The next day is the birthday banquet of the Ruan family. Although Ruan Ting is the prime minister, he is not very high-profile. In the past, the Ruan family rarely held such a large banquet.
In the huge Ruan family, except for Ruan Fu, the youngest son who is not very sensible and has some dandy behavior, the rest of the family has a good reputation in Shangyong.
Ruan Yuelou and Ruan Yueli, brothers and sisters, are the best among the younger generation of young men and girls in Shangyong.
The Ruan family itself is not a famous family. Ruan Ting was the number one scholar in the first year of Taining in the Dasheng Dynasty, which can be regarded as the first number one scholar in the Dasheng Dynasty. After more than 20 years of success, he finally became a civil servant in the fourth year of the late Emperor Yongtai.
The first prime minister.
Two years later, Emperor Yongtai passed away, and he was appointed as one of the four auxiliary ministers. From then on, the Ruan family truly became a famous family in Shangyong.
It's just that compared to royal family members like King Xie Yanning, even compared to Taifu Su and Luo Yun, Ruan Ting's status and qualifications are slightly insufficient.
If Taifu Su hadn't been old and weak, and Xie Yan and Luo Yun were away at war all the time, even Ruan Ting, the prime minister, would have been ranked last among the ministers.
Ruan Ting himself is not arrogant because of this. The Ruan family has really kept a low profile in recent years. This rare banquet has surprised many people in Shangyong.
It was already afternoon when Luo Junyao and Xie Yan arrived at Ruan's house. As expected, the gate of Ruan's house was decorated with lanterns and colorful guests and it was very lively.
The eldest son of the Ruan family, Ruan Yuelou, and his half-brother Ruan Fu were in charge of welcoming guests at the door. Seeing the carriage from the Regent's Palace approaching, Ruan Yuelou quickly said sorry to the people around him and went up with his younger brother.
"Welcome to you, Your Majesty and Your Majesty." Ruan Yuelou stood on the roadside and bowed his hands respectfully.
Ruan Fu looked at his brother and quickly followed suit.
The carriage of the Prince Regent's Palace has a simple and unsophisticated appearance, but it has a majestic aura. Coupled with the personal guards following the carriage, ordinary people do not dare to rush forward rashly, so they have to look at it curiously.
Sitting outside the carriage was a young girl wearing green clothes.
The girl glanced at Brother Ruan Yuelou curiously, turned around and said, "Your Majesty, Princess, we are here." Then she jumped off the carriage and stood aside.
Xie Yan got out of the carriage, looked down at the Ruan Yuelou brothers, and said calmly: "Master Ruan, there is no need to be polite."
Ruan Yuelou inexplicably felt as if his neck had been scratched by a blade.
Ruan Yuelou suddenly remembered that he was talking to the second girl of the Luo family in Liushangting Garden and was bumped into by the regent. Ruan Yuelou could only smile bitterly in his heart.
He quietly stepped back a little, so as not to obstruct this person's eyes.
Ruan Fu glanced at his eldest brother strangely, somewhat confused.
"Shake."
Xie Yan got off the carriage, turned around and let Luo Junyao help him get out of the carriage.
"Two young masters Ruan, long time no see." Luo Jun got out of the car and smiled when he saw the two young masters of the Ruan family standing aside.
Ruan Yuelou said: "Princess is well, thank you very much for being here today. My father and I, the whole Ruan family, are also very honored. I would like to invite you two to come in first and have tea."
Luo Junyao also knew that the Ruan family must be very busy today, so he raised his head to see Xie Yan without hesitation.
Xie Yan nodded slightly, took Luo Junyao and walked inside.
Ruan Yuelou originally wanted his younger brother to lead the two of them in, but thinking about his brother's unreliable temperament, he sighed silently in his heart and decided to lead the people into the house himself, leaving the matter of welcoming the guests to his younger brother for the time being.
In the Ruan Mansion, Ruan Ting naturally received the news of the arrival of the regent and the princess, and quickly came out with his wife.
Therefore, Xie Yan and his party had just entered the gate of Luo's house when they saw the figures of Ruan Ting and his wife coming towards them.
"The prince and princess are here, but I couldn't welcome you from afar. I hope you'll forgive me." Ruan Ting cupped her hands and said with a smile.
Xie Yan said: "Xiang Ruan is the birthday boy today, so there is no need to be so polite."
Ruan Ting thanked Xie Yan and said to Luo Junyao: "If there is anything wrong with the reception, I hope the princess will forgive you."
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "You are so polite, Mr. Ruan. Mr. Ruan celebrates his birthday today. My prince and I wish Mr. Ruan a long life and may the pines and cypresses remain green."
Ruan Ting thanked her repeatedly, and then Mrs. Ruan asked Luo Junyao to rest in a place specially reserved for female relatives.
