Ninefold Purple

Ganlu smiled and told the little maids to prepare meals.

Dou Zhao and Jiang Yan had lunch together and went to the Upper Court.

The banquet for the women's relatives was held in the flower hall of the upper courtyard. When they went, the banquet had just finished. Mrs. Song and others were accompanying several ordinary-dressed wives with strange appearances to enjoy the chrysanthemums in front of the steps of the flower hall.

Seeing Dou Zhao, everyone was taken aback.

Mrs. Song hurriedly introduced to everyone: "This is the wife of the eldest son of our mansion, and this is the cousin lady in our mansion." Then she pointed to the wives: "This is the wife of the Duke and Li Xiucai. It's the wife of the Duke of the State and Wenshan's family in Xiujin Academy, and this is the wife of the Bo family of Qin Zhu, the governor of the Five Armies..."

They are all unknown people.

Everyone greets each other.

Dou Zhao said apologetically: "Because the child is still young, he can't leave others for a while, so I'm neglecting everyone!" Then he said to Mrs. Song, "Fortunately, with the help of my aunt, the family can run smoothly without any mistakes. .”

Mrs. Song was humble.

Someone laughed and said: "I heard that there is a young lady from your house. She looks exactly like the deceased Mrs. Jiang. It is not an exaggeration to see her today." Then he took Jiang Yan's hand, " You and Madam Jiang really look alike!"

Jiang Yan felt a little uncomfortable.

Dou Zhao looked at it and changed the subject with a smile: "It's getting late, why don't you move to the water pavilion? There's a stage set up over there, and people are invited to sing."

Everyone responded "Yes" with one voice, and surrounded Dou Zhao and Jiang Yan to the waterside pavilion.

Among them was a woman in her thirties with a round face. She introduced herself as Huang Shi, the wife of Bo Huchong, the commander of the Left Army of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, and her natal family was the commander of the Dengzhou Weidu. When the grandfather was alive, my father followed my grandfather to greet the old grandfather. My father never forgot the grandeur of the British government after returning. I have heard it since I was a child. I have always wanted to see what the British government is like , Today can be regarded as an eye-opener. Not to mention anything else, the two ginkgo trees in front of the door are at least 100 years old, right?"

Her attitude is neither humble nor overbearing, and her tone is cheerful and lively, which makes Dou Zhao very fond of her.

Dou Zhao said with a smile: "I never thought that our two families have such a fate! It is said that the ginkgo tree was there when the mansion was founded, and because the ancestors liked it, it has been raised until today. I am afraid it has been more than 100 years."

Mrs. Hu chuckled, and turned her eyes to Jiang Yan: "Miss Biao is really beautiful. How old are you this year?"

Dou Zhao frowned slightly.

Jiang Yan is honest, answering every question, softly said: "I am fifteen today!"

"Ouch!" Mrs. Li's face was full of regret, "It's just reached the end of the hair!"

Presumably everyone has heard that Jiang Yan is a "widow".

Jiang Yan didn't make a sound.

Dou Zhao calmly asked the welcoming mother: "Where did the theater troupe invite today? What are their specialties?"

The nanny who greeted the guests hurriedly smiled and said: "Today we invited Zeng Chusheng from Guanglian News Agency. However, Zeng Chusheng has not sung for a few days, so he sent two of his direct disciples. One named Zeng Liansheng and the other named Zeng Junsheng came to the stage. Zeng Chusheng only Sitting next to him. Zeng Liansheng sang Danjiao, and Zeng Junsheng sang Xiaosheng.

Some people said: "Let's listen to "Jade Hairpin"! It's more interesting than "Xiang Ru Ji"."

Everyone discussed the repertoire enthusiastically.

Mrs. Hu turned her eyes straight, and followed everyone to discuss what kind of show to play later, and she revealed the matter to the past.

Jiang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Xu helped Dou Zhao to sit down under the veranda of the water pavilion.

The welcoming nun took the brochure and came over to ask the guests to order plays.

If Zhu walked in quickly, he whispered in Dou Zhao's ear, "Ma'am, just now the steward of the front yard sent a message that Princess Ningde and the old lady are both old. They couldn't stand the noise, so they sent Lu Da Grandma is here to drink wedding wine."

Dou Zhao was surprised.

Unexpectedly, Princess Ningde and Mrs. Lu would express their positions so clearly.

She nodded slightly.

I saw the welcoming mother leading Grandma Lu over.

Dou Zhao greeted him.

Grandma Lu smiled wryly, and said: "Don't take it to heart, it's really the Duke's actions that are too ridiculous this time. Everyone feels that they are degrading themselves when they come here."

Dou Zhao said with a smile: "If the eldest princess and the old lady don't come during our brother Yuan's hundred-day wine, then I will be angry."

Grandma Lu smiled and said, "Brother Yuan's hundred-day wine. Who would dare not come? Don't worry, if the two old people think they are noisy, I will fight them too!"

Of course this is a joke.

Grandma Lu can be sure that if Song Han is a concubine, Princess Ningde and Mrs. Lu may not be so disrespectful to Song Yichun.

Dou Zhao took Grandma Lu and sat down in the waterside pavilion.

Yan'an Hou's Mansion, Changxing Hou's Mansion and other houses with hairpin tassels that usually communicate with the British government have people coming intermittently, but none of them are the second daughter-in-law, grandma, Shizi's wife, and eldest wife.

Dou Zhao felt his face glow.

