Three. Banquet invitation

The brothers and sisters of the Qin family looked at each other for a moment, and they were busy pretending to be calm.

"Why are you here? Fang Cai also told Mama to ask her to wait for you to rest, and rest well when the wind is cold, there are always people to do these things, so why should you suffer yourself. Qin Nanfu complained but his eyes were full of distress.

"It's okay, it's okay to take the medicine and spread it, where is it so expensive. Just now, my mother's brother sent someone to send some Wuyi tea from Zhuang Shangxin. I couldn't wait so I made a pot and sent it to you, I didn't want my sister to be here. "Xiao Luomei people are as their name suggests, soft and elegant, and lovable.

"Sister-in-law!" Qin Nanxi smiled when she saw her. Since the day Xiao Luomei married into the Qin family, she has liked this sister-in-law very much. In the past few years, she and Xiao Luo have become like sisters.

"That's okay, I'm talking to Nanxi about the banquet of the Changping County Palace, since you're here, let's talk to her." Qin Nanfu handed a vermilion envelope to Qin Nanxi's hand, looking like he was unburdened.

Xiao Luomei glanced back at him, nodded considerately and gently, and then poured tea.

The post of the Changping Wangfu is just like the person of the King of Changping, fresh and noble, and the vermilion face is hot and silver, and the treasure is elegant and Zhou Zheng does not lose affinity.

"This King of Changping is elegant, and even a post is so elegant and humble." Qin Nanxi fiddled with the Dragon Boat Lunch Banquet sticker of the palace in his hand and said with a smile.

"King Changping is usually humble and gentle, and he is a very elegant person, although he is the king of the clan, but he is only intoxicated with music in his life. Chang Dao is alive but seeks a confidant, mountains and rivers, and a bosom friend. This banquet for the children of the families in the city, I am afraid that they also have the intention to sing and dance and find good friends. Qin Nanfu sat down idly, took the tea handed to him by Xiao Luomei, and said with a smile.

"Xianggong is only half right." Xiao Luomei smiled lightly and interjected softly.

"Half?" Qin Nanxi looked at Xiao Luomei who was bowing her head and playing with the smoker on the case suspiciously.

"The king of Changping has always been frugal, and he has not had much contact with the children of the family in the city, why did he suddenly invite the children of the family in the city to a banquet with the dignity of the king of the county? And I heard that this time the city is famous, and several eunuchs who have not yet come out of the cabinet are also invited. Gently closing the lid of the red sandalwood smoker with a bamboo stick, Xiao Luomei raised her eyebrows and smiled, paused, and said nothing.

"So what?" Qin Nanxi held the invitation card of the county king's mansion and asked.

Xiao Luomei smiled but did not answer.

"Sister-in-law, you always like to play dumb riddles, and you only tell half of what you say when you go back, which makes people confused." Qin Nanxi is the most reluctant to calm down and carefully scrutinize these intricate relationships, and every time she encounters these things, she complains a little bit about Xiao Luomei.

"The elder brother of the concubine of King Changping, the eldest son of the Duke of Yasukuni, Zhenyuan, the general Situ Yi, entered the court a few days ago to report on his work, and he should not return to Beiting until after the Duanyang Festival."

"General Zhenyuan? Is that the famous general who is a wild goose? Situ Chong's eldest brother? Qin Nanxi didn't take this matter seriously, but felt that his sister-in-law suddenly mentioned that he was very surprised, and after a while, he suddenly wondered: "Then isn't he also your cousin sister-in-law?" ”

"This, sort of, my cousin." Xiao Luomei replied a little embarrassed, raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Nanfu, who was smiling on the side, and had to go against her usual habits and point out her words thoroughly: "Although the general's military achievements are world-renowned, but he has been on the border for many years, so the marriage has been delayed, and Princess Changping is going to take this opportunity to find a matching beauty for her brother." Therefore, you are also among the sisters who are waiting for the word boudoir. ”

"Poof!" A sip of tea was sprayed on the table. "Looking for an opportunity? Sister-in-law, if you are straightforward, you are also very good. Qin Nanxi raised his hand to wipe the residual tea at the corner of his mouth and said.

Qin Nanfu's face darkened in an instant, his eyes were full of distress and wiped the pages of a few innocent and wet books on the case, Fang Cai's calmness and patience were all gone, and he didn't bother to raise his head and said: "You are not allowed to shirk this time, listen to your sister-in-law's instructions, dress up and go again!" ”。

"I don't!" Qin Nanxi blurted out refusal.

