Just when Wu Jinghao was stuck in a traffic jam and panicked.
Inside Changning Ferry.
A figure soared into the sky, flying through the air like a thunderous roar.
It took him only sixty or seventy breaths to pass the distance of five or six miles, and then he landed gracefully in front of Wu Jinghao's "Palace Chariot" and said in a loud voice: "Little Prince Jinghao and the Monan Sect."
I'm here in person, but if I miss you, I'll welcome you from afar. Please forgive me for my sins."
He was a handsome young man with a graceful manner, and every move he made exuded the warmth, warmth and cultural heritage of a child of an aristocratic family.
"It's the Ninth Master of Wang family's 'Shou' generation." Some of the slightly knowledgeable people in the surrounding carriages who came to give gifts and congratulates all started to praise him in surprise.
The seventh generation of the Wang family, the male generation "Shou" and the female generation "Luo", are the most legendary generation.
Although there are only a small number of people in this generation, even if Wang Shouzhe, the patriarch of the Wang family, is excluded, the rest of his generation are outstanding and wonderful in their own way. Their generation has now truly become the backbone of the Wang family.
The youngest among the "Shou" generation is the old Jiu Wang Shoucheng in front of him.
When Wang Shoucheng was just born, he caught up with the era of rapid development of the Wang family. As the youngest son of the six ancestors of the Wang family in Dinghai, and the youngest in his generation with the word "Shou", he was naturally favored by his elders and brothers and sisters.
The treatment you get here is very good.
Even Wang Shouzhe took good care of and valued his younger brother, who was younger than his own son, and was very devoted to him in his studies and cultivation.
Under the "care" of his fourth brother, Wang Shoucheng grew up vigorously. Now, just over a hundred years old, he has already reached the third level of the Heavenly Realm and has become a pillar of the Wang family.
Wang Shoucheng came to greet him personally. How could Wu Jinghao and Wang Guanghai dare to neglect him?
The two quickly got off the palace chariot.
Especially Wang Wanghai, who quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "How could Shi Hai be so virtuous and capable that he dare to trouble Grandpa Ninth to come and greet him?"
"Jinghao has met the Nine Old Masters." Wu Jinghao also hurriedly saluted.
Although both of them are more than twenty years older than Wang Shoucheng, they can't stand up to their seniority. Moreover, the "Shou" generation is currently considered the backbone of the Wang family, and its status in the family is also extraordinary.
In the motorcade, the Huangfu family, the Mo family, and the stewards and elders of other families also got out of the car to pay homage to Wang Shoucheng.
Being able to have the Ninth Old Master personally greet him was a great honor to the people in Monan who were sending congratulatory gifts.
After a brief exchange of greetings.
Under the control of Wang Shoucheng and some Wang stewards who came later, the Monan convoy was sent to ferries in batches. After arriving at Wang's Dingpu port, the gift list was handed over, recorded and stored in the warehouse.
Work.
Although this kind of work is tedious, it is necessary.
Between aristocratic families, what matters is sophistication and courtesy.
The Wang family in Changning is not just someone who can only get in and out. When accepting gifts from others, they must at least be aware of it. In the future, they must also express their opinions when doing things at home. Or if someone comes to ask for something one day, they must also put this layer into consideration.
Relationships are taken into consideration.
The relationship between family and family is established bit by bit in this way.
But just because the Wang family is now so powerful, and the great-grandson of the direct descendant is married to two young princesses, it doesn’t mean that they have to look down on one and look down on the other. This is too nouveau riche, if the family tradition
In this case, this family will probably not last long.
However, due to limited resources, conditions, and manpower, the reception and delivery must be planned in a unified manner and cannot be arranged randomly. It is best to have a slightly higher allocation.
Just like Wang Shoucheng, the ninth eldest son of the generation with the word "Shou", and a third-level cultivation in the Heavenly Realm, he is a slightly higher match for the gift-giving team that went to pick up Monan. However, because the age gap between the two parties is not big, they can compare after getting acquainted with each other.
It's easy to find common topics, and it's relatively easy to talk.
But if he was asked to receive the Monan County Prince and his wife, the Dingxin ancestor of the Monan Wang family, etc., he would not be qualified enough.
In this kind of welcome and send-off etiquette, if you don't know the rules and act randomly, you will only offend the guests.
When such a distinguished guest arrives, it is natural that Shouzhe personally comes to greet him, and then leaves it to Shouyong, Shoulian, or Shouye to keep him company for a long time.
Then there are distinguished guests like Dingguo Gongfu, the third-rank Gongye clan, and the third-rank Chen clan. If the head of the family or the ancestor of Shen Tong comes in person, Wang Shouzhe or the ancestor of Longyan will inevitably have to accompany him in person, and send outstanding juniors from the family to accompany them.
