Xiao Yunjiao stayed in Fengming Mountain for five days.

In the past few days, she has either summoned Liuxi to play the qin, or watched Xue Ping paint, not to mention playing chess with Jiang Yiheng and drinking with Nanhe......

It can be described as a drunken dream of death.

Until the twenty-fourth day of the first month.

She seemed to be tired of the pleasure time in the mountain garden, and began to order people to pack up her things and go back to the princess's mansion.

As she had done when she came, she made a great noise all the way, announcing to everyone in the city that the eldest princess had returned home.

The Lu Mansion, which is also in the capital, is putting up lights today, and the troupe juggling invited a bunch of people to celebrate Mrs. Lu's 60th birthday.

Lu Yushi is Dongsheng's famous filial son.

Although there is a queen, my grandmother is very sober and knows that the children of her mother's family are not talented, and she never favors her mother's family. The Lu family is also becoming more and more depressed in their careers, and it is particularly useless to produce a branch, coughing when the weak body takes two steps, and the stronger ones do not have many brains, so that the Lu family can be an official in the court are all the children of the side branches.

Xiao Yunjiao once said disdainfully when he was in the group of people in the Chalu family that if these big families insist on marrying a family that only has their own relatives, in a few decades, not only the lineage, but even the slaves of the family will have to become fools.

It was among these side branches that Lu Keji forced his own brains and filial piety to fight a great road to heaven and sit on the high position of the imperial doctor.

So today's 60th birthday of Mrs. Lu is really beautiful.

"The Cui family, the Wang family, and the Yue family all sent their daughters-in-law to congratulate them. Lord Li, the head of the household, Lord Chen, and his wife and children congratulate, and ......"

"Okay," Xiao Yunjiao interrupted Nanhe, "Let's go and see it for myself." ”

Nanhe's eyes widened in surprise, "The princess's daughter's body, do you want to go to the Lu family to celebrate her birthday in person?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao took care of the flower on his forehead and couldn't help sighing.

Nan He is indeed good at martial arts and is a capable general, but how can his mind not work well?

If she wasn't ready to go out, why did she sit in front of the dressing table for more than half an hour?

"You go and rest, and ask Jiang Yiheng to go with me today."

If you go back, if you are going to kill people and sell more goods, then call Nanhe.

……

In the Lu Mansion, as soon as the five daughters sang for their birthdays, Mrs. Lu smiled when she heard it.

"This is worthy of being a popular troupe that has been popular for more than ten years, which makes people feel comfortable to listen to." Mrs. Lu smiled and asked the maid to give a reward.

The official wife who sat with her was busy responding, "This singing is so good that it is secondary, and Lord Lu's filial piety is really rare." It's hard to determine this and the spring class in this New Year's Month! ”

The old lady is filial to her children, and Lu Ke's self-fighting anger has given her a little more confidence to speak in the clan, and the people around her also give her face compliments. The days passed very comfortably, and many of the sixty-year-olds had black hair, dark eyes, and stretched eyebrows.

"I didn't want to make such a statement, but the children's filial piety was not good." Mrs. Lu took the excerpt and handed it to the woman who spoke, "Mrs. Li, let's also order two, and accompany my old woman to listen to some old tones." ”

"Where." That woman was Li Qingrui's mother, the wife of Tobe Li.

Elsewhere, she is also the lord who is held by the ladies. But here, even if it is a side branch of the Lu family, she has to lower her eyebrows and accompany the old lady to listen to the play.

After taking over the excerpts, Mrs. Li ordered another full house according to the old lady's preference, and successfully exchanged Mrs. Lu's satisfied smile.

Mrs. Chen, who was sitting in the back row, laughed with her, and could hardly interject. Thinking that his husband had said that he had to beg Lord Lu to do something, he couldn't help but feel even more anxious.

Regardless of the hot face and cold face, Mrs. Chen leaned in front of Mrs. Lu and said with a smile: "The old lady is full of happiness, this full house is in line with your blessings." According to me, I still have to order a banquet in Yaochi to sing today's excitement! ”

The ladies on the stage in the backyard tried their best to make the old lady of the Lu family unable to close their mouths, and at the tea party in the front yard, Lord Lu also accompanied the adults to drink tea and discuss poetry.

It was lively until the birthday banquet began.

Mrs. Lu sat on the main seat, and the guests to the banquet sat in a row according to their official status. Although Dongsheng does not have a big defense of men and women, the Lu family still uses a screen to separate the female dependents.

According to the seniority, the juniors began to pay homage to Mrs. Lu's birthday, until Lu Keji, his own son, knelt at the old lady's feet-

Before his head went down, he only listened to a confident message outside the door

"The eldest princess has arrived—"

The huge banquet hall froze for a moment.

