: : : :Qi Pan Xiaoyu and the two stepped forward to bow down to the red-clothed golden shadow, and after the Duchess of Guo called up, Xiaoyufang raised his eyes and quietly looked at the Duchess of Weiguo.

 : : : :Duchess Weiguo has an ordinary face, not tall, but combs a high bun, and has a big red pile of yarn peony on the sideburns, and on one side of the peony is a golden phoenix hairpin, which almost blinds the eyes of the little fish.

 : : : : She couldn't help muttering in her heart: "How can this Duchess of Weiguo have the same taste as an upstart!" Duchess Wei Guo didn't be polite with her, and directly sent some return gifts to them.

 : : : :Xiao Yu and Qi Pan said goodbye and went out, and when they got into the carriage, Xiao Yufang let out a sigh and said: "Sister, how can this Duchess of Weiguo be so virtuous!" ”

 : : : :Qi Pan smiled slightly: "She is the younger sister of the concubine of the Duchess of Qianweiguo, and her family background is not very good. When the former Duchess of Wei Guo was seriously ill, she said that she was here to serve the sick, and she didn't know how she got the eyes of Wei Guogong, and after the Duchess of Guo died of illness, she was accepted as a step-room. She was also angry in her own stomach, and gave birth to two sons and a young lady to Wei Guogong one after another. “

 : : : :Qi Pan paused and continued: "It's just that she has never been able to be on the stage, and she knows it herself, so she rarely comes out to socialize." If there is something in the Guogong Mansion, either Miss Qin's grandmother will come forward or Mrs. Qin will come forward to take care of it. However, in the past two years, Miss Qin's grandmother has grown older, and it looks like she is going to hand over the Guogong Mansion to Mrs. Guogong to take care of! ”

 : : : :When Xiaoyu heard that this was another story of a pheasant turning into a phoenix, it was no wonder that Miss Qin was so unkind to see her stepmother.

 : : : : "Miss Qin's two younger brothers and one younger sister are rarely mentioned by her?" , Xiaoyu asked.

 : : : :Qi Pan shook his head and said, "Miss Qin was raised by her grandmother, and she has been teaching with Old Madam Qin when she is older, and she is not very close to her younger siblings!" Her younger siblings are still young, but I heard that those two younger brothers are so domineering that they have already driven away more than a dozen gentlemen! “

 : : : : "Then Old Lady Qin and Sister Qin's grandmother will just let it go?" Xiao Yu continued to ask curiously.

 : : : :"I don't know the specifics, but I only occasionally hear a few words when a guest comes to chat with my mother," Qi Pan said.

 : : : : "Anyway, the Duchess of Weiguo is not a fuel-efficient lamp, I heard those ladies say so", Qi Pan thought about it and added.

 : : : :Xiaoyu also feels the same way, a woman from a poor family, with an ordinary appearance, can become a Duchess of Weiguo in one fell swoop, and it is impossible to succeed without a little scheming.

 : : : :It's just that Qin Xueyi's straight personality wants to meet such a scheming stepmother, I'm afraid that life will be difficult in the future, but now she has the protection of her grandmother and aunt.

 : : : : I just hope that while her grandmother is alive, she will find a good family to marry. Thinking of this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh, Qin Xueyi was born in the queen's mother's family, I'm afraid that this marriage has its own considerations. And if the second prince wants to participate in the battle for the throne in the future, she and Qin Xueyi are afraid that it will be difficult for her and Qin Xueyi to be as close as they are now.

 : : : :Coming back from the Weiguo Mansion, Xiaoyu and Qi Pan returned to the Hou Mansion and went straight to Mrs. When they went, Mrs. had just finished her business and was drinking tea on the couch.

 : : : : "Yo, what's going on?" You two are in such a hurry? The lady was quite surprised when she saw the second daughter come in hurriedly and put down the teacup.

 : : : : "Daughter to mother!" Qi Pan and Xiao Yu saluted their wife first.

 : : : :Before Mrs. could make a move, Xiaoyu hurriedly got up and said, "Mother, what does Huanxue mean?" ”。

 : : : :"Huanxue Club?" Madame played thoughtfully with the lid of the teacup. "What? You heard about the Huanxue Club from the Patriotic Mansion today? The lady asked.

 : : : : "Yes, mother, so we want to know about the Huanxue Club, in case..." Madame stopped playing with her hands, and stared at a point in the void as if she remembered something. After a long time, Fang set his eyes on Qi Pan and Xiaoyu's faces.

 : : : :Looking at the two delicate faces in front of her, Madame smiled slightly: "The Huanxue Festival is a grand meeting presided over by successive queens, starting from the time of the first emperor. At the meeting, the main test was to test the virtues of the participating women, and set a model to encourage women in the world to cultivate virtue. It is said that Huanxue will be a talent for girls in the school, but it is not. Talent is just an embellishment. This dynasty does not advocate that women indulge in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, to put it bluntly, those are just things that entertain others and entertain themselves. The most important thing for a woman is to be virtuous and self-cultivation, and virtue is three generations. Therefore, you two don't have to be in a hurry, wait until you receive the Huanxue post and then make plans, why bother with mediocrity for a while! “

 : : : : After Madame finished speaking, she sighed and looked into the distance wistfully, but a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Qi Pan wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Xiaoyu.

 : : : :Xiaoyu shook her head slightly, and seeing that Mrs. was still stuck in her memories, the second daughter quietly withdrew.

