Mrs. Jiang's garden is purple and red, full of flowers, and a few of the master and servant of Jintong Zuo Congyun were laughing and admiring the flowers in the garden, and suddenly saw a maid hurriedly passing by with a plate of flowers, and she was curious for a while, so she followed behind. But in Luomei Pavilion, I saw Mrs. Jiang's two daughters-in-law, leading a group of boudoir girls to play with flower appreciation. Mrs. Jiang's third daughter, Gu Xiangyun, is thirteen years old, and the sixth daughter, Gu Xiangjun, is only ten years old.

There are dozens of colorful heads piled up on the stone table, the rules of the game are to let the maid hold a pot of flowers at will, each person draws a word card name out, according to the word card to make a song of flowers, can not fill in the words, can also make a song of seven unique.

A stick of incense is limited to a time, and if you can't make it all, you will leave a colorful head. (Purses, bracelets, and hair accessories are fine.) If you do it, you will vote for the top three, and the champion can get three lottery heads, two copies of the list, and one copy of the flowers. Participants take ten words as a round, after ten words get the least number of lottery wins, the one who quits in the middle is also considered a loss, and the loser will put a puppy-shaped hair ornament on the head until the end of the birthday feast.

Jintong almost turned around and ran, this lady in Beijing is too awesome, and she has to be cultured! If she is dragged down, it will be too big!

Although she memorized 300 Tang poems and countless Song songs and songs, she usually embezzled a lot, but they were all named "strangers", and outsiders didn't know about them. Besides, even if you want to steal it now, this garden is full of flowers, she belongs to Xiaobai who can use peony as a peony, and no matter how good the words are, it's useless!

Zuo Congyun was very interested, and introduced the acquaintances to Jintong one by one, and finally pointed to a girl wearing goose yellow clothes and a lot of colorful heads in front of her and told Jintong: "Xiao Qingfang, the ninth daughter of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, is the younger sister of Princess Jin and is thirteen years old. ”

Jintong was silent, but there was a thunderbolt in his heart: it was her! Mrs. Pingninghou who continued her in her previous life! Xiao Qingfang, who has been in love with Zheng Qiyan all her life, and who can't wait to peel off her skin, turns out to be such a radiant, proud and confident girl.

Jintong decided to stay and watch the play!

Xiao Qingfang's face is upright, with two curved crescent eyebrows and a pair of narrow willow eyes, coupled with her arrogance that stands out from the crowd, it is quite eye-catching.

The plate of flowers that the maid brought was very rare, with slender green leaves, light green flowers, like orchids and daffodils, and a few boudoir girls were dumbfounded.

The short incense burned out for less than a quarter of an hour, and the girls who couldn't make words sighed and took out their purses, or took off the jewelry they were wearing and put them on the stone table.

There was a girl with a bun face who scratched her ears and cheeks and couldn't get a colorful head, and she was reluctant to admit defeat, so she had no choice but to ask the onlookers for help.

Jintong saw that her big fawn eyes were bright and cute, so she asked Su Bai to take two small purses, and then asked Danzhu to take down the ginkgo flowers on her head and bring them to the face of the buns. She looked at the bun face and was dressed in tender green clothes, with ginkgo biloba flower cuttings just right.

Baozi hurriedly gathered his face and thanked him: "Thank you, Mrs. Jin." My father is Prince Xiang, my name is Li Xinuo, if Mrs. Jin doesn't dislike it, just call me Nuonuo. ”

Jintong glanced at her lovingly, "Okay, Nono! Li Xinuo smiled at her without being reserved.

Gu Xiangjun took one of the purses and asked Jintong: "Mrs. Jin, what kind of flower is this?" ”

"That's right! I've never seen it before, it's so chic! ”

"This flower is called forget-me-not, because of the fragrance and elegance, it is also called lavender. My father accidentally got a batch of overseas paintings and calligraphy when he was quelling the sea disaster in the early years, and I saw it in it. Jintong replied without leaking.

"Forget-me-not! This name seems to have some kind of story in it, Madame Jin, don't you say? Mrs. Yongding Hou Gao asked.

"There is a story, but the people of Diyi Fanbang are in love with each other, how can you say it?" Jintong politely refused.

