In the past five years, this is the first time Bai Ruoyu has gone out to participate in this kind of flower appreciation party, and in the past five years of keeping filial piety at home, although she can occasionally go out to deal with some things, but this kind of banquet is also isolated from her, and people who keep filial piety cannot participate in this kind of occasion.
In five years, she has changed a lot, and she is no longer the arrogant and selfish little girl she used to be.
In the past five years, she has been learning Confucianism and Zen Taoism with her grandfather, who taught her the way of cultivating her mind when he knew that her mind was uncertain.
She no longer thinks that she needs to eat well and dress well, that all good things should be hers, that everyone else should let her be right, she has let go of these things, and she has learned to respect her grandfather.
People, only by respecting others, can you get the respect of others for you, instead of blindly taking what you want.
And when she found out that after she learned this, the things that she had learned and couldn't get with all her scheming were now easily delivered to her, and she realized how stupid she was in the first place Her father and younger brother went to the frontier, her eldest sister got married, she was the only girl in the house, her grandfather and second aunt did not treat her badly, the house was rich and rich, and all the food and clothing around her were the best things, even several grades higher than when her mother was there.
She thought that maybe the princesses in the palace sometimes didn't eat as well as her, because the Dingguo Mansion had some channels that could get things that others couldn't, and those things that were particularly rare in the eyes of the world could be seen everywhere in her house.
Only then did she know that there were some things that didn't need to be asked for so unreasonably, as long as they were sincere, they would naturally be there.
For the big sister, although she can't talk about gratitude, she knows that the big sister is a good person and won't harm her, and she knows that if it weren't for the hint of the big sister.
She can't live like this in the house.
Sometimes, I muster up the courage to say thank you to her, but I can't say what my mother did to her big sister and younger brother back then.
It's not something she can erase with a thank you.
She knew that the eldest sister didn't care about her thanks, so it was good to keep this gratitude in her heart.
Her temperament is indifferent, and she has seen a lot of things, and she doesn't even want to come to this banquet.
It's just that the second aunt insisted on her coming.
She couldn't bear to caress her second aunt's kindness.
Because she is nineteen years old this year, Shouxiao has delayed her for so many years, as if she is already an old girl, and the second aunt wants her to show up in front of people, and the next step is to plan her marriage.
She knew that her marriage was a little difficult for the second aunt, not to mention her identity, whether she was a concubine or not, and it was not enough to match the concubines of those aristocratic families, but the door of the Dingguo Mansion did not allow her to marry ordinary concubines.
Moreover, when the girls of the idler's family are fourteen or fifteen years old, they go out. is the right person in their house, where is there a Lang Jun of the right age who can marry her If she wants to marry well and be a wife at her age, she only has some positions to fill the house and continue the string.
But the second aunt is not her own mother after all, if the second aunt finds her a person with a low door or a continuation of the string, it will be bad for the reputation of the second aunt if she says it badly, and outsiders seem to be treating her niece badly.
So the second aunt began to worry about her marriage a few months ago, and she saw it in her eyes, so she was embarrassed to refuse the second aunt's request to let her go out to participate in the flower party this time.
This flower party was held by Lu Xihou's mansion, and Lu Xihou resumed three years ago.
In order to help Lu Xihou expand his contacts and consolidate his position in the court, they have held a flower party every year in the past three years, and all decent people in Beijing will receive this flower party post.
In previous years, this kind of flower party.
The master of the Dingguo Mansion didn't come to participate, at most he showed up and left, and this year for her marriage, the second aunt specially brought her over.
However, the scene at this banquet was basically the same as she had thought at first.
The women she once knew had all their heads combed up, and some of them were followed by concubines who came to serve.
Some even have children who are already several years old.
On the other hand, she is so old, but she still combs the girl's hair, which is an outlier in this hall.
Although those people didn't say anything, there was still a hint of mockery in their eyes.
The reason why these people ridiculed Bai Ruoyu was because she was so old, and she came to this kind of banquet when she became an old girl, the purpose was obvious, didn't she just want to find her in-laws, which couldn't help but make people laugh.
The other is because of her relationship with the crown princess, in the early years, everyone in Beijing knew that Bai Ruoyu's mother and daughter had bullied the princess's sisters and brothers, and they were not good to the princess's sisters and brothers.
