Pastoral Jiaoyi's mother and father are here

Chapter 184 Gu Meiren (Part [-])
Gu Xiangsi went out to talk to Chuqing and the others, and then came back. She saw a lot of fruits beside her, so she asked Bitao to bring a knife. She peeled apples and pears, and then asked Bitao to peel lychees, and put them in a bowl. On the crushed ice, someone went to get some sour plum soup, poured a little on the ice, and it was really good to eat.

Xiling Aomei likes to eat this shaved ice very much. It is so delicious. There are fruits and crushed ice. The sour plum soup is sour and sweet.

"Eat less, it hurts the stomach, especially women, don't be too greedy for cold." Gu Xiangsi also eats herself, but she doesn't eat too much, she knows how to restrain herself.

But Xiling Aomei is young, the weather is hot today, and she wears a lot of clothes, she will feel better after eating this, if she is not reminded, she will inevitably eat too much cold food, which is not good for her health.

Xiling Aomei reluctantly scooped up two more spoonfuls and ate them, and finally restrained herself and put down the spoon.

However, she is already much better. She was really hot and uncomfortable before, feeling dizzy and almost out of breath.

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Everyone is taking a seat in front, so male and female guests naturally cannot sit together.

The banquet was set in the house, and many ice basins were placed, but it was also very cool.

Before entering the table, Gu Xiyun saw two elegant young men in the corridor.

"Brother Li!" As soon as Gu Yuyan saw Li Chunhe, he waved his fan and walked past with a smile. When he saw Li Mingjing also came, he folded his fan and gave a salute with a smile: "Lord Li, be polite."

"Young Master Gu, you're being polite." Li Mingjing returned the greeting with a light smile. Their family is quite satisfied with this brother-in-law.

Gu Xiyun tugged on Gu Chenxi's sleeves again, fixed his eyes on the two elegant young masters, leaned close to her and asked in a low voice: "Who are they? Look at the third brother... they are very familiar!"

Gu Chenxi pulled back her sleeves, frowned in disgust, and said angrily: "The young master in the green bamboo-colored straight train is the eldest son of the Li family, the current prince's Taifu, that is, the prince's wife. The young man in the sky blue straight train is the Second Young Master Li. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He is in charge of all the promotion and assessment of the officials in the world. It's because the third brother is their future second brother-in-law! Oh, and also, the third brother and the emperor are brother-in-law."

"What? Third brother and the emperor..." Gu Xiyun turned her head to look at Gu Chenxi in surprise. In this way, Concubine Li Xian, one of the four concubines brought by the emperor today, is not the young lady of the Li family?

"Third brother's life is too good, right?" Gu Yubo was jealous again, this Ningguo mansion is a real treasure of geomantic omen, the eldest lady married a prince, and she is still the most favored and powerful prince.

The third lady married into Zhenxihou's mansion as the eldest concubine again. You must know that Zhenxihou is a general with a heavy army in his hands. Such a status is more valuable than ordinary princes!

Comparing in this way, it seems that the eldest brother's Yue family is not too outstanding, but the eldest brother's grandmother is amazing!The current emperor's direct aunt is the younger sister of the former emperor's mother, and her status is much more valuable than that of an ordinary eldest princess.

In short, in Duke Ningguo's mansion, the three of them are the only ones who have no power and no one.

"Jiuzhao!" Seeing Su Jiuzhao's figure, Gu Yuyan beckoned him to come over.

"Who is this young master?" Gu Xiyun's cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were full of spring as he looked at this cold young man in purple clothes. He was such a handsome young man, as cold as... Sigh!She didn't know how to describe it.

When Gu Chenxi saw Su Jiuzhao, he said in a low voice with some fear: "He is very weird. Any woman who has something to do with him either elopes with him or refuses to marry him, even if someone wants to marry him." Give him the final result... In short, he is a man with ill-fated fate."

"Do you want to be so scary?" Gu Yubo also came over, glanced at them, and asked in a low voice: "What is his identity?"

"One of the four great sons of the imperial capital, the only son of the Su family, his father is a great scholar in the world, and many officials are his father's disciples. His mother was born in the general family, and his grandfather was the first general of the late emperor's dynasty. As a general protecting the country, he later resigned and retired to the countryside. Now his uncle is also a general protecting one side, and his family background is not bad, and the family is still very large!" Gu Chenxi knows these princes and ladies of the imperial capital very well.

