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Chapter 623: Eye-opening [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 37k more]

Double Ninth Festival,

clear sky,

In the morning,

West of the city,

Mrs. Wu Polo Field,
Although the weather is cold in the morning and evening,
But the chrysanthemums are in full bloom.

As in previous years, many varieties of chrysanthemums have been placed inside and outside the stadium.

There are paths between the chrysanthemums and various flowers and trees in the field. Many children of wealthy families in Beijing walk on the paths among the flowers with their relatives and friends.

The maids following behind him often held ribbons in their hands.

Whenever a young man or girl took a fancy to a flower or tree, they would tie a ribbon with the name of their residence on it.

The tents of each family on the edge of the field had long been raised to two levels. Standing on one of them and looking outside, one could see many wealthy people in the capital admiring the chrysanthemums outside the field.

The autumn sun is a bit dazzling.
Because it has become a tradition to appreciate chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival in the west of the city,

Therefore, some families started to bring their own large parasols on the second-floor platform, and the styles and colors of the parasols varied.

Moreover, there are often screens placed around the big umbrellas. From time to time, there is the smell of tea or incense behind the screens, which dissipates in the air under the blowing of the autumn breeze.

Inside and outside the stadium, the ladies and girls upstairs and downstairs were mostly chatting and laughing, and the surrounding was lively and noisy.

Second floor platform,

Inside a beautiful screen,

Princess Pingning, Lady Yingguo Duke's wife, Lady Chai, Lady Ningyuan Marquis' wife and several other ladies were sitting side by side on chairs, talking and laughing.

At first glance, she was either a royal lady or a wife of an official.

The noble ladies with bangs gathered together and sat not far below the other women.

The ladies whispered and chuckled from time to time.

The maids mostly stood beside the screen, waiting to be called upon.

A breeze blew by,
"The mountains are bright and the water is clean. Frost comes at night. A few trees are deep red and light yellow. Try to climb up to a high building and feel the chill to your bones. How can it be compared to the spring scenery that makes people crazy?"

I don't know which noble lady was looking at the azure autumn sky and couldn't help but recite an autumn poem.

Yunmu, who was standing next to the Chai family's exquisite screen, leaned out after hearing the sound and looked outside with some curiosity.

After taking a few glances at the noble lady who was reciting poetry, Yunmu withdrew his gaze, his eyes full of thought.

Subsequently,

Yunmu walked over to Chai Zhengzheng, who was sitting and talking under an umbrella, and said softly, "Miss, I think I saw the young lady from the Sheng family, but I'm not sure."

"Huh?" Chai Zhengzheng looked at Yunmu in confusion.

Yunmu whispered, "I haven't seen Miss Minglan and Xiaotao beside her, so I am a little unsure."

Gu Tingyi on the other side heard this and raised his chin towards the maid beside him.

The maid of the Gu family understood, walked to the screen and looked outside, then walked over and said, "Miss, it's the fourth lady of the Sheng family!"

The fifth lady of the Zhang family said with some uncertainty in her eyes: "The fourth lady of the Sheng family? Is her name Rulan?"

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and said nothing.

Gu Tingyi shook his head and said, "Fifth Lady, my name is Molan, and Rulan is the Fifth Lady."

"Yes, yes, that girl Minglan is the Sixth Miss." Wu Niang said hurriedly.

Gu Tingyi nodded and said to the maid, "Ask the fourth young lady if she has time. If so, please come over and have a word."

The maid of Gu family agreed and left.

quickly,

Molan appeared beside the screen with Luzhong and Yunzai.

Molan is outstanding in both figure and color, otherwise Liang Han would not have chosen her at first sight.

Her appearance next to the screen at this time naturally attracted the attention of several ladies sitting at the top.

Feeling the curious gazes of the ladies, Molan hurriedly led the maid to bow in a proper manner.

Although there was some confusion in the eyes of the Duchess of England and Mrs. Chai, they both smiled and nodded, and then continued talking.

Princess Pingning looked at Molan, frowned slightly as if feeling a little uncomfortable, but didn't say much.

Seeing this, Molan finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to the noble ladies present.

The maids around the noble ladies hurriedly returned the greetings.

"Sister Molan, please sit down!"

Gu Tingyi smiled and made way for Yunmu to put an embroidered cushion there.

"Thank you, Sister Tingyi." Molan said with a smile.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Molan with a hint of scrutiny.

When looking at Molan, Chai Zhengzheng smiled and said, "I heard from Sister Tingyi that Miss Molan is studying in a private school now?"

Molan nodded modestly: "Yes."

Zhang Jia Wu Niang asked in confusion: "When does your family's school start studying?"

Molan glanced at the smiling Gu Tingyi and said, "My brothers have to sit in the hall at 2:15 a.m., so my sisters and I can go a little later, when it's bright."

Meng Jie'er, the second wife of Huang's family, the Shoushan Earl, is Gu Tingyi's future sister-in-law. She is sitting next to Gu Tingyi at this time.

