Chapter 010: Peach Banquet Farce
010 peach banquet farce
One day in mid-March, the weather was fine, the wind was beautiful, and a warm wind blew towards the peach orchard in the Gui'an Hou Mansion. On the wide streets of Le-Wen-Beijing, one gorgeous carriage after another drove towards the Gui'an Hou Mansion, and there were also those who danced like jade, driving horses to the Gui'an Hou Mansion.
Outsiders all said that there are four delicate and bright golden flowers in the Gui'an Hou Mansion, but except for the second girl, Lin Yue, who has always been famous, the other three are rarely seen.
With Lin Yue's talent and fame supported outside, even if the appearance and talent of the other three girls of the Lin family are not as good as Lin Yue, they are not far behind.
No matter how good Lin Yue is, she is not a concubine after all, and many families who want to get married to the Hou Mansion of Gui'an will naturally not give priority to Lin Yue.
Among the four girls in the Gui'an Hou Mansion, only the third girl Lin Wan and the fourth girl Lin Qiong are the daughters, but Lin Qiong is still young, and now she is only about ten years old, so more people naturally focus on Lin Wan. What's more, Lin Wan's maternal ancestor is still a loyal and brave general with great military achievements in this dynasty, and the old general has only one daughter in his life, which is now Xue Ying, the second wife of the Gui'an Hou Mansion.
There is only one daughter in his life, and the old general's wife naturally regards the only daughter as the pearl of their palms, plus there is no daughter among the grandchildren of the Xue family, and even with it, the old general's family loves their grandchildren.
If you can marry the third girl of Delin, it is equivalent to being drawn to the old general's mansion in disguise, which is really killing two birds with one stone.
All the ladies of the family came to the Gui'an Hou Mansion for a banquet with such wishful thinking, but Lin Wan didn't plan to go to Taoyuan at all, it was already lively outside, she was just sitting in her room, leaning against the window, holding a medical book in her hand and reading.
"Girl, girl, the eldest girl of the Zhou family is here. Shaoguang ran in with a smile, Xu was so happy that she forgot the rules for a while, and when she saw Lin Wan glaring at her, she stood firmly, and then said in a regular manner, "Girl, the eldest girl of the Zhou family is coming to you." ”
"Why don't you invite Sister Zhou in. Lin Wan had already closed the scroll and got up to greet the door.
Zhou Huaru, the eldest girl of Zhou, is a girl from the Duke of Zhou's mansion, and she is also a cousin with Lin Wan.
Lin Wan's maternal grandmother Zhou is Zhou Huaru's aunt and grandmother, Zhou has always loved girls, and when they were young, they were once taken by Zhou for a few days, so their private feelings are naturally deep. Although the two of them returned to their homes when they were a little older, the love for playing small is still there.
Because Zhou Huaru is getting older, she doesn't go out easily, only this time Lin Wan personally posted that she came over.
For Lin Wan, Sister Zhou seems to have been in her previous life for a long time, and her memory of Sister Zhou is still stuck in the last life when the two of them were in their boudoirs. At first glance, Lin Wan unconsciously turned red eyes, completely ignoring the image of everyone's beautiful girls, and only hugged Zhou Huaru.
Zhou Huaru smiled and said: "You girl, how old are you, you are still so clingy, and you are not afraid of the two of you who are laughing at you in Huatang and Shaoguang." She patted Lin Wan's thin shoulder lovingly.
"They dare!" Lin Wan pouted at Shaoguang and the two of them, and pulled Zhou Huaru to the side to sit down and said, "Sister Zhou, our sisters haven't spoken for a long time." ”
"Nonsense, the last time we saw each other was just a month or two ago. Zhou Huaru took Lin Wan's hand, looked at her carefully, and saw that she seemed to have grown taller, her eyebrows and eyes had also grown a little, and her makeup was different. ”
Lin Wanjiao said with a smile: "Sister Zhou is used to making fun of me, where am I like Sister Zhou's fingers." Sister, to be honest, she doesn't have time to play with me now, are you busy preparing for a dowry?"
"You're talking nonsense again. Even though Zhou Huaru was dignified and generous, she was blushed by Lin Wan, and only stretched out her hand to poke her head.
The little sister laughed again, and Lin Wan said to the painting hall: "Bring that dress, I'll go out with Sister Zhou when I change it." ”
Zhou Huaru saw that the painting hall was holding a set of skirts worn by a third-class little girl, and couldn't help frowning: "Wan'er, what are you going to do here?
Lin Wan stood aside, letting the painting hall and Shaoguang help her change clothes, she only turned her head and said: "Talk to my sister in detail for a while, sister, someone wants to play tricks on the peach banquet, you just wait to watch the show." ”
Lin Wan changed into the outfit of the third-class girl in the house, followed behind the painting hall, and went out of the courtyard with Zhou Huaru.
Because Lin Wan is small, this time he left a thick layer of bangs, almost covering half of his small face. She also walked on the road with her head down, so no one deliberately looked at her, and no one recognized her.
