Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Princess Yongchang is the elder sister of the present superior, so everyone is flattering her, and Jia's family feels very honored to accept the invitation.

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I heard from my mother yesterday that this time the princess's peach blossom banquet will be held at Tangquan Biezhuang in Xishan. Many of the daughters of the family have received posts. I didn't expect to invite our family."

Princess Yongchang has a noble status, and she doesn't often communicate with Rongning and Ningfu other than important events.

But Jia Mu was a little puzzled and asked: "Why did the princess suddenly hold a flower viewing banquet in Xishan? So many people were invited?"

The Princess Mansion is in the city, and there are other courtyards outside the city. It is reasonable to say that it would not be located in the West Mountain. It is close to Iron Net Mountain, and it is really remote.

Li Wan suddenly remembered something that Jiang's mother-in-law said a few days ago, and couldn't help feeling moved, saying: "The former cousin of the Yan family sent someone to bring some snacks, and I heard Jiang's mother-in-law said that the emperor would go to the iron net." The mountain is under siege, and the empress and the princes are also accompanying them."

Mother Jia was startled when she heard the words, and said in surprise, "Is this really true?"

Xishan and Tiewangshan are very close, only separated by a mountain. This time, Princess Yongchang set up the flower viewing banquet there. Could it be that she has other intentions?

Li Wan nodded, and said: "Shoushan Bo's Mansion also has Tangquan Zhuangzi in Xishan, and several wives and young ladies in the mansion went there a while ago."

Mrs. Wang suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she saw that there were only big girls in the room who were serving her personally, she said in a low voice: "The eldest prince is about the age to choose a concubine. The eldest prince looked at each other, could it be..."

Sister Feng also understood when she heard this, her heart was pounding, she hesitated and said: "Madam, you mean that Princess Yongchang is holding a banquet this time, and the empress is actually choosing a concubine for the eldest prince?"

If this is the case, with the looks of the Tanchun sisters, the Jia family may be able to produce another princess.

But Jia Mu was much more sober, she shook her head and said: "This is just our guess, the empress may not have such intentions, and even if she really wanted to see each other, the eldest prince's concubine would not be chosen from a noble family like us." .”

Although there is no crown prince today, but the eldest son is the eldest son of the middle palace. If there is no accident, he will be the crown prince in the future, and the eldest princess will be the crown prince in the future. The future mother of a country has always been from a scholarly family. selected among the civil servants.

Not to mention the honorable background of the Jia family, although the girls in the family are outstanding, they have different temperaments. out

However, she is still young and lost her mother when she was young, so she would not be a candidate for a concubine, not even a side concubine.

Li Wan also disagreed, and reminded: "Our empress is already a noble concubine personally appointed by the Holy Majesty. Logically speaking, the second sister and the eldest prince are not of the same generation, so I'm afraid it's not suitable."

It was only then that everyone remembered that it was indeed the case, and there was no family of sisters who married both father and son. Even if the royal family was not particular about it, they would not act like this, otherwise, wouldn't it be the wrong number of generations.

Sister Feng couldn't help being a little disappointed, and sighed: "It's a pity that our family is not so lucky."

Mrs. Wang also sighed secretly, but when she thought of Concubine Yuan in the palace, she felt happy again, and said: "What Zhuer's daughter-in-law said is that we have lost our minds for a while, and it has something to do with the royal family. Let's not talk about it, or it will spread." It is also difficult for the empress to be a human being in the palace."

Li Wan said: "Speaking of which, this time is also a rare opportunity. Sister Lin is already engaged. The third younger sister is the same age as Sister Lin, and the second younger sister is seventeen. It's time to see each other. This time, the wives of each family will be invited to the banquet." I will go there, just to show my face, otherwise I will be raised in a deep boudoir, no one will know how good our girl is; secondly, I can make a few handkerchiefs, and in the future, I will also be a contact when I leave the court."