"Young master of the family? It's a pity, life is not very good." Gu Yubo sighed, turned his head and saw a gentle and beautiful woman walking in the bright sunshine, he pushed Gu Chenxi, and asked excitedly: "Whose lady is this?"

Gu Chenxi disliked it and walked away a bit, looking at Xiang Yugui, who was wearing a bamboo-colored orchid-grass tunic skirt, graceful and graceful, walking gently, and her younger sister Xiang Yulan, she said with a low laugh: "I said Fourth brother, don't be wishful thinking, this Miss Xiang, her fiancé, is Mr. Li, the Grand Tutor."

There was a slight look of disappointment in Gu Yubo's eyes, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the girl in the peony-colored skirt, and continued to ask undaunted: "Where is this young lady? Could it be that she has a famous woman?"

Gu Chenxi didn't want to talk to these two talkative brothers and sisters anymore, but Gu Yubofei pestered her to ask, and she said impatiently: "She is the second lady of the Xiang family, don't dream of marrying her, the scholar of the Xiang family Regardless of family background, whether it is a daughter-in-law or a son-in-law, they must be full of poetry and books. You are illiterate... there is no way that people will look up to you."

Moreover, Xiang Yulan is not young anymore. I heard that Mrs. Xiang has already planned to marry Xiang Yulan. The threshold of Xiang's family is almost broken by the matchmakers sent by each family.

There are so many noble sons who have not taken a fancy to them, so is it possible that they will take a look at someone from Gu Yubo's background?
Stop making trouble, even if the second elder brother wants to marry Xiang Yulan, the Xiang family might still consider it!
After all, Xiang Yulan is the second daughter, and she is also the first daughter.

No matter how talented and beautiful her second brother is, in this dynasty where the division between concubine and concubine is serious, her second brother is only the second son of a concubine, how can he be worthy of a young lady who is a concubine?

It's not that she wants to belittle the second brother, but the fact is so cruel.

The third brother and Li Siyan were just an accident, otherwise, this marriage would never have happened.

Look at the big brother, don't you know?The eldest brother is still raised under the name of the aunt!The results of it?Didn't he still only marry a daughter-in-law like Lin Yafang?
As long as he can't become the eldest son of Ningguo Duke's mansion, the son of a concubine, no one can look up to him.

When Xiang Yugui arrived, she only spoke a few words with Li Chunhe, then nodded politely to them, and left with her sister.

Everyone should be seated, and men and women will be separated.

Gu Chenxi was afraid that Gu Xiyun would make a fool of herself in front of others, so she asked her on the way: "Did you remember the etiquette taught by the mother before? I'm here for a banquet today, just try the dishes. Don't act like you haven't seen the world before." You’re a country bumpkin who devours food when he sees it, you know?”

"Understood, Mammy said, don't try to be full at the wedding banquet of the nobles, go home and eat when you are hungry." Gu Xiyun frowned, slandering all the way, not knowing what these people are thinking?Cooking so many delicacies from mountains and seas, not letting people eat them, just looking at them, and turning around, they are all down, are you invincible?

It's not as good as they are in the countryside, even if eating and taking it may make people laugh, but it's not a waste of the chef's hard work anyway?

Now that the weather is so hot, the vegetables can't be finished and can't be left alone. Wouldn't they be poured to feed the pigs?

Prodigal, what a prodigal, they don't even feed pigs to anyone, and I don't know what these people are thinking?
In fact, Gu Xiyun doesn't know a little bit, as long as it is not for a rich and unkind family, after the wedding banquet, the leftover dishes that have not been touched will be taken to the back door to distribute to the waiting beggars and poor families, and it will not be wasted Take such a good thing to feed the pigs.

The royal family held a wedding banquet, of course they would not be unkind to the rich, those people would wait at the back door after sunset, and the kitchen helper in the mansion would bring people along to distribute the food to those people.

After entering the table, fortunately, they were all a family, Gu Xiyun was restrained, but no jokes were made.

Wen Yan has been taking care of Baozhu for dinner, and there are not many people coming from the Ningguo Mansion today, only Ning Yezi brought their sisters to the banquet, but the concubines of the Han family cannot attend such a banquet .

