Chapter 144 The Purpose of the Flower Hairpin Banquet

Lu Lingyun gave a hairpin to Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang respectively.

Liu and her aunt also came.

"Mother! Aunt! The hairpin that our elder sister gave us!"

"It's so beautiful, there are gems on it!"

Liu and her aunt stared at the two precious stone hairpins, which were extremely finely crafted and obviously worth a lot of money. Their eyes widened. "How could the things your elder sister gave you not be good things?"

It's not like they haven't seen any good things before. There are a few expensive pieces of jewelry hidden in the bottom of the box at home, but these were just gifts from Lu Lingyun to Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang.

The hairpin was exquisitely made, not too flashy to overshadow the host. It was delicate and dignified, and one could tell at first glance that it was high-end jewellery.

When they were Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang’s age, they had never worn such nice things.

As expected, you have to marry into a wealthy family. People from wealthy families are always different.

"Today is a hairpin banquet, so naturally I have to give a hairpin to my two sisters." Lu Lingjun smiled calmly.

After hearing this, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang wished they could stick to Lu Lingyun.

"Big sister is so nice."

"I love big sister the most!"

"I told you that big sister is the best."

"I was the one who said that the eldest sister is the best among all the sisters."

There were waves of praises, and Liu and her aunt looked at each other with different expressions.

Liu felt a glow on her face, as well as regret and sorrow, and a hint of hidden jealousy and resentment.

The regret and sorrow naturally came from the fact that Lu Lingyun was living such a good life, but that was not the life her biological daughter was living.

Obviously, this good life of wealth and glory should belong to her own daughter, Lu Hanyi!

But now Lu Lingjun is living such a good life, while her own daughter is suffering outside. Lu Hanyi followed Li Wenxun to Jiangnan, and it has only been a short time since then, but letters have come back to her one after another, all of which tell her about their unhappy life.

Li Wenxun seemed like a different person after leaving the capital. He no longer had a good face to her. He either beat or scolded her and confined her to the house. He also asked his maid Xiangxue to enter the house.

When Liu saw these letters, she didn't dare to show them to Lu's father, because Li Wenxun had taken his people away from the capital, and the emperor was far away, so who could do anything about it!

Furthermore, when Mr. Lu saw this, he would only blame Lu Hanyi. It was useless to scold her as she couldn't even manage her own husband. He was still angry with Lu Hanyi and thought that it was all her own fault. She asked for it!

Liu hated it so much!

She hated her daughter for being so blind that she fell in love with a man like that and rushed to marry him! She also kept telling her how great Li Wenxun was.

This is really a slap in the face!

I also hate Lu Lingyun. How could her life be so good?

The more successful Lu Lingyun became, the more aggrieved she felt!

I hate her so much!

Aunt Liu was much simpler. The look in her eyes when she looked at Lu Lingyun only had one thought in mind.

Hug Lu Lingyun's thighs tightly!

Fawn upon her!

With a little bit of Lu Lingyun's help and a little bit of what she leaked, it would be enough for their family!

When the Liu sisters were pestering Lu Lingyun and praising her affectionately, Madam Wang came forward curiously.

Lu Lingyun introduced her to everyone.

After a brief greeting, they got to know each other.

"She is Sister Lu's mother. Madam Lu is so lucky to have raised such a good daughter!" Madam Wang said to Liu.

"No, it's all Lingyun's good fortune."

"I wish I had a blessed daughter! Madam Lu, please tell us what your sister Lu ate and what kind of Buddhas you worshipped when she gave birth to her. I want to learn from you and give birth to a good daughter too!" Madam Wang warmly took Liu's arm.

An awkward smile appeared on Liu's face.

Aunt Liu changed the subject immediately, "Let's go in and see which lucky ladies are here today!"

"Yes, yes! Let's go and take a look!"

The three of them gathered together and went in warmly.

Behind them, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang quickly became familiar with Du Ruo. The girls of similar age quickly started talking to each other, and the three of them walked into the garden hand in hand.

Lu Lingjun looked at these people and led the other maids and nannies into the garden.

Today's hairpin flower banquet is held in the other courtyard.

It's a nice time in April, and the yard is full of flowers.

The invited ladies sat down at the prepared tables early.

There were many tables in the spacious flower hall, all filled with exquisite snacks and tea.

As a married lady, Lu Lingyun followed the other ladies to the flower hall to have snacks and drink tea.

The young ladies who came over gathered in groups of three or five to play together.

This is a good time to meet your young wife.

"By the way, do you know what this hairpin banquet is actually for?" a young lady in a goose yellow dress asked.

"Aren't we just out for fun?" said a little girl who looked about twelve or thirteen years old.

"How old are you? Why did your mother bring you out here?"

"I'm twelve years old. My mother said that today is a flower-hair-pinning banquet, and we have to compete to see whose hair flower is prettier. Do you think mine is pretty?" the little girl said innocently.

As she finished speaking, a group of girls around her laughed.

"Look at you, you're just an idiot!"

"Your hair is the most beautiful!"

"You win!"

"Go play with butterflies!"

The little girl heard the sisters around her say this and realized that something was wrong. She grabbed the lady in the goose yellow dress and said, "Good sister, please tell me, today is the hairpin banquet. If we are not competing for the most beautiful hair flowers, what should we compete for?"

"You're right, it's about who has the prettiest hairpin!" The woman in the goose-yellow dress gently poked her forehead. She looked at the ladies drinking tea and whispered, "Those ladies are looking for daughters-in-law for their sons and daughters-in-law. Your hairpin is so beautiful, you'll be chosen by them to be their daughter-in-law soon!"

The little girl's eyes widened when she heard this. She said in panic, "Why aren't you looking at flowers? You're looking at people!"

Her words caused the girls around her to giggle again.

Liu Qingping and Du Ruo walked over and heard their conversation.

After hearing the origin of the Hairpin Flower Banquet, Du Ruo frowned, "This crappy Hairpin Flower Banquet is actually a blind date banquet!"

"Aruo, you must know this!" Liu Qingping looked at her curiously.

"Yes, this kind of banquet where ladies and young ladies gather together is actually a banquet for meeting their daughters-in-law." Liu Qingshuang said.

As daughters of legitimate officials, they would receive invitations to various banquets even though their fathers were of low status.

Since they were eleven or twelve years old, Aunt Liu would often take them to such occasions. Last year, she even witnessed with her own eyes that both of her cousins ​​were chosen and married off.

Lu Lingyun married very well, and they even secretly hoped to be noticed by noble families like Lu Lingyun and become the mistress of a wealthy family in the future.

But Du Ruo didn't know all this.

Her aunt had wanted to mention it to her before and take her there, but she refused and ran away. That was why she was disdainful of integrating into the circle of these noble ladies, so naturally she knew nothing about it.