Chapter 337: Madam Sun, she is such a good person

Zhang Fangling didn't have a second object to give a token of love to.

Thinking of these,

the Zhang family's small dragon boat sailed past the bamboo prize pole.

The Duke of An's family had strong naval soldiers selected by the Tian family, and their strength was strong.

The Marquis Yongchang's mansion had the help of the naval soldiers entrusted by Huyan Jiong to the Xu family, and their strength leaped.

The Duke of England's family had a long history, and the naval soldiers they used were not weak either,

so the three families were leading by a gap.

And among the several small dragon boats following not far behind,

the closest Duke of Korea's family, Han Wulang on the boat, stopped drumming and gave up the chase after seeing Zhang Fangling's actions.

Sailing side by side with the Duke of Korea was Liang Liu Lang of the Duke of Xin, Pei family, who was older than Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing had spoken a few words with the Pei brothers when horse racing in the west of Bianjing City on the second day after the New Year.

The uncle of this Pei Liang Liu Lang was the official Pei Yuanchen, who promoted Di Jing back then.

The Da Niangzi of the first branch of the Pei family was born into the Duke of Lian, Lu family, and was the eldest granddaughter of the eldest brother of Lu Zezong's grandfather.

Back then, this concubine-born uncle of Lu Zezong was nearly ten years older than the Duke of Lian,

and with the support of the Duke's mansion, he succeeded in the imperial examination, eventually becoming the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, and his children and grandchildren were also promising, making quite a few achievements in the imperial examination.

Because of the age gap between the elders, the seniority and age began to be misplaced after one or two generations,

especially since Lu Zezong's mother was a successor wife, and he was born late.

Because the genealogies of the two families were not separated,

so, although Lu Zezong was young, his seniority was not small. When he saw the Da Niangzi of the Duke of Xin, Pei family... he had to call her cousin.

Pei Liang Liu Lang was still drumming according to the rhythm at this time,

and the speed of the Pei family's small dragon boat did not slow down.

When Zhang Fangling withdrew his hand,

both Han Wulang and Pei Liang Liu Lang saw this situation!

But when Han Wulang wanted to continue drumming to let the dragon boat accelerate, the rhythm was not so easy to pick up, so he could only watch Pei Liang Liu Lang take the prize into his hands.

Pei Liang Liu Lang, who got the prize, looked at Han Wulang and smiled: "I concede!"

After speaking, Pei Liang Liu Lang let the dragon boat come near Zhang Fangling and reached out to high-five Zhang Fangling with a smile.

Pei Liang Liu Lang came to the shore,

and after saying two words to Liang Han, who was somewhat proud on the shore, the small dragon boats of the Zhang and Pei families, which had snatched the prizes, sailed toward the large dragon boat anchored in Jinming Pool.

In the Qi family's tent,

the Da Niangzis talking here let out exclamations when they saw the small dragon boats of the Duke of An's mansion and the Marquis Yongchang's mansion collide.

Then they discussed which family the Pei family was going to marry.

And Tingyi and Chai Zhengzheng, who witnessed the whole process, looked at each other.

Chai Zhengzheng whispered:

"Sister Tingyi, looking at this, Liang Liu Lang doesn't seem to be doing it for her either."

Gu Tingyi on the side curiously looked at Miss Chunge, who was still standing behind Wu Daniang.

This girl didn't look very disappointed on her face.

"Yes! Did I guess wrong?"

Gu Tingyi said stutteringly.

Chai Zhengzheng on the side looked at the small dragon boats of the Zhang and Pei families sailing away and whispered:

"Sister Tingyi, don't think about her first! Just now you said there was your family's boat in Jinming Pool? Where is it?"

Gu Tingyi glanced at her mother and said:

"It's not the ones snatching the prize, a flat-bottomed large boat, anchored at the pier next to the Aowu."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded, looking at the spring breeze blowing slightly outside the tent, and said full of hope:

"Then, let's come to Jinming Pool for boating in a few days!"