Xie Yan took Luo Junyao's hand and said softly: "My mother-in-law and the emperor's sister must be arriving soon. Yaoyao, please go over and rest for a while."
Luo Jun shook his head and followed Mrs. Ruan.
Ruan Ting stood aside and watched Xie Yan, his eyes always falling on the back of Luo Junyao who had left, and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that the prince and the princess are really in love."
This should be said with some caution when talking about other couples, but it couldn't be more appropriate to use it when talking about the Prince Regent and his wife.
After all, the promise made by His Royal Highness the Regent on the day of the wedding was spread throughout Shangyong. If you don't show affection, wouldn't you be slapping yourself in the face?
Xie Yan was actually not polite and said "hmm" with a calm expression.
"..." Ruan Ting was speechless for a moment, so he could only wave his hand to signal his eldest son to leave first, and he accompanied Xie Yan into the house.
Mrs. Ruan is a beautiful woman, and because she is the stepmother, she is about ten years younger than Ruan Ting. Mrs. Ruan also came from a scholarly family. When she married Ruan Ting, the Ruan family was far less prosperous than it is now, and her natal family also had a good impression of Ruan Ting.
help.
Ruan Ting has also respected this lady very much over the years. Although there are several concubines in the family, almost all the children at the top of the list are the children of Mrs. Ruan.
The days were going smoothly, and Mrs. Ruan's complexion and mood seemed to be very good.
Regarding Luo Junyao, the regent princess, Mrs. Ruan was curious and had a somewhat complicated mood.
On the one hand, Luo Junyao's former reputation was not something that Mrs. Ruan, who came from a scholarly family, thought highly of. Even if her husband had previously intended for his son to marry this girl, she was not very happy in her heart. She was just used to obeying her husband.
I just had no objection.
On the other hand, it was because the regent had previously rejected the Ruan family's marriage proposal, but turned to the Luo family to propose marriage. If it were just because of the Luo family's power, she couldn't be deceived by the appearance of the newlyweds just now.
Human. The regent clearly loved and cared for this little princess.
Mrs. Ruan had to wonder in her heart, could it be that in the eyes of the regent, the girl from her family who was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting was not as good as the girl from the Luo family who knew nothing?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although her mood is complicated, Mrs. Ruan has been the Prime Minister's wife for many years, and she is not overly happy or angry. She is still gentle and polite to Luo Junyao.
"Mrs. Luo hasn't arrived yet, but the old lady and young lady from Chun'an Bo Mansion are here." Madam Ruan accompanied Luo Junyao as she strolled to the resting place for the female family members, while saying: "Princess Changling sent someone to deliver a letter earlier.
, saying that he can’t escape while still in the palace, but the little princess is here.”
Luo Junyao nodded slightly, "A Ning came alone?"
Mrs. Ruan smiled and said: "The little princess came with Princess Changzhao. After a while, she asked about the princess just now."
While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the resting place specially prepared by the Ruan family for the female family members.
It is a huge garden with several pavilions and pavilions. Before you even walk in, you can see people moving upstairs. From a distance, you can hear the clear laughter of girls coming from the garden, which is quite lively.
Mrs. Ruan first led Luo Junyao to the theater on one side of the garden, where there were many high-status or elderly wives sitting there.
These people, either because of their age or because of their bad status, hang around in the garden, and they all sit here chatting, drinking tea and watching the show.
Seeing Mrs. Ruan and Mr. Luo coming over, they quickly stood up to greet them.
Luo Jun waved his hands and said with a smile: "The visitor is a guest, and I am also a guest today. You don't need to be polite."
These ladies were not very familiar with Luo Junyao. Luo Junyao was originally considered a junior not long ago, but now he has suddenly become the regent princess who they all have to bow to. They also have to sigh in their hearts, this woman's marriage is really no less than reincarnating for the second time.
Already.
Only Princess Changzhao could feel more at ease. She was not very familiar with Luo Junyao, so she just smiled and said: "Junyao is here, come and sit down and talk."
Luo Junyao walked to Princess Changzhao and sat down, and everyone sat down again.
Mrs. Ruan was the master today and could not stay here all the time, so she chatted with Luo Junyao for a while and then left in a hurry.
After Mrs. Ruan left, Princess Changzhao laughed softly and said, "Sister Changling asked me to give you a message. Be careful today."
Be careful again?!
Luo Junyao felt that she was about to have a psychological shadow on various banquets.
"Who wants to cause trouble for me today?" Luo Junyao also lowered his voice and asked.
Princess Changzhao gave her an interesting look and said, "Mrs. Marquis Cheng'en is here too. I heard... that she is also coming today."
Luo Junyao's first reaction was that she was talking about the Queen Mother, but seeing the strange look in her eyes, he didn't think she was talking about the Queen Mother.
As soon as I thought about it, I suddenly realized, "Bai?"
