Nannanbeibei was still in a state of confusion. Since when did they need to write invitations themselves
The pens and ink were ready, so the few people could only accept their fate. Fang Xiaoxi and Cao Suixin had never expected that the first day they were conferred the title of county ladies would be spent writing invitations.
When each family received the invitation, they were all confused. The Bingjian Palace was actually going to hold a banquet. When they looked at the address of the banquet, it was the villa in the suburbs of Beijing.
You know, that villa was the place that resisted the attack of the rebel army, and there are many interesting things there. Many people want to go there, but never have the chance.
Is this mysterious courtyard finally going to be open to the public? Speaking of this courtyard, even Qian Jiujiu himself hasn't been there for a long time.
It sounds like it has been built very well and has changed a lot. It seems that I should find an opportunity to take the children to familiarize themselves with it first: "Ziyuan, what do we have to do today?"
Ziyuan reminded Qian Jiujiu: "Yes, we need to order costumes for the princess, the prince, and two local gentlemen for the banquet today!"
Yes, I wrote the invitations yesterday and sent someone to deliver them. So what I should do today is to decide on the dresses. This will probably take a day, so let’s do it tomorrow and go to the villa to have a look.
As they were talking, they heard the servants outside come to report: "Princess, the dressmaker is here. I have asked someone to invite the prince and others to come over."
The Bingjian Palace has been very lively recently. Qian Jiujiu has also transformed himself into a child king, taking a group of boys and girls to study.
Soon Fang Xiaoxi and others arrived. In addition to Fang Xiaoxi, Cao Suixin, Nannanbei, there were also Mo Yunyao and Mu Yeyin. There were six children in total, and it was very lively.
"I greet Her Majesty the Princess. I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Princess."
Qian Jiujiu nodded: "Get up, take out your albums, come and have a look, what kind of things do you like? What kind of things are popular in Kyoto right now? Take a look."
The merchants brought more than a dozen picture albums this time, and they took out the best ones from their stores.
Beibei reached out and took one without hesitation. Fang Xiaoxi was also very curious about what kind of beautiful clothes there were in this era. When she opened the album, she couldn't help but stare at it. It was really too beautiful.
Cao Suixin didn't take the album herself, but came to Fang Xiaoxi and looked at it together with her: "Second Senior Sister, I like this."
Fang Xiaoxi looked at the aqua blue dress Cao Suixin was pointing at, which looked very beautiful. She couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, you ask the shopkeeper to come over and ask, there are some places that need to be modified, well, you also need to ask if anyone has chosen the same one, it's not good to wear the same one."
The shopkeeper came over quickly to help choose clothes. It took a whole day to do so. Fortunately, there was half a month to prepare, so it was still in time.
The next day, Qian Jiujiu took everyone to the villa outside the city to play for a day: "You should get familiar with this place today. You will be the hosts of the banquet later and you will have to introduce the guests. Let's stay in the villa for three days before going back."
After Mu Yexiao came back, he had to attend the morning court every day. Qian Jiujiu couldn't bear to see him running back and forth, so she waved her hand, left the children here, and accompanied Mu Yexiao back to the palace.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day of the palace banquet. The night before, Qian Jiujiu and others went to the other courtyard first to wait.
Most of the people from the palace had arrived at the villa, and the butler even went to greet them directly at the foot of the mountain. All the carriages had to stop at the foot of the mountain and then walk up.
On the way up, you will pass by a peach forest, where the flowers are in full bloom, and you can enjoy the flowers as you go up. There are also many pavilions and benches on the way.
There was hot tea in the pavilion, and the maids were serving it. After enjoying the flowers, we officially entered the courtyard. There was a children's play area, a playground for boys and girls, and separate places for men and women to relax and chat. It was very well prepared.
For those who don’t want to enjoy the flowers, there are special carriages that can take them directly into the courtyard. The carriages are also specially designed and have no roof, so you can enjoy the plum trees on both sides.
Xiaoman came early in the morning with her little Yuanbao. When she arrived at the door, she handed the invitation to the housekeeper, who immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, County Lady. The master is in the yard."
Xiaoman nodded: "I see, I came here specially to help your princess take care of the guests!"
Qian Jiujiu has been playing outside for several years, and she probably doesn’t recognize some people anymore. If she is asked to take care of them, I’m afraid she won’t even be able to call out their names.
They got on a special carriage and headed all the way to the courtyard on the mountain. In the courtyard, Qian Jiujiu had just finished breakfast and was about to talk to Bei Bei and others when she saw Xiao Man walking in with Xiao Yuan Bao in her arms. She couldn't help but smile, "You came quite early today."
