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Chapter 16 The Three Madam Preliminary Poison Schemes, The Old Immortal Wants to Open the Altar

一
It will be the old lady’s birthday in two days. In the past few days, the palace has been very busy with lights and decorations, a stage set up, melons and fruits prepared, and people coming and going.
The old lady also eats fast every day and has been concentrating on chanting Buddha's name in the Buddhist hall for more than a month. This is not a bustling time for several important ministers and the ladies of the prince's family to come over today. The old lady just comes out of the Buddhist hall.
The Eight Immortals table in the old lady’s house in the east courtyard is filled with all kinds of snacks and seasonal fruits, including dried fruit preserves.

At this time, there were three people sitting on the kang. One was the mother of the fourth prince Hongshun, the old lady who was the longevity star, the other was the wife of the seventh prince, and the third was the wife of the old prime minister Kan.

Surrounding the table of the Eight Immortals on the ground were several princes and their wives, all of whom were juniors. Because the prince's position was hereditary, the three princes were already grandchildren. There were also several wives and daughters from the capital of the court, among whom was An. His wife, Mrs. Jiang

Speaking of which, Mr. An is a talented person with several official positions. How come his wife is here today?It turned out that Mrs. Jiang's grandfather was the prince's young master. Because her grandmother was old, she was worried about her coming alone. Also, only one of the female relatives in the family was the Jiang family, so she was afraid that others would accompany her and have low status. I lost my etiquette, so I brought Mr. Jiang here.

"Chou Chou! Chou Chou! I'm really sorry for bothering you to run here in this hot weather," said the old lady

"What are you talking about, Fourth Sister-in-law?" Mrs. Qi Laowang spat out the ice grape seeds in her mouth and said, "It's such an important event like your birthday, how can we not come? Right now, your family is busy in the capital, why don't you allow us to come?" Come and join in the fun?"

"Why not? I still want you to come every day. I see you like these iced grapes very much. Let my wife go get you some more." As the old lady spoke, she pointed at the Fourth Prince who was sitting at the Eight Immortals table with the guests. royal wife

When Mrs. Wang saw it, she got up quickly and responded to go out to get it.
"Hongshun's wife!" Mrs. Qi Lao Wangye stopped her.
"Yes! What are the instructions from Aunt Seven?" Mrs. Wang hurriedly stood by the edge of the kang to listen to the instructions.

"I'm old and don't dare to eat too much ice. Go get some of the red bean and yam cakes made by your cook. I ate them last time I came here and enjoyed them very much. My cook is stupid and can't make them. Come with the taste of your home”

"Yes, my wife will go right now."

"Go and ask the kitchen to cook more, and bring more to your aunt when you go back," the old lady said.

Mrs. Wang took the order and came out

"My fourth sister-in-law is stingy. No matter how many snacks you give her, she will always run out of them. You should be more generous and give them to me, the cook."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Kan Lao Xiangye smiled and said, "I often hear people say that you are the most greedy person in the world. I still don't believe it. But today I really saw it. If others think that snacks are good, just ask for some snacks. Why do you do that?" Even the cook is gone? From now on, if the old lady wants to have snacks, won’t she have to go to your house? "

"Then go ahead! It doesn't matter whose house you eat at," the seventh prince's wife said with a smile.

two

The old lady's room in the east courtyard was very lively talking and laughing, but the scene in the west courtyard was different.

At this time, those who can drink a cup of tea in that room are the main rooms of the house, and the side rooms like the third lady are not allowed to be on the stage. You must not come near. Originally, only Mrs. Wang had the status to sit and accompany in the mansion. In recent years, the second wife's two sons have grown up, and the second wife has become more respectable, and her position is better than hers.
The Third Madam was usually someone who was unwilling to lag behind. At this time, she was sitting in the room angrily, feeling annoyed that even if she could give birth to a son, he wouldn't be worse than the one in the North Courtyard, right?
"Who are the people in the courtyard now?" asked the third lady
"I heard that the wife of the seventh prince and Mrs. Kan are here, the wife of the third prince and Mrs. Jiang, oh! Mrs. An is also here, as well as the wives of several princes from the capital. There is a big room full of people. "Yun'er replied

"Mrs. An?"

