Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 178 New Year Banquet
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was a grand court meeting, not only the officials had to accompany the emperor, but also the wives from outside the palace had to go to the palace to meet the queen mother and the queen to give them New Year greetings before dawn.

Mrs. Hou is ordered from the first rank, and the original Mrs. Su also has the order of the third rank. In previous years, she would start preparations at midnight, and enter the palace with Lord Hou and Uncle Su.

Therefore, the new year's ceremony is generally ordered to prepare for the servants, and the banquet will not start until they come back.

But this year, Mrs. Lao Hou was ordered by imperial order, Mrs. Su has already moved out, and Su Jingtian's official documents have not yet come down, so she is not considered an official Marquis of Ningyuan, and cannot enter the palace. Naturally, Cai Ji has no imperial order.

Therefore, this year, no one entered the majestic Ningyuanhou Mansion.

Moreover, it was unusually lively early in the morning.

Normally, the chief steward and his staff were in charge of setting up the banquet, which made Mrs. Jiang and the third wife quarrel.

In the end, one person was in charge of forty tables.

According to the rules, the top ten tables are the descendants of this generation, and the people with the highest seniority are seated, while the rest are arranged according to their relationship.

The Su family has become a big family for so many years. There are rich and some poor families. Most of them can live, but they can't be extravagant.

This meal is also a time when many people want to have a big meal and show off their seniority by the way.

Who knew that when it was time to start the banquet, they found that this year was really different from previous years.

The dishes on the table have deteriorated a lot, but the utensils used to serve them have improved by an unknown number of levels.

Usually there are ordinary bowls and dishes with more than a dozen liters each, but now they are served with Yao porcelain Jun porcelain celadon, and two tables are even served with gold wares!

A piece of this Yao porcelain costs a lot of money, and a piece of gold bowl weighs a few taels!
This, is the old Hou Ye dead, did the new Hou Ye change his style and show off his wealth to everyone after taking office?

What the hell, everyone is the descendant of the first Marquis of Ning Yuan, why do you have these things and I don't!
After such a stimulus, only a few people noticed that among the direct descendants sitting above, there were no fourth or fifth relatives, so Su Jinyu came to the eldest house, Su Jingtian's newly married stepwife did not appear, and the eldest son who came back with a high profile The girl didn't show up either.

Of course, even if they found out, those few people didn't say anything.

According to the rules, everyone first worshiped the ancestors, then paid New Year greetings to the elders, and then started the feast.

After the first round of toasting, someone slipped the wine glass into the sleeve, and others followed suit after seeing it.

People are like this, you don’t want to take something at first, but someone around you takes it, and you think it’s something from your ancestors, then in the end, you will follow the crowd.

The dishes were lively, and the diners were also lively. While eating, they were quicker than their hands, and secretly stuffed those plates, bowls, spoons, and even chopsticks into their sleeves and under their clothes.

Then the banquet was only halfway through, and some people left first in the name of not being able to stay for a long time.

There are many people following behind.

When the last dish was served, there were not many people left, except for the first few tables of direct descendants and elders, the rest of the tables were all empty!
Except for some leftovers that were poured on the table, not a single bowl, chopsticks and plates were missing.

Because the people who did the work belonged to different camps, the food was served in a mess, and no one noticed who took the plates and chopsticks.

Both Mrs. Jiang and the third wife were at the table above, and the table at the back was a little far away. Even if they noticed something was wrong on those tables, they thought it was because the people they arranged were capable and their hands were so fast.

There is still a little joy in my heart.

When a daughter-in-law who was in charge yelled out when she realized something was wrong, she said that there was no one taking back the plate behind her, and the one on the other side also yelled, and she realized that something was wrong.

But at this time, the two of them hadn't thought of anything more. First of all, they suspected that the other party was too much, and took away their own share.

There was a quarrel in front of the elders who hadn't left yet.

It was a lively meal ahead.

And because of the New Year's Eve ceremony, most of the servants of the Hou Mansion went to the banquet to help, and the guards also went home to celebrate the New Year, and the old master's original study was empty.

Wuhuo is very familiar with this place (secret missions are all posted here), so he walked in with familiarity.

The old Hou Ye died in a hurry, and so many things happened afterwards, Su Jingtian thought it was bad luck, so he used the study in the compound, but this study has never been touched, and it still maintains its original appearance.

Wuhuo touched the mechanism of the secret door, opened the secret door, and stepped in.

(Old Lord Hou didn't have time to tell Su Jingtian about this secret door, and neither did the chief manager)

The dark room is not big, and there are layers of wooden shelves on the four walls, on which some documents and letters are placed.

Wuhuo took out a big cloth bag and put all those documents and letters into the cloth bag without looking at them carefully, and then erased the traces.

Then he left quietly and went directly to the side courtyard where Su Yue was.

The Jiang family and the third wife finally found out that those valuable tableware were not taken away by the other party, but by the tribe, and they cried for Su Jingtian to come forward to get it back.

Su Yue was sitting on the kang in the warm pavilion, looking at those letters and documents one by one.

Some of those letters had been around for some years, and the words in them were also very cryptic, so Su Yue put them aside directly, and only focused on looking for those related to the Jiang family.

Underneath the pile of letters, two envelopes were found that were different from the others, and the writing on them was also different.

Su Yue took out the two letters.

One was written by Manager Jiang to Mrs. Jiang. The letter said that he had found Yuanchu's family and learned that Yuanchu had given birth to a daughter. According to the time, it should be conceived before Su Jingtian left Fujian. Moreover, Yuanchu He didn't marry someone else, but lived with his children doing odd jobs. He is not in the fishing village now, but he is threatening Yuanchu's elder brother to find out the whereabouts of Yuanchu. He has found clues. As long as he finds someone, he will follow Jiang's instructions. Killed Yuanchu,
One was written by Mrs. Jiang to Steward Jiang. It said, "Your letter has been received and you have done a good job. You will be rewarded heavily when you come back. However, being beaten to death at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty is not enough, that child will also be killed. It's just that it's not safe to sell it to a brothel. You have to do it yourself, kill the child, and let the mother and daughter stay together in hell. It's her kindness. Then she said that the method you mentioned is very good, just do it, With her and the Jiang family in the capital, even if something goes wrong, it can be recovered.

Jiang Guanshi's letter was signed, Jiang's letter not only had Jiang Guanshi's head, but also Jiang's own private seal, and it was written by Jiang himself.

irrefutable evidence!

Su Yue looked at the two letters and took a long breath.

Looking up and seeing Wuhuo and Mint looking at her with that kind of eyes, she smiled unconsciously: "Don't worry, I'm not sad."

Even if you are sad, it is because of your previous life.

When she crossed over in her previous life, the chief steward was still in the mansion, and he didn't leave because of the lack of fire.

(Because Su Jinming didn't take money privately in his previous life, so Jiang didn't maliciously target the chief steward to force him away)

Even if the old Hou Ye didn't explain that secret room, the chief steward should have told Su Jingtian.

Therefore, Su Jingtian should have seen these two letters.

However, he didn't do anything or say anything, and watched Jiang and the three siblings bully Yue Ya'er...

She's just sad for Yue Ya'er, it's not worth it for Yue Ya'er...

"What does the girl want to do?" Wuhuo asked in a low voice.

"No, there's no need to do it now, let them make trouble first, and then find a chance for Cai Ji to see these two letters." Su Yue put the letter away and said calmly.

(End of this chapter)