Chapter 85: The Banquet (1)
The days of the New Year's Festival always fly by, and in a blink of an eye, it is the day to go to Yuan's house for a banquet.
Yin Qianhua was still hesitating, not knowing whether to go or not, King Jing's words made her make up her mind.
"Don't you want to see your daughter-in-law? As far as I know, there are quite a few family members of officials who went to Yuan's house today. ”
"Okay, I'll go." Now for Yin Qianhua, there is nothing more important to her than her son, daughter and daughter-in-law.
"Do you want to take Ruonan with you?" King Jing asked.
"I'll ask her."
Yun Ruonan refused without even thinking about it, which was already expected by King Jing and his wife.
"Wouldn't it be better if this kid had a playmate?" King Jing asked his wife.
"Perhaps."
"You can also see if there are girls who are about the same size as Ruonan, with a good temperament and a good family style, Let Ruonan know a few more friends, and her personality may be much more cheerful.
"I'll keep an eye on it." Yin Qianhua is not as optimistic as King Jing, her daughter understands by herself, it is not easy to be friends with her, even herself, who is a mother, is often rejected by her, let alone a stranger?
Seeing that the time was almost up, King Jing accompanied his wife in the car, Yun Yichen rode a horse, and the family of three went to Yuan's mansion for a banquet.
Concubine Han was rare and smart, and she didn't ask to go with her, so she didn't dare to go to the Yuan family.
Since Yun Ruonan's poisoning incident, King Jing no longer cares about Empress Dowager Han's orders, her life in the palace has also become difficult. Now she has more or less understood that the status of the Queen Mother, the Han family and herself in King Jing's heart is no longer what it used to be.
With such a cognition, she also had to be careful when doing things and talking, and the high-flying and domineering Concubine Han in the past could no longer be domineering in this palace.
When King Jing and his wife set off from home, the carriage of the Xiao family had already arrived outside the gate of the Yuan family, and they were greeted by the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yin family and the housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion.
Under the introduction of Yuan Yutong, the two sides met and greeted, and the ladies took a small sedan chair and walked through the huge general's mansion.
"My grandfather's house is not very big, the last time I came to live, I got lost several times." Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yao were huddled in a sedan chair and whispered.
"With such a big yard, I would have lost my way if I had it." General Yuan's mansion is much larger than his own house, and it seems that no matter what era he is, people with a wealth of wealth have a much better living environment than those who work hard in the world with their bare hands.
Because the daughters of the Xiao family arrived early, there were not many guests in the hall at this time, most of them were members of the Yuan clan and a few close relatives.
"Sister-in-law, we haven't seen each other for years." Yin stood up to greet his in-laws.
"I haven't seen you in more than ten years, but you still look as energetic as ever." The Qin family responded enthusiastically to his in-laws.
"Where can I compare with you with my body bones, I know that your life is smooth and wishful."
"That's because I married three good daughters-in-law."
After the greetings, the juniors of the Xiao family stood up in turn and saluted the Yin family.
"Old sister-in-law, your Xiao family is really getting more and more prosperous."
"It depends on who you compare with, if you compare with your Yuan family, it will be far worse." The Yuan family is second to none in Tianyu.
The boys went to the front yard after seeing Yin, leaving a room of female dependents.
"It's the first time I've seen such a good-looking little girl." A noblewoman exclaimed.
Attracted by this exclamation, everyone turned their attention to Xiao Yao, who had not had time to retreat. Xiao Yao could only stop helplessly and let others watch.
"Let me guess, this is Ruyi's sister peace."
Although the Yin family has never met Xiao Yao, they are already familiar with her name. There is no other reason, the granddaughter mentions her sister with her mouth open and closed, which makes it impossible for people to pretend that they don't know.
"I've seen my grandmother." Xiao Yao saluted in a proper manner, and the action standards were in place.
"What a neat child, old sister-in-law, you are really blessed."
"Peace and Ruyi are good boys." When the Qin family heard that their granddaughter was praised, they were secretly proud in their hearts, the family already had a handsome and chic son who was famous in Kyoto, and looking at the reputation after the future, even if he couldn't catch up with her fourth uncle, it was not too much worse.
