On the seventh day of the new year, Xin Yi packed up and prepared to go out to Huangfu for a banquet early in the morning.

Xiao Rusi saw that she was dressed neatly and wanted to go out of the house, holding her legs and not letting her go, and asked to go out with her.

Xin Yi coaxed with kind words for a long time, and promised countless conditions, which made Xiao Rusi let go happily.

Xiao Yuanyou went out early in the morning, and he was very busy these days, interrogating, mentioning, etc., Xin Yi had already slept when he returned to the back office, and when Xin Yi woke up, he had already left the back house.

Fortunately, when Xiao Yi came back to get food, he would occasionally say a word or two, and the case had made some progress, and it could be regarded as living up to the hard work of these days.

Xin Yi had just arrived at the second gate with Zhenxiang, when he saw Mrs. Li in full costume pulling a reluctant Li Zhuai over.

"Madam, the concubine also got Mrs. Huang's post, I wonder if I can take my little girl with you?"

This is to want to ride in a carriage with Xin Yi.

These days, Xin Yi has also inquired, although the Li family can be the master of half of the county, and marry a girl from a rich family as a daughter-in-law, but the Li family is not extravagant.

Li Zhu's face drooped, "Mother, you want to go, I don't want to go." ”

Mrs. Li didn't bother to take care of her daughter, so she got Xin Yi's permission and pushed her into the carriage.

Speaking of which, Xin Yi and Li Zhukuai are now familiar with each other, and they have always been high-spirited and vibrant, but although she has also dressed up today and painted grease powder on her face, she looks like she has no spirit at all.

It was as if the whole person's spirit had been drained.

Even when Xiao Yuanyou didn't agree with her meddling in Lord Wei's case, although she was also depressed, but within a few days, she cheered up again and went on patrol all over the street.

Others say that the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, but here in He County, although it is also poor, the people are good.

Li Zhukuai's street patrol made the original simple folk customs even more simple.

In the past, there were still a few idlers on the street, but recently they are gone, and some vendors who originally wanted to do something small now don't dare to do business.

Such a Li catches fast, but today it is like a walking shell.

The journey from the county government to Lord Huang's mansion was about more than an hour, and along the way, except for occasionally answering some questions about her, Li Zhukuai closed his eyes and mouth tightly like a clam shell the rest of the time.

But Mrs. Li still spoke as softly as before.

In this way, the three of Xin Yi arrived at Lord Huang's house and were led by the housekeeper to see Mrs. Huang.

Unlike Xiao Yuanyou and his wife, Lord Huang did not live in the back house of the prefect's yamen, but placed a house on the left side of the prefect's yamen.

This house also occupies a lot of land, but the north is barren, and although the house is large, it is a little empty.

The buildings in the house are more than square, and the artistic conception is insufficient, even if you want to boast, you can't find a place to boast.

Mrs. Huang hosted a banquet today at a viewing tower in the Huang Family Garden.

It is said to be the observation tower, but as it is frozen today, you can't see the small bridge and flowing water when you walk in, and the winding path is secluded, and the only thing you have is a frozen snow.

Xin Yi led people to the door of the observation tower, and heard all kinds of coquettish laughter from inside, and it seemed that many people had arrived.

When Xin Yi walked in, the laughter inside suddenly stopped, and he suddenly felt a little cold.

This reminded Xin Yi of the first time he went to Mrs. Huang's Villa, and these people did the same.

Mrs. Huang, who was talking to someone, turned her head to look at Xin Yi, and suddenly her eyes lit up, only to see her politely get up and greet her,

"Mrs. Xiao, you're here."

After speaking, she stood up and wanted to salute Xin Yi.

Mrs. Huang's wife is expensive and has four orders on her body, but Xin Yi is a first-class lady.

This is a good thing!

However, Xin Yi did not accept her salute, turned sideways, and stopped Mrs. Huang's movements.

Mrs. Huang is like this, not to mention the women who are lower in grade than her, they also got up at this time, wanting to give Xin Yi a gift together.

Xin Yi said politely, "You don't need to be polite, it's still the same sentence, I'm younger than all of you, I can't stand it, I can't stand it." ”

Among these people, there is only one person who is still sitting, and that is Chen Tongzhi's wife Gao.

Gao Shi made it straight, and her chin was slightly raised, so that you could see her nostrils as big as Douluo.

Xin Yi doesn't care about this, if a person respects you, she still respects you.

She didn't like those superficial kung fu.

Mrs. Huang sat down first and wanted to pull Xin Yi to sit beside her, but Xin Yi refused.

As for Li Zhukuai's mother and daughter, who came in after Xin Yi, they seemed to have been forgotten.

After a long time, Mrs. Huang seemed to wake up and greeted Li Chukuai's mother and daughter.

"Mrs. Li, I'm sorry, I forgot about your mother and daughter just now."

Mrs. Li didn't seem to be surprised at all, even the curvature of the corner of her mouth just now did not change in the slightest, she smiled slightly,

"Whereever, it will be an honor for me to be able to come to the prefect's house."

Mrs. Huang couldn't answer these words, so she fell silent, and the Gao family, who had been silent on the side, came out to relieve the siege.

"It's really an honor, I think this time next year, my sister doesn't know who to chat with."

"I really want to congratulate my sister, your master is about to be promoted."

Xin Yi was a little strange, why she didn't get any news that Lord Huang was going to be promoted.

Not to mention anything else, the emperor of the capital, the crown prince, the king of England and others will write letters through the post station.

Even sometimes, the emperor would rush three hundred miles to the border.

She didn't believe that Madame Huang would send the message in a more powerful way than the official post.

So......

Mrs. Huang listened to Gao's words, her face was calm, and she only couldn't hide the joy at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes.

"Where, where, I haven't gotten the order from above. Don't go out and talk nonsense. ”

Xin Yi was generally able to be very sure that Mrs. Huang had given her a post for the sake of the scholar's complaint that had just happened.

At such a critical juncture, how can such a thing be allowed to discredit black people?

Mrs. Huang thought about things in her heart, perfunctory a few words to others, turned her head to look at Xin Yi, and said politely,

"I heard that Mrs. studied under Weiyun Zhenren, and she must be proficient in divination and the like."

Xin Yi smiled, "I'm quite proficient in divination and the like." I can barely tell the good from the bad. ”

Mrs. Huang didn't care, and continued, "A few days ago, I got a lot of talismans by chance, and I heard that they are very rare talismans, can you ask Madame to help me identify one or two?"

Xin Yi knew that she had something to say to herself in private, so she nodded and said happily,

"It's a very rare talisman, then I want to see it."

Mrs. Huang got up and made a gesture of please, "Fu Seal is upstairs here, Madame, please come with me." ”

Although everyone present wanted to know if Mrs. Huang was talking to Xin Yi about the fraud in the imperial examination, everyone knew each other very well and pretended not to be interested.

At this time, Li Zhu, who had been standing silently behind Mrs. Li, was about to speak,

"Since it is a very rare talisman, I am also very curious, madam, you let me see it too."

Mrs. Huang frowned, and then politely refused,

"If you are curious, when Mrs. Xiao finishes appraisal, I will show it to you."

Who knew that Li Zhukuai seemed to be a child who didn't know anything about the world, and said coquettishly, "I'm like watching now, you take me with you." ”

Mrs. Huang couldn't help frowning, but in the end, the interests of the Li family and the Huang family were the same, and she couldn't let her get off the stage in front of outsiders.

"You'd better wait for us here." Mrs. Huang looked at Li Zhukuai apologetically, and then took Xin Yi to the second floor of the observation tower.