Chapter 3 Going to the Lanhua Banquet at Night
Hongyan turned out from behind the screen painted with bamboo, stone and pine chrysanthemum, wearing Dai Zhong's clothes from the past, with hair tied on his head, holding a folding fan in his hand, and bowing to Dai Zhong: "Brother gives a gift to the eldest brother." โ
Dai Zhong laughed: "Okay, good, my brother is really handsome." I don't know if I can visit tonight, and tomorrow someone will come to our house to say that the media may not be able to break through the threshold? โ
Rong Jing suddenly laughed.
Hongyan raised his chin at him: "What are you laughing at?" โ
Rong Jing looked at Hongyan's straight eyes, he couldn't help blushing a little, he lowered his eyelids, and said, "I'm afraid that Young Master Xing will cry again when the time comes, and complain that Miss Xing has brought him a bunch of good marriages." โ
Hongyan couldn't help laughing, and the folding fan shook and unfolded, revealing a blank fan: "Where can he complain about me?" He wants to thank me! Since ancient times, men have chosen their own wives, and people are still unwilling to agree, if there are girls lined up to choose for him, he should wake up laughing from his dreams. โ
Dai Zhong stepped forward, scraped the bridge of his red nose, and said, "Don't work hard." Dad just now at the invitation of Chang You, the servant of the ministry, went to his house as a guest, if you don't go out again, Dad will come back later, you won't be able to go. โ
Hongyan grinned, didn't say much, just followed Dai Zhong and quietly went out from the side door, took the carriage, and went straight to Lanhuaxuan.
That Lan Hua Xuan is located on the edge of the West Lake, is a huge painting boat, not only has a huge hull, there are countless small painting boats around, even there are buildings on the shore, the whole Lan Hua Xuan is splendid, the lights are all over the sky, it has not yet entered the night is already people come and go, endlessly. Beside the stone pavement in front of the door, countless carriages and horses were parked, waiting for a group of servants.
Hongyan smiled: "Lanhuaxuan is worthy of being the first flower shop in Lin'an, so magnificent." โ
Hongyan turned to Dai Zhong: "I heard that Gu Zhimei, the Oiran lady of Lanhuaxuan, is not only beautiful, but also elegant and long-sleeved, and is good at dancing, and what is even more wonderful is that Gu Zhimei can dance the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie, which is a must." I don't know if I'll see you today. โ
Dai Zhong smiled: "You want to be beautiful!" Since Gu Zhimei is an Oiran, how can you see it when you see it? We are here to reward the peach blossoms this time, and you don't use your useless brains. โ
Hongyan glanced at Dai Zhong, and turned to speak to Rong Jing: "You see that you don't help smuggle some ** to the eldest young master, but let the eldest young master teach him to be a loyal person." โ
Rong Jing was speechless.
Miss, don't take you to bring bad men like this. Other people are afraid to avoid this kind of book!
Hongyan said again: "Those big families, fake romance and fake high, I can't look down on them." Obviously, there is no style in the whole body, so you have to pretend to be extremely elegant in front of people. Banning this book and banning this drama every day seems to save the social atmosphere. As everyone knows, corruption is in the hearts of the people, and the hearts of the people are not ancient, so what can be done if it is forbidden? It's better to read them all, and understand in your heart that laziness and turbidity are all in one place! Those scholars who flaunt themselves every day, if they have the ability, they will learn from Tao Yuanming and go home to plant chrysanthemums, if you can't do it, don't lie to people who are masters, they are all vulgar. โ
Before Dai Zhong could reply, there was a burst of laughter behind him.
The three members of the Ren family looked and saw a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a turquoise grape dark pattern, striding over. The man was slender and slender, but not weak, with light eyebrows and soft curves, eyes as bright as stars, the tip of his nose like snow, his lips like grease, wearing an eight-treasure Yingluo collar on his neck, and holding a string of white jade beads in his right hand and hanging down long white tassels.
The young man greeted the three members of the Ren family: "Zhou Helin is late, please don't blame Brother Ren." โ
Dai Zhong hurriedly helped him and said with a smile: "Where, where, it's early for us." โ
"It's better to come early than to come by chance," Zhou Helin glanced at his face, "Your brother is quite insightful, and I am impressed by what he said." If you don't go to the imperial examination next year, you will definitely be on the list. โ
The blushing face pouted.
Hmph, if she could act like a man, she would have done something out of her career, and it would be his turn to be a sycophant here.
Zhou Helin glanced at the two ear piercings on Hongyan's ears, stretched out his arm, and said, "I have booked a private room, please come with me." โ
Zhou Helin led the three members of the Ren family inside, and said: "Gu Zhimei, the Oiran lady who has been dormant for a long time today, will show her new work in public, called "Never Leave People", you are really blessed with eyes, catch up." โ
Hongyan glanced at Dai Zhong proudly.
