The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 156 Birthday Banquet ([-])
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, men and women were not so strict. For occasions such as flowers and birthday banquets, male and female guests should be seated separately, with gauze curtains or a few pots of flowers in the middle.

Song Qingyue talked to her natal family about a cup of tea, and people from the direct branch of the Song family also came, and they seemed to be taking the time to go out with Mrs. Liang.

It just so happened that the lord brought a few young masters from the palace to stroll over from the middle road. After seeing several young masters from the Song family, they greeted each other, crossed the Jiuqu Bridge, and sat in another pavilion facing the water to chat.

A dozen or so people came from the direct branch of the Song family, wives, daughters-in-law, girls and sons-in-law, plus their entourage, there are twenty or thirty people, which is really quite spectacular.

Song Qingyue sat on the main seat and glanced at the visitor, thinking: There really are some uninvited visitors.For example, for Song Jianshuo's family, she remembered that there were only three sons and daughters from the concubine on the invitation list, and three from the concubine followed, all of whom were of marriageable age.

Mrs. Liang was not very happy when she saw it. Song Qingyue glanced at her mother, and seeing that she didn't stand up, she didn't stand up either. How many brothers and sisters have come over, I really don’t see anyone.”

Mrs. Song Jianshuo comes from the Qu family in Linhai, a famous family for thousands of years, and she doesn't get upset when she eats and dies. She has enough concentration, in other words, she is thick-skinned enough. Didn’t the fifth server come out, between relatives, the more you move around, the more cordial you will be.”

Song Qingyue nodded: "That's right, it's just the fifth server in my generation, and it's true that it hasn't come out yet. Since you're here, don't be too polite, let's all sit down. You must eat, drink, and have fun today. Don't hold yourself back."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone to greet one by one, maidservants and servants came forward and led everyone to sit down, but the seats were far away from the main seat, and there were a bunch of empty seats in between, so they were not allowed to sit.

The sixth lady is from the Kui family in Yuhang, and she has a pretty good relationship with the Liang family on weekdays. She wanted to come up to talk to Liang, but Liang was not cold and warm, and seemed unwilling to talk to her, which made Wei's face a little embarrassed. gone.

Song Qingyue felt strange in her heart, Mrs. Liang is not such a person. On weekdays, even if poor relatives from the second uncle and third uncle's family come to the house to beat the autumn wind, she will send someone to entertain them politely and send them away. Today Something abnormal.

She leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Mother, did the Song family's direct branch commit crimes?"

Mrs. Liang let out a sigh, and said in a very low voice, "The higher-ups deliberately asked us to divide the clan. Your father has been worrying about this for the past few days."

Song Qingyue frowned slightly, then recovered her expression.

He immediately understood in his heart that this meant that the emperor was dissatisfied with the harmony within the Song family.

Before, the emperor felt that his father had resentment towards Mr. Song, and thought that after his father came to power, he would retaliate against people of Mr. Song's line.

However, my father did not do that. When it was time to support, he would still support him, and when it was time to take care of him, he would still take care of him. It was as if the Song family had just changed the helm. This huge ship was still a giant that cannot be ignored. It was running smoothly and without any change.

From the perspective of the emperor, such a big family is really annoying!

It is a matter of being cautious when dealing with civil servants. If the emperor doesn't want to get his hands dirty, he needs someone to recite his name.Unfortunately, Song Qingyue knew that her whole family needed to be this villain.

The girls of the Song family over there were so angry that they could hardly maintain their superficial harmony. They went to the garden on the pretext of finding a secluded rockery and began to speak ill of Song Qingyue.

"Once she gains power, she has a villainous face! Look at her appearance surrounded by monsters, she doesn't look like a concubine! His Royal Highness is really blind to see her!" Song Jianshuo's youngest daughter-in-law, Song Yushu, was about to explode. I picked up a few leaves of the hibiscus flower, tore them into pieces and threw them on the ground, "I think my mother is also crazy, and she wants us to please her! What kind of thing is she!"

Song Baizhi, the second daughter of the fifth master Song Jiancheng's family, sneered: "The whole family is dressed like that, and they are ashamed without knowing it. I don't know what people in the palace think of her."

"Don't men just like her like that? I heard that Song Qingyue is very favored by His Royal Highness." Song Nanjia, Song Baizhi's concubine, whispered.

"Huawu is red for a hundred days, and she serves people with color. How long can she be favored? Look at it, how can a person like her in the palace be able to handle it?" Song Baizhi glared at her, and Song Nanjia pursed her mouth, not daring to say any more .

Song Xianglan, the eldest daughter of the sixth master Song Jianzhan, had a darker face. She was one year older than Song Qingyue.She was engaged to a grandson of Zhang Ge, the second assistant, since she was a child, and she was supposed to marry in September this year.However, her father, Song Jianren, had some bad luck. A coal mine near Datong Mansion collapsed, killing the miner Bailai.That ghostly place in Yongning is a place where the Miao people live, and the mountains and rivers are poor. Since the reign of Taizu, as many as thirteen officials in the Xuanfu Department's yamen have died of illness while in office.

