Chapter Seventy-Two: The Spring Feast
Ming Lanying really didn't know the lady of the Dingguo Mansion, but she must be surrounded by people, and it was right to follow the crowd.
As soon as Ming Lanying and Hebai arrived at the door, they saw the father and son standing there with the same expressionless faces, waiting, Ye Jielu lowered his head slightly and instructed Ning'er.
The big figure is tall like a green pine, the facial features are deep, the contours are clear, the eyes are deep like a secluded pool, the dark brocade official uniform of crow blue, and the chic belt of smoke gray stretches out the waist of the strong and thin, and the edge is restrained.
The small pen is like a bamboo, the facial features are exquisite, the look is serious, the blue satin robe picked by Ming Lanying is lined with white and clear skin, the moon-white jade-inlaid soft belt is tied up with a small waist, the half-sleeved piping velvet jacket covered with sky white is half-tied, and the blue hairband is half bundled, and the little boy is as beautiful as jade.
Ming Lanying stretched out her hand from a distance and gestured, and smiled with satisfaction, after more than two years of careful feeding, Ning'er has also been reborn, and her spirit is not cowardly and timid.
"It's not bad to let Ning'er practice martial arts with you, you're a lot taller, and you're a lot stronger, so why don't you grow meat?"
Tsurubai snorted proudly, "That's not it! Ning'er is a lot heavier! Don't look at it like this, in fact, the meat is firm! ”
The father and son looked at it, and saw Ming Lanying standing on the stone steps with a bright smile, a blue brocade satin long skirt, and a blue half-sleeved fine velvet jacket of the same style on Ning Er's body, elegant and gorgeous, with red lips raised, and bright eyes, which overshadowed the colors of heaven and earth.
The father and son smiled at the same time, one was shallow and the other was bright, which was the knee-jerk reaction of seeing the important person.
Hebai was amused by this scene, the similarity of one big and one small seven or eight points, even the movements were almost synchronized, "This father and son are really tacit!" ”
Ming Lanying couldn't hold back her laughter, "Otherwise, how can it be father and son?" ”
"Hey, hey! My sister-in-law has such a good eye, and the clothes she chooses are all good-looking! Hebai glanced at her a few more times, hooked her hand and got into the carriage proudly, "Sister-in-law looks better when she dresses up, I have a straight eye for a woman, and I will definitely be able to dominate the crowd today!" Blind their dogs! ”
"What nonsense! Have you ever gotten tired of watching it every day? ”
Ming Lanying still wanted to hold Hebai's hand up, so Ye Jielu directly grabbed her waist with one hand, half-carried her into the carriage, and then went up with Ning'er, took the two hand stoves handed by Steward Wang, and stuffed them into Ming Lanying.
"Don't get tired of seeing it, the lady rarely shows up at the banquet today."
Ming Lanying looked at him suspiciously, Ye Jielu's eyes stared at her deeply, and his voice was slightly hoarse and restrained.
"I regret my husband, I shouldn't let my lady go to the spring banquet, my lady is too attractive today, which is unforgettable at first sight and missed."
Hebai covered his mouth and snickered, "Sister-in-law is too much to attract bees and butterflies, and she will attract a bunch of rivals for you!" ”
Ye Juelu pinched her side waist without a trace, and Ming Lanying glared at him with red ears, "What nonsense!" Hurry up and do your thing! ”
Ye Jielu wants to go to the palace to be the emperor's personal guard, and he sets off from the palace to the sacrificial platform, and Ming Lanying and the others want to go to the Bishui Garden in the outer city, which are two directions.
Ye Jielu took care of her complicated skirt and the palace silk sachet around her waist, hooked her lips and chuckled, "Wait for me to pick you up." ”
Turning his head to Hebai, he said in a deep voice: "Protect your sister-in-law and Ning'er, don't cause trouble." ”
Hebai pouted dissatisfiedly, "I know, I know, I don't have a good face for my sister at all!" See the stinky brother who forgets his righteousness! ”
Ning Er hugged the hand stove that Ming Lanying stuffed into him, and reluctantly waved his hand to say goodbye to Ye Jielu for a while, "Daddy wants to pick us up early!" ”
"Hmm."
Ye Jielu watched the carriage sway away, took the short sword and dagger handed by the king's steward, buckled it behind his waist, and neatly turned over and rode to the palace.
The Bishui Garden in the outer city is a good place to go for a spring outing, and there is a Bishui River that passes through the entire Bishui Garden and goes around half of the capital, but now the beginning of spring is still melting snow, it is very cold, and the ice on the Bishui River in the Bishui Garden is also thawing, and the river surface is also very brittle.
The Dingguo Mansion and the Yong'an Hou Mansion chartered half of the Bishui Garden, and let people temporarily build a verandah pavilion and a wind-blocking terrace, and in the distance is a Zhuangzi, among which there is also a courtyard specially arranged for guests to rest.
