Dirty color

Chapter 127
In this Great Yong Dynasty, everything from dressing and eating to traveling was customized.

Just like the Jiufeng Buyao that Qin Siying used to frame her, the size of the carriage, the materials used, and the number of horses pulling the cart cannot be wrong.

Gu Mingxuan travels alone. Although the carriage she made is comfortable, it is not big, and the ornaments are not very gorgeous. It is not too conspicuous when walking on the road. Of course, there are still signs of the Marquis of Shun'an Mansion. The carriages that the servants of the Anhou Mansion took were different, and the servants could not ride in marked carriages.

In this way, as soon as Gu Mingxuan was on the road, Qu Linjiang received the news, and he also set off on the road with the Lu family brothers and sisters to return to the capital later on.

Gu Mingxuan was in front, and when the carriage was walking through the fields, there was an indescribable freshness in the air. Gu Mingxuan slightly closed her eyes, enjoying the last bit of freedom - when she returned to the Hou Mansion, she had to live with care up.

Lurui and Du Juan saw that Gu Mingxuan seemed to be tired, so they didn't make a sound, they just sat quietly, only the occasional voice of the coachman yelling at the horse outside the window, and the sound of the car rattling continuously.

This kind of itinerary seemed a bit boring, Lu Rui soon felt a little sleepy, Du Juan was still very energetic, after walking for half an hour, the carriage stopped for a while, and then continued on the road.

The journey this time was not as smooth as the journey ahead. It was less than half a stick of incense away before the carriage stopped suddenly, and Lurui Dujuan, who was talking to Gu Mingxuan, also stopped talking for a while.

Du Juan knocked on the wall of the car and asked, "What's going on?"

"Reporting to Miss, the carriage has been unplugged and can't leave for the time being." The coachman's voice came from outside, and Du Juan's face darkened, and asked: "You are a special driver, did you not take care of the carriage before it was on the road?" Check it out? Is that how you work? If you don't want to do it, tell me!"

Driving a car for the master is a fat job. There is no big thing on weekdays. Only the master needs to drive the car when he goes out. When he arrives at someone else's house, generally speaking, there will be tea, snacks, and some rewards. Therefore, this is a job that many people want. The cuckoo is so threatening.

The coachman's voice sounded a little panicked, and he said: "Of course the servant has checked, and everything was fine yesterday, I don't know why today..."

Gu Mingxuan's expression did not change, she just frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "How far is this from the capital?"

If it is near, you can ask someone to rush to the capital to call a car.

"Reporting to Miss, there is still about half an hour's journey." The coachman replied.

Gu Mingxuan's complexion is a bit uneasy. Now it takes half an hour to go to the capital, and it is far away from the villa. If I call a carriage, it will take at least half an hour. It is true that there is no way to go to the village or back to the store. Difficult.

Gu Mingxuan glanced at Du Juan, listening to Du Juan's question just now, Gu Mingxuan felt that Du Juan was quite safe now, the question just now was calm and powerful, very good, after Du Juan received Gu Mingxuan's gaze, he continued to ask: " How long will it take for the car to be repaired?"

"The slave will only find out after checking..." The coachman replied tremblingly, Gu Mingxuan closed his eyes, and only heard Du Juan say: "Then check it quickly, if the lady is delayed returning to the mansion, the Marquis knows, blame it, I'm afraid It's you who can't afford to suffer."

The coachman responded and started to check. Du Juan added tea and snacks to Gu Mingxuan, so that Gu Mingxuan would not be so bored. After a while, the coachman's voice came from outside: "Miss, there is something wrong with the wheels of the car, and it needs to be repaired." It will take about half an hour..."

Gu Mingxuan frowned slightly. There were two carriages in their party, but the one behind was not only narrow, but also full of luggage, and there were two women who were rough envoys. It was really impossible to put three of their master and servants in it. .

Just have to wait for the car to be fixed.

