Chapter 44: The Banquet
When there was a plop, Zheng Sui fell head-on on the ground, she regretted it in her heart, if she was allowed to choose again, she would definitely go back with a few sisters, instead of coming to Qingle Hall.
The silk and bamboo stopped, the singing and dancing stopped, and when the night fell, the lanterns were burned.
Qingle Hall is huge, at this moment, more than a dozen pairs of eyes are staring at the corner where Zheng Sui is, Zheng Sui even hesitated to get up, almost too ashamed to raise his head, he has never been so embarrassed, even if the safari on the outskirts of Pingcheng in the old year, fell into the soil pit dug by Yihun Kuan, it was not ashamed this time, at least that time, she was followed by the maid and servant.
As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Sui immediately thought that Liulang Zheng Hong must have done it on purpose.
When they were about to leave, they pushed her so hard that she fell out, but they ran as fast as they could, and suddenly disappeared.
After a long time, I heard Zheng Jing's voice sound, probably coming back from shock, "Take her down." β
It's a pity that the words fell, and as soon as the maidservant girl who came forward helped her up, she heard Huan Yu's voice coming, "Xixi, when do you like to listen to the corner." β
Zheng Jing hurriedly called Ah Ping, but he couldn't stop it.
At this point, Zheng Sui couldn't retreat, so he stood up with the handmaiden's hand, stepped forward and shouted to the eldest brother, "I heard that Brother Ah was having a banquet in the front hall and invited Lang Jun, all of them are handsome in Xingyang, with a good demeanor, and Shi Niang admires it, so I came to see the beautiful scenery." β
Since the fall of the previous dynasties, where Confucianism has retreated, metaphysics has flourished, informal, and profligate, and is often highly respected.
The boudoir is also affected by this, the pursuit of truthfulness, spontaneity, a little less restraint on women, a little more tolerance, women admire the manners, say it, it is not a shameful thing, but as a free and easy thing.
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, I heard a loud laugh from the crowd, and the atmosphere eased a lot, "The brothers in the ten ladies are all the best among the people, and they are all the best among the people. β
"Yi Shu has clouds: things gather by like, people by groups, today can gather together, you and Brother are like-minded, there is this meeting, what is the difference?"
This is to praise all the Lang Jun who are here today.
If before, everyone present had an impression of Zheng Sui who was still a naΓ―ve girl, then, this time, what a match came out, it was already awe-inspiring, Zheng Sui noticed that the corners of the eldest brother's mouth were slightly curved, revealing a good-looking arc, knowing that this level was in the past, Zheng Sui squeezed his fist hand, slightly loosened, and his palm was sweaty.
I only heard the eldest brother Zheng Jing say: "Since you are here, go and sit down next to Gorou." β
Zheng Sui responded, saluted, and retreated.
As Zheng Sui sat down beside Zheng Wei, everyone's eyes gradually moved away from Zheng Sui, and the silk and bamboo singing and dancing in the hall resumed, restoring the atmosphere of the previous banquet, but the singers changed a batch.
Zheng Sui hid behind the curtain before and didn't find it, but he knelt down and sat down, only to see that there was also Lang Jun who came with the daughter of the family, just wearing a hat and sitting behind the screen, thinking that he was not too young, looking at everyone in the field, Zheng Sui suddenly understood why Zheng Hong was tying to pass, and the brothers in the family, except for him, were all here.
"Why are you here?" Zheng Wei turned his head sideways and looked at Zheng Sui beside him with a smile, knowing his sister Brother Mo Ruo, although Zheng Wei knew that Zheng Sui was so lively, he would never appear in such a way, let alone do something like squatting in the corner, if she really wanted to come to the banquet, she would directly tell him and come with him.
"Rokuro's bad idea. Zheng Sui was complaining about Liulang in his heart, of course he wouldn't help cover it up, he looked up, and the eldest brother was sitting together, in addition to Zong Kan and Huan Yu, there was also a young man Lang Jun, with a beautiful face and a beautiful demeanor, as if he had never seen it.
