At noon, Qi Xuan and Xu Chen's brothers were in the front yard of the Beiding Palace, accompanying Qi Pei, the king of Beiding, while Xu Youshan and the lord of Shuoyun stayed in Yuehanzhai for a noon, and by the way, they also took a nap for a while, until they sent the maid who guarded the west side of Shiji to report, saying that the old princess of Beiding, who had also taken a break for a while, had gotten up, Xu Youshan and the others also got up to freshen up, and then went to the west side of Shiji, talked with the old princess, and made her old man happy, until the afternoon, when the birthday banquet officially began.

This year, the old princess's birthday banquet was still held in the Lanzhou Winter Garden, and the pomp of this birthday banquet was not big, Qi Pei, the king of Beiding, obeyed the old princess's wishes, and only invited a few families who were good friends with the Qi family to come to the banquet, so although this banquet was small, it was very warm.

"Old lady, the two old ladies have just said goodbye, and they all say that the official business handed over by the Holy Lord has not been completed."

And between the Xu family and the Qi family, the complicated relationship between the unruly and chaotic ones made them a little embarrassed in this banquet, so those embarrassed people naturally wouldn't stick here, making others uncomfortable and making themselves uncomfortable.

"Well, I see, you go down."

"Yes, old lady."

The Shen Wu family bowed and retreated, but Old Madam Qi still had a gentle smile on her face, and her expression did not change at all. But the two old ladies of the Xu family have already said goodbye and left, but Xu Mao and Xu Xi still stayed, after all, as long as Xu Luo and Xu Rong are not mentioned, Xu Mao and they have been often taken by Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Qi to play in the Beiding Palace, and their relationship with the old princess. It's always been close.

And now in the Winter Garden, almost all the guests have arrived, except for one or two people - Nie Suhyun and Zhai Yu.

"Nie Liu won't come, right?"

Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen didn't know that Xu Yourong had looked at the gate of the Winter Garden for the first time. I've been watching when Nie Suhyun will come, but she just didn't see the figure she wanted to see, "It's been this hour, why don't you say Nie Liu hasn't come yet, won't he not come?" Xu Yourong said with some concern.

"I told you not to worry about it, Nie Liu will definitely come. How long are you going to mumble? And unlike Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen, who were sighing, Xu Mingcheng took out the ears that were about to be cocooned by Xu Yourong, and said directly disgusted her.

"Then you say. Why hasn't Nie Liu come yet, it's almost time to start a feast. Xu Yourong said.

"When you are still Nie Liu, he is still a lieutenant of the Praetorian Guard, how can he come when he is still unofficial and unpositioned. Maybe they're still on an errand right now. Just be patient and wait. Xu Mingcheng said.

The position of lieutenant of the Praetorian Guard is not big or small, but because it is a military position that directly protects the emperor, this is a good errand that can rise to the top. Therefore, Nie Suhyun's current position as a lieutenant of the Praetorian Guard, the work is not very complicated, it can be said that it is still a little simple, just need to accompany Emperor Zhou Hui from morning to night. But in other ways, it's one of the hardest jobs to do. As the old saying goes, a companion is like a tiger.

And of course Xu Yourong knows this. But you know that you know, now that you can't look forward to it, Xu Yourong is still a little discouraged.

"But then again, what about Lady Zhai?" Xu Yourong, who was discouraged, whispered to Xu Mingcheng as if he suddenly thought of something.

"I don't know about this, Cousin Xuan only said that Zhai Dagongzi will also come today, but when will he come, Cousin Xuan didn't say, I guess Cousin Xuan doesn't know." Xu Mingcheng whispered back in Xu Yourong's ear.

"It's not like even Zhai Dagongzi won't come, right?" Xu Yourong said worriedly.

"No, it won't." Xu Mingcheng also began to worry.

In fact, when it comes to understanding, Nie Suhyun and Zhai Yu, Xu Youshan and they definitely have to know more about the former, especially Xu Yourong and Xu Mingxi, because of so many years, Xu Yourong likes Nie Suhun's like "wildfires can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows", and even Xu Minghuan knows Nie Suhyun very well. But Zhai Yu is different, especially compared with Nie Suhyun, for Xu Youshan and them, Zhai Yu can be regarded as a stranger.

Therefore, when it comes to Zhai Yu, who has not yet arrived, Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng are a little unsure whether he will come.

But when Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng were worried about whether Nie Suhyun and Zhai Yu would not come, Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen were busy on their side, and the cause of the incident was like this.

"Miss Xu Si, I heard that in the spring of next year, you are going to marry His Royal Highness the Great Prince, right?" A noble lady who was good friends with the Qi family came to the Pei family and the Lian family at this time and talked with the Pei family, but as soon as the noble lady sat down, she saw Pei and Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen behind the Yan family on the side, so the topic changed.

