Otoharu

Chapter 510
Tong Shixuan said with a smile: "Mrs. Jiang please, and Yinping will lead the two Mrs. Jiang in for tea."

After ordering the maid behind her, Tong said apologetically to Zhou Hanyu and the two, "Please forgive me for a moment, and I have to go to the kitchen to have a look."

Zhou Hanyu naturally didn't say anything, and smiled kindly: "Mrs. Shi Zi, go quickly."

Tong Shi nodded with a smile and led the people away.

After Mrs. Tong walked away, Zhou Hanyu whispered to Li Meier: "This lady is the daughter of the Ding'anhou's mansion, but Ding'anhou left early. Today's Ding'anhou is ignorant, and there are not many in the mansion." Chengqi's descendants, the Ding'anhou's mansion gradually declined, if the old Ding'anhou hadn't been friendly with Wu'anbo back then, the wife of the eldest son was pretty good-looking, and Wu'anbo's mansion would definitely not settle for his girl."

Li Meier has only been in the capital for a short time, and she only has a general understanding of the situation of the various families in the capital. Now, listening to her aunt's science popularization, she can't help but feel a little emotional. In fact, the size of the title is not that important, after all, it is given by the older generation. Earned by the family, if the children in the family do not live up to expectations, no matter how high the title is, it is nothing in the eyes of others, and it will still be looked down upon.

Thinking of this, she became more determined to urge her younger brothers to study hard.

Because Zhou Hanyu is relatively low-key in the official circle of the capital, and she doesn't usually see the female relatives of those honorable families, so others look at her very strangely, and Zhou Hanju is not in a hurry to find someone to make friends with, she looks around After walking around, he took Li Meier to find a place to sit down.

The place where Wu'anbo mansion is used to entertain female relatives today is a very spacious flower hall. This flower hall should be specially used to entertain guests when Wu'anbo mansion usually holds large banquets. It is built in the garden, facing the A lotus pond. In summer, after the large windows facing the pond in the north are removed, the flower hall becomes a water pavilion half built in the water, which is very cool.

Because they came earlier, Zhou Hanyu chose a place facing the north window and sat down, and the discerning maid immediately brought tea and snacks to the high table in front of them.

Not far away, there were two young women leaning against the window near the water, chatting and laughing in low voices. They talked so intently that they didn’t notice that there were already people sitting here. They thought their voices were not loud, and they didn’t want the hall to be empty, but their words were intermittent. The news reached the ears of Zhou Hanju and Li Meier.

The woman in the blue jacket and skirt covered her mouth and laughed for a while, finally stopped, and said to the other woman in the cherry red jacket and skirt: "I heard that the Song family will also come today."

The woman in the cherry red coat and skirt immediately smiled and said: "She still has the face to come out. After giving birth to such a daughter, she will not be a good princess, but she will go to the palace to be a concubine..."

The woman in the blue jacket and skirt immediately lowered her voice and said: "Perhaps this was originally ordered by that empress. After all, Concubine Yun has been doting on her for a long time, and she is about to give birth to a prince. That empress must be in a hurry."

The woman in the cherry red jacket immediately retorted contemptuously: "Where, I heard that it was that Miss Song who took the initiative to climb into His Majesty's bed..."

The woman in the blue jacket and skirt had obviously heard some rumors, and her tone was a bit interested: "I heard that the imperial edict of His Majesty's concubine is about to be issued, and it has already been determined to be the fifth lady of Wu'anbo Mansion. Look, there must be a good show today..."

The two people over there were talking in full swing, while Zhou Hanju and Li Meier here could hear clearly, but they both lowered their heads and drank tea calmly, as if they hadn't heard anything.

Li Meier was thinking that Sun Xiaowu seemed to be one year younger than herself, Jiji would have to wait until next year, even if the emperor's edict came down, the wedding would at least have to wait until Jiji next year.

However, His Royal Highness the crown prince is not very old, he seems to be the same age as Brother Shanqing, he is only 16 years old this year, so he is not in a hurry.And for the prince's big wedding, it will take a year or two for the Ministry of Rites to prepare.

Li Meier was thinking wildly, when a slightly surprised voice sounded not far away: "Auntie, sister Mei?"

Li Meier raised her head involuntarily, and saw Zhou Yuyan walking over in surprise, "Auntie, it really is you, I thought I was wrong!"

Zhou Hanyu was also very pleasantly surprised to see his niece and daughter, but seeing that she was alone, he asked doubtfully, "Yuyan, why are you alone, where is your aunt?"

Zhou Hanyu was asking about Li Yuanchun. On an occasion like today, the Earl’s Mansion would usually post posts to officials, so it should be Li Yuanchun who received the post, and Zhou Yuyan should be brought over by Li Yuanchun, an elder.

Zhou Yuyan replied with a smile: "Aunt just met a familiar woman at the door, and asked me to sit in the flower hall first, and she will come over in a while."

Zhou Yuyan sat down beside the two of them while talking.She took Li Meier's hand affectionately and said, "Sister Mei, I didn't go to your wedding with Shanqing last time. I heard from my aunt that there seemed to be some accident at the wedding. Are you okay?"

Li Meier replied with a smile: "It's okay, it's over, you don't have to worry."

Seeing Li Meier's complexion, Zhou Yuyan knew it was nothing serious, so she just asked worriedly, and now that she had her approval, she began to talk to her more happily.

The two talked for a while, and Li Yuanchun also came over after finishing talking. She was also very happy to see Zhou Hanyu and Li Meier, but she asked with some doubts, "Why are you sitting here?" This side is quieter and there are fewer people .

Zhou Hanyu smiled and said, "You also know that I am not a sociable person. Besides, most of the wives and wives who came today are from noble generals' families, and I don't know many of them."

When Li Yuanchun heard the string song, he immediately smiled and said, "It just so happens that I'm alone, let me go with my sister, and I can introduce you to each other when I meet people." Because Zhou Muyi is a military professional, but the people he usually deals with are all He is a noble son, so Li Yuanchun's social circle is wider than Zhou Hanju's.

Zhou Yuyan didn't want to go socializing with her aunt and aunt, so she took Li Meier's hand and said, "Auntie, auntie, let me talk to Sister Mei."

Zhou Hanyu naturally wouldn't object, and said in a gentle voice, "Then you don't want to go too far. Always follow people by your side."

Li Yuanchun also said: "I am relieved that Mei Meier and Yuyan are together, you go."

When Zhou Hanju and Li Yuanchun went to socialize, Zhou Yuyan smiled and said to Li Meier: "This is where wives and wives stay. Let's go for a walk and talk."

Li Meier also had the same intention, so she got up and followed Zhou Yuyan out of the Waterside Flower Hall.

(End of this chapter)