A Wu sat in the door room, eyes wide open, watching the officials attending the banquet come in one after another, watching them seem to be tied up in their brand-new official uniforms, greeting them stiffly, watching them being managed
They directed them to line up and knelt down as the old worshipper shouted.
After performing the courtesy for the last time, during a short break, a group of people humbly gave way to their seats. Before they could move forward or behind, a clear whip sounded, and it was officially time to enter.
The stewards who came in and out were all very polite to Awu, standing and talking to her, joking with her, and explaining her questions.
When he saw the officials queuing up to enter the second gate, and then lining up in a long line to enter the bieye, Awu let out a long sigh of relief.
In the past two hours in Guang Ermen, she looked exhausted. This royal banquet is really not easy to eat!
To be smart, I have to count my grandmother. I heard that the female relatives also follow the same etiquette process. How tiring it is!
Fortunately, she is an errand worker. This royal banquet is a banquet, and those attending the banquet are much more tired than those who work.
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At 10:00 a.m., when the last performance of the ceremony began inside the second gate of the palace, Gu Yan, dressed in a black riding attire with python pattern and arrow sleeves, surrounded by the guards and guards, exuding evil aura, rushed into the temporary building next to the dock.
Xingyuan.
Wang Gui rushed to the front, holding the golden tiger head token high and shouting: "Gu Commander is here! There is a military order!"
The team on duty ran forward, pushed open the gate of the camp, and Gu Yan rode straight in.
Several commanders had already received Yang Qifan's military orders and had already prepared their uniforms. They immediately summoned their soldiers and followed Gu Yan's orders and headed straight to the dock.
Huang Xianzhou and Mr. Yao were each wrapped in an old white coat, standing in front of the palace shed, blowing the cold wind from the sea, stretching their necks and looking around, but they did not feel cold at all.
"Remember it, there are seven families in total. Don't be polite to those six families. Mr. Zou is more polite. Frankly speaking, Mr. Zou's family is the one who suffers. After you have memorized it, check two things. They are both related to our case.
, The second is related to our mission, remember it!" Huang Xianzhou asked again.
"Don't worry, don't worry. You've said it seven or eight times. I'm a small messenger here. Don't worry. You'd better think about your side again. Not a single silk warehouse on this pier can be left behind. Your side
It's much tighter than here." Mr. Yao felt his heart pounding.
It was the first time he experienced such a big thing, and he was very excited.
"Well, it's important here, very important, hey! Here it comes!"
A man and a horse rushed towards him in the distance. Huang Xianzhou took an excited step forward and stumbled. Mr. Yao hurriedly caught him, "Don't worry, Mr. Dong, hold on, hold on!"
"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, what's the hurry! It's okay, it's okay!"
Huang Xianzhou took a deep breath and looked at the man and horse who had rushed in front of him. Before he could say anything, the boy on the horse jumped off the horse, waved and shouted: "You two, please follow me!"
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He Ruiming rushed into his father's courtyard and almost ran into his father's arms.
He Chengze took a step away, avoided He Ruiming, fastened his belt, took the cloak from the old servant and put it on. By the time he tied the belt of the cloak, he had already left the courtyard.
He Chengze put on his cloak and stopped outside the courtyard gate. He patted He Ruiming and said, "Don't be anxious. The more important things happen, the less likely you are to mess up. How's it going outside?"
"They are all soldiers!" He Ruiming's face turned pale.
"Take a breath and spit it out. Are you feeling better?" He Chengze stopped and put his hands on his son's shoulders.
He Ruiming took a deep breath and breathed it out slowly, "Well, it's much better."
"Let's go, don't worry, it's okay." He Chengze walked at the gate, went up to the attic above the concierge, bent down, and looked outside through the gap in the window.
After watching for a while, He Chengze came down, asked several concierges carefully, ordered the door to be guarded, and took his son into the second door.
"It's good..."
He Ruiming followed closely behind He Chengze and was interrupted by He Chengze before he could finish his sentence.
