The first day of April.

The banquet of Wei's house is set up in a courtyard of Mrs. Cui, where Qingrong has not been, the design can be said to be a unique hole, the pond water in the house surrounds the house, there are more curved water flowing in the courtyard, like a nepotistic surrounding, there are countless strange flowers and stones in the house, its pavilion is rich, the courtyard is exquisite, and there is no lack of female guests present who are amazed.

Qingrong and Mrs. Wei came hand in hand, and when they arrived, there were also female guests present. Mrs. Wei is wearing the dress made by asking Qingrong to help draw patterns last winter, and she can also wear these dresses when the spring warms up. She had worn the rest, and today she was wearing a silver-red eight-panel bandeau dress with a peony pattern, plus Mrs. Wei was already beautiful and beautiful. As soon as Mrs. Wei appeared, it was not surprising that she attracted the attention of the female guests present.

After many young guests stepped forward to greet Mrs. Wei and Qingrong, they praised Mrs. Wei's dress today, and Mrs. Wei smiled happily and bent her eyebrows.

At this time, not far away stood a woman wearing a crimson moire shirt, a pomegranate skirt tied with scattered flowers, and a gilded double-headed hairpin on her head with a ganoderma lucidum, looking at a beautiful and dignified, elegant and gentle woman. When she saw Mrs. Wei and Qingrong, she smiled and stepped forward to salute.

Mrs. Wei called her to get up, and introduced Qingrong to the side, "This is Mrs. Pei on Shangshu Zuocheng's mansion, according to her generation, she is my mother's nephew." He also introduced Qingrong to Pei Lingniang, "This is the Lu family, the bride of the Xue family Shilang in the Guining County Lord's Mansion." ”

Qingrong saw the courtesy, but I didn't expect this Pei Ling Niang to be the nephew and daughter-in-law of Mrs. Cui. Pei Lingniang smiled at her slightly, very polite, Qingrong was the same, a few people chatted a few words without saltiness, from the climate of the past few days to the food at this banquet, it was quite harmonious.

Today, Qingrong also dressed up, and when Mrs. Wei saw her, she bluntly said that she had opened her mind and changed her simple dress in the past. She is wearing a light apricot color six-panel long skirt with crimson piping today, wearing a goose yellow light gauze on her shoulders, wearing a pair of emerald gold steps, two crystal yellow gems hanging on the left and right ears, lightly sweeping the moth eyebrows, and the red lips are lightly touched, reflecting the figure of the person, beautiful and dignified.

Mrs. Wei jokingly said that the temperament of these two people is somewhat similar, Pei Lingniang is very cooperative, Ying Ying smiled and said: "Auntie, what do you think is more similar to Lu Niangzi?" ”

Mrs. Wei also looked at it seriously, "If you say that there are only two or three points, it is at this eyebrow." In her opinion, this Pei Lingniang's temperament is somewhat similar to Qingrong, but this Pei Lingniang looks more gentle and virtuous, and Qingrong is even more ignorant of fireworks in the world.

Pei Lingniang shook her head and smiled: "Lu Niangzi is such a beauty, like a jade and a fairy, how can I compare with it?" ”

Qingrong also smiled, "Madame's words are bad, her face is round and white, dignified and magnificent, and her face is noble, but Qingrong doesn't dare to compare with it." "In fact, if you say that it is like, Qingrong thinks that this Pei Lingniang's body and bearing are more like the one in the Middle Palace, and I think this person will be a noble and extraordinary person in the future.

Pei Lingniang's face was slightly shocked, "Oh? Do you still know how to read people's faces? ”

Qingrong smiled slightly, and said modestly: "But I know a little, so that Mrs. will laugh." ”

While a few people were talking, people at the table also arrived one after another. The lady in purple, wearing a golden hairpin, a rich and noble body, and always smiling, is Mrs. Yuan. She was a little curious about Qingrong, and because of the Xue family and Concubine Xian, she was a little more polite and courteous to Qingrong.

