PNB Chapter 225 Zhao Manman has evil intentions!
Chapter 225 Zhao Manman has evil intentions!
Shen Ruyi flirted with her cousin for a while and then drove him out. She didn't want her family to know that she and her cousin were too intimate.
The man also knew that they were not engaged, so it was not appropriate to act too excessively. After coming out of Shen Ruyi's room, the man went straight out of the Duke's Mansion.
After coming out, he took Qianqing and Wanqing to the military camp to work. Due to the drought, the people inside and outside the capital were affected because the price of food was rising every day!
Both the Qin and Wei armies began to fight against drought. The situation at Fulu Villa was a little better as there was water. Wei Zhendong and his son just had a hard time. They led the soldiers to irrigate the crops day and night, and the crops were not greatly affected. What people didn't know was that Shen Ruyi had also put spiritual spring water into the water several times!
The situation on the Qin family army's side was not so good. Qin Beiyu was so busy digging wells everywhere to find water for irrigation, but he could barely irrigate half of the crops!
The days passed by inadvertently, and a big event happened in the capital city: Wei Wanlin, the eldest son of Duke Fuguo, was getting married!
June 26, the 39th year of Daqin Bogu, a very auspicious day!
The sky was clear in the morning. The preparations for the Duke's Mansion had been going on for a long time. Today, the mansion was decorated with bright red silk and red lanterns inside and out.
The old lady of the Wei family looked at her eldest grandson and she couldn't help crying. Wei Wanchong hugged his grandmother and comforted her.
The old lady looked at her little grandson with a smile. He just came back last night. Wei Wanchong had been traveling day and night, hoping to catch up with his eldest brother's wedding!
The old lady looked at her son and four grandsons gathered together, and said a few words to comfort her. Then the old lady asked Wei Wanlin to take his two younger brothers to pick up the bride according to the rules. The little guy Wei Wanqian was so anxious that he was jumping up and down!
Shen's belly was big, so it was inconvenient for her to join in the work today, so she stayed in her own yard with her daughter.
Shen had already made up her mind that since she was already so pregnant, she would not attend any wedding to join in the fun. She just said that she wanted to take care of the baby and would stay in the house.
When Wei Wanlin brought the bride back to pay respects to his parents, he only had to pay respects to the old lady of the Wei family, Wei Zhendong, and the old man of the Wan family!
The old lady of the Wei family and Wei Zhendong both knew that Shen was a shrewd woman. This would make the three eldest sons feel much better, and they would be more respectful to Shen!
Soon Wei Wanlin came back with the bride, and his two younger brothers protected their brother and sister-in-law and came to the hall of the Duke's Mansion!
The old man of the Wan family watched his eldest grandson get married. His eyes couldn't help but become moist, and he sat aside and couldn't help wiping away his tears!
How could he not miss his little girl Linglong? Linglong passed away early and didn't see his son get married... Alas!
The newlyweds paid homage to heaven and earth, then to their parents, and finally were sent to the bridal chamber!
The old lady of the Wei family and the old man of the Wan family were so moved that they burst into tears. Wei Zhendong's eyes also turned red. He turned his head to look at the tablet of his first wife Linglong on the table beside him, and he couldn't help but shed tears.
At noon, the wedding banquet at the Duke's Mansion was extremely sumptuous. All the civil and military officials in the court came with their families to the wedding banquet. Wei Zhendong and his sons were busy as hell, while Shen Ruyi and the old lady of the Wei family were busy taking care of the female guests!
Crown Prince Qin Jinan and Crown Princess Wei Meijuan both came. They were in the courtyard of the old lady of the Wei family, accompanying her to the wedding banquet.
But Qin Beiyu did not come at noon. There was no other way. The drought relief outside the capital was at its most critical time and they could not stop during the day. So Qin Beiyu made arrangements in advance and asked Wei Wanlin's colleagues to come over for the wedding banquet in the evening!
The Mansion of the Duke of Fuguo was bustling all day today. In the evening, Qin Beiyu from the military camp brought a group of people to the Mansion of the Duke of Fuguo to attend the wedding banquet.
The buffet at the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion has been going on since noon and is still very lively. Qin Beiyu and his group have just been welcomed into the mansion by Wei Wanshan.
Zhao Jian's family and a few other families with whom he got along well also came and were welcomed into the mansion by Wei Wanchong.
Normally, Zhao Hai is Wei Wanlin's master, so he should come to the banquet at noon.
But Zhao Hai was not at home, and his younger brother Zhao Jian was a fifth-rank official, so his level was not suitable for him to come at noon.
In this era, people paid attention to buffet banquets. At the auspicious time at noon, princes, nobles, and officials above the third rank would come with their families to drink in the wedding wine. Other officials of lower ranks would come to congratulate at different times according to their ranks!
