In a blink of an eye, the day of the autumn banquet arrived. Wen Xiaotu was awakened by Aunt Qiu Sang early in the morning. Tongxia, Xiaolu and other maids came to dress her up.
The palace maid carried a plum-red hibiscus satin coat and a purple-green four-in-one moire gold woven skirt. Such a luxurious set of coats and skirts was paired with a golden silk hibiscus beaded necklace, a bun with precious stones, and pearls.
This whole-body style was immediately apparent.
Wen Xiaotu looked at the girl in bright clothes in the mirror and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile. Especially the plum red coat, which made her look so popular.
Aunt Qiu Sang also smiled and said: "It's great for my lady to dress like this. The Queen Mother likes girls with bright and festive clothes."
Tongxia was also full of sweet words: "The girl is naturally beautiful and very charming. Wearing such clothes, she looks particularly noble."
Aunt Qiu Sang saw this and secretly thought that although these twelve ladies were once the concubines of Uncle Yanen's house, their current demeanor really matched their status as the concubines of the Duke's house.
Wen Xiaotu smiled, the fine satin and gold-woven satin, the whole body is covered with exquisite pearls and jade, who wouldn't be noble to wear it on?
"Okay, it's getting late. Let's go pay mother a greeting and then set off for the palace." Wen Xiaotu said with a gentle smile.
When Wen Xiaotu rushed to Mrs. Xu's main room, Mrs. Yan Enbo's Xiaolu family had already arrived. Needless to say, the person accompanying her was her direct relative, the Eighth Lady Ruyu, but what surprised Wen Xiaotu was——
Why is Thirteen Niang Ruzhu here?
Putting her doubts aside, she first met with Mrs. Xu Yingying and called her "mother".
Mrs. Xu hurriedly raised her kind smile, looked at her whole body, and immediately said: "She is very well dressed." Then she said to Little Lu: "In that case, let's set off."
Wen Xiaotu wanted to ask why there was an extra thirteenth mother, but seeing that Mrs. Xu seemed to be in a hurry to enter the palace, she didn't say anything and hurriedly helped Mrs. Xu and quietly left the house.
The carriage had already been prepared. After Wen Xiaotu helped Mrs. Xu get into the carriage of the Duke's wife's rank, Grandma Qiu Sang hurriedly came up to help her and whispered: "The carriage for the girl is the one at the back."
Wen Xiaotu nodded. She was not of any rank now. Of course she couldn't sit in the Duke's carriage, and the green carriage at the back was also brand new and spacious. Seeing that Xiao Lu had also boarded her Countess' carriage, Wen Xiaotu
Just as he was about to get on the carriage, he saw Thirteenth Lady walking quickly like a pearl.
"Sister Twelve, how about we take a carriage?" Wen Ruzhu was wearing a delicate dress, holding her delicate voice, full of coquettishness.
Wen Ruyu's face fell instantly. Although she was not willing to squeeze into a carriage with Wen Ruzhu, Wen Ruzhu's insistence on fawning over Twelve Niangs was clearly looking down on her!
Wen Xiaotu raised his eyebrows, "You'd better take the Eighth Sister's carriage."
Without hesitation, Wen Xiaotu refused without hesitation, and stepped on the stool to get into the carriage. Unexpectedly, Wen Ruzhu grabbed his broad sleeves and said, "Good sister, your carriage is more spacious! Why don't we go together?"
Wen Xiaotu's face darkened, "Are you a dog-skin plaster?!"
Mother Qiu Sang made a serious face, and unceremoniously snatched Wen Xiaotu's sleeve from Wen Ruzhu's hand, and said in a scolding tone: "Thirteenth lady, please respect yourself!" Then, she took Wen Xiao away.
Tu helped him get on the carriage.
"You -" Seeing that a servant dared to reprimand her, Wen Ruzhu was so angry that her face swollen with anger. But in front of them was the carriage of the Duke's wife. Did Wen Ruzhu make a big deal? She only dared to gouge Qiu Sang.
After taking a look at it, the nanny finally had no choice but to board the small carriage that the girl from the uncle's house used.
Wen Ruyu was sitting in the car, and when she saw Wen Ruzhu squeezing in, she couldn't help but snorted, "Don't you dislike the uncle's carriage being too small? Why did you come back so dejected?"
Wen Ruzhu was so angry that her eyebrows stood up, "You dare to show off your authority with me, and you have the guts to show off your yin and yang in front of Twelve Niangs!"
