Chapter 209 Banquet

Author: Big Eyed Little Goldfish

Chapter 209 Banquet

When Zhang Hao and Wang Guiyong were discussing their marriage with Li Shimin in the palace,

At this moment, in Wang Yue's house, Wang Yue was chatting with several neighbors. The husbands of these people were also officials. They also knew that Wang Yue's family had a scary background.

Moreover, Wang Yue's husband is a member of the East Palace, and his future prospects are limitless. The key is that her brother is the Duke of the current dynasty, and his sister-in-law is Princess Chang'an. Princess Chang'an and the others know that she is the most favored.

The princess, like no other, is still helping the royal family handle internal money matters, and she has great power!

"Madam, there are people from the palace outside, saying they have something to report!" The housekeeper quickly came to Wang Yue who was chatting, and said with cupped hands.

"There's someone coming from the palace, hurry up, I'm inviting you!" Wang Yue stood up quickly when he heard this, as did the ladies. Soon, he saw a eunuch coming over with an invitation.

"I have met Madam. This is an invitation. At noon today, there will be an engagement party for Duke Lu and Princess Chang'an. Your Majesty and the Queen invite you to come over. The carriage is already waiting outside. Madam is ready, and we can set off!"

The father-in-law came over with the invitation and handed it to Wang Yue with both hands.

"Get engaged today?" Wang Yue was shocked when he heard this.

"Yes, Duke Lu's parents entered the palace early in the morning! Madam, we are waiting for you outside!" the father-in-law said with his hands in hand.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your work. Come and enjoy the reward!" Wang Yue said excitedly, and then opened the invitation. It clearly stated that at noon, a banquet would be held in the Manlu Hall. The reason was the order of Duke Lu and Princess Chang'an.

wedding banquet.

"Congratulations, Madam!" The ladies immediately smiled and said to Wang Yue, cupping their hands.

"Thank you, thank you. I have to excuse myself today. I have to pack up and go to the palace. I will come over tomorrow to play!" Wang Yue said excitedly. Entering the palace, I can see His Majesty and the Queen. I have never gone in before.

Yes, my mother has been there several times.

"Madam, please be busy first!" Those ladies were also sensible and said to Wang Yue, cupping their hands and saying,

Soon they left, and Wang Yue also hurried to the backyard to change clothes.

The same was true for Wang Qi. After receiving the news, they were so happy that they immediately changed their clothes. Their husbands also received the news and asked them to go to the palace for a banquet. The two of them were originally wearing official uniforms.

When you go to the palace for a banquet, you have to wear official uniforms!

Soon, Wang Yue took a carriage and headed to the palace. Along the way, he also found many carriages going to the palace. When he waited at the entrance of the palace, Wang Yue found that some ladies got off the carriages, and some were dressed as ladies.

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Wang Yue was very pleasantly surprised. When they arrived at the palace gate, they went through a routine inspection. There were special palace maids who searched them, including the jewelry they used. Those palace maids needed to check them, but they were not allowed to go in with murder weapons.

Some of the ladies knew each other and were chatting with each other. Wang Yue didn't know anyone. However, Wang Qi's shout came from behind, and Wang Yue turned around happily, and the two sisters also came together.

"I didn't receive any news yesterday, why was it so sudden?" Wang Qi said to Wang Yue.

"Who knows, I'm also very surprised, but seeing so many ladies coming here, including Mrs. Gaoming, it must be true!" Wang Yue looked at the ladies not far away and said,

Soon, they went in, and a palace maid took them to the side hall of Ganlu Hall, which was a place specifically for the female family members to eat.

After they arrived, Wang Yue and the others did not dare to sit in the front. They even sat at the back. However, each position was fixed. Who would sit in which position had been arranged. The palace maids would come over soon.

He held their hands in front of them and said, "Please show me your invitations!"

"Oh!" The two of them also took out the invitation. The palace maid opened it and looked at it, and immediately handed it over and said: "Madams, your place is in the front, please come with me!"

"Ah, are we in front?" Wang Yue and Wang Qi said in surprise,

Then they walked forward, past the positions of the Gaoming ladies. Above them, there were only a few positions left. The Gaoming ladies were also very surprised and did not know who the two of them were.

"Who are you?" Mrs. Gaoming looked at Wang Qi and Wang Yue and asked.

"Hello, madam, my name is Wang Yue, and my husband is Cui Mingyi from the East Palace!"

"Madam, my name is Wang Qi, and my husband is Zheng Xingyuan, the Prime Minister of Chang'an County!"

"Oh, you guys, are you the elder sister of Duke Lu?" the lady asked. She also knew that Zhang Hao had two elder sisters, and she was very familiar with the Du family.

"Yes!" the two people said honestly with their hands raised. They didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the ladies of the country. Although they were not afraid of them, they didn't need to bring trouble to their younger brother. Besides, if they were arrogant, others would say that they were uneducated.

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"Oh, it's you. Come on, sit down. Your mother and I are very familiar with each other. We often drink tea and chat together! Come on, let me introduce you to you!" the lady said very enthusiastically, then continued

Then he began to introduce the two sisters. When the ladies of the country in front heard that they were Zhang Hao's sisters, they also smiled and chatted with them, which made the two of them feel flattered.

