Qin Yunuan smiled slightly: "What General Leng said is my cousin, I heard earlier that Cousin Su has some friendship with General Leng, and my cousin has been saying that when I am free, I want to ask General Leng to go to the first floor of the capital to order a pot of tea, order a plate of tea and rice fruits, and reminisce about the old days." ”

Leng Changxi's eyes slowly stretched into the distance; "Did he say that?"

"Of course," Qin Yunuan continued with a smile, "In the future, my cousin's business will rely more on General Leng's care." ”

"You care about your cousin very much, and you think about him very much," Leng Changxi's tone seemed to be mixed with a five-flavor bottle, both sour and sweet, "It's just a pity, good tea is okay, tea rice and fruit are okay, I have never liked sweet." ”

Smart people speak, always to the point, Qin Yunuan suppressed the voice, the two just stood quietly on the corridor like this, looking at the full moon washed by the purest spring water in the south of the Yangtze River in the distance, a little windy, the wind was mixed with the fragrance of grass blowing from the other side of the pond, and the voices in the outer hall were obviously lively.

It's time to go back to the banquet, Leng Changxi deliberately let Qin Yunuan take a step ahead, and only after half a pillar of incense did he turn around and leave, but the wound that didn't feel painful was faintly powerful at the moment, scraping the bones to cure the poison, and it was really not something ordinary people could bear.

When Qin Yunuan entered the table, the guests were already full, all of them were semi-familiar faces, all of whom had been seen during the Flower Dynasty Festival or when praying for blessings, Fang Ziying naturally also attended with his father, and the seat was placed into a huge "concave" character, and in the middle was a platform for performing songs and dances.

As soon as Qin Yunuan sat down, Fang Ziying on the opposite side was very happy to look at this side, Qin Yunuan also smiled back happily, the banquet still had half a time to check before it began, Qin Qin sat in the first seat, and kept greeting his colleagues, and Dou Qing'e, who was supposed to leave for Guoan Temple, was wearing a jade-colored double mandarin long skirt at the moment, wearing a golden hairpin and swaying, acting graceful and luxurious, greeting the guests with Qin Qian, especially for Sima Rui, who could be arranged on the side of Qin Yun's makeup, was particularly enthusiastic, smiling and pulling homely, It seems that he has completely forgotten Qin Linfeng, the protagonist of today's banquet, who is sitting at the bottom.

Qin Linfeng looked a little anxious, his eyes always unconsciously glanced at Qin Yunxiang with a shy face and Sima Rui with a handsome face, the more Dou Qing'e said how these two people were, the more Qin Linfeng's subtle movements became, he kept knocking on the corner of the table, or holding the wine cup, and he couldn't answer the guests' greetings insincerely.

It's an interesting phenomenon. Qin Yunuan sat quietly on the seat, but her eyes never left the mother and son who loved acting, and the more uneasy she saw Qin Linfeng, the brighter her smile became.

"By the way," Dou Qing'e seemed to notice Qin Yunuan's existence at this time, "What about Baochuan?" Why didn't you come? Today is the master's birthday, so it's not good to be late. ”

Qin Yunuan made an appropriate pause, with a gentle smile on her pretty face: "Mother, don't worry, wait a while, Baochuan has been thinking about it for a long time and wants to surprise his father." ”

After Qin Yunuan finished speaking, it seemed that he could hear Qin Linfeng's disdainful sneer. In Qin Linfeng's heart, Qin Yunuan's lie couldn't be worse, he didn't speak, he didn't even fall into the well, he wanted to see how this embroidered girl would come back.

"Really?" Dou Qing'e's voice raised a few tones slightly, and she seemed to unintentionally flick the tea powder with the lid of the tea cup and said, "Counting it, Baochuan has not attended several family banquets and reunions, this ......, it shouldn't be a serious illness." ”

Qin Yunuan looked at Dou Qing'e, who had a provocative look in her eyes, and looked at Qin Qian, who was silently observing the movements here although she didn't speak, and said with a smile: "Baochuan was indeed infected with wind chill in the courtyard of the back seat room before, but now that it has moved to Fuxi Courtyard, the house is no longer leaking, and the food is getting better, but now I don't know how strong it grows." ”

What a sharp-toothed girl, Dou Qing'e's eyes narrowed slightly, and she turned over her past accounts again.

Aunt Chang also took over at that time and said: "The third girl is really right, master, the concubine has seen Baochuan twice in the past few days, and she is really more and more clever and cute." ”

Qin Zhen didn't refute or have much joy, just said "um" flatly, the memory of this concubine has been very faint, since his Lianniang suddenly died six years ago, the mother-in-law of the Zhao family calculated a hexagram and said that it was completely because of the birth of this concubine After He Lian was killed, he seemed to pay little attention to this inconspicuous concubine, except for knowing that this concubine caught a jade plate when he caught Zhou, in other aspects, his understanding of this concubine is basically zero.

