That night, when Xie Jing Xing came back, Shen Miao told Xie Jing Xing about the post and Xie Jing Xing told Shen Miao that if he did not want to go, he could refuse. Although the Lu Ye family was arrogant, now they did not dare to really tear up with Prince Rui’s residence. fall out. In other words, Shen Miao had the right to refuse.
But having said that, Shen Miao did not want to refuse, she knew herself and her enemy with a hundred victories in a hundred battles, she now knew nothing about the situation of Great Liang, but she could take this opportunity to learn more about it. Not to mention the Ye family, what the Lu family has in mind for her can be seen from this time.
Xie Jing Xing naturally would not stop Shen Miao's decision, the husband and wife discussed it, and Shen Miao asked someone to reply to the post, saying that she would be on time for the appointment.
Two days later, it will be the day of the Caixia Banquet.
Shen Miao woke up early and Xie Jing Xing was no longer in the house when it was time to eat. It seemed that after returning to Great Liang, he was very busy every day, he would go out early in the day and return home in the dark at night, this imperial city was not as calm as it seemed on the surface, Shen Miao took it seriously.
Jing Zhe combed Shen Miao’s hair and after she came to Prince Rui’s residence, she still used her personal maid for convenience. Speaking of which, there are very few female relatives in the entire Prince's Mansion. Except for the cook and a few nanny, they are all men. I heard Uncle Tang say that after Xie Jingxing returned to Great Liang two years ago and was named a prince, he caught several spies dressed as maids in the prince's mansion. It seems that there are too many women, and it is easy to be taken advantage of by some malicious people. Later, the entire prince's mansion simply stopped adding more women.
But it is precisely because of this that the Prince's Mansion is like an iron wall. For so long, people outside have been jealous and greedy, but they have no choice but to find an exit.
Gu Yu said, "My wife is going to a banquet in Long Ye for the first time, so she must dress up beautifully. When others see her like this, they won't say anything more. Madam will definitely give us Ming Qi a face."
Xie Jing Xing was in Long Ye and he was considered to be very majestic, when Jing Zhe and Gu Yu went out to buy things, they heard outsiders talking about it, saying that Shen Miao had accumulated blessings in her previous life and could only marry Prince Rui in this life. Hearing that Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were extremely unconvinced, what's wrong with their girls? Even in Mingqi Dingjing, she was one of the best young ladies, not to mention her intelligence, her temperament was kind, and she was so tolerant that even a princess was not too conceited.
However, one could not talk about other people, so it would be better to slap the face with facts, Gu Yu thought, this time Shen Miao was going to surprise four people, those people would not make irresponsible remarks.
“Do you mind what this is for?” Shen Miao laughed, “They said it was just to make themselves feel more comfortable, but it would not affect us.”
“Madam, Gu Yu is right,” Jing Zhe said while picking hairpins for Shen Miao in the jewelry box, “This limelight cannot fall on others.”
Just as he was talking, he saw Uncle Tang knocking on the door outside, Shen Miao motioned him to come in, and saw that Uncle Tang was followed by a young girl who looked younger than Shen Miao and was slightly fatter. Probably because of her young age, she was extremely pleasing, her eyes were smiling and her lips were wide open, white | tender and round, in an instant, Shen Miao thought of Su Minglang... However, it was a girl.
"Mrs. today is going to the Caixia Banquet," Uncle Tang said with a smile: "Young master told me to find someone familiar to my wife to give advice, and the old servant went to bring Miss Bajiao over. Madam took Miss Bajiao as a maid. If you meet someone you don't know, Miss Octagon will explain it to you."
Shen Miao smiled, "Thank you Uncle Tang."
Tang Shu repeatedly waved his hands and said he didn't dare, but just smiled and said: "I thought my wife would not answer the post, but I didn't expect my wife to answer it. The lady is so courageous, and the old slave admires it." Ordinary people go to a completely unfamiliar place, always A bit timid in my heart. Not to mention a lady from the official family, even if you are a bit more daring, it takes a lot of courage to go to a place full of strangers when you are completely unfamiliar with the environment, and you know that her intentions are not good.
“It’s just to go eat tea and talk,” Shen Miao wrote lightly, “Where is the courage to use.”
Uncle Tang nodded, "Exactly, exactly." The gaze that looked at Shen Miao was more satisfied. After explaining two more sentences, he withdrew.
Shen Miao looked at this Bajiao, Bajiao was standing very upright and looked at her with a smile, such an attitude was a little silly, but it made people feel very cute. Shen Miao went to Cai Xia Banquet today and it was really difficult to have no one to give advice, but if someone was there to explain it, it would save a lot of effort. Xie Jing Xing thought carefully and Shen Miao also smiled slightly, suddenly thinking of Shen Miao again, looking at Bajiao and asking, "Isn't there no maid in the Prince's residence, you..."
