Madam Wu smiled faintly and agreed, "Sixth Miss's manners are excellent." As for etiquette, Madam Wu shook her head inwardly.
According to the girls in her family, the sixth daughter of the Yu family is very arrogant and only befriends the daughters and sons of officials of the fourth rank or above.
Given that their master held a fifth-rank official position, when the children encountered this sixth young lady at banquets, she would simply raise her head and nod as a greeting.
However, this sixth daughter liked to hang out with the young masters around her, following her two older brothers, and at a young age, she caused several young masters to quarrel over her...
Although this banquet was for fourth-rank officials and their families, officials who were not of a high enough rank to be favored by the Emperor and Empress Dowager were also granted special permission to attend.
Her husband was favored by the Emperor, so even though her husband's official rank was half a rank lower than that of a lady, she was not afraid of being the third wife.
Sun, unaware of Madam Wu's thoughts, continued, "Seventh Girl has only been with us for a short time; she learned menial tasks and errands at the Taoist temple."
Now that she's become a young lady of the Yu family, she still needs to learn more about manners and etiquette from her sixth older sister, otherwise, when she goes out, her poor manners will tarnish the reputation of the girls in the family..."
"Third daughter-in-law!" Old Madam Yu, who was talking to her old friends, couldn't help but interrupt her as she heard her foolish daughter-in-law talking more and more outrageous, disregarding the occasion.
Madam Yu thought bitterly, "If I let her keep talking, will Seventh Girl ever be able to face anyone again? Fool! How could her own mother say such things? She's not a mother, she's an enemy!"
She just let her guard down for one minute, and this idiot started ruining her own daughter's reputation just to raise the price of that fake!
She's so angry!
"Mother, did you call me?" Madam Sun was very unhappy. She hadn't finished speaking yet, and she hadn't let all the ladies and young misses present know how good her Rou'er was.
If we don't build up Rou'er's reputation now, how will she be able to marry well in the future? Even if she and Third Master dote on her, when it comes to marriage proposals, girls will always be criticized by others.
Moreover, she also harbored the intention of marrying Rou-jie into a wealthy family.
This child is perfect in her eyes, but even with her maternal bias, she has to admit that Rou-jie is not as pretty as the other young ladies.
Therefore, a good reputation is especially important to Rou Jie'er.
Sun glanced at Yue Fuguang's face with a strange expression, thinking to herself, "If only this face belonged to my Rou'er!"
A barely perceptible flash of anger crossed Madam Yu's face as she tried to speak in a gentler tone, "Third daughter-in-law, my earring is missing. You and your eldest sister-in-law go and look for it for me."
Upon hearing the old lady's words, Yue Fuguang's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile. If she wasn't mistaken, she had secretly taken off the old lady's earrings and placed them discreetly into her aunt's hand.
Grandmother was trying to get rid of Sun Shi on purpose after hearing her nonsense!
"Then I'll take Rou'er and Qi'er with me to help you look for it; that will be faster," Madam Sun reluctantly agreed.
It was a rare opportunity to have so many wives of high-ranking officials here, and Madam Sun was truly reluctant to let go of this chance to make Rou'er famous.
"You can take Sixth Sister with you, Seventh Sister stays here with me."
She dared not let that fool take care of the child alone again, otherwise, after just one banquet, the child's reputation would be completely ruined.
No, she has to talk to her husband and that good-for-nothing third son about this when she gets back. She can't let her granddaughter's reputation be ruined over a fake.
Only someone as brainless as Sun would do something like stepping on her own daughter to climb the social ladder for a counterfeit product.
"Please take your seats, ladies and gentlemen. The banquet will begin soon."
They hadn't been sitting there long when a palace maid came to invite them to take their seats.
The banquet is about to begin, which means that the three most important figures—the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress—will be arriving soon.
There were more than 300 people at the banquet. At the front were officials of various ranks, and behind them were the wives of the various families. Their seating arrangements were based on their husbands' ranks.
Finally, the seats for the daughters and sons of officials at all levels were reserved.
Therefore, Yue Fuguang's seat was very far back, and she was surrounded by young masters and ladies of similar age from various families. Apart from Yu Ningrou and her two siblings, she did not recognize any of them.
This time, only the third and first branches of the Yu family came. The second branch's children, who were either studying or working away from home, were also with their second uncle in his post.
The reason why the fourth branch of the family did not come to the capital was that the fourth branch did not hold an official position. The fourth master, being a son of a concubine, usually managed the family's land and property, doing similar things to the second master Lian.
The eldest branch of the family had no children of marriageable age, so only the four children from the third branch came. As for the illegitimate children, although the Empress Dowager's banquet was for children over eight years old, no family would actually bring their illegitimate children of marriageable age.
After all, due to some questionable actions by the late emperor, the current empress dowager and emperor are very particular about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and no one dares to offend them at this time.
Listening to the three siblings' quiet laughter and the occasional smug smile from Yu Ningrou, Yue Fuguang waited patiently for the show to begin.
Her knife was already sharpened, just waiting to slaughter the pig... no, to kill someone... no, that's not right either.
Yue Fuguang told herself that the knife was already drawn and the net was already set, so she was just waiting for the big shot to jump into the net on his own after he finished!
"Welcome, Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Empress..."
Just as Yue Fuguang was lost in thought, a loud and slightly shrill voice suddenly brought her back to her senses.
At the eunuch's loud reminder, everyone present immediately stood up and prepared to kneel and pay homage to the emperor after he was seated.
【Wait a minute!】A sudden, childish, and slightly anxious voice rang in the ears of some people.
The Emperor, Empress Dowager, and Empress, all standing on high positions, unconsciously frowned.
The Empress, in particular, who was in charge of organizing the banquet, glared sharply at the head of the Ministry of Rites. "This guy is trying to harm me?"
The Empress gave her personal maid a look, but the maid was a little confused, unusually failing to grasp her mistress's meaning in time.
At this point, the scene was somewhat comical, because some people could hear it while others couldn't. This caused those who could hear it to reflexively wait a moment when they heard "wait a moment"!
As for those who couldn't hear, before their half-bent legs had fully knelt down, they saw some of their colleagues suddenly stand still.
They looked around, hesitant and unsure of what was happening, wondering whether they should kneel or not.
Those who cannot hear are simply struggling with whether or not to kneel, while those who can hear are contemplating whether or not they should die.
If someone says something like that at this time, no matter whose child it is, they probably won't get the better of them.
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