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Although they had already guessed it, Dong Shu and Old Madame Xu still felt that it was inconceivable that they would actually see the family that had come.

The Old Madame Xu was still alright, although she had experienced a period when Xu Family were flourishing, Dong Shu was truly terrified.

She didn't expect so many people to come today.

Fortunately, Dong Shu had only been distracted for an instant, and Old Madame Xu was by her side, so no one noticed her absent-mindedness. Otherwise, after today, there would definitely be some rumors spreading around in the capital.

After Dong Shu set up all the guests who had come to attend the feast for the time being, Xu Nuanwen received the latest news and hurried over.

"I originally thought that even if there were more people, there wouldn't be too many. I didn't expect so many people to come." There were too many people here, and it was not that the Xu Family couldn't receive them, it was just that they had never intended to invite so many people in the first place.

However, most of these families were related to the in-laws, and some of them even came directly with the in-laws.

Seeing the awkward looks on their in-laws' faces, Dong Shu and the others couldn't just directly kick them out.

Xu Nuanwen knew that her own sister-in-law was not good at socializing, so she patted the back of Dong Shu's hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, these people are all here for me, leave it to me." Finished speaking, Xu Nuanwen did not wait for Dong Shu to speak, and directly walked towards the hall where Xu Family was arranged for the guests.

Following Xu Nuanwen's arrival, the originally quiet hall instantly became lively.

Hearing the lively voices in the hall, Dong Shu looked at the Old Madame Xu beside him and said: "Mother, why don't you go in and rest as well. If there are more, I will lead them into the hall. "

Just as Dong Shu finished speaking, the Old Madame Xu looked at her and laughed: "I'm afraid that the guest hall with the biggest Xu Family will be full today." After saying that, the Old Madame Xu shook his head: "Later on, I'll have your sister lead them to admire the flowers. If they're not willing to, then stay in the hall and chat with me. Tell the servants and women not to forget to bring tea and snacks in here. "

Old Madame Xu knew that Dong Shu was not very good at this kind of situation, so he handed this matter over to her.

As for the women who came to the house with the purpose, it was naturally left to the mother and daughter to receive them.

Dong Shu understood her mother-in-law's good intentions and naturally did not refuse.

If there were not so many people today, she might have been able to stabilize herself. However, with so many people and the fact that they were all here with a purpose, she really did not dare to interact too much with these people.

Her foresight was not enough to deal with these people.

With regards to the matter of Dong Shu not coming in to accompany him, and instead going out to prepare tea and snacks, the female servants from the various residences that came to the Xu Family were not surprised at all.

They only thought that they had come hastily with no preparation for Xu Family, so Dong Shu could only rush over to make preparations.

Moreover, the main reason they came to Xu Family today was Xu Nuanwen and Old Madame Xu. With these two people here, it wasn't important if Dong Shu came or not.

Dong Shu didn't want to interact too much with those people, so she waited outside until she had nothing to do, and then left for the hall.

When she had just reached the hall, she heard Xu Nuanwen say as she looked at the crowd, "The garden over at Xu Family is not bad, and it's warm up this time. Is there anyone who would like to take a walk in the garden with me?"

In the future, when the empress had spoken, there would naturally be many who answered.

Other than the few elderly women who wanted to stay and talk to Old Madame Xu, the other young ladies and ladies all stood up, wanting to follow Xu Nuanwen to walk around the garden.

Dong Shu heard these words from outside and hurriedly walked into the hall. "Am I late? Is it alright if everyone has had some tea? "

Just as Dong Shu finished speaking, she walked towards her with a smile, and immediately grabbed her hand and laughed: "I've troubled you, Sister-in-law. Since you personally prepared the tea, why wouldn't I be uncomfortable?" After saying these words to Dong Shu, Xu Nuanwen glanced at the other wives and girls beside him. After waiting for them to all agree, she then looked at Dong Shu and continued: "We just said that we wanted to walk around the garden, I didn't know if sister-in-law would be finished by now. If sister-in-law is free, take us for a walk. "

In front of Dong Shu, Xu Nuanwen had placed herself in the guest's seat, precisely to emphasize Dong Shu's position as the new mistress of Xu Family.

