Lin Long smiled, "Erniang, the most indispensable thing in this capital is human spirits, and their ancient family may not be willing to really make enemies with us, in short, you can just leave this matter alone." ”

It is still necessary to give the Gu family a little bit of power, and it is not that there is no room for turning around in the future, as for the fact that the mother and daughter of the Gu family did not come to the banquet, she was not surprised.

Lin Lu's family has always been reluctant to resist Lin Long's sisters and brothers, and sighed at this moment, "Okay, you can know it in your heart, alas, Brother Dong'er's marriage is becoming more and more worrying." ”

Lin Long took Lin Lushi to the seat and sat down, "Erniang is still relaxed, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." ”

Lin Lushi just tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled, the boat really went straight to the bridge, what she was most afraid of now was the sideways, how could a happy event become uncomfortable like gnawing chicken ribs now, "I hope so." ”

Lin Long patted Lin Lu's shoulder, and saw that the maid sent by Ye Zhong's was looking for her, so he confessed to Lin Lu's before turning around and leaving.

As a result, she only walked a few steps, but was pulled aside by Ye Tian's arm.

"Sixth aunt, what are you doing in such a hurry?" Lin Long said with a smile.

Ye Tian looked at it for an afternoon before he found an opportunity to talk to Lin Long alone, and smiled embarrassedly, "Aren't I in a hurry?" What the hell, nephew and daughter-in-law, don't you hide it from me? ”

Lin Long patted Ye Tian's arm, leaned into her ear and whispered, "This matter is really eyebrow-on, the other party said that he would only make a decision when he saw Sister Zhu......"

"This is as it should be, as it should be...... Ye Tian said with a smile, "Go back to my nephew and daughter-in-law to arrange a time for us to meet or something, if Sister Zhu'er's marriage can be successful, I can't do without a big matchmaker red envelope from my nephew and daughter-in-law." ”

"Look at what the sixth aunt said, can I still covet that matchmaker red envelope?" Lin Long smiled and said, "I only want Sister Zhu to marry a good husband, and I, who is a sister-in-law, will be happy for her." I also sent someone to check on the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and he is indeed of good character, and Sister Peizhu is not bad. ”

"I'm afraid that the other party's high rank will not look down on our sister Zhu." Ye Tian said a little worriedly.

Her husband did not participate in the scientific examination, nor did he take the path of grace, and the face of the husband and wife was still maintained because the old marquis Ye was still alive, if the old marquis died, they would completely lose this reliance.

"Aunt Six, this is arrogant, right? Sister Zhu is still her grandfather's granddaughter, with her grandfather here, who dares to underestimate her background? Lin Long said.

To put it nicely, Ye Manzhu is barely the daughter of the prince, why not match a son who is not from a big family?

Ye Tian thought about it, so he smiled and patted his mouth, "Look at my mouth, I can talk nonsense, in short, I will count on my nephew and daughter-in-law for this matter......"

"Aunt Six, this is entrusting me with the burden of a daughter, that is my honor, but I can only say that I will do my best, as for the result, I can't say well." Lin Long hurriedly said, this responsibility is too heavy, she can't afford it, and the other party can't give her a letter now, if there is a good one, she is also afraid of falling Ye Tian's complaints.

In the final analysis, it is still difficult to be a matchmaker, so when her mother-in-law Ye Zhongshi knew that she had taken on this task, she gave her a lot of advice, asking her not to pat her chest when things didn't work out, otherwise just like her heroic appearance as a matchmaker and Zhong Yuyan that time, she ended up being a person inside and out.

