Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 145

After New Year's Eve like this, the Hou Mansion, which used to be deserted, became lively.

People like this and that come to visit us to pay New Year greetings.

The old Marquis was in high spirits all day long, smiling from ear to ear.

Some families who did not receive invitations to the legitimate son's banquet also received invitations one after another through this New Year greeting.

According to this statistics, the number of people present was more than double the number planned earlier.

Tang Chujun originally shouted to the old lady that he wanted to invite all the aristocratic families in the capital to attend the legitimate son's banquet, but he was just trying to control his momentum.

But in the actual list, there are actually very few who are truly honorable. The only people who came to support the scene were the Protector's Palace and the Dingguo Palace, and the rest of the aristocratic families were really beyond their reach.

It's just that Emperor Mingde issued a decree overnight to ennoble the prince of Anhou Mansion, which gave everyone a signal that the Hou Mansion would no longer be the same as before.

Otherwise, why would we have to issue an order in the middle of the night when it's snowing heavily and can't even wait for dawn?

This honor undoubtedly caused a stir in Beijing circles.

The list was added one after another, which made Shi Anxia and the entire Hou family very busy.

But this time, Shi Anxia didn't go to the Protector's Mansion to mobilize people to help.

After all, a banquet of this scale is just a piece of cake in her eyes.

From the first to the fifth day of junior high school, instructions were given one by one, with a few people in a small group and dozens of people in a large group. Which group was responsible for which piece, which group was responsible for which item, all were clearly assigned.

Bei Hui and the others have learned their management skills for half a month, and they showed them vividly at this banquet.

Even the youngest Red Magpie performed well.

Tang Chujun spent a lot of money this time, and he wanted to spend all his dowry and all the money on the books of various shops.

Even the chefs from Fugui Tower were invited into the Hou Mansion to prepare the banquet.

In short, it is to focus on luxury to show that you value your legitimate son. At the same time, it also sends a signal to the outside world: the Hou Mansion is not poor.

This time the eldest son's banquet was different from the usual flower viewing banquet.

Those present were almost all the masters and mistresses of various families. For those who did not come, the head of the house would be accompanied by the head's daughter-in-law.

Unmarried ladies rarely come to visit, but there are exceptions. For example, in the Wei family, the whole family came out, even Xiao Pingting came.

Early in the morning on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, there was a lot of traffic in front of the Hou Mansion.

Many lower-ranking officials arrived even earlier.

Shi Chengxuan performed very well today. He changed from his usual laziness. He got up early and still had work in mind.

He took his third and fourth brothers with him and greeted guests at the door with great joy.

After the guests were welcomed in, dignified maids led them to Zhengqing Garden next to Houde Hall.

Zhengqing Garden used to be a large garden specially used for banquets. After the decline of the Hou Mansion, there were few opportunities to invite dignitaries, so it was left aside and abandoned.

Because the money spent on repairing the garden every year alone is hundreds or even thousands of taels, Mrs. Shi must be reluctant to part with it.

Tang Chujun had already started to repair the garden when he thought of entertaining guests.

But at that time, because Shi Anxia was engaged in ethnic studies and was taking care of the abandoned yard next to it with great fanfare, no one paid attention to the activities in Zhengqing Garden.

Even the old Marquis was shocked by the luxurious decoration inside when he first entered Zhengqing Garden.

This is a real waste of money!

Today's protagonist, Shi Yunqi, was carried to Haitang Courtyard early in the morning by his mother. He was dressed up from top to bottom, inside and out.

He has been well cared for in the past half month and has actually moved around a bit.

There seems to be some flesh on his face and body, which can better support the luxurious robes that his mother carefully prepared for him.

The sapphire blue fabric is as smooth as water, and the shirt is embroidered with complicated cloud patterns with gold thread.

The hem of the clothes is inlaid with golden tassels, which contrast with the forehead wiping on the head.

Even Shi Anxia couldn't help but admire after seeing it, "It's a good thing my brother is not a woman, otherwise how would girls live with your looks?"

Shi Yunqi looked at Shi Anxia and laughed dumbly, "I can't tell now whether you are praising me or showing off yourself."