Gu Tingyi nodded and said:

"Good! Then we will invite more noble ladies from the capital."

"Let's go fishing in the lake first, and then hold a poetry gathering. The prize for the poetry gathering will be the catch!"

Chai Zhengzheng's eyes lit up, and she nodded in agreement with a smile.

At this moment, Zhengzheng saw the Dou family girl on the side looking at Gu Tingyi, wanting to speak but stopping.

But Gu Tingyi pretended not to see it and continued to whisper to Chai Zhengzheng about which family's girl to invite.

After the two discussed for a while, Chai Zhengzheng looked at the two Dou family girls who went to change clothes and asked in a low voice:

"Sister Tingyi, that Da Niangzi of the Duke of Fu, Dou family, looks close to Bai Daniang, which family is she from?"

"Why does it seem like you don't really want to pay attention to them?"

Gu Tingyi curled her lips and whispered: "Yang family."

Chai Zhengzheng asked suspiciously: "The Yang family of the noble family?"

"Hmm! Also my aunt's husband's family."

After Gu Tingyi finished speaking, she looked around the tent. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she said angrily in a low voice:

"I heard from Chang Mama that when Mother first married into Bianjing, this Dou family Da Niangzi had just married into the Duke of Fu's family. When she returned to her maiden family, she didn't do less to arrange my aunt."

"Saying something like the Dou family and the Yang family were short of salt, and asking Aunt to return to the Gu family to get salt."

"Even Aunt's sister-in-law said so."

Chai Zhengzheng sighed with some discomfort: "Ah? How could she say that! Isn't this sarcastic!"

Gu Tingyi frowned, her chest heaving violently, and said:

"Because of this, every time Aunt came back, she vented her anger on my mother!"

"Chang Mama said my mother didn't suffer less because of this and cried until she couldn't sleep!"

"At the second brother's first birthday banquet, Aunt almost quarreled with Chang Mama, and left without even eating, which really made my mother lose face!"

Chai Zhengzheng hurriedly stroked Gu Tingyi's back and whispered: "Don't be angry, don't be angry!"

Gu Tingyi signaled to Chai Zhengzheng that she was fine and said:

"Hmph! I'm not angry!"

"Now, apart from the fluctuations in his official career a few years ago, Father is doing well. My eldest brother passed the imperial examination, and my second brother is also successful in his studies."

"Moreover, Mother has made our family flourish!"

Gu Tingyi said these things proudly, her face beaming with joy, and said in a low voice full of pleasure:

"Zhengzheng, on the day of Aunt's eldest son's wedding, the gift my mother sent was a set of golden silk nanmu furniture!"

"You didn't see the expressions on their faces, like they had never seen the world!"

"In the past few years, they have been sticking to us!"

Chai Zhengzheng sighed with emotion: "Da Niangzi, she can be considered to have endured everything to achieve success!"

Gu Tingyi nodded with a smile, glanced at her mother, and Gu Tingyi lowered her voice with a smile and said:

"Zhengzheng, do you know who was the first to invite my mother to attend a formal banquet among the noble families in Bianjing?"

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Wu Daniang, who was talking affectionately with Bai Shi, and thought: Wu Daniang is self-familiar, it should be her, right?

Subsequently, Chai Zhengzheng looked at Princess Pingning again: The Marquis of Lady Ningyuan's mansion and the Duke of Qi's mansion are very close, if there is anything, they should invite Bai Daniang!

Chai Zhengzheng bit her lip, her eyes turned and lit up, and she said firmly: "It's the wife of the Duke of England!"

Gu Tingyi shook her head, looked at the confused Chai Zhengzheng, and smiled: "It's Madam Sun of the Marquis Yongyi's mansion."

Chai Zhengzheng was startled, then suddenly realized, her eyes full of surprise, and sighed:

"Ah? Ah!"

"Madam Sun? Is it her?"

Gu Tingyi nods.

Chai Zhengzheng says:

"Sure enough!"

"Madam Sun, she is such a good person!"

