Chapter 561 The Lantern Festival Banquet at Prince Rui’s Mansion
"He didn't say it clearly, it was my old lady who felt it herself." Mrs. Wei said, "That's all, that's all I asked. If you don't know about this, forget it, we won't do much to intervene. Fortunately, the Xu family He's a decent person, so it's not too embarrassing."
Yunshi was stunned on the spot, not knowing how to answer the question.
"By the way, there is one more thing." Mrs. Wei signaled to the maid beside her and asked her to hand an invitation to Yun.
Yunshi accepted the invitation dully.
"This is the invitation to the Lantern Festival banquet of Prince Rui's Mansion on Lantern Festival. I know you didn't receive it. Old woman, I shamelessly asked for it for you. It's not for anything else, it's for the face of my Wei family. This banquet is for Princess Rui. We can do it. Most of the ladies in the capital will go. The Wei family is the natal family of Princess Rui. If no one goes, it will inevitably cause some gossip outside."
Mrs. Wei still wants to save face and doesn’t want the Wei family to be laughed at.
Yunshi looked at the invitation for the Lantern Festival Banquet of Prince Rui's Mansion that was handed to her, and her heart was in turmoil.
Mrs. Wei then warned: "You don't need to do anything else on the day of the Lantern Festival. If Ruo'er doesn't get close to you and doesn't pay much attention to you, don't take it to heart. You need to be more sensible and stop talking to Rui. If the princess causes any conflicts, she must not lose face in front of all the powerful women in the capital."
Mrs. Wei put her words first and warned Mr. Yun to be careful.
"Daughter-in-law, I know..." Yun's voice was very low, and her whole body looked as if her strength had been drained away.
Mrs. Wei took another look at Mr. Yun, who was pale and lifeless, and said, "Please step back first."
Yunshi whispered, "Daughter-in-law, please leave," and then left Shou'antang in despair.
Returning to Anxin Pavilion, Mrs. Yun looked at the Lantern Festival banquet of Prince Rui's Mansion in her hands and was fascinated for a long time. She also thought about what the old lady said just now, and thought that her husband might really be disappointed with her. A sense of grievance gradually came to her heart. I couldn't help crying.
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The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.
While the whole capital did not dare to celebrate grandly, Prince Rui's Mansion went in the opposite direction and held a large-scale Lantern Festival banquet.
The reason why he was not worried about being blamed by the emperor was because Wei Ruo invited a group of members of the Qunfang Club to the banquet in the name of the president of the Qunfang Club.
What Qunfang Club does during this period is disaster relief and rescuing people.
Wei Ruo established the Qunfang Association and recruited ladies and ladies from various families to join the association, so that those with money would contribute money, those with food would contribute food, and those with people would contribute people to pool resources to do good deeds.
Each family that was attracted by Wei Ruo was also happy to participate and felt proud of it.
Because Wei Ruo will publicize their names, no matter what good deeds they do, they will announce the participants and let everyone know. In this way, no matter whether they contribute money or food, they can get a good reputation. .
A good reputation is not only beneficial to themselves, but also very helpful to their husbands and families.
And this process is more convenient than doing it by themselves, and it seems less deliberate.
Someone is helping them make arrangements and publicity, why wouldn't they do it?
Even this matter was praised by the emperor. He once mentioned it in the morning, saying that he was kind-hearted, responsible and insightful.
Hence, most of the ladies and ladies in the capital participated and became members of the Qunfang Club.
Ironically, Yun, who is Wei Ruo's mother, and Wei Qingwan, who is Wei Ruo's sister, are not among them.
I don’t know whether the two of them will show up at the banquet held by Princess Rui today. Everyone has some private speculations about this.
Early in the morning, Wei Ruo was waiting in the hall to greet all the guests.
Wei Ruo dressed up casually today. She had no intention of competing with the other ladies and ladies, nor did she have any intention of bringing the goods to sell in person.Because she has other arrangements today.
Not long after, the guests came one after another.
The guests all had smiles on their faces and greeted Wei Ruo warmly as soon as they entered the door.
Wei Ruo also responded to them with a smile.
About half an hour later, Xie Ying came.
Wearing a pink coat, she came to Wei Ruo with brisk steps and muttered: "It's because you held this banquet that I came. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't come. It would be too troublesome to see so many people."
“If you have something to achieve, you have to pay something!” Wei Ruo replied to Xie Ying in a low voice.
“That’s right.” Xie Ying smiled, and then said, “I’ll find a place to hide for a while, and I’ll come out when the show starts.”
"No problem." Wei Ruo understood Xie Ying's mood very well, and she would feel the same way if it were her.
After a while, Wei Qingwan came. She came with Qi Shijing.
Wei Ruo was not surprised at all.
Qi Shijing is a member of her Qunfang Club. She should have come, and Prince Yu’s Palace has been trying to find a sense of presence recently. On an occasion like today, it is impossible for Prince Yu’s Palace not to lend a hand.
As for Qi Shijing asking Wei Qingwan to come with her, it is easy to understand. After all, she and Wei Qingwan are obviously sisters.
Wei Ruo looked over and saw Qi Shijing, who was wearing a dark red coat embroidered with silver flowers and a cloak of the same color, showing her dignity and elegance.
Behind her, Wei Qingwan was wearing a light yellow suit, quite plain, and a thick cloak wrapped her whole body.
She lowered her head and followed Qi Shijing like a little daughter-in-law.
The only thing that surprised Wei Ruo was that the maid next to Wei Qingwan was not the Cui He she was familiar with.
Qi Shijing walked up to Wei Ruo and greeted Wei Ruo with a smile: "Jiu Jiu, sister, I have really worked hard for you today."
"It's not hard work. Princess Yu also saw it, so I just did it casually without much effort. Today's meal is relatively ordinary, I hope Princess Yu doesn't mind."
"In other words, the people are suffering now. It is a blessing for us to have enough to eat. How can we be picky?" Qi Shijing replied.
These words sounded very familiar to Wei Ruo. No matter how extravagant and wasteful everyone is at home, they should always show consideration for the people when they go out, so as not to fall into the wrong tongue.
“It is a blessing for the people that Princess Yu can think like this.” Wei Ruodao.
Qi Shijing pulled Wei Qingwan to her side again and said to Wei Ruo: "Yesterday, the doctor in the mansion checked sister Wanwan's pulse and confirmed that she is pregnant."
"Congratulations then." Wei Ruodao said in a polite tone, seemingly congratulating him, but in fact he didn't feel any emotion in his heart.
"Yes, this is the prince's first child, and it is a great joy for our palace." Qi Shijing said.
“I guess it’s still early in the month, so why don’t you stay at home in such a cold weather?” Wei Ruo asked.
Hearing this, Wei Qingwan's body trembled.
(End of this chapter)