Chapter 178 This is the spirit of a descendant of a military family!
"Miss, this is an invitation from Neon Mansion."
Green Willow brought in an exquisite invitation card. Unlike ordinary invitation cards, this one had a peony drawn in gold paint.
It looks much more expensive than the others.
"What does this Ni Chang Manor do?" Meng Shilan put down her brush, got up and washed her hands before accepting the invitation.
Green Willow: "This is a newly opened embroidery shop last year. The designs are novel and beautiful, and many young ladies in the capital buy from it."
"Not everyone receives an invitation to the Rainbow Manor. Are you going, Miss?"
"Go ahead, why wouldn't you go?"
I went to great lengths to get her the invitation, so of course I had to go.
Meng Shilan had no idea that Ni Chang Villa was actually Zi Lin Garden.
The garden's furnishings have remained almost unchanged, except that it is now divided into a dyeing workshop and an embroidery workshop.
The whole garden was filled with the laughter of the girls.
Her gaze fell on the pavilion where she had met Xiao Lin years ago.
Further up from that pavilion, there is a hidden tower where Xiao Shu keeps his tigers.
I don't know if the tiger is still there.
"I hope Miss Meng is well."
Many people were looking at her, but as soon as she looked over, their eyes would look away.
Another person came up and greeted us like this.
Meng Shilan didn't know him.
"I hope you are well, young lady."
The girl knew she didn't recognize her, so she introduced herself, "I am from the Chai family of the Marquis of Xinwu's mansion, the fifth son. Miss Meng, you can just call me Sirong."
The Chai family.
Meng Shilan said, "Sirong, then you don't need to call me Miss, just Shilan is fine."
Chai Sirong smiled, her eyes crinkling, "Then let's call her Sister Lan."
She gestured with her gaze to the other side.
Chai Sijiu, Zhou Congxian, and a group of male guests were all over there.
The things her third brother asked her to do were so easy to accomplish, and she asked for so many things that she felt embarrassed to take them later.
Thinking of this, she became even more enthusiastic, "Let's go sit over there first, it'll be a while before we start."
The resort has prepared plenty of delicious food.
What you eat and wear here isn't the most important thing; making friends is.
Not only young ladies from various households came, but also wives.
After Meng Shilan and Chai Sirong took their seats, a young boy swaggered in.
Xiao Lin stopped in front of Meng Shilan, crossed his arms, and snorted through his nostrils.
"You moved out without a word? How come I'm so terrifying?!"
This eight or nine-year-old child is very angry.
After a few days of happiness, they actually moved away.
He condescended to send a letter to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, but didn't even receive a reply!
Enraged, he lit all the black medicine.
Yuanbao even carried him to the palace to complain, and he was locked in the Qin Zheng Hall by his elder brother and listened to “reciting scriptures” for ten whole days!
My elder brother still enjoys facing mountains of memorials every day!
These days are terrifying!
He was finally released, and he just wanted to see if there was anything fun to do.
But then they encountered this "culprit"!
Meng Shilan stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Seventh Prince."
Xiao Lin looked around. "Why are you the only one here?"
Meng Shilan knew he was talking about Fu'er, "Fu'er went to study at the Imperial Academy."
"The Imperial Academy?" Xiao Lin looked at him with a "you're crazy" expression.
She now understands that the Seventh Prince's life was just too boring.
Everyone around him respected him, except for Fu'er, who didn't treat him like a prince.
From the first time they met, they were just simple playmates.
Meng Shilan smiled and her eyes crinkled. "If Your Highness wants to play with Fu'er, you can go to the Imperial Academy."
Xiao Lin disliked reading the most, and his lips twitched slightly. "Only a fool would do that."
He waved his hand dismissively, "I'm going to see my tiger."
The tiger on the artificial hill is still there.
However, perhaps because it has been locked up for too long, it has lost its former imposing presence.
No matter how many strangers pass by, it will never stand up again.
After Xiao Lin left, Chai Sirong approached her and asked, "Are you very familiar with Sister Lan and the Seventh Prince?"
She had never seen the Seventh Prince treat anyone with such kindness and gentleness.
Meng Shilan's smile remained unchanged as she evaded the main point, saying, "Among so many people here, who isn't familiar with the Seventh Prince?"
Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, Chai Sirong did not press her further.
Soon, the highlight of the event at Neon Mansion arrived.
The main hall was opened by the maids.
Colorful silk threads were used as curtains to divide the area into different sections.
All the clothes were arranged in the order of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
I wonder who owns the Neon Garment Manor; they've managed to pull off such a stunt just by selling clothes.
It was quite popular with the ladies and young women of the capital.
Meng Shilan wasn't interested in any of these things. After casually looking around a few times, she realized that these ladies were just passing the time by doing these banquets, which was why they were so enthusiastic about them.