After avoiding the crowd in the mansion, Zhou Huaru found a secluded place, grabbed Lin Wan and asked, "Sister, what you just said is true?" After she saw Lin Wan nodding very seriously, she showed a little disdain on her face, and only snorted lightly, "I always knew that Lin Yue was arrogant, smart and means, but I didn't know that she also had such a cheeky side." ”
Lin Wan said: "Sister, although we have never had much friendship with the eldest girl of the Shenwu General's Mansion, we can't watch her being framed. This sister of the Cui family is also pitiful, her mother passed away when she was a child, and before she was three years old, her father remarried a lady, and after this new lady gave birth to her brother, their husband and wife father and son are really a family, where is there anything about Sister Cui?"
Although the Cui family did contribute to the future of Lin Hui's brothers and sisters in her previous life, she was also a poor person, her mother's family spurned her, and her husband's family only regarded her as a chess piece that could stabilize her position. Although her existence does pose a certain threat to Lin Wan's sisters and brothers, Lin Wan actually doesn't blame her.
Cui Ling is in such a position, she has to face her husband, she has no choice.
If it weren't for the fact that the relationship between the two sisters-in-law was a little special, Lin Wan felt that she would be able to get along with Cui Ling.
In this life, she will definitely not let Lin Yue's brothers and sisters succeed in their treacherous schemes, and she will definitely make them pay the price they deserve.
Although Zhou Huaru had all kinds of doubts in his heart, there were many people at this time, and the matter was urgent, so it was really not the time to talk more. She could only suppress the doubts in her heart and only go to the lively area in the depths of the peach forest.
Lin Yue saw that Zhou Huaru was coming, so she got up with a smile and called: "Sister Zhou is here, we are composing a poem, do you want Sister Zhou to come too?"
Zhou Huaru was dressed in a purple skirt, dignified and generous, standing in the middle of a group of family girls, lining all the girls around her with gray faces.
Even Lin Yue, standing in front of Zhou Huaru, was inferior.
Zhou Huaru smiled at Lin Yue: "Sister Yue's poems are the best, and my sister won't join in the excitement and show her ugliness, just look at the excitement here, just come and take a look." Sisters, go on, I'll just sit by and drink tea, and you don't have to worry about me. ”
Lin Yue said: "Sister Zhou is really modest, with my sister here, where can Lin Yue's poems be on the stage." ”
Now in Kyoto City, among the girls who are about the same age, Zhou Huaru and Lin Yue are the most famous. Without Zhou Huaru, Lin Yue was naturally the object of flattery and flattery, but as soon as Zhou Huaru came, the daughters of those families naturally only had Zhou Huaru in their eyes, and they were all indifferent to Lin Yue.
Seeing that all the girls were gathered in front of Zhou Huaru, Lu Quan, who had always been good friends with Lin Yue, rolled her eyes regardless of her image, and leaned in front of Lin Yue and said in a low voice: "It's just a group of powerful villains, Sister Yue don't take it to heart, didn't they also say it to Sister Yue if they flattered Miss Zhou this time." ”
Lin Yue was very jealous in her heart, she thought that she was no worse than Zhou Huaru anywhere, only because Zhou Huaru was the concubine of the Guogong Mansion, so she would be one level higher than her in terms of talent. This group of villains who are attached to the flames, just wait, one day, she Lin Yue will overpower Zhou Huaru, and when the time comes, she will make them cry and crawl at their feet.
The anger in his heart was soaring, but Lin Yue knew where he was at the moment, so he naturally suppressed the anger in his heart.
Chong Lu Quan showed a very tough smile, Lin Yue said against her will: "Sister Zhou is better than me in terms of appearance and fame, and it is normal for sisters to love to play with her." After finishing speaking, his eyes followed the daughters of the family, and finally landed on Cui Ling, who was only sitting on the side, and the smile on the corner of her lips was even worse.
Cui Ling Cui Ling, this is her first step to a high place, she wants to use her to pave the way for her brother to be with herself.
Thinking like this, Lin Yue glanced at a girl who was waiting in front of Cui Ling, the girl nodded knowingly, and then lowered her head and said to Cui Ling: "Girl, this tea is going to be cold, let's drink some." ”
Cui Ling rarely comes to participate in such a lively scene, her biological mother died of illness when she was three years old, and her father remarried after a short time, and her stepmother gave birth to a brother only one year after entering the door, and since then, she has become an outsider. Although her stepmother Jiang is the daughter of a small gateway family, she is the most capable of using one set of means, one set openly and one secretly, and she can always make her unhappy without falling into the handle.
She is now fourteen years old, but in the circle of nobles in the capital, she can't speak at all.
The stepmother always looked for various reasons not to take her out when she went to the banquet, she had no chance to meet the little sisters, and now she was so envious of them laughing and playing like this. She was home alone, always staying in her own room, so bored that she didn't even have anyone to talk to.
It's also strange to say that her stepmother, who has never taken herself out to a banquet, actually brought her to the Gui'an Hou Mansion today.
Moreover, she also met a lot of sisters here, although they didn't care much about themselves, but as long as she sat here quietly and watched them like this, Cui Ling felt satisfied.
With a sigh in his heart, Cui Ling picked up the tea cup and drank a cup of tea that had been cooled in one gulp.
Seeing this, the corners of the girl's lips were slightly raised, and she smiled at Lin Yue to invite merit