It was almost noon, Liu Wan'er sat in her embroidery building, just feeling restless.

She also went to the back garden just now, but it was full of ladies who came to congratulate, and some of them always had to pick something to say, and they had to always smile, and they were not good at treating guests with a cold face, so she was impatient, so she simply threw the scene to her mother and sister-in-law, and went back to the embroidery building to hide.

It's just that this leisure is hiding, but my heart is still uneasy.

She unconsciously recalled what her father said seemingly indifferently this morning when the three brothers and sisters in the family plus the sister-in-law went to greet her father for his birthday.

At that time, he squinted his eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a smile on his face, but he didn't look like it, he just glanced at himself lightly, and said, "The Li family is also coming today, well, I heard that something happened to that kid Li Xi a few years ago, and I just happened to talk to him today." ”

Talk? What to talk about?

As soon as she thought of this, Liu Wan'er felt her heart flutter.

Daddy too, he has been an official for a long time, and even his words to his children are vague.

And the more this happens, the more unsettling it becomes.

Li Xi's big changes have long been known all over the city, and it is impossible for Daddy not to know, so is it possible that it is just a simple chat today?

I'm afraid that 10% of them are going to take the school exam, right?

Could it be that Daddy will also be like others, once he finds out that Li Xi at this time is no longer the Li Xi at that time, he will immediately feel that he is no longer worthy of himself? That's why he had to check whether the rumors were true?

Every time she thinks of this, Liu Wan'er can't help but sigh, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl has a sad face.

From childhood to adulthood, she just knew that she was going to marry the one named Li Xi in her life.

No matter whether he is rich or poor, whether he is beautiful or ugly, or whether he is old or young, he is the one in this life, because this is what Daddy taught since he was a child, to be a man, especially to be a woman, to be content, to be virtuous, and to end from the beginning.

When Li Xi was famous in Jinyuan before, she was never happy about it, because she only knew that it was Li Xi, and now that Li Xi has lost her memory and is depressed, she has never thought about regretting anything, because she feels that no matter how it changes, it is still Li Xi, and that is the man she wants to live with him for the rest of her life.

He has the ability, I follow him to eat and drink, she has no ability, I just follow him to eat chaff vegetables.

As for the rest...... Didn't Daddy say that a daughter's family needs to be considered so much?

But now, Daddy seems to have swayed suddenly, which makes her have to think about it a little more, and worry a little more - what is Li Xi's situation now, she saw it all during the poetry meeting before, Daddy wants to take the school exam, what else can he do in the school? It's nothing more than making him lose face again.

Thinking of this, she unconsciously suddenly thought of what happened in that dilapidated courtyard that evening, and when she thought of the lazy and scoundrel he looked like in Yu'er's mouth, she somehow felt soft in her heart, and then she thought that he was likely to suffer the humiliation of being untalented again at the upcoming birthday banquet, and her heart was inexplicably distressed.

Her brow furrowed tightly, and after a few moments, she finally stood up.

Thinking that he would be humiliated again, it would be better for him to take advantage of this time to simply go directly to his father and tell him not to take the school exam, no matter whether this Li Xi is stupid or stupid, he will follow him in his life, and at this banquet where celebrities gather, it is better to save him some face.

Thinking about this section, she opened her mouth and wanted to call Yu'er, but suddenly remembered that this time is not only Yu'er, but all the servants in the family are waiting outside, and immediately got up and walked out, which is also because she was restless, just walked to the door, just when someone was about to enter the door, and the two almost bumped into each other.

It was Liu Rong who came.

He couldn't help laughing proudly when he saw Liu Wan'er looking uneasy, "I can't find you in the garden, so I know that you must have hid back, what's the matter, do you want to go to Daddy and ask him for a favor?" ”

As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at his sister with an ambiguous smile.

Liu Wan'er was taken aback when she was almost hit just now, and this time she let him squeeze his words, so she turned around angrily, "The room full of people is smart about you, and you don't say help me, but make fun of me, you are really my good second brother!" ”

The whole family and even the entire Jin Yuan know that the third lady of the Liu family is extremely smart, but only she knows that her second brother is really the hidden smart. What he can figure out, he must have understood in the blink of an eye, the brother and sister have grown up together, and the relationship is so good, with his understanding of himself, it is strange that he can't guess what he wants to do.

In fact, she was just going to find her second brother and wanted to ask him for an idea.

"Do you want to make up your mind......" Liu Rong sat down on the embroidery stool loudly, and deliberately groaned in the middle of speaking.

