The host of the banquet is an official of the Ministry of Rites, after all, he has to face the powerful people of the entire Great Chu, and the people selected are naturally white and handsome, which makes people feel good at a glance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This is obviously not the first time that this carefully selected official of the Ministry of Rites has presided over such a banquet, in the face of the black and oppressive heads in the audience, he is calm, his mouth is full of chapters, and there are witty words, and the observers do not feel tired, but nod their heads in admiration, which attracts a lot of appreciation.

"Mr. Su, I haven't seen you for many days, but it's been good lately."

Su Heng was sitting next to Zhao Jinyu, also observing the officials of the Ministry of Rites on the stage, and a greeting suddenly sounded in his ears, his voice was pleasant and crisp, with a little bit of the weakness of the ladies in Jiangnan, which made people feel pity.

But who is this?

Su Heng turned his head to look at it curiously, and what caught his eye was a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar, but it was dazzlingly beautiful.

The voice owner was wearing a plain white dress, and three thousand green silks hung down, swaying slightly with the night breeze, and he was frowning at this time, staring at Su Heng.

Those bright eyes that were not stained with dust and smoke were refined but cold, as if they had seen through Su Heng's heart.

Some people, indifference comes from the surface, while some people are cold from the heart, such as Xiao Ruiying in front of him, the Valkyrie of Da Chu, the cold eyes can't see the anger, which makes people feel afraid, even if they take the initiative to come over to greet Su Heng, there is no other emotional fluctuation.

Su Heng suddenly understood why the Great Chu man was so afraid of this Valkyrie that he was like a tiger, just this look would make many people stop and not dare to step forward.

Su Heng is not surprised how Xiao Ruiying knows about himself, the palace is so big, and he is sitting next to Zhao Jinyu, so he will naturally know if he asks casually.

However, Su Heng was still a little embarrassed, after all, in order to arouse the curiosity of the Valkyrie last time, he deliberately did not leave his name, and today he didn't expect to bump into him again on this occasion.

Su Heng glanced at Zhao Jinyu, but the latter continued to listen to the nonsense of the officials of the Ministry of Rites without any righteousness, completely ignoring himself, and had no intention of breaking the siege at all.

"Sir, how are you doing after the last goodbye?"

Xiao Ruiying didn't care about Su Heng who was looking around, and her tone was like an old friend who hadn't seen her for many days sending out a concerned greeting, but Su Heng couldn't see any emotional color in her eyes, and some were just cold from the bones.

Su Heng had no choice but to respond: "Everything is fine, let the general worry." ”

"That's fine, but looking at Mr.'s appearance, it doesn't seem that he plans to have a deep friendship with Zai Xia, so he said goodbye." Xiao Ruiying nodded, then turned around her graceful posture and turned to leave.

Su Heng was suddenly a little dumbfounded, this Valkyrie really played cards out of common sense, she herself intended to arouse her curiosity, and then slowly make friends and win over the support of the Xiao family, but she didn't expect that her deliberate avoidance and perfunctory answer made the other party feel guilty, and mistakenly thought that she didn't plan to make friends with her at all.

Alas, being smart is mistaken by being smart, in fact, the best way to deal with people with this kind of character is to go straight, otherwise you will only harm yourself.

"General, don't get me wrong, it's just that men and women don't kiss, so I have scruples in the next place......" In order to win over the big tree of the Xiao family, Su Heng had no choice but to bite the bullet and casually found an excuse to chase after him, regardless of the strange eyes cast around.

Hearing Su Heng's words, Xiao Ruiying stopped her steps and turned around, still with the face that was overwhelming the country and the city, and the eyes that were still as cold as winter snow, and her tone was a little stiff: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?" I didn't expect Mr. to be just a layman. ”

Su Heng was helpless, so he had to keep nodding his head to accompany him, his mind was full of thoughts, although it was easy to deal with this rectal person, he was also tired, no matter how much you thought, maybe in the end it was just a fantasy.

"Anyway, it's boring right now, why don't you go for a walk together?" Su Heng pointed to the back garden, at this time he didn't have so many thoughts, he just planned to get acquainted with Xiao Ruiying and slowly strengthen the friendship between them.

Xiao Ruiying was not as delicate and reserved as ordinary women, but nodded and walked with Su Heng without any scruples.

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At the same time, at the banquet, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have stepped down, and several princes began to take turns on the stage to offer their specially prepared gifts.

Among the nine princes, except for Zhao Jinyu, they are all wealthy people, and they all respectfully offer the treasures they have worked so hard to find.

There are colorful jade agate, there are strange shapes, wood carvings carved by miniature carving masters, there are also strange stones from other countries, and there are more famous masters painted birthday pictures, which are priceless to take out.

Zhao Wouji, who was sitting on the main seat, looked deeply satisfied, and nodded in praise from time to time, but the queen Situ beside him looked very interested.

Situ Yan has entered middle age, although she is not as glamorous as she was young, it is not difficult for her to see a beauty blank on her face with a little light makeup, although it is her birthday, but her temperament has always been frugal and her dress is not much different from the past few years, or the golden embroidered phoenix palace robe, although there are tiny patches, but it looks graceful and luxurious, which makes people feel awe.

Looking at the gifts presented by the princes below one by one, she responded with a polite smile, every year, only she knew that her heart was already tired.

However, this year there is one more person than in previous years.

With a call, Zhao Jinyu took a deep breath, and then walked towards the high platform step by step with the mahogany plate in his hand, under the gaze of the ministers, the hundred-story staircase was as difficult to move forward as the ten thousand zhang high mountain.

Facing this kind of big scene for the first time, Su Heng was not around, Zhao Jinyu could only cheer herself up, gritted her teeth, broke out in cold sweat on her forehead, and walked forward step by step.

It's finally here......

Looking at Zao Wou-Ki and Situ Yan, who were only a few steps away from him, Zhao Jinyu stopped his pace and breathed a sigh of relief.

At the suggestion of the eunuch, he uncovered the bright red silk cloth on the mahogany plate, revealing the copper collar that Chen Chaoge had worn before, which was a little worn.

Several ministers and princes who were closer to the stands were originally curious about what special gifts Zhao Jinyu, who had always been poor, would present, but now after seeing this copper collar, many people couldn't hold back for a while and laughed out loud.

Hearing the laughter next to him, Zhao Jinyu's heart became even more nervous, and Su Heng's previous words were completely unspeakable for a while, and his brain was blank.

Zhao Wou-Ki also had a gloomy face when he saw this youngest son provoke such a joke, looking at Zhao Jinyu with a cold expression, he even had some doubts about whether he was deliberately making trouble to win attention, and wanted to take the opportunity to tell everyone that he had lived so wronged in Wenxiang Pavilion over the years that he didn't even have the money to buy a decent gift?