Chapter 902 The reason for the Plum Appreciation Banquet

Author: Ren Zelin

The Chinese New Year is only six days away. At this time, no matter which mansion you are in, you are busy, sending out New Year's goods and preparing to dust off the New Year!

It stands to reason that no one would hold a banquet at this juncture. Even if someone did hold a banquet at this time and invite people to a banquet or something like that, if the family has no status, at most they will not be able to pay attention to the courtesy, or

It's enough to send the family's capable nun or manager to go and accuse the person.

But Mrs. Ji's plum blossom appreciation feast was different. The reason was that the Ji family had retired for many years, leaving only their two young sons to grow up in Beijing. Later, when they returned to Beijing again, a folk eldest princess was born in the family. Although this eldest princess

reputation...

But even so, there are still many people who want to cling to the Ji family and hug this big tree!

Especially those who want to go one step further and become close ministers of the emperor. This time, they all asked their wives to make good friends with the wives of the Ji family, and to please Mrs. Ji, especially the favor of the eldest princess.

Look for opportunities to please her!

"Don't worry, husband, it's just a child, isn't it? I'm very capable of dealing with children!"

Before Mrs. Tingsheng Hou left the house, she was really annoyed by the nagging of her Lord Marquis, so she rolled her eyes at him impatiently.

"Oh madam! Don't be impatient! You should think more deeply about everything!

Just think about your granddaughter A Ning, if she can be like Xie Pan'er and win the favor of Chang Rongshun and the eldest princess, and then take the opportunity to contact His Majesty, then the opportunity for our Shi family will come!"

As an aristocratic family, if you don't advance, you will retreat. The younger generation of men in their family don't have outstanding children. If they want to keep their family name, the only way is to let their granddaughter enter the palace!

"I know! Don't worry, I have already discussed this matter with the eldest daughter-in-law. We will take A Ning to this banquet so that she can find opportunities to get close to Chang Rongshun and the eldest princess!"

Mrs. Ting Shenghou said and went out!

Over at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Song and his wife were also talking about this matter.

"My daughter is not young now. I don't think she is too enthusiastic about entering the palace. Madam, you might as well try out Mrs. Ji's words this time and see if our Yingxue can form a relationship with the young master of the Ji family?"

When Mrs. Song heard what Prime Minister Song said, her eyes couldn't help but widen.

She was very surprised and said, "Master Xiang actually has the idea of ​​marrying the Ji family?"

"The Ji family still has four unmarried children. Among them, we don't know the situation of the fourth and sixth children, but the seventh and eighth children all have a bright future!

No matter it is the seventh eldest son of the Ji family or the eighth eldest son of the Ji family, as long as there is a possibility of Yingxue with us, Madam should do her best to facilitate it!"

"I didn't expect that the Prime Minister would have such a high opinion of the two young masters of the Ji family!"

After saying this, Mrs. Song couldn't help shaking her head and laughing, "The two young masters of the Ji family are indeed both capable and moral, especially Ji Youze. He will definitely be among the top three in the coming year. If Yingxue and him become friends, our Song family will have a good future.

It’s a big help! The Prime Minister will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when doing things in the court!”

Mrs. Song said this and quickly assured Prime Minister Song that she would definitely be able to facilitate this marriage!"

Mrs. Song took her daughter towards Ji's house.

The most disgusting people in this plum blossom appreciation party held by Mrs. Ji were not the Zhenguo Duke’s Mansion and

The Xie family of the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple.

The Duke of Zhen Guo's Mansion is disgusting. That's because when the Duke of Zhen Guo's wife went to the Ji family for help a few days ago, she didn't get a good look from the Ji family. She even had a few words with the third wife of the Ji family and got angry.

Came back.

Of course, Mrs. Zhen Guogong received a message about today's plum blossom appreciation feast. She didn't want to go, but on the second day after she came back from Ji's house, the emperor ordered Xiao Ning'er to be released!

Mrs. Zhen Guo was not sure whether there was any handwriting from the Ji family in this!

"My lord, I don't want to go to Ji's house and have a hard time. Why don't you just ask the eldest daughter-in-law to go there by herself?"

The eldest son of Duke Zhen Guo just got married in early summer this year. The wife of Duke Zhen Guo is gentle and reserved, and basically stays close to home. Today's banquet at the Ji Mansion made the wife of the prince very nervous.

"The eldest daughter-in-law is not good at socializing. If you don't follow her in person, it would be bad if she offends someone because she can't speak. Besides, Mrs. Tingshenghou personally takes the crown prince's wife to Tingshenghou's family.

