Chapter 99 Attending the Banquet
Lin Qian's family settled down in Beijing.
During these ten days, Lin Wu got up early every day to attend court, while Lin Qian, Zhao Xiu and Lin Shuo also got up early every day to learn the rules and etiquette.
Fortunately, the three of them were not real ancient people and did not know anything. After ten days or so, they had learned most of the rules and etiquette.
Of course, I just learned it, but I didn’t master it.
After this, Lin Qian and Lin Shuo quit getting up early every day to learn the rules and etiquette, and Zhao Xiu was miserable.
In addition to learning rules and etiquette, she also had to learn how to be a housekeeper, and was busy every day.
Lin Wu is a military general, and apart from attending court every day, he doesn't have much to do.
Then in the main courtyard, Zhao Xiu followed Nanny Yuan to learn how to be a housekeeper, and Lin Wu followed behind them and listened.
Lin Wu's hands were still not behaving properly. He would pull Zhao Xiu's clothes and hair for no reason. Then Zhao Xiu got angry and told Lin Wu to leave quickly.
Lin Wu went out with a pout, and after a while he brought back a plate of cakes, or a new and interesting gadget to amuse Zhao Xiu.
Then there is the conversation that is repeated eight hundred times every day in the main courtyard.
"Lin Wu! Can you find something to do? I'm busy, don't disturb me."
"Wife, you haven't seen me for several years. Won't you spend some time with me?"
"Go away quickly, don't make me angry."
"Wife~, wife~~~~"
The final result was that Nanny Yuan came out of the house with a group of people, shaking her head.
In the evening, the family gathered at Fu'an Hall for dinner. While eating, Lin Wu suddenly slapped his thigh, scaring everyone.
Zhao Xiu's brows twitched, and she sighed and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Wu slapped his forehead and said, "No, I suddenly remembered that Prince Ping'an is hosting a banquet tomorrow and asked me to bring my family with me. I forgot."
Zhao Xiu slammed her chopsticks on the table with a bang: "Fortunately you remembered now, otherwise, I will see how you end up tomorrow."
If you want to attend the banquet, you must bring gifts. I wonder if you are ready to come now?
Zhao Xiu thought about it and didn't even eat. She called out to Nanny Yuan and went to the warehouse to choose gifts.
When Lin Wu saw Zhao Xiu leaving angrily, he hurriedly followed her.
Two gusts of wind blew past, and there were two fewer people at the dinner table.
Lin Changcan watched the couple leave, smiled and shook his head, then continued eating as if nothing had happened.
Xu Jingcheng asked, "Master, are you and Master Shuo Shuo going to the banquet with your family?"
The brother and sister who were chewing on sweet and sour pork ribs suddenly raised their heads. Lin Qian turned her head to look at Nanny Song, who nodded at her.
Yes, they have to go too.
After dinner, Lin Qian and the other two took a walk in the courtyard of Fu'an Hall. Lin Shuo said, "Sister, you said that so many years have passed, little princess, can you still remember us?"
Lin Qian touched her chin and said, "That's possible. She was about your age back then. But even if she remembers, it's nothing."
At that time, they didn't want to have too much involvement with Prince Ping'an, but now it's different. Lin Wu is now a soldier under Prince Ping'an, and Lin Qian and the others are eager to have more relations with her family.
"Hehe, speaking of this, Dad is the savior of Prince Ping'an, and we are the saviors of the little princess. I don't know what kind of fate our family has with Prince Ping'an's mansion."
Lin Shuo said with a smile as he walked.
Lin Qian also smiled, and suddenly her eyes fixed on Lin Shuo's face with a wild smile. Beside her, Xu Jingcheng also looked at Lin Shuo.
After a while, Lin Shuo touched his face, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you two? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lin Qian and Xu Jingcheng looked at each other and shook their heads.
The master and the disciple avoided Lin Shuo and started whispering to each other.
"Jingcheng, do you have the same idea as me? I think our family and the Ping'an Wang family have a strong connection, right?" Lin Qian asked Xu Jingcheng.
Xu Jingcheng glanced at Lin Shuo furtively and said, "Especially Uncle Shuo Shuo and the little princess, they are also quite predestined."
Yes, it was Lin Shuo who discovered that Ge Wenyu was captured. Maybe in the future, she will really have a princess brother or sister-in-law.
"What are you two talking about secretly? Why don't you tell me?" Lin Shuo came over and asked sinisterly.
Lin Qian and Xu Jingcheng yawned in unison. Lin Qian said, "We didn't talk about anything, just some medical matters. I'm tired, let's go back to sleep."
Xu Jingcheng nodded, and they both left.
Lin Shuo was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head. "Don't they say that if you walk a hundred steps after a meal, you'll live to ninety? How come I'm sleepy after just a short walk?"
Early the next morning, Lin Qian was dug out of the quilt by Nanny Song, and Bai Zhi and Bai Wei helped Lin Qian put on clothes.
Today, the two of them picked out for Lin Qian a spring shirt embroidered with twin lotus flowers on a cloud brocade for the upper body, and a pleated Ruyi moon skirt for the lower body.
Nanny Song deftly styled Lin Qian's hair into a bun with two hanging hairpins, pinned two pearl flowers on top of her head, and placed a jade-studded butterfly-flower hairpin on one side. The tassels fell below her ears, tinkling as they swung.
Lin Qian just learned the name of this bun, but after combing it, she realized that she had seen such a bun before.
Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai both have their hair styled like this.
Lin Qian still has a little baby fat on her cheeks, and with this hairstyle, she looks plump and elegant.
When Lin Qian went to the main courtyard to have dinner with Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu, she also saw how Lin Shuo was dressed.
He was wearing a sky-blue robe and a pair of black cloth boots with thousand-layer soles. His hair was tied up in a bun and secured with a white jade hairpin. What a graceful young man.
The brother and sister looked at each other and nodded.
Today, Zhao Xiu also dressed up very formally for the first time, with her hair in a bun and a set of gold and jade headwear. She wore a hibiscus jacket in the color of autumn fragrance and a horse-faced skirt with a ruyi cloud pattern in the same color.
When Lin Qian and Lin Shuo came in, Zhao Xiu was rubbing his neck: "This headdress is too heavy, I feel like my neck is about to be broken."
"Mom, you are dressed very beautifully today." Lin Shuo praised Zhao Xiu with a sweet smile.
Lin Wu pushed his son aside and massaged Zhao Xiu's neck himself, saying, "You say my wife is the most beautiful in the world."
Zhao Xiu pushed him out and said, "Stop talking. Let's have breakfast quickly and then rush to the Marquis of Ping'an's Mansion. We'll try to come back early. Otherwise, my neck will be broken if I carry half a pound of hair ornaments on my head all day."
"Yes, hurry up, eat quickly, that's enough, just two bites will be enough, you can eat as much as you want at the banquet later.
Hurry up, don’t keep my wife waiting.”
Lin Qian and Lin Shuo had just sat down and picked up two pieces of food with chopsticks when Lin Wu started to chase them away.
The brother and sister rolled their eyes, each holding a big meat bun in their mouth and two pieces of cake in their hands, then stood up and left.
The movements are so familiar that it makes people feel sad.
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