I want my green plum to become a phoenix (rebirth)

Princess Dachang's 65th birthday, although not as grand as the [-]th or [-]th birthdays, was also very lively. Before the official day, a warm birthday banquet was held for a few days.As the youngest married daughter, Wei didn't need to go to the birthday party a few days ago to join in the fun, but it was hard not to go to the banquet the day before her birthday. Let Zhi Niang go out to the banquet.

Wei Shi and Zhi Niang were not there, and the girls relaxed a lot.And because of Zhi Niang's absence, everyone had to go out to the banquet the next day. After discussing with the old lady, Wei and the old lady simply gave the girls a day's class, and asked them to prepare the clothes they will wear when they go out to the banquet tomorrow. jewelry.

It's rare to have an extra day off, and Hui Niang also took two maids in the room to rummage through the clothes and jewelry that were newly acquired these days.As for these silk and satin clothes, as well as gold, silver, pearl and emerald jewellery, Aniang naturally didn't have any of them when she was in her hometown in the Northwest. The jewelry on the countertop is only one or two gold hairpins, pearl flowers, or the dowry when you get married, which is not a set of appearance.My cousin’s family is rich in family affairs in my hometown, but the daily life of the family is still very poor in terms of clothing and use.

Hui Niang didn't have anything before. When she came here, she was wearing cotton clothes and velvet flowers that could be bought on the street for a few pennies. Both the old lady and the Wei family couldn't stand it—don't say goodbye Yes, if you don't dress up decently when you go out as a guest, the first one who will be ridiculed by the wives and grandmas in Beijing is Wei himself.Therefore, these days, apart from the needleworkers at home rushing to change or newly made a few sets of clothes, the old lady and Wei Shi have sent people to send her a lot of small jewelry. I have been busy embroidering fans all day, until I got this day off to find those things out of the box, hold them in my hand, and look at them for fun.

"Young lady will wear this pair of cicada-winged hairpins tomorrow." Banxia and Lianqiao were on the sidelines to help Aniniang advise. The three master and servant chatted and laughed. Du Zhong went to the girls' rooms to inform them when they would get up and go out the next day, and then they packed up and went to bed.

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The second day is the official day of the eldest princess's birthday. This is a major event in the social circle of women's family members in the capital recently. The family members of ordinary officials can't even get invitations. Therefore, those who are lucky enough to participate do not dare to belittle .

Hui Niang was woken up early in the morning by two maidservants, it was still dark when she got up, not only Pinellia and Forsythia, even Perilla from the old lady's room came to help with Lilac.When Hui Niang was in her hometown, she seldom put on makeup. After she came to Beijing, because she saw her family members every day, she didn't have any interest in changing her body and makeup all day long, as long as she didn't make herself look unkempt.But today, I deliberately patted a thin layer of face powder on my face, and even used Qingdai to gently sweep the end of my eyebrows. Looking in the mirror, I felt that I was more energetic than usual, and I also looked like a big girl.

After tidying up, he hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of clear porridge - he didn't dare to eat more, he only used half a bowl, and took Pinellia out of the house.When they walked outside the hall, they happened to meet Funiang again, and they only brought a maid with them. The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, holding hands and went to Wei's yard together.

The old lady's yard is a little distance from Wei's yard, but Lingniang, Zhiniang, and Yinniang all live in Wei's yard. When the two sisters entered the main room, the three younger sisters were already waiting. In the room, Wei asked the five daughters to line up one by one, and looked at the five carefully carved daughters who were also wearing jackets and skirts, buns, and hairpin rings, with satisfied smiles on their faces.

Six people, divided into three carriages: Wei Shi took his own daughter Zhiniang in the first carriage, Funiang took Yinniang in the second carriage, Huiniang and Lingniang took the third carriage, and the maids sat in the last one. On the big cart, there were servants and guards, and a group of people rushed out of the gate of Shangshu Mansion and headed for Dongsan Street.

As the late emperor's younger sister and the current emperor's aunt, the eldest princess's mansion naturally occupies the best piece of land on Dongsan Street - the land was originally divided into two families, but since the royal family wants to requisition, naturally No one dared not to give it, let alone one of the two houses was the Yasukuni Mansion, and even if half of the garden was taken away, they didn't dare to complain.

Today's East Third Street is naturally even more lively. Hui Niang thinks that the Qin family's motorcade is leaving early, but she still waited for half an hour at the entrance of the alley where the Princess's Mansion is located before being welcomed in by the servants of the Princess's Mansion. into the mansion.The main courtyard of the Dachang Princess's mansion is not big, and the group of people changed sedan chairs in the carriage hall, bypassed the front yard and the main courtyard, turned directly into a large garden, and walked along the path for a while. After entering a large yard surrounded by rockery and bushes, I got out of the sedan chair.

As soon as I got off the sedan chair, a servant woman came up to greet her with a smile, "Auntie is here, the princess is thinking about you and the girls." Although it was just a smile, her smiling eyes only looked at Wei Shi and Zhi Niang, and waited to see her. When he saw the other girls, there was slight disdain in his eyes.The servants of the eldest princess's mansion are full of arrogance, and even express their disdain openly and aboveboard, and they don't bother to cover it up.

