Shortly after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was Weiwei's birthday. In late summer and early autumn, the west courtyard is full of flowers and trees, the roses on both sides of the avenue are in full swing, and the grape trellis is full of fruits, bearing two large trees of pomegranates and autumn pears. Fourteen intends to be lively, and specially invited the theater troupe in the palace to set up a stage in the house, and invited the princes and relatives of the Wanyan clan to celebrate.

Before dawn, Xiao Man got up and dressed, used two mouthfuls of porridge at random, and when the eastern sky was a little brighter, he helped the girl to go to the Fujin house to say goodbye. Fujin sat dignified on the kang and finished breakfast, rinsed his mouth, cleaned his face, stood in front of the wardrobe left and right and couldn't pick out suitable clothes, she sighed: "I am most annoyed to congratulate people on their birthdays, I am too old to dress, and others say that I don't know how to be flexible." Dressed a little brightly, but he can't afford the dignity of Fujin. Xiao Man blessed the body and said, "It's better to let the slave and maid pick one for Fu Jin." ”

Fu Jin's eyebrows stretched and he smiled: "Very good." ”

Xiao Man glanced at the cabinet and said, "The slave maid thinks that robe with rose purple piping and embroidered chrysanthemum petals is good." It is not eye-catching, but it looks dignified and beautiful. Fu Jin made a look, and a girl took it out and presented it, waiting to be dressed. Fu Jin looked left and right in front of the half-person-high glass dressing mirror for a long time, and Fang smiled: "Your vision is good, you pick it well." Xiao Man said euphemistically: "It's Fujin's graceful posture, which has nothing to do with clothes." Fu Jin listened to it, but said with a smile: "What is not graceful, how can it be compared to the one in the South Courtyard." Xiao Man's mind turned quickly, and he echoed: "Although Nian Gege looks good, he can't compare to Fujin's elegant demeanor. ”

Fu Jin became more and more happy, and said, "The little mouth is really sweet." ”

Out of the palace, there were already two forged green sedan chairs waiting at the door, Xiao Man respectfully asked Fujin to get on the sedan chair, and then entered the sedan chair behind. In only two quarters of an hour, they arrived at the fourteenth Baylor house. The three-grade official of the outer courtyard, Qin Dastein, personally received him at the door, introduced the west courtyard, and then led him all the way into the corridor by Fang Fujin. The shadows of the flowers are heavy, the green shade is in a row, although Sifujin is curious, but he is holding the princess's shelf, his eyes are not squinting, and his face is smiling. She was secretly surprised: these fourteen daughters-in-law were even more magnificent than her dignified Prince and Princess Yong.

I was talking to Bafujin and Jiufujin, and when I heard the little eunuch's words, I hurriedly got up and greeted him under the corridor, and bent his knees and said, "Say hello to the princess." "The Eight Blessings, the Nine Blessings and the girls also salute. Sifu Jin Xiang was kind and generous, and said with a smile: "Get up quickly, today is your birthday, and I want to give you a birthday." Your own concubine, don't talk about false etiquette. Bafu Jin laughed first and said, "Among the sisters-in-law, I like the fourth sister-in-law the most, who is generous and virtuous. ”

Sifujin glanced at Bafujin with a smile, and said kindly: "I am your favorite choreographer." The people around him laughed and walked up the stairs. Xiao Man is like a slave in front of Zhongfujin, she has no status at all, she stands quietly behind Sifujin, serving tea and pouring water, meticulous. I ordered Minqiu to bring a small pestle carved from rosewood and said, "Mangege might as well sit down and let the girls serve." ”

Xiao Manna looked at Sifujin, Sifujin smiled heartily and said, "The fourteenth daughter-in-law feels sorry for you, sit down." Xiao Man bent his knees and said, "Xie Fujin." With that, he sat down on the edge of the stool.

Minqiu brought freshly squeezed grape juice, pomegranate juice, pear juice, as well as mango pudding, yogurt, jade bean cake, osmanthus mung bean cake, wife cake, etc., neatly placed on the plum blossom coffee table for everyone to eat. Jiufujin ate half a bowl of yogurt mixed with fruit grains, and said: "I really don't know how the fourteenth daughter-in-law came up with the method, even people who don't like sweets, can't help but have a tongue." ”

I said politely: "If the ninth sister-in-law likes it, when I go back to the house, I will ask Minqiu to fill you with a jar." ”

Bafujin didn't shy away from suspicion, and said with a smile: "I want it too, take it back to Hongwang to taste." "Hongwang was born to Zhang Gege, the eighth concubine, and as soon as the eight blessings came out, the four blessings and the nine blessings were embarrassed.

I smiled and said, "No problem, for today's banquet, I made two jars yesterday, how many as I wanted." If it's really less, I'll do some more at night, and Ming'er will ask someone to send it to the house. The meaning of the words was thick, and another eunuch said, "Ten blessings and thirteen blessings have arrived." Just as he was about to get up to greet him, Thirteen Fujin had already lifted the curtain and came in, and said with a smile: "The sun is really strong outside, and the house is still comfortable..."

Min Qiu hurriedly asked people to sit down, but Shi Fujin stood still and said with a smile: "When I entered the courtyard, I heard the sound of gongs and drums, and the minions said that the play was about to start, so I came in and said hello, and I will pass." I took the opportunity to glance at everyone and said, "Why don't we go over together and have a good time." Sifu Jin said first: "Very good." So, the others also left the West Courtyard together.