Gu Xiyue is the only female relative in the Zhenxi Hou Mansion, so she also sat at the table with the Gu family.

The Wen family, like Duke Ningguo's, are royal in-laws, so they were arranged together. The room is only this big, and no matter how far away it is, they can't look up and look down.

The reason why Wen Yan kept lowering her head to take care of Baozhu for dinner was because she didn't want to face her mother's indifference towards her.

Ning Yezi took a look at the Wen family's table. The Wen family was similar to Duke Ning's mansion. A mistress with a few concubine daughters presumably had the same thoughts as her. A few lovely sons.

However, this Mrs. Wen, who has always been unsmiling and bound by rules and etiquette, is really rigid and makes people shake their heads.To force one's own daughter away, to break off friendship with one's own daughter, but to help someone else's daughter find a husband, this is... too sick.

Anyway, if it was her, she would rather be an enemy of everyone than to let her daughter be wronged.

The Chu family had seen her daughter early in the morning, and heard that she was doing well now. The master asked her to see this daughter several times in an attempt to use this daughter to cling to the King's Mansion of the Town.

But she never agreed, not to mention that her daughter is a disobedient and unfilial daughter, but Ye Wuyue's status as a mere civilian doctor, even if she is the apprentice of Princess Zhen, she is still a commoner.

How can a commoner be worthy of a young lady?The family is right, but since ancient times, we need to pay attention to it.

Therefore, she will not recognize her self-willed and depraved daughter, and it is even more impossible for her to marry such a commoner after recognizing her daughter.

What Ning Yezi said is absolutely correct, Mrs. Wen is a woman who is rigid to the core, and also a woman who is stupid.

After so many years, I don't know how she managed to sit firmly on the throne of Mrs. Wen's family?
The woman's banquet was very quiet. At most, everyone just glanced at each other, waiting for a good show.

pity!After a meal, Wen's family and Duke Ning's mansion didn't feel much at all, but Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xiang greeted Ning Yezi in a friendly way, with tacit understanding in their eyes.

Naturally, the Lin family also came, but they were arranged in a corner. It can be seen that even if the Lin family had some in-laws with the royal family, they could not compare with their true relatives.

Mrs. Lin wanted to interrupt several times, but unfortunately, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xiang, who were at the next table with Ning Yezi, kept talking to Ning Yezi, she just couldn't get in the way!
"Mrs. Xiangjiang County, this is the new lady of your mansion, right?" A brightly dressed noble lady looked at Ning Yezi with a smile on her red lips, wanting to see what she wanted to say.

Ning Yezi turned her head to look at the other party, with a look of grief in her eyes, she finally calmed down and said with a light smile: "The prime minister's wife guessed right, Xiyun is the fourth lady of our Duke Ning's mansion. Xiyun, have you seen the prime minister?" lady."

"Yes, mother." When Gu Xiyun came back, she did not lose her temper. She stood up and walked to the seat with her eyes lowered. She saluted the other party generously: "Xiyun has met the prime minister's wife!"

"Oh! Excuse me!" Chen Shi curled her lips into a cold smile, and raised her hand lightly to ask Gu Xiyun to excuse her with a condescending gesture.

It's really unexpected that Ning Yezi taught a country girl so well in just a few days.

"Prime Minister's wife excused you, so go back to your seat." Ning Yezi was always deserted, but no one knew how angry she was that the handkerchief was handed over because of the box of rouge. Completely broke up with her.

If she had said she liked the box of rouge back then, even if Feng Qiji had given it to her as a birthday gift, she would have asked Feng Qiji to give that box of rouge to her.

But she didn't say it clearly at the time, but secretly arranged her among the little sisters, saying that she was doing it on purpose, that she wanted to occupy such a box of good rouge without putting on rouge, and so on.

She really regretted it. Why did she make a handkerchief with such a person who behaved face to face and behaved behind the scenes?
After Gu Xiyun was seated, she took a sip of the tea that Nanny Yu handed her, her manner was elegant, calm and peaceful, and she couldn't find any mistakes.

Several wives looked at Gu Xiyun and nodded frequently.Whether it is the arrogant and domineering Gu Chenxi, or Gu Xiyun, who is said to be an illegitimate daughter, the lady of Ningguo Mansion can be a gentle and well-behaved lady as long as she is trained by the lady of Xiangjiang County.

