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Chapter 100 Qianshu Plum Garden (Part [-])
Gu Xiangsi brought her two children and walked over wearing an expensive Firefox-collared cloak. Seeing the two of them talking in the pavilion, she stood at the end of the Jiuqu Bridge and called out to them: "Hey, you want to go with us!" Do you want to see plum blossoms?"

Zhao Sheng had sent someone to tell her before that the empress had sent an invitation to invite the three of them to see the plum blossoms.

Therefore, she wanted to call Li Haoyue and Qin Sancai to go together.

"See the plum blossoms? Okay!" Li Haoyue didn't want to be idle during the holidays, and when he heard that Gu Xiangsi invited them to see the plum blossoms, he immediately agreed.

Qin Sancai was dragged by Li Haoyue and ran out of the pavilion, along the Jiuqu Bridge to the bank. Seeing how luxuriously and beautifully dressed his little aunt was, he didn't want to join in the fun.

"Huh? Sister Xiangsi, you are dressed so grandly, are you going to a flower viewing party?" Li Haoyue circled around the three of them. He is wearing a light blue exquisitely embroidered upper and lower skirt, a blue large-sleeve shirt with wide sleeves and drooping gold thread embroidery, a snow satin cloak with a crane pattern and a fox collar, and a sticker between his eyebrows. Wearing red plum blossoms, light makeup on her face, and rouge at a glance, she is the beauty of that day, so beautiful.

Baozhu is wearing a small pink skirt, a coat with a fur-embroidered orchid-embroidered waistcoat, and a goose-yellow cape with a collar of white fox fur. The fluffy white fluff complements her whole body, making Yuxue even more lovely. .

Lord Xiling has always been calm and stable, but today he is also dressed in eye-catching attire.A set of ivory white straight train embroidered with gold thread, a gold inlaid jade belt around the waist, a jade pendant and a sachet hanging around the waist, an exquisite white jade crown on the head, and a black dark pattern cloak with a black fox fur collar. They all exuded a sense of nobility and arrogance.

Gu Xiangsi was annoyed by those surrounded by Li Haoyue, she rolled her eyes indecently, glared at him and said, "Are you going or not? If not, can we go?"

"Go, of course I will." Li Haoyue replied inwardly, it would be a pity not to experience such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Gu Xiangsi rolled her eyes angrily again, looked at the two of them and frowned and said, "Go and change quickly. I have had Sancai's clothes prepared for more than a dozen people in the guest house. As for you, Xiao Haozi? I really didn't prepare them for you." Let's do this! The emperor is used to coming to town to play in the king's mansion, and the mansion prepares a lot of clothes for him every year. Although you have a childish face, you are not short in stature, and your figure is about the same as the emperor's. Why don't you go like this? Look for Steward Zhao and ask him to help you get a new dress for the emperor, you can dress it up and deal with it first!"

Li Haoyue's heart was really hurt when she heard these words, Qin San only had clothes, but he had to wear the casual clothes prepared for the emperor, it was really annoying to compare people to others.

"Hey, Xiao Haozi, don't be ignorant of your blessings when you are in the midst of blessings. Those are clothes prepared for the emperor. Once you put them on, your status will immediately rise. That's the one... in the same robe as you." Gu Xiangsi rushed from behind. The backs of Li Haoyue and Qin Sancai roared, huh!Really sore throat.

Chu Qing hurriedly handed the prepared plums to the concubine. Today, the concubine still brought her and Fei Shu along. For this reason, she told Fei Shu secretly, to watch less and speak less, so as not to make people feel that the maids around the concubine are unruly. .

Fei Shu is also a girl bought from outside. After entering the mansion, Housekeeper Zhao sent someone to teach them the rules, but the princess is an easy-going person, and they gradually became a little too loose when they served her.

But the place they are going to today is unusual, if they are rude in front of others, they will definitely be thrown in the face of the princess.

It was also for this reason that after Steward Zhao and the old nanny explained to them each, Chu Qing reminded Fei Shu again and again that she must keep her duty, and don't look around to make people think they are unruly.

Gu Xiangsi and her three mothers have already left the house to wait for Li Haoyue and the others to get into the carriage. There are four carriages, the princess Gu Xiangsi takes Chuqing and Fei Shu in one, and Baozhu is accompanied by two nuns. Lord Xiling took a book boy in one, and Li Haoyue and Qin Sancai took one.

Steward Zhao sent six servants to accompany the car, four maids, and twelve bodyguards in black clothes. The battle was absolutely spectacular.

