Chapter 442: Etiquette
The exam is over, and the results are not available for the time being. But Qin Jian and the others can easily rest for two days, because Qin Hanzhen's birthday is coming soon.
Qin Hanzhen was born on February 12, which is the birthday of the 100th birthday, which is originally the season for girls to gather together to laugh and play. This year, Qin Hanzhen and Lu have to hold a ceremony, which is different from previous years' birthdays, and there are naturally more guests invited. Although the Yongjiahou Mansion has no intention of publicizing it, Qin Hanzhen's birthday is not ordinary, and she will get married again in half a year, so even if this ceremony is not intended to be large, relatives and friends always have to invite it. There are a lot of in-laws in the Qin family's two rooms, plus Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo are married, and Princess Xiuning is invited as a guest, and people who are close to Zhao Mo in the clan also have to invite a few households, and this birthday is quite lively.
On this day, many guests came to Yongjiahou Mansion, the front yard and the back yard, and even the garden, all of which were colorful and festive. Zhao Mo specially came in from the main gate and gave a rich birthday gift, not to mention, he also gave another body to his fiancée in private, which was not seen by outsiders.
However, these gifts, Qin Hanzhen can't look at them for the time being. She's the protagonist of the day, and she has to be added first.
The ceremony took place in the main hall of the front yard. Princess Xiuning, with a kind smile on her face, acted as the guest of honor today. Qin Hanzhen specially invited Yu Xinlan, the daughter of Shoushan Bofu, to be a praiser for himself - in fact, if it weren't for Cai Yuanzhen's status being too high, and her father was the top boss of her father Qin Ping, Qin Hanzhen would have wanted to ask Cai Yuanzhen to take on this role, but now she had to invite Miss Cai to be a guest. In addition, there is another secretary, Qin Hanzhen did not invite Qin Jinhua, but asked Qin Jinchun to fill the position.
Qin Jinhua is already a married person. No matter how dissatisfied her mother Yao is with the Tang family, she can only admit it, and there is no room for remorse. Since it is a person whose marriage has been decided, it doesn't matter whether he can show his face through Qin Hanzhen's ceremony, not to mention that most of the relatives and friends Qin Hanzhen invited today, and none of the dignitaries and nobles who had few contacts appeared. Yao felt that Qin Jinhua no longer needed to show himself on such an occasion, so he let Qin Hanzhen give Qin Jinchun the opportunity. Qin Jinchun is also fourteen years old, only half a year younger than Qin Hanzhen, and the family affairs have not yet been decided. The Yao family is also looking forward to her being able to climb a good family business and bring a little benefit to the three heads of the Qin family.
The guests gathered in the main hall of the front yard, and Qin Bai and Niu were both elders, so they sat on it and watched the ceremony with a smile. Qin Ping, the father, has been absent from his daughter's growth for many years, but finally did what he had to do on his daughter's fifteenth birthday, responsible for welcoming all the guests and presiding over the ceremony. Because Qin Hanzhen lost his mother at a young age, and Qin Ping did not continue the string, the work of the hostess was taken care of by her aunt Xiao Feng. As for Qin An, he's still in the barracks. General Ma started a new wave of military training after the New Year, and he was duty-bound, of course, it was impossible to take leave to return to the city for his niece's birthday.
Although Cai Yuanzhen and Qin Jinhua did not hold their positions in Qin Hanzhen's ceremony today, they also did their best as sisters and best friends. They smiled and took the errand of playing music, Qin Jian also smiled and said that he was willing to show his skills and help beat a drum or something, Tang Su and Zhang Shu both found it interesting and made up a share as if they were playing. Although I didn't cooperate much beforehand, after everyone with a strict family education, after a little run-in, I also played a tune decently, without losing face in front of the guests. However, today's guests are basically relatives, friends or acquaintances, and when they see the juniors joking, there are few real jokes about them, they just think it's funny.
Pei Yin looked at this harmonious scene and felt very dazzling. But what can she say? Today's guests are many dignitaries, and she is not friends with them, and she needs to honestly show her elegance and virtuousness. Even if Cai Shizi has become a relative, Pei Yin doesn't want to make a fool of herself in front of the Cai family, and she still has to find another high-ranking family to marry after all, and try her best to find a good lady for her brother to be a wife, now is not the time for her to be willful.
This foreign Pei Yin is honest, but Qin Jinyi in the second room of the Qin family's own family is not so patient. She watched Princess Xiuning hairpin for Qin Hanzhen, and the onlookers around her were all smiling and full of admiration, even Yousi Qin Jinchun, who was just in charge of holding the tray, and many people praised her for her delicate appearance and generous demeanor, so she couldn't sit still anymore, got up and turned her head and walked out. After walking a few steps, I remembered that my legs and feet were not good. Didn't she arrive early before all the guests arrived, so that no one would find out about her disability? Who knew that she had forgotten about this stubble on impulse, and she didn't know if anyone would find out?
But when Qin Jinyi turned her head to look, she found that no one looked at her, and no one seemed to care about her, the eldest lady of the Qin family. Even if she is wearing a red dress and a green dress today, her hair is full of pearls, and even her makeup is extraordinarily exquisite, and her seven-point posture has increased to ten points, but as soon as Qin Hanzhen appears, all eyes will be attracted, and even a Qin Jinchun can suppress her into a dull light.
