Ning Ningqing knew that this banquet was not the point, the focus was on the display of Gu San's grandmother's treasures later.

But look at this banquet, jasper for the bud, gold feet for the bottle, jade for the plate, perhaps because here are the relationship between the female dependents, so it is prepared to be a light taste of tea wine, its color is as light as amber, but the taste is sweet and mellow fragrance ten miles, and some people play the piano and play the sheng, the silk and bamboo are pleasant, and the dancing girl is enchanting.

Ningxia Qing had seen a lot of big scenes in his previous life, but today he still couldn't help but be surprised by this grand occasion, although the birthday banquet of Gu San and his wife was a rare event once a year in Meigong County, but today it is inevitably a little too powerful, it is really not the specifications that an ordinary banquet should have, not only far better than Mrs. Gu's birthday banquet, but even the New Year's Festival in Gu's mansion is not so extravagant.

Ning Xia Qing thought so in her heart, and then secretly looked at the Gu family girls in this flower hall, and saw that those girls were all dressed and Zhou Zheng was holding her breath, with a respectful expression on her face. Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but wonder, is there going to be some big man today? Otherwise, why was the Gu Mansion so careful, and why were the upper and lower people so careful?

At this moment, the maids dressed in white silk shirts on a purple background brought up the carved copper basins for washing their hands.

Du Qiutong was stunned for a moment, looked at Ning Xia Qing, Ning Xia Qing felt this gaze, and looked back, knowing that Du Qiutong wanted to ask himself what to do, but there was a strong Xue Qianqian between the two, and even the sight of the two was half blocked by Xue Qianqian, and he couldn't whisper at all, Du Qiutong had to secretly look at how Xue Qianqian next to him moved, and did it in style.

After washing their hands, the maids immediately retreated, and changed a group of maids dressed in water-colored embroidered satin skirts to bring snacks up, each guest was placed in front of dozens of plates, Ningxia Qing could hardly see it, so I had to take a rough look, white jade milk tea, almond bergamot, Heyi cake, milky white grapes, snow mountain plum, sweet sauce and grapes, spiced mustard, sweet and sour milk melon, sweet and sour milk melon, sweet brocade, butterfly scroll......

Ning Xia Qing felt that the dim sum prepared for the female relatives was too luxurious, and it was not at all the specifications that the birthday banquet should have, which made Ning Xia Qing extremely curious all of a sudden, she really wanted to know, what big people are coming today?

Du Qiutong looked at Ning Xia Qing again, Ning Xia Qing looked back, and saw that Du Qiutong was already so nervous that his forehead was sweaty, his cheeks were red, and he was so nervous that he kept brushing his hair.

Ningxia Qing was helpless, so he had to give Du Qiutong a look, signaling Du Qiutong not to be nervous, just move the chopsticks directly.

Du Qiutong's hand trembled and picked up the chopsticks, not knowing where to stretch them, seeing that Xue Qianqian had already picked up a piece of sweet and sour milk melon, Du Qiutong's eyes lit up, and she instantly stretched out the chopsticks to the plate of sweet and sour milk melon in front of her.

Suddenly, "Where did you come from, and you can't eat?" Do you want to keep learning from me? Xue Qianqian threw the chopsticks on the plate, glared at Du Qiutong, and sarcastically said in a loud and mean voice, causing the people around to look at Du Qiutong.

Du Qiutong immediately blushed with shame, but he didn't dare to go back sarcastically, after all, although Xue Qianqian was not polite, she was telling the truth, and Du Qiutong didn't refute it at all.

Du Qiutong, whose face was flushed, didn't dare to look at Xue Qianqian anymore, pretending to be nothing, and stretched out his chopsticks to the small plate containing the desirable cake at the corner of the table.

On one side of the plate are a few pieces of golden-colored, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and on the other side are a few bamboo shoots that look like honey, and the color is almost integrated with the plate, crystal clear, and the appearance is very beautiful.

