Splendid concubine

Chapter 56

Because she got the old lady's permission, Liu Ruyi was very motivated, and quickly brought the two maids to work.

The little maids in the yard were sent around by Liu Ruyi, and they didn't stop at all. Linglong finally got over the addiction of being a big maid, standing on the porch and yelling, let this little girl do this, that little girl Go do that, coax yourself to be happy, Xiangyi is happy to hide in peace, and let Linglong go with a smile.

Since it is a banquet, it must not be a matter of their yard.

Although Liu Ruyi's few servant girls have all started to act, they are not enough at all.

Fortunately, after the old lady sent the eldest lady away, the house became Aunt Jia's head again.

Aunt Jia was happy to take advantage of Liu Ruyi's east wind to let Liu Jiaren get in touch with the ladies of the powerful and powerful families in Beijing.

Liu Jiaren is not too young, she is already ten years old, and in two or three years, she will start to think about marriage, and she has a good idea of ​​seeing each other in advance, although Liu Ruyi said a long time ago, this time The banquets were all ladies, and there were no men, but if a lady does not have an older brother or younger brother, it is also possible to visit.

Therefore, Aunt Jia was very active in helping Liu Ruyi make arrangements.

Not only did they send many maids to Liu Jiaren, but they also helped move many withered flowers and trees to one side in the garden, leaving a large open space beside the pond.

There are some residual lotus in the pond at this time, which is very artistic.

Aunt Jia also ordered the kitchen to prepare all kinds of snacks in advance, such as almond cream, walnut soup, osmanthus cake, horseshoe cake, and many pastries that Liu Ruyi didn't know what they were called.

Not only that, Aunt Jia also sent people to bring out many jars of peach blossom wine from the old lady's yard.

Peach blossom wine is considered the old lady's forte, and she insists on brewing many jars every year, and now it happens to be used as a treat for Liu Ruyi.

The pulp of peach blossom wine powder is mixed with fine petals, especially when it is poured into a cup, it is very beautiful when it shakes, the taste is good, and the taste of wine is not strong.

After entering the palace to enjoy the flowers, Liu Ruyi can be regarded as a celebrity in the capital.After all, the goddaughter of the emperor and the imperial concubine is not much different from the princess.

What's more, the emperor has clearly shown that he likes Liu Ruyi very much. The emperor does not have a princess. Maybe in the eyes of the emperor in the future, Liu Ruyi will be similar to his own daughter. If she borrows money, it may not be a good thing.

If she becomes a princess, her future is boundless.

Liu Ruyi personally wrote invitations, and in the name of the Liu Mansion, invited many ladies in the capital.

As for whether the ladies will come or not, and how many people come, Liu Ruyi can't control it. The post is written in the name of the Liu family, even if there are few people who come, Liu Ruyi doesn't feel ashamed.

On Mu Zitan's side, Liu Ruyi went there in person and delivered the posts in person. Mrs. Mu only felt that she had a bright face, so she had to let Mu Zitan participate.

Although Mrs. Mu saw that the eldest son of Liu's mansion made a fool of himself, she felt that Mu Zitan had a greater chance of marrying into Liu's mansion.

"Girl from the Liu family, please sit here for a while longer, just to have a good chat with Zitan." The wrinkles on Madam Mu's face were piled up, and she smiled like an old chrysanthemum, desperately trying to persuade Liu Ruyi to sit at home for a while longer. .

Liu Ruyi had no choice but to sit down because of face, Mu Zitan was not good at words, so she sat and listened to Liu Ruyi's talk for a while, then Liu Ruyi asked Mu Zitan to take her around Mu Mansion.

The Mu Mansion is not particularly big, but there is a pavilion in five steps, and a pavilion in ten steps. The scenery is unique, but there is no way to hold a large-scale banquet. However, the Mu Mansion is always low-key, and it will not hold banquets, right?
Walking around, I saw many people from the Mu Mansion. The Mu Manor was extremely enthusiastic, especially Mrs. Mu. I must have heard that Mu Zitan said about Liu Ruyi protecting her in the palace. I took Liu Ruyi for lunch, and kept Liu Ruyi for dinner. The meeting gift was a whole set of honors. By the time Liu Ruyi returned home with a lot of gifts, it was already dark.

The third day is already a banquet.

Liu Mengxue and Liu Wanwan were still copying the Nv Ze Nv Ring, and it was still early before they left the yard.

However, if they are not allowed to participate, how can they be willing?They all went to the old lady to intercede.

"Old madam, let me participate. Old madam, you can't be so partial, I'm also your biological granddaughter, why can't you let me borrow the light of second sister? Could it be that you only have fifth sister in your eyes?" Liu Mengxue Crying and howling to go, hugging the old lady's thigh, not caring about her image at all, crying very ugly.

She hadn't been out of the yard for almost a month, and Liu Mengxue was never idle on weekdays, and after nearly a month, she was almost suffocating.

"It's alright, alright, don't howl here, I'm so bored, just go if you want to, how many times have you copied the things, go back and copy after you're done, don't leave the yard if you don't finish copying." The old lady was very impatient , and waved Liu Mengxue away.