Dong Shu understood what Xu Nuanwen meant, upon hearing her words, she immediately replied with a smile: "Look at what big sister said, the flowers in the garden were all planted by my sister's own people. I enjoyed all the blessings from big sister, so I can directly enjoy the flowers now."

After saying these words to Xu Nuanwen, Dong Shu turned to the other wives and girls and said: "The garden in the palace was all cleaned up by Big Sis previously. Everyone watch it later, you must properly tell Big Sis that this Big Sis is is so nice, in the future, come and look at the Xu Family's garden more often."

Once Dong Shu said that, the entire hall erupted with laughter.

The juniors did not dare to laugh even if they wanted to. The only ones who could laugh without fear were the few Old Madame s who sat there without moving.

"Since you're going to the garden to admire the flowers, then hurry up. After you're done with the flowers, go eat some of the food unique to Xu Family; this way, you guys did not come here for nothing."

The Old Madame Xu sat on the seat of honor, smiling as she said those words, but her words made the hearts of the interested madams and young ladies quiver when they heard it.

Did this mean that they were destined to have come here for nothing?

No matter what, Xu Nuanwen still brought them to the Xu Family's garden in the end.

There were many gardens in Xu Family, but the largest garden in the backyard was for guests.

Today, the garden had been specially tidied up. As soon as he walked in, he could smell the fragrance of chrysanthemums.

Some of them spoke around Xu Nuanwen, while others simply came to talk to Dong Shu.

Those surrounding Dong Shu were mostly in-laws, such as the mother and wife of Madame Hu and the wife of the Xu family.

The few of them gathered together, followed by the girls from home. Due to their marital relationship, the girls were on good terms with each other, chattering merrily, as if they were young daughters.

As for the few ladies at the front, although they had their own thoughts, they did not speak carelessly when they spoke to Dong Shu.

After they finished admiring the scenery, they started to talk about their children.

Amongst the few of them, Dong Shu was the youngest. Even though they were of the same generation, she and Xu Shiqiu was currently the only one under her feet.

As he spoke of Yuanxi, although Dong Shu's words were a little irritable, there was a trace of happiness between his brows.

"Now that Yuanxi is older and bigger, I can't coax her. She didn't seem to know how to talk, but she was quite smart. I really don't know how this child grew up.

Just as Dong Shu finished speaking, the Xu family's Madam Xu immediately followed up: "Then your Yuanxi is really clever, our two girls were at her age but not this clever." After saying that, the Madam Xu smiled and continued, "Everyone says that nieces are more like aunts. I heard that when the Fifth Prince's Concubine was young, he was praised by a lot of people."

When the Madam Xu's words came out, the Madam Zhang Family followed suit and nodded her head, "Yes, extremely. In the past, Yuanxi's aunt was renowned throughout the capital, otherwise the prince would not have left the palace frequently. " After saying that, Madam Zhang Family winked at Dong Shu and the rest.

Dong Shu understood that Madam Zhang Family was referring to the matter of her brother-in-law coming out of the palace to meet the Aunt Sister after coincidentally meeting him once in the past.

Although this matter had been going on for many years, quite a few people knew about it.

Zhang Family were brother-in-law's outer sect so they naturally knew about this matter.

It was not good for Madam Hu Family to give more evaluation of Fifth Prince's frequent visits to find Xu Nuanwen. She could only open her mouth and say: "I think that Niece's words are reasonable. Our family's girls are indeed somewhat similar to Aunt."

Dong Shu did not know which generation of ladies the Madam Hu Family had mentioned, but with the personality of the Madam Hu Family, she must be thinking of capturing the girl from the Hu Family at the palace.

However, Dong Shu's objective for the day had already been achieved, so she did not investigate any further. She led the few people forward for a distance before she saw the hidden and indistinct Xu Yanzhu in front of her.

Upon seeing Xu Yanzhu, Dong Shu's footsteps immediately stopped, and her strangeness also attracted the attention of the other wives.

Everyone followed Dong Shu's gaze, and when they saw Xu Yanzhu, who was seated on the porch, they did not know what to say.

Sensing that everyone was already looking at Xu Yanzhu, Dong Shu let out a long sigh.