In the case that King Gong could not be seen directly, it was most appropriate for Zhao Qing to pass the word in the middle.

An Ruoxian took it for granted that Zhao Qing loved her so much, and he must have hoped that his father would have a good impression of his lover, so she had no doubt that Zhao Qing would convey her advice to King Gong in her name.

In fact, Zhao Qing didn't have this plan, he just took over the preparation of the birthday banquet for King Gong, and sent invitation posts to the Weiguo Mansion, the Meng Guofu and the Wenxin Marquis Mansion.

An Ruoxian didn't know anything about this.

It's not that she doesn't care about it, on the contrary, she really wants to get involved, but as long as she mentions a word, Zhao Qing will look at her with a puzzled and deep gaze, so that she can't open her mouth anymore.

There was no one to ask in the backyard, and she couldn't set foot in the front yard, An Ruoxian could only comfort and convince herself with Zhao Qing's feelings for her, she believed that he would not waste her hard work in vain.

An Ruoxian also provided Zhao Qing with enough holy water to set a trap and force impermanence to appear.

Entering August, after the autumn tiger passed, the climate was much cooler, seeing that the moon was getting rounder day by day, osmanthus was becoming more fragrant day by day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming.

Wei Xing's father and son were far away from the border, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in Wei Guo's Mansion seemed a little deserted, and the Duchess of Wei Guo asked her to prepare moon cakes for visiting relatives and friends early, and took An Ruolan and Wei Shao to relatives. They don't have a few families to leave, except for Meng Guofu and Wenxin Houfu, the two maiden relatives of An Ruolan, there are only a few soldiers who were born and died with Wei Guogong when they were young.

Duchess Wei Guo and Meng Yuqing have some friendship, but now it is not as good as usual. It's not good for her to pull the Zhou Mansion into the circle of the Weiguo Mansion.

When she visited the Mansion of the Marquis of Wenxin, she heard that only their mother and daughter were celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the old lady was very unbearable. left them in the Hou Mansion for the holiday, and everyone was lively and lively together. Duchess Wei happily agreed.

The Jin Palace's mansion was also deserted, and Meng Yuyan took her two sons into the palace early in the morning to celebrate the festival with the Queen Mother.

When it was almost time for lunch, Prince Gong's Mansion sent an invitation to the Marquis of Wenxin's Mansion, inviting An Shiting and the people of the Hou Mansion to King Gong's Mansion at the end of the month to drink wine.

King Gong's birthday was at the end of August, and invitations began to be sent during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's a little early.

An Shiting pinched the luxurious invitation with hot stamping letters, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't dwell on it for too long, and quickly put down the invitation in his hand. It's a reunion day. The most important thing is to have a good holiday.

As in previous years, at noon, the clansmen of the An clan gathered together for the festival, and they were surprised to learn that the mother and daughter of the Duchess of Weiguo and An Ruolan were also there.

Several clan elders of the An clan deliberately found An Shiting to speak privately. said: "How can you let the people of Weiguo Mansion stay in the mansion and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together." If that person knew about it, wouldn't it be a disaster for the Hou Mansion? ”

An Shiting knew who the clan elders were referring to, to be honest, he was bored, King Gong was in power now, but who knew when he would fall? The clan elders seemed to believe that the overall situation had been decided, and there was no room for reversal, so they met Prince Gong's Mansion in everything, and he was very disdainful of doing so.

After experiencing the Holy Water incident. He had also seen the faces of these clansmen thoroughly, and now he didn't care too much about their opinions.

He said: "Even if the Hou Mansion doesn't leave the Duchess of Weiguo and her daughter for the holiday. The Weiguo Mansion is also the in-law of the Hou Mansion, although we want to avoid suspicion, but if we do it too obviously, it will also cause gossip. ”

"That's true, but ......" The clan elders stopped talking and paused, and said: "Shiting, you are the son of the sect, you should think about the entire An clan, in our opinion, the in-laws of the Weiguo Mansion don't want it." ”

An Shiting frowned, and said, "The clan uncles said this, do you want me to abandon Ruolan?" ”

Several elders did not nod or shake their heads, but their silence was the clearest answer.

"I can't do it, my nephew." An Shiting's heart was on fire, and when he thought of the invitation sent by Prince Gong's Mansion, his mind was in a mess.

Several clan elders are obviously not easy to deal with, seeing An Shiting's resolute attitude, they exchanged a look and sternly reproached: "If it were your father, he wouldn't be as obsessed as you." Fortunately, you are still only the acting patriarch, otherwise the An clan will be in your hands! ”

Having said that, there was no need to talk about it anymore, An Shiting only maintained the politeness he expressed, and said: "In this case, the clan elders will go to discuss with their father, I still have some things, so I won't accompany them much." "I'm leaving.

Several clan elders hurriedly stopped him, knowing that it was useless to scare, so they persuaded bitterly instead: "Shiting, why don't you understand, we don't want to give up Ruolan's girl, but the situation is pressing, it's better to have a daughter than to harm a big family, right?" Or did you persuade Ruolan to leave? "I muttered in my heart, it's not your biological daughter, what kind of father-daughter love is pretending.

He also said: "Anyway, there is a chance that the guard punishment will not be ......."

Without waiting for them to finish, An Shiting flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "If you have anything to say to your father, I will never interfere!" But don't say these cold and heartless words in front of me! In short, I won't ignore Ruolan, and I won't let her reconcile with her husband for no reason! No more nonsense, he rushed out of the hall door in a rage.

Looking at his resolute and angry back, the faces of several clan elders were ugly, and one said: "If the head of the An family is to be the head of the family, will we, the old bones, still have the right to speak in the future?" ”

The rest nodded secretly.

Among them, the eldest is quite weighty in the An family: "There is more than one son-in-law of the left and right branches, and he has to be involved with the Weiguo Mansion, so it's a big deal for us to elect another." ”

"This is reasonable, we can't let the hundreds of people in the An family suffer." Everyone nodded in agreement.

An Shiting didn't know the wishful thinking of these clan elders, but he didn't care anymore, now he didn't care much about the position of the patriarch or the title, he valued the feelings of the family more than these. And he is convinced that Dayong will not change the dynasty so quickly.

The atmosphere of lunch is not very good, the women's seat is not very obvious, the men's seat is almost not chopsticks, and when the lunch is finished, the side branches immediately leave with their families, as if they are afraid of getting contaminated with something.

Duchess Wei Guo somewhat saw that it was because of the relationship between her mother and daughter, and while she felt guilty, she also felt the importance of her in-laws.

It was not until dinner was eaten, and the moon cake was eaten that Mrs. Wei Guo took An Ruolan and Wei Shao back to the house. When sending them to the car, Mrs. An and the concubines of the Murong family asked them to come to the Hou Mansion often, and the Duchess of Weiguo received this love, but she did not respond.

Back at Weiguo Mansion, the chief steward solemnly sent a gilded invitation to the Duchess of Weiguo, and said, "It was sent by Prince Gong's Mansion in the morning, and the person who sent the post also said that he must ask Madame to take the young lady and the young lady to have a glass of wedding wine." (To be continued......)

PS: I said I didn't sleep all night and was about to go to sleep, does anyone believe me?