Chapter 161: Can't Hide
Delicate and silky shreds of water tofu, refreshing and crispy shredded fresh bamboo shoots, plus smooth and tender wild mycelium, the combination of the three, steaming, boiling soup, is not a delicious thing!
Qi Niang picked up the soup spoon again and couldn't wait to take a sip of the soup, and suddenly the whole person trembled, and immediately grabbed the soup spoon and took another big sip!
So, when the steamed three threads entered the stomach, Qi Niang looked up, only to find that Mu Jiu on the left had also drunk no soup left, and Gu Liuniang on the right side was still eating and drinking, she casually glanced ahead, and the county lord of Qiling was also drinking soup with great interest!
Yes, when you are full and drink, you will be in a better mood.
It's just that I don't know what Ah Qin thinks, whether it's appetizing or not, is it like her who drinks so much that she doesn't even have a drop of soup left?
It's a pity that Ah Qin sat in the middle of his son's brother, and there were several tables of people across him, and when he looked at it, he only saw countless heads of people who were working hard.
Forget it, it's never too late to ask!
Qi Niang retracted her gaze in frustration.
But she didn't want to, her every move fell into the eyes of the county lord of Qiling, the side that Su Muli just looked at happened to the direction of the seat she specially reserved for Bingluo, but unfortunately Bingluo didn't come today, but she Su Muli looked blatantly at the banquet like this, isn't it too shameless!
Call you so shitty and hypocritical, see how I'll clean you up later!
The county lord of Qiling half-squinted his phoenix eyes, took a deep breath, and then continued to eat quietly.
Full of wine and food, everyone got together in twos and threes, chatting with a cup of tea.
Xu is the county lord of Qiling went to meet other ladies and wives, and the ladies and sons here in Dongzi looked a lot more relaxed. The voice of the verbal conversation is a few notes louder.
Qi Niang stood in the small corner by the sunny pond as usual, drank the fragrant tea, and sighed contentedly.
I have used all the birthday banquets today, and I have eaten so well, it seems that if I stay for a while, I can go home by talking to the people here at about the same time, I didn't expect it to be so smooth today, there is no obstacle at all, and I heard Mu Jiu say that the usual birthday banquets are arranged before the birthday banquet. Today, as soon as he entered the house, he gave a birthday gift. Then without saying a word, the banquet was set up, and now the big guy is full of wine and food, but the birthday star of the hero is busy entertaining guests from other places, but I am afraid that today's birthday banquet is mostly "miscarriage".
Mu Jiu complained. She finally prepared a birthday gift by herself. And for today's birthday banquet, she also made great efforts. I wrote down the praises I wanted to say one by one, but I didn't want to end up being useless!?
She is about to be in time, if she is as before she has no sense of existence in the noble circle of the imperial capital. How will she choose someone to say goodbye to in the future? Is it true that you are going to be married to the south?
Grandfather said that if you can't find a suitable in-law in the imperial capital, you will go back to the ancestral house in Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south to say goodbye, and your grandfather also smiled and comforted her, saying: "The imperial capital is north, and it is better to talk about it in summer, but it is dry and cold in winter, and the wind and sand are big, and we should be born and raised in a small town in the south......
When Mu Jiu heard this, he cried more and more sadly......
She doesn't want to go to the south, she doesn't want to go back to Suzhou and Hangzhou, she doesn't want to have any intersection with her cousins and cousins on the side of the ancestral house, she doesn't want to look at the thick and old-fashioned gold buckles around her uncles and aunts every day, she doesn't want to ......
Every time relatives came to the south, the mother either had a cold face, or a cold temperament, and even the old women in the pulp washing room knew that some poor relatives from merchants had entered the city, how could she, a noble lady, not know......
She was born in the imperial capital and raised in the imperial capital, and she was loved by the queen mother, so she couldn't go back to the muddy land in the south, so she had to seize the opportunity herself!
The more Mu Jiu thought about it, the more she felt that time was pressing, she pulled Su Qi by her side, and said in a low voice: "...... I think the county lord is coming over too, let's get ready! ”
Qi Niang was stunned and glared at Mu Jiu like a monster. She doesn't understand, what are you doing with it? Don't think there's enough?
She's sick to mess around with you Mu Jiu!
Mu Jiu was also stunned, thought about it and hurriedly explained: "...... Didn't I see that the birthday gift could not be done? Thinking that you have put a lot of effort into preparing for the birthday gift these days, if it is so cold and deserted, I am afraid that the county lord of Qiling will not take it to heart, and when the county lord comes, let's go forward and say a few auspicious words, please be happy, and then mention their birthday gifts by the way, so that even if the gifts are ordinary, the county lord will have an impression in his heart......"
Impressions? What kind of impression does she Su Muli want?
Besides, didn't he leave a deep enough impression on the Lord of Qiling County in the Imperial Ink Pavilion that day?
Qi Niang turned her face away and said, "Don't go, you have to go yourself!"
This time it was Mu Jiu's turn to be stunned, what kind of words is this, why does Su Qi look like a childish tantrum, isn't he just going to say a few nice words to the county lord? Why did she refuse so simply?
