Chapter 219: Ambivalent Feelings

A bright moon is in the sky, and there are countless dim stars. It's mid-May, and the night breeze is mild and refreshing.

Mingche led Jinshu to walk in front, Jinshu walked with cheerful steps, raised his little face and said this and that to his father, Mingche, who had always been indifferent, laughed softly from time to time, Changsheng was a little moved, and it seemed that the unhappiness just now had faded a lot.

She looked at Ming's back with an unpredictable expression, a little unpredictable about this person, what was his intention? No matter what you say or do, you look like you're afraid that others won't misunderstand, but you can't grasp any handles.

Maybe she believes in people too much, although she has lived in the palace for eight years, after learning that Mingche is her brother-in-law and has been very affectionate with her sister, she can't help but feel close emotionally, but who knows that Mingche is becoming more and more incomprehensible to her.

In fact, after thinking about it, Ming Che has become a general who controls most of the soldiers and horses in Jinyang at a young age, and when the emperor is deeply afraid of him, even the crown prince and the king of Qin regard him as a bargaining chip for the world, whether it is a threat or a temptation, they don't want him to do things for himself. How can such a man's scheming be comparable to ordinary people? No one in the Xie family knows that the old lady is meticulous and skillful, but she often has no way to take Mingche, only Changsheng knows, and there are many places where the old lady compromises and is clear.

"Aunt Changsheng, what are you thinking? Hurry up and walk with us! ”

Jin Shu didn't hear Changsheng speak, turned around, but saw Changsheng walking slowly with his head down, shouted a few times She didn't hear it, she couldn't help but raise her voice, Changsheng came back to her senses, Jin Shu had already broken free of Mingche's hand and ran over to grab her, raised a smile and asked, "Auntie, what are you thinking?" If you're tired, can we come back early after eating like we did last time? ”

Changsheng's heart warmed, thinking that she rarely saw Mingche a few times a year, and Mingche was still extremely busy after she came back, she could only take a short time to accompany her every day, and she could get along with her father for a long time at night, which was a great comfort to her little heart, and she didn't want to participate, and she couldn't ruin her interest. And the child's heart is the most sensitive, she felt her resistance to the dinner party so quickly, which is not good, this kind of emotion will have a subtle effect on her, so that she is also restless at the dinner party.

Mingche also stopped, and turned back to them to speak. Changsheng smiled and said to Jin Shu, "Thank you for caring about your aunt, but my aunt is not tired." I was just thinking about whether my clothes are suitable for dinner, we are not in a hurry to come back today, you have fun, when will you come back when you are tired! ”

Sure enough, when it came to Jin Shu's heart, she responded sweetly, and pretended to look at Changsheng again, and said solemnly: "I think my aunt is very beautiful tonight, this dress and hair bun are especially suitable for the dinner party, Daddy, don't you say?" ”

was asked by Shu'er without hesitation, and in front of Changsheng and the girl, Ren is Mingche is still a little embarrassed no matter how calm he is, fortunately, the moonlight is not a light after all, and no one can see his face clearly, so he has to deal with it and urge her to leave quickly.

Jin Shu was not satisfied with his attitude, so she asked coquettishly, Ming Che could only pretend not to hear and walked forward, Jin Shu stomped her feet dissatisfied, but Ming Jing flashed out of the shadow of the tree, Shu'er walked forward with a smile, but looked straight around him. Mingjing was inexplicably looked at and asked puzzledly: "Little girl, what are you looking for?" ”

Jin Shu said seriously: "I'm looking for Sister Cheng, isn't she with you every day?" I'm afraid that she will hide behind you and suddenly come out and scare me! ”

Changsheng resisted the urge to laugh, and Mingche also forcibly turned his face away with a smile. Mingjing said disapprerovingly: "Dead girl, dare to laugh at me!" Your sister Cheng is going to a banquet tonight, she must be dressing up, the woman's house is trouble, where will you have the kung fu to come to me? ”

Jin Shu said dissatisfiedly: "No, no, some women are not troublesome, and Aunt Changsheng and I are not dressed up!" If you don't believe it, isn't Aunt Changsheng also beautiful like this? I asked my father several times, but he refused to say, third uncle, did you say? ”

Mingjing looked at Changsheng presumptuously and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, Shu'er is right, your Aunt Changsheng is very beautiful today, she is dressed in plain clothes like Chang'e in the middle of the month, are you satisfied?" Let's go, let's go together, the third uncle came to pick you up on purpose! ”

Jin Shu was very happy, one hand was holding Mingjing, and the other hand was about to hold Changsheng's hand, Changsheng was stunned, wouldn't the three of them holding hands like this like a family of three shopping in the previous life? What kind of system does it make people see? But he couldn't bear to disappoint Jin Shu, glared at Ming Jing, who was smiling wildly, and said with an idea: "Shu'er, you have grown taller and fatter now, why don't you see if your third uncle can still carry you?" ”