The Duchess of Dingguo arranged it thoughtfully, and everyone would not refute her face, and everyone who received the invitation came. When Ming Lanying and a few people arrived, a carriage and horses had been parked in the distance of Bishui Garden, and the stewards of the Dingguo Mansion and the Yong'an Hou Mansion were waiting here with their subordinates to receive guests.
There was a moment of trance when I saw Ming Lanying's carriage, and the carriage had the logo of Ye Jielu's Commanding Mansion, but the two stewards saw it for the first time and didn't recognize it immediately.
The coachman set up the footstool, Hebai stepped out of the carriage first, straightened his clothes, and handed over the invitation, "Ye Lingfu." ”
The round-faced steward took a look, looked at the crane-white girl's hair bun, and immediately bowed respectfully to the carriage.
"It's a small faux pas, Commander Ye's wife is far away!"
"Sister-in-law, it's here."
Hebai turned around to help Ming Lanying, who took Ning'er's hand and slowly got out of the carriage and nodded to the two stewards.
"It's okay, get up, take us over to see the Duchess of Dingguo."
The two stewards glanced at each other secretly, and they were both stunned for a moment, when did there be such a stunning person in the capital!
"It's a small honor!" The round-faced steward and the other square-faced steward glanced at each other, and decided to take them over personally, "Here, please, Madame is in the largest glazed tile pavilion." ”
The place where the carriage stopped was not far from the long pavilion of the verandah, and it was only after walking half of the incense stick, and the round-faced steward also introduced the structure of the spring banquet all the way.
In the morning, wait for the guests to come, start the lunch on time, take a break in the afternoon, and then carry out the competition of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and the flying flower order of poetry, eat the spring cakes and wait until the end of dinner, and the lively spring banquet of the day is over.
Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows, the Spring Festival Banquet was just a large-scale social banquet held in the name of solar terms, there were many people, and the upper-class people loved to come to play when they were idle and had nothing to do.
The round-faced steward pointed to the long pavilion of the verandah and introduced them one by one, "The large terrace with the blue and red veil on the far side is a place where you can listen to opera, that is the verandah where the pot is thrown, and the flowing water pavilion with flowing water, and the pavilions in the middle are for you to arrange by yourself, and the ladies of the family are there to enjoy tea and fuqin." ”
Ming Lan Ying looked along, the verandah pavilion was cleverly designed, the pavilion was a four-corner pavilion, the field of vision was broad, the elegant veils of all colors were fluttering, and it was light and beautiful to block the wind.
The long verandah is connected to the long pavilion, strung into a semi-circle, just enough to open the distance, and there is no need to step on the cold and wet grass, and there are large terraces on the left and right sides, one side is the opera, the other side can be used for dinner, and you can also see the stage not far away.
"Walking out of the verandah from that side is the shooting range, outside the shooting range is the racetrack, the horses have been prepared, most of them are men, and there are also a few young ladies who are good at martial arts, Mrs. Ye can also go if she is interested, lunch is by the Bishui River, and dinner is on the terrace on the other side.
"Today's weather is good, Mrs. specially found someone to see it, tonight you can see the sky full of stars, suitable for drinking to the moon."
Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and looked, the Bishui Garden was very large, and the Dingguo Mansion and the Yong'an Hou Mansion only covered half of the Bishui Garden, but they were also big enough to ride a horse and run around wantonly.
Not far from the verandah pavilion is a fenced shooting range, and the boundary is drawn for fear of hurting others.
Ming Lanying looked at the past and could already see more than a dozen high-spirited young men on the shooting range, competing with great interest, and the young girls who were also surrounded by a small circle next to them were excited and restrained to watch the excitement.
The sharp-eyed crane white saw at a glance the lively girl, Ming Jiazhen, who was wearing a baby pink Hunan skirt and a rabbit fur.
Ming Lanying smiled, "The two ladies have hearts, I will enjoy today's feast." ”
The largest glazed tile pavilion arrived, and the round-faced steward personally took them to see the Duchess of Dingguo, at that time there were several elegant and dignified ladies gathered in the pavilion, chatting softly together, and when they saw Ming Lanying, they were quiet for a moment.
The sharp eyes looked at her without concealment, and the round-faced steward stepped forward lightly, greeted the graceful and luxurious lady who sat in the first place, and whispered a few words in a low voice.
Ming Lanying glanced at it quickly, only to see the noble lady's round and jade kind face, looking at the age of no more than forty years old, orange-red inlaid brocade cardigan dress, holding a copper silk beast hand stove in her hand, the towering bun was full of a complete set of gold and rubies on the head, with the master's action of getting up, the tassel shook slightly, reflecting the light of elegance and wealth.
This should be the Duchess of Dingguo, the person Ye Jielu said could be trusted.