"Yes, the Holy Lord has given a will to the wedding of His Royal Highness the Great Prince and Miss Xu Si, and when the spring begins next year, it will definitely be completed." But before Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen could react, how did this topic jump to the marriage of Xu Youshan and Xie Jing, several noble ladies who were originally sitting at the other two tables of banquets close to each other came over to join the discussion after hearing the words.

"Alas, this is also a helpless thing, the saint gives marriage, who dares to disobey, the fourth lady will mourn and change."

"Yes, the Holy Lord's will was given, but the fourth young lady, who was as delicate as a flower, was thrown into the bottomless palace city, and in the days to come...... Fourth Miss, you have to open some. ”

"That's right, Miss Four, if you have something you can't see, just find some other things to solve by yourself, there is no way."

"Fourth Miss, you have to think about it......"

And after a long while, Xu Youshan reacted at this time, it turned out that they were here to comfort her, after all, Xie Jing's current situation In the eyes of outsiders, the future is almost dim, and there is no powerful concubine. There is no strong foreign family, and even if she marries a wife now, she is still just a small concubine of the Jiangzuo Xu family. Then the Xu family will not help Xie Jing win the heir for this little concubine, right? Even if Xie Jing marries Xu Yourong, the Xu family may not know how many backhands they will have to keep, so as not to fail in Xie Jing's succession in the future, which will lead to the death of the Xu family.

So now even if Xie Jing and Xu Youshan get married, the relationship between the Jiangzuo Xu family and the eldest prince Xie Jing will only be innocent. That Xu Youshan will be in the future. I'm afraid it's very bitter, so isn't this all comforting her?

But this is just an outsider's opinion, but Xu Youshan can't tell others the truth about the relationship between her and Xie Jing. Therefore, these noble ladies came to comfort Xu Youshan, and Xu Youshan was stunned for a while, and then immediately lowered her face and gently covered her face with her hands. made a sad look.

But Xu Mingwen sat next to Xu Youshan. And from Xu Mingshan's angle, you can see Xu Youshan's hanging face, the helpless and funny expression at a glance, so when the other ladies saw Xu Youshan's normal "sorrow" and tried their best to comfort her, Xu Mingwu next to her couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth twice.

The incident of that night in the Ronghua Hall was a nightmare for Xu Youshan and the three of them. But in this nightmare. For Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen, it has other meanings. And Xu Youshan's other meaning is, of course, that she owes Nie Suhyun a life-saving grace, but she didn't tell Emperor Zhou Hui and many outsiders about this, including Xie Jing, but for Pei and Xu Yourong, Xu Youshan explained it all clearly.

Although Nie Suhyun was trying to save Xu Youshan at that time, the etiquette of men and women was already completely ruined in this era, but Xu Youshan did not want to marry Nie Suhyun, but Xie Jing.

But in the face of Pei and Xu Yourong, Xu Youshan didn't think much about it and said it all, and after Xu Youshan finished speaking, don't talk about Pei, even Xu Yourong hugged Xu Youshan and apologized again and again, only saying that it was her fault that her eldest sister didn't take care of her. As for the matter of male and female defense between Nie Suhyun and Xu Youshan, no one mentioned it, which made Xu Youshan's heart to marry Xie Jing strengthen the thickness of the Great Wall.

As for Xu Ming's other meanings, it is different from Xu Youshan, because unlike Xu Youshan's simple gratitude to Nie Suhyun, Xu Ming's feelings for Zhai Yu are too complicated, not to mention that the two of them had an ambiguity that others could see because of a series of things, and after this night in the Ronghua Palace, Xu Mingwen's own feelings for Zhai Yu pierced the last layer of window paper.

She liked him, she finally knew.

But it's better not to know, Xu Mingwen knows clearly about Zhai Yu's marriage in the previous paragraph, which is clearly known in Xu Yourong and Xu Mingxi's account, and how Zhai Yu is reluctant to mention marriage after this, or as long as the elders tell him, his attitude of not caring all expresses that he doesn't want to touch this kind of thing anymore.

And this is undoubtedly the biggest setback for Xu Mingwen.

Therefore, it has been so long since the dust settled on the night of the Ronghua Palace, and her guilt knot for Xu Youshan, with Xu Youshan's efforts and amazing strength, Xu Mingwen has long been able to face it head-on for so long, but she is still in the place where Zhai Yu appears, or as long as she hears Zhai Yu's name, Xu Mingwen is like a cat with a bitten tail, and she quickly looks at the wind and runs away.

