The celebration banquet is scheduled for the third day after the palace examination.
Although Cheng Wanwan is not from the capital, she knows quite a few people, such as the Lin family, the Zhang family and the Ruan family, colleagues from Honglu Temple, Si Dan's classmates, and many wives of court officials whom she has met. Since we were going to have a big banquet with guests, it would not be good to invite this one but not that one, so we sent out invitations widely and set up a large banquet.
Before dawn, everyone in the yard was busy. Even Xiao Zhuzhu and the other children helped arrange the dried fruits.
"Mrs. Sui, congratulations!"
"Let's also enjoy Mrs. Sui's happiness!"
"Mrs. Sui is really good at teaching her children. She has taught a man who is the number one scholar of three yuan and only one in decades!"
"Mrs. Huisui will tell us how to teach children later."
"..."
Guests came one after another, and the courtyard suddenly became lively.
Because so many guests were invited, the first courtyard was reserved for male guests, and the second courtyard was reserved for female relatives. The guests alone accounted for one-half of the large house. It is conceivable that the number of guests was How many.
Ruan Mingzhu came with Mrs. Ruan: "Aunt Wanwan, I'm here!"
Seeing that she was still dressed in men's clothing, Cheng Wanwan said helplessly: "What I prepared today is the 18th-year champion red. Don't give it to me."
"Don't worry, Aunt Wanwan, I won't drink today." Ruan Mingzhu said with a smile, "Aren't there a lot of people coming to the military camp? I'll go over and talk to them. Let's go!"
She entered the male guest's seat in a hurry and didn't feel anything.
Mrs. Ruan shook her head: "This girl is really..."
Cheng Wanwan said: "Mrs. Ruan, don't think about this. Go sit in the backyard for a while."
Wu Huiniang was responsible for leading the female guest to the backyard and said with a smile: "Mrs. Ruan, please come this way."
"Second aunt."
A pretty voice sounded. It was Situ Man who was coming. Next to her was Cheng Zhao, and behind her were the Cheng family members.
Cheng Wanwan came back to the capital and did not interact with the Cheng family. She had lived here for half a year. The Cheng family had never been here before, and this was the first time they visited her.
Old Mrs. Cheng picked up the congratulatory gift in her hand, put it on Mrs. Qi's hand, and said softly: "Congratulations to your son for passing the first prize. Your Zhao family finally has a talent!"
To her, as a mother, she is not considered capable, but to be a scholar is to truly make a comeback.
However, Si Dan did better than Zhao'er in the exam, and she always felt a little unhappy.
Cheng Wanwan could understand the subtle psychology of the Cheng family. She smiled and said, "Yingying, please bring the guests inside."
Cao Yingying responded and led the Cheng family inside.
Guests came to the door in an endless stream, gifts were piled high and sent to the warehouse, and voices were heard everywhere in the yard.
When the time was almost up and when he was sure that no one would come to the door again, Cheng Wanwan was about to go back to the yard to arrange a banquet. At this moment, a low-key but luxurious carriage slowly stopped at the door of the house.
The man driving the car looked very familiar to Cheng Wanwan. After looking at him for several times, he realized what he was doing and hurriedly approached him: "Why are you here, Eunuch Ming?"
Eunuch Ming was dressed in the clothes of a servant and a black commoner's hat, which was completely different from his previous attire. He laughed and said, "Mrs. Sui is hosting a banquet in the whole city. Is there any reason why our family shouldn't come?"
Cheng Wanwan's eyes immediately glanced at the car. The master who could make Eunuch Ming drive the car, wouldn't that be...
She immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty has arrived, but my wife is late to pick you up. Please forgive me..."
"Mrs. Sui doesn't have to be like this."
The curtains of the carriage were opened, and the emperor and the queen stepped out one after another, stepping on the horse stools and getting out of the carriage.
The emperor and empress were also dressed like ordinary people, but they had lived in the world for a long time. Even if they wore ordinary silk clothes, they could not suppress their nobility.
"This is my palace...this is my first time coming to Mrs. Sui's house." The queen smiled and said, "I am not the queen today, Mrs. Sui can just call me Sister Yan."
