After entering March, the most important thing in the entire capital is spring.
After Ye Jintang returned to Danyang Hou Mansion, he could hear someone discussing the topic of Chunwei almost every now and then.
If she remembered correctly, Gu Waner's husband, who was a civil servant, should also come to the capital to attend the Spring Festival, and she didn't know what his grades were.
If she can pass the Jinshi examination, Gu Waner will also be able to enjoy the blessings in the future.
The topic of spring is being talked about everywhere in the capital, and the wives of some aristocratic families are also busy holding various flower-viewing banquets.
In the name of taking Ye Jintang out to see the world, Mrs. Gan actually took her and Ye Lan and Ye Zhu, who were about the same age as her, to attend several flower-viewing banquets.
Ye Jintang's appearance was outstanding, and it didn't take long for her reputation in the capital to grow.
When everyone talks about the Danyang Marquis Mansion, they all have to say that Miss Six's appearance is worthy of being the most beautiful woman in the capital.
Ye Jintang did not take these false claims seriously. She focused all her attention on exploring the vault.
Madam Ye lived a very regular life, and her mother-in-law patrolled her yard at night. After a few days of checking, she found out that there were four vaults, each with four keys.
Only one of them is used on weekdays, and it is impossible to find out where the other three are kept.
This would make it more difficult for Ye Jintang to explore the vault. In order to avoid disturbing the situation, she did not dare to rush in and could only take a look at it slowly.
Some time later, in the spring of the year, Emperor Jing held a banquet in Qionglin.
It stands to reason that the Qionglin Banquet will have nothing to do with the concubine, but because the selection of concubines for King Qin has not gone smoothly, Concubine Dehui was really annoyed. She mentioned to Emperor Jing that she would also hold a Hundred Flowers Banquet to entertain all the people in the capital. The daughter of a noble family.
The matter of King Qin's selection of concubines was already causing quite a stir, which made Emperor Jing unhappy.
Imperial Concubine Dehui wanted to finalize the candidate for Princess Qin at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, so she quickly revealed the matter, and Emperor Jing was naturally willing.
So all the aristocratic families received invitations from Imperial Concubine Dehui, asking each family to bring their concubine to the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
Gan Fu and Mrs. Ye had been preparing for so long and finally waited for the opportunity.
In order for Ye Jintang to be selected by Imperial Concubine Dehui, Mrs. Gan even spent her own money to give Ye Jintang a gorgeous moon-white brocade dress.
"Mother, why do you have to go to such trouble? You can just push Ye Jintang to Imperial Concubine Dehui."
"I don't even have that long dress made of plain brocade, but you have to give it to Ye Jintang."
"And I also helped her become famous. Now her reputation is almost surpassing mine."
Mrs. Gan saw Ye Yanran looking angry and quickly stepped forward to comfort her.
"My little ancestor, how can I make Ye Jintang famous? Do you think that if she is just a nobody, Princess Dehui will fall in love with her?"
"The same goes for Imperial Concubine Dehui. She hates King Qin so much, yet she has to act like a loving mother. It's really troublesome."
"Little ancestor, you can just say this in your own room. When you marry into Prince Qi's palace, you must never say such things again. Be careful that walls have ears."
"Besides, the inside of this palace is no better than the outside. You must be careful everywhere in the palace, but you can't act arbitrarily and follow your own temper."
"Be careful of misfortunes coming from your mouth. When you are having a baby at home during this period, you should listen more to Aunt Qiu. She has lived in the palace for many years and has seen all kinds of things and all kinds of methods. Before doing anything, It doesn’t hurt to ask her for her opinion.”
"Mom, are you too worried? I have been learning housekeeping from my mother these years, and I still have some tricks. As long as King Qi's heart is with me, I will not suffer any disadvantages in the palace."
"That's what I say, but if you learn more from Aunt Qiu, you won't go wrong."
Mrs. Gan has been in charge of the Marquis Mansion for many years, so she naturally understands that the gap between the imperial palace, the Royal Mansion, and their Marquis Mansion is still very big.
Although Ye Yanran is somewhat smart, she is also somewhat lucky.
But if you don’t live a transparent and alert life, you will easily fall into trouble.
As a mother, she knew her daughter best, so she went through all the trouble to hire Aunt Qiu to teach her.
"Mom, if it is decided that Ye Jintang will marry the King of Qin, the marriage to the King of Qin will be done immediately and will not be delayed forever."
Ye Yanran couldn't help but touch her slightly bulging belly. There were some things that she just couldn't rush. The more anxious she was to marry Xiao Yi, the more troubles she kept having.
It has been delayed for so long now, and her belly will really not be covered if it continues any longer.
"Yes, Imperial Concubine Dehui is more anxious than us. As long as it is decided that Ye Jintang will marry Prince Qin, I estimate that everything will be kept simple and they can get married as soon as possible."
"That's good, I really can't wait any longer."
Mrs. Gan personally sent the plain brocade dress to Ye Jintang, and also said a lot of good things to coax her to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet of Imperial Concubine Dehui.
"Not just anyone can go to Imperial Concubine Dehui's Hundred Flowers Banquet. Sixth Girl, you must dress up beautifully when the time comes. Don't be reluctant to wear the jewelry your grandmother gave you a few days ago,"
"Thank you, auntie. I will definitely not embarrass the Hou Mansion."
Ye Jintang smiled at Mrs. Gan very obediently, but in her heart, she thought, just go ahead and regret it.
It is estimated that except for the Danyang Marquis Mansion, none of the other aristocratic families who received the invitation from Imperial Concubine Dehui to the Hundred Flowers Banquet were happy.
None of them wanted their daughter to be selected to marry King Qin as a princess.
But with the invitation from Imperial Concubine Dehui in hand, they didn't want to take their own daughter to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
So when Ye Jintang followed Mrs. Gan to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet, he met several noble ladies on the way. They were all dressed in a shabby way. One of the noble ladies even had a matchmaker mole on the corner of her lip. She was originally quite pretty. His face instantly became a bit ridiculous.
Everyone else was trying to look ugly, but Ye Jintang was the only one who dressed up beautifully.
Mrs. Gan took Ye Jintang to talk to the ladies she knew well. When they saw her, everyone couldn't help but praise her. Miss Six was so good-looking.
When they go far away, they will cast inquiring eyes again.
Even the ladies in the back house couldn't understand what Mrs. Gan was singing.
The Hundred Flowers Banquet began, and Imperial Concubine Dehui sat on the top seat surrounded by everyone.
Others were seated according to rank.
Mrs. Gan sat a little far away, but Ye Jintang was very eye-catching in her moon-white plain brocade dress. Imperial Concubine Dehui, who was sitting in the upper seat, looked up and saw Ye Jintang as soon as she sat down.
I saw Imperial Concubine Dehui quietly asking the female officer next to her.
"Dongxiang, who is the girl sitting next to Mrs. Gan? I haven't seen her before."
"Go back to the queen, she is the sixth girl from Danyang Hou Mansion. Her father Ye Li was killed in office last year. The only one left in the family was this orphaned girl. She was brought back to the Hou Mansion just two years ago. During the Chinese New Year, she went to Baima Temple to pray for Ye Li. The old lady prays for blessings, so naturally the empress won’t be able to see her.”
