good meal

Chapter 50
After the new year is the Lantern Festival, Mu Mengchen thought that Chu Liangrao would definitely not be absent from such a lively lantern festival, but in the end he missed it.Several times he almost couldn't hold back and wanted to rush into the palace to see if Chu Liangrao was still panting, but he was stopped by Xiao Zuozi.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it will be the season when the maple leaves are red in the second year.

Speaking of maple leaves, there is no other maple grove in Kyoto that can compare to the scenery in Dingyuanhou's mansion. Dingyuanhou's mansion is extremely lively at this time of year. Apart from enjoying the beautiful scenery, there are more famous nobles. Take this opportunity to win over each other.To put it more objectively, this is a unique blind date meeting.

Because the Marquis of Dingyuan and Master Gu are Gu's father, it was no surprise that the Mingyang Palace also received the post, and Chu Liangrao failed to attend last year's Maple Appreciation Banquet, but this year she does not plan to be absent.

After the morning drum sounded, Mother Du came in and shouted softly: "Princess, it's time to get up."

"En." There was a soft reply from the curtain, and a figure sat up immediately.

Pull the curtain to the two sides and hang it on the red gold wishful hooks wrapped around branches, revealing Chu Liangrao, who is slightly plump. Her long black hair makes her face so crystal clear that it can be broken by blowing a bomb. There is still ignorance on the face, and it looks really cute.Covering her mouth and yawning, Chu Liangrao pulled up the brocade quilt covering her body, buried her face in it and muttered, "I still want to sleep."

Mother Du would not obey her, she directly pulled the brocade quilt.

The slightly cool air reminded Chu Liangrao of his business, so he got up to take a shower.

After all, it was a banquet, so it would be bad if it was too plain, but Chu Liangrao had red lips and white teeth, and exquisite facial features, if he put on too much makeup, it would cover up his original beauty.In the end, I just used Luo Zidai to slightly trace the lower eyebrows, and I couldn't tell how bright and moving it was with a little lip balm.

After changing into clothes and using some cakes, Chu Liangrao rinsed his mouth with water that had added powdered powder, and then walked out of the courtyard.The small sedan chair carried by two people had already parked in front of the courtyard gate, and when Chu Liangrao came out, he carried her to the second gate, changed to a large sedan chair carried by four people, and rushed to the gate of the palace.

Chu Liangrao stood up holding Mother Du's hand, and blessed Gu Shi who arrived early: "Mother, my daughter is late."

Gu raised her eyes and saw that Chu Liangrao was wearing a brocade gown with colorful satin and colorful flowers and flying butterflies, and a water-blue skirt embroidered with gold embroidered lotus leaves.The thick black hair is combed into a bun, and there are only strings of delicate purple jade lily of the valley symmetrically dotted on both sides, there is not much decoration, there seems to be a faint fragrance floating between walking, it is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.

Then look at Gu Shi who is full of jealousy in his heart, with exquisite makeup on his face, a lingyun bun, a pair of shining gold ornaments, and a cloud satin skirt covered with golden treasures and flowers all over his body.

After a slight nod, Gu said: "Get in the car, it will make the host feel unruly if you are late."

Hearing Gu's beating around the bush and saying that he had no rules, Chu Liangrao was not angry at all, and got into the car and sat upright, looking very polite.

For a while, Mrs. Gu regretted bringing Chu Liangrao here. Today's Chu Liangrao is no longer the fat girl with a ball-shaped fat face, a standard oval face, curved willow eyebrows, and a straight nose. The small mouth is bright cherry red, even her stepmother, who is used to seeing it, finds it bright, let alone those rich sons who are rushing to marry their wives.

The more I looked at Mrs. Gu, the more stuffy I felt, so I just told Mama Lin to open the curtain and look out of the window to breathe.

The carriage drove towards Dingyuanhou's mansion smoothly, and someone came up to him from afar.

Due to the large number of guests, the hostess did not come out inside, and the person outside was only Gu Yuanchen, the eldest son of Marquis Dingyuan.Although he is the eldest son, he is born of a concubine, so it is most appropriate to come to pick him up.Even though it was just a pick-up job, Gu Yuanchen didn't complain at all, and behaved generously and decently, which could make people feel the enthusiasm of the master without lowering his figure too much.

Seeing Gu Yuanchen like this, Chu Liangrao was secretly surprised. She thought that for a person like Gu, the family members are not very good, but when she saw it today, she found that it was completely different from what she thought.

Surprise was surprise, but Chu Liangrao didn't show it on her face, she had a smile on her face, and she was meticulous in the etiquette that should be done.

Before entering the mansion, some people began to inquire about the daughter of the young lady who followed Princess Mingyang.

Before entering the hall, someone announced with a loud voice: "Princess Mingyang is here!" After a long ending, he shouted again, "Princess Ning'an is here!"

Chu Liangrao was taken aback by the loud voice, those who didn't know about the scene thought it was the emperor.Thinking of Gu Yuanchen's style, she couldn't relate to such ostentatious behavior.

With a slight smile on her face, Mrs. Gu entered the flower hall together with Chu Liangrao, and after accepting the salutes from everyone, she bowed to Mrs. Dingyuan Hou who was sitting in the first place: "Mother."

At this time, someone praised Gu's filial piety and courtesy.

Mrs. Dingyuan Hou felt that her face was quite bright, she smiled so much that she couldn't see her eyes and said: "My son, get up quickly." She raised her eyes to Chu Liangrao who followed Gu's salute, she was startled, uncertain He asked, "Is this Princess Ning'an?"

It's fine if she doesn't say anything. When she said that, everyone's eyes fell on Chu Liangrao.

There are quite a few well-dressed ladies in this hall, but none of them can compare with the past.Seeing her smiling and courteous, many wives with sons and daughters were moved.

Mrs. Gu, who was robbed of her attention, was very displeased, but she still patiently talked with a few important wives.

Chu Liangrao sat obediently beside Gu's, pursed her lips and smiled when she shouldn't interrupt, with crooked eyebrows and eyes, which made people feel at ease.Looking at Mrs. Gu again, although she has some temperament, it is difficult to hide the arrogance on her face.

Those who couldn't see it, hehehe in their hearts with disdain, but a princess who only steals the title, what is there to be proud of.

No matter how dissatisfied in my heart, I still have scruples about Gu's identity, talking and laughing in the hall is very harmonious.

Seeing that it was almost time for people to arrive, Mrs. Dingyuan Hou invited all the ladies and ladies to the back garden to enjoy the scenery.People nowadays are very fond of the word "elegant", even if they come to see a marriage, they must be very elegant.Along the way, everyone praised the flowers, plants, trees, rockery and stacked rocks in Dingyuan Hou's mansion. Madam Dingyuan was delighted to hear that, and Gu's family also looked proud.

Chu Liangrao is a typical family-loving person, she didn't think there was anything good about this Hou Mansion even after those people boasted about her flowers, on the contrary, she was very interested in the identical expressions of the mother and daughter, Mrs. Dingyuan Hou.Even if others didn't tell her, she could still tell that this was a mother and daughter. Not only were they both plain-looking, but they also carried an inexplicable sense of self-confidence, which completely conformed to the law of heredity.

Going around the corridor, I saw the famous maple leaf forest in Kyoto. The forest was completely dyed, and the warm colors like fire came into view. Even Chu Liangrao, who had been "cutting" in his heart all the time, caught his eye.

Soon she withdrew her gaze and sighed in her heart: What a waste to leave such a magnificent beauty here...

(End of this chapter)