Liu Wan'er turned her back and smiled, since the second brother took the initiative to come, it must have a good idea, her heart suddenly settled down, and the little girl's naughtiness came back unconsciously, of course she knew that the second brother was asking for a price.

turned around and pouted and looked at him, "You are really a scoundrel, it's nothing to help you once or twice, and I can also go to the examination room to help you compose poems in the future?" ”

It's also strange to say, his second brother is exquisite, and he hides at least 10,000 hearts and eyes in his sleeves, but he just can't compose poetry, let alone poetry, even if he can't recite a single sentence, the schoolwork assigned by the professor in the state school, how simple the requirements are, but every time he has to help him to complete the schoolwork!

At that moment, Liu Rong looked disapprehensive when he heard this, shook his hand and said: "Don't lift me up, just rely on me, which one of the Jinshi exams is it, I don't want to do it in this life, I, this life is the life of a second ancestor!" ”

Seeing that he took out this signature lazy style again, Liu Wan'er couldn't help but smile, glanced at him, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll help you write it three more times, okay?" ”

"Three times, that's enough!"

Liu Rong nodded when he heard this, but he also accepted it when he saw it, anyway, in the future, he had a way to get his sister to agree to the next time.

At the moment when the conditions of the brother and sister were negotiated, he immediately sat upright, but there was still a signature smile on his face, and he nodded: "Last winter, we bought a new singer in our house, and when I bought it, Daddy said that the woman played it well, but as far as I know, since he entered our house, Daddy has never heard her play once." That woman is so beautiful, even I am very moved when I see it, but our daddy never looks at her with a straight eye, and in my opinion, daddy is like a snake and scorpion to her! ”

Liu Wan'er frowned when she heard this, and asked, "Is this ...... Why? ”

Liu Rong blinked, and said, "Didn't you learn the piano with her for a few days, listen to her accent, where are you from?" ”

Liu Wan'er was even more puzzled when she heard this, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "It seems to be ...... The accent to the north, Chang'an? Luoyang? ”

Liu Rong nodded, with a look of deep disapproval, and said: "Ten ** is from Chang'an, didn't you ask why Daddy avoided her like a snake and scorpion?" All I have to ask you is, what is her last name? ”

"The surname is Wu!"

"That's right, this surname, but it's very hot!"

Liu Wan'er's heart lit up when she heard this, as if she suddenly remembered something, but she was upset at the moment, and the most important thing was not this, so she didn't think deeply, but asked puzzledly: "How can you mention her?" ”

Liu Rong blinked narrowly, and said: "Of course it makes sense to mention her, I estimate that with our father's cautious surname, such a hot person, he would not dare to stay in the house, so there is a **, today he is going to take advantage of the scene of his fourth birthday, and he will be very 'generous' to send this hot potato out!" ”

Speaking of which, Liu Wan'er finally suddenly realized!

But after she understood, she was not relieved, but walked back and forth in the room more annoyingly, chanting words in her mouth, "Gong Hou, yes, Gong Hou, it must be this topic, there was a title of pipa at the poetry meeting the day before yesterday, but he got nothing, this time I will write Gong Hou, there must still be no, this is bad!" ”

Liu Rong stretched his waist and yawned and stood up, and said, "You, if you really care, it's messy, isn't there still me!" ”

Liu Wan'er stood up when she heard this, turned her head with a look of surprise, and praised: "Yes, the second brother still has a way, yes, I'll think about it for him, and I'll write it later and ask Yu'er to send it to you quietly!" ”

Liu Rong showed a teachable expression when he heard this, and he didn't say anything anymore, turned around and yawned and walked out, he sneaked over, and he was left alone with the eldest brother in front of him, and when he turned around and was discovered, he would definitely have to fall into the eldest brother's complaints, so he had to rush over as soon as possible.

It's just that as soon as he walked on the front foot, Liu Wan'er frowned again on the back foot.

"Konghou...... Birthday Banquet ...... How do you write it properly? ”

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According to the order, when it was Li Xi's turn to go to the hall to pay respects, Old Man Liu Bo was talking to a middle-aged man in official uniform, and finally waited for him to personally send the adult into the table, and then walked back.

"Zi said, how are you doing lately?"

He saw Li Xi, and walked over quickly without waiting for the introduction of the acquaintance next to him, took Li Xi's hand and asked cordially, although the old man said that he was almost fifty years old, he was sturdy and ruddy, and he looked like he was old and strong.

He is the same as Li Xi's father Li Fu, he was not born as a Jinshi, in his early years, he was a subordinate in the Shuzhou Assassin History Scene, and later he was recommended by the Assassin Shi to serve as the county lieutenant of Jinyuan County from the nine products, and at that time, it was Li Xi's father Li Fu who served as the chief secretary of Jinyuan County under the nine products, and the two knew each other for a few years, and the relationship was quite compatible, and even made a marriage contract for the children of both parties.

