Long Wind Crossing

So this banquet came with a mission.

Liu Yuru had people prepare gifts, and led them to the banquet the next day.

She randomly let people drive a carriage there, and the banquet was set on the outskirts of the city, where there was a garden that the emperor gave to Princess Yunshang, when Liu Yuru left the city, I have noticed that there are luxurious carriages going out of the city one after another at the gate of the city. On weekdays, there are few such carriages traveling in the east. The carriages are inlaid with gold and jade, or they have a special relief design. Stable, the wooden plaque with the owner's surname hangs on the front of the car, each wooden plaque has a unique design, the lines are smooth and beautiful, and it seems to be a silent competition.

Arrived at the door of the banquet venue, there were such carriages lined up. The carriages of the common people were a little bigger, and when they were caught in these carriages, they looked a little shabby.

Others saw this carriage early on, and when many ladies and young ladies were being helped to get off the carriage, they could not help but look over and asked in a low voice, "Where is this? family?"

Then after seeing the word "Gu" on the wooden sign on the front of the car, she showed a clear expression, pursed her lips and smiled, but did not say much.

Liu Yuru noticed the problem as soon as she arrived in the carriage queue. She frowned and said nothing. Pulled the curtain and looked outside.

After Yinhong realized that the situation was wrong, when he approached the door, Yinhong whispered: "Madam, we are here today, aren't we a little shabby? ?"

Liu Yuru shook her fan and said calmly, "Don't panic, just pretend that nothing happens."

Yin Hong responded, seeing Liu Yuru calm down, she felt more at ease.

Actually, Liu Yuru was also a little uneasy, but the wind and waves also came, such a scene, just need to talk less, do less work, sit quietly for a day, then you can go back .

But she also observed the clothes of these women in the Eastern Capital.

These aristocratic women, they have more time and money, and they happen to be the most high-quality customers in Dongdu, but they don't go out much and rarely contact them How could Liu Yuru let go of the opportunity?

Thinking of these people's money, the previous anxiety suddenly disappeared, and it turned into an indescribable eagerness to try.

The carriage arrived at the gate, Liu Yuru lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage. Many people picked up the curtains and stuck their heads out to see who the owner of the carriage was.

Liu Yuru was wearing a light blue spring shirt, her demeanor was calm, but she didn't have to choose at all, but all the women could see at a glance that there was no Half a valuable thing, so even if she looks good and has good manners, in the eyes of everyone, she has become a girl who has been raised by a small family.

In addition to the name on the original carriage, there is an extra sentence, "From the boundary of Youzhou, it really still can't get on the stage."

Liu Yuru got off the carriage and was led into the courtyard by the maid, and sat down at the banquet. The position of the banquet was arranged according to the identity of the woman who came this time. As the servant of the household, Gu Jiusi's position was not low, so Liu Yuru's position was in the front. Liu Yuru asked Yinhong to give the maid two taels of silver, and the maid laughed and said to Liu Yuru, "If you have something to do, you can call a slave, and the servant, Siyu, is on duty at the banquet."

Liu Yuru smiled: "I have to trouble you today."

Siyu seems to be in a very good mood now, she respectfully and Liu Yuru said a few words before going down.

After Siyu left, Yinhong brought Liu Yuru a drink and whispered, "The servants of the Eastern Capital are all blinded by money."

Liu Yuru tapped Yinhong's head with a fan: "Don't talk nonsense."

Yin Hong pouted, Liu Yuru glanced around and saw Mrs. Zhou. Zhou Gaolang is now serving as a privy envoy in the DPRK, holding military power across the country, so Mrs. Zhou's position is naturally in the front row. Mrs. Zhou also had a group of family members of senior officials from Youzhou, so Liu Yuru stood up and went to greet Mrs. Zhou first.

Mrs. Zhou saw Liu Yuru, smiled and said, "Yuru is here too? Today's princess banquet is full of people."

Liu Yuru replied with a smile, and was greeted by Mrs. Zhou and sat down.

