Chapter 409: Another Year of Peach Blossom Banquet
Zheng Ji drank tea with the old Duke of State in the east wing while the two children played around in the courtyard.
Zheng Ji walked to the window, and it was only at this time that he had the heart to pay attention to the scenery in the Floating Life Residence.
The courtyard is as colorful and fragrant as the Garden. In the blue pool swimming koi, vine shelves climbed with new green, dozens of birds under the eaves chirping happily, including the chirp he sent.
The house is bright and new, the furnishings are exquisite and extravagant, the degree of wealth is no less than the Grand Princess residence.
The daughter lives here, with Meng Zhimo loving her, the old Duke doting on her, and a pair of adorable sons and daughters.
The daughter is happy.
Zheng Ji turned back and gave the old Duke of State another deep bow. Not only did he thank the old man for doting on his daughter, he also helped himself to get closer to her.
Duke Cheng, Second Master Meng, and Meng Zhimo went down to the court one after another, and several men drank and ate in the east wing.
Until Zheng Ji left, Jiang Yishi did not appear in front of him again.
Zheng Ji was already very satisfied.
Tomorrow he would leave the capital, the Meng family several people did not have time to go to see him off, Duke Cheng, the second old master and Meng Rimo sent him to the corner gate of the front yard.
Several people arched their hands to say goodbye, and Meng Ruimo leaned forward to show his respect.
That line of people disappeared into the night, Duke Cheng couldn’t help but ask Meng Ruimo, “Why do I feel that Zheng Ji treats Yin’er and Cun Cun better than I, his own grandfather?”
Second Lord Meng’s pupils shrank, he also wanted to know.
Meng Rimo said, “General Zheng was very close to my father-in-law when he was alive, he was taking care of Shiji and Xun’er on my father-in-law’s behalf.” Another smile, “Eldest Miss Zheng said that Shiji looks like her, the Zheng family and the Jiang family might have been relatives hundreds of years ago. This is fate, right?”
No matter how others asked or thought, they used this excuse to put it off.
Meng Ruimo said it out loud, Duke Cheng and the Second Master didn’t think much of it.
Meng Ruimo returned to Floating Life Residence. Just as he entered the front door, he heard the sound of children laughing and joking.
On the bed in the east room, Cun Cun was fiddling with an exotic wooden sword, and Yin Er was fiddling with a small Western doll, all of which were given to her by Zheng Ji.
Jiang Yishi watched silently from the side.
Meng Zhimo walked into the east room, and both children stood up and extended their hands.
“Daddy.”
“Missed daddy.”
Meng Zhimo smiled warmly, picking up Yin’er with one hand and touching the head of Cun Cun’s tile with one hand.
He sat side by side with Jiang Yishi on the kang, and CunCun hugged his father’s neck from behind. The two children were playing across from their father, finding it particularly amusing.
Meng Zhimo, who grew up without a father’s or mother’s love, was not as strict as other fathers, and was very easy-going with his two children.
He said, ”Uncle Zheng was very happy today, he drank a lot of wine and laughed openly several times. Honestly, in all the time I’ve known him, it’s the first time I’ve seen him laugh so openly, from the bottom of his heart.”
Yin’er heard that her father was talking about Grandfather Zheng, and also interjected, “Zuzu is good, baby is good.”
These days, the things Zheng Ji sent Cun Cun and Yin’er could fill a big box. It’s not good to favor one over the other, but also sent An Ge’er and Yi Ge’er and Huang Xin a lot.
Jiang Yishi said, “I noticed that he’s grown a lot of gray hair. The State Duke is eight years older than him and isn’t that old.”
Meng Zhimo said, “In the past twenty years, he’s been windswept and bitterly depressed, so he doesn’t age fast.”
Jiang Yishi added, “He said that at the end of the year Zheng Yu will be going to Xiqing and he will return to the capital. I can’t even part with Jumbo, how can Empress Dowager and Prince Yong part with it.”
Li Zhenbao had already said that she would go to the Western Qing Mansion with Zheng Yu, and was still heartless enough to especially want to go. She was afraid that the Empress Dowager and Prince Yong would be sad and didn’t dare to tell them.