Now that the crown princess has a noble status, but Bai Ruoyu has become a powerless old girl, everyone takes it for granted that Bai Ruoyu's life in the Bai family is not good, otherwise why haven't she gone out for so many years, maybe she was put under house arrest by the Bai family.
At this time, the crown princess is the object of everyone's stuttering, and Bai Ruoyu, who is the enemy of the crown princess in everyone's opinion, is the object that everyone can step on.
Everyone thought so, so they did the same, but because she was from the Dingguo Mansion after all, everyone would not scold people in person, but some of the words that pointed to Sang and scolded Huai also drifted into Bai Ruoyu's ears as if they were nothing.
The second lady, Han, was talking to several high-ranking ladies and didn't pay attention to Bai Ruoyu's situation.
If it was according to Bai Ruoyu's previous temperament, she would have been bullied like this, she would have made a fuss a long time ago, but now, she didn't pay attention to it, these are just some villains who tend to be inflammatory, and worrying about them will only make her more embarrassed. didn't want to mix with these people, so she took the girl Su Xuan out of the hall and into the garden.
Not to mention, the Luxihou Mansion still invested in this flower meeting, and a lot of beautiful and rare grasses were planted in the garden, and Bai Ruoyu put aside the disturbance just now and appreciated it.
Most of the girls who played in the garden were brought by the ladies of various families, and Bai Ruoyu was also a girl, but she was much older than those little girls, and she never came together.
She found out that those girls were avoiding her, and she must have listened to the family's explanation not to be close to her.
It just so happened that no one disturbed her, and she also settled quietly, sitting alone in the corner of the garden with the girl.
It's just that after a while, a group of people came over in the banquet hall, and when they saw the person who was the leader, Bai Ruoyu was stunned.
Surprise in my heart, "How could she be here" The person who came was none other than Mengxi, the eldest girl in front of the crown princess.
Mengxi was followed by several girls from the Luxi Hou Mansion, with a cautious and respectful appearance of leading the way.
Mengxi has long been used to this.
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She didn't care, just walked quickly to Bai Ruoyu, and saluted respectfully: "The slave maid asks the second girl for peace."
"Mengxi, why are you here, is there something wrong with the eldest sister" Bai Ruoyu asked suspiciously.
"Back to the second girl.
Our princess also came to participate in today's flower party, and when I heard that the second girl was also there, I asked the slave maid to invite the second girl over," Mengxi said with a smile on her face.
"Eldest sister, I'm here too" Bai Ruoyu was even more puzzled, Luxihou Mansion held a flower party, and her eldest sister was the crown princess, so there was no need to come.
"Yes, the second girl, let's go, don't let the princess wait" Meng Xi smiled and helped Bai Ruoyu to walk into the main hall.
At this time, the main hall suddenly changed, as if it was not the same place just now.
Without the noise and messiness just now, it became orderly, and those ladies either sat down or stood according to their ranks, all of them looked knowledgeable and respectful, and stood with their hands down.
The idle people didn't dare to speak casually, only a few high-ranking ladies of the Command, who were sitting with the woman sitting on the main seat, laughing.
As soon as Bai Ruoyu entered the door, the woman on the main seat raised her head and smiled at her, and her smile began to bloom.
The whole hall seemed to be much brighter.
"The rain is coming, come to the eldest sister" The woman's voice was warm and waved her hand to Bai Ruoyu.
"Greetings to the eldest sister," Bai Ruoyu hurriedly saluted.
"It's all your own family, you don't need to be so polite" Ruoyun waved his hand to let Bai Ruoyun get up.
In front of a room of ladies, he pulled her to sit beside him.
Just like a homely person, asked her some ordinary questions, Bai Ruoyu answered them one by one, during which none of the women in the room dared to speak out, and even the faces of the people who had mocked Bai Ruoyu just now turned a little pale.
They didn't expect them to think badly, as they saw it, it seemed that the crown princess loved this sister very much.
Then, what they did just now didn't offend Bai Ruoyu, the princess's own sister Ruoyun said a few words to Bai Ruoyu, then took her hand and said to everyone in the hall with a smile: "This sister of this concubine is also a poor person, because of filial piety, the marriage date has been delayed, and she is a little old, you can't bully her."
