Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 35 Longtan or Tiger's Den
The next day, Su Xi wrote a letter lying on the head case, and asked someone to send it to Mr. Gu Tong in Qingshui Mountain, inviting Mr. Gu to stay in the General's Mansion for a while, and then go back after the refugee issue is resolved.She still remembered that Mr. Gu said that he would not go out of the mountain, and thought that she would have to spend a lot of time to persuade him, but unexpectedly, Mr. Gu led the boy to the house the next day.

Surprised and delighted, Su Xi hurriedly asked someone to arrange Mr. Gu's residence.

Hualu Tianxiang has two courtyards. Mr. Dong Landong lived in the west courtyard, and Mr. Gu entered the east courtyard.

Although Mr. Gu only lived for a month, Su Xi was still quite concerned, and went to ask Mr. Gu what else was in short supply.He said again: "Sir, just feel free to live here, just tell me what is missing, and I will get someone to prepare it."

Su Xi knew that Mr. Gu liked to drink Maofeng tea, so he sent someone to send him the newly picked Emei Maofeng this year and a whole set of Ru kiln tea sets, which can be described as meticulous.

This month, while Su Xi was recuperating at home, she learned the piano from Mr. Gu. She was frightened by the refugee incident, so she seldom went out.Soon the wounds on her back and legs healed completely, leaving no scars at all, and she looked the same as before, tender and smooth like sugar cheese.

The day after tomorrow is Princess Shouchangchang's birthday, and both the General's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion of the Su family have received invitations.

Su Xi didn't go there in her previous life. Although she was soft-tempered, she still had integrity after being insulted by Princess Wanping. She never stepped into the princess's step again, so she missed the song "Moonlight Night on the Spring River" played by Fu Yi. ".

This time Su Xi changed her mind, and decided to attend the birthday banquet of Princess Shouchang with the Yin family.

The fifth girl, Su Lingrong, is currently staying in her boudoir. The date of her marriage to the second son of the Qing'an Hou Mansion has been agreed upon a while ago, and it will be in February next year. Besides, she was punished by the Yin family to go to the ancestral hall for reflection, so she must not be allowed to go out.The sixth girl, Su Lingyun, was free. On the day of the eldest princess's birthday party, she deliberately dressed up and followed the second wife, Guo Shi.

That's right, after the marriage of the fifth girl in the family is settled, it's her turn. Her aunt doesn't help her to see others, so she can only rely on her own efforts.

Su Lingran, the eighth girl from the Governor's Mansion at the other end, also went out today.

It's rare for the two families to get together.

Su Xi, Su Lingyun, and Su Lingran were in the same carriage, and the wheels were rolling, heading for the Princess Mansion.

Su Lingran wore an embroidered satin shirt today, and a five-color plum light red skirt on her lower body, which made her even more lively and pretty.She smiled and said: "The fourth sister is getting married soon, and she doesn't even go out recently. When I went back to the big room to look for her, I saw her embroidering mandarin ducks and playing with water purses. Hey, if the fourth sister is also married, the house will I'm the only one left."

Su Xi rolled her eyes and said, "If Eighth Sister finds it boring, you can often come to the General's Mansion to find me."

Su Xi remembered that her fourth sister, Su Lingyin's fiancé, Qin Xiu, was a good match. After they got married, the two of them lived in harmony and raised eyebrows. At that time, Su Xi had been envious of her for a while.

The sixth girl, Su Lingyun, tried to get into the conversation between the two of them, and said, "That's right, the eighth younger sister came to play with me and sister Xi. Anyway, we are close to each other, only one street away."

Because of Su Lingrong's incident, the eighth girl, Su Lingran, didn't have a good impression of the second room of the General's Mansion, so she didn't show any joy when she heard this sentence, but said: "Forget it, the sixth sister invited me, who knows who is inside?" Longtan is still a tiger's den."

This is an allusion to what Su Lingrong did to Su Xi.

