Yutai Bi

Chapter 145

"Young Madam, the cover of this invitation was drawn by talented scholars from the Chongwen Academy. Maybe in the future, some of the most powerful ministers or famous people will be worth a lot of money." Du Xifu reminded again.

She is the only co-author!Cen Sanniang closed the invitation and said, "Did you bring the potted flower back?"

"I brought it back, and I gave the flower farmer five taels of silver, and hired him to take care of it tomorrow. I put people and flowers in the wing room in the front yard, trimmed them, and sent the car to carry them away tomorrow." Du Xifu was still immersed. in excitement.

"Boss Du is thoughtful." Cen Sanniang praised him, and said, "Tomorrow, I will go with the second girl, and Hei Qi will drive the car for us, and you can arrange another car for the girls. The accompanying guards have all changed into new clothes go."

"I'll make arrangements now." Du Xifu went excitedly.

Ah Qiuxia laughed excitedly when she heard Cen Sanniang call for a carriage for them.

"Okay, I won't take a nap today. Go and get the materials left over from that day and make some head flowers, so you can wear them tomorrow." Cen Sanniang laughed.

The next day, the flower farmer and two other guards drove the car to send Peony to Suiyuan early in the morning.

After breakfast, Cen Sanniang and Du Yanwan packed up and told Mrs. Du to leave the house.

Du Yanwan wore a light purple gown with lapel collar, and a pair of black cloth boots with raised toes.He wears a mustache hat on his head.

The style of the beard hat is a felt hat shape, the top of the hat is slightly pointed, and the body of the hat is woven with patterns.A red sapphire the size of a grain of rice is inlaid on it.These precious stone fragments are not very valuable, but they are very beautiful when set together for decoration.

She was originally tall and tall, and this dress matched her overall temperament very well.A yellow rose the size of a wine cup was inserted on the temple where the brim of the hat was exposed.This flower was made yesterday by Cen Sanniang. It is the size of a wine cup and is about to bloom.Don't be on the sideburns, don't have a delicate taste.

Cen Sanniang knew that she was there to see her. Last night, she asked Du Yanwan how she was dressed, so she dismissed the idea of ​​wearing a Hu suit.I chose a light-colored shirt and pulled up the shawl.The snail bun is combed, and there are only a few gold flower-shaped tinsels inserted beside the bun, and a string of silver chains strung with pink pearls is tied behind the bun.The belt cinches the waist for a snug fit.Deliberately not to steal Du Yanwan's limelight.

Standing with Du Yanwan, one is heroic and the other is petite and beautiful.

Hei Qi glanced at the two of them, the corners of his mouth twitched inadvertently, he took a small stool and let the two of them get into the carriage, and he sat on the shaft to drive the carriage.

Both Ah Qiuxiachu and Du Yanwan's maid Duo'er wore double buns, pink narrow-sleeved jackets and bright red high-waisted skirts.All three of them had finger-sized strings of pink jasmine wrapped around their buns.Sit in a car behind.

Six guards were dispatched to the mansion, all of them were dressed in newly-made samurai uniforms with black background and red breastplate and arrow sleeves, riding on horseback with their heads held high and their chests held high.

Tongshanfang is close to Qixia Gate, and Qujiang River passes by.Far away from the imperial city, the population living in Tongshanfang is relatively small.Qujiang passes through the square, and the trees on both sides are shady and the scenery is beautiful. Many gardens have been built along both sides of the river.

Sui Garden is one of these other gardens.It does not receive guests at ordinary times, and only opens the door to welcome guests when the peony party is held every year when the peony flowers bloom.

On Heiqi Road, he spoke slowly to the two people in the car.Then he mentioned: "The owner of Suiyuan has always been mysterious. He holds the Peony Fair every year, but never attends it. However, Dalang Zou has paid a lot of money to buy peonies at the Peony Fair for two consecutive years. It is estimated that he will not be absent this year."

Du Yanwan blushed and pretended not to hear.

Cen Sanniang curled her lips and thought, who raises peonies and can sell famous peonies at sky-high prices?Of course they are dignitaries and rich people.Peony will be the best chance to meet these people.Maybe this owner of Suiyuan is Zou Jia Dalang, but he is a businessman, and if his identity is known, it is inconvenient for him to pretend to be aloof and refuse to give him an invitation.

However, she had to praise Hei Qi's idea, which was a hundred times stronger than the idea of ​​meeting Du Yanwan while shopping.

She whispered to Du Yanwan: "There are a lot of people here, take a look, don't hang yourself on a tree with a crooked neck."

When Du Yanwan heard her say that Mr. Zou was a tree with a crooked neck, she nodded with a muffled smile.

A group of people from the Du Mansion arrived at Suiyuan.After getting out of the car, Hei Qi drew a sword out of nowhere and held it in his hand, standing beside Cen Sanniang and Du Yanwan.

Only then did Cen Sanniang notice that Hei Qi had changed her clothes, especially the creases on the long gown, it could be seen that it was just taken out of the suitcase.With a turban on his head, his temperament has changed, and he is different from the man sitting in the yard weaving bamboo baskets.

Hei Qi glanced at the three servant girls behind them, pouted her lips contemptuously, and stretched out her hand, "Invitation card."

