On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the 70th birthday of Mr. Zhou.

He was a veteran of three dynasties, respected and was about to retire again, so there were a lot of guests coming today. Almost all the aristocratic families and civil servants were coming.

As in-laws, the Xiao family, the Cheng family, and the Lin family came early.

The old lady talked to her wives' backyard, and the younger generations were also pulled to meet the elders. To be honest, Ji Wan had never seen many noble ladies for so long. She was a girl who had been married and would have to deal with these people sooner or later. Mrs. Xiao and Zhou wanted to take this opportunity to make her familiar with each other first.

After a while, her face was about to be froze.

After meeting the elders, they were the girls from various prefectures.

In addition to the sisters of the Zhou Mansion and Xiao Mansion, Lu Feiyan had the best relationship with her. Lu Feiyan knew many people, so he introduced her to her next to her.

"Mr. Ji."

A woman walked from the arch bridge, wearing a light gray cloak, with beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but a little tender, looking like she was only twelve or thirteen years old.

"The five girls of the Xie family in Linyang are like jade, and they have met the county lord."

She gave Ji Wan a flat gift, but her eyes looked and explored with a little bit, which was a bit like evaluating a product.

Ji Wan was uncomfortable with that gaze, but she still smiled politely, "Miss Xie Wu is polite."

Xie Ruyu had already withdrawn his gaze and said with a smile: "I have heard of the name of the county lord for a long time, but I have never been able to see him. I feel deeply sorry. Today I am lucky to see the beauty of the county lord, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation."

Ji Wan's eyes moved slightly.

She has been in Beijing for more than half a year. Apart from Duke Anguo's mansion, the mansions of two uncles, and the current Xiao mansion, she has never visited any other mansions. Even if she has heard of her, she has never seen any of those aristocratic families. When Xie Ruyu came, she looked up and down at her, her words were polite but implicitly. The word "Fragrant Face" was very meaningful.

She had heard of the Xie family in Linyang. She had been rich and powerful families in the past few generations, and had two pavilions, three ministers and seven Jinshi. The old lady of Xie's family had just seen her in the flower hall. The gray-haired old lady has her own majesty in her gracefulness, and her whole body is not afraid to underestimate her.

Now the head of the Xie family is Xie Ruyu's grandfather and the Grand Secretary of Hongyuan Pavilion.

Ji Wan didn't understand where Xie Ruyu's hostility towards her came from, but today, the birthday of Grandpa Tai was full of guests, so it was really not appropriate to have any conflict with the guests.

So she smiled and said, "Miss Xie Wu praised it. The Xie family is well-known all over the world, and all the women in the clan are talented and beautiful, and they are role models of women in the world."

Lu Feiyan, who was entangled by several ladies, saw the movement here, and quickly found an excuse to escape and walked over in three or two steps.

"Isn't this Miss Xie Wu? I haven't seen you for a long time, so why are you safe?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, there was a bit of fireworks mixed in. Ji Wan thought to herself, could these two have had a marriage? And she had an engagement with the Lu family, so Xie Ruzhu took her anger?

"It turns out it's Sister Lu Liu, who is so respectful."

When Xie Ruyu saw her, her face changed, and she quickly laughed again and greeted her politely.

Lu Feiyan looked at her with a smile, "I heard that my fifth sister is not in good health in the past two years, especially fearing the cold, and has been resting in the mansion. At the beginning of the year, the eldest princess held a banquet in the mansion and never saw her sister. In this cold winter, why did her sister go out?"

She did have a feud with Xie Ruyu. To be precise, her brother and Xie Ruyu's legitimate sister had a feud.

Last year, my mother fell in love with Ruyue, the daughter of Xie's family, and asked her brother to go to the eldest princess's house to see him, but the brother did not like Xie Ruyue. The two sisters did not deal with her Lu family so far, and they never had any contact with her again. In fact, this is reasonable.

The Duke of Anguo Mansion is a good family, but the Xie family is also a big family, with strong capital. A family of poetry, books, etiquette, and a daughter raised by a family of children who have always come to ask for marriage, but was defeated by his brother and lost face. He was inevitably dissatisfied. But marriage still depends on fate, and this matter has not been known to everyone. Even if the Xie family is unhappy, they are all famous families, and they will not have a deep hatred for this.

Old Mrs. Xie is a sensible person and has never resented her as a man of Anguo because she did not form a family. However, her two legitimate granddaughters, one is one year older than her and the other is one year younger than her. They had a good relationship with her in the past, but after this incident, they didn't like her very much. They occasionally met at banquets in other mansions. The two were lukewarm to her, and they were clearly depressed.

She was tactful and no longer bothered her.

The sisterly relationship in the past was shattered like this.

Xie Ruyu provoked Ji Wan as soon as she came today, which was nothing more than just holding on to her elder sister Xie Ruyue.

I just don’t know if her actions today were instructed by Xie Ruyue.

She had heard about it a long time ago that Xie Ruyue had made a marriage with the Lu family of Fanyang at the end of last year. Otherwise, Xie Ruyue would have been here for such an occasion today.

Xie Ruyue is as arrogant as a man, can she bear to lose to a "farmer girl"?

Xie Ruyu was indeed entrusted by her elder sister. She wanted to come to the Zhou Mansion to see that Miss Ji, who was named the county lord by the emperor as soon as she entered the capital, had the ability to be in the eyes of Mrs. An Guo. Even the Lu Sanlang, who was above the top, did not object.

The daughter she raised in Linyang Xie family is one of the best among the ladies of aristocratic families, how could she not compare to a small peasant girl?

At first sight, she was startled by Ji Wan's appearance. The eldest sister's beauty is the best among the women in the clan. But she had to admit that in terms of appearance, the eldest sister is indeed slightly inferior to Ji Wan.

Could it be that Lu Sanlang is fascinated by this woman's beauty?

Thinking of this in her heart, her eyes naturally showed a three-point contempt when she looked at Ji Wan. Then she found that this woman was a modest person, but she was not as petty as she imagined. But no matter what, she was from a small family, and she was a lowly civilian at heart. How could she have to be with her elder sister?

The more angry Xie Ruyu felt when Lu Feiyan protected this woman like this.

She and Lu Feiyan used to have a handkerchief, but they became enemies because of each other's brothers and sisters. Now Lu Feiyan treats a humble country girl as a friend, and the more angry she feels.

"It's not a serious illness. I'm so lucky to keep the gold and jade every day. The weather is pretty good today, so I'll go out for a walk. Ruyu is very honored to be able to meet the sixth sister here."

After all, he is the descendant of a famous family and is in charge of the training. Even if he is dissatisfied with his heart, he still has to be 10% of his skills on the surface.

"elder sister."

Ji Rong brought Xiao Wen over. She didn't know Xie Ruyu, but she had suffered countless hardships since she was a child. Coupled with the experience of the past two years, she has developed some skills in knowing people. With just one glance, she knew that this girl is not a good person.

Xie Ruyu took the opportunity to look at her, "This is Miss Ji Er? I'm so disrespectful."
Chapter completed!