Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 57
The man riding the tall horse behind Cui Gai Zhu Ying's carriage was none other than Wei Wei.

Wei Yan was wearing a dark blue robe with a pattern of plum blossoms, bees and butterflies today.He drove his horse to stop in front of the carriage, lowered his eyes slightly, and said something to the people in the carriage.Because Su Xi was too far away from him, she couldn't hear his voice, and could only see a trace of indifference from his expression.

"Youyou, why didn't you keep up?" Yin called out when she turned her head and saw that Su Xi was a while behind.

Su Xi hurriedly pulled up her skirt to follow, and said coquettishly: "Mother, it's because you walked too fast, I couldn't even keep up."

Yin looked at the jade pendant with seven huanglian beads on her royal blue horse-face skirt, once she walked fast, the jade pendants collided and made a tinkling sound, so she slowed down considerately, waiting for her to come to her. Then we went to Taiye Pool together.

Taiye Pool is located in the south of the imperial palace. Two lofts, Xinyan Tower and Linjiang Tower, were built beside the pool to entertain today's male guests and female relatives respectively.When the members of the Su family arrived at Xinyan Tower, the empress had not yet arrived, only a few wives from the family came, Princess Yu Song, General Weiyuan's wife Lu, and Rong Guogong's wife Liu were all present. Lou speaks.

The Yin family also brought Su Baiyu here today.Right now, Mrs. Yin was going to talk to some wives, but Su Baiyu didn't want to go, so she stayed beside Su Xi, holding Su Xi's hand with her small hand, and said, "Grandmother, I want to be with my aunt."

Yin couldn't persuade him, but instead told Su Xi to take good care of Su Baiyu, don't let him run around, and don't cause trouble or anything.

The girls' homes were all on the third floor of Xinyan Building. When Su Xi led Su Baiyu up, he saw Yu Baotong, Tang Wan and Lu Huishu all arrived inside.

Seeing Su Baiyu, Tang Wan was overjoyed and said, "Brother Bo is here too."

Su Baiyu had met Tang Wan and Yu Baotong a few times, and he was no stranger to them at this time, so he stood beside Su Xi and called out politely.

Su Xi said: "Sister Tang, why did Sister Yu and Sister Shu come so early?"

Yu Baotong laughed and said, "Sister Wan heard that today she can go to the Taiye Pond to pick lotus pods, so she couldn't wait this morning."

There are two batches of lotus planted in Taiye Pond, one lotus has just bloomed, and the other side is early lotus. At this time, the lotus has already bloomed and has produced lotus pods.Therefore, today's lotus feast can not only appreciate the lotus, but also pick the lotus pods, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Su Xi led Su Baiyu to sit among them.

The little girls have not seen each other for a long time, so they naturally have a lot to say.When Su Xi was talking to Tang Wan and the others, Su Baiyu sat quietly on the side, playing with his own chain lock without disturbing anyone.

As Tang Wan was talking, she raised her head and inadvertently glanced at Su Lingyun who was sitting alone opposite.He didn't pay much attention to her at first, but when his eyes fell on her head, he paused.

Tang Wan whispered in Su Xi's ear, "Youyou, the hairpin on your sixth cousin's head looks familiar to me."

Su Xi looked up.At this time, not many girls came, and Su Lingyun was a concubine, so no one took the initiative to talk to her.She was originally surrounded by Fu Yi, but before Fu Yi arrived, she was left alone, sitting alone on a couch, seeing Su Xi looking at her, she avoided it as soon as she looked at her Su Xi's gaze.

Su Xi was silent for a moment, and said, "I wore it when Sister Tang celebrated her birthday last time."

Tang Wan suddenly realized, and immediately sneered disapprovingly, "She borrowed it from you?"

Su Xi nodded.

Tang Wan looked at Su Lingyun's earrings and bracelet respectively, knowing something about the situation of the second bedroom of General Su's mansion, and asked casually, "The gold inlaid jade earrings and red jadeite bracelet are also yours?"

Su Xi didn't speak, but she couldn't help lowering her eyes when she thought of the purse that fell into the brazier.Although Su Lingyun looked as if she dropped it by accident, the moment her purse fell into the brazier, the complacency in her eyes was enough to explain everything.

Su Xi said: "Sixth cousin said she didn't have much jewelry, so she asked me to borrow it, so I gave her some jewelry."

Tang Wan hated iron for being weak, and spat: "Why are you so generous? I saw that she didn't have any gratitude to you. If nothing else, has she said a word to you since you went upstairs? Besides You gave it to her, in case she asks you to borrow something again later, will you borrow it or give it away? Youyou, in the future, you should do less of such thankless things. "

Su Xi thought for a while, and what Tang Wan said was indeed reasonable. This matter was due to her lack of consideration. She nodded and said, "Thank you, Sister Tang, for your reminder. I will think about it carefully in the future."

After a while, people came one after another. Not long after Fu Yi arrived, Yin Qiqi, Yin Pengpeng and Li Anyi also came.

Su Lingyin and Su Lingran from the Governor's Mansion arrived late, and there were not many places in the attic, so they sat on the embroidered pier next to Su Xi.

Yin Pengpeng greeted Su Xi sincerely with a smile: "Sister Xi came really early."

