Chapter 496: Pan's Family Banquet
Now that Cao Ping already knows, Li Yanqing won't say much, he registered his name in front of the gate of Pan's mansion, and walked into Pan's mansion quickly, originally Cao Xuan also wanted to accompany Li Yanqing, but was rejected by Li Yanqing, it was not the first time he had participated in this kind of banquet, it would make him feel very uncomfortable to be accompanied, it was better to let him be alone and more free and casual.
Like the Cao Mansion banquet, the Pan family's banquet was set up in the square outside the Chen Tower, with more than 100 tables, and the layout was exactly the same as the Cao Mansion banquet, Li Yanqing was too lazy to find his own seat, after several banquets, he already knew that once the banquet was held, everyone would not sit according to the designated seat, but choose the seat at will, and the husband and wife would sit together, so there was no need to find their own seat at all.
There seem to be a little more guests attending the banquet today than last time, especially more young people, more free, last time the young women went to the inner house, there was basically no communication between men and women, which is not in line with the purpose of holding a magpie meeting, this time the Pan family learned a lesson, closed the inner house, the back garden is open to all guests, and try to encourage young people of both sexes to chat and play together.
Plum blossoms have been in full bloom, dozens of plum trees have been planted in the atrium garden, a hundred steps away you can smell the faint fragrance, the path next to the plum forest is full of young people, men and women, they gather together to chat and enjoy the plum blossoms, everywhere is full of laughter.
Li Yanqing loves Lamei very much, and he was about to step forward to enjoy the plum, but he saw Pan Chengyu running over panting, "Li Yushi, my grandfather is invited!" β
Li Yanqing couldn't help frowning, and he was very resistant in his heart, the last thing he wanted to see was these elders, all of them were wearing masks and talking, and they were too tired to be with them.
But this is Pan's Mansion, since the master is invited, even if Li Yanqing is reluctant, he has to go to socialize, so he has to nod and follow Pan Chengyu to the inner hall.
There are more than a dozen people sitting in the inner hall, Pan Xu is sitting in the main seat, and next to him is Cao Ping, these two people are the oldest, so they are qualified to sit in the host seat and the guest of honor seat, there is a row of chairs on each side, and on one side of the Pan family are more than a dozen important people of the Pan family, including Pan Xu's two brothers Pan Jing and Pan Zi, and then Pan Xu's son and nephew, the opposite row is the seat of the guest, and the first one is Gao Shen, and the others are important figures of each family.
Everyone sat as if negotiating, the two dancers were performing a wonderful dance, and the musicians on both sides played melodious silk and bamboo sounds, but everyone didn't care about the dance, everyone was whispering and chatting.
At this time, Pan Chengyu ran up to the inner hall and said a few words to his grandfather, Pan Xu hurriedly got up and said, "Hurry up, please!" β
The sound of silk and bamboo stopped, and the two dancing girls also retreated in amusement, only to see Li Yanqing walking quickly into the inner hall.
"Huh! Li Yushi is really a rare guest! Pan Xu greeted him with a big smile.
Pan Xu did not show enthusiasm because of Li Yanqing's official position, but a trace of gratitude in his heart to Li Yanqing, if it wasn't for Li Yanqing to sentence the assassination case under Wang Huang's pressure, I'm afraid his nephew would have died in Dali Temple Prison.
The whole Pan family was grateful to Li Yanqing, especially Pan Yue's father, Pan Jing, who stepped forward and saluted: "Welcome Li Yushi to the Pan family as a guest!" β
The two important figures of the Pan family got up to greet the guests, and the other children of the Pan family also got up one after another, as guests, everyone was not good at sitting still, so they had to stand up together, and for a while, more than 20 people in the entire inner hall stood up, and the momentum of welcoming the guests was quite moving.
Li Yanqing hurriedly returned the salute, "You are all seniors, you have killed Li Yanqing, please sit down, and please sit down with Pan Gongan!" β
Pan Xu also felt that the pressure of the momentum was too much, so he smiled and said, "Everyone sit down!" We made Li Yushi uneasy, Li Yushi, please sit here. β
Pan Xu pointed to an empty seat in the guest seat and asked Li Yanqing to sit down, this was originally Wang Daoqi's seat, Wang Daoqi couldn't come under the pretext of something, so the seat was vacant, just let Li Yanqing sit down.
Li Yanqing saluted everyone again, and then sat down, and a maid came in and served him tea.