Because the wheels needed to be removed for repair, in the end, Gu Mingxuan had to get out of the car and wait in the woods by the roadside for the car to be repaired.

"This coachman is getting more and more outrageous, and the young lady has to wait outside." Lu Rui frowned, her tone a little annoyed.

Gu Mingxuan was wearing a veiled hat and sitting on a veil, so Lurui couldn't see her expression, so she didn't notice the haze flashing in Gu Mingxuan's eyes—it's too coincidental that the car broke down, no matter whether it's close to the villa or far away. The capital is close, so everything is easy to handle, but in the end, it happened to be broken in the middle of the two places...

This made Gu Mingxuan, who was always on guard against things, have to be suspicious.

It's just that there is no startled horse, and there are no other problems, just let myself wait, it seems that it is not a big problem, Gu Mingxuan frowned.

Fortunately, although there are many people coming and going here, the edge of the woods is still shady, and there is not much dust, so they can stay there.

Another team came on the official road. Gu Mingxuan glanced at it and said nothing. Lurui looked at it and felt that it looked like an official motorcade. The carriage of the lord's family seems to be going back to the capital, if the servants send someone to inquire, if possible, the young lady can take the carriage back by the way, so as not to wait here and suffer from the wind and sun. "

Gu Mingxuan glanced at it, but refused, and said: "No need, just wait." One more thing is worse than one less thing, although she often calculates now, but in fact she is very tired of all kinds of calculations, so she waits outside like this Wait, it's okay, she is not like ordinary noble girls who can't bear dust and sun exposure at all.

When Lu Rui heard this, she could only regret watching the team of carriages approaching, and then seemed to be slowly walking away.

However, after the team of carriages passed by, they stopped slowly. After that, a well-dressed mother walked over and asked the coachman and the woman who was following the carriage. Where Gu Mingxuan and the others were standing, afterward, the mother returned to the motorcade, stood outside the carriage and replied, and then walked towards Gu Mingxuan and the three of them, master and servant.

Gu Mingxuan narrowed her eyes, and then looked at the mother calmly.

Then the mother walked over, and when she got to Gu Mingxuan's side, she saluted Gu Mingxuan and said, "This servant is a servant of Commander Lu's family. After my lady passed by just now, she remembered that the mark on the carriage belonged to the Marquis of Shun'an, so she Let the servant ask the coachman, the coachman said that unfortunately the carriage was pulled out, and it could not go forward for the time being, the servant returned to the young lady, and the young lady said that although the carriage she was riding was small, it was still comfortable, if she didn't dislike it, then Miss Gu Please condescend to ride in the car with her."

Lurui was a little moved. After weighing it for a while, Gu Mingxuan felt that it was not easy to refuse. Although she didn't think what would happen if she waited, she still had to worry about her own reputation. Therefore, Gu Mingxuan showed an appropriate With a grateful smile, he said to the mother: "So, I really trouble Miss Lu."

"No trouble, no trouble." The mother said with a deep smile on her face, "Slow down and pay attention to your feet."

Gu Mingxuan only smiled slightly, and told Du Juan to talk to the coachman, and then followed the mother to the side of the Lu family's convoy.

This time, the dark-faced eldest son of the Lu family was gone, and only the second son of the Lu family and Qu Linjiang were outside. Gu Mingxuan saluted and thanked the second son of the Lu family. He waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay, anyway, the horse is very strong, and it won't be tired if you pull one or two people."

It's not a matter of whether the horse is strong or not, Gu Mingxuan pursed her lips and smiled lightly. This second son of the Lu family seems to be really naive, but he is also quite likable.

Kneeling again to salute, and after thanking the second young master of the Lu family, a voice came from inside the car: "Okay, okay, don't thank me, hurry up, I'm in a hurry to go back... You always like to do some hypocritical etiquette..."