The waiters are waiting for dispatch.
Otherwise, once word spreads, it will mean that Mr. Wang does not understand the rules and is neglecting the guests.
Separating guests into different levels in this way is definitely not snobbish or anything like that.
It's just that within any family, there are differences in status like a pyramid structure. You can't have Shouzhe entertain the eighth or ninth grade, and Shouzhe entertain the sixth or seventh grade... If this is the case, Wang Shouzhe will be cut into hundreds of pieces.
None of them are enough.
Therefore, except for Wang Shoucheng who welcomed the princes of the small county of Monan, the other guests who sent congratulatory gifts were all busy managed by the Wang clan, old and young, and everything was in order, busy and not chaotic.
Wang Anye's wedding this time is also a huge event for the Wang family. The marriage of the great-grandson represents the continuation of the family heir's bloodline, not to mention that this time he is marrying two royal princesses.
If Wang Shouzhe showed that he didn't take it seriously, it would be a disgrace to the royal family, and Emperor Longchang would probably be the first to get angry.
Therefore, Wang has been making preparations for a long time.
In Xinping Town and Xin'an Town, large restaurants with high occupancy rates and a large number of apartment-style restaurants have been built.
Even if it is a groom or a steward who comes, he will be arranged into the restaurant and entertained with delicious food and drinks. And distinguished guests with different statuses will naturally be treated with different specifications of high-quality hospitality.
The group with the highest status are naturally the Wang clan, the royal clan, relatives of Wu Xuening’s mother clan, Daqian Chen clan, relatives of Yiluo’s mother clan, Gongye clan, and core relatives of Wang clan, etc.
, these people were all arranged in the expanded Wang family's main residence.
As for the newly built restaurants and houses, they will not be wasted.
Wang Shouzhe intends to turn Xinping Town and Xin'an Town into a prosperous commercial base. The few large restaurants there may not be enough in the future.
The continuous procession of gift-giving continued for a long time, and it basically stopped abruptly until one month before Wang Anye got married.
This is also a rule among aristocratic families. The more important the event, the more important it is to prepare the gifts in advance and deliver them in advance in order to show respect and politeness.
This is also because the Daqian territory is vast, and the convoys transporting the gifts sometimes need to travel for several months, or even nearly a year, to deliver the gifts. If you do not prepare in advance and set off in advance, you may encounter some delays on the road. If you don’t, you may miss the opportunity to give gifts.
If the gift is delivered a few days before the wedding, or even on the same day, unless there is a special reason, it will cause the organizer to be unhappy. If the gift is given in this way, it will be counterproductive and the gain will outweigh the loss.
Of course, for a big happy event like getting married, some elders will carry precious things with them and give them out at the wedding ceremony to make it festive and lively. This is another matter. Those are things other than formal gifts.
Just a few days before Wang Anye got married.
Wang Shouzhe's small courtyard is very lively with people coming and going.
In fact, this small courtyard has not been quiet for a long time.
As Wang Anye's wedding day approaches, all his relatives and friends have rushed to live in the Wang family. How can he have a leisure time here?
The spring day is bright and the breeze is gentle.
In Wang Shouzhe's small courtyard, the green plants are eye-catching and the flowers are in abundance. A group of wild tiger bees boldly built a nest under the eaves. They mainly collect nectar from the exotic flowers in Shouzhe courtyard. If there is not enough, they use it in other courtyards of Wang's main residence. Fill in the number of flowers inside.
Wang Shouzhe, who couldn't laugh or cry, thought about the past when he bought a [Butterfly Bee Hive] and Luo Jing identified it as an amethyst bee, so he let them go.
After getting to know each other well, these tiger-headed spirit bees are very well-behaved and will never attack humans or animals. Instead, day after day, they diligently collect spirit flower pollen and turn it into first-order spirit honey.
"Four of two, Wang Zha." Emperor Longchang, who was dressed as an ordinary old man, threw out four of two in a loud voice, and looked at Zixiong and said, "Who else is there?"
Generally speaking, Wang Zha refers to the big and small ghosts. But Emperor Longchang thought that the big and small ghosts were the biggest, so how could they be called Wang Zha? Therefore, Si Jiao Er was named Wang Zha, and the big and small ghosts were called Di Zha.
The two people playing cards with the emperor were Prince Deshun and Prince Yongan.
Among them, although Prince Yong'an was a prince of the Dexin lineage, he also helped Prince Kang in the battle between the emperor and his son. However, since Long Wuji "submitted" to Wang Shouzhe, he began to fade out of the fight intentionally or unintentionally.
Among them, there should be the results of a separate conversation with Long Wuji and his son. No matter how much conflict the father and son have, and how incompatible they seem on the surface, they are still the same father and son after all.
