Chapter 270 Family Banquet
"Dad, Dad." Xuan'er shouted, it turned out that she saw Qi You in the telescope.
Wherever there, Xun Qingran swept all the people on the dragon boat, but he didn't see Qi You.
Xuan'er's fat little finger was slowly passing by a pleasure boat downstairs. Xun Qingran hurriedly followed her daughter's fingers and looked at the boat just now, but half of the people inside were missing. Qi You were sitting in the boat, as if he had heard Xuan'er's shouts and looked upstairs.
Xuan'er was even more happy and greeted Fusheng, who was sitting with the little prince, to come and see him.
Xun Qingran looked at Prince Kang, who had a white belly on the dragon boat and was waving his arms, and then looked at his long robe with arrow sleeves, spotless and clean. Qi You, who was sitting in the pleasure boat in the wind, couldn't help but squint and smile. In fact, it was hard for her to imagine Qi You rowing barely.
"There were all guards in their squad on that dragon boat. He asked Xiao Qi to go too, but he refused." Princess Kang smiled.
After speaking like this, the dragon boat race was coming to an end. In the end, it was indeed the first dragon boat of Prince Kang who rushed to the finish line.
"Oh, we won." Princess Kang stood up happily.
"Yes." Xun Qingran was happy, after all, she also bet on Prince Kang's dragon boat.
Because Rong's instructions were made to rush home to attend the family dinner, Qi You went to congratulate Prince Kang and went to Deyue Tower to pick Xun Qingran up home.
Qi You was holding Xun Qingran onto the carriage, and a gorgeous carriage drove over from the side and stopped by Xun Qingran's carriage.
Xun Shufang poked her head out of the carriage.
"Three sisters," Xun Shufang greeted Xun Qingran, turned her eyes to Qi You, and said with a smile, "Three brother-in-law."
Qi You was slightly stunned, and his eyes swept across Xun Shufang's face with cold eyes. Xun Qingran took back one of the feet that was stepping on her pedal and asked her carriage to move to the side.
"Sister, please leave first." Xun Qingran said politely, his attitude of not wanting to talk was very clear.
Xun Shufang stared at the two of them, smiled twice in an unknown way, and retreated back into the carriage and left.
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"The third brother-in-law is indeed a cold-faced noble young man. I heard that my heart is also cold. It is rare to be so harmonious with my third sister." Xun Shufang said to herself in the carriage.
"Look at how about the third sister?" Xun Shufang turned around and asked Madam Zhou who was in the car.
"How can she compare to the big grandma!" Madam Zhou flattered.
Xun Shufang sneered twice, "How can she not compare to me? Her husband is in a high position at a young age, with a rich and mediocre body and food, and his wishes are fulfilled."
Madam Zhou lowered her head and dared not reply.
"However, if they had no status, money, and family protection, and were driven out like betrayal dogs, at that time, I wonder if the third sister would still laugh like this. My third brother-in-law would still be cold-hearted." Xun Shufang smiled softly.
"Big grandma is wise." A light flashed in Madam Zhou's eyes, "I can see clearly that there is nothing in this world that Big grandma can't do."
"You mean the wife and the fourth sister!" Xun Shufang smiled at Madam Zhou.
"Slave, slave," Madam Zhou said in a silence.
"Don't be afraid, you don't need to cover up by your side. You hate your wife, you hate her for taking you as an abandoned child in order to protect yourself? There are also three sisters. If she hadn't helped the fire, you wouldn't have lived these miserable days." Xun Shufang patted Mama Zhou's shoulder, "Don't worry, you follow me and you will soon see the fate of these people."
"When they all fall into my hands, how should I treat them?" Xun Shufang said distressed again.
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Yi Nian lived in the upper room, and Rong sat on the couch, listening to Xun Qingran, Rong Yun Nuan, and Yan Mingyue vividly told the story of the dragon boat race.
"Prince Kang beats the drum himself?" Rong smiled, "In the past, the old prince had a serious temperament, but his son liked to play with him the most."
"Sister Ran also followed Princess Kang to plagiarize the silver on it, and won a small victory." Rong Yunnuan said.
"Oh?" Rong turned to Xun Qingran with interest.
"You bad girl!" Xun Qingran deliberately attacked Rong Yunnuan, "I finally won a few taels of silver, but you can't stand it and say it. How could the old lady let me go? I'll just ask you."
Rong laughed, "It's amazing, since I know, I can't let you eat alone. It's inevitable to drive a few tables of wine."
"The old lady likes it, so I am naturally happy to be filial." Xun Qingran also smiled.
"You young girls should be so happy and lively." Rong was very happy when he saw the girls happy.
Seeing that the time was almost over, an old woman carried her soft bag and carried Rong, Xun Qingran and others down to the Guanlan Pavilion in the garden, where the tables of the female family members of the Dragon Boat Festival family banquet were placed in the pavilion.
Everyone did not attend the table first, just sat in the hall. The little girl brought fresh fruit snacks like flowing water. Rong sat on the imperial concubine's couch, the eldest wife and the second wife of Qi took everyone to accompany the Prime Minister.
Because the eldest grandmother came back from her parents' home, they had not seen Xun Qingran yet, so they walked to the window to talk.
