Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 115 Banquet
When the Xu family arrived in the capital with the engagement ceremony, Zhang Liang's official position also ran away, and he finally got his wish to find a job outside.

Not long ago, Qin San happened to return to Beijing for the Dragon Boat Festival. After hearing about him, especially about Xu Mu, he asked a friend to find the relevant people and have a drink. Zhang Liang's appointment was soon finalized. .He sent him to be the magistrate of a medium-sized county two days away from his hometown, which was the best thing for Zhang Liang.

Although Qin San is a military officer, he is familiar with others. He knows a lot of small officials in the capital who look like they are not popular but can talk, and he is not familiar with people of all levels. not difficult.Besides, Uncle Zhang Guo is in charge of the official department. Although Uncle Zhang Guo is introspecting himself at home because of the fraud case, the official department is all his people, and their relationship with the Cheng family is not bad.

Zhang Liang's performance in the palace examination was even better than that of his master's examination. He was ranked in the first class of Jinshi, even though he was at the bottom of the first class, he was still in the first class.He didn't think that this official position was based on this sounding good ranking. He had been running for a month before, and many Jinshi ranked second in the ranks had obtained official positions, but he was the only one who was still hanging.He was anxious at the time, and secretly thought that the Cheng family's face was not enough in Beijing, but the eldest son-in-law of the Cheng family helped him settle it within a few days after he came back. It can be seen that he couldn't figure out the doorway inside.Once again, he realized the importance of connections. After accepting the appointment, he stayed in the capital to wait for the Xu family, and only went back with them after finishing the engagement.

This time, the engagement came from the uncle of the grandfather's house next door to Xu Mu's house, he was regarded as the eldest brother in the Xu family's generation.No one from Xu Mu's own family came, even he had to stay at home.After all, Rexiao was engaged within a hundred days, and everything was kept simple. The engagement gift was supposed to be tied with red silk, but now a piece of white silk was added.Mrs. Sun didn't want to get engaged in Rexiao at first, so it's okay to get married three years later. People in the capital will only do it in Rexiao when it's absolutely necessary, and it's said that There are many taboos when you are young, and if you break any of them, you will bring disaster to future generations.It was only because of Zhuhua's marriage that she had no choice but to agree.

She also wrote to ask Cheng Dashan's meaning before, although when she wrote the letter, the two families had already exchanged tokens.When Cheng Dashan heard that he was a boy from Xu Shan's family, he immediately agreed.This family would never dare to treat Yinhua badly, and he was very relieved to marry Yinhua.

It's rare for Yinhua to have no objection, Zhuhua thought she would make a fuss, after all, Yinhua always wanted a lively engagement party, but Yinhua didn't care at all.She seemed to be annoyed by the engagement, and once it was over she felt much more relaxed and devoted herself to being beautiful.She also became a loyal customer of Zhuhua's underwear store, although Zhuhua didn't want her as a customer because she always asked Zhuhua to give her the cost price.

Originally thought that due to the matter of filial piety, Yinhua would not be able to engage in marriage, and her marriage could be moved back, but unexpectedly Yinhua agreed.Now that it's all over, Yinhua's marriage is settled, and Sun's eyes are on Zhuhua, because Sun, who rarely goes to the wedding banquet hall because she has to raise a child, starts to go out again, and she wants to take Zhuhua with her.

Zhuhua hadn't been to a banquet before this, one reason was that she was underage, and the other reason was that she was always sick or stuck with other things so that it was inconvenient for her to go out.After she turned 12 years old, she first went back to her hometown and met the assassin. The whole family lived in seclusion for a while; Did not go out either.This year, when her shop opened, she was determined to avoid talking about her marriage, and deliberately used Yinhua as an excuse to refuse to go. Fortunately, after Mrs. Sun gave birth to her intestines, she became even more impatient with socializing.She is always worried that when she is not at home, her intestines will break the vase or pull out the flowers and plants again. Although all the things at home are cheap, she locks the expensive ones in the vault and only displays them during the New Year's Eve. Guests have a look, but no matter how cheap it is, it is still money.