Today, the two sisters are accompanied by only a nanny and a maid.

During this period of time, not only the young lady was trained, but even the maids who served the young lady had carefully taught them how to behave.

Nanny Yu and the other nanny are smart people, and they serve by the two young ladies just to prevent the young ladies from making mistakes.

The Chen family lost to Ning Yezi again this time, she was very angry in her heart, and even looked at these concubine girls with cold eyes.

The Zhao family didn't have any concubine daughters, but they wanted these concubine daughters to come on a blind date, it was really... just plain ridiculous.

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The banquet on the men's side was much more lively, especially when a group of young men of similar age gathered together, it was even more lively and exciting.

Gu Yubo has always been greedy and wanted to drink two more glasses of iced wine. This wine is a tribute wine from the Western Regions, and it is much better than the grape wine that ordinary people drink.

Gu Yuyan stretched out her hand to hold Gu Yubai's hand holding the wine, approached him and said in a low voice, "Have you forgotten what your mother told you before going out? Don't let anyone underestimate you if you are cautious in your words and deeds. You are now so greedy for one cup after another. , if you get drunk and embarrass yourself for a while, and people see it as a joke, you will never have a good marriage in the future."

Gu Yubo was also really frightened by Gu Yuyan's words, yes!His status is already enough to make people look down upon him, if he is a dog who doesn't pretend to be a dog when he usually goes out, then which good girl will marry him in the future?

He had pestered Gu Yuyan before and asked Gu Yuyan to take him for a stroll in Xilan City. To be honest, although the women on the street had pretty features, they were nothing compared to the noble woman he saw today.

Not only is she beautiful in appearance, but her words, deeds, and posture are undoubtedly not pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, if he wants to marry a noble girl, he shouldn't just marry a rough woman who doesn't understand anything!
When Gu Yuyan saw that Gu Yubai was still being persuaded, he felt somewhat relieved.During these days, he and his second brother had worked so hard, at least it made this guy a little ashamed.

How could the brothers know that it wasn't that Gu Yubo was ashamed, but that Gu Yubo was planning and dreaming sweet dreams!

It is absolutely impossible to marry a daughter-in-law of a family like the Xiang family.

But if they were just concubines, because they were treated differently, the mistress would not be as selfless as Mrs. Xiangjiang County, teaching every concubine well.

They only hope that the concubine's daughter is not good, and it is best that the concubine's daughter is extremely unpopular, so that they can show how outstanding the concubine daughter they raised is outstanding.

"You are the second young master Gu? Hehe... You are really beautiful, no wonder you have been kept in a deep house... Hiccup! Don't let anyone see you!" A drunk son came here to moleste in public Gu Yusheng.

Gu Yusheng was fine, but Gu Yuyan slapped the table angrily first.

Gu Yusheng was afraid that Gu Yuyan would get into trouble because of this, so he got up and left the table, stood in front of Gu Yuyan, looked at the drunk person opposite, and said calmly: "This young man is drunk, Gu will not care about you. This Whose son is it, please invite him back to his seat."

"Go away! I don't need your help, I still have to take a good look at this beauty Gu!" The young man waved away the entourage who wanted to help him, and looked obscenely at the white and green Gu Yusheng, whose skin was whiter than snow. , red lips and white teeth, she is really a pretty beauty.

Gu Yusheng's hand hanging by his side held Gu Yuyan's fist behind him, and he still said calmly and calmly: "Who's young master is drunk, please go to the bar to wake up. Today is the day of great joy for Princess Huayang." Today, if someone causes some scandal on such a day...the emperor hasn't left yet!"

The family who were originally watching the excitement, as soon as they heard Gu Yusheng's last words, they immediately got up in a group, walked over and dragged away the drunk brother.

One of them made a hypocritical apology and said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, my brother is not up to date and has caused trouble to Mr. Gu."

"It doesn't matter! Gu won't care about a drunkard." From the beginning to the end, Gu Yusheng had this calm and calm demeanor without changing his face before the mountain collapsed, which further brought out the despicable and ugly appearance of the other party's family.

The other party smiled awkwardly, turned around and scolded the servants angrily, telling them to send this embarrassing thing back to the house immediately.

The emperor is still here today!If the emperor is disturbed, their family will not even think about it.

(End of this chapter)