Ye Tian also knew Lin Long's concerns, this matchmaker is really not easy to do, otherwise how could there be that saying that the matchmaker has declined for three generations? So she also hurriedly responded, "Nephew and daughter-in-law, don't worry, no matter whether this marriage is successful or not, I won't blame you, and the result depends on whether God can make it happen or not." ”

Lin Long smiled, "Aunt Six's words are serious, what is the relationship between the two of us?" I've always treated Sister Zhu as my own sister-in-law, don't say anything if you don't complain, otherwise you can entrust someone else, I won't mix. ”

When Ye Tian heard this, she hurriedly said a few more obedient words, in fact, she knew in her heart that Lin Long treated her quite well, at least much better than Ye Wang and Ye Cheng, so she also knew that her words had always been sincere, so she never lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

The two have always been good friends, so the atmosphere of this secret conversation is also very harmonious.

"By the way, Miss Du wrote back to Beijing, saying that it was about opening a branch to join, and we will find a time to discuss it later." Ye Tian thought of business, and hurriedly took the opportunity to propose that in addition to the matter of her children, what she cared about most was this business, which was the foundation of her survival.

"Okay, it's not difficult, I'll just take some time to come out then." Lin Long said, "It's just that these girls have been out of Beijing for a long time, and I don't know when she plans to return?" Just now, Mrs. Jinyang Hou asked me when her daughter would return. ”

When it comes to Duquan, Lin Long is happy for her and worried on the other hand, happy that Duquan is now respectful of business and landscapes, and in the past two years, there have been only a few days in the capital, and it is amazing that a girl's family can live in the world so chic; Worrying about it is naturally a yellow flower girl, and I don't know if there will be any dangerous things outside? If there is a case, she is afraid that it will be difficult to explain to Du Shu, so this heart is always up and down.

Ye Tian also frowned and thought about it, "This is a problem, I will mention this when I reply to her, don't worry so much, she brought a lot of guards with her out of Beijing, and now the world is quite peaceful and nothing will happen." ”

In the past two years after the disaster, the days have slowly become prosperous again, so the number of thieves has gradually decreased, and the saint has attached great importance to it. Even the Jade Skin Workshop has benefited, and now there are many people from the Western Regions who wear headscarves to buy their goods and sell them all the way to the west.

Lin Long thought about it and felt a little relieved, "But I still hope that she can return to Beijing from time to time, this outside is not as peaceful as the capital, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if." Finally, he joked with a smile.

Ye Tian also laughed, "Yes, I will definitely mention it in the letter when I go back." ”

The two agreed on things, and then they went their separate ways.

At the beginning of the feast, the adults naturally mingled and enjoyed themselves, and some of the nobles who came with their mothers gathered to talk in twos and threes, and some took the maids to the garden in search of fun.

Kuang Chaoyun just took the maid to walk around the garden at will after going to the toilet, and the atmosphere at the banquet was not suitable for her, so she still wanted to breathe more fresh air outside, just walking, it would actually make her encounter strange things.

Lin Dong actually got entangled with a scheming woman as soon as he entered the backyard, she still knew that woman, she was the concubine of the prince of Qiguo in Beijing, and eighty percent fell in love with Lin Dong's identity as the new champion, so he had other thoughts.

I saw that the woman deliberately fell in front of Lin Dong, Lin Dong wanted to dodge and avoid it, but the woman tilted her body and fell towards Lin Dong again.

"Ouch, my foot is twisted, this son also asks for help with the little girl......" The concubine of the Duke of Qi Guo always pretended to be weak and raised her eyes slightly to look at Lin Dong, hoping that he could reach out to help herself.

This time, it was not easy for her grandmother to bring her to the banquet of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion, the purpose was for Lin Dong, although the family of this new champion is not too prominent, but it is better than the future of others, if she takes the opportunity to climb on him and marry into the Lin family, she will definitely have a good life for her in the future.

I thought it would be difficult to get to know him, but I didn't expect God to fall asleep and send a pillow, how could she not seize this opportunity? Sending away her maid, she deliberately created an opportunity to get to know Lin Dong.