Shu'er was very happy, and threw herself on Mingjing's back. Mingjing saw through Changsheng's thoughts, looked at her with a smile, and walked forward happily on Jinshu's back, Changsheng chuckled and walked forward with Xiao Wei, but bumped into Mingche's eyes that couldn't see the joy and anger, and quickly lowered his eyelids and said, "General Xie, please!" ”

Mingche nodded and walked forward silently, Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and bursts of cheerful laughter came from Jinshu in the darkness. thought that Mingche's return would allow Jinshu to get the love of his relatives and see his deep affection for his sister, but who knew that it would also bring more trouble.

Maybe she took it for granted from the beginning, only by one side, only by his love for his daughter, only by his love for his sister, and by the love of him and his sister, she thought that he was a man with great righteousness. If you think about it, how can a person who has experienced bloody storms and a person who is deeply relied on by those in power be simple?

Tonight's family banquet Xie family is rarely gathered, so the old lady attaches great importance to it, and goes to Beijing to buy expensive ingredients and invite famous chefs to not mention, but also set up a banquet in the Xie family's most magnificent Fuxi Hall, which is already a pot of flowers competing for beauty, silk and bamboo quiet. The pomp and circumstance of the Xie family is really not small, and they also arranged for musicians to cheer up.

Changsheng looked around and breathed a sigh of relief, although it was a family banquet, there were not only the Xie family members present, in addition to Xie Mingzhu's family of five, but also the county lord of Anyang, Cheng Ziyu was probably still dressing up as Mingjing said, so he was not present for the time being, and the house was full of red men and green women, under the candlelight as bright as day. A sign of wealth and prosperity.

Because there are many people, it is divided into two tables, and a total of seven children, including Jin Shu, sit at another table, she is going to accompany Jin Shu, and she must sit with her, and the people at the other table have nothing to do with her tonight.

Anyang has a high status, so he naturally sits on the left side of Mrs. Xie, next to her is an empty seat, which seems to be reserved for Cheng Ziyu, then Lin Xinhui, Xie Mingzhu is the eldest sister, sitting next to the old lady on the right, and then Pei Xun, Mingche and Mingqing, Mingjing, plus the girls and musicians who accompany her, as well as the noise of children, I am afraid that no one will notice her.

Inadvertently, Changsheng still felt Ming Qing's restless eyes, she suppressed the disgust in her heart, and after Ming Che and Ming Jing bowed and sat down, she hurriedly took Shu'er to salute everyone seated, she kept her eyelids down, she didn't want to see anyone's looks, and she wasn't one of them, she was just accompanying Shu'er.

I wanted to retreat quickly, but the county lord of Anyang was willing to give up this opportunity to express his virtue to Mingche, she personally stepped forward to grab Jinshu, let her lean on her arms, and ordered the girl to stuff all the silk flowers, snacks and toys she bought for Jinshu in Chang'an to Jinshu, Jinshu couldn't take it, Changsheng had to signal Xiaowei to take the gift and take it back to Jinshu Courtyard before coming over. Anyang hugged Jinshu's extremely affectionate hush and asked for warmth, Jinshu couldn't break away, and he was afraid that he would be rude, so he had to endure it.

Changsheng couldn't bear to look at her reluctantly, and when she was in trouble, Xie Mingzhu beckoned: "Shu'er, the county lord's palace clothes are very expensive, you come to your aunt's side." Be careful not to stain the Lord's clothes! My aunt has also brought you a lot of gifts, and I will send them to you tomorrow with Brother Zijun! ”

An Yang glanced at her with a smile, and said without waiting for others to speak: "It's just a piece of clothing, don't say it's dirty, even if it's broken, it doesn't matter, my sister doesn't have to care too much." Shu'er and I are very close to each other, in the days since I left Xie Mansion, I was worried about her every day, let her sit next to me at night, I can take good care of her, do you say it is a general? ”

Everyone looked at An Yang with different expressions, Changsheng also saw the undisguised affection in An Yang's eyes when he looked at Ming Che, and then looked at Jin Shu who was extremely uncomfortable in An Yang's arms, and was thinking about how to let Jin Shu come over, Ming Che spoke calmly: "The little girl can be so loved by the county lord, Ming Che is grateful, but the dinner table has been decided, Ming Che does not dare to be biased against his own daughter, and Jin Shu is young and naughty and does not dare to trouble the county lord, let's let her sit at that table, so as not to offend the county lord, Ming Che will hold a banquet to thank the county lord another day!" ”

Ming Che's sentence of holding a banquet another day to thank the county lord obviously played a great role, An Yang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had a spring breeze on his face, and said with a chuckle: "The general has to distinguish between public and private at home, and he is so unwilling to be accommodating to six or seven-year-old children, and he doesn't know how to be strict in the army?" Fortunately, I am a woman, if I were a subordinate of the general, I would definitely be dealt with by military law for three days and two ends for disobeying the rules! That's miserable! ”

Everyone laughed in unison, true or false, Changsheng took the opportunity to wave to Jinshu, Jinshu successfully broke free from Anyang's arms, and hurriedly sat down with Changsheng to the table where the children were sitting, and he was afraid that he would be held by Anyang again.

