I see You Lian is the ally

Chapter 69 Who Is This Little Lady
Huajiao heard from Xuexiu that the Peony Banquet is not only for viewing flowers, but also a blind date for the children of Lan'an noble families.She didn't receive the invitation, but she didn't feel regretful, because she had no interest in going there.

She didn't expect that Pei Ruji would find an invitation for her and help her find Mr. Ruyi.It can be seen how grateful he is to her for withdrawing the marriage, which also shows that he is extremely dissatisfied with this marriage and is eager to get rid of it.

Huajiao curled his lips into a smile, handed the invitation back to the maidservant, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Young Master, but I don't need it. Please tell him that it is his wish and mine to be able to retire smoothly this time." , he doesn't have to feel guilty."

She never thought about marrying into Pei's house at all, so it seemed like she wanted to marry so much.

But the maid didn't dare to accept it: "Little lady, please spare this servant. If you can't even do this well, Mr. Xiaolang will definitely scold me. You should take this invitation."

Hua Jiao had no choice but to accept it, and followed the maidservant along the courtyard corridor.

There are many flowers and trees in Pei's mansion. Next to the bluestone-paved roadbed, clusters of flowers and trees are planted. The flower stems are half the height of a person. The oval leaves are swaying in the wind. The branches are full of flower buds. Although they have not bloomed, they can be seen vaguely. Gorgeous appearance when it blooms after sunrise.

According to Huajiao, it seems that this kind of flower has been seen in Linyin Temple in Jiumian Mountain.

She stopped in her tracks and asked in surprise, "Isn't this a Datura flower? Why is there such a flower in the mansion? I remember that this flower seems to be poisonous."

Mandala is not a precious flower or tree. Its name comes from Sanskrit in Buddhism. In fact, it is also called drunken flower and dog walnut. This flower is often distributed in the mountains and fields, and it is rarely planted in the mansion.

Huajiao often saw it when she was playing in the mountains when she was a child, and the adults in the clan warned her that this flower was poisonous, so she was not allowed to touch it easily.

The maid explained: "This flower is used by Madam to make medicine. Although it is poisonous, it will be fine if you avoid it on weekdays and don't eat it by mistake."

Hearing her mention of his wife, Hua Jiao couldn't help asking curiously: "How old is your wife this year?"

The maid said with a smile: "Madam just passed her birthday a few years ago, and she is already thirty-seven."

Huajiao said, and couldn't help but sigh how well this Mrs. Pei has been maintained.

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Every spring, the biggest event in Lan'an City is the Peony Flower Banquet.

Although Huajiao got the invitation, she didn't want to go.In the past few days, the shoulders injured by Qiongqi always feel cold.At first she thought it was an illusion, until the cold spread to the whole arm, she went out to see a doctor for treatment.Unexpectedly, I went to several medical clinics, and the doctors were helpless.Zhang Hui also had nothing to do, seeing the situation, she still had to ask Yu Taiqing.

When he remembered that she had stolen the nightmare back when she escaped from the Dujian Mansion, Huajiao regretted it.If she had known this, she would not have stolen the nightmare.

She originally wanted to ask Mengmo Xuerong about the identity of the big monster behind her, but even if Mengmo asked her with seven kills, she still couldn't tell why.

Looking at the situation, she really didn't know.

She was thinking about how to find a reason to return the nightmare to Yu Taiqing, and let him help her treat Qiongqi's hostility.

Unexpectedly, Gu Lin learned that Huajiao had an invitation card from Xue's cuffs, and she had ignored Huajiao for two days because of the divorce.

Hearing the news, Lin Gu immediately became overjoyed, and prepared everything needed to wear the painting horn one day in advance.

In the early morning of April 28th, Lin Gu ordered Xuexiu to call Huajiao to dress her up.Fearing that Huajiao would not go, she brought Huajiao to Peony Garden in person with her snow sleeves.

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The Peony Garden is located in the east of the city, not too far from the imperial city.

It is said that Princess Wenning liked to grow peonies the most before marrying Nanzhao. The Queen Mother specially ordered people to build a large garden in the east of the city for her to plant peonies.

The gods are the most famous peonies in the world. Originally, Lan'an City rarely planted them. It was Princess Wenning who ordered people to transplant them here, and carefully tended them in the flower garden. New varieties will be planted every year.

When the flowers bloomed in April, she invited the noble ladies from Lan'an City to enjoy the flowers together.Although she is no longer here, this custom is still followed.

The carriage drove for nearly an hour before arriving at the Peony Garden.

It was Jiang Huajiao's first time participating in this kind of event.

Since she was a child, she lived in seclusion with her ancestral family in the mountains, and there were only a few sisters of the same age in her family, who often hung out together on weekdays.When the girls get together, it's nothing more than a competition of skills.For a period of time, they also imitated the noble ladies and played the throwing pot again, but after throwing the throws, they cast spells secretly, and in the end, it was a competition of spells again.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Peony Garden, Lin Gu told her to be cautious in her words and deeds, and behave like a noble girl, so she let her get out of the carriage without worry.

