Jia Zhen looked at his father with a flattering face, Jia Jing looked at him with a dog-legged look, and Jia Lu was also frowning with hunger, and nodded.

Seeing this, Jia Zhen picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up the vegetables, but was stopped by Zhang.

"Master, this dish is cold, let's eat it hot, right?"

Where can Jia Zhen take care of this, "Don't worry, I don't care!"

When I was about to put down the chopsticks again, I heard a little girl from outside to report, "It's out! The young master is out!"

Zhang hurriedly walked out and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Rong?"

The little guy swallowed his saliva and said anxiously,

"The young master went out of the palace gate, and was taken into the carriage by the people led by the big steward Jiao, and now he is on the way back, and the big steward Jiao ordered the little one to come back first to report!"

"What are the results, how did Brother Rong do in the exam?" Jia Qiang asked.

"The little one doesn't know, the little one saw the uncle get into the carriage and rushed back!"

Zhang waved his hand and let him go down, but she couldn't sit down anymore, leaning against the door and looking out.

Jia Lu looked at her and was too anxious to lose her rules, Jia Rong didn't know if she had eaten when she came back at this time, so she quickly asked people to remove the cold dishes and put down a few bowls of hot noodles.

After touching about half a pillar of incense, someone came to report that Jia Rong was back, and sure enough, I saw Jia Rong coming back in the company of the little guys.

I saw him smiling, and when he walked to the middle of the courtyard, he knelt on the ground with a "poof!"

"Rong'er invited the old lady, the old man, the wife, and the aunt An, Rong'er was fortunate to live up to her life, and won the fifth place in the palace examination and the second place in the same jinshi!"

"Okay, good, good boy!" Even Jia Jing squinted, he didn't expect Jia Rong to do so well in the exam, Zhang even smiled and squinted, and quickly pulled him up.

"Good boy, have you eaten?"

Jia Rong touched her stomach, not to mention that she couldn't feel it, but this hunger came up again, "I've been hungry for a long time, and I don't know why it's only good now, I'm thinking about the food at home!"

"Then let's eat quickly!" Saying that, Zhang's face changed, the meal was cold, and Jia Rong had been hungry for a long time, how could she eat it.

When I turned around, I saw Jia Lu coming up with all the maids, holding all kinds of noodles in their hands, including soup noodles, mixed noodles, and all kinds of side dishes, the only thing that was the same was that they were all steaming.

Zhang cast a grateful look, hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down, and waited for everyone to eat hot noodles, everyone was hungry for a long time, and they ate a lot of good food.

After everyone finished eating, Zhang was going to order people to go out to set off artillery battles, festive and festive, but was stopped by Jia Jing.

"If it's dark today, it's easy to make noise with firecrackers and the like, just wait for tomorrow when the court issues a notice!"

Zhang nodded, "Yes, yes, it's better for the old lady to be calmer, just listen to the master!"

After saying that, he beckoned everyone to sleep.

Only Jia Jing's lights were turned on late at night for a night, he was not only happy that there was a successor to the Jia family, but he was worried about whether there would be any changes, after all, everything was possible before the holy decree was announced, and the other was also a doubt, which has always disliked the emperor's old ministers, they Ning Guofu is low-key, but they still wear the hat of the old ministers, how can they make Brother Rong have such a high ranking today?

With excitement, joy and worry, Jia Jing stayed awake all night, and it was not until the announcement was issued on the second day that the ranking was determined and announced to the public, and then he settled down.

Later, I heard that a student of the Zhen family made a big joke, he originally said that he would be at the top of the list, but it turned out to be at the end, and he sprinkled a lot of silver before the palace exam, and the result was the opposite, it was very troublesome, but this has nothing to do with Ning Guofu.

The whole house of Ning Guofu was boiling, even if it was not very good, it was still festive, but Jia Rong may have blown a cold wind in the palace, and she was a little unwell on the second day, and now she is bedridden.

Even if Jia Rong is sick in bed, she can't stop her enthusiasm, Jia Rong is twenty-two years old, and the marriage can't be delayed, so the Zhang family wants to hold a small banquet for him.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, it is the season when the flowers are in full bloom, the flowers in the garden are blooming, the dark fragrance is fragrant, and it is also a scene, Zhang's family held a small banquet in the name of appreciating the flowers, although it is a small banquet, but in addition to being close to people, most of the people who are close to the family are people of appropriate age, and others think about Jia Rong's age, and it is also clear, because Jia Rong is from a family, and she is young and promising, most of the housewives are satisfied, so nine times out of ten they are here.

At the beginning of the banquet, Jia Rong was unwell and was taken out by her mother before going back to rest, while Jia Qiang followed her father Jia Zhen and grandfather Jia Jing to entertain male guests outside.

Because there are few people in Ningguofu, there is a female dependent in the back house of the Zhang family, in the face of such a banquet, she is a little busy, but fortunately, Jia Lu is also older, and she can also help one or two, and the Zhang family invited her to stay in the reception of the female dependents who came over, and Jia Lu naturally responded.

Jia Mu and the others came not too late, the old relatives of the clan, the Shi family, the Xue family, and the Wang family came, but the other guests did not come.

Mother Jia arrived, and Zhang invited her to the upper seat. Because someone was going to come to see the ceremony, Jia Baoyu didn't want to stay long, and went out with Jia Lian and others.

Since then, people have come one after another, this is not a formal feast, the elders entertain them one by one, and the younger generations Zhang and others cannot be invited one by one, but they have seen a few important girls, and they are also the girls that Zhang's focus on observing, namely:

Wang Mengting and Wang Mengyu, the two daughters of the wife of the Ministry of Rites, Qiu Qinzhi, the granddaughter of Mrs. Jingtian Hou, Liu Shanshan, the daughter of Mrs. Liguo Gongshizi, Jiang Yixue, the stepdaughter of Mrs. Pingyuan Hou, Li Xiaowan, the daughter of Mrs. Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and Tian Tian, the daughter of Mrs. Hanlin Academy.

Of course, there is also Zhang's sister-in-law's daughter Zhang Yanhan, niece Zhang Qinghan, etc., this is also to be seen, and there are other unfamiliar girls in the flower hall to drink tea.

The elders were chatting and saying this, and Zhang told the young girls not to follow them who were a little older, and asked Jia Lu to lead those girls to Huifangyuan and Plum Garden to play, and when they could sing and eat, they would send someone to invite them.

Jia Lu went to the flower hall first, called all the girls there, and brought them to the plum garden together.

Jia Lu is the youngest girl in the Jia family, and it is the first time to be the master, even the Zhang family is also relieved that she can't do it, and sent the maids around her, Erui, Mingmei, to help one or two, and there are all kinds of things that the girls like to play in the garden, and the main girl is still young, so she can't organize everyone to do some activities and competitions or something, and after arriving at the place, they will scatter in twos and threes, and play by themselves.

This banquet is said to be a flower viewing banquet, who doesn't know that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink, the higher status is more reserved, and those who want to climb up to Ning Guofu are all in order to come up and please her.

Jia Lu is in line with the idea of being a guest, no matter who it is, he will entertain him well.

Seeing that Jia Lu was chatting happily with everyone, Erui and Mingmei stood aside respectfully, and kept looking at the girls who had met before.