Princess Changzhao nodded, and Luo Junyao thought for a while and said, "I still think the Zhu family is more troublesome."
"Oh?" Princess Changling covered her lips with a fan in her hand and asked with a smile, "Why?"
Luo Junyao said: "Bai Jingrong is a normal person. The Zhu family... is hard to say." At least Bai Jingrong has a normal mind and knows what to do and what not to do.
Princess Changzhao finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. Seeing that the ladies around her couldn't bear to look at it, she couldn't hold back her laughter and said, "Sister Huang said you are very interesting, and it seems true. No wonder Zhifei likes you so much.
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Luo Junyao's pretty face was slightly red, and Princess Changzhao said: "You don't know, Zhifei's reputation in Shangyong was not like this back then. The girl who liked him..."
Princess Changzhao glanced at the people around her and lowered her voice, "How many people of his age have not thought about it?"
Luo Junyao was speechless, and instantly felt like he was surrounded by love rivals.
Of course, this is not the case. Who didn’t have wild fantasies about a certain person when they were young? But times have changed, and I just feel a little sad when I think about it occasionally. After all, there are only a very small number of top people who have to hold on to them.
Seeing her like this, Princess Changzhao smiled even more happily, "Jun Yao, do you want to know what happened to him in the past?"
Luo Jun looked at her steadily, and Princess Changzhao said: "Come to my house later, and let's talk slowly?"
Luo Junyao also smiled and said: "Okay, I will definitely visit Princess Changzhao then."
Princess Changzhao looked at her and couldn't help but sigh, "When I heard you call me Huangjie, I suddenly felt much younger."
Luo Junyao didn't like to listen to the opera, and Su didn't arrive for a long time. After sitting for a while, she told Princess Changzhao to get up and go to find Qin Ning, Luo Mingxiang and others.
Qin Ning has always been lively and playful, and she had just walked out of the theater when she heard her voice from a distance.
Luo Junyao didn't think too much and walked straight towards the source of the sound. Sure enough, he saw Qin Ning talking with a group of little girls not far away.
Next to her were not only Shen Hongxiu and a few other girls, but also many girls who did not interact with each other very often. At this time, these girls were all gathered together to discuss something, but they did not see the slightest barrier between the Martial Arts Academy and the Linglong Academy.
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Not far from them, there were several young ladies sitting together and looking at them with smiles, including Luo Mingxiang.
"big sister."
"Shake." Seeing Luo Jun shaking over, Luo Mingxiang was also very happy.
Several young ladies sitting with her stood up and saluted, "I have met the princess."
Luo Junyao said: "We are all guests, so there is no need to be polite."
Everyone thanked them and stood up, thoughtfully leaving the place for the two sisters to talk.
"I just heard from Mrs. Ruan that eldest sister is here. Is eldest sister okay?"
Luo Mingxiang nodded and smiled: "I'm very fine, but you..." Luo Mingxiang looked at her carefully and asked in a low voice: "You are not injured, are you?"
Luo Junyao was startled, then quickly understood and smiled: "How can I be injured? If I was injured, my father would have known it already. Look!" He opened his arms and turned around in front of Luo Mingxiang, "I'm fine."
Luo Mingxiang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and whispered: "Shake, thank you."
Luo Junyao held her hand and said, "What's there to thank you for? He bullied us Luo family members regardless of life and death, let's see if I don't punish him to death!" Of course, Xiou Yun is indeed dead.
Luo Mingxiang couldn't help laughing, but quickly stopped his laughter and said: "I know that Shake is capable, but in the future, don't do these things yourself unless you have to."
Luo Junyao was a little curious, "What did those people say about me?" It was not that she didn't notice those hidden glances at the theater just now, but the people who could sit there were naturally people with some status in the city, even if they had some thoughts in their hearts.
There will never be even a single bit of it exposed.
Those who are really likely to talk about her are either because they have a higher status than her and are not afraid of the regent's palace, or they are young and ignorant, or they are just plain stupid.
Luo Mingxiang said: "They say you are the tiger girl of the generals, and you are well-deserved."
"Really?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows.
Luo Mingxiang smiled and said, "Really." That's what he said on the surface, but sometimes it's the quiet rejection and avoidance that hurts people the most.
Luo Junyao didn't care, and said with satisfaction: "Very good." As long as she didn't talk about it in front of her, she didn't care what other people were thinking behind their backs.
"Shake!" Not far away, Qin Ning and others also saw Luo Junyao. Qin Ning immediately waved to her and shouted.
Luo Junyao waved to her as a greeting, and Luo Mingxiang smiled and said: "Go ahead, Princess Anyang asked you as soon as she came over."
"And you?"
Luo Mingxiang said: "I'm going to see the madam." The madam Luo Mingxiang mentioned was naturally her mother-in-law, Mrs. Chun Anbo.
Luo Junyao also knew that she was not like him. Young newlyweds usually had to wait in front of their mother-in-law when they went out.