Because Xue Qianqian's voice just now attracted the attention of many people around her, Du Qiutong's face turned red, but Du Qiutong still pretended to be calm and stretched out his chopsticks to the bamboo shoot-like thing.

Ning Xia Qing watched from the side, and saw that Xue Qianqian seemed to be stunned, and showed an expression of looking at a joke.

Ningxia Qing couldn't help but be surprised, suddenly figured out something, and just wanted to remind Du Qiutong out loud, but Du Qiutong's chopsticks had already been clamped hard, and sure enough, as Ningxia Qing expected, Du Qiutong didn't clip it at all!

The "bamboo shoots" turned out to be part of the plate!

At this moment, a few young girls around who were paying attention to this place immediately couldn't help but sneer, Xue Qianqian smiled and sarcastically said: "This is called Huazi who has not eaten enough, and even wants to eat the plate!" ”

Du Qiutong's ears were red, his hands shook, and the chopsticks fell to the glass plate containing the congenial cakes, and one of them rolled to the ground.

Du Qiutong was so ashamed that tears were about to come out, and the Gu Mansion maid who served behind him stepped forward in time, handed Du Qiutong a new pair of chopsticks, and sandwiched a piece of almond Buddha's hand for Du Qiutong, and said politely: "Although this almond Buddha's hand is not uncommon, the chef in our house can make this dish unique, transparent as jade, and into the throat like cotton, and ask the girl to appreciate her face and taste it." ”

I saw that this maid was dressed in a water-pigmented soft satin gown, wearing a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets on her wrists, and her fingers were slender and smooth.

Seeing that someone came to relieve the siege, Du Qiutong's complexion loosened slightly, took the chopsticks in the girl's hand, and wanted to taste the almond Buddha's hand, but Xue Qianqian did not give up: "No matter how good the thing is, it is better to give her the coarse food eaten by the lowliest servant in the Gu Mansion, so that she can eat to her full, so as not to be hungry to eat the plate." ”

Du Qiutong suddenly flicked his chopsticks and said tactfully: "What this sister said is that I am indeed not good at tasting food. After all, eating too much will inevitably make you fat, I am afraid that I will be as wide and fat as this sister, so I eat very little in the vegetarian day, and I am not good at tasting the quality of food, which makes you laugh. ”

Xue Qianqian's face immediately changed, she slapped the table with her palm, opened her mouth and couldn't fight back, and she couldn't teach the other party a lesson at the moment, her teeth itched with hatred.

Seeing this, the delicate and slender maid hurriedly softened a few words, and then summoned the musician over and asked the guests what music they wanted to hear.

But Ning Ningqing knew in his heart that the turmoil that Xue Qianqian took the lead in provoking would definitely not pass! Ning Xia Qing ate and drank quietly, while constantly thinking about what happened to Du Qiutong and Xue Qianqian just now.

Although this Xue Qianqian is arrogant by nature, she is not so irritable that Du Qiutong is also a guest, even if Xue Qianqian looks down on Du Qiutong's petty family, she should always care about the face of the Gu Mansion, but why is Xue Qianqian so reluctant to Du Qiutong?

When Grandma Gu San brought Xue Qianqian over just now, she said, "This girl has a strange temper and is unwilling to stay in the main hall", now that I think about it, Xue Qianqian is a flamboyant person, how could she not stay in the main hall, but ran to this flower hall?

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but imagine, could it be that Xue Qianqian caused trouble in the main hall, so she was sent here by Grandma Gu San? Also, with Xue Qianqian's temperament, it's strange not to cause trouble.

It seems that this Xue Qianqian may have had a quarrel with others, so she was angry, and she happened to meet Du Qiutong to learn from her, so she vented all her anger on Du Qiutong.

And Du Qiutong is a yin poisoner, if you put it in normal times, Du Qiutong is indeed very good at doing a small volt, but Du Qiutong is also easy to get carried away, she knows that if she feels that she has a chance, she will definitely fight back fiercely and trample others under her feet, just like in her previous life, Du Qiutong killed Ningxia Qing after many years of forbearance.

