Chapter 155 Banquet at home
After the imperial examination, Yan Tong'an and Yan Tonghua were unable to become Shujishi. One was from the seventh-rank criminal department and the other was the seventh-rank county magistrate of Tai'an County. The three brothers participated in the imperial examination, and the three brothers were all awarded high school officials. One of them was the top three, which was worthy of a banquet.
On April 26, fifty tables were held in the inner courtyard of the Yan family to entertain relatives and friends. The wives and grandmothers in the inner courtyard were accompanied by five wives and Yan Rong, the ladies were accompanied by Yan Hu sisters, and the outer courtyard was accompanied by the five brothers of Uncle Yan and Yan Tong'an.
The people who came to Yan's family were all the nobles and officials in the capital. The Crown Princess did not come. The Crown Princess came. But what people didn't expect was that she brought Zhu Fenfang. The Crown Princess pulled Yan Hu aside and explained, "Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry, I didn't expect Fenfang to intercept him halfway. She cried and made a fuss. I really couldn't help but take her here."
"It's nothing she's here. But on the day you got married, I slapped her four times. I didn't expect her to come to my house." Yan Huo felt that Zhu Fenfang was really brave, so she was not afraid of being beaten again.
"Did you hit her?" the grandmother asked in shock.
"Well, I hit her and slapped her four times." Yan Hu said authentically without changing his expression.
"Oh, why don't you let the servants beat you? What should I do if I do it myself? She is so thick-skinned, what should I do if I hurt your hand?" The Grand Princess said anxiously.
Yan Huo twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Sister Li, you should say it's wrong to hit someone."
"I'll tell you." The grandmother concubine leaned into Yan Hu's ear, "I've wanted to hit her for a long time and haven't found a chance."
Yan Huo was stunned. She seemed to have taught the grandson concubine badly, but Zhu Fenfang was really unpopular. Even people with good temper like the grandson concubine couldn't stand her and wanted to hit her.
"My third brother is so annoyed by her that he wants to hang himself." The grandson concubine said again.
Yan Huo frowned, "Why is the Crown Princess's aunt not caring about her?"
"My grandmother is better, so she repeatedly reminded her uncle and mother to take good care of Mrs. Zhu. The mother was afraid that Mrs. Zhu would go to her grandmother and would make her unable to take good care of her, so she had to let her go." The grandmother explained.
While Yan Hu was talking to the grandmother concubine, the ladies in the hall were chatting. Mrs. Huaien looked at Mrs. An Guo and said, "You are too quick to start!" She originally wanted to come to ask for marriage for her son when Yan Huo was in the hairpin, but who would have thought that when the An Guo Duke's mansion was in full bloom and the buds were still there, the pots and flowers were moved away. This was too... crazy and did not give anyone any chance.
"Yes, Xiaoxiao is still young." Mrs. Baoqing Hou agreed.
It is hard to say anything about the wife of Prince Pingguo. Fu Zhixing is her nephew and she only got married at the age of twenty. She was very happy. She just thought that Yan Hu, who was white and tender, sweet-mouthed, and cute, could not become a daughter-in-law and became a niece-in-law. This heart... Oh, hey, my heart was frustrated.
The wife of the Prince of Anguo smiled proudly and said, "It's better to start first. If you're too late, you won't be able to grab anyone."
Mrs. Huai'en and Mrs. Baoqing sighed secretly, but it was too late to start. Mrs. Baoqing was fine. The boy was not yet enlightened. When he heard that Yan Hu was given a marriage to Fu Zhixing, he just muttered a few words, "Fu Zhixing is much bigger than Hongqiuer, and it is not at all." "Hongqiuer is engaged, so it is hard to take her out to see the corner." "Hongqiuer..." Yan Huo has been engaged and will definitely marry into the Duke of Anguo's mansion in the future. Mrs. Baoqing decided not to make it clear and let the confused boy continue to be confused.
Mrs. Huai'en was worried and didn't know whether to write a letter to Yu Zhilin about Yan Hu's marriage. The border was fighting and there was no eye for swords. If Yu Zhilin killed the enemy, he would be distracted... Mrs. Huai'en didn't dare to think about it anymore and decided not to write a letter to tell him. It would be a day to hide it.
The grandson concubine was a married woman. She explained clearly to Yanhu and went back to the hall. Yanhu continued to greet the noble girls.
"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao!" Princess Heyi came and pounced on Yanhuo and hugged her in her arms. However, now she is old, she will keep her strength and will not make Yanhuo retreat again. "Xiaoxiao, I've lost weight, I've lost weight."
Yan Huo pulled a little distance and looked at Princess Heyi up and down. Have you lost weight? No, her face is still round and her flesh nest is still so deep, "Where are you losing weight? I didn't see it."
