Bai Zhanzhu's family came all the way from Fuzhou, and the house in Fuzhou was guarded by domestic servants, and the rest of the servants were all brought to the capital. Xie Jiu is Bai Zhanjun's confidant and manager, this person is shrewd and capable, and quite effective. He not only cleaned up the house for his master, but also bought some maids in the capital again.

Therefore, although they have just arrived today, and they have not had time to put their luggage away, they do not look too messy. A few maids have been preparing dishes in the flower hall in the backyard, and the cook is just found by Xie Jiu in the capital, although the craftsmanship cannot be compared with the imperial kitchen in the palace, it is also quite distinctive.

Since there are no outsiders, there is no need for the family to have two separate seats for men and women.

On the large round table, there are twenty-four dishes, eight cold and eight hot dishes, and four each of stewed and braised dishes. A table was set up full.

Bai Zhansong should have sat on the top, Bai Muguan sat next to him, the uncle and nephew talked and laughed, and the wine in the cup came and went.

Bai Zhanchun is a good wine, and when he used to serve in the Fuzhou Caoyun Division, the people under him sent him a lot of old wine. Now that the family has moved to the capital, the dozens of jars of good wine were naturally loaded into the car, and two jars were accidentally overturned on the road, which made him sad.

"Come on, come on, have another drink. Although Muguan is a girl's family, the amount of alcohol is very good like that of my second brother! After days of running around and finally arriving in the capital, Bai Zhansong drank and swept away his fatigue.

Bai Muguan's alcohol consumption is indeed good, but she is a woman after all, and women are really inferior to men in terms of drinking power. Today, Bai Zhansong, Bai Qi, Bai Xiao, father and son, took turns to fight, and they really poured her wine with the mentality of not getting drunk and not returning.

Bai Qi stared at her with a smile on the wine cup, and persuaded her to drink again: "Cousin Guan, I will toast you with another glass of wine, and I will toast you for not letting you shave your eyebrows!" ”

The girl in scarlet clothes shirked with a smile: "Cousin Qi smiled." Mu Wan was a little drunk and couldn't drink anymore. ”

At this time, her red cheeks were even more peachy, although she was still some distance away from getting drunk, but she knew that she couldn't drink anymore, otherwise it would inevitably be easy to lose her temper.

Today, when everyone saw her generous meeting gift, she severely suppressed Changfang's face, and she was very happy when she saw Jin's unhappy and depressed appearance. But her eldest uncle may not want to see her make the Kim family unable to step down, so he used the excuse of "not getting drunk and not returning" to want to make her drunk and ugly.

This little bit of caution, although she can easily see through it, it is not easy to resolve.

Where would Bai Qi let her go easily, and hurriedly said with a sad face: "Cousin Guan, you just clinked glasses with your father and drank happily, why are you not strong enough to drink when it is my turn, do you look down on me as a cousin?" ”

Bai Muguan took a heavy breath, and the hand holding the wine cup was unconscious. It doesn't matter if she drinks another one, I'm afraid that she won't be able to get out today.

"Cousin Guan, drink quickly!" Bai Xiao, who came out, coaxed beside him. He is sixteen years old this year, and the Bai family is good-looking, and he is certainly no exception.

Compared with his brother Bai Qi, who doesn't like to read, although he is not good at learning literature, he likes to practice martial arts. Swords, guns, sticks, martial arts, and the art of war, although he can't talk about his talent, he knows how to study hard and practice hard. In the future, even if he can't become a commander like Bai Zhanyi, he is expected to become a fierce general.

Bai Muguan quietly looked at the faces of the two cousins, closed his eyes and raised his head to drink.

Soon, the sound of their applause rang in my ears.

"Mu Guan, our family won't go around the corner, my aunt has something to ask for." Seeing the opportunity, Jin opened his mouth with a smile on his face, and Xu felt that Bai Muguan was already drunk.

"Tell me."

"You and Ming Nuan are cousins who are related by blood, but we have been in Fuzhou all these years, and you are far away in Mobei, and the two sides are too far apart, even if it is inconvenient to communicate, so that the relationship is weaker." Jin sighed at the right time, and said with emotion, "Okay now, we are all in the capital, and we don't see you when you look down." When you have nothing to do, you can play and talk with Ming Nuan, you two sisters must have something to say when they are the same age. ”

Before coming to Beijing, the Kim family worked out everything with her husband. If you are in Fuzhou, with Bai Zhanchung's official position, you don't have to worry about finding a decent family for your daughter. Who knew that he was suddenly promoted to Beijing, or entered the most oily and watery household department in the six departments, and Bai Zhanchung, who thought that he would nest in Fuzhou for the rest of his life, was overjoyed. It was a great joy for him, but not necessarily for the three children under his knees.

