Recently, Yu Jiao occasionally feels pain around her knee joints and the inner side of her calves when she falls asleep at night. This is due to the rapid growth of bones. She even cries out in her dreams due to the growing pains. She specifically asks the kitchen to prepare a bowl of goat's milk for breakfast every day as a calcium supplement.
Although the growing pains were unbearable, Yu Jiao's body had indeed grown taller. Perhaps this was growth, and growth was always accompanied by pain.
After everything was packed up, Liu Yaoyu came to the yard to call her, saying that her father and others had gone to the screen wall.
Chiyuan Hutong is also in the inner city. It is named after Chiyuan Lake and is the place with the most expensive land except for Zanmao Hutong. Chiyuan Hutong embraces Chiyuan Lake and has peach groves on both sides. It is the best place to enjoy the scenery in spring.
The carriage traveled for two quarters of an hour and arrived outside Cheng Ying's house. This house was given to Cheng Ying shortly after Emperor Ming Zheng ascended the throne. It was originally the house of an important official of the previous dynasty. The house covers a large area, with five entrances and seven exits, and a garden at the back. It was well-maintained and the scenery was quite beautiful. The house was facing the center of the lake, and one could get a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of Chiyuan Lake by climbing up.
Chiyuan Hutong was quite lively today. As soon as the Liu Mansion's carriage stopped, a servant came up to greet them and respectfully led them to the house.
Liu Yu saw many carriages parked in the alley, including some from the Shen party. Although he heard from Shen Jinchun yesterday that Cheng Ying had sent invitations everywhere and many ministers from the Qingliu had received the invitations, he was still a little shocked that Cheng Ying had mobilized such a large force.
The servant led them to the flower hall where the banquet was to be held. Quite a few people were already seated inside. When Cheng Ying hosted a banquet, the invited guests dared neither not to come nor to come late.
"The Governor still has things to do, and will come to the flower hall later. Sir Deputy Prime Minister, young lady, please take a seat first." The servant led them to the table to the left of the chief seat in the flower hall, personally served tea, and said respectfully.
No one else in the hall had this treatment, and no one led the way into the courtyard. Seeing that the servant had placed the Liu family in this position, the people of the Shen party couldn't help but feel dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to say anything.
Shen Tian was sitting on the right seat. The left is noble and the right is humble. Liu Yu was only the second assistant. Logically, Shen Tian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, should be sitting on the upper left seat.
Wu Yi leaned close to Shen Tian's ear and whispered, "Lord, our subordinates have found out that Cheng Ying sent the third daughter of the Liu family back home a few days ago, and nothing else happened."
Shen Tian nodded slightly, picked up the teacup and squinted his eyes to look at the Liu Yu family opposite, his eyes focused on the youngest girl of the Liu family. As he looked at the youngest girl, he really couldn't figure out why Cheng Ying held the banquet today.
Not only Shen Tian was confused in the banquet hall, but the people around him were also confused. In recent years, Cheng Ying seldom held banquets, and never had such a grand banquet to entertain civil and military officials, especially many people from the Qingliu group. You have to know that people from the Qingliu group all claim to be honest and upright, and they never associate with corrupt officials. Although Cheng Ying is powerful, the Qingliu group will not win over such people.
Yu Jiao had not expected that Cheng Ying would invite so many people to the banquet. She originally thought that only the Liu family was entertaining the banquet. Now seeing so many court officials, she felt more and more uneasy. What exactly was Cheng Ying trying to do by adopting her as her adopted daughter in such a grand manner?
"Third sister, Chen Guan is here." Liu Yaoyu tugged at Yu Jiao's sleeve and said happily.
Yu Jiao looked up and saw Shen Wan walking in with her father and mother. Not only Shen Jinchun's family, but also Song Jingrong's Song family, and the Cui family.
"Yu Jiao, Yao Yu." Chen Guan saw them, a hint of joy appeared in her eyes, and she greeted them in a low voice after sitting down.
Yu Jiao greeted a few people with a smile, glanced at the hall, and felt a resentful gaze falling on her. She followed the line of sight and noticed Yang Jiyan sitting in the corner. Next to her were Yang Yuanchen and his wife, and the maid following behind her was Dai Bi.
Yu Jiao's gaze fell on Dai Bi's face. Seeing that she looked extremely pale and had become much thinner and more haggard, she couldn't help but sigh softly. She thought that life with Yang Jiyan was not easy. Once a person has an obsession, he will suffer.
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