The Plum Appreciation Banquet was a private banquet for the eldest princess, and the invitees were either relatives of the royal family or the families of princes and dignitaries, and most of them were familiar with each other, so there were no rules and regulations like the formal banquet.

It's just that men and women are still seated separately.

The eldest princess of Lin'an was originally going to go to the front to entertain the regent and other guests as the hostess. After thinking about it, she sent the prince consort over.

She summoned the maid and asked, "Is Master Shen Jiang here?"

"Reply to Her Royal Highness the Princess, I'm here, but Shen Jiang has a calm temperament and doesn't seem to be a troublemaker."

"Just because she won't cause trouble doesn't mean that others won't cause trouble. Madam Dingxiang Hou and Madam An Yuanbo are here too, right?"

"Your Highness, the eldest princess, everyone is here."

"Very good. Mrs. Dingxiang Hou and Shen Lin have grown up together since childhood. Not to mention Mrs. An Yuanbo, she tried to find a way to get them together and arrange a time for the princess to go there."

"Yes, Your Highness the Princess."

"Remember, don't let the man in front of you know about things between women."

This meant that the regent was not allowed to be notified.

The maid left quickly, and Princess Lin'an walked slowly to the backyard with a smile on her lips.

She was not in a hurry for anything else. Everything had been arranged anyway. She wanted to see first, what abilities did the Princess Regent, who could make her little uncle swoon over, have besides her appearance?

?backyard.

The formal banquet has not started yet, but on the table are cherry fried dumplings, plum fried rice, jiaqingzi, fried ginkgo... and other tea and snacks that are unique to Da Neimi Jianju.

The female family members may gather indoors and gather around the fire, or sit on the porch basking in the sun and chatting about homely matters.

Children are playing in the yard.

Jiang Peirong came to the capital, and this was her first time out of the side courtyard. She was not as good at attending such a big banquet as Shen Lin. She didn't want to communicate with others, and was afraid of making mistakes and making jokes, so she hid in the corner as much as possible. No sound.

Shen Yuanyuan's big eyes fell on the fried rice on the table for a while, and on the children playing outside. She was just being held by her mother and could not go anywhere.

"Aniang, let's go find sister."

"This is the eldest princess's mansion. You are not allowed to run around. If you break the rules carefully, you will cause trouble to your sister."

Shen Yuanyuan groaned, pouted her lips and said unhappy, "Yuanyuan will not cause trouble to my sister."

She looked at the Jiaqingzi in her hand. When she first came here, she heard someone said that she could eat whatever she wanted, so she took two. Unexpectedly, she was scolded by her mother-in-law.

At this moment, she wanted to eat, but also wanted to leave it to her sister, and she kept swallowing her saliva while fighting.

"I wonder whose sister this is? She looks unfamiliar. Why is she sitting here alone? The children are all in the yard, but don't restrain the little lady."

A noble lady came over. Seeing that Jiang Peirong was dressed in a low-key but decent manner, she thought she was some new noble lady, so she came to visit her specially, "I am from the Duke of Wei's family, so this is polite."

"Don't dare."

Jiang Peirong stood up quickly, and as soon as she returned the salute, someone came over.

She stopped in front of Jiang Peirong and said, "Mrs. Crown Prince Zhuang'an. This is just a concubine who cannot be honored. How can she bear such a great gift from Madam Crown Prince?"

"Ah?" The wife of the Crown Prince of Wei was surprised. She glanced at Jiang Peirong again and whispered, "Why did the wife bring her concubine to the table? What kind of ignorant husband is this?"

Shen Yuanyuan said without any stage fright: "My mother-in-law is not a concubine, she is the general's wife."

"A'niang?" Mrs. Shizi murmured in a low voice, "Who's daughter-in-law calls her mother 'A'niang'? It's so unruly."

Shen Yuanyuan's little face was a little more confused: If you don't call me "Aniang," what should I call you?

She raised her head and looked at Jiang Peirong. Seeing more and more people here, Jiang Peirong wanted to quietly exit the place of right and wrong.

