Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 23

After Mrs. Qiao's birthday was over, Yingxiu went back to Shen's house. It was only a few days away from the peach banquet held by Pingyang Prince's House. Mrs. Li brought Yingyun to buy a lot of things, and vowed to make her present at the banquet. Yingyun caught everyone's attention and found a good family for her.

The topic of leisure time in the capital is refurbished day by day. Since the matter of Liu Xuer and Qi Haosheng came to the stage that day, everyone lost interest in talking about it. Usually, except for Qi Haosheng, there are no other guests, and those who watch the show say that the son of the world can't afford the money, and he is reluctant to part with this beauty, so he typically picks up other people's broken shoes.

After listening to Ziyan's report, Yingxiu asked her to cut some incense and put it in the stove to light it up, "Has Daddy visited Aunt Kong these days?"

"The master went there after he came down to court, but it was Aunt Wei who would go there to accompany Aunt Kong every day these days."

Yingxiu narrowed her eyes and raised her head to look at her, "Aunt Wei often goes there, do you bring anything to eat?" Zi Yan paused with the hand that opened the window, "Miss, what do you mean?"

"I don't see how close they are on weekdays. Besides, they are not people who entered the mansion at the same time, which is a bit abnormal." I found a good opportunity, I'm afraid my luck will not be as good as last time.

Maybe she was thinking too much, and it was too obvious to eat directly with her.

"I didn't bring anything to eat. Aunt Wei often went to embroider and chat with Aunt Kong." After thinking about it, Ziyan felt that it was impossible, so she thought about what happened these days and told Yingxiu again .

Three days later, Madam Shen took them to the peach banquet at Pingyang Palace early in the morning, and it took only half an hour for the two carriages to travel from Shen's Mansion to Pingyang Palace.

Looking at Yingyun's attire, Mrs. Li must have put a lot of thought into it, but there are many female relatives in the capital, not to mention the ladies of the official family, even in the Pingyang Prince's Mansion, there are many ladies in this Pingyang Palace, and Mrs. Li can't please her like this What a coincidence.

In Yingxiu's memory, this Pingyang Prince's Mansion is much bigger than Nanyang Hou's Mansion. Pingyang King is already very old, but he has not let go of the position of the prince, and his sons, daughters and grandchildren are crowded in the same mansion. In, half a step out are very lively.

After getting off the carriage and entering the gate of the mansion, a maid greeted them and went to the venue for the banquet. When they arrived at the garden of Pingyang Prince's Mansion, a table had already been set up there. Lin, looking from a distance, you can still see plump peaches falling on the branches.

Mrs. Shen took them to the place where they had been arranged and sat down. Not long after, Chen Baolin came over, holding Yingxiu's hand very affectionately, "Sister Yingxiu, why don't you go in with me to pick peaches?"

Yingxiu glanced at Mrs. Shen, nodded at her, "Okay."

Asking the maid at the arched door to take the basket, Chen Baolin took Yingxiu and Yinghui into the peach forest, there seemed to be a sweet peach fragrance in the air, and wooden steps were laid under each peach tree for easy parking Picking, Yinghui reached out on tiptoe to pick the peaches hanging from the branches, and the basket was full after a while.

Chen Baolin walked up to Yingxiu with a peach in her hand, took out an embroidered handkerchief from her bosom and wiped it carefully, opened her small mouth and took a bite, "It's so sweet!" Then she took out another peach from her bosom and stuffed it into Yingxiu Embroidered hands, "Sister, try it!"

Seeing her puffy face eating peaches, Yingxiu smiled, took out a handkerchief and wiped the peaches, brought them to her mouth and took a bite. Seeing that she had eaten too, Chen Baolin happily took out another one to wipe and put it in her mouth, Yingxiu hurriedly stopped her, "It's not washed, it's dirty, it's not good to spoil your stomach if you eat it. "

Chen Baolin smiled shyly, and suddenly remembered something, hung the basket in her hand on the branch, and said to Yingxiu, "Sister, wait for me, I'll go there and find the biggest peach for you to eat." Pendulum ran to the depths of the woods.

Before she could stop her, Yingxiu took down the basket she was hanging on and gave it to a passing maid. Yinghui picked up a basket and saw that she had no intention of going back, so she went back to the garden first. After waiting for a long time, Chen Baolin did not come back. Yingxiu began to feel a little worried.

Following the path opened up in the peach forest, Yingxiu carried a basket in her hand and pushed aside the hanging peach branches and walked towards the direction where Chen Baolin ran away. After walking for a while, she couldn't see the edge, and when she looked back, she couldn't see the arch anymore. Pausing on the spot, suddenly heard a melodious flute sound, Yingxiu glanced at the source of the sound, and could vaguely see a pavilion.

As he got closer to the pavilion, a two-person-high rockery blocked the way, surrounded by lush peach trees, and the fragrance became stronger when the wind blew.

Afraid that Chen Baolin was in trouble, Yingxiu saw someone here, walked around the rockery to Tingluo, a small stream opened up behind the rockery, crossed in front of the rockery, and there were two small bridges beside it.

Looking over from the small bridge, Yingxiu didn't see Chen Baolin's figure, and was about to leave when the sound of the flute stopped abruptly, and a female voice sounded like weeping, and Mu Tinglan in the pavilion looked aggrievedly at the Qi Haoming, "Cousin, do you have someone you like, why don't you agree?"

Zhong Congwen, who was at the side, saw his cousin mentioning this matter again, and suddenly became big and big. As expected, Qi Haoming put down the jade flute, his face was a little serious, "You guys go out for a walk, you don't need to stay here with me."

