Zhang Huixin's gift was originally sprinkled with invitations, and almost all the ladies and daughters of the princes and nobles in the capital came, and now with such a good news sent by the Jin Palace, it is naturally joyful. When Zhang Huixin appeared in front of people in red, it aroused a wave of praise and compliments.

's mother is the lord of Yixing, his uncle is Han Gong, and his cousin is the princess of Jin...... In addition to the royal clan, what other daughter in the world can compare? However, Zhang Huixin's marriage also spread before, and the man was neither a noble nor a noble son, but Zhang Quan's old friend, Dai Wenzhi, the sister-in-law of the late Dai Shichang, the secretary of Guanglu Temple. Although the Dai family has solid family resources, they are not in the forefront of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs after all, so everyone sighs and sighs at the grand pomp and circumstance of the ceremony, but also a little disapproving of this marriage.

As soon as the sound of the sheng and bamboo of the ceremony began, there was a small servant outside through the curtain to report, saying that there was a lieutenant official in the palace who was ordered to congratulate him, and for a while, the host and guests in the main hall were suddenly busy.

"The queen mother gave a gift and a golden hairpin inlaid with gems and phoenix butterflies!"

"The concubine gave a pair of white jade bracelets!"

"The lady concubine gave a treasure inlay and a cui collar!"

"Concubine De Niangniang gave a pair of golden silk fragrant wood inlaid cicadas and jade beads!"

"Concubine Xian Niangniang gave two ivory palace fans!"

The first and fourth concubines were all awarded, and all the eunuchs who came were five-grade eunuchs, and the hall was full of eyes for a while. Chen Lan saw that the eunuch of Kunning Palace was a little familiar, and couldn't help but think of the day of the Queen's Thousand Autumn Festival, Ye Shangyi was called out for a long time before he turned around, but it was an understatement that only passed on the good news of the Jin Palace. Only this thought disappeared without a trace in her heart, after all, she couldn't take care of the things in the Yangning Marquis Mansion now, what were she doing to care about those suspicious things in the palace?

The reward in this palace pushed a and the ceremony to the most **, naturally, the golden hairpin rewarded by the queen was made to be the thing to wear. When the three additions were completed, Zhang Huixin changed into another big red dress and came out to greet the guests, which naturally attracted a lot of flattery. Although she usually hates this kind of crowded occasion the most, she has to fight hard to deal with them one by one, and finally saw a bunch of people in the group, seeing that the troupe invited in front of her has begun to act, and the daughters are some watching the play, and some are playing by the hibiscus pool, she, the master, can't bear it, so she pulled Chen Lan to the corner of the garden to whisper.

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations on what? You don't see, I'm almost a kowtow worm today! Zhang Huixin wrinkled his nose with a bitter face, sighed and said, "The kowtow at the ceremony is not counted, but I can't count the head of Xie En's kowtow just now." Usually there are no such complicated rules in the palace, and the ladies are easy to talk, but it's just a blessing to bend the knees, but today I have to knock my head over, and my eyes are spent! ”

"Who congratulates you on this, the ladies like you, this reward is naturally there, I am congratulating you on getting married in a few months." Chen Lan looked at Zhang Huixin's cheeks with a smile and two red clouds flew up at once, and blinked his eyes narrowly, "My Fair Lady, good gentleman, what's so embarrassing!" ”

"Bah, you're making fun of me too!" Zhang Huixin reached out to pinch Chen Lan's face, and laughed for a while before she pursed her lips and said, "Don't look at those people who say good things on their lips, in fact, they are all laughing at my mother behind their backs, but they have found such a poor family." But at the beginning, my mother should be treated on the same level as the princess, but so many people chose my father, and what they liked was that my father was lazy, but he was real. In fact, I have already decided on this matter, I have seen him since I was very young, not to mention anything else, he is really a good person with a good personality, and it is my father who sees it first. It is said that our family is a lion roar in Hedong, but outsiders don't know that the father is in charge of major matters, and my mother never oversteps her responsibilities to replace her......"

has been in Jiangnan with his parents for many years, and has no brothers and sisters, although Zhang Huixin is a big grin, he also knows what kind of friends to make, so he doesn't know how many years he has held back those words. At this moment, she was holding Chen Lan's arm, her head resting on her shoulder unconsciously, and whispering those words that had never been said to anyone. Chen Lan occasionally asked a question or two, and most of the time he just listened. Just from the upturned curvature of the corners of Zhang Huixin's mouth, she can see that the little girl is very happy now.

The future husband has a simple personality and a simple family, for Zhang Huixin, this is not the most beautiful marriage?

Zhang Huixin said his own business, and he had to pester Chen Lan to ask if he liked someone, and when he saw that she didn't say anything, he had to count them one by one with his fingers, and in the end Chen Lan couldn't bear it, so he had to say angrily: "You don't know the situation in my family, the words of the parents are the matchmakers, there are no parents, but the elders are in charge, where can I control?" ”

"Is this true?" Zhang Huixin almost put his face in front of Chen Lan, and said with sparkling eyes, "Don't hide it and don't say it, if you really like it, the two of us can still try to find a way to do it, and then I will ask which lady in the palace will make the decision for you." ”

"It's not that simple!" Chen Lan knew that Zhang Huixin had grown up under the care of her parents since she was a child, and that background made her not have to come into contact with the harshest and cruelest side, so she didn't want this kind of thing to annoy her, so she immediately gently and skillfully diverted the topic, "By the way, are Concubine Xian Niangniang and His Royal Highness King Zhou okay lately?" ”

"Concubine Xian is very good, but the baby brother is very hateful, as soon as he sees me, he says that I am a bad sister, and asks me where my good sister is!" Zhang Huixin gritted his teeth a little as he spoke, and then showed a little melancholy, "It's just that my mother told me that if you get married, it won't be good to run to the palace twice in three days, and then his good sister and bad sister will not be seen!" Moreover, Concubine Xian Niangniang can't protect her baby brother for a lifetime, and she doesn't know what will happen in the future! ”

Seeing Zhang Huixin's always hearty smile showing a little unspeakable melancholy, Chen Lan couldn't help but fall into a daze. The two sat side by side and neither spoke, until a loud sneeze came from not far away, and they both came back to their senses.

