An old lady's life

On the second day, the four of Lou Gao really came and stayed at Lin's house for a day. Ai Cao made an appointment with them and asked their brothers to adjust the time from the eighth to the fifteenth of May. Everyone took at least two days to participate in the outing. There are a lot of men and women participating in this outing, whether you can see each other depends on everyone's fate.

After Ai Cao finished speaking, she took a closer look at the expressions of the four people, and found that the body expressions of the four people had different expressions. In short, they were not indifferent. It is estimated that they were indeed a little yearning and shy in their hearts.

Hao Ding's face has been tempered into a copper skin, so thick that it has no edge.

One day later, the five of Lou Gao and Hao Ding had dinner at Lin's house and returned to Master Wu's house. Only the old nine and eight were in the house, and everyone else was in the palace.The five of them packed up and rushed to the palace together.

As soon as Lou Gao, Yuyang and others met Ji Yang, they began to discuss in a low voice, and began to arrange the duty schedule for the eighth day to the fifteenth day of May. The five of them would definitely leave two of them around the emperor every day. With Commander Wu in charge, don't worry too much.

Afterwards, Ai Cao discussed with Concubine Pingyang and others, and began to send out invitations. At this time, Ai Cao realized that the number of people for this outing would be far beyond her imagination, and the identities of male and female participants might be quite different. level.

Ai Cao has more than 30 invitations to send out, among the dozen or so girls who have never met each other and Hao Ding and fifteen people, but Princess Pingyang and the others are not. And the status is certainly not low.

Ai Cao suddenly realized that the blind date seemed to be getting bigger.

On this day, Ai Cao got a plate of invitations from Concubine Pingyang, and everyone was counting the number of people to arrange accommodation.She counted carefully, and part of the list she got from the big matchmakers in Beijing had already been removed. There were originally more than 20 girls, but there were only a dozen or so. flush.

After counting the number of people, Ai Cao asked Qingyao and Qingzhi to write the invitations according to the list. In less than half an hour, the two maids finished writing.

The marriage of the two maids is now in the pipeline, and I will wait for a while for Ai Cao to check it out. Qingyao and Qingzhi also have a hint of joy in their eyebrows and eyes during this time. They will be ignored, and they have accumulated a lot of money in their hands. No matter who they marry into, it will be a huge dowry.

The invitation sent by Ai Cao to Lou Gao and the others was asked by Lin Hai to take it to Lou Gao and the others. This time, Lin Hai went directly to Lou Gao and the others' residence outside the palace after get off work, which was the residence of Commander Wu, Wu's house.The place where the Wu family is located is also in the inner city, but it is at the end of a very deep alley, and it took Lin Hai and the boss of the driver to find this place.

This place is indeed secluded enough. From the outside, the house looks half-new and not old. From the outside, it looks deserted. There are more than a dozen old men who live in the palace most of the time. It is strange that this house is popular.

After knocking on the door, it took a long time for someone to open the side door. The heavy wooden door creaked, as if it hadn't been opened for a long time.This door is really rare to open once a day. If Lou Gao and the others don't carry anything, everyone is used to climbing over the wall to enter, and the main door and the side door are all decorations.

The person who opened the door was Ji Yang, Lin Hai had never met him, but Ji Yang knew him, "Master Lin?"

Lin Hai bowed his hands and said with a smile, "I don't know who this brother is? I'm here to deliver a message to Lou Huwei."

Ji Yang's eyes lit up, and he saluted: "I'm Ji Yang, Master Lin, please come in and talk."

Lin Hai nodded with a smile, and followed Ji Yang into Wu's house. He couldn't help looking at Ji Yang from the depths of his eyes. He learned from Hao Ding that his fifth brother was tall and thick, and could scare children when he walked on the road.In his opinion, it's okay, he's quite tall, but he's definitely not big or thick, just strong.

