As soon as Mrs. Wen's daughter, Qin Wenshi, said this, several noble ladies among the guests were eager to move.
These people are the fiancees of several men from the Wen family, and they all carefully prepared birthday gifts.
Mu Qingling thought of the congratulatory gift she had prepared, and couldn't wait to offer it in public, so she stomped on Ruan Xi's face fiercely. Like Mu Qingling, they also wanted to show their faces in front of the guests, but unfortunately they couldn't find the opportunity, so they just I hope that Qin Wen's will be stronger.
Qin Wenshi obviously noticed several expectant gazes from the women's family members. With a turn of his mind, he immediately understood what they meant, and the corners of his mouth curled up. Since they all wanted to show off, she would just act like a wind and help them.
"Mother, at my age, my mouth still offends people when I say it. How can I say that I only look at the gifts of Tingzhou's fiancée? It's too partial. Why don't you see what gifts the fiancees of the younger generation have prepared for you?" ?”
As soon as Qin Wenshi's words came out, Duke An's face darkened instantly.
This sister is still so sad.
Today is my mother's birthday, so she can't stop making trouble.
Mrs. Wen's heart was also blocked for a while, this daughter has never grown up no matter how strict the education was since she was a child, and now she is still blocking her at her birthday banquet.
Ruan Xi was speechless to Wen Tingzhou's miserable aunt, saying that she is not the best, she is the kind who can say something and can't hold back her words.
Therefore, the husband Qin Wenshi married was an old and rough military general carefully selected by the Wen family, who could tolerate Qin Wenshi's temperament, otherwise, at this age, he still hadn't improved as before.
Wen Tingzhou told her about this Qin Wenshi's deeds, seeing the faces of the guests around him, and seeing Qin Wenshi's husband, General Qin, actually nodded in agreement.
"Mother-in-law, I think what Alan said is right. When Alan celebrates her birthday, I will ask a few grandchildren's fiancées to present congratulatory gifts in public to make Alan happy." General Qin's voice was particularly loud, but the words he spoke Makes the corners of your mouth twitch.
Ruan Xi: "..."
She suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Mrs. Wen, this couple is really a perfect match.
Originally, Qin Wen's daughter was bad enough, but now a bad son-in-law is added.
The trick is that all the generals in the male guest on the left agree very much.
"Old Madam, I think what Lao Qin said is right. Rather than asking them to present congratulatory gifts after the birthday banquet, it is better to give them in public. Let us also open our eyes. Anyway, we will enter your Wen family."
"Yes, yes."
"..."
Qin Wen was even happier to have the support of her husband and a group of generals.
"Mother, look, they all think my suggestion is good!"
Royal family members: "..."
I really don't want to admit that the Qin Wen family has royal blood.
Mu Qingling and the other noble ladies were obviously a little excited, secretly feeling that Qin Wen's is really awesome.
Mrs. Zhang pretended to comfort Ruan Xi in a low voice.
"Si Niang, don't worry, it doesn't matter if the gift is not precious, as long as it's what you want, Mrs. Wen won't mind."
She knew that Si Niang had prepared a congratulatory gift, although she didn't know what it was, but Mama Lin was in charge, so Mrs. Zhang was relieved, not to mention that she already knew the sincerity of Ruanxi's congratulatory gift, so she was not worried at all.
"Mother said so."
"Well, as long as you know what's in your mind."
"Mother, don't worry, I won't lose face to the uncle's house." Not to mention brother Tingzhou.
Ruan Sanniang listened to her mother comforting the fourth sister, and glanced at the calm and calm fourth sister, feeling uneasy for a while. In fact, this happened in the previous life, but at that time she was a bit famous, but her family background was not enough, so she was not qualified to attend Mrs. Wen's meeting. Of course, she didn't know the details of the birthday banquet, but Qin Wen's troubles at Mrs. Wen's birthday banquet spread, and she knew it clearly.
She had been waiting for this scene, and sure enough, just like in her previous life, Qin Wen's clan had become a monster.
Ruan Sanniang waited to see Simei's joke.
I don't know if the fourth sister's congratulatory gift will be the last one
Ruan Sanniang imagined the embarrassment of the fourth sister in front of the guests, and her whole body trembled with excitement.
