Chapter 148 Preparing for the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet
In the end, Shen Shuyao dug two green peonies from Yiyuan Garden, and then Shen Shaoyu got a pot of ten-foot pearl curtain from somewhere.
In addition, the Shen family also bought some fragrant jasmine flowers that were in full bloom at the flower market.
The original Zhilanju was renamed "Jinyinyuan".
The Shen family's banquet was scheduled for September 20th. Fortunately, the osmanthus flowers in Jinyin Garden bloomed on the eve of the chrysanthemum viewing banquet.
Before this, Shen Jingshu, who was Zhu Ruijing's concubine, was the biggest hidden danger of the Shen family. Those conservative families were afraid of being involved in the dispute over the throne before the overall situation was settled, so they were reserved about marrying into the Shen family.
But now it is very different.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, not only was the Shen family safe and sound, but someone also saw Zhu Hongyuan in casual clothes coming to the Shen Mansion to look for the Grand Tutor Shen.
So I heard that the Shen family was holding a chrysanthemum-viewing banquet for their daughter who had returned home, and that the girl was seventeen years old, extremely beautiful, and had graceful and elegant manners.
Everyone understood the whole story as soon as they thought about it. They were probably trying to find a husband for the girl!
Some people even leaked the news that Shen Shaoyu, the eldest grandson of the Shen family, was in good health now and seemed to be planning to take this opportunity to find a proper partner.
Everyone who received the post responded.
I don’t know what the young lady is like yet, but everyone knows Shen Shaoyu.
He was the eldest grandson of Grand Tutor Shen and the only son of Left Censor-in-Chief Shen Xinian. He himself was a Jinshi and went to the Ministry of Works at a young age.
Shen Shaoyu is definitely not an ordinary noble family's spoiled son. He has real talent and knowledge.
Wuying was secretly anxious after hearing the news outside. What was his master thinking?
If you don't take action now, the cousin might really belong to someone else. This time it's not like the eldest cousin from the Wang family, or someone like Luo Yanjin who was picked out from the subordinates.
Wang Wendong hesitated because of an inexplicable hexagram. It can only be said that his son is more important in his heart.
But can Chen Shuyao stay single forever?
She now has a capable family and the support of her father and brothers, so she can have whatever she wants.
Even if the young lady didn't have such a family background, it would have been enough to make the prince suffer, let alone now?
Seeing that the master was sitting inside for a long time without taking any action, Wuying frowned at Wuming, but found that the man was now acting like the prince.
He couldn't help but glance inside again, but heard his master calling, "Zhichun!"
The maid walked in quickly from the outer room.
"Find a set of clothes!" Xiao Mo ordered expressionlessly.
Zhichun was shocked. Clothes? What kind of clothes?
Is the prince going to attend a banquet?
Currently, all the banquets in the capital are held to help children find a husband. I heard that the Shen family’s chrysanthemum viewing banquet is scheduled for today.
The master also went to the Shen family for a banquet last time. Could he be going to the Shen family again this time?
Now Shen Jingshu has returned home.
Could it be...
While Zhichun was finding clothes for his master, he was thinking about all these things in his mind.
When he looked up, he saw two guards outside whispering with sly eyes.
In Mingxiu Courtyard, Chen Shuyao was sitting in front of the dressing table being dressed up by Qiaowei, while Huixiang stood beside her holding a box of pearl hairpins.
Chen Shuyao looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a light apricot jacket with a floral pattern and a sky-blue skirt with seven horse-faces.
Her hair was combed into double buns with a gilded pearl flower on each side, and the rest of her hair was spread out on her back with a golden ribbon tied at the bottom.
Qiao Wei looked at it carefully and picked up a plum blossom flower to stick on her daughter's forehead.
Chen Shuyao thought of the fragrance she smelled in Jinyin Garden yesterday, waved to her maid, picked up the pen she usually used to draw flowery paper, and drew a light yellow four-petal osmanthus flower on her forehead.
"This looks really nice!" said Huixiang, who was in charge of carrying the box nearby.
Chen Shuyao smiled slightly.
Qiao Wei also nodded and laughed at Hui Xiang: "You little girl, weren't you dozing off just now? I thought you weren't paying attention."
Huixiang's hands and feet are not as nimble as Qiaowei's, and she is not good at dressing up.
"Let's go!"
As soon as the master and servants walked out of the gate of Mingxiu Courtyard, they saw Shen Shaoyu coming towards them.
Today, he was wearing a brocade robe with fire patterns, which was rare. What was even more rare was that the robe no longer looked empty on him as before.
From Shen Shuyao's perspective, her brother actually had some masculine aura.
She attributes this change to the bowl of soup she serves every day.
Since Shen Shuyao returned home, Shen Shaoyu has been going to Mingxiuyuan almost every day.
After he arrived, Chen Shuyao would ask the maid to bring him a bowl of soup.
Shen Shaoyu didn't like drinking these soups in the past, but he looked into his sister's eyes and couldn't say a word of refusal.
He drank his soup and chatted about random things, and in a blink of an eye, the bowl was empty.
Shen Shaoyu also looked at his sister at this moment, and praised sincerely: "Our Taotao is so beautiful!"
Chen Shuyao felt a little embarrassed by the compliment, and when she looked up, she saw a servant coming towards her in a hurry.
He approached Shen Shaoyu and whispered something in her ear, then heard his brother say to her: "Taotao, go to Jinyin Garden first! Brother will be there soon."
The master, his servant and his two companions walked together to Jinyin Garden.
When I got outside, I heard Ruan and the ladies talking in the yard.
The maid from the Shen residence was standing at the door. When she saw them, she said, "Second Miss! We've been waiting for you."
Chen Shuyao nodded at her and went inside with the maid.
"Taotao! Come here!" Ruan called.
Following the mistress's voice, the gentlemen and ladies sitting on both sides of the flower garden all looked in the direction where Chen Shuyao was standing.
Chen Shuyao bowed to these people, then walked to Ruan's side with a smile.
Ruan was surrounded by a group of ladies who came with their children to attend the chrysanthemum viewing banquet.
Chen Shuyao, introduced by Ruan, met these ladies one by one. She gave the impression of a noble lady who had lived in the capital for a long time, without the restraint of people from smaller places.
On the contrary, she responded calmly and always had a decent smile on her face.
The ladies thought about the years when the young lady lived in the Duke Cheng's Mansion and how she was said to have been brought up by the old lady in the mansion, and they thought it was no wonder.
Who wouldn't want to keep such a beautiful girl by his side?
Even they felt happy when they saw it.
After the ladies exchanged greetings with Shen Shuyao, they all praised Ruan for her good fortune.
Then the elders went to the inner room to have tea, leaving the space for the young people.
Chen Shuyao then went over to the young ladies, but the eyes of the gentlemen on the other side of the flower garden were also following her.
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