"Okay, don't toss, it's not that I want to see each other, you hurry up and see if the two ladies are coming." Ling stopped Lian Xiang from inserting a hairpin on her head, and impatiently urged her to go out. Today is the day when the lord of Yinghua comes to the door, and the most important thing is to dress up Wanhua well. "Remember, tell the fifth lady to do it properly."

As soon as Lian Xiang went out, she ran into Li Xunzhuo, who had turned around and came back, and hurriedly stopped to salute, and Ling heard the sound outside the door and walked out curiously.

"Master, why are you back?" Ling looked at Li Xunzhuo in confusion.

"Master Xu has something to do temporarily, and if he doesn't come, I'll come back when I'm fine." Li Xunzhuo looked at Ling's dress, "You want to go out?" Or are there guests coming? ”

"Didn't I tell you, the Duchess of Guo handed over the post, saying that she wanted to come to see Sanniang with the county lord." The Ling family complained in his heart, Li Xunzhuo went back to Huansiyuan for the night in the past two days, and he didn't care about Xiyuan at all. "I asked Lianxiang to urge the two girls to come over quickly, in case they came early, they would be lazy."

Li Xunzhuo nodded, Lianxiang blessed his body, and was about to leave, but he heard him speak: "By the way, go and call Qi Niang too." ”

"Why?" Ling screamed.

Li Xunzhuo glanced at her lightly: "Since you have called all the five mothers, there are no more seven mothers, and they are about the same age." Lian Xiang looked at the Ling clan hesitantly, and had no choice but to take the order. Li Xunzhuo looked at the reluctant Ling family, "Since you called Qi Niang to eat together, then you should take her with you when you go out to meet guests, the three of them are daughters, you can't favor one over the other." ”

"Since you said that you can't favor one over the other, then what do you do in private to buy so many things for Qi Niang, you don't know about me?!" Ling turned around and looked straight at him.

"That's not because you are close to Sanniang for everything, when did you think of Qiniang?" Li Xunzhuo said.

"According to what you say, what should Wu Niang do!" The Ling clan immediately fought back.

Li Xunzhuo was most annoyed that the Ling clan was talking about Shaohua, after all, this was a thorn in his heart. Shaohua is no better than Jinhua, and when she asks her what she wants, she always says that as long as he and the Ling family get along. Such a sensible and well-behaved daughter, he likes it in his heart, but the Ling family always does not cooperate. "You talk about Wu Niang again, when did I ever lack Wu Niang."

Ling was about to speak, and the girls' laughter took her words.

"Daddy is here." Wanhua was dressed in a pale blue placket with a floral embroidery collar on an aqua blue background, lined with an ivory white midshirt with an ink-colored collar, and a frost-blue pleated skirt underneath. The long black and supple hair is coiled into a fragrant bun near the clouds, two gold-inlaid jade hairpins are inserted obliquely on one side, and a pair of mutton fat white jade bracelets are transparent and crystalline. She snuggled up and smiled coquettishly. "Daddy, do you look good-looking?"

Li Xunzhuo softened the expression on his face, "You have covered Wu Niang's posture." Li Xunzhuo set his eyes on Shaohua behind Wanhua, the dress of the same color as Wanhua, but not as delicate embroidered as her, and the clean and elegant long skirt embellished Shaohua like a hibiscus out of water.

Wanhua's eyes immediately lit up, "It's because Wu Niang can't find good-looking jewelry, if you want me to say, Qi Niang's set of face jewelry inlaid with Nanzhu just matches Wu Niang's clothes." Wanhua's face changed slightly, and Shaohua sighed: "Daddy, don't listen to the third sister's nonsense, today is a good day for the third sister, how can I steal the limelight of the third sister." ”

Shaohua felt helpless about Wanhua's habit of comparing her with Jinhua at every turn, anyway, everything is not good for the enemy, it is our victory.

"Daddy, mother, daughter is late." While speaking, Jinhua came slowly, but her apricot yellow dress made Ling's face suddenly darken.

"What are you doing with such fancy dressing, go back and change it!" Ling said unhappily.