Then she clicked her tongue, patted her forehead with self-reproach and annoyance, and thought: Why am I so... sigh!

Gu Tingyi nodded in agreement: "Hmm! I remember when I was young, Madam Sun often held me and played."

Chai Zhengzheng sighed with envy: "Ah~? Really!!!"

Subsequently, Chai Zhengzheng pursed her lips and wandered away, not knowing what she was thinking.

At this moment,

the sound of the people shouting "Long live" came from around Jinming Pool.

The two girls looked up, and it turned out that the large dragon boat had already anchored in front of the Linshui Palace, and the Emperor was disembarking with the officials and noble families.

It is now approaching noon (after eleven o'clock in the morning).

The Emperor and Empress are hosting a banquet in the Linshui Palace.

The sound of silk and bamboo music occasionally drifts faintly from the direction of the Linshui Palace.

Xu Zaijing is having lunch with the noble teenagers he is on good terms with in his own tent.

With Xu Zaijing's suggestion, the craftsmanship of the cooks in the Xu family's kitchen is still very good.

Everyone didn't drink alcohol. After the meal,

Qingcao brought the sisters Hua Xiang and Yun Xiang to serve the noble teenagers tea for digestion.

Watching the figures of the maids disappear behind the tent,

Liang Han blinked and said to Qi Heng while holding the tea:

"Little Duke, does the old Marquis of the Marquis of Xiangyang have any way to find such..."

Qi Heng shook his head and sighed:

"They were not bought outside, but raised in the maternal grandfather's courtyard since they were young."

"There is only this pair!"

After comparing in his heart, Liang Han secretly thought: They are not dressed as well as Miss Wan's family! Hmm!

Thinking of these, looking at Xu Zaijing who was talking to Gu Tingye, Liang Han said: "Jing Ge'er, let's go fishing!"

After all, Liang Han is very good at fishing.

Xu Zaijing looked around at everyone in the tent and said: "Are you going?"

Qi Heng: "Go!"

In the Duke of Qi's tent,

Princess Pingning, under the pretext of accompanying the Dou family's Da Niangzi,

kept the Da Niangzis in the tent for lunch.

Madam Chai naturally couldn't refuse,

the Marquis of Lady Ningyuan's mansion was close to the Qi family, and Wu Daniang liked liveliness.

So everyone stayed.

In the tent,

the Da Niangzis and the girls sat at separate tables, eating lunch gently while whispering.

At this moment,

noise came faintly from outside again.

Princess Pingning glanced at the Mama standing by, and the Mama understood and walked to the tent door.

After a while,

the Mama said at the door in a moderate voice that everyone could hear:

"Princess, it's the young masters from the surrounding families, who are going to fish near the Aowu together."

Hearing the word "fishing," Tingyi and Zhengzheng, who were talking, looked at each other, while Chunge, who was sitting below them, stopped her chopsticks slightly.

Princess Pingning at the head nodded and said:

"They are truly energetic!"

"Give them a few more instructions, and send a few more who are familiar with water to follow, just in case!"

"Yes!"

About two quarters of an hour later,

the Da Niangzis finished their meal, and it should be a habit, they were all a little sleepy.

It was only after drinking the refreshing soup tea served by the Qi family's maids that they felt a little better.

Everyone smiled and talked one sentence after another.

The two legitimate daughters of the Dou family lost their initial strangeness and gathered beside Gu Tingyi, talking with Chai Zhengzheng together.

At this moment,

Wu Daniang's daughter-in-law brought Wan Chunge to Wu Daniang's side and whispered a few words to Wu Daniang.

Wu Daniang put away her smile, looked at her concubine-born daughter-in-law with an unclear meaning in her eyes, thought for a moment, and nodded.

Watching her daughter-in-law and Wan Chunge walk out with the maids,

Wu Daniang restored her smile and continued to participate in the topic in the tent:

"Oh! Da Niangzi, are you talking about the little Count Yan of the Count of Kang's family?"

