Chapter 83: Attending the Banquet

The weather in February is like a child's face, changing at any time. It was sunny in the daytime, but it started to rain in the evening.

The next morning, when Jiang Shu went out, the rain stopped for a while, but it started again around noon.

The spring rain lasted for three days before the sun returned to the earth.

All things were nourished by the spring rain, and within a few days, they glowed with vitality and grew one after another. On

February 25, Yu Lan held an apricot blossom banquet and sent an invitation to Jiang Shu.

Only female relatives were invited to the apricot blossom banquet, so there was nothing to worry about. The ladies and ladies had a great time admiring the flowers, brewing tea, chatting and strolling in the garden.

Tired from strolling, Sun Yijun picked a branch of apricot blossoms and played with them in her hands. When she sat down to rest, she asked Yu Lan, "Why did you suddenly think of holding an apricot blossom banquet?"

Yu Lan looked at the ladies and ladies in the garden, smiled and said, "It's too lonely. Let's hold a banquet to liven it up."

She was lively and loved excitement, but she was detained in the Pingxi General's Mansion, accompanied by loneliness every day, and she was almost losing her nature.

Jiang Shu looked at Yu Lan and saw that her eyebrows were shrouded in lingering loneliness and gloom, like sorrow and resentment.

She couldn't help but think of the six years she spent in the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion, which was also like this.

Fortunately, she got away. But Yu Lan was still trapped.

Sadly, they couldn't help her, they could only try to accompany her as much as possible.

"Yes, these glamorous gossipers are the best for entertaining people." Sun Yijun grabbed a handful of melon seeds and chatted while eating.

The three talked about interesting stories in Beijing and talked about Shen Changze being caned.

"It's right! He didn't cherish the imperial edict and dared to disobey it blatantly. Twenty strokes of the cane is not enough." Sun Yijun drank a sip of tea and grabbed another handful of melon seeds.

Yu Lan snorted lightly: "He is arrogant because of his achievements. He really deserves a lesson."

"Master Zhou did a great job in this matter, but it was also because it was related to you. Otherwise, he would not be patient to care about this trivial matter." Sun Yijun winked at Yu Lan.

Jiang Shu, peeling an orange, raised her eyes slightly: "The princess and Lord Zhou are friends."

She thought Zhou Boxu reported Shen Changze because of Yu Zheng.

"They are not ordinary friends. They almost..."

Sun Yijun spoke quickly, and when she reacted, she quickly stopped talking and looked at Yu Lan with an apologetic face.

Jiang Shu looked at them in confusion.

Yu Lan's long eyelashes flickered, and she smiled softly: "Lord Zhou used to study with me in the palace. We grew up together since childhood and are considered close friends."

Just a friend?

Why did she have a flash of regret and sadness in her eyes? Although

Jiang Shu was curious, she also knew that there were some things she couldn't ask. Especially since Yu Lan was born in the royal family, many secrets would be fatal.

The more you know, the faster you die.

Jiang Shu lowered his eyes and peeled the orange carefully, without asking any more questions.

The atmosphere was a little subtle for a moment, and Sun Yijun suddenly dropped the melon seeds in her hand and said, "Ah Shu, are you going to the toilet? Let's go together."

"Ah" Jiang Shu looked at the orange in her hand that she had just peeled and had not eaten yet, and wanted to say that she would not go .

But seeing Sun Yijun's expectant eyes, she silently put down the orange and stood up.

Yu Lan took it from the plate and said, "Thank you, Ah Shu, for peeling the orange for me."

She broke a petal and put it in her mouth, frowning unbearably. It was so

sour that she shed tears.

Jiang Shu turned around and saw Yu Lan smiling with tears in her eyes, "This orange is sour."

How could the oranges presented to the palace be sour?

"Let her stay alone for a while." Sun Yijun took Jiang Shu and walked away quickly.

Yu Lan watched them leave, his smile gradually faded, and turned into bitterness and swallowed back into his throat.

Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun came back from the toilet, and when they passed by the rockery in the garden, they heard a few people talking on the other side.

"A daughter of a merchant dares to divorce the Marquis of Jing'an, she really thinks she is a noble lady."

"Only the eldest princess promoted her and even invited her to the banquet. If I had known she was coming, I would not have come, so as not to lose my status."

"That's hard to say, what if she married a rich man again."

A group of people laughed with their lips covered, as if they heard something very funny.

After laughing, someone sneered disdainfully: "She's still marrying high, I don't think anyone in the capital will ask for her hand in marriage."

Sun Yijun couldn't stand it anymore, and rushed over and said angrily: "You're not afraid of being a bad mouth, you're gossiping behind people's backs."

The gossipers were startled, and looked at Sun Yijun who suddenly appeared in astonishment.

Sun Yijun looked at their ugly faces and said: "You are young ladies, why don't you see anyone knocking on your doorstep to ask for your hand in marriage? You still have the nerve to laugh at others here, worry about whether you can get married."

"You, you, you..." Several people were so angry that they couldn't speak because they were touched by Sun Yijun.

Sun Yijun rolled her eyes and snorted: "You, you, you, you, what are you talking about? Even a finger-thick layer of powder can't cover your ugly face. Hurry up and find a place to put on two more layers of makeup."

"If I hear you gossiping again, I will take a pen and paper to write down everything you say, find the most powerful storyteller in the capital, and make sure that everyone in the capital knows about you gossipers. I don't think anyone would dare to marry you."

"What's it got to do with you! We didn't say anything about you." Someone was angry.

Sun Yijun crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows slightly: "I just like to meddle in other people's business. What's wrong with that?

Just hold it in." "Forget it, let's go. Don't bother with her." Several people pushed and pulled each other away. If you

can't afford to offend them, you can afford to hide.

"You are really amazing for scolding a group of people away by yourself." Jiang Shu walked over with a smile.

Sun Yijun turned back and glared at her: "Didn't you hear them saying bad things about you?"

Jiang Shu sighed helplessly: "I heard it, but what they said was true and I couldn't refute it."

"Don't you have money? Use the money to hit them to death." Sun Yijun was angry at her for not fighting back.

Jiang Shu was amused by her: "If you hit someone to death, you will be sentenced to death. They don't deserve it."

"They really don't deserve it." Sun Yijun agreed with this point.

After lunch, Yu Lan ordered people to set up two long tables in the garden, filled with flowers, and all the ladies sat down to arrange the flowers.

This is the last item of the apricot blossom banquet. After arranging the flowers, everyone can take them home.

Flower arranging seems simple, but it is extremely difficult to do.

Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun fiddled with it for a long time, but they were always dissatisfied.

However, Yu Lan, who was taught by the maids in the palace since childhood, was very good at it.

Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun simply stopped fiddling around and focused on watching Yu Lan arranging.

Noticing their gazes, Yu Lan said softly, "Come, I will teach you."

Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun stared at Yu Lan's actions, and followed her step by step with the same flowers. In the end, the three of them arranged them differently.

"No wonder my mother said that flower arrangement is a profound knowledge. We can make three different styles of the same thing." Sun Yijun was a little disappointed after the comparison and threw the flowers in her hand back on the table.

Yu Lan looked at her work carefully and praised: "Flower arrangement can reflect a person's character and state of mind. Your flowers look casual and unrestrained, open and lively, which is very consistent with your personality."

"Really? Why can't I see it." Sun Yijun looked left and right, and finally raised her eyes to ask Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu opened his lips and was about to speak, but suddenly a maid came in hurriedly and said that someone from Jiang's house came to find Jiang Shu urgently.