The banquet began at noon, and Qing Shu was invited to sit down. She didn't want to go, so she was thinking about accompanying Bu Yuyan to eat something casually. But she couldn't bear the invitation of the main family, so she had to stay in the new house alone and follow Gu Qingqiu to the front seat. Qingshu ate at the same table with a young lady of the same age. They didn't drink alcohol, and they left the table early after tasting the exquisite dishes of the ancient mansion. But there were a few tables of ladies who drank and had fun with themselves, and they would not leave the table for a while.

Qingshu returned to the new house. Before entering the new house, I saw two waiters on call outside the new house. Gu Qingqiu whispered to Qing Shu that the two were the groom's officials' servants. Bu Yuyan's bridal maid stepped forward to greet her and whispered to Qing Shu that the groom was talking to the bride inside. Qing Shu wanted to retreat, but heard Gu Qingqiu quipped loudly, "In broad daylight, cousin is in a hurry to enter the cave room?" ”

Qing Shu was speechless. Who said that young ladies in ancient times were thin-skinned? Look at the person in front of him, who is obviously a gentle and lovely person, but he said these words at this time.

Immediately, the groom's face was flushed and he came out of the new house, and scolded with a smile, "Qingqiu, if you dare to talk nonsense, let's see if my cousin will bring you another gift?" ”

Gu Qingqiu said stingy. Gu Ruixing shook his head helplessly, said hello to Qing Shu, and went to the front to toast again.

Qingshu walked into the new house. Seeing that a table had been prepared in the new room, and the bride was sitting at the table wearing a hijab and eating carefully, she felt that it was not easy to be a bride. When she saw a pair of used chopsticks on the left hand side of the bride, Qingshu smiled. It is rare that the groom has a heart, and he sneaks over quietly to care about whether the bride is hungry.

Xiao Xing called out and continued to put vegetables in the bridal bowl.

This day is a happy and difficult day for the bride. I can't do anything, and I sit with a red hijab on my head for a day. I heard that this hijab could not be lifted until the night when the cave house came over. Not everyone has to abide by this rule, everything depends on whether there is a hole in the house.

Gu Ruixing has many brothers and friends, and he can be regarded as the son of a military general, and the people around him are naturally arrogant and noisy. His good brothers and friends had been clamoring for a hole in the house since a few days ago, so the hijab had to wait until the evening to lift it. If there is no stubble in the cave room, if the guests disperse early, the groom can lift the bride's hijab before dark.

Ahead, guests come and go, and the flowing water banquet of the wedding banquet is set up from noon to evening, and it is slightly dark.

When Qing Shu heard that the haunted house was coming, he finally gave up the bride who was getting more and more nervous and left the new house. Because the bride kept pulling her and refused to let go, in the end it was delaying, she did not avoid the group of men who were pushing and shoving the groom and the official was coming to the new house, so she had to take the maid to the side and retreat around, looking around to see if there was any other way to leave.

At this time, the noisy men came closer and closer. She was in a hurry and had nowhere to hide, the door of a side room behind her opened, and while the person inside the door called out to Ah Shu, her big hand stretched out and dragged Qing Shu in. Xiao Juan, Xiao Yu and Xiao Huan who followed didn't know why, but they heard Qing Shu, who was suddenly dragged in, tell them to come in quickly. They hurriedly entered, and as soon as the door closed, they saw that Zhou Boyan, Qingyang, Qinghao, Luo Xiaorong and Gu Ruixing's two nephews were all in the house.

Qing Shu looked at them, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhou Boyan smiled and said nothing.

"Listen to the wall." Qingyang, they replied in unison.

Qing Shu was taken aback, "What are you listening to?" ”

Gu Shishi explained from the side, "This is next door to the new house, and the young masters want to know what the cave house is, so, hehe......" His son-in-law insisted on coming to this room, saying that he wanted to give the young masters a long insight.

Qing Shu resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and when he saw Qingyang and the five boys each holding an empty teacup, he was stunned, "What is this for?" ”

Qingyang was very willing to uncover this mystery, so he took a few steps over, buckled the teacup to the east wall, put his ear to it, and quickly turned his face and looked at Qingshu with a puzzled expression, "Sister Bu said that she wanted to escape, and Xi Niang said, 'Grandma can't mess around'." ”

Qing Shu was speechless. She couldn't understand that Bu Yuyan, who had always been very calm and calm, became more nervous the closer she got to dark, and asked her if she could ruin her marriage and go home with such childish words. It's too late for this premarital phobia! Everyone got married, and they sat for a day, and they actually wanted to escape from marriage! What made her even more speechless was that Zhou Boyan actually led Qingyang and them badly, and wanted Qingyang to listen to them.

Receiving the condemnatory gaze from Qing Shu, Zhou Boyan shouted a stone seriously. Gu Shishi looked like he was obedient at any time. Zhou Boyan gave instructions, "Take them to the new house for a while, and help them ask for a few more happy money." ”

Gu Shike didn't care so much, he grinned and agreed, and passed over with the five boys who were cheering.

