Chapter 50: Preparations for the Birthday Banquet

The twenty-eighth day of the winter moon is the thirty-fifth birthday of the Bai family, although it is not a whole birthday, but the Great Xuan Dynasty has always had such a rule, every person's birthday is a thing worth celebrating, and every five and ten is to be handled well, so as the head of the Gongchang Mansion, this thirty-fifth birthday, but to do a good birthday.

Since it is the birthday of the housewife, this comprehensive scheduling should have been handed over to the Bai family's most confidant Xirui and Fanzhi to handle it together with the Bai family, but Mama Zheng spoke, in May of the next year, Miss Shi is about to get married, and the queen sent her to teach the rules, she naturally has the obligation to teach Miss Shi how to run a family, how to be a smooth and stable Mrs. Anshun Hou's eldest grandson.

"The old slave did not mean to deprive the lady of her rights, but Miss Shi will marry in the future, and her own family will inevitably have some happy events, if Miss Shi just married into the Xu family, the Anshun Hou Mansion may not give the Xu family's eldest young master a separate mansion, these things, if Miss Shi wants to do it, there will naturally be Mrs. Anshun Hou and Mrs. Anshun Hou Shizi to help. But the old slave also heard that the eldest young master of the Xu family is a promising, and he will make contributions in the future, so he will naturally go out to live in a separate house. Madame, just hand over your thirty-fifth birthday to Miss Shi to handle, the old slave also knows that Mrs. usually loves Miss Shi, and she has the right to do her filial piety to Mrs. Shi. ”

Mama Zheng was afraid that she would make the main arrangement and let Shi Qi lead the birthday banquet, and the Bai family would be unhappy and not at ease, so after thinking about it, she added: "Madame, don't worry, the old slave has already taught Miss Shi how to run the house and how to organize the banquet, and besides, what arrangements Miss Shi makes, there is no reason not to go back and forth to Mrs., so naturally nothing will go wrong." ”

Bai actually didn't think about it so much, after all, even if Shi He was unconscious in the past, Shi Qi was a good girl, not to mention that Shi He has now discovered the benefits of her sister-in-law, and is bent on maintaining Bai's status in Gongchangbo's mansion as the aunt's wife, she also feels a lot more worry-free, and now this matter is beneficial to Shi Qi, how could she not agree?

"Mama Zheng is really worried. Mama Zheng is a person sent by the queen, even if she doesn't teach anything, Uncle Gongchang will naturally not say anything, but it is rare that Mama Zheng almost taught Sister Qi and the eldest sister, and she didn't hide it at all, and it was too late for me to be grateful. What's more, Mama Zheng just said that, I also thought about it a lot, even if the eldest young master of the Xu family didn't go out to live, Sister Qi, as the new daughter-in-law, also had to help her mother-in-law and Mrs. Shizi take care of housework, if you really can't take it out at that time, outsiders' jokes are secondary, mainly because your own family has to dislike Sister Qi is not a virtuous person, and the new daughter-in-law is most afraid of it, isn't it that she can't raise her head in her mother-in-law's house? Sister Qi is my own niece, I have no reason not to love it, and the eldest sister is my biological daughter, so it is better to let the eldest sister cook with Sister Qi. ”

Mama Zheng nodded: "Madame is thoughtful, I will train the second miss from now on, and I don't know which son-in-law brother has this blessing in the future, and can marry the second miss into the door." ”

Where in the world is there a mother who is unhappy when she hears others praising her child, and the Bai family is also overjoyed, so she asked Xirui to bring the pair of jade water cloud pattern bracelets she collected to Mama Zheng: "Although the two children are also in their teens, after all, it is the first time to take on such a heavy responsibility, and I hope that Mama will mention some on the side, so that I can relax and enjoy the blessings." This jade water moire bracelet is not too rare, just keep it for Mama to play with. ”

Mama Zheng didn't shirk either, accepted Bai's jade bracelet, and said with a smile: "That old slave is better than obeying his fate." ”

turned around, and began to teach Shi Qi and He Changan what steps should be prepared for the banquet, the first one is who to invite.

The hierarchy of the Great Xuan Dynasty is relatively strict, for example, the Bai family, as Mrs. Gong Changbo, has a birthday banquet, and the common people have no chance to be in the invitation list.

