Chapter 76
On June 29th, King Jing held a full moon banquet for his eldest son, and guests from the royal palace gathered.
Because Aji was pregnant, the carriage was walking very slowly. When he turned into the streets and alleys where Prince Jing’s Mansion was located, there were already a few carriages in front, so the carriage slowly stopped. The lady in front sent her maid Shaoyao to come over and remind her to be calm and that it will be their turn in a while.
In fact, Ajiba is not allowed to arrive later.
After she arrived in the capital, she was very happy, and she didn't go to many banquets, and Zhao Chen accompanied her every time. Although Zhao Chen was in the front yard, she had a backbone in her heart when she knew that he was there, and she sat quietly on the side of the lady, allowing people to look at it with various eyes. Perhaps it was because Zhao Chen had no errands at that time, and in the eyes of most people, she was just a young master raised in the countryside. With her identity, there were not many ladies and grandmas who took the initiative to talk to her, and she was happy.
Today's King Jing's Mansion is the highest-ranking mansion that Aji has been to. Without Zhao Chen reminding her, she also knows that there are noble people among the guests. If others don't mention it, her aunt Princess An, whom she hasn't seen, will definitely come.
Aji looked at the two maids beside him, Cuiyu and Ruyi, one was smart, one was steady and skillful, one was given by her aunt, and the other was given by Zhao Chen. They were all completely trustworthy, so Madam Jiang advised her to take them to the banquet.
As long as she is cautious in her words and actions, there should be no big mistakes, right?
The carriage moved again, Aji gently touched her stomach and slowly calmed down.
After getting off the car, my little maid leads the way.
What surprised Aji was that Princess Jing actually ordered her servants to prepare a sedan chair for her and the Lady. The Lady was overjoyed and kept praising the princess's kind-heartedness to the nanny in charge of greeting them, not knowing that she was possessed by her grandson's wife. Aji sat behind and listened, feeling a little confused. Is Princess Jing very nice to her? On that day, Zhao Chen and Princess Jing guessed the riddles correctly, but she just didn't want to rob them, so she gave them. Speaking of which, the lamp was not hers, and Princess Jing could take it away with peace of mind.
Soon the group arrived outside the royal palace garden. The sedan chair fell down. The lady turned around and waited for Aji to come up. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked side by side.
Before the banquet began, the elderly ladies and wives sat in the pavilion and talked, while the girls were scattered in groups in the garden, either enjoying flowers or watching fish, with colorful skirts floating in the flowers, which was very lively.
Aji soon discovered Guo Baozhu's figure. She stood under a century-old tree and talked with two little girls. Seeing her, Guo Baozhu waved to her from afar. Aji smiled and still followed the Grandmaster toward the water pavilion by the lake. The water pavilion was very spacious, with several tables scattered inside. Aji saw Mrs. Guo, but the Grandmaster led her directly to Princess An.
The conversation in Shuixili stopped at once, and countless eyes fell on Aji with curiosity and exploration.
Princess An also looked at Aji and glanced at Aji's belly for a long time. When Aji was about to bow his knees, she smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you're all your family, why be polite? Come and sit next to your aunt. You and Chengyuan have been back for so long. This is the first time I have seen you. Look at this, Chengyuan is really lucky."
The lady who had already sat down on one side changed her face and couldn't help but complain about Changsun's wife. After the New Year, Princess An invited people several times. Every time Changsun's wife said she was ill and only asked Changsun to go by herself. Now, Princess An proposed it in front of so many people, but wasn't it just that the Zhao family was not polite?
Aji did not look at the lady, lowered her head slightly, and applied a gorgeous hand with a delicate hand that was holding her hand, saying, "I am not lucky to see my aunt early. My husband happened to be busy when he delivered the post for the first time. Later, my aunt had time to see us. But I was timid and scared by my younger brother. Then I was happy again. I can't pay my respects to my aunt until today. Please don't blame me."
Princess An's face turned cold, and she couldn't help but increase her strength by holding Aji's hand.
Aji seemed to have not realized it, and still looked obedient and gentle.
But someone next to him smiled meaningfully. Everyone knew the grudges between Princess An and the Zhao family, and everyone knew Tang Ju's stubbornness. The simple words of the granddaughter-in-law of the Zhao family were enough to make people guess the reason. But I don't know if she was smart enough or had been given a tip before setting off. If a peasant Jurchen could say these words by herself, this person would be really not simple.
In front of the table next door, Mrs. Guo glanced at Aji's hand that was still held by Princess An and coughed softly.
When Aji heard the voice, she turned around and seemed to find Mrs. Guo sitting there with a surprise on her face. She said to Princess An: "Auntie, I'll pay my respects to my second aunt first, and I'll talk to you later."
"Go and go, that's right." Princess An smiled and let go of her hand.
Aji quickly covered his hand with his sleeves, slowly stood up, bowed his knees to the ladies around him, and turned to Mrs. Guo's side.
Mrs. Guo first introduced her to the ladies at the table.
The second wife of the Guo family, Xu, had known Aji, for a long time. This was the first time that Guo Baoyan's aunt, Mrs. Su, saw her. In fact, there were several wives present, but for some reason, Aji just felt that Su's eyes were not right when she looked at her, and she seemed a little picky and a little dissatisfied.
