Chapter 17: What a feast is this?
"What's the matter with the princess?" Gu Yan's eyebrows raised slightly.
"The ivory chopsticks in your hand are exquisite." Su Liuyu also smiled, "But you use it to eat every day, don't you feel uncomfortable?" Even if part of the ivory grows on the outside of the mouth, how do you know if the pair you are using is made from the part of the mouth? ”
Su Liuyu blinked, and then said, "The elephant's saliva is soaking, soaking, soaking every day...... It doesn't brush its teeth, it doesn't rinse its mouth, it just soaks, it soaks......"
The maid with poor concentration had already secretly retched a few times.
"Su Liuyu, you said this before dinner, isn't it disgusting!" Zhuang Mengru vomited twice, clutching her chest, and suddenly couldn't look directly at the priceless pair of gold and jade ivory chopsticks in her brother-in-law's hand.
"I said it's disgusting, the national teacher uses it every day, why don't you say he's disgusting?" Su Liuyu looked innocent.
The food carefully cooked by Chef Gao, she lost her appetite, and naturally she couldn't cheapen others.
Zhuang Li's mouth moved, but he still swallowed all the words, and instructed Zhuang Mengru: "Linglong, eat." ”
"Sister, can you still eat?" Zhuang Mengru looked at Su Liuyu, who was in a good mood, with great dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Let's treat each other politely, but she doesn't know what to do, Sister!" ”
Zhuang Li's eyes changed, suppressed Zhuang Mengru's other accusatory words, and said to Su Liuyu with a smile: "Princess Changyue is not strange, the family has loved Linglong since she was a child, and she has spoiled Linglong, if there is anything offensive to the princess, please also ask Princess Haihan." ”
"The dealer does dote on the child, and I have a deep understanding when I see you for the first time, and I will not worry much about Miss Zhuang today."
"Thank you, Your Highness Princess, for your generosity." Zhuang Li's fingers under the table tightened, his nails embedded in his palms, but the corners of his lips were slightly raised imperceptibly.
Su Liuyu, I see how long you can be proud!
Seeing that the sisters of the Yu family had a poor appetite, Su Liuyu's lacklustre mouth suddenly had a taste.
However, although she was amazed by the deliciousness, she had the elegance that a princess should have, the noble appearance of chewing and holding chopsticks, and the cheekiness as if nothing had happened, which really made Zhuang Li hate to grind her back molars.
The only fly in the ointment is that the person concerned was expressionless in Gu Yan from beginning to end, not angry by her words, nor disgusted, calmly and calmly replaced the ivory chopsticks with a pair of jade chopsticks at her suggestion, and finished the meal.
The difference between these two pairs of chopsticks is nothing more than expensive and more expensive.
"National teacher." Su Liuyu was full, put down the chopsticks and asked him: "Why are you different from the chopsticks we use, when you eat with Uncle Huang, do you also have to change your own chopsticks?" ”
"Hmm." Gu Yan replied, which was an answer.
It's better not to answer.
"Why are they pampering you like this?" Su Liuyu wrinkled her nose dissatisfied.
In the memory of the original owner, Gu Yan ate with his father, and also used his own dishes and chopsticks, and the pair of white jade chopsticks he uses now were given to Gu Yan by his father on her tenth birthday.
She didn't get any rare gifts for her birthday, but Gu Yan dropped a priceless treasure, what is this called?
Seeing that Gu Yan ignored her, her cunning eyes narrowed, and she sighed, but there was no pity in her tone, but it was all gossip: "I see that my father and uncle treat you better than me, are you their brother?" Or is it the illegitimate son of my father who was left behind in the people, and he found it back and held it carefully? ”
The people at the table ignored her, and Zhuang Li's innocuous official surface words were directly forgotten by Su Liuyu's ears.
Su Liuyu's gaze paused on Gu Yan's face for a few seconds, and he really couldn't make any waves, so he got up, and after a simple and polite thanks, he went to the Guanxin Garden under the leadership of the maidservant.
