Chapter 248: The Family Banquet
Mo Zechen didn't answer, but picked up the stack of invitations on the table and looked through them carefully.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Mo Zechen looked seriously, Su Qianxi looked over with some curiosity.
"The invitations sent to the door at this time are not so much to get acquainted with you, but to please Your Majesty."
"Showing warmth and closeness to you is only for His Majesty, and you are just a tool for them to show how they can please Your Majesty."
Mo Zechen knew what the real purpose of these banquets was.
"So who you want to go to to a banquet, except for a few more vain people, most people don't really care."
"All they need is an occasion to be close to you, you don't need to weigh the pros and cons, just choose the one that suits your heart."
Mo Zechen took out one of the invitations from a pile of invitations and handed it to Su Qianxi, "That's it." ”
Su Qianxi took it and took a look, and after seeing clearly who sent the invitation, she glanced at Mo Zechen with some surprise.
Mo Zechen didn't say anything, got up and asked his subordinates to prepare hot water.
"It's not early, you go to bed first."
After Mo Zechen left the room, Su Qianxi looked down at the invitation in his hand, and his willow eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Mo Zechen chose an invitation from the Sheng family for her.
The Sheng family is not a nobleman, and even few people in the family have entered the officialdom, and the only one who is deeply involved with the court is the current head of the Sheng family, Sheng Ruyue's father.
She had noticed that the Sheng family had also sent invitations, but considering that the Sheng family was only an imperial businessman, and among all the people who sent invitations, they were the worst in the family, so she didn't consider going to the Sheng family's banquet in the first place.
The businessman has always been shrewd and sleek, and he wanted to come to the Sheng family to send an invitation, but he didn't think that she would go to the banquet, probably just to fit in and have a good time.
Originally, she only wanted to choose one or two invitations from the best family backgrounds to the banquet, and when the time came, it would be perfunctory, and after a while, when the limelight of her sealing had passed, no one would continue to send her invitations.
But he didn't expect Mo Zechen to pick out the invitation of the Sheng family alone among so many invitations.
Su Qianxi touched her chin and secretly figured out Mo Zechen's thoughts.
Could it be that Mo Zechen considered that she was not familiar with all the nobles in the capital, but her relationship with Sheng Ruyue was okay, so she deliberately selected the invitation sent by the Sheng family?
"No, it shouldn't be."
This idea had just come to mind when Su Qianxi threw it out of his head.
She and Mo Zechen are just in a cooperative relationship, Mo Zechen can't worry about her mood in such a trivial matter, and Mo Zechen doesn't look like a person with a careful heart, it should be just a coincidence.
Thinking of this, Su Qianxi also put her mind at ease and put this matter aside.
Two days later, Su Qianxi went to the banquet on time according to the banquet time written on the invitation.
And on this day, the Sheng family was in full swing.
Because the regent palace has already released rumors, saying that the regent palace is ready to go to the banquet of the Sheng family.
It's better to be in a hurry to make friends with people, sooner rather than later.
Therefore, as soon as the news of the Regent's Mansion came out, many people secretly delivered news to the Sheng family, and they were asking about the banquet held by the Sheng family.
There is no need to be too straightforward in the communication between adults, a little verbal hint, and the Sheng family will understand what they mean.
Adhering to the family rule of one more friend and one more road, the Sheng family sent invitations to all the people who delivered the news.
Therefore, there are a lot of carriages coming and going in the Sheng family today, and if you are not careful, you will directly block the aisle in front of the Sheng family.
Because the Sheng family is only an imperial businessman, in the capital, the boundary at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is not ranked at all, and the family with a little strength does not look down on the Sheng family.
If it weren't for the fact that they could talk to Su Qianxi today, they wouldn't have appeared here at all.
Originally, they were willing to come to the Sheng family for a banquet, which was already very face-saving for the Sheng family.
Who knew that the Sheng family was so useless, and on such an important day today, they didn't know that everything was arranged in advance, so the road was blocked.
Seeing that after waiting for a quarter of an hour, the carriage still did not move, and the ladies who came to the banquet felt a little irritable in their hearts, but their faces did not show it.
But there are always a few people who think very highly of themselves, who don't care about the occasion at all, and complain impatiently when they talk in their own carriage and outsiders can't hear them.
"I don't know what the princess regent thinks, so many people have invited her, and she doesn't go to anyone's house, but comes to the Sheng family."
"Who in this capital doesn't know that the Sheng family is a group of merchants covered in copper smell, where can they compare to the nobility and elegance of our big families."
"People who grew up outside and didn't receive a good upbringing from an early age can't get on the stage."
"Mother, be careful!"
A delicate voice interrupted her mother's chattering complaints.
"The princess regent is the princess regent after all, and her words and deeds are not something we can mutter behind our backs."
"Fortunately, there are no outsiders here, if outsiders hear my mother's words, I am afraid that it will add to the turmoil."
Mrs. Song, who was preached by her own daughter, was obviously a little annoyed.
"You also said, there are no outsiders here, what are you afraid of?"
"Besides, our Song family is not a small family, your father is the Hou Ye, just a Su Qianxi, her relationship with the Su family is so bad, the only one who can rely on is the regent, but no one in the capital knows what the regent's personality is."
Mrs. Song sneered with sarcasm in her eyes and sneered disdainfully.
"The rumors that the regent and his wife are deeply in love with each other during this period of time in the outside world, and there is no doubt about their affection, just listen to it, don't really believe these nonsense."
"Who doesn't know that His Majesty gave the regent a marriage at the beginning, but taking advantage of the regent's will when he was not in the capital, Su Qianxi was the one His Majesty forced to the regent, how could the regent like her."
"Those rumors, maybe they were spread by Su Qianxi to save his respect."
Song Wanqin saw that her mother was going too far, her willow eyebrows were furrowed, and a little irritability rose in her heart.
"Mother, whether the rumors are true or not, at least the regent has never let the princess regent not come down in front of outsiders, so there is a certain possibility of rumors."
"Besides, aren't we here to come to the Sheng family today just to make friends with the princess regent?"
"If you have this attitude, we might as well go home now, so that people won't be able to see the problem and not get off the stage."
Song Wanqin faintly regretted coming to this trip with her mother.
"I'm not stupid, how can I possibly let people see the problem?"
Mrs. Song was a little annoyed when she saw her daughter, and her face was sneering.
"I'm not just telling you, when this carriage comes out, I'm sure no one will see the problem, you can rest assured."