However, although Zhimin listened to Rong Jin's words, her eyes still couldn't help but stare at her sister-in-law, seeing that she made Princess Rui hide her face and laugh, she was not annoyed, "But I just can't get used to her pretending in front of people, you see, now that she has caught up with Princess Rui, she has to show off in front of me for a while, if she marries into the Rui Palace, won't she step on my head in the future?" ”

Princess Rui? It turns out that Sister Zhiminshu flattered Princess Rui?

Rong Jin was curious, and when she looked over again, she saw that the gorgeously dressed Princess Rui was holding her sister's hand, and there was not only Zhimin's sister in front of her, but also Rong Zheng. Rong Zheng seemed to say something, and two or three ladies sitting around also leaned forward and leaned back with laughter.

Even Rong Jin, who doesn't ask about state affairs, has heard of King Rui, who is the only king with a different surname since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, because of his outstanding military achievements in the battle with Tubo, seven of his eight sons were killed in battle, and the ancestor emperor was sympathetic, so he gave him the title of king.

However, his fief is very interesting, it happens to be in Yongzhou, which borders Tubo, and it is clearly a reward, but secretly, it also has the meaning of suppression.

Now the title has been passed down for four generations, and this one was still prosperous at the time of the Five Kings Rebellion thirty years ago, but unfortunately the court stood on the wrong side, and the new emperor was left out in the cold after he ascended the throne.

King Rui died of illness half a year ago, and his eldest son was already weak, but the saint did not add the seal, although this title could not run, but it always looked like there was something lacking in face. Even if the title is inherited and the emperor is disgusted, he can only live cautiously in the future.

Rong Jin glanced at Princess Rui left and right, and she remembered the luxuriously dressed ladies that she and a few sisters had saluted them just now! The husbands of these ladies are not of low rank, and they should be on an equal footing with Zhu, the wife of the Imperial History of Zuo Yidu, and they will never accompany Zhu and dare not talk loudly.

Now it seems that she understands that they were arranged by the Cheng family to sit with Princess Rui, obviously the same as her, they were all on the wrong side before, and they were disliked by the current saint but they were not dismissed because of their family background and merits, in fact, they have been abandoned.

Rong Jin shook his head lightly and said, "You see that Princess Narui is sitting around, but Mrs. Wu'anhou and Mrs. Liu?" ”

"What's the matter, what if the princess is surrounded by these two ladies?" Zhimin clapped his hands after swallowing the melon seeds, and looked at Rong Jin with a puzzled expression.

"It can be seen that these people are not liked by the saints, and the fief of this Rui King is in Yongzhou in the northwest, and there is a drought at both ends in three days, so what's so good about that place? I'm afraid your sister-in-law's diligence is dedicated to the wrong person. ”

"But that's also a prince, and he has a fief!" Zhimin was so anxious to stand up, if it weren't for the noise around him, he didn't know that he would have thought that the two young ladies were quarrelling.

Rong Jin cautiously glanced left and right, pulled Zhimin's sleeve and pulled her over to sit down, muttered a few words in her ear, Zhimin's frowning brows stretched, and finally smiled gloatingly, "You are right, if she likes it, then it's up to her, a gem pretended to be a glass bead, I won't fight with her!" ”

But Zhimin was happy, and Rong Jin watched her eldest sister who hated to perform eighteen kinds of martial arts chatting with the princess more and more enthusiastically, but she became worried.

But as long as there are some motivated officials in the court, who would want to be in-laws with King Rui? Isn't this against the Holy One? thought that for the sake of her father's official career, the eldest sister should not go to Princess Rui.

Rong Jin didn't want to step forward to remind Rong Zheng, so he could only wait in place, and waited for a cup of tea before seeing Rong Zheng walk back with a proud face.

Li and Lin Ronghe snorted coldly, secretly muttering that she had something to drag as a concubine. And Zhu drank tea silently, but he couldn't do it. Zhu naturally knew the stakes, but she didn't bother to remind Rong Zheng, she just wanted to complain to Lin Qian, so that he could understand how uninformed his Aunt Chen was, and instigated her daughter to even stammer such a person.

"What did my sister just say to Princess Rui, I see that they are laughing so happily at the table!" Rong Qing flicked the silver ring embedded with green and green pomegranates on his ring finger, and a smile seemed to be absent at the corner of his mouth.

Rong Zheng didn't know that he had become a joke in the eyes of Zhu and Rong Qing, but showed off: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just an interesting story about checking the account books with her subordinates." ”

"Who doesn't know that Aunt Chen has a few Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, you have to help look at the account books, you don't have to take this matter here!" Rong Ci squinted at Rong Zheng.

"The dowry that my aunt brought by herself was not stolen and robbed, what can't you say?" Rong Zheng tried his best to keep his voice low, with a calm smile on his face, and he didn't know that he thought she was joking with his sister when he looked at her like this.

"Okay, okay, this tea fruit can't stop your sister's mouth?" Zhu pushed the blue and white porcelain plate over to Rong Ci, and the topic was diverted.

After a while, everyone began to talk and laugh again, Rong Zheng felt bored, so he got up and prepared to walk on the porch to breathe.

Rong Jin immediately followed, one comforted her, and the other made it clear to her the stakes and the stakes, and persuaded her not to go to Princess Rui to be courteous again.

