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At the time of the lantern, the lanterns in the banquet hall of the Yuanzhou Governor's Mansion are full of lights, and it is lively and extraordinary. Apex Novel X 23 U OM The daughters of the sons who came to celebrate their birthdays sat at the table, and there were more than 2,000 people, not counting the envoys waiting in the gift hall.

He banquet hall is divided into outer hall and inner hall, the outer hall mainly entertains male guests and Confucians, and the inner hall is the place where the ladies and ladies of each province feast, after all, the etiquette between men and women is extra valued in the scholars, and they are basically eaten separately.

"The eldest lady of the Jiang family has arrived!" Not long after everyone sat down, the butler's shouts rang out continuously.

Jiang Ruoyan was dressed in colorful glass clothes, and slowly walked into the main hall with the support of Wan'er, everyone looked over, but saw Jiang Ruoyan as beautiful and dazzling as a touch of the sun in the dark night, which made people dare not look directly. Many scholars who had thoughts about Jiang Ruoyan immediately lowered their heads in shame when they swept Jiang Ruoyan's face, afraid that one more glance would be an insult to Jiang Ruoyan, and at the same time secretly said that Jiang Ruoyan was worthy of being a beauty comparable to a fairy, and she really couldn't afford to have any distracting thoughts.

Mu Yunzhen, who spent 100,000 taels of silver and couldn't see each other, was also in the banquet, and from the moment he saw Jiang Ruoyan, he was already fascinated and couldn't extricate himself.

"Uh......" A boy next to Mu Yunzhen lowered his head at this time and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and at the same time a thought arose in his heart: How can it be beautiful like this, no, I can't control it, don't be delusional.

Just when everyone had different thoughts during the banquet, Jiang Ruoyan had already stepped lightly on the red carpet, the streamers hanging on her arms hung down her waist, and the glass skirt that landed on the ground slowly dragged across the ground......

After a while, Jiang Ruoyan had already come to Jiang Xun, and made a standard so that she couldn't find the slightest flaw, only to see her pair of jade hands flat to her chest, gently lowered her head, bowed slightly, lightly wiped her rouge jade lips and said, "My daughter has seen Daddy." ”

Jiang Xun saw that his daughter was so beautiful and moving, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction and said, "Don't be formal, go and meet all the family elders." ”

So under Wan'er's guidance, Jiang Ruoyan also made a big gift to those family elders, and those elders looked at Jiang Ruoyan and nodded, and began to think about it in their hearts......

After Jiang Ruoyan saluted the children of the family present, her heavenly voice came out: "Today is Ruoyan's eighteenth birthday, Ruoyan hereby thanked all the family members, celebrities and talents for coming to this birthday banquet in front of Ruoyan's penny ...... a few points, please be sure to return happy, Ruoyan lost her company first After speaking, she walked into the inner hall with the support of Wan'er to meet those young ladies, leaving only a group of scholars who sat in the seat......

"Snakes and scorpions are vicious and have sinister intentions?" Qin Mo and Ye Bin during the banquet glanced at each other, and they all remembered Liu Ce's evaluation of Jiang Ruoyan, and they were speechless for a while.

Ye Bin said lightly: "It seems that the general has indeed made some premature conclusions, and it is really inappropriate that no one has seen such an evaluation." ”

Qin Mo said helplessly: "Isn't it inappropriate? It's simply ...... That's it, it's rotten in the stomach, and you can't mention it to anyone. ”

Ye Bin shook his head and said nothing, what he was worried about now was what Su Wencan would send in, and he always felt that this still festive birthday banquet would change soon.

Above the banquet, Jiang Xun glanced at the scholars in the banquet, nodded favorably to some who looked elegant and polite, and secretly shook his head at those who behaved undignified, and finally he had seven or eight tentative candidates in his heart, and when the banquet was over, he would go to socialize with those scholars and elders.

In the banquet in the inner hall, after Jiang Ruoyan saw all the daughters and those ladies, she sat down at the banquet with herself, and listened to the women below talking about various poems......

In fact, Jiang Ruoyan was in a somewhat complicated mood at this time, just because the person who appeared at this time of year was not at his birthday banquet today, and he may never see him again in the future, this is probably fate......

"That's it, from now on, I will face all this alone, Ruoyan will not be afraid anymore!" Jiang Ruoyan tried to calm down her lost emotions and cheer herself up.

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"The eldest son of the Wang family sent a thousand-year-old black cucumber plant to celebrate Miss Jiang Ruoyan's birthday!"

When Jiang Ruoyan heard this, she knew that the extravagant gift ceremony had begun, she frowned slightly, she was very unhappy about this, every year her birthday banquet would be made here, and it would become a place for these scholars to fight for wealth outside.