Everyone was even more curious, and Mrs. Gao's temper was the most straightforward: "Mrs. Jin, we are not the old pedants, you can tell me quickly!" ”

Jin Tong thought that there was no bed scene anyway, so it shouldn't be anything to say. "This kind of flower originally only bloomed on the cliffs. There is a knight ......"

"What is a knight?" Gu Xiangjun ignored Xiangyun and pulled the corner of her clothes, and asked hurriedly.

"Like my husband, he can be called a knight on the overseas barbarians." Jintong made a simple analogy and continued: "The knight invited the princess to ride a horse with her, and the princess saw a cluster of small purple flowers blooming on the cliff, elegant and fresh, so she asked the knight to help her pick them. The knight climbed the cliff despite the danger, and while picking the flowers, he stumbled and fell, and with the last of his strength he threw the flowers to the princess, shouting 'Forget-me-not', and fell to his death! In honor of the knight, the princess named the flower 'Forget-me-not'. ”

Everyone could hear it, Xiao Qingfang looked at Jintong: "Mrs. Jin, Pingning Hou is strong in martial arts, if he goes to pick, he will definitely not fall off the cliff." ”

Jintong Pi smiled and didn't smile: "My lord, if I ask him to pick it, he will definitely ask me what is good about that dog's tail grass?" What does Babatse do? ”

Everyone laughed, and everyone present was the same age or older than Pingning Hou, and they all knew an interesting thing.

That year, Zheng Qiyan came up with a strange plan to help quell the "Rebellion of the Evil Clan", and when he returned to Beijing to receive the reward, he met the eldest princess by chance.

The eldest princess fell in love with him at first sight, and during the palace banquet, she asked Zheng Qiyan to help her carry a pot of unflowering narcissus, but Zheng Qiyan asked her inexplicably: "What does the princess want to do with this garlic?" Go back to the palace to stir-fry? The eldest princess was so angry that she kicked him in spite of her image, then shook her head and left angrily!

Clear-eyed people naturally know that Zheng Qiyan is avoiding suspicion!

The law of the Great Yi Dynasty is strict, and the relatives of the emperor are not allowed to hold substantive positions above the fourth grade, and the courtiers of Princess Shang are not allowed to take concubines. At that time, Zheng Qiyan had already been crowned the champion general of the three products, although he had no wife, he had a favorite concubine in the family, and he had given birth to the eldest daughter. The Holy Lord is about to marry him, and the possibility of Princess Shang is basically zero! But Zheng Qiyan's incomprehensible reputation still spread.

Zuo Congyun patted Jintong with a fan: "You! Relying on Uncle Seven's love for you, he dares to make fun of his aged peach blossoms! ”

Jintong changed the topic with a smile: "Everyone, let's comment and see who has the best words!" ”

Gu Xiangyun, as the host, put away all the poems. There was a look of arrogance on his face: "This is the iron bone heart orchid specially cultivated by my mother in the flower room, which is rare in Beijing, no wonder some sisters mistakenly think it is a narcissus!" ”

A few little girls suddenly lowered their heads with flushed faces.

Finally, Xiao Qingfang's fortune operator is the champion: "Fat powder Aya Luoyan, a hundred flowers bloom in the hall, and the path leads to a secluded visit to Fang." Bingqing is proud of the bones, only with plum blossoms, pine and cypress for the couple. Bloom alone and fragrance alone, waiting for your confidant to find. ”

Jintong only felt that there was an otherworldly, lonely and self-appreciating white lotus green tea flavor, but he was still full of praise with everyone.

The maid panted and came out with a pot of half-person high peach blossoms, everyone was amazed, peach blossoms can still be planted in May, this Mrs. Jiang flower house is really worthy of its reputation.

Xiao Qingfang wanted to make Jintong ugly! She has an unknown mind, the year before last, his eldest brother Xiao Yu made a gambling contract with someone, and finally decided to win or lose.

Xiao Yu stalked and pulled Zheng Qiyan to help, and naturally won a big victory. And she went to cheer for her brother, but she was impressed by Zheng Qiyan's sassy and heroic posture running on the court, and she never forgot it. When she knew that the Holy Lord had given Jintong to Zheng Qiyan in marriage, she secretly cried for a long time.

When I saw Jintong for the first time today, seeing that she was out of the limelight with two gifts, Xiao Qingfang was like a fish in her throat. Just now, Jintong helped Li Xinuo's stupid person again, and she felt even more blocked inexplicably.

