Concubine Raiders

Eleven Niang listened to the words.

Xu lingkuan, the fifth master of the Xu family, is only 18 years old. He is the commander-in-chief of Tiance camp of the imperial forest army and is a four grade military officer. Three years ago, she married the legitimate daughter of Dingnan Marquis Sun Kang. In the mouth of the eldest wife, Xu lingkuan is an uneducated and inexperienced young man who only knows about flying eagles and horses by virtue of his ancestors

Is Mrs. Qiao talking about Xu lingkuan?

Too madam is smile but not answer, led everybody into the flower hall.

There are earth dragons in the flower hall, warm as spring. The table was placed in the west of the flower hall. Dishes and chopsticks had already been made. The servant girls and women were standing on the side.

The third lady warmly invited everyone to sit down.

After you pushed me, Mrs. Tai, Mrs. big, Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. three sat at a table.

Granny Luo, Wu Niang, miss six and eleven of the Qiao family sat at a table.

Aunt Wen avoided the hall.

Some maids brought water soaked with osmanthus for everyone to clean their hands, gave Mrs. Tai a table of Junshan silver needle, and gave granny Luo this table with Lushan cloud. Then the maid's dim sum, platter, side dish, cold dish, hot dish, hot pot They came up in an endless stream.

The three madams poured Jinhua wine for Mrs. Tai and Mrs. da.

Mrs. Tai politely said to the eldest lady, "don't be disgusted by your wife's daily meal." then she raised her glass and offered everyone a small cup.

The first lady and Mrs. Joe returned.

The banquet officially began.

Although there are many dishes here, no one is embarrassed to stare at them from afar. The one who helps the cloth dishes will stretch out his long chopsticks and clip them over, which makes people feel greedy So we all eat the food in front of us.

As for Mrs. Tai, she said that she was not in good health, and she took a small cup with her, so she put down her glass and stopped drinking. She was accompanied by the third lady. Although Mrs. Tai looks about the same age as the eldest lady, she is already over sixty years old. We dare not persuade her. The eldest lady stares at Mrs. Joe. After a few glasses of wine, Mrs. Qiao was already red in the face, but the eldest lady still looked the same.

I didn't expect that the eldest lady should have a good drink capacity!

Eleven Niang sat on one side and watched the good play.

After a while, Mrs. Joe couldn't speak easily.

Too madam looks at the situation is wrong, repeatedly to three madams make an eye. The third lady was going to take the wine for Mrs. Qiao, and the eldest lady didn't want to make trouble at her family's banquet, so she gave up.

After a meal, it was the beginning of the end, and everyone moved to the west to have tea.

Or because of drinking, Mrs. Joe talked a lot.

“…… It's a blessing to be in law with you. If you don't say anything else, just the sun family. But for your mother-in-law and her married daughter, how could she live in her mother-in-law's house for half a month and her mother's family for half a month. "

Mrs. Tai laughs. Seeing that the eldest lady is puzzled, she explains: "the only daughter under the Duke of Dingnan is this daughter. She is as precious as a treasure. She can get married with our family, because she has many sons in our family. After that, her daughter and son-in-law can often go to her mother's house. I'm also a foster child. Pity the world's parents. Let them live at home for half a month, go to Dingnan Houfu in red light alley for half a month. It's fresh on both sides. Unfortunately, it was the second half of the month when they were still in Dingnan. When they come back, let them greet you! "

"No, I dare not." The first lady said, "the fifth lady is the first emperor of Danyang county. She has a noble status. How can she please me?"

The eldest sister of Dingnan Marquis was the favorite concubine of the former Emperor. She was empty under her knees. She often declared the sun family to go into the palace to accompany her in the world. The former Emperor also liked to see her and sealed her as the "Danyang County Lord". She was still the first one in the families of these princes.

"You are welcome." Mrs. Qiao said with a smile, "the emperor has a few poor relatives, not to mention you and me? Besides, our princess is a first-class virtuous person. Since she married to the Xu family, she has never been called "county head". Relatives and friends are always generous, and everyone likes it... "

The older lady listened to her more and more disrespectful. She was angry in her heart. However, she was in the way of being a guest in the Taifu family. She only sneered in her heart.

It's a frog in the well. Since the founding of the great Zhou Dynasty for more than a hundred years, the so-called founding merit, Taizong had killed or demoted or captured the marquis by means of "King Zheng'an conspiring against An'an" in his later years, and his family wealth was more than permitted or sold off. The rest of the families were as timid as a bereaved dog. Finally, during the period of emperor Xiaozong, although several families had regained their titles, they were already terrified. They only wanted to protect their lives and did not dare to contribute to the court. For more than a hundred years, most of them were strong in the outside and middle in the trunk, relying on their ancestors' farmland to barely maintain their daily expenses. How can they be compared with the official families of their descendants, who buy fields and open shops, or even get money from the internal affairs to do business If Cheng Guogong had not made some money in the northwest army in those years, the Qiao family was just one of them. You're talking in front of her

The more she thought about it, the less she looked.

Too madam sees clearly, in the heart secretly sighs a sigh, stands up with a smile: "might as well go to see the newly built stage, also eliminate to eat!"

I'm so grateful to Madame. I'm so grateful to see the new stage.

