Chapter 219: The Banquet

In the next month, it is necessary to prepare for the marriage of Jiuniang Zheng Qian, and when the time comes, the marriage envoys and priests in the house will come and go very frequently, and the house is afraid that it will be busy, so Zheng Sui will set the banquet at the end of this month.

As for the people invited, the three ladies of the Yuan family and Xie Youlan of the Xie family, these two people are indispensable, as for the others, it is her and Jiuniang Aluo, when they usually go out to attend banquets, some peers who are very familiar with each other write a post, and let Jiuniang and Aluo read it again, and then send the servants of the family to send out the invitation.

It's just that the invitation here has just been sent out, and the four-room and seven-aunt He Shi came.

He is a cousin of Shichiro-kun's uncle's family.

"My aunt came here to ask Shi Niang, this time the family held a banquet, can you let a few Qi Niang sisters also come to participate? ”

In her eyes, she always felt that He was a little too shrewd, but because of filial piety, she was restrained at home, looking up at He with a straightforward smile, kneeling on the couch, the eight winds did not move.

"Now living in the same house, they are all young ladies of the Zheng family, and aunts say such things, of course it's okay. Zheng Sui smiled and said: "I don't know the temperament of the other little ladies, presumably the aunt knows best, like Qi Niang, can disagree with people, but it is not good to fight, I don't want the little lady of the Zheng family to make a fool of herself at the banquet, after all, those who are invited are all in Jiankang City." A little lady from a wealthy family. ”

He Shi hurriedly said: "This aunt knows in her heart, she won't bother with Shi Niang, I will watch a few little ladies that day." ”

Zheng Sui snorted. "By the way, there is one more thing, I want to talk to my aunt, my brother and I have explained, the acrobatic team invited for two days, the first day, let my uncle and a few uncles and aunts and the little lang and the little lady in the family watch it for a day. It is also placed on the side of Cuiyin Pavilion, and when the time comes, I will invite my uncle and a few uncles to come over and have a look, since my aunt is here. I'll be lazy for a while, and ask my aunt for a favor to help convey it. ”

"That's fine, my aunt will definitely bring this. He hurriedly agreed.

The two chattered a few more words. Ho left.

watched Ho leave. When Zhong Nan served mung bean soup to Zheng Sui, he suddenly asked, "When did Gorou explain that he was going to perform for two days, why didn't the maid remember." After speaking, he also looked at the people in the room.

Chenfeng sneered, but snorted, "The little lady just talks about it, you idiot also believe it." ”

Zhong Nan listened. Suddenly dumbfounded.

Xin Yi stretched out his hand and pointed at Morrowind, "You like to make fun of people." Knowing that Zhong Nan was honest, he bullied Zhong Nan all day long. ”

But I heard Zheng Sui instruct Xin Yi and said: "Xin Yi, I suddenly added a day, you quickly send someone over to talk to Ah Weng, settle down early, don't go to the back, the acrobatic team is full, it's not good." "I heard that this acrobatic troupe has been very popular in Jiankang City recently, and many families have invited them to perform at home.

Xin Yi hurriedly answered and walked out.

Zheng Sui drank half a bowl of mung bean soup, leaned on a few points, snatched the fan in Chenfeng's hand, and fanned it herself, only to feel that since Duanyang, the weather has become hotter and hotter, and in recent days, it has been extremely hot, making her want to go to the Qingfeng Temple outside the city to escape the heat, however, looking at the current situation, no matter how anxious she is, she has to wait for Jiuniang to get married, and then she can go to the Qingfeng Temple.

Soon it was time for the banquet at the end of the month.

Before the banquet, Yuan Sanniang came to Zheng Mansion again, not for anything else, but for the portrait of Huan Yu.

"I didn't expect you to draw a similar picture. Yuan Sanniang stretched out her hand to take it, glanced at it, and exclaimed.

Zheng Sui listened, and was a little proud, "Famous teachers produce high apprentices, my painting skills, but my uncle personally taught me, if I want to be bad, I can't get any worse." ”

Yuan Sanniang said with a smile: "Shi Niang is not ashamed. Then, he looked down at the portrait again, "However, you can paint so vividly, but also because you are very familiar with Brother Shu Qi, the painters in my house, there are those who have seen Brother Shu Qi, and none of the few paintings I asked them to paint can compare to this one, your painting, people seem to want to come out of the picture." ”

Zheng Sui glanced sideways, the eyes like stars and moons, but they were painted, and it was not in vain, just for the two brushstrokes, it took more than an hour, and it was also the most satisfying place for this portrait, but she looked at it head-on, as if Huan Yu was standing in front of him, looking at her with both eyes.

Somehow, Zheng Sui suddenly looked away a little uncomfortably, he couldn't even figure it out to himself, but he was worried about the letterhead sent by Huan Yu a few days ago, saying that he would return to Jiankang City before the end of this month, and he would come to Zheng's house at that time.

Zheng Sui glanced at it, Yuan Sanniang in front of him was holding a portrait, looked at it carefully, and also looked at Huanxi, opened his mouth, but still didn't say it.

By the way, she doesn't know when Huan Yu will come?

That's why I can't sue Yuan Sanniang, otherwise, if I can't come back, Yuan Sanniang looks forward to it, and in the end, it's not good to be happy.