The Da Niangzi of the Duke of Fu, Yang, nodded and said:

"Yes! Before leaving the capital, I heard he was a wooden person, and the marriage was never settled. How is it now?"

Wu Daniang looked at Bai Shi with some complacency and said: "It's settled!"

Da Niangzi Yang was stunned:

"Ah? Whose family?"

"The third daughter of the Viscount Xie family."

"Oh! The Xie family! Their eldest daughter married into Zhending Prefecture? The second daughter is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis Yongyi's mansion?"

"Da Niangzi has a good memory!"

Da Niangzi Yang nodded, turned to Princess Pingning, and said with great interest:

"Princess, speaking of this Marquis Yongyi's mansion, when I came today, I saw their little son, he is not bad!"

"Not only is his mount divine, but the child is also handsome and upright!"

Upon hearing this,

in the tent, whether it was Princess Pingning, Madam Chai, Bai Daniang, Wu Daniang, etc., all smiled.

This smile was not perfunctory, but a genuine liking from the heart.

Princess Pingning smiled: "Da Niangzi is right, Jing Ge'er is a child who is likable, and he is still studying now!"

Da Niangzi Yang's eyes lit up and said:

"Oh? No wonder he has a scholarly air! Good!"

Da Niangzi Yang looked at the Da Niangzis around and said: "But this child also has a shortcoming, and it's not small!"

Bai Shi looked at Wu Daniang suspiciously.

Princess Pingning looked at Madam Chai, who had stiffened, with a full smile, turned her head, and asked with a smile:

"Da Niangzi, why do you say that?"

Da Niangzi Yang looked at the crowd who stopped smiling and said:

"When I came, Madam Chai, did you see the maid in his carriage?"

Looking at Madam Chai, who had a thoughtful look in her eyes, Da Niangzi Yang continued:

"Just those two little maids in the carriage, their colors are truly good, and they are a pair of twins!"

"To find such a maid, who knows how much silver he spent!"

Princess Pingning was stunned for a moment.

Da Niangzi Yang looked at Wu Daniang, who had a teasing smile, and said:

"Da Niangzi, my two legitimate daughters have also reached the age of marriage."

"In these two days, I will trouble you to go to the Xu family to mediate. I have only one condition, and that is that those two little maids must be driven out!"

She turned to look at Princess Pingning again and said:

"Princess, am I right?"

Princess Pingning dispersed her smile, coughed lightly, and picked up her teacup with a straight face.

Da Niangzi Yang was stunned, this shouldn't be the reaction...

Thinking of these, she looked at the others in the tent.

Madam Chai hummed, also picked up her teacup, lowered her eyebrows, and drank attentively.

Bai Daniang whispered to Wu Daniang and didn't look at her at all.

It was Wu Daniang who, after listening to Bai Shi's words, smiled and said to the Dou family:

"Da Niangzi, there is no need to mediate."

"Before, my sister from the Sun family told me that her Jing Ge'er has to wait until after the imperial examination to discuss marriage."

Sensing that the atmosphere was a bit strange, Yang Shi said: "Oh, oh! So that's it!"

The air in the tent became quiet.

Yang Shi looked at Chai Zhengzheng and Gu Tingyi on the side and found a topic:

"These two girls are truly standard-looking, not inferior to my two daughters. Are they engaged?"

"Our Duke's mansion and the Yang family have several of appropriate age..."

Bai Daniang interrupted directly: "San Niang is still young!"

Madam Chai: "Zhengzheng also needs to be raised in the boudoir for a few years."

Yang Shi smiled awkwardly: "Oh, oh!"

Outside the tent,

heading north, on the way to the Aowu direction.

Liang family's eldest concubine-born daughter-in-law accompanied Wan Chunge until her legs were a little sore,

but there was still more than half the distance to the Aowu, and it was even further to the place where the young masters were fishing.

The two had to stop and rest with the maids.

At this moment, Rong Feiyan, who was riding a horse from behind the Rong family tent, looked at the somewhat embarrassed people with confusion and said:

"Are you going fishing?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 338 =====