"I won't go." Tinglan threw off Zhong Congwen's hand angrily, looked at Zhuo Ye with a paralyzed face, and said with agitated tone, "Cousin, why didn't you agree with what the old ancestor said, do you dislike Tinglan? "

"Hey, I think those peaches grow really well. It's a pity not to pick them when we come to Pingyang Palace. Let's pick some in the past, Tinglan." Zhong Congwen hurriedly covered her mouth, "Then let's go and pick some." Let's go!"

"Zhong Congwen, let me go!" Mu Tinglan ruthlessly shook off his hand, tears welled up in her beautiful eyes, "You all bully me."

Qi Haoming rubbed the jade flute lightly with one hand, looked up at Mu Tinglan, "I will go back to Zhongfu in a few days to see my ancestors."

Mu Tinglan's face was filled with joy, and she immediately sat down next to Qi Haoming, "Cousin, have you changed your mind?"

"I will tell my ancestors that you are not too young, you should be a little earlier. There are many talented people in the capital, and my ancestors will definitely find a good marriage for you." Qi Haoming's voice When the sound came into her ears steadily, Mu Tinglan paused, got up quickly and ran away crying.

Seeing her running towards her, Yingxiu turned her body subconsciously. Mu Tinglan saw that there were other people nearby, and thought that the conversation just now might be overheard by this person, her face was even more ashamed and indignant. Quickly ran past Yingxiu.

At that distance, Yingxiu couldn't hear the conversation at all, but could only vaguely see the expressions on their bodies, and nodded with Qi Haoming who was looking over, Yingxiu turned around and went around to find Chen Baolin on the other side of the rockery.

"Cousin, Tinglan has that temper, don't worry about it."

Qi Haoming watched Yingxiu leave, looked away and shook his head, "Go and look for her, this peach forest is very big, don't get lost."

Soon he and Zhuo Ye were the only ones left in the pavilion, "Zhuo Ye, how long has Miss Shen been standing there?"

"It's been standing there since the flute stopped."

Qi Haoming held his forehead with a slight headache, "Push me to find elder brother."...

Yingxiu searched around but didn't see Chen Baolin's figure. She walked towards the path towards the garden, and before reaching the door, she met Chen Baolin waiting there, "Sister Yingxiu, where did you go? I can't find you when I come back."

"I saw that you hadn't come for a long time, so I went in to look for you." Yingxiu saw a few huge peaches in her hand, and reached out to help her pick up two and put them in the basket, "Are you still invited to today's banquet?" People from Nanyang Marquis Mansion?"

"That's right, my sister-in-law sent a post. Originally, it was the ladies of his family who came. For some reason, even the prince and the second young master came. Early in the morning, the sisters all said that they would go to see the prince. "

"Then why don't you go and have a look?" Yingxiu felt that Chen Baolin's pouting was especially cute, and looked at her teasingly, "The Prince Qi is very handsome."

"What's so interesting, didn't you see it last time on the cruise?" Ten-year-old Chen Baolin was still a little ignorant about the relationship between men and women. After leaving the yard, there were already many people sitting in the garden. Mrs. Shen took Li Shi went to chat with some acquainted wives, only Yinghui sat there, a little bored by herself, seeing Yingxiu and the others came back, there was a look of joy on her face, and then she was a little upset, "Why have you been gone for so long! "

"Where's my cousin?" Yingxiu looked around but couldn't see Yingyun. Yinghui picked up a peach and took a bite and said angrily, "Who knows, she won't be here when I come back."

When it was almost noon, the maidservants in Pingyang Palace filed into the garden, carrying trays of exquisite dishes and placing them on each table, and Yingxiu blew on the soup in the bowls in small mouths. Soup, sweet and sour, very appetizing.

Not long after, Mrs. Shen came back with Li Shi and Ying Yun. Mrs. Shen took them and greeted all the ladies. Li Shi collected a lot of information, but the identity of this merchant, don't say Mrs. Shen, the other wives heard it, and they were a little bit lacking in interest. Mrs. Li enthusiastically talked to Mrs. Shen about which son is better, while Ying Yun, who was behind her, returned to her seat silently.

"Sister-in-law, that's Ruyang Palace."

"I think this is very good. The princess is also a good person to get along with. She is full of older brothers and sisters. There is only such a younger brother. If he goes there, he must be favored." Su Qianmo, the youngest son of King Ruyang who appeared before, happened to be invited by the princess today, and Mrs. Li became more and more satisfied the more she watched.

"Sister-in-law, the marriages of their family are all arranged by a few acquaintances, and their family background is not bad." Madam Shen really doesn't want to bump into this hot-headed sister-in-law, but if Mrs. Li comes to mention it in person, she will lose it. But with the Shen family's face, the people of Ruyang Prince's Mansion would definitely think that Mrs. Li is going to send her daughter in to be a concubine.

"Our family's family background is not bad. This Qirui is now an official, so he can't be regarded as just a businessman. Besides, when our family Yuner gets married, the dowry is much richer than yours." Li followed As far as my husband is concerned, if he only recognizes money, it is easy to do things when he is rich, his back is hard when he is rich, and daughters with money can marry well.

Mrs. Shen only felt that it was very difficult to speak, so she stopped talking. Originally, she had taken a fancy to the two good ones, but at this time, they probably didn't like them at all.

After listening to the play in the afternoon, Mrs. Shen took them back. Within three days, someone from Shen's residence came to offer a kiss, and it was Shen Yingyun's.

(End of this chapter)