Chapter 168: Banquet (2)

The banquet held by the famous ladies, in the past and present life, Su Qi participated for the first time.

It was still early, Su Qi had already freshened up and dressed up and arrived at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she didn't expect Bai Yuwei to be waiting at the door, and there were several women who were dressed very delicately beside her, some Su Qi knew and some she didn't know, but when she saw Su Qi, she had a complicated look.

"Miss. Su Qi stepped forward and blessed Bai Yuwei slightly, and made a proper salute.

When she got closer, Su Jianman saw that Bai Yuwei also had exquisite makeup today, but her delicacy was hidden in the dark, even if she wore makeup, she could make people see a sense of 'natural carving', and the light fragrance emitted from her body was very pleasant, which made her temperament more and more dusty.

"Sister doesn't have to be polite, the carriage is ready, let's go." Bai Yuwei smiled with crooked eyebrows, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Su Qi naturally followed Bai Yuwei's arrangement and got into the carriage, but she inadvertently saw a few malicious eyes looking at her position, those were the ladies in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Su Qi was no stranger to their faces. In just a few days in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she had already memorized their faces and names, especially the ones who had gone out of their way to 'visit' her.

Su Qi had long expected that today's banquet might not be so simple, but what she didn't expect was that those young ladies didn't know how to disguise themselves and couldn't hide their emotions, judging from her experience of fighting with Su Fangyuan and Xu Lian in the back house, most of the people who didn't know how to disguise themselves and hide their emotions would suffer in the back house!

It is said that the person who is going to the current Zongzheng Lord, Cui Yulin Cui's house. This banquet was a flower-viewing banquet held by Cui Yulin's second daughter, Cui Yan'er, and there was no special reason, it was just to gather the daughters of some high-ranking and powerful adults in the capital together to talk and play. These are all information that Bai Yuwei revealed to Su Qi intentionally or unintentionally.

When the carriage arrived at its destination, many richly decorated carriages had already stopped in front of Cui's mansion.

Su Qi followed Bai Yuwei into Cui's mansion, and saw a lot of people along the way. There are young ladies and people dressed as servants, and she can feel that the most obvious thing is that these people's attitude towards Bai Yuwei is extremely respectful, and it is obvious that Bai Yuwei has a very high status in their hearts.

The specifications of the Cui Mansion naturally cannot be compared with the Prime Minister's Mansion, but all kinds of objects in the Prime Minister's Mansion are mainly in a solemn style, and it seems to lack a bit of mood compared with the Cui Mansion.

"I've met Sister Yuwei, Yan'er is so happy to be here. From a pavilion with fluttering curtains, a well-dressed young woman suddenly rushed out, and said with a happy face.

I think this is the protagonist of today's banquet, Cui Yan'er.

"Sister Yan'er doesn't have to be polite, I want to thank you for inviting me over, I'm busy with family affairs in the house all day, and it's time to come out and walk around." After greeting Cui Yan'er, several official ladies stepped forward to talk to Bai Yuwei, with jealousy and envy in their eyes, Bai Yuwei responded decently, and her posture never changed in the slightest.

It's just that Su Qi found that on top of her extraordinary beauty, in those eyes that were like autumn water, the smile never reached the bottom of her eyes, and Su Qi couldn't help but admire a little. This Bai Yuwei is really not simple. According to her, Bai Yuwei's acting skills are probably not below her.

Although Bai Yuwei hid it very well, Su Qi could still feel that her attitude towards herself was probably far from being as eager as it seemed on the surface, maybe she was no different from those young ladies in the mansion who were clearly looking for faults, or even better than them.

The party of the ladies of the boudoir did all the elegant things, and there was not much difference between the party between the merchants and daughters that Su Qi had attended. It's just that the women between this banquet are in twos and threes, and the boundaries of the relationship are much clearer than what Su Qi has seen before, and I think this is also inseparable from the forces in the court.

As for the etiquette that needs to be observed by the daughter of the high-ranking family in the capital, although Su Qi has only seen it in books in the past, and has heard the former female gentleman Chu Ning tell her about it, she can still do it properly and appropriately, so that people can't find fault with it. All this is because she secretly observed the behavior of Bai Yuwei and the other ladies whenever she had the opportunity, and she also learned their manners.

"Sister Yuwei, this sister is very faced. The person who asked this was Cui Yan'er, she had long noticed the woman beside Bai Yuwei, a woman who had never appeared in the circle of nobles in the capital. It's just that there are too many people talking to Bai Yuwei, so she can't interject for a while, so she doesn't ask.

The ladies gathered together, and when they heard this, they couldn't help but set their eyes on Su Qi.

Bai Yuwei didn't answer immediately, but pursed her lips and smiled lightly.

Su Qi endured everyone's gaze, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. But she didn't show anything on her face, but looked at Bai Yuwei standing beside her silently, her eyes were light and light, and people couldn't guess her thoughts.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, and after a while, Bai Yuwei seemed to suddenly remember something, and said with a smile: "This is the new sister in the house, named Su Qi." She is from Jiangnan, and I thought that bringing her to the banquet would also make it easier for my sister to follow the local customs faster. ”

After Bai Yuwei said this, everyone's gaze at Su Qi had changed from curiosity at the beginning to secretiveness.

Who in the capital doesn't know that the prime minister has been looking for his daughter and granddaughter all these years? However, there are many people who go to the prime minister's mansion to confess their relatives, but there are always many impostors, and the main owner has never appeared. And the one in front of them, listening to the meaning of Bai Yuwei's words, should also be here to recognize their relatives, but they have never heard the prime minister officially announce that he has found his granddaughter, so her identity is really worth considering.

Su Qi didn't want to guess what Bai Yuwei's intention was when she said such vague words, but she knew that if she wanted to gain a firm foothold in the capital in the future, she would have to make a name for herself!

"Sisters, Xiao Qi has just arrived, and I would like to ask you sisters for advice. After Su Qi finished saying this with a smile, he unexpectedly saw the skeptical and disdainful gazes of the young ladies.

It is impossible for a young lady with an unjustified name to be able to enter the eyes of their group of ladies with noble status. There is no one present who is unaware of this truth.

"Xiao Qi left Beijing since he was a child, and he was not able to accompany his grandfather to fulfill his filial piety, and he felt very guilty in his heart, fortunately his grandfather was kind, not only did not blame Xiao Qi, but let Xiao Qi return to his own home, and let me specially ask my sister to take care of my daily life, so loved, Xiao Qi really felt ashamed. ”