"The two young ladies usually follow their mothers and other elders to go out, and they have met a lot of people in the future, as a lady of a noble family, you must remember what people are in your social circle, it is an indispensable ability, if the specifications of the two families are similar, the intersection is also about the same, and the degree of intimacy is also about the same, but you invited this family, but accidentally forgot which one to invite, I am afraid that it will hurt the heart of one family, and it will also hurt the harmony of the other two families. Of course, if there is really something, one of them has swept their faces, and they don't invite the post, or the post goes a little late, this family will understand, and if they have a heart, they will definitely think of remedies. ”

Shi Qi sighed, and said with emotion: "It turns out that there are so many doorways here, I didn't know before, I still remember that once when I was in Jiangyin, I went to attend the birthday banquet of Geng Nuan, the granddaughter of the Korean father-in-law, and there was a young lady who was busy offering courtesy to Geng Nuan, I heard that Geng Nuan's post to her arrived two days later than other families, and there was an aunt in the family who somehow spread rumors and swept the face of the Korean father." ”

Mama Zheng nodded: "Miss Shi is exactly what she said, then the old slave asked Miss, according to Miss's meaning, who should be invited to this banquet?"

"The eldest aunt is a birthday, and the eldest aunt is the eldest daughter of the old Liang Guogong, so Liang Guogong's family must be invited. The old Duchess of Liang Guo is old and no longer suitable for the tiring journey, and the current Duchess of Liang Guo is in charge of the family of Duchess Liang Guo, so please ask Duchess Liang Guo. Since the Duchess of Liang Guo was invited, the Duchess of Siguo of the same level must also be invited, and the Duchess of Siguo is not only the Duchess of Guo, but also the brother and sister of the queen's mother, so it is not only necessary to invite, but also to be a guest. On the contrary, there are some difficulties in the Korean government, the Korean duchess is a generation older than the eldest uncle, but the Korean princess and the wife, although she is the same generation as the eldest uncle, but the Korean public is far away in Yangzhou, but I am afraid that it is impossible to come. ”

Mama Zheng smiled: "It's also very good that Miss Shi can remember this, after all, Mrs. Shi's birthday is not a happy event, and it was not so sensational, so it would not be so sensational, and it would not be a Korean government that was far away from work." But the two young ladies must remember that if someone else's family has such a big event as a red and white wedding, even if it is a little farther away, they must send a reliable person to give gifts or condolences. ”

Seeing that Shi Qi and He Changan also understood this truth, they motioned for Shi Qi to continue.

"Yichun Houfu is the second uncle's house, and now that the eldest aunt is on her birthday, she must invite the second aunt to come, and the second aunt is a princess, so naturally she can't be lazy. There is also the Hou Mansion of Anshun, Mrs. Hou Shizi of Anshun is the sister of the eldest aunt, and it stands to reason that she should also be invited, but some time ago, Mrs. Hou Shizi of Anshun was diagnosed with a pregnant woman and had a child in middle age, it is not easy, Mama, do you think I should still invite Mrs. Hou Shizi of Anshun?"

Mama Zheng showed a pleased smile on her face: "The old slave really didn't misunderstand Miss, Miss is indeed a person who likes to think a lot about doing things." Since Miss asked about this, the old slave wanted to ask Miss a few questions, I wonder if Miss Shi can tell the old slave?"

Please tell me that Mama Zheng is polite, even if Mama Zheng is an old woman, but after all, it was assigned by the queen, how dare Shi Qi hold it up, just one sentence: "Mama, please ask." ”

"In the Hou Anshun family, it is true that Mrs. Hou Shizi of Anshun is in charge of the family now, and Mrs. Hou of Anshun is an elder, and she did not say that because Mrs. Gong Changbo was on her birthday, she came to congratulate her birthday, but is it possible that Mrs. Hou Shizi of Anshun is pregnant, and there is no female dependant in the Hou Mansion of Anshun who can come out to be a birthday?"

Shi Qi probably thought that the Marquis of Anshun Mansion was the family he was going to marry in the future, and blushed slightly: "Yes, yes, there is Princess Zhaochang." It's just ......"

