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

In the hall, the discussions and ridicules of the crowd became more and more intense, and the situation of Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhang became more and more embarrassing.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Wu and Zhang looked at each other, said goodbye and left.

Rong Enqing did not make things difficult for the two and let them go without hesitation. In such an occasion, it was not appropriate to hold someone back.

Moreover, only by letting the two of them leave can this sudden storm subside.

As for the insult suffered by the Marquis' Mansion, it can only be redressed elsewhere.

For example, find a truly good family for Yunshu in the future.

Wu and Zhang left from the front of the hall, running vertically through the entire hall. They walked hurriedly all the way to the door, without looking around, looking as if they were eager to escape immediately.

However, before leaving the house, the two men stopped at the same time, bowed slightly to a woman, nodded, and then left.

Rong Enqing watched the two people leave and naturally saw their unusual behavior.

They were both fifth-rank concubines, so why would the two of them bow to that lady?

Rong Enqing was feeling confused, and his eyes unconsciously fell on the woman.

The woman was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, with soft features and a gentle temperament. She looked like someone who was easy to get along with.

However, when the woman looked back at her, her gentle features suddenly became sharp, and the corners of her mouth curled up, revealing an undisguised provocation.

Rong Enqing couldn't help but frown. Who is this woman?

Just as he was wondering, he heard Madam Yu from the Zhenguo Mansion gloatingly say, "Hey, isn't that Concubine Liang's sister-in-law Cui? Why did Madam Rong arrange her there? No wonder..."

No wonder, but no one said it.

Rong Enqing was startled and turned to look at Zhang, who was also surprised. She bent down slightly and whispered in Rong Enqing's ear: "That is the wife of Liang Daxueshi, the cabinet minister. Daxueshi is a fifth-rank official. My daughter-in-law didn't pay attention for a moment... It's all my daughter-in-law's fault."

Rong Enqing sighed. It was not Zhang's fault.

Firstly, the Zhang family had been isolated from the outside world for eight years, so they might not know much about what was happening outside.

Secondly, the decision to hold the flower banquet was made too hastily. There were too many and too complicated things to prepare in half a month, so omissions were inevitable.

However, it is obvious that Cui is not a good person.

Judging from her provocative look just now, and the respectful attitude of Wu and Zhang towards her when they left, plus the fact that the three of them were sitting together before, all signs have shown that Wu and Zhang took the initiative to propose marriage, and it was definitely instigated by Cui.

Just because the seat arranged for her was not to her liking, she retaliated and humiliated the Marquis' Mansion in this way. It can be seen that she is a person who is unwilling to suffer even the slightest loss.

Mrs. Yu's voice was quite loud, and many people heard it and looked towards Cui. After noticing that Cui's seat was so far back, everyone showed a look of surprise.

Discussions resumed.

At this time, a man from the third-grade area stood up and said with a smile, "Cui Yiren and I are close friends. Let's go sit with her."

Rong Enqing's face froze, and Zhang was even more embarrassed as she hurried forward and bowed to apologize: "Please forgive me, Yang Shuren. It's all my fault for being careless and wronging Cui Yiren. I will invite Cui Yiren to take a seat now."

"No need." Yang walked to Cui's side and sat down resolutely.

Soon, many people stood up and walked towards Cui. Some were high-ranking ladies of the second rank, and some were low-ranking ladies of the fourth rank and fifth rank ladies of the fifth rank. Regardless of their rank, Cui was the core of the group.

Looking around, almost one-third of the people in the hall leaned towards Cui. They would rather stand than sit in the seats arranged for them by the Marquis' Mansion.

This was clearly a demonstration to the Marquis' Mansion.

The Shun'an Marquis Mansion was thus put on the fire.

Cui looked through the crowd, raised her chin towards Rong Enqing, and looked at him with disdain, the sarcasm in her eyes was self-evident.

Rong Enqing's face turned from red to white, and then from white to blue. Needless to say, this flower banquet was a complete failure.

She really took it for granted!