Gu Mingxuan just smiled, but the second son of the Lu family was still naive, but Qu Linjiang smiled and said to Gu Mingxuan: "The cousin of the Lu family is actually a knife-mouthed bean curd heart, miss Gu, get in the car first, she was out in the sun for a long time, I'm afraid Very uncomfortable."

His voice was gentle, caring and considerate without making people feel frivolous. After Gu Mingxuan saluted the two of them again, she stepped on the step stool that had been put down and got into the car.

"Although I know that Ms. Lu doesn't like those red tapes, I still have to say thank you to Ms. Lu." After Gu Mingxuan got into the car, she smiled and said something to Ms. Lu. Ms. Lu stared at Gu Mingxuan for a while, and then said: " Hmph, I stepped on your land, and taking you for a ride is an apology."

In the bottom of my heart, I was a little puzzled, how could the second cousin of the Qu family like Gu Mingxuan?

Gu Mingxuan was found in the countryside. To be honest, Ms. Lu didn't have any prejudice against her. How can I put it, anyway, I grew up with my father in the border town. The young lady often laughed at her behind her back, and she didn't like interacting with them very much.

Therefore, for Gu Mingxuan who was rejected by those charming ladies in the capital, Miss Lu felt a little kind.

However, Ms. Lu has always felt that the second cousin of the Qu family should be the one who likes those charming young ladies who can only recite sour poems all day long. Why did she suddenly fall in love with Gu Mingxuan—although Qu Linjiang I didn't say it, but Ms. Lu stayed in the border town all the year round. The men and women over there were not so reserved. If they liked each other, it showed that they were together when they liked each other. Ms. Lu had seen too many expressions on the faces of men and women when they liked each other, so she glanced It can be seen that Qu Linjiang likes Gu Mingxuan.

At the very least, there are good feelings.

Although Qu Linjiang said that "we all know each other, if you see the other party in trouble, you will naturally help", but Ms. Lu knew that the fundamental reason was that Qu Linjiang had thoughts about Gu Mingxuan.

Ms. Lu didn't mind helping her cousin. Anyway, this cousin, when he saw him riding on the street and shooting arrows and hunting, he didn't praise him for being lively like others, but his eyes were full of disdain.

Ms. Lu took another look at Gu Mingxuan, and she was a little satisfied. Very well, this Miss Gu did not show any contempt or disdain towards her, which made Ms. Lu feel a little better.

In Gu Mingxuan's eyes, Ms. Lu is a bit savage. I can tell from her performance yesterday, but now it seems that she is not bad, and to Gu Mingxuan, Ms. Lu has nothing to do with her, so she will not say anything. Therefore, to Ms. Lu After smiling, since Ms. Lu didn't speak, Gu Mingxuan didn't have anything to say, and quietly fell into the capital.

When Qu Linjiang arrived in the capital, he had already sent someone to report the letter to the Marquis of Shun'an, so when the Lu family's carriage stopped at the Marquis of Shun'an's mansion, there was already a woman waiting to see the Lu family's carriage , stepped forward to ask a few words, heard Gu Mingxuan's words, immediately led the Lu family's carriage through the corner gate, and stopped in front of the vertical flower gate.

Mrs. Sun was already waiting in front of the Chuihua Gate. Seeing Gu Mingxuan getting off the car, she hurried forward to express her gratitude to the two Lu family brothers and sisters and Qu Linjiang, and invited them in for a cup of tea. After seeing Mrs. Sun, Li politely declined Mrs. Sun's invitation, saying that he had just returned to the capital and would go to pay his parents a respect first, and then come to bother Yunyun later.

This is of course a polite way of saying it, and Mrs. Sun also knew that it was impossible for them to come to her home as soon as they returned to the capital, so she just presented a few gifts and sent them away.

After everyone had left, Mrs. Sun and Gu Mingxuan entered the inner courtyard in a small sedan chair. When they were about to reach Rong'an Hall, they got out of the sedan chair and went to visit Mrs. Cui.