Cen Sanniang handed it over to him.Hei Qi stepped forward and handed it over.A group of people were welcomed in.

A beautiful maidservant acted as a confidant. Seeing Cen Sanniang and the others enter the door, she stepped forward and saluted: "There are curtains and banquets by the river. There are famous peonies sent by various prefectures in the East Garden. Everyone, please help me." Feel free to watch it. The West Garden is an auction, and it has already started. If you are interested, you may wish to take a look. If you are tired from walking, you can go to the river to rest."

Point out the directions for everyone, give a salute, and ask them to help themselves.

Since we are here, we must go to see the flowers first.I went to East Park.

Water from the Qujiang River was introduced into the garden, winding into a canal.Next to it are low tables with various peonies.Each table is two or three feet apart, so I'm not afraid of being compared to each other.On each table is a famous servant or maidservant.Once someone comes up to watch, introduce with a smile.

Just in the spring, looking around, the garden is full of spring.

Cen Sanniang and her group walked slowly, but the third maidservant wanted to see the pot of Jade Tower Diancui in her house, and stretched her neck to look around.

There are quite a few people in the garden, and from time to time you can see a few people gathered in front of a pot of peonies, discussing the shape of the flower, or arguing about whether it is good or bad.

At this time, I heard a person in front of me yelling: "Eighteen Scholars! You can actually see Eighteen Scholars!"

This voice spread far away, attracting everyone to gather around.

Cen Sanniang thought, isn't the Eighteenth Bachelor a famous product in Camellia?It is said that there are eighteen flowers blooming on a camellia tree, with different sizes and colors.Peony also has eighteen bachelors?I was also a little curious, so I dragged Du Yanwan to look.

The pot of Eighteen Scholars was placed on a table, with flowering branches as thick as a dwarf tree.The green leaves are like clusters, lining up with a dozen or so peonies. Looking at it from a distance, it is true that each flower is different.

"How could there be eighteen bachelors?" Someone was surprised.

Some people immediately retorted: "Sir, don't you know something? I chose thick and ordinary peonies from the wild mountains in the mountains, and each branch was transplanted by grafting and connection. Some of them survived three colors, called Sanyuan and younger brothers. Some survived five colors. , known as the Five Blessings, among which the best is the Eighteenth Bachelor. To survive, I don’t know how many years of hard work it took.”

As soon as this remark came out, those who understood nodded their heads one after another, and those who did not understand were full of admiration.

But some people still didn't believe it, so they leaned over to take a closer look.

Everyone wanted to take a closer look, but Cen Sanniang was almost squeezed into the ditch after such a squeeze.She was unsteady, stretched out her hand and grabbed a sword.Steady her body and turned around to look, it wasn't Hei Qi who stopped her with a sword.

"Thank you." Cen Sanniang said.

Hei Qi didn't speak, but his eyes clearly said, do you know why a certain family followed?It's useless to have two maidservants around.

Cen Sanniang immediately decided not to thank him.Just being too lazy to join in the excitement, he took his second maid and wanted to ask Du Yanwan to change places.Hei Qi whispered, "Look!"

What are you looking at?Cen Sanniang looked left and right for the target, and subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands.

I saw Du Yanwan copying his hands, and a man across from him also copying his hands, as if they were staring at each other.

"Yan Wan!" Cen Sanniang called out anxiously, and was about to go over.

With a tight arm, Hei Qi pulled her back: "Young Madam, don't forget the purpose of this trip."

The purpose of this trip is twofold, one is to visit Zou Jia Dalang, and the other is to sell the pot of Jade Tower Diancui at a high price.How could Cen Sanniang forget.

She was stunned for a moment and realized that the man with his back facing herself and Yan Wan in a cockfighting pose was Zou Xiongjie?
Thinking about it this way, she was not in a hurry to go there.Slowly looking at Zou Xiongjie's background.He was wearing a green gauze robe, and he was not short.extremely thin.Cen Sanniang could see the slender neck protruding from the collar.There is a turban on the head, but fortunately, it is not green.

When did the two meet eyes?Could it be when I noticed that exotic peony?
At this moment, I don't know what the two of them said, Du Yanwan blushed, and kicked her.

That angle... if you kick it firmly, be careful not to cut off your children and grandchildren.Cen Sanniang moved her hand to cover her eyes, separated her fingers and continued watching the play.

Zou Xiongjie reacted quickly and took a big step back.Did not kick.

Du Yanwan was about to leave, Zou Xiongjie took another step across to stop her, said a few words, Du Yanwan bypassed her and came over with Duo'er.

"He said, as long as you like the peony, someone is willing to spend thousands of dollars to buy it as a gift." Hei Qi said leisurely in Cen Sanniang's ear.

"What? Isn't he a famous old man? Can you read lips?" Cen Sanniang asked in surprise.

"Sister-in-law. How about we sit by the river for a while? There are too many people here." Du Yanwan's face was still flushed, and she didn't even smile at all. She couldn't tell if she was happy or angry.

Cen Sanniang thought to herself, it just satisfies my curiosity.He took Du Yanwan's arm and walked towards the garden gate.

When we reached the door, a large group of people poured in.All of them are gorgeously dressed and arrogant.The first two were the Weiss sisters, and there were four or five young masters standing behind them.

(End of this chapter)