There is also a granddaughter who is going. If you don't go to our Duke's Mansion, wouldn't it mean that you don't pay attention to Ji's Mansion?"

As soon as the Duke of Zhen Guo said this, he was speechless and could only set off with his daughter-in-law and daughter.

Another most disgusting Guanglu Temple Xie family.

Mrs. Xie dressed neatly and walked out of her yard accompanied by her grandmother.

Xie Yingying trotted over, "Grandma! My granddaughter is also going to the Ji family's plum blossom appreciation party!"

Mrs. Xie frowned when she heard this!

"Mrs. Ji didn't invite you, what are you going to do?"

"I...I heard that the ladies all brought their own ladies with them, grandma! I also heard that Princess Lianchun might also go to the Ji family's plum blossom appreciation banquet this time, and her granddaughter went,

If we can make friends with the eldest princess Lianchun, and then use the eldest princess Lianchun's advantage to enter the palace, then it will also bring glory to our Xie family, won't it?"

After hearing what Xie Yingying said, Mrs. Xie thought carefully and decided to take her with her.

"Getting on the carriage, the nanny next to Mrs. Xie asked in a low voice: "Didn't the old lady know that the Ji family did not invite our eldest lady? Why did you still take her to the Ji family?"

"This girl has a big heart, and she only wants the glory and wealth in the palace. Besides, she is born with the horoscope of Phoenix. This matter has been spread throughout the capital.

If she doesn't enter the palace, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry her."

"Alas! After all, the old lady loves the eldest lady. Our eldest lady's marriage was ruined in the hands of the eldest lady. If the eldest lady hadn't done something wrong, now our eldest lady..."

"Okay! Don't mention Mrs. Lin again in the future, Yingying has her own destiny!"

When Mrs. Lin is mentioned, Mrs. Xie can't help but feel itchy with hatred, but she has to press it down forcefully, because no matter what, Mrs. Lin is the daughter of the Lin family. If this matter cannot be handled well,

If you offend the Lin family, then the Xie family will offend the Lin family!

Even now, her eldest son is still thinking of ways to bring Mrs. Lin back from the family temple!

"Old lady! I have something I don't know whether to say or not!"

Grandma's question made Mrs. Xie raise her head and look towards her.

"If you really felt that you couldn't say it, you wouldn't have spoken out!"

As a master and servant who have been together for decades, Mrs. Xie naturally understands the thoughts of the nanny next to her!

"After receiving Mrs. Ji's post, I asked around and heard that other people's posts indicated that they would bring their daughter to attend the banquet, but your post did not indicate that you wanted to attend the banquet.

You bring your family’s daughter to the banquet!”

After hearing this, Mrs. Xie couldn't help but close her eyes, and after a long time she whispered, "Did you also ask about something else?"

After hearing this question, grandma was a little afraid to say anything.

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Yes! I heard that the old lady over there also attended the banquet. Not only the fifth lady, but also the fifth master and Mr. Xie Si also went with him."

"What? The whole family is attending the banquet?"

Mrs. Xie couldn't help but sit up straight, instinctively feeling a little uneasy.

"Yes! The day before yesterday, Xie Si was released from the prison. He has only been out for two days. I heard that he was favored by Taifu Wei in the prison. Now he has become Taifu Wei's closed disciple. This Ji family

Could it be that the invitation to him was for Taifu Wei's sake?"

Mrs. Xie held the Buddhist beads in her hand and held them for a long time before whispering, "There is indeed something unusual! When you get to Ji's house, you can ask around to find out which ones invited Xie Si and his son.

Why come?"

"yes!"

The carriage clattered to the gate of Ji's Mansion. At this time, the place was already busy with traffic.

You must know that in normal times, the street where Ji's Mansion is located is the most deserted, but today, carriages came in and out one after another, and many people were forced to get off the car and walk to Ji's Mansion before they reached the gate.

The government is gone.

"Miss, I heard that the seventh young master of the Ji family has invited many young talents to come. Please tell me, is your senior brother Xie also coming with him?"

Cui'er and her young lady got out of the car far away, and they walked and chatted all the way.

Wei Weier thought of Xie Si, and a smile appeared on her cheeks involuntarily!

"Senior Brother Xie will come, not only Senior Brother Xie, but also Senior Brother Xie's parents are here together!"

"Ah! Miss, how did you know about it? I didn't even know about this, but you actually knew about it. Tell me, do you and Mr. Xie Si have any secrets that you can't tell anyone?"

When Cui'er heard Wei Weier's words, she was shocked and asked questions quickly.