She speculated that the Jingbei Hou Mansion was located in Jiangbei, and her concubine had never had any fame, so she had the idea of embarrassing Jintong. Seeing Li Xinuo anxiously circling around the pillar of incense, he knew that the straw bag would definitely not be able to make poetry again.

"Mrs. Jin, since you have helped Xinuo to make a fortune, why don't you help Xinuo make poems by the way!"

"No, isn't this fraud?" Gu Xiangjun was the first to object.

"That's right! This is not in accordance with the regulations! ”

"Xiao Qingfang, why are you talking nonsense?" Li Xinuo puffed out his bun face: "Forget it!" I throw in the towel! Then he rolled out another purse embroidered with orchids. She likes the ginkgo leaf hair comb very much, and she also knows that she is reluctant to export it.

Jintong was noncommittal, this was Mrs. Jiang's birthday banquet, and the limelight when she gave the gift just now was enough, she didn't want to play with the little girl. She quipped: "You little sisters just have fun, I'm a top cheesy, I want to eat peaches when I see peach blossoms, how can it be wet and dry!" ”

The noble ladies who had eyes in the scene were afraid of Jintong's identity and didn't want to embarrass Jintong, so they laughed and opened the topic.

Mrs. Gao took Jintong's hand: "Mrs. Jin, there are a few peonies over there that Mrs. Jiang are blooming very well, let's go over and have a look!" I couldn't help but say that I pulled Jintong and left.

Xiao Qingfang was secretly annoyed, oops, she was in a hurry just now, she just wanted to embarrass Jintong, and her words seemed to be a little inappropriate.

No matter how poor Jintong is, she is also the "first-class lady of the order" by the Holy Lord, and her status is more valuable than that of a young lady in her boudoir, and she can't be offended on the surface, and it is easy to be criticized for disrespecting the elderly.

She was flexible, so she pretended to be aggrieved and asked Gu Xiangyun: "Sister Xiangyun, did I say the wrong thing just now!" Do you think Mrs. Jin will be angry with me? ”

"Not really! She probably thought she couldn't write poetry and was embarrassed to walk away! Gu Xiangyun whispered to her that she was known as a talented woman, and she also looked down on people who didn't understand poetry and songs, and she only felt vulgar.

Li Xinuo was willing to gamble and lose to bring the puppy to his head, and then followed behind Jintong.

Zuo Congyun liked this lively girl very much, and when she saw her coming over, she was ready to take off the puppy on her head as soon as she stretched out her hand. "It's good to wear it, but I'm reluctant to take it down?"

Li Xinuo dodged in a flash: "The person who said that he would admit defeat would wear the puppy until the end of the birthday banquet, and he was willing to gamble and lose!" Mrs. Jin, are you right? ”

"You're doing the right thing!" Jintong pinched her bun face lovingly.

Li Xinuo was proud, but he felt that he was not ashamed to wear a puppy. "Mrs. Jin, in fact, I have already thought of two lines of poetry just now, but I feel that I can't win against Xiao Qingfang and Sister Xiangyun anyway, so forget it, I don't want to!"

Jintong and Li Xinuo bit their ears: "Actually, just now I also recited a seven-word quatrain to help you solve the siege, but it doesn't make sense, I'm afraid that I will embarrass you when I say it, so forget it!" ”

"Really!" Li Xinuo jumped three feet high.

"What a good poem, read it to me!" Left from the ears but smart. All the noble ladies have fun, urging Jintong to read quickly.

Jin Tong read solemnly: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight, the peach blossoms slowly bloom, and the flowers fall into big red fruits." ”

Mrs. Jiang was drinking a cup of tea handed over by the maid, and directly squirted out the tea. The ladies next to them naturally knew that Jintong was deliberately laughing, and they made jokes one after another, and the peony lace burst into laughter for a while.

Jin Tong spread out his hand and looked helpless: "I can't make sense, you just let me say it!" ”

"I thought it was good, but I couldn't understand a word of what their little girls did. Mrs. Jin, I understood this one at once! Mrs. Gao said loudly: "Who dares to say that it doesn't make sense! I'm in a hurry with him! ”

"Elegance is vulgarity, Mrs. Jin is back to basics!" When Mrs. Jiang heard it just now, she only felt that it was nonsense! Later, when I figured it out, my mind was full of pictures of flowers picking flowers and blooming, and the rhyme of the battle was accurate, which was quite in line with her father's pursuit of "there is something to say, plain and easy to understand".

