Chu gradually worships the third duke, which is a first-class title, but the position of Taishi sounds good, but in fact, it is just a fictitious position with no real power. Usually when he goes out, most of the time it is not for official business, but for private affairs.

Lin Qiantan stayed in Chu's house for a few days, and the Chu Jiang brothers and sisters had already accompanied her around for a few trips, and the protagonist of the birthday banquet came back belatedly on the eve of the birthday banquet, saying that he was visiting an old friend and was staying overnight by an old friend, and he stayed for a longer time unconsciously.

The niece came from afar, and Chu was naturally happy. said sorry in his mouth, and even almost reached out to pick her up like Lin Qiantan did when she was a child.

It is said that uncles love their nephews, and Chu Yan, who is an uncle, is indeed good to Lin Qiantan. Lin Qiantan's mother, Chu Ling, has a very good relationship with him. In order to express his love for his sister, Chu gradually even gave his youngest daughter a name that was homophonic to his sister's name.

Chu gradually felt free outside, and all the affairs at home were lost to Jiang Ningniang, but Jiang Ningniang still looked like she had no regrets. When her husband came home, before anyone arrived, she eagerly greeted her out of the door in person, which was a world of difference from her attitude towards Lin Qiantan.

This is really a little different from Jiang Ningniang's consistent style.

In Chu Ling's words, it means that her father and mother have a good relationship, and when Chu is not there, Jiang Ningniang talks about her husband the most.

But in Lin Qiantan's opinion, it is not like this.

If the relationship is really good, it shouldn't be Jiang Ningniang's hot head. In contrast, Chu Yan's attitude towards his wife can be called cold and indifferent.

However, these really have to be studied in detail, and they may involve some old accounts of the elders, although Lin Qiantan has some thoughts about this in her heart, she did not say it and share it with Chu Ling.

Chu Gradual's birthday is in May, which is the hottest time of the year. And because it's not a whole life, it's not a big deal. It happened that the lotus flowers were in full bloom in the pond of the Chu family, which was very suitable for the occasion, and Chu gradually invited some guests who had to be invited to hold a birthday banquet in the name of Yonghe.

But with the momentum of the Chu family, even if it is just a small banquet, it is already full of people before the banquet is held, and there are many people who give gifts.

Jiang Ningniang's energy was limited, so Lin Qiantan took the opportunity to help her take care of some banquet chores "regardless of previous suspicions". She couldn't ask for a hand, so she didn't hesitate to agree.

The Song family and the others still felt strange, and they didn't know why Lin Qiantan suddenly seemed to have changed her temperament. Seeing Jiang Ningniang in previous years, Lin Qiantan has always shown that she has no good impression of Jiang Ningniang, how can she celebrate her birthday this year, she rushed to help Jiang Ningniang.

Lin Qiantan explained: "Where am I helping her, I'm helping my second cousin." Chu Ling also participated in the arrangement of the birthday banquet.

Chu Ling has reached the age of talking about marriage, and Jiang Ningniang has already decided on a family in Tongzhou for her. But by mistake, the son of that family suddenly fell ill and died, so that Chu Ling's marriage was not only delayed, but also gained the reputation of a Kefu.

However, fortunately, the marriage age of women in big businessmen is generally not too early, and it is not uncommon for people like Jinhua to be seventeen or eighteen years old and not out of the cabinet, so Chu Ling will not be too abrupt if he does not marry at the age of sixteen.

But even so, Jiang Ningniang still didn't dare to relax, and often took her daughter with her to teach her the ability to manage the accounts in person. The Chu family is famous, Jiang Ningniang always told her daughter that she would marry and be a wife in the future, and she must not lose her father's face.

But it's okay in normal times, once there is a relatively large scene like a birthday banquet, Jiang Ningniang is not too busy. There is no in-law guidance at home, no concubine in the middle, and even a daughter-in-law, she is unable to support herself.

So Lin Qiantan offered to help, but she couldn't agree if she wanted to.

Lin Qiantan said this, and she was very able to win the trust of a few people around her. When Mei nodded like pounding garlic, she didn't know.

After Song and Lin Qiantan finished talking, they went to work on their own, Lin Qiantan sat in front of the dressing table and turned back to look at the mirror, and the smile on her face faded suddenly.

She said that helping Chu Ling is not only a lie to fool people, but also a very sincere truth.

Because, only by staying in Chu Ling's closest place and being with her as much as possible can he monitor her...... Don't let her have contact with Wang Yanshao of Dongping County at the birthday banquet.

In Lin Qiantan's memory, the prelude to the rapid decline and even demise of the Chu family began on Chu Yan's forty-third birthday. And on the birthday banquet, two things happened that made the Chu family ugly.

One is that her niece and Prime Minister Zuo's tenacious nephew Dong Yong have no matchmaker, and they are smiling and generous. The other is that Chu Ling, the second lady of the Chu family, had a private meeting with the king of Dongping County.

Her own one, no matter what—

These days, Lin Qiantan just couldn't understand how her second cousin Chu Ling, who had never shown a good impression of Yan Shao in her previous life, would go to the rockery forest of the Chu family and Yan Shao to gradually widen her clothes and never regret it, so as soon as she came to the capital, she deliberately took the opportunity to inquire with Chu Ling.

And the result of the investigation was that Lin Qiantan couldn't feel the slightest trace of her second cousin's love for Yan Shao from Chu Ling's body!

On the contrary, Lin Qiantan also inadvertently disturbed a good thing for Yan Shao.

When Lin Qiantan first came to the capital, Chu Ling proposed to take her to Zhulan Pavilion to make a few of the latest popular dress styles this season. In the backyard of the Stopping Lan Pavilion, Yan Shao didn't know how to know that Chu Ling had already booked the Stopping Pavilion to make clothes, and he actually appeared there, and intercepted Chu Ling to confess his heartfelt feelings.

Lin Qiantan also accidentally broke in, interrupting the ambiguous atmosphere between a man and a woman behind the big tree. In his previous life, Chu Ling went to the Stopping Lan Pavilion alone, but he was also intercepted by Yan Shao, who had already premeditated, and made a good incident. And the subsequent rockery private meeting is simply a follow-up to this one thing.

In this life, with Lin Qiantan interrupting, Yan Shao naturally couldn't do it, and then, before leaving, Yan Shao pulled out a phoenix sycamore hairpin on Chu Ling's head, Lin Qiantan walked over to support Chu Ling, and then, as soon as the two sisters turned around, they ran into a group of female relatives "just rightly" passing by.

In her previous life, Lin Qiantan was in danger of catching up with her uncle's birthday banquet, and as soon as she arrived in the capital, she was busy preparing the clothes and jewelry to be worn on the day of the birthday banquet, so naturally she would not pay attention to the rumors outside. I didn't even know that Chu Ling had such a thing with Yan Shao outside.

In fact, there was a rumor circulating in Beijing at that time that was very unfavorable to the Chu family. It is said that Chu Ling, the second lady of the Chu family, refused the emperor's recruitment into the palace as a concubine, not because there was originally another marriage contract, but because she fell in love with the son of the abolished prince, the king of Dongping County, Yan Shao.