Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 331: Madam Sun is such a nice person! [Thank you all for your support! Goodbye! ]

Zhang Fangling has no one else to send a token of love to.

Thinking about these,

The Zhang family’s small dragon boat passed right in front of the bamboo pole.

The Duke of Anguo has strong naval forces selected by the Tian family.

The Yongchang Marquis' Mansion was assisted by the brave naval soldiers entrusted to the Xu family by Hu Yanjiong, and its strength increased dramatically.

The British government has a long history, and the navy pawns they use are also not weak.
So these three companies are leading by a huge margin.

And among the several small dragon boats following not far behind,
The nearest Korean noble, Han Jiawulang, stopped beating the drum and gave up the chase after seeing Zhang Fangling's actions.

On par with Duke Hanguo is Duke Xinguo Pei Jialiulang, who is older than Xu Zaijing.

On the second day after the Chinese New Year, Xu Zaijing was in the west of Bianjing City and spoke a few words to the Pei brothers while racing.

Pei Liulang's uncle is Lord Pei Yuanchen, who promoted Di Jing back then.

The eldest lady of the Pei family was born into the Lu family of Duke Lian, and was the eldest granddaughter of the eldest brother of Lu Zezong's grandfather.

At that time, Lu Zezong's great-uncle was nearly ten years older than Duke Lian.
With the support of the Duke's Mansion, he succeeded in the imperial examinations and was promoted to the position of Vice Minister of Works. His children and grandchildren also worked hard to do his job well and made great achievements in the imperial examinations.

Because of the age gap between the elders, the generation and age began to misalign after one or two generations.
Especially since Lu Zezong's mother was a second wife and he was born late.

Because the genealogy of the two families was not separated,

Therefore, although Lu Zezong is young, he is of a high generation. When he sees the eldest lady of the Pei family, Duke Xin, he has to call her cousin.

Pei Jia Liulang was still beating the drum to the rhythm.

The speed of Pei's dragon boat did not slow down.
When Zhang Fangling took his hand back,
Han Wulang and Pei Liulang both saw this situation!
But when Han Wulang wanted to continue beating the drum to speed up the dragon boat, it was not so easy to get the rhythm going. He could only watch Pei Liulang take the prize.

Pei Liulang, who had won the prize, looked at Han Wulang and said with a smile: "Thank you!"

After saying that, Pei Liulang let Long Zhou come near Zhang Fangling, stretched out his hand and clapped his hands with Zhang Fangling with a smile.

Pei Liulang came to the shore,
After saying a few words to Liang Han, who was a little proud on the shore, the two small dragon boats from the Zhang and Pei families, which had won the prize, headed towards the large dragon boat anchored in the Jinming Lake.

In the Qi family tent,
The ladies who were talking here cried out in surprise when they saw the dragon boats of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion and the Marquis of Yongchang's Mansion collide with each other.

Then everyone started talking about which girl the Pei family would marry.

Ting Yi and Chai Zheng Zheng, who witnessed the whole incident, looked at each other.
Chai Zhengzheng whispered:

"Sister Tingyi, it looks like Liang Jialiu Lang is not doing this for her."

Gu Tingyi on the side looked curiously at Miss Chunge who was still standing behind Madam Wu.

The girl didn't look extremely disappointed.

"Oh yes! Did I guess wrong?"

Gu Tingyi said hesitantly.

Chai Zhengzheng, who was standing by, looked at the dragon boats of the Zhang and Pei families going away and whispered:

"Sister Tingyi, don't think about her for now! Just now you said there is a boat from your family in Jinming Lake? Where is it?"

Gu Tingyi glanced at his mother and said:

"It's not one of those that are winning the bid. It's a large flat-bottomed boat moored at the dock next to the Ao House."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded, looked at the spring breeze blowing gently outside the tent, and said hopefully:
"Then let's go boating in Jinming Lake in a few days!"

Gu Tingyi nodded and said:

"Okay! Then we can invite a few more noble ladies from the capital."

"Let's go fishing in the lake first, and then hold a poetry reading. The prize for the poetry reading will be the catch!"

Chai Zhengzheng's eyes lit up and he smiled and nodded in agreement.

At this time, Zheng Zheng saw the girl from the Dou family who was about to speak but hesitated.

But Gu Tingyi pretended not to see it and continued whispering with Chai Zhengzheng about which girl to invite.

After the two discussed for a while, Chai Zhengzheng looked at the two girls from the Dou family who were going to change their clothes and asked in a low voice:
"Sister Tingyi, the lady from the Dou family, the Prince of the State, seems to be very close to Lady Bai. Which family is she from?"

"Why do you look like you don't want to bother with them?"

Gu Tingyi curled his lips and whispered, "Yang family."

Chai Zhengzheng asked doubtfully, "The Yang family?"

"Yes! It's also my aunt's in-laws' family."

After Gu Tingyi finished speaking, she looked inside the tent and saw that no one was paying attention to them. She whispered angrily:
"I heard from Madam Chang that when my mother first married and moved to Bianjing, the eldest lady of the Dou family also just married into the family of the Duke of Fuguo. When she returned to her parents' home, she made a lot of trouble for my aunt."