Wen Ruyu snorted proudly, "Twelve Niang and I are both legitimate children now, but you are the only one who was born as a concubine, and you were shamelessly stuffed in by your little girl!"
"You-" Wen Ruzhu was so angry that she just wanted to scratch Wen Ruyu's face.
Wen Xiaotu was sitting leisurely in the spacious carriage, with Aunt Qiu Sang accompanying her, touching up her makeup and tidying up her appearance. Aunt Qiu Sang couldn't help but said: "That thirteenth lady, she doesn't understand the rules too much."
It’s so hard for my wife to not be angry.”
Wen Xiaotu said lightly: "She relies on her beauty and thinks too highly of herself since she was a child. She will suffer from her in the future." - She was so idle that she went to get angry with a fourteen-year-old girl. Her daughter was nine years old.
Got it!
I don't know if I can see the porridge when I go to the palace today to attend the autumn banquet.
Aunt Qiu Sang whispered: "Didn't we agree before that we would only bring Mrs. Lu and the Eighth Lady with us? Why..."
Wen Xiaotu chuckled: "I'm afraid that Aunt Bai has blown Uncle Yan En's pillow." But Mrs. Xu was too lazy to be as familiar with her as a junior, so she just let it go.
Qiu Sang frowned, this Uncle Yan En was too fond of his concubine. What's more, what was agreed upon earlier, and now he had to shamelessly add one more person, really didn't keep his word.
Qiu Sang said with a smile: "When the lady enters the palace, she just follows the steps. When she looks back, there will be an imperial edict. It's just that I'm a little worried. The thirteenth lady looks a bit out of the ordinary. If the Queen Mother takes her fancy..."
Wen Xiaotu smiled and said: "Mammy has been in the palace for many years. Don't you know that it only counts if you are favored by the emperor?"
Aunt Qiu Sang was startled, how could these twelve ladies know the emperor so well?
Aunt Qiu Sang did not dare to ask when the Twelve Madam met the Emperor and when he fell in love with the Emperor, so she smiled slightly and said, "Madam is right."
The Duke's Mansion is very close to the palace gate, only half an hour's drive away.
It's a pity that when you get to the palace gate, you don't care about the princes and generals. Without permission from the emperor or the queen mother, you have to walk the rest of the journey by yourself.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw two small shoulder carriages being carried over.
The person who came to greet him was Xiao Yunlu, the deputy eunuch of the palace. Eunuch Xiao bowed with a smile and said: "Your Majesty is considerate of your old age and frailty, so I asked your servant to bring two shoulder-length carriages."
The little Mrs. Lu on the side saw that there were actually two shoulder carriages, and her face instantly showed excitement: "The emperor's grace is so great, how can this... be made possible?"
Eunuch Xiao smiled and said, "Madam and the Twelve Madams, please come up to us."
The smile on little Mrs. Lu's face froze.
Wen Xiaotu was speechless: This little Lu family really lacks self-awareness. Is it possible that this shoulder bag was given to you? You are just a relative of Duke Chang Guo's wife.
Mrs. Xu's face was slightly strange, but she quickly returned to normal, "Thank you, father-in-law."
Thirteenth Niang Ruzhu, who was following Little Lu, couldn't help but cover her lips and let out an inaudible chuckle. Although her voice was small, Little Lu and Eighth Niang Ruyu who were just in front of her heard it.
Really, mother and daughter both turned pale at the same time, wishing they could strangle this little bitch behind him.
But after entering the palace, who dares to cause trouble? The young man had to endure it and watched helplessly as the Duke's wife Xu and the twelfth mother Wen Ruchu boarded the ceremony, while Xiao Lu, the eighth mother, and the thirteenth mother had to follow on foot.
At the back.
Seeing the calm look of Twelve Niangs sitting on the ceremonial carriage, Xiao Lu couldn't help but secretly hate that even if the emperor had given the duke's palace two shoulder carriages, this Twelfth Niang had no respect for her elders and was not inferior to her.
Take the initiative to be humble!
After the angry curse in her heart passed, Xiao Lu suddenly felt a thump in her heart. Why did the emperor give the Duke of Guo's Mansion two shoulder carriages? The Emperor... knew that the Duke of Guo's Mansion also brought girls into the palace? Could it be that the Emperor... had seen ten
Second mother?
Little Lu looked at her daughter Banniang, and immediately thought: No, no! The emperor has only seen Banniang! The emperor also likes Banniang! When Banniang enters the palace, he must call these two
A lowly girl who doesn’t know her dignity will not be able to reap the rewards!