Dress to be a celebrity

The king of Zhou said that if there is a family banquet, he must hold a family banquet, so he immediately sent his servants to invite Mr. Song to have dinner at the mansion at night.

Song Shi was surprised and said: "Isn't today a good day for the prince and concubine to reunite? Your Highness is going to invite the officials of my Hanzhong Mansion to have a banquet?"

The concubine has come from the capital, and he is not in the mansion to hold a family banquet to celebrate, what are they doing with the subordinates in their mansion?This is not something that should be held according to the etiquette system. The Double Ninth Festival will be in a few days. Is it afraid that there will be no official dinner for him to show off his affection in front of his subordinates?

Song Shi felt emotional in his heart, and shook his head slightly, not expecting the little servant to shake his head like him: "Your Highness is not only inviting the adults of Hanzhong Mansion, but only Mr. Song to the family banquet."

... what banquet?

Zhou Wang welcomed the family banquet of the princess, what can he do...

There is really something about him.

It's all because he didn't make a big fuss when he got married, and he didn't walk around with Yue's family after he got married.When he was in Beijing, the relationship between Song and Huan's family was still a bit awkward, and Huan Ling entered his house naked; now that his family and cousin Huan have started to move around, then he and Zhou Wang's family should also move around as relatives.

The truth is this, but how should he call Huan Ling his sister?

According to Huan Ling's gender, she should be called Xiaogu, and according to her marriage relationship, she should be called Xiaoaunt...

Song Shi struggled to figure out the relationship between relatives. Seeing that he didn't answer, the waiter at the side reminded: "Our Highness and Your Majesty are going to invite Mr. Huan to share a family feast with Mr. Huan. They are all close relatives, Mr. Don't need to think too much."

Yes, anyway, we always call him Niang Niang when we meet, regardless of whether he is a sister-in-law or a sister-in-law.

Song Shi nodded, no longer entangled in this trivial matter, and readily agreed: "Since His Royal Highness King Zhou and Empress love each other, Xiaguan dare to refuse? Please go back and reply to your father-in-law. Xiaguan will come after the office breaks up in the evening."

The waiter waited, then went back to report.

It was the first time for Song Shi to formally visit relatives, and he thought he couldn't just eat a meal with his hands in his hands, so he wrote a post and asked someone to send it to Huan Qianxian's yamen, asking him what kind of gift he should give——

Although he is not a little daughter-in-law who "doesn't know the nature of aunt's food, send her sister-in-law to taste first", but when recognizing relatives, it is better to give him something that the other party likes.It's just that there is nothing that the Zhou Palace can't get from the Hanzhong Mansion, and it's very difficult for him as a brother-in-law to show his strength in front of his sister!

Huan Ling received the post, and quickly wrote back to tell him: "Don't worry, I've prepared it."

That’s okay, anyway, after getting married, the whole family will give a gift, and it’s the same for everyone.

But after all, visiting relatives is different from the mentality of leaders treating guests and eating rich people. It is not easy to enter the door with empty hands.

Song Shi only saved the meeting ceremony for the sister-in-law, but still called people to go outside to buy some food to send to the house.

Now it's the beginning of September, and crabs and mountain goods have all come down. Buying anything casually is a fancy gift.

The comprador in the mansion got the order, so he first bought a basket of fresh and fat river crabs, and then went to the restaurant to buy some local specialties, smoked cured and sauced meat, and picked out a good-looking place and neatly cut them into a box.Under the kitchen, there are taro, chestnut, pomegranate, citrus and other seasonal things collected from the experimental fields in the mountains.

When Song Shi went out at night, he asked his family to carry them on poles and sent them to Zhou Wangfu.

There were already family members in the palace waiting to guide him, and someone brought the gift-giving family members to the kitchen.Song Shi followed the servant to the flower hall of the Wangfu, where Huan Ling had already been there by himself, when he saw him enter the door, he poured tea for him and handed it to him.

"You still brought something? I actually have everything prepared here, just come here, why bother."

Song Shi took a sip of his tea and let out a long sigh of relief: "It's just a few local rituals. It's also the first time I've met relatives, so I want to be more thoughtful."

When I first met Mr. Huan Ge, I had a lot of quarrels, and I didn't expect to meet my parents; the time I disclosed my married status to King Zhou was also mentioned in the conversation, and it was not considered a formal recognition of relatives.This is the first time that the two families have met as in-laws. No matter what the relationship was in the past, Princess Zhou is considered a relative now, so she must be more formal.

The day Huan Ling met his relatives at his home, he still remembered the attitude of his parents, brother and sister-in-law. What if Princess Zhou couldn't think about it and wanted to beat the mandarin ducks?

He was also a little nervous, and even drank a few sips of tea.Huan Ling shook his head slightly, and said very firmly: "What's the matter, how can a younger sister control elder brother's business? Yuan Niang is sensible now, and won't be rude to you."

When he heard that King Zhou wanted to invite Song today, he was worried that his sister Xiao Xing'er would embarrass Song Shi face to face.So when I had the opportunity to be alone with Yuan Niang in the afternoon, I pointed out my identity to her——

He has already entered the Song family's ancestral hall, and Song Shi also paid homage to their ancestors of the Huan family, and his grandfather and the parents of the Song family also recognized this relative.The two of them are close relatives, even if Yuan Niang married into the royal family and became a princess, if Song Shi was not respected, he, the elder brother, would not agree.