Ruoyun seemed to be a joke, which made everyone in the hall sincerely afraid, the crown princess blamed them for snubbing the second girl Bai just now Mrs.
Luxihou's Mansion, as the host, was the first to speak: "The crown princess said that she laughed, the second girl showed off her wisdom, Zhong Lingyu was beautiful, and her filial piety was moving, and all the girls should learn from the second girl."
Mrs.
Luxi Hou's words were obviously sycophants, but the crown princess smiled and said: "Mrs.
Hou is serious, where is she as good as you say, at most, she is more knowledgeable, and she is usually quiet."
The crown princess is a modest statement, but in fact, she is praising Bai Ruoyu, everyone in the hall is average, where can you not hear it, and for a while everyone began to cater to the princess and praise Bai Ruoyu.
Bai Ruoyu was praised by so many people, but she was a little absent, and looked at her eldest sister as if asking for help, but met her eldest sister's playful eyes.
Ruoyun saw that Bai Ruoyu was so uncomfortable, so she didn't tease her anymore, smiled, and saw that the time was almost up, so she explained to Bai Ruoyu and the second lady, and then took someone to say goodbye.
The crown princess only stayed for more than half an hour before and after her arrival at Luxihou Mansion this time, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the princess was not here to participate in the flower party at all, but obviously came to support the façade of the second girl Bai Ruoyu.
Otherwise, the flower party of the little Luxihou Mansion, where would there be any need for the crown princess to come in person The attitude of the crown princess is obvious, and as soon as her car leaves, everyone's attitude towards Bai Ruoyu is very different.
The person who was sneering at Bai Ruoyu just now rushed forward to say good things to Bai Ruoyu, for fear that she would offend Bai Ruoyu just now and make her hold a grudge.
And those who were lukewarm just now also came over at this time to make friends with her with an intimate look.
The gap between the front and back is so big, Bai Ruoyu is no longer the vain child she was back then, where do you not know that these people are not sincere at all, they will only slap her in the face of the eldest sister.
She is grateful for what her eldest sister has done for her, but she will not use her eldest sister's power to manipulate these people.
For the flattery of these people, she will only respond politely, not deep friendship, and will not show disrespect, at this time she has learned how to be a noble girl with a level finally got rid of those people, Bai Ruoyu went to the garden as usual, and at this time, the attitude of the girls in the garden towards her also changed, and they all called her "sister, sister" non-stop, and the intimate appearance was as if she was their own sister She could only laugh secretly, the news spread very quickly, and the girls all knew what was happening in the hall.
Hiding next to a big willow tree by the river, her ears calmed down, five years ago she was excited and happy to participate in this kind of banquet, and now her mood to participate in the banquet is a word "tired", at this time she only hopes that this banquet will end soon.
Bai Ruoyu was so clean on the side alone, but she didn't notice that a pair of resentful eyes were staring at her in the dark.
The owner of these eyes is a concubine of the second young master of Luxihou Mansion, and this concubine used to be best friends with Bai Ruoyu.
She is the daughter of the Gan family, called Gan Yuning, her father used to be a squire in the military department, and she was also one of the girls who followed Xia Fangtong of the Xia family every day.
In order to break into Xia Fangtong's circle of nobles, Bai Ruoyu also befriended this Gan Yuning for a while.
Gan Yuning went to many high-level banquets because she followed Xia Fangtong's side, and she used to be relatively famous in the circle of nobles in Beijing.
It's just that King Zhao rebelled and implicated the Gan family, although the Gan family did not follow the rebellion, but Gan Yuning's father was also demoted, from the military department of the third grade to the seventh rank of the sesame official Taifu Temple master book.
The master of Taifu Temple sounds like a good name, but in fact it is just a position to raise horses for the imperial court.
Taifu Temple is a place to manage the carriages and horses of the imperial court, can not participate in political affairs, has no real power, and this official office is also divided into large and small officials, those with high official positions will naturally be assigned some errands with oil and water, and her father has made a mistake official, and the grade is so low, can only be divided into the hardest and most tiring errand of raising horses.
An official like her father who was implicated in the rebellion case is already a blessing in misfortune to be able to save his life, this is still the best result of giving up most of his family property, and there is no hope for promotion in this life.
To be continued.
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