Changsheng picked a position with his back to Ming Qing and sat down with Jin Shu, ignoring the matter at that table. How can the children at this table have the patience to sit here and wait for the adults to finish eating, they will run away to play when they are full, and they will have a reason to take Jinshu to leave the table early, Changsheng believes that Jinshu must want to leave early now, because there are people she doesn't like here.

Although Pei Zichen no longer bullied Jin Shu, he refused to pull down his face and take the initiative to show goodwill, he only nodded to show that he would ignore people when they met, Pei Ziji was entangled by Jinwen and Jinshu, Pei Zijun was already a little adult, and he still deigned to sit at this table.

Changsheng motioned to Jin Shu to salute his cousin and cousin, and looked at the table full of children who were taken care of by Yahuan's nurse, especially Lin Xinhui's sons and daughters were all immature, and some of them were aggrieved for the half-grown teenager Pei Zijun, and sat with this group of noisy and noisy children, which really wronged him. Pei Zijun didn't care, he found a seat next to Changsheng and sat down, first greeted her and Jin Shu, and asked a lot about Cen Hao's affairs in Xie Mansion, and some regrets that he resigned after not seeing Master Cen.

Changsheng is a little strange about Cen Hao's actions, even if Pei Xie and the two families offend him, but Pei Zijun is his beloved student, and the relationship between teachers and students is very good, so he won't disappear without even seeing him, right? Looking at his face full of regret, he said, "Do you like Master Cen very much?" ”

Zijun nodded: "Yes, Master Cen has superb piano skills and a good temperament, I like him very much, he also likes me very much, and often praises me for my high qualifications in front of my parents." Unfortunately, I was halfway through my piano learning, and I couldn't give him a ride when he left. My mother wanted to ask me to ask other piano masters to continue teaching me, but I didn't want to learn from others, and then I went to Master Cen's house without telling my mother, but the housekeeper said that he had something to do and would not come back for a year or two. ”

Changsheng's heart moved, he couldn't bear to look at Zijun's disappointed eyes, and he couldn't understand Cen Hao's behavior. What can he do, it's just that he doesn't want to be dismissed by the Pei family and take the initiative to beg to go, is it necessary not to go home for a few years?

Thinking of what he said to himself when he left, a faint melancholy surged in his heart, would he be angry because of his refusal?

I feel that I think too highly of myself, although Cen Hao is only a low-status piano master, he is from a famous family, although with the change of the old and new dynasties, the family has declined, but because of his superb piano skills, he often goes in and out of rich families, and his reputation is prominent, and his heart is naturally much higher than others.

What he said to himself may not be true, so how could he leave home because of his own anger? Perhaps, as he said, he just wants to travel more abroad while he is young and look for better development opportunities. If he really wants to get married, although he is not worthy of the real lady, it is very easy to find a small jasper or the daughter of a merchant, and he has to marry him? I have no family background and I am not young, what qualifications do I have to be self-righteous?

Zijun asked unwillingly: "Aunt Changsheng, do you think Master Cen will come back?" Didn't he say he liked me a lot? Why didn't you tell me when you left? ”

Changsheng had to comfort him: "Maybe Master Cen really has something urgent and can't tell you in time." I think he'll come back after his errands, because his home is in Beijing! ”

Finally, in the waiting of everyone, Cheng Ziyu, who made up bright makeup, appeared, she was dressed extremely bright and delicate, a soft satin narrow-waisted shirt embroidered with gold flowers in light green, and a very strong begonia red high-waisted skirt, which just showed her age advantage and delicate skin that was white and red, and two sweet dimples made her smile even more charming, and then sat down in the old lady's strange voice.

It's a pity that Mingjing is still expressionless, in a burst of soft and pleasant silk and bamboo sounds, the dressed girl holds the wine and vegetables and fish into it, it is really not a celebrity chef's skill, it can really be called a good color, flavor and shape, which makes people's appetite move, Jin Shu whispered to Changsheng: "Auntie, I don't like this place, but I like these dishes, let's eat quickly, and slip away when we are full, okay?" ”