On the other side of the main hall, Cui Mingyi and Zheng Xingyuan were a little nervous when they arrived. They had never been to the main hall of Ganlu Hall, and the people who came here to attend the banquet were all high-ranking officials of the third rank or above in the current dynasty.

The sons of the Duke, but Yuchi Baolin and the others saw Cui Mingyi and the others, so they came over.

"Two brothers-in-law!" Yuchi Baolin shouted.

"Well, I've met the young master!" they both said immediately, holding hands.

"You're welcome. We are brothers with Zhang Hao. Come on, sit down. Your seat will probably be in front later. Let's chat now!" Yuchi Baolin also found that they were out of place here.

After all, their grades are so low that many senior officials don't know them.

At the Ganlu Hall, Li Chengqian arrived late. Li Shimin was very dissatisfied and stared at Li Chengqian.

"Father, my son was studying in the East Palace and forgot about it for a while!" Li Chengqian said bravely.

"I'm happy today, so I won't argue with you. Come to Ganlu Hall tomorrow morning!" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

"Ah!" Li Chengqian was so depressed. He was hiding from his father, but he actually wanted to go to the Manna Palace by himself.

"Brother-in-law, save me!" Li Chengqian sat down next to Zhang Hao and said to Zhang Hao.

"You kid, what have you done?" Empress Changsun also looked at Li Chengqian in confusion and asked.

"Mother, it's okay, brother-in-law, you have to save me!" Li Chengqian said to Empress Changsun, and then looked at Zhang Hao.

"I, I, can you talk later?" Zhang Hao is so helpless, Li Shimin is here, how can you save yourself? Aren't you causing trouble for me?

"It's useless for you to find anyone. I won't discuss your matters today!" Li Shimin glared at Li Chengqian and said.

Li Chengqian was depressed, but he thought to himself that the only one who could save him was his brother-in-law. Anyway, he told his brother-in-law yesterday that he would definitely help.

"Father-in-law, what did he do again?" Zhang Hao asked, pretending not to understand, looking at Li Shimin.

"Ask him, I don't even know how much money the East Palace has now. Moreover, he probably got a lot of the dividends from your porcelain workshop these few times! But I just don't know where the money is!"

Li Shimin pointed at Li Chengqian and said,

When Wang Guiyong heard this, he immediately felt bad. This method of hiding money was taught by him personally. If he was betrayed, it would be troublesome.

"Did you hide the money?" Zhang Hao asked, staring at Li Chengqian.

"Ah, no, how can I have money? My father has wronged me!" Li Chengqian looked at Zhang Hao pretending to be aggrieved and said.

"Father-in-law, we can't accuse people unjustly!" Zhang Hao immediately looked at Li Shimin and said.

"I have wronged him, Zhang Hao, but you don't know. Last month, he bought a batch of porcelain for more than 3,000 yuan. Tell me, where did this money come from?" Li Shimin pointed at Li Chengqian.

, said to Zhang Hao.

"That's not right!" Zhang Hao said immediately.

"That's right, my brother-in-law gave it to me. My brother-in-law makes porcelain for free. My brother-in-law gave it to me. Don't I want it?" Li Chengqian shouted immediately. When Li Shimin heard this, he looked at Zhang Hao suspiciously.

"Yes, I gave it to you!" Zhang Hao could only admit it bravely, thinking that he would give Li Chengqian a beating later to trick himself in case his father-in-law found out.

"Well, but I feel like you must be hiding it!" Li Shimin pointed at Li Chengqian and said.

"No, you have wronged me!" Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin with an aggrieved face and said.

"Okay, Your Majesty, the child is getting older!" Empress Changsun reluctantly advised Li Shimin.

"Mr. Guanyin, do you know that after paying dividends in the first three months, he left you nearly 10,000 yuan! I agreed before and asked him to keep 10% of it. Now I don't have this money in the East Palace.

I don’t know where he put it!” Li Shimin said looking at Queen Changsun.

"Huh? Ten thousand guan?" Upon hearing this, Empress Changsun also began to stare at Li Chengqian,

That's not to say that Li Chengqian couldn't have 10,000 yuan. The main thing is that he hid it so well that no one knew where he hid it.

"Father, I deserve this. Ask my brother-in-law, I have raised almost 1,000 orphans now. As the magistrate of Chang'an County, I can still remain indifferent when I see so many orphans? I must give money.

Save, but the court does not have the money at all, so what should I do? Since I have served as the county magistrate, I must do something for Chang'an County!" Li Chengqian sat there and said with a serious face.

"You rescued 1,000 orphans?" Li Shimin was also surprised. He didn't know this yet.

"Yes, as of yesterday, there were a total of 1,228 orphans!" Li Chengqian nodded and said.

"Zhang Yue, this is a good thing!" Zhang Hao immediately said to Li Shimin,

Li Shimin heard this and nodded happily. He really didn't know about this.
Chapter completed!