The three of them grew up in Fuzhou since they were children, and when they first arrived in the capital, they were in the capital full of noble marquises, and their family backgrounds were indeed worse. Since ancient times, the most particular about marriage is quite the lintel.

After thinking about it a few times, the Jin family decided to choose a good family for her daughter first, as long as her daughter married into a famous nobleman first, the remaining two Erlang would be much easier. It turns out that having a powerful in-law is very important, for example, if Bai Zhanyi hadn't married the second daughter of the Rongguo Mansion back then, he would not have been qualified to lead the army soon.

But with the Jin family and Bai Mingnuan's mother and daughter alone, it is difficult to enter the circle of upper-class women in the capital. The family members of the four-rank officials want to easily make friends with the emperor's relatives and nobles in the court, which is simply a fantasy!

Unless, Bai Muguan helps.

"Auntie, you also know that Cousin Nuan and I didn't grow up together, and our temperaments and preferences are very different. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I, Bai Muguan, grew up in the Mobei military camp, and I don't know the rhythm of female redness, I only know the political affairs of the court and the training of soldiers against the enemy. If you let me learn from my two cousins, maybe I can do it, but I am afraid that I will ...... with my cousin Nuan," Bai Muguan smiled apologetically.

The wishful thinking in Jin's heart naturally doesn't work with her.

She Bai Muguan is not only the daughter of the general of Mobei, but also the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion. The people who come and go with her are all famous ladies in the capital, such as Shen Fu and Yao Xilin. If she is willing, she will bring Bai Mingnuan into the top circle of ladies in the capital, and she may be able to emerge with Bai Mingnuan's talent. That way, it will be much easier to find a good marriage.

The Jin family will not give up, and while eagerly picking up vegetables for her, he sighed: "When I left the capital, Ming Nuan was still young, and I didn't have any boudoir friends, and the only sister who can speak now is Mu Guan." I know that it is inconvenient for you to live in the East Palace, Ming Nuan is an idler, and I will let her often go to you to laugh and relieve her boredom if she has nothing to do in the future. ”

Bai Muguan was surprised by Jin's cheekiness, and put down the wine cup in his hand with a bang.

What is the place where she is the East Palace? Whoever wants to go can go?

"Cousin Guan, you're drunk." Bai Mingnuan was the first to notice Bai Muguan's strange expression, and handed over a bowl of beef soup with a smile, "You drank a lot of wine before, but now you still drink a bowl of hot soup to sober up." ”

Bai Muguan lowered his eyes and looked at the soup she handed over, without the slightest intention of reaching out to take it. Xiangyun behind her was also full of indignation, and she would not take the initiative to take it for Bai Muguan at all.

Bai Mingnuan took the slightly hot soup bowl, put it down, and sent it over. When had she been so wronged? Soon the eye sockets turned red.

Finally, Bai Chuan, who was still the youngest and understanding, leaned over to take the soup bowl for Bai Muguan, and then said with a casual smile: "Cousin Guan joked with Cousin Nuan, and deliberately ignored Cousin Nuan for a while, in order to make everyone happy." ”

Bai Zhanjun, who had a complicated complexion, immediately smiled when he heard this: "Chuan'er is right, blame me today, no matter how good Mu Wan's drinking is, he is still a child after all, blame me for not pulling you to drink because I am happy." After saying that, he didn't forget to glare at Kim warningly.

How can this happen overnight?

He understood that the Jin family wanted to take advantage of Bai Muguan's half-drunk state to coax her to agree in person, but they didn't know this niece, they didn't know anything about her depth, and anyone needed to know each other in the competition.

Although Bai Mingnuan is not as dazzling as Bai Muguan, he is also beautiful and moving. She is only fifteen years old now, and it is not too late to decide on a marriage before the age of seventeen. They still have two years to plan for their daughter, so why rush for a moment?

At this moment, Xie Jiu stumbled in: "Master, master, ...... outside"