The third day after Xiao's birthday was the day when the daughters of the Wang family went to invite the Liu family.

At present, the invitation period of the six ceremonies, of course, is to be auspicious, by the man to the matchmaker, bring the gift to the woman, will choose the best time to negotiate, is a formal and solemn procedure, but according to the folk custom, before the formal invitation period, the man will generally be a little interval of at least three auspicious days, before the woman's family, according to the preparation of both parties, first discuss and agree on the date, and then formally make the matchmaker repeat the ceremony, so as not to choose the best date for the invitation ceremony is not in line with the woman's wishes, causing twists and turns.

Generally speaking, the key negotiation before the formal invitation should be visited by the man on his own initiative, but this time the marriage of Wang Liu is different, only because after the over-employment, the fourth mother's mother Pei died of illness, and the fourth mother was mourned.

Although the Yuan family knew that Wang Liu's marriage was imperative, and his mind was very reluctant, he did not dare to disobey Aunt Weng's order and her husband's instructions, although he was dissatisfied with the intention of delaying last time, after all, he did not have the courage to say that he regretted the marriage, pinched his nose and agreed to Xiao's invitation, and had to choose a date, in case today, accompanied by the eldest sister-in-law, came to Liu's house to negotiate the marriage date.

Although Wang Ji, the father of Qilang, is the son of the Wang family, he is not the elder, Wang Wei is the elder, and now he has the title of Earl of Pingyang, so although the Yuan family is Wang Ji's wife, it is reasonable to preside over the marriage of Qilang, and the Wang family still sends the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pingyang, to accompany her, so that it is more respectful to the Liu family.

Yuan's was originally worried about having an eldest sister-in-law with her, she didn't dare to show the slightest unwillingness, obviously dissatisfied with Liu Siniang, and had to pretend to be enthusiastic in front of the Liu family, and her heart was so aggrieved and panicked, but yesterday, but she heard from the A family that she had to go to the Liu family to discuss the marriage date, and Yuan's felt even more depressed - after the rebellion of Siniang, she lost her mother and eldest daughter, how could she be so thoughtful and enthusiastic!

After a night of tossing and turning, I really wished I was sick and bedridden, but although my complexion was not good, I didn't even have a cough, Yuan had to smear a few layers of white/powder on my face to cover up the ashes, draw my eyebrows and grease and dress up, so that I looked like I was so festive, and came to Liufu with a smile.

At this time, she only listened to Mrs. Wei and her mother-in-law talking and laughing, and added witty words when she saw Xiao and her eldest sister-in-law again, only to feel that the corners of her lips were stiff, and she could hardly even smile.

Not to mention that she secretly has more complex emotions - a few days ago, because of the auspicious day of going to the Buddhist temple, she happened to meet a "nobleman" on the way, it was Liu Xuanqing, the widow of Liu Shi's wife, Qiao's aunt, who invited her to Xianyiguan, and praised Qiao's daughter Liu Wuniang non-stop, and then seemed to have an unintentional sentence - although the saint still remembers Empress Pei, he is still worried about the rebellious behavior of Pei and Zheng's two clans!

The Yuan family returned to Kyoto and secretly paid attention, and he was suspicious!

After the death of the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, Pei, the sage conferred the title of Duke of Siniang's father, which is a secret reason, quite a bit of praise for the Duke of Liujun as a person who knows the times, but after all, he has a mustard, otherwise he would not only limit the Duke of Liujun to the Ministry of Industry, and not involve political dignitaries! On the contrary, it is the willow relics, although he is a concubine, but he is holy.

Because the Liu family is the queen mother's family, the sage does not hesitate to reuse, but compared with the Duke of Liujun, the closer ones are, of course, the two brothers Liu Shizhi and Liu Shaoqing.

The Yuan family originally looked down on Qiao's family as a big surname and fell into the Shu branch, not to mention that Wu Niang was just a concubine, but he didn't dare to underestimate Qiao's Taoist aunt - Liu Xuanqing was recommended by the princess of Wei County, and now she is quite trusted by the Queen Mother, and she is often edicted to enter the palace, and her frequency is even more than that of Yingyang, the daughter of the king of Nanyang County, who is also a female crown and has a more noble background!

Liu Shiyi can win the favor of the saint, maybe it is also because of the relationship between Qiao and Liu Xuanqing.

Who let Mrs. Wei's granddaughter Liu Qiniang be too young, her son really can't wait, compared to Liu Siniang, who is from the Pei family, and only has a good Yuan in his eyes, at this time he is more inclined to Liu Wuniang.

She couldn't help but secretly calculate these days, although she didn't dare to disobey Aunt Weng, it was difficult to save Qilang to marry Liu Siniang, but if Qiao's intention was to use her aunt and Princess Weijun to speak, if the Queen Mother or the saint had that decision, would Aunt Weng dare to disobey the order? In this way, he is not blamed, and Shichiro can also get rid of hidden dangers, isn't it the best of both worlds?