It can only be said that Du Qiutong was too calm, thinking that he had boarded the door of Gu's mansion, and he had risen in value, maybe he was still determined to win, thinking that he would definitely be able to get Gu Huaiteng, so he got carried away. In addition, I just saw Xue Qianqian blocking Tan Wenshi from talking, and Du Qiutong still remembered the grudge, so he said so harshly, but he didn't know that he had committed Xue Qianqian's taboo.

Xue Qianqian was born to love to eat, so she was wide and fat, but she was the most greedy for a slender figure like Du Qiutong, and she hated the word fat when others talked about it. In his previous life, when he was in Tan Wenshi's mansion, a maid who was serving Xue Qianqian accidentally mentioned the word "fat", and she didn't say Xue Qianqian at all, so she was almost beaten to death by Xue Qianqian.

And Du Qiutong actually dared to say that Xue Qianqian was fat in front of so many people, this is no different from looking for death! With Xue Qianqian's fiery temper, although she can't beat Du Qiutong on the spot and get angry, she will definitely not let Du Qiutong go!

Ning Xia Qing quietly observed Du Qiutong's expression, and saw Du Qiutong looking around left and right, as if he was looking at the people in the banquet, it seemed that even Du Qiutong thought that the turmoil between him and Xue Qianqian had passed, and he was preparing to tie up with the powerful. Ning Xia Qing felt even more funny, Du Qiutong really didn't know that he was dying!

The feast is over, the appreciation of treasures is about to begin, and everyone is guided by the maid to the place where the treasures are placed.

Gu Mansion has always held treasure appreciation in the ten-mile promenade on the lake, where the location is wide and the scenery is pleasant, which is the most suitable for this kind of activity. The whole Gu Mansion and all the guests will come over, which is a good opportunity to make a wide range of contacts, communicate with each other, and secretly display the warehouse.

Ning Xia Qing followed the crowd and walked towards Xihu Lake, Du Qiutong suddenly followed from behind, grabbed Ning Ningqing's arm, and called softly: "Cousin, you wait for me." ”

Ning Xia Qing asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Du Qiutong asked in a low voice: "Do you know who the arrogant and domineering fat girl was just now?" ”

Ning Xia Qing whispered: "The concubine of a military attache is not from a scholarly family, so she doesn't know etiquette. "Ningxia Qing didn't lie, no matter how big the lieutenant is, he is also a military attaché, as for how Du Qiutong understands, it is not about Ningxia Qing.

When Du Qiutong heard this, he immediately muttered disdainfully: "It turned out to be the daughter of a military attaché!" Hum! It's just a rough man's daughter, or a concubine, what's there to be arrogant about? What's going on here? What kind of aristocratic lady to pretend? I think that back then, our Du family ancestors also had civil officials, but they were serious readers, how could they be compared to a rough person? ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled secretly in his heart, Du Qiutong's reaction was completely expected by Ning Xia Qing. Ning Xia Qing pretended to be relieved: "With a background like her, naturally she hasn't read any books, she has no education, although her father is a military attaché, but after all, he also has an official position, I know that you have been wronged, I hope you don't take it to heart, and don't be like her." ”

Du Qiutong followed Ning Ningqing's words and said, "Cousin, don't worry, I won't worry about such uneducated people." As he spoke, his eyes showed unwillingness, and he had an expression on his face that he was calculating something.

Ningxia Qing knows Du Qiutong too well, she knows that Du Qiutong regards herself as a mortal enemy, whatever Ningxia Qing says, even if it is a good word, Du Qiutong will not believe it, and even wonder if Ningxia Qing is deliberately framing herself, so the more Ningxia Qing persuades Du Qiutong not to worry about Xue Qianqian, the more Du Qiutong will do the opposite and want to compete with Xue Qianqian.

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but feel funny, Xue Qianqian and Du Qiutong are simply one is Mars and the other is a cannonball, but they are really natural enemies, with the two of them here today, this scene must be even more exciting than imagined!

