Originally, there were very few people attending the banquet at Liu Mansion, only a few people who responded to the reply post. Small-scale banquets were originally scheduled to have few people, but this time, the banquet at Liu Mansion turned this niche and elegant banquet into a public banquet.
After hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would also be coming, more people came. The ordinary posts Liu Jingyu had posted before were not enough, so he had to add more.
With her current status, she should have good relations with all parties. Before she became the Crown Princess, this banquet was not so utilitarian and there were not so many rules to restrict it.
This was also the reason why Pei Luoan supported her in hosting this banquet, helped her convey the message to the Queen Mother, helped her explain outside, and even came here in person.
Most people could not understand this reason. They just thought that Lady Jingyu was a lucky person as she could make the Crown Prince, who was deeply in love with the former Crown Princess, so devoted to her.
Since the prince was deeply in love with the first princess, and was also very good to Jingyu County Lady, does that mean that other women can also be favored in the future? There are not many women of high status in the prince's Eastern Palace. There is only one Ji Youran from Ling'anbo Mansion. Other ladies still have a chance.
This is a great opportunity.
Jingyu County Lady is not the Crown Princess yet, so she cannot control the women in the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace...
There were many young ladies from aristocratic families who had such thoughts, and therefore they tried every means to ask for such a post. With the current strength of Minister Liu's Mansion, Liu Jingyu could not refuse too many times, so more and more such posts were sent.
Pei Luoan and Liu Jingyu each had their own ideas, and so did the young ladies from the aristocratic families who were present. Everyone considered things in their own way, and amid anticipation, the day of Liu Jingyu's palindrome banquet finally arrived.
Qu Moying didn't get up early. After getting up, she washed up, said goodbye to the lady, and then went to Minister Liu's residence with Nanny Miao and Yu Dong.
There were already quite a few carriages in front of the Liu Mansion, and one carriage after another drove into the Liu Mansion. The Liu Mansion was also well prepared, and the carriages were separated early and entered the Liu Mansion in two places, so that the front of the Liu Mansion was not so crowded.
As soon as the carriage of Qu's residence arrived, a maid came over and greeted with a smile: "Excuse me, is the fourth young lady of Minister Qu's residence in the carriage?"
Yudong lifted the curtain and saw that the old woman actually looked familiar.
"It's our young lady."
"Please follow me over there." The old woman said with a smile, and pointed to a door on the side. There was no need to wait there and one could go directly into the Liu Mansion.
"Thank you, Ma'am." Yudong jumped off the carriage, followed the old woman to the side.
"Are you... from the Duke of Qi's Mansion?" He glanced at the old woman and suddenly asked.
The old woman smiled and said, "I am indeed from the Duke of Qi's Mansion. There are so many people here today. I am here with the young lady to help."
"Miss Qi?" Yu Dong asked casually.
"It's our eldest lady." The old woman nodded repeatedly.
"Didn't you say before that you only wanted to borrow decorative items from the Duke of Qi's Mansion?" Yu Dong asked in surprise. He really didn't expect that the Duke of Qi's Mansion would even borrow manpower.
"There are too many guests at this banquet. The county lady was afraid of something going wrong, so she specially transferred some people from our house to help serve and entertain the guests. We have to make sure the banquet is well organized." The old woman was a talkative woman. She was also a receptionist at the Duke of Qi's mansion before. Qu Moying
She had been there before and had greeted them, so she saw the Qu Mansion's carriage at a glance.
"How many of you came today?" Yudong asked curiously.
As they were talking, they had already entered the side door. The carriage moved slowly forward, turned a corner and moved forward following the old woman who was leading the way.
"There are quite a few, I'm not sure, but there must be dozens." The old woman replied with a smile.
"Are there many people coming today? How many ladies are here?" Yu Dong continued to inquire.
"I don't know about this either. I heard from the steward that there must be dozens of them!" The old woman shook her head and replied, "I will go to the area I am in charge of. I heard that there are quite a few young masters coming from the outer courtyard. There are indeed a lot of people."
There are young ladies and young men from aristocratic families. On the one hand, there are differences between men and women, but on the other hand, they have to be together, and it is not easy to strike a balance.
"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really coming?" Yu Dong asked one more question, looked around, and lowered his voice unconsciously.
At this time, apart from the people from the Qu Mansion, there was only this old woman who led the way on the road. Occasionally, you could see a few old women and maids walking hurriedly on the roadside. Although they were in a hurry, they were also in order.
"This... I don't know." The old woman smiled awkwardly and shook her head.
This kind of thing is not something servants like them know, let alone they are borrowed servants. It is strange that the maids from the Qu Mansion asked this question. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has nothing to do with them. There is no need to ask so clearly whether he will come or not, right
"Will His Royal Highness the King of England come?" Yu Dong rolled his eyes and asked again.
"This... I have no idea." The old woman said. She couldn't answer this question, but she also felt that the maid in Qu Mansion was right in asking this question.
The King of England is the person that the Fourth Miss of the Qu family should care about.
