Du Wenhao smiled, this shopkeeper will climb the relationship, I saw that the housekeeper of Kaifeng Mansion Yin took a brocade box and left, I don't know what it is, but look at the size of the box, it should also be a jewelry worn by a woman, saying that there is a suspicion of bribery if it is less, and he is not short of this bit of silver, so he said: "I will give you how much you sell, where is the reason for the buyer to say the price himself, if you don't know the value of this object, I bought it but it is worthless." ”

The shopkeeper smiled humbly: "Master Du, you can see that you should give ninety taels." ”

Du Wenhao laughed, got up and left, the shopkeeper was in a hurry, hurriedly caught up, and said, "Lord Du, don't go, if you are too expensive, you can have less." ”

Xu Huaqiang said on the side: "I told you just now, this is for our young lady, you actually took a few dozen taels of silver to send the goods to prevaricate our master, what are we doing here if our master doesn't leave?" ”

The shopkeeper was in a hurry, and the beads of sweat on his forehead came out, and he hurriedly explained: "Where is the prevarication, the small one is that there are tens of thousands of people who dare not prevaricate Lord Du, and I am dissatisfied with you and said, this jade is indeed less than a thousand taels, and I will not come out, but Lord Du, you come to the shop, it is the glory that the daughter of the store can't buy, and you can't give it in vain when you open the door to do business, so you can symbolically charge a little money before opening this price." ”

Du Wenhao stood at the door and glanced at the shopkeeper: "Well, you are quite honest, I have seen a lot of jade, I still know what kind of goods and what kind of price, your jade, a thousand taels is definitely worth it, it seems that you are also a sincere person, just a thousand taels." Can't let you suffer! ”

The shopkeeper was immediately moved, there are still such officials in the world, they are all afraid of their own losses, where will they worry about other people's losses, choked up: "Master Du, the small one has never been seen, it is not a newcomer, the small one is really ...... Alas, in the future, as long as the adults or the people in everyone's house like something, the small ones will definitely leave the best for the adults. ”

Du Wenhao smiled and took Xu Huaqiang out of the door of the jade shop, walked far away, Xu Huaqiang looked back, and saw that the shopkeeper was still looking at the door, Xu Huaqiang said to Du Wenhao: "General, there are so many treasures at home, why don't you take one from home as a birthday gift for Miss, but you have to spend money outside to buy it?" ”

"You know what!" Du Wenhao smiled: "She is my sister-in-law, and the things at home are also her things, have you ever seen something taken from your own house and given to your family?" ”

"That's right, hehe."

Du Wenhao came straight to Cai Jing's house with the escort team, ready to negotiate with the secret envoy of Na Xixia, but the porter said with a smile that Cai Jing had just gone out, and he didn't know where he went or when he would come back, but he didn't say. Du Wenhao left a message, and as soon as Cai Jing came back, he immediately came to inform him. The porter hurriedly agreed.

Du Wenhao and they returned home, saw a few red lanterns hanging at the door, but also happy, entered the door, only to see a few large tables in the center of the yard, a few maids are spreading red cloth on it, the corners of the eaves are hung with red silk, Xu Huaqiang looked curious, and said in a low voice: "Why is it like getting married?" ”

Du Wenhao couldn't help laughing, and when he saw Pang Yuqin coming out of his room, Du Wenhao walked up to him and talked to Pang Yuqin.

"What gifts did you all buy for that girl?" Du Wenhao asked.

Pang Yuqin: "When you eat for a while, you can see that everyone gave her Xianggong, so what did you buy?" ”

Du Wenhao deliberately sold Guan Zi without saying anything, and Pang Yuqin didn't ask, and said, "It's almost ready, do you think it's good?" ”

Du Wenhao: "It's good, it's hard for you to think thoughtfully." ”

Pang Yuqin: "I just thought that it was just that a few of us were not lively, so I asked Yingzi to order the kitchen to cook all the meals, and everyone gathered together tonight to sit in this courtyard to celebrate Ke Yao's life, so wouldn't it be lively?" ”

Du Wenhao also thinks it's good. Pang Yuqin said again: "Xianggong, Ke Yao's girl is also the age of leaving the cabinet, you should also pay attention to her, and finding a good family can be regarded as her destination." ”

Du Wenhao chuckled in his heart, and for some reason he became sour, and said with a smirk: "That's what I said, I keep it in my heart." After speaking, I asked about the time of eating, and I said that I was tired and hid back in the study.

