Chapter 23: The Banquet
After the eldest princess of Huiyang entered the door, a girl walked on the carriage of the Guogong Mansion, sixteen or seventeen years old, slim and delicate, weak and moving.
Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. Even if everyone in Beijing knew that the concubine of the Jing family was not loved by the eldest princess, and when she returned to the banquet, the eldest princess only reluctantly took her to attend and never walked with her.
But the identity of the family is here, and these small families dare not look down.
Miss Jing didn't look at Zhou much, walked to the main gate, and saw several girls of the same age, so she raised her eyes and observed.
His eyes swept over one by one, and finally circled around Yu Can's face, frowned slightly, and silently took it back.
When she entered the mansion, Yu Mingyi whispered in Yu Can's ear: "This is Jing Wei, the eldest girl of the Jing family, and her aunt is the only concubine of the Duke of Zhenguo." ”
The Jing family has a total of three rooms, and the long room Jingfeng attacked the position of the prince of Zhenguo, married Princess Huiyang, and made a promise never to accept a concubine when he got married.
He married the emperor's own sister, and even if he didn't make this promise, no one would think that he would offend the princess and take a concubine.
Who knew that later, Jing Fengyang actually made a maid who was serving pen and ink pregnant, raised her as an aunt, and gave birth to a concubine Jing Wei.
When Jing Wei was young, the eldest princess of Huiyang often endured her anger and took her out to socialize, but as she grew older, the eldest princess was cold for some reason and never gave her a good face.
Yu Zhiyuan does not accept concubines, and Yu Can has no brothers and sisters, but when he sees the situation of the second and third rooms, he also knows that there are always intangible grievances between his mother and his children.
"The eldest princess of Huiyang and Miss Jing are here, so isn't General Jing coming too?" Yu Mingyan couldn't help but shrink back, and even the county lord of Rongjia was left behind.
Yu Mingyi rarely didn't say anything sarcastic, and cautiously glanced at the male guest, but didn't see the murderous person, so he whispered: "Big sister, have you heard what the eldest brother said, does General Jing Xiao kill people at every turn?" ”
Yu Can remembered that bloodless but extremely good-looking face, and he was obviously very gentle in his impression, and then looked at the frightened expressions of the four younger sisters, and he didn't know what they were afraid of.
"That's a war, if he doesn't kill people, others will kill him!"
No one could refute this, and neither Yu Mingyan nor Yu Mingyi spoke again.
Yu Can felt that they had never seen a really terrible person, and General Jing Xiao's fierce guards were terrifying, she was trembling when she saw it, and she wanted them to see it, and she would faint in fright.
Waves of visitors, the sisters had no time to talk, and after welcoming the guests, the ladies of the Yu Mansion hurried to the main hall.
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"The eldest princess deigned to come, the Yu Mansion is really splendid!" The old lady squinted her face and smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum. "You taste this tea, the water boiled by the old man's own hands, and it is not touched by the idle maids at all."
Yu Can couldn't see it, and wanted to pretend that he didn't know her.
Not only her, but also all the people with long brains in Yufu felt that it was inappropriate.
The eldest princess is a nobleman, yes, but the old lady is an elder, and she still bears the name of Mrs. Bo, why do you make such a lowly and flattering gesture? Is this to compete for jobs with those sycophants?
The eldest princess came unexpectedly, and the male guests came to say goodbye, everyone smiled in their eyes, and as soon as they walked out of the door, the smile spread to the corners of their eyebrows and eyes, full of sarcasm.
Seeing that the ladies of the various mansions were also snickering, the host of the Yao family couldn't help but whimsically pray that the old lady was a bubble, and it would burst when she poked it......
The eldest princess of Huiyang was calm, she didn't even look at the tea handed by the old lady, the grandmother beside her quickly took it, only held it in her hand for a moment and then gently put it back on the table.
"Madam Yu," the eldest princess turned her head to look at Yao, her eyes gentle, "This palace wants to thank you in person, and by the way, I have prepared a small gift, I hope you don't dislike it." ”
Her voice fell, and behind her, Mama took out a black wooden token from her sleeve.
