Chapter Eighty-Eight: Gift-giving

Someone framed Yang Yi'er's matter, Princess Kang only verbally promised to find out, and it was revealed, Yang Yi'er had no heart to continue to participate in the banquet, and left the hall alone after explaining a few words to her mother.

Yang Yi wanted to send her home in person, but Yang Yier just wanted to be alone and quiet, so she politely rejected Yang Yi.

Unexpectedly, no one thought that the queen would personally come to the birthday banquet with generous gifts, and no matter how calm and dignified Rao is, the lord of Shuyue couldn't hide the pride in his eyes, and instructed his subordinates to arrange the banquet to the extreme.

The vignettes in the hall naturally did not take the initiative to bring up.

The queen mother personally went out of the palace to participate in the banquet less than five times a year, which was also the first time since the queen mother stayed in the harem to participate in the birthday of the daughter of the Gaomen noble mansion.

The generous gifts were two horses of Guangyijin and three bottles of the palace's unique formula of soothing cream, which made the lord of Shuyue earn enough eyeballs.

The banquet venue is a large green space surrounded by lakes on three sides, and several stout pillars are evenly erected, and the pillars are wrapped with light gauze silk, and many fine threads are pulled on them, and various colored lanterns are scattered and hung all over the venue.

With the light of hundreds of lanterns, half of the lake is reflected in the shadows, and rare jade coral tree ornaments are also placed, which feels alive under the candlelight, with atmosphere and style.

Yang Yi wanted to sit with Su Xiangsi, but was entangled by her mother and returned to the front to sit down. The pitiful appearance of rubbing his ears is funny and distressing.

The position was still chosen by themselves, and Su Xiangsi and Li Qinse chose a middle position to sit down. Su Qing and Li Huaijing got together, diagonally opposite her position.

When it was time for the feast, the male guests appeared at the banquet one after another. Another implication of such a banquet is to find the woman who is with your eyes. You can observe the girl you like through the process of the feast.

The man will be more active, the girl will be more shy and introverted, and when she saw the son-in-law entering the banquet with a smile and a smile, a flush flew on her cheeks, and she didn't dare to look directly at others, so she could only occasionally look at it with her spare eyes.

In the face of life events, people who want to spend their lives hand in hand with themselves are novel and expectant.

Li Huaijing was chatting with Su Qing in a whisper, and with just a casual glance, he saw the most perfect talent in the crowd. Just one glance made her heart tremble slightly, and the scorching blazing light couldn't be removed, and her every movement and expression in her eyes were in her eyes.

I seem to feel the gaze and look in this direction, too. Li Huaijing's heartbeat suddenly beat strongly, and he could clearly hear the sound of a fast heartbeat. Perception told her that Mu Jinchen was looking at herself, and her eyes were soft and soft she had never seen before.

Su Qing felt her strangeness, and her cheeks and ears were flushed. I followed her gaze and knew it.

Not far behind Mu Jinchen was King Yu, and Su Qing's eyes couldn't help but sink, suppressing the inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

Su Xiangsi also noticed Li Huaijing's reaction, and wondered if Su Qing was talking to her. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the corner of the fluttering clothes next to the seat, raised his eyes, and instantly understood why Li Huaijing reacted like that.

His eyes narrowed, and he secretly scolded the flower butterfly at the back of Mu Jinchen walking by.

Mu Jinchen suddenly turned his head slightly and looked back, and Su Xiangsi turned his head calmly.

In the end, Mu Jinchen picked a position diagonally behind Su Xiangsi, and was only three tables away from Li Huaijing. It was convenient to look at Su Xiangsi, and Li Huaijing only had him in his eyes. Su Xiangsi threw him an indifferent look and turned her head away from him.

Mu Jinchen nodded the tip of his nose with a folding fan in his hand, recalling the whole process of eating at General Su's Mansion yesterday, and behaved very well without any mistakes. What's wrong with this? Looking at the banquet, could it be that someone made her unhappy again?

Thinking like this, Mu Jinchen's sharp eyes swept Xu Qiuqing's back very accurately.

Xu Qiuqing shivered inexplicably and stroked her arm.

The invited guests were almost seated, and at a glance there were twenty-five tables, each table could only seat two, which could be regarded as a large-scale banquet.

After everything was ready, the county lord of Shuyue and the queen mother appeared at the banquet in the spotlight, and Su Xiangsi threw a big gift with everyone and didn't give Mu Jinchen a good look on the other side, which made Mu Jinchen anxious.

The queen said a few words of congratulations, and the feast officially began, and the servants brought the dishes and sake in order. The girls, who had not been able to eat staple food for most of the day, now have a better appetite.

There are silk and bamboo instruments playing lightly on the side, and the breeze is called a cool.

