A few days before the palace banquet, the silk village sent five pieces of woven gold makeup satin that was fashionable in Beijing. Fanyang Lu's family naturally has no shortage of silver, and Lu Qi waved his hand to let Wu Niang and Jiu Niang choose the materials they like. But what I didn't expect was that Lu Binghui actually wanted everything, and in the end, because of Mrs. Lu's partiality, she really asked Lu Binghui to get five horses of material alone.

Lu Qi only felt sorry for Jiuniang, and wanted to privately subsidize her daughter to weave a few gold satins, but she didn't expect that because of the queen's favorite sentence that young women wear gold satin, the gold satin in Beijing was actually sold out. Far away, there is woven gold satin, but it will be too late to tailor it when it arrives.

At that time, Lu Qi faintly disliked Wu Niang, but because she was the lifeblood of her mother, she could only pretend not to know. Later, when Jiu Niang came to the study to deliver soup and snacks, she took the initiative to say that she would wear the clothes she brought back from Lingzhou, which made Lu Qi relieved. Now that she heard about it, Lu Qi naturally didn't like Wu Niang even more.

Lu Qi comforted Li in a low voice, and it took a long time for Li to calm down. Li leaned on Lu Qi's arms and said worriedly, "Lang Jun, Ah Rui has such a personality, how can it be good to marry in the future?" I'm really worried that she will be bullied at her in-laws' house, and she says it's nothing. ”

Lu Qi was silent, he was a shrewd and capable official in the court, but after his daughter got married, he couldn't support his daughter all the time. After a while, Lu Qi said, "An Niang, the host of Fengtianguo Temple once said that Ah Rui is a blessed person, she doesn't have to fight, and the good things in the world will naturally come to her." You see at the palace banquet, she doesn't have to do anything, doesn't the queen ask about her identity herself? ”

Thinking about Ah Rui's experience since childhood, Li thought about it, so he accepted his sadness and washed and dined with his husband.

In the Kunyi Palace, the queen was also chatting with the prince with a few portraits about today's palace banquet at this time. The portraits are the young ladies that the queen is interested in today.

The first portrait of a dazzling girl with arrogant eyebrows and eyes is Ling Qi, the daughter of the general of the auxiliary state. Her father and brother both have great achievements in the army, and they also had a comradeship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the past. It's just that today's palace banquet is enough to see that she has an impatient temperament and is easy to be picked upon, and I am afraid that there will be no peace in the harem in the future.

In the second portrait, the elegant, soft, and noble girl is Chi Weiyan, the daughter of the eldest princess of Ruyang. The eldest princess of Ruyang supported the enthronement of the current saint back then, and won the sacred heart. In recent years, the emperor has become more and more suspicious of the gradually growing prince, if he marries Chi Weiyan, presumably the eldest princess of Ruyang will say a lot of good words in front of the emperor, and over time, she may be able to ease the relationship between the emperor and the prince. It's just that the eldest princess of Ruyang's concubine died early, and Chi Weiyan's family background is not obvious, leaving only an empty shelf of the princess's daughter.

In the third portrait, the dignified and gentle, scholarly girl is Sheng Yuning, the daughter of the official book. Her father, Sheng Shangshu, is the patriarch of the Jiangnan scholarly family, and the Jiangnan literary style is far superior to that of other places, so Sheng Shangshu can be regarded as the first civil official today. Miss Sheng is also a dignified and gentle character. But Sheng Shangshu is an old fritter who doesn't keep his hands, even if he marries his daughter, he may not be willing to bet on the prince.

In the fourth portrait, the lively and agile girl is the daughter of the new nouveau riche Ding Wei Hou in the court. As a sudden upstart, Dingweihou is quite relied on by the emperor, so it is naturally worth wooing. It's just that the time for the rise of this prestige is too short, and the female dependents in the family are not as accustomed to various occasions as other noble girls, and the queen is worried that she will not be able to be the queen of the world in the future.

Looking at the portraits one by one, Xiao Min chuckled, "Queen Mother, it has always been difficult to be satisfied with marriage everywhere, these young ladies and sons see their own pros and cons, and the queen mother is in charge." Hearing this, the queen was aroused to be competitive, as the queen of the world, her son is not only the prince of the dynasty but also a handsome, civil and martial man, and she must find a marriage for her son.

After a moment's hesitation, the queen took out the last portrait. The portrait is elegant and vulgar, and the fresh and dusty beauty is Lu Bingzhen. There was a little regret in the queen's words. "There is a candidate for the crown princess in this palace, but people may not be willing to be this princess."

After taking the portrait, Xiao Min laughed, this is his preferred candidate, and the queen mother can identify that she is a daughter-in-law with all four corners, and it is not in vain for him to go up and down, so he heard the queen continue.

"This little lady is the Jiuniang of the Lu family, her father is the head of the Fanyang Lu family, and her mother is from the Li family in Longxi. Lord Lu has just been transferred back to Beijing, and his official position is undecided, but it will not be lower than the previous ones. Her brothers in the family are also powerful, and they have achieved success in both literature and martial arts. Lu Jiuniang also has a good temperament, and being squeezed by others is just an understatement to suppress the troublemakers. ”

The more she talked, the more sorry the queen couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that there are girls in this world who don't want to be princesses, and there are families who don't want to be princes." The palace released the news earlier that she liked the noblewoman to wear gold makeup and satin, but she is still dressed in Jiangnan tactfully today. It shows that the Lu family does not want to cater to the preferences of the people in the palace, and has no intention of marrying a daughter into the East Palace. ”

As for Lu Binghui, who caters to the palace everywhere, her attitude towards her cousins was directly ignored by the queen ruthlessly.

