"Jing'er? Murong Jing? Since you're here, you should at least wait until after the banquet to leave, otherwise it would be very impolite." Princess Fenglin warned her son, who had just stood up, in a low voice.
It was a rare occasion for her son to attend such a gathering with her, and she had taken a close look. There were quite a few young women of marriageable age accompanying their elders to the banquet today.
Therefore, Princess Fenglin's attention was entirely focused on her son's face; whichever way he looked, she would follow.
If she finds someone who catches her son's eye today, she, as his mother, will naturally remember whose family they are and send a matchmaker to propose marriage when she gets home.
However, when her son saw Lord Wei's grandson, he wanted to leave, which she found very inappropriate. She wondered why her child was behaving this way.
Hearing his mother's words, Murong Jing sat down, looked around, and replied, "Mother, don't worry, your son won't leave."
However, after looking around at all the guests, he still couldn't find that person.
Has he already left?
Just as Mu Rongjing frowned, his eyes suddenly lit up. It was her, it really was her.
His gaze followed the figure as the manager led him to a table at the back, a seat that seemed to have been reserved especially for her.
Based on his understanding of the Wei family father and son, Kaiyang was their child, so Hong Xiaoduo was their great benefactor. Their family would never place their benefactor in such an obscure position.
So, it must have been her own request!
Seeing the direction her son was turning his head to look, Princess Fenglin also looked in that direction, but from her position, Hong Xiaoduo was blocked by the guests at the table in front of her.
Therefore, Princess Fenglin did not see the young lady she hoped for.
However, she could sense that her son seemed to be in a very good mood at that moment.
But those are all old women over there. Could it be one of my future in-laws?
"Ahem." Lord Mu coughed softly, reminding his wife and children not to look around at this moment.
Mu Rongjing and her son immediately sat up straight and looked at the family of five in front of them. The head of the family, Lord Wei, had just expressed his gratitude to the guests who came to offer their congratulations.
At this moment, they are respectfully inviting the Wei clan patriarch to preside over the ceremony for the grandson to recognize his ancestors.
The old clan chief spoke in a literary style, which Hong Xiaoduo, sitting not far away, only half understood. In short, the gist of it was that Heaven had taken pity on them, the Wei bloodline had been found, and they were now on the family genealogy. They were to be filial to their elders, study diligently, and bring glory to the Wei clan, and so on.
Because the main ancestral hall of the Wei clan is located in their ancestral home, which is far from the capital, today's ancestral recognition ceremony is to kneel and worship the ancestral tablets of several ancestors of Lord Wei's branch in the small ancestral hall of the Wei family, which can be considered a formal witness.
The Wei clan patriarch instructed Kaiyang to kowtow to Wei Junpei and his wife in front of all the guests, addressing them as grandparents, and then to Wei Zizheng and his wife, addressing them as father and mother.
After doing this, the guests stayed in the front yard, and the clan chief led Wei Junpei's family to the small ancestral hall to pay their respects. After filling in their names on the family genealogy in front of the ancestral tablets, the ceremony was considered to be successfully completed.
Just as Kaiyang straightened his robes and prepared to kowtow to his grandparents, someone among the guests spoke up loudly: "Lord Wei, is there a mistake?"
Upon hearing this, Kaiyang was taken aback.
All the guests present looked toward the person who had spoken, and those who knew who he was all wore angry expressions.
"I knew he was coming. He's like a weasel paying respects to a chicken; he's up to no good."
"Why would Lord Wei allow him into the residence?"
"It's not right to refuse entry to guests, but who would have thought they would be so unethical?" the guests whispered among themselves.
Wei Junpei looked at the person who spoke: "What do you mean by that, Lord Gu?"
Upon hearing this, the person who had spoken also stood up and said with a smile, "I heard that Lord Wei has found his grandson, and I have come to congratulate him sincerely. However, I don't know why, Lord Wei, the child in front of you is not the same child you brought back a few days ago."
Mr. Gu was puzzled and naturally wanted to find out the reason.
Some of you here probably saw the child we picked up that day, but it's not this one.
His voice was loud. After hearing his words, those who had seen the child that the Wei family had taken back some time ago immediately looked carefully at the child standing there now and found that it was indeed not that child.
A few days ago, I learned that the Wei family had found the child who had been missing for many years and brought him back to the mansion. Some of the people who were close to Lord Wei came to the mansion and saw the child.
Although Madam Wei greeted everyone with the child and then left with the child, they were still able to distinguish that the child from the current child.
What exactly happened? Everyone wanted to know.
Kaiyang remembered what Hong Xiaoduo had told him last night, saying that someone might come looking for trouble today, and he didn't expect that she would actually be right.
Kaiyang looked around and quickly found Hong Xiaoduo, who was eating something, whether it was pastry or dried fruit, he couldn't tell.
While searching for Hong Xiaoduo's figure, Kaiyang naturally also saw the Sixth Young Master Gu who had blocked the road on the street the day before. He was sitting next to the person who had started the trouble. "Lord Gu?"
This must be the Minister Gu, the rival Yan Qian mentioned, whose financial resources his grandfather had cut off several times! I'll remember you, young master!
Wei Junpei, his wife, son, and daughter-in-law were all worried that Kaiyang would be nervous and at a loss because of this matter. They wanted to say something to comfort him, but when they looked at Kaiyang, they all knew that they had worried too much.
This seven-year-old child showed no sign of nervousness at this moment. He stood up straight and looked at Lord Gu with his big eyes.
Looking at Kaiyang's expression, Mu Rongjing suddenly wanted to laugh. After all, he was the child she was with, fearless and undaunted!
"Murong Jing, what are you doing?" Princess Fenglin's heart skipped a beat when she saw her son's upturned lips, and she quickly warned him again in a low voice.
You should know when to laugh! Given the current topic and atmosphere, are you going to laugh?
If it weren't for all the guests around, Princess Fenglin would have really wanted to grab this son, who had become such a scoundrel at some point, and give him a good beating with the soles of her shoes.
“Mother, there’s no need to worry. I’m just laughing at that Minister Gu for being so reckless and bringing shame upon himself.” After saying this, Mu Rongjing poured a cup of tea for his mother and placed it beside her.
Putting aside the fact that Minister Wei is absolutely incapable of being at a disadvantage, Xiao Kaiyang's little "mother" is someone who won't suffer the slightest loss.
If her little Kaiyang's family reunion was disrupted, it would be equivalent to provoking her.
Hmm? Look, they're leisurely eating snacks and drinking tea. Mu Rongjing turned his head and glanced at that person again, and couldn't help but laugh again.
Looking at the smile on her son's face, Princess Fenglin suddenly felt that it would have been better if her son hadn't come along today.
Lord Mu's attention was now focused on what was ahead, and the other guests were also watching Lord Wei...
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