"Okay? Oh! You kid."
He Chengze sighed, "It's time to close the net. It's time."
He Chengze frowned, stayed for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the Crown Prince's trip south is just for the Customs and Excise Department. At least the banquet given today is to allow the Crown Prince to successfully close the net." p>
"Then what should we do? We don't know anything about such a big thing. This is in Linhai Town." He Ruiming's voice trembled slightly.
"It's nothing. What's wrong with Linhai Town? Linhai Town is not ours. Sigh." He Chengze sighed lowly and patted his son, "It's time to put away the net around noon. You go wash up and have something to eat.
, go out and look for the Crown Prince, find the Crown Prince, and tell him that I want to see him and report something important to him face to face."
"Dad?" He Ruiming was a little uneasy.
"It's okay." He Chengze smiled and comforted him warmly.
"Well, I'm going to wash up now." He Ruiming felt relieved, turned around and ran back to his courtyard.
He Chengze clasped his hands behind his back and looked at his son running away. He was lost in thought for a while and then walked back to his courtyard.
Alas, this is not closing the net, this is opening the curtain.
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As the sun rose above the head, the female relatives who came to receive the banquet ended the lengthy ceremony and finally entered a relaxing period of eating, drinking and watching a show.
The young ladies were led to a water pavilion near the water and a large pavilion on the back of the mountain connected by a nine-curved corridor. It was a place for old ladies to have fun and rest. It was led by Mrs. Fu and Pan Er.
My wife accompanied me, listening to everyone playing and singing in Pingtan, and talking.
On a tall stage facing the Shuige Nuan Pavilion, a festive and auspicious drama is being performed.
The minds of the young ladies are not on the stage. They are busy taking a closer look at this villa with many legends. The boundless lake in front of them is rippling with blue waves, and such high hills are all piled up? What's wrong with the pavilions and pavilions here?
It looks so beautiful, as if it grew naturally from under the tree by the water.
The girls here look a bit ordinary, they are average-looking, their clothes are even more ordinary, and they are quiet.
The dim sum and tea here are just like this, it's good, but it's just good. It's far not as good as they imagined, and it's not even as exquisite as their dim sum!
Those noble ladies are so kind. The three of them are dressed exactly the same. I heard they are girls from the Wei family!
But the clothes and jewelry of these noble ladies are just like that, not as good as theirs.
Mrs. Shi walked to the young ladies sitting by the lake, sat down on an empty chair, faced the young ladies who were looking at her, and laughed in a low voice: "From the morning I stood there until now, it's really...
I'm tired, let me take a break secretly."
Several young ladies pursed their lips and laughed together.
"Why are you so thin? Thin people don't get tired." The young lady closest to Mrs. Shi stretched out her finger and carefully touched Mrs. Shi's bony wrist.
"I'm a little acclimatized," Mrs. Shi said with a smile.
"It's very hard to be acclimatized." The little lady opposite hurriedly raised her head and said with a smile: "When my mother-in-law was my age, she followed my grandson to Fujian Road, but she couldn't acclimate to the environment. My mother-in-law said she was suffering to death.
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"You are not from Pingjiang Prefecture? Are you from the capital? Is your surname also Wei?" A young lady next to her asked curiously.
"My home is in the capital. My surname is not Wei. I came here with the second wife." Mrs. Shi smiled warmly, pointed to the cat's eye hairpin on the head of the young lady who asked the question, and said with a smile: "You have such a cat's eye."
Well, this is the first time I’ve seen such a big and pure cat’s eye.”
"This is not worth anything. My grandma has a pair of sons, which are much better than this. We in Pingjiang Mansion are most in need of these." The young lady was a little proud and very reserved.
"She, her father, and her uncle all work in the Customs and Excise Department. Their family is most in need of these things." A young lady diagonally opposite said with a smile.
"It's not a good thing. Don't your family lack these?" the cat-eyed lady smiled.
