Guests are arriving at the door one after another.
The front and back yards gradually came to life.
Not long after, the Xuanwu Marquis' carriage arrived, and Xie Jingyu's face instantly became a bit ugly.
But he is a small official of the fifth rank, even if he loathes the Qin family again, he must welcome them with a smile, "Marquis, Mrs. Marquis, the young son, your presence here has made my Xie family's house full of splendor, inside please."
Qin Mingheng brought Mrs. Marquis Luo, and the firstborn son of the two to the banquet together, and the Marquis' youngest son was about six years old and very white.
"I remember back when I was not out of the cabinet, I went along with my mother to drink the little world son's full moon wine." Yun Chu smiled and Madam Marquis Luo said, "In the blink of an eye, the Little World Son is surprisingly this big."
Luo's face was a gentle smile, "Back then, I also went with the Marquis to the Yun residence to drink Lady Xie's courtship wine."
With all this chatting, the two were inexplicably close.
Because of the high status of the other party, he was personally led by Yun Chu to the backyard, and the many women in the backyard hurriedly rose to salute and greet him.
Lo was of a kindly nature and didn't deliberately posture, and quickly melted in.
Yun Chou continued to go to the entrance of the mansion to welcome the guests.
It was almost time for the Yun family to arrive, and since they were in-laws, everyone in the Yun family was there except for the older generals and the generals guarding the front lines.
Mrs. Yun Lin, the Yun family's eldest young master Yun Ze, the eldest young lady Liu Qian Qian, as well as the first son and first daughter of the two, as well as the three Yun Chu's concubine younger siblings, a large family came to give the Xie family face.
Yunchu brought her own family in and purposely sat Lin and Mrs. Dai together, and the two ladies talked to each other up.
Lord Dai is a fifth grade civil official of the imperial court, his first second son is nineteen years old this year, and he passed the Xiucai examination the year before last, which is naturally much worse than Xie Shi'an, but it is already considered very good for most people.
Like the capital those sons of the honored, either inherit the title family business, or directly to participate in the examination, in the examination room before, who do not know what in the end what the ability ... of some of the lower door is not the same, can be examined on the Xiu Cai, indicating that the ability to eat this bowl of rice of the readers, but also can show that this person is hardworking and good at learning, much better than the average playboy.
Lin is quite satisfied with the second young master Dai, also think that Mrs. Dai this future in-laws also good to get along with, Mrs. Dai on the cloud family's daughter is naturally a hundred satisfied, both sides can not pick what fault, this marriage is settled a big half.
Yun Chu walked over and said, "Sister La, follow me to fetch some fruit wines for the ladies to try."
Yunara stood up and followed behind Yun Chou obediently.
She walked along with Yun Chu to the Hanging Flower Gate, the place where the outer and inner courtyards met, where there was a long corridor.
From afar, one could see Xie Shi'an leading some young masters and sons to talk there.
Yun Chu said softly, "The one in the green shirt, relatively taller is the second young master of the Dai family, how do you feel about it?"
Yunara looked up, then quickly withdrew her gaze, her ears suddenly reddened to the roots of her ears, and she nodded imperceptibly and gently.
Yunchu couldn't help but think of the time when her mother also took her, hid behind the screen, and stole a glance at Xie Jingyu.
At that time, Xie Jingyu was really a flamboyant young man, she took one look and immediately nodded her head, indicating that she was willing to marry, and thus became a Xie family woman.
Because she had gotten wet herself, she would protect her sister from suffering this.
The Dai family, was the best one she had chosen out of hundreds of families, and Sister La should have no worries in her life if she married there.
After Yunara was satisfied, the next step was for Yunchu to bring Yunara to pass by from that side and let Second Young Master Dai take a look at it, before the matter was considered completely settled.
Along the way, Yunla's face was as red as a ripe red persimmon.
Yun Chu went to the front yard to welcome the last wave of guests, and it was just about noon when the banquet officially began.
The men were in the front yard, but some of the younger boys, no matter whether they were seven or eight years old and not quite so knowledgeable, stayed all in the back yard.
Some of the slightly higher status ladies sat on the main seat, accompanied by Yun Chu and Old Madam Xie herself.
Some of those ladies have come to participate in Mrs. Xie's birthday banquet, there was also some concern about the situation again, and so the banquet was carried out to the half, which completely put down the heart, the banquet is really good, and their residence to do the banquet than, but also has no better.
After three rounds of wine, Mrs. Marquis Luo couldn't help but say, "Lord Xie is a scholar, and it looks like Young Master Xie will also be a scholar in the exams, not to mention that the Xie family's feng shui is good, and the main thing is that the Xie family will be able to teach their children, so can Mrs. Xie say how the Xie family usually disciplines their children?"
Yunchu busily said, "Mrs. Hou is overrated, they say that a five or six year old child is too much for a dog, I see that Shizi is well-behaved and knows how to do things, and at a glance, I know that Mrs. Hou has taught her son well."
"He ah, is a mongrel." Luo shook her head, "The family is afraid of him, a bird flying by he can pull two hairs down, you say it's not abominable, I think in the future the capital city famous asshole dude he will have to occupy a name!"
"Mother!" The Marquis' son was at the side, and when he saw his own mother talking about herself like that in front of outsiders, his face showed his displeasure.
"The child is thin-skinned." The old lady smiled and spoke, "But brother'er, you're about the same age as Shizi, you take Shizi down to play."
Xie Shiyuan skimmed his mouth, this Shizi was only six years old, a brat, he disliked playing with children the most, not moving and sniffling.
He was instinctively about to refuse when he felt the old lady's cold stare.
The old lady could not wait to grab him by the ear and tell him that the one in front of him is the son of the Marquis of Xuanwu, and that getting to know the son of the Marquis is only good but not bad!
Although Xie Shiyuan didn't understand these twists and turns, he knew that if he didn't agree, when the banquet was over, the old lady would surely scold him, and when his father got angry again, he would be in a perfect state.
He hurriedly walked up, "World Son, I'll take you around the backyard, there's a lot of fun to be had."
Marquis son has long stayed impatient, these ladies old lady said those he is not interested, can not wait to hurry to change a place, immediately followed Xie Shiyuan to the backyard.
Yunchu turned her head and said, "Jiu'er, you follow the second young master and the young world son closely, carefully don't fall and knock."
Jiu'er lowered her head and hurriedly followed along.
While the women in the backyard were chatting, the banquet in the front yard was almost over.
The front yard was full of men, some court officials and some teenagers, Xie Shian took the teenagers of about the same age to the garden to play with throwing pots, while Xie Jingyu arranged for the literati to sip tea and pair poems.
After playing two rounds, Lord Yuan stood up, "They are all poems about wind, flowers, snow and moon, which is too common, I heard that Lord Xie has planted a jujube grove in his residence, and the jujube tree has an excellent symbol, so why don't we go to the jujube grove and use jujubes as a theme for our poem?"
Who does not know that the significance of the jujube tree is to give birth to a son early, this Lord Yuan is satirizing the Xie family for not really having a firstborn son.
They were also considered Xie Jingyu's fellow friends, so naturally they would not respond at this time.
At this time, Qin Mingheng laughed out loud, "It is said that this jujube garden is planted by Mrs. Xie, and few are not attached to it, go, go and see."
The person with the highest status in the room had spoken, and the others naturally followed suit.