She and Zhuhua really had to have one of them stay at home and watch Changzi, Yinhua or a few servants alone couldn't keep an eye on him.Intestines is five years old this year. Putting it in the country is definitely a joke. Sun also made up his mind to beat him, but this child is like his father. God still commits crimes.Once, she even picked out all the gemstones from one of her bead flowers, which made her feel so distressed, and wished to stuff her intestines back into her stomach.

Knowing that Mrs. Sun was angry, Changzi admitted her mistake faster than Zhuhua, and would look at her with watery eyes, which made her heart soften.Strange to say, the eyes of her three daughters all followed her, which belonged to the inner pair, thin and long; but Changzi's eyes were the outer pair, big and round, and it was rare to match his round body.Sun dared to pat her chest and said without hesitation that her son was the cutest boy in the world, and as for her daughter, she could look good at dressing up, especially after Zhuhua was in charge of dressing up.

Zhuhua also said that their looks belonged to high-end faces, which most people don't understand to appreciate, but Sun doesn't know what high-end faces are, anyway, looking at them without guts is painful.

Hearing that she was going to attend a banquet, Zhuhua was 1 unwilling. She had hoped that she would suffer from a minor illness on such a day, but this time her body held on strong.In desperation, Zhuhua had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow Mrs. Sun to the full moon wine in An Guohou's mansion.

It was August, and at the age of 13, Zhuhua, who had finally grown taller, wore a light vermilion gauze skirt, a white top that was always available at home, an apricot coat, and a hoodie on her head. The head and face inlaid with yellow gemstones meet Sun's requirements, making it fresher and less conspicuous.

Over the years, the relationship between An Guohou's mansion and Cheng's mansion has not been bad. When Jin Hua got married, Mrs. An Guohou's wife came to add makeup.When Zhuhua saw the rumored Mrs. Hou who was favored by Marquis Yu, but unfortunately had a weak life, she felt that the rumor was wrong, and it was Qinglan who explained her confusion later.

Yu Hou is the former spouse of the former Hou Ye. He has engaged in a baby marriage since he was a child, and he has a childhood sweetheart with that woman.It's a pity that the woman's family was in decline later, and Yu Hou's father took advantage of his absence in Beijing to listen to his step-wife's words, and decided to withdraw the marriage for Yu Hou. Wang.

After Yu Hou returned to Beijing, he naturally refused to follow. Unfortunately, the girl he liked since childhood suffered from a relapse of heart disease and died of resentment. Her family Fu Ling left the capital in grief.Yuhou Baiyi went to see him off in person, and was beaten up by the woman's younger brother.Her younger brother was also a good one. After returning to his hometown, he became a Confucian businessman. After a few years, he accumulated tens of thousands of wealth, and later dedicated all the money to Yang Chengjian.Seeing that he was quite talented, Yang Chengjian chose him as the son-in-law of Princess Yiyang, and Xie Zhenyan, the wife of the eldest son of the Marquis of Anguo, is his daughter.

When Zhuhua heard about this relationship, she felt that there was a lot of tricks in it.I heard that when Marquis Yu welcomed Yang Chengjian into the city, his father immediately died of anger. It is doubtful that a person can die of anger so easily, and he is still angry at this moment; after that, his wife Wang fell ill immediately. Since then, she has been ill in bed, and I heard that she looked haggard when she died. Although the mourning hall lit a lot of incense sticks at that time, it could not hide the stench on her body.As for Xiao Wang, she has been ill all these years, and no one knows what kind of illness she has.It's just that during her illness, the Wang family plummeted. I heard that most of the properties were bought by the Xie family, and later became Xie Zhenyan's dowry.

Marquis Yu only has one son, and others thought he was affectionate so he didn't take a wife. What if he used this excuse to deliberately not take a concubine, but secretly disgusted that Xiao Wang designed her to be ill?In what mood did his son take the daughter of the Xie family as his wife?As soon as she thought of this, Zhuhua's back felt a chill.Fortunately, the previous generation of the Cheng family had no grievances, so she didn't have to worry about anything. If the man she talked about marrying in the future wanted to belong to her, she would definitely get out of the way, and she would definitely not occupy her seat and make people feel disgusted.