Qing Shu didn't stop it. Listen to the foot of the wall or take them to participate in the haunted cave room, the latter is better than listening to the foot of the wall anyway. Moreover, with these children present, it is estimated that those who make trouble in the cave house will be more restrained, which can be regarded as indirectly helping the newcomers.

Zhou Boyan walked to Qingshu's side, "When they come back, we will go back." ”

Qing Shu felt that this was neither her place nor his place, and there were many people. So she said, "Go ahead and wait!" Here, no. ”

Zhou Boyan had no opinion, came out of the room, said a few words to the maid who was guarding outside the new house, and then took Qingshu to the front. Except for the overnight guests, the other guests are almost gone. The host's family was tired for a day, Zhou Boyan refused to be entertained with tea, and directly took Qingshu out of the ancient mansion and sat in the carriage to wait for the few people in the cave room.

The maid waited under the car for the young masters to come out, and only Qingshu and Zhou Boyan were sitting in the car.

Watching Gu Ruixing get married, Zhou Boyan had a lot of thoughts in his heart. He moved to sit next to Qing Shu and asked in a low voice, "When will we get married?" ”

Qingshu: ......

He said, "It's better to get engaged first, and then get married when your filial piety expires." ”

Qingshu: ......

"I know you can't rest assured that Qingyang them. When we got married, we either brought them to the capital, or I bought a new house in Kangxi Town as a new house. In short, I will not let you siblings be separated. ”

In the dark, the corners of Qing Shu's mouth curved slightly, and he rested his head on his shoulder. In any case, she was deeply touched by his heart.

He was overjoyed, and stretched out his arm to wrap her around his side, "You agreed?" ”

She relieved for the first time, "I agreed, it doesn't mean that this engagement can go smoothly." "There must be more than one person who wants to manipulate his marriage. If he had the means to make their marriage happen, she would have no problem. Even if it is confirmed, it doesn't hurt to set up a family affair.

He was as happy as if something, "As long as you agree, nothing else is a problem." If you agree, you will agree, but you are not allowed to go back. ”

With a smile in her eyes, she replied softly, "Okay." ”

Then, the two men fell silent. She closed her eyes and rested. And his mind was spinning fast, and all he was thinking about was engagement. The time to do it may be advanced, and it's time to give the Queen Mother a heavy blow. The Queen Mother was hit hard, and her attention shifted to other places, and if she wanted to take care of his affairs, she must be powerless.

She suddenly remembered something and asked softly, "What kind of person is the sixth princess?" ”

He retracted his thoughts, "Sixth princess? ”

"Hmm. Today, a person named Mama Rong went to the new house, saying that it was the Mama next to the sixth princess. ”

"What did she say? What was done? ”

She talked about the situation at that time, and then asked, "Is Mama Rong's status in the palace very high?" Am I offending people by talking like that? ”

"Just a minion." A cold glint flashed in his eyes, "The third prince and the sixth princess are compatriots of the same mother, and they are all born of the queen. Now that the queen is in big trouble, the third prince and the sixth princess will not have a good time recently. "Even if it's better, he'll find a way to make them uncomfortable. Indeed, their hands were stretched too long, and they were all under his nose. This was a provocation to him, and he naturally had to respond.

The two men fell silent again, one continued to close his eyes and recuperate, and the other continued to ponder a feasible plan of action.

"The young masters are out." Xiao Juanyu, who was standing under the car, reported.

Qing Shu immediately opened his eyes and sat upright.

"You sit, you don't have to come down." Zhou Boyan instructed this, pushed open the carriage door and went down.

The fourth brother of the Gu family personally sent Qingyang, Qinghao and Luo Xiaorong out. He and Zhou Boyan exchanged a few polite words, saying that it was cold and urging them to get in the car quickly. Then, seeing the carriage of the eldest princess's mansion go away, he turned around and entered the mansion.

In the car, Luo Xiaorong occupied a favorable position, sat next to Qing Shu, and put his arm around Qing Shu and excitedly talked about the fun things that happened in the cave room. Qingyang and Qinghao also knew that they let their younger brother go, and they didn't talk to Luo Xiaorong, but bit each other's ears from time to time, muttering that they didn't know what they were saying.

Luo Xiaorong will appear at Gu Ruixing's wedding banquet today, and he will go back to live with Qing Shu for one night in the evening, all of which Luo Xiaorong asked for by himself. Since returning to Beijing and returning home, he feels that he has not been able to be so close to his sister for a long time, and he misses it so much that he naturally becomes more and more sticky.

"Sister, the question that Brother Yan told us is so powerful, Brother Gu Sixth can't answer it. Brother Gu Sixth couldn't answer, and those big brothers shouted that they were not allowed to lift the bride's hijab, and said that they would lift the hijab for Brother Gu Liu. Brother Gu Sixth was so anxious that he was about to cry, so he stuffed us with several bulging purses at once, begging us not to test his poetry again......"

