Chapter 39: The Mansion Banquet
Lu Xun hurriedly broke in, and when he saw Chu Shenxia's tattered clothes, he was stunned, why did Fang Cai's clothes that were so good be torn so big?
Chu Shenxia floated a faint smile and said, "Lu Xun, come here." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Lu Xun walked over obediently, his eyes always fell on his shirt, Chu Shenxia handed her the invitation card on the table, and smiled kindly, yes, in Lu Xun's eyes, it was the word kindness.
Because she has no father or mother and doesn't know what it's like to be spoiled, she has been begging on the streets since she was a child, and once, she was pushed to the ground, and a kind uncle helped her up, and he also said to her with this smile: "Let's go with the uncle." ”
Later, she entered the Qian Mansion, when she was only seven years old, and the kind uncle not only did not let her be a maid, but also taught her to read and learn archery with several sons in the house.
That's the treatment that the eldest lady of the Qian Mansion can't enjoy, and it is precisely because of this that Mrs. Qian is disgusted, and she tries every means to send her out of the Qian Mansion, but when the uncle is not in the mansion these days, Mrs. Qian happened to hear that the General's Mansion was recruiting maidservants, so she found a way to send her in.
"Send this to the Shun Palace, you know?" Chu Shenxia looked at her softly, and when she saw that her face was pure and fleshy, she couldn't help but reach out and pinch it for a while.
Lu Xun was frightened and retreated, his face was full of redness, not like he was pinched red by Chu Shenxia, he didn't even say a word of retreat, and trotted out as soon as he turned around.
Seeing her run out of the door, she turned a corner and disappeared, Chu Shenxia's eyes fell, her eyes became ethereal, and in a daze, Steward Ma hurriedly came over here.
An exaggerated general almost scared half of Chu Shenxia's three souls and seven spirits, and after he made another big salute, he said dissatisfiedly: "Tell the people in the mansion that there is no need to make such a big salute in the future." ”
Seeing that he was not pleasing but was being reprimanded, Steward Ma's face turned a little red, and he paused and said, "General, the dinner has been set up." ”
"When will my mother arrive?" Chu Shenxia asked.
"Madam..."Steward Ma wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something embarrassing, seeing Chu Shenxia glancing coldly, he hurriedly said: "I don't know what happened to this Qi Lishi, I went to Yin Cheng's Mansion at noon, and I haven't come back yet." ”
Chu Shenxia glared at him fiercely, and said angrily, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
Turned around and ran into the inner room to take down the Qingyun Sword on the wall, and strode out, Liu Yu, a madman, didn't know what amazing moves he would make.
The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and I bumped into a servant girl with a fruit bowl, and the servant girl screamed, and the fruit bowl fell to the ground with a "clang", and the fruit in the plate was suddenly scattered all over the ground, and the maid knelt down immediately, prostrate on the ground, and didn't even dare to make a sound.
"Oops, what's going on?" Jing Yan's voice suddenly floated from outside, and he was helping Mrs. Chu to cross the threshold and walk here, Mrs. Chu didn't look the slightest bit unusual.
Chu Shenxia finally let go of the stone in his heart, greeted it with a smile, went around to the other side to help Mrs. Chu, and said half-joyed and half-worried: "Why did my mother come here?" Did something happen on the way? ”
"No, it's just a delay, it's nothing, don't be so nervous, my mother is very good." Mrs. Chu smiled at him, Chu Shenxia immediately smiled back, and pretended to be relaxed: "It's okay, it's okay." ”
Mrs. Chu smiled, and the person who was kneeling on the side in front of her was about to say something good for her, but Chu Shenxia had already spoken: "Get up, it's not your fault, it's me who will bump into you because I'm out of my mind." ”
The maidservant hurriedly knelt down to thank her, but she didn't dare to get up immediately, knelt down and picked up the fruit, and then bowed her head and retreated.
Mrs. Chu saw the servant girl fleeing away, and saw the handmaid passing by bowing, but she didn't even dare to raise her eyes, and wondered: "Why are they so afraid of you?" ”
Jing Yan looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, Shen Xia's face looks like a capricious person, and those girls know that he is a general, how can they not be afraid?" If it were me, I was afraid that they would pounce on them one by one. ”
Chu Shenxia glanced at him and said sarcastically: "Your face is very easy to provoke Peach Blossom, isn't Peach Blossom Lady?" ”
"What Peach Blossom Lady?" Mrs. Chu was puzzled.
Chu Shenxia tried hard to pout, and motioned to Mrs. Chu to ask Jing Min, Jing Min was stunned, but his face was rarely flushed, and he didn't reply.
Mrs. Chu looked at Chu Shenxia and then at Jing Yan, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, if you don't want to say it, then I won't ask." I've been here for so long and won't even give me a cup of tea? ”
Chu Shenxia glanced at Jing Huan and said with a smile: "Mother wants to drink tea, how can there be none?" Mother walks this way, watch out for the steps. ”
Mrs. Chu glanced at Chu Shenxia with disgust, and sighed: "I'm not old enough to walk, you two don't have to support me, and you don't have to remind your mother that you are old from time to time." ”
Chu Shenxia quietly pulled out his arm and said with a smile: "Where? The child is happy to see his mother and always wants to be closer to his mother. ”
Mrs. Chu smiled slightly, but said a little sourly: "If you also have this heart for your father, why don't you stop at working hard to this extent." ”
"Isn't my father coming?" Chu Shenxia asked pretending not to care.
"He can't come, he's too busy, he's been busy until the beginning of March, and he hasn't stopped." Mrs. Chu was also melancholy when she talked about Chu Zhi.
