked what was wrong.

"It's okay, it's just that the Yulin Army thought it was on fire, and now it's gone."

Hearing this, a group of girls immediately chuckled: "Sister Jiang's light is too bright, and if you look at it from a distance, you will really think that this place is on fire." ”

"Since it's okay, everyone has seen it, baby, let's go play separately, it's rare to get together once." Jiang Xuehui said that appreciating treasure is a starting point, and playing together is serious.

Hearing this, the girls said a few more words to Jiang Xuehui, and then they scattered to find their best friends to play, and for a while, the small courtyard was full of warblers and laughter.

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