The lady may not be human

The weather is fine today. Dong Nuan wakes up early in the morning, punches, eats, and then takes a donkey cart to the orchard.

The grapes were almost ripe, and she had to go and have a look.

Let His Majesty have a taste of it yesterday, it's her turn today, right?
Almost when Dongnuan arrived at the fruit forest, people came from Zhuangzi's gate.

First came the carriage on the Princess Chang's mansion, then the Marquis of Anding's mansion, then Cao's mansion, Wei's mansion, Hejun's mansion, Prince Jin's mansion...

At the beginning, the chief steward looked at the carriage in the Princess's mansion, and was still smiling.

After watching the follow-up, a series of carriages on the nobleman's house, the smile of the chief steward faded more and more.

I couldn't help thinking: what the hell is going on?Why are there so many noble people here today?

In the past, even if the nobles came over, they would try to stagger the time as much as possible, so as not to run into each other.

Why did you come here together today?

The head steward couldn't help but feel uneasy, and asked softly the little apprentice who was following him: "Have you heard any news?"

Could it be that they are on Zhuangzi's side, have no information, and missed something in the capital?

The little apprentice thought for a while and guessed: "Could it be the plums from yesterday?"

The plums have matured, and those who are in charge have also divided some, the number is not much, a few per person.

The big manager wanted to bring out his little apprentice, so he was very kind to him, and the little apprentice also tasted two.

That taste...

If this is not the master he respects, there is a high probability that the little apprentice will grab it directly.

So fucking delicious!
When the chief manager heard the reason from the young apprentice, his heart jumped again, and at the same time he began to think about Li Zi.

But, it's a pity, there are only two plums this year, and although there are a lot of fruits, after two days of delivery, there are not many left in total.

Dong Nuan seems to mean to keep it for himself to eat.

But looking at the dignitaries who came here today, there is a high probability that this fruit will not be kept.

The carriage at the Changgong's mansion today was driven by Meng Rong, and the eldest princess did not come in person.

She has always been quick to talk, and she is unwilling to turn and dawdle with people.

So, as soon as I got off the carriage, I went straight to the topic: "Arrange the donkey cart, I'm going to the fruit forest."

Meng Rong always acted informally, and felt that the donkey cart was small and easy to drill through the woods, so this was the most suitable ride.

Of course, many nobles still need to pay attention to their image, so they will arrange additional carriages and the like, but the speed is not as fast as that of donkey carts.

There are also those who are holding them and want to drive the carriage of their own house, so the speed is even slower.

Meng Rong has already analyzed that the number of plums in Dongnuan's batch must not be many.

Looking at the quantity sent by the other party, you can tell that Dongnuan is not a stingy person, and if the quantity is large, he will not only send one plate.

So, she'd better act first.

It was Wen Shuran and Miss Wen who came to Anding Hou's mansion. Recently, because of his mother's poor health, people in the mansion seldom went out.

Today is also because my mother said that plums taste good, so the brother and sister came here together.

They are also people who know some inside information, or guess some inside information.

So, after coming here, I went to the orchard with Meng Rong in a donkey cart.

The nobles who followed up only hesitated for a moment, and it was too late when they reached the fruit forest.

Meng Rong had already picked a small basket of plums, and the Wen brothers and sisters had picked a similar amount.

The nobles who came later were dumbfounded when they saw the two almost empty plum trees.

Dongnuan also asked the steward, knowing that there are only these two delicious plums this year, and if you want to eat them, you have to wait until next year, so these people went to surround Meng Rong and Wen's brothers and sisters again.

Wen Shuran found a good reason: "My mother is seriously ill, her mouth is light, and she wants to eat something tasty."

Mrs. Anding Hou's health is not good, and there is even news that she is seriously ill recently, and the dignitaries in the capital know about it.

Some families even made up their minds to arrange for unfavored concubines, or relatives, to be their successors.

Hou Ye's stepwife, her status is not low, don't care about her age or not.

Anyway, the identity is there, so it's not a disadvantage.

Especially for those who are not deep in background and have a shallow foundation, if they can pass the Marquis of Anding and reach the sky in one step, then it is really a good choice.

It's just sacrificing a daughter or relative, and there is no disadvantage at all.

Hearing what Wen Shuran said, everyone was naturally embarrassed to let him share more.

After all, Mrs. Hou's situation is really hard to say.

The brothers and sisters couldn't do it here, and the pressure was immediately put on Meng Rong's side.

Meng Rong had already slipped away quietly when he realized that the situation was wrong.

Because of Meng Rong's status and temper, those people asked the Wen brothers and sisters first, but after asking, they found that Meng Rong had run away.

Crowd: ...!
No, you stop! ! !
There are no more plums, and Dongnuan can't make more.

In the end, they had no choice but to look at other things.

Now there are other varieties of late autumn plums, early jujubes, some pears and grapes in the orchard.

There are not many grapes, and the ones that can be picked out are limited.

Some nobles prefer this one, so they went to pick it.

Everyone can pick out two strings, that is considered lucky, and the eyes are also good.

Although no plums were picked, everyone picked other fruits and they were in a good mood, so they all left with a smile in the end.

Seeing this, the chief manager quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Dong Nuan also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she had the foresight to pick a lot of the remaining plums before Meng Rong and the others went up the mountain.

Now the two full baskets have been escorted by Shi Qing to the yard.

Now the two trees are empty, and the rest are the things of other trees.

After being scanned by these people, Dongnuan didn't plan to look any more, probably he couldn't pick it out.

Fortunately, she picked two bunches of grapes, enough for her and Hanjianglou to eat today.

At the ripening stage, the grapes are working hard to ripen every day. If you can’t eat enough today, just come back tomorrow.

Dongnuan quickly packed up his things and went back to the yard. As soon as he went back, he heard Qingzhu rushing over again: "Princess, Lord Hou and the others are here!"

Dong Nuan:?
Dong Nuan really didn't realize who the old Hou Ye was at first.

It was Qingzhu who reminded me: "Marquis Changning, Mr. Han, and Mrs. Zhou are here."

When she said this, Dongnuan finally came to his senses.

However, isn't the person in Jiangzhou?

There was no letter saying that he was coming. Before Hanjianglou High School, they did send someone to deliver the letter.

However, the other party came directly?
Dong Nuan has a guess in his heart, maybe he came for Hanjiang Tower.

After all, although the Marquis of Changning was honored, it was also stated in the original decree that it can be inherited for three generations, so Han Jianglou, as the only son of Mr. Han, can inherit the title of Marquis.

Old Master Han said before that once the Hanjiang Building is selected as a scholar, he will come over and invite him to be crowned prince.

It's just that this year is a consecutive exam, the speed is too fast, and Mr. Han was not in good health before, so it was delayed.

Coming here now is mostly for this matter.