The little maid sent Mengying out. Mengying wanted to go to the Spring Banquet and thought about countermeasures, so her pace slowed down.
We were almost at the second door when I suddenly had an idea. I bent down and covered my stomach, and said to the little maid: "Sister, I may have eaten something unclean for breakfast, and now I have unbearable abdominal pain. Can you take me to a cleansing house?"
A room trip?"
The little maid frowned and said impatiently: "Young lady, you didn't tell me earlier. We are about to leave the second door. Where is the clean room available?"
Mengying hurriedly took out three coins from her pocket and stuffed it into the little maid's hand, "Sister, please do a good job and save my sister this time."
The little maid pinched the silver, pursed her lips, and said, "That's it, that's all. I'll take you to the garden. There are many female guests there, and several clean rooms have been arranged."
"Thank you sister."
Mengying stood up and followed the little girl to the garden.
Although it is a bit cold in spring now, the sunshine is very good, and it is warm on my body.
The little maid led Mengying around a few corners and came to the outside of an empty room. She nuzzled her lips and said, "This is the clean room, and there is a bucket inside. Girl, go and come back quickly."
Mengying quickly opened the door and walked in, but as soon as she sat on the porridge, she was in trouble. How could she get rid of this little maid?
Just when she was worried, she heard someone outside calling the little maid: "Little girl, which courtyard are you from?"
"Go back to grandma, from Lilac Courtyard."
"We don't have enough manpower today. Follow me to the flower room to bring back some pots of flowers."
After Mengying heard this, she was secretly happy and thought: God is really helping me!
"But..." The little maid hesitated.
Just listen to the nanny saying displeasedly: "Go back as soon as you go, it won't take much time for you."
"Yes, Mammy."
Mengying heard the footsteps were far away, and hurriedly came out of the clean room, walked along the corridor of the garden, and walked deeper into the garden.
Mrs. Wu Wu had also brought her here in her previous life. If she remembered correctly, there was an octagonal pavilion in the uncle's residence. There were many peach and plum trees planted outside the courtyard. It was the flowering season at this time, so she guessed where everyone should be.<
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Mengying lowered her head and walked to the Bajiao Pavilion. Although she met a few nuns from the uncle's house along the way, there were so many people coming and going today, and there were also maids and women from other houses coming in and out, so no one stopped to question her.
When Mengying arrived near the Bajiao Pavilion, she saw a cotton felt embroidered blanket spread outside the pavilion, but not many people were walking around, so she hid behind a flower tree and waited for the opportunity.
Occasionally there would be a maid walking around nearby, and Mengying would be worried for fear of being coaxed out.
Finally, I heard several stewards saying to the little maid in the pavilion: "The show over there is over, and soon the distinguished guests will come to the pavilion, and the fruit snacks are all set up."
Mengying understood that she was coming here after watching the play.
Not long after, I saw a crowd of people moving in the distance.
The lady at the head was wearing a bright red and colorful brocade robe with full sleeves, a green horse-faced skirt with gold branches and threads, and a shining red hairpin on her head. Mengying recognized this person, she was Xiao, the Marquis of the Anding Marquis.
surname is Xiao Mingzhu's biological aunt, Mrs. Wu Wu's daughter-in-law, and Xie Yulian's mother-in-law in her previous life.
There was also a nanny beside her. Mengying's eyes filled with tears when she saw her. This person was Nanny Ruan who was serving Mrs. Wu. She taught her double-sided embroidery. In her previous life, Nanny Ruan took good care of her. Now, she
But they can only pretend not to know each other when they meet each other.
Next to her is today's host, Mrs. Qi Bo, who is wearing a bright red and gold double-breasted gown, a green skirt with a floral pattern, and a jade hairpin stuck diagonally on her head.
The two were talking and laughing, and soon they came to the pavilion
Mengying hid behind the tree, looking for Xie Chunlian with her eyes, only to see her walking at the end, with colorful necklaces on her chest, jingle bells on the skirt, wearing a pink double-breasted plain gauze gown with a vertical collar on her upper body, a green magnolia flower and a lower body.
Wearing a white cloud brocade dark pattern embroidered bird pattern horse skirt.
She was wearing the same spring sweater she had made by herself, and Mrs. Zhou said that she had rewarded the maid. She was so shameless!