Su Xi smiled back and asked politely, "Why are Sister Pengpeng and Sister Qiqi coming so late?"

"Hey, there was something wrong with the carriage on the road, which delayed us until now." Yin Pengpeng sighed, turned his head and saw Su Baiyu sitting obediently at the side playing chain locks, and said slightly surprised: "Brother Bai is here too? "

Su Baiyu raised his head and called out, "Cousin Pengpeng."

Yin Pengpeng smiled and asked, "Did you use the incense burner ball I gave you last time?"

After saying hello, Su Baiyu lowered his head again, and said, "No, it's too hot, Daddy said it won't be needed."

Yin Pengpeng's smile faltered, and soon returned to normal, "That's right, I didn't think carefully. You can take it out in winter, and then it will be useful."

Su Baiyu "hmm" hummed.

On the other side, after seeing Fu Yi and Li Anyi coming, Su Lingyun greeted them with a smile on her face. "Sister Yi, sister Anyi."

Both Fu Yi and Li Anyi responded to her, but because of her embarrassing status, they were not enthusiastic.

Li Anyi took a look at the golden silk butterfly hairpin on Su Lingyun's head. She had a good memory, but the more she looked at it, the more familiar it became, and she suddenly realized: "Oh, I remember that this hairpin belonged to Sister Xi? It was Miss Tang's birthday last time." , Sister Xi is wearing this hairpin, why is it on Sister Yun's head today?"

Su Lingyun's face turned green and then pale, opened her mouth, and argued, "Sister An Yi, did she remember wrongly? This is my hairpin."

It would be fine if Su Lingyun directly admitted that it was a hairpin given to her by Su Xi, but she said it was her own, and Li Anyi is the kind of person who is very inquisitive, so she will compete with her. "I can't remember wrongly. This is the hairpin that Sister Xi wore last time. Sister Xi, come over and have a look. Is it because I remembered it wrong?"

Su Lingyun's face turned paler, and she followed suit.

Su Xi was listening to Tang Wan's words, when she heard the words, she looked up and met Su Lingyun's gaze.

Su Lingyun pleaded slightly: "Sister Jiu, tell Sister An Yi that this hairpin is mine..." She didn't want to lose face in front of everyone.

Su Xi looked at Su Lingyun, and smiled slightly, "Sister Yi, don't ask, my cousin Liu asked me to borrow jewelry yesterday, so I gave this hairpin and a few other jewelry to cousin Liu. Cousin's."

Li Anyi showed a sudden realization, and said without hesitation: "It turns out that not only this hairpin, but also other jewelry belong to Sister Xi?"

Su Lingyun was very embarrassed, feeling that everyone's eyes were on her, she smiled ugly, "I, I forgot to tell sister An Yi..."

Li Anyi curled her lips and said, "What, don't you have a decent piece of jewelry yourself? Why do you wear sister Xi's everything?" Ever since she fell in love with Su Xi's second brother Su Zhi, she had the heart to show Su Xi Well, it's just that I haven't been able to find a chance, and today I finally found a reason, and what I said was to protect Su Xi.

Su Lingyun was speechless, just at this time the empress came, and the group went downstairs.

This little episode is over for now.

Empress Liu has just turned [-] this year, wearing a red woven gold peony-patterned cardigan with a graceful figure and a luxurious appearance.Standing behind her was a little girl in a goose-yellow skirt, who was the three-year-old Princess Heyi, Wei Deyin.

Wei Deyin's face turned pale because of years of illness.It was the first time for Xu to see so many people, hiding behind the empress, poking his head out from time to time to glance at the people in front of him.She looked curiously, her big eyes rolled and turned, and then fell on Su Baiyu who was beside Su Xi.

At today's banquet, there were also a few dolls who were about the same age as Wei Deyin, but they all held their mother's hand timidly, not daring to look at Wei Deyin.

Only Su Baiyu didn't have a trace of timidity on his face, and of course he didn't have any other expressions. With a solemn face, he calmly met Wei Deyin's gaze.

Wei Deyin blinked, and grinned at him in a friendly manner.

Su Baiyu stared at her for a while without smiling, he seldom smiled, then looked away calmly.

After talking to the ladies, the empress led the crowd out of the Xinyan Tower and went to Taiye Pond to enjoy the lotus flowers.

Su Xi and Tang Wan walked behind, with only Yin Qiqi and Yin Pengpeng behind them.

Yin Qiqi and the two deliberately walked slowly, and unconsciously fell behind them by a certain distance.

Su Xi held Su Baiyu's hand and was talking to him with her head down.Perhaps it was because the two felt that Su Xi didn't care about them, so they didn't avoid her much when they spoke.

Yin Pengpeng asked without thinking: "Sister, what are you going to do?"

Yin Qiqi was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know either."

Yin Pengpeng said with a smile, "I see so many people today, and it's in the palace again, I'm afraid it's not easy to give away my sister's things."

Yin Qiqi did not speak.

Su Xi overheard these endless conversations, but didn't take it seriously at first.

Not long after, Yin Pengpeng behind him said again: "But it's not like there's no chance, the palace banquet will be over in the afternoon, and they should go outside to get together at that time. As long as it's not too late, it's still Wei Shizi's Birthday, my sister will think of a way when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)