Except for the cook and a few maids, there are only servants and guards in the prince's house, and there are no maids. Therefore, the few Jingzhe Gu Yu brought by Shen Miao were about to become the sweet pastry in the Prince's residence.
Bajiao smiled: "The slave is not the maid of the prince's residence, the slave is from the Mo Yu Army, and was specially transferred to accompany the lady."
“Mo Yu Army?” Shen Miao was stunned, she had heard Xie Jing Xing vaguely mention a few words, in Ming Qi, this army had helped Xie Jing Xing to do many things, it seemed that Xie Jing Xing privately raised the soldiers and horses , seems to be very powerful. However, since Xie Jing Xing dared to let him act in such a big way, he thought that Emperor Yong Le was not ignorant.
She asked, "Do you know martial arts?"
"Slaves will kill people." Bajiao replied with a smile. Hearing Jing Zhe and Gu Yu gasping for breath, they were truly unbelievable. This smiling Su Minglang, who looks like a grown-up woman, turned out to be a good killer.
Shen Miao was satisfied, she thought that Xie Jing Xing was really a bad Yaner, giving her the star anise to let her go to the Caixia Banquet, in other words, at least she would not suffer in terms of force.
Shen Miao said, “Since that’s the case, then you can go with me. Jing Zhe stays in the mansion, and Bai Lu Shuang Jiang and a few others will tidy up the warehouse, Gu Yu, you and Ba Jiao will go with me.”
Jingzhe was about to be cleaned up, but was told that he couldn't go. He was very wronged and dissatisfied with Bajiao, but he was afraid that Bajiao would cut her off in a fit of rage, so he reluctantly told Bajiao to take care of her. Good Shen Miao, only then left.
After everything was ready, Shen Miao got on the carriage and hurried to the Lu Mansion where Cai Xia Yan’s banquet was held.
This time Shen Miao did not bring Mo Qing, the guards she brought were all from Prince Rui's residence. This naturally also has her considerations, Mo Qing is from Ming Qi after all, but with the people of Prince Rui’s mansion, it will always make the other party a little bit afraid and dare not make a move easily, that is to say it is happy on the lips, and Shen Miao He is the least afraid of fighting with people.
Long Ye is different from Dingjing, the land of Great Liang is closer to the east, and more sunny. Even winter is not as cold as Dingjing, let alone summer. It is May now. If you are in Dingjing, it is still spring, but in Longye, it is already early summer, and it has a faint meaning of heat.
The carriage went on, Shen Miao and Gu Yu lifted the curtains a little and looked out, seeing that the streets of Long Ye were really crowded with traffic and the crowd was very lively, they were filled with emotion.
It's no wonder that the small country that was attacked even has the people who open the city gates to greet them spontaneously. If it can bring a good life to the world, what the country's name is, for the people, it is too far away. Emperor Yongle was indeed a man of the world.
After about an hour, the carriage finally stopped. Bajiao opened the curtain and said, "Madam, the Lu Mansion is here."
Gu Yu and Bajiao helped Shen Miao out of the carriage and saw that there were many carriages parked at the entrance of Lu Mansion, and there was not even a single person at the entrance. Gu Yu was stunned, and then said, "This...why is no one here to greet you? Could it be that you have gone wrong?"
It was said that it was a mistake, but it didn't look like it was a mistake, because the gate of the Lu Mansion was not closed, as if the door was specially reserved for her.
Shen Miao glanced at the door, she had already thought about it in her heart, she asked Gu Yu, "What time is it on Cai Xiayan's post?"
Gu Yu hurriedly took out the post from his sleeve, opened it, and said, "It is now. It is not yet."
“I think only the posts to us are like this.” Shen Miao said lightly.
Gu Yu said, "Madam, what is the meaning of this?"
"There is a carriage in front of the door. Obviously, there are already guests. Even if they came early, they shouldn't have come so much. No one welcomes them at the door, but they are reserved for us, knowing that we will definitely come. If I guess correctly , On other people's posts, the time must be the time of the hour, but on our post, it is the time of the day. This is deliberately making us come late." After that, he smiled in his heart, it seems that whether it is in Ming Qi or Great Liang, these expensive Madam's methods were repeated over and over again.
Bajiao was still smiling, but Gu Yu suddenly realized that, and then said angrily, "But what good does it do for them to play tricks on girls like this? It's too much deceiving!"