"Come and let my grandmother take a good look, I am reluctant to let go, but what should I do!" Yin really didn't let go of Xiao Yao's hand, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
"Grandmother, is my sister good-looking?" Xiao Yuan tilted his head and proudly waited for his grandmother to praise his sister.
"Of course it's good-looking, it's good-looking, it's cute." This kid's heart is really wide, and when he hears everyone praise others, he doesn't have the slightest sense of jealousy, and he looks like he is honored, which is really rare.
"Sister, my grandmother praised you!"
Rao is Xiao Yao is thick-skinned enough, and she was also made red-faced by her sister, her head hung low, and she felt very embarrassed.
"Let your cousin Jing take you to the back to play." Look at other people's children, your granddaughter, too straightforward, you like your sister! I still want to embarrass your sister!
"This kid has a good temperament." Yin said as he nodded.
"My daughter has so many advantages!" Yuan Yutong also wants to open it, her niece is good-looking, and her daughter has a good temperament, which can be regarded as a kind of complementarity, right!
"Yes! Heartless like you. ”
The room full of people was amused when they heard this. Xiao Yuan also followed suit, then pulled up his cousin with his left hand, and pulled his cousin with his right hand and walked out.
The fleshy little body, sandwiched between the two slender sisters, is particularly eye-catching.
"Is this kid a little fat?" Yin is a little worried, if this development continues, his granddaughter will soon become a meat ball.
"You and I don't have to worry, but this kid is going to make trouble if he eats less, I just controlled the amount of food here, and people are hiding snacks in the quilt over there, candied fruit, it was taken away today, and there will be tomorrow.
Later, I found out that she was afraid of being discovered by me, and she didn't bother the family with the idea of eating, so she either asked the porter to secretly go out to buy it for her, or secretly went to the kitchen to get it, which was really embarrassing. ”
Hearing that there were still such reports of his own daughter, the room erupted in laughter. No wonder the child is not jealous, because there is a mother here to set an example!
"I can hear laughter in the distance, what makes you so happy, say it, let me be happy." Yin Qianhua, who was dressed in a concubine-colored palace dress, graceful, gentle and moving, took Yun Yichen, who was already twelve years old, with handsome eyebrows and a noble spirit, and slowly walked into the living room.
"I've seen Princess Jing, I've seen Prince Jing."
Everyone stood up one after another to salute these two distinguished nobles.
"None of you are outsiders, so you don't have to be polite."
Yin Qianhua first helped her aunt, and then said to everyone in a gentle tone.
"Yichen meets my grandmother." Yun Yichen saluted to the Yin family in a dignified manner.
"Hurry up." Yin likes this child who doesn't have many words, but is thoughtful, and there is no trace of smiling on his body.
"Hua'er must have never met your cousin's mother-in-law and concubines, come and I'll take you to get to know them." Because everyone else here is a member of the Yuan clan, only Yin Qianhua of the Xiao family has not seen it.
"Is it General Xiao's mansion?" Yin Qianhua asked with a little hesitation, if it was really their family, it would be quite related to King Jing's Mansion.
"It's General Xiao's family." The Yin family had just returned to Kyoto, and he didn't know that Yun Yichen was practicing martial arts with General Xiao, but he just felt that the two families were relatives, so don't walk on the road in the future and don't know each other.
"Qianhua has seen Mrs. Xiao."
"This can be a torment for the courtiers, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the courtiers should visit the princess." Qin Shi Cheng said with trepidation, This Princess Jing, but she has seen the most noble person so far. Qin was nervous and didn't know how to deal with it, so he hurriedly turned back to see his three daughters-in-law.
"Mrs. Xiao, please take a seat, you just treat me as a junior today." After Yin Qianhua said this, she turned around and returned to her seat, and she could also see that the Qin family was a little overwhelmed.
"Yun Yichen greets the old lady." After Yun Yichen knew the identity of the woman in front of him, he stepped forward and saluted.
Regarding Yun Yichen's actions, not to mention the Qin family, the Xiao family, even Yin Qianhua and the Yin family were a little surprised.