As far as the eye can see, the Wu family is quite clean, but it feels like it is not as popular as the Lin family, and Lin Hai also smiles wryly, no wonder everyone in the world wants to get married, there is no woman in the family, the temperament is different, very cold, Unlike the Lin family, they always make people feel soft.

Lin Hai took out fifteen posts and handed them to Ji Yang, "Ji Huwei, this is the post that my mother asked me to hand over to you, and I need to tell you, because Concubine Pingyang and Princess Jingrong participated. The outing will be a little different this time, many children from aristocratic families will also participate, and there will be huge changes in the family."

Ji Yang nodded solemnly: "It's okay, we all understand it in our hearts, thank you for your trouble." It's not that their status is not worthy of a girl from a good family background, it's just that they don't want to be so troublesome.

In fact, Ji Yang was so embarrassing in his heart that he could still maintain his composure only by holding his face.

Lin Hai didn't stay long and left soon. When he returned to Lin's house, he reported to his mother, saying that he had sent the post to Ji Huwei.

Ai Cao also sent housekeepers to send posts to the seventeen girls’ homes one by one during the day. According to the report from the housekeepers, the wives of those families were greatly shocked. But when they received the post from your lady, they were simply stunned, which is not enough to describe their shock.

The housekeeper personally waited for the replies from the wives of each family before going to the next one. Fortunately, the wives of each family gave an affirmative answer, and then they would send their girls to the outing party.

In this way, all the things that Ai Cao needs to worry about have been completed, and she sent a mother to answer the Pingyang Concubine. The number of people she will come here is [-] girls and [-] boys.

There were a lot of posts sent out, Princess Pingyang didn't ask, even though she only sent a dozen or so posts.

The nurse next to me was a little amused and said: "Taufei, which one did Mrs. Lin make and send so many posts, where are there so many people?"

Concubine Pingyang sipped tea, looked at the clear blue sky outside the window, and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate people, Mrs. Lin is a very charming person, and it is always comfortable to talk to her. Just look at these few banquets, Many people didn't take her seriously at first, but after getting in touch with her, most of them have a good impression, and most people don't have her kind of ability."

If someone else had walked so close to the emperor's most trusted guard, he would have been suspected by the emperor.And as far as she knows, she is not only close to the imperial guards around the emperor, but also close to the seventh prince and ten princes. These princes should not be underestimated. Princes who can grow up alive in the palace should not be underestimated. If you want to get close to them, you may have to lower your body very low, but this is not the case with Mrs. Lin.

This nanny is a person trusted by the concubine, but she is not the only person around the concubine. The concubine assigns some confidential things to different people, and the positions of the servants and the master are different. Consider The situation is also different.

At this time, Ai Cao was still thinking about it. If the girl from the Yao family participated, wouldn't the Seventh Prince have a fair chance to meet his fiancée and cultivate their relationship?But regarding the invitation post, she has never met the girls from the Yao family, and she is different from the seventeen girls, so it seems that she can't do it even if she posts a post.

Ai Cao thought that if she could meet the Seventh Prince, she would let him handle it by himself, so the mother had something to do, and the son took care of it!The day before yesterday, I sent a post to Lou Huwei and others, and Lin Hai was busy looking for the Seventh Prince after getting off work that day.

After the marriage decree was issued, Emperor Changping crowned the seventh and eighth princes as kings on the second day. The seventh prince was named king of Zhaojun, and the eighth prince was named king of Qinjun.After the two princes became kings, they could not only go to the court to participate in court affairs, but also busy with the establishment of the county palace outside the palace.

These days, the Seventh Prince is doing business in the morning, and in the afternoon, he usually discusses with the staff of the Ministry of Industry the construction of the Palace in the given location of the Prince's Palace. There were some dilapidated buildings here, but now they have all been demolished. What does the Seventh Prince want to build? As for what, the day before yesterday I was really worried about whether I should ask the opinion of the future princess.

After thinking about it, he sent Mammy to Yao's house to meet the future princess. Unfortunately, the news that Mammy brought back was that the future princess let him make the decision, and she liked whatever was built.