So without wasting Luo Mingxiang, he stood up, said goodbye to her, and headed towards Qin Ning and others.
"I've met the princess."
"Shao Yao, why did you come so late?" Luo Junyao helplessly supported Qin Ning, who was rushing over, and after gesturing for everyone to excuse themselves, he said: "Some things have been delayed for a while, what are you talking about?"
Everyone fell silent for a moment, and Luo Junyao was puzzled, "I...can't ask?" Such a large group of people were chatting in broad daylight, and it didn't feel like a private topic.
Qin Ning chuckled and pulled out a picture album that looked very familiar to Luo Junyao from behind, "Minmin said I gave it to you yesterday. How did it go? Have you read it?"
Luo Junyao was speechless, "What did I think it was? I just saw it." Unfortunately, he only saw it once before it was taken away by Xie Yan.
A girl next to her couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Princess, will this picture album really be sold in a bookstore?"
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Of course."
"Then when can I buy it?"
Luo Junyao pointed at Qin Ning and Shen Hongxiu, "Ask them."
Liang Shufeng spread his hands and said, "Minmin and Ah Rui are in charge of these things. They haven't come yet."
"In this way..." Luo Junyao thought for a moment and said, "Since the samples are out, it will be soon. Let's just wait."
Everyone nodded, not forgetting to urge them to hurry up.
There were also impatient girls who couldn't help but order it first, and more and more began to take Qin Ning's picture album and start discussing whether the ranking of Yongfeng Hualu was fair or not.
Personal aesthetics are different, and opinions are naturally different.
Luo Junyao heard several girls gathering together to argue whether Prince Dingyang or Prince Xueya should be ranked second. There was even a girl with a dreamy face who made a violent argument, saying that Prince Xueya should be ranked first.
Luo Junyao and others were very satisfied with this.
"Sure enough, appearance is the primary productive force." Luo Junyao said with a smile.
Qin Ning is also full of expectations, "I think our picture album will definitely sell well, and maybe it can be sold to other places and sold throughout Dasheng."
Liang Shufeng knocked her head and said: "Don't dream, someone will be imitating it in the market at most within a month. But our work is exquisite and the cost is high. It's not that easy to imitate. And... you can buy it. Those who can afford it don’t care if they spend a few more dollars, it should be better.”
Qin Ning was a little depressed and hummed: "I want to see who dares to steal business from me!"
Shen Hongxiu said: "Compared with this, I would rather know...Shaoshao, will we continue to publish albums in the future?" Although this period has been quite busy, it is still quite interesting.
It's not just about making money. The daily life of these noble ladies can be said to be almost the same. It's nice to have something to do every once in a while.
Luo Junyao said: "Come on, but we don't have to keep an eye on this matter. Just let others do it. I do have some new ideas. I wonder if you are interested."
"Of course." Without asking her what she thought, the three of them said in unison.
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "Well, you can come to the Regent's Mansion another day and we can discuss it again."
Qin Ning couldn't bear it, "Shao Yao, what do you want to do?"
Luo Jun shook her eyebrows and said, "Of course it's something big. You'll know when the time comes."
Qin Ning hummed, "Okay, I'll go find you tomorrow and see what you want to do."
"Anyway, it's more interesting than printing a picture album." Luo Junyao said with a smile.
While a few people were chatting and laughing, a group of people came over from the other end of the garden.
Everyone looked over when they heard the movement, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
I saw Mrs. Ruan leading Ruan Yueli and two women walking towards this side.
The two women seemed to be no longer young, but their appearance was still stunning.
Ruan Yueli was also a famous beauty in Shangyonghuang City, but now she felt a little overshadowed standing in front of the two of them.
Of these two women, one is dressed in blue and white, with colorful hair on her temples, and her every frown and smile is fascinating. The other is dressed in white like snow, like a green lotus in a pond, and is as weak as her clothes.
Qin Ning couldn't help but hissed and murmured in a low voice: "When did Shang Yonghuang City have such two beauties?"
This is also the doubt in the minds of others present. Everyone has been in Shangyong all year round, and everyone knows who owns what.
These two beauties seemed to appear suddenly, and no one knew their identities.
Luo Junyao was also very surprised. She didn't find it strange that Bai Jingrong appeared here. She didn't find it strange that someone like Bai Jingrong appeared anywhere.
But Princess Mu actually appeared here, and she appeared with Bai Jingrong, which had to surprise her.
Liang Shufeng noticed Luo Junyao's expression and asked in a low voice: "Yaoyao, do you know him?"
Luo Jun said: "Bai Jingrong, Princess Mu."
"..."
Before everyone could recover, the group of people had already arrived.
Just as Mrs. Ruan was about to step forward to introduce her, she heard Bai Jingrong chuckle softly: "Princess Regent, we meet again."
