The Wang family in Suzhou has a huge pear orchard. Every year, they hold a banquet to enjoy the flowers on March 10th, which is very lively.
This flower-viewing feast is also quite famous in Liangzhe Road. On this day every year, outstanding young ladies from Liangzhe Road gather here, and many families get married because of it.
At last year's flower viewing party, Xu Qian's excellent piano skills attracted almost everyone's attention. Everyone looked for the sound of the piano and found her in the deepest part of the opera garden.
She has an outstanding appearance and is quite majestic in her movements. After the flower viewing banquet, she was directly rated as the most beautiful woman in Suzhou. But Xu Liuniang fell into the pond that day and was in a very embarrassed state. If she didn't understand the nature of water, she might have died at that time.
Xu Qian is used to being the center of attention. No matter where she is or what she does, she is always the best. But recently, when it comes to tea ceremony and calligraphy, she has received less praise than she promised, and she can't help but become anxious.
In the past, Xu Qian was so confident in her beauty that she would never ask others what they were wearing.
Xu Nuo realizes that the goal of crushing Xu Qian's self-esteem has been completed, and everything has just begun. She and Xu Qian did not have a big grudge, but Xu Liuniang, who died, had a blood feud with Xu Qian. Now that she is living in the world in Xu Liuniang's place, she should bear the grievances.
Xu Qian made her mother mute and made her mother endure the pain of losing her daughter. She will make Xu Qian repay the pain a hundred times.
Xu Nuo smiled and pointed at the clothes in Chun Tang's hand: "That's it."
Xu Qian glanced at the semi-finished product in Chuntang's hand, frowned slightly, and stopped talking about this topic. The smile reappeared on her face: "Do you know who the palace has invited this time?"
"I only know Hu Ling in the foreigner's house. How do I know who will go? Fourth sister, why don't you tell me." Xu Nuo's voice was calm, and there was no hint of emotion or anger.
Xu Qian talked about many people, and finally said: "Mr. Silang from Ding Mansion, who went last time, will also come this time."
Xu Nuo frowned, hadn't Ding Mo left long ago? Why did he come?
Seeing that Xu Nuo finally responded, Xu Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not made of iron. She explained: "Mr. Ding will stay in the south for half a year this time. He just went sightseeing a few days ago."
Xu Nuo hummed softly, her thoughts drifting away. She didn't expect Xu Qian to use Ding Mo as bait. What did she want to do to herself?
Xu Qian achieved her goal and left after chatting for a few words, but Xu Nuo was so disturbed by her that she didn't want to play chess and asked Chuntang and Qiyue to go out.
The three of them flew kites for a while and then went outside the tea room to fold some flowers.
Xu Nuo was in a good mood. When he came back, he saw that the courtyard door was bare. He turned around and asked Chuntang: "Why is the courtyard unknown?"
Chuntang hesitated for a moment before saying, "My wife cried and made a fuss about removing the plaque when she moved in." Thinking of the past, Chuntang felt frightened.
Xu Nuo thought about it for a while, then remembered that when Xu Liu Niang saw the three words "Mingjin Pavilion" on the plaque, she flushed first, then cried and made a fuss and had the plaque removed. The loud noise alarmed Ms. Zhang.
Why are you blushing? Do these three words have any meaning?
Thinking of the night, Xu Nuo had some idea. Fang Jing, who had saved Xu Liu Niang and lived with her for seven years, had the same name as Jing Ping, and Jing and Jin were the same pronunciation.
What a little girl!
Xu Nuo laughed silently, and Jing Ping's face appeared in his mind. He was clean and gentle. He never became impatient or angry, and his whole person was as calm as a lake.
Thinking of this, he called Chuntang in: "Is that plaque still there?"
Chuntang didn't expect that the lady was still thinking about this matter, and said hurriedly: "It's still there. The plaque was written by Alang himself. It has been placed in Yingcheng Courtyard since it was removed."
"Hang it up tomorrow." Thinking of the girl with the same name as herself, who was taciturn and cold-tempered, but was framed and embarrassed by Xu Qian many times because of her kindness, Xu Nuo thought to herself that if she knew that the plaque was being hung up again, she would be ashamed. The ground turned red.
The next day, in Yingcheng Courtyard, Mrs. Lu served Xu Gucheng to dress, with a faint smile on her face: "Liu Niang sent someone to take away the plaque this morning."
Xu Gucheng didn't react at first, but then he smiled gently: "This child has changed a lot."
Ms. Lu nodded in agreement: "She originally hated learning the piano, but now she won't take a break even if her fingers get red during practice." After speaking, a distressed expression appeared on her face.
"Liu Niang's calligraphy has also improved a lot these days. In addition to being able to read quickly, her writing is also good, and she is almost surpassing Erlang. Although she is not old, she is calm and attentive when painting, and her keenness in observing things is sometimes better than Erlang's. I'm a little better." With a happy smile on his face, Xu Gucheng reached out to pick up the brocade robe from the hanger and quickly put it on.
"Thanks to the master's good teaching, otherwise she would be weak-tempered and wouldn't have made such progress if she didn't know how to persevere." Mrs. Lu turned around and gave him a glass of water.
Xu Gucheng shook his head and said thoughtfully: "I think she has a tough temperament. These improvements are the result of her hard work and perseverance. And it can be seen from the incident with Zhang's cousin that Liu Niang has really grown up. , know how to protect yourself skillfully." After speaking, he took the water glass and drank it in one gulp.
Speaking of Zhang Xian, Mrs. Lu's eyes dimmed. Whether someone was framing Liu Niang's reputation or Zhang Xian really had a crush on Liu Niang, she would never allow him to get close to Liu Niang.
Xu Gucheng knew his wife's worries, and caressed her shoulders lovingly, with a gentle voice: "I will seriously consider Liu Niang's marriage and will not let my mother get involved. As for my cousin, you don't have to worry. He came to compete with me and got a good ranking this time." , my mother did not keep him, which shows that my mother is very angry. He will not come to Suzhou in a short time, and I will not allow him to get close to Liu Niang, okay?"
Mrs. Lu nodded gently, her peach blossom eyes sparkling like water, which made Xu Gucheng's heart soften.
March 10th arrived as scheduled. Xu Nuo got up early and was doing push-ups when Lu suddenly pushed the door open and came in. Her hand loosened and she hit the couch directly.
Mom, why didn’t you say anything when you came in?
Mrs. Lu thought Xu Nuo was still lying in bed, so she hurriedly came over: "Liu Niang, Liu Niang, it's time to get up."
Promise did not respond.
Mrs. Lu gently shook her promise twice: "Nuo'er, Nuo'er, I'm going to enjoy the flowers today. Wake up quickly."
Xu Nuo responded and turned around to see Lu, who was dressed in blue. Whether it was hair accessories or clothes, everything was extremely sober. It was just this that made her face even more soft.
She washed up quickly, ate plain noodles all night, and put on her clothes with Chun Tang's help. After Lu looked at her again and again, she left for Langyuan Hall.
When Madam Lu came to wake Xu Nuo up, Xu Qian went to Langyuan Hall in advance. When Xu Nuo entered, as expected, she saw Mrs. Zhang laughing at Xu Qian's amusement, and this smile was a little reduced because of her presence.
Everyone had breakfast together. After Xu Guyu and others left, Mrs. Zhang suddenly said, "Liuniang, this dress is too gorgeous. Please change into something new before leaving."
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