The three families in a row were too courteous, the smile on the corner of Su's mouth disappeared, and his eyes became complicated. For this birthday banquet, she sent posts to most of the powerful families in the capital, which was a hint and temptation, but she didn't think that these three families just got rich and powerful for a while, so she just neglected his Nangong family! Sub shallow!
Su's heart was angry, but because of her face, she didn't want to show it to others, so she pretended to be nonchalant and continued to chat with everyone.
Mrs. Zhao also knew something in her heart, and her expression was unnatural, but Nangong Yun, Nangong Shuang and the younger generation didn't know about the entanglement, so they didn't see any abnormalities. Only Nangong Yue knew clearly that in her previous life, Su's birthday banquet had also been posted to most of the powerful families in the royal capital, but in the end, few came in person... He also suffered from the disaster of the fish in the pond.
Thinking about it, Nangong Mansion has only been back to the capital for less than a month now, and has not yet established a firm foothold in the court. Moreover, the current emperor's attitude towards their Nangong Mansion is extremely ambiguous, giving Nangong Qin a situation that is neither high nor low but has no real power. An embarrassing position, and then turned a blind eye to Nangong Mansion.
Those dignitaries and ministers are also extremely smart people, so they are naturally aware of the Holy Majesty's thoughts, and they are still watching, wanting to see what the Holy Majesty's attitude towards the Nangong family is, so as not to accidentally offend the Holy Will.
After another half a stick of incense, some female guests finally came one after another, although most of them were female relatives of Nangong Qin's colleagues or subordinates... But it was better than nothing, and Su's complexion improved a little.
When it was close to noon, Mrs. Su led a group of female guests to the flower hall for dinner.
The flower hall was arranged quietly and elegantly by Mrs. Lin, as soon as you entered the door, you could smell the faint fragrance of orchids, lingering in your nose.
Nangong Yun looked around slowly, pausing for a moment on the various "orchids", picture scrolls, large and small vases, flower branches in vases, incense burners... and even carved orchid pear flower tables. A trace of nostalgia flashed in her eyes, thinking of her late father, she looked towards Mrs. Zhao, "Sister-in-law, you have arranged this flower hall so elegantly and uniquely."
Complicated emotions flashed in Mrs. Zhao's eyes. She looked at Mrs. Lin and Nangong Yue, and smiled calmly, "Sister-in-law, you have misunderstood. This flower hall was arranged by your second sister-in-law and sister Yue."
Nangong Yun always thought that the second sister-in-law, mother and daughter were very weak, they had no assertiveness, let alone any outstanding advantages, but they didn't expect that now they were doing things in a decent way.
"It's really good." Bai Muxiao praised generously from the side, "I never thought that Second Aunt and Sister Yue would be so thoughtful, arranging the flower hall so neatly and elegantly."
"A gentleman is like an orchid, and the valley is fragrant."
At the side, a lady in her early forties suddenly expressed emotion, which also attracted many sympathetic eyes, remembering that the old man Nan Gonghao who had passed away was one of the most amazing figures in the capital. Even if some people die, he will always live in the hearts of others. The old man Nangong Hao is such a character!
When it comes to Nangong Hao, it just opened up the topic, and even the scene became more lively, as if everyone changed from unfamiliar to a little closer.
There were three tables in the flower hall, Mrs. Su and the old lady of the same generation sat at one table; Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Lin and other heads of the family sat at another table; and girls of the younger generation sat at another table by themselves.
Nangong Cheng is the eldest daughter of the Nangong family's generation, so the job of greeting girls of the same age naturally falls on her. Nangong Cheng is knowledgeable and well-educated, and was carefully trained by Su and Zhao. He is very handy in doing these scenes, and takes good care of the guests.
"Big cousin," Bai Muxiao graciously sat on Nangong Cheng's right hand side, "You are really dressed up today."
Bai Muxiao's words were not considered a compliment, Nangong Cheng was indeed very beautiful today, even a bit glamorous. She wore a pink beaded beaded gown, a few beaded flowers inlaid with rubies on the double bun, a pair of red emerald drop bead earrings on the earlobes, and gemstone tassels tied around the skirt. This plan was not particularly extravagant, but it stood out because of her exquisite and beautiful facial features and graceful demeanor.
For a moment, the eyes of the girls at the same table were all focused on Nangong Cheng, with a bit of envy and jealousy.
Bai Muxiao said innocently again: "Big cousin, no wonder I heard that the second prince saw you and said that you are the number one beauty in the royal capital. I think you really deserve it, big cousin."
Nangong Cheng blushed a little when Bai Muxiao said it, and said embarrassedly: "Cousin Xiao, don't tell me that I can't be called the number one beauty in the capital. In this capital, there are countless beauties in the boudoir, more than I'm pretty everywhere."
Nangong Yue remained silent, just watching the show, secretly thinking that she was really blind in her previous life, she deserved to be so stupid!
The guests were seated one by one, Mrs. Zhao saw that the time was about the same, and was about to call the kitchen to serve food, but she didn't want a servant girl to rush into the flower hall to report:
"Old madam, the imperial concubine's order has arrived!"
For a while, there was silence in the flower hall, and then, the female guests all looked at each other in blank dismay.
Is the Queen's order coming
The old lady of Nangong Mansion celebrates her birthday, and the empress empress specially came to tell her, does that mean...
The female family members of various prefectures have different thoughts, but they all understand that the wind direction of the royal family is about to change. Could it be that the Nangong family can really recover...
Hearing this, Mrs. Su hurriedly said to the old ladies at the same table: "I'm sorry, please sit in this flower hall for a while. I will go to pick up the imperial edict first."
The Su family led a group of female family members to the courtyard at the main entrance, and the elder Nangong Qin and other males had also arrived. The one who came to deliver the word of mouth was Nanny Li whom Nangong Yue had met in the palace, and she was accompanied by two servants.
"Mother Li." Mrs. Su immediately went up to meet her, with a faint smile on her face, respectful but not courteous.
Nanny Li nodded lightly, "Since everyone is here, the old slave is here to pass on the Queen's order."
"I'm sorry, ma'am." Led by Nangong Qin, a group of people knelt on the ground of the bluestone slab.
Nanny Li cleared her throat, and then began to paraphrase the Queen's spoken words: "The Queen's mother said that today is Mrs. Su's birthday, and I will give you a golden and jade wishful handle, twelve pieces of colorful satin, a golden birthday star, and a string of Ganan beads. A box of Fushouxiang, a pair of gold ingots, four pairs of silver ingots, and four jade cups. And let the old slave pass a message to Mrs. Su, wishing the old lady a long life and good health."
"Thank you, Empress, for your kindness." Shi Shi immediately kowtowed respectfully.
Nanny Li nodded lightly, with a look of honor and disgrace. Suddenly looked at Nangong Yue, and said: "Miss Yue, the empress asked the old servant to pass a message to you, I hope you can come to the palace more often to accompany the empress to talk."