Lin Dong frowned, looking at the green jade hand stretched out to him, this is not helping, not helping is not, it is really a dilemma, after all, he does not have much experience in dealing with this situation at all. At this time, he regretted a little, he shouldn't have come to attend Ye Xurong's youngest son's full moon banquet, he should have continued to recuperate in the mansion, otherwise he wouldn't have encountered such an embarrassing thing.

Helplessly, Ye Xurong was his friend, his youngest son was full moon, and he couldn't talk about it himself, so he came to the banquet despite Erniang's dissuasion. Now that he has something to look for Ye Xurong in the backyard, he only found out that he went back to the backyard to comfort his wife, so he will find it.

His feminine popularity is average, that is, now that he has won the champion, there are more of them, of course, in his opinion, except for Gu Xuefei, everything else is troublesome and not worth mentioning.

"Childe?"

Seeing that Lin Dong was just glaring at her and didn't stretch out her hand, the concubine of Qi Guogong couldn't help biting her lower lip, and she was pitiful and secretly annoyed at the same time, this stupid goose, if she didn't have the identity of a champion, she wouldn't have killed him at all.

Lin Dong looked at her expression and seemed to be really painful, thinking that after all, the visitor was a guest, this was a banquet held by her sister's husband's house, if this woman had a good one, I was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with the aftermath, so he planned to stretch out his hand against his will, "Girl......"

"Miss Qi," Kuang Chaoyun's voice also sounded at the same time, "What's wrong with you?" Did you accidentally fall? I'll help you, this man and woman don't kiss you. ”

She ran to the two of them as she spoke, and before Lin Dong stretched out her hand, she went to support Qi Ling'er, the concubine of the Duke of the Kingdom.

Qi Ling'er looked at this young woman who suddenly came out in a daze, and for a while she couldn't figure out the identity of the other party, just at the moment when she was stunned, Kuang Chaoyun had already helped Qi Ling'er get up with her maid.

Lin Dong looked at the girl who suddenly came out to help him out of the siege gratefully, and hurriedly waved at the other party, "Thank you girl for helping." ”

"The champion is very polite." Kuang Chaoyun helped Qi Ling'er and blessed Lin Dong on the other.

"Do you recognize it?" Lin Dong said in surprise.

Kuang Chaoyun smiled, "When the champion was paraded through the streets of high school, the little girl happened to pass by, and she was fortunate to see the true face of the champion master. ”

This is a half-truth, she did pass by that day, but the crowds were far away, she couldn't see Lin Dong's appearance clearly, or when the iceman was the matchmaker, she saw Lin Dong's portrait, and only then did she recognize the other party at a glance.

Lin Dong didn't expect to have this origin, and immediately smiled gently.

Qi Ling'er saw that they were talking and laughing, her face sank more and more, and she felt that she had fulfilled this play, so she couldn't swallow this breath when she thought about it. She unceremoniously shook off Kuang Chaoyun and his maid's support, "Let go of your dirty hands, this girl is not something you can touch." ”

Kuang Chaoyun frowned, and saw that his maid was unconvinced and wanted to squirt back, so he raised his hand to signal the maid to be a little restless, not to make trouble for her for a while, and raised his eyes to look at Qi Ling'er, "Miss Qi, I am also the daughter of a good family, you should be respectful in your mouth." ”

Lin Dong's brows were also frowned, this girl is not very good-looking, why is this temper so bad? "People are kind enough to help you, why are you so kind to take revenge?"

"She's kind?" Qi Ling'er smiled coldly disdainfully, "What kind of kindness did she have?" I think it is an ulterior motive, Lin Gongzi, don't fall for her, she is obviously taking the opportunity to get to know you......"

"What do you say? My girl is kind enough to help you, why do you say such a thing? Do you still have no conscience? The maid beside Kuang Chaoyun was busy choking back for her girl.

Kuang Chaoyun didn't stop the maid from acting this time, everyone stepped on her face, did she still have to swallow her anger? What about the concubine of the Guogong Mansion, she herself is also the daughter of an official family, and when it comes to her background, she is a concubine who will not lose to Kuang Ling'er.