The stage is very small, two rooms, with whitewashed walls and grey tiles. The eaves are as high as swallows. The screen wall of the stage is painted with five colors of paint, which is very gorgeous. Behind the stage is a row of seven wing rooms, three rooms on the left, a hall on the right, and seven main rooms on the opposite side.The third lady said with a smile, "the fifth master's idea. In summer, the curtain fan is hung on the eaves of the rolling shed, and the wind is blowing while listening to the opera. The gentle breeze can relieve the summer heat. In winter, you can hang a plywood curtain, hang it down or roll it, raise the fire plate, bake sweet potato beans, and have a good time playing

Mrs. Luo repeatedly praised: "it's really a fantastic idea."

Everyone also said "good.".

Five Niang eyes Lu Yan Yan, Qiao six Miss light smile, eleven Niang is carefully looking around the furnishings.

The doors, bars and windows are all made of multicolored gold. Some of them are carved with flowers, birds and beasts, hundred babies, or ancient antiques. It is quite different from the commonly used patterns of five bats holding longevity or five sons ascending families. There was solemnity in the excitement. I can see. It took a lot of effort.

Too madam ha ha laughs: "for this stage, do not know how much effort has been spent." He said, pointing to the seven wing rooms behind the stage: "if we don't build this row, we will directly lead to the garden." "Also pointed to the hall," the small four's study has been torn down half. He has a good temper. If he meets the old Marquis, he will have to have a meal of Pai

Mrs. Qiao said, "Oh," and her eyes turned. "If there is a play here, don't you quarrel with the Marquis?"

"What's the noise?" Mrs. Tai said with a smile, "I moved early. When Xiao Wu married his daughter-in-law, he moved to "banyuepan" in the back garden. Otherwise, he would not dare to build a large-scale building here with the courage of the fifth

Everyone laughed.

Mrs. Tai simply led them into the hall.

There is a small courtyard inside. There are only three main rooms facing south and North. There are grey tiles, whitewashed walls, black painted columns and white lattice window paper. The middle point of the courtyard is lined with some Taihu stones. A few pruning bamboos are planted on the left, and a few plantains are planted on the right.

The first lady praised "a good place".

"Not really." Too Madame smiles to look at three madams, "if not small three stop, say, if have a guest to come, can come here to rest feet, small five early removed."

The third lady covered her mouth and laughed: "our master is looking at the Marquis, his face turned blue, and then he came out to stop him."

Laughing, they walked out of the courtyard, out of the wing room behind the stage and onto a blue stone corridor. On the left side of the corridor is a leaky wall, which is made of round or square windows or crabapple style windows. You can see the green mountains and clear springs and strange stones in the garden. Along the way, there is quite a taste of Jiangnan garden with one window and one scenery.

Mrs. Qiao said with a smile, "the fifth master really took great efforts to change the wall."

Mrs. Tai laughed and pointed to a few green branches stretching out of the pink wall not far from the right: "that's the residence of the old five."

Eleven Niang looked and saw a five step step step, where two or three little maids were throwing sandbags.

See too Madame come over, one after another to too Madame salute, too madam side a wear lilac pigment face make-up flower mound son's fifty day old woman took the sugar from the purse to reward the little servant girl. The little maids all ran away happily. Too madam again pointed to a piece of powdered wall in front: "that is yuan Niang's courtyard."

The top of the wall showed bamboo tips.

The third lady pointed to the pink wall at the end of the corridor with a smile: "I live there!"

Behind Mrs. Tai's house is a flower hall. Next to the flower hall lives Xu lingkuan. Next to Xu lingkuan is Xu Lingyi. In the past, Xu Lingning There should be a widow in the Xu family. I don't know where to live?

Eleven Niang thought. After passing through yuanniang's yard, she saw a bright gate in the leaky wall. The front door and the left side door were closed. The right side door was opened. Two women were sitting on the spring stool in front of the door. When they saw Mrs. Tai, they immediately came to see her.

Mrs. Tai said a few words to the two women kindly, pointed to the wide bright gate and said to the eldest lady, "it's the back garden to enter from here."

The eldest lady nodded.

The third lady said with a smile: "after going for a while, why don't you go and have a cup of tea with me?"

Mrs. Tai looked at the old lady. She was afraid that she would be tired. She said with a smile, "OK!"

They went south along the Fantan that the third lady pointed to just now, and arrived at the third lady's residence.

The third lady lived in five rooms and four entrances, which was bigger than the house in Gongxian alley. The white walls and grey tiles, the black lacquer Ruyi door, the inverted seat separated into a study and a flower hall, facing the hall. Into the hall, cross the blue stone corridor, planted plantain, apricot trees, set up flower shelves. There are three main rooms with ear rooms, and the hand copying corridor is connected with the East-West wing room. There are Xu Si Qin and Xu Si Jian, the parents of Xu. Third, Xu Lingning and his wife live in the courtyard where magnolia trees and conifers are planted. The fourth entrance is the rear shelter.

They drink tea in the hall where the third lady lives.

Clear and bright light gold tea soup, green leaves embellishment period, floating with the fragrance of Osmanthus fragrans.

Eleven Niang is slightly Zheng.

Take a sip.

Longjing unique bean flower fragrance and sweet osmanthus are interwoven together, mellow and mellow, with lingering fragrance.

It's osmanthus tea.

Although the taste is unique, she doesn't like it.

Eleven Niang likes green tea -- tea each has its own nature, there are other adulterants, always feel less pure.

"It's a good tea!" she thought, and someone had already praised itEleven Niang follows the prestige - it's the sixth miss of Qiao's family.

"This is the new flower tea of Lingxiu building this year!" Her eyes narrowed slightly and her expression was satisfied.

The third lady said with a smile, "my sister is really elegant. However, this is not lingxiulou's tea. It is made by my second sister-in-law who personally picked the flowers of the century old osmanthus trees in the garden last autumn