After seeing the ceremony, Cui asked: "Big girl, I heard that Lu's car brought you back. What's going on? Are you okay?"

Gu Mingxuan replied, "Granddaughter is fine..." Then she recounted what happened today. After hearing Gu Mingxuan's words, Cui finally smiled, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I really have to thank you very much."

The Cui family was not willing to deal with the Lu family too. After all, the two generals with heavy arms had a close relationship, which would make the emperor suspicious. However, after all, he helped his granddaughter, so it was hard not to express it.

Finally, Mrs. Cui said to Mrs. Sun: "So, you can make a post to the Lu family to see when Mrs. Lu is free, and bring the big girl to visit and thank you."

Mrs. Sun agreed, and after Mrs. Cui asked a few more words, they left and asked Gu Mingxuan to go back and have a good rest.

Gu Mingxuan always felt that there were some doubts about what happened today, so she sat for a while when she went back, and originally wanted Xiaofeng to check it out, but after thinking about it, it was okay, after all, nothing happened.

On the second day, Mrs. Sun posted the post, and the mother who sent the letter came back and said that Mrs. Lu was not in good health and it was inconvenient recently. After hearing this, Mrs. Sun hurriedly reported back to Mrs. Cui. After the narration, she pondered for a while, and knew that Mrs. Lu was avoiding suspicion. She was definitely not sick, but she just didn't want to see the Gu family. A little more frequently.

Therefore, they only sent some gifts over, and the Lu family returned the gifts, and after that, there was no interaction.

Qu Linjiang saw all these things in his eyes, he was a little anxious, but he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, Qu Linjiang didn't want to mess things up, so he could only wait in peace.

He knew that the third prince had already made arrangements. In a few days, an invitation to a banquet would be delivered to Gu's family. It was a post from Gu Mingxuan's adoptive mother, Qiu's natal family, inviting Gu Mingxuan to enjoy the chrysanthemum.

Just as Qu Linjiang knew, the post of the Qiu family's chrysanthemum appreciation banquet was indeed sent to the Gu family, and it was the young ladies of the Gu family who were invited to the banquet.

Because it was the first time the Qiu family posted a post, the Gu family would naturally not refuse, and they also attached great importance to it. Cui not only asked someone to remake their clothes, but also rewarded them with jewelry.

Holding the jewelry, Gu Mingling said with satisfaction: "Every time I get good things from my grandmother, my granddaughter really doesn't want to go back. Grandma should think about it and let her move to Rong'an Hall."

These words made Cui laugh uncontrollably, pointing at Gu Mingling and scolding with a smile: "You are a greedy person, if this goes on, the Rong'an Hall will have to close the door if it sees you, lest my old woman's body will be completely destroyed. You took it."

Gu Mingling blushed and felt a little embarrassed.

After we parted, Gu Yuwen went back to the house with the jewelry that Cui gave her. Although the jewelry that Cui Shi rewarded her was very expensive, Gu Yuwen was still a little depressed. Her one-year filial piety has not yet passed... Gu Yuwen couldn't help it A little restless.

But there is no way to be anxious.

The Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet of the Qiu family, I heard that the family Sun has seen many times, will go this time too, if there is no problem in seeing each other again, Gu Mingling will get married... Gu Yuwen has indescribable envy .

Young Master Gaomen has always been her pursuit, but unfortunately, this pursuit is always a little far away...

After calming down, Gu Yuwen put away the jewelry box, went to the yard, picked up the small silver scissors, and began to trim the chrysanthemums—although it was in Rong'an Hall, Gu Yuwen still brought her set of things for trimming flowers and plants. The flowers and plants placed in the house in Rong'an Hall were all cut by Gu Yuwen in her spare time after school at the girls' school. Cui was very satisfied with her filial piety.

While Gu Yuwen was concentrating on pruning the chrysanthemums, Gu Minghe snorted coldly, saying that he took Gu Yuwen to stay here for a while, how long has it been... With a gentle and dignified smile on his face, he thought about what happened recently.