The ladies on the field are all low-door families, and the lord of the family is at most from the fourth grade, and the majority is five, six or seven, and they can't help but slander when they see this wooden card.
The eldest princess is really upright, and the thin gift she prepared is really thin, but is this too thin?
"Mrs. Yu, this is a Xuanniao token that I made with my own hands when I was young and had nothing to do." The eldest princess's smile remained unchanged, and she said slowly, "Give it to Madame today, and if you have any requests in the future, just send someone to come to me with an order." ”
Hearing this, the room fell silent. It turns out that the eldest princess is not upright, she is pretending to be forced!
Yao's heart was both surprised and happy, but how dare he say that he would take it, and hurriedly refused: "The courtiers dare not be such a big gift as the eldest princess!" ”
The eldest princess took the token from her grandmother's hand, put it on the table in front of Yao, and slowly got up, "There is only one son left in this palace, and his life is worth everything." After she finished speaking, she didn't linger any longer, and hurriedly left with Jing Wei, who had just sat down, and a group of servants and maids.
Everyone can see that the eldest princess came to Yu Mansion only for two things, one is to save face for the long house, and the other is to give this thick "thin gift" by herself.
The ladies of the various mansions were shocked, they only knew that the eldest prince of Yufu had a meritorious career and a bright future, but they never expected that he would save Jing Yan's life.
There is always no shortage of women at the banquet who are as fast as martial arts masters, and when their eyes roll, words of praise pour out like flowing water.
"Oh, Mrs. Yu's children are really outstanding, the eldest son is young and promising, and the eldest girl is as smart as a little fairy, I like it when I see it."
Immediately afterwards, the woman who forcibly set the order also began her own performance.
"Mrs. Yu, your family has been in Yuzhou for many years, and I miss it so much in my heart, I still dreamed of it a few days ago!"
Yao thought for a long time before remembering, didn't this woman always quarrel with her with snot when she was a child?
Although he felt funny in his heart, Yao's face was able to cope with it, and for a while, the female dependents were very lively.
Everyone held the Yao family, ignored the old lady and the Zhou family, and did not mention Yu Xinyi, who was not present. As for Yu Can, as early as when the eldest princess left, she chatted with her sister and the girls from various provinces.
"Let's go play in the back garden in a moment," Yu Mingyan suggested coldly, "There's an open space over there, we can throw pots." ”
Yu Mingyi frowned, very faceless: "What's so fun about that?" The back garden has not been repaired for a long time, and it is very deserted, so it is better to kick the shuttlecock in the front yard. ”
The girls from all over the country who came to visit knew these two people very well, and when they saw that they were about to fight again, they couldn't help but cover their mouths and smile.
Yu Can hurriedly persuaded him, and said according to Yu Mingyan's meaning: "There are many of us, and we can't play in the front yard." Although the flowers and plants in the back garden are messy, it is better to play in a large place, and it doesn't hurt to play for a while. ”
Yu Mingyi has always only targeted Yu Mingyan, and when he saw Yu Can say this, he had no opinion.
After Yu Can finished speaking, he quietly observed Yu Mingyan, only to see that she secretly raised her eyes to look at the old lady, and also exchanged glances with the old lady.
Thinking of what his brother found out last night, there seemed to be a fire burning in Yu Can's eyes, but fortunately, he found it in time, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.
"Big sister, let's go to dinner." Yu Min gently touched Yu Can with her elbow, waking her up from her fugue in the sky.
"Oh, let's go, let's go." Yu Can came back to his senses, took her hand, and walked with the girls and elders towards the large garden where the banquet was arranged.
At present, the defense of men and women is not strict, and there are only screens and flowers separating male and female guests.
Yu Can glanced through the gap that General Jing Xiao had not arrived, but his fierce guard was sitting with his brother. These two great gods are like their own isolation shields, two feet in circumference, empty.