Chapter 748
Shen Jun was heartbroken after being scolded by the old lady.
He could only quickly change the subject: "Mother, the palace banquet is coming soon. Have you prepared your clothes? Do you want them to be made again? Zhao Zhao has a few embroiderers working for her. Tell them to hurry up and make you a new set. There's still time."
The old lady's attention was indeed diverted.
Attending a palace banquet is a major event and cannot be taken lightly.
As the matriarch of the Marquis's mansion, it would be too undignified for her to go out and buy clothes. Since she was going to attend such a grand banquet, she naturally had to have a dress made to order.
So the next day, the old lady prepared to go to the South Courtyard.
Before going to the South Courtyard, the old lady went to Rongxi Hall first.
"Mother, are you going to the South Courtyard?" Madam Zheng placed the incense sticks into the incense burner. "There's not much in the South Courtyard. If Mother is bored staying in the North Courtyard, why don't you go out for a walk? I'll have a few servants accompany you."
The old lady's face stiffened: "I am, after all, the old lady of the Marquis's mansion. What, we are both from the same Marquis's mansion, yet I don't even have the freedom to move around as I please?"
"That's not what my daughter-in-law meant."
Zheng straightened her sleeves, but was at a loss.
If the old lady were unreasonable, she could have confronted her head-on and retorted, but as the saying goes, one shouldn't hit a smiling face. Now that the old lady is being so polite, she doesn't know how to stop her.
Helpless, Madam Zheng had no choice but to nod in agreement. She sent someone to deliver a message to the gatekeeper and also sent someone to greet Huo Zhao.
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On the other side, Huo Zhao subconsciously tensed up when he heard that the old lady was coming, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the old lady was just coming to visit.
"Anyway, we're not going out today, so we don't need to worry about running into each other."
Not long after Huo Zhao finished speaking, the old lady arrived.
"I haven't come here much since I came to the Marquis's residence. I just strolled over today. I hope I didn't bother you?"
Seeing the old lady smiling as if she had no reservations, Huo Zhao dared not be careless: "Grandmother, what are you saying? The Marquis's mansion is your home, what is there that you can't visit?"
The old lady's smile deepened: "That's right, you're so sensible!"
As the old lady spoke, she stepped into the courtyard.
Huo Zhao could only accompany the old lady as they walked back and forth in the courtyard where he had long been accustomed to living.
Finally, the old lady said she was tired, so Huo Zhao ordered tea to be served.
After chatting for a few moments, the old lady casually asked, "Zhaozhao, we're going to a palace banquet soon. Do you have any clothes?"
"Yes, Grandmother."
When she got married, several embroiderers came with her as part of her dowry, and she never lacked clothes again.
She doesn't go out much, and many of her clothes are new, things she's never even worn.
Seeing this, the old lady suddenly sighed: "Look at this princess, she's really different. She has more clothes than she can wear, but this old woman doesn't even have a few clothes she likes! The palace banquet is coming up soon, and I don't even have a decent outfit. If I go to the formal occasion, it'll be the least of my worries if people laugh at me. What if someone says that the younger generation is unfilial?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Zhao immediately understood.
Huo Zhao's feelings were very complicated.
It seems that the old lady heard about her having an embroiderer from somewhere and wanted her people to make clothes.
But why can't we just say it directly?
That sarcastic tone left a strange and unpleasant feeling in one's heart.
Huo Zhao took a deep breath and said, "In that case, I have embroiderers here. If Grandmother doesn't mind, you can ask one of my embroiderers to make clothes for you."
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