Hidden golden branches

Chapter 143 Palace Banquet
There are desks of about thirty square meters in the main hall, and each table can seat three to five people. In the Wei Dynasty, the right was respected, so the officials were arranged from right to left, and from top to bottom according to official rank. The leaders were the most senior bachelors in the palace - Prime Minister Meng and Duke Meng Zheng Huaiyuan.

Then came Liang Tao, the newly appointed academician of the Hanlin Academy, ministers of various ministries, ministers of military affairs, generals and admirals... Their family members were either sitting beside them, or setting up a small table behind them.

The upper part is for the emperor and his concubines, the right side of the lower part is for the civil servants, and the left side is for the military attachés.

Xu Yi, the belated female relatives also arrived in twos and threes.

Mr. Zhuang, who was wearing a first-grade imperial uniform and his two daughters, Ji Wenyu and Ji Wenyuan, slowly came over to say hello to Yun Man.

Ji Wenyu's attitude towards Chen Rong was much better than the previous two times they met, but she quickly sat down in her seat to talk to a little girl of the same age.

Ji Wenyuan ran over and shouted sweetly: "Sister!"

Ji Wenyuan wore a pink cross-collar narrow-sleeved shirt, a light blue pleated skirt, and a half-armor of the same color. She wore a popular girls' hairdo on her head and a red headband, which looked particularly festive. It just brought out her fair and tender face, making her look pretty and cute.

Nowadays, children under the age of ten, both men and women, wear their hair combed.

There are many kinds of girls' hair, and there are many kinds of headgear that can be matched with it. Boys' hair has only two small buns, like bulging corners.

Chen Rong supported her: "Yuanyuan, please slow down, be careful if you fall." He called her Yuanyuan like Zhuang.

"Sister, you are the most beautiful today."

The little girl is not tall, her body is pink and tender, her head is slightly raised, she looks like a cute little bird, she is really cute.

Chen Rong just laughed at the little girl. Aren't you afraid of offending people by saying this?
"Oh? Then isn't my cousin pretty?" Yue Wanshu, who was sitting nearby, joked pretending to be unhappy.

Yue Wanshu and Ji Wenyuan are not related by blood to her sister Ji Wenyu, but their successor Ji Yuxian is Yue Wanshu's cousin.

With this relationship, it is natural that the two sisters Ji Wenyuan would follow their eldest brother Ji Yuxian and regard the Yue family as their maternal home.

Ji Wenyuan hurriedly walked up to Yue Wanshu, raised her little face and said seriously: "My cousin is also the most beautiful today!"

"Puch!"

Chen Rong and Yue Wanshu couldn't help laughing at the same time.

Unexpectedly, the little girl has a sweet mouth and is quite polite.

Just as the female relatives were talking to each other and communicating with each other, a familiar sharp voice sounded: "The Emperor has arrived!"

"The Queen is here!"

"The Imperial Concubine is here!"

Everyone knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, may you be blessed!" "Your Majesty, may you live long and may you live long!" "My Imperial Concubine, may you be blessed!"

Everyone knows that the emperor favors the imperial concubine, and the blessings must be the same to make the emperor happy.

After Chen Rong stood up with everyone's salute, he raised his head and quietly looked at the imperial concubine's aunt who was sitting high above. Wearing a goose-yellow uterine gown with five bats holding longevity and engraved silk braid, a silver-plated gold-plated emerald inlaid with gemstone butterfly pattern hairpin was inserted into the bun. The style is very novel and the workmanship is extremely sophisticated. The body of the butterfly is a piece of pink tourmaline, its wings are inlaid with rubies, and the butterfly also has a circle of outer wings made of rice beads arranged in a rhombus shape.

Look at the golden silk embroidered orchid-dot emerald flower pouch tied around her waist. The upper and lower silk ropes are strung with coral beads, the lower part is a gold braided canopy head, the lower part is a coral rice bead tassel, and the tassels are dropped by small drop-shaped emerald corners.