"exactly"

The third lady thought for a long time, "Let's go! Let's take a look." As she said this, she held Yun'er's hand and walked towards the old lady's courtyard.
But when I got outside the door, I didn't dare to enter the house. I could only peek under the window.

The golden phoenix in the room saw Yun'er winking at her outside the window, so she found something to do.
"Meet the Third Madam"

"Ah! Jinfeng! Nothing happened. I heard that many guests came here today. I came to see the excitement. I wonder who those people I haven't seen are there?" Jinfeng spoke for the third lady one by one, and then After chatting for a while, she heard the old lady calling her and went back into the house.
"So it's her." The third lady looked at Mrs. An as Jin Feng said. Although she was not a beauty, her appearance was very delicate. Because she came from a scholarly family, her eyebrows had a bookish air, and everyone was elegant and elegant. It's gentle and tranquil. "I think I am some otherworldly beauty! She is as thin as a bamboo pole! Yun'er, go back."

The third lady was silent on the way back to the west courtyard, and then she suddenly came up with a plan after entering the courtyard, "Is this Mrs. An coming on the day of the old lady's birthday?"

"I should have invited you," Yun'er said.
"Okay! Make sure she never comes back..."

three

Two horses and a cart came to a halt just as they entered the city gate.
"Shaoqin!" said the old god Wang on the carriage.
"Yes! Master"

"Master and disciple, you and me, separate here! You go home."

"Yes!" The uncle of the Fang family got off his horse and bid farewell.
Shan said that the old immortal was heading all the way to the Fourth Prince's Mansion. The carriage stopped in front of the gate. When the gate saw the old immortal coming, he immediately trotted forward to greet him, saying hello, bowing and kowtowing.

"Okay! Alright! Go and report it!"

four

At this time, everyone was talking in the old lady's room. After hearing that the servants came to report that the old god was coming, except for a few people on the kang, everyone else got up and waited respectfully.
After a while, the old fairy entered the room and saw a room full of people hurriedly raised their hands to salute and greeted the crowd.

The old lady ordered someone to bring a chair and place it on the edge of the Kang. She asked the old immortal to sit down. When he sat down, everyone sat down again.

"Seeing that it is the old lady's birthday in two days, I should have come earlier to pay my respects. However, it took me a little longer to refine the two longevity elixirs for the old lady, so I came late. Please forgive me, old lady." Then he took out a brocade box from his arms

The old lady was very happy and hurriedly took it and opened it. Seeing that the two golden elixirs in the box were particularly dazzling, she hurriedly handed them to the seventh prince, his wife and old lady Kan. The two of them liked it very much when they saw it, and the old lady thanked her even more. Thank you again, leave it to Jinfeng to keep it alive...

"I'm very happy that you came today. You must stay a little longer and wait for my birthday party before going back," the old lady said.
"Don't rush back," said the seventh old lady, "If my prince knows that the old god is coming, he must come over immediately. He also invites the old god to stay at my house for a few days." He then said to the old lady, "The two of them are very attached to each other. Something to say"

"Immeasurable Heavenly Lord! I obey my orders!" the old god said, "I will open an altar these two days and nights to pray for the old lady's practice."

"Hey! This is very good, but the old god has worked hard, but he doesn't know where the altar is going to be, so I can ask my family to prepare it," the old lady said.
"It needs to be at the northeastern corner of the house."

"Is that the kitchen?"

“It should go further north.”

"Where is that? Jinfeng, is there a place to set up an altar further north of the kitchen?" the old lady asked

Jinfeng thought for a while and said, "Back to our ancestors! If the northeasternmost place in our house is not the kitchen, but the place where the servants live, the innermost courtyard is the northeastern corner..."

(End of this chapter)