After Tong Guowei's funeral, it was already summer.

Originally, Luo Jianing and the fifth princess had agreed to host a flower-viewing banquet, but it could not be held because Tong Guowei was seriously ill at that time. After all, Tong Guowei was the uncle of Emperor Kangxi, and no matter what, it was not possible to have a lively party while the old man was seriously ill.

Hold a banquet.

What's more, the late empress Tong Jia still had a favor to raise her fourth elder brother Yinzhen, so this matter cannot be handled like this.

Even though Tong Guowei did a lot of things that Emperor Kangxi didn't like in his old age, he still had feelings for his uncle. Now that his uncle has passed away, Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but feel sad for a while.

During these days, Yinzhen also acted very low-key. He returned home immediately after leaving office and did not socialize outside at all.

Therefore, during this period of time in the capital, everyone praised him, saying that Prince Yong was very elegant and that both father and son were emotional people.

In addition, the guests who went to Tong Jia's home to express their condolences to Tong Guowei all found out that Mrs. Tong Jia was already well, and they couldn't help but wonder - they heard some time ago that Mrs. Tong Jia was more seriously ill than Tong Guowei, so why did she suddenly feel better?

Mrs. Tong Jiasan was not stingy with her words at all and directly attributed all the credit for her recovery during this period to Princess Yongqin.

In front of her relatives and friends, she sincerely described how Princess Yongqin supported her as his legitimate wife and how she dealt with Li Si'er, which amazed everyone.

For a time, Princess Yong's reputation spread more and more, and the wives of the powerful families praised her. They all said that Princess Yong's behavior was the right way, and she set a good example for them as their legitimate wives.

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By the time life returns to normal, it’s basically autumn.

Concubine De saw that Emperor Kangxi seemed to be in poor spirits, and heard that her daughter and daughter-in-law were planning to host a banquet in the spring. This time, she took the initiative and brought up the matter of hosting a banquet in the palace with the children.

The fifth princess wanted to observe filial piety for her grandfather Tong Guo with her husband, so she could not attend the banquet. In fact, the fifth princess had a distinguished status and did not have to stay with her husband for a year. However, she and Shun Anyan had a very good relationship, so she had to follow Shun Anyan.

We spent enough time together. No one else could do anything about it.

Fortunately, this was good for reputation, as the reputation of the fifth princess for her filial piety spread throughout the palace and the capital.

Concubine De called the Seventh Princess and Si Fujin to come together to discuss the matter of holding a banquet.

The Seventh Princess was naturally very happy. Si Fujin happened to have nothing else to do, so she agreed.

The aunt and sister-in-law began to enter the palace and accompany Concubine De to draw up the guest list.

When talking about the Fucha family, it is natural to mention the female relatives of the Ma Qi family - Concubine Ding is the daughter of Ma Qi. Now she and her children have a very good relationship with Yonghe Palace, and her family naturally

Among those invited.

Speaking of Ma Qi, the female relatives of other families in Fucha must also be taken into consideration.

Ma Qi has two younger brothers, Ma Wu and Li Rongbao, and they have a good relationship with him.

The three of them had jointly recommended the Eighth Prince as the crown prince, and they were both punished by Emperor Kangxi and imprisoned by the Eighth Prince. After sharing hardships, they shared joys and sorrows. After that, the three brothers had a small period of conflict, and then their relationship

But it's getting better and better.

It’s just that if all the female relatives of the three Fucha brothers’ families are listed, it seems that there are too many people. After all, if there is a banquet in the palace, only so many people can be invited. If there are too many people in this family, other families will

There will definitely be less.

The seventh princess was a little worried: "How about we ask Concubine Ding for her opinion?" Concubine Ding's daughter-in-law, Twelve Fujin, is Ma Qi's daughter. It is better for Concubine Ding to decide who will come and who will not come from the Fucha family.

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As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter outside: "Let me see who is talking about the concubine?" Then another person laughed: "I heard the Seventh Princess talking about me all the way away.

The Seventh Princess should tell you something, what did you say to me?"

The two people entered the house one after the other, it was Mi Fei and Ding Fei.

Concubine De didn't go around in circles with them, and said: "This time I will hold a banquet and invite people from the Fucha family. If there are too many, I'm afraid we won't be able to sit apart. If there are too few, I don't know who will be suitable. Come and help me find out."

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After saying that, Concubine De suddenly remembered and asked, "Why are you here? It's quite a coincidence."

"What a coincidence." Concubine Ding said, "I just happened to know that my sister needs my help, so this happened to me!"

Concubine De was stunned.

Concubine Mi smiled and came to the rescue: "Sister, don't listen to her nonsense. She came to my palace to see how delicious the snacks made in my palace were. She said she wanted to give a copy to my sister. No, I will join her.

I came over and happened to hear what you were talking about about the list."

Seeing this, Luo Jianing said: "What snack is so good? I have to try it."

"Okay, okay, you eat first." Concubine Ding looked helpless: "I am destined to work, so I have to look at the order first. Princess Yong is destined to be wealthy, so I have to eat first."

Luo Jianing chuckled: "Ms. Dingfei has made it right once."

Concubine Ding deliberately put her hands on her hips to look unhappy, and everyone laughed along with her.

After roughly scanning the number of people related to her family, Ding Fei felt it was troublesome, so she simply drew up a list of visitors to the Fucha family by writing three times, five times and two times.