The road to the parking lot was not close, and Yudong was like a chatterbox, asking about things here and there, and the questions he asked were disorganized.
Although the old woman found her annoying, she did not dare to offend her. The fourth young lady of the Qu family was also sitting in the carriage. If she made her feel that she was not respectful enough, she would be in big trouble.
Try to answer questions that you can, and politely decline those that you cannot answer.
After walking all the way, they finally arrived at the parking lot. The old woman breathed a sigh of relief and took a step back: "We're here, just park here."
After saying this, he bowed respectfully to Qu Moying in the carriage, turned around and left to receive other guests. There were already other people waiting here.
Another maid came up and waited respectfully on the side.
Qu Moying held Yu Dong's hand and got off the carriage. Nanny Miao was the last one to come out.
The parking space for carriages is very spacious, and there are not many carriages parked here. The carriage of Duke Qi's Mansion happened to be next to it. It belonged to Qi Xiangyu, and she must have come early to help.
Following the maid all the way inside, after walking for a while, I heard laughter coming from the front. It was a courtyard where an attic was located.
When the maid led Qu Moying into the house, they saw young ladies walking in groups of three or two in the courtyard. They were not entertaining guests in the flower hall, but were enjoying the scenery in the courtyard. This courtyard was very large, with two rows of side rooms in front and back. It looked like the main courtyard, as in other mansions the courtyard was the mistress's courtyard in the backyard.
Qu Moying had seen the courtyard where Madam Liu lived. It was much smaller than this one and was also very remote.
It is surprising that such a large main courtyard has been vacated and is now used to entertain guests.
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But because the main courtyard is very large, the ladies can walk around separately and there is no crowding. Those who are close to each other can chat together in groups of three or five. It is not as restrained as sitting in the flower hall. It is quite elegant.
Qu Moying's eyes swept over a familiar figure. It was Xiao Haitang. She was following a lady in red. The two of them were sitting in a corner, talking affectionately, and it seemed that they had a very good relationship.
"Miss Qu Si." A voice came from the side. Qu Moying looked up and saw Qi Xiangyu sitting at a stone table nearby, along with several other ladies.
"Miss Qu Si, come here." Qi Xiangyu waved at her, and Qu Moying smiled and nodded and walked over.
"There happens to be an empty spot here. Let's sit down and rest for a while." Qi Xiangyu said with a smile, pointing to a stone bench beside her. It was indeed a coincidence that there was an empty stone bench here.
There was tea and snacks on the stone table, and several young ladies were already nodding to Qu Moying with a smile.
I've met him before, but we were just acquaintances.
"Miss Fourth Qu, long time no see!" Qu Moying had just sat down when she heard another familiar voice. She looked up and saw it was Miss Fourth He, who was quite hostile to her. She was standing next to Qi Xiangyu, her eyes swept across Qu Moying's face, and she said this in a sarcastic tone.
"It's indeed been a long time since I last saw Fourth Miss He." Qu Moying said lightly, picked up her dress and sat down, her eyes slightly raised, her eyes as clear as water.
Ever since the party, this Fourth Miss He has been kept under house arrest by her family and is basically not allowed to go out. Even during the Chinese New Year, she was kept under house arrest because they said they were afraid she would be disrespectful. This time, she was only able to come out under the name of Qi Xiangyu. When she heard Qu Moying say "for a long time", she became even more angry.
But Qu Moying at this moment was no longer the same Qu Moying as before, so she did not dare to do anything too much and only sneered, "I haven't congratulated Fourth Miss Qu yet for winning the King of England's Green Eyes... The wedding is coming soon."
This reminded her of her third brother. She hated Qu Moying so much that she wanted to slap her twice to knock off the charming look on her face. What a vixen. She had bewitched her third brother in the beginning, and in the end she pushed the whole thing onto the eldest daughter of the Qu family. It was clearly Qu Moying, the vixen, who had bewitched her third brother.
I just regret that no one knew about this incident at the time, and Qu Moying's reputation was preserved...
Today, she will tear off Qu Moying's face and let people see her seductive nature, see how she seduced the third brother, how she got engaged to the third brother, and finally, after the third brother got into trouble, she kicked the third brother and let the third brother push the things onto others, but she married the King of England.
"Thank you, Miss He." Qu Moying said lightly, his eyes no longer on Miss He.
"Miss Qu Si has not been to the Liu Mansion yet, right? Do you want me to accompany you for a walk? There are some nice views here." Qi Xiangyu felt inexplicably annoyed when she saw the two of them. Miss He Si has been very close to her in the past few days, but it was only these few days. In her heart, she still agrees with Qu Moying more.
If she had known that Fourth Miss He and Qu Moying didn't get along, she wouldn't have been so close to Fourth Miss He before, and she wouldn't have come here to help today.
"Miss Qi, I happen to be free too, so let me accompany you and Miss Qu Si for a walk!" Miss He Si said with a smile, and she actually wanted to follow Qi Xiangyu and Qu Moying's intention.
Qi Xiangyu's face darkened and she was very unhappy. Miss He had gone too far!