pastoral wife

Chapter 188 Hongmen Banquet?
The emperor went on a tour of the Zizhou mansion, taking the water route. All the way the emperor’s royal boat came, and all the officials greeted him, and the people lined the road. boiling.

When the emperor's imperial boat entered the territory of Zizhou Prefecture in the early morning of the next day, it was even more serious.

Jiang Chu was woken up by the sound of gongs and drums outside. Looking at the sky outside, it was clearly still early, but it was already so lively.

"Ma'am is awake?" Chun Xiao came in with the washing things.

Jiang Chu rubbed his eyes: "When is this, why is there such a commotion outside?"

Chun Xiao smiled and said, "Madam doesn't know yet, but the Emperor seems to be coming to our Ping'an Town."

Jiang Chu was shocked when he heard the words, his jaw almost dropped: "What?!"

Although she knew that at least half of the reason why the emperor came to Zizhou Mansion was for Ji Yao, but this time he came straight to Ping'an Town, isn't it a bit too direct?

"This is what I heard from the outside news, but I don't know if it's true or not," Chun Xiao said.

"How about uncle?"

"Master got up early in the morning and is practicing sword in the yard."

Jiang Chu hastily washed and dressed, hurriedly pushed the door out, walked to the courtyard, and saw that Ji Yao was already practicing sword in the courtyard, the long sword in his hand was like a spirit snake, but it was still sharp. When Ji Yao was practicing, there were no slaves in the yard who dared to walk around, and those who were far away were afraid that the sword energy would be shocked.

Jiang Chu was not afraid, walked to the corridor not far from him and sat down, waiting for him.

As soon as Ji Yao closed his sword, he stopped, walked towards her, bent slightly to look at her sitting on the corridor: "Why do you wake up so early?"

Jiang Chu took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, raised his hand to wipe the sweat rolling down his forehead, and muttered, "It's so noisy outside, how can I sleep?"

Ji Yao slightly pursed his lips: "Then what should I do? I'll build you a soundproof house some other day? So that the noise outside always disturbs my daughter-in-law's late sleep."

Jiang Chu gave him a light look, and threw the handkerchief into his arms angrily: "Did you hear that? The emperor seems to be coming directly to Ping'an Town."

"The emperor's mind is hard to predict, and it's not an accident that he wanted to come to Ping'an Town because of his sudden excitement." Ji Yao said with a smile.

Jiang Chu tilted his head and looked at him: "But aren't you worried?" The emperor came to Ping'an Town so bluntly, it was clear that he was looking for him.

"What is there to worry about?" Ji Yao chuckled twice, pinched her little face: "Let's go, haven't you had breakfast yet? Don't be hungry."

Saying that, he took her hand and went to the main room.

Just when I arrived at the main room, I saw Steward Sun hurrying over: "Master, madam, here we come, here we come, here we come..."

"What's the hesitancy?"

"People in the palace!" Steward Sun couldn't help but tremble.

Jiang Chu looked up at Ji Yao, who only said, "Please come in."

A eunuch dressed up and came in with a smile: "This is Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji?"

Ji Yao glanced at him, and said in a cold voice, "Exactly."

The eunuch is very polite: "The emperor's royal ship is now coming to Zizhou Prefecture, and all the nobles from this Zizhou Prefecture are invited to board the boat for a banquet. I heard that the Ji family is a new star in this Zizhou Prefecture. It was very interesting, and His Majesty was also very interested, so he sent his servants to invite Master Ji and Mrs. Ji to board the ship tomorrow for a banquet."

Jiang Chu raised his eyebrows, Hongmen Banquet?

Ji Yao said: "There is Mr. Lao."

When the father-in-law left, Jiang Chu frowned and said, "What does the emperor mean by this? Troubling us?"

"The emperor specially held a banquet on the imperial boat and invited all the famous families in Zizhou Prefecture to participate. Those who can be invited must not be ordinary people. Although our Ji family is considered to be a little famous in Zizhou Prefecture now, but It is obviously far from being worthy of the name of this famous family."

After all, the so-called famous family, the most important thing is the background.

The Ji family can only be regarded as a nouveau riche now, so they shouldn't be included in the invitation list. They can be invited only because of the sentence "The emperor thinks it is novel and interesting, and wants to meet". To ordinary people, this is heaven. The greatest blessing and kindness is the Su family, isn't it just begging for such an opportunity?
But Ji Yao understood that the emperor's ulterior motives were not in drinking, he was very clear about what he really wanted.

"Then shall we go?" Jiang Chu asked.

"Go, you can't stop what should come, you have to face it." Ji Yao said indifferently.

"If the emperor wants to harm you..." Jiang Chu was a little worried.

Ji Yao pinched her face, smiled softly, but his tone was full of chills: "He also doesn't have the ability to kill me."

The eunuch in the palace entered the door of Ji's family, this time, he made a big face for Ji's family.

You must know that the emperor's imperial banquet invites all famous families in Zizhou Prefecture, so all those who attend the banquet are from the famous families with high prestige and rich background, even the entire Ping'an Town, and only the Lin family. The Su family, and the Ji family are just three!

After all, the little Ping'an Town is really nothing in the Zizhou Prefecture of Nuoda. Most of those famous families are concentrated in the Xuancheng area, and Jiang Chu has never met so far.

Seriously, the Lin family is also from Xuancheng, so only the Su family and the Ji family can attend the banquet in the entire Ping'an Town. Therefore, a new star like the Ji family suddenly received such an invitation. The status of the whole family has been elevated, and as soon as the news spread, the Ji family was crowded with people, and there were countless people who came to the door and wanted to cling to it.

Jiang Chu didn't have the time to deal with it, so he asked Steward Sun to respond for the time being.

I don't know if this Hongmen Banquet is a blessing or a curse, how could she have the thought to think about it?
"Jiang Chu." Wu Yinze came in suddenly, with a panicked expression.

Chun Xiao followed behind him, still shouting: "Mr. Wu, how can you break into Madam's room..."

Jiang Chu frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

Wu Yinze held back the words that had just come to his lips, and asked in a whirl, "I heard that the emperor sent someone to invite you and Ji Yao to board the boat for a banquet?"

Jiang Chu responded: "Well, there is such a thing."

She thought he was going to make a fuss again.

Who knows that Wu Yinze suddenly said seriously: "But don't you think it's strange? With the prestige of the Ji family, it's not enough for such an imperial banquet, why did you suddenly invite you?"

Jiang Chu raised his eyebrows, but it was a little strange: "I really didn't expect that you, a nerd, can still have a good brain at critical times." He can actually see the tricks in it.

Wu Yin immediately said: "Since you also feel that there is a problem, why do you want to go?"

(End of this chapter)