"Miss Meng Shishi retreated in embarrassment from two visits to the Queen Mother. Although the root cause is that she brought it upon herself. But after she went back, when she came to her father Zheng Guogong, she might not say that she was wrong. 10% of the time she would say that Meng Shishi was wrong. The Fourth Miss and Mrs. Xiang took advantage of Empress Dowager Meng’s favoritism to plot against themselves.”
"And this matter, after Aunt Jiaoyu's embellishing and reshaping of it, is probably evidence that Mrs. Xiang and her daughter cannot tolerate Aunt Jiaoyu and her three children!"
Sheng Suihe said slowly, "Mr. Zheng Guo originally loved Aunt Jiaoyu, and he loved Aunt Jiaoyu's children more than Miss Meng Shishi. In this case, Aunt Jiaoyu's three children Crying in front of him, saying that Miss Meng Shisi killed her half-sister before she became the heir. If the teacher goes to Madam's side, how can the three of us survive?"
"You said Zheng Guogong... can you not be biased?"
"After all, this prince has six daughters and three sons. It can be said that he lacks neither daughters nor sons. Miss Meng 14th and Miss Meng 15th are almost the same age, so the relationship between Aunt Jiaoyu and Mrs. Xiang In the fight, I’m afraid that Duke Zheng’s love for old women will be devoted to Miss Meng Fifteen, and Miss Meng Fifteen will not get any profit at all!”
"He still has two legitimate daughters from his first wife. In order to dote on his concubine and the children he will bear, he is probably willing to give up this stepdaughter."
"Although Aunt Jiaoyu is not known as the mistress of Duke Zheng's Mansion, she is actually the mistress of Duke Zheng's Mansion!"
"If she wants to do something to Mrs. Xiang and her daughter in Zheng Guogong's palace now, there is nothing she can do. If she takes advantage of Meng Shiwu's 'grievance' in Xinshou Palace to make Zheng Guogong acquiesce or even contribute to the situation... I'm afraid that this will happen This incident is no small matter!"
Although Sheng Suihe's analysis made Sheng Weiqiao feel heavy in her heart and wavered in her determination to attend the banquet several times, but after repeated consideration, she felt that she still could not retreat.
The reason for doing this, told Sheng Suihe, was that he was afraid of offending Empress Dowager Meng, Princess Wuyang and the Meng family, and was also afraid of involving Tu Ruchuan.
In fact, there was another reason why she didn't say it. Sheng Suihe once said when she quoted Meng Guiyu's words after returning from the last visit to Xinshou Palace to see the Queen Mother. The Meng family had probably decided to support him in having a good wife in Chunwei. Ranked.
But spring has not started yet!
If such a big thing is not implemented in a day, who can rest assured
Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but worry that if his group refused this invitation, it would bring variables to the matter.
So after much thought, she decided to take the risk.
After all, according to Sheng Suihe's inference, the turmoil at the birthday banquet was most likely due to the battle between Mrs. Xiang, her daughter, and Aunt Jiaoyu.
The most dangerous person is the quasi-successor Meng Bijun.
Sheng Weiqiao and the others were not familiar with this cold 14th lady of the Meng family, so it was natural for them to keep a distance from her.
Thinking about it, even if Meng Bijun did something wrong at this banquet, they were far away and there was no reason to be involved.
As for Meng Lijiang, Sheng Weiqiao believed that although there had been a few quarrels with the fifteenth lady of the Meng family, Meng Lijiang's main target at the birthday banquet should be Mrs. Xiang and Meng Bijun. After all, whether Being able to defeat these two men is related to the lives of Meng Lijiang, mother and son.
Even if Meng Lijiang is narrow-minded, she wants to take revenge on Sheng Weiqiao because of a few disputes, which were caused by her own rude words. Sheng Weiqiao felt that Meng Lijiang might not be able to spare the time on the birthday party.
"However, if this girl really has a grudge against me, and if Miss Meng Shishi is plotted against, she really replaces Miss Meng Shishi and becomes the emperor's successor... What should I do?" This thought came to mind for a moment, Sheng Weiqiao shook his head. He shook his head and thought with a wry smile, "Forget it, let's get through the banquet safely first. The Queen Mother seems to like Miss Meng Shishi very much, but she is very cold and distant to Miss Meng Shishi. If Miss Meng Shishi can't Now that she is the successor, the Queen Mother will never take advantage of Miss Meng Fifteen."
