Lily Hall is the banquet hall of the Duke's Mansion and also the most relaxing and comfortable place in the Mansion.
It is located on the left side of Shouning Hall in Mrs. Shen's courtyard in the Duke's Mansion. Across the Lily Hall is the back garden of the entire Duke's Mansion.
Whenever there was a banquet for the most important guests, or when there was a big happy event in the mansion, it would be like today. All the sons and nephews of the Duke's Mansion, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, would be present, and it would be very lively.
As the eldest daughter of the Duke and the wife of the current Prince Ning, Shen Yuyao's return home to visit her parents was considered a great joyous occasion in Haozhou City.
All the relatives and friends of the Shen family who live in Haozhou City will come to the Duke's Mansion to offer their congratulations.
Lin was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion, and she always helped Madam Shen to organize such occasions.
We just received the news yesterday that Shen Yuyao was returning home to visit her relatives, and the entire Duke's Mansion's welcoming banquet was held in a hurry.
Apart from some minor flaws with An Zhiran, the entire welcoming banquet went quite smoothly.
Both the host and the guests were happy.
After lunch, the men stayed in the Lily Hall to drink tea and chat, while Mrs. Shen and the female relatives and underage children present returned to Shouning Hall.
Madam Shen and Shen Yuyao took Xia Xiaoxian and returned to Shouning Hall first. As soon as they entered the yard, they ran into other relatives from the Duke's Mansion who came to pay their respects to the Madam and the Princess.
Seeing these relatives and children, most of the men were handsome and tall, and the women were dignified and pretty, Shen Yuyao couldn't help but give each of them banknotes and red envelopes.
"This child is your uncle's illegitimate child, only five years younger than you. His name is Zhang Yu. He has studied medicine and martial arts since he was young, and he also loves reading military books. He has great ambitions. It's a pity that his parents are both dead now. He was brought to my house last year and raised in my courtyard."
Mrs. Shen pulled a boy who was about twelve or thirteen years old to her side and introduced him to Shen Yuyao.
"Yu'er, come here quickly, this is your cousin, Princess Ning."
He then took Xia Xiaoxian's hand and said, "This is your cousin's daughter, Princess Xiaoxian."
"Greetings to the Ning Wangfei and the little princess."
After hearing his aunt's introduction, Zhang Yu bowed to Shen Yuyao and Xia Xiaoxian.
[It's him, so handsome and extraordinary at such a young age.]
[No wonder he was later granted the title of Duke of Rong and enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. He truly deserves to be a hero of the Great Xia Dynasty.]
Xia Xiaoxian couldn't help it, so she stretched out her chubby little hand and pulled Zhang Yu's sleeve.
Zhang Yu lowered his head and smiled at her.
Xia Xiaoxian also grinned.
【Smiling so warmly! 】
Shen Yuyao was shocked when she heard Xia Xiaoxian's thoughts, "How could the Duke's Mansion have such a relative?"
Shen Yuyao was overjoyed and looked carefully at her cousin from her natal family.
I saw that Zhang Yu's brows revealed firmness, his eyebrows were like distant mountains, his eyes were like bright stars, his nose was high and straight, and his face was handsome.
He stood as tall and straight as a pine tree, and walked with every step he took. He had the youthful vigor and elegance of a young man.
Shen Yuyao couldn't help but admire secretly in her heart.
Shen Yuyao returned the gift and took out two more banknotes from her sleeve and handed them to Zhang Yu: "Brother Yu, if you wish to join the army in the future, you can come to the Ning Wang Mansion in Yanjing to find me."
When I read the storybook, I saw his words, "As a general, your robe should be stained with blood, and your reputation will be remembered through sweat." My heart was moved. Seeing him today, I can see that he is indeed a heroic young man.
Zhang Yu accepted the banknote magnanimously and bowed, "Thank you for the gift, cousin. I am willing to accompany you to Yanjing."
[My mother has gained a powerful helper. Could it be that she wants to start the monster-killing and leveling-up mode?]
The family in the house were happily receiving the red envelopes sent by Shen Yuyao when suddenly there was a noise outside the door. Shen Yuyao looked up and saw that Shen Yiyi and An Zhiran had also come to Shouning Hall.
At this time, An Zhiran had changed out of the scarlet long dress she had just worn in the Lily Hall and put on a light purple embroidered silk skirt with Shu brocade edges.
In just one hour, she changed into two sets of clothes. Shen Yuyao frowned.
When all the relatives in the room suddenly saw her and the other two enter the room, the atmosphere instantly became cold, and even the children stopped talking.
An Zhiran didn't care about the silence in Shouning Hall. She twisted her waist and walked to Madam Shen and Shen Yuyao, and bowed to them with an apologetic smile.
Shen Yiyi was smiling, as if he saw the dawn of harmony in his family, and he happily sat down at the bottom.
Shen Yuyao smiled faintly as a return gift, and then she continued to entertain Xia Xiaoxian.
"Mom, you have to make a decision for your wife!"
An Zhiran saw that Shen Yuyao didn't pay much attention to her, and didn't even give her the red envelope that the other children had, so she looked a little resentful.
"What's the matter again?" Mrs. Shen asked helplessly, stroking her forehead.
"Isn't Jingrentang my mother's family's business? Why is it that only my third brother and his wife can manage it?" An Zhiran glanced at Shen Yuyao and continued, "Now that Yiyi has no hope of passing the imperial examination, he has to find something to do. The teahouse in the capital has also closed down because we returned to Haozhou."
Shen Yiyi probably didn't expect An Zhiran to mention these things. He looked a little embarrassed and a little ashamed, and stared at An Zhiran fiercely.
Unfortunately, An Zhiran ignored him and looked straight at Madam Shen.
"Things in the mansion have always been arranged in this way..." Mrs. Shen did not expect that An Zhiran was interested in Jingrentang's business, and she had no good ideas for a while.
"Isn't there a new situation now?" An Zhiran's sudden shy look made everyone present feel a little at a loss.
"So, the children all went out to play in the yard, and grandma talked with the uncles and aunts about something."
Mrs. Shen had no choice but to ask her grandchildren and other relatives and nephews to stay away temporarily. Who knew what this fourth daughter-in-law would do next?
Everyone should step back.
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