"You dare! If you dare not go, I will not spare you! ”

"Daddy said..."

"Daddy won't listen to you this time, so don't embarrass Daddy!"

"I don't, I don't want to marry a martial artist, dance with a knife and a gun, obviously it is a mutilation of human life, but it is said to be a meritorious service to revitalize the country. I don't dare to be contaminated with this kind of wicked person who hurts heaven and reason, lest I be damned by heaven! Qin Nanxi was dissatisfied with his brother's snatching of white, and aggressively snatched it back.

There was silence in the study.

Qin Nanfu and Xiao Luomei and his wife were stunned in place, their expressions were complicated, and in an instant, the two who had always been quiet laughed at the same time.

Knowing that he was in a hurry, Qin Nanxi's face was flushed, and he flew to escape, but he was dragged by his brother, and said half-drama and half-persuasion: "Silly sister, the eunuchs in the city are counting on marrying a husband like General Situ, you are extraordinary!" After that, he paused, then forced the smile on the corner of his lips, and continued: "Furthermore, furthermore, General Situ should know about Young Master Chong's friendship with you, and he will not choose you." ”

Breaking free of his brother's hand, Qin Nanxi rushed to the garden. Behind her, Xiao Luomei hurried over.

"Good sister, wait for me." Xiao Luomei Su can't move her shoulders every day, where can she catch up with Qin Nanxi.

"You're going to laugh at me, too!" Qin Nanxi couldn't bear to listen to Xiao Luomei follow behind breathlessly and stopped.

"No, it's not, how could I laugh at my sister." Xiao Luomei stroked her undulating chest and smiled.

"So what are you going to do? I must have come for my brother's order. I'm not going! Qin Nanxi held Xiao Luomei and slowly moved forward.

"Silly sister, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide this time. If you still go to your father's place and cry, it will only embarrass your father. Your brother is afraid of you, so he wants to talk to you about the reason. ”

"Why can't you hide from it? I never go to such a banquet on weekdays. Daddy and brother don't need me to win over those ladies and daughters for them. "Qin Nanxi is used to being connived at by Qin Zi'an, and he has no fear.

"The king of Changping County is different from ordinary eunuchs, and you are named in this invitation, so my father can't push it." Xiao Luomei dealt with it calmly, she had always had a way to persuade Qin Nanxi.

"It's strange, the king of Changping doesn't recognize me, why do you name and ask me?"

"Although His Royal Highness the King of the County doesn't recognize his sister, he knows Lord Qin Shangshu, the head of the hundred officials."

"This, why did you get daddy again?" Qin Nanxi's eyes flashed, and he deliberately avoided it.

"This banquet in Changping Wangfu is really sacred. If the saint wants to marry General Situ, he can only choose from a few daughters who are in the right household, sister, you are the pearl of your father's palm, so you naturally have to deal with this! ”

"Ahem, ahem, sister-in-law, you never talked like this in the past! To put it bluntly, it's really ...... cough cough" Qin Nan looked left and right about him.

"Although she will be the daughter-in-law of the Situ family in the future, she will not be this Situ son. This time, my sister just went to respond. Xiao Luomei's eyes were full of sweet smiles, and the corners of her mouth even had a playful look that she had never seen before.

"Sister-in-law!" Qin Nanxi was shocked and ashamed.

"I'm right. Who doesn't know that you and my cousin Chong's childhood sweetheart......"

"Sister-in-law, Situ Chong and I are just brothers, I, we are just good brothers, how could I, I will not marry him." Qin Nan spoke incoherently.

"Are you going to marry him or not?" Xiao Luomei stopped and asked Qin Nanxi playfully.

"Don't marry!"

"Not married? I'm afraid I can't help you, my stupid sister. The banter on the corner of Xiao Luomei's lips faded away, and there was a trace of love and pity in her eyes.

The thick eyelashes flashed, and a trace of clarity rose under Qin Nanxi's eyes, and a trace of unwilling questioning surfaced.

The sigh was almost inaudible, Xiao Luomei pulled Qin Nanxi's shoulder, and said solemnly: "You are ordered to marry into the Situ family, this is not just the marriage of ordinary children, this is the marriage of the second mansion of Shangshu Guogong." ”

"Marriage?" The words at the bottom of Qin Nanxi's lips gradually cooled.

