"As soon as I entered the eldest princess's residence, Xu Mingyi—"
When Xu Mingshi said this, his mother raised her eyebrows at him threateningly: "Huh?"
The corner of the boy's mouth twitched slightly, but he changed his words honestly: "...I mean, as soon as I entered the eldest princess's mansion, my sister went to the eldest princess's courtyard and took Akui to see a doctor. It is said that the eldest princess was a doctor. The princess has a rash."
"You didn't follow?" Cui asked.
"Why are you following me, son?" Xu Mingshi asked in confusion.
"Then why did you go to the eldest princess's mansion?" Ms. Cui looked at her son in confusion.
"Appreciate the autumn chrysanthemums."
"..." Ms. Cui was completely speechless.
Did he feel lonely?
"Go back and read." Ms. Cui waved her hands towards her son in disappointment, and threw the melon seeds back into the plate.
I should have expected that my son, with his shameless face and bad temper, would not be able to do normal things.
"yes."
Xu Mingshi raised his hand in salute and walked out without hesitation.
Not long after, a maid came in and said, "Madam, Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Zhou are here."
When she heard that her poker partner was coming, Ms. Cui perked up, put down her tea cup and stood up to greet her.
Two women came in.
"Why is there one missing?" Ms. Cui asked with a smile.
"Mrs. Xiang Ningbo will not be able to come today." Mrs. Wen, the wife of the Minister of Rites, who is about forty years old, told Mrs. Cui: "But I have made an appointment with my sister-in-law from my mother's family, who must be here soon."
She taught her younger siblings how to use horse cranes. In order to prevent the phenomenon of three missing and one missing from happening, who wouldn’t have a few makeshift ones on hand?
Mrs. Kong, the wife of Zhou Shilang's family, sighed and said, "I haven't seen her for several times now. It's strange to think about her."
After all, in the horse-drawing circle in Beijing, Mrs. Xiangningbo is known as the Goddess of Mercy.
"It can't be that we lost too much in the past few days?" Cui said jokingly.
In fact, the fights they fought were not too big, but the Fang family, Mrs. Xiangningbo, did have bad luck, and she often lost nine times out of ten.
However, Fang's natal family was a businessman and had a wealthy family. It is said that Xiangning's uncle's house decided on this marriage and chose Fang's stepmother, but people were talking about it for a while, and secretly they said that the uncle's house had taken a fancy to it. Fang's dowry.
After all, the situation in Xiangning Bo Mansion was really not good at that time due to the incident involving Princess Jing Rong -
But this was more than ten years ago, and few people would talk about it now.
"She is getting braver every time she gets frustrated. How could she stop fighting just because she lost a few times?" As the group went to Nuan Pavilion, Mrs. Wen said, "I heard it was her mother-in-law, Mr. Xiangning. She has been ill these past few days, and she is at home taking care of her illness."
"Are you sick?" Ms. Cui asked casually, "Are you seriously ill?"
"I am sick from anger..."
Mrs. Wen lowered her voice and said: "It is said that the legitimate son of the old lady who was exterminated has come back... He owed a bunch of gambling debts and had one of his fingers chopped off... He came to the uncle's house to ask for money to save his life. .”
"The one who offended the eldest princess?" Kong asked in surprise: "He still dares to return to Beijing?"
Who in the capital doesn't know that after Jia Junzhi, the legitimate son of Xiangning Bo Mansion, was appointed as the consort, he was caught and raped in bed by the eldest princess because of an affair with the same woman.
After offending the eldest princess, the Xiangning House did not dare to keep this son anymore, even if he was removed from the clan——
This move is understandable. After all, I originally wanted to rely on this son to climb into the royal family, which had just been on the throne for a few years and was not very particular about choosing a consort. However, after only two years of reaping the benefits, this unsatisfactory son decided to cut himself off.
On the road of life, the entire uncle's house will also suffer disasters. If this evil star who has been punished and demoted to a common people is not driven out, will he still wait for the New Year?
Mrs. Cui also became interested after hearing this.
It is said that after Jia Junzhi was exterminated, he took the woman and left the capital. However, no news about this person has been heard in these years——
Seeing that her friends were waiting for her to continue, Mrs. Wen was in a good mood and said: "Now the uncle's house is suppressing the news, for fear that this matter will spread to the ears of the eldest princess and cause any trouble again."
As we all know, the meaning and essence of Ma Diao is not only playing cards, but gathering around and talking about gossip is also part of the fun.
However, this is also hierarchical. In their circle, not just any lady from a petty official's family can squeeze in.
Therefore, I don’t have too many scruples about what I say.
But Ms. Cui always remembered her husband's advice, and she mostly listened but did not speak. Even if she did speak, it was really insignificant ones.
"Tsk, from this point of view, Mrs. Xiangning is so sick that she is even afraid of it." Mrs. Kong shook her head and sighed: "The uncle's house has finally recovered a little bit in recent years...
…”
"No."
While they were talking, they heard that Mrs. Wen's younger siblings had arrived, so they stopped talking with a smile and started to ask the maid to set up the card table.
…
Three days later, Princess Yufeng came to the Zhenguo Palace.
She had delivered the post a day in advance, so Xu Mingyi was already prepared. He had already asked the maid to set up a table under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard, and A-Zhu moved a beauty couch, and the promised peach blossom wine was also served early.
So he dug it out.
As soon as Princess Yufeng was led into Xiyuan by Akui, she saw everything arranged in the courtyard. She couldn't help but smile and said to Xu Mingyi who came up to her: "Xu Zhaozhao, you know what I'm thinking. The autumn weather is refreshing.
There is nothing more comfortable than eating and drinking in your courtyard."
While talking, I took my friend's arm, and the two of them sat down on a low couch under the ginkgo tree without going into the hall.
Soon a maid put out fresh fruit snacks, and Akui led a few maids to start grilling meat.
The fresh meat that had been marinated half an hour in advance was skewered and slowly roasted through the iron mesh on the red-hot charcoal stove. After a while, the fat and thin meat skewers began to sizzle with oil.
, sprinkled with ground spices, and the aroma of barbecue with a faint burnt aroma spread in the yard, making people salivate.
Tianmu sat by the stove with his wings folded, staring straight at the meat skewers with a pair of round eyes.
The grilled meat skewers were peeled off, placed on a plate, and presented to the two girls.
Princess Yufeng quickly picked up the chopsticks.
Eating meat and drinking wine with friends is truly a joy in life.
When the two of them were eating, Azhu walked in from outside the courtyard and said, "There is a letter from the girl."
While speaking, he handed over the letter in his hand.
Xu Mingyi put down the wine glass, took it, opened it and looked at it.
What came to her eyes was the pleasing and familiar handwriting. After reading two lines, the girl unconsciously had a smile on her cheeks.
Princess Yufeng glanced at her and put her head over, pretending to see what was written in the letter: "Hey, whose letter is this?"
Xu Mingyi subconsciously covered the letter in front of her body.
