This is the first time that King Qian's Mansion held a banquet after coming to Lingnan.

On the day of the banquet, guests gathered.

Wu Yuli got off the carriage at the second gate with Mrs. Mou and Mou Guangzhen, and was led by the wife of the palace to the banquet hall.

The original Lou family's ancestral house, now the Qianwang Mansion, occupies a very large area, which is convenient for the Wang Mansion to hold banquets.

Following behind the mother-in-law all the way, the three generations of the Mou family's female family members have seen the Lingnan garden design.

By the time they reached the reception hall, the three generations of the Mou family members were already sweating heavily.

The hall was full of guests and friends, anyone with a bit of status from Lingnan came.

Most of the female family members in the mansions are Xia Jing sitting on the main seat, and they can hear a few compliments from time to time.

The arrival of the female relatives of the Mou family was only noticed by a few people.

The wives of several households in the palace are responsible for receiving guests today, and when new guests arrive, they will naturally notice them as soon as they enter the door.

The Mou family followed the team from the Qian Palace all the way to Lingnan, and the wives had a little impression of them.

The second wife, Wen Shi, gently pushed the eldest wife, Hua Shi, and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, why are the three members of the Mou family here? Was it you who posted the post?"

The eldest lady Hua also saw the three members of the Mou family, and after hearing the question, she nodded: "Yes, it was my post."

"Why did you invite such a low-level family?" The second wife, Wen, looked down on such a low-level family. If it was in the capital, if someone like the Mou family were to be the manager of the farm for her, she would dislike it. .

The eldest lady glanced at Xia Jing, who was sitting on the main seat, and leaned into Wen's ear and said, "I'm not doing it for the sake of my mother, or because of their Mou family, they will never even think about coming to the banquet in the palace for the rest of their lives." .”

The three members of the Mou family came up to pay their respects, Xia Jing was neither affectionate nor cold, and greeted them politely as usual.

Mrs. Tong looked at the three members of the Mou family standing in the middle, then turned her head and asked with a smile: "Princess, these three are the female family members of the Mou family, and they look good."

Xia Jing smiled slightly and said, "The Mou family is originally from Jingzhou, and they came to Lingnan with us. It's not surprising that Mrs. Tong doesn't know her."

Mrs. Tong nodded with a smile, her eyes were still on the Mou family.

After listening to Wu Yuli's words, Mrs. Chen looked at her in surprise, and then looked at Xia Jing: "Jing'er, I heard that this lady's accent is a bit like Yanzhou's accent, and why do I look at her with a kind face?"

Xia Jing smiled helplessly: "Mother, Mrs. Mou is from Yanzhou, she is a girl from the Wu family in our county town, and she even visited our house as a guest before she got married."

"Oh!" Mrs. Chen laughed, "I didn't expect to meet fellow villagers from Yanzhou in Lingnan, daughter of the Wu family, bring your mother-in-law and daughter to sit with us."

The eldest lady originally wanted to stop it, but the women of the Mou family arranged the seats at the back, and they were not qualified to sit in the front row with their identities.

But her reaction was not as quick as the Mou family's female family members. Before she could speak, Wu Yuli had already walked to Xia's place with a smile.

She bowed to Mrs. Chen, "Does Mrs. Xia remember me? When we went to your house to play, we were still little girls. In a blink of an eye, the children have reached the age where we can say goodbye. Old lady, come closer. How is the year?"

"Okay, okay, okay, don't stand, let's sit down and talk." Chen said with a smile.

Old Mrs. Tong coughed lightly, and said to Xia Jing: "This little girl from the Mou family is really good-looking, and the eldest lady of the Mou family is very lucky."

After Wu Yuli heard this, the smile on her face faltered, "Old Madam Tong has won the prize. She is a little girl who is young and fresh. She looks good on anyone with a little dressing up!"

Mrs. Tong smiled and turned to Xia Jing: "Princess, let these little girls go to play in the garden. The weather is fine today. Letting them spend their time here with our elders is really embarrassing for them."

Xia Jing propped her chin with one hand, feeling bored, after listening to Mrs. Tong's words, she waved her hand, "Go, go, Xiaosan will take care of the delicate guests."

The mistress she was talking about, this mistress was not that mistress, but Li Yuzhu, the third girl from the second bedroom of the palace.

"Yes, my ancestor."

Li Yuzhu gave a salute, and then led a group of girls to the garden outside with a smile on their faces.

There were no entertainment activities in ancient times, Xia Jing sat at the top and listened to the chats of the wives of the various prefectures below, and also listened to various gossip, which was a lot of fun.

