Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 43 Goodbye Mrs. Li

The Qushui Liucup banquet in Li's residence was arranged in the afternoon of the next day, and it started at the beginning of Weishi.Qiu Li got up when the sun was bright today and began to dress up. She was wearing a peach-pink embroidered silver thread peony chest-length Confucian skirt, and a red gold butterfly hairpin inlaid with rubies was inserted obliquely on the top of her head.She was born beautiful and beautiful, and because Mrs. Tian paid special attention to cultivating her gait etiquette, Qiu Li's body proportions were excellent, with straight breasts and plump buttocks.Her appearance in this body is not inferior to any legitimate daughter of a powerful family, which shows that Tian's care for her daughter is good and hard.

After Qiu Li dressed properly, she got into the car and waited quietly for Qiu Mo's arrival.She was both nervous and looking forward to it. Although she didn't know why the Qiu Mansion received an invitation from the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, it was indeed a rare opportunity for her to make friends with a class that she could never have imagined before. crowd opportunity.

After waiting for a while, Qiu Li saw Qiu Mo walking out of the main entrance of Qiu's house with Shuang Han.Qiu Mo's dress was simple and plain, only a waist-length skirt with narrow sleeves and a collar woven with white silk gauze. Her jet-black hair was tied up in a bun with a delicate crabapple flower on it.Her skin was creamy, her lips were vermilion, and her brows and eyes were full of calm and serenity.

After Qiu Mo sat firmly, Qiu Li looked up and down at the costumes of her three sisters, her face was calm, but she couldn't help but slander her inside.Sure enough, Qiu Mo didn't realize the importance of this banquet, and she went to the banquet dressed so casually. She will inevitably be disgusted by others later on. It seems that she should try to stay away from her later...

The two of them drove to Li's mansion in the car in silence and with their own concerns.

After driving away for about a cup of tea, they arrived at Bingzhou Dudu's Mansion in the southwest corner of Puning Square in the northwest of Chang'an City.Qiu Li raised the curtain and took a look outside, and saw that many talented and beautiful people had either lifted the curtain and got out of the car, or walked into the main entrance of Li's Mansion together having a happy conversation.Qiu Li couldn't help taking a few deep breaths, suppressing her excitement, trying to maintain a graceful and elegant demeanor, and slowly got out of the car after the maid lifted the curtain.

Qiu Mo got out of the car after Qiu Li, and when she stood firmly on the ground, Qiu Li had already entered Li's mansion, and only Shuang Han was waiting for her holding a gift box wrapped in brocade cloth .

Qiu Mo didn't say much, motioned to Shuanghan to hand over her invitation, and followed the flow of people into the main entrance of Li's Mansion.

Li's Mansion covers a large area, with pavilions, terraces, pavilions, rockeries, ponds, small bridges and flowing water.All you see along the way are elegant and refined things, showing dignity and beauty everywhere.The most amazing thing in Li's mansion is an artificially dug waterway located in the southeast of the mansion.There was no running water flowing through Puningfang, and there is still a Xiuxiangfang separated from Yong'an Canal.However, when the Li Mansion was built and repaired, a live spring was unintentionally dug out at a high place in the southeast corner of the foundation. The spring water meanders down from southeast to northwest, and then flows into the drainage ditch outside the workshop from the courtyard wall of Li Mansion. go.

The running water in the southeast of the house has been an excellent arrangement in Fengshui layout since ancient times. It is not available for other people's houses deliberately, but Li's house naturally has it.

Mrs. Li attaches great importance to it, and specially invited skilled craftsmen to dig a small pond for the source of the living spring. Blossoming green lotuses were planted in the pond, and clusters of red maples were planted beside the pond.Then, along the direction where the living water flowed when it was first discovered, an artificial stream was dug. Flowers and plants, mats and beds were arranged on both sides of the stream for family leisure and for guests to drink, write poems and enjoy flowers when they visited. It forms a landscape that belongs exclusively to Li Mansion.

