Wanfu, the Reborn Empress

Chapter 44 The meaning of the drunkard
Gu Yanxi, as the most pampered eldest daughter of the Gu family, and also the most rare and beloved granddaughter of the grand master of the dynasty, naturally has an extraordinary status in the circle of aristocratic women in the capital.

Now the influence of the Gu family in the court is at its peak. As the elder of the three dynasties, the old master Gu has many disciples and children, and he is quite trusted by Emperor Wu of Liang. Therefore, many officials in the court are eager to curry favor with the big Gu family. Although Gu Jin is only the servant of the Ministry of Officials, everyone can see that this person has outstanding abilities, and he seems to be the next head of the Gu family. The reason why he hides his clumsiness now is just for the sake of accumulation in the future.

Besides, Gu Yanchao, the second son of the Gu family, was able to take charge of the Jinwu Guard in the palace at a young age. Can match his sharpness and sharpness.

The closest relatives are all powerful figures, so naturally no one can overshadow Gu Yanxi's limelight.

Because of her high status and the cuteness of Yuxue, who was born since she was a child, she is very popular with the elders of noble families; so every year her birthday banquet will cause a sensation in the circle of noble women in the capital.

Especially on her tenth birthday, even Emperor Liang Wu's favorite Princess Huayi came to the scene to support her in person, which shows how much the Gu family is favored by the royal family, and how envied she is as the daughter of the Gu family, Gu Yanxi.

However, some people like Gu Yanxi, and naturally some people hate her.

Among those who hated her, Tang Xin, the youngest daughter of the Dali Temple's Qing family, definitely ranked first.

Right now, at the invitation of Li Rou, the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, Tang Xin took her personal maid to the Shangshu Mansion for a banquet.

Li Rou has been a well-rounded person since she was a child. She enjoys herself in the circle of noble girls in the capital. She has almost never offended anyone, and everyone who has been with her has a very good opinion of her, so in many aristocratic families In the eyes of the wife, Li Rou is definitely a model for educating the children in the family. There are also many wives who are willing to let their daughters play with Li Rou, hoping to get close to Zhu Zhechi, so that their naughty children can get a little bit of Li Rou gentle air.

And this Tang Xin played well with Li Rou since she was a child. Not only did she treat Li Rou sincerely as a big sister, but she also obeyed Li Rou very much; even her mother, Mrs. Tang, often said that her little monkey He is a spoiled character, often he doesn't even listen to his father's words, only in front of Li Rou can he become a docile cat, as obedient as he can be.

It can be seen from this that the relationship between Tang Xin and Li Rou is iron and cannot be ironed.

Today Tang Xin happily came to Shangshu Mansion, and she saw Li Rou sitting in the wind-supplied pavilion in the backyard making tea and boiling water from afar. He trotted towards Suifeng Pavilion: "Sister Rou, it's so cold outside, and the snow that just fell hasn't melted yet, why did you go to this icy and snowy place to make tea?"

Hearing Tang Xin's charming voice, Li Rou smiled and stood up from the stone bench covered with cotton pads.

Today's Li Rou is as plainly dressed as ever. She is wearing a Suzhou embroidered Yuehualiu fairy dress, which is simple and elegant. It complements her taller figure than ordinary women and makes her look more slender. Her black crow hair is covered with the same color. There are several elegant buns tied with ribbons, and there are no extra jewelry decorations on the whole body, only on the white earrings, there are two pearl ear wires. With her movements, the ear wires shake slightly, which is quite eye-catching. The eyeballs almost make people look at her swan neck at a glance.

Such a distinguished and noble girl is very eye-catching, but unfortunately, Li Rou's appearance is not very good, she can barely be compared with Qingxiu, which is why she has never been so beautiful The real reason why I spend so much effort on my face.

Because she knew her own shortcomings, she was smart enough to realize that she should make use of her strengths and avoid her weaknesses; so these years, Li Rou has been building herself up to be a beautiful woman, but fortunately, her hard work has paid off. Now in the capital, She already has some talent.

It's just that people are born strange animals, the more they don't have, the more they want to want it, even if they are as smart as Li Rou, they can't escape this vicious circle.

So when she saw the delicate and bright Tang Xin running towards her, although the smile on her face did not change, she pinched the hands hidden under her sleeves uncontrollably.

Even though she didn't want to admit it anymore, she still had to face the reality, that is, Tang Xin's appearance was what she most envied, envied, and wanted to have in her life.

Back then, she had sat in front of the bronze mirror countless times and looked at the ordinary self in the mirror. She made such a big joke that she had to surrender to fate, and had to suppress the pride in her heart.

Tang Xin ran close to Li Rou, and saw that although Li Rou was smiling at her, but she didn't even notice her approaching, she knew that Sister Rou must be distracted again, and with her lively personality, she immediately acted like a The snow-white little wild rabbit jumped up in front of Li Rou, intentionally making a thud, and after the startled Li Rou regained her senses in a hurry, she grinned at her favorite sister.

