Chapter 299 [Night Banquet] (II)

There is a special person in front of the door who is responsible for welcoming guests, seeing that the guests are all holding invitations in their hands, Hu Xiaotian secretly screamed in his heart, although the eldest princess invited him over, but did not give him an invitation, this is troublesome, although Xue Lingjun knows herself, but these people in her house may not know herself, and she will embarrass herself.

When Hu Xiaotian was hesitating, a beautiful girl in front of the door had already greeted him with a smile and said enthusiastically: "Lord Hu, you are here." "This girl is the eldest princess Xue Lingjun's personal maid Jianping. Hu Xiaotian had also met her before, but Jian Ping was busy with other things just now, and Hu Xiaotian didn't see her.

Jian Ping said: "Lord Hu, Her Royal Highness the Princess asked me to wait for you here. Many people around heard Jianping's words, and looked at Hu Xiaotian one after another, wondering in their hearts, but they didn't know where this kid was sacred, and how could he be so valued by the eldest princess? He even sent his most confidant maid to meet him? You must know that Jianping's identity in the Eldest Princess's Mansion is equivalent to that of the chief manager, which can be said to be above everyone under one person.

Hu Xiaotian walked into the eldest princess's mansion with Jianping under the attention of everyone, the eldest princess's mansion is the former horse mansion, the eldest princess did not live here after marrying the talented son Hong Xinglian, but lived in the Hong family, but this poor horse died in March after marriage, after Hong Xinglian's death, the Hong family is also full of bad luck, and the eldest princess has become a well-known ominous person. In order to stay away from this nemesis, the Hong family even left Yongdu behind, but in the end they still failed to escape the bad luck and died to death. After the Hong family left, the eldest princess did not continue to live in the Hong Mansion, but came to the Horse Mansion adjacent to the Hong Mansion. Although Empress Dowager Jiang repeatedly proposed to let Xue Lingjun move to the Garden of Mercy and Grace, Xue Lingjun politely declined.

Although the layout of the Horse Mansion is not large. However, the carved beams and paintings of the building are extremely exquisite, and everywhere they go is ingenious. Hu Xiaotian found that although Emperor Dayong advocated frugality, his younger brothers and sisters did the opposite, whether it was the Yanwang Mansion that he had been to before or the Eldest Princess's Mansion that he had visited now, there was a sense of extravagance everywhere.

The eldest princess had not yet appeared at the banquet, and Jian Ping led Hu Xiaotian to his seat and sat down. Hu Xiaotian saw such a grand scene in front of the door, and he had already made a plan to be a low-key person in his heart, all the people who came over tonight were dignitaries, no matter how bad he was, he had to be a figure with a head and a face, he was an outsider, and there was no one who was even familiar with the scene.

Jian Ping smiled at Hu Xiaotian and said, "Lord Hu, please wait patiently, the eldest princess asked Lord Hu not to leave in a hurry after the banquet, she still has something to say to you." ”

Hu Xiaotian nodded: "Trouble Sister Jianping." ”

Jian Ping smiled and said, "Lord Hu is really polite, Jian Ping has to entertain other guests." Lost for a while. ”

"Sister, please!"

Seeing Jianping leave, Hu Xiaotian picked up the teacup and tasted the tea slowly, looking at the guests in the room, he didn't know most of the guests, others were chatting over there in groups of three or five, but no one cared, and he was alone. Hu Xiaotian didn't feel any sense of loss, it was better for no one to take care of him, and Lao Tzu didn't do anything else today. It's just to bury your head in eating and drinking, and then slap your ass and leave.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door. Although Hu Xiaotian didn't speak, his eyes were not idle, he expected that there was a big man again, he raised his eyes and looked, but saw a pair of beautiful people coming in from outside the door, the male Yushu was handsome and chic. The woman's gentle and demure eyebrows are picturesque, and such a heaven-made couple naturally attracts everyone's attention.

Hu Xiaotian recognized that the man was Li Shenzhou, he had never seen a woman, it seemed that it should be his wife, Jian Rongxin, a talented woman from Dayong.

Li Shenzhou was a young man. It is a leading figure in the young generation of Dayong, deeply respected by the emperor, coupled with his illustrious family background, he has naturally become the object of envy in the hearts of many people, Jian Rongxin is also an unusual person, she is naturally beautiful but famous for her knowledge, her father is Dayong Hanlin Academy University scholar Jian Xihe, is Dayong's scholar. The two families are right, talented and beautiful, married for many years, and still in love as before.

Li Shenzhou held Jian Rongxin's hand and walked into the hall, coincidentally, he was arranged to be at the same table with Hu Xiaotian.

Hu Xiaotian didn't expect the eldest princess to make such an arrangement, thinking about it carefully, it should be Xue Lingjun who saw the two of them talking at the Ziyun Mountain blacksmith shop that day, thinking that he and Li Shenzhou were very familiar, so he made such an arrangement.

