When the banquet was over, Princess Zhaoyang invited Chu Xinyu to attend her Hundred Flowers Feast. Chu Xinyu happily responded.

The Prince of Chu's Mansion holds a feast of flowers every year. Any official above the third rank in the court will receive an invitation post, and only one person is allowed to accompany him, and even a illegitimate lord can do it.

Chu Xinyu's father, Chu Zheng, is now only the fourth rank of official rank, and is not in the invitation at all, but Princess Zhaoyang is the legitimate daughter of Prince Chu. It was her birthday that day. Princess Chu made an exception and allowed her to invite the person she wanted to invite.

Seeing Princess Zhaoyang invite Chu Xinyu to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Chu Jiaqi and Chu Jiating were so envious!

When he was young, he had no chance to attend such banquets. Yuan would occasionally take them to visit relatives and friends to make friends with one or two friends of the same age and class that he could chat with. Later, his father was demoted and he was not able to attend important banquets with third-rank officials or above.

Now that it is time to discuss the marriage, Chu Xinyu is invited, how could they not be moved? But Chu Jiaqi knew that Chu Xinyu would definitely not bring her to attend, and she began to regret treating her like she had done before.

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On the way back, Chu Xinyu leaned against the wall of the carriage and closed her eyes to rest. She didn't know whether she was sleeping or pretending to be asleep. She wanted to speak several times, but she didn't know what to say, but she asked her to beg Chu Xinyu but couldn't stand it. Based on her past experience, she was afraid that she would be ridiculed before she could speak.

When she was hesitating, the carriage had already returned to the Hou Mansion. Yuan took them to Anshan Hall to pay tribute. I wonder where the old lady Chu learned about what happened in the Duke of Wei's mansion. She scolded Chu Jiaqi in front of everyone, saying that she was getting more and more unruly, and threw away all the words she said a few days ago, throwing away Miss Zhongyi's face. Where did she learn "Female Ring" and "Female Ethics" that she learned from Master?

Chu Jiaqi was scolded and cried, which alarmed Aunt Wang. Because of her plea, the old lady Chu finally let go and punished Chu Jiaqi to go back and copy "Female Desire" twenty times. She did not allow others to help, and she was not allowed to go out until she finished copying.

Seeing that Mrs. Chu did not favor Aunt Wang and her daughter this time, she was both fond of her and worried that Mrs. Chu would be more and more worried about her heart being biased towards Chu Xinyu. This was not a good thing for her, so she wanted to marry Chu Xinyu out as soon as possible.

Although the wife of Duke Ying was very satisfied with Chu Xinyu, she almost misled the matter by Chu Jiaqi. The wife of Duke Ying was a Buddhist and thought it was unlucky to break the jade. She didn't dare to have hope for marriage, but she just hated that she refused the old lady decisively at that time and agreed to let Chu Jiaqi go to celebrate her birthday together.

During the banquet, Mother Lin came to her and asked about Chu Xinyu. Although the wife of Duke Ying did not express her opinion to her immediately, it seemed that she could achieve half of her success.

So, after everyone greeted her and left, she stayed to serve the old lady for dinner. Yuqin put the food on the table, and Yuan asked her to leave.

After the meal, Yuan asked the old lady to drink the medicine again before she started to get into the topic. She said, "There is one more thing today, I don't know how to say it."

"What's the matter? Let's hear it." Old Mrs. Chu put the bowl to her mouth and slowly drank the soup.

Yuan said: "Do you know about the Duke of Ying? The Duke of Ying is the legitimate sister of Concubine Qi. I heard that her family was going to see each other, so I took the Jiaqi sisters to meet her. The Duke of Ying seemed to have fallen in love with Yu'er."

Old Mrs. Chu was slightly stunned, thought for a while, then put down the bowl and said, "The fifth girl is at the age of marriage, so it is naturally a good thing for someone to like her."

The Duke of Ying is a family of families. With the current situation of Zhongyi Hou Mansion, Chu Xinyu's reputation was not good before. Now some people don't care about it and have a prominent family, so the old lady Chu is naturally happy.

"It's a good thing, but there are some bad rumors outside of Mr. Jiang. I'm afraid that others will gossip if they hear it."

"What are the rumors? If it is not good, then forget it. Although our Marquis' Mansion is no longer as glorious as before, it has not been defeated to the point where it needs to sell women for honor."

Yuan said: "The bad habits that ordinary children of honor and relatives have are a bit slutty and like to visit brothels. But in addition to these, he is a promising young man. He passed the imperial examination last year and now he is the deputy Qianhu of the Jinyiwei. This marriage would not have fallen in our Marquis' Mansion, but the girl in the fifth sister really has a good reputation for the wife of the Duke of Ying. When she was happy to see her, she gave the jade bracelet on her hand to the fifth sister. However, the girl in the fourth sister was knocked to the ground and the jade was broken. The lady in the Duke of Ying had a very slightest remark on this."

Old Mrs. Chu frowned, "Why is the fourth girl so ignorant?" It seems that she is so spoiled by her usual spoiling her, so she is not serious when doing things.

"Fortunately, although the wife of Duke Ying did not give a reply in the end, it was already 70% to 80% depending on the situation." Yuan said happily: "Mom, if Duke Ying's mansion married us and had a relationship of in-laws, it would be much easier for the master to transfer back to the capital, and it would be possible for the official to be restored."

Old Mrs. Chu thought for a moment and said, "It is good to have this marriage that can be beneficial to Zheng'er, but now the wife of Duke of Ying has not given a definite reply, isn't it just a silly happy?"

Yuan then said: "Although she did not express her opinion immediately, if she did not agree, Lin's mother would not come to me to ask Xinyu at the banquet."

Old Mrs. Chu said, "Then let me tell me when she answers."

Since Chu Zheng was demoted, the old lady Chu has left many relationships, begged many people, and spent a lot of money to manage, but none of them worked.

During the Spring Festival, the third brother went to Jinan Prefecture to see him and said that he was dark and thin. When he heard this, he felt sorry for his mother. He had been over two years and had three or four months left to return to Beijing to report his work. It would be better if he gave a satisfactory answer at that time. Otherwise, let alone the official reinstatement, he might not be able to stay in the capital by then.

If you marry the Duke of Ying State and get their help, you will not be able to restore your post and stay in the capital.

Besides, the Duke of Ying Kingdom's Mansion has been favored by Concubine Qi in the palace over the years, and its power has been continuously expanded. Those mixed contexts have penetrated deeply into the entire court. It is not impossible for the marquis to enter the cabinet by relying on his in-laws with the Duke of Ying Kingdom's Mansion.

"Okay." Yuan nodded, thought for a while and said, "Mom, I haven't told Wu Jie'er about this marriage yet, I don't know if she will agree to it."

Old Mrs. Chu frowned unhappily, "She is a girl from the Marquis' Mansion. She should have done something for the Marquis' Mansion. At most, she will add more dowry to her as compensation."

Upon hearing this, Yuan was very happy, but his face was calm and said: "Okay, I'll bother you and tell your fifth sister that she will believe your words."

In fact, Yuan's selfishness was hidden, fearing that Chu Xinyu would resent him after marriage when he found out the truth. In fact, the speech just now wanted Old Lady Chu to come forward to tell Chu Xinyu.

But Old Lady Chu didn't know what Yuan was thinking. She raised Yuan and thought that no matter how bad she was, it was for the benefit of the Marquis and the Marquis' Mansion. Anyway, everyone said the marriage was the same, so she agreed.
Chapter completed!