On March 25th, Princess Ren's birthday, Princess Ren sent someone a message, but Shen Wan couldn't bear to go. So she prepared some birthday gifts and took Qiu Ju to Prince Ren's Mansion.
When the carriage arrived at the gate of Prince Ren's Mansion, Qiu Ju first helped Shen Wan out of the carriage, and then took down the birthday gift in a sandalwood box.
Princess Ren celebrated her birthday, and naturally many people came to celebrate her birthday. However, most of the people who came here were female relatives and there were not many male guests.
After entering the palace, Shen Wan handed the post to the butler and the birthday gift to the butler, and was led to the backyard by the maid.
In March, spring is warm and flowers are blooming. There are many exotic flowers and plants in the garden of Prince Ren's Mansion, so Princess Ren held the birthday banquet in the garden today, just in time to enjoy the flowers.
In front of the pavilion in the garden, there were two rows of long tables for two people. There were fruits, snacks and tea on the tables, and a red carpet was spread in the middle.
Princess Ren and Princess Liufang were sitting in the pavilion, and many ladies and ladies were already sitting at the tables on both sides.
Shen Wan and Qiu Ju walked to the pavilion, gave a blessing to Prince Ren's Mansion, and said, "Greetings to Princess Ren. I wish Princess Ren a happy birthday, eternal youth, and eternal beauty."
Naturally, this woman wanted to stay young and not grow old. After hearing Shen Wan's congratulations, Princess Ren laughed happily.
"Good luck to Mrs. Shen, please take a seat quickly, Mrs. Shen!"
The maid who led Shen Wan over made a gesture of invitation and asked her to take a seat at the first table on the right.
Seeing this, many people frowned. Princess Ren actually treated the Shen family, who had separated from General Song, as an honored guest and let her sit at the first table on the right. Several people thought that Shen Wan was not a good person at all. Children are not worthy of sitting there. For example, Mrs. Wei Guogong, Mrs. Pingyang Hou, and Xiao Cui from Chen Guogong's mansion.
Mrs. Wei Guogong looked at Shen Wan and said, "Mrs. Shen is late today. Before the banquet, you have to drink three glasses of wine as a penalty."
"That's right, anyone who comes late will have to drink wine as a penalty." Mrs. Pingyang Hou also echoed.
Hearing this, Shen Wan couldn't help but rolled her eyes in her heart, what are you doing! Is it aimed at her? Isn't the banquet started yet? How could she be late?
"It's not too late," Princess Liufang said with a smile, "Mrs. Shen's not too late, the banquet hasn't even started yet!"
Mrs. Shen is so pregnant now that she cannot drink alcohol.
The wife of the Duke of Wei raised her eyebrows and said, "We have been sitting here for a long time, and she just came. It's not too late!"
Mrs. Pingyang Hou said: "It's late, so I should drink three drinks as a penalty."
Xiao Cui said angrily: "We all came here early. Mrs. Shen only came now. I'm afraid she didn't take Princess Ren's birthday to heart."
They didn't even take Princess Ren's birthday to heart, so naturally they didn't pay attention to it, let alone take Princess Ren seriously.
Princess Ren frowned in displeasure. Her master didn't say anything. What were the three of them doing? Looking for trouble, right?
Although she felt a little unhappy, Princess Ren still smiled and said: "I don't care if you come early or late, as long as people come. Besides, Mrs. Shen lives far away, so it's normal for her to come later than you. "
"Mrs. Shen, your brother Shen Zhuangyuan has returned to his hometown?" Wei said, changing the subject.
Shen Wan smiled and replied: "It's been almost half a month since I left. I guess I'm home now."
"Mrs. Shen really has a good brother. This 17-year-old champion is rare!"
This seventeen-year-old champion is not uncommon, there has only been one since the founding of the Dongchen Kingdom, and that one is Shen Ming.
Wei successfully changed the topic to Shen Ming, the top scholar.
"What do you think about Shen Zhuangyuan's marriage, Mrs. Song? I have a niece from my natal family who is about to get haircut. Your appearance and character are second to none." Someone directly promoted his natal family. .
Shen Wan always kept a smile, shook her head and said: "I don't have any ideas yet. Ming'er is still young and there should be no rush. Moreover, this is Ming'er's marriage, it still depends on him."
The lady nodded and said: "It depends on him. Although he is not in a hurry, when he returns to the imperial city, he can also look at each other with my niece. If they are right, they can first Once you’ve settled down, it’s okay to wait two or three years before getting married.”
Princess Liufang frowned and thought to herself: "The wife of the Minister of Etiquette is too annoying. Even Mrs. Shen said she was not in a hurry, and she is still pestering her."
Shen Wan smiled silently, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea without answering any more words.