Zhang Yuan didn't quite understand what the prince said. What did he mean by full support? Could it be that his own people were no longer able to complete the task due to their middle age and needed support from others?

That's impossible. I recruited a few concubines to try it out a few days ago. I'm still as good as ever.

Besides, a minister getting married requires your support? Your consent?

As long as I don't marry the daughter of your political enemy, isn't that enough? Isn't this the political tradition of the Xia Kingdom?

However, since the prince had arrived, Zhang Yuan naturally could no longer run around in the front, and could only accompany the prince to the elegant room and chat with him casually.

The previous matters can only be left to the housekeeper.

However, the butler cannot make the decision on many things. After all, he is the butler of the Zhang family and has no experience in organizing the Zhang family's wedding. He cannot rashly enter the elegant room to ask. What should he do?

However, since he was the housekeeper, he was also very smart and he immediately thought of a solution: to ask the hostess. After today, she would be the one making all the decisions in the Zhang family. So why not flatter her now and make things easier for him later? It was like killing two birds with one stone.

The best thing to do here is that when the Zhang family gets married, there is no step of picking up the bride, because the lady has no parents' home here. Of course, strictly speaking, the lady's parents' home is in Qinghe, but you can't ask Lord Zhang to go to Qinghe to pick her up again.

However, Madam still has a way. It is said that Madam has a distant cousin in Qinghe, named Chen Peng, who was also lost due to the war. However, unlike Madam who fled to Chen Dynasty, this Chen Peng fled to Xia Kingdom. It is said that she lived a very difficult life. It was only after hearing that Madam was going to marry Lord Zhang that she rushed to recognize her relatives.

Look, isn't this a coincidence?

This Chen Peng can barely be considered as the lady's family member.

The master was even more generous and directly gave the house next to Zhang's house to this person who was said to be the lady's only family member, and asked them to move in and be neighbors. In this way, even if the lady wanted to go back to her parents' home, she only had to turn left and walk ten meters.

So even if he wanted to pick up the bride this time, he would just go to the next door to pick her up. It wouldn't be a big deal for him to sneak over through the back door to visit the lady.

"Madam. I'm Zhang Fu, and I have something to ask you." At the bedroom door, Zhang Fu said loudly through the door.

"Zhang Fu? Why are you here if you're not going to take care of the wedding?" Xie Zhihui's voice came faintly through the door.

Although Zhang Fu had met Xie Zhihui more than once and had a lot of dealings with her, today was the day she was getting married. According to etiquette, she could not step out of the room unless her husband came to pick her up, and no other man could come in, so Zhang Fu could only ask loudly at the door.

"Madam, there are many more guests coming today than expected, and we are a little short of manpower." Zhang Fu replied.

To be honest, Zhang Fu was also puzzled. On weekdays, when dignitaries got married or celebrated their birthdays, there would be many people coming. He had made preparations early for this, whether it was concentrating the staff from several houses to the main house, or booking half of the restaurants in the city to deal with the emergency, he did it all.

It can even be said that he could handle even if there were twice as many guests as other families.

But who knew that more than twice as many people would come than he expected.

There were even people coming from other states, and they all claimed to be old friends with Lord Zhang and sent him gifts. He couldn't chase them away, so he had to arrange a meal for them, even if it was just a buffet.

There are not enough people now. What should we do?

However, Zhang Fu was also cautious and wanted to test the quality of the new wife. He only mentioned the lack of manpower but did not say what his plans were. He wanted to see how Xie Zhihui would respond.

"Guests who can enter the inner hall must not be neglected. The number of people on their side cannot be reduced, and must even be increased. We cannot add more opponents to the master for no reason at this time." Xie Zhihui's voice was small but very clear.

Zhang Fu wanted to ask more, but Xie Zhihui continued, "Those guests in the restaurant will naturally be entertained by the restaurant. You can just go and offer a toast on behalf of the master. But before that, make it clear to the restaurant owner that no matter what he does, he must treat our guests well. He will not be shortchanged, and there will be extra rewards for good performance. However, if the guests are not satisfied, the Zhang family will definitely make him pay."

After hearing this, Zhang Fu didn't plan to ask any more questions. Instead, he bowed his head and pretended to listen to the instructions carefully.

"Everyone knows that the master is about to take up the position of Minister of the Central Secretariat, so our reputation among the people is also very important. We cannot let people think that our Zhang family has become prosperous and that we are mistreating the people. Therefore, those who eat at the buffet must be taken care of. At least they should be well fed and well-dressed. There is no need to arrange for extra staff to serve them. As long as they have enough wine and meat, they will be satisfied. When the time comes, you can arrange for a steward to go and show them that the master has received their kindness."

When Zhang Fu heard this, he thought it was well organized, but this was not enough.

Then another voice came from inside the house: "We should reduce the number of people we have at the buffet as much as possible and concentrate them all in the inner hall. If there are not enough people for the buffet, my cousin's husband used to make a living organizing buffets for others. He knows some people in Zhongxing Mansion. We can hand it over to them. They are all family members. I think my cousin's husband and cousin can help with this."

Zhang Fu was shocked when he heard this. His cousin and cousin-in-law had only known each other for a few days. How could he leave such a matter to them? If they interfered, would they be considered employees of the Zhang family or members of his mother's family?

Just as he was about to object, Zhang Fu heard another woman's voice: "Your sister's wedding is such a big event, her family can't help but contribute. So, your cousin's husband is already doing this job, so it wouldn't be unfair to him to ask him to find someone else to do it. I'll just stay here with my sister. Originally, a woman's wedding is not his responsibility. Instead of letting him drink and mess up things, it's better to find him something to do."

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