"It's better for the girl not to be so ugly when she speaks, otherwise it's her ......own reputation that will be bad" Lin Dong also said with a straight face at this time, I really haven't seen such a girl who doesn't know what to do, fortunately I didn't get into trouble just now, otherwise I was afraid that I would have to peel off a layer of skin if I didn't die.

Thinking of this, he was even more grateful to Kwong Chaoyun.

Qi Ling'er hurriedly looked at Lin Dong and said hurriedly, "Lin Gongzi, you don't have to look at her kind appearance, this is all pretending, how can you say that she appeared so coincidentally?" Doesn't this show that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink? She looked coldly at Kuang Chaoyun, whose face was uncertain, "Did you say what I said?" Or do you have the courage to do it, but don't you have the courage to admit it? ”

Kuang Chaoyun said, "Miss Qi, you spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, I don't have the same knowledge as you, it seems that your feet should be fine, then please go back by yourself, I will just be bitten by a dog, do I want to bite back the dog?" ”

"You!" Although Qi Ling'er is said to be a concubine, her biological mother is quite popular with the Duke of Qiguo, and she is also quite favored in the Mansion of the Duke of Qiguo. It's a pity that her mother-in-law also holds a grudge because of this, and makes it difficult for her marriage in every way, so she has to go out to attract Lin Dong's attention, and she also let Kuang Chaoyun stir it up, the more she thinks about it, the more she hates it. "You dare to call me a dog? You don't know how to write a dead word......"

When Lin Dong saw this, his impression of Qi Ling'er fell directly to the bottom, and he didn't bother to deal with the other party's unreasonable troubles at all, he said directly to Kuang Chaoyun, "Girl, you don't need to pay attention to what she says, if she uses her identity to deal with you, she will definitely testify for you, the origin of this matter is in Xia, and Xia will take this responsibility." ”

"Master Zhuang's words are serious, and I am not afraid of threats from others when I act openly." Kuang Chaoyun looked at Lin Dong like this, and his heart jumped suddenly for no reason.

At this moment, Lin Dong in the yellow candlelight under the red lantern looked so gentle and elegant, her eyes were wrong and looked at him well, and a touch of blush quietly floated up her cheeks.

Lin Dong didn't notice the other party's strangeness, and still said so gently, "The air here is not very good, so it's better for the girl to go back to the banquet first." ”

Kuang Chaoyun tried hard to hide his strangeness, and smiled, "What the champion said is that the little woman will retire." ”

She didn't want to stay here anymore, no matter how good such a man was, it wouldn't be hers, Lin Long made it clear when she asked her for help, so she had to keep her heart, be blessed, ignore Qi Ling'er who was puffing up on the side, and leave with her maid after getting up.

Lin Dong watched Kuang Chaoyun leave, and ignored Qi Ling'er who wanted to talk to him, he didn't care about this woman even if she was born in a high-ranking family, mainly because her character was too poor.

Qi Ling'er jumped to her feet in anger, watching both of them leave with no one in their eyes, obviously ignoring her, "Damn! ”

In her anger, the maid who was dismissed by her turned around, and she turned around and slapped the maid in the face, "Where did you die?" Your master has suffered a loss, and you still have the heart to wander around elsewhere? ”

"Girl, aren't you going to let the slave and maid avoid it for the time being?" The maid knelt down and said.

Qi Ling'er took a deep breath to calm the anger in her heart, and pointed in the direction where Kuang Chaoyun left, "Go, let me find out which girl is going in that direction?" I'd like to see what's so great about her that she dares to go against me? Finally, she clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

Although she is a concubine, but after all, she is also the daughter of the princess, and she doesn't dare to admit all the high-ranking concubines in the capital, but most of them are known, and she has no impression of the woman who dared to spoil her good deeds just now, which can only show that the other party is not from a big family, so it is good, and she will not be soft when she retaliates.

