Twenty-sixth Polo Club after the beginning of spring
Two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Jiang Lanshu has been silent a lot after that day, and serving the old lady is not as active as before.
It's not that "broken jars", it's purely that I'm in a depressed mood, and most of the time I'm thinking about being stuffy in the house.
Time flies, the spring thunder blows, the spring rain continues to fall for several days, the weather has just improved, the Shunchang palace sent an invitation, inviting the ministers and their families to the palace to eat and drink.
Early in the morning of this day, Shen Pan'er and Shen Yue'er made an appointment to go to Jinghe Hall to say goodbye. Both girls wore new clothes.
Shen Paner wore a long silk jacket with light magnolia flowers, and the exaggerated tassel hairpin on her head was still swaggering; Shen Yue'er is wearing a simple Yuehua skirt, with only a silver hairpin on her head, sober and sven.
After asking for peace, Shen Paner told Mrs. Shen about Princess Shunchang's invitation to Mrs. Hou to play polo on the polo field.
Old Lady Shen held the hot tea with white mist in her hand and chuckled, "Don't you love to play polo?" I haven't been active for a few months, and I'm still telling what to do? ”
Shen Pan'er pursed her mouth, glanced at Ye Lingwu, who had been "broken" for almost two months behind her, and replied: "The eldest aunt said that the juniors in the family must go, and you can't favor one over the other. ”
In fact, Qin Mingyu was afraid that Shen Pan'er would shout that she would not bring Shen Yue'er, and she was worried that Shen Ci would find an excuse not to go, so she deliberately said this, and the "all" in her words did not include Ye Lingwu.
Mrs. Shen knew that the two little girls in the family had some conflicts.
In the past few months, Ye Lingwu has sent food to Shen Paner's Xiaoxiang Courtyard, just to seek reconciliation, but Shen Paner has a lot of temperament and insists on confiscating it.
Mama Xuan is very good at observing words and feelings, and knows what Mrs. Shen means by not expressing her position, so she gives a step at the right time and teases: "The three girls will say that they are favoritism, why don't the old lady follow the meaning of the three girls and let the girls play polo, and it is good to have a long insight." ”
Old Mrs. Shen listened to the "girls" that Mama Xuan deliberately said, and said silently: "Since you asked Ling Yatou to go, isn't Lan Shu also a junior in the family?" ”
Hearing this, Shen Pan'er frowned, stared at Jiang Lanshu unkindly, and pouted: "If Sister Lanshu wants to be together, then let's go together, anyway, the carriage prepared by the eldest aunt today is big enough, and it is okay to sit one more person." ”
It took about half an hour to arrive at the polo field of the Shunchang Palace, the grass of the court was wide, and even the horses that were ready to play were precious breeds, and the pomp was very large.
The people who came to the appointment got out of the carriage and walked to the high platform, where several juniors of the palace stood to welcome the guests.
King Shunchang has two sons and a daughter, and the two sons are generally not big with their fathers, and they have no important positions in the palace. Needless to say, the only daughter Liu Feiyan was famous for her arrogance and domineering in the early years, but now she is a lot more dignified and self-controlled.
A large family has the false name of the nobles, and the surface is bright, in fact, if it is not for the friendship with the Ningbei Hou Mansion and the Fuguo Mansion, there is really no such palace in this capital.
The spring day was slightly cool, and Liu Feiyan was wearing a coral cloak and staring at the entrance with longing eyes. It's just because the Hou Mansion of Ningbei replied, saying that Shen Zhan would also go to this polo club.
No, as soon as the carriage of the Ningbei Houfu stopped, Liu Feiyan, who was still gloomy, happily walked over with her skirt.
"I've seen my aunt!" Liu Feiyan saluted, looked at Qin Mingyu, who came down first, and smiled like a flower.
But slowly she couldn't laugh anymore, until the juniors of the Shen family were all together, and Shen Zhan didn't appear.
Qin Mingyu saw Liu Feiyan's disappointed little appearance clearly, took her hand and patted it: "I know that the Shunchang Palace's banquet is set up today, but he can't leave temporarily when he is on official business, and when he is done, it won't take long to get from the palace." ”
Liu Feiyan smiled again when she heard this, and walked towards the high platform with Qin Mingyu talking and laughing.