Eating the dishes made by the chef who was invited by others to Jinxiuhua, Su Xiangsi felt comfortable in his heart. I began to think in my heart that there are many big families in the capital, and it will definitely not be a problem to contract all the banquets in Jinxiu Building in the past two years.

Halfway through the meal, people began to offer gifts. It is dazzling again, and it is only a rare quality rouge gouache, gold and silver jewelry made of heavy industry, and unique and rare ornaments.

If you see more, you will lose interest, and the best thing is a pair of three-colored feather birds sent by Princess Yu, and if you release this pair of birds, you will consciously fly back to the cage.

Many people like to raise birds to relieve boredom, but it is extremely rare to see birds with three colors of feathers.

The various gifts in front of the lord Shuyue looked at it in his eyes, and his face was full of joy, until he saw the light in the eyes of this pair of three-colored feathered birds, which was from the bottom of his heart.

Lord Shuyue is good at dancing, and likes to wear dance skirts that show off her figure and show her dancing posture to the fullest. Su Qing found out her preferences and invited the clothes lady who went to the clothing shop to make a set of dance dresses that took five days to make.

Just by opening the box and letting the people present see the bright side, they can see that the clothing and embroidery are extremely rare, and from the tone of the Lord of Shuyue, I can also feel that the tone of the Lord of Shuyue towards Su Qing is very different from others.

"Si'er, how does the ceremony you prepared compare to Su Qing's?" Other gifts are better than the same, and Li Qinse doesn't want her daughter to be overpressed by others.

Su Xiangsi replied with a reassuring look: "Mother, don't worry, it won't bury the face of our third room." "The attitude can't go on like this forever, it doesn't matter, although my mother is the general's wife, what if she has status and status? If nothing shocked these people, they dared to bully Li Qinse directly.

Finally, it was Su Xiangsi's turn to go up, and he just got up to attract the attention of the people present. It's only been four months, and no one in the capital knows Su Xiangsi. I am more curious about what she will send, every year the emperor rewards General Su's mansion with a lot of good things.

I didn't master one of the talents, but I lived in a big mansion. The women who can live in the backyard in this way are more inclined to the former than the women who can only recite poetry.

The catkins held the tray in his hand, and the gold silk silkworm cloth covered it, and from the prominent outline, he guessed that it was a set of head and face jewelry. Su Qing retracted her gaze, slightly disappointed and proud. I refused to let her see it, because I couldn't pick out good things, and then I thought about it again, this is not her style. The entire General Su Mansion is the most exquisite in terms of her food and clothing, and gifts should not be so lazy.

Su Xiangsi bowed slightly and finished saluting, and lifted the silkworm step. Liu Wu approached the county lord of Shuyue and asked her to see it clearly, and the county lord of Shuyue's eyes lit up again, and he was very satisfied and happy.

The catkins walked around the venue with a tray for everyone to see, and the ladies and ladies who saw it liked this set of silver and white pearl inlaid heads at first sight.

Xinghai City is rich in pearls, and white pearls are extremely common, but this is the first time they have seen silver and white pearls.

Although the style is chic, the style of silver pearls inlaid on it has been greatly changed, which attracts people's attention. What Lord Shuyue likes the most is the pair of interlocking silver bracelets.

The whole willow branches are intertwined with each other, the lines are supple, and the branches and leaves made are lifelike, and the well-proportioned silver-white pearls are inlaid along the branches and leaves.

Through the light of the hundreds of lanterns, different colors are reflected from various angles.

"I didn't expect the third lady to be so big, and the production of silver and white pearls in Xinghai City is very small. There are no less than 100 pieces in this set, right? The queen couldn't help but speak out after reading it.

Su Xiangsi once again bent her legs and saluted: "The queen's mother has a discerning eye, and last year, the jewelry shop under the name of Sanfang went to Xinghai City to order a batch of silver and white pearls. It was just done at the beginning of the month, and this is the only set in Beijing. ”

As soon as the people present heard this, they had a slight change in their opinion of Su Xiangsi, and they did not hesitate to take out their hands when they said that they would give it away, and they would probably have to think about it a few times.

The queen mother nodded clearly: "Such a good thing, you three rooms really don't feel heartache?" ”

The queen said with a smile, the princess of Shuyue has a dazzling temperament, and this set of pearl heads is worthy of it. Since she was a child, she has let Si'er take care of affairs alone, and she should have been sensible a long time ago. I have a sense of proportion. ”

Su Qing was really unconvinced when she heard this, the property in the name of the big house was no less than that of the third room, but it was all held in her mother's hands. Not to mention General Su's Mansion, looking at the entire capital, which family has not been out of the cabinet of a girl can take power alone.

This is another distance between her and Su Xiangsi, and this set of several hundred taels of heads and faces will be sent casually. No matter how rich her mother was, no matter how her father could do business, she would not be so profligate.

With Su Xiangsi's amazing jewelry in front, the gifts sent back can only barely be counted as a good word.