"Cough cough cough." Yu Qingqing sat aside and drank tea. When she heard this, she almost choked.
Princess Heyi went around and said, "Look carefully, take a closer look."
Yan Huo said that she looked carefully but couldn't see it. Okay, she was clumsy. Yu Qingqing spoke out to help her, "Princess, this pastry is delicious, do you want to taste a piece?"
"You want." Princess Heyi rushed over, took the pastry handed over by Yu Qingqing, and started to chew.
Yan Huo quietly asked Yu Qingqing, "What's going on?"
"Uncle Qin brought a miracle doctor into the palace to take the princess' pulse and said that the princess was too fat and was not good for her body. She didn't let the princess eat snacks and jerky meat. Moreover, she could only eat three meals a day, so she could not have a different small meal." Yu Qingqing laughed softly.
"The miracle doctor's words are right. I have advised her to eat less and eat less, but I just don't listen." Yan Huo was always worried about Princess Heyi's body.
"The Empress promised Uncle Qin that she would take care of the princess. The princess hasn't eaten snacks or jerky meat for five days, so she felt that she had lost weight." Yu Qingqing smiled.
After Princess Heyi had eaten the pastry, she reached out to get the second piece. Yu Qingqing quickly took the plate open. Princess Heyi begged, "Good Qingqing, let me eat another piece."
"No, you have eaten a piece of it and can't eat it anymore. I don't want to be punished by the Queen to copy books." Yu Qingqing said firmly. In order to prevent anyone from secretly feeding Princess Heyi, Queen Yu stipulated punishment.
"Heyi, be obedient and let you eat a fried pigeon later." Yan Huo promised.
"Take it seriously?" Princess Heyi's eyes shone and she salivated. She had eaten vegetables these days and suspected that she was going to turn into a rabbit.
"Nothing is false." Yan Huo said seriously.
Princess Heyi stopped thinking about the pastry when she had meat. In order to distract her, everyone started playing chess and cards. The ladies all found something they were interested in to play with, and Yan Huo accompanied Jiang Zhen to play with the colorful rope. Although Jiang Zhen's fingers were thick and fat, they were very agile, and she had many tricks to draw out the colorful ropes.
Zhu Fenfang walked to Yan Huo and said, "Go outside, I have something to tell you."
What an arrogant tone!
Yan Huo glanced at her and said, "I have nothing to say to you, and I don't want to listen to you nonsense." Those who talk about their strengths and weaknesses are fools, and Yan Huo asked if he was stupid.
"How are you hospitality?" Zhu Fenfang asked.
"Don't you want courtesy to an uninvited guest? Do you still want to treat Miss Zhu? You are not sure about how Miss Zhu got in? You are well-behaved and eat the banquet honestly and leave. Everything is easy to say, otherwise I don't mind teaching you a lesson." Yan Huo smiled with a smile on his lips.
"You dare!" Zhu Fenfang stared at Yan Huo with a fierce look on her face.
"Ms. Zhu wants to give it a try?" Yan Hu raised his eyebrows.
"If you do this, aren't you afraid of losing your reputation?" Zhu Fenfang asked.
"A good reputation is to find a good family in the family. I have been married by the Queen and I have a lifelong trust. I don't care about this reputation anymore. I just want to feel comfortable. Whoever dares to provoke me will teach me a lesson." Yan Hu rubbed his hands together.
"You, I...I won't tell you anymore." Zhu Fenfang lost.
Yan Hu continued to flip the flower rope with Jiang Zhen, but not long after, the maid came in with a little ugly face, walked to Yan Fen, attached herself to her ear and said a few words. Yan Fen got up and smiled, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm a little bit of a matter, I'll lose my companion. Eighth Sister, please greet all the ladies, Twelve Sisters, and follow me out."
Yan Huo followed Yan Fen out with a confused look on his face, "Sister Qi, what happened?"
"Ms. Niu and Miss Luo started fighting in the garden." Yan Fen said with a stinky face.
Yan Hu's mouth twitched slightly. Who is this? He came to someone else's house as a guest and actually fought.
Before I arrived at the location of the accident, I heard someone sternly saying, "Is there anything you can do to be proud of? You are just a concubine."
"I am a concubine, and I am more noble than you, the legitimate daughter of a fourth-rank official." Miss Niu retorted.
Just listening to these two sentences, Yan Huo understood what was going on? The legitimate daughter and the illegitimate daughter are two circles, and the noble and poor families are also two circles. The legitimate daughter does not like the illegitimate daughter, and the noble and the noble and despised the poor families. Now the illegitimate daughter and the poor daughter are facing each other. I wonder who wins and who loses?
