Xie Ning suddenly felt a silence on the table, and when he raised his head again, he saw a group of figures coming from far and near. Xie Ning was about to take a closer look, but Tang Xin on the side first pulled her sleeve and whispered, "The old lady and Qingyun are here." ”

Before Xie Ning came, he had already done his homework. Therefore, she also knows something about the population of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Mrs. Gu, who celebrated her birthday today, only has one son under her knees, and Gu Xiang and his wife only have one son and one daughter, one is Gu Qingyun, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the other is her younger brother Gu, the third young master Gu Moru, who is only seven years old.

Gu Xiangfu is thin, maybe Gu Qingyun invited her and Wei Qingcheng to come today, she also wanted to be more lively.

The figures of the group were getting closer and closer, and the first thing Xie Ning noticed was Gu Qingyun who was walking on the left side of Old Madam Gu. On such a festive occasion today, she is naturally still dressed in red, but perhaps because she is worried about the noise, what she is wearing today is not a very solemn vermilion, but a slightly lighter apricot red. Coincidentally, it collided with He Xiaoqing's clothes.

Regarding the matter of hitting people's clothes, no one must feel more than Shainin. Although there are only a few colors suitable for these little girls, it is inevitable that when many people gather in one place, they will inevitably dress similarly. But it is obviously not a thing to be congratulated when he collides with Gu Qingyun.

I think that Xie Ning was deliberately arranged by Bao Lingbao, but he wore a vermilion dress several times. If it weren't for Qin Feng's point out, Xie Ning wouldn't know when he would have realized it later.

Gu Qingyun has a beautiful appearance and a unique temperament, no matter what color the clothes are, they look good on her. Because she is not dressed as usual. It also attracted the attention of many people, and many of them noticed He Xiaoqing's clothes and cast their eyes on her.

At this time, Old Madam Gu had already taken the first seat in the main seat, and Gu Qingyun also walked towards the seat where they were, Xie Ning watched and watched, but he never missed the beautiful woman who walked on the right side of Old Madam Gu, but seeing that her face was like an autumn moon, her cheeks were better than peach petals, her eyes were sparkling, and her eyebrows were quite similar to Gu Qingyun. I knew that this ******** was sitting under Old Madam Gu. It is Gu Qingyun's mother, Gu Xiang's wife Gu Qing.

Before Xie Ning could retract her gaze, Gu Qingyun had already walked up to them, and a gentle light laugh made her turn her gaze. "You're sitting together. Why don't you leave me a seat? ”

Xie Ning and the three of them sat on the south side of the desk. Near the first place on their table is the north side where the Gao sisters are sitting, and Gu Qingyun is the host, and the seat next to Tang Xin is right. But she asked now. Tang Xin didn't explain anything, just laughed twice, and then moved to the cushion that was originally left for Gu Qingyun, and instead vacated the seat on the right.

Gu Qingyun sat down with a smile, and after chatting with Tang Xin for a few words, she turned to look at Xie Ning beside her, and said loudly: "Miss Xie is dressed up so well today." ”

might as well be praised like this, Xie Ning came back to his senses, and was still a little uncomfortable, but he didn't twist, and joked with a smile: "With Miss Gu's beauty in front, who can still afford the word good-looking?" ”

She wasn't exaggerating. Today's Prime Minister's Mansion went to the banquet, who didn't prepare with all his heart. Others didn't mention it, so they said that all the ladies of the Marquis Mansion of Jingyang, either she started to dress up since the third watch, or herself, she also wiped her lips with grease and powder, and was cleaned up by Mingshuang and Xiaoyue for an hour before she could rest for a while. Rao is like this, at the birthday banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion with fragrant sideburns, the most eye-catching person is Gu Qingyun alone.

Xie Ning sighed here, but Gu Qingyun had already changed the topic, and took advantage of the moment before the banquet to speak again: "Actually, I invited you here today because of my idea, I don't know if you will feel a little rash." Speaking of which, we haven't known each other for a day or two, Miss Xie is free and easy, and Qingyun is quite appreciative. I really want to have more contact with you, but I wonder if Miss Xie is willing? ”

It turned out that Gu Qingyun meant this. Thinking of her previous two or three times of taking care of her and showing her goodwill, Xie Ning did not hesitate, and responded directly: "To be able to communicate with Miss Gu, Xie Ning can't ask for it, and he is naturally willing in his heart." ”

Gu Qingyun's eyes lit up, and there was a bit of joy in her tone, "Since that's the case, let's not be so rusty." I'm a year older than you, so I'll call you Sister Ning? ”

Xie Ning nodded from the goodness and saluted, "Sister Gu." ”

At this time, several loud gongs and drums came from the west side of the courtyard. The banquet had begun, and the guests stood up one after another, and Xie Ning and Gu Qingyun also stopped talking and toasted to the first birthday star.