She thought about it carefully and seemed that she had never offended the Hui'an Marquis' Mansion?
Mrs. Guo saw a hint of hostility from Su towards her nephew's wife. She frowned. Guo Baozhu happened to come back and asked her sister-in-law to enjoy the flowers together, and ordered a maid beside her to serve her.
After the few people left, Su smiled and praised Mrs. Guo: "Chengyuan's wife looks really outstanding, no wonder Chengyuan can take a fancy to her."
But I was very dissatisfied.
When Zhao Yunting asked her marquis about her daughter's age and temperament, it was obvious that she wanted to marry her two families. The marquis didn't know what she thought, and she was willing to marry her baby daughter to an unpopular eldest son of the Marquis's family. What's even more annoying is that if the marriage is done, their family would have been married. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yunting gave up again, and then Zhao Chen brought the village girl's wife back. Of course, she couldn't care who Zhao Chen married, but when he married a village girl, wouldn't it mean that her daughter was not as good as a country girl? When Zhao Chen became a celebrity around the emperor, Su felt sourness in his heart. The identity of the Zhao family's daughter-in-law should have belonged to her daughter!
Mrs. Guo pretended not to understand Su's sarcasm, looked at Aji's back and said, "She is good. Although she was born in the village, she was gentle and gentle but not inferior to any girl in the capital. Chengyuan has married such a virtuous wife, which is his blessing."
She praised this, and Su opened her eyes disapprovingly, got up and left.
Xu followed closely and whispered: "Sister-in-law, you seem to look down on Lin?" Her sister-in-law has always been smooth in dealing with people and rarely offends such words. Is there anything she doesn't know about?
The story of Zhao Yunting's daughter, Su and her husband, did not spread. Except for the daughter guessed something, outsiders did not know anything. Su did not intend to let the gossiping sister-in-law know it, and asked in discomfort: "When did I look down on her? Lin is beautiful and sensible, and she is so popular."
Xu naturally didn't believe it, but unfortunately, Su refused to reveal any truth, and she had no choice.
In a corner of the garden, Guo Baozhu blushed, "She is a princess after all, why is she so petty? If you don't like you, just don't pay attention. What's the ability to hurt others in secret?" After that, he quickly asked Jin Gui to find the medicine for injury.
Aji looked at the bloody nail marks on the back of her hand, but she was not as angry as Guo Baozhu, "Forget it, this little injury is not a problem. I won't get close to her in the future."
"Sister-in-law, you have a good temper!" Guo Baozhu stared at the water pavilion in the distance and said, "If it were me, she would dare to pinch me, and I would expose her on the spot. She couldn't even teach her son well, so she only dared to bully him. Who did she think she was? Even if the Zhao family owed her, it had nothing to do with her sister-in-law!"
"Slowly!" Aji pulled Guo Baozhu's sleeve and saw her pouting with a high mouth, she advised helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'm not angry, why are you angry? Let's go and accompany me to stroll around the garden. The scenery of the palace is really good. Have Baozhu been here before?"
She was fine, and Guo Baozhu didn't want to be corrupted by that villain anymore, so she started to say with a smile.
The two walked slowly, and Cuiyu Ruyi followed closely behind Aji. As they walked, a little maid suddenly rushed out from behind a bush of flowers and trees in front. Before everyone could see the other person clearly, Ruyi flashed in front of Aji in a few steps. When the other person bumped into him, she threw the person into the grass next to him and fell directly into the sky.
Guo Baozhu was stunned. Aji was not much better than her. She knew that Ruyi learned how to do it, so it was the first time she had taken action with her own eyes.
Cuiyu felt scared and had a cold sweat on her back. She quickly walked to the little maid who had just sat up and scolded her softly: "Which maid is you? Didn't you see our grandma here? If you bump into my grandma, you won't have enough to compensate you for ten!"
Along the way, she could see clearly that the maids in the royal palace were all dressed in green green skirts. This person was definitely not from the royal palace, nor from the royal palace. The other princesses and other distinguished guests had not arrived yet. So no matter whose family the maid belonged to, their marquis’s mansion was not afraid!
Guo Baozhu also came back to her senses at this time and scolded her. She was the master, and her aura was naturally not comparable to Cuiyu. She scared the little maid to cry and sat there wiping her tears. Guo Baozhu was impatient to see her crying. Just as she was about to ask her who the master was, Guo Baoyan's voice suddenly came from the front, "What's going on?"
Guo Baozhu looked up and saw Guo Baoyan wearing a long dress embroidered plum blossoms on white background walking over. A beautiful girl with a look similar to her was Xu Lan, the pearl in the Hui'an Hou Mansion.
"Girl!" The little maid who was crying in tears seemed to suddenly come alive. She quickly got up and rushed to Xu Lan, crying aggrievedly: "Girl, I was just in a hurry to reply to you, but she suddenly rushed out from one side and pushed me to the ground. The girl is the decision for me!" The thin white fingers pointed directly at Ruyi.
Ruyi Ban stood on Aju's side with no expression, as if there was no maid in her eyes.
Chapter completed!