The status and position of the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion were there, so all the civil and military officials in the capital had to come. If there were too many people, they had to come according to their ranks. Zhao Jian's family came in the evening to attend the wedding banquet as a gift.
Zhao Manman also came today. She didn’t want to come at first, but she felt a little unwilling to do so.
Because she had a plan in her mind, but she didn't know if it would work. She just wanted to destroy Shen Ruyi!
The women of the Zhao family were arranged in the cross-courtyard. Many women of officials' families also came. There were more than ten tables set up here.
Wang sat with her niece. She looked at the sumptuous dishes and said happily, "The banquet of the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion is really grand. I wonder how big the banquet will be when you get married, Manman?"
Zhao Manman despised in her heart, how could the Chen family be so shameless? She had already made up her mind that she would not marry into a family like the Chen family, Chen Wentong was not worthy of her at all!
Zhao Manman smiled but didn't say anything. Soon everyone started eating. The women talked and laughed, and said auspicious words.
Shen Ruyi was in charge of entertaining the female members of the family. Seeing two more tables of female guests coming, she came over with her maidservants carrying ginseng soup and served a pot of ginseng soup to each table.
When they came to Zhao Manman's table, she said happily: "Thank you ladies for coming to the wedding banquet. Please enjoy your meal. This ginseng chicken soup is very nutritious. Everyone should try it. Men don't have this privilege!"
When everyone saw the beautiful Shen Ruyi, they all spoke well of her, saying congratulations to the Duke's Mansion on their big wedding, and that the little county lady was really pretty...
Suddenly, Zhao Manman stood up to serve soup. She first served a bowl of soup to her aunt, and then served a bowl of soup to herself. When she sat down, her sleeve spilled the bowl of soup!
ah ah ah...
The ginseng soup spilled on her skirt and she screamed!
Everyone looked at the little girl. She stood there with a bad look on her face and said, "It's okay! I accidentally spilled the ginseng soup on myself."
As the host, Shen Ruyi walked over with concern and checked: "Are you okay, Miss Zhao? The soup is probably not too hot. Come with me and I'll find you a dress to change into.
Don't worry, these are all new skirts, they are all from Ruyi Clothing Shop, not old ones.
Today, we prepared some new dresses at home to prevent some ladies from getting their dresses dirty while eating."
Wang quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, little county lady. Aunt Manman will go with you!"
Zhao Manman: "No need, I can just take the maid with me, Aunt, you can eat."
Shen Ruyi took Zhao Manman out of the courtyard and went straight to the backyard to the room where female guests changed clothes.
Passing by a moon gate, they saw Chen Wentong and several young gentlemen eating and drinking there. Chen Shengda couldn't come, but he couldn't help but come as a gift, so he could only send his eldest son over.
Chen Wentong saw Shen Ruyi and Zhao Manman, and quickly stood up and nodded to everyone, then chased after them: "Little County Lady, what happened to Miss Zhao? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Chen Wentong looked at Zhao Manman with concern. He had met his fiancée several times. The girl was his fiancée. Some time ago, his maidservants had accidentally hurt her. He had visited the girl twice and brought her many gifts.
Shen Ruyi smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, go eat. Miss Zhao accidentally knocked over her soup bowl and soiled her dress. I'll take her to change her dress."
Chen Wentong quickly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, young county lady, for taking care of Miss Zhao. You can go now."
Zhao Manman looked at Chen Wentong and nodded without saying anything. She felt really uncomfortable in her heart. This man was her fiancé, but he was thinking about another woman in his heart. It was really disgusting!
Shen Ruyi saw the way the woman looked at Chen Wentong and instantly felt something was wrong!
"Ruyi, why are you here?"
Shen Ruyi turned around and looked at her cousin. His clothes were still a little dirty. Maybe he helped with watering the plants?
She smiled and said, "Cousin, you are not helping to water the crops in the barracks, are you? Look, there is still mud on your body!"
Qin Beiyu smiled and said, "There is no other way. The weather is so dry now. If we don't water the crops, they will die!"
"Cousin, please go and have dinner. I'll take Miss Zhao to change her skirt..."
When Shen Ruyi turned around, she saw Zhao Manman, and her eyes were full of tenderness as she looked at Qin Beiyu.
Shen Ruyi...
She was such a sensitive person. What did the look in this little girl's eyes mean? Did she fall in love with her cousin?
Shen Ruyi did not take Zhao Manman into the house to change clothes, but asked Xiaobi behind her to take Zhao Manman and the maid to the house to choose a skirt to change clothes.
She was waiting outside, and was on guard against Zhao Manman. She could see that this girl was coveting her cousin, and she also felt a little disgusted with her fiancé Chen Wentong.
Shen Ruyi felt that she should be more wary of Zhao Manman. Her eyes were a little dark, and she looked at her as if she was waiting for an opportunity to stab her in the back!