Pan Xu smiled at this time: "Please Li Yushi to come, mainly to thank Li Yushi for presiding over justice and washing away the grievances for our Pan family's children, the old man has nothing to repay, so he has to toast three glasses, thank Li Yushi for presiding over justice!" β
Li Yanqing hurriedly waved his hand, "This is a matter within the lowly position, please don't be polite to Pan Gong!" β
"So I'm not welcome, just three glasses of wine to express my gratitude!" After speaking, Pan Xu laughed and waved his hand, "Bring the wine!" β
A maid hurriedly stepped forward with a wine jug and a wine glass, Pan Xu poured three glasses of wine, and drank them all, and everyone applauded together.
Li Yanqing had no choice but to replace wine with tea and thank Pan Xu for his courtesy.
At this time, Cao Ping smiled and said: "Li Yushi is so young, he should be with young people, it's too depressing to sit with us boring old people, it's better for Li Yushi to return to the Pan family with a glass of wine, and then go out at ease." β
Cao Ping's words simply touched Li Yanqing's heart, he quickly got up and said with a smile: "I am willing to return the Pan family with a glass of wine, thank Pan Gong for today's kind invitation!" β
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Thanks to Cao Ping's understanding, Li Yanqing finally got rid of the Pan family's overly warm reception, and finally came out of the inner hall with an awkward atmosphere, and returned to the atrium, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and the last thing he wanted to face today was finally over.
The atrium garden is still lively, and there are more young people enjoying the plum blossoms on both sides of the plum forest, Li Yanqing was attracted by the fragrance of the plum blossom and walked over quickly.
There is also a thick snow on the ground, and in the cold wind, dozens of plum trees bloom particularly delicately, and the trees are decorated with golden flowers, and the petals are delicate and warm like jade carvings, exuding an intoxicating fragrance.
There is also a plum tree in the back garden of Li Yanqing's house, but it only blooms alone in the cold wind, there is no such a grand scene of dozens of trees blooming at the same time, and there are not so many people enjoying the plum blossoms under the flowers at the same time.
"Li Yushi seems to like Lamei very much!" A calm voice suddenly came from behind Li Yanqing.
Li Yanqing turned around and saw three brightly dressed young women standing behind him, one of them was Pan Qianyun, Li Yanqing couldn't help but have a headache, he didn't want to see this Pan Qianyun either, but Pan Qianyun looked at him very coldly, which made Li Yanqing breathe a sigh of relief.
"It turned out to be Miss Pan!" Li Yanqing bowed slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
thought that Pan Qianyun would leave immediately, but she said to her two companions: "You guys go first!" I would like to say a few words to Li Yushi. β
The two companions left with a smile, and Pan Qianyun stepped forward with a gloomy face: "You are so despicable, you actually hurt Wang Jun so badly!" β
Li Yanqing's face also turned cold, and he said coldly: "Please Miss Pan speak with proportion!" β
"Humph! I thought you were a decent person, but I didn't expect you to be a hundred times more despicable and a thousand times more vicious than the children of the family, if something happens to Wang Jun, I will never let you go. β
Li Yanqing really didn't want to pay attention to this woman like a madman, ruining his mood of appreciating the flowers, he turned around and walked briskly to the other side of the trail, Pan Qianyun looked at Li Yanqing's distant back, gritted her teeth and said: "Despicable villain, you don't deserve to lift shoes for Wang Jun!" β
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Leaving the atrium garden, Li Yanqing began to regret that he shouldn't have come to the Pan family's banquet, from the elders of the Pan family to the younger generations, everyone made him uncomfortable, either overzealous or hateful, what is the point of this kind of banquet?
Li Yanqing has already thought about leaving, but leaving like this seems rude, and it is bound to offend the Pan family, he has probably understood the character of the Pan family, from top to bottom, it is easier to go to extremes, this kind of family is better to stay away, neither offend, nor too close to the relationship.
Li Yanqing sighed softly, it was best to find a place to rest and wait for the banquet to start before showing up.
Several young men ran past him, only to hear their faces full of excitement: "It's already started, let's go!" β
Li Yanqing turned around, only to see that everyone was walking towards the tower with great interest, it seemed that there was some interesting activity being held in the tower, at this moment, Li Yanqing suddenly saw Gao Pet, he was talking and laughing with Cao Xing into the tower, Li Yanqing hesitated a little, and walked quickly towards the tower.
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