At the junction of Kyoto's bustling South Street and West Street, there is a majestic annex with a vermilion lacquer gate, two majestic stone lions in front of the door, and four guards outside the door, all of which show the identity of the owner of the house. The two big characters on the plaque are "Pang Mansion", which is said to be the inscription of the current emperor who was once a prince, which highlights its difference.

It is said that this Pang Mansion is the mansion of the second grade of the dynasty, and it is naturally majestic and impressive, and this Menwang Mansion has always been a foyer and a cloud of guests, plus there are two young ladies in the mansion to be in the boudoir, especially the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, Pang Ruyan, who is even more beautiful. It is said that her beauty came from her mother, and she thought that Mrs. Tobe Shangshu was the first beauty in Kyoto who was famous in the city, and this huge lady was not inferior, and she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was quite appreciated by the concubine Niangniang, and on the day of her sixteenth birthday, the concubine Niangniang also gave her the white jade jade hairpin that accompanied the marriage, which shows her love.

Such a noble life experience, so that many people envy, if you can climb the Pang family, this family business, not only means that you can better gain a foothold in the court, but also can rise to the top, and get the protection of the harem concubine, so there is an endless stream of people who come to the door to seek relatives, and every day there are matchmakers from various prefectures to come to the door, which can be said to break through the threshold, which makes people envious.

In fact, what they didn't know was that as early as half a month ago, Pang Shangshu had set an enviable good family affair for his daughter, that is, his marriage with Xia Lang, the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Because he was an official in the same dynasty as Cheng, the two families had a good personal relationship, and Xia Lang liked Ru Yan a lot, so the parents of the two families decided to set a family affair for them.

Tonight, the Prime Minister's Mansion held a flower-viewing banquet and invited the families of some big officials in Kyoto to the banquet. In the boudoir, gold-inlaid bronze mirrors, dressing boxes, and large and small jewelry are placed on the dressing table carved with plum blossoms. Behind the carved screen, the maidservants holding various dresses stood in a row, waiting for the young lady to choose.

"Miss, this is a dress sent by Fan Diexuan, there are different styles and colors, which one do you want to wear today?" Today's Xiangfu banquet is an extremely important day, as a close-fitting girl, Zhu'er customized a dress in Fan Diexuan a few days in advance, wanting her own young lady to shine at the banquet. Before that, he began to dress up for the young lady, who was fiddling with the dress with great interest.

"Zhu'er, why are there so many dresses today?" Pang Ruyan didn't seem to care about the dazzling dresses, and then picked up the poems in her hand and looked at them.

"Miss, today is going to the Prime Minister's Mansion for a banquet, of course you have to dress up the most dazzling. Zhu'er reminded loudly on the side, for fear that her young lady would forget this important day.

"It's not the first time I've been there, so why be so grand. Besides, does Miss Ben still need to wear makeup?" Pang Ruyan raised her eyebrows, with a bit of confidence in her eyes. Whether it is appearance or talent, looking at Kyoto, she Pang Ruyan is more outstanding, although today's banquet is important, but for her, it is not the most important thing.

"Hehe, it's the slave who said it wrong, Miss, you are naturally beautiful and difficult to give up, the first beauty in Kyoto. If you don't wear makeup, you will naturally be captivating the country and the city. Zhu'er lifted the corner of the dress for the young lady to look at and choose, and replied, "But if you put on makeup, miss, wouldn't it be better to charm all our Kyoto sons and all surround you?"

Seeing Zhu'er's eyebrows dancing, Pang Ruyan couldn't help but laugh, her eyebrows couldn't hide her smile, and she rolled up the book and tapped it lightly at Zhu'er. "Silly girl, you should be watching a play! Your young lady is not a flower girl on the stage. ”

"Hee-hee, the slave said the wrong thing. But in Zhu'er's heart, you are the most beautiful and beautiful, Miss. ”

"Just count your mouth sweet. Pang Ruyan couldn't help but tap Zhu'er's forehead with her fingers, this sweet-mouthed and kind-hearted girl ring who has been with her since she was a child is most for her sake, so she also let her dress up for herself.

"Miss, look at which one you like? Look at this piece. Following Zhu'er's gesture, I saw that she picked up a red peony flower dress, on which was embroidered with dark silver thread as thin as fetal hair, and the embroidery was decorated with several pearls, which reflected each other with silk threads, and looked extraordinarily graceful and luxurious.

"It's too gorgeous! It's not suitable, it can't steal everyone's limelight. Pang Ruyan shook her head suddenly, if she wore this dress to a banquet, it would be too eye-catching, it would steal the limelight of the host's family, and it would inevitably be discussed. Besides, she has always been light-hearted, and she doesn't want to be too public. "Let's change to something more elegant. ”

Although Zhu'er didn't understand Pang Ruyan's mind too well, she still obediently obeyed the instructions of the young lady and shuttled between the other maids to choose clothes for the young lady. Because this banquet was extremely grand, Zhu'er also emphasized it to the shopkeeper, so most of the clothes sent by Fan Diexuan were relatively luxurious, and the colors were quite bright. After looking for a long time, she finally found one that met Miss's requirements, and Zhu'er shouted excitedly, "Miss, look, the slave maid thinks this one is quite elegant." ”

Pang Ruyan raised her eyes and saw that it was a moon-white cloud-shaped fairy dress, and the corners of the skirt were embroidered with light blue* with wings ready to fly, but the elegance was a little more dusty, but it was quite in line with her heart. "That's it. ”

While talking, Zhu'er waited for Ru Yan to get dressed. I saw Pang Ruyan wrapped in a moon-white gauze skirt, the pleats of the skirt were like snow and moonlight, flowing lightly on the ground, making the gait more gentle and soft, three thousand green silk was tied up with a hairband, a few full and round pearls were dotted in the hair at will, a jade butterfly was inserted on the head, and a pair of white jade earrings were simply hung on the ears. The face is slightly powdered, only the color is added, but it is more fresh and refined, the beautiful eyes are overflowing with brilliance, and the red lips are shining with a light smile, the whole person is like a butterfly flying in the wind, and it is like a clear and transparent ice and snow, which makes people unable to take their eyes off.

