The bustle at Chang's residence in the eastern suburbs started before dawn.
The Chang family's mansion was decorated with flowers and people came and went. This was the first time that the Chang family held such a large banquet. Relatives and friends came to help one after another, but there were no big mistakes.
Although it was said to be a lake party for women, in addition to the housewife and her daughter-in-law, many gentlemen also came. It turned out that Wu’s gentlemen came because of the princess. There were not many opportunities to see the princess, so they wanted to take a look anyway, and
The gentlemen in Xijing suffered a loss last time because of Chen Danzhu. They should be careful this time to prevent their family from being taken advantage of by Chen Danzhu again.
The gentlemen were sitting in the front hall of the mansion, accompanied by Mr. Chang and the men of the clan. When the women entered the back house, Mrs. Chang and her daughters-in-law greeted them. When the ladies saw their elders, they were invited to the flower hall.
The ladies from the Chang family entertained.
The Chang family in the eastern suburbs is also a family with many members, but Liu Wei felt that it was the first time she saw so many people. Standing in the corner, she glanced at them. They were full of jewels and red and blue skirts. No matter how fat or thin they were, everyone was dressed.
They are exquisitely decorated and graceful in manners. Among them are some ladies who are obviously dressed differently. They speak crisp Mandarin. These are ladies from aristocratic families in Xijing.
There are many women from Xijing on the street now, but the ladies from real aristocratic families rarely go out shopping. Their demeanor is different from the Xijing women seen on the street. Liu Wei looked at it curiously.
"Weiwei." A Yun floated over, "You are here."
Liu Wei nodded to her, and Ayun gave her a piece of snack she was holding in her hand: "Try this, Miss Peng brought it. She said it is a specialty of Xijing and we can't eat it here."
In addition to the visiting gifts that the housewives bring, the ladies also bring small gifts of food, drink and entertainment for the girls' social interactions.
Liu Wei looked at the piece of peony-like fruit handed to her hand. Just as she was about to speak, someone shouted "Ayun."
Ayun turned around and saw a young lady on the other side of the long room.
"Come on," she greeted, and then introduced to a girl wearing a red turban standing next to her, "That's my second uncle's daughter, her name is A Yun." She waved to A Yun, "Come on, you can take me with you.
Miss Huang went to take a look at our big banyan tree. Miss Huang said that before entering the door, she saw a fiery red tree towering into the clouds."
The ladies at home had to entertain the guests. A Yun hurriedly answered and walked away without talking to Liu Wei. Liu Wei stood behind the porch holding peonies and fruit, watching the ladies at home busy, and some people saw it curiously.
She pointed and asked. Liu Wei couldn't hear clearly from the distance, but he could see the mouth movements of the ladies from the Chang family. "Those are the relatives of the old lady's mother's family——"
That is to say, the guests are not from this family. The ladies who came as guests were not interested and did not even tell the names of their relatives. This shows that they are not from a famous family.
Liu Wei stood alone in this bustling and bustling place, but she should go back to her room. When she was about to turn around, she saw several people entering the flower hall, shouting loudly, "Chen Danzhu is here! Chen Danzhu is here!"
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This shout made the flower hall where the birds and birds were singing fell silent for an instant.
Another girl was probably too nervous after hearing too much about Chen Danzhu’s reputation, so she couldn’t help but blurt out and asked: “What should I do?”
The young lady next to her was also nervous at first, but she laughed at what she said: "What are you afraid of? This is the Chang family, not on her mountain, and we didn't provoke her. Is she here to beat someone?"
The others also came to their senses, feeling angry, funny and a little embarrassed.
Yes, this is the Chang family. The young lady of the Chang family hurriedly greeted the sisters: "Come on, let's go and greet them."
The seven or eight sisters from the Chang family walked out, and noisy discussions began again in the flower hall.
"You don't know why Chen Danzhu came so fast? There were many people on the road and he walked slowly, but Chen Danzhu used his riding crop to drive everyone out of the way. If anyone blocked the way, he would beat him." A young lady whispered.
said.