The ten-mile promenade is built on the cherished lake, and at the end of it are the east and west warm wind pavilions. There are rockeries and ponds on top of the lake, and various trees are planted on the shore of the lake, and the tall and low trees are in a towering position, which is really picturesque.

Ning Xia Qing and the others followed the maid to stand on the ten-mile corridor, and saw that all the noble ladies had already taken their seats in the center of the ten-mile corridor.

Ning Xia Qing glanced at it, and saw that it was not Mrs. Gu who was sitting in the middle of the group of noble ladies, but a woman in her forties and fifties, pampered, graceful and generous, even Mrs. Gu could only sit under her and accompany her, and the noble ladies sitting around her were all cautious with their faces written on their faces. Although the men also came to admire the treasures, they all stood far away from here, and did not dare to exceed the rules for half a step.

Ningxia Qingxin said, it seems that this woman is today's distinguished guest.

Except for Ning Ningqing, the others who came together obviously noticed that this meeting was a little different, and they all restrained their breath, and they didn't even dare to say more. There were hundreds of people standing on the ten-mile corridor, but none of them spoke, only the cautious footsteps of everyone.

In front of the distinguished guest, even Grandma Gu San restrained her martial and powerful expression, and said respectfully: "There are many young girls in the Gu Mansion today, so it is better for these girls to appreciate the treasures." Those of us who are old are resting here, let's see your comments. Whoever has the best vision of the girls, I will give you a generous gift. ”

Ningxia Qingyi was stunned, in previous years, when the Gu Mansion was appreciating the treasures, the young girls had no chance to get close to half a step, but this year they actually let these little girls come forward, it seems that it should be the meaning of the distinguished guest, it is estimated that the distinguished guest is unwilling to move around because of his self-respecting identity, and the group of noble ladies have to accompany him, and because of the presence of the distinguished guest, the men are inconvenient to move around, so they have to let the little girls come to appreciate.

Appreciating treasures has always been a good opportunity to slap in with Grandma Gusan, but this year actually let this group of little girls play, and the other people who want to stammer with Grandma Gu have no chance, it seems that many people should be disappointed.

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but be even more curious, who was that distinguished guest? The status was so noble that the entire Gu Mansion revolved around that distinguished guest.

Although Ning Xia Qing was curious, he didn't dare to keep looking at the distinguished guest, his eyes looked away, and he saw Mrs. Ning sitting in a group of noble women, Mrs. Ning's position was not biased, and the people next to her were still talking and laughing with Mrs. Ning, it seemed that at the banquet just now, Mrs. Gu must have given Mrs. Ning enough face, so that someone would rush to meet Mrs. Ning.

Old Mrs. Ning also saw Ningxia Qing, and the two of them glanced at each other and smiled.

The treasures used for appreciation have been placed on the ten-mile corridor, and I saw that on the case of the golden silk nanmu of excellent quality, a Persian satin blanket was draped, and dozens of treasures were placed on the blanket, which was dazzling.

Ningxia Qing had a lot of power for Tan Wenshi in her previous life, so she had seen a lot of good things, and she had a little eyesight, she took a closer look, among the treasures, the most precious should be the Western Han lacquer plate, painted glass bowl, East China Sea pearl string, Yin and Yang Liangyi bottle, blue glaze diorama, but as for which of them is more precious, and the origin of each treasure, she really doesn't know anything.

Ning Ningqing looked at the people around and saw that all the young girls gathered here looked nervous, and they didn't dare to breathe, and they were extremely solemn. Only Du Qiutong, instead of showing the caution that should be seen on such occasions, revealed a thief in his eyes. Ningxia Qing pretended not to see it, and looked at the treasures on the case wholeheartedly.