When Li Haoyue and Qin San changed their clothes and came out neatly dressed, they subconsciously swallowed their saliva when they saw the big battle. As expected of the princess going out formally, she is magnificent!
"Hey! What are you still waiting for? Get in the car!" Gu Xiangsi had been waiting for them, the curtains had been hung, and she could see them leaving the house at a glance, but the two of them were fine, they were stunned.

The expressions of Li Haoyue and Qin Sancai are really... Sigh!As for her, it is typical for her to wear a dragon robe and not look like a prince.

After the two of them also boarded the carriage, the team began to move forward slowly.

Although there is no sun in today's weather, it can be regarded as calm, with a little breeze and not much wind.

On the flat bluestone avenue, it has been swept clean and snow-free, and the ground is almost dry when the wind blows.

Zhenwang Mansion is a little far away from Qianshu Garden, about two or three miles away.

But because the ground in the city is flat, and this area is where officials and nobles gather, the speed of the carriage driving on the cleaned avenue is not slow.

Gu Xiangsi is not very interested in this banquet.

The main reason is that the child wants to go out to play, and she doesn't want to keep the child in captivity. She simply has nothing to do, so she takes everyone out for a walk.

Li Haoyue was curious about where Gu Xiangsi was going to take them to see the plum blossoms, so he opened the curtains and looked all the way, there were quite a lot of people, look at the big and small cars, but they were getting denser and denser.

Gu Xiangsi closed her eyes and dozed off all the way, the entertainment of this era seemed too boring for a person like her.

Chuqing saw that the princess closed her eyes and rested without them waiting for her, so she pulled Fei Shu again, and explained to Fei Shu over and over again nervously, lest Fei Shu, a careless little girl, would turn around and rush in again. What a disaster.

Fei Shu was also told by Chuqing over and over again, and she was a little nervous about explaining, she would not have come if she had known.

Chu Qing also doesn't want to accompany the princess to such a banquet, but...they are the maids of the princess, if they don't accompany her, who will accompany the princess?
"Princess, Qianshu Garden is here." One of the four maidservants who followed outside stretched out her hand to open the carved car door with the coachman, and opened the phoenix tail brocade curtain.

Gu Xiangsi slowly opened her eyes, her eyes were calm and unwavering, and her demeanor seemed to become elegant and noble all of a sudden.

Both Chu Qing and Fei Shu were stunned. The princess has changed a little too much, right?

But they were stunned for a moment, then got up and bowed out of the carriage first, and got out of the carriage.

The servant brought the gold-painted red paint down the ladder, put it beside the car, bowed his head and stepped back.

Gu Xiangsi bent down and got out of the carriage, stepped on the ladder next to the carriage gracefully and gracefully, and got off the carriage slowly and dignifiedly.

The main entrance of Qianshu Garden was cleaned spotlessly clean, and a three-foot-wide red carpet was spread along the roadside, and the entrance was also a long carpet, which would definitely not let guests' shoes get dirty.

Lord Xiling got out of the carriage, and immediately grabbed my sister's hand, fearing that my sister would run away and break the rules, and let these people see jokes, which would make my sister feel uncomfortable again.

The two nuns have been following behind the little princess with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and they are much calmer than Chuqing and the others.

The servants beside Lord Xiling were ordered to wait outside. Like all servants and guards, they were not allowed to enter Qianshu Garden.

Today's Qianshu Garden is full of wives, young ladies, and young masters from officials and noble families, how can they let them in, and offend these nobles by offending them?

Li Haoyue and Qin Sancai got out of the car, and he told Qin Sancai in a low voice: "No matter what you see, stay steady. Actually...they have nothing to scare us, after all, we are here with Sister Xiangsi , the sky is falling, and Sister Xiangsi, the concubine of Zhen Wang, is also supporting her, don’t you think so?”

"Brother Li, I'm not nervous, it's you who are." Qin Sancai frowned, because his hands hurt from being scratched.

Seeing Qin Sancai frowning and looking down at his hand, Li Haoyue smiled awkwardly and quickly let go.Tsk!Needless to say, the ignorant are fearless?

Qin Sancai really didn't know where Qianshu Garden was, and he didn't know these luxuriously dressed people, so he felt nothing to be afraid of.

Anyway, he was not afraid of strangers since he was a child.

Moreover, I remember that when their college organized a temple fair, there was a sea of ​​people, and there were many more people than these people.

