Princess Fuyao

Chapter 142 Spring Banquet ([-])

After instructing the master to return a letter of apology to the families who sent the invitations, Liang Mingrui and Guo Bin couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and set off the next morning.There are so many long nights and dreams, what if an unreasonable person comes and you have to drag them to another place?

No matter what Guo Chenghai thought, Mrs. Guo still turned the family banquet into a blind date.Because Guo Chenghai is a side branch, he has become the most promising member of the Guo family. The order of seniority in the family cannot be arranged, so he has to separate and establish his own family. Therefore, outsiders regard them as a family, but in fact, they are two. Family members, but Guo Chenghai is busy with government affairs and has no time to take care of family affairs at all. The affairs of his branch still depend on the original head of the Guo family.

Guo Chengbo and Guo Chenghai's family, including the mother-in-law and his aunt's family, all men and women of the right age who can be on stage, all came. Outside invitations also included Liang Mingrui, Guo Bin, Fuyao, and even the young sons of Yinhu and Hao Zhiqian Hao Feng, besides, he didn't send out an invitation card and made excuses to come here. In the Guo family mansion, the grand occasion of this day was no less than that of a small blind date party for later generations.

Fuyao didn't plan to marry into a wealthy family. She thought the red tape of saying hello in the morning and evening, watching the elders of the family live, and the coming and going of the big family was too exhausting, so she wore very ordinary clothes today, a pink natural color dark pattern with a pinched waist and right lapel jacket , a light rose red pleated skirt, covered with a squirrel fur cloak covered in silver and red brocade, with black hair, braided and wrapped around the top of the head, fastened with a ruby ​​hairpin, the ends of the hair fell loose, just hanging down to the shoulders, This hairstyle is also combed by girls in the capital on weekdays, but today, other girls either combed complicated buns or wore lotus crowns. On the contrary, she was different from others. She was dressed in bright colors such as pink and fruit green. Among the women, she looks too pure.

Fuyao got off the car in front of the gate of Guo Xueshi's mansion, and immediately a maidservant greeted her. She entered the outer courtyard through a small door on the side, and entered the inner courtyard through a small quiet courtyard. , meet here.

"Meet the county mistress!"

"I've seen Madam!" It is said that Guo Chenghai's two sons are both fifth-rank officials, and their wives are both appointed Madam.

"The county mistress, please come in, my concubine..."

"Madam, please do what you want!" They still wanted to continue to welcome guests, Fuyao had to give this convenience.

"The county mistress, please follow me!" A big servant girl bowed to Fuyao and led her inside.

The ancestors of the Guo family were good at public affairs, they were not big officials, and they had a lot of money. That's why they acquired such a large land in the capital. In this generation, Guo Chenghai can build a five-room, five-entry, and cross-courtyard mansion on his own land. My son, with beautiful carved railings and paintings everywhere, Fuyao walked all the way, regardless of any ladylike manners, walking slowly while looking left and right to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

In the past, when I visited the Forbidden City and Prince Gong's Mansion, the beauty was beautiful, but it was a pity that it was cold and unpopular everywhere, and it looked completely different from the residential houses.

Finally arrived at the main courtyard, to meet Mrs. Guo.Guo Chenghai became an official from the Wubian family through the imperial examination, and he was only a little better than the children of ordinary people. Now he is sitting in the position of a cabinet bachelor, and he has struggled hard all the way.It is said that Mrs. Guo's communication skills are extremely good, and it is rumored that half of the credit is due to his wife's ability to make it this far.

Mrs. Guo is in her fifties, her hair at the sideburns has turned gray, but her face is in good condition without many wrinkles.Looking at the shape of her eyebrows, eyes and face, she should have looked ordinary when she was young, but she has a straight posture and good temperament. At this age, she is actually more outstanding than the lady of the same age sitting in the room.

Fuyao, the county lord, is at the fifth rank, not as high as when he was a marshal. Anyone who can sit in the room is above the third rank.

"Oh, this is the Lord of the Fu County? She is so heroic and extraordinary." A woman in her [-]s wearing a red bauhinia brocade beige with a purple background said enthusiastically.

"Don't dare to be it!" Fuyao still maintained a smile on his face, saluting neither humble nor overbearing, but this lady's face was remembered in his heart, the woman who bit the word "Fu" so hard must be very disliked by her.

Mrs. Guo probably didn't like this person, so she smiled and introduced to Fuyao: "This is Mrs. Yan, the left servant of the household department!"

"Meet Madam Yan!"

"Excuse me, excuse me!" Mrs. Yan seemed to be enthusiastic, but she smiled.

Fuyao didn't know her at all, and an enemy appeared out of nowhere, and she was upset. After gritted her teeth and greeted the ladies in the room, Mrs. Guo enthusiastically asked her to go to the flower hall to play: "You young people have something to say when you are together, It's too aggrieved to be with a group of us old women."

A well-dressed girl came over, smiled and took Fuyao's hand: "Miss Ji, please come with me!" She smiled, "My name is Yajun, and I'm here to say New Year greetings to my aunt, hee hee, my cousin asked me I don't know how to speak when helping guests, so don't make fun of me if I'm not considerate."

Fuyao pretended to be surprised: "You are not thoughtful, I'll just find a corner and hide in a corner, so as not to make people laugh out loud."

"Hee hee hee, Miss Ji is so good at telling jokes!" Sure enough, there are only five or six young daughters-in-law in the room, and the rest are all older girls under the age of 16. Most of them wear pink and light yellow. , Fruit green clothes, against the snow-skinned beauty, it looks even more charming.

"Yajun!" A few girls came over, trying to push Fuyao aside, "Why don't you play with us?"

"There are a lot of guests today, and my aunt asked me to help entertain the guests. Come, come, let me introduce you." She turned her head and pulled Fuyao, "This is the brave and invincible Miss Ji, the princess of Fu County!"

"I've met the county magistrate!" The unmarried girls had nothing to say, and almost all the girls in the room got up to salute Fuyao.

"Exemption! It's all for the elders to pay New Year's greetings, so don't talk about these false gifts." As far as the behavior of rushing and squeezing Fuyao, she really can't get close to these few, but she can't ignore the feelings of the whole room, right?Fuyao kept his posture very low.

Yajun still wanted to continue talking, and the girls who surrounded her pushed her away mischievously: "Mrs. Guo has another guest, why don't you hurry up to meet her?"

Yajun looked at Fuyao guiltily, and a girl with a purple short skirt and lotus-colored skirt came over: "Master, shall we sit here?"

"Okay." Fuyao agreed.

Among the women who squeezed Fuyao just now, some of them gave Fuyao a hard look, while the one who invited Fuyao puffed up her chest and raised her chin to show that she was not afraid.After Fuyao sat down, the Yew girl murmured in a low voice: "What are you crazy about?" Her voice was so small that Fuyao probably couldn't hear it.

(End of this chapter)