Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Banquet of the Squire's Mansion

It was the scorching heat, and she got up early, thinking that she would dare to go to the Shilang Mansion before the heat came up, and she would save herself from the heat on the road.

The Chu family is not only an ice feast today, but also some idle people who have nothing to do, such as throwing pots, flower appreciation, poetry meetings, archery, etc., He Wen also invited a puppet show to make enough arrangements for this banquet.

She chose a full-breasted skirt that is easy to move, a red crimson group of treasure flowers to a phoenix skirt, Uesugi is loquat yellow silk dark embroidered finch feather straight sleeves, a black gold silk longevity group shawl, a stunning bun, a gorse tree hairpin on both sides, the middle is a gold-inlaid jade flower hairpin, two pearl hairpins in the back, treasure flower gold inlaid jade earrings, and a string of thumb-sized pink pearl necklaces.

When she arrived at the Shilang Mansion, Chu Yi had not yet gone down to the court, and the female dependents were busy early, He Wen came to greet her in person today, and welcomed her into the backyard and talked all the way: "Oops! Look at this temperament, it's really a mother's style! I'm just looking forward to you coming, as soon as the next person passes me out, I will go out to greet you, you come to help see what else is missing, let me tell you, today I have invited many people, mostly some ladies and ladies and sons, you will give your brother a good look. Hahaha......ha

He Wen said that he laughed all the way, but his mouth never closed, looking forward to how lively and good the banquet she prepared next would be, Chu Yunjing listened helplessly to her nagging along the way, and rolled his eyes several times.

Today is wearing gold and silver, how can He Wen let go of such a good occasion, a beautiful young woman of thirty-three, but she wants to dress up old-fashioned.

"The master mother has done well enough, my junior has never had any banquets, how can you understand this, you and the eldest aunt are so capable, which is my turn to Zhang Luo!"

The place where they spoke was in the Xiang Pavilion in the backyard, which was the main place to entertain guests today, and it was facing the big stage, and there was already a troupe cleaning up on it, and when they saw her coming, they all came down to say goodbye.

Xiangting has two rows of low tables in front and back, enough to put down more than 20 low tables, each table has a primary and secondary position, can sit more than five people, and the children brought by each lady can also sit away. There are ice and incense burners behind each low seat, the purpose of Bing Jian is to prepare some melons and fruits to be iced, the second is to enjoy the coolness, and the incense is also smoked to refresh the mind, these two are together, and they don't feel stuffy at all, and now they haven't arrived yet, and there is no food on the table.

On both sides of the pavilion is a long verandah, the left leads to the small lake in the circle, the right leads to other courtyards, and on the right there is a square courtyard with a patio enclosed by a verandah. There is a boat on the edge of the small lake on the left, if any family wants to take a boat, they can also be taken directly by the guys.

The width of the verandah is more than three meters, and every ten steps there is Bingjian to disperse the cool air, and there are flower clusters all the way, and the flowers and trees and flower clusters in the garden are very bright.

She rejected He's with a mouthful, and when she arrived in the backyard, Qiao's came to salute, and she personally helped Qiao's up: "How can you eat the gift of the elders!" Is Grandmother okay when she comes in? ”

Old Mrs. Chu has always been not involved in the affairs of the juniors, and when she is older, she likes to live in a shallow way, and Qiao nodded and said that everything is fine.

Shilang's Mansion rarely holds banquets, and as soon as it is done, it will be a big one, and the people will prepare everything properly, and there are people staring at every corner, for fear that something will go wrong, He Wen has always been careless, these must have been arranged by Qiao's family.

In the past, there were few contacts with Qiao's family, but I only knew that this aunt was very virtuous, and she also knew how to advance and retreat, and she was an excellent virtuous helper.

Although the two brothers of the Chu family are not in harmony, the Qiao family is a person who understands and knows how to start with He Wen to pull the relationship between the two rooms in.

"The old lady is tough! Niangniang is now a noble person, and the concubine body of the Zhengguo Mansion that day also saw it, your father rarely gets involved in the officialdom on weekdays, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to bless you, and your mother is a rough mind, if you have a difficulty, you can let Aunt An come to the old mansion and say, we are a family, break the bones and tendons, and it will not be.... There was no one behind him. ”

She understands what Qiao is talking about being bullied in the Zhengguo Mansion, this big house is really transparent, and she understands the truth of honor and disgrace, it is good that her father and her mother can learn half of it, and his father still pretends to be a righteous gentleman every day,

"Thank you, auntie, aunt understands my difficulties." Her eyes were a little sad.

"His Royal Highness the palace and King Qi attach importance to you, although His Royal Highness is not in Kyoto, he can still protect you, and the palace is willing to make decisions for you, you are the biggest in our family now, what do you tell us is, don't carry everything yourself..."

Qiao Shi pulled her hands up and looked at her distressedly.

Qiao's mother's official worships Zhongshu Shilang, and the Chu family can be regarded as a good match. This year should be forty-four or five years old, Ming Mei is a beautiful person, has four sons and one daughter, the eldest son died young, the second son entered the court and sought a small errand in the household department, the second daughter-in-law is busy in the dining room, and is also very virtuous, two young sons: Chu Xuan and Chu Che, one seventeen and one fifteen, have reached the age of discussing relatives.

