Wei Changying felt that it was very stressful to entertain such a group of guests of her husband. Shen Cangfeng had obviously taken this into consideration, so he had no intention of letting his wife stay for a long time. After greeting the guests, he invited everyone into the hall to drink tea.

When the guests came in and took their seats in succession, he winked at Wei Changying. Wei Changying understood and got up to ask for the guests' forgiveness, saying, "The seasonal fruits are iced in the well behind. It's wonderful to have them with cold drinks. Please drink some tea and wait for a moment. I will go to arrange them for you."

Liu Xixun and others said a few words politely, asking her not to bother. Wei Changying insisted on doing it in person because they came here on purpose to visit Shen Cangfeng and couldn't be slighted.

After leaving the front courtyard, Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief as soon as she passed the "moon-gate," saying to Zhu Lan, "Go and ask them to pick up the fruits from the well, cut them nicely and send them to the front courtyard."

She added, "Don't go personally. Ask someone to go to the front courtyard and call the maidservants under the porch to the round moon-gate to get it." Since Nian Shengyao was there, who had requested to take Luzhu away when he came last time, now she didn't wish to lose Zhu Lan and others.

Zhu Lan grinned and said, "I know. Teacher Nian also comes here today."

Wei Changying nodded, "Be careful and don't let him see you. Otherwise, he will ask for you from my husband. My husband always treats him as a guest and calls him teacher, so it is difficult to say no."

"Young Madam, don't worry. As soon as Teacher Nian came over, Shen Ju ran over from the front courtyard and told Zhu Shi. We all understand and keep far away from the round moon-gate!" Zhu Lan smiled and promised.

But she didn't expect that Mrs. He was present, who was Zhu Shi’s linear Granny, wondering why Shen Ju ran over to tell Zhu Shi instead of others.

Zhu Lan's face changed, and she realized that she shouldn't have mentioned it. She hurriedly concealed, "Granny He, it is because Shen Ju didn't dare to stay for too long. At that time, Zhu Shi was feeding Cui Lv'er under the corridor. When she saw him, she went over and asked him what was going on, so Shen Ju told Zhu Shi."

This explanation was reasonable, but the unnatural expression of Zhu Lan which she had tried concealing, made it hard to convince Mrs. Huang and Mrs. He. At the moment, Mrs. He was about to rebuke, but Mrs. Huang pulled her sleeves secretly, so Mrs. He just frowned and stopped. Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "We know. You can do what young madam ordered then."

After Zhu Lan left, Mrs. He said, "Shen Ju..."

"Young Master relies much on Shen Ju, whose position is as important as Shen Die," Mrs. Huang whispered, "Furthermore, your assumption may be wrong. Let's keep our minds first and figure out more things before deciding what to do. Otherwise, if we acted hurriedly when Zhu Lan's words were proved wrong, it would be such a joke."

Wei Changying also said, "Zhu Shi is always in front of me every day, but I don't know she has paid particular attention to Shen Ju, so let's just figure it out first."

Zhu Shi and Shen Ju were both the servants of the family. Whether they could be together or not, it was under Wei Changying's control. Since there were guests in the front courtyard, Wei Changying should first entertain them well. She told Qin'ge and Yan'ge, "You lift the plum drink hung in the well and send it to the front courtyard. By the way, you convey my words that I invite them all to stay for the meal and ask if they have any food avoiding so that we can adjust to their tastes." Although the two maidservants were her confidants, Wei Changying didn't worry that they would be asked for by Nian Shengyao because their appearances were homely.

Qin'ge and Yan'ge took the orders, and after a long while, they came back securely and reported, "Several guests declined first, and then the young master invited them again and again before they agreed."

"Do you know their tastes and certain food they avoid?" Wei Changying nodded and said. It was expected that they would stay for the meal. Gu Naizheng was clamoring to stay for a banquet when he was dragged away just now, so probably they had decided to stay in Jintong Courtyard for the meal before they came.

After all, the weather was so hot, and these young men generally disdained to take the carriages and preferred to riding horses, so they had no ices used in the carriages. Now they were in the Jintong Courtyard, and if they didn't eat here and went back in the heat, how would they have any appetite?

Although it had been disturbed by Gu Naizheng before, Gu Naizheng had been dragged away by Gu Yiran now, and everyone gradually turned the scene back to the normal, naturally following the previous plan.

Qin'ge said, "Sixteenth young master Liu, on behalf of everyone, said that there was nothing to avoid; as for the taste, it would be better to be richer."

Wei Changying asked, "What about the others?" All these guests were from the aristocratic family except for Nian Shengyao, who was also treated well by Shen Cangfeng and had many supplies. Everyone was picky about food. If there were one or two people, it would be easy to handle; but with eight guests, how could they have the same tastes?

" Sixteenth young master Liu said, 'It's embarrassed that we come here uninvited, so how dare to disturb the sister-in-law more?' Then the rest of the young masters echoed," Yan'ge said with laughing.

