Because the Xia family is a civil servant, most of the people who come and go are civil officials' families, and there are not many nobles and clansmen, so the Duchess of Zhenguo came over, so she had to open a table for the Duchess of Zhenguo alone, accompanied by Aunt Min of Chanyi and Aunt Xiao He of the Seventh Hall.

Although the general face is passable, but somewhat because of the identity of the clan of the Duchess of Zhenguo, the two have scruples, and feel that it is not good to be warm, and there is a suspicion of scolding the clan, and it is not appropriate to be cold, even if it is a down-and-out clan, it is more noble than the family members of these civil officials.

But just these few margins make the Duchess of Zhenguo sit on pins and needles, she is obviously helping others to make face, no matter where she puts it, this is a good thing, but it makes the other party so careful, she eats, and the whole person becomes embarrassed, especially her table is still newly opened, and in order to look good, she has to make a table of people who can't beat the eight poles to accompany her.

Although these people may not have the honor to dine with her, it is the first time that they have seen other people's faces like this when they arrive at someone's house.

In short, at this banquet, the Duchess of Zhenguo did not eat comfortably, and most of the people around her also felt that they were working hard, especially the appearance of the Duchess of Zhenguo who was not smiling, which made people feel that she was not approachable, and the words of everyone at the table were a little cringe.

The Duchess of Zhenguo originally came to inquire about the news, but now she can't hear anything useful, her face is even more ugly, and the atmosphere on the table is getting worse and worse.

Finally finished eating a meal next to another, the Duchess of Zhenguo got up with a faint smile on her face to say goodbye, and the Min family and Xiao He, who were the main companions, breathed a long sigh of relief, as if they had experienced a catastrophe, looked at each other, and couldn't help but smile and shake their heads.

"It's strange that the clan is difficult to deal with, and I don't even have a smile on my face at this meal, so I don't know what to say. Min shook his head and sighed, looking emotional.

Xiao He smiled at her: "The fourth sister-in-law said this, but it made me speechless, who in the clan doesn't know that the fourth sister-in-law's mouth is the most neat, otherwise how could the fourth brother's family affairs be caught by the fourth sister-in-law? Even the fourth brother said that the fourth sister-in-law is powerful, and now she is so modest, and she is not an outsider." ”

Min sighed and said: "That's for the family, for the clan, where can you be so unscrupulous, didn't you see the face of the Duchess of Zhenguo today, ugly, I just said a funny joke, she won't smile at me, her mind is not here at all......" said and looked left and right, found that no one was around, pointed to the outer courtyard, and then finished the second half of the sentence, "Haven't you seen it yet?" She didn't come for her eldest nephew at all, she came for that person at all, but it's a pity that everyone wants to get on this big tree now, but they don't want people to be willing or not. ”

What's more, Chanyi, a little girl who is only a teenager, is even more annoying.

Xiao He also looked empathetic, and sighed, but he didn't want to continue talking about this topic, and turned to something else: "The second sister-in-law's family is really generous, and I invited the chefs of two restaurants to set up a banquet today, and they all said that the scallion roasted sea cucumber and chicken shark fin in Tianxiang Pavilion are delicious, and when I taste it today, the taste is really good." ”

Min smiled and said: "No, as soon as these dishes came up, I was very surprised to see the ladies on the banquet, and a few of them were still looking at us secretly, thinking that no one in Yunfu City would put such an orthodox flowing water wedding banquet for a long time," she walked slowly towards the flower hall with Xiao He, and at the same time thought of the family business inherited by Xia Shijing in the clan, and couldn't help but talk more," If I say, the second brother is really blessed, although he suffered a lot when he was a child, but he has a powerful wife, and even he himself has become rich, so he has the support of the people in the clan later, otherwise you can have the money to put on such a scene today?"

Not long after Xiao He got married, when he heard this, he hurriedly asked Min: "Why did the fourth sister-in-law say this?"

Min smiled and said, "I only learned about it from my husband back then. ”

She took advantage of the fact that there were not many people, and talked to Xiao He's family about how Mrs. Xia was framed by the concubine and then escaped from Xinyang, how Xia Shijing was not favored back then, how Mrs. Xia got to Yunfu, and how she married the Xie family.