"The second son of the Yun family sent a golden jade sailboat, I wish Miss Jiang Ruoyan all the best!"

"The fourth son of the Wen family sent a pair of jasper Ruyi, I wish Miss Jiang Ruoyan all the best!"

"Bu Yuan Buqi sent a golden turtle to his son Bu Yu, I wish Miss Jiang Ruoyan a long life and a hundred years old!"

"General Song Jinghao, the second son of the Song family, sent a snow lotus plant from Tianshan Mountain, wishing Miss Jiang Ruoyan an immortal appearance."

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A more luxurious and luxurious gift appeared at Jiang Ruoyan's birthday banquet like this, constantly making the daughters of those Yingying Yanyan in the inner hall deeply envious, jealous and hateful, only sighing that she did not have Jiang Ruoyan's life experience, and she did not have Jiang Ruoyan's peerless appearance......

"It's too extravagant......" Jiang Ruoyan really couldn't listen to it anymore, "The people of the Far East are lonely and miserable, and they have no food and clothing, but they are so expensive for my birthday banquet!" Does this want the world to scold me Jiang Ruoyan for being a person who is greedy for wealth and fame? Wan'er, go and tell Daddy, I won't accept any of these things, and I'll return them all! ”

Wan'er was about to be persuaded, but suddenly a laugh came out below: "Oh, my sister is so bold, don't want these rare treasures, the Jiang family is really wealthy, we sisters have never seen it......"

Jiang Ruoyan couldn't help but change his eyes slightly when he heard this: "Sister Mu, if you have something to say, please say it directly, don't beat around the bush." ”

The woman who spoke was Mu Yunzhen's sister, named Mu Linsheng.

Mu Linsheng said in a strange manner: "Where is my sister, how can I beat around the corners?" It's just that my sister and I, I admire my sister's courage in not accepting luxury gifts, of course, sister, you are as beautiful as a fairy, all the men in the world revolve around you, you have everything, naturally these are not rare, look at how many incidents your oath has caused...... Hehe, but it's a pity, I'm afraid that the Ruyi Langjun in my sister's mind will never appear again......"

Jiang Ruoyan heard her cold words, and immediately felt very unhappy: "Sister, what do you mean by this?"

Mu Linshang sneered: "My sister is so smart and icy, do you still not know what I'm talking about?" You are both a concubine and a servant...... Oh, no wonder his son of the Li family would abandon his sister and marry that princess......"

When Jiang Ruoyan heard this, her delicate body trembled, and when she understood it, Mu Lin scolded herself for being a slut and shameless, and tried her best to suppress her anger and said calmly to Mu Linsheng: "Sister Mu, you don't want me to say it in front of so many sisters about the third young master of the Sun family, right?" You don't want the whole Yuanzhou City and outside of Yuanzhou City that I preached to know about it, right? And ......"

Mu Linsheng was already shocked at this time, she never expected that Jiang Ruoyan would know everything about her affairs with many scholars outside. She looked up at Jiang Ruoyan, only to see Jiang Ruoyan staring at herself, the essence of her heart flickering, and then she realized that this eldest lady was by no means the master of a bright-looking vase that could be manipulated at will, and she was really asking for hardship, so she simply bowed her head and said nothing......

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The ceremonial ceremony in the outer hall is coming to an end, and hundreds of priceless treasures are neatly placed in the back room brought into the back room by Jiang Xun's subordinates in front of everyone's eyes.

Jiang Xun picked up the wine glass with both hands and said to everyone with a smile: "Hehe, you don't hesitate to travel far to celebrate the little girl's birthday, Jiang is grateful here, please drink this cup!" ”

Everyone present immediately raised their glasses and got up to salute Jiang Xun in return, Jiang Xun raised his wine glass and gently gestured to the banquet, and was about to take a sip when the housekeeper's shout came from outside the hall.

"Liu Ce, the Taishou of Hanling, sent someone to send a congratulatory gift to congratulate Miss Jiang on her birthday...... Happy ......" shouted here, and the butler was stunned, because he found that the man standing at the door did not have any gifts in his hands at all.

"Liu Ce? Hum! Jiang Xun snorted coldly and said secretly: "This Liu Ce is a great official, he didn't come to the Governor's Mansion once in the last two months to report to himself, and today when he learned about my daughter's birthday, he came to offer his courtesy, I want to see what he sent." ”

Thinking of this, Jiang Xun put down his wine glass and said to the housekeeper, "Please." ”

Immediately, under the leadership of the housekeeper, Su Wencan slowly walked into the banquet hall, and almost everyone at the banquet looked coldly at what kind of rare treasures this empty-handed Shu general's subordinates could come up with to celebrate Jiang Ruoyan's birthday.