Li Wan had long planned to let the Yingchun sisters go out more and get to know some contacts so that they could talk about marriage in the future, but she is now a widow and it is not easy to come forward. It is rare to have such a good opportunity this time, so naturally she cannot miss it.

After hearing this, Jia Mu pondered for a long time, nodded, and said to Mrs. Wang: "What Zhuer's daughter-in-law said is, no matter what the princess means this time, since the post is posted, the girls should go out to see the world. Pay more attention next time to see if there is a suitable family."

Mrs. Wang agreed, and she was not unhappy. Although she said she didn't like Aunt Zhao, Tanchun was raised by her since she was a child, and she was always filial. If you can make a good relationship, you can also help Baoyu and Lan'er in the future.

Li Wan had been paying attention to Mrs. Wang's expression, and he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief when he saw this, and hurriedly said with a smile: "I think that although the day after tomorrow will be the real day, the journey to Xishan is very long, and it will take more than an hour by car. It would be too hard to drive back and forth Besides, depending on the situation, the peach blossom banquet may take several days. It may be inconvenient if you live in the princess’s other courtyard. Anyway, my hot spring village is also at the foot of the West Mountain, not far from the other courtyard. There are also a few, it is cheaper for the wife to live in the village; the other sisters, if they get to know good friends, and the girls are stubborn, they have to do things to pay back the banquet, Zhuangzi

Inside, all the utensils and furnishings and all kinds of drinks and vegetables are also ready-made. "

After hearing this, Sister Feng clapped her hands and laughed, "Sister-in-law is a good idea. In my opinion, it's better for my wife to take the three younger sisters there first, and stay at Zhuangzi in the evening, so as to save my son from getting up early and going on the road."

Jia's mother also laughed and said, "Zhu'er's daughter-in-law has always been a proper one."

Li Wan looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "I don't know what Ma'am means?"

Mrs. Wang naturally had no objection, she nodded and said with a smile: "You are very thoughtful, then go live in the villa."

Li Wan agreed, and immediately called Lai Suyun to order: "Send someone to the shop on West Street and tell your sister Danju that Mrs. Er and the girls are going to stay in the village for a few days, and tell her to go to the village to send a message. Let Aunt Liu make good arrangements and take good care of the wives and girls, so don't be negligent."

It turns out that Dan Ju left the pavilion last month, and now she and her husband Liu Shan are in charge of several shops.

Suyun agreed, and went out to spread the word as promised.

Sister Feng also ordered people to go to various places to inform Zhou Rui's family to make arrangements.

Not long after, Baochai and the Yingchun sisters came to talk to Ann, and Jiamu told about Princess Yongchang's banquet, and said: "You three sisters should follow your wife, and don't offend the nobleman."

Yingchun and the others agreed, and then asked, "Sister Bao, isn't she going?"

Mother Jia paused when she heard the words, and said: "Princess Yongchang only invited three of your sisters for the post. Your sister Bao is a guest and has not been invited."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly laughed and said: "Actually, the post only said to invite our girl, and didn't mention Dao's surname. It's okay for Bao girl to go with her."

After everyone was quiet, Baochai looked slightly embarrassed, but soon returned to normal, and said with a generous smile: "Thank you, Auntie, but this is a banquet hosted by the princess. After all, I am a foreigner. I have an inconvenient status and I have never been invited. If I went, I would Ridiculous."

Li Wan saw that her expression was as usual, without any trace of embarrassment, and secretly admired Baochai's broad-mindedness, she was knowledgeable and thoughtful, and her talent and appearance made even the imperial concubine feel admirable. What she did, Baoyu may not be worthy of her, but it's a pity that she was born in a merchant's family, and the Xue family has focused on "Golden Jade Match", which has delayed until now.

Now that Daiyu's fate has changed, I don't know what will happen to Baochai's life in the future.