When Wei Weier heard this, her face changed immediately, and she couldn't help but glared at her.

"Look what you said? What secret can he and I have?

Isn't it just two days ago when dad announced at home that he would be accepted as a closed disciple, I asked him about it, and that's what he told me."

"So this is ah!

However, I heard that Mr. Xie Si’s father is inconvenient. Do you think his father will come to such a grand occasion for the Ji family?"

"They will definitely come. I heard that the banquet hosted by Mrs. Ji today is to thank senior brother's sister Xie Pan'er. It concerns my daughter. A father must also hope for his daughter's happiness!"

"What the lady said makes sense!"

Wei Weier and Cuier arrived at the gate of Ji's house while talking.

The people greeting relatives and friends at the door today are Mr. and Mrs. Ji Youcheng.

Don't ask why they are a couple, ask: they are in business, so they are the best couple to welcome guests!

"Taifu's Mansion, Wei Weier!"

Cui'er handed the post to Zhu Xiuxiu. Zhu Xiuxiu took a look at the post and found it was correct. A girl in her twenties and eighties stood in front of her.

The girl was bright and charming, with a smile on her face, "My little girl Wei Weier, I have met the third lady!"

"Miss Wei, please come inside!"

Zhu Xiuxiu quickly asked the maid to lead their master and servant to the banquet.

The little maid had just led Wei Weier's master and servant to the courtyard. Before they arrived at the banquet, Wei Weier called the little maid.

"Sister, may I ask which young talents have been invited to this plum blossom appreciation banquet?"

The little maid who was leading the way was experienced. Today she was leading the way, and I don’t know how many people had asked about their seventh and eighth young masters!

"Our old lady is the host of this plum blossom appreciation banquet in Ji's Mansion, but the person hosting it is our third lady.

The people our old lady invited this time were mainly the ladies from Beijing!

Our seventh son also invited some young talents, but not a few, only five or six.

The seats for this banquet were all arranged in the back garden of the house, with a small area separated by a screen as a seat for the young talents!

Miss Wei, please don’t go to the wrong seat when the time comes!"

The little maid pointedly introduced the seats!

Master and servant Wei Weier naturally understood the meaning of her words!

"Thank you sister for reminding me! May I ask where Mrs. Ji is? Weier wants to say hello to Mrs. Ji!"

"The old lady is old. She is warming up by the fire and admiring the flowers with several old ladies at the Hou Ningxiang Garden. Our old lady has given us instructions. If any lady wants to go over to warm up the fire and wait for the banquet to begin, let us lead the way!"

"Oh! What a coincidence, we just happen to be together! Please lead the way quickly!"

As soon as the little maid finished speaking, Princess Lianchun's voice came from the side.

"Princess Lianchun! I have seen the princess thousand years old!" The little maid hurriedly saluted Princess Lianchun and said hello.

"No need! Yu'er, hurry up and lead the way. Pan'er and I will go say hello to the old woman and then go back to the yard to change clothes!"

Princess Lian Chun has also lived in the Ji family for some time, and is familiar with the people and things of the Ji family.

Yu'er was not surprised at all, she quickly said "yes" and took Princess Lian Chun, Xie Pan'er and Weiweier's master and servant to Ningxiang Garden together!

At this time, in the Ningxiang Garden, the plum blossoms in the yard were blooming very well. These plum blossoms were brought by Ji Laosan at a huge price. There was no other way. I suddenly wanted to hold a banquet and called it plum blossom appreciation.

Banquet, this unfilial son must find a way!

Mrs. Ji has been away from Beijing for ten years. Although she doesn't have many acquaintances in the capital, there are quite a few, such as the old Mrs. Xie who she once visited!

There is also Mrs. Zhenguo, who was choking with Zhu Xiuxiu in Ji's Mansion a few days ago, and Mrs. Tingshenghou, who is about the same age as Mrs. Ji.

At this moment, they were all sitting in the small courtyard with Mrs. Ji, chatting about everyday things together!

"I never thought that with your quiet temperament, you would suddenly make such a big noise.

Could it be that you put so much effort into the marriage between the Eighth Young Master and the Seventh Young Master?"

Mrs. Ting Shenghou sat to the left and right of Mrs. Ji, smiling and trying to trick her!

Mrs. Ji smiled happily when she heard this, "I'm really going through a lot of trouble today, but I also have something happy to announce, and I want to invite everyone to come and witness it."

After hearing Mrs. Ji's words, everyone present could not help but prick up their ears even more, wondering in their hearts, a happy event for the Ji family?
Chapter completed!