The identities of Mrs. Yuan and Qingrong are a little subtle, but it is precisely because of this that everyone can see how generous Her Royal Highness the Queen is and how she is popular.

That Mrs. Liu also arrived immediately, she came with a few female guests, talking and laughing, and exchanged greetings with Pei Lingniang as soon as she came up. She is dressed up rich and noble, and she also holds her own identity, she doesn't look down on Qingrong's family background, and she doesn't bother to embarrass her, plus she knows that she is a guest invited by Wei Xunyan's mother and daughter, and she doesn't have anything on her face, but her attitude towards Qingrong and Pei Lingniang can be described as clear. The Liu family and a few female dependents glanced at Qingrong a few times, and whispered in each other's ears.

Qingrong glanced at it lightly and smiled slightly, then they kept silent and smiled awkwardly back. Qingrong didn't care much about this, it was said that if it weren't for Mrs. Inwei's family, she wouldn't have intersected with these people.

In the end, it was a woman in a long red gauze skirt and a light green Luo shirt, she had a proud temperament and was quite domineering.

Yun Niang reminded in a whisper beside Qingrong: "This is the eldest princess of Changning who married into the Wei family, her mother is the first emperor and concubine, and she is the half-sister of the saint. ”

The Liu family didn't do anything yet, but the eldest princess of Changning took the first step to speak, and said: "Sister-in-law came early, but it seems that I can't wait as much as sister-in-law." ”

Liu's face changed slightly, she had long been accustomed to the yin and yang weirdness of this brother-in-law, as if she didn't expect that the eldest princess of Changning would attack her in public. Mrs. Cui had already arrived, and she smiled when she saw this, she was the host today, and no matter how noble the princess was, she had to give some face.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Mrs. Cui announced the opening of the banquet, and everyone sat down in turn. The delicacies were sent up by the maidservants in turn like flowing water, such as seven back ointments, Jushengnu and other dim sum, chicken, duck and fish, sugar crab and shrimp, lotus root... There are many delicacies that are not recognized. Fortunately, Yun Niang has also served in the Guogong Mansion for a few years, and she is quite familiar with these.

Mrs. Cui raised her glass and invited everyone to drink, and after a scene of you coming and going, the atmosphere began to warm up. During the banquet, his face was as usual, and he didn't say much, and he paid attention to his words and colors everywhere. Yun Niang also told her at the beginning that the eldest princess of Changning married Wei Yan's third son, and the Liu family was her sister-in-law, although the two were concubines, they had a bad relationship...

Halfway through the banquet, the smiling Mrs. Yuan turned the conversation to Qingrong and said with a smile: "I heard that General Xue Lang was promoted again a few days ago, if he is really young and promising, and has a good future, he should say hello to Sanniang." ”

Qingrong didn't dare to say busily, she said humbly: "Madame is false, Gao Shangshu has been in charge of the Ministry for many years, has profound qualifications, prestige, and respect, in the end, Mrs. is blessed." ”

The eldest princess of Changning laughed and said: "Why do you two need to be so polite, to put it mildly, it is also stained with the light of the imperial sister-in-law, but you should really be grateful at all times." ”

Mrs. Yuan's face was a little embarrassed when she heard this, but her face was still not salty or light, she just smiled slightly, "The eldest princess is reasonable." ”

Old Madam Cui came out to relieve the siege and said with a smile: "The princess is a Yingniang, although she is the queen, but such court affairs are decided by the saints." ”

Who knew that the eldest princess of Changning smiled and flattered: "What Auntie said is very true, but the queen and the saint are in deep love, and the emperor and queen are of the same heart, so they naturally want to go together." ”

The daughter and son-in-law are of the same heart and mind, naturally the mother-in-law is happy to see it, although I know that this is somewhat sycophant, but Mrs. Cui is also very useful to this statement, so everyone echoed the flattery of the eldest princess of Changning.