Ming Lanying bowed slightly, and said hello, "The concubine greets the ladies, and I have seen the ladies." ”
The Duchess of Dingguo in the first place squinted her eyes slightly, and slowly spoke: "But Mrs. Commander Ye? ”
All the ladies present were surprised, they were all princely families who had lived in the capital for a long time, although the former Ming Lanying rarely attended large banquets, but the banquet when there was a scandal, all of them were there, they all saw the Ming Lanying at that time, and they were shocked by the vulgar words and deeds and appearance and had nothing to say.
And now the rumored Mrs. Ye in front of her is really better than seeing it, and the waste of the Ming family's fat head and big ears is completely unrelated to the beauty in front of her.
"Yes, the concubine Ye Ming's family, the name Lan Ying, the Lan who shines on the clear Lan with the smoke and water of the river, and the Ying who is the sound of the Yan Ying, I am fortunate to be able to come to the Spring Festival Banquet, and I want to thank the two ladies."
Ming Lanying's meekness and courtesy, at least the first impression is not bad, and these noble-born ladies will not be responsible for the past of that bad atmosphere.
"I look at the good color of Mrs. Ye's birth, there hasn't been such a stunning person in the capital for a long time, as soon as I came in just now, I almost thought it was the Nine Heavens Fairy who went down to the earth, and I blushed with anger!"
Ming Lanying heard the sound and saw that the thirty-year-old lively lady sitting next to the Duchess of Dingguo, her eyebrows and eyes were stretched out, her blue and blue hooked flower skirt was tied to the same color, and the jasper head and face on the bun were much more dignified and calm.
Duchess Dingguo smiled and beckoned to Ming Lanying, "Mrs. Yong'an Hou has said so, then I want to take a closer look." ”
Ming Lanying responded, Lianbu moved closer slightly, half sat on the low stool at the feet of the Duchess of Dingguo, and looked up at her.
The Duchess of Dingguo was also stunned after seeing it clearly, patted Ming Lanying's hand to soothe, and said to the ladies around her: "If she hadn't been wearing a woman's bun, I would have thought it was a girl who had not left the cabinet!" ”
Ming Lanying bent the corners of her eyes, and blew each other with a smile, "Madame praises falsely, the concubine body is just an ordinary posture, a small family, how can it compare to the heavenly posture of the ladies." ”
The first time she came to this banquet, of course, she had to chat with the banquet host for a while and be familiar, although she was a woman, but she was younger than the ladies present, and it was also polite to say this.
As soon as these words came out, although the ladies present did not say anything, their faces were much more relaxed, complimenting each other, and their favorability towards Ming Lanying rose steadily.
Duchess Dingguo was happy to hear this, subtle wrinkles appeared in the corners of her eyes, and she looked at the beautiful woman in front of her with a smile.
Ming Lanying and Ye Jue's law is not a secret, how the two of them did it, the ladies who live in the back house know it.
"You and Commander Ye have already married a family, but do you have children? Bring it or not? ”
"Bring it, specially bring it to see the world."
Ming Lanying beckoned to the two people behind her, Hebai took Ning'er closer to salute, and Minglanying pointed to Hebai and introduced to the ladies.
"This is my sister-in-law You Hebai."
Duchess Dingguo squinted, "You family girl? How is it here? ”
Ming Lanying didn't know what kind of family the You family was, but seeing that the Duchess of Dingguo was like this, it should not be an ordinary small family.
Let her hold her hand, her smiling eyes are crooked, making people unable to see the emotions in her eyes clearly, "Hebai is close to Ning'er, and I haven't seen my little nephew for many years, so I am temporarily living in the mansion now." ”
After Hebai saluted, he was silent, obviously not familiar with anyone, Duchess Dingguo didn't say anything, but her eyes were attracted by Ning Er next to her.
"What is this pink carved doll?"
After her question, Ning Er, who had been reducing her sense of existence, was suddenly stared at by a circle of noble ladies, and her tense little face straightened her back, and she bowed again.
"This is my Ning'er, Madame looks familiar?"
Duchess Dingguo was surprised, just because Ning'er and Ye Jielu were too similar, "This is really like his father!" ”
Mrs. Yong'anhou liked Ning'er's delicate little appearance very much, and beckoned Ning'er to step forward, Ning'er first glanced at Minglanying, and only after getting permission did she cautiously approach.
As soon as he got closer, Mrs. Yong'anhou grabbed her little arm, and the lady next to her also came over, as if it was the first time she had seen such an amazing villain, and she didn't need money to give it if she praised it.
Mrs. Yong'anhou was even more amazed, "Ning'er is much better behaved than my little monkey grandson, look at these eyebrows, clean and handsome!" ”
It's just that Ning'er is now following his father in this regard, and the more nervous he is, the tighter his face becomes, and he is surrounded by the nobles at the moment, but his face is expressionless, and his face is even more pleasing.
Ming Lanying was very proud, her son captured the heart of the shrewd lady present with just one face, it was so likable!
Duchess Dingguo likes Ming Lanying and Ning Er, so she pulled her to say a few more words, and was chatting hotly, when a voice that destroyed the atmosphere appeared unexpectedly.
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