After Ruan Xi smiled and dealt with Zhang's hypocrisy, she was keenly aware of Ruan Sanniang's emotional changes, and glanced at her sideways, catching the gloating and complacency in her eyes, Ruan Xi was dumbfounded, it seems that Ruan Sanniang really wanted to see her Make a fool of yourself.
She glanced in Wen Tingzhou's direction, met Wen Tingzhou's worried gaze, gave him a comforting smile, and said two words silently.
rest assured.
Wen Tingzhou saw that Ruan Ruan was still calm and composed, and then looked at the expressions of Uncle Chengyi and his wife, and felt a little relieved.
Mrs. Wen hadn't spoken yet, but An Guogong couldn't help it.
"Sister, don't mess around."
Qin Wenshi immediately became unhappy: "Where am I messing around, don't I want to make my mother happy on this big day, besides, everyone agrees with my proposal."
An Guogong was very angry at his bad sister.
What makes mother happy, she is already happy if she doesn't bother her.
If it wasn't for the fact that today was his mother's birthday, he would have wanted to scold his elder sister who had no winks and made trouble.
The people who were forced to be divided into everyone did not say anything or refute. In fact, they also wanted to see the Wen family's good show. Those ministers who had daughters or granddaughters who were engaged to the Wen family secretly hoped that their daughters would show their faces and suppress Mr. Wen. fiancee.
Mrs. Wen finally spoke out at this time.
"Since everyone agrees with A Lan's proposal, I will set this precedent."
The guests below immediately cheered up, and they didn't care about Mrs. Wen bringing them in. Seeing this, An Guogong was even more upset.
Mu Qingling and the others immediately became excited.
The first one to play was the fiancee of Duke Anguo's second son, the youngest daughter of Marquis Dingbei.
Her congratulatory gift was a picture of Songhe Yannian painted by herself, which aroused everyone's amazement.
Mrs. Wen smiled and praised: "Good painting!"
Madam Dingbeihou smiled all over her face.
The second person to play is the fiancée of the second son of An Guogong's concubine, the concubine's daughter of Jian'anhou.
What she gave was a precious large-scale calligraphy and painting of fairy peaches celebrating birthday.
Mrs. Wen just nodded with a smile.
The third person to play is the fiancée of the third son of An Guogong, the concubine's daughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.
What she gave was a small screen with the character "Shou" embroidered by herself, and the embroidery was very good.
Mrs. Wen smiled and said, "Not bad."
The fourth place is Ruan Xi, whom everyone is looking forward to. Her status and family background are the lowest.
Everyone glanced at Wen Tingzhou at the same time. Wen Tingzhou still had a gentle and elegant smile on his handsome face, as if he was quite confident in his fiancée, but the big hands clenched under his sleeves revealed his true feelings.
Holding the gift box, Ruan Xi walked forward, with a generous demeanor, a calm expression, a straight waist, a strong aura, and a perfect standard of etiquette, without any faults.
Everyone present nodded slightly.
A smile appeared in Mrs. Wen's eyes.
Mu Qingling, who was in line behind Ruan Xi to celebrate her birthday, bit her lip, and a flash of jealousy flashed in her eyes.
Ruan Sanniang, who was waiting to see Ruan Xi's joke, widened her eyes in shock and almost knocked over the teacup in her hand.
She has always known that the fourth younger sister has changed greatly due to Mama Lin's teachings, but she did not expect that the fourth younger sister is so outstanding and dazzling that her own aura can cover up the light of the three noble girls in front of her.
Wen Tingzhou looked at such dazzling Ruan Ruan, his eyes sparkled, and a hint of pride flashed unconsciously in his eyes.
Mrs. Wen smiled slightly.
The noble lady who was overwhelmed by Ruan Xi, the concubine of the uncle's mansion, was in a bad mood, and could only rely on her birthday gift, which was shabby and not on the table. After all, it was just a gift box, what a good gift it could be.
Ruan Xi didn't know the thoughts of those noble ladies, she went to the bottom of Mrs. Wen, and bowed down.
"Sincerely, Ruanxi, uncle's mansion, wishes the old lady a long life and good health."