If it weren't for the fact that it was the birthday of the old princess of Beiding today, Xu Mingwen would not dare and would never find some reason not to attend under the pretext of illness, then when she heard that Zhai Yu would also come to the Beiding Palace for a banquet at the beginning, Xu Mingwen would probably have fled and disappeared.

So now, as long as Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng mention Zhai Yu, they will deliberately avoid Xu Mingwen, for fear that she will overreact and really hide under the table at that time.

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At this time, the banquet is generally held separately for men and women, although there are no hard and fast rules, but people will always unconsciously follow some old customs of the previous dynasty. But like these old examples, in today's aristocracy, they are becoming less and less valued, after all, since Gaozu began, Gaozu has abolished many harsh regulations for women, and also advocated that the situation of women should be improved.

Therefore, until now, men and women must not touch some bottom lines. For other trivial things, people really don't feel anything anymore.

And the birthday banquet held by the Beiding Royal Mansion for the old princess of Beiding today is even more so. The guests who were invited all enjoyed a feast together in the Lanzhou Winter Garden. But at this time, Qi Xuan and Xu Chen were not in the Winter Garden, but directly outside Lanzhou, talking to a young man who seemed to be coming in the snow.

"Duzhi, you're here. I thought you were going to miss your appointment today. Qi Xuan looked at the visitor and smiled.

"Today is the old princess's birthday banquet, how dare I not come, otherwise I won't talk about others. It's just that my grandfather would scold me to the point of stinking. "And this person is, of course, Zhai Yu.

"Brother Du, then why did you come now?" Xu Sui asked.

"Xuan'er, why do you and Chen'er call Du Zhi Brother Zhai for a while, and Du Zhi as Brother Du for a while. I'm almost confused. But before Zhai Yu could answer Xu Xuan's question. Qi Hong asked with a smile on the side.

"Uh" Xu Xuan and Xu Chen were stunned for a while, "I just heard Cousin Xuan call Brother Zhai Duzhi, and I followed to call Brother Zhai Brother Duzhi for a while." After a while, Xu Xuan said embarrassedly.

And after listening to Xu Xuan's words, Qi Xuan and Qi Hong both laughed out loud, but Zhai Yu looked at the two teenagers whose faces gradually turned red, and said, "Okay, if you two don't tease Xuan'er and Chen'er for a day, you'll be bored, right?" ”

"Alright, alright. It's cold outside, let's go in first. ”

"Please."

Today's heavy snow is falling and stopping. The climate was really cold, so several people followed Qi Xuan's words and entered the winter garden of Lanzhou. And Zhai Yu's position at the birthday banquet in the Winter Garden should be the same as before, with Xu Xuan and Xu Chen, to the Xu family, and sit down at a banquet with Xu Youshan. But today, for some reason, Zhai Yu rejected Xu Xuan and Xu Chen's invitation, but took the initiative to ask to go to a table with Qi Xuan and Qi Hong and sit down at the main banquet.

And this is resolutely inconsistent with Zhai Yu's usual low-key behavior, which makes Qi Xuan and a few people very strange, but Zhai Yu explained as usual: My grandfather specially instructed me that the old princess's birthday this year, it seems that his old man still can't go to Beijing to personally celebrate the old princess's birthday, so let me take him to do his best to celebrate the old princess's birthday, then I still think it's better to get closer to the old princess for a while, then serve her old man like this, and it will be faster.

The help extended by the old prince of Beiding and the old princess of Beiding to the Zhai family in Huanchuan back then was not a secret in the two families, so when Zhai Yu said this, Qi Xuan and the others didn't think there was anything wrong, and then after knowing the old princess of Beiding and Qi Pei, Zhai Yu of course avoided Xu Ming's table as he wished, and sat down at the main banquet.

"Zhai Dagongzi is here."

"I see it."

And just after Zhai Yu followed Qi Xuan and them into the Winter Garden, he didn't follow Xu Xuan and Xu Chen to the Xu family's side, but walked straight to the main banquet and sat down, Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng bit their ears again.

"What's going on?"

"How do I know, anyway, now Sister Zhai understands her feelings, but seeing that she is hiding from Zhai Dagongzi and Zhai Dagongzi is also hiding from Sister Zhai, I guess there is a problem between them, and the biggest possibility is that Zhai Dagongzi doesn't like Sister Zhai."

"Impossible." Xu Ming suddenly raised his voice and said angrily: "Why doesn't he like his sister-in-law......

