As the Romans do in the countryside, Jintong's invitations to the female dependents of various noble families in Beijing began to be sent out one by one in July.
This dynasty was very particular. Some noble families, relying on their status, would normally ignore the first invitation. They would only respond to the second invitation. If there was no response to the next three invitations, then
There's no need to waste your time trying to prove that people don't like you.
The time on the invitations is also very particular. Normally, one invitation will be sent eighteen days in advance, and one will be sent every six days until all three are sent.
Madam Pingninghou, the "Mrs. Yipingaoming" personally conferred by the Holy Emperor, Jintong's status and status, as soon as the first invitation came out, even Su Qin Princess Chu Wan, who had never been easy to get along with, immediately replied, let alone others?
Therefore, all the servants in Pingninghou Mansion worked overtime to make everything perfect on the third day of August.
On the third day of August, before dawn, Li Xinuo got up excitedly and urged Princess Xiang to come. As a result, mother and daughter were the first to arrive.
Princess Xiang raised her eyes and looked up. Next to the lotus pond, there were about a hundred large vats four to five feet wide and waist high. They were planted with various varieties and colors, and they were filled with palm-sized lotus flowers: pink and tender.
The pink clouds are like clouds; the petals are flying and elegant, the bright yellow fairy flowers are scattered; the thick ink and colorful rubies complement each other, creating a beautiful scenery.
The entire lotus pond is mostly planted with two varieties, Xiaowufei and Zhongshan Hongtai. The pond is densely packed with overlapping petals. The gentle breeze is full of fragrance, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
The maids had already taken their places in an orderly manner, bowing their heads respectfully in preparation for the nobleman's summons. Princess Xiang couldn't help but nod secretly. "Marquis Pingning has good manners!"
"Of course, sister Tong is the best person I have ever met?" Li Xinuo is now a fan of Jintong.
Princess Xiang caressed Li Xinuo's head lovingly: "You can't be so unruly when there are many people at a meeting. You have to call me Mrs. Jin."
Li Xinuo smiled heartlessly at her mother-in-law with thirty-two teeth. Princess Xiang couldn't help but tap her forehead with her hand: "You kid, you are so naughty."
At this time, Jintong was still telling Zheng Zhan: "Gu Xiangjun, the sixth lady of the Taiping Marquis Mansion, is ten years old, and Li Xinuo, the youngest daughter of Princess Xiang, is twelve years old. These two are not much older than you, and they are both cheerful and easy to get along with. Also,
The little sisters from your school will probably come with their mothers, so you have to treat them well." Zheng Zhan nodded in agreement, but felt a little scared in his heart.
Jintong saw that she was still timid and submissive, even though he knew that Zheng Zhan had only attended the girls' school for three months, and it was impossible for him to be reborn!
But after all, she still hated the fact that iron could not become steel. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and looked up at Aunt Shi: "Aunt Shi, please pay more attention. If there is anything that cannot be solved, send someone to tell me." Shi
Grandma responded quickly.
Jintong also told Ningzi to stay by Zheng Zhan's side and to provide more guidance on everything to prevent Zheng Zhan from making mistakes.
Among Jintong's personal maids, Zheng Tan took Qi Subai for the first time, and Ningzi for the second time. She quickly patted her chest to express her absolute obedience to Sister Ningzi's words, and promised not to embarrass her father.
While talking, Li Xinuo suddenly rushed in like a whirlwind: "Wow! What a fat cat!"
Then he lifted up the snowflake velvet that was curled up into a big sleeping pile under the "breeze", and sighed again: "Sister Tong, this cat is so fat, so fat, so fat!"
Snowflake feels so aggrieved, angry, and wants to curse! She is a rare and stunningly beautiful kitten in the world. She is extremely young and in the prime of life. Where is her weight?
She tried hard to twist her chubby body to let this stupid human take a good look at her: her standard bun face, cute short legs, fat belly that felt great and elastic, and her big raised tail.
How normal, how cute, and cute?
Besides, her fluffy and lush hair is definitely the wishful thinking of middle-aged Twolegs who hold the Mediterranean Sea in vain!
Although, it may look a little bit puffy, but it is understandable. Do you understand baby fat? This is pure and natural that many middle-aged and elderly people pretend to be young girls and use hyaluronic acid to make it fake.
Collagen! Why did I become "so fat, so fat, so fat"?
This stupid human being has bad eyesight and needs to be cured!
Jintong looked at the pitiful Xuehuarong with an accusatory look on his face, and thought to himself, try holding Jin Dabing like that, if you can't scratch you to death, I promise to take Jin Dabing's last name!
"It's timid! Don't scare it!" Jintong looked at Snowflake Velvet, who was being strangled to the point of spitting out her tongue, and quickly helped adjust the correct posture to hold the cat.
Princess Xiang came behind. Li Xinuo was so happy that she rushed in when she heard Jintong's voice. She was afraid that this reckless child would conflict with Jintong.
She bowed gracefully to Jintong: "Mrs. Jin, I'm so sorry! This child has been spoiled by me, in no way! Please bear with me!"
