The next day, God was behaving beautifully, the sky was clear and clear, the morning dew on the flowers and plants in the yard had not dispersed, and the colorful flowers poked their heads out of the flowerbed, blooming delicately.
Mrs. Zhou hurriedly walked through the garden with her people, and soon went out of the second gate and walked to the gate of Changning Marquis Mansion. At this moment, a carriage stopped. When Mrs. Zhou saw this, she hurriedly led her people up.
Go.
A maid came down from the carriage first. The maid took a small stool and placed it on the ground. Then there was a noble lady wearing a begonia red skirt and a long-sleeved gown embroidered with tangled flowers. She was helped by the maid to get off the carriage.
Got the carriage.
She is tall and slender, with a round face. Her hair is combed into a high bun with a jewel-encrusted hairpin and a golden lotus with golden tassels in her hair. This outfit is already very noble, and she raises her chin slightly.
, quite a bit condescending and domineering.
Ms. Zhou comes from an ordinary background. Although she has been the wife of a first-class marquis over the years, she has always been cautious, fearing that she would be laughed at if she made a wrong move, and she did not dare to be too ostentatious and overshadow others. Therefore, she has always dressed dignified, virtuous and gentle.
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At this time, she was wearing a green waist-length dress, a large-sleeved green turban embroidered with orchids, and a lotus-inlaid tourmaline hairpin on her head. She looked dignified and gentle, but in terms of aura, she was indeed
Somewhat inferior.
"Mrs. Marquis Wu'an, welcome!" Mrs. Zhou held up her skirt and stepped forward to greet her.
Madam Wu'anhou glanced at her lightly, nodded respectfully and said, "Mrs. Changninghou."
Mrs. Wu'an Hou was born in a noble family, and she had always looked down upon the ordinary Zhou family in her early years. She felt that Zhou, a girl from a mountain village, would one day be on an equal footing with noble ladies from aristocratic families like them, which made her unhappy. Moreover, she also felt that Zhou
He acts like a petty person and cannot stand on the stage.
She had fallen in love with Gu You earlier and was willing to settle on this marriage because she was raised by Mrs. Jiang herself. She was not bad in terms of status, appearance or reputation, so she reluctantly agreed to be her in-laws with Zhou.
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But she didn't expect that when things came to a close, the only one she liked, Gu You, would actually run away from the marriage, which made the Wu'an Hou Mansion unable to advance or retreat, so they had to retreat and choose another bride.
And her rebellious son actually clamored to cancel the marriage and wait for Gu You to come back.
I'm really going to be pissed off.
Mrs. Zhou knew that she was unhappy, but after all, it was Changning Houfu who was unreasonable, so she endured it. She said: "Mrs. Wuanhou, please come in quickly, please."
After saying that, Ms. Zhou raised her hand to invite her in.
A Madam Hou came to greet her in person and invited her in, which was considered a good deal. Madam Hou Wu An was holding back her anger, but she also knew that this was not the time to really fall out and make a fuss, so she nodded and talked to her.
Mrs. Zhou entered the gate of Changning Marquis Mansion together.
In the Qiushui Garden on the other side, four girls were sitting in a row on their own tables. On their tables, there were many flowers cut this morning.
Madam Wu'anhou is coming today, and the house has arranged for her to watch a talent show of several girls. The simplest and most intuitive one is flower arranging.
In the current era, there is no saying that "it is virtue for a woman to have no talent". On the contrary, talented women are sought after by the world. There is a book called "Beauty Book" which says: Beauty consists of one beauty, two charm, and three skills.
, the fourth thing, the fifth residence, the sixth lord, the seventh ornament, the eighth help, the ninth food, and the tenth interest.
If we talk about appearance, it should be that he has a bald head, apricot lips, rhinoceros teeth, distant mountain eyebrows and a lotus face, with clouds on his temples and catkins pointing to the willow waist and walking steps with lotus flowers.
But when it comes to skills, we need to first talk about poetry and lyrics, music, playing chess, painting, embroidery, dancing, etc., and then supplemented by growing flowers, making tea, burning incense, flower arrangement, etc.
Like the previous ones, if a girl can learn a skill skillfully, she will be looked upon highly, and it will also add weight to her future marriage plans.
Therefore, girls from this powerful family will ask their husbands to teach them reading, literacy and other skills from the age of five or six. After the age of ten, they will concentrate on studying the ones they are best at.
However, although elegant things such as growing flowers, making tea, burning incense, and arranging flowers do not require careful study, everyone must be able to do it.
Therefore, the flower arrangement competition at this time can be regarded as an extremely fair competition.
At this time, except for Gu Yan who was just here to make up the numbers, the other three were fiddling with the flowers on the table, thinking about how to put together the most outstanding one to impress Mrs. Wu Anhou.
However, Gu Xiang was a little absent-minded. She stared at the main flower peony in her hand for a long time.
"There are people, even if they get this peony, they don't know whether the peony will survive. The peony is the king of flowers, but not everyone can hold it."
As soon as they came over in the morning, Mrs. Zhou came over once to let them arrange flowers, and later let Mrs. Wu'anhou see their flowers. She also brought a few main flowers, namely peony, peony, camellia, and another.
Red begonia flowers, these flowers were just cut from the flower house.
In order to compete for the main flower, the three girls first competed with each other. Finally, Mrs. Zhou spoke up and gave the peony to Gu Xiang, the peony to Gu Yi, the camellia to Gu Ying, and the last one made up the number.
Gu Yan got a begonia flower.
The king of peonies, Zhou named Gu Xiang!
Gu Yi did not dare to hold grudges against Zhou, but secretly hated Gu Xiang. She wondered what trick Gu Xiang had used to get Zhou to side with her.
Looking at Gu Xiang's peony dress, the peony pattern on the satin was so luxurious and luxurious, it really made her feel depressed. How could Gu Xiang have such a good dress? It was clearly given to her by the Zhou family, and it was styled like this.
, obviously very similar to the dress Gu You wore before.
But so what...
Gu Yi secretly laughed in her heart, it didn't matter that she, Gu Xiang, had Madam Zhou to help her, she was the only one who could be the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an today, Gu Yi!
Gu Xiang looked back at her and sneered: "Third sister, don't say others don't deserve it just because you can't get it. No matter how unworthy I am of this peony, I am still more worthy than you."
Gu Ying said angrily: "Okay, if you don't want it, you can trade it with me for any of the peonies and peonies."
She only got one camellia tree!
Really pissed off!
The female gentleman above raised her head slightly and coughed softly: "Quietly cultivate your mind and don't make any noise."
Gu Ying was furious, then turned to ask Gu Yan who was standing aside: "Give me some of the flowers on top of you, I think mine are not enough."
Gu Ying was a little unhappy at first, but after thinking about it, she was just making up the numbers today, and Gu Ying was independent-minded and petty. If she didn't give him anything, he would definitely hate her in the future.
She was picking and choosing among the flowers, not wanting to give this one to that one, and tears fell from her eyes when she picked them.