Chu Shenxia caught a trace of sadness in her eyes, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" Is it bad for a father to treat a mother? ”
"No, it's just that your father is old and can't do a lot of things." Mrs. Chu shook her head, but thinking that today was the day of her son's banquet, she was afraid that her interest would be ruined, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "Let my mother go shopping by herself, my mother won't bother you, let's get busy." ”
When Chu Shenxia saw that her mother was far away, she pushed her elbow against Jing Yan, who was in a daze, and asked, "Why did you come with your mother?" Did something happen on the way here? ”
Jing Min rolled her eyes, yawned and walked away.
Chu Shenxia hurriedly caught up and grabbed him, and said angrily: "I asked you, but you said it." ”
"Didn't Mrs. Chu say it? It's okay, what can it be? I think you're a strange person, what can happen to you? Jing Yan leaned against the pillar to look at him.
Chu Shenxia kicked him, grabbed him by the collar, and threatened: "If you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house and return the tiles." ”
Jing Min begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, I said, I said, I met a horse in heat on the way here... Oh... Crazy horses, the road is so big, who do we hit if we don't hit it? I thought it was bad, so I rushed out and subdued the horse at the last moment. If it's a big deal, I won't say it and show it off. ”
"Who believes your nonsense?" Chu Shenxia endured his anger and listened to him, grabbed his arm, but felt that something was wrong, and after shaking it, he realized that it seemed to be dislocated, but the person in front of him smiled stupidly, and without giving him a moment to think, "Gadeng" took his arm without authorization.
"Ahh Jing Yan shouted, casting an extremely resentful look.
Chu Shenxia ignored his gaze, looked carefully from top to small, as if he was observing his prey, a sneer hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and asked: "I'll see if you still have any place to graft bones, my takeover technique, the doctor said it was good." ”
As he spoke, he smiled evilly and stepped forward and grabbed his other arm, Jing Min turned around and wanted to escape but was firmly restrained by him, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "Go away, stay away." ”
Seeing that he was so resistant, Chu Shenxia suddenly became playful, changed his usual calmness, approached him with a wicked smile, and whispered in his ear: "Come on, come on." ”
"Ahem." A crisp coughing sound suddenly came, and the two of them paused at the same time, turning their heads to look at Shun Wang and Banrong, who were a little embarrassed.
Chu Shenxia hurriedly let go, but stood there but didn't know how to explain, but Jing Yan pretended to be unable to see people, dropped a shy look and ran away.
"Your Highness." Chu Shenxia hurriedly stepped forward to salute, King Shun's face was not very good-looking, and he paused for a long time before saying, "Hmm... I don't want to be harsh on the fetish of Longyang, but I should pay more attention to my behavior in broad daylight. ”
Chu Shenxia was about to refute when he opened his mouth, but he noticed Banrong's snickering expression, and was accidentally choked by his own saliva for a while, and coughed violently, and when he finished coughing, King Shun had already walked away, and Chu Shenxia saw him walking hurriedly, and seemed to really dislike himself.
Banrong Rao looked at him interestingly, Chu Shenxia looked at her with a lot of amusement in his eyes, and explained: "I'm not..."
Unexpectedly, Banrong didn't want to listen to his explanation, so he took his explanation as a quibble, shook his head and chased in the direction where King Shun walked away.
When Chu Shenxia entered the courtyard, everyone was already in place, and it was clear that he was the host of the banquet, but he was late, with a somewhat apologetic look, walked to Mrs. Chu who beckoned to him, and sat down at her table.
There weren't many people invited to this night banquet, not to mention that a few couldn't come because of official business, and there were only eight people in Princess Yongming, Wang Ruoyu and Pei Shudong, so it didn't seem very lively.
It's not boring, I didn't know that Pei Shudong was a good joker, and everyone laughed, and the night gradually fell, and the maidservant girl had already stepped forward to light the lamp, and the large and small lamps and candles illuminated the courtyard directly.
Mrs. Chu was very happy to see that these friends of his, all of them were high-spirited and talkative, and there was no official authority and arrogance, so she also said happily: "What I am most worried about is Shen Xia's family affairs, at this age, the son-in-law of other people's families has already married, but he is not in a hurry at all, but it makes me worry about the daily worries of a mother." ”
King Shun hid the sympathy for this mother in his eyes by drinking tea, if his mother saw this scene, I wonder if she would faint on the spot?
Chu Shenxia clearly saw King Shun's eyes, and was a little congested, and half-looked at Chu Shenxia looking at King Shun with a burning gaze, and couldn't help laughing.
Mrs. Chu looked at her puzzled, and said bluntly: "Miss Sun, do you think my words are ridiculous?" ”
Everyone looked at Banrong with Mrs. Chu's gaze, and Banrong knew that he had just lost his manners, so he hurriedly apologized: "No, Mrs. Chu, I just remembered a very funny thing, I couldn't hold back for a while, and asked Mrs. Chu not to go to my heart." ”
"Oh?" Mrs. Chu straightened up slightly, wanting to listen to her details.
"Uh..." Banrong was speechless for a while, and looked at Chu Shenxia as if asking for help, there was also some threat in his eyes.
Chu Shenxia received her look and said with a smile: "Mother, the child has invited the most famous pianist in Jincheng, it is rumored that after listening to her songs, you can forget your troubles, mother might as well give it a try?" ”
Seeing that her son had the intention to change the topic, Mrs. Chu nodded slowly and acquiesced, but her eyes drifted to Banrong and were still dissatisfied.
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