She was a little dissatisfied.

From what Gu Mingxuan has encountered in recent days, Gu Minghe can know that the person selected by the third prince for Gu Mingxuan this time is still a son of a wealthy family, which makes Gu Minghe very angry. He and the third prince are allies. How could the prince ignore her so much?
However, even if the third prince did this, Gu Minghe could only feel dissatisfied, but was powerless to change anything.

Gu Minghe was very unwilling and very angry, but it was useless—could it be that he just watched Gu Mingxuan become the wife of the first son of the Lu family or the Qu family?
No, you can't...

Gu Minghe's eyes shot out strong unwillingness... Then, she smiled coldly—maybe, she can...

Shiwei is in September, and the sequence belongs to Sanqiu.

The Qiu family's Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet was held No. 15 days after the Double Ninth Festival. It was already late September, and it was almost October, and the weather was much colder.

However, the Qiu family was very lively today.

Gu Mingxuan followed Mrs. Sun to the Yang family, and Gu Mingling was also with her, but there was nothing else.

Today Gu Mingling is wearing a red shirt with large sleeves and a honey-colored silk cloak, against her delicate face, she looks very lovely; while Gu Mingxuan is wearing a dress of Tianshuibi, wearing a white brocade cloak. Embroidered the outlines of some thin plum blossoms with silver thread, but did not fill them in. This is a light color, but when worn on Gu Mingxuan's body, it made her more gorgeous and elegant, and more attractive.

After arriving at Yang's house, he will set off towards Qiu's house together with Mrs. Yang's Qiu family. Gu Mingxuan got into Mrs. Yang's car. Before going up, she saw Mr. Yang escorting him by the side of the car. Gu Mingxuan pursed her lips and smiled, facing Yang The Eldest Young Master saluted and said, "I have met Eldest Brother."

Young Master Yang's face was reddish, although he didn't get off his horse, he bowed his hands to Gu Mingxuan immediately: "My sister is well."

Gu Mingxuan smiled again, and got into Qiu's carriage.

Along the way, Mrs. Qiu asked her some questions, concerned about her body, and Gu Mingxuan also cared about Mrs. Qiu, feeling a little funny in her heart. She always felt that Mrs. Qiu liked her as a pet. Could it be that she had no daughter? Mrs.'s fault?
In fact, the Qiu family should still like her quite a lot, and she considers herself a righteous daughter. Although it is because of Mr. Yang, she is also willing. It's not very good either, so a certain distance must be kept, so the two families don't move around much.

The car was neither fast nor slow, and arrived at Qiu's house about half an hour later. The carriage drove straight into the corner gate, got out of the car, changed to a sedan chair, and changed the sedan chair bearer again, and finally got off the sedan chair in front of the garden.

As soon as she got off the sedan chair, Gu Mingxuan saw chrysanthemums of different sizes, different sizes, and chrysanthemums competing for beauty.

It seems that people have arrived in spring, full of flowers and full of vitality.

In her previous life, Gu Mingxuan made up for these in order to make herself a qualified mistress of the Hou Mansion. Although she didn't know how to raise chrysanthemums, she still knew some varieties of chrysanthemums.

Most of them are less expensive varieties, and they are placed in various shapes. However, there are rare and expensive varieties in every place. Along the way, Gu Mingxuan saw Zilong Woxue, Cinnabar Red Shuang, Yao Mingxuan, etc. Taiwan Yufeng and other precious varieties.

There are also several copies of Gu Mingxuan's favorite Green Water Eyes.

Although it was a Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet, it was clear that the entire garden had been carefully decorated and it was extremely beautiful.

Seeing that Gu Mingxuan and the others liked them very much, Mrs. Qiu said with a smile: "My mother likes chrysanthemums the most, so there is a dedicated yard full of chrysanthemums. We let her rest on weekdays and avoid tending these flowers and plants, but instead will be taught a lesson.”