"Your Majesty, Nono is just like me when I was unmarried. I like children like this!" Jintong smiled and returned the gift.
Princess Xiang also likes small animals, and she skillfully stroked Snowflake's fat chin a few times: "Mrs. Jin, this cat is well raised and extremely docile."
Snowflakes squinted her eyes comfortably, "meowing" her face like a coquettish girl.
Li Xinuo hugged Snow Velvet tightly and didn't let go. She had always wanted to raise a cat, but her stingy father didn't agree: Huh! My mother is his wife, and the eldest brother and second brother are his sons. They all want what they want.
What! Sure enough, she was picked up on the road, and she was not even allowed to keep a cat! (Prince Xiang: When you were three years old, you were scratched by the cat raised by Prince Su, have you forgotten? You had nightmares for a few days and you can’t remember.
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Li Xinuo hugged the heavy snowflake velvet and tried his best to follow his mother, who was chatting and laughing with Jintong, to the lotus pond.
Mrs. Tai and Zuo Congyun came here a few days ago to help Jintong and see if there were any deficiencies. Their master and servant were temporarily staying in Zheng Qiyan's Wumoxuan, and they were walking together with each other at this moment.
The nobles arrived one after another, Jintong and Zuo Congyun were busy entertaining them, while the Tai Madam and several ladies sat in the pavilion in the middle of the lake and chatted.
Mrs. Jiang and several ladies were sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake enjoying tea. Suddenly she saw Gu Xiangjun and a few little girls running and walking in the middle of the lotus pond. She was startled and thought they had fallen into the water: "What's going on? Someone come quickly -
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When I looked closely, I saw several girls jumping and laughing on the lotus pond. I was very surprised: "Why did they run into the lake?" I also felt that my daughter was running so imagelessly, and I felt that I had lost points.
Let’s just say a few words. The legitimate daughter of Prince Xiang’s family ran even crazier than her daughter, so I had to endure it and go back to settle the score with this girl.
Mrs. Zhen Tai waved her to sit down: "Youwei (Mrs. Jiang's maiden name) is fine, let the children play! In the lake, Tong'er ordered his servants to tie hundreds of boats together with chains and lay them
Once we got on the board, it was very stable and there was no problem at all walking on it!”
"Oh, no wonder! I thought these little girls knew Qinggong, but why are they running on the lake!" Su Shi, the wife of the Minister of Justice, joked.
Zheng Zheng took Li Xinuo, Gu Xiangjun and several little girls from the Zuo family school together. They were extremely excited and walked through the lotus pond to see the peacocks. Four pairs of the five pairs of peacocks sent by Zheng Qiyan were kept near the flower and wood house.
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Zheng Zhan and his party were in high spirits and chattered all the way to the bamboo forest. The entire bamboo forest was built based on Jintong's own memories and drawings based on what he saw when he visited Yunnan Province in his previous life. It has the characteristics of a folk culture village.
Eight peacocks were wandering leisurely in the open space. The prize money rushed forward, bowed awkwardly, and then picked up the cucurbit flute and started playing.
Ning Zi smiled and explained to everyone: "Ladies, wait a minute, the peacock is about to open its tail!"
While they were talking and laughing, unexpectedly, the brocade cake appeared out of nowhere, and the tiger rushed straight into the peacocks like it was descending from the mountain, howling wildly. The four male peacocks were so frightened that they suddenly opened their tails together, attracting everyone's admiration.
Jin Dabing also shocked the boss, what kind of big tail thing is that? It scared me to death!
Jin Dabi rolled on the spot to avoid the peacock, eyes wide open and angry!
Li Xinuo excitedly pointed at Jin Dabi and screamed: "Jin Dabi! Jin Dabi! This fat cat is called Jin Dabi. Mrs. Jin said it has the worst temper!" Then he petted her and she was reluctant to let him go.
Kai’s snowflake velvet: “Snowflake velvet is still the most cute and well-behaved!”
Jin Dabing glanced murderously at Li Xinuo, who was teasing his wife: Haha! Stupid human beings, your whole family is fat and has a bad temper! Then he glanced at his stupid wife with disgust, why are you following him?
Are these humans acting cute next to them, do they have an unlimited supply of small fish to fuck? Forget it, ignore her for now.
Jin Dabian held up his two front paws, stretched out his fat waist, moved his limbs, and then roared at the arrogant peacock closest to him, which was spreading its tail triumphantly to threaten him. He jumped forward and took a bite.
A peacock tail feather clings on.
The peacock was suddenly attacked, so he quickly closed his screen and ran, trying to get rid of Jin Dabing. However, Jin Dabing was very flexible, and he dropped to the ground with a heavy weight. The poor peacock stumbled to the ground, and had to struggle and twist his body.
Peck that smelly cat with your mouth.
The entire bamboo forest was being made so noisy by brocade pancakes, birds were flying and cats were dancing, and it was extremely lively. Several ladies in the boudoir had never seen this scene before, and they all found it extremely novel, and they laughed and laughed while watching the show.
