Chapter 83 Attending the Banquet
The sky in February is like a child's face, it changes at will. It was still sunny during the day, but it started to rain at night.
The rain stopped for a while when Jiang Shu went out the next morning, and started raining again near noon.
The spring rain lasted for three days before the sunshine returned to the earth.
All things are nourished by the spring rain, glowing with vitality in a few days, and competing to grow.
On February 25th, Yu Lan held an apricot blossom banquet and sent a message to Jiang Shu.
Only the female relatives were invited to the apricot blossom banquet this time, so they didn't care about it. They just enjoyed the flowers, made tea, chatted and strolled around the garden. All the ladies and ladies had a great time.
Tired from shopping, Sun Yijun broke off a branch of apricot blossoms and played with it in his hand. When he sat down to rest, he asked Yu Lan: "Why do you suddenly think of hosting an apricot blossom banquet?"
Yu Lan looked at the groups of ladies and ladies in the garden, curled her lips and smiled: "It's so lonely. Let's have a banquet to make it lively."
She was lively and loved to be lively by nature, but she was detained in General Pingxi's Mansion, where she was surrounded by coldness and loneliness every day, and she almost lost her true nature.
When Jiang Shu heard this, he looked at Yu Lan and saw the lingering loneliness and gloom hanging between her brows and eyes, which seemed sad and resentful.
She couldn't help but think of the six years she spent in Jing'an Hou Mansion, which were also the same.
Fortunately, she escaped. But Yu Lan is still trapped.
Sadly, they couldn't help her, so they could only spend as much time with her as possible.
"Yes, these gorgeous and long-tongued women are perfect for relieving boredom and amusing themselves." Sun Yijun grabbed a handful of melon seeds and chatted while eating them.
The three of them talked about anecdotes about the capital, including Shen Changze being beaten with a cane.
"That's right! If you don't cherish the favor given by you and dare to blatantly resist it, you're missing twenty pieces." Sun Yijun took a sip of tea and grabbed a handful of melon seeds.
Yu Lan snorted softly: "You must be taught a lesson if you rely on your merits."
"Master Zhou did such a good job, but it was because it was related to you, otherwise he wouldn't be able to meddle in this business." Sun Yijun winked at Yu Lan.
Jiang Shu, who was peeling an orange, raised his eyes slightly in surprise: "Are the princess and Mr. Zhou friends?"
She also thought that Zhou Boxu participated in Shen Changze's performance because of Yu Zheng.
"They are not ordinary friends. They almost became..."
Sun Yijun was quick to speak for a moment, but he quickly stopped talking when he reacted, and looked at Yu Lan with an apologetic look on his face.
Jiang Shu looked at them confused.
Yu Lan's long eyelashes flickered, and she said with a gentle smile: "Master Zhou used to study with me in the palace. We grew up together and are considered close friends."
Just friends?
Then why did the regret and sadness flash in her eyes?
Although Jiang Shu was curious, he also knew that there were some things he couldn't ask. Especially since Yu Lan was born into a royal family, many secrets could kill people.
The more you know, the quicker you die.
Jiang Shu lowered his eyes and peeled the orange carefully, without asking any more questions.
The atmosphere was a little tense for a moment. Sun Yijun suddenly dropped the melon seeds in his hand and said, "Ashu, do you want to go to the toilet? Let's go together."
"Ah?" Jiang Shu glanced at the orange in his hand that he had just peeled but not yet eaten, and wanted to say that she didn't want to go.
But seeing the expectant look in Sun Yijun's eyes, she silently put down the orange and stood up.
Yu Lan took it from the plate and said, "Thank you, Ashu, for peeling the oranges for me."
She broke off a piece and put it in her mouth, frowning impatiently.
It was so sour that she shed tears.
Jiang Shu turned around and saw Yu Lan smiling with tears in his eyes: "These oranges are sour."
How could the oranges offered as tribute to the palace be sour?
