The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1033: full of autumn
Chapter 1033: Autumn
The pergola faces Jinhui Mountain. You can see Jinhui Mountain when you sit down. The location is excellent.
The sky is azure blue, and beneath it there are undulating golden peaks. The blue is blue, the gold is gold, and the autumn is full of atmosphere.
The tables under each household’s awning were laid out with fruits and snacks from the autumn harvest. Everyone was chatting and laughing, discussing whose kite would win the championship. It was quite lively.
Perhaps the men in each family thought that flying kites was a game played by girls on a daily basis, so they were all too reserved and refused to join in. Later, those who wanted to show off in front of the empress gave up the idea when they heard that the sons of the noble families did not join in.
Look, take a look at that place…most of the people there are girls, not a single boy.
The young men gathered under the awning with their fathers, brothers, relatives and friends to discuss poetry and learning.
The women who had not participated in the competition also gathered together. There were young women who had already gone to school… talking about going to school to learn knowledge, and the older women gathered together to talk about whose daughter was outstanding, or whose son was excellent.
The two girls from the Qin family are Qin Lang’s sisters and Bai Jinxiu’s sisters-in-law, and they also came this time.
The eldest daughter of the Qin family was dressed very brightly and delicately, hoping to find a good husband to marry.
As the host of the kite competition, Princess Gaoyi Bai Jinzhi came in a tight outfit and announced that the kite competition would last for one hour. After one hour, whoever had the highest kite would be the winner.
At Bai Jinzhi’s command, the daughters of various families, wearing tight sleeves and baggy belts, held the kite strings in their hands, and ran forward with laughter, pulling the kites, hoping that their kites would fly higher.
Under the arbour, a young lady whose close friend was participating in the competition was clutching her handkerchief and shouting loudly to cheer for her best friend.
And those newly married widows were also trying their best. After all, the reward for the first place was generous, how could they not be tempted.
Dong looked at the women who were struggling and rushing forward under the golden light of early autumn, with bright smiles on their faces. This world is extremely harsh on women, and they are required to be calm and dignified. It is rare to see girls running and laughing so happily…
But how wonderful it would be like this. Dong wished that all girls in the world could run around like this and laugh heartily like boys.
“Empress Dowager, Your Majesty… The wife of the head of the Bai clan sent pomegranate juice. She said… the pomegranates in Shuoyang’s hometown are ripe. They were just delivered yesterday. She knew that there would be a kite competition today, so she made osmanthus pomegranate juice specially for the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty… and all the ladies to taste.” Nanny Qin stepped forward and said with a smile, “I see that the wife of the head of the clan has prepared a lot.”
In front of outsiders, the loyal servants of the Bai family still call His Majesty Bai Qingyan, Empress Dowager Dong.
Bai Qingyan saw Fang standing respectfully outside the shed, followed by a servant carrying an ice bucket. He nodded to Wei Zhong to invite Fang in.
Fang came forward holding up her skirt, kowtowed politely and said, “Greetings to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty. Although it is already autumn, the weather is still a bit hot. It happened that the pomegranates from my hometown in Shuoyang were delivered yesterday, so I prepared some osmanthus pomegranate juice from my hometown in Shuoyang, and brought it for the Queen Mother, Your Majesty and all the ladies to taste.”
“Madam Clan Leader is so thoughtful!” Mrs. Dong nodded with a smile, “Then try it! Don’t let Madam Clan Leader’s hard work go to waste.”
“Thank you, Queen Mother and Your Majesty! I will serve you some right away.” Fang smiled and signaled the servants to bring up the ice bucket.
Bai Qingyan remained calm as he looked at Fang, wondering in his heart whether Fang was being so humble just to curry favor with him or had some other motive.
Fang washed her hands, filled a finely carved white jade cup with osmanthus and pomegranate juice, and then carefully tested the poison with silver needles and other tools. She placed a bowl in front of Dong, and then filled another bowl from another ice bucket and repeated the poison testing process and placed it in front of Bai Qingyan: “The one for your majesty has just been chilled for a while, so it won’t be so cold, and some sour plums have been added, so I think it will be more suitable for your majesty’s taste.”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes to look at the osmanthus flowers floating in the white jade cup, as well as the green plums sinking under the clear red soup in the white jade cup, and said with a smile: “Madam Clan Leader is thoughtful.”
After Fang paid her respects, she served the second wife, Liu, and the third wife, Li, in order.
Fang filled a bowl and was about to bring it to Wang’s desk with small steps when her foot suddenly stepped on the hem of her skirt, and the bowl of osmanthus pomegranate juice splashed towards Wang. Wang was startled and had no time to dodge, but just raised her sleeves to cover her face, and was splashed with osmanthus pomegranate juice. The jade bowl also hit the edge of the table and shattered onto the ground, with white jade splattering.
Fang was horrified and almost cried. She didn’t care about her own embarrassment. She stood up and rushed to Wang’s side to wipe her with a handkerchief: “Fourth Madam! Are you okay? Are you hurt by the broken jade?”
Fifth Madam Qi turned around and said, “Go get a cloak!”
Li quickly put down the jade cup in her hand, took out a handkerchief and handed it over: “Are you hurt?”
“It’s okay, it’s okay! I’m not hurt, just my clothes are dirty…” Wang first wiped the Buddhist beads in her hand with a handkerchief, fearing that the beads would be stained by the osmanthus and pomegranate juice, and then she patted the wet osmanthus on her clothes.
Nanny Guan, who was beside Wang, took the cloak sent by the Fifth Madam, thanked her, and then wrapped the Fourth Madam Wang with the cloak.
“Madam, let’s go change our clothes first!” said Nanny Guan.
Fang also hurriedly helped Wang to stand up, and said with tears in her eyes: “It’s all my fault! Madam, I will accompany you to change your clothes! Otherwise, I will feel uneasy.”
Wang was always soft-hearted. Seeing Fang’s uneasy look, she nodded and said, “Thank you for your hard work, Madam Clan Leader.”
Bai Qingyan watched what was happening over there with Fourth Aunt, and her sight fell on Fang. She saw Fang looking at a nanny standing outside the pergola, and the nanny nodded to Fang. She then turned to instruct Wei Zhong: “Follow them from a distance and take good care of Fourth Aunt…”
Wei Zhong nodded: “Don’t worry, Your Majesty!”
As soon as Fang and Nanny Guan helped Wang, who was wrapped in a cloak, leave, Wei Zhong followed.
“The clan leader’s wife is quite thoughtful. The osmanthus and pomegranate juice is chilled and placed in this white jade bowl. It has a unique flavor!” Second Madam Liu tasted it and liked it very much. “It’s not too sweet and has the fragrance of osmanthus. It’s really good…”
“If Second Aunt likes it, let Nanny Luo go and learn from the clan leader’s wife.” Bai Qingyan said.
The eunuchs cleaned up the debris very quickly, as if nothing had happened.
Bai Qingyan took a sip of the osmanthus pomegranate juice and put it down. Dong saw this and asked, “I’ve always seen that you don’t like sour things. Do you not like this sweet and sour taste either?”
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