C113 Invitation from the Mu Estate
C113 Invitation from the Mu Estate
The Old Master of the Mu Clan was a second rank official, and the Marquis of Zhen Yuan's blood uncle. Although the position of the Eldest Master of the Mu Clan was not high, the position of the Han Lin Clan was definitely top-notch among the civil officials of the Han Lin Clan, not to mention the rest, all the so-called students of the Heaven's Gate, who didn't need to overdo their duties in the Han Lin Courtyard. At the beginning, they could only train in the Han Lin Courtyard, let alone other scholars, in the future, if they saw Mu Hongyuan, they would have to call him a teacher.
Even the generals of the imperial court were fighting to be on good terms with Mu Family, and the descendants of Mu Family were even the son-in-law of some of the beauties of the capital. Many of the officials and wives were looking forward to becoming relatives with Mu Family.
This kind of family actually sent their family an invitation to admire the flowers, was this something that the Madam Cheng would never even dream of?
On the surface, the Flowers Engraving Banquet was a flower viewing, but in reality, it was a disguised wedding. On the surface, the Flowers Engraving Banquet was a flower viewing, but actually, it was a disguised blind date.
In the past, Mu Family had never been invited to the Flower Viewing Banquet. Suddenly sending them an invitation, could it be that he had taken a fancy to their family's young lady?
The Madam Cheng thought like this, but felt that it was impossible. A family like the Mu Family could even have princesses, so how could they fall for their family's young lady?
Although she didn't think that her daughter was worse than others, when a rich family picked a wife, not only did they have to look at the lady's appearance and personality, they also had to look at her family background.
The Madam Cheng held the invitation and walked into the Old Mistress' wedding courtyard with a solemn expression.
Just as he entered, he heard laughter coming from inside.
Mrs Zhao had come early to pay her respects, and was currently telling the old mistress about the interesting events that had occurred in the capital.
When Madam Cheng came in and bowed, the old lady reached out for her and told her to sit beside her.
When she saw the Madam Cheng sitting down, she quickly poured her a cup of tea and smiled, "The Second Madam was just talking about the interesting things that happened in the capital. She said that the eldest princess' daughter stayed at the spa for a few months, and after she lost weight and became more beautiful, quite a few ladies rushed over to the spa.
Aunt Ying was a petite girl with a round face and almond-shaped eyes. She had a smile that made people feel happy.
Madam Cheng took the tea and took a sip. She smiled slightly and said: Which family's girl is so ignorant? You dare to fight in the streets? "
When he said this, everyone laughed. Everyone was interested in the reputation of a prestigious family. If this fight were to be brought out, not only would the lady lose face, her entire family would become a joke.
Mrs Zhao covered her mouth as she laughed. After a long while, she said, "These words must not be randomly spread, lest they ruin the young lady's reputation."
He took another sip of his tea and then said to his wife: "Mother, this morning, Madam Mu Mansion sent someone over with an invitation, telling me to bring the young ladies to Mu Mansion in ten days time to attend the Flower Viewing Banquet."
Madam Cheng passed the invitation to Aunt Ying. Aunt Ying glanced at it and passed it to the Old Mistress.
Everyone was well aware of the purpose of this banquet. The old mistress looked at the invitation and saw nothing special about it.
"Why would the Mu Family send an invitation to our residence?" When Little Aunt was still the marquis' wife, didn't like her, so Mu Mansion had never invited their family to this flower viewing feast. After Little Aunt was taken down, Mu Mansion dealt with them even less.
This was also what the Madam Cheng was suspicious of. She looked at the Old Mistress, wanting to hear her thoughts.
Aunt Ying poured tea for the madame and said, "This servant and the madame met Third Old Lady Mu at the Purple Bamboo Association. He was kind and kind, with no airs of arrogance at all. He was rather easy to get along with."
The Old Lady Yang nodded in agreement. She took a sip of tea and then said slowly, "Mu Family and our family are relatives after all. Even if it's for Zi An's sake, we should walk around with Mu Mansion more. How about this …"
The Old Lady Yang waved her hand and called Aunt Ying over. She handed a bunch of keys to her and instructed: "I have a set of Cat's Eye Stone Jewelry and a set of Jade Seal Jewelry, I'll reward them to Sister Ya and Xi'er. As for the little girl Xin, please take that set of emerald pearl Jewelry."
When Madam Cheng and Madame Zhao heard this, they hurriedly got up to express their thanks. They were shocked by the old lady's extravagance, the three sets of Jewelry s totaled up to twenty thousand taels of silver, and that set of Golden Jade Pearl Jewelry was sent over by Mu Chen just a while ago.
"Mom, is this too precious?" Madam Cheng said.
The old mistress put down the teacup and looked at the eldest wife before saying, "This is the first time the ladies are attending such a floral feast. We must not lose face."
Madam Cheng thought about it, and since the host's Mu Family were theirs, losing face in their own home, that would truly be a joke.
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When Yang Ningya woke up in the morning, maidservant had already brought her some honey water. She rinsed her mouth and drank half a cup, then got out of bed to have maidservant help her wash up.
She had seen that Jade Seal Jewelry before in the madame's room. She heard that it was worth a total of five or six thousand silvers, so the madame was reluctant to wear it. So why did she come to her room?