“Benefits?” Shen Miao’s voice turned cold slightly, “There are many benefits. Entering the door without anyone to greet them is rude, they will explain that the Qi Shen family is presumptuous and disrespectful. If they don’t enter, it will be disrespectful. Leaving, not believing. The reason is all on them, they were caught in the wrong place, they bowed their heads at the beginning, and went to the back, just to let others laugh."
Competing with others is also a kind of knowledge. You can't be caught in the wrong place at the beginning, otherwise you will be inferior. She has fought with Mrs. Mei for so many years, but she still understands this.
Bajiao asked, "Do you want to go in, Madam?"
“Come in.” Shen Miao lifted her skirt and was about to go inside.
"But ma'am," Gu Yu asked suspiciously, "If you go in, you will be caught in the wrong place. If you don't go in, it's wrong. It's wrong to go in and go. Why go in?"
“Then let others make bigger mistakes than you.” Shen Miao smiled slightly, “In this way, you will not care about your mistakes.”
In Lu Mansion, the atmosphere in the hall is very harmonious at this moment. As a very famous military general in Long Ye, the Lu family has a very high status, so the mansion is also large and gorgeous. Today's Caixia Banquet is managed by Mrs. Lu herself, and the compliments are even more constant.
Mrs. Lu is in her early 40s this year, and her years have passed away. She was also a beauty when she was young, but when she got old, she looked thin and mean, and a little less dignified. Despite this, she still wore extremely gorgeous clothes, as if it would add a little brilliance to her.
It's just a woman's family. When she is old, wearing inappropriate bright clothes, not only does not make her look better, but it exposes the shortcomings of old age.
"Mrs. Lu is really lucky," a round-faced lady said with a smile, "Concubine Jing is favored by His Majesty in the palace, and Concubine Jing is so filial to you. This time, the Caixia Banquet was specially sent by His Majesty, which is enough. I can see the weight of Concubine Jing in His Majesty's heart."
Mrs. Lu was proud in her heart, but she still said modestly on her face: "It's all the emperor's generosity and pity on Concubine Jing, which made our family shine."
"Madam, what are you talking about," another short lady smiled and said, "Concubine Jing has been favored, and the second lady in the house has also married the Duwei. I heard that she is pregnant with twins recently. I have to wait for it. Good luck."
Mrs. Lu shook her head and said with a headache: "Isn't there the third and fourth sister? These two really give me a headache."
The round-faced lady exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Madam, this is going to give you a headache. The third son is a talented person, he is young and has outstanding martial arts, but I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to marry him in the future. As for the fourth sister, more Needless to say, a character like an angel, who knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is it worth worrying about?"
"Madam's praise," Madam Lu shook her head with a wry smile: "It's just the third child. It's okay for a man to exercise for a few more years, but the marriage of the fourth sister can't be delayed. Now it's really giving me a headache..."
"Mother, you are arranging mine again in front of other ladies!" A delicate female voice suddenly sounded, everyone turned around, and saw a young girl appearing in the hall. The girl looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. Wearing a light purple engraved silk and butterfly pattern cloud brocade bird skirt, cherry-colored lotus flowers are more than armor. Near incense bun, butterfly-shaped pearl hairpin. This girl was born beautiful and moving, and she was pampered. She was naturally full of the splendor of a rich and noble lady. Surrounded by Zhu Chai, she felt radiant and radiant, like a butterfly fairy who came from stepping on the grass in the spring, but it was very eye-catching.
This is the fourth young lady of the Lu family, the fourth sister of Concubine Jing, Lu Wan'er.
Mrs. Lu touched her head with partial pain, and said, "How dare I arrange our Miss Wan'er."
Lu Wan'er pouted and stopped talking. She was standing in the hall, and there were other officials in the hall, but compared to her, she looked bleak.
Lu Wan'er looked arrogant, looked around, and said, "Then why can't Miss Shen from Ming Qi come?"
Her voice was not low, and all the ladies in the hall heard it, and suddenly whispered.
Lu Wan'er called Shen Miao "Ming Qi Shen Family Miss" but refused to call her "Princess Rui", which explained many problems. Thinking about it, back then, the fourth young lady of the Lu family, everyone said that she wanted to marry Prince Rui’s mansion to be the concubine, and Lu Wan’er was also very satisfied with Prince Rui, who would have known that if Shen Miao was killed in the sky, the Lu family would be displeased, Lu Wan'er was even more unwilling.
