my grandmother

Chapter 185 Feast
Ah Wu sat in the door room, staring wide-eyed, watching the officials attending the banquet come in one by one, seeing them seem to be tied up in the brand-new official uniforms, greeting them stiffly, watching them being greeted by the stewards. The commanders lined up and knelt down as the old priest shouted.

During the last show of good manners, during the short break, a group of people gave way to each other. Before they gave way to who was in front of who was behind, there was a clear and crisp whip, and it was time to officially enter the door.

All the stewards who came in and out were very polite to A Wu, standing and talking to her, joking with her, and explaining her doubts.

Seeing the officials queuing up to enter the second gate, and then queuing up to enter the villa, Ah Wu let out a long sigh of relief.

After two hours in Guang Ermen, she looked exhausted, this royal banquet is really not easy to eat!
If you want to be smart, you have to count Ah Nan. I heard that the etiquette process is the same for the female relatives. How tiring it is!

Fortunately, she is a messenger. The royal banquet is more tiring for those who attend the banquet than those who work.

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At the moment of maozheng, when the last performance of the ceremony began in the second gate of the Wangfu Bieye, Gu Yan, dressed in a black-bottomed python-patterned arrow-sleeve riding outfit, surrounded by the guards and long entourage, exuded a vicious aura, and rushed into the temporary building next to the pier. Xing Yuan.

Wang Guichong was at the forefront, holding up the gold tiger head badge, and shouted: "Gu Shuai is here! There is a military order!"

The team on duty ran forward, pushed open the gate of Xingyuan, and Gu Yan rode straight in.

Several commanders had already received Yang Qifan's military orders, and they had already prepared their uniforms. They immediately called up the soldiers of the headquarters, and followed Gu Yan's orders, and went straight to the pier.

Huang Xianzhou and Mr. Yao were wrapped in an old white coat, standing in front of the shed of the palace, blowing the cold wind from the sea, stretching their necks to look around, not feeling cold at all.

"Remember, there are seven families in total. Don't be too polite about the six families. Mr. Zou's family is more polite. On the face of it, Mr. Zou's family is the one who suffers. After you remember it, just check two things, one of which is related to our case. , and the second is related to our errand, remember it!" Huang Xianzhou asked again.

"Dong Weng is relieved, you have said seven or eight times, my side is a small messenger, don't worry, you should think about your side again, not a single silk warehouse on the pier can be left behind, your side It's much more serious than mine." Mr. Yao felt his heart pounding.

He was very excited to experience such a big event for the first time.

"Well, my side is very important, very important, hey! Here we come!"

A man and a horse rushed towards him in the distance, Huang Xianzhou rushed forward excitedly, tripped, Mr. Yao hurriedly grabbed him, "Don't worry, Dong Weng, hold on, hold on!"

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, what's the rush! It's okay, it's okay!"

Huang Xianzhou took a deep breath, looked at the person and the horse that had already rushed in front of him, and before he could speak, the boy on the horse jumped off the horse and waved his hands and shouted: "You two, please follow me!"

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He Ruiming rushed into his father's courtyard, almost crashing into his father's arms.

He Chengze staggered a step, avoiding He Ruiming, fastened his belt, took the cloak from the old servant and put it on, and when he tied the cloak belt, he was already out of the courtyard.

He Chengze fastened his cloak, stopped outside the courtyard gate, and patted He Ruiming, "Don't worry, the more important things are approaching, the more you can't mess them up. What's going on outside?"

"They're all soldiers!" He Ruiming's face turned pale.

"Take a breath and let it out. Are you feeling better?" He Chengze stopped and pressed his son's shoulder.

He Ruiming took a deep breath and let it out slowly, "Well, it's much better."

"Let's go, don't worry, it's okay." He Chengze walked at the gate, went up to the attic above the gatehouse, bent over, and looked outside through the gap in the window.

After watching for a while, He Chengze came down, questioned several gatekeepers carefully, ordered the gate to be guarded, and took his son into the second gate.

"Okay..."

He Ruiming followed closely behind He Chengze, and was interrupted by He Chengze before he could finish his sentence.

"All right? Oh! You boy."

He Chengze sighed, "This is the time to close the net, just in time."

He Chengze frowned, paused for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the crown prince's trip to the south is probably for the customs department, at least today's banquet is for the crown prince to collect the net smoothly."

"Then what should we do? We don't know anything about such a big event. This is in Linhai Town." He Ruiming's voice trembled slightly.

"It's nothing, what's the matter with Linhai Town? Linhai Town doesn't belong to us. Sigh." He Chengze sighed lowly, patted his son, "It's time to put away the net and retreat back around noon, you go wash up and eat something , go out to find the Shi Ziye, find the Shi Ziye, tell him that I want to see him, and report something important to him face to face."

"Father?" He Ruiming was a little uneasy.

"It's okay." He Chengze smiled and comforted him in a warm voice.

"Well, I'm going to wash up now." He Ruiming felt relieved, turned around and ran back to his yard.

He Chengze looked at his son running away with his hands behind his back, lost his mind for a while, and went back to his yard with his hands behind his back.

Alas, this is not closing the net, this is opening the curtain.

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The sun rose above the head, and the female relatives who came to receive the banquet finished the lengthy etiquette, and finally entered the relaxing part of eating, drinking and watching theatre.

The little ladies were led to a warm pavilion near the water, another wide pavilion on the back of the mountain connected by a nine-curved corridor. Accompanied by my wife, I listened to the Pingtan everyone playing and singing, and talked.

A festive and auspicious drama is being performed on a tall stage facing the Shui Pavilion and the Nuan Pavilion.

The little ladies are not on the stage, they are busy looking at this legendary villa carefully, the boundless lake in front of them is rippling with blue waves, so tall hills are all piled up?Why are the pavilions and pavilions here so beautiful? They seem to grow naturally from the water under the trees.