Dai Zhong was helpless: "My brother Shicai was still shouting to see Gu Niangzi, so I yelled back." Now it's like this, but it slaps me in the face. โ
Zhou Helin laughed: "It can only be said that God loves little brother Ren very much, and he made his wish come true." โ
Dai Zhong said: "The ancient lady has a new work, and the dignitaries in the capital must be coming." It's going to be noisy again, and it's really bad for us to be here today. โ
Zhou Helin said: "What's wrong? Even if you hide in a suburban temple to practice, as long as your aunt is still a lady, your father is still a salt and iron festival envoy, and you are still the eldest young master of the Ren family, you will have to be burdened by the world. Hit the rich, can't hide. โ
Dai Zhong looked away a little boredly.
He doesn't like to associate with those who have fame and fortune, and he doesn't like people who disagree with him. But Zhou Helin treated him well, and he lacked the courage to openly refuse others.
Hongyan admired Zhou Helin's words.
Originally, in the world, it is inevitable to be burdened by the world. Since you can't hide from it, why not find a way to change it? Just like an egg, if you take it and touch a stone, it will naturally break; But what if you find a pot of boiling water? Isn't that strong in itself?
Zhou Helin took them to the private room on the second floor, where the tablecloth had already been laid out, fruit wine and snacks had already been laid, and Jiaona's three maids were adding wine and fragrance on the side, and Rong Jing and Wang and Dan beside Zhou Helin were serving vegetables to their young master.
Zhou Helin lifted the curtain on the window and said with a smile: "It's here." โ
Wang and Dan were quick and had already pulled up the curtains on both sides. Hongyan looked at the grand stage between the windows, and felt that her eyes were bright!
The stage is square, but it is a large ink pool, and there is a white cloth and a drum with different distributions just attached to the white cloth hanging from the top of the pool, and a white silk hanging on the top, hanging down long, looking lonely and ethereal.
The corners of Hongyan's mouth hooked.
It's worth looking forward to.
Zhou Helin glanced at Hongyan, and saw that she had a smile on her face, and her lips were not opened, and she couldn't help but be inexplicably happy in her heart, so she said: "This is my usual room, I usually make appointments here to see it, and the view here is the second best." โ
Hongyan seemed to have the intention of showing off when he heard Zhou Helin's words, so he deliberately hit him: "It's the second?" Who's the first? โ
Zhou Helin pointed his hand to a certain place and said, "That." โ
Hongyan looked sideways, and leaned a little closer to Zhou Helin.
Zhou Helin felt a little crispy: "That room was specially kept, specially prepared for the prince of Yiwang." โ
"The ยทยทยทยทยทยท of the Prince of Yi" Hongyan Nian.
Listening to my father and brother, it seems that he is a sick man, and he has become a son of the world. But in her opinion, this son of the world is probably also a crystal heart, a glass person, with a seven-trick exquisite heart.
"He's here today?" Hongyan asked.
"Here," Zhou Helin nodded, "Although Lan Huaxuan is recorded in Lin Fengwei's name, who doesn't know that this is the inheritance of the prince?" Even Gu Zhimei went from a little-known and desperate down-and-out official lady to today's achievements by the son of the world. Gu Zhimei's new work, I'm afraid it's also the son of the world who wants to recruit young talents. โ
Dai Zhong said: "The prince is so big, can His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know?" โ
Zhou Helin waved his hand and asked the two maids to go down. Rong Jing, Wang and Dan also waited outside the door with interest.
Zhou Helin lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty is old, and I can't help but be a little greedy for pleasure. Originally, His Majesty was at odds with the queen and loved Concubine Lin. The crown prince also had political disagreements with His Majesty, and was mostly impeached by courtiers. The prince's health is not good, so he can't be moved. โ
Dai Zhong drank silently.
He said that it was not good today, and sure enough! The prince of Yi is here, he can't keep his neutrality even if he wants to. Dai Zhong was angry with Zhou Helin in his heart, because he dragged himself into the water. Not only that, but he knew very clearly that his aunt relied on the queen mother You Shi in the palace and the sister of the current Taishi You Tang; So my father is definitely from the prince's party. If you let your father know that he is inexplicably classified as the son of the world, he will probably be killed! The most important thing is that he himself does not want to participate in partisan disputes, he just wants to be loyal to the court and do more for the people and the country.
Dai Zhong was troubled, and Hongyan also frowned.
The name "Lin Fengwei" is not unfamiliar to her. In the early years, when Lin Fengwei had become the leader of the Lin family, Hongyan was also in charge of the Ren family, Lin Fengwei once wanted to buy a piece of land in southern Fujian to raise silkworms, because his family's business was a garment store, so he needed fresh raw materials. But Hongyan also took a fancy to that piece of land, and she wanted to use it to raise local chickens, so the two competed. Later, Lin Fengwei came to visit in person, and there was a conflict of words, Hongyan swept an inkstone in the past, and Lin Fengwei was somewhere in the middle, and he fell to the ground on the spot. Hongyan was immediately frightened, and never dared to show his head at will. And although Lin Fengwei lost that piece of land, he also left a cruel sentence:
"You owe me, sooner or later you will have to pay it back!"
Hongyan closed his eyes.
The prince is here, and Lin Fengwei, who is the male favorite of the prince in the gossip, and the nominal owner of Lan Huaxuan are probably also there.
What a sin!
Hongyan couldn't help but sigh in her heart.