Thinking of this layer, Yuan's felt even more like sitting on pins and needles, how could he still listen to his mother-in-law and Mrs. Wei's politeness to each other, and he was not in the mood to deal with Xiao's, that urgent and difficult gaze, he only frequently looked at Qiao's who was accompanying him, but only smiled and said little.

Of course, Qiao's also left opinions Yuan's frequent attention, and she took advantage of her wish in her heart - as she expected, Yuan's was really unwilling to let her only son marry a rebellious daughter, looking at this situation, as long as she pierced this layer of window paper, she would definitely guarantee to treat Wu Niang well in the future.

Qiao's is not in a hurry, instead of sneering and sneering at the slightest opportunity in the past, but surprisingly responsible for her role as a foil today.

After lunch, Mrs. Wei invited her mother-in-law to wander around the garden, sat down in a pavilion, and listened to Mrs. Wei say: "You should drink peach syrup in spring, only drink too much, and you can't help but feel sweet and greasy. ”

Tea tasting, originally only flourished in the southwest, and then was favored by the monks of the temple, promoted all over the south, attracted a lot of literati and scholars in the past temple tea for the sake of Shang, but the northern nobles still did not accept much, until the current dynasty about the Ming Dynasty, it gradually spread to the court nobles, but it is still an elegant thing, not only the market wine is not prepared, it is the daily habit of the nobles' home, but also just all kinds of fruit drinks and buttermilk.

At present, the main house has Yaxing, of course, the guests will not object, Mrs. Wei signaled to go down, and in a moment, there were seven or eight young maids rushing in, and a full set of tea sets were placed in an orderly manner in a corner of the pavilion, and there were dozens of kinds of dazzling colors, which were simple and elegant. In less than half a moment, many have retreated, only two maids remain, one is responsible for lighting the fire and preparing the soup, and the other is grinding the tea sieving, especially the maid who grinds the tea, graceful and graceful, and the appearance and bearing are not inferior to everyone's ladies.

Seeing her behave gracefully, always with a smile on her face, no matter adjusting salt, scooping water, measuring tea and soup until the final tea into the bowl, her every move is really pleasing to the eye.

When the maid tea was filed, Mrs. Wei saw that the soup in the secret porcelain cup was as clear as ice and jade, and the foam was even, so she bowed slightly: "Very good." ”

The tea maid retreated, and Mrs. Pingyang couldn't help but praise: "It is said that Yashi is good tea, but I didn't like this bitter and spicy smell in the past, but now I see this maid cooking, I can understand a bit of elegance, Mrs. Tai's maid is really rare, and I don't know how to train it." ”

Mrs. Wei said with a smile: "In the past, when this tea first emerged, they all loved to add all kinds of peculiar smells, green onions, ginger, oranges, and dates, and I didn't know how much to taste...... As for this maid, it was originally purchased by her husband from Jiangnan with a lot of money, and she can only cook tea. ”

Mrs. Pingyang Bo is not outside, and she should accept it, but Yuan's heart is widely active - it is reported that when Liu Siqing was alive, he liked to raise prostitutes and beautiful maids, and it was also rumored that he had spent a lot of money for a Qinglou woman, and others talked about it, all sighed for Mrs. Wei, and spread such a husband, not only was he not slandered in this world, but he also won a bold and uninhibited character, and the poor only women, who were left out in the cold, but also cleaned up this pile of warblers and swallows for their husbands, pinched their noses and drank sour water, and they could only be willing to eat it.

But I don't want to, Liu Siqing finally killed herself "romantic", Mrs. Wei hasn't swept the foxes out of the house, and she is still eating and drinking, which is really ...... Amazing.

Although Yuan's desertion, he didn't run too long and too far, so he pulled back his mind in a moment, looked at Qiao's at a glance, and only hated that he couldn't stretch out a hand from his pupils and pull Qiao's to him - for the future of her only son, she had to make a desperate bet, she didn't believe it, Liu Xuanqing's words were targetless!

So......

Everyone was talking and laughing, but there was an accident, it was Yuan who "accidentally" smashed the tea cup on the ground, of course, she controlled it properly, and didn't really let herself burn, but it was still inevitable that the long skirt would be stained with water stains, and she also understood that this loss of honor would inevitably cause her mother-in-law to be dissatisfied, so she immediately apologized, and repeatedly rejected Xiao's kindness to accompany her to change clothes, just that she was careless, and no matter how bothered, she was served by the maid.

Qiao Shi "appeared" at this time and persuaded Xiao Shi: "Don't worry about it, you can't leave you here, I still have to accompany Sister Yuan, but it just so happens that Jinhua Garden is close ahead, and it is more convenient than going to Wuyi Garden." ”

Yuan Shi took a long breath and said, "Exactly", it was only at this time that she was sure that Qiao Shi had other intentions, so it was not in vain that she lost her manners.