As soon as Jinhua heard that a guest was coming, he immediately took out his most beautiful clothes, and never thought that Wanhua Shaohua was plain and elegant, but Wanhua was better than the exquisiteness of hairpin ring jewelry, and the water head was superior. was happily rushing over, but he didn't expect to face Ling's stinky face as soon as he entered the door.

"Daddy......" Jinhua bit his lip and looked at Li Xunzhuo aggrievedly.

"Qi Niang is young, wearing this color is festive, what are you doing in the way." Li Xunzhuo reprimanded Ling's family, Ling's eyes glared angrily, and before he could refute, the maid in the outer courtyard hurriedly came to report: "The second master, the second lady, the duchess and the lord of Yinghua are here." ”

Ling's heart jumped, he glared at Jinhua angrily, and shook his hand to leave.

Li Xunzhuo also felt that it was boring to sit for a long time, so he also went out, leaving the three girls looking at each other.

"Qi Niang, you did it on purpose." Wanhua saw that she was bright, and her heart was so angry that her teeth itched.

Today was the day when the Yinghua county lord came to see each other, knowing that the Yinghua county lord liked to be plain and elegant, she deliberately chose this dress. And to bring Shaohua with him, firstly, in order to hide people's eyes, he is also planning to take this opportunity to bring Shaohua out to meet guests. In two years, Shaohua will be in time, and there will be the old lady of the vassal country in the town, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to find a good man in the future. Shaohua also knew this, so he deliberately didn't dress up, saving himself from stealing the limelight from Wanhua.

"How come, the third sister has wronged me." Jinhua blinked aggrievedly. She really didn't know what kind of guest was coming, but she heard that the Ling family was going to take her to meet the guest, and she must have a good status, so she chose this dress. "Is the third sister afraid that I will rob the scenery, or is this guest here to see the third sister?"

"You ......" Wanhua's face changed slightly, and Jinhua immediately understood.

Lianxiang's arrival stopped a fight in time, Shaohua stepped forward to hold Wanhua's hand, and said in a low voice: "Third sister, don't fight with her, the county lord is here." Hearing Shaohua's words, Wanhua reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth and strode forward.

Ling was chatting energetically with the Duchess of Guo and the Lord of Yinghua, when he saw the three girls coming, he hurriedly asked them to salute.

After the three girls saluted the Duchess and the Lord of Yinghua in order, they obediently stood behind the Ling family. The Duchess looked at the three girls with a kind face, and said to the Ling family with a smile: "It is said that Li Ge is a good fortune for the second lady, and he has raised three ladies who are like flowers and jade, and now it is really true." These three ladies have seen a lot, but I didn't expect the two little ladies to be so exquisite. ”

"The old lady is polite, they are just three dull girls." When the Ling clan heard the praise of the Duchess of the Domain, his face immediately burst into laughter.

"The second lady is polite, who doesn't know that the third lady is dignified and generous, smart and sensible, and has done a good embroidery job. Whoever marries Langjun is a great blessing. The Duchess of the Domain Kingdom said and deliberately glanced at her nephew and daughter-in-law, Lord Yinghua.

Lord Yinghua was a woman of nearly forty years, but because of good maintenance, she looked five or six years younger than her real age. Dressed in a ginger entwined lotus embroidered satin placket, lined with a camel-colored horse-faced skirt with red gold and satin, the clothes are neat and elegant. Looking at Wanhua's eyes, she was also a little more intimate, seeing that she was deferential and polite, she nodded with satisfaction. Those who know the lord of Yinghua know that she likes to dress up brightly, but she doesn't like people next to her to cross her. Skimming Shaohua's gaze is also gentle and kind, but when he saw Jinhua, he frowned slightly, but smiled without saying a word.

"What is the ranking of these two little ladies?" The Duchess of the Domain, who looked too much at the young lady, was not too picky about the three girls.

"This is Wu Niang, who is thirteen years old this year. My father felt sorry for her, so he took her to Pu'an when she was a child, and raised her until a few days ago. Ling enthusiastically pushed Shaohua out, and glanced at Jinhua again: "That's Qi Niang, Aunt Su's origin." ”

"They are all beautiful women." The Duchess of the Vassal Kingdom nodded and smiled, "What kind of craftsmanship do you know?" ”

As soon as she heard the Duchess of the Domain's inquiry, the Ling family was immediately overjoyed, if this hit her heart, even if she didn't need to open her mouth in the future, the Duchess of the Kingdom would help her. But before Shaohua could speak, Jinhua couldn't wait to step forward and take out the embroidery he had prepared earlier.