With a poof, Qing Shu laughed out loud. Zhou Boyan was too bad, he even asked Qingyang and them to come out with poems to test the groom's officials. The groom is not afraid of heaven and earth, the first is afraid that his mother and Mrs. Gu will be mad, and the second is that poetry is something that literati fiddle with. In his words, poetry can sour his big teeth, and he is grateful for it. Zhou Boyan has such a good relationship with him, and naturally knows that poetry is his weakness.

Luo Xiaorong saw that Qing Shu was happy to listen, and he naturally spoke harder. "Brother Gu Sixth was very treacherous, and then grabbed his nephew and coerced and lured him for a while, and then asked for all the answers. However, Brother Gu Sixth was happy too early, and those big brothers pressed Brother Gu Liu, and they had to let Brother Gu Liu read some lovesick poems to Sister Bu. also said that if you don't read it well, don't let the sixth brother Gu go to the cave room. ”

Qing Shu couldn't imagine Gu Ruixing reading lovesick poems, "Did he read it?" ”

"At first, I refused, but then an older brother said, 'If you don't read it, my brother will read it to my sister-in-law.'" Brother Gu Sixth just read it. But the big brothers can't say it well, because the bride was not moved to tears, explain, ......what does it mean" Luo Xiaorong couldn't think of it, and hurriedly asked Qingyang next to him, "Brother Xiaoyang, what did they say?" ”

Qingyang recalled for a moment and said, "It shows that it is not yet the time to fly with wings, and Brother Gu Sixth has to read hard, and he can only pass the test until he is moved to tears by the bride." ”

Qing Shu felt that Gu Ruixing, the groom official, was very pitiful. First Zhou Boyan sent Qingyang and them to embarrass him, and then his gang of brothers and friends deliberately did him, which was definitely enough for him.

Luo Xiaorong said again, "There is also a big brother who asked the sixth brother Gu to run a hundred laps in the house with the bride on his back. If Brother Gu Sixth shouted tired and dared to gasp, he would not be a man. We still want to see it, but Brother Shi didn't let it, saying it was too late, and took us out. ”

Qing Shu suspects that what Gu Shi is concerned about is not a matter of time, but of those who are in the cave room and lose their temper in front of Qingyang!

Qingyang said, "Sister, you must help us ask tomorrow, has Brother Gu Sixth run a hundred laps on his back?" ”

I'm still thinking about the haunted cave room! Qing Shu thought it was funny and promised to say yes.

Back in Shu Yuan, Qing Shu did not finish the autumn first, but directly followed Qingyang and them into the Winter Courtyard. She personally watched them wash up, and then watched them obediently go to bed, and couldn't help asking, "Is it really okay for three people to squeeze into a bed?" The next room is ready, and the bed is as comfortable as sleeping, so don't you really sleep separately? ”

The three of them shouted in unison that they wanted to sleep together.

Qing Shu smiled helplessly. Fortunately, the bed is big enough, and they are still small, otherwise three people would have to squeeze into one bed! She tucked the corners of the quilts for them one by one, said goodnight and left.

Nothing was said all night. At dawn the next day, after getting up early and having breakfast, Zhou Boyan personally sent Luo Xiaorong and Qingyang to Luofu. As Qingshu's day away from Beijing approached, Luo Xiaorong's mother, Guo, couldn't wait for Luo Xiaorong to stay in her sight every minute and second.

Zhou Boyan sent people to Luofu, but went to the Liuwang Mansion. The sixth prince was going to go out, but when he saw Zhou Boyan coming to the door, he was as happy as something, shouting to let the prince come over to meet people. This time, the sixth prince did not lack the heart and only let the prince come out to meet people, and also called the two sons born to the current six princesses.

Although Zhou Boyan had no opinion on them, he was pleased with the behavior of the six princes. When Pushizi brought his two younger brothers to greet him, he rarely did not have a cold face, but smiled and told them to study hard. And said, "Before leaving Beijing, my cousin will find a time to watch my master test your homework, and if you perform well, my cousin will have his own good things for you." ”

Although he was annoyed by being forced to study, the master praised him for his progress from time to time recently. Who doesn't want to be complimented on themselves? Especially people like the universal son who bears the name of straw bales. This made his annoyance disappear a little, and he actually became interested in reading, and he was surprisingly serious in reading in the past two days. Now that he heard that Zhou Boyan was going to send good things, his eyes lit up, "Really? "To be honest, since I was a child, apart from my grandfather, few people have ever given him anything.

Zhou Boyan bowed his head, "Naturally, take it seriously." You just have to study hard, work hard, and don't let the princess and princess down. "The Queen Mother wants to raise her sons and grandsons on straw bales, but he doesn't.