When everyone is tired from sitting, let Da Furen lead everyone to take a walk in the garden or go to the garden to listen to an opera.

The opera troupe hired in Lingnan, because the singing is in the Lingnan dialect, Xia Jing was not interested in ancient operas, and now that she can't understand the Lingnan dialect, she is even less interested in listening.

So, when the guests went to the garden with the wives of the palace, Xia Jing led the maids to an attic in the garden to rest.

After sitting for more than an hour, let alone back pain, I am really tired.

"It's still comfortable to lie on the soft couch!" Xia Jing half-lyed on the soft couch when she entered the attic, and was waited on by the maids.

"Princess, many ladies from various mansions have come here today, and many of them have good family backgrounds and good looks." Hongmei looked down at the garden below from the window.

In the garden, the ladies from all the prefectures were in groups, and they had a good time.

Xia Jing leaned lazily on the soft couch, raised her eyes to look at her, "Well, it's a bit seductive."

Hongmei asked tentatively: "Princess, don't you have any ideas?"

Xia Jing looked at her inexplicably, "What should I think?"

Baimei stood by the side fanning her. Hearing Xia Jing's inexplicable question, she couldn't help laughing, "Princess, what Hongmei meant was to ask if you have a favorite candidate for a daughter-in-law?"

"Pfft." Xia Jing glanced at her helplessly, "I said that you are a young girl, but you are acting like an old lady. You are not wrong. Don't worry about Xiao Wu's marriage."

Hongmei glanced outside and closed her mouth tactfully.

At this moment, Baimei became interested again, and asked, "Princess, do you really want to hug your grandson sooner?"

Xia Jing rolled her eyes, and answered her firmly: "I don't want to!"

Baimei was shaking her fan, her eyes were staring out of the window. At this moment, a group of young men came from the east side of the garden. Judging from their walking path, they should be aimed at the girls who came to the house today.

"Princess, I heard that many young talents came to the East Courtyard today. I don't know how the prince looks?"

These words caught Xia Jing's attention, she turned her head to look at Baimei, "Your Majesty, who is he looking for?"

Baimei and Hongmei looked at each other.

After a while, Baimei asked: "Princess, don't you know about this? Of course, the prince is helping the third girl to see each other. It is rare for the palace to hold a banquet. The second lady asks the prince to help her pay attention to the princes and young masters of each mansion. If there is a suitable one, Should learn more."

After hearing this, Xia Jing suddenly realized that the third girl in the second bedroom is already in her prime this year, and it is the best age to see her. It is reasonable for the second wife to worry about her marriage.

To be honest, she really hasn't seen many young talents in Lingnan.

So, Xia Jing lay on the window and looked down, a group of young masters, surrounded by servants, came to the garden here.

Xia Jing pointed to a young gentleman who was walking in front, and asked with great interest: "Whose family is the young gentleman in the blue robe?"

Hongmei moved to the window, looked at the situation below, and replied: "That is Xiang Zongbing's eldest son, Xiang Yiping."

"Oh, she looks good, and she's tall enough, but she's too thin."

Xia Jing pointed at another person, "Who is that person walking beside the young master of the Tong family?"

Bai Mei looked at the person she was pointing at, and replied: "The one next to the eldest young master of the Tong family is the second son of Mr. Niu, the chief soldier of Jieyang. His name seems to be Niu Yongcheng."

After listening to the introduction, Xia Jing shook her head: "This one walks in a shallow way, and you can tell at a glance that he is an overindulgent person. I don't know how many women he has had at such a young age?"

After hearing this, the two little maids blushed so much that they could fry eggs.

"The one walking in the back, the one in the moon white robe, who smells like a book, is it the son of a civil servant, or the son of a noble family?"

Xia Jing just scanned it with her abilities, and this young man's aura is out of this world, his aura is really clean!

It's not comparable to someone like Niu Yongcheng. The former should be a clean man.

Before the banquet, Hongmei and Baimei specially did their homework, and now they can really answer Xia Jing's question.

Hongmei answered: "Whose family's son is this, Wangfei, surely you can't think of whose family he is from?"

"Oh, whose family is it?" Xia Jing had already looked at him with supernatural powers, and at this moment, she thought about who among the people she knew looked like the person in the attic.

For a while, I really can't think of who I resemble.

"Young master of the Sima family."

"Who?" Xia Jing was stunned.

Hongmei said again, "Son of Sima Lu!"

Xia Jing suppressed the shock in her heart, and looked at the man in the garden below carefully again, he was really similar to Sima Lu.

