Lord of Fortune

For the ladies of the Gongmen Hou's family in Beijing and even the noble daughters of the clan, it is a rare and common thing to hold a flower viewing banquet, invite the noble women in Beijing to come to enjoy the flowers, and exchange feelings along the way.

But for the local ladies, there are very few families with the financial resources to collect precious flowers and invite other official girls to come and watch them.

In Fucheng, the wives of the prefect Chu's family, Yongning Hou's family, and Governor Jiang's family would hold flower viewing banquets from time to time, inviting Miss Bie's family to come to her house to enjoy flowers and tea.

The prefect of Chu is the chief executive of the prefecture city. He ranks in the fourth rank and has some family background.After the prefect of Chu's original spouse passed away, the prefect of Chu's newly married wife, Chu Xu, is the younger sister of the current Marquis of Yongning, and she brought a large dowry when she entered.Chu Xu has always liked these elegant things. When she was not out of the court, she was a well-known talented woman in the mansion. It is reasonable to invite other officials' wives to visit the mansion from time to time to enjoy flowers and recite poems.

The Marquis of Yongning is an old noble family. Although it has a title but no real power, the family has several prominent in-laws in Beijing, so it should not be underestimated.The Yongning Hou Mansion is not short of money. In order to maintain the influence of the Hou Mansion in the local area and highlight its status, the Yongning Hou Mansion will hold a flower viewing banquet from time to time.

Governor Jiang is a second-rank official and the highest-ranking military attache in the local area. His status and influence are still higher than that of the prefect of Chu and the Marquis of Yongning.

The wives of officials of the third rank and above in this dynasty can be called wives, like the wife of the prefect of Chu, because her husband is an official of the fourth rank, she can only be called Mrs. Chu, but the wife of Governor Jiang can be called Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang and Ms. Jiang both love to be lively, and they will hold a flower viewing banquet from time to time on weekdays.The specifications of their flower viewing banquet are among the three, usually the highest.People from the Governor's Mansion may not always be present at the flower viewing feasts of the Chu Mansion and the Yongning Hou Mansion, but whenever the Governor's Mansion hosts any banquet, most of the other families will give face.

It is precisely because of the big gap between the family status and foundation of the Han family and the Chu family, the Xu family and the Jiang family, after Han Mengqin released the rumor that she would hold a flower viewing banquet, the ladies in Fucheng were very concerned about whether her flower viewing banquet could be held. Curious about what it looks like.The specifications of Han Mengqin's flower viewing banquet can't be said to be comparable to the other three, at least it can't be too far behind, right?

However, the Han family's family background is not strong, and this is no secret among the officials and eunuchs in Fucheng.If the flower viewing banquet is full of flowers that can be seen everywhere, Han Mengqin will be ashamed-laughed.

No matter what the official wives and young ladies in Fucheng think.On the bright side, they still gave Han Mengqin some face.Anyone who received Han Mengqin's post promised to be there, even the Governor's Mansion was no exception.

In the past, the Governor's Mansion might not have given such a face to a young daughter of a connoisseur, but her mother is now a queen after all, and she does not look at the monk's face but at the Buddha's face.

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On the day of the Flower Appreciation Banquet, the Han Mansion was quite lively.

Han Mengqin personally stood at the door to greet the guests early on.

Today she is wearing a silver pattern embroidered butterfly dress, a red gold peony hairpin inlaid with rubies on her head, and a pair of gemstone earrings of the same color on her ears.

She was originally born well, but now she looks even more impressive with such a dress.In addition, she behaves generously and calmly, she is not like an ordinary daughter of a fifth-rank official, and she is no worse than the noble daughter of the Duke's Mansion and Marquis' Mansion.

After contacting Han Mengqin, the official wives and young ladies who came to visit all put away their contempt for her.

Those official wives who had been with Empress Ding looked at Han Mengqin, and couldn't help but think of Empress Ding's words and deeds back then, and then they felt that Han Mengqin was the mother of Xiao Xiao.

Thinking that Han Mengqin hadn't settled on the marriage yet, some officials' wives couldn't help but become active.

If their family's nephew could marry Han Mengqin, not only would he be able to get a lovely wife, but he could also become relatives with Empress Ding and the Seventh Prince, why not do it?Although Han Mengqin's parents are reconciled, and his name is a bit ugly, but this reputation is nothing compared to the benefits that Han Mengqin can bring.