Ke Yao cat in the room, because it is her birthday, the family does not let her help, she is also idle, first lying on the bed but can't sleep, the door is chattering very lively, the heart is very warm, although it is not a real family, but you can treat yourself like this, how can Ke Yao not be moved, so he got up and walked to the window to watch them busy, suddenly saw a familiar figure coming in from the door, his face was red and his heart tightened, he quickly shrank into a chair and sat down, but his ears were attached to the wall to listen to them, after listening, his heart was empty, couldn't help but say to himself: "You have no conscience, you have taken advantage of others, but now you want to push others out." After speaking, he kicked on the table leg hard, only to hear a clang, the teacup on the table shook, shook on the table a few times, and fell to the ground, Ke Yao suddenly lost his face, ouched, squatted down, rubbed his little feet with both hands, and kept muttering in his mouth.

Du Wenhao returned to the study, still thinking about what Pang Yuqin said, he hadn't seen that beautiful face for a long time, happy or sad, angry or angry, switching over and over again in Du Wenhao's mind like a movie, didn't this woman say that she didn't like herself, so why...... She was different from other women, she was so close and far away that she couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

Du Wenhao was lying on the soft couch and was distracted, when he heard a knock on the door, he answered, and saw that it was Lin Qingdai who walked in in a light red skirt that she rarely wore on weekdays, so he beckoned her to come over.

Lin Qingdai closed the door, walked to Du Wenhao and sat down, seeing that Du Wenhao seemed to have something on his mind, he smiled lightly: "I seem to be very tired recently, why don't you take leave to recuperate at home for a while?" ”

Du Wenhao smiled tiredly, held Lin Qingdai's hand, and sighed: "I want to too, but now I can't, by the way, what is Ke Yao doing?" ”

Lin Qingdai glanced at Du Wenhao deeply, Du Wenhao was a little afraid to look at it, she knew herself best, it was .......

Du Wenhao: "What do you see, I have pockmarks on my face?" ”

Lin Qingdai: "No. ”

Du Wenhao: "Then what do you think of me like this?" ”

Lin Qingdai was still watching, her eyes didn't blink, Du Wenhao, who was watching, became more and more flustered, and simply hugged Lin Qingdai in his arms, so that the two of them couldn't see their expressions when they were lying side by side.

Lin Qingdai: "What's wrong with you and Ke Yao?" ”

Du Wenhao pretended to be stupid: "What's wrong, it's good!" ”

Lin Qingdai snorted in her nostrils, as if she was disdainful: "If you don't say it, forget it!" "I'm going to get up.

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Okay Qingdai, don't worry, let me tell you slowly." As he spoke, he pulled Lin Qingdai back to lie down, so he briefly told Lin Qingdai what happened to him and Ke Yao after he was drunk a few days ago.

When Lin Qingdai heard this, she couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering: "I mean something must have happened to you, I asked her, but she was the same as you said before, so have you thought about it, how to place her?" ”

Du Wenhao muttered that he didn't know how to answer.

Lin Qingdai saw Du Wenhao's expression and said, "What? Shouldn't you just ...... No, Ke Yao, this girl is the most sensitive, you can't hurt her, although she used to ...... But it's not her fault, her body is still clean, if you ......"

Du Wenhao covered Lin Qingdai's small mouth with his hand and said, "Look at you, I didn't say anything, but you said everything!" ”

Lin Qingdai stretched out a slender white finger and poked it on Du Wenhao's forehead, and said, "I know that you two have ghosts in your hearts, and you are still pretending to be in front of me, say it, if you don't say it again, I will really leave." ”

Du Wenhao carefully told Lin Qingdai what happened when he was drunk in the palace, Lin Qingdai stopped laughing, stood up, and walked to the door without saying a word.