"Niangniang, the Fanyang Lu family has no intention of marrying a daughter into the East Palace, but this does not mean that they have no intention of marrying a daughter to His Highness." It was Xiuxin who said this, she was the queen's maid, and she had accompanied the queen's mother and son in this deep palace for decades, and only she was qualified to interject when the queen and the prince were talking.

The queen mother was puzzled when she heard this, and Xiuxin continued, "The Fan Yang Lu family has no intention of getting involved in the East Palace, but His Royal Highness is a good son who is hard to find in the world. His Royal Highness's riding and archery martial arts, poetry, writing, pen and ink, which is not the best quality? His Royal Highness is so handsome, what if the nine ladies of the Lu family see His Royal Highness and admire His Highness? ”

When the queen mother heard this, she looked at her son in front of her, and only felt that there was nothing bad about her son. At present, Fan Yang's Lu family is reluctant to determine that it is because Lu Qi's family has been released as officials for many years, so they don't know that the prince is all of the top grade.

Xiao Min felt that the queen mother's gaze stayed on him for a long time, he coughed a little uncomfortably, and heard the queen mother say thoughtfully, "What Xiuxin said is reasonable, summon the foreign wife in half a month, and ask Mrs. Lu to bring her own daughter." ”

Three days later, Lu Bing, who was playing the piano in Liuchunwu, was really about to tune the strings, when he heard a commotion outside the house. Cutting Bing walked in hurriedly, panting and said, "Little lady, the old woman sent someone to invite you to Chunhui Hall." ”

Hearing this, Lu Bingzhen straightened his clothes and walked out of the house, and saw a middle-aged woman with a mean face in the courtyard. As soon as the woman saw Lu Bingzhen, she said in a strange manner, "Jiu Niangzi is really good, she didn't go to ask her grandmother for peace when she came back from the palace banquet." Sure enough, I grew up in the countryside for many years and didn't understand the rules. ”

This is yesterday, the fifth cousin did not take advantage of the palace banquet, and the grandmother, who regarded the fifth cousin as the root of her life, came to seek justice for her favorite granddaughter. As for this self-proclaimed servant woman, Lu Bingzhen didn't bother to know who she was.

With just a look from Lu Bingzhen, Cutting Bing asked someone to bring a chair under the corridor, and after carefully cleaning it and burning incense and adding tea, Lu Bingzhen sat down and said, "I don't know, where did the phrase that I Lu Jiuniang don't understand the rules come from?" Obviously, several uncles of the family praised me as a model of family etiquette. ”

The servant woman choked, the uncles in the words of the nine ladies are all well-known figures in various families, if she dares to say that this is what Mrs. Lu said at this moment, wouldn't it be a rumor that Mrs. Lu is not in harmony with the other families.

Ahem, Lu Bingzhen coughed lightly twice, and said weakly, "What's more, I suffered from the wind the day before yesterday, and I didn't go to my grandmother to say goodbye because I was worried that I would pass on my illness to my grandmother." Since my grandmother said so, then I naturally want to go and say goodbye. ”

Hearing this, the servant woman was also a little hesitant. The older the old lady gets, the more afraid she is of death, and now the people who are close to her will be severely reprimanded by her for making a slight unlucky statement. If the nine ladies are really sick and go to ask for peace, the old lady will only be afraid that she will have to ask herself for sin.

Thinking of this, the servant's momentum weakened, and she saw another familiar person enter the courtyard. This person is a confidant of the Li family, named Shisu.

"Nine Niangzi, Mrs. said that there are several family friends who come to visit today, please come over to meet the guests." After saying this respectfully, Zi Su also saw the servant woman and smiled, "It's a coincidence that Aunt Peilan is here, and Madame is about to send someone to the old lady's courtyard to ask the fifth lady if she has time to come to meet the guests together?" ”

Hearing that it was the wife of the world friend who came, Pei Lan hurriedly said goodbye and went back to the courtyard to report the matter. Pei Lan has a good plan in her heart, she must not be able to invite the nine ladies today, it is better to go early to tell the good news and take a trick in front of the old lady. The old lady has long been planning to marry the fifth lady into a wealthy family, and now there is no reason not to seize such an opportunity to appear in front of the wife of the world.

Half an hour later, Lu Bingzhen saw Lu Binghui dressed up outside the flower hall where his mother entertained guests. Thinking of the previous palace banquet, Lu Binghui couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Lu Bingzhen didn't seem to be aware of it, and bowed to her with a normal expression, and then walked into the flower hall with Lu Binghui.

There were already several ladies in the hall, and the two sisters actually saw the eldest princess of Huyang, who had a relationship at the palace banquet, as well as the wives of the Li family of Longxi and a number of high-ranking officials and marquises. When the two sisters sat down after seeing each other, the hearty laughter of the eldest princess of Huyang came, "Jiu Niangzi is really a wonderful person, come here, come to me." ”

Today, Lu Bingzhen was dressed a little casually at home, she was only wearing a colored dress, but she wore this colored dress with a sense of moonlight. A pair of bright wrists are like frost and snow, and there is only a jade bracelet of frost under the moon on it.