Eunuch Ming Congshan Ruliu said: "This is Mr. Huang, and this is Mrs. Huang. Mrs. Sui, hurry up and lead the way."
Cheng Wanwan felt grateful that the emperor and the queen pretended to leave the palace and came to drink her son's champion wine. This was the highest honor given to her.
She stopped being formal and made an invitation gesture: "Master Huang, Sister Yan, please come this way."
She took the emperor and empress and Eunuch Ming to the courtyard.
The first guests who entered the courtyard were all male guests, some of whom were Zhao Sidan's classmates, some soldiers from the military camp, some acquaintances, and the rest were all ministers of the DPRK.
These ministers go to court every day, how can they not understand the truth of the current emperor.
Everyone was so frightened that they immediately stood up from their chairs, lifted up their robes and knelt down to salute.
The emperor raised his hand and pressed it: "I am just an old friend of Mrs. Sui. I came here to ask for a cup of champion wine. No need to be formal, please sit down."
Everyone sat down uneasily.
"Dad, this is Mr. Huang." Cheng Wanwan led the emperor to the male guest and said to Mr. Zhao, "It's not easy for Mr. Huang to come here. I will have a few more drinks with you."
He was supposed to take the emperor to the throne room, where there were Taifu Lin and other important officials in the court.
However, she thought that since the emperor came to the banquet dressed like this, he definitely did not want to be complimented by the ministers of the court, and it might be better to sit with ordinary people.
At Mr. Zhao's table, there are Zhao Youyin, Zhao Youcai, Mr. Cheng, and some of the neighbors who live here. They are all so-called ordinary people.
Although Old Man Zhao is old, he is not confused. It can be seen from the restraint of everyone after Mr. Huang entered the door that Mr. Huang's identity must be extraordinary.
However, Mr. Huang did not want to reveal his identity, so he naturally did not ask any more questions, and immediately said with a smile: "Mr. Huang, our Zhao family is a farmer's family, and we don't understand some etiquette in the capital. If there is something that offends you, Please don’t argue with us idiots.”
The emperor waved his hand and said, "I'm not a stickler for rules. Just feel free to do whatever you want."
Seeing that the emperor was seated, Cheng Wanwan took the queen to the second courtyard: "Sister Yan, would you like to sit at the same table with Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ruan, or sit with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and the others?"
"Of course I sit at the same table with you Zhao family." The queen pressed her temples and said, "Looking at me like this, I should be an ordinary lady, right?"
Cheng Wanwan chuckled: "Even if Sister Yan is wearing coarse clothes, she can't hide her innate nobility. However, my mother-in-law and others have never seen a real noble person, so naturally they can't recognize Sister Yan's identity."
The Queen smiled: "That would be great."
If she wanted to act like a queen, she could come in palace clothes. She and the emperor secretly left the palace just to really mingle with the people.
They also want to know what kind of family raised a Mrs. Sui.
Cheng Wanwan led the queen to Mrs. Zhao's table and said with a smile: "This is Mrs. Huang. I'll call you Sister Yan. I don't know anyone here. Please take care of me."
Mrs. Zhao stood up immediately: "Mrs. Huang, hurry up and take your seat."
The eldest daughter-in-law can be asked to solemnly explain that Mrs. Huang's identity must be extraordinary!
She immediately vacated the seat at the head of the table and respectfully asked the queen to sit down.
At this table were the female relatives of the old Zhao family, Mrs. Cheng, Sister-in-law Cheng and Situ Man.
Although Situ Man was from the capital, the Situ family was of lower rank. She had never been to the palace, so she did not know the queen, but she could feel that Mrs. Huang's husband should be at least a second-rank official or above.
No one at this table recognized the Queen, but the next table and the next table were full of distinguished guests, such as Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ruan. They had entered the palace too many times and had dined with the Queen countless times. Recognize that this is the current queen.
But Mrs. Sui introduced her as Mrs. Huang. They didn't stand up to salute, but they were all very surprised. The Queen dressed like this to attend the No. 1 Scholar Banquet. This was a great honor to Mrs. Sui. Mrs. Sui's team is really a real one. It's about to get up.