"Leave her alone for a while." Sun Yijun pulled Jiang Shu and walked away quickly.
Yu Lan looked at their departing figures, and his smile gradually faded, turning into bitterness as he swallowed it back in his throat.
Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun came back from using the toilet. When they passed the rockery in the garden, they heard the conversation of several people on the other side.
"A merchant's daughter dares to marry the Marquis of Jing'an. She really thinks she is a noble girl."
"It's just that the eldest princess praised her so much that she even asked her to come to the banquet. If I had known she would come, I wouldn't have come, otherwise I would have lost my identity."
"That's hard to say, what if she marries a high school student again."
A group of people covered their lips and laughed, as if they heard some very funny joke.
After laughing, someone sneered disdainfully: "She's still marrying into a high school. I don't think anyone in Beijing will ask to marry her."
Sun Yijun couldn't listen any more, so he rushed over and said angrily: "You are not afraid of chewing people's tongues behind their backs."
The few people chatting were startled and looked at Sun Yijun who suddenly appeared in shock.
Sun Yijun looked at their ugly faces and said, "You are just young ladies, but why haven't you seen anyone seeking marriage cross the threshold of your home? You have the nerve to laugh at others here, and worry about whether you can get married."
"You, you, you..." Several people were stepped on by Sun Yijun and hurt their feet, and they were so angry that they could not speak.
Sun Yijun rolled his eyes and snorted: "You, you, you, you, you, a finger thick of powder can't cover your ugly face, quickly find a place to apply two more layers."
"If I hear you gossiping and gossiping again, I will take a pen and paper and write down everything you said. I will find the most powerful storyteller in Shangjing and keep it for everyone in Shangjing to know. I will see who dares to marry you long-tongued women. ."
"None of your business! We didn't talk about you." Some people couldn't be more angry.
Sun Yijun crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What's wrong with me being nosy? If you don't accept it, just hold it in."
"Forget it, let's go, don't be like her." Several people pushed and pulled each other away.
I can't afford to offend them and I can't afford to hide.
"You're really good at scolding a group of people all by yourself." Jiang Shu walked over with a smile.
Sun Yijun turned back and glared at her: "Can't you hear when they say bad things about you?"
Jiang Shu sighed helplessly: "I heard it, but what they said is the truth. I can't refute it."
"Don't you have money? Use money to beat them to death." Sun Yijun was angry and refused to argue.
Jiang Shu was amused by her: "You have to pay with your life if you kill someone. They don't deserve it."
"They are indeed unworthy." Sun Yijun fully agreed with this point.
After the luncheon, Yu Lan ordered two long tables to be set up in the garden. The tables were filled with flowers, and the ladies and ladies sat down to arrange flowers.
This is the last item of the apricot blossom feast. After the flowers are arranged, everyone can take them home.
Flower arranging seems simple, but it is extremely difficult to do.
Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun fiddled with it for a long time, but it was always unsatisfactory.
And Yu Lan, who has been taught by the nuns in the palace since childhood, is very good at it.
Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun simply stopped playing around and focused on watching Yu Lancai.
Sensing their gazes, Yu Lan said warmly: "Come, I'll teach you."
Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun stared at Yu Lan's actions and followed her step by step using the same flowers. In the end, the three of them inserted different flowers.
"No wonder my mother said that flower arranging is a profound knowledge. We can make the same thing in three ways." Sun Yijun became a little discouraged after comparing it and threw the flowers in his hand back on the table.
Yu Lan looked at her work carefully and praised: "Flower arrangement can reflect a person's character and mood. Your flowers look casual, bold and lively, which is in line with your temperament."
"Really? Why can't I see it?" Sun Yijun looked left and right, and finally raised his eyes to ask Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu opened his lips and was about to speak, when suddenly a maidservant came in a hurry, saying that someone from Jiang's house had something urgent to do and was looking for Jiang Shu.