Seeing that these young girls were all nervous and didn't even dare to breathe, Grandma Gu smiled and said, "Girls don't have to be so serious, it's just a matter of fun, everyone can speak freely, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong." ”

A girl from the Gu Mansion asked, "Since you can speak freely, it doesn't matter if you say it right or wrong, how can you evaluate who has the best vision?" ”

Grandma Gu San replied with a smile: "Today's most precious treasure is naturally the treasure brought by Mrs. Xiao." Mrs. Xiao is a distinguished guest today, and she brought this treasure over to make the ten-mile corridor shine. Whoever has a sharp eye can recognize Mrs. Xiao's baby, even if he has the best vision, I will give him a generous gift. ”

Mrs. Siu...... Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but think, could it be that the noble man on the main seat was Mrs. Xiao? But the surname Xiao is the surname of the family, and there are countless nobles in the Xiao family, if you only know the surname Xiao, you can't know which noble person it is.

Ning Xia Qing secretly glanced at the main seat again, and suddenly a breeze blew on the lake, slightly lifting the skirt of the distinguished guest, revealing a little lace inside.

Ning Xia Qing recognized it at a glance, it was imperial satin!

The satin is produced in Tianquan Mountain, the climate on Tianquan Mountain is special, the silk produced there is slender and flexible, the luster is abnormal, and it can show different colors at different angles, the silk output of Tianquan Mountain is very low, and three experienced textile workers can only weave a horse a year, so it is only for the exclusive use of the royal family, and outsiders use it is arrogant, and they will be punished.

Ningxia Qing couldn't believe that this was imperial satin, but in addition to imperial satin, what other material could have such a beautiful and psychedelic luster?

Ning Xia Qing remembered that when Grandma Gu San took Mrs. Ning away from the flower hall, she once mentioned it, saying that there were people in the palace and Mrs. Gu was receiving, could it be that this distinguished guest was the person in the palace that Grandma Gu San said?

As far as Ning Xia Qing knows, Gu San's grandmother's family did have a noble person in the palace, who was Concubine Xiao in the palace, and it seemed that it was very likely that she was the noble guest in front of her.

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but think that when her marriage with Gu Huaiteng fell through, the Ning family and the Gu Mansion might be indifferent, and when the time came, it might not be so easy for the Ning family to use the power of the Gu Mansion again, in this case, should she behave today and make a good impression in front of Concubine Xiao? In this way, Gu Funian will be more willing to lend a helping hand to the Ning family in the face of Concubine Xiao.

At this moment, Grandma Gu San announced: "Let's start, and please take care of yourself." ”

Immediately, the young girls began to taste it seriously, and Ning Xia Qing also followed the other girls to look at the treasures on the case.

Ning Xia Qing carefully looked at the treasures he had just looked at, Du Qiutong naturally had no eyesight, so he always followed Ning Ningqing closely, learned from Ning Ningqing, pretended to be playing with the treasures, and glanced at Ning Ningqing's expression from time to time, as if he was looking for an opportunity to start, Ning Xia Qing knew Du Qiutong's small movements.

Ningxia Qing's eyes stayed on the blue glazed diorama for a long time, the mirror is different from the common copper mirror and silver mirror, it is very clear and bright when it shines on people, and I don't know how it was transported here.

Ning Xia Qing suddenly remembered that in his previous life, he had heard Gu San's grandmother talk about this mirror. This is Mrs. Gu's dowry, which was rewarded by the palace, as a gift to celebrate Mrs. Gu's newlywed, Mrs. Gu treasured it for many years. Later, Gu San's grandmother got married, and Mrs. Gu remembered that Gu San's grandmother was of noble birth, so she gave this treasure to Gu San's grandmother.

Ningxia Qing praised again and again in his heart: it is really a treasure, it is not just a matter of value, this mirror symbolizes the grace of the imperial court and the inheritance of the family, even if it is not the most expensive treasure today, it is already a unique and extremely rare thing.

Ning Xia Qing stared at the mirror for a long time, and Du Qiutong on the side immediately picked up the mirror and sighed pretentiously: "Cousin, look, this mirror shines so clearly!" Immediately, he waved the mirror in front of Ning Ningqing's face and motioned for Ningxia Qing to take over and take a look.

Ning Xia Qing sneered in his heart, as Du Qiutong wished, took the mirror from Du Qiutong's hand and took a picture of his appearance.

