Step by step lotus flower

340 Chapter 1: Introducing Bricks and Attracting Jade ([-])
The five aunts and sisters-in-law went to board the car outside the Chuihua Gate. Considering Lu Mingzhu's temperament, Grandma Lu arranged three cars early in the morning. She and Lu Mingli sat together, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu took one, and Lu Mingzhu took one alone. Everyone had no objection to this allocation, so they each got into the car by the hand of the maidservant, drove out of the Duke's Mansion, and drove towards the direction of the Second Prince's Mansion.

Arriving at the second prince's mansion for a while, although the second prince concubine had said that she was only holding a small birthday banquet, there were still many people who came to join in, not to mention the grandmas and ladies from all the upper-class families in the capital city, but at least Most of the time, the carriage of Duke Dingguo's Mansion was forced to stop at a place far away from the corner gate of the Wangfu.

Lu Mingfu raised a corner of the car curtain to look out, and sighed with Lu Mingxuan: "After all, she is the daughter-in-law of the royal family. Apart from other things, this decency alone is beyond compare for the daughter-in-law of ordinary families."

Just now, Lu Mingxuan looked at the corner of the curtain she opened and saw the carriages with the marks of various prefectures almost blocking the entire street. Knowing that there are many people coming today, she nodded and said: "Prince concubine is indeed more noble than other people's wives. I don’t know how many times it happened, but it is estimated that the daughter-in-law of another family will never be able to catch up with the bad things. Not to mention, just say that before the princes and concubines have passed the family, there are already more nobles who can’t be beaten or scolded in their respective houses. Concubine, what's the point of being decent?"

What's more, in addition to the concubines, there are more bad things from other aspects, such as Lu Mingfeng, doesn't he not only want to guard against women, but also guard against men?

Lu Mingfu heard the words, and said: "That's right, I would rather not have such dignity. I don't know when it will be our turn. I see, I'm afraid we have to wait at least half an hour to enter." Lift the corner of the car curtain and look out.

But I saw a woman in front of me leaning close to the carriage where Grandma Lu and Lu Mingli were sitting, thinking that Grandma Lu had some orders, then I saw the woman squeezed into the crowd, and then there was a steward People who looked like greeted them, and greeted Grandma Lu and Lu Mingzhu through the curtain of the car. After greeting them, they greeted the carriage of Duke Dingguo's mansion into the door.

Everyone got off the car outside the Chuihua Gate, and was first welcomed into the next three huts to drink tea, and after a little rest, they got into the small sedan chair carried by Kong Wu's powerful servants and walked into the garden—— The place where the Second Prince's Concubine held her birthday banquet today was in the water pavilion in the back garden of the Second Prince's Mansion.

The second prince's mansion was newly built last year. Although the emperor prefers the fourth prince, he is not unkind to the other three sons. The three prince's mansions are all very exquisite and magnificent. Lu Mingxuan and others sat on the small sedan chair and walked through the The nine-curved corridor suddenly opens up in front of the eyes, and the goal is an open courtyard with mountains, rivers and towers, all kinds of famous flowers and trees competing for splendor, which makes people unable to take their eyes off.

The maids who followed the sedan chair to guide the way and serve them saw Shuixie arrived, and hurriedly smiled and respectfully invited Lu Mingxuan and others to get off the sedan chair. Not far away, several maidservants in pink and purple bijia hurriedly greeted them with smiles on their faces. After saluting to everyone, the first one smiled and said: "Our princess and concubine have been waiting for Grandma Hou Lu, the head of Jiahe County and the girls for a long time, and I invite all the nobles to come with the servants."

Grandma Lu smiled and said politely: "In this way, there will be Miss Lao." She glanced at the big maid beside her, Tong Yun, who took a few purses and came out to reward the maids.

The servant girls thanked the reward generously, and graciously led a group of people into the water pavilion.

The waterside pavilion is very wide, and the surrounding windows are covered with bright window paper, and ice basins are placed in every corner. As soon as you enter, there is a coolness blowing over your face, and everyone can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The open space is already filled with low stools and long tables, and the luncheon that I want to come to later will also be held here.

Grandma Lu first led a group of sister-in-laws to meet the second prince and concubine who was surrounded by many people and sat with a smile on her face.

The second concubine Xiao Xu is sixteen or seventeen years old. She has a tall figure, exquisite facial features, and a radiant complexion. She is a rare beauty. Perhaps because of her birthday today, she is wearing a big red dress embroidered with big flowers. The tunic with peony flowers and the red gold nine-tailed beaded phoenix hairpin are very eye-catching.

"My concubine pays homage to the second concubine, and I wish the second concubine the present every year and the present every year." With a just right smile on her face, Grandma Lu led Lu Mingxuan and the others to kneel down to pay respects to Xiao Xu's birthday. Respectful and alienated, it is long gone. The little Xu family is not the second prince and concubine, but the kindness and familiarity of the young lady of An Guogong's mansion when she was a guest at Dingguo's mansion.

Although Xiao Xu is not the daughter of the current An Guogong, she is also the daughter of the An Guogong. Although the second concubine of the Xu family can be considered to have fallen from the sky, she is now a second concubine with ease. Although she is now respectfully alienated by Grandma Lu, she looks like she can't draw a line with her But she was quite displeased, but she didn't show it at all on her face. Grandma Lu hurriedly got up, and Lu Mingzhu personally helped them up with one hand, and said with a coquettish smile: "The eldest cousin and the fourth cousin are usually used to me and me. Familiar, how can you be so polite today?"

After speaking, he smiled and said to Lu Mingxuan: "You guys are too. It's common for me and me on weekdays. Why don't you even raise your head in front of me today? Do you think I'm scary, and you are afraid that I will eat you up?" ?”

Grandma Lu hurriedly laughed and said, "The Second Prince and Concubine are joking, they are always shy, not to mention the difference between rulers and ministers, how dare they make trouble in front of the Second Prince and Concubine again?"

Xiao Xu said with a smile: "Although that is the case, legal principles are nothing more than human feelings. Is it because I am now a prince and concubine that I am separated from everyone I used to be close to? Or are you and the eldest sister-in-law also so distant?" ? Big cousin sister-in-law must never treat one more favorably than another!"

Little Xu smiled coquettishly, as if she was joking with Grandma Lu, but Grandma Lu would never be so stupid as to think that she was really joking with her.

Then I heard Xiao Xu laughing and saying: "Even if I can't compare with the status of the eldest emperor's wife in your mind, the side concubine Lu in our house is usually your biological sister. The two of us, the master and deputy, are equal to each other. It's better than the weight of the eldest sister-in-law alone, so please don't be polite to me, the eldest cousin, we are all a family, so this kind of birth is meaningless, in the future it is good to have frequent contacts, even Lu side concubine, also I'm looking forward to seeing you, don't you? You also know me, and you are easy to talk about, and you will definitely pass on the message early in the morning, so that it will be convenient for you at that time."

Grandma Lu knew that after the second concubine passed through the door, she would fight against Lu Mingfeng everywhere. Grandma Lu naturally preferred her sister-in-law. She knew what her father-in-law meant, and she had long since stopped treating Lu Mingya as a girl in Dingguo's mansion, and it was too late to draw a clear line with her, but Xiao Xu said that openly in front of everyone, whether she answered "yes" or not Others would think that Dingguo's mansion has a good relationship with the second prince's mansion, and Xiao Xu's meaning is already very clear. When they come again, they will treat their natal family as concubines. This is not clear Are you humiliating Dingguo government?

(End of this chapter)