He was originally worried that Yuan Niang's little girl would embarrass Song Shi at this family banquet, but he didn't want her to have experienced a lot over the years and become sensible, so he wanted to apologize for her ignorance and rudeness back then.

Back then, she was shallow-minded and had a high self-esteem. She wanted to imitate those virtuous women who would go down in history, but she didn't know that if her ability was not worthy of her thought, she would fall from the sky.

She thought too high and fell too hard. Not only did she suffer, but she also implicated too many people.If she hadn't been confused by power and fame back then, and had only wanted to enter the palace...

The past cannot be pursued, and those who come can still be admonished.

She sighed softly, looked at her elder brother, and was deeply blessed: "Back then, I had spoken rudely to Brother Song in front of my elder brother and my family, and I hope that my elder brother would apologize to Mr. Song on my behalf."

She is already the concubine of King Zhou. If she apologizes to her elder brother's lover at the banquet for the divorce, then she thinks that the two families are living too well. Convey.

Huan Ling helped her up, and said: "Don't worry, you Song Sange is not that kind of narrow-minded person. I will convey today's words for you, and you will forget about the past in the future, and do your duty as a princess with peace of mind. "

In Song Shi's heart, he pretended to be a family, a country, and the world, so he couldn't see the carelessness of their family back then.

……

After the wedding ceremony, Huan Ling conveyed Yuan Niang's apology to Song Shi, and even performed the ceremony on her behalf, and bowed her hands.

Song Shi refused to accept his salute, and held his arm and said, "I know our sister just apologizes, why are you saluting to me? I don't need your bow, if she apologized to me, It's enough to say, I can't accept such a little girl giving me a big gift."

Although Princess Huan didn't like him, didn't he feel the same back then, and only wanted to get married to be worthy of Master's death?Even those who are married still get divorced, and those who are not married have to divorce.

What's more, the Huan family doesn't owe his daughter-in-law. Isn't this a compensation for Mr. Ge's grandson?In his previous life, there were stories about sisters getting married easily in many TV shows and novels, and he seemed to enjoy watching them all. Now he has become the hero and married a bride who was married on behalf of him...

It actually feels pretty good.

The only difference from the one on TV is that other people's family is married to the older sister, but to him it's just the older brother.

A hint of cunning suddenly flashed in his eyes, he let go of Huan Ling's hand, and said with a smile: "If you must give me a big gift, then you don't need to bow and bow, just give me a blessing?"

Mr. Song wanted to experience the feeling of a virtuous wife saluting to him, Huan Ling held his hands in the air for a long while, neither falling nor not falling.

The two looked at each other, and Song Shi saw a bit of embarrassment on his face, his eyelids drooped in embarrassment, and his expression was inexplicably seductive.He was filled with pity, and just about to persuade Huan Ling to forget it, when he saw that his hands had fallen to his waist at some point, his hands were empty fists, he bowed like sticking a candle, and called softly: "Master!" .”

Master Song's heart jumped suddenly, and he wrapped his arms around his waist, almost hugging him and turning him around.

Huan Ling's hands also passed under his arms, and his fingertips slid down the spine. His brows and eyes were bright, and he asked softly in his ear, "Do you want me to serve the master?"

This, this is too unserious, too detrimental to the court's dignity!

The goosebumps on Master Song's back came up, and the arms around Huan Ling subconsciously tightened, and his palms touched his smooth lake silk casual clothes, his mood became more generous and fierce, and he reprimanded heavily:

Only this time, not next time!

After this time, Master Song suddenly realized that the one he married was not a virtuous wife, but a life-threatening young lady.The underground again and again is not an example, and the repeated efforts again and again made the master start to suffer from back pain at a young age.

He almost couldn't start the morning meeting when he got up early, and he went back home to rest, rubbing his old waist and moaning, scolding Huan Ling without shame.

Huan Ling knew he was wrong, but at this time he was very virtuous and sensible, kneeling on the side of the bed and rubbing Master Song's waist. While rubbing, he was distracted from reading the documents sent by the counties below, and even went out of his way to do it for him. With one hand, he approved official documents on his behalf.

Fortunately, no one saw it, otherwise if people knew about it, wouldn't he be accused of dereliction of duty?

Song Shi complained a few words in a low voice, turned his face to look at his way of approving official documents, and was caught by his serious expression when he was engaged in official business, he was reluctant to say anything about him, and could only lament that his will was too weak.

Hearing him sigh, Huan Ling threw down his pen, pushed aside a document asking him to send someone to help build water conservancy projects, turned around and comforted him, "Don't worry about Shiguan, even if someone sees what I criticize, it's fine." Just treat it as an official document of mine, and you won’t suspect that I am approving any official document on your behalf.”

Moreover, his writing style is similar to that of the Song Dynasty, and his handwriting can be imitated so that outsiders can't see anything.

When he first came to Zhangzhou Mansion to make a general judgment, he was taught by Song Shi hand in hand in dealing with documents, food distribution, tax collection, punishment, and construction.Now it's just for him to revisit the old things and learn some local government from Mr. Song.