The girls here look a bit ordinary, with average looks, even more average clothes, and they are quiet.

The dim sum tea here is just like this, it's pretty good, but it's just good, it's not as good as they imagined, and it's not even as exquisite as their dim sum!
Those aristocratic ladies are really nice, and those three are dressed exactly the same, it is said that they are girls from the Wei family!
But the clothes and jewelry of these noble ladies are just like that, not as good as theirs.

Mrs. Shi walked to the side of the young ladies sitting by the lake, sat down on an empty chair, faced the few young ladies who were looking at her, and laughed in a low voice: "It's been a long time since I stood this morning. I'm tired, let me take a sneak break."

The little ladies pursed their lips and laughed together.

"Why are you so thin? Thin people don't get tired." A young woman closest to Mrs. Shi stretched out her finger, and carefully touched Mrs. Shi's bony wrist.

"I'm a bit uncomfortable with the climate." Mrs. Shi laughed.

"Unacclimatized is very bitter." The young woman on the opposite side quickly raised her head and smiled: "When my mother was my age, she followed my nephew to Fujian Road, but the climate was not acclimatized. My mother said she was suffering to death. "

"Aren't you from our Pingjiang Mansion? Are you from the capital? Is your surname Wei too?" A little lady next to him asked curiously.

"My family is in the capital, and my surname is not Wei. I came here with the second wife." Mrs. Shi smiled gently, pointed to the cat's eye hairpin on the little lady who asked the question, and said with a smile: "Your cat's eyes are so real. Well, it's the first time I've seen such a big and pure cat's eye."

"It's not worth anything. My aunt has a pair, which are much better than this one. We don't lack these in Pingjiang Mansion." The little lady was a little proud, but also very reserved.

"Her old man, her father, and her uncle are all working in the Customs Department, and their family has no shortage of these things." A little lady diagonally across said with a smile.

"It's not a good thing, don't you lack these in your family?" The cat-eyed lady smiled.

"When will we meet the crown prince?" A little lady not far from Mrs. Shi raised her head and asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, when can we see the crown prince?"

"And Shi Ziye, can we talk to Shi Ziye?"

A group of young ladies suddenly became excited.

"These are important matters of etiquette. I was ordered to take care of the little lady who came here today." Mrs. Shi said with a smile.

"You don't know either."

A group of little ladies were very disappointed.

"Your family is in the capital, so do you know the young lady who was engaged to the Shizi?" A young lady on the opposite side raised her head and asked with a low voice and a smile.

"Hmm." Mrs. Shi smiled and hummed speciously.

"Then tell us, what does that little lady look like? Is it good-looking? Why doesn't the Shizi want her?" A group of little ladies stretched their heads, and their eyes were full of gossip.

"My son doesn't want her anymore? Where did you hear that?" Mrs. Shi's smile didn't change.

"My cousin has been waiting for the exam in the capital. During the Chinese New Year, they came back to celebrate the New Year. My cousin said that it was the prince who had to retire. She also said that the prince and princess could not be persuaded. It's a sensation!" A little lady laughed very fast.

"Really, resignation is resignation, but how did I hear that it was because the girl of that family had a hidden disease?" Mrs. Shi frowned slightly.

"Ah? Is there a hidden disease? What kind of hidden disease? Can't have a baby?" A group of young ladies' eyes lit up excitedly.

"Then I don't know. The official language of your Pingjiang Mansion is soft and soft, it's really nice." Mrs. Shi broke the conversation.

"Why isn't he still married? Does he want to choose a concubine in our Pingjiang mansion?"

The cat-eyed lady raised her head and asked.

A pink light flashed in the eyes of a group of young ladies.

"I met the son once. My mother and I went to Linhai to pick gems. The master happened to be on the pier, so my mother took me to watch the excitement. The master is so beautiful! It's so beautiful! I'm so stupid Ah, Niang is also dumbfounded!" A little lady next to her clenched her fists excitedly.

"Can we see Shizi?"

"Can you talk to Shi Ziye?"

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A group of little ladies chattered around Mrs. Shi.

"I really don't know, let's not talk about this, okay? Let's talk about gems, and clothes materials are also fine. One year, gold-pressed materials were very popular in the capital. Has it been popular in Pingjiang Mansion?" Mrs. Shi laughed and interjected.

"What's so good about pressed gold material? It's hard and heavy, and gold is worthless." The cat-eyed little lady looked disappointed.

"Look at my string of pearls." A young woman next to her took off a string of golden pearls from her wrist and handed it to Mrs. Shi.

"It's really beautiful. My second aunt has one. I put it on my forehead in winter, and take it off to make a shawl pendant in summer. It's so precious. You have so many." Mrs. Shi was amazed.

"What is this? I have a big box at home for such pearls." The cat-eyed lady stretched her head and said.

"That's right, our family doesn't lack these things at all." The little girl next to the cat-eyed lady answered with a smile, and stretched out her hand in front of Mrs. Shi, "Look at my bracelet, this is auntie. I just gave it to me. I originally had a pair, but the head of the water was a little worse than this one. Last month, I was wearing a fluttering butterfly, and it broke when it hit the rockery. My mother said that it was safe, so I gave me this pair. Son."

"Look at me, this mutton jade is nothing more than it is, my father said it is better than carving." Another little lady untied the mutton jade incense ball hanging from her waist, and handed it to Mrs. Shi for a look.

"Look at me..."

A group of young ladies rushed to show off their pearls and jade jewelry to Mrs. Shi.

Mrs. Shi kept admiring.

These little ladies are not expensive, but they are extremely rich. The closer they are to the customs office, the richer they become.

(End of this chapter)