"Sister Rou, why are you so dazed again? You didn't even notice when I approached." As she spoke, Tang Xin took Li Rou's hand affectionately, shook it gently, and looked at the stone table beside her. Just set up the tea set and snacks: "Why did my sister suddenly think of cooking tea and water in this freezing weather? It's so cold here, let's go inside."

When she heard Tang Xin's crisp and soft voice, Li Rou finally came back to her senses, and hurriedly squeezed an awkward smile on her face to cover up her lack of focus.

Then he personally supported the skinny girl to sit beside him, personally brewed a cup of fragrant tea for her, and said: "The ancients often had the pleasure of making tea and enjoying the snow. Today, let's imitate the ancients, which is also a good example." This is a very interesting and elegant thing; you little lazy cat, you like to stay in the house when it snows, and carefully cultivate your lazy tendons; come and taste the tea I brewed for you, isn’t it delicious? not bad?"

Hearing what Li Rou said, Tang Xin immediately wailed.

"Sister, it's not that you don't know. I'm just a layman. I can't compare to you, sister. No matter how delicious your tea is, it's like a cow chewing peonies when it enters my mouth. Now, I'm still young, even if I'm a little tired, it's fine."

"You're still young, Gu Yanxi is going to be 11 soon, you were born two months later than Gu Yanxi, and you're going to be an 11-year-old girl soon."

Tang Xin, who was drinking tea, heard Li Rou mention the name she didn't like to hear, immediately put down her teacup unhappy, and looked at Li Rou dissatisfiedly with her lips pouted: "Sister Rou, how many times have I told you, Don't mention that annoying girl in front of me, why do you mention her again. "

"Okay, okay, I won't mention her, but if I don't mention it, can you ignore her existence?" At this point, Li Rou picked up a piece of plum cake and brought it to Tang Xin's mouth, feeding her affectionately Taking a sip, his eyes were full of love, "Gu Yanxi's birthday party will be held the day after tomorrow. With the friendship between your Tang family and the Gu family, no matter what, you have to go to celebrate her birthday in person."

Speaking of this incident, Tang Xin became angry, she didn't even feel the sweetness of the plum cake she ate, she said with a bitter face, "I'm really unlucky too, obviously I hate that idiot to death, but But I have to attend her birthday banquet every year. Who made my father the most proud disciple of Grand Master Gu? Sister Rou, you don’t know. My father and his life, apart from respecting my grandparents, the rest The person he respects the most is Gu Taishi; Gu Yanxi is Gu Taishi's confidant, every time I go to see Gu Yanxi, my father will call me into the study and give me instructions, telling me sentence by sentence to treat Gu Yanxi well, not Argue with her, let alone make her unhappy."

Tang Xin groaned angrily when she said this: "I know that the Gu family is in such a powerful position that it is not easy to provoke them, but I am also a daughter of the Tang family, okay? , there's no reason to come in front of her Gu Yanxi, I'm going to be a head shorter than her, I feel aggrieved just thinking about it."

Hearing Tang Xin's complaint, Li Rou covered her mouth and smiled lightly, "Okay, Xin'er, you can just talk about these things with me, but don't go out and tell others, otherwise these words will reach your father's ears Beware of him hitting the palm of your hand with a ruler."

Thinking of her father's finger-wide ruler, Tang Xin was still scared. She shrank her neck and dared to whisper, "Anyway, she, Gu Yanxi, also knows that I hate her. There is nothing to hide about this; For my birthday banquet, my mother prepared a gift for me early on. It was the most beautiful dot emerald inlaid pearl Suihan Sanyou head flower that Linglongzhai produced this year. I begged my mother for a long time and she didn't buy it for me. I bought it for her, Gu Yanxi; I really want to secretly exchange this gift and keep it for myself."

Hearing Tang Xin's childish words, Li Rou smiled again, but soon the smile was covered by a trace of melancholy, and she couldn't help but said, "Xin'er, it's very kind of you, you can go to the Gu residence to give Gu San Miss Heshou, unlike me, I have never received an invitation from the Gu family."

Tang Xin seemed to have thought of something now, she raised her head and looked at Li Rou: "Yes, sister Rou, you and Gu Yanxi seem to be playing normally, that's why she didn't send someone to hand you the invitation; otherwise Sister, how about going to the Gu Mansion with me in the future to be lively? Although it makes me depressed to celebrate the birthday of that annoying Gu Yanxi, but I have to mention that her birthday is very interesting every year, so my sister will just go How about playing?"

"Is that so, is it really alright?" Li Rou covered her throbbing heart and opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"There's nothing wrong with that, sister, just treat it as if you're going with me, otherwise I won't have much interest in going to play on that nasty birthday, but if I have my sister with you, I'll feel much more comfortable. "

As she said that, Tang Xin approached Li Rou and begged several times. Finally, Li Rou pretended to be helplessly entangled by her, and reluctantly nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll go with you This trip."

(End of this chapter)