Unexpectedly, someone stood behind her and blocked the way.

Even without the honor given by the Shen family, the Shen Lin family still has the dignity brought by Uncle Anyuan's family.

The Marquis of Dingxiang, who had been friends with Shen Lin since childhood, said: "Which other family could it be? There is no other family in Beijing that dares to openly raise an outsider."

"It turns out that this is the outer room of the Shen family. Back then, General Shen abandoned his official position and family and eloped with others, but there was quite a fight in the capital."

"To show off at such a young age is because Mrs. Shen has a good temper and is easy to bully, right?"

"You don't even care about your identity? How dare you come to such an occasion?"

The ridicule was everywhere, and Mrs. Shen Lin waited for everyone to say enough before slowly speaking: "To make you laugh, my sister Jiang has been promoted to an equal wife and is no longer a concubine."

At the time when Jiang Peirong was granted the imperial title, officials in the capital were in danger because of the Tang family case. The family members were all worried about their own future and fate and had no time to care about who was granted the imperial title.

What's more, the Shen family has never held a grand banquet and announced it, so it is normal for everyone not to know.

As soon as Ping's wife came out, the whole house was in an uproar.

All the ladies present expressed their disdain for the Shen family's behavior of spoiling concubines and killing their wives. Moreover, Shen Lin's close friends secretly added fuel to the fire. Everyone expressed deep sympathy for Shen Lin.

The look in Jiang Peirong's eyes was a little more angry.

Shen Lin's face was full of kindness and said: "Sister Jiang, these are the wives of prominent families in the capital. Why don't you come to salute you?"

Jiang Peirong quickly saluted.

Like the Duke of Guo, he immediately fluttered his sleeves, raised his chin and said, "No! I can't bear it!"

Like Dingxiang Houfu, he actually became a good person, "Sister Jiang is new here and doesn't know the etiquette in the capital."

Jiang Peirong was at a loss and looked at her.

Mrs. Dingxianghou said calmly: "When this concubine sees her real wife, she should kowtow and serve tea. Today we are all sisters. Sister Jiang kowtows three times and that's all."

"We can't bear the other courtesy, but we can still bear this concubine's kowtow."

Everyone was talking, all urging Jiang Peirong to kneel down.

The eldest princess's people had timed it just right. As soon as Shen Yangui arrived outside the courtyard, he heard the noise inside. Through the flower window, he could easily see what was going on inside, but there was nothing he could do through the wall.

Inside the wall, Jiang Peirong was surrounded by the crowd. Shen Yuanyuan opened her short hands to protect her mother. Her voice was cute and soft, but very brave, and she said:

"My mother-in-law is the royal wife! My sister is the princess! If any of you dare to bully my mother-in-law, my sister will not let you go!"

"Princess?" Mrs. An Yuanbo sneered, "I remember it too clearly. She used to beg Baba to marry my brother as a concubine, but the purpose of becoming a concubine is to carry on the family lineage and have children. What? She is too old, older than the rough lady in my brother's courtyard, what can she do if she comes back? "

The person next to him echoed, "Yes, at such an old age, he is unable to have children, and he was born from an outsider. Who would take such a person seriously?"

"It's already this time. I saw that the carriage from the Prince Regent's Palace had arrived early. The Queen Mother's niece was still here just now, but she didn't see the princess."

"I heard that on the day of the wedding, the prince left her to dry outside the palace for half an hour, and even paid homage to the concubine. The next day, the concubine went to pay her respects to the concubine. She returned to peace three days later, but the regent was not seen in the general's palace. If I were her, I wouldn't come to this party."

"The Princess Regent has arrived—"

All the ladies looked sideways and turned around, with contempt flashing in their eyes. It was obvious that they did not take the princess seriously, but they had to bow because of their status.

When Shen Yan returned to the courtyard, Princess Lin'an happened to be sitting in the rockery pavilion next door. She picked up the tea cup, took time to ask the maid next to her, and said:

"What do you think our Princess Regent will do with them?"

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