Ruan Xian Biography [Qing·Nara Queen]

Chapter 24: The Engagement Banquet

The auspicious day for the engagement banquet was chosen before the end of the year, and the third day after the official seal of the capital was sealed, which happened to be a good day, so the engagement banquet was chosen on October 24.At that time, all the officials in the capital will have to come to assist the mansion. There are not enough cooks in the mansion. Including the imperial meals arranged in the palace, they also invited cooks from outside. On the 22nd, the prince and the prince sent over a dozen people from his mansion. up.

"He's a good guy!" Lang Jiashi praised him for the first time, and Ruan Xian listened, as happy as she was being praised, and even happier than she was being praised.

Zuo Ling's mansion was busy up and down, all the places from the front door to the back door were hung with red lanterns in advance, the dragon gate lanterns on the gate were rewarded by the palace, their mansion is not considered grand, but it can be regarded as an official family, clean it up It's not shabby either.

Concubine Yu asked for the order, and came to Zuo Ling's mansion the day before, pulled Ruan Xian to say something considerate, and left two nuns in the palace to help manage the affairs of the mansion, even if they took big Xu Gu and all the servants of Zuo Ling's mansion also dared to be angry and dare not speak out.

"Who would do such a thing? Didn't they intentionally trip us up?" Aunt Xu did it because the two nuns were dissatisfied. I am already dissatisfied with them, this afternoon, when Concubine Yu left, I just listened to their two mothers in the palace calling and drinking.

"I'll be fine after tonight." Lang Jiashi saw it, but for Ruan Xian, she could only turn a blind eye. She still has a long way to go in the future, and now she offends Concubine Yu No way.

The mansion is busy up and down, there is not enough manpower, Xueluo and Liuzhu have also been transferred, and they have just returned to Ruan Xian's yard, Liuzhu has been rambling about what happened just now, Ruan Xian's words Everyone who didn't fall could hear clearly.

"Stop complaining, the concubine Yu's sent may not be Concubine Yu's people, don't complain about the wrong person." Ruan Xian said, then raised her hand to let them go down, Xueluo pulled the bewildered Liu Zhu along the way Shangliuzhu asked this and that, but Xueluo didn't answer a single word. She understood the meaning of Ruan Xian's words, and felt that her master was not simple.

For the engagement banquet on the second day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared 36 tables of wine banquet, [-] sheep, [-] tables of pastry, and [-] bottles of rice wine to celebrate the banquet at Zuoling Mansion, and set up a band along the street.The lanterns and festoons were in full bloom, and the firecrackers at the entrance of Zuoling Mansion rang all morning. Two bridesmaids were set up at the entrance to deliver candy. Many children came to beg for candy, and it was very lively.

According to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, at the engagement banquet for the prince’s marriage, all off-duty dukes, princes, ministers, guards, officials and wives of the second rank and above gathered at the Fujin family to attend the banquet on that day. Officials tell the time.

At the right time, the ceremony coins and gift coins rewarded by the emperor also arrived.

Ritual coins are a gift to Fujin, and will be brought into the palace in the future and displayed in the main hall. The coins are a gift to Fujin's parents. Gifts are displayed on the steps, and horses are displayed in the middle of the steps.

The minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs proclaimed: "Bless the father of Jin, Mr. Naerbu, with ten taels of gold, 700 taels of silver, a fox fur court dress, a smoked mink hat, a gold belt ring, a hand towel, a purse earcup and other accessories, A saddle horse. Three pairs of gold earrings with pearls inlaid on the mother Lang Jia of Fujin, a fox fur robe, six otter skins, and an exquisitely carved pommel horse."

Naerbu led the children of the Nala clan to bow three times and kneel down to the palace to the east of the lower middle stage, and Lang Jia led the female family members to go westward to the lower middle stage and bow six times, kneel three times and bow three times.

After the royal rules were finished, Lang Jia and Naerbu went to welcome people at the gate of the mansion, Xu Gu and Xueluo received gifts in front, the butler of the cashier ordered and received gifts in the hall, Ruan Shu and Naeri sneaked in In the small room, Ruan Xian was also beside them, listening to things that they had never seen before, but there were some things that even she had never seen before. This civil and military official is really powerful.

Qian Bao searched everywhere, only to see someone from the corridor, opened the window and said, "Gege Ruan Xian, my master said that three days before the New Year's Eve, I invite you to have a party on a boat."

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