After a while, Lvchun brought over Xu Chunjun's extra set of clothes wrapped in a bag.
Xu Chunjun asked Jiang Nuan to change his whole body.
"Thank you so much, sister. I'll wash it and return it to you tomorrow. I don't know who is so narrow-minded that they took my skirt away." Jiang Nuan thanked Xu Chunjun, but couldn't help but complain.
"I think it's better to look for it carefully. Usually even if you lose your sweat towel, you have to look for small items like handkerchiefs. You can't just say you're gone and just disappear without any reason." Jiang Nuan was so careless that he couldn't even think of some things.
But Xu Chunjun is the most attentive person, and he always felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
"What I'm saying is that such a skirt costs several taels of silver, so you can't just throw it away." Jiang Nuan has the same advantage - she cherishes material resources very much. This is what she has been taught by her maternal ancestors since she was a child.
Several people went out to search for a long time, and finally Ziling found Jiang Nuan's skirt in a tree hole near the back wall.
"Who is so hateful! What a beautiful new skirt, it's like this." Jiang Nuan laughed angrily, but felt distressed at the same time.
I don’t know who it was, but she wrapped a bag of snacks in her skirt and stuffed it into the hole of the tree.
Those snacks were used in the palace to entertain today's guests. There were some deep-fried ones, which made the skirt even greasy.
"Just find it, fold it up and take it back. Soak it well with soap locust and soap, wash it, and it should be washed away." Xu Chunjun comforted Jiang Nuan with warm words.
When they went to the front again, Jiang Qing came over and asked, "Sister, why have you been gone for so long and even changed your clothes?"
"I don't know if some narrow-minded ghost actually stole my skirt, stuffed it with snacks and stuffed it in a tree hole. The fine skirt was stained. Fortunately, Sister Xu brought a change of clothes, so I changed into hers.
"Jiang Nuan was not on guard against Jiang Qing at all, but Xu Chunjun noticed that Jiang Qing and Liu Er exchanged glances very quickly.
Seeing this situation, Xu Chunjun had already guessed it.
It must be that Jiang Qing wanted Jiang Nuan to make a fool of herself, so she sent away all Jiang Nuan's personal maids before the banquet and replaced them with Liu'er, which would make things easier.
If the breakfast is salty, Jiang Nuan will definitely drink more water, so he will naturally need to go to the toilet. When he takes off his skirt when going to the toilet, someone will naturally take it away.
If they hadn't found the dress, someone would have "discovered" it later and made it public.
In this way, Jiang Nuan will be greatly embarrassed in front of all the girls from aristocratic families, making people think that she is a greedy country girl.
What happened today is bound to be spread more and more widely. You must know that the favorite thing in the boudoir is to spread the word. How can you not spread the word widely if you have such a joy?
At this time, Jiang Qing saw someone coming from a distance, and immediately smiled like a flower and ran away.
Xu Chunjun raised his eyes and saw that she was a pretty and elegant young lady, and she seemed very friendly to Jiang Qing.
"She is my stepmother's niece, her name is Meng Qiao." Jiang Nuan whispered, "She is the one who met Cen Yunchu and was rated as having an excellent personality."
Xu Chunjun immediately understood that she had also heard of Meng Qiao's name.
Although she is a concubine of the Meng family, she has always had a good reputation. It is said that she has been fond of writing poetry and painting since she was a child. She is also a talented woman and is more popular than the young ladies in her family.
In addition, Zuo Zhengqing said that she had an excellent destiny, a prosperous husband and a prosperous family, which was exactly the opposite of Cen Yunchu. Therefore, people often compared the two of them together.
Jiang Qing has been in the capital for two or three years, but her father is only a sixth-rank official. Thanks to her maternal grandfather's family being an earl, she has the opportunity to visit noble families, but after all, the family status is very different, and she has never been able to truly blend in with these famous ladies.
Go among them.
Meng Qiao and Jiang Wan came over and greeted Jiang Nuan affectionately. They also blessed Xu Chunjun: "Hello, Miss Xu."
Xu Chunjun returned the gift, knowing that Jiang Qing must have told her about herself just now.
Jiang Qing took Jiang Nuan's arm and said, "Sister, my cousin said that she would take us over there to talk to the fourth lady of the Xinyong Palace."
Jiang Nuan couldn't help but hesitate after hearing this. She didn't want to be separated from Xu Chunjun, but it didn't seem appropriate to take her there.
Xu Chunjun then said with a smile: "I just want to go there for a walk, you can go over there."
Jiang Nuan said to her: "Good sister, don't go too far. I'll be back when I go. We'll be seated in a while. We'll sit next to each other."
Xu Chunjun smiled and nodded, and Meng Qiao nodded to her before leaving, very politely.
"Sure enough, everyone in the world has a rich heart and decent eyes. The second young lady of the Meng family was originally a low-income person, but because she was criticized for her good fortune, the young lady from the Xinyong Palace was willing to make friends with her."
Looking at Jiang Nuan and the others' retreating figures, he said.
"Isn't this a place for nonsense?" Zi Ling on the side quickly stopped her, "Don't cause trouble for us girls."
"I only said it since there was no one around us. If there was someone, I would never say anything nonsense." Green Ulva stuck out her tongue and said.
It just so happened that Cui Mingzhu, the fourth lady of Duke Xinyong's mansion, and others met Jiang Nuan for the first time, so they had to ask who it was.
Meng Qiao made the introduction, and Cui Mingzhu smiled and said: "I remembered, you must be the granddaughter of the late General Wei Lie!"
Jiang Nuan answered yes.
Someone else said a few words to her, all of which were social remarks.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh after hearing that she didn't speak with a capital accent, and that her behavior and conversation were slightly vulgar.
One of the fat ladies named Zhang spoke directly to Jiang Nuan: "You are not from the same group as us, so don't come close to me. It's not embarrassing, it's so annoying."
Jiang Nuan turned red at being snatched by her. She wanted to say something, but she was afraid of hurting her sister and Meng Qiao.
Jiang Qing lowered her head and said nothing on the surface, but in fact she was gloating about her misfortune.
No one spoke for her. Those noble ladies talked and laughed among themselves, building an invisible wall and excluding Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Nuan regretted that she should not have come, and she slowly backed away, preparing to find Xu Chunjun.
But she didn't expect someone behind her to block her. When she looked back, she couldn't help but be stunned.
Cen Yunchu took Jiang Nuan's hand and walked forward and said to the group of ladies: "She is indeed not the same person as you, but you are not qualified to boss her around."
"Why is it you again?!" Cui Mingzhu couldn't hold back when she saw Cen Yunchu, "Do you still have the nerve to come out?"
"I didn't do anything shameful, so why can't I come out?" Cen Yunchu raised her head proudly, as if the people in front of her were just a pile of mud.
"I think you are a grasshopper after the fall. You can't jump around for a few days." Miss Zhang is Cui Mingzhu's right-hand man. "You can't get married anyway, so being a shrew doesn't matter."
"When it comes to my ability to act playfully, I'm far behind your mother." Cen Yunchu opened his lips slightly and said lazily and nonchalantly, "How long anyone lives depends on God's will. You don't have to worry about how much I can dance.
sky?"
"You want to stand up for her with peace of mind, right?" Cui Mingzhu pointed at Jiang Nuan and said, "That day at Mo's house, you stood up for a servant, and now she is a country girl, what else can I say? Of course.
It’s because you are also a lowly person who only harms his own kind.”
"That's what you said." Cen Yunchu's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Of course I said it, how do you treat me?" Cui Mingzhu was not to be outdone.