Xiao He listened to this, and couldn't help but open his mouth in slight surprise, "No wonder Xia Mingjing will live in the fourth sister-in-law's house, if it is changed to me, I am afraid that I will not allow him to dangle in front of my eyes for a moment," he said, and sighed, "No wonder the second uncle has so many family businesses, it turns out that the people in the clan are afraid that he will not recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, so they will give him all the family property of Old Lady Xia, and even the land property of the public middle school has his share." ”

Min nodded: "Isn't it, but if I say it, it is really a dragon giving birth to a dragon and a phoenix, Xia Mingjing's child doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp, although he lives in my house, he doesn't dare to disobey me under my control, but he was able to cause Brother Che to be almost removed from the sect before, such a scheming can not be underestimated." ”

The two talked and talked, the more they talked about the topic, the more people came and went in the flower hall, the banquet dispersed, and most of the ladies said goodbye and went home.

……

The outer courtyard was full of people, and it was lively and noisy.

Xia Shijing greeted several colleagues in the court, and because they were very familiar with each other, they unceremoniously teased him.

"It is said that the Xie family is rich, and I look at Brother Su Yun's family on par!" The speaker was Li Mi, who was also the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he had always been Shen Du's left and right hand with Xia Shijing, and he also cooperated well on errands.

Xia Shijing's face was not very happy, but he nodded with a light smile, "These are all arranged by Neizi, please use them slowly!"

He held a wine glass on the side, table by table after a circle of wine, but in his heart Xie almost scolded a dog's blood, did she know that the people who came today are all important ministers in the court, she wants to give face to the eldest son, and there is really no need to put such a table of banquets to support him, the last time his daughter went out of the cabinet, because the person she married was the prince, there was no way to have a child, so the wine and food on the banquet were the most luxurious, but this time their daughter-in-law was also placed so well, wouldn't it make people say!

Besides, this table is full of silver!

He has always been tight on money, and it is also because of his childhood experience that he always has to pay more attention to money. But his wife is rich and noble, and she never takes these coins seriously, and she spends them lavishly, for example, at such a banquet, she always wants to use the best, and because of this, he will dislike his daughter-in-law more and more.

At this time, he happened to toast to the table between Zhen Guogong and Chu Shaoyuan, he watched Chu Shaoyuan sitting there quietly, his fist against the tip of his nose, as if he was a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly leaned over and asked, "But where is it uncomfortable?"

He even forgot about the toast, and only looked at Chu Shaoyuan worriedly.

Chu Shaoyuan frowned, raised his eyes to look at him, and coughed lightly before saying, "It's okay, father-in-law doesn't have to be nervous, maybe he had a few more drinks with Zhen Guogong just now, and he would be a little uncomfortable......"

When Xia Shijing heard him drinking, his brows furrowed, and he said: "Your injury is not healed yet, didn't you tell you not to drink alcohol every night? Why are you so inappropriate? You are not comfortable, it is better to go back to the courtyard to rest for a while, there are family banquets on the left and right, and you are still sick, it is not good to endure such pain all the time, and you are not an outsider." ”

As he spoke, he instructed his subordinates to help Chu Shaoyuan back to Lanxin Courtyard, with a non-negotiable tone.

Chu Shaoyuan was also annoyed by Zhen Guogong's whispering in his ear, he deliberately said this, so that Xia Shijing could speak, so that even if he was not arrogant and arrogant, he would follow the orders of his elders and go back to rest.

Zhen Guogong naturally thought of this, but he couldn't stop it, just now Chu Shaoyuan said that it was because of him that Chu Shaoyuan was unwell, and now he opened his mouth, I was afraid that someone would suspect his sinister intentions.

He felt a sigh of vomit in his throat, and it was really uncomfortable for him.

Just now, he was just concerned about Chu Shaoyuan for a few words, and asked him if his body was healed, whether he could drink, just a few simple words.

Chu Shaoyuan was also refreshed just now, and he drank a few glasses with his clan uncle when he picked up the wine glass, but now he said that it was his clan uncle who was persuading him to drink, such words were obviously planting, but he couldn't defend himself.

As soon as he told Chu Shaoyuan about the errand of the Ministry of Works, Chu Shaoyuan got out and left, and Zhen Guogong put down his chopsticks, his face was gloomy as if it was about to rain.

Xia Shijing only then remembered that before the wine was saluted, Zhen Guogong got up and said goodbye.

There was some silence at the table.

Xia Shijing endured the unhappiness in his heart and said a few jokes, which opened the scene again.

After all, it's a wedding feast, and no one will really bring emotions to the table.

As soon as Chu Shaoyuan returned to Lanxin Hospital, he changed his sick appearance.

He frowned and thought about what Zhen Guogong said just now, and secretly thought about the few words he said back then, and felt more and more that he really shouldn't have made a move so early.

Frowning, he ordered Zhang Quanshun to summon Shen Shuofeng over.

Shen Shuofeng entered the Lanxin Courtyard in an instant, and heard Chu Shaoyuan say: "You go to Fujian!"