Du Wenhao: "You, you listened but didn't say anything, what do you think?" ”

Lin Qingdai glanced back at Du Wenhao and said with a smile: "Then what else, you can't take advantage of it and be obedient, and finally wait for my sister to say it, right?" ”

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "I said it, only if she is a sister, she also said that she will never marry someone as a concubine." ”

Lin Qingdai glanced at him: "It's man-made!" Alas, I really don't want to care, this is your business, anyway, you haven't seen each other for more than ten days, so it's better to take advantage of her birthday tonight, that word is tested, everyone has drunk and covered their faces with wine, so it won't be embarrassing. ”

Du Wenhao sneered: "...... like this, you really don't care if I marry her?" ”

Lin Qingdai stared at her for a moment, and said faintly: "I said I don't care, do you believe it?" After that, Lin Qingdai didn't look at him again, got up and opened the door, and walked out.

At this time, Yingzi happened to pass by outside the door, so he stopped, walked to the door and said to Du Wenhao: "Young master, everything is ready, Madame asked when the banquet will start?"

Du Wenhao got up and said, "That's it, I'm hungry too, but today you should go and ask the birthday boy what I do?" ”

Yingzi smiled and said, "I asked Miss Ke Yao, and she said to listen to you, young master." ”

Lin Qingdai: "Since this is the case, then let everyone sit at the table, today, regardless of the old and the young, everyone will sit in the garden, eat and drink well, and it can be regarded as a lively birthday for Ke Yao." ”

Yingzi agreed, and hurriedly went down and ordered the maid to go down.

Du Wenhao walked out of the door and saw Ke Yao coming out of Pang Yuqin's room, wearing a peach-colored long skirt, with a hollow silver thread at the cuffs about a palm, and a wide piece of brocade wrapped around the chest, and his body gently turned the long skirt to spread out. Casually tied with tassels, the hairline is obliquely inserted into the hibiscus warm jade step, the eyebrows and eyes are lightly swept with spring, the skin is delicate and soft like warm jade, the cherry mouth is not dotted and red, delicate and beautiful, the two strands of hair on the cheeks are gently brushed with the wind to add a bit of tempting style, the pearl earrings in the ears are swaying, and a pair of gilt shoes are on the feet.

Lin Qingdai saw it in her eyes, just snickered, and called Ke Yao, Ke Yao looked in the direction of Lin Qingdai, she was smiling, and when she saw Du Wenhao standing on the side in a white robe, her little face suddenly seemed to be dyed red, and she nodded at them with a smile, and hurriedly took Pang Yuqin and lowered her head and walked down the steps.

Pang Yuqin didn't pay attention, but greeted Lin Qingdai and said: "Qingdai, Fang Caifei'er's father has come, I heard that it is Ke Yao's birthday, and then I asked someone to send two jars of home-brewed soju, I went to see it, it's good, Li'er said that you like to eat osmanthus wine, you see that you let the maid give you ...... alone."

Lin Qingdai didn't wait for Pang Yuqin to finish speaking, she secretly pulled Du Wenhao's placket, walked down the steps first, and said, "No, just eat the same as everyone." ”

After speaking, everyone waited for Du Wenhao to walk to the main table and sit down first, and they all found a place to sit down, Lin Qingdai deliberately arranged Ke Yao on Du Wenhao's left, Wang Runxue on the right, Pang Yuqin on the right, and she sat next to Ke Yao and Xue Fei'er, and Li'er sat with Pang Yuqin.

Pang Yuqin saw that all the maids in the family sat down, so she whispered to Du Wenhao: "Master, you can say a few words." ”

Du Wenhao glanced at Ke Yao, and saw that she happened to look sideways, looking at each other, Ke Yao smiled awkwardly, and moved his eyes to the person who didn't collect the money on the other side.

Du Wenhao smiled, cleared his throat, and said, "Today is Ke Yao's birthday, so she should naturally say this opening remark, but I am the birthday star again...... Brother, before I raise a glass to bless her, there is nothing wrong with letting me say a few words. ”

Ke Yao whispered on the side: "I've been talking for a long time, and I don't know what you're talking about." ”

When Du Wenhao heard Ke Yao say this, he smiled secretly in his heart, in fact, I don't know what to say, what are you happy about, be careful!

Du Wenhao said some words to bless the birthday star, and then everyone raised their glasses together, it can be seen that Ke Yao is still very moved, but he didn't know what to say because he opened his mouth several times because of choking, Pang Yuqin saw it in his eyes, so he asked Ke Yao to do it first as a respect, and then everyone drank wine and sat down to eat with a smile.