Today's colorful summer banquet was originally a drunkard's intention not to drink. However, most of these ladies came to watch the fun, and perhaps they still wanted to have a good relationship with Lu Wan'er. That Miss Shen family is beautiful now, but she has no roots and no foundation in Long Ye, who knows how far she can float? Prince Rui is in his prime, how long will he spend his time on a woman
All in all, the Miss Shen family doesn't seem to have a happy ending.
Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "Maybe something was delayed on the way."
"It's really a big deal," Lu Wan'er said displeased. "The other ladies and ladies came on time, but she was late. Are Ming Qi's rules dead?"
Just as he was talking, a girl with a round face suddenly appeared outside. Everyone didn't know when she came in. The girl smiled and said, "Excuse me, is this Caixia Banquet?"
Madam Lu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Exactly, are you Prince Rui?"
"It's not a servant girl," the smiling girl said, "The princess is here." After speaking, she turned around and walked in with a young girl.
I don't know if it was because of the round-faced girl, or because Princess Rui was too unbearable in everyone's imagination. In short, when the young girl walked in, everyone was stunned.
She wore a phoenix skirt with lotus green, butterflies and flowers, smoke, purple and white magnolia gauze, and a fringed bun. It can't be said to be gorgeous, but it's definitely not clear. Miss Long Ye's official family likes to eat and dress up the most, but seeing that her outfit complements each other, she looks very tasteful. There is only one intarsia phoenix-shaped gem on his head, but the neat one makes the whole person look luxurious.
This young girl has crescent eyebrows, clear almond eyes, a small and straight nose, and a rosy mouth. He looked like a very gentle person, but he raised his chin slightly, his back was straight, and he walked over with a slight smile. Every step of the way made people feel a little bit trembling. She is an unattainable noble person.
It's strange to say that today, both Princess Rui and Miss Lu Si are wearing purple dresses, Miss Lu Si's purple is light, and Princess Rui's purple is darker. Young girls look gentle and lively in light purple, but feel old and stiff in dark purple. But today Shen Miao’s purple suit seemed to be tailor-made for her, with a luxurious and graceful look that was able to hold the scene. In contrast, Miss Lu Si's body is like a performer who is singing a big show in a serious place, and it is somewhat unworthy of the stage.
Lu Wan’er paid great attention to this point on weekdays and was always used to being the center of herself, but she did not expect to be robbed of the limelight by others today, especially that the others were none other than Shen Miao who robbed her of Prince Rui’s position.
Mrs. Lu's eyes flashed, and she smiled: "Prince concubine is here, and the ladies are waiting for you alone."
Shen Miao smiled slightly and said calmly, "I never thought that the ladies would come so early, when it was stated on the post, I told His Highness that His Highness also asked me to leave early to avoid eating, I never thought about it. It's still late, but it's not mine. It's all my fault, Your Highness, don't remind me, I should have left earlier, it should be... the best time is at the hour."
Madam Lu’s heart jumped, she did not expect that Shen Miao would say it so unabashedly, and sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the ladies around looked at her with different eyes.
Shen Miao was an outsider after all, even though those ladies were in Shen Miao and Lu's family, they always preferred the Lu family. But in the eyes of other people, it is always a bit ridiculous to use such a child's lame trick to make a temper. Madam Lu also had some regrets, she originally wanted to give Shen Miao a slap in the face, but she did not want to do anything on the post, but she couldn't stand Lu Wan'er who had to do it, so she could only do it. Now that Shen Miao's words fell in other people's ears, these Madam's posts were not old, they understood clearly. Looking at the Lu family's eyes, it is always a little funny.
If Shen Miao turned around and told Prince Rui about this, how could such a shrewd person as Prince Rui not understand, if she was dissatisfied with the Lu family because of this, Madam Lu felt that this move was a bit bad.
Lu Wan'er could not see that Shen Miao was good, she looked up and down Shen Miao and said, "Prince Rui didn't send someone to say hello and came in by herself? There is no reason to say that we are being neglected."
There wasn't even a person to report, and it was actually a bit rude to come in by yourself. Shen Miao looked at Lu Wan'er and smiled, "This is exactly what I want to say. If your manor is not enough, you don't need to be so reluctant. There is a huge gate and there are no guards at the gate. It is really dangerous." She smiled. The gentle: "I will let the guards of the Prince's Mansion guard the door for your mansion, lest some strange people come in through the loop, which is not very good."
When Lu Wan'er and Madam Lu heard the words, they almost vomited blood.
How is this going? Originally wanted to say that Shen Miao was rude, naturally, the entrance of Lu Mansion was deliberately not guarded. But when Shen Miao said this, it was as if their Lu family was so poor that they could not even hire a janitor. He also let the guards of the Prince's Mansion guard the door. If the people passing by outside saw it, what would they think
Shen Miao said kindly, "Madam does not need to thank me, if there is any need in the future, it is also ok for His Highness to send a few people to the house."