Now that she had made up her mind, Sheng Suihe had no choice but to obey her despite his earnest persuasion.
On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the three girls got up before dawn and ordered their servants to bring water for dressing.
Because they were going to congratulate someone on their birthday, and it was a good day in the first month of the year, they were all dressed in bright colors:
Sheng Weiqiao wears a short jacket with wide sleeves and wide sleeves embroidered with white cranes and cypresses on a vermilion background. It is tied with colorful clouds, songzhi and peony brocade belt at the waist. Below it is a Liuxian skirt cut from solid black satin. The skirt is plain and has no lines, except for the lower part of the skirt. A foot-high seal character "Shou" was embroidered using the golden technique.
Her hair was combed into a bun with her hair parted, a pair of bamboo plums and Ganoderma lucidum were placed sideways, and in the middle was a cluster of plum blossoms with coral beads. There were some green ginkgo leaf pendants on her ears; Matching Bu Yao with gold inlaid mutton fat, jade plum and bamboo Eryou bracelet.
Since today's upper garments are already very colorful, the ring is not made of red gold, but an old silver ring of peace and wealth. At the bottom is a smooth and grainless longevity lock in the shape of an auspicious cloud, which locks a ray of colorful palace. The sash hangs straight down from the waist; but it echoes the pair of colorful palace sash hanging opposite each other on the belt and strung with suet-fat jade gourd and jade pendants, setting off the whole person with brilliant colorful embroidery.
After she was dressed, Lu Jin was using snails to carefully outline the shape of her eyebrows like distant mountains. At this time, Gongsun Yingjiang, who had dressed up first, led Sheng Weiwu in.
Sheng Weiwu's outfit is the easiest to wear. She is several years older than Meng Bijun, and she is still a little girl who hasn't grown up yet. Even if she has a beautiful face, she doesn't need to worry about taking away the limelight from the host family, and she doesn't need to wear heavy makeup, so she just needs to look up to her face. Just wear it for the occasion.
However, Gongsun Yingjiang was so quick that Sheng Weiqiao was surprised. After finishing a few strokes on the green brocade, he took two steps back to take a closer look. When he saw it in the mirror, he frowned: "Ying Jiang, you are wearing this kind of clothes today." I chose the skirt for you yesterday, but your hairpins...are too few, right?"
Gongsun Yingjiang is currently wearing a set that Sheng Weiqiao finally decided on after repeated deliberation yesterday: a moxa-green bottom with a cross-collar and drooping sleeves, a bush of leafy daffodils embroidered on the left shoulder and right abdomen, and Xiangfei-colored crepe. The narrow belt is tied with a wishful knot at the waist. Because the belt is relatively long, two long tassels are left after the knot, hanging on the pleated skirt with peony, lotus and chrysanthemum patterns on the tooth-colored background.
But Sheng Weiqiao chose all the jewelry she ordered for her, but she didn't wear any of it. She only wore a double-snail bun with colorful beaded silk ribbons, lightly traced her eyebrows, a little red lip, and a little flame-shaped emerald between the eyebrows. Tin, there is no other decoration.
To be honest, although Gongsun Yingjiang is also a beautiful girl, she is different from Sheng Weiqiao's exquisiteness. She is the kind of beauty that is delicate and delicate. I don't know if it is a natural temperament or an acquired love for pretending. This At first glance, the girl looks very shy and timid.
The dress is simple and simple, which especially expresses this frail temperament, which is very pitiful and pitiful for Xiaojiabiyu.
The problem is, they are here to congratulate someone on their birthday, and they are not here to hook up with some swinger who prefers little jasper girls. This outfit is not very suitable!
At this moment, Sheng Weiqiao said, "Didn't I ask you to wear a cloud bun or a spiritual snake bun, and then wear the gilt gold-inlaid jade rocker with emerald gold fish, bats, and red gold hairpin with emerald flowers, gourds, pearls, and tassels? And what about the bracelet? That pair Why don’t you wear twisted silk orchid bracelets inlaid with beads? Same goes for jade pendants and necklaces!”
"Auntie, please forgive me! I'm not used to wearing these pearls and jade, so many of them are piled up on me, and I don't know where to go!" Gongsun Yingjiang sighed when he heard this, and cried bitterly, "Besides, with our current status, we are able to attend this birthday banquet. In the final analysis, it is because of Princess Wuyang's words that day. There cannot be any important guests around us! We are just joining in the fun!"