Mu Jiu frowned and said, "...... It's not a big deal, it's only better if you go, people in a circle in the future...... Su Qi, should you go? ”
Qi Niang shook her head unmoved, and then drank fragrant tea.
Mu Jiu was so anxious that he couldn't do it, he was clumsy and didn't know what to say, so he had to sit alone and sulk.
Sure enough, the county lord of Qiling was surrounded and walked over slowly, Mu Jiuyi would take a look at the excitement in front of him, and then he would not give up and glance at Qi Niang a few times, he really couldn't wait, he stomped his foot and squeezed towards the crowd in front of him quickly.
Qi Niang sighed secretly in her heart, it seems that Mu Jiu was really brainwashed by her mother, Lao Tzu, otherwise, with her identity as the daughter of the Mu family, why worry about not having a good way out? She herself is so anxious to paste it upside down, what can she get?
Don't talk about surrendering your identity, I'm afraid that I will have to get some white eyes and ridicule......
Qi Niang put down the tea cup and had no leisure to taste tea.
There was an inadvertent figure on the side, a white figure.
Qi Niang glanced at it casually, yes, it was the "Ah Liu" lady.
"The nine ladies of the Mu family are notoriously unable to speak, so the lady of the Su family is so relieved that she will step forward alone? I'm afraid that when the time comes, it's not good to be obedient, don't make any jokes is serious! ”
The cold words were full of mockery, and Qi Niang couldn't help frowning when she heard it.
What words? Feelings: Wait for Mu Jiu to make a joke, it's her Su Muli, isn't it?
But Qi Niang heard a deeper meaning, feeling that Mu Jiu couldn't speak like that, and he was still famous in the imperial capital?
She's going to get drunk too......
But she also began to panic inexplicably, Mu Jiu was the first friend she made in the imperial capital, so that she could better gain a foothold in the imperial capital in the future, Mu Jiu also worked hard to plan for her, but her answer was so unsentimental......
Isn't he too hard-hearted......
If you wait for Mu Jiuzhen to make some jokes, how can it be good......
The more Qi Niang thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and swept forward from time to time.
So he happened to meet the smug eyes of the county lord of Qiling, and Mu Jiu beside him couldn't help but rejoice.
Qi Niang "clicked" in her heart, secretly screaming that it was not good, she was afraid that she was sold by Mu Jiu's stupid girl......
Sure enough, the clear voice of the county lord of Qiling rang out,
"Today is busy, but it has snubbed the sisters, although the banquet has passed, but if Qi Lingruo directly missed the birthday gift, wouldn't it be a good idea to live up to the sisters, or how to look at it this way, let's do a small birthday gift by ourselves."
As soon as these words fell, Wang Liu, the second lady of the Wang family on his side, was the first to come out, and said happily: "The county lord's idea is really excellent, who doesn't know that the county lord's birthday banquet is the largest and most elaborate among us in the imperial capital city, and the birthday gift is also the most interesting every year, but I have been looking forward to it for many days, for fear that the county lord will forget it, and I can't even eat the birthday banquet."
The county lord of Qiling pursed his lips and smiled, "Don't worry, how could this county lord forget this big thing?" Even if you are busy and don't have time to take care of it, isn't there still a reminder from our Mu family's nine ladies? ”
As he spoke, Qi Ling proudly swept to the corner of Su Muli, and sure enough, the girl was stunned.
She smiled wider.
I didn't want the fourth princess to stand up, she smiled on her face, and said softly: "What Sister Qiling said is very true, but now that the birthday banquet has passed, the birthday gift has to work the wives of various families.
The more I got to the end, the lower my voice became.
Qi Niang couldn't help but look at the delicate fourth princess again, her voice was good, and her words were reasonable, she looked comfortable.
I hope our county lord will listen to it a little bit.
But that's just hope......
"Humph!"
The cold voice was particularly harsh, and the words behind him were even more ugly.
"Isn't it just a birthday gift, if the fourth sister doesn't like to participate, you have always loved to chat with the old ladies and wives, but I don't know why, after so many years, you may not be liked by the imperial grandmother, I am afraid that the problem is big."
"Why is the fourth sister so anxious, the question you can think of is it difficult for my sister to think of it? Indeed, the birthday banquet has passed, Qi Ling is thinking that it is not good for the old ladies and ladies of the provinces to work again, and has already ordered to go down, and the birthday gift is placed in the Linghua Pavilion, and it is only us young juniors who participate, which is simple and casual, and does not lose the kindness of the sisters, I don't know this arrangement, you are still satisfied! ”
The county lord of Qiling is deeply favored by the palace, and the Xuanwu Yicheng is the same, and he affectionately calls the queen mother as the "imperial grandmother", and this seventh mother knows it.
When the words fell, one after another should be "good", and the most favorable one was Wang Erniang.
"The county lord is thoughtful, Linghua Pavilion is the highest place in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, not only can you take in the beautiful scenery of half of the imperial capital city, but also face the sunny and rainy hibiscus pool, I heard that the water in that place is the deepest and clearest, and the Yurong fish is also the most, wait for Liu Er to open her eyes." (To be continued......)