Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 84

"Mrs. Zhao is well, Mrs. Ning is well, and the girls are well." The steward of the Minister of War knew Liu Hanlin's wife and the wives of his lord's subordinate officials. Seeing them stop talking and walking up the steps, he immediately went up to salute.

"Steward Lin, congratulations on your wife's [-]th birthday." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile, "A small gift is not a respect, you accept it for your wife first." Carrying two gifts covered with red cloth, the two young daughters-in-law also held several brocade boxes of different sizes.

"Mrs. Liu, you are too polite. Please go to the back hall with the ladies. My wife is entertaining distinguished guests over there." Lin Butler bowed his hands and waved his hand to let the other servants lead the servants and two wives of Liu Hanlin's residence to the Over there, the accountant in the mansion.There are a lot of people who come to celebrate birthdays today, and every birthday gift from the guests must be registered in the book, and finally wait for the owner to check and accept.

Mrs. Liu nodded slightly, and led Ziyuan Ziling and Xiao Wenqing into the gate of the Ministry of War Shangshu Mansion, bypassing the Sunrise East Sea Screen Wall and entering the front yard.The mother and daughter of Mrs. Ning, who presented the gift, followed behind them and also entered the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of War.

The daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law of the Minister of Military Affairs received the distinguished guests in the front yard of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and then led the distinguished guests to the main hall of the backyard to meet the old birthday star.Although today is my wife's [-]th birthday, since it is not a holiday, the Minister of the Ministry of War still has to go to court.He wants to ask the emperor for leave to go home early after the morning court, and most of the other male guests are like him, so there are not many male guests in the main hall of the front yard, and the son and grandson of the Minister of War who have no official position will come forward to entertain them.

Along the way, Mrs. Liu met several familiar ladies, and stopped to greet them, and introduced her daughter and Xiao Wenqing to them.Most of the other parties also brought their unmarried daughters or their own daughter-in-law, and they also introduced their daughters and daughter-in-law to other wives in the same way.Young prostitutes are led into the circle of noble ladies by their mothers or mother-in-law in this way, and gradually have their own social circle.And mothers also use this kind of social entertainment to find daughter-in-laws for their sons.

In the main hall of the back house, Mrs. Zhan, the old birthday star, is wearing a gold hairpin crown for the second-rank lady, inlaid with emerald brown silk forehead kerchief, and covered with a brown brocade jacket with dark patterns of Jinshou characters. There were many noble ladies with heads full of pearls and emeralds in fine clothes, and behind them stood one or two young girls in gorgeous clothes.The guests of honor were full of laughter, and the maids in Tsing Yi shuttled like butterflies, constantly serving tea and pastries.

"Ling, the wife of Liu Xueshi of the Imperial Academy, pays a visit to Mrs. Zhan, and wishes Mrs. Zhan such happiness as the East China Sea and a long life than Nanshan." After Mrs. Zhan's third daughter-in-law welcomed Mrs. Liu into the main hall, she led her two daughters and Xiao Wenqing to sit on the upper seat. Mrs. Zhan blessed herself and saluted.Mrs. Zhan is a real wife, a second-rank lady granted by the imperial court. She is old, and today is her birthday. Except for the first-rank lady who is more noble than her, she can sit upright and accept other people's congratulations.

Xiao Wenqing couldn't move her skirt, her head was slightly lowered, she looked as dignified and elegant as her other ladies from aristocratic families.The moment she stepped into the main hall, she quickly took a look at the people in the main hall, and seeing that there was no one she knew here, she felt relieved for the time being.

Mrs. Zhan immediately smiled and said, "Mrs. Liu is free. You brought your little daughter here today. It's rare. The girl behind you looks very unfamiliar to me."

Mrs. Liu got up gracefully, and introduced softly: "Mrs. Zhan, the second daughter Liu Ziyuan, and the third daughter Liu Ziling." Her eldest daughter from concubine married a seventh-rank official as the main wife, and her rank is seventh-rank Ruren. I am not qualified to come here to pay my respects to Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Liu Ziyuan and Liu Ziling immediately stepped forward to meet Mrs. Zhan again, "Ziyuan 'Ziling', I wish my wife good luck like the East China Sea and longevity in Nanshan." Because they practiced at home on weekdays, their salutations were skillful and standard.

"Okay, okay. Mrs. Liu, your two daughters are like the jade girl and dragon girl in the painting. They look like lucky people." Mrs. Zhan nodded with a smile, and waved to the six-year-old Ziling, "I remember the last time Seeing the little girl Zi Ling when she was two years old, right? I haven’t seen her for a few years, and she’s getting cuter. Zi Ling, come here and let grandma take a look.” The two of Liu Hanlin’s family, especially the young one, are chubby It's so white and tender, it makes your hands itchy just looking at it.

"Yes, grandma." Liu Ziling looked at her mother, and walked forward obediently.

Mrs. Zhan stretched out her hand to touch Liu Ziling's rosy cheeks, and said with a smile, "What a good boy, grandma likes it." After finishing speaking, she waved her hand behind her, "Hexiang."

"Ma'am." A maid behind her immediately walked up to them with a tray.There are more than a dozen colorful purses on this tray, presumably for the little guests.

Mrs. Zhan picked up a purse and handed it to Liu Ziling, and said kindly, "It's a little thing, you can play with it."

Taking a quick look at her mother, seeing her nodding her head slightly, Liu Ziling took it over and said sweetly, "Thank you grandma."

Mrs. Zhan called Liu Ziyuan to her, and rewarded her with a purse.

Mrs. Liu waited for Mrs. Zhan to finish talking with her daughters, and introduced with a smile: "Mrs. Zhan, this girl's surname is Xiao, and her name is Wenqing. She is the daughter of an old friend of my lord. She lives in my house temporarily." She said to Xiao Wenqing again. Said: "Wen Qing, please pay your respects to Mrs. Zhan."

(End of this chapter)