Chapter 152: The Birthday Feast Begins
She also knows very well that if she wants to take revenge on Li Le, she must first re-establish her image, as well as the reputation in the entire capital.
The Wang family will help her deal with the problems in the capital, but in the Zhenguo Mansion, the only way is to get the favor of the old lady.
After thinking about this, Li Guan really calmed down and regained his former appearance in front of everyone.
Today, Li Linyuan is destined to be very busy, he has just returned to the court, and it coincides with the old lady's birthday, so many ministers have come to congratulate the birthday in person, but most of them have the intention of stammering, so Li Linyuan was busy greeting the guests all morning, and he breathed a sigh of relief when the birthday banquet began.
Then he ordered the butler to continue to entertain in front, and got up and went back to the inner courtyard.
Although the atmosphere of Xichu is open, it is still very particular about the etiquette of respect and humility, ordinary banquet women are not allowed to come out and show their heads, only men are allowed to feast in the outer courtyard, and the inner courtyard will set up a separate banquet to entertain female guests, except for women's and ceremonies, or palace banquets, all of which are the same.
This old lady's birthday feast also follows this point.
However, because the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion was not a major banquet, the inner courtyard just set up an ordinary family banquet, and when Li Linyuan arrived, everyone except the old lady had already sat down, just waiting for him to come to the banquet.
"Today's birthday banquet is good, and I am very pleased for my father."
Sitting down, Li Linyuan looked happy, remembered the orderly front yard, and praised Li Le.
He thought that Li Le would be a little rusty when he organized such a family banquet for the first time, even if there were some things that were not done well, it would be fine, but he didn't expect it to be so beautiful, so that he also saved face in front of the ministers.
"Thank you for your father's praise, Le'er just did her part, and grandmother's satisfaction is the most important thing."
Li Lefu saluted, his face was not arrogant or impatient, but his heart was already happy.
In her previous life, as a queen, large and small banquets had to pass through her hands, but now it is just a small family banquet, and it will not stump her, but even so, being able to get Li Linyuan's praise still makes her feel comfortable.
"I didn't see that you still have such a delicate mind, could it be that you are about to get to the end and learn to take care of the housework in private?"
After a while, Li Mufeng also came in from the front yard, and he couldn't stop admiring Li Le when he saw him.
How did his little sister become so powerful now?
"Your sister and I are extremely smart, and we are born to do it."
Li Le slapped away Li Mufeng's hand that wanted to pinch her face, snorted lightly, and pretended to be conceited.
"Yes, yes, Ah Le is the best, so what kind of dishes have you prepared today, come up and let us see, we're going to be hungry."
After Li Mufeng mentioned this, Li Le also felt that his stomach began to scream, so he ordered someone to bring the prepared meal.
This table, which has been curious and puzzled by everyone for a long time, has finally been unveiled today.
"Why is it so heavy with a medicinal smell?"
As soon as they entered the house, everyone smelled a medicinal fragrance, which was rich but not flushing, and it smelled even better when mixed with the aroma of food.
But the smell of medicine is still a little unpleasant.
Li Wu's mouth was fast, and as soon as the food was served, he muttered, showing dissatisfaction. The voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone present.
As soon as the words fell, he met the warning eyes cast by Shao Huanyu.
In an instant, his expression converged.
"The old lady has arrived."
Before everyone could say anything more, a messenger shouted, and a group of people hurriedly got up to greet them.
The old lady was supported by Mama Li, who was close to her, and walked in with a steady step, with a smile on her face, which made the whole person refreshed, as if she was a teenager younger.
"Mother, this is something good, and I am very happy to see it."
Seeing people coming, Li Linyuan hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help, his tone raised, and he was also very happy.
"What I think about an old woman is nothing more than seeing a full house of children and grandchildren, and Le'er also knows that she takes time out of her busy schedule to accompany me, unlike you, who don't come back and don't see me a few times."
The old lady patted Li Linyuan lightly, but she was still smiling, looking disgusted, but everyone could see that the old lady was really happy.
"What the mother is saying is that after today, the children will go to their mother's yard more often."
Seeing this, Li Linyuan didn't make excuses, and assured again and again, after all, he also knew that he had been busy with political affairs since he came back, and he had indeed snubbed the old lady, and he still had to make compensation.
"Now that Mother has arrived, why don't you tell me how this table of meals is? As soon as I came in, I smelled a smell of medicine, although I knew that the eldest lady would not do anything to poison the food, but if I didn't explain it, I thought it would be difficult for everyone to feel at ease. ”
After the gossip ended, Li Le also returned to his position and sat down, and before he could sit down, Wang Siyao on the side opened his mouth.
Now that the second room is completely torn with Li Le, Wang Siyao is even more unwilling to do superficial work, biting Li Le like a mad dog.
