Chapter 16: The Luncheon

Xu Zhan's father Xu Bingde served as the Huai'an Festival envoy, outstanding military achievements, the world is prestigious, there was a mansion in Beijing in the past, but no one lives all the year round and is deserted, this time I received the letter of Fu Zhaoyuan, the Xu family is naturally full of joy to arrange Xu Zhan to enter Beijing, Xu Bingde specially sent someone back to Beijing to clean up the house, put some new things, it is not simple, Xu Zhanyuan only brought two small houses, Mrs. Xu can not rest assured, arranged a few girls housekeeper with a soft set off from the clouds, although the family is a few days late, but Xu Zhan Road stops and goes, Touring the mountains and rivers, but walking behind the attendants.

Speaking of this Su Granny, she was originally from the Su clan in the clouds, and she was born in the Su clan in the clouds, all because of the war for many years, and the family fell into the middle of the road, so she was reduced to the Xu family to make a nurse for the son, although Xu Zhan is a son-in-law, but there are brothers and sisters above, and the biological mother is sick, and the affairs in the house are presided over by the second aunt, and it is inevitable that he will take care of him. First, he can take good care of Xu Zhan, and secondly, he can also take care of marriage chores for him.

For Xu Zhan's marriage, Su Niangniang was more anxious than his parents, and brought some new clothes of assorted satin from home when she left, and went to the inner room in the morning to serve Xu Zhan to change his clothes and hair, and kept chattering, "It is rumored in Beijing that the lord of the Che clan is peerless, and he is the beloved sister of the prince of the Nanqing Palace. ”

Xu Zhan bent down to tie his shoes and socks, and responded softly, "My son knows, but I hope that the rumors in the market are true, if the son gets the beautiful Qin Se and Ming, and gets married in the future, he will definitely honor the nurse with her." ”

"The old slave served the young master, it was not your filial piety, as long as you can have a smooth ride for a lifetime, the old slave will be content. Also, the Fu family was originally a gate of great etiquette, and the county lord was the royal prince, so you must not lose your manners. ”

Xu Zhan Langran chuckled and said, "You have asked me many times, and I have written it down." ”

"Why, the young master thinks my wife is verbose." Grandma Su walked closer, took the jade cup from the girl's hand, pressed Xu Zhan to the seat, and said with a smile, "Our master is the one who followed Emperor Xiaowen to fight the world, if you really marry the daughter of the first emperor in the end, it will not be in vain for the master to serve the Chai family." ”

"If the karma comes, it will naturally become a good story, if there is no fate, it will never be forced, okay nurse, you rest! I'll go first. Xu Zhan took the folding fan, smiled at Grandma Su, and then turned around and walked out.

"Be careful on the road~" Granny Su chased after her and admonished.

"Hey!" Xu Zhanhuan responded happily, and then ordered the little servant to carry the gift, and went straight to the Nanqing Palace across the house.

Originally, Zhao Defang and his wife planned to set up a banquet in the main hall of the Nanqing Palace, and later thought that the decoration of the main hall was too serious and empty, so they chose the warm pavilion, and it happened that the magnolia from the south of the Yangtze River was planted next to the warm pavilion a few years ago, and it was the flowering season at this time, the fragrance was pleasant, and it was the most suitable place to do the banquet.

Before the guest arrived, melon and fruit snacks had been placed in front of the banquet, Di Jingke paid attention to the person who put the seat on the cushion, and deliberately moved Chai Xiyun's position outward, and went to the West Flower Pavilion to urge Chai Xiyun, in all fairness, Di Jingke hoped that Chai Xiyun and Xu Zhan could eventually become a good couple, after all, Xu Zhan would belong to the literary class in the future, and he would not have to kill on the battlefield, so Chai Xiyun would not have to worry about him fighting on the battlefield every day.

Xu Zhan entered the mansion just in time for Zhao Defang to return home, and the two of them were only the kung fu of the front and back feet, and they were welcomed into the warm pavilion one after the other.

