Hearing this, Aisi stuck out her tongue, quickly slowed down her steps, naturally folded her hands in front of her waist, walked slowly to Mei Lin, and performed a standard curtsy.
"Sorry mother, it was Ais who was reckless."
Mei Lin's expression softened a little and she stepped forward to help her up.
"Ais, it's not that my mother is strict, but today is a special day. Many distinguished guests are coming, and even His Majesty will send someone here. You have to pay more attention to your words and deeds than usual."
Ais nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, mother, Ais knows that for the reputation of the Rhodes family, Ais will not make any mistakes today."
"I just want to tell my mother that the snacks are ready. Please go down and check."
Mei Lin nodded with satisfaction.
Aisi has always been her pride and the pride of the Rhodes family, so she had already tried to train her to be the head of the family even before she came of age.
Now she can even hold such a large banquet alone.
This couldn't help but make her even more pleased.
"Okay, let's go."
After Meilin finished speaking, she led the maids down.
Aisi stepped aside, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed up with her skirt in hand.
Before she even got down to the first floor, Mei Lin heard a burst of noisy chatter and laughter. After frowning slightly, she looked at the woman sitting on the sofa in the living room and said sternly:
"Janice, please keep your voice down. What if you disturb the guests?"
Janis stopped joking, her eyes changed, but she quickly returned to smiling, and stood up to introduce the person she was joking with to Mei Lin.
"Sister Meilin, you may not know her yet. This Lady Katie is a popular person in front of His Majesty and is also my childhood friend. We just remembered some things from our childhood, so we spoke louder."
Janice's tone was full of showing off.
She had always disliked this Mei Lin, a humble daughter of a wealthy businessman. After she climbed a high tree and married her brother, she began to imitate the appearance of a noble and pretended to be a noble lady.
Now he actually wants to hold the Rhodes family tightly in his hands.
Is she worthy?
It’s not like Meilin didn’t notice Janis’s strange mood, and her expression changed.
This Janis actually brought in the people sent by His Majesty without informing her?
But soon she regained her smile and walked downstairs, bowed to Mrs. Katie, and showed off the momentum of the hostess of the Rhodes family.
"I have long heard that Mrs. Katie is beautiful and intelligent and is favored by His Majesty. Now it seems that the rumors are indeed true. Unfortunately, I have been checking the banquet procedures just now and have not been able to welcome you in person. I am really sorry."
Mrs. Katie is a gentle and kind woman, so naturally she will not mind this, and returned the favor: "Mrs. Merlin is so polite, you hosted the banquet so well, why should I embarrass you with personal matters?"
"
"Actually, this banquet is not entirely due to me. Thanks to my daughter Aisi helping me share the burden, I was able to complete this in such a short period of time."
Hearing this, Mrs. Katie opened her lips slightly: "Well, I have long heard that Miss Ais, the daughter of Duke Rhodes, is capable and virtuous. I wonder if I have the honor to meet this lady?"
"sure."
Meilin said, turning around and waving towards the stairs: "Ais, come down quickly, Mrs. Katie wants to see you."
"Good mother."
A soft female voice responded to her, and then Aisi's bright figure appeared on the stairs.
She held the hem of her skirt with one hand and held the handle with the other, and walked down the steps gracefully and slowly.
In an instant, everyone's attention in the living room was attracted to her.
She is so beautiful, so elegant, so noble.
It overshadowed every lady present and made every man's heart flutter.
Janice on the side clenched her handkerchief jealously.
She clearly made Mrs. Katie interested in her daughter, but in the end, this Ais stole the limelight.
Damn Mei Lin, is she so unwilling to give up every opportunity to show off her daughter?!
Aisi received everyone's envious or appreciative looks, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised slightly.
She raised her chin, then walked up to Katie, lifted up her skirt and saluted.
"Dear Mrs. Katie, my name is Ace Lord."
Katie stepped forward, took Ace's hand and helped her up, her eyes filled with admiration.
"Oh, God, look at you, what a beautiful lady. Lady Merlin is such a blessing."
Hearing this compliment, Janice's face was completely distorted.
She quickly pulled her daughter who was standing next to her, squeezed in front of Katie, and said with a smile:
"Mrs. Katie, this is my daughter Lily that I mentioned to you."
Lily immediately curtsied diligently: "I've met Mrs. Kitty."
Katie smiled slightly as a response, then looked at Ace and asked her how she was doing.
Lily's face turned pale and she glanced at Ais with jealousy.
For this banquet, she went to the most famous tailor in the imperial city to customize clothes three months in advance, and also bought a set of fine purple agate jewelry.
Just to compare this Aisi.
But when she appeared, she still stole all the limelight.
Lily ducked away angrily and stamped her feet, then looked at her mother complainingly.
"Mother, didn't you say that? As long as I win the favor of Lady Kitty, my future husband will definitely not have to worry about it. But look at this Ais, she clearly wants to go against me. With her here, there will be no duke.
The young master can take a fancy to me."
Janis was about to comfort her daughter when suddenly a waiter came over and whispered to her quietly.
"Madam, we're here."
Janis became excited instantly, patted her daughter's hand and said:
"Don't worry, good girl, mother has a way to make this mother and daughter look embarrassed, just wait and see!"
Then she walked up to Mei Lin in a pretentious manner, cleared her throat and said: "Good sister, the housekeeper just said that the person who went to pick up Miss Myriel has arrived outside the manor. You don't want to go and greet her yourself.
?"
Hearing this, Mei Lin's face suddenly turned pale.
Aisi's body also stiffened slightly, and she looked at her mother in disbelief, but she soon suppressed her uneasiness and looked at Mei Lin with pretended joy:
"Mom, did you really bring your sister back?"
Seeing everyone's reactions, Katie said in confusion: "Miss Miriel is."
Before Mei Lin could react, Janis hurriedly explained:
"Hey, Mrs. Kitty, you may not know that in addition to Miss Ais, our Rhodes family also has a second young lady, Miriel, and they are twins.
It's just that Miss Myriel is weak and has been recuperating in the countryside these years. I didn't think that my father always wanted the family to be reunited, so I took her back during the birthday party to make the family lively and lively."
