The beauty of the lady

Chapter 122 Secret (1)
"Cousin, are you alright?" Zhao Yuanyuan was still surprised by Aunt Guo's appearance, and then she was anxious to make a joke when she heard it, and finally came to her senses.

"What can I do? Don't worry. Even if I want to visit my relatives, it will take December. It's still early."

Among the rich and powerful in Beijing, men compete for status, while women consolidate status for men in the back house, so there are so-called gatherings where the wives of the branch families get together to drink tea and chat.

When greeting her this morning, Mrs. Sun said that she would take the girls from the mansion to Yiyang Hou Mansion to enjoy the flowers, so that they would come over after having breakfast in their own yard the next day, so please forgive me.

At noon, Zhou Mei stayed in Zhuxun Courtyard, wanting Mrs. Lu to inquire about the Yiyang Hou Mansion.

After Sitting down, Mrs. Lu picked up the tea bowl and looked at Zhou Mei and said, "Mother wants to take you to Yiyang Marquis Mansion?"

"Well, I heard that Mrs. Hou from Yiyang Hou's Mansion sent a post saying it was for viewing flowers." Zhou Mei nodded.

Mrs. Lu said with a smile: "Where are there any beautiful flowers at this time? The so-called flower viewing banquet is for young masters and ladies from various prefectures to get together to talk and drink tea, and exchange feelings by the way. The Marquis of Yiyang has three sons under his knees. The second young master is 17 years old this year, and the third young master is 14 years old. They are almost at the marriageable age. The eldest lady is 15 years old this year. She is 11 years old, and she looks like a flower and jade, this time she is probably a married woman for the two young masters of the Hou Mansion."

"Since this is the case, why did grandma take me there?" She probably didn't want her past.

But Lu shook his head: "You are now living in the Hou's Mansion, which is already known to everyone. If you are not taken with you at this time, wouldn't it be said that your grandmother treats one more than another? Now the Hou's Mansion has completely withdrawn from the emperor's sight. If you are in Beijing If she gets such a reputation in front of the rich and powerful, Sister Lan's marriage will be in danger, let alone Sister Xian."

Zhou Mei thought about it too, and then stopped struggling.

Since I let her go, let's go out for a stroll, anyway, my future will not be in the Yiyang Marquis Mansion, so it's better to play by ear when the time comes.

In the early morning, after the maids had finished serving Zhou Mei to wash and eat, they changed for her into a light green dress, a pair of beanies of the same color, wrapped in a cloak, and went to the Sandalwood Court.

When they came to Sandalwood Court, Zhao Ruolan and Zhao Ruoxian hadn't arrived yet, and Mrs. Sun was dressing up in front of the bronze mirror under the service of Nanny Sun and the girl. Seeing Zhou Mei coming in through the bronze mirror, she smiled and beckoned her to sit down first.

"Sister Mei, it's still so early today, wait a moment, your aunt and little uncle haven't come yet."

"It's okay, I'll just sit here and wait, and grandma will clean up slowly."

Mrs. Sun asked the servants to serve hot tea. Seeing that the pearl hairpin in the bronze mirror was slightly loose, she raised her hand and pressed it, "It will be ready soon, and we can't go there too late."

Not long after that, Zhao Ruolan brought Zhao Ruoxian over, and Zhao Chengfei also walked in slowly behind.

Zhou Mei got up to greet the three of them, and only sat down again after they sat down.

Today's two sisters are dressed very nicely. Zhao Ruolan is wearing a lake blue brocade floral dress with white feather satin on it. Shaking, making her fair and delicate cheeks even brighter.On the other hand, Zhao Ruoxian is wearing a pink feather satin dress with the same color as the light-colored trousers. Because of her young age, she only has a few silk flowers on her head, but she is pretty and cute.

But even so, Zhao Ruolan stared at Zhou Mei with a face full of jealousy and hatred, her eyes were arrogant and sarcasm, and she looked down upon others completely with dog eyes.

After Sun tidied up, she came out with Nanny Sun's hand. Seeing that they were all here, she smiled and said, "Now that we're all here, let's go. Lan'er and Sister Mei are in a carriage. There are people talking."

"Yes, grandma." Zhou Mei stood up and nodded, while Zhao Ruolan snorted softly.

After walking out, several concubines and Mrs. Lu came out to see them off, and Zhou Mei realized that Zhao Ruoyu also changed into a decent set of clothes and followed them.

"Are you going too? Are you in good health?" Zhao Ruolan rolled her eyes at her.

Zhao Ruoyu hung her head very low, and timidly said nothing.

Aunt Zhao who was behind stepped forward, looked at Zhao Ruolan with an apologetic smile and said, "Miss, Yu'er has recovered a lot in the past few days, Madam just said that she will take her to the banquet."

"That's good, don't offend someone like a few years ago, and make my mother apologize to him." Zhao Ruolan sarcastically pointed out her faults.

"No, miss, no." Aunt Zhao looked much older than Mrs. Sun, her body was out of shape, and her complexion had turned dark yellow. Although her face was covered with thick makeup, But you can also see the exposed spots. You must know that her daughter is only 12 years old. It seems that Zhao Ruoyu was not young when she was born.

Sun guessed that she waited for her daughter to finish speaking before taking a casual look at the concubines, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

"Okay, get in the car, don't go too late."

Zhao Ruolan gave Zhao Ruoyu a hard look, turned around and got into the carriage behind, and Zhou Mei also nodded at Zhao Ruoyu, and helped Xia Qi's hand to get on the carriage. As for Zhao Ruoyu, the two carriages glanced back and forth , made a decision to walk towards Zhou Mei's carriage behind.

As soon as they approached, Zhao Ruolan lifted the curtain of the car window and said to Zhao Ruoyu, "Why are you dawdling? Could it be that so many of us are waiting for you alone? Hurry up and get in the car."

"Understood, Eldest Sister." Zhao Ruoyu paled and supported the girl's hand to get into the car.

The carriage wobbled and began to drive forward.

Zhao Ruolan sat alone on one side, with her arms crossed around her chest, and looked at the two opposite people with displeasure. She always felt so disgusting in her heart that even if she took a second look, she felt irritable. In the end, she had to turn her gaze to her side angrily. On the window of the car, opened a little to look out.

Zhou Mei was sitting in the corner with her back leaning against the wall of the car, wondering what she was thinking.

This is the second time for Zhao Ruoyu to go out of the house since he was born. Although he is very curious about everything outside, he dare not look outside, for fear that Zhao Ruolan will make a mistake with his slight movements.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the carriage wobbled and slowed down to a stop.

"Miss, we're here, let's get out of the car." Outside, came the voice of the girl next to Zhao Ruolan.

The carriage curtain was lifted, Zhao Ruolan got up and supported the hand that was offered, and got out of the carriage without even looking at them.

Zhou Mei was helped down by Chun Qin and Xia Qi, and she followed Sun's side, and they walked into the Yiyang Marquis Mansion together after everyone got down.

(End of this chapter)