The maid had never dared to disobey her girl's will, so she quickly got up and chased after her without saying a word, for fear that she would not be able to fulfill the girl's instructions and would be punished if she turned back.

Qi Ling'er straightened the broken hair on her sideburns and trimmed her skirt, and then left with her head held high, but she was thinking about how to capture Lin Dong in her heart, if she could become the champion lady, it would be a beautiful thing.

Unexpectedly, she met an unexpected person on the way back to the banquet, and she was secretly happy in her heart, so she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The little woman has seen Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Huo." ”

Lin Long, who was biting his ears and talking to Lin Qi, heard someone calling the two sisters, so he quickly stopped talking and frowned at the past, the woman who appeared in front of him was wearing a gorgeous dress, and the bead hairpin on her head was even more luxurious, this look was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember which family she was from for a while? "You are?"

Lin Qi also looked curiously at the girl who suddenly appeared and called them enthusiastically, this woman is only twenty-eight years old, and she should have only appeared in the social circle in recent years, but she also didn't have much of a deep impression.

"The little girl is the girl from the Prayer Mansion." Qi Ling'er said with a smile.

"No wonder I feel familiar, you are the girl of Qifu, I want to think about it, is the name of Fang called Yu'er?" Lin Qi said suddenly.

As soon as Qi Ling'er heard Qi Yu'er's name, she immediately stood there in embarrassment, she wanted to blur her background, but now looking at this posture, where is her turn to blur?

Lin Long saw that she didn't answer, and a flush suddenly rose on her face, when she heard Qi Yu'er's name, she knew that her sister had recognized the wrong person, so she said to Lin Qi, "Qi'er, this is not Qifu Yu girl, if I guessed correctly, you came with your mother-in-law, right?" ”

Concubine?

These two words suddenly rose in Lin Qi's mind, she looked at Qi Ling'er's gaze was not so eager, she didn't have much affection for the concubine girl, just like Huo Yuan's concubine sister, she had never interfered in their marriage, and it was arranged by her mother, Quan Meihuan, and it was up to fate to marry good or bad.

Qi Ling'er saw that Lin Qi's gaze cooled, but Lin Long's gaze was as always, and the embarrassment on his face was a little less, and he was blessed again, "The little woman did come with her mother-in-law, and she met Lin Gongzi in front just now, but she didn't expect to meet two more ladies here." ”

"yes, that's a coincidence." Lin Long smiled politely, "It's a little cool outside, so let's sit inside." ”

"It's out of the way, I'm fine." Qi Ling'er said cheekily, she finally had this opportunity to brush up on her presence in front of Lin Dong's two sisters, where would she easily let go of this God-given opportunity? Lin Dong can't work there for the time being, and it's not bad to take the route of the future sister-in-law, in short, she won't give up easily.

Lin Qi suddenly laughed out loud, "Miss Qi, you better hurry in, it is estimated that your mother-in-law is looking for you." ”

Does this Qi Ling'er have a brain, do it so obviously, for fear that they don't know that her drunkard is not drinking? Their sisters' eyes are not so short-sighted, not to mention anything else, even the concubines of ordinary Beijing officials are stronger than Qi Ling'er's background, and most of their concubine identities are despised.

Qi Ling'er's face turned red this time, it was one thing to be sarcastically ridiculed by Kuang Chaoyun, and now it was another thing to be teased by Lin Qi, but this made her face unbearable, and she stood there with her dress pinched for a while.

"Miss Qi should go in first, it won't be good to catch a cold then."

Lin Long glanced at her sister, this mouth is unforgiving, no matter how many times she said it, she didn't see any growth, she reached out and patted Qi Ling'er's arm, after all, the visitor was a guest, she didn't want to spread any rumors that were not conducive to the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion.