Listening to Molan's words, Meng Jie'er widened her eyes and said, "Wow! It's really early! When my brother was studying, he had to get up early in the morning to exercise. I guess those brothers also have to get up early, right?"

Gu Tingyi nodded and said, "Yes, my second brother has to get up two quarters before the Mao hour!"

Chai Zhengzheng said thoughtfully: "I heard from the Princess that my little cousin also has to get up early for morning exercises, but not as early as Second Brother Gu."

Zhang Jia Wu Niang sighed: "Brother Xu Wu seems to be a little better than Brother Zheng Er. I don't know how he trained."

Molan took a deep breath, looked at the noble ladies sitting around, and turned around and said, "Yunzai, you are familiar with the maids of Brother Xu's family in the academy. Have they ever told you?"

Yun Zai lowered his eyebrows, bowed and said, "My lady, I overheard a few words of conversation. It seems that the young master of the Xu family is going to practice martial arts before the hour of Yin."

When Wu Niang heard this, she said with admiration on her face: "My God, you have to get up so early. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to get up!"

Several girls present laughed softly.

"By the way, has Minglan come today?" asked Zhang Jiawu Niang.

Gu Tingyi also laughed and looked at Molan curiously.

Molan tried to force a smile and nodded politely, "Sixth sister is here. She should be walking in the flower path with big sister and fifth sister at this moment."

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen her for a while. I wonder if she has made any progress in playing pot-to-pot." Wu Niang said with interest.

Without waiting for Molan to speak, Gu Tingyi glanced at everyone and said with a smile, "Speaking of Sister Minglan, I remember something! My eldest sister-in-law went back to the Xu family on the day of the Autumn Festival, and saw many items with excellent embroidery skills at the Xu Hou Madam's place."

"After asking Madam Xu, I found out that it was brought back by the second lady of the Xu family when she returned to the Sheng family."

"Among them, the most exquisite ones were made by Miss Minglan."

Chai Zhengzheng looked a little surprised: "There aren't many people who can be praised like this by Sister Tingyi."

Gu Tingyi smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Zheng Zheng, after you see it, you will know that what I said is true."

After Gu Tingyi finished speaking, Zhang Jia Wu Niang stood up and walked to the railing, looking at the path between the flowers in the field, and said, "Let me see where Minglan is."

The other ladies who had been sitting for some time also stood up and walked towards the railing.
There is only one tent selling fine jewelry on the first floor.

Looking down from a high position this year,
There are already many more shops selling other things on the first floor.

Holding up the round fan in her hand to block the sunlight, Wu Niang squinted her eyes and glanced at the path in the field.

There were quite a few people walking on the path at this time, and some were crouching to admire the flowers, so it was difficult to tell them apart for a moment.

suddenly,

"Xilulu!"

In the distance, there was a faint sound of horses neighing.

Everyone on the second floor looked towards the source of the sound.

"Whose horse was frightened?" Molan said hesitantly.

"Sister Molan, look in that direction. The horse isn't frightened. It should be the Qiji Elegant Gathering hosted by Madam Wu over there, and someone is training the horses there." Gu Tingyi said with a smile.

Seeing Molan's puzzled look, Gu Tingyi continued, "Last year, my brother and his gang went to Maotuogang to pick horses, and they were covered in dust all the way back and forth!"

"Mrs. Wu held a horse race there this year and selected some good horses from the northwest and Mongolia. If you are a young man who wants to choose a good horse, just go there!"

"Oh!" Molan nodded repeatedly and said, "No wonder the second and third brothers didn't go to appreciate the flowers, but went over there instead!"

"Huh? Brother Changbai from Sheng Head actually came out?" Gu Tingyi asked in surprise.

Looking at the puzzled expressions of his friends, Gu Tingyi explained: "This is a classmate of my second brother and Brother Xu Wu. He usually studies hard at home and rarely goes out!"

"Oh!" Zhang Jia Wu Niang nodded and continued to look into the distance, saying, "I wonder if a good horse has been tamed."

Retracting her gaze, Wu Niang glanced at the flower path in the field and the second-floor platform and said, "By the way, we have been here for so long, why haven't we seen Miss Feiyan from the Rong family?"

Hearing this, Molan also pricked up her ears and listened.

Gu Tingyi shook his head.

Chai Zhengzheng said softly, "Maybe he went to Huayang Mountain. Today, His Majesty and the ladies in the palace should all be climbing Huayang Mountain."

"Zheng Zheng is right." Wu Niang nodded.

When everyone was about to turn around and sit back down, Chai Zhengzheng paused, looked downstairs, then smiled and waved.

quickly,

Hualan took Minglan, Rulan and Pinlan and went up to the second floor along the stairs behind the tent.

After Hualan went up to the second floor, a smile immediately appeared on her face and she nodded to the ladies from various families.