Meng Ruimo laughed, “Li Zhenbao a pampered, they no longer want to give up also have to give up.”
The temperature is getting warmer and warmer, and it has come to the middle of March. Peach blossom red and apricot blossom white, Yichang Grand Princess residence will again organize peach blossom banquet.
On the eighth day of the third month, the women and a few small children were in Fu An Hall to accompany the old lady to relieve her boredom with jokes.
The subordinate came to report that the Grand Princess Yichang’s Sister Li was asking for an audience.
The old lady laughed and said, “It must be the next posting.”
Liu’s eyes lit up, she was looking forward to it.
Liu’s daughter married into the Meng family for so long, there are people who came to propose marriage to Meng Xiu, but Liu did not even look at it. Liu’s eyes on, but the condition of the latter is too good, and people are not willing.
These days, Liu sifted out two good students, want to take advantage of the Peach Blossom Banquet to look at each other, but also just let Meng embroidery in the talent show.
Meng Xiu is tall, but still shorter than Liu, plus thin, well-proportioned, fair and clean-looking, belonging to the more outstanding girls.
Because Liu’s reputation is too loud, even if Meng Xiu often attends various banquets, people who see her think she looks good, but still afraid that she is as vulgar and powerful as her mother.
Liu especially wanted her daughter to show off at the talent show to highlight her strengths.
Meng Xiu had no talent for poetry or music, but she had a good figure and was resilient, so Jiang Yishi suggested that she practice sword dancing. There were also girls who performed martial arts at talent shows, but Meng Xiu couldn’t practice martial arts, so she practiced the sword dance, which was a combination of strength and flexibility.
For this reason, she paid a high price to hire a master to teach her. Meng Xiu had an inheritance and practiced sword dance very well.
Liu glanced at Jiang Yishi with anticipation.
Jiang Yishi’s scalp tingled. She knew that Liu wanted her to introduce Meng Xiu to Grand Princess Yichang.
Although the old lady could also introduce her, Liu just felt that the Grand Princess and Zheng Ji were looking at Jiang Yishi differently, and that the Grand Princess would give her more face if Jiang Yishi introduced her.
Jiang Yishi and her two children will definitely not go to the Peach Blossom Banquet. But Liu’s performance in the Meng family is too good, the old Duke and Meng Zhimo are very respectful of her, Jiang Yishi can not flatly refuse, only to find another way to let Meng embroidery in the Peach Blossom Banquet to shine.
Sister Li came in and curtsied to the old madam, offering the sticker with both hands and smilingly saying, “Our mansion is organizing a peach blossom banquet on the tenth day of the third month, and the Grand Princess and the old emperor’s son-in-law are inviting the masters of your mansion to go and enjoy the blossoms.”
She also glanced with the most eager eyes at Cun Cun, Yi Ge’er, and Yin Er, who were sitting next to the old lady, and laughed, “The Grand Princess also said that my master is fond of the grandchildren of the Duke of Cheng’s House, and didn’t say much about their good qualities. Please Old Taijun must bring all the little brother’s and young lady’s children, so that her old man will also rare them.”
The old lady agreed, and invited Grandma Li to sit down and drink a cup of tea before she excused herself.
The old lady laughed and said, “There’s nothing to do at home, so why don’t you just go.”
Jiang Yishi said with a bitter face, “I’m scared now when I think of the flower banquet. Attending a peach blossom banquet can be pushed into the river, and attending a plum blossom banquet has fallen into the path of the wicked. ……”
The old lady thought of Jiang Yishi’s miscarriage and almost lost her life, she also said, “If you really have a problem with the flower banquet, you shouldn’t go.”
Jiang Yishi said so, Liu’s also not good to force.
As everyone talked about the interesting events of the Peach Blossom Banquet, Jiang Yishi came to Liu’s side and whispered a few words to her.
Liu’s eyes lit up, took Jiang Yishi’s hand and smiled, “Thank you. As long as this big matter of Xiu’er’s is resolved, I have nothing more to ask for.”