What's more, Prince Yong'an is only a son like Long Wuji, and he still attaches great importance to him in his heart.
Until the end when King Kang was defeated all the way, he never came to help. In fact, he went out to live in seclusion for a period of time, saying that he had a sense of heaven and stayed in seclusion for a period of time. It was obvious that the two sides could no longer help each other.
On Yiluo's side, Prince Deshun was the one to support the show, while on Xuening's side, Prince Rongjun's palace had no choice but to bring in Prince Yong'an to support the show, and they couldn't let Xuening lose his momentum.
"Our ancestors were mighty, wise and brave as before." Princes Yong'an and Deshun both flattered the emperor.
The corner of Wang Shouzhe's mouth twitched. This kind of flattery was boring to watch. He turned around and started chatting with Long Wuji over tea: "Brother Wuji, I have all the sea maps you have drawn over the past decades." I’ve looked at it, but it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Tianji Continent.”
"I didn't expect that there are so many islands and subcontinents overseas." Long Wuji said helplessly, "There is a human race on the subcontinent. They are all primitive tribes, and their civilization is lagging behind the Barbarian Gu race. According to our Judging the location of Tianji Continent, it will take decades to open up routes on both sides."
Long Wuji and the Wang family jointly explored overseas, mainly to open up navigation routes between Tianji Continent and Daqian, but they have not yet succeeded.
"It's already quite remarkable." Wang Shouzhe said, "I still put safety first, and I won't be afraid even if it takes another hundred years."
While the two were talking.
A steward outside the house reported: "Let me inform the head of the family that a girl from the Immortal Dynasty has come to visit. She said that she was entrusted by Miss Li Ci to give the seventh young master a wedding gift."
Immortal Dynasty? Li Ci?
Wang Shouzhe frowned, that girl Li Ci had been living in a fairyland for a long time. Although she occasionally wrote back to report the situation, when Wang Shouzhe wrote, the girl had no fixed address.
More than ten years ago, he asked Yao to deliver a letter to Li Ci by air, so that she could come back and see her when she had time. She had never met An Ye, but she was already getting married. This time, something delayed her again, and she couldn't return. Come?
"Take care of that girl well, and I'll go see her after a while," Wang Shouzhe said.
"Yes, head of the family." The steward walked away.
Just when Wang Shouzhe was about to go, Long Wuji glanced at the three "old men" who were playing cards, feeling a little uncomfortable and unwilling to stay here for a long time: "Shouzhe, I have never seen anyone alive in the Immortal Dynasty. Girl, let me go with you to gain some knowledge."
"That's okay." Wang Shouzhe said after a slight hesitation, "But you can't harass the guests."
"Shouzhe, what you said is so heartbreaking. I, Long Wuji, have always been a gentleman."
"But I heard from Shi Hao that you have been clamoring on the boat all day long that you want to go to Tianji Continent to find those blond women."
"Ahem~ What I call morale boosting, I have to give my brothers a pie, otherwise I won't have the courage to persevere."
The two of them walked out while talking. Before going out, Wang Shouzhe shouted into the room: "Ruolan, I'm going out. The distinguished guests in the room have been entertained. Don't let them go hungry."
"Mr., I understand." Liu Ruolan's reply came from the kitchen in the distance, "Don't worry, I've already cooked this. Why don't you leave if you don't want to eat? If you don't want to eat, I'll serve it to the old man.
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"Well, leave it all to the old man."
Then, the two princes and the emperor all changed their expressions and cast an angry look at Wang Shouzhe. Especially Emperor Longchang's face turned green, because he had to enjoy Wang Shouzhe's extra snack today.
Wang Shouzhe left with satisfaction.
Who asked Emperor Longchang to come to his yard to play cards when he had nothing to do? He also brought cards with him at every turn... It's very disturbing, you know?
Not more than a moment.
Front courtyard VIP room.
A fairy-like masked woman stands gracefully, admiring various paintings by famous artists in the living room. The most prominent one is the "Rising Sun in the Residence of Immortals", a masterpiece made by the emperor himself, which was specially stamped with a large seal.
I am afraid that people will not know that this is the work of the great emperor, so I still have to hang it in a conspicuous place.
"Ahem, this fairy is very polite. I'm Wang Shouzhe. Thank you fairy for sending something for Li Ci." Wang Shouzhe coughed twice from a distance, and Long Wuji also pretended to be serious.
The woman slowly looked back: "The paintings of Emperor Longchang are as full of craftsmanship as ever. It's hard for you to hang them up."
"Ahem, girl, be careful what you say." Wang Shouzhe was a little embarrassed, "After all, I am the emperor."
The woman did not comment, looked at Wang Shouzhe up and down, and said with a look of slight surprise: "Li Ci praised you for being good-looking. I still don't believe it, but you are even more handsome than expected."