Chapter 429 Lin Mansion Banquet
Early in the morning on the third day, there was a constant stream of traffic in front of the Lin Mansion!
Naturally, the first ones to arrive were the officials from the Ministry of Revenue. After all, Lin Ruhai was now the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and would be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in two years. It was difficult to find an opportunity to get close to him on normal days. Now that such a thing had happened, how could they not come and show their faces early?
However, Jia Cong arrived earlier than others.
The Lin family only had Lin Ruhai and Daiyu, father and daughter. The others were not of high status, so they couldn't let Lin Ruhai, the father-in-law, always be the one to greet guests outside the door. Therefore, Jia Cong came early in the morning, and many of the younger generations of the Eight Dukes and Twelve Marquises also came early to help support.
"My Lord, congratulations, congratulations!"
Although the Eight Dukes and Twelve Marquises had no relationship with Lin Ruhai, they were affiliated with Jia Cong, so they would naturally not be absent.
So, when all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue arrived, everyone from the mansions of dukes and marquises also arrived.
"Hahaha, everyone, please come in!" Jia Cong laughed and welcomed everyone in.
In addition to the officials from the Ministry of Revenue, there were also many other civil officials. Lin Ruhai was the third place in the imperial examination and a close minister of Emperor Longxing, so there were many people who wanted to make friends with him.
"Greetings, Master!" Jia Cong saw Fang Yao's sedan chair approaching from afar, and hurriedly took two steps to greet it, opened the sedan chair and helped Fang Yao get out.
Fang Yao looked at Jia Cong with satisfaction. He was extremely satisfied with this cheap disciple.
Although Jia Cong did not follow the path of a civil official, he was equally safe in terms of military merit. He was a civil official, but he did not have too much prejudice against military merit. No country could rely only on civil officials or military generals. Only checks and balances were the right way. As a minister of Emperor Longxing, he naturally hoped that the emperor could do something.
Although Daqian seems calm on the surface nowadays, it is far from being able to let its horses run wild.
Therefore, Fang Yao was even a little proud to have such a grand disciple. He also had many fellow students and fellow townsmen, but none of them could have such a grand disciple.
"Okay, okay!" Fang Yao patted Jia Cong's shoulder, "Starting a family and building a career are both indispensable."
"You are in a high position now , so you should pay attention to your own affairs. It is most appropriate for His Majesty to arrange a marriage for you now. Besides, the master has also inquired about the two girls, and they are all smart and clever people."
"Your master probably hasn't heard about this yet. If he knew the news, he would also be happy for you. Today, Master Gong will congratulate you on behalf of your master."
"Thank you, Master!"
After welcoming Fang Yao and his group in, Jia Cong waited for a moment and saw the sedan chair from the Jia Mansion slowly approaching.
Jia Cong quickly turned around and asked someone to pass on the message that there was no need for Lin Ruhai to greet the others in person, but since Lady Jia was coming, Lin Ruhai naturally could not wait in the room.
When Lin Ruhai walked out quickly, Jia Mu's sedan chair just arrived outside the door.
Having the door of the mansion opened wide, Lin Ruhai stepped forward and saluted, saying, "My son-in-law greets my mother-in-law. Please come into the back house to chat!"
"Hahaha, Ruhai, today is a happy day. I never thought that Yu'er and Cong'er would become a couple." Jia Zheng got off the sedan chair and walked up to Lin Ruhai and said.
"I watched Yu'er grow up. Although Cong'er is not my son, he is still my nephew. You don't know how happy I am that they can get married."
"Yu'er has been in the mansion for many years. If it weren't for your uncle taking care of her, I wouldn't have felt at ease. Now, the younger ones have grown up. When they get married in two years, I will have nothing to worry about." Lin Ruhai said to Jia Zheng, holding his arm.
Afterwards, Lin Ruhai personally led everyone from the Jia family into the house, and then Lin Ruhai, Jia Zheng, Jia Cong and others went to the front hall, while Lin Ruhai's two concubines welcomed the sedan chair of Jia's mother and others into the back house.
This time, the Jia family came out in full force. Grandmother Jia brought Lady Xing, Wang Xifeng, and Li Wan from the West Mansion, and Youshi, Keqing, Yuanyang, and Zhen Muring from the East Mansion. The girls from both mansions also came in full force, including the three sisters of the Jia family, Xing Xiuyan from the first room, Baoqin from the Xue family, and Xiangyun from the Shi family. As for Baochai, it was naturally not appropriate for her to come at this time. Similarly, Daiyu would not go to the Xue family's banquet tomorrow.
After all, how could the two sisters visit each other and steal the limelight at this time? Even if they wanted to meet, they had to wait for a few days.
Together with the maids and old women who came with them, there were more than a hundred people from the Jia family alone.
When they arrived at the hanging flower gate in the backyard, all the sedan chairs finally stopped. Daiyu was waiting with her two maids, Zijuan and Xueyan.
"Meet Grandma!"
Seeing Lady Jia get off the sedan chair, Daiyu hurried forward to bow and support her.
"Good Yu'er!" Grandmother Jia held Daiyu's hand, happy but with a sigh. Originally, she had planned to make the two Yu'ers a pair, but she didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear in the middle and her heart was directly snatched away by the little monkey. Fortunately, no matter what, she became a family member, and this little monkey was also promising and understood Yu'er's feelings, so Grandmother Jia just sighed a little and became happy.
"When you first entered the mansion, you were so young. It has been seven or eight years now, and my Yu'er is already old enough to get married."
"Fortunately, even after you get married, you are still our daughter-in-law. Otherwise , I, an old woman, would never be willing to let you go."
Daiyu left home at the age of six and entered the Jia Mansion at the age of seven. More than eight years have passed (please don’t calculate this time for readers, as it has not been determined in "Dream of Red Mansions", so just read it for yourself...).
"Hahaha!" Wang Xifeng laughed out loud, "What did I say before? You, little girl Lin, have become our daughter-in-law. When you enter the mansion, Second Madam will set the rules for you, the new daughter-in-law."
The old lady at the side glared at Wang Xifeng and said, "Don't bully my Yu'er, my dear Yu'er. If this Feng Lazi dares to bully you, tell grandma and she will help you deal with her."
Upon hearing this, Daiyu pouted her lips proudly at Wang Xifeng.
Just as Wang Xifeng was about to continue speaking, Youshi beside her laughed softly and said, "Of course, these rules must be established, but it is hard to say who will set the rules for whom."
The smile on Feng Ji's face froze. If it were Jia Cong's opinion, Daiyu would be the main wife when she got married, and she, Feng Lazi, would only be a concubine even if she had a position. By then, it would probably be Daiyu's turn to set the rules for her.
"Hmph!" Wang Xifeng glanced at Youshi. "Even if the rules are set, it won't just be me, the Second Madam, because I'll always have my eldest sister-in-law to accompany me."
The group of young people who came with Lady Jia naturally had no idea what their two sisters-in-law were talking about. They all got off the sedan chair and surrounded Daiyu and started to make noises.
