The time set for the flower viewing feast came soon.
Lu Qing had prepared all the necessary matters before, but on this day, Lu Qing felt a little more relaxed.
Ji Qin brought a set of jade-colored embroidered twig-embroidered long skirt newly made by the embroidery house for Lu Qing to put on, and put the new jewelry Yan Fuguang gave to Lu Qing on her head.
Lu Qing let her toss and the top of her head became heavier and heavier. She propped up her chin and glanced into the bronze mirror. The clothes are luxurious, the makeup is exquisite, the jewelry is just right, and every detail is perfect.
She looked around with satisfaction and praised: "The craftsmanship of sending pianos is really good."
Man Dong clapped happily from behind: "It looks great!"
Ji Qin smiled brightly: "Master is born beautiful. No matter how I dress up, I will look good on you."
Yan Fuguang was also in the mansion today. He came from Hemingyuan and his eyes lit up when he saw Lu Qing.
"Very beautiful." He complimented bluntly.
Lu Qing joked: "Wasn't I beautiful before?"
Yan Fuguang replied calmly: "Today is especially beautiful."
In fact, it was because Lu Qing didn't like to spend time on dressing up. Yan Fuguang had seen her purest beauty and rarely saw her dressed up so beautifully, so he found her eye-catching.
Lu Qing covered her lips and smiled softly, glanced at Yan Fuguang angrily, and complained sweetly: "It turns out that His Highness can also say nice things to coax me!"
"What good words are there? Isn't this the truth?"
Yan Fuguang led her outside, tilting his head slightly towards Lu Qing: "If you are interested, meet more people and make friends, so that the days to come will not be boring."
He doesn't ask Lu Qing to only surround himself, because he knows clearly that she also needs friends. He is her closest person, but sometimes she may not be able to tell him her complete self.
Lu Qing shook his hand and said, "Well, I know everything you mentioned about concubine."
Making friends depends on fate, and Lu Qing is very casual about this, and she wants to expand her circle.
Near noon, the guests began to arrive one after another.
"I would like to thank Concubine Wei for the invitation."
"Mrs. Li, you're welcome. The capital is so big and there are people like us coming and going. It's better to move around more often!"
"Yes, yes, you said it!"
"Then please, Mrs. Li. There are many people today, so please forgive me for the poor hospitality."
In order to get acquainted with the identities and faces of these people, Lu Qing consulted Chen Qingzi a lot in private, and then he could barely tell which family these people belonged to.
She followed Chen Qingzi at first, but gradually became familiar with him, and went to entertain the guests by herself.
After chatting for a long time with a smile on his face, Ji Qin motioned to Lu Qing to look towards the hanging flower door: "Is that Mrs. Ji?"
Ji Mingzhu looks very similar to Mrs. Ji. Mother and son almost have the same face. No wonder Ji Qin can tell it at a glance.
Lu Qing was slightly surprised when she saw this face.
When I sent the post to Mrs. Ji before, I didn't expect that something would happen to Ji Yueshan and Ji Mingzhu one after another. What I didn't expect was that Mrs. Ji would appear in front of Lu Qing.
Mrs. Ji's brows were filled with anger. She must have known Ji Mingzhu's fate, which was a big blow to her.
She looked around with a dull face, and finally her eyes met Lu Qing's. Mrs. Ji walked over quickly and stood in front of Lu Qing: "Are you the Crown Prince's concubine Wei?"
"Exactly." Lu Qing smiled and said, "Mrs. Ji is here, please come inside."
Mrs. Ji didn't respond or leave. She just stood in front of Lu Qing with her eyes bulging. After looking at her for a long time, she actually felt that her eyes were worried.
Lu Qing walked aside: "If Madam Ji needs anything, just tell the servants, I'll go over there and take a look, Madam Ji can do it herself."
There are many people with mixed eyes, and Lu Qing doesn't want to cause trouble with anyone on a day like this, because it is just a joke.
She quickly came to Chen Qingzi's side.
In front of Chen Qingzi was a mother and daughter. She introduced: "This is the concubine Wei in our mansion. These two are Mrs. Wang and Miss Wang."
Lu Qing smiled and nodded.
Mrs. Wang gave a perfunctory smile in return, and continued to hold her daughter's hand and said to Chen Qingzi: "Concubine Chen, don't look at my daughter's young age, but she needs good looks and talent..."
Lu Qing just listened to her praise her daughter for a long time. When Mrs. Wang left without saying anything, Lu Qing was still thinking about "appearance and talent".
Chen Qingzi lowered her voice and said in Lu Qing's ear: "Another one who wants to climb up to the prince."
Lu Qing suddenly realized that she had thought too little and didn't realize what Mrs. Wang meant by bringing her daughter to show off everywhere.
Chen Qingzi smoothed Lu Qing's hair tactfully, fearing that she would be jealous: "This kind of thing will only become more and more frequent. Just don't take them seriously. The prince has no such intention. No matter how much they say, it will be in vain."
Lu Qing was amused: "There will be more people around His Highness, not now, but there will be in the future."
Chen Qingzi felt a little distressed when she looked at her. Men and women were born different. It was their men who said they were sworn to each other, and it was their men who broke their vows first. After the two got entangled, most of the heartbroken ones were women.
Lu Qing shook Chen Qingzi's arm: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I don't know a few people over there. Sister and I can go over and talk to them?"
"Okay, let's go together."
Lu Qing was curious about those people, and others were equally curious about her.
The name of the Crown Prince's concubine, the Wei family, often appears in everyone's ears. It was said that she was the most favored woman by the prince, that she came from a humble background and did whatever it took to get into the prince's bed, and that she was lucky enough to give birth to three sons for the prince...
When Lu Qing walks in the garden, almost everyone's eyes will be focused on her, as if she is the most beautiful flower.
But she can feel good and evil, and many of these sights are not kind. But she didn't care, because even if they had suspicions about her, they could only bow to her because of her status as the crown prince's concubine.
Mrs. Ji watched with a complicated expression as Lu Qing and Chen Qingzi entertained these guests with ease. In the corner, she recalled what Ji Mingzhu looked like when she was a concubine.
Originally she was not in the mood to attend any banquet, but she came anyway because her daughter was here.
Mrs. Ji had been observing in the corner for a long time, and when no one was paying attention, she asked people around her to find Ji Mingzhu's whereabouts.
The house was very large, and Mrs. Ji was sweating profusely before she found Ji Mingzhu in a dilapidated yard far away from the garden.
Mother and son hadn't seen each other for a long time. Mrs. Ji's eyes widened and she bit her fingers to prevent her crying from leaking out.
Ji Mingzhu lay lifeless on the simple bed. The sun shone in through the dilapidated window, and the dust was clearly visible.
Mrs. Ji cried hard, and Ji Mingzhu, who was holding her in her arms, rarely responded to her, as if she no longer recognized her mother.
"My pearl, my mother's pearl, your life is so miserable... Why are you so stupid, why are you so impulsive..."
Ji Mingzhu rolled her eyes blankly a few times before she realized that the person in front of her was her mother. She thought they would never have the chance to see each other again in this life.
"Mother...why are you here?"
"...I'll come see you at the flower viewing party."
"Flower viewing party?" Ji Mingzhu looked out the window blankly. The laughter and laughter seemed to have wings and fly towards her, which made her body hurt even more.
Mrs. Ji was heartbroken. She hugged Ji Mingzhu and murmured: "It will get better. It will. Mother will never give up on you. Mother will never give up on you no matter who gives up on you..."