When the carriage arrived at the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion, it had already arrived at many houses. Before Zhuhua came, she knew that there would be many noble ladies. At least Xie Zhenyan's mother, Princess Yiyang, would definitely be there. Maybe she could meet other princesses and other marquises. , and may even meet Wu Yinggong, I don’t know if she still remembers herself.However, Wu Yinggong has never participated in the entertainment between these women, so the possibility of coming is very small.After Zhuhua thought wildly for a while, she followed the girl who led the way to the backyard.

In her previous life, she also went out to socialize, most of them had dinner with clients, and she also attended the gathering of female entrepreneurs at the municipal level.Some of the leaders she met were at most the second in command in the city, and others were seen from afar, so it was the first time in her two lifetimes that she attended a banquet composed of these high-ranking ladies.

I heard that Mrs. Hou was ill again. This time, Mrs. Shizi and the old housekeeper's nanny will organize this banquet together. This nanny is the companion of Yu Hou's biological mother. She stayed in the village before. It was the old Hou who passed away. It was later brought back from the countryside.

A lot of people have come to the female relatives' side, some are talking around Xie Zhenyan, and some are forming a circle and standing on the side.Seeing that the person who came was from the Cheng family, some of the female relatives present looked over friendly, while others took a look and then looked away.

Xie Zhenyan was wearing a pomegranate-flowered dark red cotton dress and a ruby ​​haircut, looking very extravagant.After seeing the ceremony, she greeted Zhuhua affectionately.

"This is the third sister Cheng, she was born with a water spirit~"

Seeing her sincerity, Zhuhua almost believed her, she squinted and smiled slightly, she said: "It's not as radiant as Madam's face, it's radiant."

"It's still sweet." Xie Zhenyan said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, Mrs. Sun spontaneously went to the lady she was acquainted with. She wanted to take Zhuhua there to recognize her, but Xie Zhenyan took Zhuhua to another lady and said, "This is Elder sister of the Xu family."

Zhuhua sees a slender and delicate girl who smiles at her kindly. After Xie Zhenyan's introduction, she realizes that she is Xu Qingqing, the eldest lady of Huguohou's Mansion.Xu Houye, Marquis of the Protectorate, was also from a reckless background. Unlike a small boss like Cheng Dashan, he was originally a hero who occupied the mountain as the king, and his men were strong and strong.Later, Yang Chengjian sent people to lobby, and Xu Houye surrendered. He followed Yang Chengjian and made a lot of contributions.

Except for Marquis Yu of An Guo, the other three Marquis followed Yang Chengjian in the South and North Wars. Marquis Ding Guo and Marquis Zhen Guo were still generals of the former dynasty, and they were granted Marquis after surrendering to Yang Chengjian for his meritorious service.However, last year, Prince Zhen Guohou's fight and death on the street led to the case of Zhen Guohou's embezzlement and land invasion, and Yang Chengjian ransacked his home, which also involved a princess.So now there are only three Marquis and two eldest princesses in this capital.

Zhuhua had heard of Xu Qingqing before, Xu Hu was patriarchal, and liked the new and disliked the old, and now Mrs. Hou was his fourth wife, and Xu Qingqing was born by his second wife.Her biological mother died in the war, and some people said that Xu Hu deliberately abandoned the mother and daughter and killed Mrs. Xu. Xu Qingqing escaped the catastrophe and found Xu Hu. The third wife.After she settled down in the capital with Xu Hu, her life was not easy until Xu Hu married his fourth wife, who is now Mrs. Hou.

This woman can always find Xu Hu a stunning concubine every year that he can't find, so Xu Hu is naturally reluctant to change her.After he became a marquis, he also knew the importance of reputation. This concubine could be changed frequently, and Mrs. Hou still had to settle down, so his fourth wife took the position of Mrs. Hou firmly and gave birth to three sons for him.

She has always only cared about her own son, not much about Xu Lanlan, the daughter of Xu Qingqing and Xu Hu's third wife, but she never shorted them out as they should.When Xu Qingqing was seventeen, she didn't think of finding a marriage for her. She didn't look much, and immediately settled for a concubine from Mrs. Hou's natal family.Unexpectedly, before the marriage was finished, the second lady, Xu Lanlan, ran away with her property. It is said that she ran away with a failed scholar. Xu Qingqing's marriage failed, and she became the laughing stock of the whole capital.There are also those who say that she was a blessing in disguise, and those who say that she cannot get married without a tutor. Madam Huguohou seems to have never heard these rumors. Do the same scandal as her sister.