Mrs. Xiao, the Marquis of Anding, had just sat down in the pavilion when she saw Xie Chunlian walking at the back. She had red lips and pink face, walking lightly in lotus steps, and her sleeves were fluttering, walking towards the pavilion.
Mrs. Qi Bo understood something in her heart when she saw Mrs. Hou Xiao staring at Xie Chunlian.
Then he said in Mr. Xiao's ear: "This girl from the Xie family has just grown hair, has a good character, and knows etiquette. Look at her plain and elegant dress, and she is not like the girl from a small family with a head full of greenery and a neat sect.
You are a good candidate for a wife. If Madam Hou is interested, I will be a treasure for you."
Madam An Dinghou glanced at Nanny Ruan, who was the imperial envoy sent by her mother-in-law to help her. Seeing Nanny Ruan nodding, Mrs. Xiao patted Madam Qi Bo's hand and said, "That's a good feeling.
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Mrs. Qi Bo knew what she was doing, and while she was calm, she looked away and blinked at Xie Chunlian's mother, General Xie's wife Fang.
Mrs. Xie immediately became happy, breathed a long sigh of relief, and nodded gently to her daughter.
When everyone arrived at the pavilion, someone came over and asked Xie Chunlian: "Miss Xie's skirt is really exquisite. The flowers and birds are all lifelike, but was it made by everyone?"
I don’t know who said, "The skirt is made of Yun brocade. Could it be that it was a gift from the imperial concubine?"
When Xie Chunlian saw the praise from everyone, he felt proud and said: "Although it was not a reward from my aunt, I spent a hundred gold to get it."
Xiao Mingzhu also came today, not with her aunt An Ding and his wife, but with his cousin. She knew that her aunt never wanted to see her and felt that she was deviant, so she just met her for the first time today and went to pay her respects.
In order to be polite, I just stood far away and did not come forward to get close.
Hearing Xie Chunlian bragging about the high price of her clothes, Xiao Mingzhu and her cousin sneered in a low voice, saying: "It's really shameless to make clothes made at a discount, and you dare to say that they cost a lot of money. I pity the embroiderer."< /p>
At this moment, I saw a girl wearing a blue narrow-sleeved cross-collar blouse and a green horse-faced skirt walking up to the pavilion.
Others didn't pay attention, but Xiao Mingzhu saw it and said in a stuttering voice: "She...she...why is she here!"
The person who came forward was none other than Yao Mengying!
She walked up to Xie Chunlian and asked in a nonchalant manner: "Miss Xie, may I ask where you bought this dress that cost a hundred gold?"
Xie Chunlian didn't recognize Mengying and replied casually: "I bought it from Xiulou."
Her answer didn't matter, but Aunt Zhou next to her was shocked. She shouted sharply at Mengying: "This is the spring banquet of the uncle's house, what are you, an embroiderer, doing here?"
Mengying saw Aunt Zhou, and after saluting, she said loudly: "Well done, Aunt Zhou. Didn't you say that the spring shirt I made was given to the maid, so who is this?"
Seeing that something was not going well, Grandma Zhou hurriedly said to the maid next to her: "She is a stranger. She has no invitation. Please coax her out quickly!"
Hearing this, several maids from the uncle's house hurriedly came over to pull Mengying. Mengying said sternly: "The daughter of the general's house is so poor that she wants to blackmail someone's clothes for the spring banquet. Although I am an embroiderer, now I can take the advice. Got it!"
This noise was heard by several ladies sitting around. Mrs. Qi Bo frowned and said to the mother-in-law beside her: "Go and see what's going on?"
Nanny Ruan heard what she just said word for word. She stood up and said, "I'll go and see what the excitement is."
"Hey, the kids are just playing around. Madam Hou, we just have fun and don't care about their affairs."
Mrs. An Dinghou smiled and stood up with Nanny Ruan. She was not deaf, but she heard everything. This was choosing a daughter-in-law for her son, so she couldn't be careless.
Nanny Ruan saw Mengying's face clearly, was stunned for a moment, and whispered something to the little maid beside her, and the little girl left without looking back.
Nanny Ruan then said to Mrs. Anding: "Madam, that girl seems to have something to say, why not let her explain it clearly?"
Ms. Xiao immediately stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, explain it clearly before leaving!"