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The Sheng family was also full of guests today.
Sheng Hong was the general judge of Yangzhou. He was an official of the fifth rank. In Yangzhou, he was a first-class high official.
Other than Lin Ruhai, the salt inspector, the Yangzhou prefect, and other officials, he was the most influential, so his connections here were still very wide.
The group of people entered the inner courtyard. As for the outside, it was noisy.
At the same time, Sheng Hong and his wife also found out about the situation outside. When they heard that only Yuan Wenchun and his wife had come to the Yuan family yesterday, they were very angry.
But today, when he heard that even the second young master of the Marquis of Ningyuan's residence, the deputy commander of the Imperial City's Embroidered Guards, had come, he instantly felt that his face was glowing and not too shameful anymore.
After all, Yuan Wenchun had apologized sincerely. They did not know that it was because of Jia Huan's deterrence. Otherwise, Yuan Wenchun would not have taken the Sheng family seriously.
After all, when Second Uncle Gu and Ming Lan first met, they were still children.）
Before long, the group arrived at the hall. At this time, Sheng Hong and his wife had been waiting for a long time.
"Greetings, Uncle and Auntie."
With Jia Huan watching from the side, Yuan Wenchun didn't dare to be disrespectful. After all, Jia Huan should be a person who paid attention to rules in his heart. Jia Huan probably didn't like the arrogance of those noble families.
"Hahaha, nephew, you've come a long way.”
Sheng Hong laughed loudly. Although he was still a little dissatisfied, it dissipated a lot.
Then, everyone introduced themselves to each other.
"This is Gu Tingye, the second young master of the Marquis Ningyuan Residence.”
"This is Gu Qianfan. They are cousins and the deputy commander of the Imperial City's Embroidered Guard.”
Sheng Hong's expression was serious.
"Greetings, Second Young Master, Vice Commander.”
Although his official position was the same as Gu Qianfan's, one was the Imperial City Department, the Emperor's personal guard, while the other was a local official. Their status was obvious.
Everyone greeted him, but Sheng Hong saw Jia Huan and Lin Daiyu and asked curiously.
"Who are these two?"
Jia Huan smiled and walked forward.
"My surname is Jia, and this is my cousin, Lin Ruhai's only daughter.”
Hearing Jia Huan's words, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu turned pale with fright.
"Lord Lin's daughter?"
Everyone in Yangzhou knew that there was a Rank Two Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou. They heard that his daughter had gone to the capital, but they did not expect that she would come to the Sheng family today.
"Sorry for not welcoming you!"
Sheng Hong quickly said. This was the most distinguished guest in the entire Sheng family.
Even Gu Tingye and the others were inferior to him. Although Gu Tingye was from the Marquisdom, he was only the Second Young Master.
Lin Ruhai only had one daughter. Everyone knew that if Lin Ruhai returned to the capital, he would at least be a minister, a left assistant minister, or even a minister.
Greetings, Uncle Sheng, Auntie."
Lin Daiyu bowed with a smile. Her behavior was dignified. As expected of the Lin family, which came from four generations of marquises.
In the Zhou Dynasty, marquises were civil officials! Back then, the Lin family's ancestor followed Zhou Taizu to govern the country.
However, because Zhou Taizu had set a rule that no marquis could be conferred without military merit, the Lin family's ancestors had contributed too much to governing the country. In the end, they compromised and conferred the title of marquis for three generations.
Later on, Gahn inherited the fourth generation, so the Lin family called it the family of the fourth generation marquis. Now that Lin Ruhai happened to be the fifth generation, if he had not passed away halfway, the Lin family might have been able to take back the title of marquis.
As the only family of civil officials and marquises in the Zhou Dynasty, the Lin family's reputation in the Zhou Dynasty could be seen. Otherwise, why would the Duke of Rong choose a son-in-law and marry his daughter to Lin Ruhai?
Sheng Hong was indeed a smart person. He immediately analyzed something.
Wasn't Lin Ruhai's in-law the Rong Public House in the capital?
His surname was Jia, and he was Lin Daiyu's cousin. Wasn't he a disciple of Rong Mansion?
He immediately did not dare to be careless and hurriedly bowed to Jia Huan.
"Greetings, Young Master Jia."
Jia Huan smiled slightly and quickly spoke politely. They would never have guessed that Jia Huan was the current Marquis Champion. After all, who would have thought that the Marquis Champion would attend a betrothal banquet held by a judge?
Sheng Hong and his wife, Wang Ruofu, had to go greet the guests, and Yuan Wenchun also had to follow them to pay their respects, so Jia Huan and the others were free.
"You two go and have some fun. I'll bring Sister Lin to the backyard.”
Jia Huan said. Lin Ruhai had asked Lin Daiyu to come and meet the girls from the other families. Of course, he had to personally send them off, or else he would not be at ease.
"Yes."
The two of them couldn't help but obey, but they quickly realized that Jia Huan was hiding his identity and smiled awkwardly.
Jia Huan didn't care. He just didn't go in when he saw Lin Daiyu off at the gate of the backyard.
Instead, he asked the servant girl to lead Lin Daiyu in. After all, this was a place where the womenfolk stayed. It was not good for Jia Huan to enter.
"I wonder where I can see Ming Lan.”
Jia Huan thought to himself. Gu Tingye and the others had changed in age. The current Ming Lan should not be young anymore.
Although the Sheng family was a family of officials, they were not the kind of noble family in the capital that had many rules. Therefore, the women's words were not restricted.
Other than eating and sitting separately, they could still come out to meet people on such a grand occasion.
Jia Huan was bored and walked around when he suddenly heard a commotion.
Jia Huan, who was curious, immediately walked over. It turned out to be the kitchen. One of the servant girls was being pulled. He immediately knew what time it was.
"Stop!"
Jia Huan immediately shouted.
Immediately, everyone looked over. When they saw Jia Huan dressed luxuriously, they immediately knew that he was their distinguished guest.
"Greetings to this young master. It's a sin to disturb a noble person with a trivial matter in the residence!”
The leader, Lady Zhou, walked forward and said with a smile.
Jia Huan didn't even look at her, but looked at the servant girl and asked.
"This should be Xiao Die, right?"
Jia Huan thought to himself. At this moment, a voice sounded.
"Sister Xiao Die!"
Jia Huan turned his head and immediately saw a beautiful figure walking over quickly. She was wearing a light yellow dress, but the fabric was not very good.
However, it could not hide her stunning appearance.
If Lin Daiyu was dignified and weak, then the girl in front of her was strange and delicate.
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