On the other hand, Li Wan sat quietly, with no displeasure on his face, and as before, like a white lotus with ice and jade.
Li Yewu's cheeks were not completely swollen because he was beaten before, so he was still at peace at this time and did not take the initiative to find trouble, but he often gave Li Le a resentful look.
Who was beaten this time, she couldn't be clearer in her heart.
Shao Huanyu also saw Li Le's awesomeness a few days ago, and at this time, he lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word for fear of being blamed on himself, but how could he expect that his daughter was an open-mouthed master, wouldn't their situation be even more dangerous now.
Seeing this, Li Hui on the side snorted coldly in her heart, and looked at the person in the second room with a little disdain.
She has been paying attention to Li Le since the sunset, watching her get to where she is today step by step, how could this be the case if she didn't have a little scheming.
Therefore, the people in the second room did not know how to restrain at this time, and provoked Li Le, presumably in the end, they all lifted stones and shot themselves in the foot.
Sure enough, when Li Le heard this, there was no panic on his face, but the faces of Li Linyuan and Li Mufeng behind her instantly darkened, and at the same time, a killing aura of the battlefield poured out, making everyone present shiver.
"Since Le'er has already said that you will move out within the time limit, then go and prepare as soon as possible, if you don't want to participate in today's birthday banquet, hurry back and clean up, lest Benhou personally drive people out."
Before Li Le could say anything, Li Linyuan was scolded first, his daughter was reluctant to say a heavy word, where did the people in the second room dare to question their ability.
"It seems that there are still Lord Fu Yin who came today, so it is better to let Lord Fu Yin come in and help the second uncle and aunt count the belongings, and some things from the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion cannot be taken away."
Li Mufeng is not idle, and his seemingly unintentional sentence is to poke at the sore spot of the second room.
They have taken a lot of things from the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion over the years, if they are carefully liquidated, I am afraid that they will not be able to pay it back if they buy it themselves, where do they dare to see the Mansion Yin now.
"Shut up, the birthday banquet can't stop your mouth."
Thinking of what happened to him today, Li Wenren was angry, pointed at Wang Siyao and scolded, but he still scolded Li Le thousands of times in his heart.
If it weren't for her, how could he have ended up in such a field?
"Okay, okay, today is my grandmother's birthday banquet, let's not talk about these unhappy, presumably my grandmother is also hungry, how about Le'er introduce the dishes prepared today to my grandmother?"
Li Le stood up to play a round, she just didn't want her grandmother to be in a bad mood because of these things.
And in order not to be ruined by this birthday banquet, she had already sent the entire kitchen out, she knew that someone would eventually use this move as an excuse, she thought that person would be Li Guan, but she didn't expect it to be Wang Siyao.
It's kind of interesting.
"Le'er thought that her grandmother was old, so she specially prepared this table of medicinal food, and said that food supplements are the best, and grandmother should eat more today." Li Le walked up to the old lady and smiled.
This explanation is reasonable, after all, medicinal food is still very common in the capital.
But just such a sentence, how could Wang Siyao give up easily, so he glared at Shao Huanyu and motioned for her to say something.
Seeing this, Shao Huanyu was shocked, but after all, she was just a concubine, and she had to follow Li Wenren in the future.
So he said: "The eldest lady really has a heart, but you don't seem to have studied medicine, such a table of medicinal food, will there be any medicine that is suddenly used wrongly, and it will backfire at that time, if you are caught by someone with a heart, wouldn't it be a good thing to live up to your good intentions." ”
deliberately said this, it was obvious that she came out to find fault, but after all, she had been immersed in this deep courtyard for many years, even if it was provocative, everyone couldn't tell what she said at this time.
"This table of medicinal food is all finalized by Le'er and Qingyun Divine Doctor after many discussions, such as the plate full of gold and jade, which contains Ganoderma lucidum rare medicines, which can prolong people's life if they are eaten, and this bowl of Fulu soup, the soup base is made of thousand-year-old ginseng, and it is also a good material for nourishing qi and replenishing blood.
Xia Heyi is Li Le's master Qin Qingyun, but Li Le found out that the maid sent by Mu Changjin was also called Qingyun these days, so he avoided it, but in comparison, Xia Heyi's name is even louder than Qingyun.
And Xia Heyi became famous as a young man, and the name of the divine doctor is still resounding for decades, I heard that the divine doctor Xia came to the capital for a consultation, and I originally didn't believe it, but today, Li Le's speculation in his heart was suddenly confirmed for a hundred years, so at this time, Shao Huanyu was also speechless for a while, and kept silent.
"The eldest lady has a heart, such a table of medicinal food must be eaten even if it does not prolong life, it is also excellent for the body."
It was Li Hui who broke the originally somewhat tense atmosphere, and at this time she opened her mouth to resolve the embarrassment, and then cast a kind look at Li Le, wanting to take this opportunity to show goodwill.