Now that the Chu family has a princess, and the whole family has been born with her, the vision of this daughter-in-law is naturally higher.

Qiao's words were first because they were distressed, and secondly, they wanted to win them over, and today they wanted Chu Yunjing to support the field.

Chu Yunjing chuckled: "I understand, don't worry, auntie, we are a family." ”

She pulled out a hand and slapped it on Qiao's hand, signaling reassurance.

"Your father and they have something to do today, and they won't come back at noon. Today's crowds are mixed, and when you meet Aunt An you don't know, you will remind you which family you are. ”

While the two were talking, a group of small people came to greet her, it was her younger brothers, all of them were radiant young men, she had only seen Chu Xuan and Chu Che once, that is, on the day of their wedding.

"I haven't seen you for a few months, but you have all grown taller on my back! Especially Wei'er, in the end, she is more than half a head taller than me! ”

She looked at her younger brothers in surprise, gesturing with Chu Wei's head in her hand.

Chu Xuan was very restrained, standing upright without smiling, she was only one year older than Chu Xuan, she looked like a younger sister, Chu Che and Chu Wei's liveliness was like brothers, her three younger brothers were all righteous gentlemen who studied the books of sages and sages.

"That is, in the future, we have to protect our sisters and sisters, if we don't grow taller, how can we protect you." Chu Wei is an extraordinary young man at the moment, and the three of them are the protagonists today, compared to the two housewives who also told them about today's task.

At this time, a little doll was pulled out of the pile, and she shouted in a milky voice: "Big sister! ”

She looked down and saw that it was Chu Li who came out, and happily picked up Chu Li: "I said which little meat ball is it, it turned out to be my Li'er, let the big sister see, is it fat again?" ”

He Wen has always spoiled children, Chu Li's food must be unrestrained, what the little doll knows, it is nothing more than what she likes to eat more.

Chu Li giggled in her arms, and with one mouth, she saw Chu Li's broken teeth.

"Oops! Look at you! Didn't you steal candy seeds! She pinched Chu Li's little face and looked left and right at his teeth, deliberately disgusted face.

Chu Li smirked and shook his head: "Hehe, the candy is delicious!" ”

"Don't eat so many candies in the future, if you hear it, you can't marry a daughter-in-law if you have broken teeth!" She nodded Chu Li's head and said angrily.

In this vacancy, she caught a glimpse of a flowery figure on the verandah in the distance, a golden hairpin, a pink skirt, and it seemed that she had been smeared with lipstick, looking like Chu Yunxi, glancing at her timidly, for fear of being seen by her.

Dressed like this at a young age, I don't know how to come to greet her, who knows where to go.

When a few younger brothers went to play, she asked Aunt An: "I just saw Yun Xi I don't know where to go, everyone in her early teens is dressed up like that, and she wears lipstick, Aunt An will take a look for me, and change her outfit, if she looks like this, I am afraid that I will be laughed at to death." ”

Her face was gloomy, and she whispered, and Aunt An immediately went to find Chu Yunxi when she heard this.

She looked left and right, the backyard was about 20 acres in size, pavilions and pavilions were winding paths, and verandahs led to all courtyards. There are archery things prepared behind the Xiangting, and Wei'er often practices archery here on weekdays, so it is inevitable to let those young and vigorous sons and buddies try it here.

Aunt An came to look for her after finishing her errands, and she asked Aunt An, "Do the two housewives have a young lady in the picture?" ”

"The girl of the mother's mother's sister-in-law's mother's family, the family runs a mission in Sinong Temple to worship Shaoqing, surnamed Guo, this young lady is a concubine. The other is the youngest sister of Dr. Guozi, this family is from a poor family, Dr. Ma is the champion of seven years ago, the family is born with chickens and eggs, this Dr. Ma has some real skills in his body, and he will inevitably get a high-ranking official in the future, and Chu Bo intends to win over. ”

actually got rid of the six departments of the three provinces and married the young doctor Jiuqing? Looking for a potential stock? The second sister-in-law's family is the Dong family, and she is also a member of the household department, Chu Yao is estimated to avoid suspicion, if several sons are married to the six departments, it is really called a party for personal gain.

"Well, you'll remind me later, what about Brother Wei?"

"The eldest prince doesn't like it yet, and the master mother will look at one tomorrow and see one tomorrow."

She frowned. I'm really not afraid of being embarrassed, but I'm really picking vegetables in the vegetable market?

"Isn't she still dreaming of a colt?"

Aunt An covered her lips and chuckled: "Maybe!" She has always been arrogant, and the He family is a high-ranking family, so it is inevitable that she will have a higher vision. ”

When she arrived, the guests arrived one after another, and when they entered the garden, they saw her sitting on the main seat, all of them saluted and greeted, and she also talked dignifiedly.

She didn't come empty-handed today, and ordered the people of the palace to carry more than a dozen loads of sea mistakes to send them, which was also a gift to her mother's family, she only said that Kyoto had opened a new product fresh house, and the sea mistakes in it were very fresh, which corresponded to the scenery of today's home, and He Wen was naturally happy.