After finishing speaking, Ruan Xi offered the gift box with both hands, instead of directly announcing what congratulatory gift it was like the previous three noble ladies did and showing it for everyone to watch.
"Hey, it's actually a hand-copied set of Huayan Sutra, Ruan girl has a heart."
In fact, Mrs. Wen had already learned about Ruan Xi burning incense and praying for her and copying scriptures as a congratulatory gift from Mama Lin.
As soon as Mrs. Wen's words came out, Wen Tingzhou felt relieved, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.
Ruan Ruan, a bad girl, made him worry for nothing.
It was no surprise to everyone that Mrs. Wen would express her opinion in public. The news that Mrs. Wen liked to study the Huayan Sutra was known to everyone in the elite circle.
Copying the scriptures for the elders, Miss Ruan Fourth's birthday ceremony is quite standard, not brilliant, but it is safe and sincere, making it impossible for people to pick mistakes, and it is also in line with Miss Ruan's status.
Miss Ruan Si is not simple.
All the guests present looked at Ruan Xigao.
It's just that the noble daughters and fiancees who are Wen's men are in a bad mood, the smiles on their faces are slightly stiff, and they are secretly annoyed, why didn't they think of giving such a birthday gift.
Maybe it's because copying the scriptures is too ordinary, they didn't even think about it at all, they just wanted to show their talents and show their best side, but they seemed selfish in front of Ruan Xi's ordinary hand-copied Huayan Sutra A little heavy, lack of sincerity, abruptly fell to the bottom.
Li Jingcheng curled his lips in the distance, he knew that Zirun and Miss Ruan Si were a natural match, tsk tsk, they were both cunning and hated.
The man took the lead in the gift, and his sincerity was impeccable. Although the woman's gift was not precious, her sincerity and heart surpassed all the noble women.
Ruan Sanniang was not stupid, and soon realized that Simei's congratulatory gift had been sent to Mrs. Wen's heart, and she was so angry that her chest hurt. She wanted to see Simei's joke, but not only did she not see it, she also held her breath.
The fourth sister is really her nemesis.
Mu Qingci's eyes were shining brightly, Fourth Miss Ruan was really amazing, she showed her intelligence to the fullest.
After Ruan Xi respectfully withdrew, Mu Qingling behind her cursed the Ruan Xi who stole the limelight to death, perhaps she was too upset, no matter the etiquette or manners, her behavior was unavoidably worse, it was unbearable Can't help frowning.
Mu Qingling's congratulatory gift was an auspicious painting she painted. The artist was on par with the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei. Obviously, she had a certain talent in painting.
Mrs. Wen nodded with a smile.
Mu Qingling saw that Mrs. Wen just smiled and nodded without saying a word of praise. Obviously, she also knew that her performance was not up to standard, and hated Ruan Xi even more in her heart, especially her fiancé Wen Tingyi's disgusted eyes made Mu Qingling The concubine who was most favored by Mu Shilang lost her mind and couldn't hold back her words for a moment before she stepped back.
"Old lady, I heard that Miss Ruan Si's nurturing mother is your confidant Mama Lin, and Mama Lin taught Miss Ruan Si, the gift she gave is indeed the most suitable for you."
He almost didn't point out that Ruan Xi's congratulatory gift was ordered by Lin's mother.
After such smearing, the sincerity of Ruan Xi's congratulatory gift changed, and it seemed a bit utilitarian.
The smile on Mrs. Wen's face faded, and Wen Tingzhou's smile added a bit of coldness.
The tutor of the Mu family really opened his eyes.
The faces of Mu Shilang and Mrs. Mu turned dark instantly, and they wished they could sew up Mu Qingling's mouth with a needle.
What a shame.
Ruan Sanniang's spirit was greatly lifted, and Mu Qingling was so awesome, she spoke her mind.
She gloated at Simei and asked in a low voice on purpose.
"Fourth sister, did mother Lin suggest you to copy scriptures for Mrs. Wen?"
The female relatives who were very close to their table all pricked up their ears.
Mrs. Zhang gave the uneasy impostor a hard look.
"Sanniang be careful, your fourth sister is sincerely praying and copying scriptures for Mrs. Wen."