The next day, after breakfast, Mrs. Wang and Yingchun sisters took the Zhuying eight-treasure canopy car respectively, followed by Jin Chuan, Siqi, Shishu and other personal maids, and the wives and mothers-in-law who followed the car. A total of ten or so carriages,

Go all the way to the west mountain.

As soon as the Yingchun sisters left, the mansion became quite deserted. Jia Lan went to Tongzhou with Shen Yi and hadn't returned to Beijing yet. Changed into old clothes, led the maids to pick vegetables and water in the field, busy until sunset.

After dinner, Bi Yue brought warm water, Li Wan rinsed his mouth, and cleaned his face with a wet towel. After washing and washing, seeing that it was still early, he picked up a new book he had read before and read it carefully under the lamp.

I don't know who wrote this script, the writing style is excellent, the plot is ups and downs, unconventional, Li Wan was fascinated by reading it, and it was getting late before he knew it.

After packing up the bed, Suyun came over to persuade him, "It's getting late, let's go to rest earlier."

Li Wan glanced at the Western clock on the wall, only to realize that it was already a quarter past nine, he couldn't help being surprised, and said, "It's so late?"

Bi Yue came out with her clothes in her arms, and said with a smile, "Just now the clock has already struck nine times, but grandma was so fascinated by reading that she never heard it."

Li Wan rubbed his sore and swollen eyes, couldn't help but yawned, and said with a smile, "I didn't feel it just now, but I'm a little sleepy now."

Suyun lifted the cover and threw a handful of tranquilizing incense into the tripod, and said with a smile: "Grandma has been tired for half a day today, the quilt is already warm, let's rest earlier."

Li Wan removed her hair, changed into her pajamas, and was taken care of by Suyun and Biyue and lay down.

Suyun covered Li Wan with a thick brocade embroidered quilt, Biyue put down the embroidered curtain with taupe-coloured silk ribs and folded branches, and put out the candles, and the two of them retreated quietly.

Li Wan's eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and before going to sleep, he was still thinking about the peach blossom feast, and he didn't know how the Tanchun sisters were doing, and whether he had met like-minded friends...

But Mrs. Wang said that when she came to Xishan, she stayed overnight in Li Wan's Cuiwei Villa. The next day she packed up and went to Princess Yongchang's other courtyard for a banquet.

Because Princess Yongchang yearned for the style of the Tang Dynasty very much and loved peonies, the other courtyard was also named Furong Garden.

The mother of the Princess Mansion had long been welcoming guests at the door. Sister Tanchun followed Mrs. Wang into the Furong Garden, and saw flying towers and steep pavilions, Bidong Yaotai, green hills on all sides covered with various kinds of rhododendrons, ancient cypresses and pine trees. , dripping emerald to flow.

What you can see along the way are all carved beams and painted buildings, thin wooden beams and columns, window lattices and lattices, all of which are exquisitely carved.

At the west end of the main courtyard is a big butterfly hall with five fronts and three rears, which is the place for this banquet.The five factory halls are connected in one place. In the middle is a long roll shed hall, shaped like a butterfly belly.

There are two halls, like butterfly wings.

There are dozens of pines and ancient cypresses behind the hall, lined up like a barrier, dozens of begonias on the left, and weeping willows on the right, surrounded by wide corridors. He has written more than a hundred books of top-grade peonies in various colors.

The breeze is blowing, and the fragrance of flowers is refreshing.

At this time, the imperial daughters of various families came one after another, and the mothers-in-law and maids brought tea and water, and during the shuttle, it became more and more lively.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang Ziteng were talking together, Xichun was sitting on the side eating snacks, Yingchun was a little at a loss, and Tanchun was also a little cautious, might as well suddenly see Daiyu, his eyes lit up, and he whispered: "Sister Lin also coming!"

When the two heard the sound, they looked up and saw Daiyu walking towards them, following Grandma Jiang San. When they saw Sister Yingchun, they were surprised and walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "Second sister, third sister, fourth sister, You guys are here too?!"

