Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 975 Guests Arrive
No matter how slowly they walked, they would eventually reach their destination. The group walked slowly and talked and laughed. After the last carriage arrived at Yuyuan, they also arrived at the gate.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but regardless of age, among the guests, except for a few managers who came to congratulate, the most senior guests were all on the same level as Gu Erzhu.

With Zhou Molan's assistance, Liu felt much more relaxed at the welcoming ceremony, even though she saw the Second Lady of the Xu family and other female relatives again.

It's not that she's picky.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how kindly the few old ladies who are still alive in Zhoujia Village treat others, they are still different from ordinary women.

They seem to have matured a lot, become more open-minded and casual after experiencing exile, but their words and deeds are not comparable to those of ordinary women in official families.

Especially when it comes to treating people, she does not dare to disgrace the ladies of famous families in the world. The most particular old lady even pays attention to etiquette when seeing guests off.

What’s interesting is that it is the clan leader’s wife and the mother-in-law of the head of the family’s main wife of their generation who are free to do as they please without any outsiders.

After exchanging a smile with Zhou Changzheng's wife Qi, Liu no longer bothered to be polite with her. After hearing Qi say that she should just go and do her own thing first, she simply handed Liu over to Li.

There were quite a lot of guests arriving today. Although she didn't need to show up for the guests of all ages, she still needed to show up for the trusted maids sent by several families.

Among them were the eldest princess and Princess Rui, who were both served by female officials and maids of the highest rank. It would be inappropriate for a woman of low rank like me to neglect them.

The face was given by others, and it was only because San Ya married into her family that she was given the privilege. Otherwise, let alone these two tasteful housekeepers, even the housekeepers around Madam Gao were not available to her. She should not be ignorant and treat them as ordinary housekeepers.

Zhou Molan had the same idea.

This time, apart from the emperor issuing an imperial decree to reward the county princess with her pearl, princes and princesses from all the prefectures have sent people to congratulate her. It can be said that even the royal family has publicly recognized her daughter.

This move was better than the previous one when the emperor posthumously conferred the title of County Princess on her and ordered the Ministry of Rites to grant the Princess Mansion to her daughter. The only thing left was a title that matched the Princess Mansion.

Even if her daughter cannot be granted the title of princess, it is fine if she can only be a county princess. It should be her daughter's. The eldest princess still needs her advice and it is not good to neglect her elder sister.

Although the elder sister is still grateful to the county lord for saving her from being punished with a stick, people have forgotten her after all. The county lord has passed away, and the girl is left with only adults.

What's more, even if the elder sister was a lady-in-waiting beside the eldest princess, she was still a royal slave. How could there be family affection among the royal family? Otherwise, why would the eldest princess have sent someone here only now?

As for her, the county lady, good people don’t get good rewards. She only hopes that when those people commemorate their old friend, they can remember the county lady’s kindness, have a conscience, and treat her girl well.

Madam, you are a smart person, a rare wise person. You should meet your elder sisters. Today, the emperor has posthumously conferred a title on the county princess. Even if Lord Zhou has retired, her daughter still has her husband, so she is not without support. Madam can meet her elder sisters in person, and they will not suffer any loss.

Unlike the head wife Liu, who had to go to the flower hall to meet the princess and the maids around Princess Rui accompanied by Zhou Molan, Li was relieved. Although Mrs. Gu, who was invited by Gu Wenxuan in advance, was present, she could not help but be protected by Qi, the wife of Zhou Changzheng, who treated her like a sister-in-law, and Mrs. Xu, who had met her once.

All she had to do was smile and nod or shake her head. Even if she didn't know how to respond appropriately to some of the questions, these two would help her.

After waiting for all the female members of the family and Old Lady Gu to leave, she felt even more relaxed. A large group of her family members including San Ya's "family members" surrounded her and led her out of the main hall of the main courtyard.

After that, she didn't have to think about which one to accompany back to the guest house first. Madam Xu asked her to accompany Zhou Changzheng's wife Qi first, and then go to find Zhou Banxia after she had washed up.

Everything was arranged perfectly. Even the younger generations, young ladies and young girls of the Xu family were taken away by Madam Xu. She only needed to get together with her "sisters-in-law".

As it happened, her "sister-in-law" was her mother's elder sister-in-law. Although she was not Mr. Qi's biological sister, she was also his cousin from the same great-grandfather.

Speaking of which, Zhou Qi's maternal family was quite wronged. Unlike Mr. Qi Sanye whose father was not involved in the Liangguo case, Zhou Qi's father was unfortunately implicated.

This is also the reason why Zhou Changzheng married her after many years of exile, probably because Zhou Qi's elder sister was the wife of the prince of Liang at that time.

At that time, all the in-laws of the Duke of Liang, except those with royal blood, were either demoted and left alone or had their property confiscated and exiled.

It was because of such great force that Zhou Qi's family did not hate the Duke of Liang's Mansion to death, and finally betrothed Zhou Qi to Zhou Changzheng.

It may be that they did not want to break the generations-long marriage relationship between the Zhou and Qi families, or it may be that it would be difficult for their children to find good matches in the place of exile. In short, Zhou Qi's family was rehabilitated as Zhou Huan worked hard to clear the Liangguo Mansion of grievances, and their contacts with the branch of Qi Sanye's father also turned from secret to open.

What followed was that since the resumption of open contacts, Zhou Qi, the wife of the clan leader, and another girl from the Qi family who married into the Zhou family after the death of her elder sister, was highly valued by everyone in the Qi family.

Like at this time, the maid left, and Zhou Qi represented the Qi family, not Mrs. Qi San, to tell Li that Mr. Qi had entrusted her to tell her something.

The one sent by the Qi family to congratulate this time was not Qi Junyan, the young master of the Qi family who had come before. Why did they only send the third master Qi's attendant? It was probably because the eldest son of their family had an errand and could not leave, and Qi Junyan still needed to prepare for the upcoming study tour with his cousin, the third master Qi's eldest son.

"…Plus, my third brother's wife couldn't leave and couldn't come. All of a sudden, even my eldest aunt was worried that my in-laws would think that we didn't value their family anymore. She was also worried that we couldn't explain it clearly in the letter, so she sent someone to inform me first.

She is not worried that you two will misunderstand that their family neglects our Xia Er, but she did not let the eldest daughter-in-law come because she wanted you two to talk to your in-laws about how there are too many idle people in their family and they are not needed. "

After listening for a while, Li finally understood why her "sister-in-law" suddenly mentioned that she had something important to discuss with her. She thought she was talking about something important. "There's nothing to worry about. My husband and I don't care about these things.

They are a very easy-going couple, there's no need to talk too much. Why do we need the eldest lady to come? There's no need to think about it. After we say this, they will have a clear idea in their minds. How could they not know that our in-laws cherish us?

Besides, our sister Hui'er's father's long-serving attendant is here, and it's not good to say something in case others hear it, so there's no need to mobilize a large force to ask the Madam to come here. She is still a layer away from us, so it's better for our sister Hui'er's father's long-serving attendant to come here."