When it comes to the dinner party, the situation is even more embarrassing - there are only seven or eight tables of guests in the whole flower hall, and the aunt and grandma of the Hou family's birthday are not so deserted. [

Dou Zhao just sighed.

Those talented women and Mrs. Bo also saw some clues. Everyone buried their heads in eating, and no one said anything.

Because the Miao family was in Daxing, the Song family sent out the sedan chair before dawn, and Mrs. Song and Mrs. Li, who were Quanfu people for Song Han's wedding, also set off with the sedan chair early in the morning.

After dinner, everyone went to the new house together.

The new house is a small courtyard with two entrances and three rooms. The layout is very elegant. Part of the bride's dowry is piled up in the back warehouse, and some have been displayed. The two dowry maids and two dowry mothers of the Miao family watched .

Everyone looked at the bride's dowry, and saw that although the quilt was made of silk, the color and pattern were the styles of ten years ago; although the teacup was novel in appearance, it was not made by official kilns and was very cheap.As for the feather duster, the velvet will fall off when you touch it, the tin basin is so light that you can't handle it, and the jade in the jade bonsai doesn't seem to have any luster, like a stone...

Everyone can't help showing a bit of contempt.

Some inflexible ones said: "Isn't it a marriage bestowed by the emperor? Why are you accompanied by these things?"

Someone yanked the man's sleeve.

The man quickly shut up.

The two maidservants of the Miao family blushed with embarrassment.

Mrs. Song's face was red hot.I hurriedly called everyone to drink tea in the East Wing next to the new house.

Everyone went to the East Wing in silence.

Mrs. Song warmly invited everyone to eat fruits and melons, and then asked Mrs. Shanchang of Jinxiu Academy: "Where is your open academy? Do you know if you accept Mengtong?"

Shan Chang's wife drank tea elegantly, and said slowly: "The academy is opened in the Sun's alley next to the Yaowang Temple outside the city, and only accepts seven or eight-year-old Mongolian children..."

Everyone listened to them chatting, but Mrs. Hu came up to Dou Zhao and said with a soft smile, "Ma'am, don't be upset that I don't know what to say. I really feel pity when I see Miss Biao. I also think that my family has just become a widower." My cousin, who just became weaker this year, looks talented, and the family has a few acres of land. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of 16. The lady in front of him has no heirs and only lives with her widowed mother. She wants to give to your cousin Pulling the red thread, I took the liberty to ask."

As she spoke, she looked at Dou Zhao's expression cautiously.

Dou Zhao was very surprised, and felt that Mrs. Hu was too frivolous and shallow.It can be seen that her face is full of sincerity, and that family is considered a good one. She couldn't help hesitating a little, and said: "This matter has to be discussed with our family's eldest son. If that family is really interested, don't you prevent that person Write down your name, the situation at home, etc., and put it here, so that I can show it to the crown prince when the time comes."

Mrs. Hu did not expect things to go so smoothly.

With her status and status, it was not Song Han who got married.She didn't even think about stepping into the gate of the British government, and she just broke the boat.Take this risky move.

She nodded joyfully, and was accompanied by her servant girl to the west wing opposite.

If you can marry the eldest daughter of the British government who was rumored to be out of the bag, not to mention her cousin carp jumping over the dragon's gate, even they will follow suit.

She thought about what she was going to say carefully before writing.

Dou Zhao asked Ruotong to put away the note, and said, "We'll get in touch again at that time."

Mrs. Hu glanced at Jiang Yan who was engrossed in listening to the play, and nodded hurriedly.

It was a quarter of an hour before You time, and the wedding sedan chair entered the mansion.

Step over the brazier, worship the hall, enter the bridal chamber, and lift the hijab.

The face of the bride made everyone gasp in admiration.

Miao Ansu quickly glanced at Song Han, and found that the groom was quite handsome, and looked at her with surprise in his eyes, which greatly satisfied her vanity, and made her droop her face shyly. eye.

Song Han didn't expect the bride to be so beautiful.

His heart was shaken for a moment, and when Quan Furen served the glass of wine, his movements became gentle.

Miao Ansu felt the change in Song Han, and felt very proud, and became more courageous.As soon as Song Han walked out of the new house, her eyes swept around the female relatives.

Except for a young woman in a silver-red bikini who looks dignified and beautiful, and looks like a lady, the others are all women in their thirties.

Miao Ansu couldn't help curling her lips.

Didn't it mean that the Dou family has a beautiful appearance?It seemed normal to her.

It can be seen that this Dou family is just a person who was lifted up.

She winked at Ji Hong, the big maid who was close to her, and signaled her to reward the little maid who poured tea for her.

Ji Hong's face turned red and white, but he just stood still.

Miao Ansu was unhappy.

The servant girl still retreated respectfully.

Mrs. Song San thought of how the Miao family wanted red envelopes when she went to get married just now, and thought that after today, she would have nothing to do with herself, and she wished she could get a job right away, so how could she be in the mood to say anything to Miao Ansu.Mrs. Li really wanted to introduce the people in the room to Miao Suan, but she didn't admit it herself, so how could she introduce Miao Suan?

Everyone joked with Miao Ansu one by one.

Miao Ansu kept her mother's words firmly in mind, no matter what others said, she didn't hear it, just smiled.

Mrs. Hu praised Miao Ansu for her calmness.

A little maid came in and said with a smile: "Madam said it's getting late, and the wives and grandmas are going back home, so she will send the wives and grandmas home first."