When she was in Youzhou, she had a good relationship with these ladies. When these ladies saw her, they chatted with her about Huarong's new balm . After Liu Yuru introduced Huarong's new products to them, she added: "Huarong will open a shop in Dongdu soon, this time I hired some masters and made some accessories, I brought some today, and so on. When I leave, I will have people come and give some to my wife."

When these ladies heard this, most of them beamed with joy, and then said: "It's not easy for Yuru to do business, where is there a free gift."

"It's a blessing to be given to the lady and used by the lady. I can't wait to be a box of perfume."

This makes everyone laugh, and it's comforting to tout it. Liu Yuru sat for a while, and seeing that there were many people coming, she got up, and Mrs. Zhou retired.

Yin Hong was a little puzzled: "Will you stop talking for a while?"

Liu Yuru smiled: "After all, we live in Dongdu."

"Huh?"

I don't understand.

Liu Yuru waved her fan: "If a person has a fixed circle, people outside the circle will naturally stay away and feel that you are rejecting him. I have been with Mrs. Zhou for a long time. It’s good to go, but it won’t be able to integrate into Dongdu.”

Yinhong understands a little.

The more people were sitting, the more they were talking.

Not long after, a plump woman sat down beside Liu Yuru, and as she sat down, she complained to the maid next to her, "How is this position arranged? , I want to sit with Madam Zhang."

Liu Yuru turned her head and saw that the woman seemed impatient, Liu Yuru smiled and said to the woman, "Does Madam have a familiar friend?"

"Who are you?"

The other party was a little puzzled, Liu Yuru pursed her lips and said, "My surname is Liu, and my husband's family is Gu Jiusi, the servant of the household."

The other party was stunned for a while, then laughed, but there was a bit of sarcasm in the smile, but he said: "It turned out to be the big celebrity, Master Gu. My wife, I have been respected for a long time. You probably don’t know about my concubine’s husband’s family, his surname is Liu…”

"But Master Cangbe Secretary Liu Chun Liu?"

Liu Yuru smiled and Mrs. Liu laughed: "You actually know it."

"Master Liu is diligent and capable for officials, and has won praise from colleagues. I have also heard about it."

Hearing these compliments, Mrs. Liu looked much better, and she didn't mention the matter of changing positions, just chatted with Liu Yuru.

Liu Yuru saved Mrs. Liu's inquiries about the news, so she chatted with her about her clothes: "The fabric on your body should be the finest silk. already."

"Snow Silk," Mrs. Liu nibbled on the sunflower seeds with a hint of bragging in her eyes, "Have you heard of it?"

Liu Yuru heard this, her eyes were full of shock, and she said loudly: "It's actually a hundred taels of snow silk?!"

Mrs. Liu was very happy to see Liu Yuru's bun, and praised Liu Yuru: "Actually, that's it, I'm all made of snow silk fabrics. Yes. I have thin skin, and I am afraid of those rough cloths, which hurt my skin."

"Then you are truly a noble person." Liu Yuru hurriedly said, "You are destined to wear such fine silk and satin."

"It's just normal," Mrs. Liu was happy, she raised her hand, "see this bracelet?"

Liu Yuru pretended not to know: "This is?"

The lady next to her kept listening to the two of them talking.

Liu Yuru and Mrs. Liu looked over together, Liu Yuru was full of doubts, but Mrs. Liu was a little dissatisfied, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at?"

The lady waved her hand and hurriedly explained: "Just remembering some interesting things, don't misunderstand my sister."

"You're clearly laughing at me!" Mrs. Liu was upset. Seeing this, the lady hurriedly said, "Misunderstanding, it's really a misunderstanding."

A thin-faced lady watching a play next to her interjected and said with a smile, "Mrs. Liu, she's not laughing at you, she's laughing at other people, don't get me wrong."

Mrs. Liu heard this, but she understood. Liu Yuru smiled and did not speak, pretending not to understand what these people meant, and took Mrs. Liu's words. : "Is it Nuanyu?"

"Yo," the thin-faced lady next to her was a little surprised, "How about Nuanyu?"