The juniors of the Shen family behind them were not happy, so when they said this, they responded to the sentence "Those who should not come will not come, and those who should not come will come".
Shen Pan'er snorted lightly and said, "I didn't come if I knew it, I was very annoyed when I saw Liu Feiyan, I knew that I was worried about my eldest brother all day long, and I didn't look in the mirror, and the integrity and self-control of my daughter's family were gone." ”
Jiang Lanshu was inexplicably embarrassed when she heard this, and always felt that Shen Pan'er's words were not just about Liu Feiyan alone.
She reluctantly hooked the corners of her mouth and said, "A few girls, let's go in, don't stand outside." ”
Shen Pan'er ignored her, looked around, frowned, and said, "What about the second brother?" I haven't seen him for a while, where did he go? ”
Ye Lingwu also looked left and right, and replied: "Yes, I saw Shen Ergongzi on the carriage just now, why did he disappear in a blink of an eye?" ”
Shen Yue'er raised a finger and slowly pointed towards the carriage over there, and said, "I just saw the second brother go to the Rong family's carriage, probably to find the Rong family's brother." ”
Shen Pan'er crossed her waist and said unhappily: "Second brother is really, don't say a word when you leave, otherwise we will talk to Rong Yu in the past, so as not to see Liu Feiyan's pretentious face here." ”
The envoy of the royal palace led the visitors towards the high platform.
Qin Mingyu was sitting in the closest place to Princess Shunchang, and while you were talking word by word, Liu Feiyan on the side was also intimately pouring tea for the two of them.
The tables on both sides were full of refreshments and fruits, and the ladies talked to each other lively.
Shen Pan'er, Shen Yue'er, Ye Lingwu, and Jiang Lanshu sat down casually.
The capital is a circle, the nobility is also a circle, and the aristocratic circle is also divided into levels, like the last time Shen Zhan returned to Beijing for the banquet, the guests who came to the meeting were all first-class princes and nobles, powerful ministers and ministers.
These guests who came to the polo club today can only be said to be second and third-class, after all, King Shunchang is just a declining prince, and the important ministers in the court will not take him in their eyes, so the eldest princess Jiayi, who is a little bit close, can still enjoy a face.
Of course, there is also the daughter of the prince and the prince, Liu Feiyan's close friend - Lou Zhaorao is also there.
Ye Lingwu has listened to and studied with her a few times, and his impression of her is similar to that of Mrs. Lou, that is, there is too much ink in her stomach, so much so that she also has ink in her head.
Just like now, Ye Lingwu obviously didn't provoke her, but Lou Zhaorao ridiculed her inexplicably.
"I didn't expect Miss Lingwu to come today, I thought you wouldn't dare to appear on such an occasion," Lou Zhaorao covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, "The poetry that Master Wei punished you for copying the day before yesterday can you copy it?" ”
Last time, Wei Fuzi memorized the Book of Poetry, but she didn't expect to draw the one that Ye Lingwu didn't know, she didn't recite a word, and Wei Fuzi was so angry that she punished her for copying the Book of Poetry a hundred times from beginning to end.
Shen Pan'er really couldn't get used to Lou Zhaorao's yin and yang weird tone, and even left behind the fact that she and Ye Lingwu hadn't reconciled, and blurted out: "How do you care about Sister Lingwu's doing, does Miss Lou want to copy it for Sister Lingwu?" ”
"Forget it, even if I want to help, it's not like it, my handwriting was taught by my father as the prince and the prince, and Wei Fuzi once praised my handwriting as the first in private school." Lou Zhaorao said arrogantly.
"Isn't it just that the words are pretty, and I don't know what I'm talking about." Shen Paner rolled her eyes, turned her head and ignored her.
Because it came early, the guests had not yet arrived, and the polo club had not started for a long time.
After half an hour, the show didn't start, and Shen Pan'er couldn't stay any longer, so she said that she wanted to go around.
Ye Lingwu and Jiang Lanshu also hurriedly got up and followed, but Shen Yue'er could still sit upright and wait.