The stage is a small building that has been set up before the opening of the house, with Nanmu as the pillar, the carved railing paints the building, the green tile is covered with heavy eaves and the spire, there is a verandah around the play, and there are tables and chairs under the corridor. The seats of the Fujin were arranged on the left side of the center, and they were seated, and the side Fujin and Wu Gege of the side courtyard came to ask for peace and stayed on the left and right to serve. After a while, a large group of people came in front of them, led by the fourth, eighth and fourteenth, followed by the ninth, tenth and thirteenth masters. Jiu Ye hugged his fists from afar and said, "Happy birthday." ”

I was familiar with the Ninth Master, so I didn't salute, but smiled: "Thank you Ninth Master." ”

The Tenth Master laughed: "Don't be complacent, we are just looking at the Fourteen Bitter Pleading..." He smiled at me again: "You are not small to be a longevity face, our masters are not here, and the Household and Criminal Department will have nothing to do." ”

I hurriedly bent my knees and said with a smile: "Thank you for your appreciation." ”

Inviting them into the watch, Fourteen pulled me to the side, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you still satisfied?" I deliberately pouted and said, "I've been coping with it, I'm tired to death." Fourteen put one arm around my waist and said, "I don't want you to deal with it, just sit and watch the play, and tell Shu Gege and Minqiu about other things." "My heart is warmer than the sun in the sky. I hummed sweetly, spread my hands and asked, "What about the gift?" Fourteen asked rhetorically, "What gift?" I couldn't help but laugh and said, "You idiot, you don't even have a birthday present." Fourteen slapped my palm and said, "Not really." ”

The Ninth Master shouted over there: "What are you talking about crookedly and hiding? Let everyone listen to it too? ”

Fourteen said: "I went...", and replied loudly to the words of the ninth master, and said, "Have you ordered a play?" The ninth master said: "You are the master's family, of course I have to wait for you to order first..." The play officially began, and it was festive and lively. They watched it interestingly, but I thought the plot was vulgar, it was nothing more than a scene of a scholar and a maid pulling the red line, so I quietly dragged Xiaoman to the back garden to relax.

Xiao Man talked about the fourth master's backyard intentionally or unintentionally, and said: "You don't know, when Nian Gege first entered the mansion, he didn't scare me half to death. He lowered his voice again and said: "She looks exactly the same as the girl Ailian when you didn't leave the pavilion, if it weren't for her name, surname and family background, I would really think I was seeing a ghost." ”

I didn't care, and said, "It's not uncommon for people in the world to be alike. He asked again: "The fourth master is merciful everywhere, and the grid in the courtyard is getting more and more year by year, so it's embarrassing for you." Xiao Man sighed, pinched a small white flower bone on the vine, played with it on his fingertips, and said, "I'm nothing, it's just Fujin... In the end, he was snubbed, I heard that the fourth master had not stayed in the main courtyard for several months, and even stayed in the Li family house on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. ”

I said: "The fourth sister-in-law is big-minded, if it were me, it would always be turned upside down." ”

Xiao Man smiled, her eyes were like crescent moons, translucent and pure. She said: "You are the most blessed person I have ever met, and Fujin is not as good as you." I shook her hand and said sincerely, "You are the most blessed person in the past, and your good days are ahead." Xiao Man laughed softly and said, "You love to coax me." ”

After visiting the garden, Minqiu led her sister-in-law and Xiaohai's daughter-in-law to come over to say goodbye. Xiao Man didn't dare to bother, so he retreated. I took my sister-in-law and Xiaohai's daughter-in-law to the small pavilion next to me and asked, "Why didn't Ama Eniang come?" The sister-in-law replied: "The old lady has severe back pain, and her mother serves the soup and has not slept for a few days." Ama went to Qinghai to run errands, and asked someone to bring back a box of Qinghai souvenirs, saying that it would be a birthday gift for you, and I would hand it over to Minqiu to collect. ”

I thought that the souvenirs were all snacks and the like, so I didn't care, and said, "There is a sister-in-law." ”

It was full of trouble all day, and it was dispersed in the middle of the night. I didn't care about the swelling of my body, and I pulled fourteen to the side room to open the gifts. I don't want to have an unimportant birthday, but I received gifts in most of the room. If you celebrate your birthday with great fanfare, you don't know what will happen to you. There are so many boxes that each one looks like it's worth a lot. I couldn't screen it, so I asked the steward to pick out the gifts of several princes and open them unhurriedly. The fourth master is a genuine calligraphy and painting of Wang Xizhi, which is priceless, and it seems that it is a bloody investment, and it will have to be sent back in the future. The eighth master is a jade Ruyi, and it looks quite expensive. The ninth and tenth masters are simple, one is two jade bracelets, and the other is two golden hairpins with tourmaline beads. There is only the thirteenth master, but it is a complete set of detectives "Da Song Ti Criminal Officer", which looks worthless, but there are twenty-one books, which means that in the past twenty-one months, he has saved one for me every month.

Fourteen expressed his displeasure and pouted, "It's boring." ”

I liked it very much, and said with a smile: "The Thirteenth Master is not interesting, you are so embarrassed that you haven't even prepared a gift." Fourteen said: "Giving you a birthday banquet is a gift, do you know how many silver taels you have made in a day today?" I asked, "How much?" Fourteen held out a finger, and I exclaimed, "There won't be a hundred taels!" Fourteen looked bad and said, "One hundred taels? Do you think a hundred taels is enough? For the crabs that are eaten later, there are only two or two. After a pause, he said, "Today, I spent more than a thousand taels!" ”

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