As soon as her father had an accident, her fiancé suddenly fell ill, and she asked a certain Taoist priest for a fortune-telling, saying that the two people's fates were in conflict, and they were not suitable for marriage. She was really going to die of rage just to blow up their good marriage. too!
After hearing what those people said, Song Xianglan reprimanded angrily: "If you don't want to stay here, go home. Go to someone else's house as a guest, eat and drink from the host's house, and scold her behind her back. , the noble daughters of the aristocratic family are not as good as you! Now the eldest grandpa, second grandpa, and fourth grandpa are all at home, and the three of them are not young. Without the help of Song Ge, do you think they can get back together?"

Song Xianglan's sister-in-law Yao Shi also said: "The younger sisters speak in a low voice, after all, they are guests in the palace."

After all, Song Yushu was the most favored in his family's house, and he stared at Yao and Song Xianglan dissatisfiedly: "Sixth Uncle was demoted and you vented your anger on us? If you want to curry favor with Song Qingyue, go by yourself. You don't need to pull us, and don't take us Grandpa made rafts! Besides, the palace is amazing? Think about the East Palace back then..."

In the middle of speaking, Song Baizhi, his second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law joined forces to cover their mouths.Also too outspoken!Is this the mansion of King Susu?Don't die?
In Shuixie, Song Qingyue met the Ruihua county head of the Seventh Prince's Dunjun Wang family and the two palace girls of the Eighth Prince's Min County Wang's family. The county lord and the three palace girls.

These two princes are honest salted fish, not very interested in a certain position, no matter which one is holding a banquet, they are willing to join in the fun.

On the contrary, the eldest concubine Zhou, the second wife Kang, and Miss He Liu who married the third son a few days ago from the palace of the deposed prince Shenjun all came.

In addition, when King Shenjun was still the prince, he had four daughters who were named princesses. Now, although the prince is no longer the prince, the four princesses are still the princesses. One copy.

Song Qingyue was very surprised that they would come. In the palace, Song Qingyue had met Miss He Liu from the Ningyuan Hou Mansion. She was only a young girl in her twenties and eight years old. Now her face was covered with thick powder and her eyes were swollen. , with sunken cheeks, it turned out to be a withered flower.

Song Qingyue felt uncomfortable and distressed at the sight, and decided in her heart that the third young master must not be a good person.What kind of person is His Highness the Crown Prince who dotes on such a third son?
Thinking of this, she felt more and more that the images of His Royal Highness King Su and Li Zhao were decent.

Not long after the meeting, Huang Huaide brought a group of princesses, sons and ladies from the princess's mansion to join in the fun.

Song Qingyue knew about the friendship between Young Master Huang and Li Zhao, so she didn't dare to be negligent. After saluting enthusiastically, she asked everyone to sit down.There is no need to specially arrange the seats. The county magistrates and girls from the royal residence gathered together to talk, and several royal granddaughter-in-laws of the same generation also sat together, and the conversation became lively after a while.

Afterwards, Song Qingyue met the eldest daughter-in-law of the thirteenth master Song Jianshu's family from Jiangling and his eight-year-old eldest daughter.This thirteenth master is a great-grandfather of Song Qingyue's family. Speaking of which, the relationship is closer than that of the direct branch. He is very polite when he comes. He gave a birthday gift and asked the eldest daughter-in-law to take her daughter Talking to Mrs. Liang, I took my eldest son to meet the prince and the princes in the pavilion across the bridge.

Following Mr. Song Shisan, there were also the female family members of Xing Zhuangyuan's family who were on the same list as the eldest brother and second brother, and the female family members of Tong Jiuye's family.Afterwards, the servants of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, the servants of the household department, the female family members of Lang Zhong's family, the minister of Dali Temple, and the female family members of the Yin family of Shuntian Mansion also came to congratulate Song Qingyue one after another.

Zhang Luoyi, the eldest daughter of Mr. Zhang's family, is going to marry her eldest brother Song Chenhai in the spring of next year, so she asked the three sisters of the Song family to talk for a long time.

Li Wei looked at Zhang Luoyi from a distance, her eye circles were a little red, she simply dragged a few county lords and girls from the palace out of the water pavilion, and went to talk in a small garden elsewhere.

As for the wives and ladies of the military general Xungui's family, they gathered together as if they had agreed.

The first ones came were the Fang family of Uncle Rongchang and Uncle Anyang's Guo family. Miss Fang Liu and Miss Guo Ba were naturally going to come to congratulate them, but Song Qingyue didn't have time to talk to them too much, because a few more families came later. A female family member of an idle Hounuki family who has lost her authority.

It was almost noon, and the sun above her head was getting hotter and hotter. Song Qingyue was so tired that she felt dizzy for a while. She guessed that she was anemic and had low blood pressure. Did you come? After getting a negative answer, he snorted softly and went to the dressing room to change into a set of water-green clothes.

In summer, clothes in cool tones really make people feel comfortable.

She sat in the dressing room, drank a bowl of hot tea, ate a quick red date walnut cake, spread it out on the armchair for a while, and her thoughts became chaotic again.

