Su Shi was shocked: "What are you doing?"

Aunt Ruan pointed at a few servants and said with a smile: "If Mrs. Zhao San doesn't want to be treated like this, just scream. Anyway, this place is far away from the main hall, and no one can hear you even if you scream."

Suiping's residence was large in area, with an outer courtyard in front that was used as a study and guest rooms. To get to the main hall, one had to walk through a long corridor. If the Su family started making trouble here, no one inside could hear it.

Su's face changed again and again, and finally she sighed: "Why bother. I'm not here to cause trouble. The third master forced me to come, and I have no choice but to go through the motions."

Nanny Ruan didn't believe her, so she pointed to a path in front of her: "Then Mrs. Zhao San will go to the guest house and sit for a while. Mrs. Zhao San will go back after the girl's hairpin ceremony is completed."

"Okay." Su nodded cheerfully.

She didn't need to be urged by Nanny Ruan, and walked straight towards that road, saying as she walked: "But I want to see the eldest lady. After the hair-raising ceremony is over, can you let me see her?"

Mother Ruan waved her hand and asked the ladies to escort Su's maid and Mrs. Su to follow. Then she responded to Su: "I can't make the decision. But I will report it to Madam."

Mrs. Su didn't speak any more and followed Nanny Ruan to a remote guest house.

This place is far away from the main road. Even if the guests leave the Suiping residence after attending the wedding ceremony, Su will not be able to run to the road and cause trouble.

At the other end of the main hall, Zhao Ruxi changed into her undershirt and came out. She saluted her parents and thanked them for their upbringing.

The old lady of Duke Wei's house cleaned her hands again and started the second ceremony.

She took the hairpin from Zhao Ruyu's plate and chanted loudly: "The auspicious month and the day are the days of Shen Erfu. Respect for your majesty and Shushen virtue. May your eyebrows live for thousands of years and you will be blessed forever."

She walked up to Zhao Ruxi, took off her hairpin and put a hairpin on it.

Xiao Ruotong stepped forward and symbolically straightened the hairpin.

Zhao Ruxi stood up and bowed in salute, then went back to the east room and put on a dark dress with a straight skirt that matched the hairpin on her head. She came out to thank Kang Shilin and Mrs. Cui for their teachings.

The old lady of Duke Wei's mansion cleaned her hands again, gave Zhao Ruxi a hairpin, and put on a hairpin crown. Zhao Ruxi went to the east room and put on a long skirt with long sleeves, and bowed to the palace to express her thanks.

At this time, the hair-raising ceremony has not yet been completed, and there are still toasts, parents giving words, and listening to instructions.

Although the etiquette stipulates that parents give names to Zhao Ruxi, Kang Shilin had already given them to Zhao Ruxi, and he was a teacher for one day and a father for life. Kang Shilin was also highly virtuous and respected, and he was as kind to Zhao Ruxi as a mountain. Zhao Yuanxun asked Kang Shilin to give Zhao Ruxi a name. Kang Shilin waved.

Write down the word "Zhiwei".

After the ceremony, Zhao Yuanxun took the male guests to a side hall and held a banquet in honor of them. Today happened to be a holiday, but there were still things at Wuhuai Temple and Gongcheng Yamen, so I took the time to come here today. I didn't even eat, so I took my leave first.

Already.

On the contrary, Wu Zong stayed with his master in the Suiping residence.

The female guests were greeted by the old lady and Mrs. Zhu into the inner courtyard and had dinner in the hall of the inner courtyard. After the meal, everyone chatted for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

Mrs. Zhu asked people to move all the gifts into Zhao Ruxi's wing and warned: "You should register all these gifts and lock them in the warehouse and safe."

"Okay, mother." Zhao Ruxi said enthusiastically.

Although it takes time, she still enjoys opening gifts.

Yicui stayed aside for a long time, listening to Dian Jiang reading the gift list, Zhao Ruxi looking at the actual items, and Qing Feng registering, all assessing the price of the gifts. When she was done, she couldn't help but clicked her tongue and said to Zhao Ruxi: "Girl, these gifts plus

Get up, I'm afraid you won't get tens of thousands of taels of silver. No wonder rich people like to hold banquets so much."

Although a banquet is held to entertain guests, the chickens, ducks, fish and meat are all sent by Zhuangzi. Even if you buy some expensive ingredients and add in various expenses, it will not cost you a thousand taels of silver. You can get back the money by just receiving the same gift.

. Everything else is a profit.

After hearing these childish words, Grandma Yuan couldn't help laughing.

"It's true that hosting banquets and receiving gifts makes money, but you haven't counted the gifts we give out when we attend other people's banquets?"

She clicked on the book in Qing Feng's hand: "Why do you want to make a book? One is to know how many valuable things you have on hand, so that others won't know if they steal them. The other is to record debts. The girl collects them.

The gifts you received will all be returned in the future."

"I'm not talking about anything else, just the Palace of the Duke of Wei. Every year when the old lady of the Duke of Wei celebrates her birthday, as well as weddings, funerals, and various banquets in their house, the lady goes out with countless gifts. This is what they gave her this time.

, it’s just a partial return, but our family is still at a loss.”

"Then our old lady, madam, can also hold a birthday banquet." Yicui said.

Aunt Yuan sighed: "Our family can't compare to them. So the gifts we send are expensive, and the gifts they give back are average, which is consistent with their status. This time they gave more expensive gifts. Why do you think it is? But

It’s because we girls have a promising future and may respect them more than they do in the future, so now we’re starting to burn the cold stove.”

As soon as he said this, not only the two little maids Yicui and Dianjiang, but also Qingfeng was shocked. But he felt it was normal.

Isn't that how things are in the world? The Duke of Wei's government is pretty good, but some people are more powerful.

It is the norm in the circles of powerful people to praise those who are superior and to suppress those who are inferior.

Zhao Ruxi smiled and said: "It's not entirely like this. At least it's not like this for my master, senior brother, sister Ruotong, the Xu family, my two sisters and my uncle's family."

"That's true." Grandma Yuan said quickly, "These people really love the girl and wish her well. The gifts they give are all sincere."

…

In the guest house, Madam Zhu was sitting opposite Madam Su, looking at Madam Su in shock: "Are you serious? Is he really that crazy?"

Mrs. Su couldn't hold back her tears: "I didn't expect that either. I've been sleeping with him for more than ten years. He used to pretend to be affectionate and coaxed me to give him money to run an official job for him.

When the money was not enough, I went back to my parents' house to ask for it. We also have a son and a daughter. I didn't expect that he would be so heartless and want to kill me just to covet my dowry."

She covered her mouth with a handkerchief to prevent herself from crying out: "If Grandma Sun hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have known how I died."

Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Sun, who was standing behind Mrs. Su, looked at each other.

Grandma Sun was Su's concubine and was very loyal to Su. Naturally, Zhu could not directly bribe Grandma Sun. But this did not prevent her from finding Grandma Sun alone to give her preventive measures when the family was separated.

Needle, let her pay attention to Zhao Yuankun, in case he becomes an official and has a high status, dislikes the Su family, and uses tricks against the Su family.

Grandma Sun was loyal to the Su family and knew the Zhu family well. Even if there was a conflict between the two houses, the Zhu family would not say this for no reason. So she took it in and carefully watched out for Zhao Yuankun after the separation.
Chapter completed!