Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 19 Dressing Up for the Feng Family (2)

She intentionally wondered: "Auntie, is it really you? Could it be that there is someone hiding in your room, deliberately pretending to be you to deceive us?"

"Hahaha," Feng's whole body trembled with laughter, "Third nephew, your mouth is still so powerful!"

"Oh, auntie, I won't take you to wrong people like this! If you don't believe me, ask your cousin and second sister-in-law!" Lian cried out.

"My brother and sister are right, auntie, I thought it was the queen mother who came down to earth!" Gu smiled, looked at the peony on Feng's body, and praised, "This peony is really unique."

"The painting method of this peony flower seems to be exactly the same as the painting method of the rose flower on my sister-in-law." Gong Rou said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, which famous artist did you invite to paint this, and how much money did it cost?"

Lu Xinyan glanced at her lightly, Gongrou's scalp went numb, and she felt that she had nowhere to hide. When she thought that Lu Xinyan would not answer, a mocking voice sounded in her ear, "This famous family near the capital, the third sister Don’t you know everything? If so, this knowledge is too narrow.”

The capital city is at the foot of the emperor, gathering talents from all over the world, people who are good at painting are like crucian carp crossing the river, but there are only a handful of people who can be called famous artists.

As the daughter of the Marquis Mansion, she doesn't even recognize all the famous people in Beijing. It's not only a big joke to spread such ignorance, but it will also be difficult to find a good marriage in the future.

Gong Rou's face turned pale, and she said timidly: "I...I just think that the painting on it is really good, and it's not much better than the second sister."

Lu Xinyan glanced at her again. In front of her mother-in-law, Jiang Shi, Gong Rou repeatedly directed fire at Gong Yu, which was quite different from her previous style.

Gong Yu's expression changed rapidly.

She is good at poetry and painting, coupled with her noble temperament, she is sought after by many young scholars. She is known as a talented girl, and she is well-known in Beijing.

This also made her think that her talents are superior to others, beyond the reach of ordinary people, so how can Gong Rou stand up to compare a strange painter with her?

Gong Yu sarcastically said: "Painting is good painting, but it is still far from real painting."

A really good painting lies in the fact that the spirit is not in the form, and what is important is the artistic conception. The thick and colorful look attracts the eye. If the artistic conception is not good, it is inferior.

Jiang Shi was about to get angry, but after hearing Gong Yu's words, she suddenly felt that her daughter's invisible counterattack was better, and her face softened.

Lu Xinyan said indifferently: "Second sister is right."

Gong Rou's two fists felt like hitting soft cotton, unwilling to keep her mouth shut.

Aunt Feng, who seldom spoke in unison, said at this moment: "I can't even recognize the old lady's attire."

She has gentle eyebrows and eyes, worships Buddha all the year round, and her voice is full of compassion. Once she speaks, everyone's attention will be focused on Feng Shi again.

Jiang squeezed out a smiling face, "Zhuzhu's hands are really skillful, Zhuzhu will help her dress up more in the future. However, Yu'er and Aunt Feng's painstaking efforts in the past two months have just been wasted, and my wife is really sorry for them." .”

Once the old saying was mentioned again, everyone's eyes turned to Nanny Sun again.

Nanny Sun's smile faded away, and she stood there feeling ashamed.

"Ma'am!" Lu Xinyan said with a smile, obviously smiling, and that smile clearly contained oppression, "Today is grandma's birthday, let's just be happy and don't say anything disappointing! It's true that the efforts of eldest sister and Aunt Feng have been ruined." It's a pity, but grandma has already received their wishes, isn't that the most important thing? What's more, this dress has been kept by Nanny Sun since it was finished, how could she guard against it and steal it, showing off her feet and making people suspicious?"

Jiang sneered, "It's hard to say, maybe Sun Nanny did this on purpose, so that ignorant people can help her clear up the suspicion!"

Needless to say, she knew that the ignorant person in her mouth was mocking Lu Xinyan.

"Ma'am, what she said seems to have some truth." Lu Xinyan smiled slowly, bright and bright, but it made Jiang's heart shudder.

"I came back from Zhuangzi, it was arranged by my wife. Based on what my wife said just now, the prime suspect in the incident last night..."

Jiang's complexion changed drastically, he quickly cut off the conversation, and reprimanded loudly: "Lu Xinyan! You and Yu'er have already married, so you should call me mother. You have a wife for each mouth. Are there any rules?"

"Ma'am, although the prince and I have paid homage, we haven't consummated the marriage. If there is no final ceremony, we can't be considered the real wife of the prince! It is because of the rules that I call you madam, so as not to be despised by others!"

"You...you..." Jiang Shi was trembling with anger, he really wanted to scold Lu Xinyan for her shamelessness, talk about consummating the house and so on, and didn't care about the unmarried younger sisters present.

But when he saw Feng's calm face, he closed his mouth abruptly.

Anyway, today is Feng's birthday.

"Old madam, do you want to go and offer incense to the old Hou?" Aunt Feng, who was holding a Buddhist bead, asked softly.

Feng Shi waved his hand lightly, "Go and greet the guests, I'll go to offer incense sticks first, and Zhuzhu will accompany me."

"Yes, mother (uncle/grandmother/uncle grandma)!"

After offering incense, Lu Xinyan took the opportunity to leave for a while and called Bai Zhi Qingtong.

Qingtong said: "Just now on the way to Fushouyuan, I met two women carrying slops. When they passed by me, they suddenly fell down and collided with each other. I avoided it by using lightness kung fu."

The corner of Lu Xinyan's mouth curled into a mocking smile, "In such a hot day, every day's swill is disposed of on the same day, so as not to produce a peculiar smell that attracts flies and mosquitoes. I don't know why the swill just appeared when you went."

Today is Feng's birthday, and she didn't want to cause any trouble today, since someone insists on making trouble, let's do it.

"Qingtong, go and tell Nanny Lu that she will give those two slop-carrying women two taels of silver each..."

"Baizhi, you take the clothes I prepared for Hongxiang and the others, and say that you thank them for taking care of grandma..."

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The birthday banquet was in the middle of the afternoon (four o'clock in the afternoon), because it was not a whole birthday, there was no big event, and only some relatives and some friends of the old lady were invited.

After the Feng family lit the incense and rested for another hour, it was half past midnight (two o'clock in the afternoon) before they began to meet the guests at the waterside pavilion.

It is well known that she is in poor health, and they are all relatives and friends, so no one complained, but the sudden appearance of Feng Shi, who suddenly became more than ten years younger, with a drastically changed temperament, made them all startled.

The men hurriedly saluted and then left, leaving the female relatives to chat with Feng Shi.

The topics of small talk are naturally inseparable from why the complexion has improved, where the clothes on the body are made, where the good-smelling fragrance is bought, etc.

Feng answered cheerfully one by one, and then everyone began to really pay attention to the wife of the eldest son, Lu Xinyan, whom they never cared about.

(End of this chapter)