Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 69 Snooping

"Alright, I've ordered someone to set up a banquet in the Qiufeng Building, and it's almost time to walk over slowly." Fourth Miss said with a smile
When they reached Qiufeng Tower, Shunqiao was already waiting at the gate.Speaking of maids, Qing Huan was due to special circumstances, and Miss Si was the only maid who was not among the beads given by the old lady.
From the beginning to now, Qing Huan has been curious about how to persuade the old lady.

The Qiufeng Building is divided into three floors, with five rooms in width and five in depth, surrounded by corridors and crossed on the top of the mountain.

It is also the first time for Qing Huan to come here, and I have heard it mentioned before, but because of the winter, Qing Huan seldom comes to the garden of Yan Mansion, the banquet is on the second floor, and there is no other place However, as for what to do with the third girl and the others, it was not within the scope of the fourth girl's consideration.

Not to mention the four girls, no one in the group here mentioned those people, the concubine is the concubine, and the concubine is the concubine.It's just that Qing Huan, seeing the appearance of the fourth girl who has ascended to heaven like a chicken dog, had a good impression of the fourth girl in the past, so she couldn't help but disappeared.According to their status, the fourth girl is no more noble than the third girl.

But she is indeed the daughter of the concubine, the daughter of the concubine.

Because of some reasons that Qing Huan can't figure out yet, the attitude of the fourth girl towards Qing Huan or Cheng Ao'er who is beside Qing Huan is very subtle today.

There were a total of eight people in the group, and they sat at a table.

The fourth girl was sitting with Song Molan on her left hand, and Cheng Ao'er was planning to pull Qing Huan to sit further away.

"Cousin Ao'er, it would be nice for us cousins ​​to sit together."

The fourth girl spoke politely, although Qin Qiong, who originally wanted to sit on the right side of her, had a bad expression on her face, but she couldn't say anything.

"Sister Qin, please sit by my side. I also want to discuss poetry with you. I heard that you got a lot of rare copies a while ago."

When Song Molan was talking, Tong Qiurong also stepped forward and pulled Qin Qiong over.

After everyone sat down, the fourth girl said to Qin Qiong embarrassedly: "Sister, please forgive me. My sister is negligent for a while, but just think that today is the old lady's birthday, so don't worry about it. Besides, Ao'er is My cousin originally wanted to sit closer so she could take care of her, but I didn't expect..."

"Fourth Miss is worrying too much, we know it." Mo Lan smiled softly.

Cheng Ao'er curled her lips when others were not paying attention, and she didn't know when she became acquainted with you.

"We are also familiar with Ao'er. We originally wanted to sit together, but it is common sense for you cousins ​​to sit together." Tong Qiurong thought of what his father had mentioned before coming, and said to Cheng Ao'er: "I heard that good things are coming for your family, but really ?”

After Tong Qiurong finished speaking, many people present secretly looked at Qi Cheng Ao'er.

The fourth girl even had smiles on her brows and eyes.

Qing Huan was secretly surprised when she saw it, but she still didn't know about this good thing. After Cheng Ao'er arrived, the two of them never had a chance to whisper, and they didn't know where Fourth Sister heard the news.

"A happy event? Then I want to congratulate my cousin." The fourth girl tried her best to cover up the surprise triggered by the twitch of her eyes: "I just don't know what the happy event is, so tell us about it."

Cheng Ao'er stretched out her hand to support the silver phoenix hairpin on her temple, and took advantage of the gap to quietly hide the disdain on her lips.

"It's not confirmed yet..." Cheng Ao'er said with a smile, she originally brought this matter up with Qing Huan when there were fewer people, but she was afraid that it would be impossible due to the current situation, and the sudden intimate behavior of the four girls today Cheng Ao'er also gradually caught some clues.

It's just that even if Cheng Ao'er wanted to bring up this topic, everyone didn't agree, and finally had a topic, Qing Huan was powerless even if she had other ideas because she was the youngest.

The fourth girl smiled and asked Tong Qiurong: "Do you know what the happy event is, I guess our cousin Ao'er is too shy to say it."

Cheng Ao'er glared slightly at Tong Qiurong and felt angry. She also liked Tong Qiurong, who was also born in a military officer's family, but this matter involves many people, and it is a private matter that has not yet been settled. If it is said hastily today.Cheng Ao'er was very worried that it would have a bad effect on that matter.

Tong Qiurong also knew that she had been reckless, but she was unwilling to do so, but she still didn't say it directly.

But the fourth girl was uncharacteristically persistent and kept asking, but Tong Qiurong had no choice but to say.

"It's not a big deal, I just heard that Brother Cheng's brother is going to attend the Qionghua Banquet, Guer..."

All the people present here are smart people, and they immediately understood. Cheng Ao'er was afraid that Qing Huan would not understand this matter. After all, she was still young, and she had not been back in the capital for a long time, so she was about to explain.

Qing Huan had already smiled and said: "I have heard about the Qionghua Banquet." My sister also participated in this Qionghua Banquet several times, but she was not happy every time she came back.

Gradually, Qing Huan didn't have a good impression of the Qionghua Banquet.

Cheng Ao'er knew what Qing Huan meant when she heard it, so she just smiled and didn't explain.

