Red makeup against the world

Chapter 180
He only heard the tinkling of ring pendants, and a gust of fragrant wind hit. Xu Wanzhen raised her eyes and saw that the crowd surrounded by two noble ladies came in.This was the first time she saw a noble lady in Beijing, and she really hugged her with extraordinary style.

Tu Manfen hurriedly stood up, saluted one of the noble ladies, "I've seen Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Gao, and Mrs. Liu."

Mrs. Hou Lin of Anping wore a high bun, surrounded by emeralds and jewels, and pulled up a lacquered gold and dark pattern drape. She helped Tu Manfen up and said with a smile, "Get up quickly, you are not an outsider."

One sentence made Tu Manfen's cheeks turn red, this Mrs. Liu is her future mother-in-law, and Mrs. Lin is her great-grandmother, they are really not outsiders.

There are two sons in the Anping Marquis Mansion, and the eldest daughter-in-law is Gao Shi, the daughter-in-law of the Changping Marquis Mansion. The relationship between these two families is the best in the Marquis Mansion, so they came together this time.The second son's daughter-in-law is Liu Shi, the first daughter-in-law of the Duke of Pingguo, and the marriage between the high families is intricate.

It wasn't surprising to see people from her in-law's family here.Her mother, Mrs. Li, mentioned to her that since there were no elders present at home, she entrusted Mrs. Liu to take care of her at the flower festival.

When the two Madams arrived, all the women in the room put down their belongings and came forward to salute one after another. It was very lively for a while.

Mrs. Liu took Tu Manfen's arm, and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since I saw her, and her complexion is getting better."

Tu Manfen was ashamed to speak, a girl in a goose yellow dress joked: "Mother, the future sister-in-law is shy." This is Liu's eldest daughter Cheng Huixin, she and Tu Manfen have met several times in the past , Compared with other people, the two are more familiar.

Everyone sat down one after another. At this time, there were more than a dozen of the wives and misses alone, plus their own maids and maids from the princess mansion, there were a total of 30 people.The Accord, which was originally spacious, seemed crowded.

Regardless of Tu Manfen's objection, Cheng Huixin dragged her to sit with the female relatives waiting in Anping.Only Tu Manzhen and Xu Wanzhen were left at the round table here.

Tu Manzhen always found Xu Wan really disliked, she hung her head down and fiddled with the backgammon on the table, feeling bored.

There are so many people indoors, and incense is popular nowadays. The incense on the lady's body is mixed with the fragrance of powder, which dilutes the fragrance of tea and turnips in the room.Xu Wanzhen was very annoyed by the complex fragrance, and whispered to Tu Manzhen: "Second cousin, you see, we are the two of us here, and I'm afraid it's not good to occupy this table."

Tu Manzhen looked around, the round tables were all occupied, one in Anping Marquis Mansion, one in Changping Marquis Mansion, one in Tang Yuanyao's side, and one for Miss Cao's.The two on my side are indeed a bit conspicuous.When guests come, their status must be far superior to their own, and it will be even more embarrassing to give up their seats at that time.

Tu Manzhen lowered her voice and said, "It's really wrong, what do you think?"

"The window over there is nice, and you can also see the scenery. What do you think of the second cousin?"

After Tu Manzhen nodded, Xu Wanzhen asked Caisi to invite the maid from the princess mansion, and said: "This sister has invited, and we sisters want to move the window over there."

This maid had a delicate mind, she knew the reason at a glance, she stepped forward with a smile, and removed the used tea and Shuanglu from the round table.After they chose a table under the window and sat down, they served tea again.

After changing the location, there is fresh air and the fragrance of outdoor plants and flowers by the window, Xu Wan really feels much refreshed, and sits quietly watching the scenery.

But where is Tu Manzhen someone who can relax?Sitting under the window, she happened to have a panoramic view of everyone in the room.I saw the fragrance of clothes and shadows on the temples, and everyone laughed and feasted.

On the other hand, I was thrown aside, and I didn't know many people, so I could only sit with this Xu Wanzhen. I was in an awkward situation, and I couldn't help but secretly resented.Thinking of Tang Yuanyao's sarcasm before, she blamed Xu Wanzhen, thinking that her status as a business owner had caused her trouble, otherwise, she would at least have met a few boudoir ladies of similar status.

Not long after, two more waves of female guests came in one after another, all of whom were much higher in status than Tu Manzhen, and they followed the group of female guests to meet and salute, and then sat under the window again.Seeing Xu Wanzhen's indifference, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

Seeing that the missing mark points to two o'clock, a lively and pleasant maid comes in outside the door, it is Chun Ying who Xu Wan really knows.She greeted everyone with a smile and said: "Ladies and ladies, please follow me to the 'Shu Yuxuan'."

Although there are many people in Accord, they are orderly at the moment.Without words, the one with the highest status stood up first and walked in the front, and the rest followed in turn.Tu Manfen and the female relatives of the Anping Hou Mansion walked together, glanced at Tu Manzhen, and signaled her to keep her own place.The last ones were Tang Yuanyao, Tu Manfen and Xu Wanzhen.

Relying on the large number of people, Tang Yuanyao took the first step and gave them a provocative look with a smile.

Tu Manzhen couldn't help being depressed, but Xu Wanzhen was so happy.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cai Si whispered in her ear and introduced the female guests she recognized one by one.Only then did she know that at today's flower fair, all the concubines and concubines came, and not a single concubine appeared.

Following the crowd, Xu Wanzhen walked forward slowly. The identities of the people in front of her, apart from Dingguo's mansion, no other female relatives had appeared.Thinking about the female guest in this Accord, the highest status is only Mrs. Hou Fu.

For this flower show, I just quietly act as a visitor.I don't know when Wu Zhengxiang appeared?He said that he would come to see him at the flower festival, but after a while, he hadn't seen him for several days.Xu Wanzhen squeezed her hand lightly, it turned out that his imprint on her heart was already so deep.

"Shuyu Pavilion" is located by the stream and consists of a large hall and two small halls.

When everyone stepped into the small hall, they saw that the precious peonies brought by various prefectures were all displayed here, and the room was full of fragrance.Yao Huang, Wei Zi, Dou Lu, and Zhao Fen, four famous products that are rarely seen on weekdays, are all listed, and there is more than one pot.There are also Erqiao, Yulouchun, Xiangyu and other varieties.

A red sandalwood sign was tied under each pot of flowers, on which were written the words "Dingguo Gongfu", "Qiwangfu" and "Anpinghoufu" in small letters, presumably they should be the corresponding mansions.

Xu Wanzhen looked over one by one, and there was actually a rare Qinglong Womochi and a pot of Guanshi Moyu, and the wooden signs hanging below were "Prince's Mansion" and "Qi Wang's Mansion" respectively.

It turns out that the prince is also here, Xu Wan thought secretly.Thinking about it, no matter how they fight openly and secretly, the brothers and sisters on the bright side still have to put on a show.

Turning around the flower hall and entering the open pavilion, the eyes suddenly opened up.This is an extremely spacious place, with gurgling water in front of it, the bamboo curtains on all sides have been rolled up, and the lavender soft smoke fluctuates in the wind.Looking out is a large peony bush, and there are various koi swimming under the window, the scenery is superb.

At this time, the spring has passed and the summer is not yet here. The cool breeze flows in the open pavilion, bringing the fragrance of flowers, which is the best time of the year to enjoy the scenery.

(End of this chapter)