"Sister, just follow this." Concubine Ding said: "Some of the others don't like to attend banquets, and some are too busy with new children at home. These are the most suitable people."

After that, Concubine Ding thought for a while and added a little girl: "I almost forgot about this little girl. This is my daughter-in-law's third uncle's little cousin. It's fun. She likes these lively things.

Yes, let her come too."

Luo Jianing's heart moved and she glanced at the list.

Before she could think of anything, Concubine Ding said again: "Speaking of which, her little cousin is very familiar with the second elder brother of Princess Yong's family." As she said this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.

Concubine Mi noticed something was wrong and deliberately said with a straight face: "You have to make it clear. How do you calculate this 'acquaintance'?"

Concubine Ding smiled and said: "I heard that a few times her little cousin went to her house to play, and she happened to meet her Ama teaching Yuan Shou to learn Mongolian. We went back and forth, and somehow, the little girl could communicate with Yuan Shou every time.

Shou and Shou were arguing so much that no one was convinced. She couldn't stop laughing when she talked about it. I haven't seen that situation before, and I'm looking forward to it. I just thought about letting them both come that day and see each other in person.

Look what happens when two little enemies get together."

Everyone in the room looked at Princess Yong: "Sifujin must ask Yuan Shou to come that day. It's okay if no one else comes, but Yuan Shou must come!"

Luo Jianing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and responded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I will definitely let him attend the banquet. Just wait and watch the show."

Several people were very happy.

The day of the banquet was a sunny day, the chrysanthemums were in bloom, and the imperial garden was fragrant. The women gathered together to talk about the fashionable clothing styles, and everyone was very happy.

When Luo Jianing brought the children to the banquet, the female family members were chatting happily.

Today, those who came with Sifujin were Sister Chen and Hongli. Honghui was on duty and went on errands, while Brother Xian was still young and stayed at home. It would be more appropriate for the remaining two half-year-old children to come with them.

Everyone was very happy to see little princess and little brother from Prince Yong's Mansion. Regardless of whether they were familiar with each other or not, they all came over to say hello:

"Sister Chen, you've grown so big!"

"Yuanshou is a bit taller than when I saw him before."

"Both children are so beautiful. The princess is so lucky."

While everyone praised them, Sister Chen thanked them one by one with a polite smile on her face. Hongli, on the other hand, forced a smile, not wanting to speak, and just followed his sister without saying a word.

Prince Yong is now a very popular person in the imperial court, and other people including Prince Yong are also being sought after in various ways.

Luo Jianing is already used to this kind of life. After all, as the most beloved daughter-in-law of the emperor, she has long been used to being flattered like this every time she attends a party.

But Sister Chen and Hongli are still a little uncomfortable with it.

Fortunately, under the training of Mr. Zhang, Sister Chen has been able to deal with various problems in various situations very calmly. What's more, as the emperor's good granddaughter, she knows that she must deal with all kinds of situations calmly.

, otherwise it will lose the face of the entire royal family.

Therefore, Sister Chen changed her usual stern look and tried her best to smile and chat with the other female family members.

Hongli always did as he pleased. He looked at the hypocritical smiles around him, struggled to deal with those people for a while, and then became impatient.

He pulled his sister's sleeve: "Shall we go play hut?" Playing games is better than dealing with these people wearing masks.

Sister Chen felt that she had a heavy responsibility and could not run around at will, so she said: "You might as well go and play by yourself. I will stay here with my mother for a while."

She was too young to understand before, but now she can understand the pain of her mother being able to cope with every environment. If she shrinks from just a small banquet, she will never be able to do as well as her mother in the future.

How could Hongli encourage his sister, but in the end, her sister ignored him and was still very determined to talk to the female family members.

Hongli felt that it was extremely boring, so he thought about playing pot by himself. Although it was boring, it was better than suffering among a group of chattering women.

Unexpectedly, he had made up his mind and just walked a few steps when he heard a familiar voice not far away: "Hey, Yuan Shou, where are you going? Is there anything interesting? I'll go and have a look too!"

The speaker was a seven or eight-year-old girl. She was about the same age as Hongli. She was cute and had a red dot between her eyebrows. She looked very cute.

But when Hongli saw her, his expression suddenly changed, he turned around, lowered his head and planned to leave quickly.

The girl grabbed him and said, "Why are you going? Why did you run so fast after seeing me like a mouse seeing a cat?"

Hongli was unconvinced, scratched his neck and said: "You are the mouse! You are the mouse!"

At this time, the girl's eyes fell on his waist, and she couldn't help laughing: "Oh Yuanshou, why is there a pink stripe on your jade pendant? Isn't this a color that girls like to use?"

Why are you wearing it too? Do you like being a girl?"

Her series of questions made Hongli feel embarrassed and annoyed.

The tube was given to him by his sister-in-law's sister, E Yurou. He thought it looked pretty, so how could he tolerate others talking about it like that?

"You just want to be a girl!" Hongli scolded the other party and said angrily: "I'm going to play with myself, I'm too lazy to talk to you!" He turned around and planned to leave.

This girl was the daughter of Ma Qi's younger brother Li Rongbao. Because the girl often went to visit Ma Qi, Hongli got to know her after frequent visits.
To be continued...