Chapter 413: Drinking the Wedding Wine
Zhen Muring understood, of course, but she felt a little shy to be asked to stand up and toast Jia Cong alone.
Fortunately, Yuanyang came to her rescue at this time.
"Sister, let's toast to the master together." Yuanyang said with a smile.
Zhen Muring nodded quickly, then stood up and said to Jia Cong, "Master, please!"
Jia Cong laughed loudly, picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. Zhen Muring and Yuanyang were about to drink it too, but Xiao Xichun and Baoqin ran up and stopped them.
" Sisters-in-law, you can't drink like this. We have never seen you and Third Brother drink from the same cup. So, since today is a big banquet, you two sisters-in-law should drink from the same cup with Third Brother."
Zhen Muring blushed, and she was a little at a loss. However, she could feel that this fourth sister had no ill intentions and was just playing with her.
But Yuanyang pinched Baoqin's little face and said, "Tell me, who gave you the idea?"
"Sister Xiangyun!" The two of them sold Xiangyun out in unison.
Yuanyang smiled at Xiangyun and said, "You two don't know that it is not Miss Xiangyun who wants to watch us drink the wedding wine with me, but she wants to drink the wedding wine with me. If you don't believe me, go and ask her."
Xiao Xichun nodded immediately, "I said that Sister Xiangyun will also become a sister-in-law, so she will naturally drink the wedding wine with Third Brother."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present burst into laughter.
Wang Xifeng finally recovered and couldn't help but say, "Oh, how come I didn't know about this? Could it be that the two uncles of the Shi family are also going to marry into our family? This is a good thing. When I return to the West Mansion tomorrow, I will definitely go to the old lady to ask for a reward."
"Girl Yun, why don't you come and show your respect to me in advance? Otherwise, when your new daughter-in-law comes home, don't blame Second Mistress for setting rules for you."
You glared at Wang Xifeng and said, "Even if Yun girl married here, she is still a member of our East Mansion. How can you, a second wife of the West Mansion, be so nosy? You also want to control the daughters-in-law of our East Mansion? Are you bullying our East Mansion?"
"Sisters, if we don't teach this Feng Lazi a lesson today, she will cause chaos in our East Mansion in the future. Baoqin and Xichun, you two should hold her down. I want to force her to drink!"
It was a big fight. Youshi forced Wang Xifeng to drink several glasses of wine until she begged for mercy.
Youshi smiled smugly, then leaned over to Wang Xifeng's ear and whispered, "If you don't behave yourself, I will help the master deal with you tonight."
Wang Xifeng's pretty face turned red instantly, but luckily she had drunk quite a bit of wine at the moment so it was not noticeable, otherwise, she would have given the secret away.
After dealing with Wang Xifeng, the two little ones went to ask Yuanyang and Zhen Muring to accompany Jia Cong to drink. Yuanyang and Zhen Muring were a little shy. They had drunk the wedding wine before, but that was in the boudoir. Did they want to let all the sisters watch them now ?
"Haha, Yuanyang and Mu Ning, we are an old couple, how can we be afraid of them? It's just a wedding wine, just drink it!" Jia Cong said with a big laugh.
"Shiya, pour wine for the master!"
Afterwards, Jia Cong picked up the wine cup and went directly to Yuanyang. Under the gaze of everyone, the two of them put their arms around each other and drank it all. He turned around and came to Zhen Muring's side and drank another cup. Only then did everyone cheer loudly.
Just as Zhen Muring was about to put down her wine cup, she heard Yuanyang speak again, "Sister Zhen, let's toast again."
After the maid poured wine for the two, Yuanyang held the wine cup and said to Baochai and Daiyu, "Miss Bao, Miss Lin, Murong and I respectfully serve you. If we make any mistakes in the future, please bear with us."
The rest of the people were all watching this scene. It was obvious that Yuanyang was going to pay homage to the mountain gate.
Baochai and Daiyu both spat softly!
"Sister Yuanyang's toast is so weird. Even if it's a toast, it should be to the sisters-in-law."
"What kind of crazy things are you talking about, sister? What's the point of saying I'm responsible or not? Did you drink too much?"
"You two ladies are kind, but this glass of wine is a proper courtesy!" Yuanyang said with a smile, "Now, who doesn't know that you two ladies are the mistresses of our East Palace? The master also said that His Majesty will grant us a marriage in the next two days. If we are disrespectful with this glass of wine today, I'm afraid the master will punish us when we go back."
"That's nothing!" Wang Xifeng laughed and said, "Come here, please ask the two girls to sit on the high couch in Ningzheng Hall. Yuanyang, you two kneel down first. If you are toasting here with just a few words, I, the Second Madam, will naturally not drink it."
"Feng girl, you are not a good person either!" Daiyu raised her lips and glared at Wang Xifeng.
"Haha, Yuanyang is right, this wine is not bad! Sister Bao, Sister Lin, do you want to drink it by yourselves, or do you want me to help you drink it?"
"Who needs your help drinking?" Daiyu saw that everyone was looking at her, so she picked up the wine glass and drank it all. She really had to drink this glass of wine.
Seeing this, Baochai could only drink it shyly.
Yuanyang and Zhen Muring also joined in drinking, and the fun finally came to an end temporarily.
Afterwards, everyone started drinking in groups of three or five, and Wang Xifeng, who had been constantly stirring up trouble, naturally received the most care.
After a full hour, the banquet was finally over. Fortunately, everyone still wanted to watch the show, so they stopped drinking.
"Third brother, is the small troupe ready?"
Xiao Xichun ran over to ask Jia Cong, and Jia Cong nodded, "Didn't you say that your sister Lin wanted to watch it? I told them to wait, and now we will go to Doufengxuan to watch the show."
So, everyone went out and headed straight towards Doufengxuan.
Doufengxuan is adjacent to Huifangyuan Lake, and in front of Doufengxuan, there is an open space extending deep into the lake, which has been built into a stage.
It is only about half past the twilight hour now, and the sky is still bright . The setting sun falls on the sparkling lake, making the lake surface a golden color, which is very beautiful.
The stage had been prepared long ago, and tables and chairs were also prepared in front of the stage. When Jia Zhong saw everyone coming, he hurriedly led everyone to sit down, and then had someone bring tea and snacks for everyone.
"Master, the troupe is ready. Shall we start now?" Jia Zhong asked.
Jia Cong nodded, "Let's start with the song we just told them!"
Jia Zhong asked a eunuch to pass on the message, and then instructed the maids and old women around him, "The masters have all drunk wine, you should guard the lakeside and the side roads around, and don't let the masters go astray. If any master wants to walk around casually, you should also protect them."