Liu Yuru looked over and wondered, "Who is this lady?"

"This is Mrs. Ye," Mrs. Liu explained, "the wife of Lord Ye in the imperial censor."

When Liu Yuru heard the surname "Ye", she involuntarily glanced at her, nodded and saluted, and said no more.

Subsequent wives joined in, and they all began to show off to Liu Yuru, as if she was really a **** from Youzhou, especially Mrs. Liu, who carried a gun and a stick from time to time In response, Mrs. Ye next to her followed up with a few words.

"You are from Youzhou, you should know Huarong, right?"

Mrs. Liu spoke with some pride. Liu Yuru was stunned for a while, then smiled gently: "I know."

"So are you useful?"

"Use some."

"Hua Rong's new golden peony balm this year works very well, you can try it."

As soon as Mrs. Liu finished speaking, the ladies next to her all laughed.

"You are embarrassing Mrs. Gu," Mrs. Ye said with a smile, "This is the most expensive one of Huarong this year, Mr. Gu just As the servant of the Ministry of Household, I heard that my family fled from home in Yangzhou before, I am afraid that there is no money for Madam Gu to enjoy this kind of wealth."

When I said this, everyone laughed out loud, and at this moment, there was a noise outside, but it was Li Yunshang who came, and everyone stood up , give Li Yunshang a respectful salute. Li Yunshang said to everyone all the way, "We're all sisters, please get up", walking towards Madam Zhou and others, and then saluted Madam Zhou and others.

The princess is here, and the banquet has officially begun.

Compared with Yangzhou, the banquets in the aristocratic circles of the Eastern Capital were richer and less interesting. The familiar people sat together to talk, and Liu Yuru sat on the side and listened. In the second half of the banquet, Mrs. Liu drank some wine. She was talking to Lu Yong's wife when she suddenly smiled: "Look at Mrs. Gu's clothes, everyone in your family dresses better than her."

She drank and said these words in a loud voice. When the words came out, the banquet suddenly became quiet. Liu Yuru raised her eyes and looked over. Mrs. Liu was a little embarrassed. Madam laughed lightly, patted her shoulder and said, "You are drunk."

Speaking, Madam Lu looked at Liu Yuru: "She's drunk, she doesn't speak inappropriately, Madam Gu don't take it to heart."

The people next to me laughed one after another, but they didn't take it seriously. Mrs. Zhou frowned and was about to say something when Liu Yuru looked at her with envy. Mrs. Lu said: "It's nothing, Yuru just thought, the servants in Mrs. Lu's family are doing so well, Mrs. Lu must be an extremely kind and kind person."

Hearing this kind of flattery, Madam Lu felt relieved, her tone was much better, she felt a little contempt for Liu Yuru's weakness, and responded: " It's not as good as you say, just dress them better and they will do their best."

"Lord Lu is so arrogant," Liu Yuru said with emotion, "This piece of clothing of mine is two taels of silver, and everyone in the Lu family can have it. Clothing, I must think that Lord Lu's monthly salary must be very high, right?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Lu's expression changed immediately. Liu Yuru lowered her head to drink tea and said slowly: "But it's not surprising, Master Lu still has some industry in Youzhou, we all know about this. But Master Liu's family is not a big family, and it's all on his own to get to this day. Cangbe Siro's monthly salary must be very high, and he just wore this outfit." Liu Yuru smiled up and down and looked at Madam Liu, as if she was taking stock of the warehouse, and said slowly, "Golden hairpin, warm jade, snow silk, Huarong's latest fragrance Ointment... This set costs a few hundred taels of silver, I'm afraid it's indispensable, right?"

Everyone stopped talking, and their eyes fell on Mrs. Liu.

Many people here are from noble families, and it is not unusual to have money, but Liu Chun is an official who has climbed up from the bottom. Don't say it, it's all to save face, after all, this is a gathering of women, not a fight between politicians in the court. But Liu Yuru didn't give any face, with a smile in her eyes, as if she was carrying a knife, looked at Madam Liu, and said softly, "Although my husband is a servant of the household, he is far from being as rich as Master Liu. I don't know how Master Liu can make money, and I would ask Madam Liu to teach me a thing or two, otherwise I am not as expensive as a servant in Madam Lu's mansion, that would be too disgraceful, isn't it?"

