Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 94

The noble ladies chatted happily in the courtyard, and a few women walked quickly from the front yard, and went to the main hall to meet the old birthday star and all the wives, saying that the lords and sons have already descended to court one after another, and soon, the others will make friends with the lords and masters Officials from all over the country will come to pay respects to the old birthday star.The old birthday star needs to prepare and go to the front hall to accept the official birthday celebration from everyone.

The ladies who were sitting and chatting walked out of the main hall one after another, and the girls also returned to their mothers one after another.Mrs. Zhan, Minister of the Ministry of War, leaned on a mahogany cane carved with a birthday star holding a peach in her right hand, and said with a loud smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me to the front hall." left arm.

"The old birthday star is invited first." All the ladies and noble ladies said in unison, surrounded by the old birthday star, like stars holding the moon.Some wives and noble ladies near the backyard were notified and rushed over one after another.

Mrs. Zhan, who was so rare in her life, laughed heartily and led a group of people to the front yard to receive birthday wishes from guests and children and grandchildren.

When the servants in the front yard saw a large group of women coming from the back yard, they immediately beat gongs and drums to blow away the cheerful birthday song, and crackling firecrackers sounded outside the gate of the mansion.

The front yard is decorated with lanterns and festoons in red and green. On the front wall of the hall, there is a huge black word "Shou" in clay gold on a red background. Evergreen pines and cypresses.On the first place in the hall is a rectangular table made of rosewood, with embroidered rosewood grand master chairs on the left and right sides, and more than [-] high-back rosewood chairs placed on the two sides below, with rosewood curly grass patterns between the seats. coffee table.

Zhan Shangshu had already changed from his court clothes to a purple brocade robe, and stood in the main hall with his sons and grandchildren.When the children and grandchildren saw Mrs. Zhan coming, they saluted one after another; when Zhan Shangshu saw his wife coming, he smiled and wished her [-]th birthday and wished her good health and happiness. , asked them to sit on the left, and finally sat on the right chair.Several sons and daughters-in-law of the Zhan family enthusiastically entertained the male and female guests who came to the hall, and the maids filed in to serve tea to the old lady and the guests who were eligible to sit down.

The wives of the same generation had already paid respects to Mrs. Zhan's birthday in the main hall of the backyard, so they stopped paying respects. They each sat on the chairs below, watching the younger generations pay respects to the old birthday star, and commented on them.The young wives and noble ladies came forward to pay respects to the old birthday star one by one, and met Zhan Shangshu at the same time, and then either stayed in the hall to watch the fun, or went to the backyard to wait for the banquet to start.More guests, 'mostly officials who came late because of going to court', brought their sons to pay their birthday respects, and the hall in the front yard of the Ministry of War's Mansion suddenly crowded with people.

There are women sitting and standing on the left, and men sitting and standing on the right, but there are also couples who stand shoulder to shoulder on the side of the men or women.The young unmarried sons and daughters took the opportunity to look at each other. Generally speaking, as long as they saw each other well, as long as the two parties had a good family background, they proposed to their parents, and the parents would consider getting married.

Amidst the cheerful drum music, the servants outside began to report to the inside every once in a while, who is coming.Minister of the Ministry of War is a high-ranking official with real power. His wife is celebrating her [-]th birthday, and many people come to pay her respects.Many male guests who had to wait until the next court arrived alone or with their sons, and the ladies who arrived earlier brought their daughters to join them, and the hall was very lively.Guests with low status and seniority had to be invited to the small living room next to them to wait for the banquet to start because the hall was too crowded.

Among the male guests who came to celebrate her birthday, Xiao Wenqing saw He Junhua, her former uncle.After celebrating his birthday, He Junhua walked among the female guests and stood with his wife Mrs. He.Mrs. He whispered a few words to him, and he immediately looked up to Xiao Wenqing with a surprised expression on his face.Xiao Wenqing found that although he was not a beast in clothes, he was a coquettish and lustful man who trampled on the servant girl at will, looked at him, and looked away coldly.She has publicly admitted that she has been a maid, and no one can use this to hurt her.As for the disgraceful thing that she was once married and then let go by her husband's family, she believed that Ling Yuxuan had already considered a countermeasure.

"Master Ling, the Commander of the Dragon Scale Guard, is here, Mr. Qi, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, is here, and Mr. Long, the general of the Black Shirt Army, is here." A servant standing outside the hall announced loudly.

The eyes of everyone in the hall turned to that side one after another, and Zhan Feiyang, one of the "Four Talents", who was standing next to the Minister of War, immediately stepped out of the hall to greet him.Today is really a day of great joy, the four handsome men of the capital personally appointed by the emperor gathered in the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of War.

Four handsome young men walked into the hall together. For a moment, it seemed as if the sun and the moon were shining on them.

"Yuxuan wishes the old lady will always be young and always smile." Ling Yuxuan on the far right smiled and bowed to Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War.Weapons are an ominous thing, and he did not wear his long sword today.He wears a golden crown with hair on his head, a purple brocade robe embroidered with vines on the collar and cuffs, a purple brocade belt with jade rings around his waist, and a suet hollowed out jade pendant. He looks gentle and noble, rich and powerful .

"Shaoling pays homage to the old lady, wishing the old lady good luck like the East China Sea and a long life in Nanshan." Said the black-clothed youth on Ling Yuxuan's left, bowing with his fists folded in a heroic manner.

"Yun Shen wishes the old lady good fortune like the long flowing water of the East Sea, and her life is not as old as Nanshan." The man in the moon white brocade robe who was second to Ling Yuxuan's left bowed his hands gracefully.

(End of this chapter)