Chapter 17 Guess who went to the Yichun Banquet?
The crowd was like boiling hot water, boiling.
This Princess Zhaoming is hated by everyone and the whole country is angry. The Jiangnan Si family has such a close relationship with her! ?
For a time, everyone even became secretive about their impression of Jiang Jinshuang.
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Xia Mansion.
The clear stream is like a wave, and the fallen flowers are colorful.
The flower-viewing banquet was held in the most lush garden of Xia Mansion.
Streams, pavilions, mountains and stone pavilions.
The Eight Immortals tables with red sandalwood and auspicious cloud patterns were laid out one after another, with gold and green glazed lamps on hand, mulberry trees to drink, autumn dew to whiten, and Qianqiu brewing. All kinds of wine, food and dishes gathered on the table, and the delicacies were dizzying.
The Xia Mansion has made full preparations for today's flower viewing feast.
The flower viewing banquet was not just for male guests, Xia Yurong also invited many female relatives to come to enjoy the spring flowers and make sachets. This huge garden was full of people and bustling.
Most of the female family members gathered around Xia Yurong, while the male guests sat at the Eight Immortals table, chatting and drinking with each other, entertained by Xia Wenbin.
Xia Yurong was a famous beauty in the capital. After she was recognized by Xia Wenbin and returned to the Xia Mansion, Xia Yurong, as the only and youngest daughter of the Xia Mansion, was regarded as a treasure by Xia Wenbin and was obedient.
In order to make it easier for Xia Yurong to integrate into the circle of noble ladies in the capital, Xia Wenbin held banquets again and again and invited the female family members from the capital to come to his mansion.
Xia Yurong was a sweet-tongued person, and her father was a third-rank official in the imperial court. She soon became active among the noble ladies in the capital.
At this time, Xia Yurong was sitting in the pavilion making sachets with a group of female relatives.
"Oh, sister Yurong's hands are too clever, right?"
A woman in green clothes picked up Xia Yurong's purse with an envious look on her face: "This sachet is so beautifully embroidered, look at the pair of mandarin ducks, they seem to be blinking!"
When all the female relatives heard this, they all put down the sachets in their hands and rushed to see Xia Yurong.
"It's so beautiful! Sister Ronger's beauty has always been the best! If I had such skillful hands, what kind of lover would I be? I wouldn't be able to capture my lover easily..."
These words caused bursts of laughter from the female relatives.
The woman in green was Xia Yurong's handkerchief. When someone said this, she asked with a joking face: "Isn't our sister Rong'er's lover coming to the banquet soon?"
Hearing what the woman in Tsing Yi said, Xia Yurong immediately blushed and buried her head lower: "Qingshan, please stop laughing at me..."
Qingshan covered her lips and smiled, and some of the female relatives around her also smiled and said: "What's so funny about this? All the women in the capital know that the relationship between Lord Chief Assistant and Yu Rong is the best!"
"That's right! We usually can't get in even if we ask the gate of Shange, let alone handing in posts!"
"I heard that Sister Yurong met the Chief Assistant before he became an official!"
"Oh, then isn't this just like what the storybook says, a good wife helps me reach my peak..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense," Xia Yurong pursed her lips and scolded, "If, if Brother Pei listens to it, it's my fault..."
When Qingshan heard this, her smile became even stronger: "Hey, 'Brother Pei'...who is it?"
"Hahahahaha, sister Yurong has such a good relationship with Master Shoufu. I guess it won't be long before we can enjoy your wedding, right?"
"But let's talk! Huh, if Princess Zhaoming hadn't used her power to bully her back then, Yu Rong might have already exchanged feelings with Lord Shofu!"
Speaking of this "Princess Zhaoming", the atmosphere among the female family members turned cold.
Qingshan defended Xia Yurong and looked ugly: "What do you do to her on such a good day? It's really unlucky!"
"That's right! That Princess Zhaoming doesn't know a good heart. When she first returned to Beijing, Yu Rong wanted to ease the relationship with her, but she actually kicked Yu Rong out directly!"
Qingshan snorted coldly: "Such an ungrateful person will repay kindness with hatred. Sooner or later, the officials will demote her out of the capital again!"
Seeing that Xia Yurong looked a little sad, Qingshan hurriedly smiled and said: "Haha, I heard that Princess Zhaoming is going to hold a Yichun banquet at her residence today."
"Humph, you know you are not welcome, but you still insist on humiliating yourself. It really makes people laugh!" "That's right! There is a flower-viewing banquet at sister Yurong's house, who has the time to attend the Yichun banquet? ! ”
The atmosphere became lively again.
The female relatives were talking, and the topic returned to the chief minister.
"Sister Yu Rong, when will the Chief Assistant come to the banquet?"
"Yes, yes! We all want to see Mr. Shofu!"
Xia Yurong raised the corners of her mouth, lowered her head shyly, and whispered softly: "It should...it should be here soon..."
On the other side, at the banquet.
Xia Wenbin smiled and exchanged glasses with the officials present, chatting and composing poems, so elegant!
During the banquet, everyone was half drunk, and their speech was out of order.
"Master Xia, thank you so much for this invitation! If it weren't for you, I don't even know what I would have done!"
"Yes! We really don't want to attend Princess Zhaoming's banquet!"
"Hmph! I thought I was the favored princess who was so high and mighty back then. Now His Majesty even refuses to see her. I don't know how humble I will be in the future!"
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"That's right! Participating in a banquet of this kind of people really affects one's status!"
"Fortunately, Mr. Xia invited me. I would like to congratulate you on this glass of wine!"
Xia Wenbin was complimented and couldn't hide the smile on his face. He raised his glass and drank it all.
Another official at the table smiled and asked: "Mr. Xia, I heard that Ling Qianjin's invitation also invited the chief minister?"
Xia Wenbin's back straightened a little when he mentioned this matter.
He raised his chin and nodded pretending to be angry: "Yes, I didn't want to send the post to the Chief Assistant, for fear of disturbing your peace."
"But who would have thought that my Rong'er said that she was on good terms with Mr. Chief Assistant and just came to the banquet for a drink. It was nothing serious."
There were bursts of approval from the crowd.
"Our Lord Chief Assistant is a proud man of heaven, a young talent! He is a perfect match for your daughter!"
As he said this, an official raised his glass of wine flatteringly and said with a flattering look on his face: "Then I will first wish that Ling Qianjin and the First Assistant will be on the same page, and good things will come soon!"
Xia Wenbin laughed twice and raised his glass to drink without any hesitation!
Everyone at the banquet was talking, laughing, and happy.
At this moment, the young man outside the door ran to the banquet in a panic and knelt down in front of Xia Wenbin with a plop!
"Report, report to your lord, Y-Yichun banquet...Yichun banquet..."
Hearing the words "Yichun Banquet", Xia Wenbin snorted disdainfully: "You are in such a panic, what's the matter with Yichun Banquet?"
"Someone went to the Yichun Banquet at the Princess Mansion!"
I thought it was a big deal.
Xia Wenbin sneered: "The guests at the Yichun banquet are all in my house now. Who can be the distinguished guests who are going to attend the Yichun banquet now?"
"That's right! Maybe Princess Zhaoming invited someone to support the scene!" an official at the banquet mocked.
As soon as this was said, the whole audience laughed.
The boy buried his head very low, stammered when he spoke, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Qi, sir, I just heard that the chief assistant... went to the Yichun banquet..."
(End of chapter)