Chapter 77: The Eldest Princess's Mansion Treats Guests for the First Time
After saying that, Gu Long didn't stay in his wife's small study for long, and left quickly in a hurry.
After a while, Mama Ge came in and whispered, "Madam, the master went to Aunt Ding's." ”
Aunt Ding is Gu Long's new concubine in recent years, she is the same age as a flower, she has been pregnant once, and she is inexplicably gone, Gu Long was still cold to Aunt Ding before, but now Mrs. Gu made him angry, so he went to Aunt Ding again.
When Mrs. Gu heard the news, she almost crumbled the handkerchief in her hand.
Although she was very dissatisfied with her husband's going to the concubine, Mrs. Gu could still tell the difference, Gu Yuling was related to the future of their Gu family, and she had to bring her back in the past two days!
Mama Ge frowned, "Madam, what should I do then?" ”
Although the eldest princess returned to the eldest princess's mansion, at this time, the Gu family was not good and really fell out with Qin Shuhuang.
"I'm going to get my daughter back, it's just right, even the emperor can't stop it, can she Qin Shuhuang still forcibly detain Gu Yuling?" The more Mrs. Gu spoke, the more justified she felt.
Besides, her soft ones are also used, and it turns out that Qin Shuhuang doesn't eat soft ones now, so she should use hard ones as her son said!
At this moment, Mrs. Gu was bound to bring the concubine back from the eldest princess's mansion.
Two days of calm passed.
Qin Shuhuang would personally carry the food box to the small courtyard where Xuan Cang lived every evening, and watched Xuan Cang finish the dishes in the food box.
After doing more, Qin Shuhuang's cooking skills have improved slightly, but not much.
I have to say that the smart eldest princess really doesn't have any talent in cooking.
Xuan Cang ate the love dinner of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess every day, and his subordinates Xie Zhuo Xie Cheng soon found that his master's taste had become less picky than before.
The two of them lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything, and often quietly brought some delicious supper or something to the master in the middle of the night, so as to relieve the master's pain.
Two days later, it was the day when Mrs. Rongguo and Xu Xue visited the eldest princess's mansion.
Early in the morning, Lu Zhou and his subordinates were busy.
This is the first time to entertain guests since the opening of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and although Qin Shuhuang thinks it's nothing, he attaches great importance to it.
Today, Qin Shuhuang wore a peacock blue palace skirt and a set of ruby jewelry, the palace costume was gorgeous, and with the luxurious ruby, Qin Shuhuang looked noble and dignified, like a peony blooming in the imperial garden.
Shilan Shiyu and several big maids went in and out to dress up Qin Shuhuang, and when they saw His Royal Highness wearing such a good look, several people felt a sense of accomplishment in their hearts.
In the past, in the Gu Mansion, Qin Shuhuang always dressed plainly in order to cater to Gu Hongchao's usual dressing, and Shilan Shiyu's ability to comb her hair and makeup had nowhere to show, but now Qin Shuhuang has once again made herself the appearance of a princess in the palace, and Shilan Shiyu is even happier than Her Royal Highness.
After dressing up, Qin Shuhuang saw the half-worn orange dresses worn by the four big maids, turned his head and asked Ruihe, "Haven't you sent the new clothes that the palace ordered the embroidery room to give you?" ”
Ruihe was stunned, came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I sent it yesterday." ”
"Go and put on new clothes, and when you wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will buy you a set, so you don't have to be reluctant to wear it. In addition, take out the sandalwood jewelry box in the main palace, there are four gold and jade bracelets in it, and each of you will take one of them. ”
Shilan is in charge of Qin Shuhuang's jewelry, knowing that the bracelet in the sandalwood jewelry box is valuable, I am afraid that I can't buy one for a hundred taels of silver outside, and their big maid is only a little more than one or two pieces of silver, where can I ask His Highness for such valuable jewelry.
"Your Highness, I can't help it, it's too valuable, it's your jewelry, and you will wear it in the future!" Shilan hurriedly excused herself.
Several others said no.
Qin Shuhuang glanced at a few big maids helplessly, "We are not in the Gu Mansion now, you have also looked at the dowry of the palace, are these bracelets missing?" Okay, take it all, and there will be other good things for you in the future. ”
Qin Shuhuang is right, with her current net worth, she is no longer in the Gu Mansion, and a few bracelets are nothing.
The four big maids resigned and lived up to Qin Shuhuang's kindness, and they saluted and thanked for the reward.
Shilan went to fetch the jewelry box and distributed four gold-encrusted jade bracelets with various patterns to the sisters.
When Ruihe got the bracelet and took a closer look, he found that the inside of the bracelet was carved with a small Hezi pattern.
