Chapter 778: Chapter 570 Disgust
“Lady, it has been arranged,” reported Nuanyang upon her return. “According to the guard, there’s a blacksmith in our General Mansion’s military camp, and the guard has already handed the task of making tools to that master craftsman!”
“Mm,” Ye Shiqi nodded, making tools could take one or two days, and during this ti, she could only wait.
Ye Haohuan only found out that evening after dinner that soone would visit the mansion tomorrow. He didn’t think much of it; they were all ladies, and as a young man, he found such social interactions most botherso!
Having to et so unfamiliar people, the customs here are rather bold, and won out on the streets are already unrestrained.
As a man of wealth and status from the Capital, what kind of scene had Ye Haohuan not witnessed?
What annoyed him most were the matchmaking banquets hosted under the guise of gatherings. In this place, he wouldn’t recognize these people, and moreover, they weren’t worthy of such events!
Ye Haohuang then made plans to et the General at the military camp!
The Old General also disliked such banquets. Visits in the na of wonfolk could well be spies from all quarters!
The Emperor didn’t favor them, and his subordinates embezzled military provisions, making things difficult for their soldiers; he was even less inclined to deal with these people!
“If you don’t want to see them, just decline the eting!”
The Second Lady could only give a bitter smile at the General’s words. Declining their visits would lead others to say she lacked manners.
Others would mock her, saying she was but a concubine; they intended to visit the legitimate Old Lady!
“Grandfather, don’t worry, I’ve got this!” Ye Shiqi said confidently, her eyes gleaming with a cunning spark.
Ye Haohuan… was soone about to be unlucky again?
He really wanted to see what would happen. Thinking of those greedy gazes, those ugly won’s stares, he shivered; it was better not to et them at all!
This graceful and dashing gentleman could inadvertently get claid by soone; what should he do then?
Regrettably, he thought he could avoid it, but hadn’t reckoned with so people’s shalessness that was beyond his estimation!
They had already started preparing yesterday for the reception’s banquet today. He didn’t know how many guests would co; combining the nas from the invitations, there would only be two or three tables, but they had to be prepared for them to bring along extra guests at the last mont!
With family or friends by their side, such situations were expected. They were coming with thick faces, ready for any unforeseen events.
Upon Ye Shiqi’s suggestion, the Second Lady also invited so Madams from the military camp, wives of Old General Ye’s subordinates, who were military officers.
While in the Capital City, these n had married daughters from wealthy families; after following the General here, so had married daughters-in-law from richer families of the Oasis!
In this place, they had lowered the standards for marriage, valuing good character and amiable in-laws more than anything else.
In this Oasis, Civil Officials and military officers were like Imperial Officers from court, split into two factions. So had overreached their authority; in this Oasis, the Civil Officials were mostly their people.
As for the military officers, they had always been divided from Civil Officials. General Ye’s subordinates might not all be surnad Ye, but many of them were famous and ritorious warriors who rose from the ranks.
They had long stood united, weeding out any troublemakers, spies, and traitors who leaned toward the other faction, ensuring such thorns were removed!
An army could only remain robust without such elent, which explained how they’d managed to stand firm for decades, amidst sneak attacks from external enemies and various sabotages by internal traitors in these harsh conditions!
Such unity was sothing the Old Emperor and certain groups regarded warily.
They wanted to swallow them up in one bite but feared the dental pain. Yet not consuming them, they worried about a potential rebellion.
This batch of madams was invited on the account of the General finding his biological son and his granddaughter’s arrival here,
Those with well-inford sources must already know that Old General Ye’s son had been switched at birth, but how could such a mistake have occurred with a country person?
There’s certainly a story behind it, and so might speculate whether it was the handiwork of the Old Lady?
Old Lady “!!!”
Having already extended invitations to these friendly ladies, after much consideration, the Second Lady also sent out invitations to her adopted daughter’s family!
It was disseminated by the nanny, after all, she had raised the child and didn’t want them to find out only during the banquet tomorrow, which would allow others to mock her adopted daughter!
Besides, their whole family conducted business in the Oasis, and although the business wasn’t very big, they needed to save face and be seen by people!
The Second Lady was very thoughtful, but what she didn’t expect was that soone else had beaten them to it!
When the nanny returned to report, the Second Lady let out a covert sigh that evening!
The child is innocent, burdened only by the grudges of adults. Can she understand this, and will she beco a relative or an enemy in the future?
It all depends on how her family sees it!
The Second Lady’s adopted daughter, Ye Jinfeng, married a man nad Liang Kangning; both ca from a well-off family of modest business, owning so shops and farms. Ye Jinfeng had received a dowry of a shop and a farm when she got married!
Ye Jinfeng had a son and a daughter; her son, Liang Yuhang, 17 years old, was already betrothed, and her daughter, 15 years old, was also engaged—to a rchant’s family, while her son was betrothed to a Military General’s daughter!
The following day!
Ye Shiqi still rose at dawn as usual, practicing her yoga and fitness exercises!
In the chilly weather, she broke out in a sweat, went indoors to wash her face, but only bathed and changed clothes in her personal space before coming out again, attended by her maid for dressing and makeup!
She wore a set of trendy won’s clothes that her elder sisters in the Capital City had made for her. Following her aesthetic taste and combining it with the fashionable attire of chic young Capital City ladies, it was both elegant and dainty.
The outfit consisted of a purple skirt matched with a white fox fur armor, white leather boot shoes, and jewelry that she had collected for so ti and had been gifts from her parents, so also being valuable pieces presented by Tang Shunyan!
Ye Shiqi also planned to visit her grandmother later and present the jewelry she had prepared for her grandmother. At today’s banquet, she wanted to dazzle everyone!
She knew that at her age, there was no need to wear too many accessories; it wasn’t about quantity, but about refinent!
Included among them was a sandalwood hairpin he had carved before!
Once she was ready, accompanied by four maids, she took the gifts she had prepared for her grandmother and for others and had the maids carry them to her grandmother’s courtyard!
The gifts for others included skincare perfus and creams she had made beforehand.
No matter whether others would ridicule her for not presenting valuable gifts, she sincerely ant to give them to those who were kind to her grandmother. The gifts for everyone else were rely to save face and to shut their mouths!
If anyone talked behind her back, she would simply take the gifts back!
“Lady Shiqi, good morning!” said the old woman guarding the gate to the Second Lady’s courtyard with a toothless smile, her eyes squinting in delight.
She knew very well that this young Lady Shiqi was the most favored in the mansion.
Furthermore, she was so generous that even rough servers like her received hand creams and face creams, which were luxurious products said to be unavailable elsewhere!
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