"Madam, someone just said that Yujiang's relatives are here, and the master sent someone to invite you over."
Yang Zhao was just about to fall asleep when he heard some noise outside, and then Er Yue came into the room to report.
"We're here so soon?" Yang Zhaowei raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
There was also someone from Yujiang in the previous life.
However, she remembered that the people from Yujiang did not arrive until the end of February.
It’s only the middle of the month!
"Feiyue, have someone call the madam and ask her to go and greet them first."
"Yes, ma'am."
After February left, Yang Zhao got up and put his clothes back on with the help of January.
When she arrived at the front yard, Shen Li and the eldest master were already entertaining Shen Haoyi and others in the front hall.
The women they brought with them were in the flower hall.
Yin is greeting.
Faced with the young and beautiful women dressed in gorgeous attire, Yin Shi smiled, but wasn't very enthusiastic. When she saw Yang Zhao come in, she immediately stood up and said, "A Zhao, these are the women from the Shen family in Yujiang. You decide how to arrange them. I'll go to the front hall to see if there's anything I need to take care of."
After saying this, Yin turned around, said something perfunctory to the female members of the family, and left with the nanny and maid.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see how perfunctory the Yin family was.
Several female relatives looked unhappy.
But there was also one with a calm expression.
She was a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, very gentle and pretty, with graceful manners. She looked like a very well-mannered girl, sitting in an inconspicuous corner.
Yang Zhao recognized her at a glance.
Shen Youran.
The concubine daughter carefully raised by the clan leader of Yujiang Chen, performed an amazing dance on a drum at a flower-viewing banquet held in the palace in her previous life, which made Emperor Wenyuan confer the title of Beauty on the spot. Later, she soon became a favorite concubine.
But for some unknown reason, she was only in favor for half a year before she died of illness.
Yang Zhao couldn't help but look at Shen Youran a few more times, but he didn't expect that she would notice it.
When Shen Youran raised her eyes to look at her, Yang Zhao's pupils shrank slightly, and the light blue pupil color...
"Is this how you, the Shen family, treat guests?"
"Today has really opened our eyes."
Several female relatives who were a few years older than Yang Zhao began to speak with cold faces. It was obvious that they were unhappy with Yin's perfunctory response just now, so they started to find fault.
Yang Zhao withdrew his gaze.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips. "Excuse me, ladies. It's late now. Why don't you all get some rest first? We'll do our best to be good hosts tomorrow."
Some of these female relatives were brought by the young masters of the Shen family, and some were concubines' daughters in the family. They were all the starting points that Yujiang wanted to use to settle down in Beijing.
After all, Shen Lixin had promised that as long as the children of the Yujiang Shen family who came to take the examination had certain talents, he would ensure that they would all pass the exam.
You will all be officials in the future.
Naturally, a network of relationships needs to be built, and the best and fastest way is naturally marriage.
Yin had no idea of this and offended people the moment she took action.
"Ma'am, everything is settled."
"But I heard that they were all very dissatisfied. They complained about the shabby yard we arranged for them, the rough beds, and so on. It made the maids very busy and even alarmed the mistress. She wanted to send someone to invite you, but she didn't send anyone after she heard that you were unwell and had already taken bed."
Yang Zhao sat at the desk, flipping through something.
When she heard February's report, she didn't even raise her eyes until she found what she wanted to see. After reading it, she frowned.
It really is——
She raised her eyes, looked at Eryue and ordered, "Tell someone to pay more attention to the girl in the aqua blue dress."
Among the female members tonight, Shen Youran was the only one wearing a light blue dress.
After leaving in February.
Yi Yue came into the room to help her rest, but Yang Zhao was not sleepy at all. In her hand was some strange stories written by her mother during her travels. The light blue eyes showed some records on them...
Yang Zhao wrote another letter.
It was sent out through special channels overnight.
The next day.
When Yang Zhao woke up, it was already noon.
"How are those people?"
Yi Yue knew who she was asking about, and she couldn't help but smile and quickly told him what happened that morning.
It’s not so bad for the women living in the back house.
Although they were dissatisfied in many ways, they didn't do anything too extreme. At most, they just caused Yin some headaches and annoyance.
But the front yard is much more exciting.
"I heard that when Young Master Yi woke up early in the morning, he was dissatisfied with how shabby everything in the Shen residence was. It affected his mood, so he had someone bring in a bunch of flashy things from outside to redecorate the place."
"What's funny is that they didn't even pay, but instead put the money on credit for us, the Shen family. Because the shop happens to be your private property, the shopkeeper just sent someone to ask for instructions, asking what you should do."
Yang Zhao sat in front of the bronze mirror. He saw the figure in the mirror raise his lips and said, "Give them credit. Tell the shopkeepers to spread the word that from now on, they can buy anything on credit from the store. However, they must go to the Shen family's accounting office to get the IOU."
The next few days.
People in the city can always see many shops delivering things to the Shen family from time to time.
But it attracted considerable attention.
"What's going on with the Shen family?"
"I've seen the shop assistants carrying things to the Shen family several times. It seems there are a lot of red silk and satin. Is the Shen family going to have a wedding?"
"I heard they were going to hold some kind of banquet, and it was going to be quite grand."
"I saw it too. The two big lions at the gate of the Shen family are even bigger than the ones at the gate of the Prime Minister's house!"
"Tsk! It's only been a few days since my great-aunt passed away, and they're already having a party at home. It's really eye-opening."
"That's right. I heard that a few days ago, in order to get back my aunt's dowry, she asked the Chen family to change the divorce letter to a divorce letter. I heard that the old lady of the Chen family was so angry that she fainted on the spot. I guess they are holding a banquet now to get back the dowry..."
"Bah, how shameless!"
Naturally, people have been talking about the Shen family constantly these days.
However, young masters like Shen Haoyi always bring guards with them when they go out, and they look as if they have their eyes raised to the top of their heads. Naturally, they don’t know how bad the Shen family’s reputation is now.
On the contrary, because they could buy things on credit at will, they thought the Shen family was somewhat famous in the capital.
This is not.
After getting a lot of things back, I was itching to hold a party.
In Yujiang, it is very normal to hold two or three banquets a month, such as poetry appreciation meetings and flower viewing meetings. As long as there is a reason, the banquet will be held.
By the time Shen Li heard the news, the pavilion with a garden in the front yard had been arranged by Shen Haoyi's men.
All that’s missing is inviting someone over.
"Master Yi, the Spring Examination will be held in less than half a month. It is really not appropriate to hold any banquet at this time. You should..." Shen Li hurried over and looked at the brand new luxurious attic garden in front of him. He almost thought he had come to the wrong place.
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