Qi Ling'er didn't dare to make a mistake, blessed Lin Long, and was about to turn around and leave. The fabric of the skirt in her hand is already crumpled, she will remember these insults, even if it is a concubine, she will become a master one day, and when the time comes, who will dare to underestimate her?

At this time, a voice came not far away, "Ling'er, it turns out that you are here, but let me find it, my mother is looking for you......"

The woman walked over as she spoke, and was about to pull Qi Ling'er away, but when she saw that the Lin sisters were also there, she let go of Qi Ling'er's hand and saluted the two, "Qi Yu'er has seen two ladies. ”

Lin Long stretched out his hand to help her up, "Pray that the girl is exempt." ”

"It turns out that you are the daughter of the Qi family." Lin Qi said with interest, looking back and forth at the Qi sisters, only to see a slight arrogance in one expression, and the other with a deep gaze, and suddenly became interested in these two sisters.

"Exactly." Qi Yu'er raised her head and said with her chest up, and glanced at Qi Ling'er with disdain from the corner of her eyes, this sister is pretending to be the daughter of the Qi family outside, which is really shameless.

The two were born on the same day and month of the same year, but she was born half an hour ago, and she had to be compared, and her father would give the same gift every birthday to the two of them, which made her unconvinced when she was young, why should a concubine enjoy the same treatment as her?

It's not happy, but she doesn't have any trouble with Qi Ling'er because she holds her identity, and she can't make a mess of her reputation for a concubine, her mother is right.

Lin Long naturally didn't miss Qi Yu'er's disdainful gaze at Qi Ling'er, and shook her head in private, this girl is too arrogant, too rigid is easy to break, obviously her sister-in-law is not easy to mess with, but no matter what, this is someone else's family matter, she doesn't want to pay too much attention.

After making up her mind, she politely said a few words to the Qi sisters to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and asked Ruzhuang around her to send them back to the banquet.

When the two sisters walked away, she looked at her sister Lin Qi and said, "Qi'er, these sisters, you'd better stay away......

"But what's wrong?" Lin Qi said in surprise, "I see that Qi Ling'er's eyes are a little evil, but although Qi Yu'er is a little arrogant, she is straightforward and frank, she should also be a good girl, to put it mildly, I think it is much stronger than the ancient family's concubine......"

She is very dissatisfied with Gu Xuefei now, she will be angry when she thinks that Gu Jing beat Lin Dong bullyingly, if she doesn't care about Gu Xuefei, she really won't just discount Gu Jing's one hand and give up, and her brother is not a bully who can be bullied if people want to.

"Don't say this again, if Brother Dong doesn't let go for a day, we will only recognize Gu Xuefei." Lin Long said to his sister solemnly, "Actually, the concubine of the Gu family is not as bad as you think, Gu Jing is Gu Jing, don't confuse their brother and sister......"

"What's the difference? They are all surnamed Gu. Lin Qi said dissatisfiedly, "He Gu Jing relied on what kind of bullshit he was, so he casually looked for our brother's ballast, isn't this a dog's eye to look down on people?" Sister, what's the good of really marrying his family? In my opinion, the concubine of the Duke of Qi Guo just now is not bad, and her appearance and family background are better than Gu Xuefei, so we might as well consider her......"

Lin Long shook his head lightly, "Compared to Gu Xuefei, Qi Yu'er is even more inappropriate." ”

Let's not talk about Gu Xuefei's secret, but in terms of character, Gu Xuefei's temperament is neutral, and Qi Yuer is too arrogant and not suitable for such a special family background as the Lin family, I am afraid that she will look down on Erniang more than Gu Xuefei, and the restlessness of the family is still one of them.

"Sister......" Lin Qi still wanted to ask.

Lin Dong came suddenly, and as soon as he saw the two sisters under the porch, he hurried over.

"Brother Dong." Lin Long smiled and beckoned to his own brother.

When Lin Dong arrived, his face was a little anxious, and he asked, "Second sister, did you send someone to beat the prince of the Gu family?" ”