Xie Zhenyan knew that she was in an embarrassing situation now, and the other ladies might not pay attention to her, so she led Zhuhua over.Zhuhua chatted with Xu Qingqing for a while, knowing that Xu Qingqing's embroidery is good, after a few compliments, she said: "It's a pity that I am here today, not my second sister, otherwise you would have something to talk about."

Xu Qingqing twitched the corners of her mouth in embarrassment. She had seen Yinhua a few times, but she never dared to talk to her.

Zhuhua knew what was going on just by looking at her expression, so she changed the subject and asked Xu Qingqing which family the girls present were from.Although Xu Qingqing had never talked to them, she could tell their origins. After counting around, she saw several young ladies walking over, the leader was a young lady in bright red.

"This is the third daughter of the Dingguo Houfu." Xu Qingqing said with some embarrassment.

She is also the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, but Xu Qingqing, the eldest daughter of the Huguo Hou Mansion, almost married the son of the concubine of Mrs. Hou's natal family in the Dingguo Hou Mansion, and she just made Xu Qingqing short in front of the people of the Dingguo Hou Mansion. one head.

The Jiang family in Dingguo Hou's Mansion was a famous family of military generals in the previous dynasty. They had produced many famous generals, and they had a somewhat arrogant reputation. Compared with the Wu family, they were very high-profile.But ever since the Wu family came out with an invincible Wu Xiangxiang, the Jiang family's arrogance has been suppressed.In terms of military strength, the combined strength of several young generals that the Jiang family could count at that time could not beat Wu Xiangxiang; in terms of military merit, the Wu family was much higher than the Jiang family.It's just that the Wu family has always been low-key, and they don't have daughters like the Jiang family.Many of the daughters of the Jiang family were married to the princes. One of the previous generations was favored by marrying into the palace, but later on, this woman who was favored but had nothing to do was abandoned by the family.Yang Chengjian still wanted to spare her life and return it to the Jiang family, but Wu Xiangxiang entered the palace and set a fire, which burned the concubine Jiang to death.

How could the Jiang family dare to seek justice from Wu Xiangxiang, even when the ministers Shang Shuhuang severely punished Wu Xiangxiang, the Jiang family followed behind and called a few times.They had already understood that it was impossible for the emperor to touch Wu Xiangxiang, who held a heavy soldier and was a close relative.They were also afraid of attracting Wu Xiangxiang's attention, after all, Concubine Jiang also had pillow talk in the palace about the Wu family.

Pillow wind was originally a must-learn skill for the daughters of the Jiang family, but in Jiang Sanniang's generation, this skill can no longer be used.Aunt Jiang married the eldest grandson of an old official in the court. Unexpectedly, this old official had been bedridden after catching cold at the founding ceremony, and had to retire early and return to his hometown to take care of his old age. Their whole family also moved back, including The married Aunt Jiang.Jiang Erniang married into the residence of Zhen Guohou, and the son of Zhen Guohou died in a street fight. Later, other cases were brought up. Jiang Erniang and Lihou were locked in the family temple and could not come out for a while.Jiang Sanniang's age could have been allocated to the prince as a concubine, but the Jiang family did not dare to marry Jiang Sanniang into the eyes of the royal family to provoke Wu Xiangxiang, and even asked Jiang Sanniang to keep a low profile outside before the prince chose a concubine.

Jiang Sanniang thought that she had been aggrieved outside for several years, and unknowingly regarded the eye-catching Yinhua as an imaginary enemy. When she heard that Yinhua had quietly engaged, she still didn't feel relieved.She hasn't been engaged yet, why is Cheng Erniang able to get engaged!In anger, she wanted to meet Yinhua's younger sister, but she was very disappointed after meeting Yinhua's younger sister.The three daughters of the Cheng family are really different. Mrs. Cheng has no sense of existence, Erniang Cheng is high-profile, and Sanniang Cheng is ordinary.

　Yu Hou is also a character with a story~
　　
　
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