Rulan, who was following behind, was stunned when she saw Molan.
Then his eyes became anxious and just as he was about to speak, he felt someone pulling his sleeve.

Rulan looked back and saw Minglan shaking her head slightly at her.

This incident happened,
Chai Zhengzheng and others naturally saw this.

Afterwards, although Rulan tried hard to adjust and cover up, one could still see the anger in her eyes.

Hualan led people to the screen.
Chai Zhengzheng and others bowed one after another, some called her Second Madam, and some called her Sister Hualan.

After Hualan and her sister returned the gift with a smile, they walked towards Mrs. Chai and others.

After another round of greetings, Mrs. Bai looked at the Lans and said with a smile, "Hualan, I know your three sisters. Who is this girl?"

Hua Lan smiled and said, "Aunt, she is my cousin Pinlan from my mother's family. I'm taking this opportunity today to bring her to Madam Wu to broaden her horizons."

Pinlan, who was called, could only smile and bow again.

Mrs. Chai smiled and said, "This girl has lively eyes and free and easy movements. She looks like a good girl."

Several ladies and officials present nodded.

"Sister, why don't you thank Madam Chai for the compliment?"

Pinlan hurriedly said, "Thank you for the compliment, Madam. You are too kind."

The ladies smiled.

Madam Bai said, "Hualan, come over and sit and chat with us. Let your four sisters go and play by themselves."

"Yes, aunt." Hua Lan said with a smile.

"Mother, let's go downstairs for a walk." Gu Tingyi said with a smile.

Mrs. Bai smiled and waved.

Watching Gu Tingyi and the others disappear behind the screen, Madam Bai looked at Hualan and asked, "Why didn't I see your mother, Madam Wang, today? Is she here?"

Hua Lan smiled appropriately and replied, "Aunt, I'm here! I've been talking to my maternal grandparents' relatives since I came in."

"Are you a relative of the Feng family?" Mrs. Chai asked with a smile.

Hua Lan nodded: "Yes!"

Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "Is there a girl of the right age in the Feng family? Are you looking for one for your brother?"

Hua Lan nodded somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Yes, Madam! We are just here to take a look today! My brother only knows how to study hard, and the relatives may not think highly of him."

Looking at Hualan's polite words, Mrs. Yuan, who had been silent the whole time, smiled and said, "Hualan, you are being too modest. You passed the imperial examination before you were 20 years old, which is rare even in the capital."

In Bianjing, Hua Lan would not feel embarrassed to meet the wife of the Marquis of Shoushan. She smiled and said, "Madam is right."

Afterwards, Hua Lan glanced at Princess Pingning and said with a smile, "But there are too many outstanding boys. All the boys who studied in my mother's family's academy have passed the imperial examination. My brother feels quite stressed."

Hearing this,

The Lady of the Duke of England and several others followed Hualan's gaze and looked at Princess Pingning.

In terms of dental age, Qi Heng is only slightly older than Chang Feng.

In other words, among all the students studying in Sheng's private school, Qi Heng is the second youngest.

Princess Pingning smiled and said, "Hualan, you are praising your own brother as well!"

Hualan smiled.
Princess Pingning continued, "Speaking of which, Yuan Ruo's achievements are largely due to the Sheng family's culture of learning, and the good teaching of Master Zhuang!"

While the people upstairs were talking,
Chai Zhengzheng and others had also gone downstairs and were walking along the tents on the first floor of each house.

Looking at Minglan who was sandwiched between Gu Tingyi and Zhang Jia Wu Niang, and Pinlan who was talking and laughing excitedly beside them, Molan rolled her eyes with some jealousy.

Rulan, who was looking at Molan angrily, leaned over and whispered, "Fourth sister, what do you mean by rolling your eyes at your sisters?"

Molan glanced at Rulan without saying anything and just walked on her own.

Rulan continued, "When you entered the polo field just now, you told your elder sister that you were going to change clothes, but you..."

"What about me?" Molan turned her head and covered her mouth with her round fan, and refuted in a low voice: "I changed my clothes and you all walked away. How can I chase you alone?"

"You!" Rulan stared in silence, then whispered, "My elder sister and I slowed down and walked slowly!"

"Fourth sister, you will definitely find us if you chase us! Who knew that you didn't even think about catching up with us, but just wanted to climb up the social ladder and show off in front of the ladies of the rich families!"

Molan took a deep breath and whispered, "I didn't know you were walking slower."

"Besides, do you think everyone is like you, getting so nervous when seeing people? You know, the ladies who just sat down nodded approvingly after seeing me!"

"I've also earned face for the Sheng family!"

Rulan was about to continue speaking when she saw Minglan in front of her looking back, and then Tingyi, Zhang Jia Wu Niang and other noble ladies also looked back.

Molan's expression changed immediately, and she looked forward with a smile.

Rulan was stunned and tried to smile. After the people in front turned around and continued to move forward, Rulan took a few deep breaths and glared at Molan fiercely.

(End of this chapter)