"My mother's family has something to do, so she didn't come back to welcome her brother and sister." Grandma Qi apologized.
"It's okay," Xun Qingran smiled. She couldn't help but ask a few questions about family matters. She knew that there was no big deal anymore, so she felt relieved.
"Brother Zhang looks stronger." Xun Qingran looked at the children sitting together and playing, "Thank you for the hard work of my sister-in-law over the years."
The big grandmother also turned her face and looked at the children. Brother Zhang was much taller than in previous years, and her face was a little bloody, but among the children of the same age, she was still obviously thin. The big grandmother looked at Brother Zhang, and then looked at Brother Mao who was still alive and unstoppable, and Fu Sheng, who was holding a hydrangea and Xuan'er next to her, and she looked a little sad.
"It's because I'm not good at being a mother. I didn't take good care of him and treated him badly." The big grandmother said dazedly.
"Sister-in-law, don't be sad. The imperial doctor said that, just adjust it slowly, Brother Zhang will always be fine." Xun Qingran hurriedly comforted.
The big grandma nodded thoughtfully, "I hope so."
"Why don't you see the girl?" After a while, Rong suddenly found that the second grandmother Qi was not here, so he asked everyone.
"I saw the girls assigned to do things there just now?" A wife replied, and took her to go out to find the second grandma Qi.
At this moment, I heard a string of silver bell-like laughter coming from outside.
"Isn't this coming?" Mrs. Qi Er said with a smile.
The smart little girl had already lifted up the door curtain, and Grandma Qi walked in from outside the door, dragging someone in her hand.
"Suddenly I remembered that for such a reunion day, I should have asked her to kowtow to the old lady." Second Grandma Qi walked up and smiled, "This is Cai."
"I haven't come to see the old lady yet." Second Grandma Qi winked at Aunt Cai.
Cai, the second master Qi Xiu's concubine who had just entered the door? Xun Qingran and the eldest grandmother looked at each other, walked over and looked at Aunt Cai carefully.
Aunt Cai is about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slightly plump figure, a melon-shaped face and big watery eyes. She stood beside Grandma Qi, and was about the same size as Grandma Qi. Compared with Grandma Qi's fair skin, Aunt Cai's skin tone was slightly darker, but it was as delicate as fine porcelain.
Aunt Cai knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Rong.
"Get up." Rong waved to Aunt Cai to get up, and then called her to the front and looked at her carefully.
The eldest wife and Grandma Qi San were watching with a smile.
"Yeah, he's a perfect child." Rong looked at Aunt Cai, especially at her waist, and seemed to be quite satisfied.
"Look at the old lady, I'm right," the eldest lady walked up, pointed at Aunt Cai's slender waist and plump buttocks and smiled, "He's a good person to raise."
Second Grandma Qi's face was full of spring, but Aunt Cai lowered her head in shame.
Rong nodded, "You did this well."
The eldest wife was rarely praised by Mrs. Rong. She couldn't help but be happy when she heard this. Just as she was about to say a few more words, Mrs. Rong pointed at the clothes on Aunt Cai.
"Why do I look familiar with your clothes?" Rong asked.
Aunt Cai smiled shyly and looked at the second grandma Qi next to her.
"My sister said that she had a family dinner today, so she specially found clothes for me to wear."
Only then did Xun Qingran pay attention to Aunt Cai’s clothes today, with bright orange brocade straight-body wool and silver-red pomegranate skirts, all of which were made of gold and silver threads and complex patterns.
"The old lady has good eyesight and memory." Second Grandma Qi walked to Rong with a smile, "This outfit was made specifically for the old lady on her 60th birthday."
Rong's eyes looked at Aunt Cai and then fell on Aunt Cai's head.
"This phoenix was also given by my sister." Aunt Cai pointed to a beaded phoenix hairpin on her head and said.
"Very good, very good." Rong looked at the second grandma Qi, then looked at Aunt Cai and nodded with a smile.
What a beautiful scene of a wife and concubine family, but for some reason, Xun Qingran was a little uneasy. She turned around and saw Rong Yunnuan and Yan Mingyue behind her. One frowned slightly, and the other lowered her eyes, thinking.
Aunt Cai was following Dong'er to pay tribute to the elders in the pavilion, but Rong took Grandma Qi to sit on the couch.
"I was worried about your reputation, so I'll feel relieved if you do this. This is the temperament of my family's mistress." Rong praised with a smile.
"The old lady makes fun of me." Second Grandma Qi sat next to Rong and glanced at Aunt Cai. "I used to be young and worried that Second Master's body would be damaged. Over the years, thanks to the old lady who was willing to teach me, Second Master was willing to take care of me."
The true feelings that the Second Grandma Qi said were revealed, and this was just about Rong's heart.
"Okay, okay." Rong clapped the second grandma Qi's hand, "This is the good wife of the Qi family and the future mistress of the Duke's Mansion."
The future mistress of the Duke's Mansion! Although I knew this was natural, now that Congrong Shi heard such affirmative words, the second grandmother Qi forced herself to suppress the excitement in her heart.
Originally, I just wanted to win a reputation and wanted to give it first, but now I have received such recognition from Rong. This is a surprise gain! (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in. There are more chapters, support the author and support genuine reading!)
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