"No wonder Sister Qi didn't get out of the car when she came. She said she was hit on the road and her bun was messed up. She wanted to comb her hair again." Another young lady said, "I was wondering who dared to bump into her. It turned out to be -"
Listening to the discussion of the ladies, the ladies of the Chang family who were about to meet Chen Danzhu for the first time became even more nervous. When they walked to the door of the flower hall, they saw someone Tingting walking up to them, and their eyes lit up——
They stopped unconsciously, and the voices in the hall stopped again, and all eyes were focused on the woman who came in.
Although Chen Danzhu has been notorious for a long time, not many girls have seen her. Previously, she was young, and the Chen family did not take her to socialize with the nobles in Wudu. Later, her notoriety spread, and everyone avoided her.
The nobles of Wudu had no choice but to befriend her. Choosing a young lady would be enough to show their sincerity——
After hearing the name too much, I pictured a ferocious look in my mind. Looking at the woman who walked in, I was speechless for a moment. She was not ferocious at all, but so beautiful.
At the age of sixteen or seventeen, with hibiscus face and apricot eyes, she is smart, bright and pretty, wearing a flower bun, walking with a colorful jade and golden phoenix, wearing a crisp green shirt and a tender yellow skirt, like summer flowers.
Charming and fresh as spring willows.
The eldest lady of the Chang family couldn't help but tangled her tongue, and finally opened her mouth: "Dan, Miss Danzhu."
Chen Danzhu smiled: "My name is Danzhu, not Dandanzhu."
The girl next to her lost her mind and couldn't help laughing. Then she looked horrified and covered her mouth with her hand. Oh no, is she going to be beaten?
Chen Danzhu didn't even look at her. Opposite her, the red-eared and helpless eldest lady of the Chang family curtsied and said, "Hello, Miss Chang."
Miss Chang returned the gift hurriedly: "Hello, Miss Danzhu." She turned around to lead the way and said, "Come in quickly." She pointed at the sisters beside her who hurriedly saluted and then stood up, "These are my sisters——"
Before she could finish her words, she saw a younger sister's eyes widening as if she had seen a ghost, and she blurted out: "Ah, you——"
No matter how scared she was, this unworthy second-room lady couldn't show it. She offended Miss Danzhu. The Chang family's first-room lady was immediately embarrassed. Before she could scold her, Chen Danzhu had already passed her and walked over.
In front of the lady.
There was no slapping or scolding, but a smile.
"Miss Ayun," she said, "Hello."
A Yun was still grinning from ear to ear, and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the sisters next to her were shocked. Miss Danzhu actually recognized Ayun?
A Yun closed her mouth forcefully and was about to open her mouth to speak. Chen Danzhu had already spoken again, without looking at her, and looked to the left and right: "Where is Miss Weiwei?"
"Weiwei." A Yun swallowed, "She——"
She couldn't remember it for a moment, her mind was a little confused, and she kept looking around, where is Weiwei? Who is Weiwei?
The ladies all around heard it. After all, Chen Danzhu was speaking and the hall was very quiet. They all looked around and asked questions for a while.
"Weiwei?" "Who is Miss Weiwei?" "Who is Weiwei?"
At this time, Miss Weiwei had turned around behind the corridor. When she heard that Miss Chen Danzhu was coming, she was curious and wanted to take a look. However, there were too many people in the hall, and the figures moved around and blocked her vision, making her unable to see her.
When I heard a lady say something about Chen Danzhu riding his horse and hitting someone else - it was so scary.
Forget it, she'd better avoid it, so as not to accidentally offend this Miss Danzhu. She is just a relative of the Chang family. No one will defend her when the time comes, not even her grandma dotes on her -
She lowered her head and walked back.
Ayun looked for Weiwei in confusion, but there were too many ladies in the hall, and Liu Wei could not be seen. She remembered where she had seen Liu Wei just now, stretched out her hand and shouted: "Weiwei! Hurry up!"
come out!"
The other Chang family ladies finally came to their senses, Weiwei, could it be that Weiwei?
As A Yun pointed, the ladies over there hurriedly moved out of the way, and Chen Danzhu saw the back behind the pillars.
When Liu Wei heard the shouting, she turned around in shock. Before she could ask what was going on, she saw a girl running over happily.
"Sister Weiwei," she shouted, quickly stood in front of her, took Liu Wei's hand, and said happily, "I'm here to play with you."
Find her to play with.
The hall fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Wei.