Well, if you ask this, it means you don't ask, the Seventh Prince feels that he is several years old.

Now Lin Hai hurriedly found the place where Zhaojun Wangfu was located. The coachman walked a circle, and when he came here, Lin Hai found that Zhaojun Wangfu was not very far from the Lin family, only two houses separated him.

Hearing Lin Hai's words, the Seventh Prince's eyes lit up immediately. He remembered that Miss Yao's temperament was not as gentle and virtuous as what the nanny said. He was probably asking for Mrs. Yao's special request at Yao's house. Outside, the two have seen each other more times, so Ms. Yao must not be so unfamiliar.

"My lord Lin, thank you very much. I already know about this matter, and I will arrange it." Their wedding date is set in March next year, which is still several months away. , Absolutely must cultivate and cultivate feelings well.

Lin Hai brought the words, although he felt a little embarrassed, but he was instructed by his mother to do such embarrassing things a few times, and he didn't care when he got used to it.

The Seventh Prince pondered for a while, and went to find Princess Pingyang to ask for two copies of the posts, one for himself and one for the future princess, and personally asked his mother to send it to Yao's house for the future princess.

He must have made it so obvious that Mrs. Yao and General Yao would not stop Miss Yao anymore.

Concubine Pingyang is of the same generation as Emperor Changping, except that King Pingyang is much older than Emperor Changping, so Concubine Pingyang can be regarded as the cousin of the Seventh Prince in terms of seniority.

Princess Pingyang was not surprised when the Seventh Prince came to ask for invitations, although she felt that the Seventh Prince came a little too fast, she looked at the grown-up boy opposite, her eyes were full of smiles, and she teased: "Pu'er knows how to please the princess. .”

The Seventh Prince was a little embarrassed, "Nephew wants to get to know Miss Yao better before the big wedding, and the two of them looked very strange when they didn't have to get married."

Concubine Pingyang couldn't help laughing and said: "It's also Sui'er who has a heart, and the future princess will be blessed." A woman has not yet married, and the future husband will put her in his heart. As long as she is a smart person, she will definitely have a hard time after marriage. Poor, it's like she has been holding her old man in her palm, and has treated her like a jewel like a treasure all her life.

After the Seventh Prince left, Concubine Pingyang thought silently, but couldn't help but sigh, if her grandson had the wisdom of the Seventh Prince, she wouldn't have to worry about it at this age.

It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and Jia Min has been busy with giving gifts these days, but he has been very busy for two days.The gifts sent out during the Dragon Boat Festival this time are far more than in previous years. After all, the old lady has made new friends with many noble ladies, and these should not be taken lightly.

After finishing the gift-giving, Ai Cao and Jia Min participated in Rongfu Jialian's full moon, and they were still the same people who washed three last time.

I haven't seen him for a month, and Jia Lian has turned into a white bun, fat and fat, Mrs. Zhang will not let go of her, she loves this little grandson very much.Jia Lian can already see now, her eyeballs are rolling around, and after a while, she will look in the direction of her mother before interacting with other people.

Jia Min also knew his nephew's temperament, he was not too domineering, but just too attached to his mother.

Mrs. Zhang is already out of confinement, the imperial physician saw yesterday that she does not need to confine herself to confinement, she will take good care of her in the future, so today she and Mrs. Wang are busy with her son's full moon.

It was everyone's turn to hug, and it was Ai Cao's turn. She was holding the baby at a side, teasing Jia Lian loudly, but it was a pity that Jia Lian didn't follow her tricks, she moved her small mouth and played naughty with her tongue.

Jia Min was only happy when he hugged his nephew, calling Jia Hu, Jia Zhu, and Qi Yue to play with his nephew and nephew, it can be said that the childlike innocence is still there.

Of course, in the eyes of others, it is Jia Min's longing for children, but the old lady of the Lin family is here, so they can't raise this issue.