***

Halfway through the feast, the birthday greetings made by the male guests at the banquet were presented from outside. After Mrs. Gu looked at them one by one, she picked out a few of them and sent someone to invite those who wrote the lyrics.

The men and women of this dynasty are not strict in their defense, and today's banquet is just for formality, so I heard that there will be talented people coming, and the boudoir women present began to talk to each other, and for a time the seats were full of whispers.

Although Xie Ning was also talking, he did not participate in these discussions, just because what Gu Qingyun mentioned to her was not these young talents.

"Sister Ning, today is my grandmother's birthday, His Royal Highness King Xuan has also come. In his capacity, he will definitely be invited here. You don't have to worry, he doesn't dare to make a move in front of everyone's eyes. As for the feast, you will stay with me for the time being, and he may not find us in the inner courtyard. Even if he really finds it, with me, he won't embarrass you. ”

didn't want Gu Qingyun to plan for her like this, Xie Ning was slightly stunned, and immediately replied: "Then it's hard for Sister Gu." "Qin Xi's difficulty, she has already understood it. In Beijing, she seems to have the Hou Mansion to rely on, but in fact she is alone and has nothing to rely on.

There is a huge disparity in identity, and if the other party insists on embarrassing her, she is indeed helpless. She knows what kind of character Qin Xi is, even if she is deterred by Mama Qin, she may not be able to restrain him.

Besides, the two of them had a past, Xie Ning didn't know that once Qin Xi held a grudge, it was hard to guarantee that he would not be angry with Mama Qin.

Now Gu Qingyun offered to take her to take her for a while, how could Xie Ning not like it? Although she had already made up her mind on the eve of the banquet, if Qin Xi really came to the door, she would not flinch. But the soldiers have a cloud: avoid the real and attack the false, with her current situation. If you want to have a hard encounter with Qin Xi, the king of Xuan, it is really an egg hitting a stone, it is better to avoid it if you can, not to confront him head-on for the time being, and wait for the future to retry the situation and wait for the opportunity to deal with it.

Not long after, there were several figures from the door of the hanging flowers, looking from a distance, all of them were high-crowned brocade clothes. The one who is the leader. It was Qin Xi in a purple robe.

Seeing his figure, Xie Ning secretly snorted coldly, quickly looked away, and was about to look back. Then they were grabbed by their fingers. Wei Qingcheng's cheerful whisper came immediately. "Sister Xie, look, my brother is here too."

I was so happy to see her. Xie Ning was also embarrassed to brush off her interest, so he also smiled and echoed: "Yes, you can stay with Brother Qingyang later." ”

As soon as her voice fell, Wei Qingcheng turned his head to look, looked at Xie Ning with a pair of bright eyes, and invited, "Sister Xie will also come with you." ”

Belch...... Xie Ning hesitated for a moment, and was about to open her mouth to refuse, but Gu Qingyun on the side had already refused for her: "Sister Ning is going to enjoy the flowers with us later, I'm afraid there is no time for anything else, can Miss Wei come with her?" ”

Wei Qingcheng blinked his eyelashes, glanced at Gu Qingyun lightly, bit his lip and nodded, "Then I will also walk with you." ”

While a few people were talking, the male guests from the front yard had already approached. Xie Ning had no intention of glancing at it, in addition to Qin Xi and Wei Qingyang, he found a few familiar figures, Xiao Yan who happened to pass by their table, and the son surnamed Xu who was in Yunzhilou with them on the day of Qixi Festival, and a young boy in Chinese clothes who walked in front of him who was obviously shorter than everyone else, was Xie Ning's nominal cousin, Qin Ze, the sixth prince.

When Xie Ning looked at the visitors, Xiao Yan also happened to look at their table, Xie Ning noticed his gaze, so he raised his glass and signaled to him, the other party not only smiled back, but also winked at Gu Qingyun and Wei Qingcheng, who were sitting on her left and right.

"Huh?"

Wei Chengcheng suddenly spoke in surprise, Xie Ning hurriedly looked sideways, and asked aloud, "What's the matter, Allure?" ”

"It's okay," Wei Xiaomei's cheeks were already slightly red, and she shook her head almost imperceptibly, then lowered her eyes and replied, "I just saw an acquaintance." ”

Xie Ning immediately understood, and said to confirm: "Are you talking about the son surnamed Xu?" ”

"Well," Wei Chengcheng's answer came, and at the same time, Xie Ning noticed the questioning eyes cast by Gu Qingyun beside him, so he took the initiative to explain: "I am talking to Chengcheng that the son in the dark green Confucian shirt once had a relationship with us." It's what Yun Zhilou saw that day, does Sister Gu have an impression? ”

Gu Qingyun nodded with a smile, her gaze swept between Xie Ning and Wei Qingcheng, "That's Xu Xiwen and Xu Gongzi, and his writing is excellent." ”

Seeing that her tone was familiar, Xie Ning couldn't help but think about it, and suddenly said: "Look at me, I almost forgot, when I guessed the lantern that day, Xu Gongzi also participated, and Sister Gu will definitely leave an impression." ”

Gu Qingyun smiled when she heard this, her eyes naturally glanced at Xie Ning and the others, nodded politely at Wei Tingcheng, and sat down upright again.

