The next day, Jiang Wu was pulled out of bed mercilessly by four maids. She felt that she had never gotten up so early even when handling a case.
After a rather solemn dressing up, she was sent to the front hall first.
Because she had never known before that it turned out that her father was not the only one in Pingxuanhou Mansion - to be precise, Pingxuanhou Mansion was a hereditary title. The previous Pingxuanhou Mansion left four sons, and Jiang Qingshan was
The youngest concubine also inherited the title.
If calculated carefully, Jiang Qingshan should be the fourth brother, but because he had not been very happy with the three brothers in his early years, he separated the family directly. After the separation, the eldest brother and the second brother no longer served as officials in the court.
, but went back to his hometown in Youzhou to do business.
Currently, there are only three and four families left in the capital. Jiang Wu doesn’t know exactly what happened between them.
Today was originally the big day for her to recognize her relatives, but unfortunately, due to the rush of preparations, the second bedroom and the second bedroom did not have time to come back to attend the banquet. They only sent some gifts. In addition, she also had to get to know everyone today.
The seven aunts and eight aunts are related to the Hou Mansion.
The mistress Yu Yueniang has passed away, and there is no renewal in the Hou Mansion. The relatives of Aunt Chen and Aunt Duan... are not able to attend the banquet.
After all, Ping Xuanhou is not the kind of person who is so lustful that he sends these two concubines directly to Zhuangzi. It can be seen that neither of them are very favored. Now the real eldest lady is back.
, but he brought the person back, probably to take care of the eldest lady.
As soon as Jiang Wu entered the door, everyone in the hall was startled.
Before her, the daughter-in-law of Pingxuanhou Mansion was Jiang Lu. Jiang Lu was so beautiful and smart that everyone thought she could not compare to Jiang Lu. Who expected that when they saw her today, she was no different from the noble ladies nowadays.
Seeing her beautiful features and beautiful aura on her body, people couldn't take their eyes away.
A smile flashed in Jiang Qingshan's eyes, this daughter was more sensible than he thought.
Jiang Wu had never systematically learned etiquette when she was in Beizhen Fusi. If she had to learn it, she only knew how to "meet your lord"
Therefore, Mo Hua taught her these etiquette in the past two days.
Among the people sitting in the hall, there were only three unfamiliar faces. Jiang Wu rolled his eyes and saluted: "I think this is the third uncle."
Jiang Yifeng, the second roommate of the Jiang family, along with his wife Wang and eldest daughter Jiang Jiajia, sat on the seats with a cold face. It was probably the first time he had seen this junior. Jiang Yifeng managed to squeeze out a smile and ordered his wife Wang to send a gift.
Pair of jade bracelets.
Jiang Wu knew it very well. He had never heard anything about the other rooms of the Jiang family in the past few days. He thought with his toes that the brothers might not only be at odds with each other, but they might not even have a moment of peace.
She couldn't pretend that she didn't want to cause trouble again at this time, so she didn't say anything next.
Fortunately, Aunt Chen came to the rescue at this time and said, "Miss, why don't you go outside and take a look? There are many ladies coming outside. When the banquet starts, there will be an ink painting to take you there."
Jiang Wu naturally responded obediently.
On this side, Fu Heng's carriage stopped leisurely in front of the Jiang Mansion.
Today he is dressed more grandly than usual, with brocade clothes and mink fur. He is naturally very good-looking. His eyebrows are like distant mountains, his eyes are full of spring water, and his long crow-green hair is tied up with a jade hairpin. At first glance, he is a romantic and elegant man.
Yun's son-in-law.
Fu Heng and his entourage arrived at the door of Jiang Mansion. The concierge wanted an invitation, but seeing that this man was wearing extraordinary clothes, he was afraid that if he asked questions rashly, he might offend the noble man, so he didn't even ask a question and let them in directly.
Already.
Fu Heng and Zhou Xianen stood under the corridor. Zhou Xianen murmured: "Miss Jiang."