Later, after Li Fu died of illness, he was prosperous in official affairs, and he rose all the way up for more than ten years, and now he has served as the Shuzhou Sima from Wupin for more than two years, and he is the real power figure in the entire Shuzhou.

On the way here, according to the third uncle Li Qiu, Liu Bo was a reckless character in the early years, but over the years, as the official has become bigger and bigger, his surname has become more and more calm.

Just like for Li Xi, the future husband, it is still a trivial matter to say a sentence that makes people feel like a spring breeze, the key is that between gestures, it has brought out a bit of intimacy, which makes people yearn for it unconsciously, which is a big skill. I didn't snub him in the slightest because of some rumors and the like. To be honest, his style even made Li Xi, who had been thinking about it all the time on the way here, feel flattered.

Of course, he is like a mirror in his heart, a person of this level will never let you feel it even if he disgusts you in his heart, otherwise how could he be such a big official! It's just that this kind of thing is known in his heart, and no one needs to say it, and when he heard Liu Bo's question, he smiled and said: "Uncle Lao is worried, and the little nephew has always been fine." Today is your birthday, my little nephew will give you a salute, I wish you the happiness of the old man such as the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan! As he spoke, he bowed, and when Li Qiu saw this, he pushed Li Zao, and the little guy also quickly bowed down.

Liu Bo didn't stop them, he only smiled and twisted his beard and watched Li Xi lie on the ground and bow to himself.

Regarding the etiquette of birthday worship in the Tang Dynasty, Li Xi deliberately understood and studied it when he went out to buy things yesterday, and Li Qiu deliberately explained it again on the way to today. ”

Stretching out his hand to pull Li Xi up, he turned around and said a few words to Li Qiu on the side cordially, asked how the business has been recently, and punched the little fat man Li Zao in the chest with a smile, and said with a smile: "Good guy, this is only twelve years old, he is already so strong, he is really born a tiger idiot, how many catties of meat can he eat in a meal now?" …… Are you still greedy for wine? After a while, the banquet will be held, your Uncle Liu will call the shots for you, although you can rest assured that you will drink in a big glass, what I say, you will always sell me three points of face, he will not dare to care about you! ”

Saying that, he also pointed at Li Zao, turned to Li Qiu and said: "This kid of your family is completely different from Zi Yue, he was born a general, but the courage of the puppet is not enough in the end, you should let him read more, if he is willing to read more, he will enter the phase in the future, how can the Marquis of Wanhu be enough!" I've said it to the front, and if he comes out in the future, I want it! ”

After saying this, Li Qiu and Li Zao's father and son were already flushed with excitement, and they immediately looked like they were grateful for the five things.

It's no wonder that who is the old man Liu Bo, who is the big man from the five grades, himself? It's just a small businessman with a low status, but people don't put on the slightest stand for their father and son, and he is respected by Sima of Yizhou, and he actually knows so much about the situation of his father and son, and there is care everywhere, how can people not be excited and moved?

But he threw away Li Xi and the third uncle and their grandfather like this, obviously he didn't say a word to Li Xi, but Li Xi didn't feel that he was left out at all, because everyone knew that Li Xi was his future son-in-law, and subconsciously thought that the old man cared about them, in fact, he was also caring about Li Xi - this thought is really ingenious!

So much so that even Li Xi stood by and watched the laughter and scolding of the old man Liu Bo, and couldn't help but shake his head with emotion, this old fox is really a good person! It's really unimaginable that the third uncle actually said that he was a reckless character when he was young?

After chatting about family life, there were still many people lining up to pay their respects, so Old Man Liu Bo patted Li Xi's shoulder with a smile, and ordered the acquaintance next to him to take the three of them to the table.

The moment he turned around, Li Xi looked up, but saw that Old Man Liu Bo happened to be looking over as well, and the cautious and suspicious look in his eyes happened to fall in Li Xi's eyes.

It was just a moment's effort, and when the two looked at each other, there was immediately a little smile in his eyes, and although Li Xi sighed in his heart, he still showed a shy smile at him, and then turned away.

When Li Xi and the others were brought into the table by Zhike, the old man Liu Bo in the hall touched his chin and muttered secretly, "This kid, why is it not right today?" Why do you think he's slippery like a little fox? ”

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the people who came to pay homage to the birthday have arrived, the front yard of the entire Liufu is dominated by Liuhuatang, bustling with all kinds of guests, first Liu Bo came to the vestibule to thank everyone, and then listened to the guests in the house singing loudly, and said "Feast!" Immediately, everyone heard the sonorous sound, but it was the maids in the palace who wore flowers and butterflies to serve wine and food.

After Liu Bo led everyone to the three dedications, even if it was officially opened, the scene suddenly became lively for a while, after a few glasses of wine, people who got up and went to Liuhuatang to toast one after another, and even some people saw that they didn't know when it would be their turn, so they stood up, shouted loudly in the courtyard, and then drank generously, and many of the people followed together to make a promise.