"Oops! Don't make fun of me! Otherwise, I'm so proud, I won't be able to find out where the gate of our Hou Mansion is later! Jintong half-covered his face with a fan and made a shy.

The more Mrs. Jiang felt that Jintong should not be underestimated, and her words and deeds were even closer.

The Zheng family has two marquises, although Zheng Qishuo, the marquis of Jian'an, is crippled in both feet, but his son-in-law Zheng Yu is extremely talented, and he was only eleven years old when he was in Xiucai, and now he is studying hard under Mr. Li Qingyun in Qiulu College, and his literary reputation is quite prosperous. And Zheng Qiyan's military achievements are great, and the good news in southern Xinjiang is frequent, so if it goes on like this, the Zheng family is afraid that it will be more prosperous.

Zuo Congyun hatefully nodded Jintong's head: "You bad girl!" I obviously see that there is a picture of peach blossoms in your room, which says 'the peach blossoms on the human face are red', you don't say it's good, but you just make a limerick poem to amuse us! ”

"Oh, sister, don't wronged me! I just happened to get that sentence, no beginning and no end. According to what you say, if the maid came with a plum blossom just now, it would be 'the plum blossom on the human face'. If the green orchid carefully cultivated by Mrs. Jiang is touched by me, then I will not be able to 'reflect the green orchid with a human face', and I will not be scared to death. ”

Everyone laughed even more when they heard this, and praised one after another: "Mrs. Jin is really a wonderful person!" ”

"You! It's still a child's heart, no wonder Uncle Seven can't rest assured that he is fighting in southern Xinjiang, and he sent a large cart of southern Xinjiang jewelry batik or something, which makes me red-eyed. I begged my mother-in-law to take care of you more, but I was so jealous, what did you compensate me for? Zheng Qiyan returned to southern Xinjiang on the sixth day of his wedding, although it was said that the military situation in southern Xinjiang was urgent, but it was inevitable to be criticized, Zuo Congyun deliberately said this, intending to help Jintong correct his name.

Jintong covered half of his face with a fan and muttered: "Those are not available in Beijing, they are extremely exquisite, and they were specially given to me by my husband." Don't think that if you open your mouth in front of all the ladies, I'll be embarrassed to give it to you, no! ”

All the ladies laughed together, and the atmosphere in front of the peony flowers was warm. There are many people who see Jintong's generous and cheerful personality, and they think that the Zheng family is a double marquis, and they are hot, so they have leaned over with the intention of making friends.

Zuo Congyun hurriedly followed the side to help socialize, and anyone who invited Jintong to their house to enjoy the flowers or something, only excused Jintong's weak health, and all of them refused first. It's easy to get to the unitary middle school, and everyone goes to the living room to eat.

Mrs. Shangshu Su, who was good friends with Mrs. Jiang, sat with her: "I originally thought that Mrs. Jin was incompetent, but now that I look at it, the rumors are not credible!" ”

"She is the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Jingbei, with a noble status, and she has been in the north since she was a child, and rarely enters Beijing. Now that he is married, it is inevitable that he will be a little more domineering, and it is not surprising that there are some rumors, and it is not to be believed. Looking at it now, it's worth handing over. ”

"Mrs. Jiang is right, why don't you invite Mrs. Jin over with us."

Mrs. Jiang set up a flowing water seat, and Jintong was about to sit down with Zuo Congyun, but Mrs. Jiang sent a personal maid to invite Jintong to sit with her. Jintong originally intended to refuse, Zuo Congyun quietly pushed her, Jintong understood, got up and sat next to Mrs. Jiang, and had a very happy conversation during the banquet. (Jintong complained in his heart: If you say that you don't say anything, you don't say anything about sleeping?) ）。

Jintong didn't return to the house until Haizhong, and Mama Qi led two maids to remove Jintong's makeup and freshen up.

Su Bai and Dan Zhu reported the situation of the birthday banquet with Mama Cai, and Mama Cai nodded frequently when she heard it: "Madame is very good in the world now, and my wife can rest assured!" ”

Su Bai and Dan Zhu made a list of the noble ladies who participated in the birthday banquet, and prepared to leave them to Jintong to see, and by the way, they could discuss with Mr. Gongsun which noble ladies could befriend and which ones must keep their distance.