Ruhuan fanned herself with a camellia-patterned round fan and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law is quite self-aware."
Hua Fushu remained calm and smiled, "If Mother hadn't sent Cuizhi to the Painting Tower to invite you, Sister Ruhuan would probably still be getting dressed. When you came, I saw you holding a bronze mirror and Douzhi holding powder. You were applying powder as you hurriedly got into the carriage. Fortunately, you stood firmly and didn't fall."
"You!" Ruhuan threw the camellia-patterned fan at Douzhi, stamping her feet in anger. Finally, she looked at Madam Ouyang, "Mother!"
Madam Ouyang took the round fan from Douzhi's hand and handed it to Ruhuan, but she didn't get angry. She gently scolded Ruhuan, "Huan'er, you are so ignorant. You always cause trouble for your sister-in-law, and you yourself are also unruly."
Ruhuan took the round fan from her mother's hand, was annoyed with Madam Ouyang, and glared at Hua Fushu resentfully, looking as if she had no place to vent her anger.
Hua Fushu covered his face with a round fan and couldn't help laughing.
However, Madam Ouyang looked at her and warned, "Hua'er, the guests at the ball club hosted by the Grand Princess are all from the families of officials and royal families. You should be more careful about your behavior. It's always bad to offend people."
Hua Fushu nodded obediently and replied yes.
Ruhuan smiled, feeling somewhat gloating. She thought, a rude and uneducated woman like Hua Fushu was lucky enough not to be frightened by the scene of this royal event, so how could she be polite and dignified in her words and deeds?
She had offended the noble, and was punished by the Grand Princess and kicked out of the club.
Hua Fushu fanned herself intermittently with her round fan. Sanqiao suddenly pulled her two steps forward and asked in a low voice, "Miss, I heard that this Grand Princess of Anguo is the current emperor's aunt, and that they've invited many prominent families. Are you nervous?"
Hua Fushu said, "Why should I be so nervous? I even attended the ceremony of my master's succession, so why should I be afraid of this ball club? It's just a chance to greet those nobles and their wives, have some tea and cakes, and watch a ball game. The Grand Princess is so noble that we can't possibly meet her."
Sanqiao said hurriedly: "But I'm a little nervous."
Hua Fushu held Sanqiao's hand and said, "Haoqiao'er, don't be nervous. Just think that I'm here. There's nothing to be afraid of. Even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up."
Ruhuan looked at them and said, "I hope the sky falls on you..."
From what Mrs. Ouyang saw, Ruhuan quickly shut up.
Madam Ouyang was about to enter with Ruhuan, Hua Fushu and the servants when she was stopped by someone.
Madam Ouyang turned around and saw that the lady was in her early forties, with heroic features, wearing a lilac-colored skirt with orchid pattern, and there was a noble and elegant woman beside her.
This noble and elegant woman was the legitimate daughter of Marquis Wenyuan and the original wife of Shangshu Ling, Mrs. Luo. Her eldest daughter was a lady in the imperial palace, and her second daughter was granted the title of princess and married to Tubo, where she was granted the title of Lady of Huaping County.
But she was wearing a crimson purple dress, a high bun, and pearl hairpins and step-shaking ornaments, looking noble and extraordinary.
Madam Ouyang bowed and said, "How is Madam Huaping? How is Madam Hu?"
This Madam Hu is the legal wife of General Hu. When Ye Zelin got married, the Ye family also invited the Hu family. Madam Ouyang had a lot of interactions with Madam Hu and they were considered friends. Madam Hu and Madam Huaping were good friends in the boudoir. The two families lived only two or three streets apart, so they made an appointment to come together.
Mrs. Hu laughed and said, "Sister Ouyang, why are there so many rules? We are familiar with each other. Sister Wen and I both went to your family's wedding. Sister Jinyin was busy and couldn't go, but she also sent someone to send gifts."
Madam Huaping also bowed and said, "The general serves in the same court as my master, and my sister also holds an imperial decree. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to be so polite to her?"
Mrs. Ouyang didn't want to be polite and called her "Sister Luo".
Ruhuan was very polite, greeting both Lady Hu and Madam Huaping. Lady Hu carefully assessed Ruhuan and said to Madam Huaping with a smile, "Sister, I was right. Sister Ouyang's daughter, Ruhuan, is a true beauty, no less beautiful than the princess of the Qinghe family."
Madam Huaping nodded and teased Madam Hu, "She's a beauty. No wonder you're always thinking that the general's daughter is yours."
Madam Hu was slightly embarrassed, and Madam Ouyang couldn't help laughing. Then Madam Hu waved her round fan and said, "The general's is not mine, and my family's is not from my belly."
Suddenly, Hua Fushu joked, "Ruhuan, this lady misses you. Why don't you become her goddaughter?"
Madam Hu and Madam Huaping looked at Hua Fushu, and Madam Huaping glanced at Hua Fushu indifferently.
Mrs. Hu looked at Hua Fushu. She was quite pretty, with a pair of round, clear almond-shaped eyes.
She asked Madam Ouyang, "Sister Ouyang, is this your daughter?"
Madam Ouyang was about to answer, but Ruhuan spoke first, "Aunt Hu, that's my distant cousin, temporarily staying with us."
She looked at Madam Ouyang again and said, "Mother, my cousin passed away early, and it's hard to get along with her husband. If you love my cousin, please bring her to our house to take care of her."
Madam Ouyang was confused as to why Ruhuan said this, but Madam Hu had already said, "Sister Ouyang, why didn't I see this girl when I went to your house to visit your Erlang's wife the other day? I didn't expect your Erlang's wife to go back to her maternal uncle's house, so my trip was in vain."
Madam Ouyang secretly glanced at Hua Fushu and saw that she looked calm and concerned about the overall situation. Then she said, "She just arrived a few days ago, so my sister hasn't seen her. I was afraid she'd be bored, so I brought her out to relax and see the world."
She reminded Hua Fushu, "Hua'er, come and meet Aunt Hu and Aunt Lu."
Hua Fushu stepped forward and bowed gracefully, "Hua Fushu greets Madam Hu and Madam Hua Ping. May both ladies be well."
Ruhuan was slightly stunned. Doesn’t Hua Fushu know nothing?
Why are her movements so standard? She doesn't look like a girl from a poor family, but clearly a lady from a famous family.
Mrs. Hu was polite and hurriedly asked Hua Fushu to stand up. Mrs. Hua Ping just nodded.
After Hua Fushu stood up, he was about to retreat back to Madam Ouyang's side, but two people came out from Madam Huaping, "Fushu."
Hua Fushu took a look and saw that it was Lu Tianyun and Bisi. He suddenly realized that this Madam Hua Ping was actually Lu Tianyun's mother, but the two did not look alike and had different temperaments.
Hua Fushu was slightly excited and called out Tianyun.
Almost at the same time, Madam Ouyang, Ruhuan, and Lady Hu all looked at Hua Fushu and Lu Tianyun. Even Madam Hua Ping looked at them. Hua Fushu explained, "Aunt, it's like this. I met Tianyun while having tea at Sifang Pavilion a few days ago. I didn't realize she was the daughter of the Shangshu Ling family, so I didn't tell you about it. It's my fault."
Lu Tianyun also said: "Yes, Madam Ouyang, Tianyun didn't know that Miss Fushu was your daughter."
Ruhuan interrupted, correcting Lu Tianyun's statement, "It's my cousin."
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