Xiaoman blinked her eyes and said mischievously: "You have to find some. Are you done? Come on, I'll go with you to greet the guests."
Qian Jiujiu was a little puzzled: "Wouldn't all the guests come so early?"
Xiaoman looked at Qian Jiujiu and said, "My sister, do you know how influential your family is? There are many carriages following me. Haven't you allocated them all? Let's go."
Qian Jiujiu had already been assigned before. Nan Nan brought Mu Yeyin to receive the young masters, and Bei Bei brought a few other girls to receive the young ladies who came in.
As for herself, she and Xiaoman received the ladies together. There were servants looking after the children's toy room, and Mu Yexiao would receive the male guests who came today, which was very appropriate.
At this time, Xiao Yuanbao happened to see Fang Xiaoxi and struggled to get off Xiaoman: "Mom, let me go. I want to go play with Sister Xiaoxi."
Fang Xiaoxi also saw Xiao Yuanbao. She liked this little guy who loved her very much. She stretched out her hand and Xiao Yuanbao jumped into her arms.
"Sister Xiaoxi, Xiaoyuanbao misses you so much."
Fang Xiaoxi couldn't help but laugh: "Sister misses you too. You don't come to play with me, and you still say you miss me. Come on, sister will take you to the children's toy room to play."
Xiaoman saw Fang Xiaoxi looking up at her, trying to get her consent, and couldn't help but smile at her: "I'm going to leave Xiao Yuanbao to you to take care of today, don't mind the trouble."
"Don't worry, County Master. I will definitely take good care of Xiao Yuanbao."
She really didn't have any idea about her friend named Kyoto. She might as well take care of the children here! She took Xiao Yuanbao and walked towards the children's room.
Seeing this, Cao Suixin couldn't help wanting to go along, but Beibei stretched out her hand and pulled her back: "You have to accompany me to receive the other young ladies, don't run away."
Mo Yunyao at the side couldn't help laughing. Miss Cao was really cute. Qian Jiujiu waved at the few people: "Okay, everyone go to your own courtyard to receive guests. Xiaoman, let's go too."
The people in the yard dispersed. Beibei looked at Cao Suixin and said, "Junior sister, don't you like plum blossoms very much? Come on, I'll take you to see the plum blossoms."
Although Cao Suixin really wanted to go to Fang Xiaoxi's place, since the senior sister had spoken, he had no choice but to follow her. Well, it was nice to look at the flowers, too.
Together with Mo Yunyao, the three girls went down the mountain while enjoying the flowers. Well, Cao Suixin suddenly became curious: "Big Sister, do you think rabbits will come out in this weather?"
Rabbits? Aren't there more rabbits in the spring? The big beasts on this mountain have been cleared, but there are still some small animals.
Beibei turned to look at Cao Suixin: "What? You want to catch rabbits? I guess there are none left."
Cao Suixin shook his head: "No, actually I like birds more. Well, it would be nice if I could meet a talking bird today."
Huh? Beibei turned to look at Cao Suixin: "You want to have a pet, a talking bird? Okay, I'll help you find one. Feed a parrot. Parrots can talk!"
As I was talking! Walking into the peach forest, I heard a voice: "Sister, you are so beautiful, beautiful, beautiful."
This voice doesn't sound like a human speaking. Beibei suddenly thought of Cao Suixin's miraculous good luck. Could it be that whatever he wished for came true
The three people followed the sound and found that it was indeed a colorful parrot, talking to a woman: "Beautiful, you are so beautiful."
The woman below looked depressed and looked at the parrot: "Get down here."
"No, no, you are not my master, no, no. Even though you are beautiful, I will not come down."
The little girl looked like she wanted to laugh, but also a little helpless: "If you don't come down, can you return my things to me?"
The three of them then noticed that the parrot was holding a ruby hairpin in its claws, which looked very beautiful.
The parrot waved its claws two or three times: "Mine, mine, no, no."
The little girl under the tree was almost crying with anger: "That's mine, not yours, give it back to me."
There was a hint of tears in her voice. This little girl was really so cute. She actually cried because she was bullied by a parrot. Cao Suixin suddenly spoke to the parrot.
"Little parrot, I think you'd better return the jade hairpin to the little girl, otherwise, you may not be able to leave intact."
Although she wanted to keep a pet, she didn't want the parrot in front of her. The parrot turned and looked at Cao Suixin: "You threaten me."
Wow! This parrot knows how to threaten? Who raised it? Beibei immediately became very interested in this parrot.
He jumped up and caught the parrot in his hand in an instant, then forced the jade hairpin to the little girl: "Here you go."