Qin Jinyi's eyes turned red in an instant, she turned her head angrily, and strode out with a limp.
Then I bumped into a guy.
It was a handsome young man, dressed in a brocade robe, sven and amiable, who was walking up from the bottom of the steps, and seemed to be about to join the crowd around the main hall unobtrusively, but he did not expect to bump into a richly dressed young girl coming out, and he was immediately startled, and then his face turned red, he took two steps back, took a deep breath, and bowed his head and saluted: "It's rude." Is the girl alright?"
Qin Jinyi also blushed. She wanted to leave like this, but when she noticed that the young man was handsome and well-dressed, she immediately changed her mind. She knew that although most of the guests who came today were relatives and friends of the Qin family, most of the relatives and friends of the Qin family were not ordinary families, not to mention that there were still clans. This young man looked at the eyes, and his dress and appearance were not something that ordinary people could have, so he might be the prince and grandson of which family. So she replied softly and softly, and whispered: "I'm fine, I'm reckless, and the son is not hurt, right?"
The young man smiled softly, "No, how could it be?" and asked, "Isn't the girl in the hall watching the ceremony?"
Qin Jinyi paused, smiled and said: "Just now I was watching, Yahuan came over to pass the word, saying that an elder was going to call me over to speak, so I left in a hurry, I didn't want to be rude, and I hope that the son will not be surprised." ”
The young man smiled: "The girl is polite. With that, he turned sideways and gave way to the road, "Since the girl is in a hurry, I will not delay the girl." ”
Qin Jinyi actually wanted to say a few more words to the other party, so as to find out which family the other party was, but since she used the urgent summons of the elders as an excuse to leave, of course she couldn't dismantle her own lift, and she couldn't let people know that she was at odds with her cousin in the Yongjiahou Mansion. So, she put down the reluctance in her heart, saluted with the most elegant gesture, and then took a step.
Her face changed. She remembered that she had a problem with her legs and feet! If she walked out in front of this young man like this, wouldn't he know that she was disabled?!
Qin Jinyi made a quick decision—she felt that she had never been so smart and decisive—and when she stepped to the ground, she controlled her ankle and tilted it to the side suddenly, pretending to be on a crutch, but the pain in her ankle was real. She immediately fell.
The young man was taken aback, and had the heart to step forward to help him, but because of the difference between men and women, it was not good to really get started, so he was so anxious that he turned around in place, not knowing what to do, and suddenly remembered that the girl who had crutches seemed to be the daughter of the Qin family, and hurriedly asked: "Where is the girl's ring?
Qin Jinyi just wanted to hide his disability in front of him, and now that his feet really hurt, of course he wouldn't refuse: "Thank you, son, you can go to the main hall and call a girl to come." I am the daughter of the Qin family, and this Yongjiahou Mansion is not an outsider. ”
There are two girls in the Yongjiahou Mansion, one is the main son of today, who is receiving the ceremony in the hall, and the other is still young, and the girl in front of her must be the daughter of the Qin family's room or the second room. The young man immediately deduced her identity, answered the call, and soon called a girl over.
Qin Jinyi recognized that this girl was the person next to Qin Hanzhen, as if her name was Lianshi, and knew that she was an honest person, so she called her: "When I just went down the steps, I accidentally turned my foot, you help me to your girl's courtyard to rest." "This is to show that he has a close relationship with Qin Hanzhen, so as to take advantage of the future Princess Suning.
But although Lianshi is honest, she is not a fool, how could she not know that the eldest girl in the second room has always had a gap with her own girl, and her temper is not good? She stepped forward to support Qin Jinyi and said, "Our girl's yard is far away from here, and the eldest girl's foot is injured, so I am afraid that I will not be able to walk such a long way, so let's go and sit in the main courtyard? I will immediately call someone to ask Mama to come and see the eldest girl's injury." ”
Lianshi immediately pointed out Qin Jinyi's identity. The latter also knew that his reputation was not very good, and suddenly he quickly peeked at the young man, and saw that the other party showed a surprised expression, and secretly hated it in his heart, but he heard the sound of people coming from the main hall, and the sound of the piano also stopped, as if it was the end of the ceremony. She knew that she didn't have much time, so she could only secretly choke her wrists, hold Lianshi's hand, respond indiscriminately, and then whispered goodbye to the young man, and then left with Lianshi's support.
The young man looked at Qin Jinyi's distant back, a little stunned. But he didn't stay in a daze for long, and hurriedly turned around and entered the main hall. He didn't want to watch the ceremony in the hall, he wanted to find the king of Suning to speak, but he couldn't find where the king of Suning was located, and it was not good to walk around in the mansion of the Marquis of Yongjia, so he had to turn around honestly, but he didn't expect to miss the ceremony, I hope my sister won't be angry for a while. The fiancée that his mother wanted to find for himself also appeared at the ceremony today, and he wanted to see it with his own eyes.
In the main hall, Qin Hanzhen had already dressed up again, followed behind his father and aunt, and officially greeted the guests. The girls formed a circle to laugh, and the male guests, who had been leaning on the periphery, were now walking out one after another. The young man quickly found where his sister was, bowed his head and walked over: "Why is my sister sitting here alone and not joking with other ladies?"
Pei Yin sighed: "They are not happy to see me, why should I be bored?" She looked at her brother, "Why did you only come here in the past half a day?