Ning Zi immediately took a group of young girls to a nearby small bamboo pavilion, where they could watch a show and be safe. She couldn't bear the responsibility if someone was accidentally injured in the chaos.
The little girls found everything they saw new, and they chatted around Zheng Zhan and asked questions. With Ning Zi's support, Zheng Zhan was confident, generous, and handled things appropriately. He had a great time chatting with the little girls.
Poor prize money is about to cry!
He finally managed to raise the remaining eight peacocks until they were bright and full of life. Don't let another one die in this mess! But it had been almost a month since he came to the Hou Mansion, and he knew that Jin Da
The cake, snowflakes and velvet are all Jintong's pet peeves, so how dare he go up to drive away Jin Dabao? If he hurts Uncle Jin, what will Madam do if he can't clean him up?
He suddenly became wise and abandoned one to protect seven. He blew the gourd silk and twisted his body to guide the remaining seven peacocks to the other side of the small bamboo pavilion, where he could let several ladies watch and watch, but also stay away from the brocade cake, killing two birds with one stone.
The two poor cat slaves, Zhu Yuan Yurun, had been searching everywhere since Dajin Dabing successfully escaped from prison. They heard the commotion in the bamboo forest, which seemed to be mixed with the meowing of cats. They hurried over and were stunned by the scene in front of them.
Fortunately, she was very good at serving Jin Dabi, and she always carried Jin Dabi's favorite dried fish with her. Zhu Yuanyurun each held the dried fish, and was good at coaxing Jin Dabi to let go of the dried peacock rice.
Jin Dabing has always been sympathetic to his beauty, and with these two cute girls serving him every day, he has to give him face. Besides, when Xuexiarong saw some dried fish to eat, he would have already run to Zhuyuanyurun's side.
Jin Dabing glanced at his silly wife, kicked the peacock several times, then let go and ran to eat dried fish with his wife.
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By the Lotus Lake, Xiao Qingfang avoided everyone. She was too lazy to look or listen to those people flattering Jintong.
She walked along the lake, and her maid Shi Yun followed behind with her head lowered. Unknowingly, she reached Yanbo Haomiao Pavilion, where a little girl came up to her and saluted: "What are your orders, Miss?"
"My lady is tired from walking. Is there a place to rest for a while?"
The little girl invited Xiao Qingfang into the outer hall, and the other girl quickly brought tea, drinks and cakes, and then the two maids waited aside with their hands down.
Xiao Qingfang saw that the two plates of snacks were exquisite and the tea was actually light crimson in color. She took a sip out of curiosity and felt that her mouth was filled with the fragrance of flowers. She couldn't help but ask: "What kind of tea is this? It tastes so fragrant."
"Miss, this is the rose tea that our Lord Marquis specially sent from southern Xinjiang to Madam."
Xiao Qingfang suddenly felt that the tea in her mouth was no longer fragrant. Although she knew it was not polite, she couldn't help but look around. This is where Jintong lived, and she just wanted to see if Zheng Qiyan would stay.
What traces?
She stepped forward and looked at the paintings on the wall: the waning moon was like a bow, the courtyard was full of sycamores, a small vermilion building, and a lonely figure of a woman vaguely appeared in the window. She wrote a letter to meet each other: "Speechless, I went up to the west building alone, the moon was like
Bow, the lonely phoenix tree in the deep courtyard locks the autumn. It keeps cutting, and the arrangement is still messy, and there is a special feeling in my heart." There is a seal stamped "Stranger in a Land" underneath.
Xiao Qingfang fell in love with Zheng Qiyan but couldn't get it, and she had a sentimental temperament. The more I watched, the more I admired it. But I don't know who this "foreigner" is? With such excellent words and paintings but unknown, he must be the hermit who is a pure guest, with great literary talent but unrecognized talent. He is lonely.
Hide yourself in the world!
She was aloof and arrogant, so she felt that Jintong's maid must not have known about it either, and she didn't ask any questions. She just silently noted down the happy meeting and left with the maid.
Lunch was served in Liuyun Pavilion. Jintong built an extraordinary meandering water cup inside, surrounded by rockeries and decorated with colored glass fired into shapes like clouds. Miniature bridges flowed over the water, and even the flowing water above
The cups, saucers and dishes in the row are mainly in the shape of lotus, lotus leaves and lotus pods, supplemented by the shape of clouds. The entire Liuyun Pavilion is really like a heavenly palace, magnificent and beautiful.
The lotus comes out of the mud without being stained, and washes the ripples without being evil. In the eyes of literati, it has always been a noble and refined flower. The lotus root, lotus leaves, lotus flowers, and lotus seeds are all edible, and have always been regarded as the four most important flowers in people's lives.
It is an auspicious sign that the world is in one place. Therefore, the lunch theme is naturally based on the lotus.
Such ingenious thinking was an eye-opener for all the ladies and ladies. The delicious food and wine served at the banquet made everyone full of praise.
The meal was a feast for both guests and hosts, and Jintong's reputation in Shangjing rose to a higher level.