The voice was sung three times from far and near, and the third time, everyone in the hall had adjusted their looks and demeanor, and stood in several columns waiting with their heads down, even if it was the birthday star of today's infinite scenery, the old lady of the Lu family, she had to wait by the door.

As soon as the sound fell, I saw a shoetip embroidered with phoenix patterns and pearls in gold thread stepping on the threshold of the flower hall, driving the smoky red Yunjin Baifu pleated skirt to flutter gently.

A room of people knelt or bowed, and said in unison: "I have seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

After saying goodbye and calling the group of people up, Xiao Yunjiao slowly spoke:

"Is Hongu late? I don't know if this Lu family's birthday banquet can still allow the palace to be blessed? ”

The old lady of the Lu family is the oldest in the room, and it is her birthday banquet, so she replied to the scene very bottomlessly: "The eldest princess is coming, and the mansion is really shining, so she should naturally take a seat." ”

In fact, if you talk about seniority, she is still Xiao Yunjiao's grandmother's cousin who has been separated by many rooms, and she is really Xiao Yunjiao's cousin who doesn't know how many rooms she has watched.

But who dares to climb this family in front of the eldest princess.

This room of their family is not valued by the clan, and the full screen is cautious and cautious to have this family business today, and Mrs. Lu is naturally smart and only talks about monarchs and ministers.

The subordinates of the Lu Mansion were also clever, and immediately changed the main position with their hands and feet, and Xiao Yunjiao sat down steadily and said:

"Don't be restrained, this palace came back from Fengming Mountain today, and I heard that the 60th birthday of the old lady of Lufu was very lively, and I suddenly thought about coming to ask for a glass of wine to eat, everyone sit down."

As if she suddenly remembered, she said again: "By the way, since it is a birthday, this palace has also brought some congratulatory gifts for Mrs. Lu, Hengzhi ......."

Jiang Yiheng, who had been following her, clasped her palms together and patted them twice, and the maid of the princess's mansion came in carrying a red lacquer tray.

……

"This is ......" Looking at the gift on the tray, someone couldn't help but let out a question, and suddenly reflected that this was a congratulatory gift from the eldest princess, and hurriedly lowered his head and covered his mouth.

Xiao Yunjiao took in everyone's eyes, and said unhurriedly: "Speaking of fate, when I went down the mountain today, a branch stretched out by the wild pine in the mountains just stretched out to block the driving of the palace, and the palace ordered someone to cut it down and insert it into the basin to make this green pine bonsai." The old lady's 60th birthday is in response to Songhe's good intentions to prolong his life. ”

After listening to Xiao Yunjiao's words, Lu Keji beat the drum in his heart, and he still had to take care of the guests and families in this hall, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the eldest princess's blessings, and the minister's mother thanked the eldest princess." ”

This bonsai made of randomly cut branches does not know how many days it can live, could it be that the princess is using pine branches to warn him not to get in her way, otherwise it is difficult to say whether he lives or dies......

Thinking like this, Lu Keji broke out in a cold sweat, and he felt cautious when he moved his fingers, even if she was just chatting with Mrs. Lu at this time, she successfully made Lu Keji sit on pins and needles.

"I heard in this palace that Mrs. Lu is the most sincere to worship the Buddha, and today I specially invited the Buddhist scriptures copied by Master Yikong of Yongning Temple for the old lady, I don't know if the old lady likes it?"

Mrs. Lu, who asked this, also began to sweat, Dongsheng Buddhism and Taoism are parallel, and the most famous person in Buddhism is Master Yikong, even if she worships the Buddha only to do superficial work, how dare she say that she doesn't like it at this time?

So Mrs. Lu smiled even brighter, "The Buddhist scriptures copied by Master Yikong are given by the princess, and they must be aura, and the old body has thanked the eldest princess." ”

As he spoke, he knelt down to answer—

"The old lady is exempt." Xiao Yunjiao let Xiu hold people in time.

Without waiting for Mrs. Lu to say anything, she continued: "Wine and meat here are vulgar things, how can you receive Buddhist scriptures here?" ”

"It's better for the old lady to move to the Buddhist hall to receive the scriptures. How is it? ”

This gift was given to the old birthday star directly, and it was unprecedented, and the guests looked at each other for a while, not knowing what medicine was sold in Xiao Yunjiao's gourd.