"Okay, thank you grandma." Liu Mengxue achieved her goal, and obediently responded, walking much more briskly.

Just as Liu Mengxue left, Liu Wanwan came.

"The granddaughter can't think about it anymore, and she won't disturb the grandmother's rest in the middle of the night, so the grandmother spared the granddaughter. Just this time, the granddaughter has been in poor health since she was a child, and she is indeed sensitive and suspicious. Grandma, the granddaughter will never dare again next time." Now, you bypass the granddaughter this time first, and let the granddaughter and the second sister get closer." Liu Mengxue was crying just now, and Liu Wanwan was out of breath.

"You go too, don't bother me here crying, it's disgusting." Mrs. Liu reprimanded Liu Wanwan not at all politely.

Finally achieved their goal, both of them had smiles on their faces.

Although Liu Ruyi didn't want to, but the old lady agreed, the matter is a foregone conclusion, what can I do?It's not good to have the reputation of being an unfriendly sister.

Early in the morning of the small banquet, Liu Ruyi, with the help of her maid Linglong, chose a set of bright green dresses to put on.

The makeup on the face is also ordinary, so you must not steal the limelight from others and become the target of public criticism.

Although only ladies were invited to the banquet and no men were invited, Liu Ruyi took her sisters to greet the guests at the gate of the mansion early in the morning.

"Hi Miss Sun, this way please, go have some snacks and some tea first."

"Long time no see, Miss Wang, please come inside."

After laughing all morning, Liu Ruyi felt her face was a little stiff.

Forty or fifty of the ladies who received the invitations have already come, and it must be almost the same.

Just when she was about to go back to the mansion, Liu Ruyi saw three young men riding tall horses, escorting two carriages coming straight.

The carriage was very luxurious, and it was not covered with ordinary blue coarse cloth, but a thin silk cloth embroidered with gold thread, which looked like no ordinary person.

The tall horses are also very unusual. The two horses look snow-white, with no dirt on their bodies. The breed is also extraordinary, and the hooves of the horses fall almost silently.

Liu Ruyi looked over carefully, and the one riding on the horse turned out to be Zhao's cousin.

Liu Ruyi was very annoyed by Zhao's cousin's rude remarks last time.

Unexpectedly, this time, instead of sending a post to their house, someone came.

"Hahahahaha, my cousin is here, aren't my cousins ​​welcome?" When they reached the gate of the mansion, the people from the Zhao family got off their horses immediately.

Compared with the second cousin, the first cousin of the Zhao family, the first cousin is slightly stronger, while the second cousin seems to have been hollowed out, his face is pale and looks very weak, this is the last time I have seen it.

Followed by someone I haven't seen before, it seems to be the legendary third cousin.

The reason why it is said in the legend is because the third cousin is a well-known big shot in the capital, a very famous dandy, the back yard is full of women, such as brothels, courtiers, women who were robbed by force, and handsome men who sold themselves to bury their fathers. Girl, there are countless other rooms.

Although the Zhao family has fallen, there are still many small officials trying to curry favor.

In addition to the maids who gave birth to children at home, and the maids bought from outside to take over the house, it is said that there are at least twenty or so women in the backyard. come out.

Seeing the third cousin's greasy hair and noodles, Liu Ruyi frowned instinctively, for fear that the third cousin would spoil a good banquet.

"Why are you not welcome? Don't think that my aunt is not at home, and you villains will be overturned. Let me tell you, if my aunt is not at home, I can still take care of you. It is not my aunt who will marry you in the future." Forget it? Why don't you show a little smile quickly, and look dejected." Although the second cousin was pale and thin, his voice was not low.

Raising the whip in his hand, he looked very vicious.

Liu Jiaren was so frightened that she was about to cry, tears were rolling in her eyes.

Although Liu Wanwan didn't know what happened, but hearing such abusive words from the people from Zhao's family, the little girl who loved to hurt the spring and autumn, her eyes immediately turned red, and she was about to cry.

Liu Mengxue was very excited. She always liked to curry favor with the eldest lady. Now she saw several cousins ​​of the Zhao family, and the cousin of the Zhao family who was coming out of the carriage. It was as if she saw her own cousins. Can't wait to pounce on it immediately.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyi quickly said: "Please invite me inside, how dare you despise my cousins? But today, all the banquet guests are female family members, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient for cousins ​​to come?"

"It's okay, if it's not convenient, it's not convenient. We are here to see off the sisters at home. In fact, we want to visit the old lady." The eldest cousin said, although he said so, he was about to go inside rush.

Seeing Liu Wanwan crying with her head down, she stretched out her hand to pinch Liu Wanwan's face, and Liu Wanwan was so frightened that she screamed, the eldest and third cousins ​​laughed.

Even though she said so, Liu Ruyi was still very nervous. It would be a bad day to visit the old lady. If she had to come today, she might be making trouble. It would be better to be more cautious today.

Fortunately, Aunt Jia was in charge, otherwise she would be the only little girl who would be ignored by others.

(End of this chapter)