Hui Niang lowered her eyes, waited for Wei Shi and the maid to exchange a few words, then followed everyone to the courtyard.

This courtyard is the one used by the Eldest Princess for daily living, sitting and sleeping. It is very long in depth, and the distance between left and right is also very wide. The servant woman led the crowd through the hall, and another person came up to greet her, "Sister-in-law three." This time, it was Wei Shi who greeted him first.

Hui Niang quietly followed behind, only listening to Wei's greetings, she knew that the person who came to greet her this time was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Eldest Princess—because Princess Wei Yanshang, the son-in-law, had never separated from her elder brother for so many years. The princess's children are still counted according to the ranking of the Yasukuni mansion. The eldest son of the eldest princess is the third son, and he is still the "Third Master" in the Yasukuni mansion, but this third master usually lives with his wife. Mrs. Zhang lives in the West Courtyard of the Princess Mansion.

Mrs. Zhang and her sister-in-law exchanged a few words of greeting with a smile, and then personally led the group of Mrs. Wei into the main room.Although Huiniang followed her elders to visit the Dachang Princess's mansion in her previous life, she didn't have a deep impression of the Dachang Princess's mansion. Now when she entered the room, she felt that the decoration in the house was extremely luxurious, and the Dachang Princess was also well-dressed. Sitting energetically and full of jewels on the grand teacher's chair in the center, surrounded by many wives and young wives dressed as noble ladies.

The Wei family first congratulated their mother on her birthday, and then the girls of the Qin family kowtowed to the Eldest Princess.It's not time for the ceremony yet, and the presents they each prepared are still well placed in the car, being carefully guarded by the maids.After kowtowing, the Eldest Princess looked at the granddaughters, and praised each of them indiscriminately—these are all polite words, and the house is not all the "family members" in the Yasukuni Mansion, in front of outsiders. No matter what, the Eldest Princess has to save face for her little daughter, so it's not easy to make a clear distinction between relatives and estrangements.

"Sister Qiong has been looking forward to you early in the morning, let's go and play with them." Of course there is not enough room for so many people in the main room, plus there are guests who keep coming in to celebrate their birthdays. He led them into the inner room.

There are several round tables in the inner room, and many girls from other families followed their elders to celebrate the eldest princess' birthday. At this time, they have been divided into several small groups. People get together and laugh.

As soon as the five sisters entered the room, they were surrounded by a small group, and a gorgeously dressed girl who was sitting on the Arhat's bed with a bright smile immediately waved to them, put on her shoes and put on the Arhat's clothes, and greeted them in person. Coming over, without looking at others, he directly grabbed Zhi Niang's hand, "Why are you here now?" It was Zhang's only daughter and the only granddaughter of the eldest princess, Wei Heqiong.

Zhiniang and Wei Heqiong are about the same age, and since they were young, they both carried the arrogance of being a direct descendant of a famous family and a jewel in the palm. The relationship between cousins ​​has always been good—at least in Huiniang's opinion, Zhiniang's treatment of Wei and Qiong is comparable to that of Lingniang. Companion is much better.Wei and Qiong were her handkerchiefs, but Lingniang could only be called a "follower".

At this time, when the handkerchief is handed over, the follower is of course not so important. "We are still early. I just came in from the outside, and the third aunt and the fifth aunt have not arrived yet." Zhi Niang said, while pulling Wei and Qiong to the Arhat bed in an anti-customer manner.

On the contrary, Wei Heqiong, as the masters, turned around and greeted the other sisters of the Qin family with a smile, telling them to "be more casual, don't be cautious", and then bit their ears with Zhiniang again, "The third aunt lives in the South Courtyard, she is not late, it is because my little cousin suddenly had diarrhea this morning, and the third aunt dared not go away, she was watching to take care of her son. Maybe come back later when the banquet is over, the grandmother knows that she is anxious , and don’t ask anyone to rush over.”

In this room, except for Zhi Niang who often goes out with the Wei family as guests and knows some ladies from officials and noble families, the other four girls from the Qin family can't find anyone who has friendship with them, so they have to make up a small group by themselves. The group, sitting and drinking tea and eating snacks, was looked after by the maids in the eldest princess's mansion, and nothing major went wrong.

Soon, someone came in and said that the birthday banquet was about to start, and all the ladies were invited to go out for the banquet.At this time, Wei and Qiong remembered their responsibilities as masters again, and greeted the girls in the house to go out, and Zhi Niang was also helping her, the two were like a pair of direct sisters.

The birthday banquet was placed in the back hall, and the five main rooms and the Baosha were opened up, and more than ten large round tables were set up.The eldest princess sat in the middle, and there were several old ladies who looked similar to her at the same table. The next table was accompanied by Mrs. Zhang, who was the female relatives of several high-ranking officials. The tables at the table were accompanied by the daughters of the Eldest Princess, not only Wei Shi, but Animian also saw her mother-in-law in the previous life—— Wei Shi's fifth sister, Mrs. Chen.

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