Noble Lady Jing Zhao

Chapter 282 Everyone Comes to Give Gifts
Today, the Jiang family of the Marquis of Xiaoyong’s Mansion held a banquet for their granddaughter in the Jiang family’s back garden.

The elders were chatting and laughing at the table in the garden.

Several unmarried girls were chatting and laughing in the pavilion in the garden.

There are screens all around the pavilion for protection.

Ye Jingzhao was pushed out of the pavilion, and before he had taken two steps, he saw Mu Yanzong waiting outside the pavilion.

Jiang Yilian and Lin Yunrong were originally joking, but when they saw Mu Yanzong, they immediately stopped smiling.

The two men bowed to Mu Yanzong and hurriedly retreated into the pavilion.

"Sister Jing Zhao."

Seeing her hesitation, Mu Yanzong called out, "Congratulations. I don't know what you like, but they are just small items. Please don't despise them."

After saying this, Mu Yanzong took out a palm-sized red lacquer box carved with a peony pattern from his arms.

The long and thin box seems to contain hairpins.

Ye Jingzhao stepped forward and took the box from him.

Unconsciously, he raised the corners of his lips and said, "Prince Mu, you are thoughtful."

"Take a look and see if you like it. If not, tell me what style you like and I'll buy it for you."

Mu Yanzong stared at the box intently, his heart filled with nervousness.

I was afraid that she would say she didn't like it.

Ye Jingzhao lowered his eyes, raised his hand and gently opened the box.

There was a jade hairpin with carved flowers inside.

There is also a string of emerald jade beads of the same color hanging under the hairpin.

Ye Jingzhao raised his eyes to look at Mu Yanzong and smiled, "I like it very much. You are thoughtful."

The tense expression on Mu Yanzong's face finally relaxed a little.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that she was about to close the box, he spoke again, "There is a secret compartment at the bottom of the box. I put some banknotes in it. If you like anything in the future, just go and buy it."

Ye Jingzhao was speechless and didn't know what to do.

Mu Yanzong spoke again, "Let's wait and see when we get back. I'm going to accompany the elders first. I'm afraid I can't talk to you much today. I'll take you out of town for a walk in a few days."

"okay."

Ye Jingzhao was a little nervous, but he still kept a calm expression.

But what he said was that he accepted his invitation.

The Jiang family only had lunch at the banquet.

After all, it's not a good idea to be too ostentatious and let others point fingers at you.

After the third branch of the Ye family returned, they saw many gifts placed in the front hall of the mansion.

The whole family was quite surprised.

"Master, what do you think? Should we accept these things or not?"

Mrs. Jiang, the third wife of Ye San, looked at the gifts placed in the front hall and felt a little embarrassed.

Master Ye San glanced at them and said, "Now that they have come, if we ask them to send them back one by one, wouldn't that be insulting to them?"

"Forget it, just keep it for now. Madam will have someone carefully register it and prepare a return gift later."

Seeing the master's arrangement, Mrs. Ye San's wife, Jiang, did not worry about it anymore.

He asked someone to bring the gift list and checked it carefully one by one.

"Zhao Zhao, wait a minute, mother will ask someone to carry these things to your yard."

While counting the items, Jiang talked about his plans.

"Mother, that's not necessary. Just keep it. After all, I will need you to return the gifts to each family in the future."

Ye Jingzhao now has quite a few good things in his hands.

So I didn't want to move all these things to my place.

Jiang shook her head, looked at her daughter, and explained with a helpless smile, "These were originally given to you by others. You don't have to worry about anything else. Just keep them with peace of mind."

Seeing his mother's tough attitude, Ye Jingzhao had no choice but to give up.

Jiang and her daughter spent a full hour counting these things.

It's finally over.

Afterwards, she ordered people to move the things to her daughter's courtyard. At the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, they learned that the third room had returned from the Jiang family of the Xiaoyong Marquis's Mansion.

Old Madam Ye sent her eldest daughter-in-law, Liang, to come and invite them in person.

Mrs. Jiang, the third wife of Ye San, paused and took a sip of tea.

Before I could recover from the shock, I heard from the servants that my eldest sister-in-law Liang had arrived.

She hurriedly got up to greet him.

As soon as I reached the door, my sister-in-law Liang had already arrived.

The two greeted each other. Liang frowned slightly, raised her hand to support her third brother's wife Jiang, her eyes full of worry.

"But are you tired today? Why do you look so bad?"

Jiang was helpless, "I think she must be tired today. She came back from her parents' home and spent an hour counting the gifts sent by various families. She wanted to take a rest for a while, but then her sister-in-law came."

"I came at an unfortunate time. I came here today for nothing important. Mother-in-law was thinking about Jing Zhao's coming of age. Although it's not a good idea to have a big celebration, it's important for the whole family to get together."

Jiang nodded, "Sister-in-law, I understand."

"Mother-in-law was afraid that you would not go, so she asked me to come and invite you personally. You and your family will go back for lunch tomorrow at noon."

Mrs. Ye explained her purpose and stood up to say goodbye. "Third sister-in-law, you are tired today. I will go back first. You should also have a good rest. We will talk tomorrow."

After seeing Liang off, Jiang was helped by the nanny to change her clothes.

Rest assured.

Ye Jingzhao didn't bundle them up. She personally took her maid to pack up and organize the things one by one.

He also ordered Hongzao to close the door.

Then he took the red lacquer box sent by Mu Yanzong, took off his shoes and socks, and got on the soft couch.

Hongzao let down the gauze curtain on the couch and squeezed in with the fourth young lady.

"Fourth Miss, how much money do you think Prince Mu has left for you?"

The red dates blinked their big eyes, full of curiosity.

"Just look at it and you'll find out."

Ye Jingzhao raised the corners of his lips, opened the box, carefully took out the jade hairpin from it, and placed it on the soft pillow beside him.

After finishing everything, he pulled out the secret compartment in the box.

I saw a thick stack of silver bills inside.

She was quite surprised.

Hong Zao's eyes sparkled, "Fourth Miss, there are so many banknotes..."

Her jaw almost dropped as she looked at the thick stack of banknotes. She instinctively felt that there would be quite a bit of money.

Ye Jingzhao carefully took out the banknote.

Looking closely, she counted fifty notes with a face value of one thousand taels each, a total of fifty thousand taels of silver.

"Fourth Miss, tell me, where did Prince Mu get so much money?"

Hongzao looked at the stack of banknotes in shock.

"I do not know either."

Ye Jingzhao put away the banknotes carefully. Although he said this, he actually had an opinion in his mind.

I'm afraid these were all obtained by Mu Yanzong from his previous suppression of bandits.

"Hongzao, go and lock these in the small box I put in the cabinet."

Hongzao took it and, following Fourth Miss's instructions, locked the banknotes into the box.

When everything was done, he handed the key to the box to the fourth young lady.

The next morning, the third room went to the Cheng Enbo Mansion for dinner.

Because the third wife had brought Ye Lan'er into the palace before, when Old Lady Ye saw the third wife, her brows softened a little.

Although no one has come to propose marriage yet.

After all, Ke Lan'er had shown up at the palace banquet, given the current status of the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion.

I'm afraid there's no need to worry about Lan'er's marriage.

The old lady still had some plans in mind.

But this plan fell through half a year later when Ye Lan'er still hadn't found a marriage.