Jia Lian's full moon is as simple as washing three, but in Zhang's view, there are not so many guests, not noisy, but full of warmth, parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, and Lian'er's closest relatives all come to participate, and they all give Best wishes, that's all that matters.

At You time in the afternoon, the guests left Rongfu one after another. Ai Cao and his son and daughter-in-law also boarded the carriage home. The family of three in the carriage were talking and occasionally looking at the scenery outside the carriage.

Seeing the decorations everywhere on the street and the hawkers selling zongzi, Lin Haicai said: "We all don't have to go to work on the Dragon Boat Festival, and there will be a dragon boat race in the Jinghe River. Let's go watch it together."

Ai Cao began to adjust her memory, but unfortunately Lin's mother had very little memory about the dragon boat race. She only knew that it was hosted by the official, and it was very lively.

"Who compares with whom?"

Lin Hai smiled and said: "There are many people to compare, you can build a dragon boat by yourself, just sign up for the competition." After a pause, Lin Hai continued, "However, there are usually only ten dragon boats, and the imperial guards in the palace will also arrange people to participate. It’s just that I didn’t see Lou Huwei and others participating in the past, nor did I see those brothers and brothers that Hao Huwei mentioned.”

Jia Min was also interested, and said: "Other families also have them, clans such as King Qi's son and others, as well as many descendants of aristocratic families in Beijing will also participate, and there will be dealers sitting in the town to open the betting market."

Mugwort was interested, it was really fun, "What was the result last year?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "The clan's children represented by King Qi's son won, the representative of the imperial guards won the second place, and the team led by Prince Zhongyonghou won the third place."

"This is interesting, let's go and see it together." Wherever there is excitement, Ai Cao likes to go there, not to mention the ancient dragon boat race, which is the first time she sees it.

In the next few days, it seemed that the grand occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival suddenly broke out, and everyone in Beijing was talking about the Dragon Boat Festival.

Fortunately, Jia Min saw the opportunity quickly, and after hearing Lin Hai's mention, he sent someone to Wuyang Tower to make a reservation the next day, otherwise, Wuyang Tower would not be able to book a private room if it was later.

Wuyang Building is the best high-rise building for watching dragon boat races. It is divided into multiple floors. Of course, the highest floor is not open to the public, and the lower three floors are open to the public. It is also a place for banquets on weekdays.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the Lin family packed up early in the morning. There were many people brought by Ai Cao. Min's four maids also brought all of them with them, together with Lin Hai's entourage, a mighty group of people made three carriages and headed to Wuyang Tower together.

At this time, the Wuyang Building was already full of people, and the ten dragon boats in the river were already in place, and all the contestants were missing.

The private room that Jia Min booked was on the third floor. The location is not good, but it is rare to be able to book a private room. Don’t look at how many people are still standing by the river?

Entered the private room, ordered some snacks and tea, Ai Cao and Jia Min stayed in the private room, Lin Hai went out to visit friends, and Ai Cao let the maids go out to watch the fun, so they didn't have to stay in the private room.

Because it is on the third floor, Jia Min may see that the stream below is not very clear, but it has no effect on the wormwood.

At around Si time, Wuyang Tower and the river beside it were already crowded with people, and it would take a lot of effort to squeeze to the river.

The banks of the river are clearly divided, with women on the top and men on the bottom.Xiaoqi likes to join in the fun, and Ai Cao saw her squeeze in the crowd on the side of the women's family. As a pathfinder, she led Qingqian and Moqin to the front.

The ten dragon boats were all staffed. No matter who they were, they all had a red cloth strip tied on their heads and wore different colors of clothes. It was obvious that everyone was ready for battle.

Ai Cao let out her consciousness and walked around the Wuyang Tower. There were people in the private rooms facing the river, the windows were wide open, and they all looked at the ten unique dragon boats in the river.

Ai Cao just wanted to know who they were, and saw that the private rooms on the second floor and the first floor were all nobles, and Emperor Changping and the princes were in the private room in the middle of the second floor, and Lou Gao's guards were also there.

