I just want to rob you of your luck

Early in the morning, Lin Ruoshui and Aunt Liu put on their valuable clothes and jewelry and dressed up carefully.

In particular, Aunt Liu acted like the mistress of the house, ready to entertain the distinguished guests.

Soon the guests arrived one after another. When they saw the guests introducing themselves, Aunt Liu and Lin Ruoshui's faces turned a little ugly.

Especially Lin Ruoshui almost couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to leave.

She pulled Aunt Liu aside and whispered, "Mother, didn't you say that the ladies invited were all officials of the fourth rank and above and daughters of wealthy families?"

Aunt Liu was also a little depressed. She had been busy running around for more than ten days to organize the banquet. Who was this for? And her daughter still questioned her like this.

"Do you think I didn't send invitations to the wives of those high-ranking officials? The better ones even sent a message and made up an excuse to say they couldn't come, while some simply said they didn't know me and wouldn't come."

"Then why are all the people here concubines, aunts, and concubines? There's not even a legitimate daughter of the mistress?!"

Aunt Liu looked at Lin Ruoshui and for the first time wondered if her daughter was not very smart.

"Ruoshui, mother also wants to invite some high-ranking ladies to support you, and also wants to invite some rich ladies to make friends with you, but this is how it is here. You know, how can those people be interested in our status?"

Lin Ruoshui felt that Concubine Liu was really useless. It would have been fine if she couldn't invite those mistresses from high-ranking families, but those who came were all concubines and concubines of officials below the fourth rank.

Chunchun is just funny. Those people are not as well-off as her. Does she still need to make friends with them?

Lin Ruoshui said to Aunt Liu with an angry look on her face: "Look at what kind of people you invited? These people came here to curry favor with me and get in touch with the Prime Minister's Mansion. I don't want to get to know them."

Her voice was quite loud and some guests in the garden heard it. Everyone looked unhappy. Did the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion look down on them?

I heard that she is just a concubine's daughter and was brought back not long ago. How can she be more noble than them?

Aunt Liu was so angry that she was shaking all over, feeling like she was being slapped in the face by her own daughter in public.

She had to spend the five hundred taels of silver to barely maintain a little dignity. She didn't get any benefit herself, and was treated like this by her daughter. How could she not be heartbroken?

At this time, Lin Jiuer appeared with a group of servants carrying things. When the guests heard that it was the prime minister's daughter, they immediately surrounded her.

Lin Jiuer looked at the guests with a warm smile: "After my mother passed away, no one in the family has been hosting banquets. This is also the first time that Aunt Liu has hosted one. Please forgive me if I am not welcoming enough.

On behalf of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I have prepared a gift for everyone. Inside the gift box is a can of premium Gongmei and a box of homemade rouge from my shop. Remember to take it with you when you leave."

Everyone saw Lin Jiuer wearing a long purple brocade dress, a ruby ​​headpiece on her head, and a emerald green jade bracelet on her arm.

Any one of them is something that concubines and concubines like them cannot get.

It would be a lie to say that I'm not envious.

Some young women looked at Lin Jiuer curiously, after all, she seldom attended any banquets.

Her skin was as white as cream, her appearance was bright and elegant, and her every move was full of elegance, which made people yearn for her.

The class system in this era was strict, and legitimate daughters usually dated other legitimate daughters, especially those with noble status, who simply looked down on people of their status.

Not to mention that he condescended to come over to greet them and prepare gifts for them.

These people looked down on Aunt Liu and her daughter even more. Not to mention the flower-viewing banquet, there were only a few flowers and the banquet was also very stingy.

It’s not as generous as the gift Lin Jiuer gave. The prime minister’s daughter is extraordinary, and everyone has a good impression of her.

Lin Jiuer exchanged a few words with some women who came up to her and talked to her, then left.

It is enough to show her presence and increase her favorability. She also needs some mass support, after all, she is preparing to become a queen in the future.

As for how Aunt Liu and Lin Ruoshui felt, she didn't care at all.

Aunt Liu and her daughter were indeed extremely angry and wanted to kick all the guests out directly.

I didn't expect that after working so hard for so long, I would end up making wedding dresses for Lin Jiuer.

But they thought that doing so would be too offensive. If Prime Minister Lin found out, he would have to punish them.

The two of them could only continue to greet the guests with a forced smile, hoping that these people would be tactful and leave early.

During the meal, Aunt Liu also wanted to find out if there were any men of the right age in the families of these women, so as to choose a future husband for Lin Ruoshui.

Lin Ruoshui stopped her. She was the daughter of the prime minister, so how could she marry the sons of minor officials?

After the banquet started for a while, the doorman suddenly ran in in a panic and said to Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu, there is a man outside with a matchmaker, saying that he is here to propose marriage to the second young lady."

Aunt Liu was a little surprised. Could it be that Ruoshui was noticed by some rich and powerful young man when she went out?

Lin Ruoshui was also a little surprised and couldn't help asking, "Did that person say which family he was from?"

The doorman wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought it would be embarrassing to say it out loud, as that person's status and position were not as high as those of today's guests.

"He said he was Xu Hai, the son of the Xu family, the councillor."

"What?! How dare he come!" Lin Ruoshui's face turned pale instantly, and the experience that night in the Sandalwood Temple reappeared in her mind like a nightmare.

Didn't Daddy promise to keep this a secret? How dare this person openly come and ask for marriage?!

Aunt Liu was also shocked, but then she realized that she must not let this man in, otherwise her daughter's affair with him would be known by so many people, and such a big scandal would arise. Then Ruoshui would really have to marry him, except to become a nun.

"Hurry up and drive them away. How dare anybody come and ask to marry my daughter? This is the Prime Minister's residence. He is not someone he can marry!"

Lin Ruoshui was so angry and scared that she didn't even feel it when her fingernails dug into her flesh.

Aunt Liu was also nervous, but after all, she was experienced and remained calm.

She now realized that Prime Minister Lin was no longer reliable, and only by marrying her daughter to a good family would she have someone to rely on in the future.

The doorman hung his head in embarrassment, feeling it was a little hard to speak. This second young lady really didn't bring honor to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

But he still whispered, "Xu Hai said that he and the second young lady were in love and had already secretly decided to spend their lives together. He has evidence. If you don't let him in, he will announce it outside."

The guests who were listening with their ears pricked up thought that although the hospitality was not very good, it was nice to hear some gossip about the Prime Minister's Mansion for free.

Especially when they heard that Lin Ruoshui had secretly married the son of a sixth-rank official, they looked at her with some contempt.

She was really born a concubine's daughter. I thought she was so arrogant with her airs, but it turned out that the man she liked was just like that.

No wonder Aunt Liu wanted to inquire about men of marriageable age just now, but Lin Ruoshui stopped her.

It turned out that she already had a boyfriend, and his wife was not as good as the fourth or fifth rank officials in their family.

That's it, I don't know what she is so proud of.

Lin Ruoshui felt the contemptuous looks from those around her and screamed in anger, "Bullshit! How could I possibly fall for a fat pig like him!"