Seeing Li Shenzhou and his wife coming to the front, Hu Xiaotian got up and smiled and said hello: "General Li, what a coincidence!" ”

Li Shenzhou obviously didn't expect such an arrangement, and when he saw Hu Xiaotian, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Lord Hu, what a coincidence, it turns out that the eldest princess also invited you." ”

The speaker has no intention of listening, Hu Xiaotian is angry when he hears his words, I rely on, why can't you invite me? You can come, but Lao Tzu can't come? However, Hu Xiaotian didn't have a seizure, sighed and said: "The eldest princess is full of enthusiasm, I really can't refuse, so I can only put down other things and come over." With a reluctant face, it seems that coming over today is enough to give Xue Lingjun face.

Li Shenzhou secretly laughed at this guy's thick skin, and introduced to his wife with a smile: "This is Lord Hu Xiaotianhu of Dakang's marriage history." He said to Hu Xiaotian again: "This is cheap." ”

Hu Xiaotian respectfully hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be Mrs. Li, Xiaotian has long heard of Mrs. Li's name, and learned that Mrs. Li is the first talented woman in Dayong. ”

Jian Rongxin smiled and said: "Lord Hu is polite, I'm not a talented girl, just an ordinary cooking woman." As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but drift towards Li Shenzhou, and the eyes of the two met, and their tenderness and sweetness were naturally revealed, which was really envious of others.

Although Hu Xiaotian is an outsider, he can also see that the two of them have a good relationship, and invite the two to sit down.

Li Shenzhou sat next to Hu Xiaotian, Jian Rongxin sat aside, Hu Xiaotian saw that there were four chairs next to the long table, but he didn't know who else would come later.

Li Shenzhou said: "I heard that Master Hu has returned to Qichen Palace?" ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "General Li is really well-informed, and he just moved back this morning, mainly because the princess has always been served by me, and it is not suitable for other people." ”

Li Shenzhou said: "I heard that Lord Hu had some unhappiness with the guards of Qichen Palace before? ”

Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "It's just a misunderstanding, it's not a big deal, it may be that someone is spreading falsehoods." He said that Li Shenzhou was not good at asking again.

At this time, there was a commotion outside, Hu Xiaotian no longer had the curiosity just now, he was just a foil at this kind of gathering of the nobles of Dayong, and he should not have promised the eldest princess to come over if he knew this.

When he lowered his head and pondered with the teacup, he felt that the light in front of him was blocked, and then he heard Li Shenzhou's polite voice: "General Huo, you are here too!" ”

Hu Xiaotian looked up, but saw Huo Shengnan standing in front of him, blocking the candle flame behind him. Huo Shengnan said hello to Li Shenzhou and his wife, and looked at Hu Xiaotian, with a smile on his face. Hu Xiaotian said: "Isn't General Huo not coming?" ”

Huo Shengnan said: "Of course I won't come if you invite me, but the eldest princess invites, and I have no reason to refuse." After she finished speaking, she sat down beside Hu Xiaotian.

Hu Xiaotian secretly thought, this must be Xue Lingjun's arrangement, it seems that Huo Shengnan has decided to participate in tonight's banquet before, to say that she can really calm down, she didn't show the slightest tone when she started the palace.

With the arrival of important guests, the atmosphere became more and more lively. In everyone's expectation, the eldest princess Xue Lingjun made her debut, she was wearing a golden palace dress, and pulled a bun of a hundred birds and a phoenix, noble, elegant, bright and moving, and completely attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appeared.

Most of the men at the scene showed a lustful and soul-giving gaze, and secretly praised in their hearts, stunner, if they can become the eldest princess's guest in the curtain, even if they die, they are willing to do so, at this moment, most people have forgotten the murderous name of the eldest princess Kefu.

Li Shenzhou didn't squint, and whispered something to his wife with laughter, Jian Rongxin sometimes showed a sweet smile, and the deep affection between the couple was really enviable.

Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but look at the eldest princess a few more times, he was very puzzled in his heart, obviously she was so beautiful, why did she insist on using a knife on her face, women, why bother yourself?

When Xue Lingjun smiled and signaled to everyone, she heard a report from outside the door, it was her eldest brother Xue Daohong who had arrived.

Hearing that the eldest prince Xue Daohong came in person, all the guests got up to greet them.

Hu Xiaotian also stood up, raised his eyes and looked at the entrance, but saw that the eldest prince Xue Daohong did not come alone, and accompanied him by a man wearing a beard, the man was tall, with red hair and beard, because of the beard on his face, so he couldn't see his original age, but it was estimated that he must be more than thirty, he and Xue Daohong walked into the banquet side by side, obviously one size older than Xue Daohong.

Huo Shengnan couldn't help frowning when he saw that person and said, "When did the fourth prince of the black beard come to Yongdu?" She had already recognized that the Hu man who came side by side with Xue Daohong was Wanyan Chixiong, the fourth prince of the Black Hu, Huo Shengnan had fought with Wanyan Chixiong many times on the northern battlefield, so she recognized him at a glance.

Li Shenzhou said softly: "Yes, I also heard that a black beard delegation came to Yongdu recently, but I didn't expect that the fourth prince of black beard would come in person?" ”

Hu Xiaotian glanced at Li Shenzhou, and didn't believe his words in his heart, Li Shenzhou had a great relationship with the eldest prince Xue Daohong, and he was a loyal supporter of the eldest prince, with their relationship, how could Xue Daohong not tell him? (To be continued......)