"Miss, Miss!" It was Zhang Huixin's girl Lu Ming who hurried over from the side of the path, she trotted to the front, covered her mouth and sneezed two or three times in a row, and then said, "There is another father-in-law in the palace, who is here to give a reward for the festival." ”

"Here we go again!" This time, Zhang Huixin finally couldn't help but wail, and then asked with a bitter face, "Is this Shangsi Festival Palace rewarded every year?" ”

Lu Ming has also been in Jiangnan for many years like Zhang Huixin, so he naturally can't answer at this time. And Chen Lanzai carefully searched for his memory, and finally shook his head uncertainly and said: "If I remember correctly, it seems that there was no such thing in previous years." ”

As Chen Lan said, the Shangsi Festival on the third day of the third month of March flourished in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it was also a major festival in the Song Dynasty, but in the Yuan Dynasty and the Chu Dynasty, it gradually declined. Therefore, when the Korean government received the reward, and the rest of the guests learned from the lieutenant official who announced the reward, that this time it was given to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, so naturally they did not dare to delay and resigned to go home one after another. Because this is the reason for the manager, the Korean duchess and the county lord of Yixing naturally did not insist on retaining. When everyone is gone, the two concubines have to inspect the gifts.

The Korean duchess Zhang Ming and Zhang Quan brothers were given a thin willow circle to avoid the poisonous plague, Zhang Ming wore more brocade robes and a jade belt, and the Korean duchess Zhang and the Yixing county lord were the four ends of the table and the inside, the Korean duchess had an extra red sandalwood screen and a string of Buddhist beads, and the Yixing county lord had one more fan and embroidered handkerchief, as for the young masters and young ladies they did not have any of them, and they thought that they were rewarded to the lords and ladies. Zhang saw that his gift was richer than the lord of Yixing, and he couldn't help but be very happy in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was because his daughter had a happy pulse, so when he returned to the room, he immediately went to the Buddha shrine and put on three incense sticks.

When Chen Lan returned to the Yangning Marquis Mansion, he learned that the palace envoy had just left. In addition to the fine willow circle that rewarded Chen Jiu and Chen Ying brothers, Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Xu, who had an order at home, Aunt Luo all had a reward, and the number of them varied according to the level of the order.

Because Chen Jiu now only has the false title of the fourth rank of commanding the affairs, Mrs. Ma is naturally according to the grade of the four grades of the respectful people, and it is one level worse than the example of Aunt Luo's three grades of ladies and gentlemen, it is said that she said a lot of heart-wrenching words in a fit of anger, and the Zhu family, Mrs. Yangning, is extremely rich, in addition to the Nanmu cane, there are also jade pillows, fragrant wood bracelets, Wufu longevity hosta three kinds, in addition to four pots of precious orchids. When Chen Lan entered the east room of the Tatexiang Courtyard, he saw that everyone in the family was there, and everyone looked at the four pots of bluegrass of different styles in the house, all of which were flattered repeatedly, and the Zhu family, who had been restless for many days, also smiled.

Seeing Chen Lan saluting, she smiled and said: "The last time the Zheng family went to you, after coming back, they said that your side is too simple, and it just so happened that the palace rewarded four pots of bluegrass and asked people to move one back for you, so there is some splendid meaning in this courtyard." However, this flower is delicate, and ordinary people can't get it, so they go back and find a capable mother-in-law to take care of it. ”

Chen Lan hurriedly thanked him when he heard this, but he understood in his heart that the Zhu family really felt that she was useful now, and such a small thing would naturally not be stingy, and he also wanted to show the rest of the people that he and Changfang were now the same. Sure enough, after giving her a basin, Zhu gave Mrs. Xu a basin of the remaining three basins, but ignored Mrs. Ma's eager eyes at all.

When everyone retreated, she left Chen Lan to ask about Zhang Huixin and the situation at the ceremony, and when she learned the good news from Princess Jin's side, she smiled and said: "You just left, the Jin Palace's side will report the good news, and I am very happy when I know it!" I think that today's gift is extraordinarily generous, and most of it is because of this. She hasn't moved since she gave birth to her eldest daughter, and this time it's finally come to an end. I deliberately asked the Zheng family to go to Huguo Temple to make incense and repay their wishes, I only hope that this time I can get my wish. ”

Seeing that Zhu's face was full of joy, Chen Lan also laughed and had fun. Before the matter of the Dongchang Marquis Mansion, the Zhu family had made it clear that they would leave it alone, not to mention the good news now. Now that his family and the Korean government have received many rich rewards, it is a fire that cooks oil and flowers, and I think that the crisis should be resolved. But I don't know how, but she is always a little unsteady in her heart.