At the main entrance of the warm pavilion, a screen was placed, and the exquisite relief craftsmanship embellished a picture of Chang'e running to the moon, Xu Zhan walked to the screen and looked at it for a moment, straightened his clothes slightly, turned inside, only glanced at the top slightly, and then leaned over and bowed, "Xu Zhan, the grass people, meet the king of Chu, the princess of Chu, may the princess and princess be blessed and healthy." ”

"Xiuping, hurry up." Zhao Defang smiled brightly, quickly got up and left his seat, and picked up Xu Zhan in front of him, only then did he look at the young man in front of him, although it was a brocade robe and jade ornament, luxurious and extraordinary, but he did not wear a trace of frivolity, and the fan in his hand added a few pieces of elegance, reducing the arrogance of the man outside the plug, adding the elegance of a young man in the clouds, Zhao Defang exchanged glances with Di Jingke, and only four words flashed in his heart, and his air was lofty.

Zhao Defang couldn't help but praise: "It's better to be famous than to meet, Xu Gongzi is a good talent." ”

Xu Zhan hurriedly lowered his head and said humbly: "The prince is too famous. ”

"Where, if you have the posture of Pan Lang, why should you be humble." Zhao Defang motioned to his seat, turned around and ordered, "Go and ask the county lord." ”

The girls took the order and hurriedly rushed to the West Flower Pavilion, where Xu Zhan sat down, someone stepped forward to add hot tea, Xu Zhan turned to the head and bowed slightly and said, "I should have entered Beijing earlier, I was greedy for mountains and rivers along the way, and I missed a few days, I hope the prince will forgive me." ”

"Yunzhong to Bianjing is a long way to go, and there are too many variables along the way, so there is no reason to blame." Zhao Defang laughed a few times, and then said, "Uncle Guo has already presented a fold, and the official family will let this king be entertained first, and Mingchen will enter the palace to pay respects together." ”

"Everything is arranged by the prince, and Zhan is all obedient."

"That's fine" Zhao Defang nodded, and then asked again, "Xiuping is this year...?" ”

"Back to the prince, Zhan is twenty and one years old."

"Oh" Zhao Defang turned around to look at Di Jingke and said with a smile, "It's a good match." ”

Xu Zhan smiled lightly when he heard this, stabilized his mind and sniffed it carefully, only to feel that the aroma was attacking, put down the teacup and asked, "Dare to ask the prince, there is a magnolia planted near here." ”

"It turns out that today I met an expert." Zhao Defang turned around to seek Di Jingke's gaze, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then responded, "Outside this warm pavilion of this king, five points of magnolia are planted. ”

Zhao Defang said, then motioned to the girls to pick up the bamboo curtain, Xu Zhan looked back, full of magnolia flowers in the beginning of a tree, pink and white cover each other, shining dazzling in the sun, wafting out a faint fragrance, Xu Zhan unconsciously pulled a smile between his lips, as if talking to himself, slowly said, "It's beautiful." ”

Before Xu Zhan's words fell, he heard someone outside the warm pavilion calling him "His Royal Highness", and the girls on both sides also greeted the screen.

Xu Zhan hurriedly collected his gaze, and turned his attention to the shadow that flashed behind the screen, wearing a peach blossom fluttering brocade robe, his hair pulled into a Lingyun bun, fixed with a pair of double butterfly Ruyi hairpins, and the four butterflies on the sideburns took off and shone brightly, but seeing that the skin was better than snow, the willow eyebrows were picturesque, the eyes were deep, and a cold breath hit him, beautiful but beautiful, but too arrogant, Xu Zhan looked at it for a moment, and couldn't help but secretly whisper, there should always be no one perfect, but this His Royal Highness the county lord was pampered, but he gave birth to such a cold temperament, which made people look at it closely.

On the side, when Zhao Defang and Di Jingke saw the person who came, their faces flashed with joy, and it was not Chai Xiyun who walked in the door, but Princess Pingning, Zhao Fuping.