Zhu'er had to admire the young lady's vision, although the red peony flower skirt just now was graceful and luxurious, but the official ladies and ladies who went to the banquet today were probably dressed like this, far less dusty than this moon-white cloud-shaped immortal dress. No wonder everyone calls Pang Ruyan the first beauty in Kyoto, and even the woman is a little shy when she sees it. "Miss is so beautiful! Pearls couldn't help but stare at her for a moment, not even noticing the maids with their clothes exiting the room.

"You, you look like a man who is nostalgic for beauty, where is a bit of a daughter's house. Pang Ruyan's red lips had a light smile, which was extremely feminine. "By the way, can you send someone to inform Sister Shuyue?"

"Well, someone was sent a few days ago. As soon as she heard her mention Liu Shuyue, Zhu'er couldn't help but mutter, "Miss, you are also too good to Miss Liu, not only help her again and again, but also take good care of her, and now you have to bring her to such an important banquet." You must know that the people who went to this banquet were all the families of officials who were at least five grades or above. "Liu Shuyue's father is just a small six-rank official, and she is only the daughter of a concubine, so it stands to reason that she is not qualified to attend the banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion at all, and she may even be stopped at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Pang Ruyan heard the meaning of her words, and couldn't bear to chuckle, this little girl, "What, Zhu'er, do you have an opinion?"

"How dare the slave and maid? It's just that the heart of defense is indispensable, the slave and the maid are distressed young lady, and I am afraid that you will suffer. "Zhu'er grew up with Pang Ruyan since she was a child, and Miss treats her like a sister, and Miss is kind-hearted and scheming, so Zhu'er is always afraid that she will suffer, so she always wants to worry more about everything.

"My good pearl, don't worry, Sister Shuyue is also a poor person, you know, I just want to help her more. Pang Ruyan comforted Yahuan Zhu'er while falling into memories.

And Liu Shuyue was acquainted three years ago, it was a beautiful day, she took her sister and Yahuan to Zhuyun Temple to incense, pray for the family, it is a temple with a long history, the legend is particularly effective, and therefore the incense is prosperous. When he left the hall, because of the large number of people, he accidentally squeezed Liu Shuyue. At that time, she was alone, wearing a plain Luo skirt, with sadness in her eyes. When Pang Ruyan sent her to the doctor to examine her scars, she saw that she had many bruises on her body, her physical strength was weak, and her blood was restless, she thought she was a hard-working maid, but she never thought that she was the daughter of a six-rank official, just because her mother was an unfavored concubine and had already passed away, so she was not loved by her father, and she was often bullied by other brothers and sisters and servants in the house.

is a young lady, but she suffers so much, it is not as good as Yahuan's status. Looking at her scars and gloomy eyes, thinking about herself, and then thinking about what happened to her, Pang Ruyan suddenly felt pity and wanted to give her the greatest help, not only sent her back to the house in a carriage on the spot, gave her some silver taels, but also went to the house to see her from time to time. also because of the identity of Pang Ruyan, the daughter of Shangshu, Liu Shuyue's father felt that he had the opportunity to become a big official, so he ordered the people in the mansion to take care of Shuyue, and gave her a rough maid ring, Liu Shuyue's life in the mansion was improved, and she finally had the appearance of a young lady.

In the past three years, the relationship between the two people has become deeper and deeper, and they can talk about it, they are like sisters, Pang Ruyan always likes to take Liu Shuyue wherever she goes, they go to Zhuyun Temple to incense, go to enjoy flowers together, and pick rouge gouache together. First, I took the opportunity to let her go out for a walk, so as not to suffer in the house, and secondly, I also hoped that she would have more opportunities to meet some young talents and find a good marriage, which could help her get rid of her original life completely.

At this Xiangfu Flower Appreciation Banquet, Pang Ruyan also specially sent someone to inform her in advance, thinking that she would take her to get acquainted with those young ladies and sons in Kyoto, hoping to help her, and even specially asked someone to send some silver taels for what she needed. "I don't know how she is preparing? It's still early, Zhu'er, let's go to Liufu and pick her up with us." ”

"Yes, the slave obeys the young lady's orders. Zhu'er replied casually, Pang Mansion is at the junction of South Street and West Street, Xiangfu is on South Street, if you go directly, it will take less than half an hour, and Liufu is located in the northernmost North Street, usually it takes more than half an hour to go to Liufu, if you rush from Liufu to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will take about an hour on the road alone, and this turn around, you have to toss at least an hour and a half. Although Zhu'er didn't want her young lady to work so hard, since the young lady had already decided, she couldn't stop her as a subordinate, so she had to go to the gate first to check if the carriage was ready.