"When my sister went back to the house, she even figured out the details of Rui Wang's mansion?" Rong Zheng looked down at her, with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, "You have pink eye, you have to find a better reason to convince me, you and I are as stupid as you?" With that, he flicked his sleeves and strode downstairs, leaving Rong Jin in place, choked so that he couldn't say a word.

Gotta get it! The dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people! If it weren't for her father's official career, she wouldn't have bothered to remind her, just what she loved.

Rong Jin reluctantly returned to his seat and joked with Zhimin again.

However, in the eyes of Rong Ci, who was arguing with Rong Zheng, it was Rong Jin who only cared about comforting the eldest sister and not comforting her, the third sister, and she felt more and more uncomfortable, and crushed the peach cake.

Rong Ci glanced around, the second sister sat together, the fourth sister also had a hot fight with Miss Cheng Jia, she was the only one left, why did these four sisters coax Miss Cheng Jiayan to be happy! Why did she comfort her eldest sister and not comfort her! Is this looking down on her?

During the Chung Yeung Festival, there was a custom of drinking chrysanthemum/flower wine, and the tea and fruit snacks and chrysanthemum/flower wine before the banquet were served, and Zhimin returned to her own seat.

The Lin family's table was almost there, and the banquet was about to start, but before Rong Zheng came back, the Zhu family wanted to send a few maids to find it.

And the more Rong Ci on the side thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, and he bit his lower lip and almost bit blood. Hearing that someone was going to be sent to find Rong Zheng, she suddenly stood up and said, "Madam, I provoked the eldest sister, so I shouldn't have lifted her bar, why don't I go with the fourth sister to find it." ”

"It's fine."

Good? Where's the good? She hasn't said yes yet!

Rong Jin choked on a mouthful of mung bean cake, and was about to pick up the cup to pour saliva to moisten her throat, but she was unexpectedly dragged up by Rong Ci, and then she took her to the staircase.

She coughed desperately while holding her throat, and when Rong Ci waved away the servant who came with her, she didn't have time to forcibly summon the red sleeves and the finch over.

After Rong Jin finished coughing, she was dragged down to the first floor of the attic by Rong Ci, this floor was the man's seat, the man's voice was very loud, mixed with the sound of shaking dice, Rong Jin only felt that his ears were about to be deaf.

There is also a small room on the first floor of the attic, because the banquet is open in the attic today, for the sake of convenience, the chrysanthemum wine, aged flower carving and plum wine to be used have been moved to this small room in advance.

Now the chrysanthemum wine is served first, and after a round of drinking, the flower carving and plum wine will be moved up when the banquet officially opens.

Rong Ci pulled Rong Jin and ran to the cellar, Rong Jin shook off her hand vigorously, and shouted: "Big sister should have gone to the front porch, how could she run to the cellar?" ”

"Didn't you hear from your big sister that you had never been to the cellar when you came? She must have gone here! Rong dragged the person down without saying anything.

Rong Jin was slightly puzzled, but Rong Zheng said such a thing, that is, she was dragged down the stairs by Rong Ci.

Knock Knock Knock –

Rong Ci went down very quickly, and this section of stairs couldn't be thrown off if he wanted to, otherwise there would be a mess under his feet and people would fall down, Rong Jin had to be pulled by her, until he arrived in front of the wooden door of the empty wine cellar, and before he could stand firmly under his feet, he was pushed by Rong Ci.

"Third sister, what are you doing!" Rong Jin shouted, immediately stopped and turned around, only to hear a "bang" The door was shut, followed by a "jingle bell" lock and a key colliding.

"Third sister, third sister!" Rong Jin slapped the door panel with both hands and stomped his feet in a hurry.

"Just stay inside!"

Then there was the sound of "knock knock" footsteps up the stairs.

Rong Jin tried to pull the door, but she couldn't pull it, thinking that it was locked, so she shouted two more words: "Someone!" Someone! ”

No one answered.

This door is hollow and carved, she beckoned inside the door, and the person standing at the entrance of the building can only see it carefully, but it is useless to shout, after all, the noise in the attic is shocking, who can hear the call of the lower floor?

However, since this is a wine cellar, someone will come to carry the wine when the official banquet opens, so instead of shouting here, it is better to wait for someone to open the door.

Thinking about it, the third sister just wanted to tease her.

After Rong Jin made up his mind, he stopped shouting, and stood with his back against the door, patting his chest with his right hand and panting.

The cellar was surprisingly quiet, she could only hear her own breathing, every breath was full of wine, she closed her eyes and sniffed deeply, and she had the idea of stealing wine and drinking, but just thinking about it.

Unconsciously, his breathing gradually calmed down, but Rong Jin suddenly realized that in the depths of the wine cellar, the sound of heavy breathing could be heard clearly.

She was startled, a layer of fine sweat beads oozed from her forehead, and she encountered something dirty in the daytime?

She vigilantly swept around the wine cellar, which was not very large, and the lights on the periphery illuminated the black wine jars and various wine jugs, and there was no one in sight!

"Who is it?" Rong Jin's hand grasping the door bolt was slightly forced, staring at the place where the breathing sound came from, the big wine vat in the westernmost corner.

No one answered, but the wheezing sound was still short, unable to calm down, Rong Jin could hear it, this was the man's breathing!

It was a different story, if she had been alone in the cellar, she would have been in the same cellar with a man, and someone would have brought the wine later, and now her name would have been given here.