She thought that in ancient times, the hierarchy was strict and the most important thing was the rank of the official. But she forgot that in ancient times, people paid more attention to personal relationships.

Although Cui herself was only a fifth-rank concubine, behind her stood a sister-in-law who was a royal concubine!

Alas, people who don’t understand the ancient times should not be so self-righteous in the future.

However, isn't it a bit too much to be so provocative against the Marquis' Mansion just because they are dissatisfied with the seating arrangement?

Rong Enqing didn't have time to think about these things. The most important thing now was to solve the problem at hand.

After much thought, Rong Enqing didn't have any better solution and the only option was to apologize sincerely.

She was not a hypocritical person. After making a decision, she immediately stood up and said loudly: "I am deeply honored that you can come to the Marquis's flower banquet. However, since the Marquis's Mansion has not held such a banquet for a long time, we were careless and neglected the distinguished guests present. I apologize to you here on behalf of Shun'an Marquis' Mansion."

As he spoke, he bowed deeply to everyone present and performed a great salute.

Rong Enqing spoke sincerely and his attitude was not perfunctory, especially the big gift, which made him look very humble.

Such a move by a lady of the highest rank stunned everyone present.

Under normal circumstances, let alone someone like Rong Enqing, even Wu and Zhang, who had fled in a hurry before, would not be able to admit their mistakes in public and bow to apologize.

Nowadays, everyone loves to save face. Many times, even when they are clearly wrong, they still insist on being stubborn and refuse to admit their mistakes, all they want is to save face.

But Rong Enqing traveled through time from a modern city. To her, apologizing after doing something wrong was just a matter of course, so she didn't feel awkward doing it.

However, the expressions of others changed.

Even Madam Yu, who had always been rude to her and always gloated over her misfortunes and took advantage of her misfortunes whenever she got the chance, couldn't help but sigh and say, "It's just a small matter. Why do you have to be like this, Madam?"

Madam Meng at the side also said: "Madam Tai is of noble status, there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony. Few people present can bear it."

Rong Enqing saw that there was a way, and his attitude became more sincere, "This is indeed our fault. We neglected Cui Yiren. If we are wrong, we should admit it. How can we take advantage of our status and bully others?"

Neither Old Lady Meng nor Madam Yu could respond to this. A Madam of the first rank apologized to a concubine of the fifth rank. Who was bullying her? Neither of them spoke.

Rong Enqing smiled at the two of them, walked up to Cui, bowed, and said sincerely, "Please forgive me for the neglect of the Marquis' Mansion, Lady Cui."

As soon as Rong Enqing made this move, the situation reversed and the person who was put on the fire became Cui.

Cui's face looked grim, and she didn't know what to do when two maids ran in in panic.

One ran towards her, and the other ran towards Zou, the wife of the Left Vice-Chief Censor of the Censorate.

The one running towards her was her daughter's personal maid. The maid running towards Zou was probably also the maid serving Miss Wang.

Cui was just worrying about how to get off the stage. When she saw her maid running over in a hurry, she immediately scolded her, "Why are you so flustered?"

The maid was startled, but still came forward impatiently.

Cui was scolding the maid, and on the Wang family's side, because Zou was standing on the outskirts of the crowd, the maid easily got close to Zou and whispered what had happened in her ear.

Unexpectedly, Zou was a person with an impatient temperament. When she heard the maid's words, she immediately blurted out and shouted angrily: "You said the young lady fell into the water?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room fell silent.

Cui's face changed, and she immediately asked her maid: "Lan'er also fell into the water!?"

The maid nodded quickly, "Not only the young lady, but also Miss Xueyao from the Wang family and Miss Ruowei from the Liu family, all fell into the water!"

As soon as this happened, Cui glared at Rong Enqing and said, "Madam, please give us an explanation for this matter!"

Why is it that the tone of voice sounds like the singing of emancipated serfs?

Rong Enqing couldn't help but shudder, his face darkened, and he said, "Let's go check on the people first."