The governor's office knows more or less about this.Because the General's Mansion deliberately concealed it for the sake of Su Xi's reputation, so when it spread to the Governor's Mansion, it became "the concubine's elder sister wanted to harm her younger sister, and she gave privately to the second son of the Qing'an Hou Mansion".

Of course, this is only the people of the Su family who know that the old lady has issued a gag order. This is a family scandal, and anyone who dares to speak out will never be lightly forgiven.

Su Lingyun's complexion really changed.

After arriving at the princess mansion, the group went to the flower hall first.

Su Xi followed Yin's back and bowed to Princess Shouchang, said the birthday speech, and then stepped aside.

Princess Shouchangchang is well maintained, she is clearly in her forties, but her cheeks are plump and radiant, she looks more like a 30-year-old young beauty.It's just that the look in people's eyes is a little arrogant, and it's not easy to get along with.

Princess Shouchang doesn't like to be noisy, so there are not many people here today, most of them are noble families from the capital.

Even so, there are still many girls.

Princess Shouchangchang asked Weng Master Wanping to take everyone to the Luhua Garden in the backyard. It happened that the peony flowers bloomed recently, and everyone can enjoy the flowers.

Arriving at the Luhua Garden, Master Wanping and Fu Yi stood in the pavilion, surrounded by a few girls, their faces were familiar, and they looked happy and harmonious.Mrs. Wanping is a restless person, and is spoiled by Princess Shouchang. She can do whatever she wants, and now she thinks it's boring to enjoy flowers, so she suggests that everyone play a game together.

Fu Yi talked about composing poems, Li Anyi talked about playing drums and passing flower orders, and also said that there were throwing pots, flying flower orders, etc., and so on.

At this moment someone asked, "Sister Xi, what do you think we should play?"

Su Xi was watching Yao Huang Wei Zi in the yard, when she was suddenly nominated, she turned her head to look at the speaker, it was Song Keqing, the third girl of the Zhen Guogong Mansion.Just now, she was only focused on talking to Yu Baotong and Tang Wan, and didn't notice that Song Keqing was also there. Seeing her now, Su Xi was slightly taken aback, and then smiled: "I think guessing the order is good, it's simple and interesting."

This Song Keqing is none other than the person who will become her second sister-in-law in the future.

If I remember correctly, the two families will get engaged at the beginning of next year.Song Keqing was well-bred by her family, she is easy-going, generous and loves to laugh, without losing the softness of her daughter's family.After she married into the Su family, she also got along very well with the Yin family. Her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were harmonious, and she often helped Yin family to take care of the inner house. Compared with Li Xiangru's sister-in-law, Song Keqing was much better.

Even a taciturn and indifferent person like Su Zhi was warmed up by Song Keqing over time. The two got along well as husband and wife, and later gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins.

Su Xi still has a good impression of this second sister-in-law, although they haven't had much contact with each other yet.

In the end, Wanping Wengzhu decided to play the order of passing flowers by beating drums. Today, there are both drums and servants, so there is no need for Wei Shizi to replace the drums with flutes.Several little girls sat down under the tree covered with trusses and played a few rounds. Su Xi was lucky, and the peony flower never fell into her hands once.

Master Wanping Weng said: "It's no fun just playing like this, why don't we change the rules. If this flower falls into someone's hands, everyone will test her a question at will. If you can answer it, you will pass it. If you can't answer it, you will pass it." Do something at everyone's request, what do you think?"

Fu Yi said with a smile: "This idea is interesting, but what if the request is too much and we can't meet it?"

Weng Master Wanping said: "Sister Yi, don't worry, if it's too much, I won't mention it. But if you mention it, you have to do it, don't play tricks." The second half of the sentence is addressed to everyone.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

It's just a bit of a coincidence, before the order of beating the drums to pass the flowers started, a maid wearing a pink and purple skirt came over and whispered in Wengzhu Wanping's ear, "My lord, the sons of Prince Jin, Prince Yu and the First Prince After congratulating the eldest princess on her birthday, she said that she would come to the Luhua Garden to see the peonies, and the eldest princess asked the servants to lead you to the Golden Lotus Court to avoid it for a while."

(End of this chapter)