"They said that the Dou family and the Yang family were short of salt and asked my aunt to go back to the house to get some salt."

"Even my aunt's sister-in-law said so."

Chai Zhengzheng sighed with a look of discomfort on his face: "Ah? How can you say that! Isn't this just mocking me?"

Gu Tingyi frowned, his chest heaving violently, and said:
"Because of this, every time my aunt came back, she took out her anger on my mother!"

"Madame Chang said that my mother cried so much because of this that she couldn't sleep!"

"During my second brother's first birthday party, my aunt almost had a quarrel with Nanny Chang. She left without even eating, which really embarrassed my mother!"

Chai Zhengzheng hurriedly stroked Gu Tingyi's back and whispered, "Don't be angry, don't be angry!"

Gu Tingyi and Chai Zhengzheng indicated that they were fine and said:

"Humph! I'm not angry!"

"Nowadays, except for some fluctuations in my father's career in the past few years, it is now going smoothly. My eldest brother passed the imperial examination, and my second brother is also successful in his studies."

"Moreover, my mother has made my family's business flourish!"

Gu Tingyi said this proudly, with a smile on his face, and whispered happily:
"Zheng Zheng, on the wedding day of my aunt's eldest son, my mother gave me a set of golden nanmu furniture as a gift!"

"You didn't see the expressions on their faces. They looked like they had never seen the world before!"

"In recent years, they have come closer!"

Chai Zhengzheng said with emotion: "Madam, she is also a person who can turn a hundred kinds of patience into gold!"

Gu Tingyi smiled and nodded. After looking at his mother, he smiled and lowered his voice and said:
"Zheng Zheng, do you know who was the first person among the nobles and marquises of Bianjing to invite my mother to a formal banquet?"

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Madam Wu who was talking intimately with Bai, and thought: Madam Wu is natural and outgoing, so it must be her, right?

Afterwards, Chai Zhengzheng looked at Princess Pingning again: The Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion and the Qiguogong Mansion are very close, so if there is anything, they should ask Madam Bai for help!

Chai Zhengzheng bit his lip, his eyes lit up, and he said with certainty: "It's the Duke of England's wife!"

Gu Tingyi shook his head, looked at the puzzled Chai Zhengzheng, and said with a smile: "It's Madam Sun from the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion."

Chai Zhengzheng was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized something, his eyes full of surprise, he exclaimed:

"what!"

"Mrs. Sun? It's her!"

Gu Tingyi nodded.

Chai Zhengzheng said:

"really!"

"Mrs. Sun is such a nice person!"

Then he sighed, slapped his forehead in self-blame and annoyance, and thought to himself: Why am I so sad!
Gu Tingyi nodded in agreement: "Yeah! I remember when I was a child, Madam Sun often held me in her arms to play with me."

Chai Zhengzheng sighed with envy in his eyes: "Ah~? Really!!!"

Afterwards, Chai Zhengzheng pursed his lips, his mind wandering, no one knew what he was thinking.

At this time,

Voices of people cheering "Long live the lake" could be heard around Jinming Lake.

The two girls looked up and saw that the Dalonglou ship had already docked in front of the Linshui Palace, and the emperor was getting off the ship with his ministers and nobles.

It was already near the early afternoon (after 11:00 AM)

The emperor and empress gave a banquet in the Linshui Palace.

The sound of stringed instruments and wind instruments could be heard faintly from the direction of Linshui Palace from time to time.

Xu Zaijing was having lunch with his good friends in his tent.

Thanks to Xu Zaijing's advice, the cooking skills of the cooks at Xu's Kitchen are quite good.

No one drank any wine, but after dinner,
Qingcao brought the sisters Hua Xiangyun and Xiang to serve the young men some tea to help them digest their food.

Looking at the maid disappearing behind the tent, Liang Han blinked and said to Qi Heng while holding a cup of tea:

"Young Master, the old Marquis of Xiangyang has connections to find this."

Qi Heng shook his head and sighed:

"They were not bought from outside, but were raised in my grandparents' courtyard since they were young."

"That's the only couple!"

After comparing them in his mind, Liang Han thought to himself: They are not as well dressed as the sister of the Wan family! Hmm!
Thinking about this, Liang Han said to Xu Zaijing who was talking to Gu Tingye, "Brother Jing, let's go fishing!"

After all, Liang Han is very good at fishing.

Xu Zaijing looked around at everyone in the tent and asked, "Are you going?"

Qi Heng: "Go!"

In the tent of Duke Qi,

Princess Pingning used the excuse of accompanying the eldest lady of the Dou family,
He invited all the ladies in the tent to stay in the Qi family tent for dinner.

Mrs. Chai naturally couldn't refuse.
Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion is close to the Qi family, and Madam Wu likes the hustle and bustle even more.

So everyone stayed.

In the tent,
The lady and the girls sat at two tables, eating their lunch politely and talking in low voices.

At this time,

There was a faint noise outside again.