The official family members of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials came here to see the face of their father and Wu Gelao; the family members of a servant from the Ministry of Industry came here probably because of the coal mine in Baoding Zhuangzi; It was brought here by the second sister.

I don't know why the female relatives of Yin's family in Shuntian Mansion also come, naturally either they have friendship with their father or Su Wang's Mansion.It is really arrogant to invite so many family members of civil servants and military generals in the name of the birthday banquet of the crown prince!

Song Qingyue rubbed her cheeks tiredly, she can't rest yet, ah, but she's so tired, let her drink half a cup of tea before going back, she really hates crowded places!
While Song Qingyue closed her eyes and rested her mind, a second-class girl named Mo Ran came outside and whispered into Mo Xiang's ear. Mo Xiang frowned, and went to Song Qingyue again, telling Song Qingyue roughly what Song Yushu and others said. Say it again.

Song Qingyue closed her eyes and listened. After listening, she slowly opened her eyes and sneered nonchalantly, "If you like to talk, let them say a few more words, heh, hurry up and give someone a clue."

After thinking about it for a while, she whispered in Mo Xiang's ear, "Let Mo Ran handle this matter, and you will be rewarded if you do it."

After two cups of tea, Song Qingyue finally changed her clothes, combed her hair and went back to the waterside pavilion. She saw the second girl of the Ning family who had been pestering Li Zhao and was unwilling to marry, Ning Yueyao, Mu Yufu, Mu Yulian is already sitting in the water pavilion.

After seeing Song Qingyue, the two sisters of the Mu family avoided Song Qingyue's gaze with some guilt, but the second girl Ning met Song Qingyue's gaze without fear.

Song Qingyue smiled gently, as if she didn't know what they had done to her before, nodded to them, and went to talk to the wives and ladies around her.

When it was time for lunch, Feng Jin, the fourth son of Feng Kun, commander of Jinyiwei, came over with his twin nieces.

This is really uninvited, after all, it is the emperor's eyes and ears, who dares to invite it casually?Even Feng Kun has been cautious all these years and dare not casually make friends with courtiers. Today when Feng Jin came here, Song Qingyue was not sure whether it was Feng Kun's intention or the emperor's intention.

"Mr. Feng! Why are you here?" Song Qingyue stood up and saluted.

Feng Jin today seems to be slightly different from Feng Jin at the gate of the city that day, and he feels more handsome and energetic.

He was wearing a purple-gold robe, and his hair was very neatly combed. If you look closely, your eyebrows seem to have been trimmed.

Feng Jin was also looking at Song Qingyue, the amazement in his eyes flashed away, and he smiled very gently and politely on his face, "Since Miss Song came to the capital, she has never appeared at any banquet. Now that the concubine is celebrating her birthday, I will naturally present it to you." With a sincere heart, I wish Miss Song a long life, and everything goes smoothly."

"Thank you Mr. Feng for your kind words!" Song Qingyue looked at Feng Jin's two nieces, Feng Xueru and Feng Xuelan, and said enthusiastically, "You two girls, sit down. What kind of tea do you like? I'll ask someone to make it."

The two Miss Feng are bright-hearted. Yesterday, Madam Yu also said that the Feng family raised them as boys. They are the best at dancing with guns and archery, and they love throwing pots and playing polo.

"We don't pay much attention to this, the concubine doesn't need to take special care of us." Feng Xueru smiled, "We mainly just come and sit with my uncle." After speaking, he looked at the twin sister, Feng Jin coughed lightly, and looked at it again. One glance at Song Qingyue, her ears blushed slightly, then she cupped her hands and went to the male guests' table to meet the prince.

Before leaving, he took a special look at the sisters of the Song family who were sitting beside Song Qingyue.

They are all beautiful, but they are not the same. Song Yaxin's eyebrows are dignified and majestic, Song Yuxi has pear dimples, and looks sweet. As for Song Qianqian, Xiaojiabiyu is also very lovely.

But after all, it is different from this imperial concubine.

Song Qingyue was cold when she wasn't smiling, but she was charming when she smiled. Just looking at her eyebrows and eyes made people feel uneasy and could not forget.

Ever since we met at the gate of the city that day, Song Qingyue's appearance has been lingering in Feng Jin's mind for a long time, lingering.

In the past, she was just a concubine raised by Song Gelao's family on Zhuangzi. If it wasn't for a coincidence that she saved King Su's son and the eldest grandson of the emperor, how could it be her turn to be the concubine.

If I had met her sooner...

After all, there are no such "ifs".

Feng Jin exhaled quietly, his expression was still calm, but his eyes were a bit sad.

There were two long tables covered with apricot-colored tablecloths in the waterside pavilion. After a while, the maids of the palace came in with large plates full of snacks of various colors, and placed them on the long tables. The juice in the transparent glass goblet is dotted with pulp and peel cut into various patterns and shapes, which is really eye-catching.

Tremella soup with a few goji berries and longan soup looks especially good in a chubby glass goblet.

Song Qingyue stood up, walked to the long table, held up a glass of white juice, and said with a smile: "Come on, let's play a new trick today, sisters come to eat, drink, play and make trouble, there is no need to be formal, what do you want to eat?" Just take it yourself."

(End of this chapter)