Zhao Fuping was worried that Chai Xiyun would not come today, so he deliberately went to secretly call her to get up, and as soon as Fang entered the door, he saw Qing Xuan and Wanqin snuggling next to the pillow, and persuaded her to freshen up one by one.

"My Royal Highness the county lord, get up and dress up quickly, even if you support it, you can also hold up this scene today."

"The princess has been urged twice, whether it is appropriate or not, you should always go and take a look!"

Zhao Fuping saw them like this, couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, waved his hand to signal Qing Xuan and the two to get up, then sat on the edge of the bed, stroked Chai Xiyun's shoulder, and called, "Seeing that the sun is three poles, why are you still lying on the bed, Xu Gongzi can see that he has arrived, and he can't afford it!" ”

"I was tired yesterday, and I was very tired, what Xu Gongzi is not Xu Gongzi, just have Brother Wang as a companion, don't see it!" Chai Xiyun turned over as she spoke, Zhao Fuping pulled her soft shoulders hard, and then said, "I expected you to be like this, Sister-in-law Wang told me yesterday that I must let you go to the banquet." ”

"I'm so sleepy! Or you can go for me! Chai Xiyun was sleepy-eyed, wearing a pale pink thin silk nightgown wrapped around the slender jade body, and was swayed back and forth by Zhao Fuping's head, he only said one sentence casually, and with a little force, he slid from Zhao Fuping's hand to the bed, closed his eyes and was quiet for a moment, and suddenly remembered something, and suddenly got up and said, "Yes, you go for me!" Anyway, that Xu Gongzi doesn't recognize you and me. ”

"What's your idea?" Zhao Fuping hurriedly withdrew his hand, turned around and sat under the bed curtain, and stopped talking.

Chai Xiyun bit his lip lightly, half-knelt beside the tooth bed, climbed Zhao Fuping's shoulder, and said softly, "Okay Fuping, you help me once." ”

"Uncle Fu Guo has chosen your husband for thousands of times, I'll go and calculate what's going on, my Royal Highness the county lord, don't harm me." Zhao Fuping really didn't have the guts, so he simply got up and sat on the side of the desk.

Chai Xiyun saw her like this, so she put on a pitiful look, her eyes flashed with a little sincerity, the two of them froze for a moment, and Zhao Fuping couldn't bear it first, turned around and asked, "I know that you have a good temperament, today I only ask you one word, you have made up your mind about the sixth son of the Yang family." ”

Chai Xiyun was stunned by her question, his eyes dodged and he didn't answer, Zhao Fuping stood up, with a little firmness in his tone, and asked, "If you say that you really identify him, this time, I will go for you." ”

"Talk?!" Chai Xiyun asked rhetorically.

"Answer me."

Chai Xiyun got up from the bed, put away his laughter, and said, "I can only tell you that he is different from anyone, at least to me. ”

……

"How are you?" Zhao Defang stared at Zhao Fuping in a daze, and without asking a word, Xu Zhan had already bowed down to salute.

"Young Master Xu" Di Jingke called, intending to explain, but Zhao Fuping hurriedly intercepted him, bowed slightly, and responded in a flat tone, "Young Master Xu is less polite." When the eight kings and his wife were stunned, Zhao Fuping said again, "Yun'er is late, brother and sister-in-law are not strange." ”

Such an answer undoubtedly reported to his family, but it made it difficult for Zhao Defang and the two to ride the tiger, and they were exposed to their faces, Mo said that they had lost the face of Zhao Fuping and Xu Zhan, even the faces of his husband and wife were disgraceful, Zhao Defang secretly sulked, and responded in a muffled voice, "Hurry up and take a seat!" ”

"Yes" Zhao Fuping was neither humble nor arrogant, slowly sat down, and then saw that Zhao Defang's face was already as cold as frost, if it weren't for the outsiders here, I was afraid that he would have been furious, and I couldn't wait to leave the table immediately and go to Chai Xiyun to ask for a clear understanding.