Lady Helan obviously did not expect County Princess to come welcome him personally, and was shocked in his heart. In the end, she felt joy in his heart, thinking that County Princess was so solemn, she must have also placed great importance on this marriage. With this, he felt a few more points of satisfaction in his heart.
"I haven't seen her in a long time. Lady Jinping is still so young, so why are you doing this to me? Quickly settle it with me." In the past two years, I've been getting older and older. If I don't clean up now, I would become an old lady standing in front of others. " The County Princess was actually not very familiar with the Lady Helan, she had only interacted with them a few times, but the moment she opened her mouth, she seemed to be very close to them, as though the two families were best friends through the generations.
Xu Mingwei raised her head and looked at her mother, then at County Princess. The two were about the same age, the gap between them wasn't too obvious.
The Lady Helan also smiled and took County Princess's hand, saying affectionately, "Where is there to be so anxious for? It's just a small toy made by my family, if you don't mind, then I'll send someone over to deliver a few bottles."
The County Princess laughed, "That's good, how can you have your own immortal appearance, you don't need to care about us sisters."
At this time, she looked at Xu Mingwei and said, "So this is the young lady of the house? She's very much like you, and she's a clever boy, knowing how to pick good things. Come and look at this. I see that all the good things in the world have been sent to your house. "
Xu Mingwei then stepped forward and greeted the County Princess. She was also puzzled, why would the come as a guest, and why would the come to welcome him.
The County Princess took her hand, and asked her what books she had studied at home, and what lessons she had received from the palace.
Xu Mingwei replied to them one by one. County Princess praised towards Lady Helan when she heard her, "It's really a young noble. At such a young age, you've already read more books than that useless brat. You're already six years old but you still haven't changed your attitude.
Lady Helan knew that she was talking about the big house's little gongzi, and said, "Boys and girls are always different, but looking at his brother, it is obvious that he will be a sensible and learned person in the future."
Lady Helan's words not only praised little gongzi Ying Ziqi, but also praised little duke Ying Zixiao, making him feel extremely satisfied, and made him look better on the surface.
"It would be better if it was as Jinniang said, but it will take a long time for him to understand it. I've blocked all of you out for so long, but you've actually forgotten about it. It's my fault that I felt very lucky seeing your young noble today, and wished that I was born in my womb. " The County Princess laughed as he pulled Xu Mingwei's hand and walked inside, then smiled at the Lady Helan: "My precious mother, please lend your son and me, I am very happy."
Lady Helan smiled as she replied, giving Xu Mingwei a meaningful glance while allowing him to lead her away.
Before the three of them had even reached the garden, they could hear the sound of laughter from far away. The County Princess turned around and explained to the Lady Helan, "It must be my Second Branch's sister-in-law. She is a person who likes to chat and laugh the most."
Xu Mingwei understood in her heart that this was Xu Mingmo's future mother-in-law. Hearing County Princess's words, she seemed to be a person who was easy to get along with. But since Xu Mingmo didn't know what's good for him, she was too lazy to go home and tell her.
Just as she was thinking about it, the County Princess had already led her around the arched door. She then asked the ladies in the garden with a laugh, "Look who's here."
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were focused on them, Xu Mingwei subconsciously wanted to stroke the bun on her head, but after sleeping on the carriage, she started to feel uneasy, luckily she managed to endure it, and did not lose face for the Xu family, showing her petty attitude.
Mrs. Xu, from the second house saw Xu Mingwei, who was being held in County Princess's hands, and welcomed him with some surprise, "Let me be good to you. Whose daughter is this?
The rest of the women were all amused by her, the County Princess laughed and stared at her, saying, "No need to say, this is from Xu Mansion's mother's house. When they first met at the door, where did it become for me to secretly raise it from? "Really, with such a beautiful daughter, your elder brother would definitely be happy and not want to bother with me."
Everyone laughed even harder. Everyone knew that the Prefecture Duke Mansion had no daughters, and not only the, even the concubines below were all given birth to sons. The couple only looked forward to the birth of their daughter, not to the birth of a man.
Xu Mingwei's face heated up from their stares, but she was still relatively calm. She did not hide behind her master, instead, she opened her eyes wide and looked towards the Xu family, kneeling down as she greeted, "Mingwei greets the world's aunt."
Mrs Xu was really happy at this time, she hurried over to help them up, and exclaimed to Lady Helan and County Princess, "The young noble is so generous, she's not afraid at all. If it wasn't because my family doesn't have any more kids, I would really like to settle things with you right now. "
The County Princess spat at her, "You just wanted the daughter of someone else's fourth wife, you are also a good person, how can you fancy their little sister again? You don't make sense, you should at least leave a way for others to live."
Lady Xu touched Xu Mingwei's face reluctantly and said meaningfully, "What sister-in-law says is true, but mine is wrong. I should keep it for someone else."