All of a sudden, many officials' wives chatted with Han Mengqin affectionately, and they seemed to love Han Mengqin very much.Han Mengqin received soft hands just for the meeting ceremony, and he almost couldn't resist those enthusiastic officials' wives.

As for the daughters and nieces of the official wives, they were beaten by their family members long before they left the house. Now when they saw Han Mengqin, they spoke softly and did not intend to embarrass Han Mengqin at all.

Han Mengling saw it and was quite jealous.

When she went out to socialize, because of her mother's bad reputation, these officials' wives were kind and gentle to her face to face, but they actually looked down on her at all.

How could Han Mengqin, a woman with divorced parents, be loved by these officials' wives?

Han Mengling looked at Han Mengqin who was surrounded by everyone, and sneered.

Just be proud, Han Mengqin can only be proud now.

VIP guests are always slower to arrive.When almost all the officials' wives and ladies in the prefecture had arrived, Mrs. Chu brought her three-year-old daughter to the scene. Along with her were her sister-in-law, Mrs. Yongninghou and two people from Yongninghou's mansion. Miss.

These two ladies are about the same age as Han Mengqin, because they are two sisters, wearing similar clothes, one of them is younger, and looks about the same age as Han Mengqin, whether it is the materials on the body or the jewelry on the head, they are all the same. Better than another older one.Obviously, the younger one is the daughter of Mrs. Yongninghou, and the older one is the concubine of Changninghou.

"It turns out that everyone has arrived, but we are a bit late today." Mrs. Chu said with a smile.

"It's not all your fault. When you were about to go out, you insisted that your hairpin was not good-looking, and asked the servant girl to find you a new jasper and seven treasures hairpin before you would go out." He didn't mean to blame Mrs. Chu at all.

Anyway, the ladies present here are all lower than them, so it is only natural to wait for them.

"This is the niece of the Han family." Mrs. Chu looked at Han Mengqin with a smile, but her smile didn't reach her eyes: "What a good boy, did Brother Chen mention you when he was at home?"

Han Mengqin frowned upon hearing this.

Between her and Chu Chen, although there was a verbal engagement between Ding Yi and Mrs. Xian Chu, they hadn't formally settled on their marriage after all.What does Mrs. Chu mean by saying this now?

"When I was young, I often loved to play around with the elder brother of the Chu family. I didn't expect that the elder brother of the Chu family still remembered me. This is my honor."

While speaking, Han Mengqin noticed that Mrs. Yongninghou's daughter looked at her with unfriendly eyes, and she was a little puzzled, not knowing where she offended this lady.When she looked up at the young lady, she suddenly realized that she had bumped into jewelry with the young lady.

What Han Mengqin is wearing today is a peony hairpin inlaid with rubies in red gold. Miss Xu San is also wearing a peony hairpin, but it is a pink peony flower, and the color is different from Han Mengqin's.

This lady won't hate her because of this, right?

Han Mengqin frowned slightly, but said nothing.The visitor is a guest, so she can't argue with Miss Xu San.I hope Miss Xu San won't be as stupid as Han Mengling, just trip her up in public.

When Miss Xu San saw Han Mengqin looking at her, she couldn't help raising her chin: "Didn't you say that you want to take us to enjoy the flowers? Why don't you go?"

"Mrs. Jiang and Miss Jiang haven't arrived yet. We can't leave them alone. Miss Xu San, don't worry, just wait a little longer." Han Mengqin said with a smile.

Miss Xu San choked up when she heard the words, and then remembered that the Jiang family's mother and daughter also agreed to come to the flower viewing banquet.

The last time she personally held a flower viewing party, she invited the mother and daughter to attend, but the mother and daughter didn't give her any face, but this time they ran hard!

Han Mengqin also ignored Miss Xu San who was still sulking.She said to the official women around her: "So many sisters came here today, I am very happy in my heart, I just took this opportunity to chat with the sisters, sisters, please don't think I am noisy."

"How come, Sister Han's words are humorous and witty, we hope to chat with Sister Han more."