Send a few people, who knows if the people who sent it are spies. Prince Rui's mansion dared to send it, but they did not dare to accept it.
The ladies around also understood, this Princess Rui is definitely not a soft persimmon that can be easily handled. Originally, the Lu family arranged for it to destroy Shen Miao's prestige so that Shen Miao could make mistakes. Something went wrong, and some more ambiguous remarks were enough to make this Princess Rui feel a little lost.
Who knows that now, not only has they not fallen behind, but the Lu family has also fiercely conquered the first army.
Mrs. Lu smiled reluctantly and said, "Prince Concubine, please take a seat first."
However, Shen Miao was given an inconspicuous position.
Shen Miao was noncommittal, she came today not to argue, let alone to quarrel. But it is to show an attitude, and also take the opportunity to see some things clearly.
Bajiao leaned over quietly and whispered into Shen Miao's ear, "The round-faced lady is the wife of the privy envoy, Mrs. Yuan, and has a good relationship with the Lu family. The short lady is the wife of the Minister of the Household, Mrs. Wei, who is in-law with the Ye family and is married to the Lu family. The family relationship is also good... The lady on the far left in yellow, the father-in-law is a disciple of the left, and you also know her youngest son, Master Ji."
Ji Yushu's mother? Shen Miao looked at that Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji lived a very dignified life, but she seemed to have a completely different temperament from Ji Yushu.
Shen Miao thought, these ladies are not rich but noble, no wonder that the Lu family has a lot of power in Long Ye, and Concubine Jing was so arrogant that even Empress Xian De did not care, it turned out that she was leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade. Since these aristocratic families want to sell Luke a face, it is obvious that the Lu family has a very wide range of negotiations with them.
If Emperor Yong Le and Xie Jing Xing wanted to completely suppress the Lu family, it would not be easy. The interests of the Lu family involved many other official families, and if the Lu family fell, many aristocratic families related to it would suffer. It is for their own survival, those aristocratic families will not watch the Lu family fall.
Just thinking about it, Shi Shiran walked up beside her and sat down beside her. Bajiao immediately stood up straight and no longer explained to Shen Miao. Shen Miao turned her head and the beautiful and somewhat proud and domineering Fourth Miss Lu was sitting beside her.
Lu Wan'er said, "Prince Rui, can I take the liberty to ask you a question?"
Shen Miao: "Please speak."
"How long have you and Prince Rui known each other?" Lu Wan'er asked.
Shen Miao laughed in her heart, she probably knew why this Lu Wan'er came here. Speaking of which, Xie Jing Xing was in Ming Qi when he was a teenager, other than Emperor Yong Le and Xie Jing Xing's own people knew about this matter, others should not know about it. People in Great Liang also thought that Xie Jing Xing had followed Master to travel around the world for so many years and his whereabouts were very mysterious.
Then, Xie Jing Xing "acquainted" with her should also start when she returned to Dingjing from Xiaochun City and met Xie Jing Xing at the tribute banquet. It's full, it's less than a year.
She said, "It's less than a year."
Hearing this, Lu Wan'er laughed. She smiled a little proudly, but also a little contemptuously. Lu Wan'er said, "It turns out that it is less than a year. In this case, there are still many things that Princess Rui doesn't understand about Prince Rui."
Shen Miao smiled, "Fourth Young Lady seems to know His Highness very well?"
"Don't mind," Lu Wan'er said, "I know your Shen family's status in Ming Qi, but our Lu family's status in Longye is only more than your Shen family's status in Dingjing. Prince Rui is a very good person. People, in Great Liang, almost every young lady wants to marry Prince Rui's mansion. However, ordinary family background is not worthy of him."
Lu Wan’er glanced at Shen Miao and said, “Prince Rui, Prince Rui is a very ambitious person.”
"Since he returned to Long Ye, he started to do a great job in the courtroom. Such a person will not stick to the love between children and children. What can you help him? Now it is naturally affectionate. , but when you are useless to him in the future, he will still give up on him."
Shen Miao was surprised, originally thought that Lu Wan’er was a naive and arrogant young lady who was greedy for flowers in the moon and mirror in the water, but after listening to her words, she found that Lu Wan’er saw the situation very clearly, she even thought of certain things. Interests are stated.
“So?” Shen Miao asked.
"Your Majesty intends to make me Prince Rui's flat wife, but the prince will not have two concubines." Lu Wan'er said gracefully, "So, you will be your concubine, and I will be your wife."