Chapter 27: Birthday Greetings 3
Jin Nanxue stepped forward with a room of eyes and saluted the two masters of the Uncle's Mansion, and said some auspicious words to the old lady, such as blessings such as the East China Sea, and the old lady's original smile was a little more restrained. Although she and the old lady of Yongcheng Hou have known each other for many years, the two have not dealt with each other, and the Hou Mansion has gradually declined in recent years, and she looks down on Lian even more, as long as they meet, they can't help but hold a gun and a stick to sarcastically say a few words.
She guessed that the Lian family would not come in person this time, and she would naturally not embarrass her in the face of an unfavored junior old lady, but she would not be too enthusiastic, so she only symbolically praised Jin Nanxue a few words, then turned her head and continued to talk to the few ladies next to her, and Jin Nanxue retreated with interest.
However, the eldest lady stepped forward and warmly grabbed Jin Nanxue and said a few words, and when she saw that there were many visitors, she beckoned her to find a place to sit at will, Jin Nanxue saw that almost all the ladies sitting in the main hall were much older than her, so she walked out of the main hall. When I entered the door just now, I saw that most of the flower halls outside were places where young female guests stayed, so it was better to go to the flower hall to find a place to sit down.
Out of the main hall, I met a middle-aged lady walking over, wearing a big red Sixi Ruyi moire pleated skirt, the red gold dots on her head swayed slightly with the footsteps, her eyebrows were raised, and the mean expression on her face after seeing Jin Nanxue was even more obvious, it was her eldest aunt, Mrs. Wen Xuanbo, Zhang.
Zhang's family also came to congratulate him today, but the status of Wenxuan Bofu in front of people is also unsatisfactory now, so naturally he does not belong to the VIP entertained in the main hall, so after seeing the old birthday star of Bofu, he withdrew and talked to a familiar woman in a flower hall outside, and walked over directly when he saw Jin Nanxue come out.
"Aunt is well."
After Jin Nanxue finished saluting, Zhang reached out and pulled her aside, and scanned her up and down with critical eyes before saying: "Seeing that you are doing well in the Hou Mansion today, and your complexion is also very good, so I am relieved, I think if it wasn't for our Bofu's care for you, you would have today's beautiful days?" To be a man, you have to understand Entu, I don't want you to do anything now, as long as you have a conscience and a little bit of interest, just remember our uncle's support for you. ”
Every time the Zhang family sees Jin Nanxue, they will preach about her marriage a few years ago, for fear that she will forget that it was their Wen Xuanbo Mansion that made great efforts to marry into the Hou Mansion, and it would be good for Jin Nanxue's family to be grateful to them for a lifetime.
Jin Nanxue lowered her head and made a deferential appearance, just listened and didn't make a sound.
Zhang continued: "...... In a few days, your grandmother's 60th birthday will also arrive, and our Wenxuan Mansion will also have a good celebration, you will go back early, so you don't have to think that the Bofu and the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion are separated. Although your room has been divided into another room, as long as your grandmother and her old man are still there, Wenxuanbo's Mansion is your maiden home. ”
Jin Nanxue: "Yes." ”
Seeing that she said a big basket of words, the niece in front of her couldn't help but pout her lips as she always looked like she was wooden, and then her eyes swept towards Jin Nanxue's abdomen a few times, and the disdain on her face became even more obvious:
"You've been married for a few years, why haven't you seen any movement? No wonder your mother-in-law doesn't give you a good face, I will find a good way to give you a child when I go back, the heir is a big deal, I don't ask you to do more for your husband's family like your cousin-in-law, so that you can give birth to a son and a half daughter and will also be your support in the Hou Mansion in the future. ”
Jin Nanxue raised her head and said with concern: "The recipe that the eldest aunt is looking for must be good, it must have been used by my cousin, right?" It's rare for me to go back to my parents' house for a long time and I haven't seen my cousin, and I don't know if my cousin can conceive an heir now? ”
The cousin in Jin Nanxue's mouth naturally refers to the eldest daughter of Wen Xuanbo's mansion, the daughter of the Zhang family, and Jin Nanyue, who married King Chen as King Chen's side concubine.
Zhang Shi glared at him dissatisfiedly when he heard this, if it weren't for the concerned expression on this girl's face, he really thought that she said this on purpose.
"How can you compare to your cousin? She is a dignified concubine in the palace, and she is deeply favored by the prince, it is a matter of time before she conceives an heir, and she is still young and not in a hurry, how can you compare with her? ”
Jin Nanxue: Okay.
Zhang continued: "By the way, how are the two girls Dong'er and Qiao'er doing now? Those two girls were originally specially cultivated by me to give them to your cousin as a wedding girl, and later gave you a piece of my heart as an aunt, you can't give birth to a child now, so you have to be more virtuous and generous, and give Dong'er and Qiao'er two to Hou Ye to take the house, let them serve Hou Ye more for you, if they have good news in the future, they will be born and held in front of you It is the same. ”
Jin Nanxue: "Aunt, don't worry, Dong'er and Qiao'er are very good, Hou Ye also likes it, and now he has taken the two of them into the house, and Hou Ye also changed Qiao'er's name and now it is called Qiulu, I am naturally happy to see it." I'm unlucky, I just hope that the two of them can compete for something. ”
Zhang glanced at her unexpectedly, she had seen Jin Nanxue and said these words before, but this girl was always silent and even put on an expression of wanting to die, it seems that she has grown up today, no wonder the old woman in the Hou Mansion is now willing to let her go out alone to socialize.
"That's good, I'm also worrying, it's good that you can think about it yourself."
Zhang said that he was no longer interested in caring about this niece, and turned around to socialize with those ladies.
The courtyard outside for entertaining guests is large, and several flower halls have been specially built around it to entertain guests.
Jin Nanxue watched left and right for a while, and walked in with the agarwood flower hall with fewer people, most of the people sitting here were young ladies, and there were a few ladies who had not yet left the pavilion, and everyone got together in twos and threes to chat energetically. Seeing Jin Nanxue walking in alone, just like in the main hall just now, she immediately threw all kinds of inquiring glances at her.
Jin Nanxue looked around, and she almost didn't know anyone here.
This is also a helpless thing, before getting married, her mother's family was just a side branch of Wen Xuanbo's mansion, even if her father had a small official position of six grades, in a place like the capital where dignitaries and dignitaries gathered, it was just a small family, and she had almost never been in contact with this kind of wealthy social circle.
After marrying into the Hou Mansion, she rarely had the opportunity to go out, so it was normal not to know these people in front of her.
Finding a seat in a corner of the flower hall and sitting down, Jin Nanxue looked at the orderly potted plants on the side, seasonal marigolds, wood hibiscus, and white camellia bloomed in clusters, the most dazzling thing was the few pots of rouge and snow, and the big flowers at the mouth of the bowl were clustered together to be eye-catching, which was very appropriate for today's birthday banquet.
Anyway, I didn't know anyone, so I simply chatted with Agarwood about the potted flowers in front of me.