Such exquisite jewelry is difficult to find even in the palace, and it is hard to buy it for a thousand dollars. I am afraid this is the only one in the world. From this we can see how favored Chen Wanru is.

Not only Chen Rong watched quietly, but the female family members, especially those about the same age as her, also secretly looked at the imperial concubine, who had red lips and white teeth, was extremely beautiful, and her appearance had remained unchanged for more than ten years.

My heart is sour.
Before they got married, they were pampered young ladies at home, but after they got married, they became the head of the house and could not do anything wrong. Be filial to your parents-in-law, educate your children, treat your sister-in-law like your own daughter, and love your sisters-in-law like sisters. You should also treat your man's concubines and their children in a calm manner, not be jealous, and treat the concubines and concubine children with each other. Treating your husband's family with heart-wrenching treatment is okay if you meet a reasonable mother-in-law. On the contrary, you will be exhausted and no one will pity you or say good things to you.

In a word, you should be dignified and knowledgeable, serve your husband, take care of the family's external relations, clean up the servants, help manage the backyard, and check all kinds of lighting things. I really envy Chen Wanru, the peerless imperial concubine sitting at the top.

Chen Rong looked around and saw that not only was his father not here, Ji Yuxian was also nowhere to be seen.

The palace banquet began, and the palace ladies in purple collars filed in to bring delicious food.

First came the cold cuts, then the stir-fries, then the soups, and finally the pastries and fruits.

Of course, drinks are indispensable.

Every time he went to the palace banquet, Chen Rong ate a lot. You will have a pair of chopsticks for each dish

But when I saw Chen Fu today, she was really petty. She came here just to clean up things.

Just when a plate of fish was presented, Chen Youyu and Ji Yuxian walked quietly from behind them with their bodies hunched over.

Originally, Chen Youyu and Ji Yuxian were unable to make it in time to attend the palace banquet. They received news from Anhui that silver mines had been discovered there and were mined secretly by government and businessmen in collusion.

If they don't come, the mother and daughter will be worried.

"Second uncle." Chen Fu called Chen Youyu in a low voice.

When Chen Youyu saw that it was her niece Chen Fu, she was surprised and nodded in response: "Hey."

Ji Yuxian sat down next to Chen Rong as a matter of course, tightened his sleeves and began to pick Chen Rong's fish bones.

Chen Youyu also put the plate in front of him, picked up a piece of fish, carefully removed the fish bones, and put the fish into Yun Man's bowl.

Mother and daughter Yun Man and Chen Rong have long been accustomed to saying "thank you" and then lowering their heads to enjoy the food.

Chen Fu was quite surprised. This was the first time she had a meal with her second uncle's family since the family separation.

She also knew that the second uncle and the second aunt had a good relationship, but they didn't get to this extent?

In which family does the wife not serve her husband during meals?
Moreover, the prince also followed his second uncle and learned to serve Chen Rong in a decent manner.
Thinking about the times when she had a meal without sitting at the small table next to her eldest sister, eating the same food as the servants, she looked at the fish and seafood on the dining table of her father, mother and younger brother, and saw that she was keeping her mouth shut. Swallow the meal without oil and water.

In fact, my mother was sitting there dedicated to serving my father and younger brother. She was either serving food and soup to my father, picking fish bones for my younger brother, and wiping his mouth.

If the service is not good, the food is not to Daddy's taste, or Daddy is in a bad mood, we need Jieyuhua. Dad would walk away and go to his aunt's place to have a meal.

Look at Chen Rong, it was not only the prince who brought food to her, but also the second uncle. After he took the food for the second aunt, he gave it to Chen Rong, and he didn't even take a few bites himself.

Seeing that Chen Fu had forgotten to use her chopsticks, she was both surprised and envious. I envy Chen Rong for having a good father and mother.

Chen Fu's speech at the palace banquet was just the word envy.