 : : : :After walking out of the main room, Qi Pan asked Xiaoyu strangely: "Sister, why did you stop me from continuing to ask just now?" ”

 : : : :Xiaoyu smiled slightly: "Mother said very much, now we haven't received the Huanxue post, why worry, if you don't receive the Huanxue post in the end, wouldn't it be a mediocre person to disturb yourself?" If you come, you will be safe, and you will talk about it when you receive it! ”。

 : : : : After returning to Qixia Courtyard, Xiaoyu was silent for a while before resting. Although she was so relieved and looking forward to it just now, in her heart, she didn't want to be noticed by too many people. After all, the more people pay attention, the easier it is for her own life secrets as a princess of Xiyue to be discovered.

 : : : :Early in the morning of the fifth day of the lunar month, gongs and drums were noisy in front of a shop on East Street, and firecrackers sounded. The crowd of onlookers was circle after circle.

 : : : : "What is this doing?" So lively? ”

 : : : :"It looks like a shop is opening!"

 : : : :"What do you sell?"

 : : : :"I don't know, it looks expensive."

 : : : :"Oops, it's so fragrant, do you smell it, there's a scent of osmanthus?"

 : : : :"Yes yo yes yo, it's weird, where is there osmanthus this season!"

 : : : :When Mrs. Qi Pan and Xiao Yu went to Lan Kwai Fong to attend the opening ceremony, Xiao Yu sat in the carriage and heard people talking around her.

 : : : : When I heard that Yuegongzi was going to open, Xiaoyu had the urge to tell Yuegongzi about the promotional methods of modern opening. However, she also felt that some ideas were a bit shocking in this era, especially at the age of 12, which was even more unbelievable.

 : : : : Therefore, she endured and endured and endured, so she did not make any suggestions about the opening ceremony. It is best to follow the customs of the locals, or to open a business in the way of the ancients, and she herself wants to open her eyes and see how the ancients did it when they opened.

 : : : : Even though they had left the house an hour earlier than the time on the invitation, the East Street was still jammed and the carriage was simply unable to move an inch. What's even more difficult is that there is also a carriage jam behind, and you can't go another way.

 : : : :Bai Fu stretched out her head to look around, then retracted her head in surprise and said, "Miss, there are too many people, you can't walk!"

 : : : : Xiaoyu also looked around, and sure enough, the street was crowded with people, not only the car car could not pass, and even people wanted to go over it was very difficult. With so many people, I didn't see the government officials come out to maintain order, and if there was a stampede, it would be troublesome.

 : : : : "Bai Fu, you ask the guards to go to the front to tell Madame, and ask her to send someone to the capital with the name of the marquis, and ask him to send someone to maintain order to avoid a stampede." The second is to ask the groom to keep the carriage as far back as possible, and the guards to shrink and be on guard, so as not to squeeze around and startle the horse. After speaking, Xiaoyu asked Bai Shao to take out the hat and put it on for himself and Qi Pan.

 : : : : "Big sister, I can't get over this for a while, why don't we get off the bus and find a place to rest for a while", Xiao Yu said, pointing to a silk shop directly outside the carriage.

 : : : : She was afraid that if someone really accidentally startled the horse, she was afraid that there would be a stampede in this group, and they would not be spared in the carriage. It's much safer to go to the shop and sit down and find a way to get there.

 : : : : She told Qi Pan about her concerns, and Qi Pan nodded and said, "My sister is very worried, let's go down first!" ”

 : : : : Bai Fu first arranged for the guards to fight to separate the crowd, squeezing a small open space between the silk shop and the carriage. While the crowd didn't figure out the situation and was still cursing in a crowd, Xiao Yu and Qi Pan quickly got out of the carriage wearing hats and walked into the silk shop.

 : : : : As soon as they entered the shop, they saw that the small open space just now had been filled by a crowd of people, and the guards were unable to exert their strength at all.

 : : : : "Go, take Madame too!" Xiao Yu shouted at the guard leader in the crowd.

 : : : : After watching the guard commander nod at her, Xiao Yufang turned to look at the silk shop.

 : : : : This shop is not small, and a guy is trotting over.

 : : : : "Man, do you have a back door?" , Xiaoyu asked the guy eagerly.

 : : : : "Two young ladies, the back door is from this side, through the yard." Seeing that the two female guests were not here to buy silk, the man put away a little courtesy and replied a little unreasonably.

 : : : :Xiaoyu glanced at Bai Fu, Bai Fu understood, walked over and took out a little broken silver and said: "This little brother, my young lady has something to ask you, you can buy a bowl of tea with this silver." ”

 : : : :When the guy saw the silver, he immediately opened his eyes and smiled: "Miss is too polite, if you have any questions, just ask, I am most familiar with this piece." ”

 : : : : "Going out through your back door might lead to the back door of Lan Kwai Fong?" Xiaoyu asked.

 : : : :"Lan Kwai Fong? Miss is going to the opening ceremony! The guy said with a sudden realization.

 : : : :Xiao Yu bowed slightly, and the guy smiled: "Go out from my back door, go east and go all the way to the back door of Lan Kwai Fong, but the back door is pickled, I'm afraid that Miss is such a noble...", he looked Xiao Yu and Qi Pan up and down, and then stopped talking.

 : : : : Xiaoyu and Qi Pan were hesitating, and Mrs. was surrounded by the guards, and they also came. "Xiaoyu, why did you let us get out of the car?" As soon as the lady saw the little fish, she asked.