"Liu Ce?" Jiang Ruoyan in the inner hall heard that Liu Ce sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, and couldn't help but feel curious, got up and came to the edge of the bead curtain at the entrance of the hall with Wan'er to look out.

Su Wencan, regardless of everyone's strange faces, walked in front of Jiang Xun, only to see him make a military salute but did not kneel, and said loudly: "Su Wencan, under the command of Commander Liu of the Jingwei Battalion, has met Master Jiang, and at the same time congratulates Miss Jiang on her birthday!" ”

Jiang Xun's face was slightly displeased, and the general of the Shu clan had long been eager to kneel down to please him when he saw him, but the subordinate of the Jingwei Battalion in front of him not only knelt down, but there was no trace of nervousness on his face.

Jiang Xun asked, "Su Wencan, since you know that I am the governor of Yuanzhou, why don't you kneel?"

Su Wencan said: "Lord Qiyu, I don't have a bow in the Jingwei camp, even if I meet a general, I only need to be treated with military salutes, not to mention, today I was only entrusted by the general to come to congratulate Miss Jiang on her birthday, which is a private matter, so it is very inappropriate to bow down at this time!" I also hope that the adult Haihan! ”

"Hiss......" Not only Jiang Xun, but everyone on the surrounding table heard it, and they all gasped, and secretly said Who is this Liu Ce? A person who came to give gifts dared to be so arrogant, looking at that look, it seemed that Jiang Xun didn't take Jiang Xun in his eyes at all. Jiang Ruoyan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she pricked up her ears and listened carefully outside the hall.

"Okay, good ......" Jiang Xun said a few good words, pressed down the unhappiness in his chest, and then asked: "What you said also makes some sense, let me ask you, what about Liu Ce and others?" Why don't you come in person?"

Su Wencan said: "My lord, my general is busy with official business, and I really can't take time to come to congratulate, and the general has not received the invitation, so it is inconvenient to leave the Han Tomb, so Teto brought a thin gift to express his heart." ”

At this time, everyone at the banquet whispered all of a sudden, secretly saying Who is this Liu Ce? In order to see Jiang Ruoyan, he worked hard and thought hard, but now he finally has such an opportunity not to come to see the fairy demeanor? Still busy? No matter how busy you are, is it more important than being able to see Jiang Ruoyan's side and please Governor Jiang?

Jiang Xun's heart was cold again, his love for his daughter made countless children of the Shi family think of approaching, this Liu Ce is good, he shirked it as soon as he was busy with official business, how did he feel very disgusted? It really doesn't make sense.

"Not good." During the banquet, Qin Mo and Ye Bin saw Jiang Xun's face and knew that this Lord Jiang was already on the verge of breaking out, so they couldn't help but secretly feel worried.

After a long time, Jiang Xun asked again: "Okay, dare to ask Liu Ce's thin courtesy, why did you see that you were empty-handed?"

When Su Wencan heard this, he immediately took out the folding box from his arms, raised his hands respectfully in front of Jiang Xun and said, "My general's congratulatory gift is here." ”

Jiang Xun was puzzled, and was about to get it, but saw Su Wencan shrink his hand and said: "My lord, my general said that this thin gift must be handed over to Miss Jiang." ”

"You ......" Jiang Xun's face grew angry, and just as he was about to have a seizure, he saw Wan'er come over and muttered a few words beside Jiang Xun, and then saw Jiang Xun nodding.

Wan'er came to Su Wencan and said: "This general, the slave maid is the personal maid next to the young lady, and the young lady asked me to come and thank Commander Liu, please hand over the gift box to the slave maid." ”

"This ......" Su Wencan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Qin Mo not far away and nodded with him, and handed the folding box to Wan'er.

When Wan'er returned to the inner hall to give the folding box to Jiang Ruoyan, some of the daughters around were also curious, wanting to gather around to see what kind of rare things were inside.

When Jiang Ruoyan untied the red rope tied to the folding box and opened it, what came into his eyes was a beautiful and incomprehensible face. This folding box is nothing else, it is a vanity mirror.

Jiang Ruoyan was stunned for a moment, and muttered to himself: "This ...... Is this really me? She had never seen what she looked like so clearly, and now she couldn't help but be surprised when she saw this mirror.

Jiang Ruoyan gently closed the folding box and said to Su Wencan outside the hall: "I bother this soldier to go back and inform General Liu, just say this gift, I, Jiang Ruoyan, am very happy, and say hello to the general for the little girl." ”

Su Wencan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but everyone outside the hall was stunned, what did Liu Ce send that could make Jiang Ruoyan personally say thank you?

Jiang Xun listened to his daughter's voice with joy, and nodded to express satisfaction.

Su Wencan saluted respectfully towards the inner hall, and then turned to Jiang Xun and said, "My lord, the general has brought a letter for you to ......take a look at."