Xue Fei'er is a good thing, but after eating for a while, she took Li'er and took a leader to toast Ke Yao, this is good, everyone is behind them, Pang Yuqin can't stop it, Ke Yao is not easy to refuse, as long as she comes with a cup, she will also return the salute one by one, and after a while, this girl is already full of red faces.

Du Wenhao saw it in his eyes, but it was not easy to dissuade her, this girl didn't have much alcohol, and she had dozens of glasses by herself in a short time, he gently pulled Lin Qingdai's hand, and then gave her a look, Lin Qingdai understood, got up and gently pushed away a few backyard mothers who were about to toast Ke Yao, and said with a smile: "Okay, I was originally happy in my life, Miss Ke Yao's body is not good, if she is drunk, she should be uncomfortable tomorrow, and the meaning is good, don't persuade her to drink anymore." ”

When the grandmothers saw the fourth lady speak, they didn't dare to persuade again, they stood aside and said a few words of blessing, dried the wine and left, and the people who originally wanted to come to toast saw the fourth lady talking, and they didn't dare to come.

Lin Qingdai asked the maid to bring Ke Yao some sake soup and asked her to sit down, only to see Ke Yao's little face blushing and fluttering for a moment, a pair of eyes seemed to be filled with clear water, piercing the eyes as if a few tears could fall, his face kept smiling, slightly revealing three or two shell teeth, probably drinking too much, not sticking out his tongue to lick his lips, this extremely tempting action, Du Wenhao's blood boiled on the side.

Ke Yao held his cheeks in one hand and the cup in the other, and said vaguely, "Come on...... Come...... Sister, let's drink! ”

Lin Qingdai replaced the cup in Ke Yao's hand with a sobering soup, and coaxed and persuaded in a good voice: "Girl, drink this, you won't feel bad after drinking." ”

Ke Yao thought it was wine, and he raised his head and took a sip, who knew that after drinking too much, he coughed, Ke Yao's back was just facing Du Wenhao, Pang Yuqin stunned Du Wenhao there, and said: "Master, hurry up and pat the girl!" ”

When Du Wenhao heard this, he came back to his senses, and quickly patted Ke Yao on the back a few times, and waited for Ke Yao to get better before stopping.

Ke Yao got up and looked back at Du Wenhao and said with a smile: "Sister Qin, you don't know this person yet, how can you know that you are attentive when you are sober!" ”

Lin Qingdai saw Du Wenhao's embarrassed face, and knew that when Ke Yao said that he was drunk that night, he smiled in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, and only said: "Look at your mouth, I don't know that I drank too much, and even my brother has arranged it." ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

Ke Yao snorted in his nose, sat up straight, and Xue Fei'er said, "Ke Yao, there's nothing wrong, right?" ”

Ke Yao smiled and said, "What can happen?" Don't worry, I'm not going to get drunk. ”

Xue Fei'er: "That's good, then let's continue drinking!" ”

Du Wenhao was anxious and hurriedly said, "Fei'er, Ke Yao can't drink anymore!" ”

Xue Fei'er pouted at Du Wenhao and said, "No one said anything, you are a brother who is distressed!" ”

Lin Qingdai: "That's not what I said, isn't it natural for my brother to feel sorry for his sister?" ”

Xue Fei'er glanced at Ke Yao and said, "Sister Qingdai's words are not wrong, then okay, since the master won't let me and Ke Yao drink, then don't drink it." ”

Ke Yao didn't follow, and staggered to Xue Fei'er, and when he passed in front of Du Wenhao, the two of them glanced at each other, there was something different in their eyes, but soon, the two of them shifted their eyes.

Ke Yao walked behind Xue Fei'er and said, "Regardless of him, he is not my own brother, come, let's drink!" ”

After hearing this, Li'er didn't understand the meaning, lest Du Wenhao be displeased when he heard this, so he hurriedly whispered to Ke Yao: "Ke Yao, you are really drunk, aren't you worried that you will be sad if you say this?" ”

Li'er and Xue Fei'er sat together, and Xue Fei'er also heard it, so she said: "I don't think so, come, Ke Yao, the two of us are drinking, and when we are drunk, we can spit out the truth!" ”

Ke Yao smirked, he didn't know if he was really drunk, as if he didn't hear anything in Xue Fei'er's words, and he had another drink with Xue Fei'er.