Upon hearing this, Yan Xinglang immediately bowed to Shen Yiran and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your advice!"

Minister Yan's wife, the second-rank imperial lady, smiled and held Shen Yiran's hand as she stood at the door and said, "Is the old lady okay? I haven't visited her for a while. I heard that the second young master is back too?"

Shen Yiran nodded and smiled: "Thank you for your concern, Madam. The old lady is fine. Yesterday, she watched her grandchildren eating candy and she ate some too!"

"My second brother and his friends have been back for a month!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Qinshi, the wife of Minister Yan, pursed her lips and smiled, "Then your house must be very lively."

Shen Yiran pretended not to understand the hint and responded appropriately.

Just at this moment, a group of beggars came running to the door, holding gongs in their hands, beating them, dancing and shouting doggerel, all of which were auspicious words of congratulation.

Seeing this, Yan Qin said to the servant, "Give him some money to get rid of him."

Seeing this, Shen Yiran immediately stopped her and said, "Madam, please don't do this."

Yan Qin was puzzled, thinking that Shen Yiran would not let her give him money, so she whispered, "No, if you don't give them money, they won't leave. It will be so embarrassing to stand at the door! How will you get off the carriage when the guests come?"

Shen Yiran smiled and said, "That's not what I meant. Madam, just leave it to me."

Then he handed the box to Bai Zhi, walked up, stood at the door and said: "Thank you all for coming here, everyone here is a guest. Come on, wrap the wedding money and wedding cakes in red handkerchiefs and send them to all of you, so that everyone can share in the joy and good luck!"

Beggars are just helpless and are blocking the road to ask for money, which is actually no different from robbery.

They knew that these high-ranking officials were full of disdain for them, and that throwing money on the ground and watching them scramble for it was just for fun; for the sake of money, they didn't care.

But they didn't expect that the servants handed the red handkerchiefs to them one by one. They were stunned and didn't know how to respond.

Shen Yiran smiled and shouted, "Today is a good day for Yan Xinglang and Yan Xijun to get married. Thank you all for coming to congratulate us. This is the residence of the Minister of War, Lord Yan. If you have trouble making a living, you can join the army. I believe the Ministry of War will definitely not treat you badly!"

The beggars all knelt down to express their gratitude, and some young people immediately said they wanted to join the army.

After seeing them off politely, the onlookers came up to congratulate them, and more or less contributed money, and all received gifts in return.

Yan Qin was still a little confused and didn't understand what the point of doing this was. Hearing the noise, the Minister of War Yan came over personally, took a look at Shen Yiran with eyes full of admiration.

Hou Zhenlong bowed and said, "The court is experiencing turmoil in the Xiongnu border today. It is the right time to use military force. Madam, what you said is really good!"

Shen Yiran certainly knew about this situation. He had used this incident to help Song Qizhao ascend to the throne. He smiled and saluted: "Lord Yan is serious. I heard from the Marquis that Lord Yan is dedicated to the country and the people and cares about the people, so I dare to say so."

Shen Yiran received the best reception.

The bride's sedan chair arrived and everyone went in to attend the banquet. During the banquet, Shen Yiran was arranged to sit next to Yan Qin, while the ladies of each family sat next to them.

Shen Yiran was surprised to find Shen Yunyan present there as well.

It turned out that Shen Yunyan came with Shen Li. She was already married, but she came to the banquet with her family. She was really shameless.

Shen Yiran deliberately said to Shen Lishi at the banquet: "If stepmother said she wanted to attend the banquet, she should have told me earlier. Why don't we come together?"

"I didn't expect my sister to be here too. I'm so busy that I don't have time to visit her. I wonder where she lives now, is she still living in the longhouse?"

Shen Yunyan's face immediately turned red with anger. Seeing the ladies around her laughing secretly, she could only say, "Not everyone can marry up like my sister. You should thank your dead mother!"

Shen Li continued, "Although I'm not your mother, there's no need to bring this up publicly since you didn't care about your family after you got married, right?"

Shen Yiran smiled and said, "My stepmother and sister saying this is a bit of a downer. The Yan family is holding a wedding banquet today."

Yan Qinshi protected Shen Yiran and said, "Here, this is the grilled lamb chops made by our chef from the southwest. Would you like to try it?"

Just one sentence protected Shen Yiran.

"By the way, when I gave birth, it was thanks to your mother that she came to check on me."

Shen Li and Shen Yunyan became complete supporting roles at the banquet.

It was just a banquet. Bo Jinnian came over in person to wait for Shen Yiran at the door. The maid immediately smiled and hurried back and forth: "Madam Shen, the Marquis is waiting at the door to greet you, Madam, please go out quickly."

Everyone laughed at him, and Yan Qinshi even laughed and said, "The Marquis is a handsome man. I'm sure there will be many maids hiding to watch him standing at the door. Madam Shen should walk faster, so as not to be seen by other women!"

Shen Yiran blushed slightly, but when she walked to Shen Yunyan, she stopped and deliberately said, "Has your husband sent a carriage to pick you up?"

"If you don't mind, let's go back together in the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion?"

Shen Yunyan was furious when she heard this: "Sister, you should go by yourself. We can't afford to marry into your mansion, but we have our own carriage!"

Shen Yiran pretended to be wronged: "Sister, why are you so angry? I just asked one more question. It's all my fault."

Shen Yunyan was about to retort, but suddenly she realized that the ladies at the table were looking at her sideways. She gritted her teeth and said, "That's too many sisters. You go by yourself. I'll go with mother."

Shen Yiran heard this and sighed, "So my sister has gone back to her parents' home. No wonder she came with her stepmother today. I'll find time to go home and visit her tomorrow."

Having said that, he left Shen Yunyan, who was too ashamed to sit still, and walked away.

As expected, he saw Bo Jinnian standing tall and elegant in the courtyard waiting. Shen Yiran walked over with a smile and said, "My Lord, I've been waiting for a long time."

"At the banquet today, Lord Yan and I said a lot of good things about you. What have you done to steal the limelight?"

This reminded Shen Yiran, and he immediately pulled Bo Jinnian's sleeve and said, "Oh, I forgot to give Miss Yan the gift I prepared!"

Yan Xinglang was toasting and Yan Xijun was on the way to the bridal chamber. Bo Jinnian, who was tall, saw them in the crowd, grabbed Shen Yiran's hand and squeezed forward.

Shen Yiran couldn't imagine that Bo Jinnian's hands had so many calluses, yet they were very warm.

But when they went over, Yan Xijun had already entered the bridal chamber. When everyone saw Shen Yiran coming, they knew that she was the distinguished guest of the mansion today, so they let her in.

Bo Jinnian stood at the door and looked inside. He was also curious about what was in Shen Yiran's box.

Shen Yiran entered the room and handed over the box with a ribbon.

"This is a small gift from me, I hope you won't mind it, Madam."

Yan Xijun lifted her red veil, stood up, bowed to Shen Yiran and thanked him: "Thank you, Madam of the Marquis' Mansion."

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