With the salute, the banquet began, the surrounding lights dimmed, leaving only the wide platform in the center of the banquet, a burst of women's aroma hit, since the banquet on both sides of the broken steps to eight dancing girls, April day, but wearing a thin gauze skirt like cicada wings, revealing a waist that is not full of hands, draped in scattered clouds of colorful silk, the musician played the horizontal flute, the Qing Qi singer played the zither, sang a small song in the south of the Yangtze River, in the flying of the clouds and water, the light yarn was swirling, as if flowing with the music in the hearts of the people.

Just between the flying of this colorful veil, Leng Changxi didn't know when he had already sat down, his position was second only to Qin Zhen and the level of Shangguan Yuan and Sima Rui on the left side, he raised his hand to play with the wine bottle in his hand, his eyes showed an indescribable laziness, until he glanced at Qin Yunuan not far away, his eyes changed from a wandering state to stagnate, and suddenly smiled lightly, and then silently looked away.

Qin Yunuan was not unaware, she felt Leng Changxi's eyes that were neither cold nor fiery, she could only try to keep it as if nothing had happened, tonight, she had more important things to do.

The song and dance had come to an end, and just as the dancers were about to retreat, at the end of the feast there was a sonorous sound of children reading, immature, but every word seemed to have exhausted all piety and sincerity.

"Baochuan wishes my father a longevity than Songling, like the rising sun, the stars shine forever, and the elderly are respected."

The words are loud and clear, and the sentences flow smoothly.

And Qin Linfeng's face turned pale almost instantly, and his face was full of disbelief, what he let the cheap woman named Tinghe put down was a intestine that could make people's intestines pierce the stomach and scatter, why, why could this little rabbit cub appear at the banquet like a nobody, he was deceived by Tinghe? No! The girl was thinking about how to be an aunt at that time, not to mention, it would not be good for her to do anything else.

With a brush, Qin Linfeng stared at Qin Yunuan with an almost cannibalistic anger, it was her! It had to be her! I heard my mother say earlier that now this girl is not what she used to be, as if she is a different person, but she didn't expect that she would be so shrewd.

At the end of the banquet, Qin Baochuan was dressed in a crescent-white shirt and a small bamboo-colored robe, with a two-finger-wide belt around his waist, looking energetic and radiant, along the way, the guests all opened their eyes wide, they had never heard of such a delicate and decent young master in the Taiwei Mansion in the past.

"Father, this is a birthday gift from Baochuan." Qin Baochuan walked up to Qin Zhen and bowed his hand quite postureously, just when Qin Zhen was still a little surprised, the copper behind Qin Baochuan had already handed over the scroll in his hand.

Qin Yunuan took over the words in a timely manner and said: "This is an ink painting painted by Baochuan with a lot of effort, and I hope my father will accept it with a smile." ”

It turned out to be just a painting, but it was better to have a heart at this young age, Qin Zhen showed a rare smile, and waved his hand to let Steward Xie put away the scroll temporarily.

"Doesn't my father take a look?" Qin Yunuan tilted his head and smiled.

"Hmph, how can a six-year-old concubine's painting be taken out at will and offered to be ugly?" Qin Yunxiang sneered in his heart, but his tone was so soft that he was about to drip water, "Father put it away for the sake of the second brother's face, in front of so many famous pictures sent by the nobles, second brother, why do you bother to make such a move and let people compare with each other?" ”

Qin Baochuan's face was slightly stiff, as if he was a little afraid, he looked at Qin Yunuan as if asking for help, but saw that his sister only cast a positive look, Qin Baochuan, who was encouraged, held his breath and continued to arch his hand: "I also asked my father to see the scroll, Baochuan guarantees that this ink painting will be ingenious and satisfy my father." ”

Qin Zhen seemed to be a little uncomfortable with Qin Baochuan's sudden enthusiasm: "Okay, I have this gift in my heart." ”

Before Qin Yunuan could speak, a leisurely voice spoke: "I also want to see how ingenious this ink painting is." ”

Qin Zhen looked at Leng Changxi, who spoke, and a smile piled up on his face: "Since General Leng appreciates his face, come and open the scroll." ”

At the sound of the order, two servants immediately stepped forward, one holding the scroll, and the other slowly unfolding the scroll.

When the three-meter-long scroll was spread out and the mountains and rivers on the picture were vividly displayed, Qin Yunuan seemed to be able to feel Qin Qian's deep inhalation voice, and muttered a question: "This is?" ”

Qin Baochuan is like a little adult, very sophisticated and skillful: "I heard my sister talk about the story of my father's reading earlier, and I also heard the grandmothers in the house say that my father has been away from his hometown for more than 20 years, and he went out to seek official employment. ”

The three-meter-long picture scroll, there are mountains and rivers on it, the mountains and rocks are realistic and rugged, and there is a waterfall flowing down from the mountains and rocks, which reminds Qin Zhen of the mountain spring in front of the window of Xiaoxuan at that time, on the picture scroll, the pine and cypress bamboo forests are stacked and green, a small but chic thatched cottage is located on the mountainside, above the thatched house, there are two cranes circling, as if implying that the thatched cottage in Langlang opens, and the scholars who read loudly will definitely go to high school.

It's hard to believe that such a painting and such a composition came from the hand of a six-year-old child.