Chapter 25: Birthday Greetings

Jin Nanxue looked at it coldly, expressed satisfaction with the combat effectiveness of Dong'er and Qiulu, and leisurely leaned on the soft chaise longue in the study to read the notebook, and suddenly heard the voice of the girl outside, looked up through the window and looked out, it was Mama Li from Rongxi Hall who came over.

Although Mama Li is not as good as Mama Jiang by Lian's side, but the old man around Lian's must not be lazy, Jin Nanxue hurriedly put down the notebook and walked out of the study.

"Mama Li came here, but what did the old lady command?"

Jin Nanxue asked Shang Lu to serve tea to Mama Li, sat down and asked.

Mama Li said with a smile: "The old lady asked the slave maid to come over and tell the lady, tomorrow is the birthday of the old lady of Jin Anbo Mansion, in previous years, these outside entertainment and walking around were our old lady personally came to the door to join in the fun, this year unfortunately the old lady is not very comfortable, can not go to congratulate in person, so the old lady means that tomorrow this trip will be done by the lady." ”

I see, you often come and go between the families of Kyoto, today your family holds a birthday banquet, tomorrow my family marries a daughter-in-law, the day after tomorrow is his family's flower viewing banquet, in short, it is very frequent throughout the year, but between the prefectures but a little bit of interaction will come to the door to join in the lively, mutual pull relationship.

It's just that Lian never asked her to go to this kind of outing to socialize before, and a few days ago he said that she should rest in the yard well, and even the morning and dusk were exempted, but this time she actually remembered to let her daughter-in-law do it for her, and sent someone to inform her?

Mama Li continued: "The congratulatory gift has been arranged for the old lady, and the lady can only take the carriage to the entertainment tomorrow." The old lady said, the old lady of Jin Anbo likes the juniors to dress more festively, and the lady should pay more attention to the manners, and there will be a person from the tailoring room who will come over later, and give the lady new clothes and jewelry to wear tomorrow. ”

Jin Nanxue's heart moved when he heard this, no matter what he was for, this was a chance to go out.

So he said politely: "I know, there is a trip for Mama Lao Li." ”

Although I don't know why the old lady sent her out to socialize, it was a rare opportunity for Jin Nanxue to go out.

Married into the Hou Mansion for three years, the original owner rarely goes out, and I think that tomorrow as long as I go to Jin Anbo Mansion to send congratulatory gifts according to the rules, and then say a few auspicious words to the main family, it is almost the same, and then leave early, and you can also hurry up and go back to your parents' house to see.

I made up my mind and asked Agarwood to take out the small box where the silver money was placed, and I would bring more silver with me when I went out tomorrow, and finally I had the opportunity to go back to my parents' house empty-handed.

In the evening, the servants of the tailoring room really sent two sets of seasonal clothes, the materials are the best cloud brocade, and the colors are also pleasing warm color series, which is very suitable for the atmosphere of tomorrow's wedding banquet.

Jin Nanxue tried it on under the service of the two girls, and the two sets of clothes were made to fit the size well, no problem, presumably after Lian made a decision, he asked the people in the tailoring room to prepare according to her size early.

After breakfast the next day, Agarwood and Shang Luqi dressed up carefully for Jin Nanxue, and changed into the new clothes sent yesterday, a goose-yellow water ripple inlaid with gold thread trimming gown, which was matched with a smoky scarlet brocade top, and below was a pleated skirt of the same color sprinkled with flowers.

Agarwood combed a dignified hair ornament, inserted a red gold and ruby four-leaf clover hairpin on the top, pressed the hair on both sides with a small comb grate inlaid with luodian, and a pair of red gold inlaid red agate earrings, such a dress is simple and decent, and should be able to cope with the past.

After dressing up, he picked up a landscape ink silk yarn fan and took the agarwood to Rongxi Hall.

Bypassing the screen, I saw Aunt Lian and Jiang Wei sitting next to the old lady on the left and right, talking and laughing, seeing her come in, Aunt Lian looked over with apricot eyes, and when she saw Jin Nanxue's dazzling outfit, the originally coquettish and non-stop pink face instantly collapsed, snorted coldly from her nose, and the brocade handkerchief in her hand was also crumpled into a ball.

Can she not be angry? Yesterday, I heard that the old lady ordered the tailor to send two sets of new clothes to Jin Nanxue, and when she noticed that something was wrong, she quickly sent the little girl out to inquire, and it turned out that the old lady named her to go out to Beppu for a banquet.

Aunt Lian was so angry that she smashed several sets of porcelain furnishings in her room.

The old lady was really confused, and she asked this woman who couldn't be on the stage to go out to socialize, could it be that this was a tacit acquiescence to her position as the head of the Hou Mansion? So what is my careful service all these years? Can only work hard in the house?

She was so angry that she almost didn't sleep all night, and early in the morning she had to smear a thick layer of powder on her face to cover the black circles around her eyes as if she was nothing, and hurried over to say goodbye, just to see if things were true or false.

Just now she took advantage of the old lady's good mood to test a sentence, but unexpectedly, the old lady just said a few simple words and sent her away: I am old, after all, she is Qi'er's main room, and some things can only be left to her to do.

Isn't this Ming Huanghuang telling everyone that Lian Yueru is just a concubine, and she is not worthy of going out for the Hou Mansion?

Aunt Lian was feeling uncomfortable in her heart, but this slut was still dressed up and bewitching to show off in front of her, she was really angry!

Jin Nanxue felt Aunt Lian's gaze like Ling Chi throwing at her, she didn't look back at the past and walked closer to greet Lian's as if nothing happened, Lian's also put away her smiling face at this moment, sat up, glanced up and down at Jin Nanxuezhou's body, and snorted from her nose.

Today's Jin Anbo Mansion has a prominent position in Beijing, the family descendants are prosperous, several men in the family are serving in the court, and there is also a concubine in the palace, you can imagine how lively the Bofu will be today, and the number one honorable official eunuch in Beijing will go to the scene, and the Hou Mansion is naturally no exception.

In the past, these unpushable entertainments were all Lian's own outing, the old lady of Jin Anbo Mansion and Lian knew each other when they were young, but the relationship between the two over the years was average, since the Hou Mansion has gradually weakened in recent years, the gap between the two mansions is getting bigger and bigger, every time Lian and the old lady of Jin Anbo meet, they will make some unpleasant noise, and the words they say will poke her lungs, and Lian will be angry for three days every time she comes back.

During this time, the Lian family was already depressed because of the affairs in the house, and he really didn't want to go on this trip, but according to the status of Jin Anbo's Mansion in the noble circle, if he just sent a housekeeper to send a congratulatory gift, it would be impossible to say it, and he had to have a female family member go to congratulate him in person to show his sincerity, otherwise with the tricky and mean temper of the old lady of Jin Anbo, it would be more energetic to meet in the future.

Whenever this time the Lian family hates that he can't give birth to a few more sons, and now the Hou Mansion is in Jiang Qi's room, and she only has Jin Nanxue, a legitimate daughter-in-law, and on such an important occasion, if she asks her niece and aunt Lian to go out to socialize on her behalf, it is not a fate, but a feud.