Fu Heng raised his eyes and took a look - it was Jiang Wu who he had never seen before. At this time, she was carrying the air of a lady, Tingting, walking across the stone bridge, and then stopped there, looking at him.
touch.
The two looked at each other from a distance. Just when Fu Heng thought that she was worried about her current identity and came to talk to him, he saw the girl slowly grinning. Her expression was unclear from the distance, but she could still see it.
It appeared that she was very happy now, and then——
"grown ups!"
Gee, why are you still so ignorant of etiquette?
Jiang Wu seemed to want to come over, but just then Mo Hua came over to remind her that the banquet was already held and asked her to hurry over. Jiang Wu thought about it and saw Fu Heng later, so he waved to Fu Heng again.
He turned back to the banquet.
When the two of them walked to the main hall, the luncheon was about to begin. Everyone was sitting on the floor, and several side dishes were already placed on the food table in front of them.
Although today is a recognition banquet, after all, we don’t expect Jiang Wu, a teenage girl, to take charge of the overall situation. All the specific matters are handled by Aunt Chen on her behalf. After all, some of them are women in the boudoir, so the Hou Mansion uses screens to
Separate men and women.
Today Jiang Wu is the protagonist. Although she doesn't speak much, she still sits in a more conspicuous position.
After a while, Jiang Wu heard a lady beside him discussing in a low voice: "How come Mr. Fu is here too?"
"I heard...that this young lady from the Jiang family had some connection with Jin Yiwei in the past."
"No wonder."
"Stop talking, stop talking." The last person noticed that Jiang Wu was sitting next to them. It's always bad to talk behind someone's back. Several ladies looked at each other, but no one said anything in the end.
But it was Fu Heng. After he entered the house, Jiang Qingshan went up to greet him personally. Although he didn't send an invitation, he was still an honored guest according to his status. The maid arranged a seat for him. Coincidentally, he happened to be sitting opposite Jiang Wu.
.
After Fu Heng sat down, there was a small space next to him unconsciously. Although he was not wearing official uniform today, there were two subordinates with swords beside him. One was Zhou Xianen, and the other was a man in black whom Jiang Wu had never seen before.
, standing next to his seat, one on the left and one on the right. For those delicate ladies, this battle was too scary, and even the chatter was muted.
Fu Heng cupped his hands and said: "Although Fu is taking a rest today, he still has business matters in the evening. If these two disturb everyone's peace, I will let them go out."
Zhou Xianen clasped his fists and turned to leave. Aunt Chen couldn't see that he was just saying polite words. What's more, she couldn't afford to offend Fu Heng, so she quickly waved her hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Please sit down together with these two little brothers."
yes."
Fu Heng originally had no intention of letting these two people leave, so he calmly ordered them to sit down.
It didn't matter what the food on the table was like. He only saw Jiang Wu with a head full of pearls and a beautiful face.
The two looked at each other across the screen, Fu Heng frowned slightly, Jiang Wu shrank his neck and immediately looked away.
…
After three drinks, the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves. Jiang Wu put down his chopsticks and walked out of the main hall on the pretext of going out to take a breath, intending to wait at the door for Fu Heng to come out.
Then I thought about it and decided that waiting at the door would be too conspicuous, so I sneaked along the bluestone road and ran under a tree.
She thought that Fu Heng would definitely see her when he came out later.
Jiang Wu waited under the tree for a while, and she saw Fu Heng and the unknown man coming out of the main hall together. Anyway, there was no one around. She subconsciously jumped for joy, and her whole body jumped a little: "Sir, sir
...Mom!"
The moment Fu Heng looked over, Jiang Wu slipped and fell on his butt.
Therefore, when Fu Heng came over, what he saw was the little girl he hadn't seen for a few days sitting on the ground, her head buried in her arms, her face invisible.
He plucked the tassels on Jiang Wu's hairpin and asked, "What's wrong?"
There was a dead silence in Jiang Wu's voice, "Oh, is this the reunion after a long separation that I have fantasized about countless times?