These official girls usually dare not provoke Miss Xu San, but they are extremely disliked by the delicate and savage Miss Xu San.Seeing that Miss Xu San was deflated at this moment, they didn't say anything, but were secretly happy in their hearts.

Han Mengling saw that Han Mengqin and Miss Xu San had a bad relationship, and only talked to the official girls around her, and didn't pay much attention to Miss Xu San, so she went to Miss Xu San's side and said in a loud voice: "Miss Xu's family is a distinguished guest, big sister How is it possible to neglect the Miss Xu family like this? Could it be that the eldest sister looks down on the Miss Xu family?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she was slapped on the face.

Miss Xu San stared at her with a non-smiling smile: "Just now I saw a mosquito on Miss Han Er's face, I beat it to death for you, no need to thank me."

Han Mengling was stunned, feeling aggrieved in her heart.She was obviously helping Miss Xu to deal with Han Mengqin, why Miss Xu not only didn't know good people, but also beat him!

Han Mengling didn't know that since Miss Xu San was able to speak harshly to Han Mengqin because Han Mengqin bumped into her jewelry, she was obviously a narrow-minded master.The words she said "look down on Miss Xu's family" made Miss Xu San feel uncomfortable, and she went to Miss Xu San by herself, and Miss Xu San naturally wanted to vent her anger on her.

A smile appeared in Han Mengqin's eyes.Does this mean that the wicked have their own grind?

At this time, Mrs. Jiang and Miss Jiang finally arrived.

Mrs. Jiang looked demure and gentle, and said apologetically: "The carriage broke down when we went out, and we borrowed someone else's carriage to drive here. Sorry for the long wait."

Just now, what kind of carriage Mrs. Jiang was riding in came, and a maid had reported it to Han Mengqin. Han Mengqin knew that Mrs. Jiang was not lying, so she couldn't help feeling a little fond of Mrs. Jiang.

"Mrs. Jiang, don't worry. You came at the right time. We are going to enjoy the peonies."

"Okay, stop rambling, hurry up and take us to see the flowers. I'd like to see how the peony flowers in the Han Mansion are different from those in other places."

Han Mengqin glanced at her lightly and said, "Everyone, please follow me."

The flowers are good flowers, each one is very delicate and beautiful, but when everyone arrived, the place that was originally full of flowers was empty, only a few scattered pots of flowers remained.

The corners of Han Mengling's mouth curled up slightly, and soon, she put on a distressed expression: "Big sister, you are not willing to show us those flowers, and sold them all, leaving only a few pots to deal with Shall we?"

"I have to ask Sister Ling." Han Mengqin's eyes were cold: "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Don't blame me for not being merciful to you! Sister Yin, I gave you a chance a few days ago. Say what you see!"

Han Mengyin was stared at by Han Mengling, she looked a little scared, but she still mustered up her courage and said: "A few days ago, when my second sister was punished to kneel, she kept her eyes on the peony flower of the elder sister, so I reminded the elder sister to be more careful. .After all, Big Sister is about to hold a flower viewing feast."

"I thought, Second Sister, you would care about some sisterhood and wouldn't touch these flowers before the flower viewing feast. I didn't expect that Second Sister, you would be so ruthless... If you do this, what will you do to Eldest Sister? !"

"You are talking nonsense, what reason do I have to steal my own flowers!"

"This flower is not planted by our family, it is planted by big sister. Second sister, you stole the flowers because you are short of money recently, and also to frame big sister!"

At this moment, Mo Lan and Mo Zhu brought out pots of peonies with vanilla, fragrant snow, and fragrant mist: "Reporting to the eldest lady, I found this in the room of the second lady. The servants only moved these few peonies." Come out, there are still several pots of peonies in the room of the second young lady right now."

Han Mengling was stunned, and then said sharply: "Who allowed you to search my room!!!"

The author has something to say:

In the previous chapter, I asked the babies whether they liked Mrs. Fuyun or Princess Yongfu, but no one paid any attention to me.

However, from the increase in collections, I can already see that you prefer Princess Yongfu.

Everyone really has a sweet tooth, right?

Fuyun Lady is actually a sweet article, but it is a sweet and refreshing article with a plot, not as high-sugar as Princess Yongfu.

I am afraid that you will get tired of the sweet pet daily article written by Princess Yongfu in the later stage.