The Meng family now has all sorts of businesses, but they don't do business with women.
I should have brought Shuang'er along and let her see the sights too.
Green Willow glanced at Meng Shilan, who seemed dazzled by the sight, and quickly gave a wink to a maid at the door.
The maidservant, carrying a cup of tea, walked effortlessly through the crowd. She and Green Willow exchanged a quick glance.
She then walked forward.
Suddenly she seemed to kick something and lunged forward, the teacup in her hand flying out of her hand.
Meng Shilan, who had her back to him, suddenly took a few quick steps to the diagonal front, grabbed a piece of pinkish-blue fabric, and exclaimed with delight, "This color is nice!"
At the same time, the tea she had precisely dodged was completely spilled onto the face of a lady who had just been standing next to her!
"ah!"
The piercing scream interrupted the conversations and music in the hall.
Everyone looked over here.
Meng Shilan also seemed to be startled and turned around.
"This servant deserves to die! This servant deserves to die!" The maid knelt down, her face pale.
The maidservant beside the lady immediately raised her hand and slapped her across the face!
"There are so many people here, and you're still serving tea! What if the boiling water hurts my wife!"
Upon hearing this, the proprietress of the manor rushed in immediately.
"What's wrong with you! Don't you know tea isn't allowed in here?!"
The maid stammered, then said, "Yes, it's tea that Miss Meng ordered."
She hunched her shoulders and spoke softly, but everyone around her could hear her.
There's also Miss Meng here.
Meng Shilan smiled and said, "I don't remember asking for tea."
The maid knew, of course, that she hadn't asked for tea.
However, someone suggested that she splash water on Miss Meng and then shift the blame onto Miss Meng.
Although they splashed the wrong thing now, blaming it on Miss Meng shouldn't be considered disrupting their plans, right?
The lady who had tea spilled on her already looked down on Meng Shilan, who came from the countryside and had two children.
She immediately said sarcastically, "So it was Miss Meng who ordered the tea. Miss Meng is new to the capital and doesn't know the rules. It's inevitable that she would make a mistake the first time. I'm not one to hold grudges."
"Shopkeeper, bring me the clothes I just asked for."
"Yes, yes, go get the clothes!"
The shopkeeper quickly dismissed the maid who had made the mistake.
"etc."
Meng Shilan stepped on the maid's dress as she was about to get up, and the maid was unable to move after only getting halfway up.
Her almond-shaped eyes swept over the maid's somewhat flustered eyes.
There were still tea leaves on the hem of her skirt that she was standing on.
"The tea I wanted? Where's the maid in the tea room...?"
Then she turned to look at Chai Sirong, "Sirong, did we go to the tea room just now? I don't remember doing that."
The maid immediately replied, "Of course it wasn't Miss who went personally; it was the maid beside you who told me."
In a panic, Green Willow immediately denied it, "Miss, I haven't been to the tea room."
"This girl did something wrong, but she's trying to shift the blame onto my young lady!"
Meng Shilan nodded in agreement, "That's strange. Since I returned to the capital, I've rarely been out and about, and almost no one recognizes me."
How did you find me?
The maidservant stammered and couldn't answer.
Meng Shilan snorted coldly, "I don't have many family members; they've all taken up their posts and left the capital."
"Do you think you can bully me like this?!"
She turned to look at the lady who had been splashed with tea. "Madam, I don't know any of the rules in the capital, but my master says our rule is that I can scold, beat, and even kill, and he will always be there to back me up!"
Everyone present was watching the girl who spoke with such conviction.
Everyone thought she was a timid girl who had returned from the countryside.
Unexpectedly, he was completely fearless.
"Guo Fan!"
A young man dressed in black came down from some rooftop.
He clasped his hands in a fist and bow, "Miss."
Meng Shilan released her foot. "Go ahead and interrogate them. They've framed me."
"yes."
Guo Fan grabbed the maid by the arm and dragged her out!
The maidservant burst into tears, crying, "Manager, please save me! I'll never do it again!"
Everyone fell silent, not daring to utter a sound!
So what if I grew up in the countryside!
This is the spirit of a descendant of a military family!
Meng Shilan then turned to look at the terrified lady, "Madam, rest assured, after the interrogation, I will send someone to inform you who did it."
The lady looked at her faintly smiling expression and forced a smile herself.
"No, no need... I misunderstood you, Miss. Please forgive me."
Who said that timid people from the countryside are nothing to be afraid of!
Meng Shilan looked at her and chuckled softly.
She then glanced at the shopkeeper. "So what about Rainbow Manor?"
"Green Willow, let's go."
Still shaken, Green Willow immediately reacted, "Yes!"
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