Mr. Qi and Mr. Jiang, who arrived first, looked at the table close to the wall and had no urge to go over early to sit down. They even regretted why they didn't pretend to be sick and miss the party. However, this was just a thought, because not long after, they waited for the other four representatives who were invited today, and no one was absent.
Young Master Jiang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw these four people. Except for him, the acting head of the Jiang family who came here on behalf of his father, the rest were the real heads of the family, each one older than the other. Obviously, with the imperial envoy in front, no one dared to pretend to be sick or even injured, and pushed other unimportant people in the family to the front.
When greeting each other, the four who came later saw clearly that the table was set up in such a strange place, but everyone ignored it and continued to chat and laugh. Compared with what Qi Yuanwai said to Jiang Da Shao, the others did not say a word about whether they knew about the incident in the morning, and some even praised Jiang Da Shao.
If it were in the past, Young Master Jiang would have been carried away by success when hearing others praising his nephew for being better than his father and his young phoenix having a clearer voice than the old one. But now he knew that these old foxes were fooling him, and he secretly hated them for a moment. He then made up his mind to rely more on Mr. Qi, who kept the secret but at least revealed some information about him.
Just when they were chatting about everything but not the business, they suddenly heard a cold voice: "Everyone, my general and Dr. Zhang are here."
Hearing this, Young Master Jiang was stunned. The general was of course General Zhu Tingfang, who had shown off his power to others as soon as he arrived yesterday, but who was this Dr. Zhang? He stepped back knowingly, but he didn't expect that before he could move, the others had already moved behind him, even Mr. Qi.
At this moment, he was immediately furious. You guys who are older than me, have more experience than me... and have more prosperous family businesses than my family, all hide behind a young man like me, do you have any shame? But before he could curse out loud, his arm was grabbed by Mr. Qi, and then he heard Mr. Qi's earnest voice.
"My dear nephew, this position originally belonged to your father, so don't refuse it. He was the leader when we made the alliance. Don't worry, the imperial envoy will not make things difficult for you because you are young. Besides, your sister is married to the Hua family, the richest family in Suzhou. The Hua family is a major weaving family in Jiangnan every year. They will not make things difficult for you."
Bullshit! My sister is the young lady of the Hua family, but the daughter of the Hua family is not my wife! It would be strange if the Hua family would help me!
Young Master Jiang was so angry that his face turned blue. But at this moment, those old foxes had already stood behind him, pushing him to the front, and the people over there were almost there, so he could only curse these irresponsible guys in his heart, while taking two steps forward to greet them with fear and trepidation.
Although he donated money to become a student of the Imperial Academy, he had no real fame. In the past, when he went in and out of the Changlu County Government Office to see the County Magistrate Xu Cheng, he certainly did not have to kneel. Later, when he met the eldest prince, his father came in person. He did not know how his father saluted, so he did not dare to have any arrogant thoughts at this time. When he saw that the other person's feet were still seven or eight steps away, his knees went weak and he knelt down.