It was a year later that we moved to the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion.
All the furniture in the Duke of Huguo's mansion had been arranged a few days ago, and they were just waiting for the owner to choose a good day to move in.
Three days later, it will be a good day to move.
Ye Zelin officially moved into the Duke of Huguo's Mansion with his wife and children.
In the courtyard, a large group of servants and maids stood there, and the chief steward led everyone to welcome the master and mistress of the house.
"Greetings to the Duke, Madam, and Young Master."
Ye Zelin instructed Banxia, Wangchun and others to distribute the reward money, while he took his wife and children to the master bedroom.
That night, Hua Fushu said to Ye Zelin, "We're moving into the Duke's Mansion. As is customary, we should hold a banquet. My son will be turning one in a few days. I'm thinking of holding the mansion opening banquet and my son's birthday banquet together. It will save a lot of effort. What do you think?"
Ye Zelin quite agreed. He also didn't want his wife to work too hard. "We just moved in, and we have quite a few social events. Holding the first birthday party and the opening banquet together will indeed save a lot of effort. We are right to think so, but we should ask Mother and Grandfather for their opinions and hear what they have to say."
"I'll go back and ask tomorrow." Hua Fushu touched his son's head. The little guy had just learned to walk, and he wasn't walking smoothly yet. He could also speak, but only single words.
"After all, it's the child's first birthday, and I don't want to let him down. I also find it troublesome to have two separate parties."
The next day, Hua Fushu brought her son back to the General's Mansion and told Madam Ouyang and the old general that she and Ye Zelin wanted to hold the opening banquet and the first birthday banquet together, and asked for their opinions.
Madam Ouyang disagreed with their idea. "You two are just trying to save trouble by holding the mansion opening banquet and the first birthday banquet together, but this is Tingman's first birthday. How can you hold it together with the mansion opening banquet? The mansion opening banquet is the mansion opening banquet, and the first birthday banquet is the first birthday banquet. In my opinion, the first birthday banquet should be held at the General's Mansion."
The old general loved his little great-grandson Ye Tingman very much, so naturally he requested that his great-grandson's first birthday party be held at the general's mansion.
After returning to the Huguo Mansion, Hua Fushu told Ye Zelin what Madam Ouyang and the old general had said.
Ye Zelin said, "Let's do as Mother and Grandfather wish. There are still seven or eight days until our son's first birthday. We can hold the opening banquet first, and then go back to the General's Mansion to hold his first birthday banquet."
Hua Fushu also felt that he could take advantage of these seven or eight days to hold the banquet.
In the next few days, Hua Fushu was extremely busy preparing for the banquet at the mansion and had no time to rest. She was the one taking care of her son, who was very attached to her. She couldn't do much because she was obsessed with her son.
The preparations for the banquet were handled by servants and stewards, so Hua Fushu didn't need to be involved in everything, but many things required her approval and handling. This banquet was especially important, as it was the first large-scale banquet Ye Zelin had hosted since his promotion to Duke of the Protectorate. The attendees were all officials from the court, their families, and relatives and old friends of the Ye family, so no carelessness was allowed.
Hua Fushu couldn't get away, so she had to ask for help from her mother-in-law, Madam Ouyang, and her elder sister-in-law, Dugu Lanxi.
Before the establishment of the mansion, most of the banquets and birthday parties in the General's Mansion were organized by the eldest sister-in-law Dugu Lanxi. It was not difficult for her to organize the opening banquet. Besides, Wei Jie'er was older now and didn't like to cling to her mother anymore, so Dugu Lanxi had plenty of time.
As expected, with Dugu Lanxi's help, Hua Fushu felt much more relaxed. With her grandmother by her side, Tingman didn't constantly pester her, so she could do something.
Hua Fushu's parents and their family also arrived in the capital a few days ago. Hua Duwu is already in her prime and is very beautiful. Hua Feimo is married and brought his sister-in-law with him this time.
My uncle Hua Mingqiao also came, bringing with him my aunt Huo Linglong and son Huo Yuezheng.
Yue Zheng was already over ten years old, taller and stronger than he had been a few years ago. When he saw Hua Fushu, he kept calling her "sister", which made Hua Duwu feel a little strange about him. Hua Duwu glanced at him, as if to tell him that this was her biological sister, not his.
Yue Zheng hugged Hua Duwu's arm and coaxed her, "Second sister, I am your sister, but also my sister, our sister."
Hua Duwu smiled smugly, "That's pretty good."
It is said that many years later, when Hua Duwu got married, Yue Zheng cried bitterly.
Three days later, the opening banquet arrived as scheduled.
Many officials and their families came, as did the Ye family's old friends and relatives. Those who were far away could not make it in time, but they also sent their gifts early.
On this day, the first visitor was Ling Zhiheng.
When he saw Tingman, he snatched him from Ye Zelin's arms without any hesitation and hugged him, "Manman, I'm your godfather, come on, let me call you godfather! Godfather will give you a big red envelope!"
Tingman didn't remember Ling Zhiheng. He struggled a few times in his arms and reached out for his father to hold him.
Ye Zelin reached out to take his son back, but Ling Zhiheng hugged Tingman and walked away from him.
"Godson, call me godfather." Ling Zhiheng urged Tingman, who had just learned to speak and was not speaking fluently.
The little guy frowned, pouted, and pretended to cry.
Ye Zelin directly brought his son back, and the little guy smiled immediately.
Ting Man's expression changed so quickly that Ling Zhiheng, his godfather, was stunned. He looked at Ting Man, his big face facing his small face, his big eyes glaring at him, and said with feigned hatred, "Little guy, you are as evil-hearted as your father. Your father used a non-existent you to trick me into buying a set of Hu brushes. You have to acknowledge me as your godfather and pay off your father's debt."
That year, he realized belatedly that he had been deceived by Ye Zelin.
"You and I are exactly the same generation."
Yes, Ye Zelin is still Mr. Kong’s junior disciple, and nominally his uncle.
Ling Zhiheng refused to be outdone, "My father is your senior brother, but you still call me uncle."
Ye Zelin: “…”
Ling Zhiheng is always against him.
"A man who is not married cannot be my son's godfather." His words were undoubtedly a stab in the back of Ling Zhiheng.
Ling Zhiheng snorted arrogantly.
Hua Fushu was too lazy to watch the two of them arguing with each other, so he turned around to greet other guests.
Tingman watched his mother walk away, reached out to grab her, and called her indistinctly, "Yang, Ah Yang..."
Seeing that his mother couldn't hear him calling her, Tingman turned to his father for help, "Father, Ah...Father, Yang, Ah Yang..."
"Be good, daddy will take you to find mom right now." Ye Zelin coaxed his son and carried him to find his mother Hua Fushu.
“Crisp, crisp…”
Tingman put one arm around his father's neck and waved to Ling Zhiheng with the other.
He didn't know how to address Ling Zhiheng, but his mother said that he knew his father, so calling him uncle would be the right thing to do.
Ling Zhiheng waved in response to Tingman for some unknown reason, but then he felt something was wrong. He had just arrived, why should he say goodbye to his godson?
"Manman, I won't tolerate you like this."
Ling Zhiheng chased after him, followed behind Ye Zelin, and glared at Tingman a few times.
Tingman wasn't afraid of him and responded with a face.
The opening banquet was a complete success.
A few days later, Tingman’s first birthday party was coming. Not many people were invited to the party, only some families who had frequent contacts with the Ye family and some relatives and friends.
During the ceremony of grabbing the first birthday of the year, Tingman was not interested in anything else and held on to a wooden sword tightly.
The onlookers shouted that this kid will become a general in the future, he is indeed a son of a general!
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