The grass in the factory should be plucked

Jiang Li pouted. Wouldn't she feel hungrier if she just drank the soup?

Xie Changan coaxed her: "Just bear with it for a while. After the baby is born, you can eat whatever you want."

Aunt Lian also smiled and said, "Yes, when you are in confinement, you can eat whatever you want!"

I’m afraid it will make you want to vomit!

Miss Lian asked Zhen'er and Zhu'er to take away the breakfast, and then began to dress up Jiang Li, determined to make her the most beautiful in the audience.

Her little Li Nu, even though she is a pregnant woman about to give birth, is still the most beautiful woman in the world!

The guests arrived one after another.

Cui Jue had returned to the capital to report, and Feng Wuhu, the prefect of Dali, became the highest official here.

He led the students of Longmen Academy to the Marshal's Mansion early to celebrate the birthday of Marquis Jing'an.

Dali City is a sea of ​​flowers, and the Marshal's Mansion is also covered with flowers in full bloom.

In order to make up for Jiang Li, Xie Changan wanted to collect all the precious flowers and decorate the Marshal's Mansion like a paradise on earth, with orchids competing for beauty on the steps and jade trees blooming in the courtyard. Everything was delicate and exquisite.

The Huanhua Waterside Pavilion by the lake has already prepared a variety of fragrant teas and snacks for early guests to relax.

There is also a Qushui Liushang place near the stream, where guests can sit by the stream and let the cups of fine wine float down the river, while tasting the wine and reciting poems.

It is said that the fine wines at today's banquet all come from Longmen Winery, which makes everyone look forward to it. I wonder how fragrant and delicious the legendary monkey wine will be?

Wandering among the flowers by the lake, you can hear the sound of stringed instruments coming from nowhere, accompanied by the blooming flowers and picturesque scenery, which is refreshing.

The guests coming today are all of prominent status.

The newly-appointed Prince of Nanyue and Prince of Nanlang came with their families, as well as the generals of the Southern Expedition Army, the heads of the Sichuan Longmen Commercial Bureau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Longmen Commercial Bureau, and even the two high officials, Li Yingnan, the Sichuan Governor, and Yue Zhengjie, the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor, all came from afar.

Marquis Jing'an's birthday party is a good opportunity to build a good relationship with her and her husband!

Not to mention that Marquis Jing'an is the emperor's most trusted minister, Xie Chang'an, the great general who conquered the south, has made such great military achievements and is very popular. If we don't curry favor with them now, when will we do so?

They also brought their families, especially those who had unmarried children, to show up.

Li Yingnan and Yue Zhengjie had already inquired about it. There were many young generals without families in the Southern Expedition Army, especially Zhang Zhe and Zhang Cang. They were the grandsons of the Duke of Zhenguo and the brothers of Empress Zhang. Now they had made great achievements in battle. Aren't they good candidates for marriage?

Even students from Longmen Academy, who came from better families, were targeted.

Everyone knows that Longmen Academy was founded by Marquis Jing'an and is the most favored by the emperor. Students graduating from this academy are more favored by the emperor than those graduating from other academies!

What's more, these students who followed Feng Wuhu to take up the post are all elites of Longmen Academy. They are the pillars of the future!

All the guests were high-ranking and powerful people. Xie Changan hid in the backyard to accompany his wife and refused to leave. Feng Wuhu had to stay in the Huanhua Waterside Pavilion, accompanying the Prince of Nanyue, the Prince of Nanlang, Li Yingnan, Yue Zhengjie and others, speaking in official language and chatting about meaningless topics.

The female guests were accompanied by Cui Ai and Shangguan Ling'er to tour the garden.

In addition to the two princesses, there were also the wives of Li Yingnan and Yue Zhengjie. They brought their unmarried daughters with them. The garden was bustling with beautiful girls and beautiful women.

At this moment, beside the Qushui Liushang, several noble ladies were surrounding Princess Yan, the daughter of the Prince of Nanyue, and Princess Xiang, the daughter of the Prince of Nanlang, and were laughing at them.

Princess Yan and Princess Xiang grew up in southern Xinjiang and had never set foot in Da Chu. How had they seen such elegant things?

Seeing a wine glass floating in the water, I couldn't help but pick it up and take a sip. Sure enough, the wine tasted mellow and sweet.

This made all the ladies laugh to death.

"Since the county lady has drunk this wine, why don't you write a poem about today's flower-viewing banquet?"

The person who spoke was Li Qingyue, the third daughter of Li Yingnan's family.

"I...I don't know how..." County Lady Yan's face turned red and she stammered.

"If you can't write poetry, what are you going to do with this wine?"

Yue Qiurong, the fourth daughter of the Yue family, sneered.

