The female guests who came today were all received by the Princess, while the male guests were greeted by the Prince in the garden.
When the banquet began, everyone moved together to a large garden in the Prince's mansion. The garden was full of flowers and lush green grass, and the sight of it seemed to cleanse the soul.
Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng arranged for everyone to sit together, with men and women sitting separately on both sides. Prince Wei Yu, the heir of the Prince's residence, also came over to greet the guests, following behind Prince Cheng.
When Xiao Bao saw Lin Zao, he winked and looked at a table next to him.
Lin Zao followed his gaze and saw that it was Hu Tou and Ya Ya. The two children were excitedly looking around the garden and the crowd under the care of the servants. When they saw Lin Zao and Tang's mother, they just jumped up to respond and continued to look at the strange things.
"These two kids are having so much fun they don't even know to come over when they see us," Tang's mother said with a smile, grumbling to Lin Zao.
"Let them be. I guess this is the first time they've seen something this lively."
After Prince Cheng and Xiao Bao finished greeting the guests and returned to the main table, Ya Ya was carried over by a maid and placed next to Lin Zao, while Hu Tou was pulled to sit with Xiao Bao.
Tang's mother and Lin Zao were also seated at the main table on the side of the female guests by Princess Cheng.
Although everyone was somewhat taken aback by the prince and princess's high regard for Tang's mother's family, they dared not show it on their faces.
Lin Zao noticed that the girl who had just made eye contact with him was also at his table, and was sitting next to Old Madam Yang, with a rather intimate expression.
As her thoughts raced, Lin Zao guessed that this young lady must be the granddaughter of the Duke of Yang. Thinking of the gaze she had received earlier, and the attitude of the Old Madam Yang towards her, Lin Zao guessed that she might be afraid that the Tang family held a higher position in the Prince of Cheng's heart than they did.
Has this already begun, with open and covert struggles?
Although Lin Zao sat at the same table with them, they didn't talk much.
After the meal, it was time for everyone present to show off their gifts.
The gifts everyone gave were very precious; some gave valuable calligraphy sets, while others gave Luban locks and nine-linked rings made of gold and silver.
Of course, the most precious item was a small horse given by Old Madam Yang, a purebred Akhal-Teke.
As soon as the little horse was brought out, it attracted the attention of the male guests present; no one could resist such a top-of-the-line BMW.
Even King Cheng and his wife were somewhat surprised; such a grand gesture for just one child's sixth birthday! The couple exchanged a glance.
When it was the Tang family's turn, everyone was curious about what gifts they could give, since they didn't look very well-off.
Fortunately, they didn't know that Lin Zao and his family had just fled the famine, otherwise they would have been waiting to see them make a fool of themselves, although Lin Zao wouldn't let them have their way.
Aunt Ren had already gone to fetch the gifts that Lin Zao and the others had prepared from the coachman at the Prince's Mansion.
Lin Zao packed all the gifts she and her two children had prepared in brocade boxes.
Ya Ya gave her the lollipops that Lin Zao had given her. The colorful lollipops were arranged side by side in a brocade box, looking very exquisite.
Tiger Head is a scooter, a foldable scooter that can be pushed by hand.
Lin Zao originally planned to use a wooden scooter with cute cartoon characters painted on it. She loved playing with scooters when she was little and thought they were very cool.
Just thinking that it would be somewhat similar to Tiger Head's gift, Lin Zao added a multi-functional Swiss Army knife.
The people present looked at Lin Zao and his group's gifts and whispered among themselves, clearly not recognizing what they were.
Lin Zao introduced them one by one.
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