Chapter 1945 Another Banquet
In Anze Prefecture, when I thought about my hometown, it was so close. As long as I took action, I could reach it in just a few days. The distance in my heart was shortened, and I no longer felt the distant feeling and loneliness of being at the end of the world.
You will feel much more at ease.
At least, the comfort in my heart is real.
As local officials, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan have to attend various social events during the Spring Festival, and they are busy every day.
Fortunately, there is no wealthy family in the entire Anze Prefecture who is stubborn enough to challenge Lord and Madam Shao. Qiao Xuan finally enjoys the happiness of being the wife of a local official.
Qiao Xuan let bygones be bygones, and Madam Fan personally came to her house to deliver a visiting card and invite her to her house for a banquet and an opera, and Qiao Xuan accepted with a smile.
Although she still disliked the Fan family in her heart.
As the wife of the prefect, there was no need to bring such personal preferences into routine social interactions.
The Fan family has kept a low profile now. In the past, when it came to entertaining guests during the Spring Festival, the Fan family would always be the first to do so. However, this year, they set the date on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, which is close to the end of the Spring Festival.
The scale of the banquet was much smaller than in previous years.
In fact, the Fan family is now behaving very cautiously and doesn’t really want to invite guests - the gap is too big and it would be embarrassing to do so.
But we can't not invite them. If we don't invite them at all, who knows what outsiders will think, and the Fan family will be even more embarrassed.
Fortunately, Qiao Xuan did not find any excuses to refuse and was willing to visit, which made the two masters and two ladies of the Fan family feel relieved.
Mrs. Shao was willing to come to visit, which meant that Lord Shao had completely let the Fan family go, and the matter of collusion with bandits was written off!
Despite this, the Fan family still dared not to be high-profile and kept a low profile.
So when Qiao Xuan came to visit as the prefect's wife, it was reasonable for Old Lady Fan to greet her in person, and to greet her politely, which would be enough to express the Fan family's sincerity.
Instead of being like before, where Mrs. Fan could still take advantage of her age and seniority.
But it is impossible for Old Mrs. Fan to lower her dignity. She is already very old, why should she put herself in such a difficult position?
Old Mrs. Fan simply stayed indoors, claiming that she was not feeling well, and stayed in her own yard.
Fan Ruyin also didn't want to be humble in front of Qiao Xuan, but her daughter Bai Ruirui didn't know what was wrong. She kept persuading her not to be so angry and told her to build a good relationship with Mrs. Shao and let her attend.
Fan Ruyin couldn't persuade her daughter, so she had to agree.
Bai Ruirui herself took this matter very seriously. She carefully selected clothes and jewelry, and also specifically inquired about Qiao Xuan's preferences, including the preferences of the maids around her.
This made Fan Ruyin feel sad, but also quite relieved: her daughter had grown up and knew how to share the burden of the family.
If it weren't for what happened before, her daughter wouldn't have wronged herself like this!
On the day of the Fan family's banquet, Qiao Xuan followed her usual habit and invited Madam Jia to join them, arriving neither too early nor too late.
The women of the Fan family and the guests who had arrived earlier all went out to greet them.
The two ladies of the Fan family were somewhat cautious and smiled as they exchanged pleasantries as they entered the flower hall and sat down.
The younger generations paid New Year's greetings and Qiao Xuan gave gifts. The maid of the Fan family served tea. Everyone laughed and chatted, and soon the atmosphere became lively.
Only Fan Ruyin didn't dare to speak easily, for she was afraid that once she opened her mouth she would not be able to help but confront Qiao Xuan.
She can't help it, she will.
Just don't talk.
(End of this chapter)
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