"I'm still a junior. When I get to a place, if I need to say hello or greet someone, it must be you, my aunt!"
"Well, no one is looking at me when I'm all dressed up! Why do I have to go through this trouble? Those hairpin rings you ordered yesterday weigh several kilograms each. I'm really scared just looking at them!"
"So good aunt, just let me go like this. Anyway, it's impossible for the Zheng Guogong Mansion to notice me!"
After saying that, he held Sheng Weiwu's hand before letting go, rolled up his sleeves and showed it to Sheng Weiqiao, "And I wore bracelets, but the pair of twisted silk beaded orchid bracelets were too heavy and I wasn't used to them, so I wore these red gold glossy ones. Plain bracelet.”
Sheng Weiqiao had a headache and said, "I don't expect anyone to look at me when I'm all dressed up. Isn't this because I'm afraid that there are too few hairpins and I don't seem to pay enough attention to it?"
"It's enough for those two aunts to dress up luxuriously!" Gongsun Yingjiang put down his sleeves and said confidently, "As a junior, I don't dare to surpass the two aunts. Isn't it natural?"
Sheng Weiqiao originally wanted to say something else, but at this time Sheng Suihe also got up and came over. After hearing this, he helped Gongsun Yingjiang to persuade her: "I think the pair of silk ribbons on Ying Jiang's head are also very festive. Today's birthday party is full of undercurrents. Everyone is too busy paying attention to the host's family not to cause a big trouble. How can we have time to care about each other's dressing up? As long as we are not so polite that people think we are going to cause trouble for the host's family. Got it!"
"...Then let's do it!" Sheng Weiqiao was not very interested in this banquet at first. Hearing this, he sighed and said to Lu Jin, "Give me these two bamboo plums and two friends of Ganoderma lucidum. Shake it off, otherwise people will think that I and Ying Jiang are the same age. I am dressed in jewels, but Ying Jiang doesn't even have a pearl flower. Even if he is an aunt and nephew, he is really shameless."
But he didn't notice Sheng Suihe's secretly relieved expression, and Gongsun Yingjiang next to him also smiled and said nothing: Although I am a pirate, I also like the things that young girls like, and I want to dress up beautifully. Go to the banquet looking beautiful, bright and radiant!
But who told me that my uncle is sure that this banquet is not peaceful, and aunt, you have to go!
No, my little uncle thought about it and told me privately that I must protect you when the time comes
If I dress up like you gave me as my adviser yesterday, with all the jingles and jingles, it would be difficult to raise my hands, and I would be fine if nothing happens. If something unexpected happens, I can use my martial arts to 50%, which would be great!
How can I satisfy my little uncle
Now, the festive and beautiful colorful beaded silk ribbon on her head looks like it is woven from beautiful silk threads, but in fact, there is an extremely thin steel wire hidden inside, which can easily open locks and kill people!
The narrow Xiangfei-colored crepe belt that ties up the graceful waist is indeed fluttering, but the part hidden under the upper garment is divided into small sections. There are a lot of poisons and antidotes. He also hid several delicate and concealed hidden weapons;
The reason why these so-called red gold smooth bracelets on the wrist are not engraved with even a little decorative pattern is because these are not serious bracelets at all, but are specially designed for assassination, which can be turned into double daggers at any time by pressing the button. arms!
She even wore a pair of black leg-length trousers under the tooth-colored pleated skirt with peony, lotus and chrysanthemum patterns that seemed to be cute and submissive. In case of emergency, she could tear off the skirt at any time to facilitate movement!
... Under Sheng Suihe's request and the face-to-face orders, Gongsun Yingjiang almost thought that he was not going to the Duke Zheng's Mansion for a banquet, but to assassinate important officials of the Duke of Zheng's Mansion!
But there is no way, who told her to think about this little uncle, but this little uncle Xiao is thinking about her Aunt Qiao
Whoever has a sweetheart feels sorry for whoever... Well, she mainly covets the beauty of her little uncle, but she doesn't actually feel much for her little uncle. She is just afraid of being beaten and punished...
Afraid, he could only glance enviously at the pair of bamboo plums and two friends that had just been taken off by Sheng Weiqiao and placed on the dressing table in front of him.
How could Sheng Weiqiao, who didn't know what was going on, know about his niece's resentment
I checked my appearance in the mirror and felt that it was about the same. I was afraid that Meng Guihuan at Chongxin's residence would be impatient, so I led Sheng Weiwu and Gongsun Yingjiang to board the car and set off.