Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

When Qipo returned to the yard, she heard Lichun and the others talking about Wang Xifeng's special visit to Qin Keqing in the mansion today. After hearing a few words, Qipo frowned, "Second Grandma Lian also came to our yard today?"

Lichun and the others were puzzled and nodded.

Qipo asked: "What did she come for? But we used tea and snacks here?"

Lichun then recounted what happened to Wang Xifeng today in detail.

"You said she used tea and hawthorn cake?"

Li Chun was taken aback by Qi Po's face, and replied in a naive way: "Yes, Second Mistress Lian drank two cups of tea, and only took one bite of haw jelly."

Mother Jiang heard the sound and came out to look, and saw the seventh woman ordering: "Go, invite Hu Nanny, Monk Nanny, and the servant girl who was serving in the house when Lian's second grandma came here today."

Jiang's mother hurried forward, "Qi Po, what's the matter?"

Seventh Po sighed, and whispered to Jiang's mother: "When I came here, I ran into Lian's Second Grandma in the garden. I paid more attention to her because of her bad complexion. It looked... like she was pregnant."

Jiang's mother's face also changed instantly, "Could it be a mistake? I used to be in Rongguo Mansion, and I heard that she... feels a little uncomfortable every month."

Qi Po's complexion still hasn't improved, "I also hope that I'm overthinking, but after so many years in the back house, I dare not boast that it is very accurate, but there are always seven or eight points. No matter what, we must Be careful."

In the room, Ru Hua leaned over to Xi Chun's side, "Miss, I heard."

"The seventh lady and the nuns asked about Second Grandma Lian's appearance and behavior today. I heard from them that Second Grandma Lian... seems to be pregnant."

At the end of the painting, the voice was too weak to be heard, but to Xichun's ears, it was like thunder.

Wang Xifeng is pregnant? !

Then, Xichun subconsciously thought, did Wang Xifeng know that she was pregnant?

That night, Xichun didn't sleep well.

Early the next morning, Xichun was dug up from the bed by Jiang's mother and Lichun, washed her face and rinsed her mouth, combed her hair and changed her clothes after breakfast, and went to see Jia Jing after finishing all these, and told him that she was going out.

Jia Jing patted Xichun's head, "Is sister Xi afraid?"

Xichun smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, my mother is here, and Lichun Ruhua is with me."

Jia Jing nodded, and said to Jiang's mother: "Although you are going with the West Mansion, there is no need to be afraid. The East Mansion also sent a steward to accompany you. If you want to come back early, you can go directly."

Mama Jiang should be respectful.

Xichun and his party set off for Rongguo Mansion. There was indeed a middle-aged man standing beside the carriage. Seeing Xichun and his party coming, he stepped forward to salute, "Yu Yuan has seen the county lord."

Xichun nodded, "Manager Yu, please get up."

Mother Jiang and the others also bowed to Steward Yu, "I will trouble Steward Yu today."

Steward Yu stepped aside, "Don't dare, this is Yu's responsibility."

Xichun and his party boarded the carriage again and headed for Rongguo Mansion.

Rongguo Mansion Wang Xifeng and others had already waited there, got out of the carriage, a group of people greeted each other again, boarded the carriage again, and headed for Nan'an Palace.

The Xing family of the West Mansion had a carriage, the Wang family Jia Baoyu had a carriage, Sanchun and Wang Xifeng sat in the East Mansion's carriage, and there was a small carriage for a few servant girls, Jia Lian and Yu Guanshi accompanied them on horseback.

It was only then that Xichun discovered that Xing and the others had only brought one maid to serve them, and only herself had two maids, not to mention her mother.

Moreover, Xichun looked at Yingchun and Tanchun carefully, and found that although the costumes of the three of them looked the same at first glance, as long as you looked carefully, you could see that Xichun's costumes were more delicate.

Yingchun sat on the spot without looking sideways, but Tanchun secretly looked at Xichun, and as soon as his gaze stopped, he met Jiang's mother's gaze.

Tanchun was startled, and immediately withdrew his gaze, blushing unconsciously.

Mother Jiang didn't notice Tanchun at all, she was looking at Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng was dressed up to attend today, and her face was also delicately made up. At first glance, she looked very good.

Mother Jiang frowned slightly, and as soon as she looked back, she noticed that Wang Xifeng's hands were tightly holding the handkerchief on her lower abdomen, and her knuckles were faintly white.

Mother Jiang suddenly felt dizzy. She wanted to ask Wang Xifeng if she was pregnant, but the three ladies were all sitting here, so it was not the right time to ask.

Jia Lian tapped lightly on the car window, "Sister Feng."

Wang Xifeng gently opened the curtain of the car, "Second Master, what's wrong?"

Jia Lian smiled and handed over a greased paper bag, "It's hot in the car, you and your sisters should eat something to relieve the fire."

Wang Xifeng took the oiled paper bag and opened it to see that it was candied haws and a few small sticks.

"I used to eat the candied haws in this store when I was young. They taste good." Jia Jing said with a smile, "I asked them to take the sticks and the seeds inside." The knife splits the hawthorn in two, which fits perfectly into one piece, without losing the fat on the lips.

Wang Xifeng pursed her lips, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Thank you, Second Master."

Then Wang Xifeng handed over the oiled paper bag, "Sisters, try it."

Sanchun took a small stick and put a piece into his mouth. It was sweet and sour, so he ate another piece.