Princess Yan and Princess Xiang blushed, tears welling up in their eyes.

Shangguan Ling'er saw this and hurried over to smooth things over.

"Now that we have finished admiring the flowers, why don't we go to the training ground? I heard that the gentlemen are competing with the generals in archery."

There were quite a few male guests attending the banquet this time, including some young men. In order to prevent them from offending the female guests, Shen Muchun and Mo Qilang took them to the parade ground to test their skills with the generals of the Southern Expedition Army.

"Yeah!"

The noble ladies were just about to go and "meet" those young generals, and were overjoyed when they heard this.

Shangguan Ling'er then led a group of noble ladies towards the parade ground.

There was originally a royal horse farm behind the Nanyi Palace, which Xie Changan converted into a training ground for the daily training of the Southern Expedition Army stationed in the royal city.

At this time, the young masters and students of Longmen Academy were playing archery and horse racing with the generals of the Southern Expedition Army and having a great time.

Seeing Shangguan Ling'er leading a group of noble ladies coming here, Mo Qilang happily came forward and held Shangguan Ling'er's hand: "Why are you here?"

Shangguan Ling'er blushed and shook off his hand: "Others are watching!"

The noble ladies giggled and bowed, "Greetings, Master Mo."

They all couldn't help but feel jealous of Shangguan Ling'er. She was also very lucky. She was just a disciple of Ghost Doctor Valley, a common woman, but she could marry the young and handsome Doctor Mo.

Who doesn’t know that Doctor Mo will become the Minister of Works in the future?

He is a high-ranking official of the second rank. Wouldn't Shangguan Ling'er be a lady of the second rank by then?

Mo Qilang smiled and said, "No need to be polite."

Then he led them to the stands.

When everyone on the training ground saw so many young girls coming, they all put in their best efforts and the atmosphere on the field became even more lively.

This time, four girls from the Li family came, and three girls from the Yue family also came. They looked at the young generals in the field, each of them was very brave and heroic, and their hearts were pounding. They wondered which two were Zhang Zhe and Zhang Cang?

At this time, a steward came hurriedly to report that the banquet had started and invited all the distinguished guests to take their seats.

Then everyone returned to the Marshal's Mansion chatting and laughing.

It was almost noon, and a feast had been set up in the garden. The table covered with colorful brocade was filled with delicious food and fine wine.

A group of musicians were playing music nearby, and several dancers were dancing gracefully. They danced with long sleeves and graceful figures, and they spun like colorful butterflies among flowers, light, agile and extremely beautiful.

The maids led the guests to their seats, with male guests on the left and female guests on the right.

Madam Yue whispered to her fourth daughter, Yue Qiurong, "Rong'er, look at the party of generals of the Southern Expedition Army. The young general in green robe is General Zhang Zhe, and the one next to him in crimson robe is General Zhang Cang."

Yue Qiurong's beautiful eyes moved around, and when she saw Zhang Zhe was handsome and steady, and Zhang Cang was handsome and sunny, her pretty face turned slightly red, and she felt happy in her heart.

Li Qingyue also looked at the two people frequently. She liked both of them and would marry either of them!

Zhang Zhe and the other man knew nothing about this. They were just thinking about whether they could change the shop they worked for during their last time working for Marquis Jing'an.

Jing'an Hou, this black-hearted profiteer, made a shop extremely expensive. After calculating for a long time, they estimated that even if the two of them added up their working hours, they would not be able to afford a shop. They could only continue to work hard.

Anyway, the profiteer businessmen have said that the Longmen Trading Company will continue to develop more shops in Dali, and they will have the opportunity to work there before the Southern Expedition Army returns to the capital.

“The birthday boy is here!”

Amid the sound of drums and music, Jiang Li and Xie Changan came hand in hand.

Everyone's eyes lit up, what a perfect couple!

This famous female marquis wore a bright red gold brocade gown with intricate patterns woven in gold thread, which sparkled brightly in the sun, as if a sky full of stars were draped over her body.

The intricate bun was adorned with jewels that shone brightly. In the middle was a golden phoenix hairpin with a string of oriental pearls in the phoenix's mouth, swaying gracefully.

Although she is a pregnant woman who is about to give birth, she is still so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off her.

The General who had been supporting her was also handsome and heroic like a god. As soon as these two men appeared, all the flowers in the garden seemed to lose their color.

All the young men and ladies present were silent for a moment.

Especially the unmarried girls like Yue Qiurong and Li Qingyue, who used to think that the Zhang brothers were handsome and outstanding, but now that they have seen the great general who is conquering the south, how can they no longer look at anyone else?

Seeing how affectionate he was towards Marquis Jing'an, as if he loved him like a treasure, all the noble ladies present blushed.