Pingyang Marquis Mansion, main courtyard.
The nurse brought Wu Ziya a plate of sour plums and said, "I heard from the kitchen that they sent in fresh sea fish today. It's delicious when made into sashimi."
"Finally, I had a good meal." Wu Ziya finally smiled.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people came into the yard in a mighty manner.
Old Lady Lu smiled brightly and said, "I know you haven't been eating well lately. Look, what I brought you."
When Wu Ziya heard the voice, she looked over and saw Old Lady Lu coming in with a group of maids and servants.
The maids and servants at the back were all carrying food boxes.
Wu Ziya hurriedly asked people to prepare tables and chairs for the reception. She stood up and was about to go forward to pay her respects, but was supported by the maid beside Old Madam Lu.
Old Lady Lu said, "You're pregnant, so don't be polite. Are you feeling better now?"
Wu Ziya nodded: "Much better, but it's so hot that I can't eat."
Old Lady Lu smiled and said, "That's just in time. I went to a flower viewing banquet and asked someone to teach me a few new dishes. You can try them."
As soon as Old Lady Lu finished speaking, someone picked up one or two dishes of each kind and brought them to Wu Ziya to taste.
Appetizing dishes are crucial, and appearance is paramount. Wu Ziya, looking at the dishes on the table from afar, was very fond of them. When they were brought to her, she took a bite and said with a smile, "It's quite good. Grandma, do you often go out for flower viewing banquets lately? That's great. I'm pregnant now, so it's not easy for me to go out."
Old Lady Lu said with a smile, "Isn't it? Those fresh and beautiful girls at the flower viewing banquet are so pleasing to the eyes."
When flowers are in full bloom, every household holds a flower-viewing banquet. Some take the opportunity to get together, but more people take the opportunity to visit each other.
After attending two flower-viewing banquets, Old Lady Lu finally remembered her granddaughters in the mansion who were as young as the flowers.
So, Old Lady Lu came to Wu Ziya in person and asked, "Little Six, Little Eight, and Little Nine are not young anymore, are they?"
Wu Ziya didn't react at first. She didn't know who she was talking about. It was only after her nanny reminded her that she realized she was talking about the sixth, eighth and ninth young ladies in the mansion.
Wu Ziya recalled and said, "My sixth and eighth sisters are the same age as me. They are sixteen this year, and my ninth sister is fifteen."
These three people haven’t even had their coming-of-age ceremony yet.
But she didn't say this, otherwise she would have to spend money.
But she didn't say it, but Old Lady Lu was thinking about her.
She thought about it and sighed, "The three of them haven't had their wedding ceremonies yet. Why don't you prepare them and have them all done together? It will also make it known to the public that the three young ladies in the family can get married."
"Come to think of it, it should have been done last year. I think we'd already started preparing, right? But I forgot about it when things got so busy."
The nanny said, "Miss Qin was halfway through her preparations. Miss Six and Miss Eight's wedding clothes were ready. The list of invited guests was also drawn up. It's a pity that things are piling up."
Qin Wan got divorced, and no one cared about this matter anymore.
Bai Wanyi came in, and soon after, Wu came in and owed His Majesty some money again.
The second installment of silver should be repaid. Your Majesty, mindful of Lu Yan's absence to provide disaster relief, has given him time to return to the capital...
Nowadays, no one in the mansion mentions the ceremony of giving birth to a child, isn’t it because there is no money to hold the ceremony?
Wu Ziya didn't respond at all. She just looked at the food on the table and asked people to pick up some food for her. If it was delicious, she would ask the cook to teach her how to cook.
When Old Lady Lu saw that Wu Ziya didn't respond no matter what she said, she felt unhappy. She thought that all her food had been fed to the dogs.
Muttering to herself, Old Lady Lu continued, "I've been taking them to flower viewing banquets these days, and I'm a little tired. Besides, Concubine Qi is about to give birth, so I need to stay at home to look after her. You can take them out and broaden their horizons."
Wu Ziya then smiled and said, "Okay."
Old Lady Lu then said, "When we get back and have seen enough of each other, we can hold a flower viewing party so the children can get up close and personal with each other. We can then invite these ladies to have a detailed discussion. If it works out, these three girls will all have good husbands in the future who will take care of you and your children in the future."
Wu Ziya understood that it wasn't enough for her to take him to the flower viewing banquet; she also wanted him to help pick a man from a prominent family with real power. She would even have to arrange the flower viewing banquet herself.
Wu Ziya only smiled softly and indifferently, refusing to agree to a single useful word: "My three sisters are both beautiful and intelligent. We really need to carefully select young talents to match them with."
Seeing that neither of them responded, Old Lady Lu simply pointed it out: "Tomorrow, the Qian family at the Chang'an Marquis' Mansion will have a flower viewing banquet. You take the three of them with you. Five days later, if no one else is holding a flower viewing banquet, let's host one at our house."
Wu Ziya continued to smile, "But, Grandmother, the flowers in our greenhouse aren't blooming well. I've asked people, and they're saying it'll take at least half a month for them to all bloom. Besides, we don't have a proper gardener to take care of our garden right now. We only have some maids and old women who know a little about flowers and plants taking care of it. The overall look isn't good, let alone elegant. Why don't we wait a little longer? Or maybe go out and do it?"
Old Lady Lu shook her head. "These days, flower viewing banquets are held everywhere. I'm tired of the scenery outside. It's better to be at home. It also prevents irrelevant people from coming and ruining the good things."
Wu Ziya frowned and sighed, "But Grandmother, the family is running out of money right now, and the cost of hosting a flower viewing banquet is huge. Where's the money going to come from?"
Old Lady Lu felt furious when she saw Wu Ziya's innocent eyes.
If this were Qin Wan, would she need to say anything?
She had already started planning it a long time ago. She wanted the best of everything. If she didn't have enough money, she would pay for it herself. If the shop in the mansion was not doing well, she had the ability to revive it.
They are all rich ladies, so why are they different from each other?
Old Lady Lu couldn't express her dissatisfaction with Wu Ziya, let alone say it directly - you pay.
She could only sigh, "This year is not good, and every family is having a hard time. Well, let's put our flower viewing banquet aside for now, and take them to the Qian family's flower viewing banquet first."
"Okay." Wu Ziya agreed and saw Old Lady Lu off.
The nurse asked worriedly, "Miss, are you really going to the Qian family's flower viewing banquet?"
Wu Ziya touched the almost invisible scar on her cheek and chuckled, "I'm not going. This old lady thinks I don't know about the scandal that happened in the Qian family. If I were to go, wouldn't that be asking for humiliation?"
The eldest daughter of the Qian family in the Chang'an Marquisate had her innocence insulted at a flower-viewing banquet hosted by Bai Wanyi. The eldest daughter of the Chang'an Marquisate was forced to marry a merchant, and her status and position plummeted.
Now the Chang'an Marquisate can't even hold its head up in the capital.
The fourth and sixth daughters of the Marquis of Chang'an's Mansion are still young, but it is time for the two young masters to get married, so the Marquis of Chang'an's Mansion has held several banquets since the Chinese New Year.
This time the post was sent to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and no one knows what the Chang'an Marquis Mansion's intentions were.
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