My whole family has crossed with Goldfinger

The Pingyuan Marquis Mansion can be regarded as an old-style Marquis Mansion. It was granted the title of Marquis at the founding of the Yan Kingdom. It is also the only hereditary Marquis Mansion. It has produced noble concubines, queens, and important ministers of the court. When it was prominent, it was The palace will avoid its sharp edge.

But in recent years, the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion has always been very low-key. Except for in-laws and friends, they almost never go out to socialize. It is to hold banquets and invite in-laws and friends.

In addition to the third-rank official position of Pingyuan Marquis, who leads Honglu Temple Minister, only the fourth master of Pingyuan Marquis is an official in the court, and it is only a fifth-rank official, and he is not even qualified to go to the court.

This generation of Pingyuanhou is the brother of the Empress Dowager Yide, and the young couple of Pingyuanhou's old lady are unquestionable in love. The house is clean, let alone concubines, and there is no connecting room. All four sons and one daughter are married to Pingyuanhou's old lady. When the family is harmonious, it is a rare harmonious family style, and it is the first choice for many people in Beijing to marry a daughter.

Without it, apart from the harmony, the four brothers of Pingyuan Hou Shizi also followed their father's example in not taking concubines or taking in married women. This rule seems to have been passed down in this way. The next generation, Liu Da, who has already married Neither the Young Master nor the Second Young Master Liu had any concubines.

And those in the Liu family who marry a daughter-in-law never climb up or down, they only look at whether the other person is suitable for their own children, whether they like the other person, and whether the other person's family tradition is good.

No, like Grandma Liu, although her natal family is an imperial merchant, they are still merchants at best. If you really think about it, their family status is much higher than that of Pingyuan Houfu.

Only Mr. Liu likes her, and Mrs. Liu has a reputation as a virtuous woman. This makes for a good marriage.

Grandma Liu was very happy to be able to marry into the Hou Mansion and Mr. Liu. Within three years of entering the house, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, and she completely established a foothold in the Hou Mansion. Not only her mother-in-law liked her, My mother-in-law also likes her, and even her aunts and uncles always talk well about her, and this is because she knows how to do things and speaks sweetly.

However, she had been pregnant and had a baby for three years since she entered the palace, and it coincided with the day she ascended the throne. Queen Mother Yide avoided the palace, and Pingyuan Marquis kept a low profile and did not go out to socialize. Therefore, Grandma Liu had hardly ever gone out to attend a banquet, fearing that Beijing People inside only knew that Grandma Liu had never seen her before.

It’s not like she’s getting old, she’s still a young woman after all, so how can she not like to go out and show her face to socialize?
When the invitation from Uncle Zhongyi's house came to his door, the female relatives of the Hou family happened to be staying in the courtyard of Mrs. Pingyuan to have breakfast, and they had not left yet.

Mrs. Pingyuanhou accepted the invitation and immediately expressed her intention to attend the banquet.

Unlike other people who wanted to curry favor with the uncle and the princess who was the beloved one, the old lady only saw that the princess had saved her granddaughter, and that the little princess had a good temper and suited her well.

Therefore, regardless of whether they are low-key or not, their palace will not deny face to the princess's special post, and they must attend the banquet with pleasure.

Grandma Liu, who was standing behind Mrs. Liu San, the next mother-in-law, heard that she could finally go out for a banquet. It was also a banquet hosted by Princess Jiacheng of the Zhongyi Prefecture. It didn’t take much to guess how many people the banquet must have. At least All the well-known people in the capital would be there, so it was a good opportunity to show their faces.

But she was not sure whether she could go to the banquet together.

After all, even if there is an invitation, not all the women in the family will be there.

The old lady and aunt are definitely going. Which of the rest will you take with you?
Grandma Liu secretly estimated in her heart that it was time for the third sister and the fourth sister to propose marriage. They would definitely have to show their faces at this kind of banquet, and the eldest aunt would definitely bring her daughter-in-law and the second younger sister together, so there were only five of them. If her mother-in-law can't go, how can she be qualified to go?
Thinking like this, Grandma Liu felt a little disappointed.

But Leng Buding could only hear the old lady who was standing above her let out a surprised sound.

Everyone in the room looked at the old lady, and the prince's wife couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with mother? Is there anything wrong?"

"There are many people in our house, so it is reasonable for the princess to specially post two invitations, but -" Mrs. Pingyuan Hou pointed to an extra invitation, "the princess actually posted one for Qi's daughter-in-law alone. An invitation."

"What?" When everyone heard this, they couldn't hide their surprise and couldn't help but look at Grandma Liu.Mrs. Liu San was immediately surprised and said: "Qi's daughter-in-law, when did you have a relationship with the princess?"

Grandma Liu learned that Princess Jiacheng had specially given her a separate invitation, and she was also a monk named Zhang Er.

"My daughter-in-law has never seen the princess before." She was also surprised and happy.

She was happy that she could go to the banquet, but she was surprised that the princess would give her a separate post.

The old lady couldn't figure out what was going on, but she thought that Princess Jiacheng was a successful person and would never do useless things. There must be a reason for this post.

Everyone in the Hou Mansion was very curious about this. Seeing that the old lady did not say a word, they all asked Grandma Liu about it, asking her to think carefully about whether there was any contact she had forgotten.

Grandma Liu's mind was spinning when everyone was staring at her like this. She racked her brains and finally thought of something.

"A few days ago, my natal sister-in-law came to visit me. I heard her talk about the current situation at home and mentioned that her natal family came to Beijing. I didn't take it seriously at first, but I heard her mention it. It’s her sister-in-law’s niece who has a handkerchief with Princess Jiacheng——”

"I wonder if it has anything to do with this?"

Everyone listened and thought that Grandma Liu and her natal sister-in-law seemed to be from Yiyang Prefecture. It turned out that they were related to Princess Jiacheng's handkerchief?
So Princess Jiacheng knew about this relationship and specifically posted a message to Grandma Liu for the sake of handing over the handkerchief?
They couldn't think of anything other than this possibility.

The old lady said at the right time, "Well, no matter what the reason is, since the princess sent a message to Qi's daughter-in-law alone, Qi's daughter-in-law went to the banquet with us that day. It happened to be time to make spring clothes. Everyone, let Jinxiu Pavilion bring fashionable cloths into the house and cut some clothes for everyone."

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The flower banquet was held three days later, but things had already started in Uncle Zhongyi's house. The Qingyun Pavilion that was to entertain guests that day was cleaned over and over again, not even the dust in the corners was spared. .

The kitchen is also preparing the snacks and desserts that will be served that day, making them over and over again, trying to get the best taste and not making any mistakes that day.

There are also arrangements for the servants, and what they should do on the day of the banquet must be carefully arranged one by one to ensure that there are people where they should be, and that everyone will not wander around like headless flies not knowing what they should do.

The servants all over the house are busy working, and no one is idle.

In the big kitchen, Maodan Niang was also helping to choose vegetables with several other women in the kitchen, chatting with her at the same time.

Everyone knew that she was not a servant, but a fellow villager of the master in the mansion. This time she came to the capital, it was arranged by the master to work in a workshop outside. She was willing to come to help, but everyone refused, but they chatted happily with her.

Mao Dan Niang would always cater to her when she came, and she would also deliberately ask what she wanted to know. No, she soon knew that the uncle's house was going to hold a banquet, and Pingyuan Hou's house would definitely come.

After hearing the news, Maodan Niang was panicked and went to Tinglan Courtyard in the afternoon, asking to see the princess.