After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 167 Location

That was Madam Zhu's maid.

"My Lord, the Lady, and all the young ladies, Madam said that although the plum garden is beautiful, it is freezing cold in the snow. Please do not play around too much."

Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but feel a little worried when she thought about the confrontation between Shen Tang and Ji Ruhui when they met.

In addition, those attending the banquet today are all daughters of important ministers in the court.

Nothing could possibly happen in her house, so he specially sent his personal maid to take a look.

All the young ladies recognized this maid as someone close to Madam Zhu, so they were polite to her.

"Don't worry, Sister Hong Xing, we are going to write poems about plum blossoms right now."

A young lady who had close ties with the Zhu family spoke up.

"Yes, the county lady even took out the phoenix hairpin given by the emperor as a prize."

Hong Xing looked at Ji Ruhui in surprise and saw that the other person's face was not looking good.

"However, I didn't expect that a marquis would be so petty. As expected, coming from a farming family, his horizons are still limited."

Hong Xing heard someone whispering and called out to the maid beside Zhu Shiwen.

After asking, I found out that Shen Tang was unwilling to get involved in this competition, which caused many people to be dissatisfied.

I couldn't help feeling a little worried, and I had to find a way to go back and inform my wife about this.

If Ji Ruhui really loses the phoenix hairpin to someone else, even the New Year's banquets of various families will not be able to be held properly.

Hong Xing smiled and gave a few more instructions, then left in a hurry.

"That's all right. Ning An Hou isn't familiar with this kind of banquet, but he'll get used to it naturally if he hangs out with everyone more often. Now that everyone's got their prizes, I think we should get started now.

There's a pavilion in the plum garden. My mother had it ready long ago. Why don't we go there?"

Zhu Shiwen, worthy of being the daughter of the Grand Marshal, spoke up to lead everyone back.

But this time, there were fewer people around Shen Tang.

Shen Tang has a high status, so he walks in front.

Only Zhu Shiwen was happy.

I wish your family has the best plum garden, and I wish your family also loves plum blossoms very much.

Therefore, what others don’t know is that Tangji’s Yizhichun has always been the favorite of the Zhu family.

However, the stock of that piece of spring tea in the capital is very limited, so you have to make an appointment in advance. It is not cheap, and one piece costs ten taels of silver.

There is still a shortage of supply.

Although the Zhu family was a wealthy family, her monthly salary was only twenty taels of silver.

Half of the money was going to be used to buy soap. Now that she heard Shen Tang say that she only had to pay half of the money when she went to Tangji in the future, how could she not be happy?

The Zhu family is a family of military generals, so Zhu Shiwen is naturally different from ordinary girls.

The pavilion was enclosed with a screen early in the morning, and a maid was waiting there to make tea.

Zhu Shiwen sent someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, while Shen Tang drank tea quietly on the side.

It seemed as if this competition had nothing to do with her.

Ji Ruhui is of noble status. Although she doesn't get along with Shen Tang, how could she be willing to sit below him?

Therefore, even though he was unhappy, he had to sit next to Shen Tang.

The closer Ji Ruhui got to Shen Tang, the more she felt Shen Tang's indifference.

No, she is a country girl who got lucky and has such a bright future. Why should she be so free?

Shen Tang's appearance made her look like a villain.

Ji Ruhui actually knew a long time ago that some of the noble ladies in the capital were talking about her behind her back.

But who can blame them for not having such luck? What does it matter if they have a good family background? They still have to greet her when they see her.

After being conferred the title of Princess of the County, her father no longer looked down on her at home as he did before.

Her vanity was greatly satisfied, but at the same time she was overwhelmed by more desires.

The princesses were still young, so all the women in the noble circles of the capital implicitly respected her.

Suddenly, Shen Tang appeared. His background was lower than hers, but his status was higher than hers.

She became the focus of everyone's attention and she was very unhappy.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, let alone a scene where talented women emerge in large numbers.

Shen Tang would never really care about these girls. In her eyes, these young girls were just little sisters.

As preparations were made for war outside the Great Wall, the status of the military generals in the court suddenly rose.

"Who are you to dare sit in front of me?"

The seating arrangements at the banquet were also very particular, and were basically arranged according to the official rank and status of each family.

Everyone also defaulted to this order.

Liu Xun was too lazy to go out today, but Madam Liu urged him to go out.

She didn't want to associate with those rich girls, so after entering the pavilion, she just picked a corner to sit down.

He was scolded as soon as he sat down.

It was a girl with a familiar face but whose name I couldn't remember.

"You are just the daughter of a fifth-rank lieutenant general, why don't you step aside?"

Liu Xun had no choice but to stand up, but he was tall and the amplitude of his rise was quite large, so he accidentally bumped into the other person and spilled the tea.

"Ah! You are so rude!"

The commotion in the rear attracted the attention of those in the front.

Ji Ruhui was about to pick up her pen and was interrupted by someone as everyone was about to gather around to watch. Turning around, she saw two people who didn't look familiar.

All kinds of low-class people came to attend the banquet. The Zhu family’s banquet was really low-class.

Therefore, the discontented cried out:

"what happened!"

"County Lady, it's all her fault. She stole my seat and spilled the tea on me."

The girl with pointed cheeks spoke first.

Sure enough, Ji Ruhui looked at Liu Xun with disgust:

"You really don't know how to behave. You, you, should apologize to this girl."

Liu Xun stood up, his expression straightened, a righteous look between his brows:

"When I stood up, she deliberately leaned over. Besides, no one had sat in this seat before. I didn't even know that the stools in General Zhu's house actually had names?"

"You, with your specious arguments, actually dare to contradict this county lady!"

Being slapped in the face by Shen Tang was one thing, but who the hell was this daughter of a small official? How dare she talk to her like that?

"Miss Wang, why don't you go change your clothes first? It's freezing out here, and your clothes are all wet. It's hard to avoid catching a cold."

Zhu Shiwen came out to smooth things over,

"As for Miss Liu, it must have been an unintentional mistake."

Liu Xun's father and brother are now outside the Great Wall. They used to be under her father's command, so they have met each other several times.

"Humph, Miss Zhu, what you mean is that this county lady can't tell right from wrong?"

Ji Ruhui was already very unhappy after being frustrated everywhere today. How could she give up easily when she finally found an opportunity to save her face? She was even more rude in her words.

Zhu Shiwen: Oh no, Ji Ruhui is really unhappy.

"The county lady really does understand me."

Shen Tang took a sip of hot tea and tilted his head to look at Ji Ruhui.

"Miss, you're right. Does this seat have a name?

If there really is a name, please tell me where I should sit."