Chapter 143: Flower Banquet

"As your master, I have to pay more attention to your affairs," Cheng Yunshuo said like a father, "If you don't learn some manners, how will you get married in the future?"

"I, I just don't need to get married!"

"How can this be possible!" Cheng Yunshuo said seriously, "How can a woman not get married these days?"

"Of course there isn't one. If there wasn't one, I'd be the first one!" Du Ruo raised his head with a proud look on his face.

Cheng Yunshuo looked at her like this and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense! Do you really think you are a three-year-old child? You don't understand anything."

Look, Cheng Yunshuo is also well-informed.

He also knew that Du Ruo's weird and novel personality was like that of a three-year-old child.

In daily life, he found her interesting and willing to play with her, but when it came to major issues, he knew very well that her ideas were childish and ridiculous and not presentable.

The first time Du Ruo heard Cheng Yunshuo say this to her, her face immediately turned red and she stared at Cheng Yunshuo.

Cheng Yunshuo didn't even bother to discuss this matter. "Du Ruo, I was entrusted by your brothers, so I have to take responsibility for you. If you continue to laugh and act like a fool, then go back. I can't control you."

After Lu Lingyun talked to him yesterday, he realized that he would have to take on a lot of responsibility by bringing Du Ruo to his place.

This is not a matter of adding more pairs of chopsticks or giving her an extra bowl of rice.

Lu Lingyun is right. We should not take things lightly, lest we incur resentment.

Du Ruo was so angry after being taught a lesson, but she couldn't leave, and she didn't want to leave. She snorted, "Then can't I learn later?"

Seeing that she had given in, Cheng Yunshuo looked better. He looked at Lu Lingyun and said, "Lingyun, I have one more thing to trouble you with."

"Oh?" Lu Lingyun raised his head after watching the show for a long time.

She is in a good mood at the moment.

"There will be a Hairpin Flower Banquet in a few days. Aruo's aunt is still sick. She wants to invite you to take Aruo to the banquet to have some fun. I accepted it on your behalf." Cheng Yunshuo had no idea what the Hairpin Flower Banquet represented.

I thought it was just a flower viewing party held by the noble ladies for nothing.

Lu Lingyun: "......"

"Oh, by the way, the eldest sister will also come that day. She is the wife of Deputy Commander Zhang of the Yulin Army in the teahouse that day. She also told me that she wants to go with you."

Lu Lingyun: "...Okay."

What else can I do if it doesn’t work? Cheng Yunshuo agreed.

But it seems that she is just a foil. Madam Wang will go with them, which obviously means that she is the one arranged by Aunt Du Ruo to bring Du Ruo to the banquet.

Besides, she was going there anyway, so she took Du Ruo with her.

Du Ruo heard that they were going to a hairpin meeting, but she was not interested in that.

Her heart and eyes were filled with the words her master had just said.

She snorted and went back to her room.

The next day, Lu Lingyun sent someone to Caitang Pavilion to ask Qin Shaojing if he wanted to go together.

After hearing about the Hairpin Flower Banquet, Qin Shaojing inquired about its scale and the participants, and then rejected Lu Lingyun.

She thought the hairpin banquet was too low-class.

The person leading the process was the wife of a fourth-rank civil servant, who was mainly looking for a son-in-law for her daughter, and most of the people who came were from the civil service side.

Their official positions were all below the fourth rank.

Among the few noble families, the highest-ranking one is Lu Lingyun's Ningyang Marquis Mansion.

This is so low grade that she totally despises it.

She simply used the excuse that she was going to see flowers with Cui Tonghua in a few days and declined the banquet.

She didn't go, and Lu Lingyun didn't say anything. Three days later.

The hairpin banquet begins.

She led Du Ruo into the carriage.

She bought Du Ruo a new set of clothes, the most fashionable Jiangnan brocade at the time, in a delicate pink color, and a pair of silver thread and chalcedony hairpins with bright peach blossom patterns on her hair. The chalcedony was not a valuable item, but the emerald green agate in the middle was quite valuable.

With this combination, Du Ruo not only looks pretty but also looks dignified and noble.

Lu Lingyun looked satisfied and led her out.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the Hairpin Flower Banquet, she ran into Wang.

"Sister Lu!" Wang greeted Lu Lingyun warmly.

"Sister Wang." Lu Lingjun walked forward with a smile.

"By the way, I told my wife about your young master. She said that you don't have to worry, because he is on the selection list for the Yulin Army this time, and the paperwork is already being prepared for issuance." Wang held Lu Lingyun's hand with a smile on her face.

"Excuse me, Sister Wang."

"That's nothing!" Wang was very cheerful. At this time, she saw Du Ruo getting off Lu Lingyun's carriage.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up.

"Aru?!"

Du Ruo, who was wearing a pink skirt, walked forward reluctantly, "Auntie Wang."

"Oh my!" Wang looked at the refreshed Du Ruo from head to toe, "You are really different now that you have been to the Marquis' Mansion!"

After being reprimanded by Lu Lingyun, Du Ruo became much more restrained. He was even scolded by Cheng Yunshuo for several days in a row and no longer had the unbridled demeanor he had before.

After changing into new clothes and skirts, she acquired a feminine demeanor, and Lu Lingyun's aesthetic taste made her look more dignified and noble.

Wang was so surprised that she turned to look at Lu Lingyun, "Sister Lu, you have really taken care of her education! She has only been at your place for a few days, and she is like a completely different person!"

"No, that's just A'ruo's own thoughts."

"Come on, I don't know her yet. Her aunt and I are neighbors. I watched Aruo grow up. Her appearance has not changed in her aunt's house for several years. No matter who taught her, it didn't work. She has changed so much in just a few days at your house. It must be your credit! Sister Lu is worthy of being the young lady of the Marquis's Mansion!"

Lu Lingjun smiled, and she followed Wang to look at Du Ruo.

Du Ruo, however, frowned, looking more and more unconvinced.

She was just about to lose her temper, throw away these feminine headdresses and act like herself, when she heard a series of crisp noises coming from behind her.

“Big sister!”

“Big sister!”

When Lu Lingyun and others turned around, they saw the Lu family's carriage stopped.

Sisters Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang came down first and came towards her together.

"You two are here." Lu Lingyun smiled at them.

"Big sister, you're here really early."

"Big sister, I miss you so much!"

Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang were on the left and right, entangled with Lu Lingjun.

Lu Lingyun glanced at the two of them and said to Shuanghong, "Shuanghong, bring the things here."

"Yes." Shuanghong handed over two boxes.

The box was opened, revealing a crabapple hairpin with pearl pins and a forsythia hairpin with golden round flowers.

The crabapple-shaped pearl hairpin is inlaid with rubies, and the round-flowered forsythia hairpin is inlaid with topaz.

Both are fine hairpins that are both noble and elegant, and are as valuable as the pink chalcedony hairpin on Du Ruo's head.

"This is for both of you." Lu Lingyun said generously.

“How beautiful!”

"Big sister, you are so kind!"