Gu Xiangsi turned her head to look at Li Haoyue and the others, seeing that they had also followed, each followed by two maidservants, she felt relieved.

After the group of them entered the main gate of Qianshu Garden, a group of carriages from Duke Ningguo's mansion also arrived.

There were quite a few people from their family, three of them were young masters and young ladies, and so were aunts Wang and Han.

Of course, Mrs. Xiangjiang County took the lead, as well as Gu Yuhan's wife and son.

Relying on being the head of the eldest princess's mansion, Wang insisted on coming, and brought his daughter, daughter-in-law and grandson along with him.

Unconvinced, Mrs. Han wants to come, anyway, today is a blind date for her son, why can't she come?

Wen's temperament is cold and cold, and he doesn't like excitement.In addition, it was cold in winter and Gu Yusheng was not in good health, so she did not come with them to enjoy the plum blossoms.

Mrs. Shen is cowardly and cowardly, and the old lady has occasionally caught cold recently and is not feeling well, so she stayed at the mansion to take care of the old lady.

However, her daughter Gu Xiyue came with Mrs. Xiangjiang County.

Later came Wang's mother, Princess Huijia, as well as the concubines and young ladies of the two princes' families of the same generation as Jingzhong and Xiling Chu.

Of course, Su Jiuzhao, Yuliuzhao, Li Chun and his family also arrived later.

Because Li Mingjing had government affairs to deal with, he avoided this big blind date flower viewing feast.

But the others couldn't avoid it, and they were dragged by their own mother.

Yu Liuzhao's parents are not in the imperial capital, but he has a powerful aunt!

His aunt is the eldest daughter-in-law of Zong Zhengda's family. She is well-known, and she has no children who are not good.

Like an honest quail, Yu Liuzhao followed behind his aunt with his head down. After entering the door, he met Su Jiuzhao, who was always as cold as ice.

Yuliqu also saw Su Jiuzhao and Li Chunhe's two families, she walked over slowly with a dignified posture, nodded lightly and said: "Madam Su, Madam Li."

"I have met Princess Hua." Su Jiuzhao's mother and Li Chunhe's mother bowed to each other.

Yu Liuzhao also clasped his fan and saluted: "Mrs. Su, Mrs. Li, Mr. Su, Mr. Li, you are polite."

"Concubine Hua, Prince Yu, please be polite." Li Chun and Su Jiuzhao also politely returned the courtesy.

In front of their elders, they didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they had no choice but to abide by the rules.

After the three wives met each other, they brought the young lady and young master into Qianshu Garden.

There are five gates in Qianshu Garden. The family members of the royal family and nobles walk through the main gate in the middle, and the family members of first- and second-rank officials walk on the left and right sides.

The outermost two smallest doors, that is, the doors where two people walk side by side, are the doors for officials of the third, fourth, and fifth ranks.

As for the family members of lower-level officials?Unless someone brings it in, otherwise, it is impossible to enter Qianshu Garden.

Today is another flower viewing banquet held in the name of the empress. Everyone is holding an invitation card with the royal bronzing stamp, so they can enter.

Qianshu Garden was built during the time of Xiling Yan’s great-grandfather, and it took several generations to have the magnificent scene it is today.

It is said that Qianshu Garden covers an area of ​​[-] mu, among which there are many pavilions, lakes and canals, exotic flowers and plants.

Among them, the most beautiful ones are those plum groves, each of which has thousands of plum trees. It is the most magnificent and beautiful to watch snow and plum trees in winter.

Among them, there is a plum forest with "floating fragrance and beautiful snow falling", which is the most rare.

There are thousands of plum blossoms in the plum forest here, and the oldest tree is more than 100 years old and nearly 200 years old. Later emperors transplanted many rare or new plum blossoms. It can be said that the plum blossoms here are diverse, and the plum trees are tall and proud. The most beautiful place of "proud plum blossoms welcome winter snow".

Generally, no one else is allowed to enter here, in order to prevent someone from damaging the plum trees here, even if it is opened today, people are still selected to enter.

For example, children are not allowed to enter, women of low family background who are not well-behaved are not allowed to enter, maidservants and women are not allowed to enter, and men are not allowed to enter.

Gu Xiangsi didn't want to go in, so she sneaked away with the child.

Then, when a nanny asked respectfully, "Is Princess Zhen there?", no one responded.

Mrs. Zongzheng, who hosted the flower viewing banquet on behalf of the empress, had a look of displeasure in her eyes, but in the end she just calmly suppressed her displeasure, and invited everyone into the plum grove dignifiedly and elegantly.