It's just that at the beginning, she didn't associate the person in front of her with the bandit Sima Luna.

in the garden.

Sima Yi lagged behind the crowd, walking at a leisurely pace.

His servants were all anxious for him, "Young master, you can't be more active and try to please the girls, maybe you might even capture the heart of the third lady of the palace. If the third lady takes a fancy to you, then the future of Sima's mansion will be uncertain." Unlimited!"

Sima Yi laughed at himself when he heard the words: "Only you regard me as a treasure. In the eyes of outsiders, your son, I may not be as good as a third-rate family in Lingnan. What does Miss San like about me? Do you like my background as a bandit? Or do you like me brought out?" Are you a bandit?"

The servant doesn't like to hear the young master belittle himself, "Young master, don't underestimate yourself. It's because they don't know you well. Except for growing up on the mountain, you are no worse than others in other aspects. The master has let you study with him since you were a child. Years of hard work are not in vain.”

Sima Yi sneered: "That's just what you think!"

The boy found out that his young master, since he came down the mountain to Fucheng, has a very sensitive mind, and the most concerned thing is not to say that he is a bandit.

"Master, the master is now a general, and you are also an official son, and your status is stronger than at least a small number of people present."

Sima Yi shook his head, ignored the servant, but looked casually at this gorgeous garden.

"Princess, Second Lord Lan please see me."

Xia Jing was lying on the window, looking at the scene downstairs with fascination, when she was interrupted by Hongmei.

She turned her head and said, "Lead him up."

Lan Jian climbed up to the three-story attic, and saluted Xia Jing, "I've seen the princess."

"Second Lord Lan came with his family today?" Before Lan Jian came in, Xia Jing had already sat up straight, looking serious.

Lan Jian smiled and nodded, "It's rare for the palace to hold a banquet. The Lan family is honored to receive a post from the palace, so why not come to attend."

Xia Jing smiled and said nothing, just listen to this kind of words.

Seeing that the concubine didn't answer the question, Lan Jian pursed her lips and said, "I have something to report to you when I come here today."

"Please tell me." Xia Jing had expected that he would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

Lan Jian coughed softly: "Our Lan's shipyard has been rushing for days and has completed three seagoing ships. These three seagoing ships were originally reserved by other customers, but we communicated with them and they knew it was you Buying a ship gives you the right of first refusal."

Xia Jing didn't expect that there would be a surprise waiting for her, "Really? These companies are voluntary?"

She wanted to build a warship at sea. Sea ships were urgently needed means of transportation. If someone was willing to give her the priority of ordering the ship, it would save her a lot of time and allow her to do more things.

Lan Jian smiled and said: "It's all voluntary! Please rest assured, Wangfei!"

"I have written down their love, and I will definitely repay them when I have the opportunity in the future."

in the garden.

Looking at the beautifully dressed girls in front of her like flowers and butterflies, Mu Guangzhen rolled her eyes countless times.

"They're all superficial women!"

The little maid who was following her didn't hear her words clearly, so she followed her two steps and asked: "Miss, what did you just say?"

Mou Guangzhen found a chair and sat down, and said angrily, "It's nothing."

The little servant girl didn't know what was going on in her heart, and didn't care about her tone of voice, seeing her sitting alone, she encouraged her: "Girl, I see those girls are easy to get along with, do you want to talk to them? "

Mou Guangzhen looked around, heard what the maid said, and refused, "I don't know them well, so you won't be embarrassed if we sit together!"

Little maid: "."

"The young talents over there are also good. Miss can take advantage of this banquet to get in touch with them, maybe you can meet someone you like."

Mou Guangzhen only raised her eyelids, but still refused: "They are all bad faces, chatting with them is a waste of time."

The little servant girl felt that it was impossible to continue the chat today, "If you don't take the initiative to contact young talents, does the girl just let the mansion arrange your marriage like this?"

Mou Guangzhen glanced at the little girl contemptuously, "Do you think I'm someone who just sits and waits to die? My father is the eldest son of the eldest son. As his eldest daughter, the ghosts and ghosts in the mansion have no right to decide my life's major events!"

The little maid felt that the girl couldn't recognize the situation clearly, so she reminded: "What if it is the old man and old lady who arranged your marriage?"

As the head of the Mou family and her grandfather, if she wanted to arrange the girl's marriage, she would have resisted.

The little maid reminded her that she just hoped that her daughter would not be too naive!

Thank you for your support~ Dragon Boat Festival Ankang~
I go back to my hometown to spend the holidays with my parents during the day, and I don’t have the energy to code when I come back at night, so I ask for a day off for the Dragon Boat Festival~

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