Chapter 392 The Show is About to Begin
It’s the sixth day of the New Year, and today is Princess Fushun’s family’s banquet.
Today, almost all noble families gathered at the princess's mansion.
Princess Fushun saw a group of women gathered together and said, "As everyone knows, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month is the festival to welcome the goddess of flowers."
There is a Flower God Festival on the 18th day of the first lunar month in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Every year on this day, noble ladies in the capital would gather together to welcome the Flower God and pray that all flowers, trees and crops would bloom and pollinate smoothly.
It was hosted by the Queen in the harem in the past, but now there is no Queen, so it can only be hosted by the eldest princess.
"Over the years, I have been responsible for organizing various banquets, big and small. But this year... I feel tired and weak, and I have no energy."
"What I mean is, which of you has time to hold the Flower Goddess Festival?"
As he said that, he looked at Madam Shen and Ye Caiping: “Is the Shen family free?”
Madam Shen waved her hands quickly: "How could you forget, Your Highness? There are two weddings in my family in the first month of the year. On the 20th, Zhiyan's wife will get married, and on the 26th, Manman will get married. There are so many things to do, how can I have time?"
"It was my fault for neglecting it." The princess nodded and looked at Princess Qi'an: "Is Prince Qi'an's mansion free?"
Princess Qi An also shook her head: "Alas... I have a lot of family matters to deal with."
The princess glanced at the nobles around her and said, "Which family is free? It doesn't matter which family it is, as long as we make sure the goddess of flowers is properly entertained."
There were several people present who were eager to try and show off their skills in front of the princess.
The Flower Goddess Festival has always been hosted by the royal family. If their family accepted it, it would be a proud thing.
Mei excitedly squeezed forward and said, "Your Highness, my family is free. I wonder if our Ningguo Marquis Mansion can do it?"
If it were in the past, she would not have dared to take the lead, but now their family's status is different. They can be considered royal relatives. This qualification is enough, right?
The eldest princess said, "Oh, aren't you going to marry a daughter-in-law when you turn twenty-six? Are you busy enough?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Isn't that still eight days away?"
The princess nodded and said, "Okay, then let Ningguo Marquis' Mansion handle it. I can send a few housekeepers to Ningguo Marquis' Mansion to help."
Mei was delighted: "Thank you, Your Highness. Don't worry, the Ningguo Marquis' Mansion will definitely host the Flower Goddess Festival in a dignified manner."
People around her looked at her with contempt.
They really are the ones who take care of the family everywhere!
He just used dirty tricks to get close to the Shen family, and he keeps jumping around!
There was a scandal like that last time...
However, she is worthy of being associated with the Shen family. Even after the scandal, they can still host the Flower Goddess Festival!
Mei glanced at those who looked down on her and said, "Hmph, you can just be envious, jealous and hate her as much as you want!"
No matter what means they used, they have successfully squeezed into the circle of the Shen family and the eldest princess!
Li Jiaojiao, who was not far away, had a gloomy expression on her face: "How come that scandal only lasted for a while... now they are holding the Flower Goddess Festival."
Lady Pingguo said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, it shouldn't be over yet!"
Li Jiaojiao nodded: "I'm not anxious, I have confidence. Their marriage will never happen! I've always had good luck! God is on my side."
Lady Pingguo smiled and nodded: "I believe you. Otherwise, how could you have met me."
......
Soon, the New Year was over.
Then came the Lantern Festival.
Both the Shen family and the Ye family were busy preparing for the wedding of Ye Caiping and Shen Zhiyan.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Ye Caiping's wedding dress was delivered.
Ye Caiping tried it happily and was satisfied with every detail.
She had thought about getting married in modern times, and at that time she thought that if she really got married, she must have a Chinese wedding.
Now my dream is coming true.
And with the strength of the Shen family, this wedding will definitely be more luxurious than she had ever imagined.
On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the imperial court officially opened its seal and those who were supposed to attend court early attended court early and those who were supposed to go to the government office went to the government office.
At noon that day, Ye Caiping sent Chang Xi to the Shen family to question them.
As she was about to get married, Ye Caiping could not go out anymore and left everything to Shen Zhiyan and the others.
Tomorrow is the Flower Goddess Festival. Whether Manman can get rid of the imperial decree granting marriage depends on tomorrow.
Chang Xi walked into the hall.
Old Madam Shen, Marquis Dingguo and his wife, Shen Zhiyan, and Shen Manman were all sitting there.
Chang Xi bowed and said, "Hello, old lady, Marquis, Madam, and Second Master."
Without waiting for her to ask, Shen Zhiyan said: “Tell her to rest assured, people are ready, just waiting for tomorrow’s good show.”
"Yes, I will reply right away."
......
Chang Xi returned home and replied to Shen Zhiyan's words.
Ye Caiping nodded: "I understand."
The original book wrote about how Gu's father and Mei's mother and son framed Gu Han.
One summer a few years ago, Gu's father suddenly fell ill and the imperial physician diagnosed him with a common cold.
Father Gu has always favored Gu Yang. During his illness, Gu Yang was still out fooling around with a bunch of bad friends.
Gu Han saw it, and while he looked down on it, he felt that his chance had come!
To show his filial piety, he personally served medicine to the patient at the bedside so that Gu's father could see who was the truly filial son.
But after taking the medicine for more than half a month, Mr. Gu's cold did not get better, and it even got worse.
Both the common doctors and the imperial physicians were helpless.
Later, Mei said that it was the work of an evil spirit, so he invited Abbot Puzhi from Baishan Temple to come and chant sutras to exorcise the evil spirit.
Abbot Puzhi was knowledgeable and found that there were more than a dozen mosquito bites on Gu's father's hands.
It is said that there is a poison called "Qijianhuan" which comes from the Western Regions. It is colorless and tasteless. If you eat it, you will not be able to recover from a cold. The downside is that after taking this medicine, your body will emit a smell that attracts mosquitoes. So mosquito bites are the only visible symptoms.
If you take it for forty-nine days in a row, you will die of cold.
Mr. Gu’s symptoms might be caused by eating mosquito bites.
Gu's father immediately ordered a search of the entire mansion, and finally found a small bag of mosquito nettles in Gu Han's room.
Gu's father was furious and scolded him for being so eager to inherit the title that he actually killed his biological father.
He also said that because of the relationship between father and son, he did not send Gu Han to the authorities, but instead called the clan members to expel him from the clan and drive him out.
Of course, this was all a frame-up of Gu Han by Gu's father and Mei.
Because mosquito bites were precious and rare, and because keeping the medicine might be useful in the future, Gu's father hid the remaining medicine in the study.
In the original book, Li Jiaojiao used her X-ray vision to find the medicine in Gu's father's study.
Then he reported it directly to the authorities and asked them to search the house.
Gu's father received the news when the yamen runners were on their way, and they had destroyed the poison long ago, so in the end, they found nothing.
Several people kept arguing over the poison issue, with all kinds of frame-ups and counter-frame-ups.
Thinking of this, Ye Caiping shook her head. When she was reading the book, she felt that Li Jiaojiao's method was too stupid.
Without any preparation, she just rushed in to sue others. If it weren't for Li Jiaojiao's halo as the heroine and her great luck, she would have died many times.
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