Zheng Wei followed Zheng Sui's gaze, "That's the son of Chen Liuruan, named Ruan Shang, the word Chongzhi, the eldest son of Ruan's father." β
The Ruan Shifu in Zheng Wei's mouth is Chen Liuruan Yao, who is good friends with his father and came to the house yesterday.
Zheng Sui sighed, and was about to retract his gaze, but he happened to look at Shang Huan Yu's smiling gaze, and he felt annoyed in his heart, if he asked at this moment, Zheng Sui was the two people who gritted his teeth the most, Liulang was the first, and Huan Yu was the second, if he hadn't suddenly spoken out and pointed out her identity, she wouldn't have to deal with it, her eyes were on fire, and she glared at her.
It's just this stare, Huan Yu didn't care at all, only grinned, held a glass of sake in his hand, turned his eyes, and talked to Ruan Shang, Zheng Sui had no choice but to stare dryly, retract his gaze, and reach out to take the wine glass full on the table, but the second brother Zheng Lun who came over stopped him, "I have made buttermilk." β
Zheng Sui hurriedly called the second brother, followed by the second brother Zheng Fan, the two maidservants, holding an amber glass cup with buttermilk, placed it on the same case, moved the steamed dolphin on the case to one end, and held a small cup of buttermilk, handed it to Zheng Sui, Zheng Sui loves glass, this set of glass cups, look at the workmanship is very exquisite, its color is colorful, beautiful, its quality is crystal clear, dazzling.
It is a rare boutique, the cup is held in his hand, he can't put it down, he can't help it after all, Zheng Sui looked at the second brother Zheng Luntong who was kneeling beside the fifth brother Zheng Wei, "Second brother, whose set of Liuliu cups is it?"
Zheng Lun knew that Zheng Sui liked glass, "It was the year before last, when the general of Da Liang's chariot cavalry came to Xingyang to see his uncle, he brought two sets to give to his uncle, in addition to this set of amber, there is also a set of purple blue, and my uncle gave this set of amber to Aya, and I took it from Aya." β
As soon as he heard this, Zheng Sui's eyes couldn't help but turn, and he wondered how to open his mouth, and asked for this set of glass cups from Aye, and when Zheng Wei saw this, how could he not understand Zheng Sui's careful thoughts, shook his head, and said to Zheng Lun: "Second brother, I'm afraid that Aye's set of glass cups will not be able to be saved." β
Zheng Lun smiled and didn't say it, Aya's set of glass cups was originally given to Zheng Sui, but he just wanted to borrow his hand, "The little ladies who arrived today are all concubines in the family, sit down for a while, you can take Xixi back earlier." β
"That's what I mean. Zheng Wei put down the wine glass in his hand and nodded, drinking and having fun at this banquet was originally not suitable for Zheng Sui to participate, not to mention that some people brought medicine stones over today, Zheng Wei looked at Lang Jun who was not far away and someone was going to come over to talk, which made the third brother Zheng Xu and the fourth brother Zheng Lun stumble, and their eyes couldn't help but be a little dark.
Looking back, the glass cup in Zheng Sui's hand was empty, and he was playing with himself, so he couldn't help but reach out and take it and put it on the case, "Xixi, let's go." β
"Now?" Zheng Sui hesitated, "I just sat down." Looking at the field, the flow of people is surging, the clothes are fragrant and the temples are shadows, the maids and singers are shuttling between them, pushing the cups and cups, and some people seem to have lost their temper.
After vacating the ground, he saw that the fifth brother Zheng Wei had already gotten up, and looked at Zheng Sui, who was still sitting beside him, "Get up, let's go back first." β
Zheng Sui noticed that the fifth brother's face was a little bad, so he got up, looked up at the eldest brother again, talked happily, and couldn't help asking, "Do you want to talk to the eldest brother?"
I only heard the second brother Zheng Lun say: "You go first, I'll wait for a chance to talk to the eldest brother." β