The Song Family's twin sons passed the imperial examination, and they hosted a banquet to celebrate with distinguished guests. This was not only to encourage the two, but more importantly, to announce to the world that the Song Family was no longer the ignorant family of the past, but now had excellent descendants who could support the family's reputation, transforming their status entirely.
The large floral hall of Chunhui Hall was filled with ladies adorned in bright reds and greens, their heads full of vermillion hairpins. Yet, it was still not completely filled; some younger wives and unmarried young ladies were accompanying Ru Shi and the visiting Song Ruqian and Song Zi in another courtyard for conversation and leisure.
The reason for the presence of so many young ladies was naturally to show Jiang Shi and Song Ci that their family had flowers worthy of being picked.
Besides, on the men's side, Song Zhiyuan and the other family leaders were the ones receiving the guests.
