[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

Chapter 186 Invitation from the New Shangshu Mansion

Expanding the Baishou Hall is not something that can be done overnight. Moreover, the Baishou Hall is already in the deepest part of the Shun'an Marquis's backyard. It is inconvenient for craftsmen to come and go.

Moreover, if the Baishou Hall is to be expanded, it will be temporarily uninhabitable. Even Yun Shu's Tingyuxuan and Mr. Zhong's Mingxinyuan will be affected and temporarily uninhabitable.

Once the construction starts, people from the three courtyards will have to find other places to stay.

This is also the reason why Rong Enqing put the matter aside beforehand.

However, this time Rong Enqing was determined to expand and renovate Baishou Hall. After instructing housekeeper Li to find craftsmen, he began to move the people from the three courtyards.

Because Rong Enqing didn't want the construction period to be delayed too long, he asked Butler Li to find more people and complete the expansion task within a month.

This means that the people in the three courtyards only need to live somewhere else for one month.

So everyone just packed up their daily necessities and current clothes, and after two days, they moved to a new place to live.

The people from Baishou Hall moved to Tingfengyuan, where the second branch used to live.

Tingfeng Courtyard is very big, big enough to accommodate five people including a grandparent and grandchildren, as well as the servants of Baishoutang and Yunying and her group.

After settling the servants, Rong Enqing almost changed his mind when he saw that there were still more rooms in Tingfengyuan. He wondered if he should just replace the plaque of Tingfengyuan with Baishoutang. Why bother expanding Baishoutang?

Fortunately, Xiu Zhang kindly reminded him about the last expansion, so Rong Enqing gave up.

Yunshu and the people from Tingyuxuan temporarily moved into Tinglanyuan, which was previously occupied by the third branch.

Mr. Zhong moved into Tinghe Courtyard. Yunluo and several maids in Baishoutang also moved to Tinghe Courtyard where they studied every day.

Because Yunying, Yunai and Yunlan had lived in these three courtyards before. Although they were young, they had only moved out for less than a year and were still very familiar with these three courtyards.

So the three sisters played in this yard today and in that yard tomorrow, without any restrictions at all.

Rong Enqing was very happy to see this, so he settled down in Tingfengyuan peacefully.

The next day after the move, Butler Li called in craftsmen as well.

Just when the Shun'an Marquis Mansion was busy repairing the house, time quietly walked into the winter month. It was the time when the weather was cold and everyone stayed in their homes for the winter.

But at this moment, Rong Enqing received an invitation after a long time.

The invitation was sent by Yang Jia, the new Minister of Rites who had just taken office a month ago.

The new Minister of Rites was named Yang Qian. Like Rong Minglang, he was also promoted to Beijing from other places.

The Yang family is a prominent family with a long history in Shandong, but this time they came to Beijing in a very low-key manner.

While Rong Enqing was looking for a famous doctor to treat his granddaughter's ears and attracted everyone's attention, the Yang family quietly entered Beijing.

While everyone was still watching the Rong family and the Shun'an Marquisate quarreling, the Yang family had quietly established a firm foothold in the capital.

This invitation is the stepping stone for the Yang family to integrate into the Beijing circle.

The theme of this banquet is brewing tea around the fire, which is suitable for the atmosphere of this snowy place.

However, the post from the Yang family clearly stated that Rong Enqing and Yun Ye were invited to go together.

This is a bit difficult to handle.

In the past year, Rong Enqing has attended a banquet held by the Anguo Mansion, in addition to the banquets held by her family. That banquet was a blind date banquet with a clear purpose. Moreover, Yun Shu has always been under her nose, and the Anyang County Lord is protecting her. Although something happened in the middle of the banquet, it was considered safe.

But this time, the Yang family asked her to take Yun Ye with her.

Yun Ye was nine years old, so it was impossible for him to follow her to the backyard. He had to go to the front yard alone.

Rong Enqing was worried that if Yun Ye was alone in the front yard and something happened, she would not be able to take care of him.

The most important thing is that the message from the Yang family came out of nowhere, and Rong Enqing couldn't help but worry.

The Shun'an Marquis Mansion has a bad reputation and no one is on duty in the court. In the capital, it is simply an insignificant existence.

Didn't you see that in the past year, there were dozens of banquets in the capital, not to mention hundreds or thousands. But from beginning to end, only the Duke of Anguo Mansion invited the Shun'an Mansion once. Everyone else subconsciously ignored the Shun'an Mansion.

In this case, why did the Yang family invite Shun'an Marquis Mansion? Rong Enqing didn't remember any intersection between the Yun family and the Yang family.

Because he was worried, Rong Enqing asked Nanshan to find out about the Yang family banquet.

Nanshan made inquiries for two days and came back to report that the Yang family had invited all officials and noble families above the third rank. In addition, all the young men around ten years old with names in each family were on the invitation list.

Nanshan also specifically inquired about the situation of the Yang family. He reported back that Yang Qian and his wife came to Beijing this time with their youngest son and his family to serve them, in addition to their two older grandsons, one ten years old and the other eight years old.

It seems that in addition to showing up at the banquet, the Yang family also intends to provide an opportunity for their grandson to make friends.

Hearing the news from Nanshan, Rong Enqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Ask Yun Ye to ask for leave from the academy in advance.

On the day of the banquet, Rong Enqing packed up and took Yun Ye to the banquet.

Because the Yang family had invited the most upper-class families in the capital this time, Rong Enqing did not dare to be overconfident and left early.

What she didn't expect was that there were more people who arrived earlier than her.

Not to mention the wives of third-rank officials, even the people from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion arrived earlier than her!

Rong Enqing was really shocked. He was just a noble family from outside the capital, but everyone was giving him so much face?

Why was Princess Anyang mocked and despised when she came to Beijing? If Princess Anyang hadn't been so fierce and famous, I'm afraid no one in the capital would have taken her seriously.

There is also the Rong family, who also came to Beijing from other places. As soon as they arrived, they had all kinds of quarrels with Shun'an Hou and were laughed at by people all over the capital. To this day, the Rong family is still on the hotly discussed list of shame.

They are both people who came to Beijing from other places, but they have different fates!

Look at the Yang family’s show today...tsk tsk, I’m so jealous!

Rong Enqing felt jealous in his heart, but someone was really jealous.

Just as Rong Enqing got off the carriage and prepared to walk in, two familiar voices came from behind him.

"Tsk, isn't it just two levels higher than the master's official position? We are all from other places, what's the big deal! You have to hold such a grand banquet, who are you showing off to?"

Rong Enqing immediately recognized the voice of this mean and talkative person. It was undoubtedly Zhang.

"Shut up!" an old voice shouted, "If you can't control your mouth, I won't leave your house anymore."

No need to look, this is Old Lady Rong.

Rong Enqing didn't want to pay any attention to them at first, but when he heard their voices, he wanted to take a few quick steps to shake them off.

Unfortunately, before she could make a move, the person behind her called her.