Chapter 9
"Mother, why did you do this?" Hao Hao was puzzled and pouted.

Jing se didn't know how to explain her uneasiness to him.

Logically speaking, Mrs. Deng's [-]th birthday has nothing to do with her, a person who has no relatives, but it is very puzzling that the old lady asked Zhao's family to come and make a special announcement.

Concentrating her thoughts, Jing Se smiled at Hao Hao: "Mother just wants to tell you that you can't trust anyone except me, no matter how much they give you, you can't follow them, otherwise, you will be in trouble in the future." I will never see my mother again."

Haohao nodded his head seemingly understanding.

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Before leaving, Ming Xia came in holding a tray, with a timid expression on his face, and said weakly: "Miss, today is Deng's residence, although it is not comparable to Jinling Youxiang's residence, but at least they are also in Huaqiao town. We can't be too shabby for a respectable and rich family, sister Lianqiu ordered the eldest lady to wear this new dress to Deng's residence."

Jing Se turned her head when she heard the sound, and saw a pink brocade jacket with rose purple satin surface, a horse-face skirt with pink brocade, a high-quality headdress and a pair of jasper bracelets placed on the tray.

In addition, there is another set of children's clothing, the fabric is extremely luxurious brocade for Jingse.

With twinkling eyes, Jing Se is almost sure that today's birthday banquet is probably a Hongmen banquet.

May I ask, how could Lianqiu, a servant who is loyal to Su Aoyu, suddenly come up with the idea to let her wear such gorgeous clothes to the banquet?

Furthermore, she knows best how many clothes Jing Se has. They are all old clothes that have passed the age limit. Recently, no one in the house makes new clothes at all. Therefore, the source of these two sets of clothes is very worthwhile. get to the bottom.

With slightly raised eyebrows, Jing Se looked at Ming Xia, "Sent by Deng's mansion?"

Ming Xia's heart froze, his eyes dodged a little, and he hurriedly lowered his eyes to answer, "Yes."

She didn't expect that the eldest lady could tell at a glance that it was the clothes sent by the Deng family.

Jing Se walked over, reached out to touch the clothes in the tray, and suddenly praised: "As expected of a rich family, this material can only be found in Jinling City."

Ming Xia twisted her sleeves with a thin layer of sweat, she tried her best to stabilize her emotions, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said: "Miss has a good eye, this is the material of Jinling City, the Zhao family said, After the screen was installed, the old lady liked it very much, so she asked someone to cut the material and make these two suits according to the size of the eldest lady and the young master, so that we can go decently."

The corners of Jing Se's lips were smiling, with a cool smile, "Who told Mother Zhao about the size of Haohao and I?"

She didn't know about this matter at all. If her guess is correct, then Lianqiu must have reached some kind of deal with the Deng family. As for what it is, Jing Se doesn't know, but she has a strong premonition , Today's birthday banquet will definitely have an accident.

Ming Xia was stunned by Jing Se's question, her eyes showed a little flustered, biting the corner of her lips, she stammered and said: "Miss, Miss has been busy embroidering blessing screens for a month, Mama Zhao can't bear to disturb you , so I asked the servants privately about the size of you and the young master, and she didn't tell you about the new clothes, because she wanted to surprise you."

Jing Se raised her eyebrows, her smile deepened, "That's really...surprised and delighted."

The clothes that were sent for free were neither white nor white. Jing Se put on an expression of gratitude to Deng's mansion, and took out the clothes for herself and Hao Hao to change into.

In the end, she was worried that the embroidered Buddhist scriptures she had hidden under the pillow would be dug out by the maids, so she simply took it out and rolled it into a tube and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket.

At a moment's notice, Jing Se took Ming Xia and Lian Qiu out the door.

Deng's mansion arranged for a carriage to come, but the driver had been waiting for a long time.

Qingxue and Liuyun sent them off outside the gate.

When Jing Se hugged Haohao and got into the carriage, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Liu Yun watching her hesitate to speak, frowning, and was finally stared back by Lianqiu's squinting eyes.

Jing Se pretended not to see this scene, and ordered the coachman to set off for Deng's mansion.

Due to the rugged road, the driver slowed down very slowly, and Ming Xia and Lian Qiu could barely keep up.

The group arrived in the town more than half an hour later.

The Deng Mansion with red walls and green tiles occupies half of the street. The pavilions are exquisite and exquisite, the rockery is tall and straight, and the courtyard is full of beautiful trees and flowers. It is really a dignified mansion.

Jingse and the others were led by Zhao's family to enter through the corner gate.

Today is Mrs. Deng's [-]th birthday. There are a lot of guests. The banquet is divided into men and women. The guests and friends are full. The main hall, the east and west rooms of the Dexin Garden where Mrs. Deng lives, and the four small halls outside All are full of people.

While listening to Zhao's family's introduction to the distribution of Deng's courtyard, Jing Se silently drew a road map in her heart.

She has a very good memory, and can accurately remember the entire route as long as she walks through it once, even if there are twists and turns in the middle.

Passing through the narrow passage, just as she was about to enter the Hanging Flower Gate, a kind-hearted woman came out from inside, looked carefully at Jing Se, then looked at Zhao's family, and said with a smile: "The old lady was worried before, let me come out and have a look , I didn’t expect this to come.”

Zhao's family took over the words, "That's what the old lady ordered, and I will try my best to do it well."

The woman standing outside the Chuihua Gate is the nanny in the mansion. Although she is not as close as Mother Zhao and Mrs. Deng, she is also an old man in the mansion that the old lady trusts very much.

She frowned and looked at Jing Se, and walked forward quickly, smiling like a spring breeze, "The old lady told me, if the lady comes, go straight to the main hall to meet her, this is not the first time you have come to Deng's mansion, please don't think Birth is."

Jing Se was a little shocked at the fact that Mrs. Deng sent her to the main hall, but her face was indifferent, and she didn't show it at all.

She has long known that today is the Hongmen Banquet. The reason why she came is to find out what Lianqiu and the Deng family are secretly planning, and the other is to formally challenge these people. , It's really not good for her, instead of playing Tai Chi with them without pain, it's better for her to take the initiative to pierce the window paper, and then she can tell whether she is sincere or hypocritical.

As the nanny came to the main hall, Mother Zhao hurriedly closed the curtain.

Jing Se pulls Haohao in, while Lianqiu and Mingxia stay outside.

Entering the hall, Jing Se glanced around, and found that there were many people sitting there, besides the people in the few rooms of Deng's residence, there were also many foreign guests.

Mother Zhao said: "Madam, the young master is here."

Mrs. Deng, the birthday star on the first seat, looked down with a kind face and a smile on her face. When she touched Jing Se's slightly cold eyes, her eyelids twitched a little, her eyes flickered for a moment, then she frowned and stared at Mother Zhao. The voice became a little harsher.

"How did Lianqiu and Mingxia serve the fourth daughter-in-law? How did they become so thin?"

Jing Se's complexion suddenly changed when he heard this, and he was stunned.

She had heard by chance before that the fourth master of the Deng family died early due to illness, but Mrs. Deng said such pretense in front of everyone, what was her intention?
Jing Se didn't have time to organize her thoughts, but she heard Zheng's mother responding behind her: "Old lady, calm down, maybe Ming Xia and Lianqiu's two little hoofs were lazy and didn't take good care of the fourth lady. This old slave let them come in to plead guilty." .”

While Zheng's mother was talking, she took Haohao by the hand and walked outside.

(End of this chapter)

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