"Keep your voice quiet." If Xu Minghuan really yelled out of what she said just now, it is estimated that Xu Mingwen would not be able to take another step out of her room for a long time, but fortunately, Xu Yourong covered her mouth as soon as Xu Mingcheng spoke, and nodded apologetically to all around, and then whispered in Xu Mingcheng's ear: "You are crazy, if you yelled out of that voice just now, you will not let Sister Wu be a person in the future, she is still a yellow flower girl, and she is not like you." ”

"Hey, Xu Yourong, how did you speak." Xu Mingcheng roared in a low voice that he didn't like to hear.

"I'm right, my sister-in-law is just different from you, you are now a wife."

"But when this comes out of your mouth, why do I just listen to it weirdly."

"That's because you have bad ears."

"Xu Yourong, why don't you say that there is a problem with your words."

"No, it's just that you have a problem with your ears."

"Xu Yourong !!"

And as long as Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng get together, there are no three sentences. It's definitely going to be on the bar. No, I haven't been able to say a word about business, and the two of them have quarreled again. provoked Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwu, who wanted to have a banquet, and could come back to avoid the repeated bombardment of those noble ladies just now, with a speechless face. Especially Xu Youshan, she was the main target of the bombing just now, and at this time, she was directly mentally exhausted.

But Xu Youshan was not in a good state, and Xu Mingwen's spirit was not very good, in fact, when Zhai Yuyi came in just now. Xu Mingwen had already seen him, but Xu Mingwen, who was still stunned to sit at a banquet table with him for a while, skipped the Xu family when she saw him. When she walked straight towards the Qi family's main banquet, Xu Mingwen really didn't know if she was more relieved or more disappointed.

"Sister Wu, are you alright?"

The content of Xu Yourong and Xu Mingming's bickering. It has always been naïve to the extreme. Xu Youshan listened weakly next to her for a while, and then laughed unconsciously. But when she just pulled Xu Ming's wife beside her and wanted to share it with her, she saw Xu Ming's daughter lowering her head and being silent with a clear expression, so Xu Youshan asked her with some worry.

"No, I'm fine." Xu Mingwen raised her head when she heard this, and tried to pull a smile out. said to Xu Youshan.

Today's birthday banquet for the old princess of Beiding is not big, and the guests are all good friends. Therefore, the Xu family no longer stood in the corner this time, for fear that Emperor Zhou Hui or the second concubine of De and Xian would see them, and they might not be able to figure out what moths would come out. Therefore, today's seat of the Xu family is the closest to the main banquet of the Qi family, and there is no one.

And if it weren't for Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Qi not stealing the limelight, Princess Rui of Beiding would have arranged them at the main banquet, so in fact, the main banquet and the Xu family's banquet are not far away, in other words, Zhai Yu and Xu Mingwen are actually not far away. So when Xu Mingwen raised her head and smiled at Xu Youshan, Zhai Yu saw it.

"Duzhi, what's wrong with you?"

And after Zhai Yu saw Xu Ming's smile, his breath suddenly sank, so that Qi Hong, who was beside him, couldn't ignore it, Qi Hong asked with concern.

"Nothing." But Zhai Yu replied with a smile, so that Qi Hong couldn't see the reason, so he could only skip it.

But no matter what the mood of several of them is, anyway, the banquet is still going on as usual, and most of the people are also enjoying this simple banquet, even the old princess is also returning to Xu Minghuan at the main banquet on the Qi family's side, and the two intimate great-granddaughters-in-law of the lord of Shuoyun, it is a lot to please her old man, so that the old princess is also very happy at this banquet.

"Ancestor, the stage is ready, do you want to go over?"

And after being full of wine and food, Princess Rui of Beiding also asked the old princess if she wanted to go to the stage set up next to her to watch the play. Originally, this rich and noble family held a banquet, and this play must also be necessary, but the old princess's birthday is in the wax moon in this winter, and it is usually determined by the old princess's physical condition and mood, whether she wants to go to the play or not, so now after being full of wine and food, Rui is only routinely asking the old princess.

"Okay, let's go." But who knew that the old princess was very excited today, and after Rui had just finished asking, she smiled and agreed.

"Then let's go, while you are old, let's hurry over, otherwise I don't know when your old joy will be gone, and we will be happy." Rui smiled.

"As far as you're sharp, even if I don't watch it, you can go and see it yourself, when did I stop you." The old princess said angrily.

"Ouch, my ancestor, you're not here, who is still in the mood to watch the show." Rui said.

"As good as you say, hahaha......"

The people at the banquet listened to the back and forth conversation between the old princess and Rui, and they could see that the relationship between the two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was excellent, so they also laughed out loud with them, making the atmosphere more lively.

But this is watching the play, after all, it is still an activity that women should like a little more, so here, most of the female dependents got up and wanted to follow the old princess and Rui to the stage next to watch the play, including Nie Suhyun, who was a little unhappy because he couldn't come in the end. (To be continued......)