The banquet at the end of the month was held as scheduled.

Originally, it was very smooth, and even Jiuniang was rarely out of the yard.

The acrobatic performance is very exciting, there are many surprises and climaxes, but I didn't expect two people to come.

One is that the seventh princess came, or came with the princess's guard of honor, so that the people in the whole house, as well as the little lady who came to the banquet, were all tossed, and the people who were invited to pay tribute to leave Zheng Sui invited the seventh princess to the water pavilion alone, and then sat next to him, muttering in a low voice: "Why are you here?"

As soon as he mentioned this, he heard the seventh princess say angrily: "I haven't asked you yet, since you have a banquet in the house, why didn't you invite me, I haven't seen you for three months, so you forgot about me." ”

"I didn't think that you followed your concubine Niangniang to the palace outside the city to escape the summer. ”

"You are talking nonsense, you just forgot about me," the seventh princess glared at Zheng Sui, with a bit of domineering in her tone, "At the end of next month, the eighth brother will get married, how can my aunt not come back, you should have guessed that we will come back, besides, even if I don't come back, you should give me the next post." ”

After speaking, he tilted his head at Zheng Sui again, "So I got the news, and I specially put the princess honor guard over, since you don't invite me, you don't want to watch acrobatics with peace of mind, let you accompany me to toss for a while." ”

Zheng Sui stroked his forehead, but he regretted not writing more posts, originally with a few months ago, the fifth brother and Xie Shangshu's young daughter Xie Youlan got married, the seventh princess cried once, and never came to Zheng's house again, Zheng Sui thought she would not come.

Suddenly, I heard the seventh princess ask: "The one who is with Eleven Niang, a group of childish little ladies, is it Xie Youlan." He also stretched out his hand and pointed to the front table.

Zheng Sui looked up and looked at Xie Youlan, who was wearing purple juanhua and sitting with Eleven Niang, and nodded, but looked at the seventh princess suspiciously, "Didn't you say that you have seen her once." ”

"It's been two years, who knows what she looks like?" After speaking, he muttered angrily, "Ugly one, not as good-looking as me." ”

Zheng Sui listened, and immediately felt that he couldn't cry or laugh, Xie Youlan just hadn't grown her face yet, just like her before, some babies were fat, because of her small age and relatively short and fat body, Zheng Sui had seen Xie Shangshu's wife, who was a beautiful embryo, Xie Shangshu was also elegant and handsome, and the daughter born to the two could not be ugly.

The stage is to the wonderful, while performing the top bowl, there are two people standing upside down, the last little maid climbed on the back of the person on the top, and then slowly stood up straight, to the top of the head kept adding bowls, the bowl did not fall, the higher the pile, on the other side, is a person alone performance throwing peaches, a total of a dozen peaches, keep throwing up, the last dozen peaches, in the air connected into a circle, the more to the back, the faster and faster, but the eyes dare not blink, the following applause, cheers, is even more enthusiastic.

It wasn't until this performance came to an end that I heard the seventh princess ask, "How is your sister doing?"

Zheng Sui stretched out his finger and pointed to the corner where Jiuniang Zheng Qian was sitting, "You have also seen it, everyone has lost a lot of weight, and their faces are yellow and thin, and today is the first time they have left the door of the courtyard after coming back for more than a month." ”

"I asked for my brother, my brother originally wanted to come today, but in the end he was worried about conflict with your brother, so he gave up and didn't come. ”

Zheng Sui is the most aware of what happened to Jiu Niang, so he hated Xiao Zhang so much that he itched his teeth, so he said angrily: "Fortunately, your brother didn't come, my fifth brother is at home today, if your brother comes, it's best to come over with a team of ceremonies to cheer like the last edict, or my brother will definitely beat him all over the ground looking for teeth." ”

"Hey," the seventh princess pulled Zheng Sui's arm, "Don't be like this, that incident is not right with my brother, but my brother has fought hard to throw away the title of the king of the county, and he invited the marriage decree." ”

"Do you know what your brother did?"

"Isn't it just spreading the reputation of your sister's torture. The seventh princess whispered, "It turns out that your sister has this reputation, and my brother has passed it on, so it's not a big deal." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Sui was stunned for a moment, it seems that even in the palace, Xiao Zhang did not tell the truth, in this way, Jiu Niang's reputation outside can be regarded as preserved, as long as Xiao Zhang has a heart, he will not let others look down on him in the future.

Zheng Sui's heart also breathed a sigh of relief for Jiuniang Zheng Qian.

After the acrobatic performance in the afternoon, Zheng Sui sent the last few people away, and when he turned around, he saw that Yuan Sanniang was still there, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Aren't you leaving? Why are you still there?"

I just looked at Yuan Sanniang and pulled Zheng Sui, and asked softly: "I was about to ask you, Uncle Huan Qi came to your house today, why didn't you tell me." ”

Zheng Sui stroked his forehead, "Where did you see him? I really didn't know he was coming over today." ”

I'm really afraid of something.

I only heard Yuan Sanniang smile and said: "When I went out, he entered the door, and I asked my Eminem to go back and tell my aunt first, I won't go home today, and I will rest in your house for a day." (To be continued......)