There are some small hexagonal pavilions in the plum forest, where people can rest or gather together to enjoy the flowers.

There are also some stone tables and stools placed in the plum grove, some with chessboards, some with guqin, some with bamboo slips, and some with pens, ink, paper inkstones and fragrant tea.

The ultimate elegance, the ultimate tranquility, the ultimate beauty.

Mrs. Xiangjiang County brought people to meet with several ladies and ladies, saying that they were blind dates for each other's sons, but in fact, men and women could not meet each other. It was only because the parents of each other wanted to see if the girls were okay.

As soon as Mrs. Wang saw her mother, Princess Huijia, she gave a perfunctory salute to Mrs. Xiangjiang County, and took her daughter to see her grandmother.

Mrs. Han clenched Luopa in her hand angrily, because she was outside and she came to show her son a girl, so she suppressed the anger in her heart and stood a step behind the lady of Xiangjiang County in a proper manner. , smiling and listening to the conversation between Mrs. Xiangjiang County and Mrs. Bie's family.

Gu Xiyue's temperament is also a bit cowardly, who made Wang's unable to bully others, and just bullied their mother and daughter all the time?
Mrs. Xiangjiang County is often away from home, and Mrs. Han can't watch over their wives every day. Mrs. Wang, who has nothing to do, just vents her anger on them all day long?
As time passed, Gu Xiyue was taught by Shen's family to be more taciturn and soft-tempered like a persimmon.

It is difficult for her to marry a noble family like this. Didn't she look at these wives, that is, she politely praised Gu Xiyue for being pretty and lovely, but her eyes were full of disdain?
Gu Xiyue didn't expect to be favored by the wives of each mansion when she came out with her aunt this time. As for what kind of husband will she marry in the future?She didn't think about it either.

Anyway, the aunt will make the decision for her, and the aunt will not harm her. The aunt has told her, and she always remembers it.

When Mrs. Han of Xiangjiang County chatted and laughed with several wives and walked towards the pavilion, she stayed behind and told Gu Xiyue, "Go for a walk and relax yourself! Remember not to go too far, put your wrist on the Put on your fragrant pearls, and if you lose them, you will be found, understand?"

"Well, Sanniang, I remember." Gu Xiyue lowered her head and rested her right hand on her left wrist, responded with a voice like a mosquito, then bowed respectfully and sent Han Shi away.

Mrs. Han wanted to serve by Mrs. Xiangjiang County. After all, Mrs. Xiangjiang County, like other ladies and ladies, did not bring anyone in because she was not allowed to bring anyone under her.

But the other wives are surrounded by aunts and their own girls who are waiting for them. The aunt Wang of the Ningguo Duke's mansion left the mistress of the mansion and took her daughter to meet the mother of the Eldest Princess.

These wives in the real noble circle sneered at Wang's behavior in their hearts, and they even looked down on Gu Chenxi, Wang's daughter.

Such an ignorant concubine, marrying into the family, will only make people angry.

Originally, it was because Gu Chenxi's elder brother, Gu Yuhan, might become the heir of Ningguo Duke's family. How many other families wanted to reluctantly hire Gu Chenxi for the second son in the family, now let's see?Hehe, forget it!

The granddaughter of the Eldest Princess Huijia, their small family and temple can't tolerate such a rich daughter.

Mrs. Han walked up to Mrs. Xiangjiang County, and whispered to Mrs. Xiangjiang County about letting Gu Xiyue go to relax by herself, but the wife in the room who was present was very fond of her.

Looking at it this way, the eldest son Gu Yuhan is not necessarily the seat of the eldest son of Duke Ninguo's mansion!Aunt Han's son, even though he is the third eldest, is well educated, and all the friends he makes are from extraordinary backgrounds, so it is more suitable to be a grandson!

The most important point is that Mrs. Han is the wife of Xiangjiang County, and her daughter will not be wronged if she enters Ningguo's mansion, right?
What's more, this Han family seems to know the rules, which is much better than the daughter taught by the eldest princess Hui Jia who always pays attention to rules and etiquette.

When Mrs. Han saw that several wives gave her friendly smiles, she felt more at ease.

These wives all brought their prostitutes with them. Looking at these girls, they also have good looks and temperament. They are all gentle and submissive and understand the rules. If they can get one to be their daughter-in-law, it will be the blessing of her Yaner family. up.

(End of this chapter)