Chuxiu and Primrose enthusiastically helped Mrs. Lu out of the flower hall, and Xiao Yunjiao suddenly said, "Actually...... The main palace came today, and there is one more matter. ”

Lu Keji was confused, so he had to say, "What does the princess command?" ”

"I can't talk about orders, this palace just wants to do a business with Lord Lu."

Xiao Yunjiao smiled kindly, "The guests of this palace are very fond of calligraphy and painting, and they respect Mr. Xiuzhu even more. The palace thought about taking out the "Guanyin Map" that was confiscated in the palace a few years ago and tasting it. But who knows......"

In the crowd, I don't know whose wine glass was overturned, Xiao Yunjiao squinted and swept over, waiting for the flower hall to quiet down again before speaking: "Who knows, the things in this palace are ...... It was gone. ”

"What?" Lu Keji couldn't help but stand up, "The minister must do his best to investigate the theft of the palace treasury. ”

"Sit sit, sit sit." Xiao Yunjiao waved his hand to sit down again.

"The matter has been clarified. It was the palace people who were confused that they were greedy for money for a while, and they stole the finances in the treasury and sold them, and now people have committed suicide in fear of crime. ”

If it was so easy to find out, she wouldn't be here, and he would have used him to find a replacement for the dead ghost.

But this "Guanyin Tu" was bought by people who didn't know, and after several tosses, it is now in Lord Lu's mansion. However, Lord Lu is not guilty of not knowing, and this palace is not a person who forcibly takes it. This picture was auctioned out by the Pavilion of All Things at a price of two thousand taels, and the palace used two thousand taels to redeem it again, okay? ”

Looking at Xiao Yunjiao's eyes, Lu Keji was in a cold sweat, he had just secretly accepted the gift from the Chen family, and here Xiao Yunjiao came to the door to "redeem", he really wanted to put him on the tip of the knife!

"The princess has forgiven the minister." Lu Keji hurriedly knelt down and grabbed the ground with his head, "This painting was originally confiscated, and it was already a mistake for Weichen to flow into Weichen's mansion by mistake, how dare you let the princess redeem it!" ”

Seeing that Xiao Yunjiao only smiled and didn't speak, Lu Keji was even more hairy, and he was busy making his eyes look at the painting and respectfully presenting it, "Princess, the painting is here." ”

Xiao Yunjiao turned his head to look at Jiang Yiheng, who took the scroll and began to admire it.

"It's worthy of Mr. Xiuzhu's painting, it's really an eye-opener." Jiang Yiheng's eyes were full of admiration, "That thief stole this painting out of the many treasures in the palace treasury, fortunately, Lord Lu accepted it by coincidence, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no such eye blessing in this life." ”

Xiao Yunjiao saw him so approving, and he was also satisfied, "In this way, Lord Lu can also be regarded as a meritorious person who protects the painting, I don't know who gave this painting?" ”

She went around and around, and finally asked the question that made Lord Chen present feel like a great enemy. He didn't know what the eldest princess wanted to do, but at this time, he still didn't dare to hide anything related to the painting that flowed out of the palace.

So Chen Yang lowered his head and knelt in front of Xiao Yunjiao in a posture that he was about to break his old waist, "Back to the princess, this was sent by Weichen." But this is a painting flowing out of the palace, but Wei Chen never knows it! ”

Even if he knew that the painting came out of the palace, he didn't dare to recognize it. Regardless of whether the princess said that he was old and dizzy, or whether he had eyes and no beads, it was better than the crime of hiding things in the palace.

"This palace naturally believes that Lord Chen doesn't know." Xiao Yunjiao's mouth was tolerant, but there was no intention of calling the two kneeling on the ground to get up.

"I'm ashamed to say that on the day of the auction of the Pavilion of Everything, the main palace was also there. When I saw this painting, I originally thought that I was afraid that I would go back and settle the matter, but who knew that a painting would be auctioned for a high price of 2,000 taels. ”

She didn't blush and her heart didn't beat and she was talking nonsense,

"There are more people in the palace mansion, and it is really stretched to take out two thousand taels at once, and it took a lot to plan how much money I went back to move out enough money, so I thought about coming to Lord Lu's mansion today to ask for paintings. I don't know what kind of way Lord Chen has to run the family, and he can take care of the Chen Mansion so richly, can you point me to the palace? ”

Chen Yang immediately collapsed to the ground in fright, trembling and unable to speak.

Xiao Yunjiao also stopped asking, there are not a few of these officials who are full of private pockets, Chen Yang wants his son to go to the left side of the door, which is very different from the imperial examination that His Majesty wants to implement, who should he be the first bird?

"Lord Lu, this matter is also handed over to you, you know this way to make a fortune, don't forget to tell this palace and Your Majesty."