While eating, Xichun noticed that Wang Xifeng only ate one piece and refused to eat it.

There are not many candied haws, so I finished eating them in a while.

Mother Jiang glanced at Wang Xifeng again, and finally said hesitantly, "Second Grandma is motion sick? If you feel uncomfortable, you might as well ask the driver to slow down."

Wang Xifeng shook her head, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, and whispered back: "It's okay, it's just that I haven't been feeling well these days." At the same time, she gave Jiang's mother a look that you understand.

Jiang's mother breathed a sigh of relief. Now it seems that they were thinking too much.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and finally stopped in front of Nan'an Palace.

Xichun and the others arrived neither early nor late, but as soon as they entered, they found that the guests had almost arrived.

And they all looked at them with piercing eyes, as if they wanted to see flowers from them.

Xichun and the others walked into the hall, bowed down to Princess Nan'an, who was seated above, and saluted at the same time.

Princess Nan'an stood up and stepped forward to personally help Xing and Wang, "Please get up quickly."

A few servant girls quickly helped Xichun and the others up.

Princess Nan'an took Xing's hand, "Our two families have been close for many years, but we have never been able to find a good time to get together. Today is my wish."

The Xing family had never been treated so grandly before, her face turned red when she heard Princess Nan'an say this, and she was speechless.

Some of the surrounding guests immediately lowered their heads and bent their mouths.

Princess Nan'an was not embarrassed, she let go of Xing Shi, turned around and looked at Jia Baoyu and Xichun, "Such a good child, no wonder the old lady hides and refuses to be seen easily."

Compared with the children of other families, the children of the Jia family are indeed pretty good at first glance.

Everyone turned their eyes to the four children, especially Xichun.

Xichun stared straight ahead, her back straightened, she also felt those gazes, but she was not timid at all.

As Madam Hu and Madam Shang said, her etiquette these days is not practiced in vain.

The maid at the side came up with a mahogany plate, which contained four exquisite purses, one embroidered with bamboo and the other three embroidered with flowers.

Princess Nan'an smiled and said: "Some small things, you can play with them yourself."

Jia Baoyu immediately thanked her, and was about to reach for the embroidered purse. The maid's face changed slightly, and she directly moved the tray in her hand to the side, and Jia Baoyu's hand landed on the embroidered bamboo purse.

The maid said with a smile: "Young master, please take it." At the same time, she looked at the three of Xichun and motioned for them to come and get it too.

Xing's eyes lit up when he saw those exquisite purses.

Such an expensive material is only used to make purses!I don't know what good things are inside.

Seeing Jia Baoyu's behavior, Xing immediately pouted, looked away, and at the same time glanced at Wang inadvertently.

In the eyes, Wang's face was extremely stiff.

Xing's heart suddenly became happy.

This is your precious son?He always likes to brag about how he is, and that's what he did in the end.

Xing smiled inwardly, and looked at Yingchun and the other three, "This gift from the elders is irresistible."

Yingchun and the three nodded, and at the same time saluted and thanked Nan'an Wangfei, and then walked over to take a purse one by one.

"Okay, let the children go to play in the garden." Princess Nan'an stretched out her hand to beckon the maid, "There is no need to restrain yourself in front of us."

So Jia Baoyu Yingchun and others saluted again, and left with the maid.

Walking to the door, the maid smiled and said, "The county magistrate and the two young ladies please come with the servants."

Jia Baoyu looked at the backs of Xichun and the three leaving and wanted to follow, but was stopped by another maid who smiled and saluted Jia Baoyu: "Young master, please come with your servant."

Jia Baoyu frowned, "No need, I'll just go with my sisters and sisters."

The maid's smile remained unchanged, "Young Master, you are joking, and the young masters from other families are waiting for you over there."

Jia Baoyu remained silent, and wanted to go there again, but was blocked by the maid, "Young master, don't worry about the county magistrate and the two young ladies, there are maids to follow."

Jia Baoyu was a little annoyed, "What are you? How dare you block my way? Get out of the way! Who wants to fight with those..."

"Baoyu!" Mrs. Wang hurriedly interrupted Jia Baoyu, "Don't mess around."

Jia Baoyu frowned and pursed his lips tightly. Seeing this, Mrs. Wang called out again, and Jia Baoyu followed the maid and left.

In an instant, someone in the room secretly laughed a few times.

Standing there, Mrs. Wang felt that her face was burning badly.

Wang Xifeng also felt a little embarrassed, but when she raised her head slightly, she saw Xing's gloating eyes.

Wang Xifeng sighed inwardly, but still had a smile on his face, and walked towards Princess Nan'an.

The three of Xichun were taken to the garden, and they saw a chrysanthemum swaying slightly in the wind from a distance, and a group of women of different ages were admiring the flowers. At first glance, they looked like a painting, and they didn't know whether it was the beauty of the flowers or the beauty of the people. beautiful.

When he got closer, Xichun also discovered that there was a small lake behind the flowers, there was also a figure looming on the other side of the lake, and a man's voice could be heard faintly.

Xichun suddenly understood the reason why the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet in Nan'an Palace is highly respected in Beijing and China. This is the blind date meeting!

With this concept, Xichun looks at the women in the flowers differently.

Sure enough, after a while, Xichun noticed that several women of the right age smiled and said that they saw a more beautiful chrysanthemum over there, and walked together arm in arm, slowly approaching the lake.