Wei Changying didn't know whether to laugh or not, "It's okay if he said that at the beginning, but he proposed his requirements before suggesting..." She shook her head with a bitter smile, "We can't listen to him all. Liu Xixun lived in Eastern Hu, where the environment is tough and cold; besides, his temperament looks straight, and it is not surprising that he prefers a richer taste. The two cousins of The Su Family, the young master of the Deng Family, Liu Youzhao, and Pei Kai, are careful people, and I think they like lighter meals. Although Gu Wei is not as nervous as Pei Kai, who is too nervous to speak in front of women, he was very silent when I saw him twice. I think his portion should be made more delicately and carefully. As for Teacher Nian, although he looks not obscene, his temperament is different. His dishes should be slightly more moderate, lest he will need water and salt constantly to have an excuse to take advantage of our maidservant!"

Qin'ge smiled and said, "Then I should go to the kitchen to convey the words. But what dishes should we make?"

Wei Changying said, "Ask the kitchen to do some specialty dishes and send someone to the front courtyard to have a look. When my husband is free, ask him about the likes of the guests."

Qin'ge agreed and left, Wei Changying thought for a while and ordered Yan'ge, "Take a few jars of wine and hang them in the well. Although there are utensils containing ice in the room, having too much ice could hurt the stomach on a hot day. Now they have iced drinks and fruits, and it will not be healthy to use iced wine at dinner."

Considering that the eight guests have different requirements for wine, Wei Changying urged, "The sixteenth young master Liu seems to like spirits, but there may be people who are not good at drinking. Apart from spirits, also prepare some wine that is not easily intoxicating, such as lychee green wine. If there are not enough wells in our yard, you can go to other places to borrow one."

Yan'ge and Jiaoge went to do it together.

Zhu Lan, who had been appointed to send fruits, ran back and said, "The fruits have been delivered there, but the sister who served in the front courtyard just came and said that the young master of the Gu Family from Hongzhou pushed the fruits that she handed over and frowned."

"Gu Wei?" Wei Changying frowned, "Does he dislike the fruits?"

"I think that probably the young master Gu doesn't like to eat the iced fruits," Mrs. Huang reminded, "In fact, our second Old Master is the same as him. No matter how hot the weather is, he will not eat the iced fruits."

Wei Changying pondered and told Zhu Lan, "According to Granny's words, you can ask someone to send some fruits that haven't been iced."

This time Zhu Lan went there for a while and returned to report with a smile, "Granny Huang is right. The young master Gu really doesn't like the iced fruits. When the fruits that hadn’t been iced were served, he immediately took them and began to eat."

She added, "I heard from the sister in the front courtyard that even our young master was surprised and said that he never knew that the young master Gu didn’t like the iced fruits. Young master Gu said that it was because his stomach was uncomfortable recently, so he dared not eat the iced fruits. He didn't care about it before."

"It's really hard to meet everyone's demands!" Wei Changying sighed. Since Gu Wei was silent, who could tell from his blank expression that his stomach was uncomfortable and prepared the fruits that were not iced? It was the first time that she received her husband’s guests since she had married. Naturally, she didn’t dare to slight it. But unexpectedly she met a guest like Gu Wei who would rather push the fruits far away rather than explain.

Had it not been for Mrs. Huang's experience, Wei Changying would have no idea how to guess why Gu Wei did this.

She shook her head. Gu Naizheng, the hardest person to please, had been dragged away by Gu Yiran, and Wei Changying felt that she should be thankful. The guests who stayed now were easy to serve. After all, compared with Gu Naizheng, who could provoke a life and death fight in a few words, these eight guests were nice enough.

Wei Changying then ordered people to take care of everything and report any accidents or changes in time.

After the arrangement was completed, Wei Changying took a sigh of relief before remembering to ask Mrs. Huang, "You have arranged your second son, second daughter-in-law, and granddaughter in Ji's house, but why didn't you tell me?" She was curious about this question when she heard Mrs. Huang introduce Ni Weiyi at the door of Ji Mansion, but then she was eager to ask Ji Qubing to diagnose Shen Cangfeng, and she also would like to save Mrs. Huang's face in front of others, so she didn't rebuke her on the spot.

Mrs. Huang had already been prepared to answer this question and said with a wry smile, "This is Miracle Doctor Ji's request."

"Ji Qubing?" Wei Changying was stunned for a while and then said, "That is funny. He should use my people without my permission!" No matter how good her temper was, she couldn't stand that. If she didn't listen to her, how could she be counted as her servant?

Mrs. Huang said, "I ask for your forgiveness."

"Granny, I'm not blaming you." Wei Changying frowned and waved her hand, "I don't mean that. Ji Qubing had requested it without my permission, but he still asked me to accompany my husband to there. When I saw Weiwei, who was your granddaughter in your words, I still knew it, didn't I?"

Mrs. Huang was embarrassed, "In my opinion, maybe Miracle Doctor Ji didn't mind that you knew it, but just showed an attitude," she explained, "Old Madam told me to win over Miracle Doctor Ji well and not to offend him, so when Miracle Doctor Ji asked me not to tell you, I didn't dare to say it."