After listening to her mother-in-law's chatter, Wen Wan took Song Jiao and followed her husband out of the main gate.
Uncle Lin had already prepared the carriage, with a maid waiting beside it to lift the curtain, respectfully inviting the master, mistress, and young lady onto the carriage.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they arrived outside the Imperial City Gate.
The three got off the carriage and found several other carriages already stopped nearby.
Because the officials attending the palace banquet all held a rank of Standard Third or above, each carriage was more lavish and spacious than the next, making the Song family's carriage look particularly modest among them.
However, those who could climb to the rank of Standard Third had family members with qualities naturally higher than those of minor households.