Xiao Luomei quietly turned her head away, avoiding her gaze, and her tone was as gentle as ever: "Daddy, the elder of the two dynasties, is highly respected, and the official residence is still the order, and he is the head of the hundred officials of the Inner Dynasty, and he has always responded to every call." A few years ago, he was ordered to preside over the compilation of the general history, how many people have been in such a scene since the founding of the Great Chu? And my uncle Situ Guogong is the founding general, a meritorious hero, and thousands of miles of national territory have relied on him to defend the defense for many years. Situ and Qin, although they are clearly civil and military, have been the pillars of the humerus of the saint since the founding of the country, even if the two families do not intersect much, they have always been balanced and stable, regardless of superiority. Since the death of the old prince, Situ's family has been in decline, but it has been prosperous in recent years. The eldest son of the Duke of the Kingdom guarded the frontier, fought successively, and was awarded the title of General Zhenyuan at a young age. My cousin Situ Kun married the lord of Yijun again, and last year, Situ Linlang, the daughter of the national prince, was also elected as the concubine of King Changping, and the Situ family has been in full swing in recent years. ”

"This is the blessing of the Situ family, what does it have to do with me?" The unwillingness in Qin Nanxi's eyes almost turned into a pleading, and he stubbornly refused to face it. In fact, she didn't know anything in her heart.

"Wu'an is in the world, and the people are in the heart. At that time, the first emperor rode on Pingyu, and unified the Central Plains in just nine years. It's just that there are many last resorts to surrender under the iron horse, the first emperor is wise, and the courtesy is a group of Confucian scholars headed by his father, and it has become a national policy to emphasize literature over martial arts. The people recuperate and recuperate, so that there is the prosperity of Dachu today, the four seas and Xianping, and the people return to their hearts. Xiao Luomei paused slightly, and saw that Qin Nanxi's eyebrows were slightly twisted, and a touch of worry was like cold moonlight, full of apprehension and helplessness.

Xiao Luomei knew that she actually understood the ingenuity: "Today's saints are different, because they are worried about the border situation in recent years, whether it is to promote their prestige all over the world, or to take precautions, in short, since the first year of Shaoping, the military generals have regained momentum......

Therefore, the civil officials of the court were quite dissenting. The first saint is to appease the ministers, and it is also to balance the military generals. Therefore, I will refer to the marriage of Situ Guogong Mansion and Situ Chong? The common playfulness and blankness in Qin Nanxi's eyes disappeared, and the light under his eyes seemed to be silent and clear as the stars in the dark night.

Xiao Luomei grew up in a famous family since she was a child, and she has long been accustomed to seeing through these potential tables. At this time, the opening was still light and light: "It is in line with the state of affairs and people's hearts to marry you at this time, you are the only baby daughter of Lord Shang Shuling, and now there is no object of the right age in the royal family, raise your eyes to Chang'an, I am afraid that only Situ Chong can match you." ”

"Situ? Isn't that General Zhenyuan also the son of the Duke of Yasukuni? Qin Nanxi's words were sarcastic.

"This, although General Situ is the eldest son of the Duke of the Kingdom, he is a border general and has made outstanding achievements, so he must be ......"

"Presumably, the Holy Lord will not point the daughter of Shang Shuling to the border general with heavy troops, lesp..."

"In short, this time the sister of the Dragon Boat Festival of the Changping Palace's Dragon Boat Festival is not able to retreat. But it's just a name. Xiao Luomei interrupted Qin Nanxi, she was cautious by nature, even if her sister-in-law was gossiping, she was very careful.

"Daddy has never been in contact with Situ Guo's mansion, and he may not be willing to marry." Qin Nanxi was unwilling in the end, and resisted weakly.

Xiao Luomei only shook her head lightly and sighed.

In the garden in early summer, the eyes were full of thick green, covering the clear white clouds, Qin Nanxi swallowed the boredom in his heart, and raised his eyes to stare at the white clouds flowing through the leaf gaps.

"Mother, why do you have to send Nanxi back to Daddy? Why did you ruthlessly leave Nan Xi behind? Qin Nanxi stared at the bottomless clear sky, thought of her adoptive mother Yunzhen, and secretly cried and sighed. The clouds, in the sky, looked at her quietly, they were also so high, so white, almost exactly the same as the clouds under Cuiwei Mountain. But the little girl rolling and laughing on the grass is gone, and the little brother who guards her all the time beside her, where is he at the moment?