The day after tomorrow, Lin Wanwan traveled through time and space and returned to the Tang Dynasty house. When she opened the door, Hongyan, Yun Shang and two former maids from the Liang Dynasty palace, Jiyue and Caiyun, came in one after another to help her freshen up.
Judging from the arrangement of the ladies of the aristocratic family, the number of people serving in Lin Wanwan's room were still too few. There was only one Hongyan who served her personally.
Although Yun Shang is nominally a first-class personal maid, she also works as a housekeeper, while Huanong also serves as Lin Wanwan's personal chef. Their strengths are not in personal service.
Now it happened that Li Shimin had rewarded ten slaves, so Lin Wanwan asked two of the three maids in the Liang Palace to serve as close servants. They would obviously be relatively familiar with the rules and etiquette of the wealthy families. This was what Lin Wanwan learned after interviewing ten slaves.
preliminary conclusions drawn.
The spring banquet held by Princess Xiangcheng must be attended by all high-ranking nobles, so Lin Wanwan naturally had to dress up carefully to avoid being rude.
But today, Lin Wanwan is wearing a blood-colored pomegranate skirt, a shawl on her shoulders, embroidered with lifelike flowers, and a pair of cleated shoes with cloud-shaped gold diamonds on them.
Thick black hair was combed into a flying bun, with a mutton-fat jade comb gifted by Li Shimin, and decorated with a few pearls and gold hairpins.
Wearing gold wire hollow-covered pearl earrings on her earlobes, the nude makeup on her face was done by Lin Wanwan herself, and the fire cloud-shaped flower mother-of-pearl, which was popular in the Tang Dynasty court, was painted between her eyebrows. This outfit not only showed dignity and wealth, but also very
Light.
By the time Lin Wanwan finished dressing up, Huanong had already gone to Xiao's kitchen to get a bowl of bird's nest porridge and brought it over.
In fact, before Lin Wanwan traveled through time and space, she took a table in a modern restaurant and had a sumptuous lunch. At this time, eating bird's nest porridge made her feel a little full, but she still ate it.
After dealing with several aristocratic ladies in Luan County, Lin Wanwan also learned a lot of unspoken rules from them - for example, a noble lady should have a bird's stomach and must not gorge herself like a low-class person doing farm work.
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In order not to appear uneducated in a gathering of ladies, this group of people would fill their stomachs at home before setting off. In this way, no matter how delicious food is served at the banquet, the ladies will already have their stomachs full.
, and I won’t have much appetite anymore.
Lin Wanwan didn't know this rule at first. When she attended two parties at other people's houses, she behaved like a serious cook and ate as much as she wanted.
As a result, other people's attention was attracted, and gossip about her origins in the mountains and her lack of etiquette reached her ears. However, although she heard and discovered this unspoken rule, she still went her own way and didn't care.
But things were different today. Maybe it was because the host was a princess of the same country, or maybe just because she didn't want to be looked down upon by her family, so Lin Wanwan was determined to be a gregarious and polite lady of the Tang Dynasty.
After preparing everything and using up her breakfast, Lin Wanwan moved to the flower hall to meet Xiao Yixun's mother, Mrs. Lu, and the unmarried ladies in her house.
Since Princess Xiangcheng handed the invitation to Xiao Deyan's house, it was naturally impossible to invite only Lin Wanwan.
What's more, Xiao Deyan's family and Xiao Yu's Duke's Mansion originally belonged to the Lanling Xiao family.
Although Xiao Deyan's imperial uncle's house became increasingly mediocre after entering the Tang Dynasty, it would be better to truly realize the wealth of Qiliang House, which "faces each other with bright virtues and rises and falls with the Tang Dynasty. The prosperity of the family is unprecedented in ancient times", but in the end both sides are Nanling.
Xiao, of course, still go out and make friends, watch and help each other.
Among the many sisters of the Xiao family waiting in the flower hall, Xiao Yixun was the only one missing, but everyone was accustomed to it and did not mention her at all.
Before Xiao Yixun split into a second personality and was sent to Qiantang for medical treatment, her family never took her out to socialize.
Xiao Chen and his wife had never thought about marrying off their sick daughter, so there was no need to bring her to meet the elders of other families. The imperial doctor said that she would not live long and that they would just live out the rest of her life in a boudoir.
Although there are rumors that the Xiao family has an Aries girl, there are not many who have seen it with their own eyes.
In fact, it is because the Lu family only gave birth to a son and a daughter, so even if Xiao Yixun is not loved by the Lu family, as the only legitimate daughter, she still deserves a lot of credit.
Lin Wanwan took a look around the scene in the flower hall and secretly guessed that Xiao Yixun's cold and apathetic temperament might have been caused by the cold violence at home.
Otherwise, even if Xiao Yixun has albinism and cannot bask in the sun, he can wear a power fence that can wrap his whole body and go out with his mother. There is no need to stay locked in the house.
You must know that people in the Tang Dynasty loved spring outings and hunting in autumn. There was no market for otakus and otakus in the Tang Dynasty.
With a little sigh, Lin Wanwan staggered away in Xiao Mansion's carriage.
Fortunately, both parties were in Kaihuafang, so it took only a quarter of an hour of jolting in the carriage to arrive in front of the Duke of Song's Mansion.
Nowadays, because the princess lives in the Song Dynasty's palace, the family is decorated with double halberds, which looks quite impressive.
When Lin Wanwan and her group came to the door, they naturally used the side door. In a family like this, the front door could not be opened more than once a year.
There was already a maid waiting at the door to pick them up. Lin Wanwan and the others followed a middle-aged nanny as they walked from the corridor to the main hall. They passed by small bridges and flowing water, gardens and rockeries, and everywhere they could see carved beams and painted buildings, as well as leaks that changed the scene as they moved. The flower window is many times richer than Xiao Deyan's house.
Several unmarried ladies in the Xiao family couldn't help but feel a little envious in their hearts, and their eyes could not help but bring out some of it. After all, they were still girls under twenty-eight and could not hide too many emotions.
But when Mrs. Lu looked at Lin Wanwan with her peripheral vision, she couldn't help but be startled. This lady from the countryside was not shocked by the wealth in front of her. Her expression was as normal and natural, and she looked indifferent to the wealth in front of her. Quite a surprise.
Of course, Lin Wanwan could not be shocked by the scene in front of her. What a joke! Not to mention the modern splendid high-rise buildings, Lin Wanwan also saw the ancient garden buildings when she was purchasing fabrics in Gusu! Which one is weaker than the house in front of her?
Besides, she also has a warehouse of rare wood in her own warehouse. In terms of financial resources, who in the Tang Dynasty can compare with her? Not even Li Shimin!
She can achieve freedom for pepper, freedom for melons, and freedom for grapes. Can Li Shimin do it?
The middle-aged nun who was leading the way was also secretly observing Lin Wanwan, and she would later report the situation to her master, Princess Xiangcheng.
She seemed to be greeting people at the door casually, but in fact she had specially arranged to welcome the female members of Xiao Deyan's family.
If it were not Lin Wanwan and others who had just appeared, this middle-aged nanny would not have stepped forward.
Speaking of which, she actually didn't know what Lin Wanwan looked like, but Princess Xiangcheng said that she would definitely know who Lin Wanwan was when she saw her, because she was very beautiful.
At first, Mammy thought that there were so many beautiful ladies, how could she tell them apart? But when she saw Lin Wanwan for the first time, she really recognized her.
Not to mention her beauty, her temperament is also very unique. She is not an ordinary lady.