Perhaps it was due to the young girl's natural closeness to the mirror, after hearing Du Qiutong's words, many girls gathered around, including Xue Qianqian and Xiang Qingshu, and a group of girls looked at this diorama in amazement.

Ning Xia Qing kept looking at herself in the mirror seriously, pretending not to see Du Qiutong's small movements beside her. At this moment, Ningxia Qingyuguang saw that Du Qiutong's feet had been raised.

Ning Xia Qing immediately smiled and handed the mirror to Xue Qianqian, who was standing aside, for Xue Qianqian to see, and he stepped to see the next treasure, Xue Qianqian naturally stood in the position of Ning Ningqing just now.

Du Qiutong couldn't retract his strength, and the whole person rushed forward, directly hitting Xue Qianqian's body! Even Xiang Qingshu was hit!

"Horn—click—" The sound of the diorama shattering was extremely crisp! accompanied by the frightened cries of Du Qiutong, Xue Qianqian, and Xiang Qingshu.

All the girls around were stunned, and the ladies on the ten-mile corridor were also stunned.

Xue Qianqian was shocked, and glared angrily at Du Qiutong who pounced on her.

Xue Qianqian is different from Ningxia Qing, Xue Qianqian doesn't know the origin of this mirror, she only thinks it's an ordinary diorama, so she doesn't know how big this disaster is.

In front of everyone, this mirror was shattered in Xue Qianqian's hand, Xue Qianqian's first reaction was to clear the relationship, immediately glared at Du Qiutong, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Why are you pushing me?" ”

"I ......" Du Qiutong's eyes were about to fall out of his sockets, and he couldn't believe what had just happened.

Grandma Gu San hurriedly came out of the round, squeezed out a smile and said, "That's it, the distinguished guests are here today, don't take such trivial matters to heart." ”

However, everyone could hear that Grandma Gu San was smiling, everyone could see that Grandma Gu San's back molars were clenched tightly, and even Xue Qianqian, who had always been unsightly, noticed that something was wrong, and her expression became panicked, not to mention Du Qiutong, who was already good at observing words and feelings, and there was an instant rumor on the ten-mile corridor.

The distinguished guest suddenly spoke: "A few girls are frightened, right? ”

When Grandma Gu San heard this, she had no choice but to swallow this breath and said, "Yes, yes, the girls must be frightened, come on, take a few girls down to clean up." The subordinates of the Gu Mansion immediately came over and brought Xue Qianqian, Xiang Qingshu, and Du Qiutong down to suppress the shock.

The distinguished guest smiled and said to Grandma Gu San: "They are still children, and they are often hairy, I hope you don't blame them." ”

Grandma Gu San hurriedly said, "Where is this?" I just scared you, it's mine no, you don't blame me, I'm already grateful. Grandma Gu San immediately ordered: "The girls must be frightened, please take a seat, and the next person will show you the things in turn." ”

Ning Xia Qing sat down silently, a little puzzled, I didn't understand why Concubine Xiao wanted to speak for those people to relieve the siege, and after thinking for a long time, I vaguely remembered that Concubine Xiao had a palace maid who had been serving by her side for many years, and she was a relative of Xiang Qingshu, and Concubine Xiao had also seen Xiang Qingshu, thinking that Concubine Xiao wanted to relieve Xiang Qingshu who was innocently affected.

Thinking of this, Ning Ningqing's eyes couldn't help but follow Xue Qianqian, Xiang Qingshu and Du Qiutong who were getting farther and farther, only to see Xue Qianqian always glaring at Du Qiutong resentfully, obviously resentful of Du Qiutong to the extreme!

Since it was changed to show the baby to the guests in turn, it was natural for all the guests to sit down, so the men also walked to the prepared seats, and Ning Xia Qing saw that among the men who were ready to sit down, Tan Wenshi was also among them.

Ning Ningqing saw that Du Qiutong couldn't help but look at Tan Wenshi again and again while leaving the ten-mile corridor.