The Lady Helan was afraid that they might become suspicious after talking about it too much, so she hurriedly changed the topic, laughing lightly: "Your house is indeed growing a good chrysanthemum, and it is much more beautiful than the one at home. It is truly a beautiful place!"
County Princess was also unwilling to elaborate further, she lured them over to watch, what kind of peony was this, a jade feather tube, immortal lingzhi mushroom, a swan dance, green water autumn waves … They were all rare and expensive species, but not common to the outside world. The flowers were also blooming in large bowls, looking very beautiful.
This was the first time Xu Mingwei had seen such a large variety of chrysanthemums blooming at the same time, so it was natural that it was very strange.
County Princess was a little tired, she called out to Lady Helan, "Just strolling around the garden is too boring, siblings are tasting the wine over there to carry out the orders, why don't we go over and join in the fun?"
Lady Helan naturally agreed to it.
It was only after they went over it that they discovered that it was not just the Prefecture Duke Mansion, but also the Yang, Wang, and Fu Clan's women who were there to admire the chrysanthemum and drink. It was just that they did not see it because it was covered by the pavilion just now.
When Fu Ninghui saw the County Princess holding onto Xu Mingwei, her eyes flashed. Seeing that Xu Mingwei was looking at him happily, she forced out a smile and nodded at her, treating it as a form of greeting.
The County Princess rubbed her head and released her hand, saying, "Go and play with your sisters, our master is going to order wine, you just have to wait at the side for us to be bored."
The Lady Helan also nodded to her, which put Xu Mingwei at ease. She got together with Fu Ninghui, but was curious, "Why didn't I hear you say anything about Mu Hu wanting to be a guest outside? I was going to come to your place to play, but luckily I didn't ask. "
Fu Ninghui replied, "It was brought by my family's elders, I didn't know about it before. Fortunately, you didn't ask, otherwise, it would have been a loss."
Then, he casually asked, "Why did you come as well? You never mentioned that your family was familiar with the Prefecture Duke Mansion."
Xu Mingwei walked around and felt it was a little hot, so someone poured him a cup of nectar and drank it up. Then she replied, "Those who followed my mother here, were also very strange, I didn't hear her mention it the other day."
They were both eight or nine years old, but they did not see Yang Jinxi. had met him at the Yang Family's birthday party, and they were all familiar with each other. The two ladies from Prefecture Duke Mansion's second house and three rooms were kind as well, and after a few introductions, they quickly started playing together.
When it came to the game of drawing cards, it had to be taken according to the age of the person. As expected, Xu Mingwei once again came to the end of the line. The oldest one, the three ladies of the Ying Family, let Xu Mingwei be the flower owner. With a free time, the other families all drew their own flower plates, and with Xu Mingwei ordering, they chose to use the flower plates in their hands as their eyes, and started using them to compose poems and poems.
It was Xu Mingwei's first time playing this, and it was actually just like the Lady Helan's table of orders. It was just that if one lost, they did not have to be punished with alcohol, but rather, they could pinch their nose and walk in circles, just for fun. Everyone drew their own tags, she casually picked the name of the gentleman in the flower, it was just that coincidental, she singlehandedly picked Fu Ninghui, opening her hands to look, she sure did draw the tag, there were two lines of small words on it, the day before, "Sitting for so long, I don't know when the fragrance is in the room, but butterflies will fly over when I push open the window."
He still had to guess. Fortunately, this question was simple, I could tell that it was an orchid just by looking at it. Fu Ninghui muttered to herself for a moment, then wrote down something on the paper with her brush, "Fang Fang's reputation spread throughout the world, and is settled in the Wan Family. A true gentleman in a flower, graceful and elegant. " from Zhang Xueliang's Incantation of the Orchid, one ending at a time.)
The three ladies of the Ying Family looked at him and praised him, "Although his words are simple, he has a very good attitude. Very good."
The other girls also praised him, this question was passed by Fu Ninghui.
Xu Mingwei saw that she seemed to be more cautious than usual, but she did not care too much about it.
The girls washed the badges again so that everyone could draw again. Xu Mingwei drew the number one of the flowers, "One year's spring is over, look for Yao Huang Wei Zi to draw it again."
He was talking about Peony.
She really did not know anything about the ancient poems that Xu Mingwei had drawn with regards to peonies. Fortunately, the one that Fu Ninghui had drawn was a young lady from the Yang family, hence she replied her instantly. After such a round of drawing on three plates, when Xu Mingwei had drawn Pilgrimage in the Flowers, she was finally chosen. She was almost stupefied, and fortunately, she still remembered that a few words from a casual book had said "to the flowers to prevent the heat of the June, and to save a few incense sticks worth of time from burning". From the Song Poet Jiang Mei Bian's Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides L.)