She hurriedly reminded Rui Miao Shilan Shiyu to look at their bracelets, and it was not surprising that everyone got their names engraved on the inside of the bracelets.
It turned out that this set of bracelets was specially ordered by Her Royal Highness the princess to be made for them.
When the four of them learned the truth, their eyes were sour and hot.
In the middle of the day, the carriages of the Rongguo Mansion, the Xu family, and the Xue family arrived in front of the gate of the Eldest Princess's Mansion.
Lu Zhou and four big maids greeted him in front of the mansion.
Lu Zhou was dressed in a new gray satin dress, a little gray hair was meticulously combed, his face was white and beardless, coupled with the momentum of his whole body, people knew at a glance that he was a shrewd person from the palace.
Behind Lu Zhou stood four big maids, Ruihe, Ruimiao, Shilan, and Shiyu.
The four of them looked dignified and elegant, about the same size, all of them wore pink shirts and yellow skirts, covered with short lotus-colored suede thin cloaks, and wore gold and jade bracelets on their wrists, like elegant ladies who came out of the picture scroll.
Under a closer look, several people have their own characteristics, calm and introverted, intelligent and witty, handsome, lively and smart.
For a while, I was dizzying.
Lu Zhou and the four big maids personally helped Mrs. Rongguo, Mrs. Xu, and Mrs. Xue get out of the carriage.
There are a lot of people who came today, Du Qinglin rode a horse to protect Mrs. Rongguo, Mrs. Xu took her daughter Xu Siyuan, and Mrs. Xue took her granddaughter Xue Ruzhen.
As soon as they got out of the carriage, they saw several big maids beside Qin Shuhuang, and Mrs. Rongguo and the others all laughed.
"It's really a good girl!" Mrs. Rongguo praised.
Now Qin Shuhuang's style is the true demeanor of the eldest princess of Great Martial Arts.
Ruihe held Mrs. Rongguo's arm and said softly: "Mrs. Guo, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xue, Du Shizi, two young ladies, please come into the mansion quickly, Your Highness is waiting in the front yard." ”
Mrs. Rongguo smiled and bowed her head, and entered the eldest princess's mansion with Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xue.
Du Qinglin is a male guest, and among the guests is Yun Ying's unmarried lady, so he was invited by Lu Zhou to the study in the front yard of the eldest princess's mansion as a guest.
The place where Qin Shuhuang prepared for today's hospitality is a courtyard in the front yard, called Guiyuan.
There are several laurel trees in the courtyard that have been around for many years, which is a rare early laurel, and it is the time to bloom at this time.
The courtyard is close to the small lake in the garden, sitting in the lakeside pavilion drinking tea and chatting, smelling the cinnamon fragrance, and eating a drunken crab, even if you entertain distinguished guests, it is not rude.
When I entered the courtyard, I saw Qin Shuhuang standing dignified at the gate of the courtyard.
Mrs. Rongguo happily shouted "Huang'er", and Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xue took Xu Siyuan and Xue Ruzhen to salute Qin Shuhuang.
Qin Shuhuang hurriedly stepped forward to help the two ladies up.
"Two ladies, please inside."
Mrs. Rongguo is very satisfied with Qin Shuhuang's arrangement today, she likes osmanthus very much, smelling the fragrance of morning osmanthus, and the hectic fatigue of these days seems to have been smoothed a lot.
Mrs. Xu had seen Qin Shuhuang last time, and she was originally not optimistic about this eldest princess, but after what happened last time, Mrs. Xu completely changed her opinion of Qin Shuhuang, and even felt that the rumors that had been passed out from the Gu family in the past few years were nonsense.
Old Madam Xue is full of white hair, and her body is average, and she has to be supported by two strong mothers-in-law when she walks, but the old man's eyes are clear, and when he looks at Qin Shuhuang, there is no sense of turbidity in his eyes, and what has been precipitated over the years is not only suffering, but also the transparency that ordinary people rarely have.
Originally, Mrs. Xue did not agree to her granddaughter's participation in the general election, firstly, the situation in the palace was complicated, and secondly, although the Xue family needed to be revitalized, she did not want her only granddaughter to take risks in the palace.
At the banquet in Mrs. Rongguo's courtyard, the eldest princess saved her granddaughter, and now that she saw Qin Shuhuang in person, Old Madam Xue had a plan in her heart, and suddenly she didn't want to stop her granddaughter.
With such an eldest sister here, the emperor will definitely not be bad, as long as there are two sisters and brothers in the royal family, the granddaughter's life in the palace will not be bad.
It is also very beneficial to the Xue family.
Qin Shuhuang asked his aunt and the two ladies to sit down, and then his eyes swept over Xu Siyuan and Xue Ruzhen.
When she saw this, she was slightly stunned.