After a while, only the Seventh Prince was left beside Emperor Changping, and the rest all ran out to join in the fun.

Emperor Changping glanced at the seventh son, and said with a smile: "Don't stay by the emperor's side, old seven, go out and play."

However, the seventh prince shook his head, did not agree, and still sat on the sidelines without moving. Emperor Changping did not force him, but felt that the seventh son was a bit too independent, and it was not good to be out of group.

The status of the people in the private room on the third floor is relatively lower than that on the first and second floors. Ai Cao's spiritual sense scanned it all over and was about to withdraw when he almost choked on his saliva in the next moment.

I saw that in a private room with the door tightly closed on the fourth floor, a man and a woman were fighting goblins heartily!

Yaoshou, wormwood feels like she is about to grow needle eyes!

After she saw the man and the woman clearly, she immediately withdrew her consciousness back. It's not incomprehensible to eat and drink men and women, cheating, but these two people are too courageous to choose this place, Wuyang Tower. Today is full of people coming and going, aren't you afraid that someone will break into the fourth floor and be discovered?

When the consciousness withdrew, he saw the prince and King Su went up to the fourth floor from different staircase entrances one after another. Ai Cao raised his forehead immediately. Could it be that these two are also having an affair with someone?

Ai Cao couldn't help being curious, which girl or noble lady had an appointment with Su Junwang and the prince, as expected, after about half an hour, I saw that the two were dressed differently, but the clothes were beautiful clothes. The woman went up the fourth floor by a secret staircase.

However, Ai Cao felt that King Su and the Son of Heaven deserved to be a match made in heaven, and even cheated on their cousins.

The uncle of the king of Sujun's house is the Duke of Liguo's mansion, but the title of the Duke of Liguo's mansion is no longer in the position of the Duke of Liguo, it has long been the position of the marquis, so when the Sujun king was choosing a concubine, the girl from the Liu family had no chance to compete at all. Cousins ​​and cousins ​​have already secretly arranged for Chen Cang, and after Cousin Liu was married off, she still secretly communicated with King Su for the song.

Relatively speaking, the prince's cousin is not actually the prince's authentic cousin, but a girl from a distant relative's family living in the Li family. She has no father and mother and was raised in the Li family. She calls the prince a cousin.What surprised Ai Cao even more was that this cousin was married to an inconspicuous bastard from the Li family, so the Li family could be regarded as the crown prince's cousin, so this gave his cousin a green hat. The county king is much stronger!

Ai Cao had a strange expression on her face, she shook her head and sighed frequently after withdrawing her spiritual consciousness, the world was getting worse and people's hearts were not the same, which aroused Jia Min's curiosity.

"What's the matter with mother?" Jia Min was really curious about the reason for her mother-in-law's melancholy expression, and Ai Cao shook her head. It was destined to be impossible to say this.

Besides, it has nothing to do with her, "It's okay, let's watch the dragon boat race next!"

I saw the hustle and bustle along the river, and the expressions of the boys on the ten dragon boats were different. There was indeed Feng Yu on the dragon boat of the clan. .

At this moment, King Qi was beside Emperor Changping, and when he saw this, he rubbed his forehead. The kid had been arguing with him for a long time about the marriage offer last time, and although he was still suppressed in the end, the kid was obviously upset. In the name of the dragon boat race, he has not returned home for several days.

Ai Cao and Jia Min commented on the handsome guys on the ten dragon boats, "Sure enough, they are from the imperial guards, and all of them are in good shape. Just try their best. How could they lose to Feng Yu's body?"

Jia Min couldn't help laughing and said: "Mom, this dragon boat race is not only based on strength, but also skill."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking and laughing, and the emcee dispatched by the river bank, a fat, white man with small eyes, was holding a horn, looking at the noisy crowd, as if he didn't want to give him face, he suddenly blushed and blew The horn was sounded, and the sound of the horn was heard, and the Wuyang Building and the crowd on the river bank became really quiet.