It's just that seeing this Chang Ning being in the limelight like this, Liu's face was not very good, and he heard the eldest princess Chang Ning say: "It can be seen that no matter how old or young, as long as you are virtuous and talented, the saint and the queen are treated equally." ”

These words are insinuating, as long as everyone here understands the matter of Chang Ning and the Liu family, they can understand the meaning of Chang Ning's words. Chang Ning married. The eldest princess of Changning is married to the third son of the Wei family, although she is also a son-in-law, but there is an eldest son on the top, and it will not be easy to inherit the title.

Liu's is not the master who swallows her anger, she straightened her look, and sneered at each other: "The princess's words are bad, and no matter how old or young she is orderly, even if the later people can barely resist the former, but they are also shallow in qualifications, and the difference is huge, how can it be convincing?" An elder is an elder, not something that the latter can easily replace. ”

She was already dissatisfied with this Chang Ning, what about the princess, she is also from a famous family, and she is no worse than Chang Ning if she really talks about the family. It's hateful that the world is declining, and even the princesses of the royal family are so rampant that they don't take these families seriously. She said: "The elders and young are orderly, the sage patriarchal law is examined, the prince is the heir, the son is noble but not the long, and the heir is not virtuous." The precepts of the ancients have always been like this, and all of you here are well-versed in affairs and naturally know about it. ”

As soon as these words fell, everyone present looked slightly different. Today, there are not only the daughters of the Wei family, but also the wives of other official families, and this kind of thing is naturally not glorious when it is brought to the table.

Qingrong looked at Liu's irrefutable look at the moment, and unconsciously remembered several sisters-in-law of the Xue family, she had never seen such a-for-tat confrontation in the faces of several sisters-in-law. She lowered her eyes again, and said in her heart, this person is still different from a human being.

The eldest princess of Changning is not trouble-free, she is a little disdainful when she hears this, and she is orderly? Today's saints are not heirs, and they don't inherit the throne in the same way, these people are pedantic, and they still abide by those old rules, and they think they can't do it. She and Qingrong sat on opposite sides, noticing Qingrong's actions just now, Chang Ning suddenly clicked on Qingrong, "Lu Niangzi, I think you also have a good understanding of this, why don't you tell me whether it is the young and the young in order, or should they be treated equally?" ”

Qingrong felt that the people present quickly turned their eyes on him, as if he was curious, but also seemed to gloat... Qingrong secretly shook his head and sighed, does this mean that he wants to pull people to help? How did you throw this hot potato into her hands? No matter who she stands on, she is going to upset the other party.

Mrs. Wei wanted to speak for Qingrong, but Mrs. Cui shook her head and reminded her not to be impatient, as if she also wanted to see how Qingrong would react.

Qingrong hesitated slightly, and his attitude was submissive, "Thanks to the princess's praise, it's just that Qingrong is stupid and stupid, and I don't know how to choose." It's just that I used to have the privilege of hearing Taoist masters say that most of the things in life are encounters, starting from man-made and becoming the will of heaven. Think about it, no matter how long you choose, choose the merit, or what kind of remarks you hold, in the end, you will gain or lose, and you will have your own providence. What is discussed is only the intention of increasing the grievances in the heart. ”

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Qingrong to come around here, but what she said seemed to be difficult for people to refute. Pei Lingniang was the first to pay attention to Mrs. Cui's satisfied look, how shrewd she was, seeing that the matter just now was about to turn the page, Pei Lingniang then smiled at Qingrong and said: "I didn't expect that Lu Niangzi still had such a view, it was really clear." ”

Mrs. Wei also smiled and nodded yes, Chang Ning was dissatisfied with her answer, and was about to refute, but when she saw Mrs. Cui waving her hand to stop, she smiled, "Okay, okay, let's say a few words, the spring is pleasant, it should be a spring pleasing to the eye, why argue about these things?" ”