"When are we going to meet the Crown Prince?" A young lady not far from Mrs. Shi asked with a smile.
"Yes, yes, when can we see the prince?"
"And the prince, can we talk to him?"
A group of young ladies suddenly became excited.
"These are all important ceremonial matters. I was ordered to come here to take care of the young lady who came today." Mrs. Shi said with a smile.
"You don't know either."
A group of young ladies were very disappointed.
"Your family is in the capital. Do you know the young lady from the family who was engaged to the prince?" A young lady from across the street stretched her head over and asked with a low voice and a smile.
"Yeah." Mrs. Shi smiled and made a vague hum.
"Then tell us, what does that little lady look like? Is she pretty? Why doesn't the prince want her anymore?" A group of young ladies stretched their heads, and their eyes were all shining with gossip.
"The Crown Prince doesn't want her anymore? Where did you hear that?" Mrs. Shi's smile did not change.
"My cousin has been waiting for the exam in the capital. During the Chinese New Year, they came back to celebrate the New Year. My cousin-in-law said that the crown prince must break off the engagement. She also said that the prince and princess could not persuade him no matter how hard they tried. She said that the capital was very poor at that time.
It’s sensational!” A young lady laughed very fast.
"Really? To cancel the engagement is to cancel the engagement, but why did I hear that it was because the girl in that family had a hidden illness?" Mrs. Shi frowned slightly.
"Ah? Is there a hidden disease? What kind of hidden disease is it? Can't I have children?" A group of young ladies' eyes lit up with excitement.
"Then I don't know. Your Pingjiang Prefecture Mandarin is soft and sweet, and it's really nice to hear." Madam Shi interrupted.
"Why hasn't the prince made an engagement yet? Does the prince want to choose a prince concubine in our Pingjiang Mansion?"
The cat-eyed lady stretched her head and asked.
The eyes of a group of young ladies suddenly flashed with pink light.
"I met the Crown Prince once. My mother and I went to Linhai to pick gems. The Crown Prince happened to be on the pier to attend a meeting, so my mother took me to see the excitement. The Crown Prince is so good-looking! He is so good-looking! I was dumbfounded.
Wow, grandma is also dumbfounded!" A young lady next to her clenched her fists excitedly.
"Can we see the Crown Prince?"
"Can you talk to the prince?"
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A group of young ladies were chattering around Mrs. Shi.
"I really don't know, let's not talk about this, okay? Let's talk about gems and clothing materials. One year, pressed gold materials were very popular in the capital. Was it popular in Pingjiang Prefecture?" Mrs. Shi smiled and changed her words. "What's so good about gold-pressing materials? It's hard and heavy, and gold is worthless." The cat-eyed lady looked disappointed.
"Look at my string of pearls." A young lady next to her took off a golden pearl bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Mrs. Shi.
"It's so beautiful. My second aunt has one. She wears it on her forehead in winter, and takes it off to make shawls and horns in summer. It's so precious, you actually have so many." Mrs. Shi was full of admiration.
"What is this? I have a big box of pearls like this at home." The cat-eyed lady stretched her head and said.
"It's true that our families are most in need of these things." The little girl next to the cat-eye lady continued with a smile, and stretched out her hand in front of Mrs. Shi, "Look at this bracelet of mine, this is grandma's.
Just gave it to me. I originally had a pair, but the water head was a little worse than this one. Last month, I was wearing a butterfly pair and it broke when it hit the rockery. My mother-in-law said it was safe, so she gave me this pair.
Son."
"Look at me, this mutton-fat jade is just fine. My father said it's better than the carving." Another young lady untied the mutton-fat jade fragrant ball hanging from her waist and handed it to Madam Shi to look at.
"Look at me..."
A group of young ladies eagerly showed off their pearls and jade jewelry to Mrs. Shi.
Mrs. Shi kept praising her.
These little ladies are not expensive, but they are extremely rich. The closer they are to the Customs and Excise Department, the richer they become.
