"Mrs. Wei, Miss Wei, this way please."
The one who greeted the female guest at the door today was Madam Liang's housekeeper, Madam Zhou. This madam, who came from the palace and was said to have worked for the Empress Dowager, was always very impressive and was treated as half a master in the Liang Mansion.
On the way to exile, Wei Yunlan saw with his own eyes that when the young masters and young ladies of the second branch of the Liang family got off the carriage, this nanny was still sitting in the carriage with a calm look on her face.
Although the customs in the north are much more open than those in the capital, the Liang Mansion still always follows the capital's etiquette when holding banquets.
At every banquet, male and female guests are separated, and this time is no exception.
Also getting off the carriage was Wei Mingxuan, who was attending the banquet today. When Nanny Zhou saw him, she was slightly stunned and then hurriedly waved to the servant at the door.
The servant immediately understood what he meant and came over to bow to Wei Mingxuan, saying, "Master Wei, please come this way. Several masters have already arrived and are waiting in the front hall to see the bride's procession return."
"Mother, elder sister, I'll go over first." Wei Mingxuan looked towards Wei Yunlan.
The brother and sister exchanged glances, and Wei Yunlan nodded imperceptibly.
If today's incident had happened at a banquet, it would most likely have happened to the male guests.
Mingxuan had to contribute some effort.
"Mother, let's go in quickly. I heard that Miss Huang and Miss Qiu are here today. We haven't seen each other for a while."
Gao reached out and patted the back of her daughter's hand that was resting on her arm, then smiled at Madam Zhou and said, "Madam, please ask the maid to lead us in. Don't delay in welcoming other guests."
"That's not right, Madam Wei." Nanny Zhou hurriedly said a few polite words. Just then, a new carriage drove in from the alley. Nanny Zhou did not refuse anymore. She called the maid to lead the way for Gao and Wei Yunlan, and then she went to greet the carriage at the door.
Wei Yunlan looked back and saw that it was Miss Sun, whom he had met several times. Her father was a garrison officer in the Northern Army, so he should have been among those invited this time.
However, looking at the people getting off the carriage, in addition to Miss Sun, her two half-sisters and Madam Sun, there was also Miss Sun's biological brother who was said to be only two years younger than her.
Wei Yunlan understood that Sun Shoubei must have not come to the banquet like his father. Otherwise, a young man of his age should have traveled with his father instead of his mother and elder sister.
It seems that General Shi has put in a lot of effort.
"Yunlan, you're here." In the hall, Huang Yuling saw Wei Yunlan and whispered something to her stepmother beside her. Then she came over and bowed to Gao, "Yuling greets aunt."
"Miss Huang, you are too polite." Gao smiled gently, her eyes fell on Huang Yuling's uncovered face, and her voice was slightly raised, "Miss Huang is now seeing Da'an, and I don't know which villain is gossiping about her. It's all nonsense. Miss Huang is clearly becoming more and more beautiful."
Those attending the banquet today are all prominent families in Beiguan City.
Naturally, everyone knew that Huang Yuling was ill and stayed indoors. They also heard that the Liang family originally intended to marry into the Huang family, but the young master of the Liang family heard that Huang Yuling had a facial illness and refused to comply, which led to the two families not being able to marry.
Now looking at Huang Yuling's face, there is clearly nothing wrong with it.
Just as Madam Wei said, not only was there no problem at all, but she was even whiter and more radiant than when everyone saw her more than half a year ago.
For some reason, the Liang family didn't have the patience to wait for Huang Yuling to recover from her illness, and so quickly turned to discuss the marriage with the Luo family.
You have to know that the Luo family and the Huang family have very different status in this northern border area.
It is clear that there is not much time left before Huang Yuling recovers from her illness and goes out to meet guests.
The Liang family is so anxious to get Young Master Liang married. Could it be that Mrs. Liang is anxious to have a grandson?
The Liang family has the Queen Mother as their backer, but the Huang family has Mr. Huang’s real official position.
In this Beiguan City, there are really few families that can surpass the Huang family.
Some guests had noticed Huang Yuling's appearance before, but they did not dare to mention it because they were afraid that if they rashly talked about her illness, it would cause disgust to Huang Yuling and Mrs. Huang.
Now, seeing Gao talking about it, they all started to speak up and praise Huang Yuling's complexion and appearance which were better than before.
Although Madam Huang is Huang Yuling's biological mother, she has no daughter and has always raised Huang Yuling as her own child. When she heard what Young Master Liang said before, she was very angry. Now she finally found a chance to be proud of herself.
He accepted all the compliments from the ladies of the various families. When he heard someone asking about marriage, he said meaningfully, "My daughter is a lucky one. Her father and I intend to keep her for two more years so that she can find a good man who is both intelligent and brave and has excellent kung fu. After all, our Huang family is a military family, and my daughter has learned good spearmanship from her father. If the son-in-law has martial arts, we can have some common interests in the future and learn from each other in our spare time."
What I said...
Anyone who has seen the young master of the Liang family knows that he is a weak and frail person.
He was not at all intelligent and brave, or good at martial arts. Not to mention exchanging martial arts with Huang Yuling, who was good at riding and shooting, and also had good spear skills, Huang Yuling would probably be able to subdue him with just one move.
Thinking about it this way, it was a blessing for the Huang family that the two families were unable to get married?
After all, it is the Liang family’s home ground.
No matter how despicable Young Master Liang is, he is still related to the Empress Dowager.
The ladies present only thought about it in their hearts and did not dare to say anything.
Because of this topic, there was some awkwardness in the room. At this moment, a sound coming from outside the door broke the silence in the room.
"The bride is here."
"The sedan has passed the second gate."
Although the male and female guests were separated, they were still together when they got married and watched the ceremony.
If it happened in Beijing, unmarried women would not come to watch the ceremony. But in Beiguan, there were not so many rules. Among the women present, there were several close friends of Miss Luo, who witnessed her wedding ceremony.
Everything has been fine until now, but Wei Yunlan is getting more and more nervous.
The calm before us is like the calm before a storm.
Looking at Wei Mingxuan opposite her, she winked carefully and glanced at her cuffs.
Wei Mingxuan understood what she meant. They all had daggers and hidden weapons hidden under their sleeves. The eldest sister was reminding him to be careful to protect himself if chaos broke out.
After the ceremony, the guests were seated at separate tables.
When she sat down, Gao's eyelids kept twitching. "They say that if the right eye twitches, it means something bad is going to happen."
Wei Yunlan had just heard her mother mumbling softly.
I could vaguely hear a few "crackling" sounds coming from the front hall some distance away, the sound of cups breaking.
Then came the sound of swords clashing.
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