Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 324 Birthday Banquet (Part [-])
Early the next morning, when Fang arrived at Mao, Ji Wuyan was woken up from the bed by Ziqiu.

She closed her eyes drowsily, washed her mouth, washed her face, closed her eyes to make up, and closed her eyes to dress. Ning Xiuyuan couldn't go out by himself, so he asked Xi Yu to go to the street to buy her favorite tofu nao.

It was too early, and the Doufunao shop hadn't opened yet. Xi Yu knocked on the door for a long time and there was no answer. Afraid of disturbing the neighbors, she climbed over the wall and entered the yard. The old couple who were making preparations were frightened. His face turned pale and he thought it was someone who came to rob him, so he held his head and begged for mercy.

Xi Yu explained painstakingly for a long time, but the other party was only half-convinced. A bowl of tofu brain made frequent mistakes, and finally made it. When it was in Ji Wuyan's hands, just one mouthful would put Ji Wuyan, who was half asleep and half awake, with her eyes closed. The girl went out of her body with a shock—overturned the salt shaker.

He kept pouring himself several glasses of water, but Ji Wuyan still felt that the whole mouth, even the whole throat, was filled with that horrifying salty taste.

When the hour of Chen arrives, the carriage of Duke Ningguo's mansion will arrive.

After getting into the carriage, Ji Wuyan found out that the two wives of the Ning family were also there, and after greeting each other, Mrs. Ning took Ji Wuyan and explained, "Xiu Ren didn't work in the court, and the scar on his face is so He won't come to these occasions... No, this time Xiuyuan is not here, so his elder brother won't be there either, so the four of us will go together, so it's easier for women to talk to each other."

Mrs. Jiang and Ji Wuyan got closer, and took the snacks in the carriage and handed them to her, "Miss Ji, while there is still time, use some snacks, and when you enter the palace later, you won't have much chance to eat. Thanks to my mother, the carriage goes all the way into the palace, which saves a lot of walking, but even so, after entering the palace, you have to greet the empress first, and then go to the imperial concubine’s palace to talk. There are quite a few roads... and although the imperial concubine's palace prepares some snacks and food, we are too embarrassed to eat them, don't you think so?"

Ji Wuyan nodded and said yes, but she didn't touch the dessert, she just took a sip from the teacup-felt the salty taste in her mouth was still lingering.While sipping her tea, she bit the back of her teeth and cursed Xi Yu for having a can of salt for dinner today.

Ji Wuyan's silence fell into the old lady's eyes, so she thought Ji Wuyan was nervous, so she smiled and comforted, "Don't worry. Just follow your sister-in-law, and you can do whatever she does..."

"it is good……"

Sister-in-law...

The second lady, who had been silent from beginning to end, suddenly raised her head and looked over. Is this... decided?
She lowered her eyebrows and leaned over to twirl a piece of dim sum and sipped it in small bites, thinking about the days after she entered Ningguo Duke's mansion, now seeing the old lady's enthusiasm for Ji Wuyan, she felt very special in her heart feel bad.My mother's family was not capable, and the second master was disfigured at that time, and he was a "misfit", so a decent family girl would not be able to marry, so this is the second best choice for the Ningguo government. Not a famous family, but also a small family business.

After entering the Duke's Mansion, the mother-in-law is easy to talk, and the husband doesn't care about the affairs of the backyard. Most importantly, there are no concubines to make troubles, and the days are contented and comfortable.

But this time... Seeing her mother-in-law's attitude towards Ji Wuyan, she suddenly felt panicked.Ji Wuyan is not a daughter of a family, her mother is not as good as herself, I heard that she is just a small businessman, so she really can't do anything, but her mother-in-law is really considerate to her, the uncle wanted to participate in this event at first For the banquet, the father-in-law also went. It was the mother-in-law who said that this time there were more women and fewer men, so it would be better if the men didn't go. After all, they planned to let the sister-in-law bring the little girl to see the world.

His eyes fell on the two people who were talking and laughing on the opposite side. I heard that Ji Wuyan's clothes today were made by someone from her mother-in-law. The embroiderer in the house can't be negligent in the slightest, she didn't know, she thought Ji Wuyan was the mother-in-law's own daughter... The second lady was biting the cake in her hand, thinking, is this youngest son's daughter-in-law different? Yes, it was the favorite of the apex just now.

The eyes of the second lady's scrutiny were obvious, but there was still some unfriendly content in those eyes. Ji Wuyan was surprised, smiled and nodded towards the opposite side, the second lady shrank her eyes, and finished the last bite of pastry in embarrassment. To cover up the embarrassment of "peeping and being caught".

"That's from the second son's family..." The old lady introduced to Ji Wuyan, "You came to the house for dinner before, and she happened to be away... She is a straightforward rascal, so don't be polite to her, just call her 'second sister-in-law'." It's done."

Ji Wuyan nodded lightly, and called out generously, "Second sister-in-law."

On the other hand, the second lady, with an embarrassing expression, was still embarrassed about the "peeping" just now, she just nodded and responded with "hey, hey".The eldest lady Jiang pursed her lips and smiled, "This poppi is feeling embarrassed right now, it's really rare...Mom, I really should find an artist to draw it properly."

The second lady looked embarrassed, "Don't talk nonsense, how can I..."

"Aren't you saying no? If in the past, you would have raised your hand to hit me, but now you just say no, you've already restrained yourself."

Ji Wuyan smiled gently, and helped the second wife out, "Actually, this is not the first time I have met my second sister-in-law. I had some business with the second master before, and when I left, I met the second sister-in-law who came in. Do you remember the second sister-in-law?"

Of course I remember.The second lady nodded, "I remember."

At that time, I was still angry with the second master for a long time, thinking that the second master was also sad and locked up by the beauty.At that time, although I also heard some gossip about Ji Wuyan and Ning Xiuyuan, but I didn't really take it seriously. After all, Ji Wuyan is too ordinary, so ordinary that any girl from aristocratic family in Yanjing City may be more suitable than her... But now seeing her sitting next to the old lady, with a calm and measured manner, I suddenly feel that maybe Ji Wuyan is the most suitable to sit in this position...

Even if she had seen Princess Lingxi sitting next to the old lady before, she was not so natural and calm.only……

Thinking of the bumpkin look I had when I first came to Ningguo Duke's Mansion, and looking at Ji Wuyan's appearance, I vaguely sensed something was wrong.She was secretly suspicious, but saw the carriage slowly stop, and the voice of the palace nurse had already come from the side, "The old servant has seen the old lady."

Here it is... here.

The old lady patted Ji Wuyan's hand, "Don't worry, and don't be nervous. The empress is gentle and talkative. If you are hungry, you can eat the snacks in front of you. Don't listen to your sister-in-law bluffing people. Why are you embarrassed to eat... think Just eat, don't hold back."

Ji Wuyan smiled lightly and nodded.

As the old lady said, she turned her head and told Jiang Shi on the other side, "I will leave it to you if there is no salt."

(End of this chapter)