Before the banquet started, someone ran in from outside and announced that it was Ji's natal brother who had arrived with a full-moon gift for his niece.
Ji was surprised and happy, "What a coincidence!"
Princess Cheng also smiled, "I heard you mentioned that my little brother from my mother's side is studious and can read, so I just took this opportunity to meet him."
Ji immediately ordered someone to bring in his brother Ji Shu.
Jishu is only sixteen years old this year, and he is a young man who can take time off.
After being led to the inner courtyard, there were some elderly people such as Princess Cheng, Prince Anguo and his wife, and no one avoided them.
"big sister!"
Ji Shu grew up with Mr. Ji, who taught him how to read from the age of three.
After Ji's wedding, Ji Shu cried and rolled around, refusing to ask his sister to get married.
In total, the two siblings haven't seen each other for almost ten years.
When they first met, Ji Shu looked excited.
Ji's eyes were also red, but she still remembered to introduce her to her brother first.
Following the introduction from her sister, Ji Shu bowed to all the ladies present.
The teenage boy was born well and was dressed in light bamboo-green clothes, which made Ji Shu look like spring green onions.
Princess Cheng couldn't help but nod secretly - if one only looked at the appearance and temperament, who could tell that the young man in front of her was a merchant? As expected, several generations of imperial merchants from the Ji family have some background.
After paying homage to everyone and looking at his niece, Ji Shu said goodbye very wisely.
Ji held her brother's hand and said, "Go to the male guests outside. We can talk after they leave."
Yan Jiaojiao waved his hands and kept shouting.
[Uncle beauty, uncle beauty, look at me! 】
Her uncle is so pretty!
She thought that her eldest brother Yan Rong was already in her prime, but she didn't expect that her uncle's face was also very good at punching!
But when he thought that someone like his uncle would be beheaded later, Yan Jiaojiao felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
She secretly made up her mind to protect these relatives no matter what!
Amid the excitement, the full moon banquet ended quickly.
After the guests dispersed, Mrs. Ji had no time to do anything else, so she first coaxed her daughter to sleep in the peony garden.
Yan Hongfei walked in hurriedly.
"Ms. Ji, what's going on with you today?" Yan Hongfei opened his mouth and asked.
On weekdays, he always calls Ji "Ayu".
This is actually the first time he calls me Mrs. Ji.
He seemed very angry.
Mrs. Ji put her daughter on the bed, a look of confusion on Wen Wan's face.
"Master Hou, what's wrong?"
"You still ask me what's wrong?" Yan Hongfei was very angry.
Yan Jiaojiao's full moon banquet was really lively today, and the Ji family invited all the noble officials of the clan who could be invited.
Yan Hongfei felt that his face was very bright when he was dealing with everyone.
But after the guests dispersed, his sister Yan Shuangshuang came to him crying, saying that Ji made the old lady mad and hurt her face in front of the female relatives.
"Brother, go and have a look. Mother has been crying since she woke up."
Yan Shuangshuang said this.
Yan Hongfei still knew what kind of person his mother was.
Yan Hongfei also knew Ji's character very well.
He believed Yan Shuangshuang's words at most 30%.
However, from the burning of her outer house to the fact that Ji insisted on organizing Yan Jiaojiao's full moon banquet, Yan Hongfei became very dissatisfied with her.
So he walked around Chunhui Hall and saw that the old lady had blood on her face and was crying until her eyes were as rotten as peaches.
I immediately came to see Mr. Ji for an explanation.
Yan Hongfei felt that in recent years, Ji's presiding over the affairs of the Hou Mansion had become somewhat arbitrary and should be punished.
"Let me ask you, what happened to mother's face?"
【Pooh! 】
Yan Jiaojiao spat at Yan Hongfei as usual, expressing his contempt for his scumbag father.
[Don’t you know the virtues of your own mother? 】
For an old lady who can attack her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Yan Jiaojiao has nothing to respect. She didn't even call her an old pious woman, but she was already giving her face.
Ji's face showed a look of sudden realization, "So that's what the Marquis said!"
She sighed, showed Yan Hongfei the jade pendant left by Princess Cheng, and sighed, "I was about to tell the Marquis that one day the Marquis will see His Highness Prince Cheng, and he will have to make up for it."
"Becoming a king?"
Yan Hongfei was stunned.
"What does it have to do with King Cheng?"
King Cheng did not come to the Hou Mansion today.
Yan Hongfei still had this self-awareness.
The emperor's younger brother, the prince, no matter how much he condescends to condescend, would not come to congratulate a little girl from the Marquis Mansion on her full moon.
Mrs. Ji let out another long sigh and told how Princess Cheng praised Yan Jiao Jiao and how the old lady replied.
"Originally, the princess just complimented her casually, and everyone just talked and laughed. But my mother said this, as if she meant to refute the princess."
Yan Hongfei's face fell when he heard this.
His mother, how could his mother talk like that!
"And Shuangshuang, I'm not telling you, it's really shameful! What are you trying to do by inciting your mother to have the young master from the prince's palace come to the inner courtyard to show her? It looks like she has a daughter!"
His own sister, Yan Hongfei, also understands this.
Yan Shuangshuang can do this kind of thing.
"Don't talk nonsense. It's not that you don't know the nature of Shuangshuang's child. She just hasn't seen the royal nobles and wants to take a look."
Yan Hongfei had to defend his sister.
Mrs. Ji hummed, "It's useless for me to believe this. It's better if the princess believes you."
The anger he had directed at Mr. Ji when he came here has now been more or less transferred to my mother and sister by Yan Hongfei.
He frowned and sat down, silent.
[The scumbag father must be afraid of being blamed by Prince Cheng, so he tried to find a way to get his mother to top the tank. 】
Yan Jiaojiao was disdainful and mentally gave Yan Hongfei a middle finger.
Yan Hongfei did this kind of thing often.
It's just that in the past, Mrs. Ji was focused on revitalizing the Hou Mansion and didn't care about it.
The next moment, Yan Hongfei was heard saying to Ji, "If the princess is angry, what should we do?"
He looked at Ji, with anxiety on his handsome face.
"King Cheng is your Majesty's younger brother. He loves the princess very much. If the princess says something in front of King Cheng... I'm afraid my future will be in jeopardy."
Holding Ji's hand, Yan Hongfei said sincerely, "I'm not worried about myself. It's not like the Marquis Mansion has never been in trouble. It's just that Ah Rong and Ah Jing..."
He knows the Ji family very well.
This woman is a qualified matron and must have a strong character.
But as long as her children are involved, Ji will still give up some principles.
"Ah Yu, aren't we working hard for the sake of our children? I said a year ago that the left minister of the Ministry of War was about to retire, and your majesty intended to promote Langzhong Xu to this position. If Langzhong Xu is promoted, the position of Langzhong will be empty. Come down... At this time, we must not offend King Cheng! We still have to prepare more gifts and go to the empress to apologize for my mother and sister!"
Ji seemed to be moved by his words and nodded frequently, "I know it. I have already prepared a shop. I will find a way to give it to the princess someday. I will not miss the future of the Marquis!"
Yan Hongfei was satisfied, took Ji in his arms, patted her, and left in a hurry.
As soon as he left, Ji Shu led Yan Rong and Yan Jing over from the opposite room.
"Sister, is this what my brother-in-law did to you in the past?"