"Miss is a noble girl from the Hou Mansion, and she is personally married by the saint, you must remember one thing, that is, you must be shy when you should be shy, and when you should have the bearing of a noble girl, you must also have the bearing of a noble girl. The marriage between the young lady and the eldest young master of the Xu family was personally appointed by the saint, not a matter of chasing after the wind and shadows, so the young lady did not need to blush. Not to mention that they are also in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, it is because the Shi family and the Xu family are about to become in-laws, and the He family is the foreign family of the young lady, and Mrs. He is on her birthday, where is the reason why the Xu family does not send someone here?"

He Changan had been listening to the side, but when he saw that Shi Qi was almost blushing and could ooze blood, he also quipped: "My little aunt is now a double person, and it is not easy for this child to come, she must be very careful, even if the family power is usually in the hands of the little aunt, at this time, the little aunt will definitely give the matter of coming to Gongchangbo Mansion to the eldest princess to pay homage to her birthday, right? The eldest princess got such a virtuous daughter-in-law as Cousin Qi, this has not yet passed the door, and her heart is about to double her family." My cousin is so shy now, does it mean that the princess thinks that her daughter-in-law is a red apple?"

Shi Qi raised his head and pulled He Chang'an: "My cousin knows that I am ashamed, and I will have to be ashamed of my cousin when my cousin gets married in the future." ”

He Changan also laughed, Shi Qi's soft temperament, who will be ashamed of whom when the time comes, but it is not necessarily!

Mama Zheng looked at the two little girls happily, and laughed along, and laughed for a long time before saying: "Miss He Er is indeed a rare precocious girl, and her fortune may not be worse than Miss Shi in the future." Since this is the case, then Miss He Er will also tell the old slave what kind of people should be invited to this banquet. ”

He Changan is not entangled in Mama Zheng's words that her blessings are great, her blessings are indeed not small, and God can still give her this chance to start over.

After thinking about what Shi Qi had said, he added: "I think that in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, it is said to be a birthday, and it is not necessarily as simple as a birthday. Not to mention it far away, Mama Zheng didn't also say that the eldest princess came to congratulate her birthday, and she must also have the meaning of observing the performance of Cousin Qi, the future daughter-in-law. For a noble person of the same age as my mother, the most important thing is the marriage of the children. ”

Mama Zheng's eyes almost lit up when she heard this: "Miss He Er is really born with a creation, the old slave is going to hit the festival and cheer, Miss He Er, please continue." ”

"Cousin Qi's marriage is already a certainty, and there is nothing to put in the beak, but Gongchang Bofu also has a sister-in-law who is raised by my mother's side, although it is not my mother's own birth, but there is always a name, I have no siblings, and my brother will be in charge of the entire Bofu sooner or later. Now my brother's age has reached the age where he can talk about marriage, but I'm afraid he is also a hot figure in the imperial capital. ”

He Changan said that this is right, He Jiaqing's identity is not particularly good in Daxuan, but it is indeed liked by the woman's elders when discussing relatives. As a concubine, but because there is no son-in-law in the family, and it is recorded in the name of his mother-in-law, he can take over everything from his father in the future, as long as there is no mistake, it is very likely that he will be a stable earl. And if a girl marries as a concubine, as long as He Jiaqing is not a person who forgets her roots easily, then she must love this wife in every way, and she will not wronged the girl of her own family.

"According to Chang'an's meaning, it is better to invite the ladies of each family, I am not familiar with the ladies of other people's families, but my uncle's cousin can be invited, please invite more young ladies, even if you are not familiar with it originally, you will be familiar with it if you move around more." The ladies talk a lot about moving around with each other, but I'm afraid that after they get married in the future, the relationship between the families will be better. ”

If all the young ladies of the same age can come, it is convenient for the Bai family to take a look and find a better daughter-in-law for He Jiaqing. Marriage events, parents' orders, matchmakers' words, girls may be able to be a little more delicate, but I'm afraid that it is difficult for men to think of paying attention to their choices, this matter, in the final analysis, has to be checked by the Bai family.

What's more, He Jiaqing's marriage is related to the two people who love her the most since she was reborn, if He Jiaqing can get a good wife, he can rest assured to realize his ambitions in the future. If the Bai family can get a virtuous daughter-in-law, even if one day she He Chang'an marries someone else's family and becomes someone else's daughter-in-law, the Bai family will not be desolate and no one will support her.

Thinking of marrying into someone else's family in the future, He Changan's mood became inexplicably low, in this life, will she meet someone as mean and unkind as Lu Yuan?