"Third sister, shouldn't you follow your own wishes in preparing gifts for the elder's birthday? Why should you listen to other people's suggestions?"
Ruan Xi pretended to be surprised and looked at Ruan Sanniang.
Mrs. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Si Niang is right, San Niang, you have to remember from now on that the most important thing in giving gifts to elders is not whether the gift is expensive or not."
Ruan Sanniang was unfavorable again, and was caught and scolded by her mother, and her face became even uglier.
The female relatives who eavesdropped around nodded in agreement.
Mu Qingling's words were so purposeful that everyone could hear the malice in her words. Of course, the other ladies who were downgraded knew it well, but they all secretly praised Mu Qingling for what she did well. , ready to quietly watch a good show.
But before Wen Tingzhou stepped forward to protect his wife with strength, Qin Wenshi came out again, and she unceremoniously fell on Mu Qingling.
"Mufu is really a good tutor. I taught you such a narrow-minded and jealous girl. It is well known that my mother likes to study the Huayan Sutra. Isn't it normal to pray and copy the scriptures for my mother? It proves that people take their mother's preferences to heart. You just want to show your best talents at the mother's birthday banquet, and you think that the fiancée who will marry Jiazhou will be the same as you."
Qin Wenshi crackled, revealing Mu Qingling's filthy thoughts, making Mu Qingling's face ashamed and pale.
A person whose family education is worrying hates another person whose family education seems to be worrying about his poor education, which makes people can't help laughing.
But I have to admit that Qin Wen's words are very reasonable.
For the first time, Mrs. Wen felt that this wicked daughter was very pleasing to the eye.
Wen Tingzhou also felt that this aunt was actually not bad.
"Ah Lan is right. Some people think badly of others because they have too much self-consciousness, and they don't care about themselves." General Qin said carelessly to support his wife.
Mu Qingling really lost face now.
But the person who hates her is the elders, she can only swallow this blood loss, otherwise her reputation will be even worse if it is spread out.
Mu Shilang's face turned green, no matter how much he liked this daughter, he couldn't like it now.
Ruan Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she didn't expect that Qin Wen would sneak her out first and then stand up for her.
She glanced at Wen Tingzhou's expression, and found that he was just like herself, so she couldn't help but smile speechlessly.
This little turmoil just passed.
After Mrs. Wen finished eating the longevity noodles in public, the birthday banquet officially started, with delicious wine and delicacies, toasting and raising money.
Ruan Xi found that many female relatives or Wen's family looked at her from time to time, paying attention to her dining etiquette.
Ruan Xi was quite stable, and had elegant dining and toasting etiquette, but he was very helpless in his heart.
Fortunately, she knows that she is not alone in this treatment.
The birthday banquet was over, and the juniors went out to breathe and chat one after another, but the guests who were the elders did not leave.
Several adult princes took the opportunity to make friends with ministers, but the fourth prince did not participate in it.
After the banquet, Ruan Sanniang kept paying attention to the fourth prince's movements. Seeing that the fourth prince had left, she hurriedly followed.
Ruan Xi: "..."
Ruan Sanniang has not given up yet, I hope the fourth prince will not be as unlucky as last time, thinking that because of Ruan Sanniang's interference last time, the first encounter between the hero and heroine was terrible.
She still remembers the funny scene where the fourth prince was slapped in the face by the heroine's steamed stuffed bun.
Ruan Xi left Ruan Sanniang behind, and met Wen Tingzhou's eyes not far away. Wen Tingzhou smiled slightly, left Li Jingcheng and the others beside him, and strode to Ruan Xi's side under their playful eyes, saying in a warm voice.
"Ruan Ruan, grandma is tired, let's go for a walk first, and I will take you to visit grandma later."
Ruan Xi smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Mrs. Wen smiled speechlessly when she saw the backs of the two leaving side by side.
Wen Tingzhou wanted to be alone with Ruan Xi, so instead of going to the garden or gazebo in the mansion, he led Ruan Xi to a secluded place.
Unexpectedly, there was someone in this place, and it was the familiar trio they met in the grove at the Flower Banquet last time.
Ruan Xi: "..."
What kind of fate is this.