"Please look at the old lady, this is the veil that I just embroidered for my mother." Jinhua handed a handkerchief with a rich flower to the Duchess of the Domain. She took a look, her eyes blinked, she nodded with satisfaction, and smiled at Ling: "I just said that the second lady is blessed, look at how filial the seventh lady is, this skill is much better than that lady in my family." ”

"If the old lady doesn't dislike it, I can embroider one for the old lady." Jinhua said eagerly.

"Qi Niang, don't be presumptuous! The old lady of the clan said kind words, I don't know how many times stronger than yours in the craftsmanship of the little lady of the clan family, so I don't want to retreat quickly. The Ling family was very annoyed by Jinhua's stealing the limelight.

The Duchess of the Domain didn't care, she just smiled and looked at Shaohua, "What will Wu Niang do?" ”

Under the eager gaze of Ling and Wanhua, she said with a sneer: "Recently, I have been practicing pipa. The Duchess of the Vassal Kingdom seemed a little surprised, "Do you know how to play a pipa?" "Most of the little ladies on the side are practicing the piano and zheng, and it is rare to be able to play the pipa, and even the lord of Yinghua has cast his eyes.

"What tunes do you play?" The voice of the lord of Yinghua was soft and tactful, like a girl's voice.

"Mr. has taught a few songs, but I am not familiar with them." Today is not the day for her to steal the limelight, it is best to be a mural, so Shaohua replied in a low-key manner.

Lord Yinghua said "oh", his face was slightly disappointed, but he thought that his future daughter-in-law was not Shaohua, so he was quickly relieved. The Duchess of the Domain answered with a smile, "Speaking of pipa, I don't know until the two ladies are good at playing the pipa. One is the wife of General Dingxi, and the other is Mrs. Xingyongbo, but unfortunately the two of them failed to play a song together, and they don't know their superiority. ”

When Ling Shi heard this, he asked curiously: "That day, I seem to see Mrs. Xingyong Bo also going to the Guogong Mansion, is it to ask the old lady to help the little lady palm her eyes?" After going through the motions, Ling asked the three girls to step back.

"No, her little lady is the same age as Wu Niang. She, on the contrary to you, is to refuse to return to the family affairs for Lang Jun. Hearing the sigh of the Duchess of the Domain, Shaohua, who dared to step out of the gate on his back feet, suddenly stopped, and couldn't help but hide at the door and whisper. She doesn't know how many times she has come, every time she is polite, I can't say anything, since people are not happy, I am not reluctant. ”

When the Ling clan heard the gossip, he immediately came to his senses, "Why, Mrs. Xingyong's vision is so high?" Which lady is it this time? ”

"Don't blame her for her high vision, these four gentlemen of Shengjing, which one is not the Ruyi Langjun of the ladies' hearts. It's your eldest man, and now there are people inquiring, if Erlang is not in Beijing, I'm afraid many people will come to inquire. The Duchess of the Vassal Kingdom said. It's just that I don't know what kind of lady Mrs. Xingyongbo likes in her heart, and I don't know ten or twenty people who come to me to inquire, and I also picked a few for her, but she shook her head. ”

"I heard that the matter of Yan Jialangjun was decided by the palace, maybe it is Princess Shang." Lord Yinghua said coldly.

"It's also possible, but Mrs. Xingyongbo doesn't miss a little rumor, and I can't help it." The Duchess of the Domain Kingdom said wistfully, in fact, she wanted to help Yan Kaizhi promote a good deed. That Langjun has a personable demeanor and an extraordinary temperament, and at first glance, it makes people want to find a good family for him.

Yan Kaizhi wants to be a princess?!

Shaohua's brain is a little messy, this is impossible.

However, listening to the tone of the Duchess of the vassal state, Mrs. Xingyongbo has repeatedly rejected the kindness of others, and there should have been a candidate. So, is she not having a chance at all?