Because of this running water, the backyard of the Li Mansion is in full bloom in spring and summer, or when the air is clear in summer and autumn.Mrs. Li has developed a habit of inviting relatives and friends to spend a beautiful and leisurely time together at the house by taking advantage of the opportunity of viewing flowers in spring and maple leaves in autumn.

The Qushui Liucup Banquet this time was set in this wonderland.

Qiu Mo followed the flow of people and walked towards the courtyard of the Li Mansion unhurriedly, and within a short while, she came to the vicinity of this man-made stream.The banquet hall is very spacious, although there are many tables and cushions, it doesn't look crowded.Many people have gathered on both sides of the stream. The male guests are gathering in groups of three or four under the maple trees by the pond to chat in a low voice, while the female relatives are already kneeling on the cushions by the stream, chatting softly.

She looked up, but she didn't find Wen Weixing's figure, she wondered to herself, could it be that he hasn't arrived at Li's residence yet?
Qiu Mo herself is not a person with long sleeves and good at dancing. Looking around, there is no one she has contacted before.She didn't try to make things up, just walked quietly to a corner with Shuanghan, silently waiting for the arrival of the master of the Li residence.

On the contrary, Qiu Li, relying on her outstanding appearance and flattering communication skills, she quickly integrated into a small circle of noble girls and became a more eye-catching existence among the people present.

While Qiu Mo was still chatting with Shuanghan idly, suddenly, a well-dressed nanny with a high bun came towards her, saluted her with a smile and asked: " Dare I ask if this lady is Qiu Mo, the third lady of the Qiu family?"

Qiu Mo hurriedly stood up straight, bowed back to the nanny and replied, "Exactly. May I ask you?"

The nurse's smile became brighter, and the wrinkles on her face seemed to stretch a little: "The old woman's surname is Liu, and she is Mrs. Li's personal nurse. Mrs. Li wants to invite the lady to the side hall to talk. I wonder if the lady would like to go there. ?”

Qiu Mo couldn't help being surprised after hearing this.I have never met Mrs. Li, how could she know me and invite me to meet alone?
But since Mrs. Li sent someone to pass on the message, there must be her reasons.Qiu Mo smiled slightly and agreed, "Please trouble Madam Liu to lead the way."

Nanny Liu bowed to Qiu Mo, then turned around and led the way.Qiu Mo and Shuang Han followed Nanny Liu and walked into a nearby flower garden.

I saw that the crape myrtle flowers that were blooming at the moment were planted around the flowerbed, and the trees were full of deep and shallow purple red.In the center of the flower garden was a gazebo with eight treasures and exquisite columns. A thick and soft woolen blanket was spread on the stone bench of the pavilion. A luxuriously dressed woman sat on the stone bench with her back facing them.

Nanny Liu led Qiu Mo to the gazebo, then bowed and retreated with Shuanghan.Without much hesitation, Qiu Mo approached the gazebo openly, saluted the luxurious woman, and said, "Qiu Mo, the third wife of the Qiu family, has met Mrs. Li."

The woman turned around when she heard Qiu Mo's voice behind her.The moment she turned her head, Qiu Mo saw her face clearly.It turned out that she was the noble lady who was helped by Qiu Mo after she fainted in Dongshi!
　Xiangsheng small knowledge
　　Meandering stream
　　On the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March every year, people sit by the winding canal, place wine cups upstream, and let it go down the river. Whoever the cup stops in front of, will drink it for fun, so it is called "Qushui Liushang". .This custom originated very early and has existed in the Zhou Dynasty.On the third day of March in the ninth year of Jin Yonghe, Wang Xizhi and others were repairing at Lanting in Kuaiji (now Shaoxing). They chanted poems and drank wine, and then wrote "The Preface to Lanting Collection": "There are also clear streams and turbulent waves. water." [This article is not a Qushui Liucup Banquet held on the Shangsi Festival due to the need of the plot]

　　
　
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