Chapter 50: The Reception Banquet
The group walked through the hall and corridor, and came to the courtyard prepared for Ying Heng.
From a distance, the whole courtyard is quiet and elegant, the front of the court is lush with forests and bamboos, the shadows of flowers are swaying, and a stone road leads directly to the door of the main house, which makes the simple and elegant house add a sense of mystery.
After everyone came to the courtyard, they all looked around at the structure here, and they couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration, sure enough, the Gu family was wealthy, and even the individual courtyards were built so exquisitely, luxurious and elegant, and the degree of care can be seen.
Ying Heng also silently looked around the structure of the entire courtyard on the side, and couldn't help but sigh, I have to say that this is the most satisfactory courtyard he has ever seen, from the layout of the entire courtyard, it can be seen that the Gu family is still very careful in doing things.
Especially the bamboo forest in front of the court, he really loves it, Ying Heng doesn't have too many hobbies and favorite things, but this bamboo is exactly one of them.
He likes the appearance of bamboo, and he likes its modest-minded temperament even more, so I have to say that this bamboo forest is indeed very in line with Ying Heng's appetite, and it seems that the Gu family has really put a lot of effort into welcoming him, the imperial grandson.
"Your Highness can take a look around, if there is anything you are not satisfied with, feel free to tell the villain, and I will correct it as soon as possible. Gu Rongzhan said respectfully on the side.
"I was very happy with everything here. Ying Heng looked directly at the bamboo forest and said, "I just don't know if this bamboo forest was planted unintentionally, or if it was Master Gu's intention?"
Hearing his words, Gu Rongzhan also raised his eyes, and then a relieved smile appeared on his face, "Back to Your Highness, this bamboo forest was planted by the little girl." ”
Hearing this, Ying Heng was a little surprised, so he turned his head to look at Gu Ziqing on the side, "Is it Miss Gu's proposal?"
"Back to Your Highness, it was the little girl's proposal. Gu Ziqing nodded and said, "According to rumors, His Royal Highness loves green bamboo, so I asked my father to plant some in front of the court to enjoy His Highness." ”
In fact, where are the rumors, but when Gu Ziqing was still a ghost, she often looked at Ying Heng who was idle, staring at the bamboo in a daze, so she guessed that he should be a lover of Cuizhu.
So this time to repair the courtyard and welcome Ying Heng's arrival, Gu Ziqing asked his father to plant this piece of green bamboo in front of the court to please Ying Heng, and now it seems that she is doing a good job in this matter, and she should be able to leave a good impression on Ying Heng.
Listening to Gu Ziqing's words, Ying Heng just smiled slightly, and did not speak, he loved Cuizhu, except for those close to him, no one knew about it at all.
And he has been at the border all year round, and there are very few rumors about him in the capital, where did Gu Ziqing hear it?
So Ying Heng suspected that Gu Ziqing was not telling the truth at all, but after thinking about it, if she was not telling the truth, how could she be so accurate about this hobby?
It seems that for this Gu Ziqing, he really has to check it out, otherwise Ying Heng always feels that there are too many secrets left on her body, and he needs to solve them little by little.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Ziqing didn't speak anymore, just stood silently to the side, waiting for Ying Heng's next move.
And just when everyone thought that Ying Heng would push the door into the house to take a look at the structure inside, Ying Heng suddenly stopped, turned to Song Su and said, "Let's go eat first!"
After all, Ying Heng didn't like so many people to visit his bedroom together.
Song Su nodded very clearly, then made a gesture of "please" and took Ying Heng to eat.
Regarding the reception of Ying Heng, it was handled by the Gu family, and of course, the meal was no exception, and the convenience was set in the side hall of the Gu Mansion.
After everyone arrived at the side hall, they found their own places and sat down.
Ying Heng sat on the main seat, on the left hand side were Song Su and other officials, and on the right hand side were the people of the Gu family.
After everyone took their seats, Gu Rongzhan clapped his hands, and immediately a maid came up with a jade plate of delicacies and served the dishes for the guests.
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, this time I came to Jiangnan to inspect, this is the glory of the Jiangnan territory, Weichen Song Su led all the local officials, to pay tribute to His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, thinking that you will receive the wind and wash the dust. Song Su took advantage of the gap between the maid's cloth dishes and stood up with a wine glass and said.
Seeing this, everyone also held their wine glasses, stood up one after another, and toasted Ying Heng together.
Ying Heng also picked up his wine glass and said to everyone: "Thank you." ”
Then as soon as they drank it all, everyone also raised their glasses and drank all the wine in the glass.
After Ying Heng finished drinking, he filled a cup to himself, and then said to Song Su and Gu Rongzhan: "Your Highness has come this time, thanks to the reception of Lord Song and Master Gu, I would like to give you a glass here." ”
Song Su and Gu Rongzhan hurriedly got up, Qin Zhiyi and Gu Ziqing, as family members, followed suit, and several people raised their glasses one after another, thanked Ying Heng together, and then took the wine glass and drank it all.
After they finished drinking, they sat down one after another, and at this time, Gu Ziqing and Song Su looked at each other and smiled, the meaning of which was self-evident, they were all happy for Ying Heng's attention today.
Liu Qingyuan, who was sitting in the corner not far away, secretly clenched his fists when Song Su stood up and toasted Ying Heng on behalf of the officials.
It should have been his position, but now Song Su took advantage, and he could only sit in the most inconspicuous position and peek at all this.
After Tan finished recalling for him, Liu Qingyuan was very sure that he was definitely drugged, otherwise with his amount of alcohol, why would he just drink one glass and be unconscious!
But who is the person who took the drug? Liu Qingyuan thought about it and felt that the person who was most likely to target him was the person who competed with him in the officialdom.
Then the whole thing will be clear, and now the most competitive with him is Song Su, so he will ignore everyone's eyes today and come to receive His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun.
First, I want to see if I have any fate with the position of the governor of Jiangnan, and second, I want to observe Song Su, if there is anything wrong, and check whether he is the one who drugged him that day.
Sure enough, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and at that moment, when he observed Song Su, he unexpectedly saw the small movements between him and Gu Ziqing.
Liu Qingyuan was a little puzzled at first, and he didn't understand when Gu Ziqing and Song Su became so familiar?
Then he suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he thought about it carefully, and a cold light popped up in his eyes.
Things he hadn't noticed before suddenly popped up in front of him and flooded into his mind.