Chapter 417 Autumn Banquet (I)
Yuan Ziyu brought Qingzhi to the Du Mansion and handed the invitation letter to the doorman. Soon, a maid came to take Yuan Ziyu to the garden.
"But it's Miss Yuan Er." As soon as Yuan Ziyu entered the garden, he saw a girl wearing a smoky-colored skirt embroidered with broken branches and silver patterns and scattered flowers. She smiled and walked towards him quickly.
Yuan Ziyou smiled and replied, "That's right, but Miss Du San?"
The person who came was the third daughter of the Du family - Du Yuner, who was also the host of this autumn banquet.
Du Yun'er smiled and said, "Second Miss Yuan and I have known each other for a long time, and today we finally meet. I heard that Second Miss Yuan's birthday is in August, and mine is in March, so I'll just call her Sister Yuan. Is that okay?"
As soon as they met, Yuan Ziyu was quite impressed by Du Yun'er, so she smiled and said, "Of course, Sister Du."
"That's great." Du Yun'er clapped her hands and laughed, "I've wanted to get to know Sister Yuan for a long time, but unfortunately I never had the chance before. Today I finally got my wish."
Du Yun'er's maid, whose name was Caiqi, said with a smile, "That's right, Miss Yuan Er. Our young lady also loves to wield swords and sticks, but unfortunately she can't learn it no matter how hard she tries. She often mentions you and is extremely envious of you."
"Oh, Caiqi, you silly girl, you actually exposed my shortcomings." Du Yun'er glared at Caiqi with a smile, but there was no anger in her words, which was obviously a normal behavior for her.
Yuan Ziyou couldn't help but laugh: "What's there to envy? When I have time, I'll teach you some simple things. I guarantee you'll master them right away."
"Really?" Du Yun'er's eyes lit up when she heard that. "Then Sister Yuan, it's a deal."
"Okay." Yuan Ziyu nodded with a smile.
"That's great." Du Yun'er smiled so much that her eyes curved. Then she thought that she was the host after all and couldn't neglect other guests, so she quickly asked a little girl to take Yuan Ziyu to the table, and then she hurried to receive other people.
Yuan Ziyu sat down at the table and looked at the noble ladies around her.
Yuan Ziyu didn't arrive early, as most of the noble ladies had already arrived. Unfortunately, Yuan Ziyu didn't see many familiar ones.
Now Miss He Er and Miss Zhang San are both married, Princess Linyang is tending to the Empress Dowager in the palace, Huo Wan has a minor illness and will not be attending the banquet. Yuan Ziyu seldom attends such banquets, so he doesn't know many people. As a result, there are really no people Yuan Ziyu is familiar with at today's banquet.
Oh, no, there is one that I am not very familiar with!
Yuan Ziyu actually saw Yu Fangyin.
Yuan Ziyu really didn't have a good impression of Yu Fangyin. As far as she knew, Yu Fangyin was already 19 years old this year, but still hadn't married. As for why, Yuan Ziyu had some idea in her mind.
Originally, Yuan Ziyu didn't want to pay attention to Yu Fangyin, but Yu Fangyin came over by herself.
"Isn't this Miss Yuan Er?" Yu Fangyin walked over with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet Miss Yuan Er here today. It's been a long time since we last met. Miss Yuan Er has become more and more beautiful."
Yuan Ziyou smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Miss Yu. I didn't expect to meet you today."
Yu Fangyin smiled and said, "So, this is fate. I heard that Miss Yuan Er rarely attends these banquets, and I'm not one to join in the fun. I didn't expect to run into you when I came here. Isn't this fate?"
Yuan Ziyu smiled but said nothing. No one would hope to have any connection with Yu Fangyin.
Seeing that Yuan Ziyu didn't respond, Yu Fangyin didn't get anxious. She smiled and said, "Come to think of it, the wedding of Second Miss Yuan and Master Huo is coming soon, right? It should be next year, right?"
"Miss Yu seems to be very concerned about my marriage with the prince?" Yuan Ziyu turned his head to look at Yu Fangyin and said with a sneer.
"Where?" Speaking of this, Yu Fangyin felt a little uncomfortable. Yuan Ziyu's eyes made her feel that Yuan Ziyu was mocking her, and she couldn't help but feel resentful in her heart: "No matter what, I have some connection with Master Huo, so it's normal for him to care about me."
"Oh, that's right." Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Ms. Yu really cares about her relatives."
As the two were talking, a noblewoman nearby said with a smile, "Miss Yu cares so much about her relatives, why doesn't she care about herself? If I remember correctly, Miss Yu is already nineteen years old now. If she doesn't get married soon, she will become an old maid."
After saying that, he started laughing.
Yu Fangyin was furious at this and glared at the noble lady: "Song Yuwen, what does this have to do with you? You are so nosy."
After saying that, he left angrily.
Seeing Yu Fangyin leave, Song Yuwen curled her lips in disdain at her back, then turned to Yuan Ziyu and said with a smile, "This must be Miss Yuan Er, right? I'm Song Yuwen from the Song family, the second child. My father is Song Yuanfeng, the Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate."
Yuan Ziyu understood. It turned out that she was the daughter of Censor Song. Yuan Ziyu knew a little about Censor Song in his previous life. He was a very upright censor, but unfortunately he was too upright and did not know how to adapt. Not long after something happened to their Yuan family, he was framed and lost his official position. His whole family was sent back to his hometown.
"It turns out to be Miss Song Er." Yuan Ziyu smiled and nodded to Song Yuwen.
"We seem to be born in the same year. I was born in June. What month were you born?" Song Yuwen asked.
"August."
Upon hearing this, Song Yuwen clapped her hands and said, "Then I'll be two months older than you, so I'll call you Sister Yuan."
Yuan Ziyou raised her eyebrows slightly. There were so many sisters today, so she smiled and said, "Of course it's fine."
After a few words, the two of them became familiar with each other. Song Yuwen then whispered to Yuan Ziyu, "Sister Yuan, don't blame me for being nosy. You should stay as far away from Yu Fangyin as possible from now on. I've heard that she seems..."
At this point, Song Yuwen seemed a little embarrassed to speak: "Oh, it's not nice to say that, but I still want to say this, Sister Yuan, if there is anything I say that is not right, please bear with me."
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Sister Song, just tell me what you want. It's okay."
"Then I'll tell you." Song Yuwen hesitated for a while, and her voice became softer: "I heard that Yu Fangyin is thinking about your fiancé, so even now, at the age of nineteen, she hasn't married yet, thinking about marrying Master Huo in the future. You'd better be careful with her."
After saying this, seeing that Yuan Ziyou didn't react much, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Sister Yuan, you don't know something too, do you?"
"I'm not sure about that." Yuan Ziyou smiled: "But thank you Sister Song too. I will be careful."
Song Yuwen opened her eyes wide: "You are not surprised at all, I thought you knew it too."
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