Just when he was busy, he saw Liu Bo standing up with a smile and waving his hand, and said, "Everyone, be quiet." ”

Everyone knew that he had something to say, and the courtyard suddenly fell silent, and everyone just turned their heads to look at him.

At this time, Liu Bo smiled and said: "Liu is fortunate to invite the sky, if I have a four-turn birthday, I have to be so valued by you, I came to congratulate me on my birthday today, and the gratitude is really beyond words. ”

When he said that, the crowd applauded.

At that moment, the old man Liu Bo picked up the wine cup and said slowly: "The sky is surging, the earth is so misty, the luck of the four turns, and friends are invited, there is no end to the wine without wine, and you can't ......laugh without singing and dancing."

At this time, Li Qiu had already recovered from the excitement just now, touched Li Xi with his elbow, and said with a smile: "It's all prepared in advance, when he worked with your father in the early years, he was often ridiculed by your father, saying that he didn't know how to write and ink, so he has always been particularly concerned about this, it is said that this time for this article, he also went to Yizhou to ask for someone, I don't know who wrote it for him in the end." ”

Li Xi couldn't help but bow his head and sneer when he heard this, and when he looked up and looked at Liu Bo shaking his head, with an expression of showing his proud work to everyone, he suddenly smiled more and more brightly.

At this time, I heard someone on the seat behind me whispering: "Well, the rhetoric is gorgeous, it is definitely not this old and rough handwriting, I estimate that it is ** and their Miss Wan'er is ghostwriting!" ”

When the person next to him heard this, he sighed: "Yes, it's not just ten **, I've been collecting Miss Wan'er's writing and ink, and I'm very familiar with her pen, this must be written by Miss Wan'er!" It's a pity, I don't know how many people came to the door to propose, but they were all rejected, and it is said that Miss Wan'er has already ...... Ah, the one sitting in front of us, a piece of shit! ”

Hearing this, Li Xi was not angry, but smiled hesitantly, with a smug face.

Finally, one of the long fu of the old man Liu Bo was finally finished, and after everyone drank a glass of wine together, everyone's sycophants suddenly surrounded him.

And Old Man Liu has always had a smile on his face, and he has accepted all the obviously exaggerated compliments from everyone, but he is not weak at all. Seeing this scene, Li Xi couldn't help but sigh to himself.

But before he could finish his sigh, he suddenly felt a cold gaze fall on him, and when he intuitively raised his head and traced back, he saw Liu Bo smiling like Maitreya Buddha in front of everyone, as if he hadn't turned his head to look at himself at all.

At this time, Liu Bo waved his hand again, signaling everyone to be quiet. He stood up, glanced at Li Xi's gaze with deep meaning, then quickly turned his head again, and said with a smile: "Everyone, here and now, this situation and this scene, if there is no poetry, what can it be?" ”

Li Xi suddenly perked up when he heard this, the few pieces of paper that Wan'er handed him the day before yesterday, he had worked hard, and he had already memorized the rolling melons, and this was what he was waiting for!

"We can't write, we can't read? This time, let's see which of you dare to say that brother is useless! He thought to himself triumphantly.

But when he turned his head to look around, he suddenly found that it seemed that most of the people who came today had a very confident look on their faces, and some of them were even secretly pulling things out of their arms, and they were still chanting words in their mouths while digging.

Especially Li Fang, who was sitting not far away, he was looking at it brightly at this time, the smugness on his face couldn't be covered, and his eyebrows were about to fly into the sky! And when he found that Li Xi looked over, he didn't hesitate to throw a disdainful look.

But at this time, he saw Liu Bo suddenly clapping his hands, and then everyone followed his gaze, but saw a woman wearing a hat slowly walking out of the back of the hall.

The tulle hanging down around the hat covered her face tightly, making it difficult to see the true face, but just looking at her slender figure, slender steps, fair and moist skin exposed outside the sleeves, and the small waist that could be held in a small way, it was enough to make the scene startle a breath.

What she was holding in her arms was a Konghou.

As soon as this woman came out, many people seemed to understand what Old Man Liu Bo meant, and they were sweating on their foreheads at the moment, thinking that Old Man Liu Bo was too slippery, and he was finished, but he turned around and gave others problems!

At this time, Li Xi looked left and right, except for a few people, many people were dumbfounded on the spot, and he immediately knew that it was broken, and those birthday poems that he had worked so hard to prepare for a long time to memorize were probably useless.

And it was at this time that Li Fang's face showed a strong look.

He turned his head and whispered a few words to a small old man who was not amazing at the banquet behind him, and then his gaze approached Li Xi defiantly.

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