Princess Pingning glanced at the standing maid, and the maid understood and walked to the door of the tent.

after awhile,

Mammy said at the door in a moderate voice that everyone could hear:

"My Lady Princess, these are the brothers from the surrounding families. They want to go fishing near Aowu together."

Hearing the word "fishing", Tingyi and Zhengzheng, who were talking, looked at each other, while Chunge, who was sitting below them, paused slightly.

Princess Pingning at the head nodded and said:
“They are full of energy!”

"Give a few more instructions, and send a few more people who are familiar with water to follow, just in case!"

"Yes!"

About two quarters of an hour later,

After the ladies finished their meal, they all felt a little sleepy, probably out of habit.

I felt better after drinking the refreshing tea served by the maid of the Qi family.

Everyone was laughing and talking intermittently.

The two legitimate daughters of the Dou family no longer had the unfamiliarity they had just felt. They came to Gu Tingyi and talked with Chai Zhengzheng.

At this time,

Madam Wu's daughter-in-law brought Wan Chunge to Madam Wu and whispered a few words to her.

Madam Wu put away her smile, looked at her illegitimate son and daughter-in-law with ambiguous eyes, thought for a moment, and nodded.

Watching his daughter-in-law and Wan Chun Ge walk out with the maid,

Mrs. Wu regained her smile and continued to participate in the conversation in the tent:

"Oh! Madam, are you talking about Young Master Yan from the Kang An family?"

Madam Yang of the Fuguogong nodded and said:
"Yes! When he left Beijing, I heard that he was a dull boy and his marriage was never concluded. How is he now?"

Madam Wu looked at Bai with some complacency and said, "It's settled!"

Madam Yang was stunned:
"Ah? Whose house is this?"

"The third daughter of the Viscount Xie family."

"Oh! Xie family! Their eldest daughter married into Zhending Prefecture? The second daughter is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion?"

"Madam, you have a good memory!"

Madam Yang nodded, turned to Princess Pingning, and said with great interest:

"My Lady Princess, speaking of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, when I came here today, I saw that their youngest son was quite good!"

"Not only is the mount handsome, but the child is even more handsome and tall!"

Upon hearing this,
Inside the tent, Princess Pingning, Madam Chai, Madam Bai, Madam Wu, and others all smiled.

This smile is not perfunctory, but comes from the heart.

Princess Pingning smiled and said, "Madam is right. Jing'er is a lovable child and he is still studying!"

Madam Yang's eyes lit up and she said:

"Oh? No wonder you have such a bookish air! Great!"

Madam Yang looked at the ladies around her and said, "But this child also has shortcomings, and they are not small!"

Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Wu looked at each other in confusion.

Princess Pingning smiled and glanced at Madam Chai who was a little stiff, then turned back and asked with a smile:

"Why do you say that, madam?"

Madam Yang looked at the people who had stopped laughing with confusion and said:

"When you got there, Madam Chai, did you see the maid in his carriage?"

Looking at Madam Chai with a thoughtful look in her eyes, Madam Yang continued:

"Those two little maids in the carriage are really pretty, and they are twins!"

"Who knows how much money this kid spent to find such a maid?"

Princess Pingning was stunned for a moment.

Madam Yang looked at her with a mischievous smile while Madam Wu said:
"Madam, my two legitimate daughters have reached the age for marriage."

"In the next two days, I'll ask you to go to the Xu family and negotiate peace. I have only one condition, that is, those two little maids must be driven out!"

He turned to look at Princess Pingning and said:
"My Lady, am I right?"

Princess Pingning stopped smiling, coughed lightly, and then picked up the teacup with a stern face.

Madam Yang was stunned. This shouldn't be her reaction.
Thinking of this, she looked at the other people in the tent.

Mrs. Chai snorted softly, picked up the teacup, lowered her brows and drank attentively.

Mrs. Bai was talking to Mrs. Wu in her ear without even looking at her.

After listening to Bai's words, Mrs. Wu smiled and said to the Dou family:

"Madam, there is no need to negotiate peace."

"Before, my sister from the Sun family told me that her son Jing would wait until after the imperial examination before discussing marriage."

Sensing that the atmosphere was a little strange, Yang said, "Oh! So that's it!"

The air in the tent became quiet.

Yang looked at Chai Zhengzheng and Gu Tingyi and started a conversation:

"These two girls are really beautiful, comparable to my two daughters. Have you arranged a marriage?"

"There are several people of the right age in our Duke's Mansion and Yang's family."

Mrs. Bai interrupted directly: "Sanniang is still young!"

Madam Chai: "Zheng Zheng also needs to stay in the boudoir for a few years."

Yang smiled awkwardly: "Oh oh!"

Outside the tent,
Head north, on the way to Ouya.

Liang's eldest daughter-in-law's legs were a little sore from walking with Wan Chun Ge.
But it was still more than half the distance to Aoya, and even farther from where the boys were fishing.

The two men, along with their maid, had to stop to rest.

At this time, Rong Feiyan, who was riding a horse and walking over from behind the Rong family tent, looked at the embarrassed people with doubt and said:

"Are you going fishing?"

(End of this chapter)