When he turned around, he saw that there was no chance of winning or losing. One had a bright red slap on his face and his clothes were torn; the other was dragged into a chicken coop, and there was a bunch of hair on the ground. Yan Fen walked towards the chicken coop, "Miss Niu, it rained last night, and the bluestone slab was slippery. Did you fall and hurt?"
Yan Huo admired her seventh sister's ability to lie with her eyes open, and followed her words and said, "Everyone should be careful when walking. If someone falls, it will be that our Yan family will not be well-received."
Yan Fen took Miss Niu away, and Yan Huo took Miss Luo away. Although they were rude, they had to help cover up as masters. The other ladies who were watching had no chance to watch and then disperse.
While the Yan family sisters were dealing with the two Miss Niu Luo, a lady named Wu in the room quietly got up and left the room while Yan Miao was not paying attention. She stood in front of a bunch of flowers and looked up at the road leading to the outer courtyard. A stick of incense had passed and no one had come yet.
"Why haven't the second brother brought the person here yet?" Miss Wu murmured anxiously.
"Miss, what did you say?" The maid couldn't hear it clearly.
"I didn't say anything." Miss Wu didn't want to tell her the truth.
"Miss, you have been out for some time. It's time for the young lady of the Yan family to find you." The maid wanted to persuade her to go back.
"I'm watching the flowers, don't make noise." Miss Wu said impatiently.
The maid frowned. She was not a fool. The lady was like this, she was obviously not watching the flowers! But if her lady had a bad temper and was not satisfied, she would scold the maid around her. Therefore, the maid dared not persuade her, so she could only follow her uneasy.
Miss Wu was walking back and forth, complaining in her heart that her second brother was not reliable in doing things. Then she slipped and she fell to the ground. The maid was so scared that she hurried to help her, "Miss, how are you?"
Miss Wu's eyes turned and said, "My feet seem to twist, it hurts so much." My second brother couldn't rely on him, so she should rely on himself.
"Miss, don't be afraid, I will call you now." The maid said hurriedly.
"This place is too far from the backyard, go and call someone in the front yard." Miss Wu instructed.
The maid was snatching the corners of her clothes in embarrassment, and the front yard was full of men, asking the man to help the lady, this...
"Why don't you go quickly." Miss Wu urged. Although she didn't really sprain, it still hurt a little when she got crutched just now.
The maid had no choice but to walk to the front yard. When she reached the Chuhuamen, she saw two mothers and two servants standing there. When the two mothers saw her coming, "Which girl are you? Why did you come here?"
There was once a man who broke into the inner house even though he was drunk. Mrs. Yan was very cautious about this, and people arranged for people to guard the three hanging flowers that led to the outer courtyard. Of course, this not only prevented the man, but also prevented the unruly lady.
The maid hurriedly said, "My lady is enjoying the flowers there and sprained her foot."
"You are waiting here, I will ask someone to carry the sedan chair." said one of the women.
The maid waited for a while, and then a group of maids came with a sedan chair. The woman who had just gone to call someone said to the maid, "Take them over."
The maid thanked the mother and led the maid back. Miss Wu was thinking about it when she saw her maid jogging over, "Miss, I have called me."
Miss Wu looked at the group of servants and wished she could slap the maid, and cursed in her heart, "Idiot." It was already like this, and she had no choice but to continue pretending to be hurt.
Miss Wu was carried to the yard where the ladies were. Yan Huo happened to lead Miss Luo, who had washed and put on makeup, and asked about the situation. He knew that Miss Wu was sprained when she was watching flowers very close to the outer yard. Yan Huo's expression was a little subtle.
Where is it difficult to enjoy flowers? I ran very close to the outer courtyard to enjoy flowers and sprained my foot. What are you trying to do? Are you looking forward to a hero coming to save the beauty?
"Miss Wu, do you want to ask the doctor to come and see your feet?" Yan Hu asked.
"No need, it's not too bad." Miss Wu thought about it and quickly added, "Just use the medicine to wipe it."
Yan Huo asked the maid to get the medicinal wine and handed it to Miss Wu's maid, asking her to help her lady rub her feet.
This time the family treats the guests, and they are in a lot of trouble! Fortunately, no one makes any trouble again. It was smoothly time to start, and everyone moved into the banquet. After the banquet, the guests went to the show, while Ma and Hong watched the servants packed up and put the dishes, tables and chairs into the warehouse.
The stage was singing festive dramas such as "The Top Scholar" and "The Five Sons' Passion". After listening to several short plays, the guests said goodbye one after another. After sending all the guests away, the wives had time to ask about the situation on the lady's side. Yan Fen talked about Miss Niu and Miss Luo's fight, and Yan Hu talked about Miss Wu.
Mrs. Yan frowned and said, "There are better not to contact these three families in the future."
Mrs. Yan Er and others agreed.
Chapter completed!