What she didn't know was that the gaze of the black-clothed guard who had been standing behind Gu Yan condensed at the moment when she casually asked such an absurd joke, like a cold prison.
That look, as if shouting, shouting "kill her"!
There were a lot of maids waiting in the Guanxin Garden, and Su Liuyu sent back most of them, leaving only three or two who looked honest and down-to-earth.
But she also stayed in the outer courtyard to serve, and around her house, only Mama Li and Xiaoxin were left.
Xiao Xin came back after a while, entered the garden with a puzzled face, and asked Su Liuyu in surprise: "Miss, how did Mrs. Guoshi give us such a good courtyard to live in?" ”
I don't know if it's because of my possessiveness, or if my heart is already high, and what should have belonged to her was divided into other people by the people around her in such a righteous and bright way, Su Liuyu listened to the words "Mrs. National Teacher", and felt uncomfortable anywhere.
But Xiao Xin is right.
This is indeed a good courtyard, whether it is the location, lighting, or the scenery in the garden, it is a must, there is no place that is not a view, but there is no place to deliberately create a landscape.
Even the position and direction of the windows in each room are just right, lazily shining in the sun, warm but not scorching, because the curtain fan blocks the small half, and the direction of the window can skillfully attract the wind.
The utensils placed inside are not luxurious but delicate.
Even in the 21st century, when science and technology are developed, and thousands of wisdom and ingenuity of the ancients are absorbed, few people have designed such a delicate courtyard.
"Where is this for us to live in?" Su Liuyu smiled, "This is to give face to today's saints." ”
"Noodles...... Child? Xiao Xin still didn't understand.
"Let's come to the National Teacher's Mansion to borrow it, it's an expedient measure, the poison, the fire, and the chaotic knife haven't killed me, naturally someone wants to be courteous to me, even if there are no people who are courteous, how can those who don't succeed give up?" Su Liuyu said, her fingers tightened.
Her beautiful eyes were full of hatred.
Although it is a borrowed body, the past slides in front of me one by one, one by one, all so real!
Princess Changyue's fear and sorrow, she can empathize.
"I understand, the princess wants to use the power of the national teacher to protect herself." Xiao Xin patted her head with a sudden realization, "I'm scared to death, the slave maid still thinks that the princess really wants to renew the marriage contract and marry the national teacher." ”
"I want to renew my marriage." Su Liuyu's eyes were firm, "So tomorrow's face saint, I have to think about how to speak." ”
"Miss......" Xiao Xin didn't know which thing to sigh about for a while, and hesitated for a few seconds before asking, "How do you know that Your Majesty is going to summon you tomorrow?" ”
"After all, I am the princess of the emperor's own title, and I am the representative of his benevolence, we came in too much hurry that night, and if it is spread, we will lose the royal face."
"So today, the national teacher specially held a banquet, but he didn't invite anyone else to come. The banquet is to tell everyone that the princess is staying in the National Teacher's Mansion today, and she doesn't invite others because this is a scene, and the National Teacher doesn't want to give anyone a favor because of this. Xiao Xin suddenly realized.
"Hmm." Su Liuyu nodded.
However, Gu Yan didn't invite anyone else, I'm afraid it's not that simple.
As mentioned earlier, this is the emperor's face, and once the banquet is held publicly, it will definitely be overcrowded.
Among these people, there are those who want to kill her, and there may be those who want to help her.
If she succeeds in reaching an agreement with someone in the middle, won't it become a security risk? Gu Yan is worthy of being the emperor's right-hand man, so that she will not contact anyone else before facing the saint, so that everyone can feel at ease.
"The national teacher told everyone like this, so that His Majesty has the steps to summon the young lady to the palace to meet him, otherwise the princess who has not left the cabinet will stay at the man's house late at night, regardless of whether there is a marriage contract or not, she will lose royal face." Xiao Xin is thorough at a point, and her head is still turning very fast.
"Clever." Su Liuyu praised and immediately asked her: "The child you want to find, have you found it?" ”
Xiao Xin frowned when she heard this, "I have inquired around, and there was indeed such a little boy begging during that time, but it didn't take long for him to disappear." ”