Today's sky is clear and clear, the clouds are misty in the sky, the flowers on Moshang are gradually blooming, and there are wisps of faint fragrance in the wind blowing towards us.

The peony garden in front of her was much larger than she had imagined. It estimated that it would cover an area of ​​twenty or thirty mu, surrounded by white walls.Near the gate and around the wall, there were not only Imperial Guards patrolling, but also Tianshu Division's demon subduing masters and Shuwei walking around.

The security is strict, and if monsters and evil spirits want to sneak in, it is absolutely impossible.

Not far from the door, there was a large open space filled with all kinds of carriages and carts. It was obvious that she had arrived late.

Huajiao lifted the skirt and walked a few steps, feeling rather unaccustomed.

Today, Lin Gu chose for her a brocade bird skirt in the color of concubine Xiang, an embroidered drape, and a snow-colored embroidered cloak. These are the clothes that Lin Gu recently made for her. The cloud Luosha.

In the past, her dresses were mainly comfortable, durable and easy to fight. Today's dress is gorgeous and elegant, and the upper and back look like a fairy.

The corner of the picture couldn't help sighing, Yun Luosha deserves to be sought after by the noble ladies of Lan'an City, it is really soft and smooth.It's just that expensive things are sometimes not durable, even the scabbard can tear off the silk of the dress.

Huajiao walked forward slowly, and the brocade skirt flowed down, swaying and shining with her steps.

She walked straight towards the gate with her snow sleeves on.Several palace people specially inspected the nobles who entered the garden at the gate.

Hua Jiao handed out the invitation card in his hand, and the leading palace man glanced at her, probably seeing that she was a new face, and asked casually, "Excuse me, which family's young lady are you from?"

Huajiao smiled slightly: "I am from Zheng Zhongshuling's residence."

The palace servant said, and handed the invitation back to Huajiao, another palace servant stepped forward, trying to lead Huajiao in.Suddenly someone said "Hey", Huajiao looked back and saw that it was Kong Yu who met in Jixiang Pavilion that day.

She and the two young ladies came slowly, bowed to the corner of the painting, and said with a smile: "Miss Jiang is here too?"

Huajiao returned a salute with a faint smile.

Kong Yu handed over his invitation.

She comes to the Peony Banquet every year, and the palace servants already knew her, they glanced at the invitation and waved her in.Kong Yu smiled, and asked casually: "There will be no counterfeit invitations, right?"

As Kong Yu said, he glanced lightly at the corner of the painting.

The palace servants were taken aback for a moment, originally the painted characters were new faces, but now because of Kong Yu's reminder, they were afraid that something might go wrong.All the nobles who came here today, if someone impostor enters the house, no one will be able to bear the burden if something goes wrong.

The palace servants wanted to return the invitation card of Huajiao again, checked it carefully, and saw that there was nothing unusual in the invitation card, so they asked: "You are really the young lady of Zheng Zhongshu Ling's family, can anyone testify?"

Xuexiu said angrily: "Don't you enter the garden with an invitation card? Why do you have to look at the person?"

The palace attendant didn't look at Xuexiu, bowed towards the corner of the painting and gave a salute, and asked politely: "Excuse me, my lady, which palace attendant did your Highness send to the residence?"

The corner of the picture was dumb for a moment.

The leading palace man then asked the other palace men beside him: "The invitations are distributed by a few of us, have you sent invitations to Zheng Zhongshuling's mansion?"

The palace people shook their heads, and one of them said: "Besides us, there is also Housekeeper Chen, could it be that Housekeeper Chen gave it to you?"

But after a while, several people gathered in front of the gate, all of whom were young young men.To them, the little lady they had never seen before was new.He couldn't help but stop, not going in the corner, and they gathered around to watch.

The movement here quickly attracted the Tianshu Sishuwei who was patrolling nearby, and they hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

The leading palace man hurriedly said with a smile: "Something went wrong." He turned to the corner of the painting and asked: "Excuse me, is Steward Chen sending it to the house?"

Hua Jiao didn't want to entangle any more, and even retreated, not wanting to go to the Peony Garden again.But facing the aggressive palace man and the suspicious eyes of the people around him, I'm afraid that if he can't say anything at this time, he will be even more suspicious.But if she said it was Steward Chen, the palace servants would definitely go to verify it.

She had no choice but to send Pei Ru a confession: "This invitation was sent to the residence by General Pei."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

This was an answer they hadn't expected at all.

"Isn't that General Pei coming?" Someone shouted.

Everyone raised their eyes and saw Pei Ruji walking slowly with several young gentlemen talking and laughing.

He did not wear a military uniform today, nor did he dress up as a butterfly like that day in Fengyang Tower. Instead, he was wearing a moon-white round-neck gown with a jade pendant around his waist. After dressing up, he lost a bit of the hostility of a general, just like a free and easy nobleman.

A young gentleman who was watching the excitement stepped forward and asked first: "Pei Sanlang, this little lady said that you sent her invitation card, but is it true?"

Pei Ruji smiled slightly, and looked past the figures in front of him, and landed on Hua Jiao's body.

He was stunned for a moment.

Who is this little lady with bright eyes and bright teeth and a sweet smile?

(End of this chapter)