There was a smile in Qiu's eyes, and it was obvious that he had a very good relationship with Mrs. Qiu.

The winding path was secluded and the flowers and trees were deep. After walking on the path for a while, Gu Mingxuan and the others saw people scattered in twos and threes, most of them were girls. They thought it was the wives who came earlier to talk, so they sent them out.

Those who saw Mrs. Qiu came over to pay respects. Mrs. Qiu smiled and nodded all the way, and finally arrived at the main hall of Aoshuangxuan.

At that time, the hall was full of beaded and emerald-encrusted noblewomen in brocade robes, occasionally a few noblewomen dotted among them, laughing and chanting, and the fragrance of makeup and powder was warmed by the earth dragon.

Gu Mingxuan didn't like it a little, but this was not an occasion for her to be picky, so she just smiled and walked behind Sun and Qiu together with Gu Mingling.

Seeing Mrs. Qiu, everyone in the hall greeted her, and Mrs. Qiu's fourth sister-in-law, Mrs. Luo, also came up to her, grabbed Mrs. Qiu's arm, and said with a smile, "I have caught the third sister, come on, come on, you Today, you are not allowed to pretend to be a guest and let me serve you as a younger brother and sister, hurry up, get busy, beat your mother's legs first, then squeeze her shoulders, serving tea and water is even more important."

While talking, he looked at Mrs. Sun and said with a smile: "The last time I met Mrs. Gu, I felt that I had a special affinity with you. I hoped to get closer, but unfortunately, I have been tired by the whole family. , I finally saw you again today, we must have a good talk later..."

Then he said to Gu Mingxuan: "Although Xuan'er only met once, I can't forget such a beautiful little girl. Of course, it was mainly in June that Xuan'er gave me a big red envelope for nothing. Unfortunately, until today , but still haven't given me some filial piety to my fourth aunt, it really makes me sad."

After that came Gu Mingling: "Seeing another beautiful little girl, I am both happy and worried. I always feel that my purse is about to lose weight."

In just a short while, this Fourth Mrs. Qiu had a few words with everyone, warm but not too much, funny but not embarrassing, and so clever that everyone who heard her spoke roared laughing out loud.

And Mrs. Qiu pointed at Luo Shi, and said with a smile, "Listen quickly, it's only this shabby household that counts the filial piety of the juniors all the time, just like my old lady is harsh on her every day..."

Obviously, Mrs. Qiu Si is very fond of Mrs. Qiu.

Someone responded to Mrs. Qiu's words, and the atmosphere in the hall became even better.

Gu Mingxuan glanced at Mrs. Qiu, she was wearing a crimson baoxianghua coat with sleeves, although her hair was gray, she had a ruddy complexion and a vigorous spirit, obviously in excellent health.

The Qiu family, the Sun family and Gu Mingling performed blessings, but Gu Mingxuan kowtowed to Mrs. Qiu. After all, she hadn't met Mrs. Qiu in a serious way, and she could be considered her grandmother. Therefore, Gu Mingxuan After receiving another gift, Fourth Madam Qiu sighed beside her: "I fell in love with this, but before I even opened my mouth, it fell into Xuan'er's hands. Alas, I am an aunt, but my heart is broken..."

Gu Mingxuan pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Fourth aunt, don't worry, my grandmother hides a lot of good things. If you like something, Xuan'er can coax it for you."

Mrs. Qiu was slightly startled, she didn't expect that Gu Mingxuan would joke with her, but soon she laughed exaggeratedly, and said: "Oh, why didn't I think of that? I'm so stupid, I keep staring at my mother I sent it away, but I forgot that there was a better one in my mother's room, and Xuan'er was smart enough to wake up the dreamer with a single word..."

There was another burst of laughter, and everyone started joking with each other. At this moment, three figures walked in. One of the women's dazzling red body made people look sideways. After seeing it clearly, they were all slightly surprised.

(End of this chapter)