Mrs. Liu did not dare to answer.

She was sober and sober, facing everyone—especially Mrs. Zhou’s eyes, she immediately knew that she had caused a big disaster.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly gave her a wink, she was sweating coldly, and after a long time, she finally figured out how to deal with it, and forced a smile: "Mrs. Gu is joking, where are you? Is it that expensive?"

"No?"

Liu Yuru laughed: "Huarong black gold balm, a box is 22 taels of silver, you are wearing this outfit," Liu Yuru raised her hand and stroked Liu Yuru Madam's whole body, "It's not all fake, right?"

Mrs. Liu couldn't stop laughing, but she still had a hard time saying, "I actually let you see it."

She blushed: "Actually, she is afraid of being laughed at, but now Mrs. Gu has misunderstood, I can only explain, this is indeed what I brag about. Yes, I didn't expect Madam Gu to be so serious... It made everyone laugh."

Hearing this, Liu Yuru suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "That's really sorry for my sister, I don't know."

Speaking, Liu Yuru sighed: "You too, this money is outside the body, we are adults' female relatives, yes, it is a blessing, just like Ladies from a good background and good fortune, these clothes and jewelry are the icing on the cake. But ordinary people like us, why should we fight for this face?"

"Mrs. Gu said yes."

Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth and said, "It was my fault that everyone misunderstood."

"I was wrong too," Liu Yuru said hurriedly, "I should ask my sister first."

The elder sister called Mrs. Liu disgusting, but she still held on to her smile and smiled.

"Okay, okay," Li Yunshang finally said in the seat, "It's all here to play, why are you so serious? Madam Gu doesn't need to be too serious. already."

Li Yunshang said these words, Liu Yuru couldn't help turning her head, and the woman sitting on the seat was extremely beautiful, she seemed to be carved from ice and jade. It's a little bit of the vulgarity that she has come out of in the market.

When she looked over, Li Yunshang happened to also look over. After the two looked at each other, they looked at each other quietly for a while, Li Yunshang nodded first and turned his head away .

Liu Yuru had an indescribable feeling. At that moment, she suddenly felt an indescribable feeling that she was like dust.

This feeling made her feel a little down, but she didn't say it.

She just sat down and said nothing.

When the banquet was over, Liu Yuru also got to know a few people one after another, and finally left the venue.

It was still a little cold in early spring, Liu Yuru drove back, she was sitting in the carriage, and she was still a little tired. Halfway through the carriage, it suddenly stopped. She was a little confused as to how it stopped, and just as she was about to speak, she saw a young man in white suddenly walk in with a rolling curtain.

The cold made her sober a little, she couldn't help but say in surprise: "Lang Jun?"

Gu Jiusi sat beside her and said to the people driving outside, "Go home."

The carriage was running again, Gu Jiusi turned around and said to Liu Yuru, "I have few things to do today, I went home early, and you are not here, I feel in my heart Just hang it, think about it, I just want to pick you up. Just go to the Princess Mansion, I was worried that people would laugh at you, so I waited halfway, I waited, waited, and waited for the carriages one after another, it was considered a You are waiting."

Liu Yuru didn't know what to do when she heard this. In the daytime, grievances, anger, and emotions suddenly disappeared. She pursed her lips and looked at the person in front of her and said with a smile, "Then how long have you waited?"

"It's a long time, it's a long time."

"What?"

Liu Yuru blinked, Gu Jiusi laughed, he put one hand on the carriage window, clenched his hand into a fist, leaned his head lightly on the fist, and the other He turned the paper fan on his hand with one hand, like some swinger, and said with a smile full of spring: "It won't be long, but you're not here, and it feels like forever."

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The author has something to say: 【What do you want? 】

Liu Yuru: I have a lot of money

Luo Zishang: I have many eyes

Gu Jiusi: I talk a lot