No one came to bother Jiang Lai for several days.
Suddenly one night, Little Pudding, who had been quiet for several days, suddenly said something.
"Didn't you notice that the General's Mansion has been very lively recently?"
"Well, Miss Yue said that there seems to be something planned in the house."
Little Pudding couldn't hold it back and asked her.
"Then aren't you curious about what they are busy with? I know."
I mean you can ask me, it will make me appear more important and useful.
Jiang Lai said nonchalantly.
"It's bigger than Tie Yi's battle to get a wife. Who else has the benefits in the house besides the old lady? Counting her age, she is almost sixty. It is estimated that her birthday will be in two days."
"..."
Little Pudding was silent.
Damn Jiang Lai's head is full of abacus, and every time he shakes it, the sound of abacus beads is heard. There is no point in trying to get along with this kind of person, and there is no sense of achievement at all.
"Then you have guessed what you are going to do now? I have done a background check. People in this book care about birthdays. The heroine has shined several times, namely at the Queen's Birthday Banquet and the Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet. If not If I remember wrongly, she also came to the old lady’s birthday party this time.”
I have no choice but to celebrate birthdays in a grand way.
But Jiang Lai continued to take Tie Yi's money to go shopping and decorate his house when he came back.
Just when Jiang Lai was decorating his courtyard more and more properly, the old lady asked someone to send a message.
"Madam, the old lady will have her sixtieth birthday in two days. She came to ask you how your preparations are."
Jiang Lai looked at the maid who came to deliver the message, and said with a puzzled expression.
"My sixtieth birthday in two days? Why didn't anyone notify me? What can I prepare now that there are only two days left?"
The maid lowered her head and snickered, but when she raised her head, she was respectful.
"Don't you know the birthday of the old lady? I'm just here to convey a message, so I won't delay my lady. Please leave."
Back in front of the ancestral hall, the maid vividly described Jiang Laigang's expression to Xu Ruling.
"I was so shocked that my eyes almost popped out. Just as you guessed, the general's wife didn't remember the old lady's birthday at all, and she didn't prepare anything!"
Xu Ruling was silently picking up the lamp in front of her and said calmly.
"The new lady doesn't want to think about why she didn't come in early or late, but she came in at this time. Isn't it just for the old lady to have a new wife for her sixtieth birthday? She doesn't even care about it, and it's not her turn. I'll take care of it."
Xu Ruling slightly raised her lips as she spoke.
"Don't the new madam want to take care of the internal affairs of the backyard? Let her take care of it. I want to see what she can do."
The General is now one of the most powerful people in the court. When the old lady of the General's Mansion celebrated her sixtieth birthday, the news spread throughout the capital.
When Tie Yi knew the news, it was already too late. The news about his mother's birthday had already reached the emperor's ears. Today, the emperor specially stayed with him to ask about this and asked him to make a grand ceremony.
Tie Yi, who had not returned to his home for a long time, returned today.
I went to see the old lady first.
"You still know that when you come back, I thought you didn't want this home anymore."
Tie Yi knew that he was wrong, so he explained.
"We are currently decamping for the interior of the capital. The more than 10,000 soldiers left behind in the camp need to be resettled, so we have been delayed outside for a few more days."
"I married you just to make you feel more at ease and to think less about the fighting and killing. I asked you before if you wanted to marry Ruling. You just thought of her as your biological sister and made no plans. I just thought I didn’t force it. Now that I have a new wife, I didn’t expect her to look like this."
The old lady frowned and sighed, while Xu Ruling behind her silently pressed the back of her head and whispered comforting words.
"Auntie, don't be angry. Your big day is coming soon. You need to rest more and get ready to welcome your distinguished guests in the future."
The old lady patted Xu Ruling's hand.
"Hey, you bothered a lot. Have you conveyed all the things I asked you to convey to Jiang Lai?"
"Well, I told Madam half a month ago."
The old lady frowned.
"It's been so long and there's still no movement at all. Some longevity chrysanthemums were put up in and outside the courtyard just today. I think she doesn't take me as a mother seriously at all!"
Xu Ruling was silent, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
Tie Yi stood up.
"The birthday banquet really shouldn't be so grand. Now that the whole capital knows that you are celebrating your birthday, all the decorations in the house should be simple. She did the right thing this time."
When Xu Ruling heard this, she suddenly looked up at Tie Yi and couldn't help but be sarcastic.
"It's okay for the general to protect you on weekdays. It's my aunt's sixtieth birthday now. If such a big event is placed in ordinary people's homes, they would like to announce it and grandly. Now that my aunt has been named a first-grade lady, this is what the birthday banquet should be. Shabby?
Or is it that the lady relied on the general's favor and didn't take the old lady seriously, and the general didn't care and allowed her to be so perfunctory and fooled! "
The old lady's face was gloomy.
This is completely angry.
Tie Yi said with a deep look in his eyes without changing his expression.
"Everyone in the capital is waiting to curry favor with me. If we open the doors to the birthday banquet, wouldn't it be widely known that I, Tie Yi, am waiting to receive gifts and be convenient for others! Mother, this is a serious matter. The capital is not like the frontier. Please be careful. think about it."
After saying that, Tie Yi turned around and left.
With a chill all over her body, the old lady suddenly trembled, and panic appeared in her eyes.
"It's true, it really shouldn't be advertised widely! Everyone is staring at my son now. Some people are fawning and some are holding grudges, just waiting to find fault. Why should I celebrate my sixtieth birthday at this juncture?"
Xu Ruling was also shocked and couldn't recover for a long time.
She didn't think so much. She only knew about the things in the inner courtyard. She only knew that the general was not as depressed as before. Of course, the old lady's birthday must be grand and grand, so she had already sent people out to spread the news about the old lady's birthday. , everyone in the capital knew about it, and she was very proud of it, making a good show in front of the old lady.
But Tie Yi's words just now were like a basin of cold water poured over his head and feet.
The publicity she was busy with outside turned out to be her fault, while Jiang Lai talked all day long and did nothing but became the hero!
Xu Ruling felt aggrieved and unwilling, and her eyes turned red.
The old lady was still talking at this time.
"Sure enough, she is someone who has seen the world in the Hou family. She knows more about people and sophistication in big events than the women in the inner courtyard. Fortunately, she did not mobilize troops to do anything. Otherwise, when the guests come the next day, the general will be really confused!"
Xu Ruling silently clenched her fists, digging her nails into her flesh without even realizing it.
Why is the Marquis Mansion not the Marquis Mansion? She just deliberately didn't inform Mrs. Jiang Lai that her birthday was about to expire. She just waited to see Jiang Lai's joke, and then she made a temporary remedy and taught Jiang Lai a lesson, so that she could stand up to Mrs. Jiang Lai and the general. You can never raise your head in front of me!
Good thing now, this is her credit!
(End of chapter)
