Chapter 390: Don’t offend the noble

The families of each family came to the Qin family in their own carriages.

Song Jin came out to receive the guests, speaking with a smile and responding appropriately.

Standing next to her was Madam Xia.

With Madam Xia here, some female relatives would not dare to act like a spoiled child even if they looked down on Song Jin. Madam Xia was not only the wife of Minister Xia, but also came from a family of scholars, and was quite popular with the Queen.

Mrs. Yan arrived with her daughter and niece neither too early nor too late.

I was amazed when I saw Song Jin at first sight.

Yan Yurong who was standing by was also stunned.

It's not that Song Jin is so beautiful at this moment, but when the mother and daughter came, they had already prepared themselves for Song Jin's ugly appearance, and even prepared themselves mentally to try to be polite when meeting each other, and not to show their thoughts. When they saw the real thing, it was very different from what they imagined.

On the contrary, Wu Jingyao was much calmer.

Madam Yan pulled her daughter over and said, "Madam Qin, this is my daughter Yurong. Rong'er, come and call someone."

"Mrs. Qin, how are you?"

Yan Yurong came forward and bowed.

Song Jin stretched out his hand to help her up, "Just treat it as your own home, no need to be polite."

It was Wu Jingyao's turn to step forward and pay her respects. She smiled and said, "Hello, Sister Song. I am Wu Jingyao from the Wu Bohou Mansion."

"Miss Wu, you are too polite."

Song Jin responded equally politely.

Not enthusiastic, but not rude either.

Just treat the girls from the two families as juniors. This is not what Wu Jingsi thought. She still wants to be on the same level as Song Jin, not that Song Jin treats her as a junior.

Wu Jingyao smiled and walked forward to hold Song Jin's hand, "The rumors outside are misleading. Sister is obviously a beauty. I don't know why, but when I saw you, I felt particularly close to you. Could this be a perfect match?"

Song Jin smiled politely.

She replied with the same compliment without much enthusiasm, and then withdrew her hand without leaving a trace. When this girl talked to people, she didn't hide the eagerness and calculation in her eyes.

In fact, it wasn’t that Wu Jingyao didn’t keep it.

But Song Jin, who has lived two lives, naturally has extraordinary experience. She just didn't get involved in this circle in her previous life, otherwise, she wouldn't need Madam Xia's guidance.

Madam Yan smiled and said, "Oh, the three of you standing together look like three sisters. Madam Xia, don't you think so?"

Madam Xia laughed, "It's true. Ah Jin has a tender face."

Song Jin smiled but said nothing.

It’s not that her face is young, it’s that Qin Chi’s makeup is well done.

She is twenty-three this year, how can she compare to girls who are sixteen or seventeen years old?

The three ladies appear to be of similar status.

In fact, according to the rank in the court, Madam Yan would be ranked last.

Yan Xianqing is the president of the Hanlin Academy, and his rank is only the fifth rank. However, the president of the Hanlin Academy is likely to enter the cabinet. Therefore, even if Yan Xianqing has not yet entered the cabinet, no one dares to look down on him.

Song Jin brought people into the banquet.

There were already people here, and Mrs. Yan quickly saw an acquaintance and went over to greet the person.

Wu Jingyao wanted to get close to Song Jin.

However, today is Song Jin's home game, and he is busy, so how can he have the time to talk to someone?

When the banquet was full, the dishes were served.

Many of the women who came here today were told by their husbands to befriend Song Jin, and not to offend him. In fact, these women were somewhat unhappy.

A lucky farm woman.

Even if they are in a high position, they cannot bow their heads and curry favor.

They could only come here with the intention of not offending anyone and to watch the fun, because Qin Chi was so famous. The only thing that people criticized was that he married a peasant wife, and an ugly one at that. Many people secretly speculated when he would divorce her.

It is said that Qin Chi loves his wife deeply.

Listening is one thing, but not many people believe it.

If he really loved her so much, he wouldn't have locked her up at home and never let her go out for social events. Some people even thought of some means in the backyard, and they darkly thought that in a few years, Qin Chi would make his wife "die of illness". There are many ways to make someone disappear in the backyard.

However, I really met Song Jin.

The rumored ugly wife is not ugly at all.

Although they had never held a banquet before, they did not make any mistakes. Everyone who came could feel the care put into it, and the dishes they ate were also quite standard. After the banquet, when the guests said goodbye, they would also give a return gift.

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After a banquet.

Apart from the fact that the furnishings are a bit shabby, far from the luxury of princes and nobles, there is nothing wrong with it.

During the banquet, several unmarried ladies wanted to leave in various ways. Some said they wanted to urinate, some said their clothes were stained with tea and needed to be changed, some said it was too stuffy to sit there and wanted to take a walk in the garden, and some even said they wanted to visit the Qin family's mansion.

Song Jin had no objection to this.

Some people said that it was for urination, so a maid was specially arranged to lead the way.

The maid accompanied her the whole time. When the young lady tried to find an excuse to stop the maid, the maid kindly reminded her, "Please forgive me, young lady. Butler Li told us earlier that there are many guests in the mansion today. In order to prevent outsiders from bumping into the unmarried girls, we must watch them carefully. If anything happens, our monthly salary will be deducted."

"I'll give you ten taels." The young lady wanted to be angry but held back.

The maid was originally from the secret guard camp, how could she be blinded by a little silver? She immediately shook her head, looking silly and stubborn, which made the young lady very angry. She could only relieve herself and return to her seat in shame.

The one who said his clothes were stained with tea was also the one who went to change clothes.

Qin Qi specially arranged for the other party to go to the empty room next door, which was not far away, and personally guarded outside. The young lady knew that someone was guarding the door, and originally wanted to climb out the window to leave.

As a result, the window opened.

A burly servant was guarding outside.

The servant said politely, "Greetings, sir. Miss Qi said that for the sake of your innocence, she asked me to guard the window to prevent any foolish person from bumping into you."

"Haha, your family is so thoughtful." The young lady's words were almost squeezed out from between her teeth.

The plan went wrong and failed.

The person who said the banquet was boring was Wu Jingyao, who suggested taking a walk in the garden. The Qin family's garden was full of ordinary flowers and trees, nothing to see.

Qin Qi called Mu Ting to accompany him.

Along the way, Wu Jingyao wanted to ask Mu Ting some questions.

Mu Ting knew nothing about anything and played dumb.

Wu Jingyao had no problem with anything, and she asked her trusted maid to wink at her, then said, "Hey, there's a pavilion in front, let's go sit there."

So the maid of the Wu family immediately thought of a way to get Mu Ting away, "Miss Mu Ting, my young lady wants to sit in the pavilion, could you please make a pot of tea for her?"

"That's no problem." Mu Ting agreed immediately.

When Mu Ting left, Wu Jingyao thought she had successfully sent the people away and gave the maid an appreciative look.

It’s the winter solstice, happy holidays everyone.