She frowned, pointed to the Jewelry, and asked: "Where did you get this Jewelry?"
Only then did he turn his head and say, "It was the First Madam who asked me to send this over. She said it was given to the Young Miss by the Old Mistress."
"Grandmother gave it to me?" Yang Ningya was even more shocked.
Inside the madame's storage room were a few sets of expensive Jewelry. Some were her dowry, some were from the madame's mother-in-law, and some were from the empress dowager … The madame was very cherished and rarely used.
"That's right, the madame really dotes on the little miss. She gave away such an expensive Jewelry just like that." With a bright smile on his face, he sincerely felt happy for his young miss.
Lilac went over to help Yang Ningya with the powdered rouge and added, "I heard that the great lady of Mu Mansion had opened a flower viewing feast and sent an invitation to our house. The old lady was afraid that the young ladies did not have any decent accessories, so she gave each of you a set of Jewelry s."
So it was like that. She said how could he send her such a precious set of Jewelry.
Yang Ningya nodded her head, and let Lilac put on her makeup. Then, she said: "Can I only bring young miss to Mu Mansion's Flower Viewing Banquet?"
The Feast of the Flowers was a feast for the future Daughter-in-law. Of course, there were also some people who would show their faces to their families and nephews. The people who came to Mu Mansion's Flower Lover Banquet were definitely wealthy and powerful families. Households like this normally wouldn't look at Sis as their official wife, so most of the time, they would not bring Sis along to the Flower Lover Banquet.
"I'm not sure about that." The lilac added rouge to her cheeks, then smeared a little rouge on her plump lips, gently spreading it out. Her bright lips accentuated her beautiful snow-white complexion and alluring beauty. "Madam only said that she wanted to bring Fifth Miss, but she didn't mention the two Young Masters."
Since it wasn't mentioned, it could only be considered as a tacit agreement. Yang Ningya raised her eyebrows and felt that it wasn't worth it for her fifth brother and sixth brother.
After dressing up, Yang Ningya prepared to go out and pay respects to the Madam Cheng, but Yang Ningyi entered the door in a hurry.
"Fifth brother, why are you in such a hurry?" Yang Ningya quickly went back to her room. Knowing that Yang Ningyi must have come to see her for that matter, she sent her servant away, closed the door, and asked anxiously, "Fifth brother, did you find anything?"
For the past few days, she had been feeling uneasy. When Lady Fang had just come to propose marriage, someone had asked her to go out and harm her, even taking advantage of her cousin's situation.
Yang Ningyi drank a cup of tea and took out a painting from her chest pocket, then said: "This is Zhao Yuan's portrait."
When Yang Ningya took a look at it, she turned pale from fright. The woman's face had a scald scar on it, and it wasn't very serious. Just by wearing a little more powder, she could completely cover it, but that wasn't the important point.
Yang Ningya fell down onto the chair, her face was in a daze, and the painting in her hand gently floated down to the ground.
She had always felt guilty about her cousin's death, always feeling that she had hurt her cousin because she hadn't dealt with the matter properly. However, she had never thought that her cousin would lie to her with his life, or even order others to take revenge on her.
She moved her lips, looking at Yang Ningyi, not knowing what to say.
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Why is my cousin still alive? Or was he asking why his cousin was still alive?
As if she had seen through her thoughts, Yang Ningyi said: "After High Scholar Lin annulled the marriage, she quickly settled the Fang family's young lady. Cousin sister couldn't hold back her anger anymore, she actually went out to seduce Master Fang, became his concubine, and even got to know Miss Fang."
"The Zhao Family couldn't afford to lose face, so they made a funeral and claimed that she died. Furthermore, they forbade her from using the name Zhao Xuan, and also forbade her from saying that she was a member of the Zhao Family."
That was why the funeral was so hasty. At first, she thought that because Aunt Zhao was too sad, she hastily buried her daughter.
Yang Ningya felt a little sad. She didn't know if it was for herself or for Zhao Xuan.
"After I got to know Miss Fang, I've been using her to drug High Scholar Lin ever since."
She said that Miss Fang had been married into the Lin Family for many years and had never been able to find a place to live. She then gave High Scholar Lin a few concubines, but did not give birth to a single girl.
What kind of enmity was this, to force the other party to give up on his descendants?
Thinking about it, Yang Ningya sighed, and said: "I'm afraid that High Scholar Lin would never have imagined that Cousin Lin would give him such a strong medicine in order to take revenge."
Yang Ningyi nodded her head, he never thought that her Heavenly Immortal cousin would do such a crazy thing. He took a sip of tea and continued: "Back then, cousin sister really liked High Scholar Lin, and after that, I hate him."
Her deep love and hate for her, were not wrong, a girl like her was destroyed just like that, Yang Ningyi could not help but sigh.
"Cousin didn't want me to marry into the Fang family, so she sent people to harm me?" It was because the Fang family had come to propose to her that they wanted her dead, sparking the hatred that their cousin had accumulated over the years.
"You could say that." Yang Ningyi did not tell her that Zhao Yuan did not allow her to marry into the Fang family because she had relations with Young Master Fang.