Yingchun was very happy, grabbed Daiyu's hand and said: "It's good that my sister is here, we are new here, and we don't know anyone, so I don't know who to talk to!"

Daiyu understood as soon as she heard it, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we are just here to join in the fun anyway, I will take you to meet some sisters later, they are all very good."

Xichun looked around for a while, then asked doubtfully, "Why didn't you see the sister of the Jiang family?"

Daiyu said: "It's just me and my godmother coming today. My sister is not feeling well, so she is resting at home."

Tanchun laughed and wanted to speak, when suddenly he heard voices shouting: "The princess is here." When everyone heard the words and looked around, they saw two nuns leading the way. Princess Yongchang was about forty years old, fair-skinned, with a Wearing a pearl crown, wearing a silver-red python jacket, a suet jade belt around the waist, and a brocade skirt and embroidered shoes, she looks graceful and elegant.

Mrs. Shou Shanbo, Mrs. Li Guogong, and Mrs. Xiu Guogong followed in turn.

Everyone hurriedly saluted each other and greeted each other before returning to their seats.

The mother-in-law and the girl are busy offering refreshments.

Mrs. Marquis of Jinxiang smiled and said: "I only think that our garden is already rare. Now that I look at the princess's garden, I know what is the best in the world. I have gained a lot of knowledge."

Everyone said yes one after another.

Princess Yongchang smiled slightly and said: "Everyone is absurd. Today, because the several exotic peach blossoms in the garden are blooming very well, I invite all the ladies and girls to visit. If there is any negligence, please forgive me. "

Everyone hurriedly dared not.

After tea, Princess Yongchang led everyone to visit the garden, first went to the Hundred Flowers Garden in the east, and saw flowers like brocades, fragrant and intoxicating, and only heard the sound of bees buzzing incessantly

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Everyone was full of praise, and they walked around for a long time, and before it was half a day, everyone scrambled to praise the scenery here as the best.

After swimming for a while, all the banquets are ready, and everyone sits at the table. Princess Yongchang sits first, Mrs. Shoushanbo sits second, and the rest of the people sit one by one.

All the daughters sit separately, and each of them is accompanied by a decent girl, and there are also seats on the side corridor.

Let's say that the families who went to the banquet today ordered about fifty or sixty daughters, plus the maids and servants of the princess mansion, etc., there are a total of two hundred people.

The maids walked back and forth in this corridor, turned around and back, and the wine and vegetables were brought up like flowing water. Among the hundreds of flowers, butterflies of various colors were flying in search of fragrance, like five-color silk brocade.

Princess Yongchang called Nv Nvxi to wait on the opposite corridor.It's really a feast of tortoise shells, and a lot of hibiscus on the mattress.

The world is beautiful and beautiful, and the pearls and emeralds are prosperous, there is nothing like this.

After drinking, everyone beat the drums to pass the flowers again, and once again carried out the drinking order, the noise continued until dusk.

On the second day, Princess Yongchang hosted another banquet in Furong Tower, and held a poetry and painting competition with the theme of peach blossoms.

All the ladies are eager to try it out. Before Daiyu came, she had learned from her godmother the intention of Princess Yongchang to host the peach blossom banquet. Although she was engaged, she didn't want to be too conspicuous, so she just wrote a random poem and that's all. .

Even so, at the end of the judgment, Daiyu was still the leader. Princess Yongchang knew Daiyu's origin, and she sighed secretly.

The three Yingchun sisters gradually relaxed after getting used to it. Tanchun's calligraphy is excellent, Xichun is good at painting, and everyone is full of praise.

After Yingchun solved a game of Zhenlong chess, she no longer participated in it, and enjoyed the scenery by herself, either leaning on the threshold to watch the flowers, or counting the fish swimming in the pond, all in a leisurely manner.

She felt that her status was ordinary and no one cared about her, but she didn't know that her every word and deed had been seen by others.

The author has something to say: Good night~

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