The Qionghua Banquet is a grand event in Beijing, held every August when the flowers bloom.The so-called "letting a hundred flowers bloom" certainly does not refer to flowers, but to a young lady who is as delicate as a flower bone.In addition to the annual Qionghua Banquet, there is also a corresponding Qionglin Banquet, and many talents will join hands to participate.

According to Mrs. Cheng, this is a feast for unmarried men and women in Beijing to meet each other.

It's just that not everyone can participate in this Qionghua Banquet, and the host is Princess Danyang.Princess Danyang is the aunt of Emperor Tiande's original prince Qi Yuanming, Danyang is straightforward, and most of the invitations to the Qionghua Banquet every year are people who are in line with her temper, so many people are unable to participate.

"So it's Princess Danyang?" Only then did Qing Huan know that the host was her.

"What? Sister Qing Huan has seen Princess Danyang?" Qin Qiong asked with a smile.

Qing Huan pursed her lips, and was about to answer no.

The fourth girl has already answered the call: "When I was in the mansion, I invited a foster mother, and that was from Princess Danyang's mansion. Mama Xia lived in the Biluoyuan of our mansion for a while."

"Then do you?" Tong Qiurong asked cautiously.

The fourth girl froze at the corners of her mouth, and then she smiled and said, "Mother Xia is Mother Xia, and Princess Danyang is Princess Danyang. It's just two different things. Although Mother Xia loves us, we juniors can't be ignorant."

Qing Huan was stunned as she listened to it, and she fell in admiration for the fourth sister's ability to speak vernacular.

"Cousin Ao'er, but the Cheng family also received an invitation?" The fourth girl didn't want to talk too much about Mama Xia, so she asked Cheng Ao'er gently.

Cheng Ao'er nodded noncommittally, anyway, she would know about this matter sooner or later, and she didn't care if others listened to it.

The fourth girl was full of joy when she heard it, and she was even more happy when she saw Qinghuan.

Qing Huan was stunned by the look, Qin Qiong, who was sitting, smiled and said: "It's just a Qionghua banquet, why is the Fourth Miss Yan asking. Could it be that your Yan family has not received the invitation?"

It is true that the Yan family did not receive the invitation, and the fourth girl who was guessed did not look very good-looking.

Qin Qiong felt a little happy when he saw her.But then he calmed down again, because he suddenly felt that compared with Miss Yan Si, his identity was a bit lost.

Song Molan hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "There is a place for this Qionghua Banquet to bring other people, so there is no need to worry about the fourth girl."

It's just that Song Molan didn't say that she was willing to bring the fourth girl there, not to mention that the fourth girl was also a person of insufficient status in her heart, and sitting with her today was just a matter of appearance, only that Song Molan's family only received one invitation.According to the rules of the Qionghua Banquet, this invitation card can bring three young ladies, the Miss Song family does not know that there is only Song Molan, and there are other relatives and sisters.Even if Song Molan wanted to, she couldn't make the decision to give the fourth girl a place.The fourth girl also understands this.

At this time, Qing Huan understood why the four elder sisters were so enthusiastic about her cousin today, and she dared to see the quota for the Qionghua Banquet at her cousin's house.

It's just that Qing Huan didn't remember whether people from the Yan Mansion had attended the Qionglin Banquet in her previous life, but probably the fourth sister hadn't been there, but she didn't expect that her rebirth might give her an extra chance.Qing Huan's heart turned cold, her rebirth was not to make the Yan family develop for the better.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Ao'er saw Qing Huan's face alternately sad and resentful, and hurriedly pushed her away.

Qing Huan came back to her senses, forced the corners of her mouth to smile at Ao'er, but her heart was empty after all, and the delicacies in front of her were tasteless.

With Qing Huan's apparent absence, the fourth girl got the news again, and soon the group dispersed.

Qing Huan took Cheng Ao'er to the yard where she lived.

Back at the house, Qing Huan called You Qiao and You Zhu to pack Jun'er's luggage, and ask Xia Cao if she was unclear.The two cousins ​​then sat down on the slum, and Mancao took someone to boil water to make tea, leaving the two sisters to talk.

"What's the matter with this Qionghua Banquet?" Qing Huan didn't know whether Cheng Ao'er had participated in it before, but seeing the performance of the four girls today, she thought of the old lady's thoughts, and feared that there would be unrest in the house again.

No, it should mean that I am going to feel uneasy here again.

Fortunately, Jun'er went directly to Cheng's mansion today, otherwise I might not have the extra energy to take care of him.

"Brother's marriage is about to be settled." Cheng Ao'er first talked about something else.

"It's true." Qing Huan laughed, this is really a happy event.It's just that she feels a little bit disappointed. It seems that Xu really doesn't want her cousin's marriage to be involved with herself, an orphan whose parents both died.

Of course, Qing Huan would not think that Cheng Ao'er had no other meaning in saying this matter.But that's good too, Qing Huan doesn't want to go to Cheng Mansion after all.

"Which sister is it?" After letting go of the matter in her heart, Qing Huan also began to really care about Qi Cheng Jingxin's marriage.

"Second Miss Li Xueshi of Hanlin Mansion." Cheng Ao'er said as he squeezed a peeled grape and put it into his mouth.

(End of this chapter)