***

The excitement on the main seat, Xie Ning didn't pay much attention to it, she didn't have much ink in her stomach, and she couldn't hear anything good or bad about these people's birthday wishes, she listened to it for a while, only to feel that the words and sentences were obscure, and because Qin Xi was present, she retracted her gaze in annoyance,

With so many people coming today, Qin Xi may not notice her, as long as she survives the banquet quietly, she shouldn't cause any trouble.

Xie Ning had a low-key heart, but he didn't want the voice of the birthday words to stop, so Qin Ze followed her direction, shouting as he ran: "Sister Xie, let's sit together." ”

With this shout, the eyes of the four of them all looked in the direction of Xie Ning, and one of them was Qin Xi.

Xie Ning's heart was not good, but he did not show anything to Qin Ze, who did not know the inside story. There was already a servant girl on the side who added a cushion, and Xie Ning was about to stretch out his hand to lead him into the seat, when Xiang Shi on the opposite table said loudly: "Ning'er, what kind of identity does His Royal Highness the Sixth have, how can he sit here." Don't mess with it, let him take a seat at the front. ”

Xiang's "Ning'er" alone was enough for Xie Ning to shiver, and if she listened carefully, the corners of her mouth twitched even more, not to mention that Xiang's words landed, and Qin Xi's gaze fell on her even more unscrupulously.

However, discomfort is discomfort, Xie Ning didn't give Xiang half an ugly look on his face, and replied with a respectful expression: "Uncle's words are wrong, Your Highness's status is precious, and you should do what you want." Sitting here is exactly what His Highness wants. Why should my aunt force Your Highness? ”

Xiang couldn't help but stop talking, glanced at Xie Ning coldly, and then said to Qin Ze with a smile: "Ning'er is reasonable, Your Highness is free to do so, don't pay attention to what I just said." ”

For Xiang's thoughts, Xie Ning can still guess three points, which is nothing more than wanting to take the opportunity to play and make her ugly. At the same time, Xie Ning could have responded to Xiang by sending He Xiaoqing, but considering that Gu Qingyun was sitting beside her at this time, for a while, she was even more embarrassed to use the other party as an excuse, so she had to change to a roundabout way.

Fortunately, according to Xiang's reaction, her words were quite effective.

"Sister Xie, I haven't seen you for many days, why don't you say a few words to me?" After sitting between Xie Ning and Gu Qingyun, Qin Ze complained.

Seeing his aggrieved expression, Xie Ning suddenly remembered his previous grounding in the palace, his heart softened, and he immediately said warmly: "How have you been doing these days?" ”

Qin Ze sighed and pouted: "Sister Xie doesn't know, since the last Ruyi Fang incident, I haven't been out of the palace. Today, I still entrust the old lady with the blessing of the old lady, and I begged my mother for a long time before I was able to come. ”

As an active person, Xie Ning could understand Qin Ze's depression very well, so he nodded with great sympathy, and said loudly: "It's hard to get out of the palace, wait a minute, you have to go around more." ”

"Well," Qin Ze nodded heavily, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled at Xie Ning, "Sister, in two days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there will be a banquet in the palace at that time." This morning, I heard my mother mention that she was going to send a few posts to the Hou Mansion, and I would talk to my mother when I went back, and then we could meet in the palace. ”

Qin Ze said it well, but he didn't know that Xie Ning did not yearn for this palace banquet, but avoided it. Not to mention whether her half-hung rules and etiquette can meet the requirements of the palace banquet, Xuan Wang Qin Xi is enough for her to refuse this matter.

Looking at Qin Ze with an expectant face, Xie Ning hesitated for a moment, and finally said up: "Aze, the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, the exchanges must be all powerful ministers and dignitaries. I'm just a cloth coat, where—"

"Ahem," Mama Qin coughed twice, immediately drowning out Xie Ning's voice, and when Qin Ze looked back, she didn't wait for Xie Ning to continue to speak, so she preemptively said: "This Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet, I don't know how many people want to go, but they can't ask for it." Although His Royal Highness Sixth arranged for Xie Ning to attend the banquet, the old man also thanked him here first. (To be continued.) )

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