History of Empress Dowager Development

Chapter 65

Sitting and talking for a while after the meal, the old lady asked someone to serve her to rest because she was afraid that Linlang would be exhausted.Lin Lang's residence is just next door to Qin Zhen's. The two attics are connected. There are five rooms at the bottom, but they are connected at the top. One side is used as a study and embroidery room, and the other side is connected with six open halls. The view is excellent.In front of the house are half clusters of chrysanthemums and half clusters of peonies, and behind it is a pond with complete pavilions and weeping willows.

In addition to Lin Lang's accompanying mother Yang, Jin Xiu, Jinping, and Mu Xiang, the Wu family arranged for an additional woman and two maids to wait on her.

Qin Zhen usually does not have any sisters to accompany her, so now Lin Lang is here, so she is very happy.The two of them reached the residence holding hands, and she reluctantly said, "Ling Lang, take a good rest, and I'll take you to the garden tomorrow. Hmm... I don't know how it compares to the one in the capital, but in the Jiangnan area, this garden is also top-notch. .”

"Mother said earlier that the garden here is dozens of times better than that in the capital, and I want to see it too!" Lin Lang looked forward to it.

"Really?" Qin Zhen was dubious.

"Really! When my sister goes to the capital, I'll know when I show you around." Lin Lang said with confidence.Having lived in this garden for a few years in her previous life, she is of course very clear about which is better.

Qin Zhen became happy, "Then it's settled!"

After resting for the night, Lin Lang followed Wu Shi to visit her uncle and two cousins ​​the next day. When the tailor brought people over, the aunts and sisters-in-law went to measure the clothes, talking and laughing.

The Qin family has been in the south of the Yangtze River for several generations. Although the population is not considered prosperous, they are very particular about marrying wives and daughters. Now the relationship is intertwined and they are very powerful in the Jiangnan area.This tailor is called Wei Jiuniang. She is a leader in Yuanzhou. She is very good at cutting and embroidering. People like this at home make clothes, and they don't have the skills to say.

Qin Zhen and Wei Jiuniang had been dating a lot, so she asked when she was doing the body fitting, "Is the chrysanthemum appreciation clothes I asked you to make last time ready?"

"It's already done, and it's in the package. Let me try it after you finish measuring." Wei Jiuniang smiled, and said to Mei: "Young Madam's clothes are also ready."

"Master Wei is really fast." After measuring, Mei waited by the side, flipped through some embroidered handkerchief sachets they brought over, and sighed in admiration.Lin Lang is also free now, so she leaned over to have a look together. Although those sachets are small, if you look carefully at the stitches and embroidery, everything has been worked hard, and it is not worse than the famous embroidery in the capital. Pick it up and sniff it, it seems It smells like dogwood.

Wei Jiuniang said: "It was rushed out these days, and it was prepared for the Double Ninth Festival for the girl and the young lady."

"Yes, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival. I heard from my mother that I will go to the county prince's mansion for a banquet. Lin Lang will come with us? I happen to know the sisters here." Then he asked Wei Jiuniang, "Are there enough sachets?"

"I've made four sets, girls just choose." Wei Jiuniang was thoughtful.

Qin Zhen is now in her cardamom age, she is extra careful about clothing and jewelry, and is also picky about clothes, and it took a long time to calculate it.Wei Jiuniang invited her and Mei to try on the clothes, and they were both good, so she gave some Xie Jin and sent someone to take them back.In the afternoon, the jewelry shop also sent someone over to ask Qin Zhen to choose.

At that time, Lin Lang was talking with Qin Zhen in Wu's room, and Wu helped Qin Zhen carry jewelry, and gave Lin Lang some of them.He also explained that his son was going to the county prince's mansion for a banquet, and asked Lin Lang to go to relax, and Lin Lang naturally agreed.

Linlang went outside to He Wenzhan's residence in Xiang Wan, and told him about going to the Prince's Mansion, and He Wenzhan agreed, "I heard that the chrysanthemums in the Prince's Mansion are the best, so it's good to go and have a look."

"What will Daddy do tomorrow?"

"The princess of the county entertained the female relatives, and the prince of Rui County also invited male guests. Tomorrow, your second brother Xu and I will also go, but we won't be with you." He Wenzhan stroked his daughter's hair and said: "You must listen to your aunt. , don't be as naughty as at home again!" Lin Lang naturally agreed.

The next day is the Double Ninth Festival, which coincides with the crisp autumn air, which is a good time for climbing and traveling.Outside the city of Huaiyang, there are beautiful mountains and rivers, and all the men and women in the city go out to climb high places to enjoy the scenery, which is extremely lively.Rui County Prince's Mansion posted a post early on, in order to accommodate Jing'er's ascension, the banquet for the female relatives was held in the other courtyard of the Prince's Mansion at the foot of Ling Mountain outside the city, and the men's guests gathered on the mountainside.

Lin Lang was woken up early in the morning by Qin Zhen.Qin Zhen's family has a simple population, and is so spoiled that she is pure and lively. Seeing that Lin Lang wanted to stay in bed, she stretched her hand into the bed to make trouble for her. The two sisters laughed for a long time, and when Lin Lang got dressed, they washed up together dress up.

Qin Zhen still didn't forget to tell them, "Dress up well, it's your first time here today, so you have to tell them to open their eyes." Lin Lang just smiled and didn't answer.

A daughter raised by a high-ranking official's family, in such a place where richness and beauty are valued and compared, is naturally competitive and loves to show off. Qin Zhen's attitude shows that she has a frank and sincere temperament.But for Lin Lang... Excellent appearance coupled with deliberate attire, it is easy to attract attention and attract peach blossoms, which is not what she wants.In this life, she dared not touch love and marriage again. Some evil relationships should be extinguished before they sprout.

During this trip to the south of the Yangtze River, she didn't want to stand out from the limelight, and she didn't want to be admired by any young man. She even preferred to be inconspicuous in the crowd, so that she wouldn't attract hatred and envy.Do less tricks and do more work, she told herself.

But her basics are there, even if she just put on makeup and powder and decorated with hairpins, she is extraordinarily beautiful.

So when she arrived at the other courtyard of the Wangfu and followed Qin Zhen and Mei Shi through the sea of ​​autumn chrysanthemums, someone outside the low wall with open windows couldn't help but stop and look at it for a long time, then turned around and told the followers behind, "Go and inquire, look at the person with eyes Who is the girl who gave birth to?"

(End of this chapter)