Chapter 53: Flowing Water Seat
"It turned out to be the wife of Li Shangshu's family, please rest assured, my sister has always been open-minded and reasonable, and she will never care."
Su Lian said that, and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief before turning around and explaining that her pitiful appearance was really hard to convince her words.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Li saw Su Lian like this, her eyes changed in an instant when she looked at Su Jiao, "So that's the case, then Mrs. Xiao and Aunt Su really have a deep sisterhood, and Mrs. Lin didn't forget to come here to talk at the birthday banquet." ”
The implication is that Su Jiao quietly pulled Su Lian to this place and bullied her at will.
Su Jiao pursed her mouth angrily and funny: Li Shangshu's wife, isn't that the road narrow.
Li Shangshu was firmly standing behind the three princes, so naturally even the people he liked had to work hard.
Mrs. Li laughed, everyone in the capital thought that I had bullied Su Lian since I was a child, so how could I say that I had a deep sisterhood. It's just an inadvertent turn here today, and I happened to meet my sister, so I said a few more words, and Mrs. Li should be clear when she listens to it. ”
Since everyone knows it in their hearts, why pretend to be so pretended, it is better to say that it is happy, but it caught Mrs. Li off guard.
"This, the past grievances have been over for so long, presumably Mrs. Xiao will not take it out again, otherwise she would not know that Aunt Su came to the banquet today, and Mrs. Xiao is willing to agree."
When the words landed, Su Jiao couldn't help but sneer in her heart.
According to the news obtained from walking around in the past few days, Li Shangshu's real name is Li Shangshu, and he once had a cousin who was a childhood sweetheart, Li Shangshu has always been in love with him, who expected that his cousin fell in love with the romantic and free drama Wusheng, and he was desperate to die or live or to reconcile.
Li Shangshu couldn't help but agree, so he had the Mrs. Li in front of him. This Mrs. Li's real name is Xia, and her name is Xia Shumo, and it is because she admires Li Shangshu's literary brilliance that she is willing to make a continuation.
And Xia Shumo can also be regarded as a talented woman, which can be seen from her words of secretly changing concepts and beating back.
After thinking about it, Su Jiao came back to her senses, and she didn't bother to remind Su Lian kindly, so she simply explained her words happily, and tore Mrs. Li's purpose of pretending to be harmonious to pieces.
"Mrs. Li is wrong, if I am not mistaken, it has only been a month and a half for my good sister to marry into the Three Princes' Mansion, and in such a short time, she has memorized a tongue-twisting poem, and she can't forget it, Mrs. Li is too sure to speak like this."
Su Jiao said, nodding lightly at Mrs. Shangli's resentful eyes and Su Lian's resentful expression.
"Right now, Mrs. Lin's banquet must be about to start, and I will stay soon, Mrs. Li and my good sister are at their own convenience, and I will leave first."
After that, no matter what kind of expressions the two of them had behind them, Su Jiao turned around and left, and quickly returned to the table along the original road.
Although this banquet is a small banquet organized by Mrs. Lin herself, she must always take into account the level of her status, so in addition to Mrs. Lin's birthday star, there is also the Duchess of Pingcheng, and the county lord of Pingcheng is sitting next to the Duchess.
The rank of the lord of the respective family is about the same, how to arrange the seat is casual, the baby will not take a moment, everyone has taken a seat, and then the countess has reserved a place for Su Jiao.
Su Jiao came in with her back feet, and saw that many pre-dinner cold dishes had been placed on the running water.
"Why did Mrs. Xiao go for such a long time, if you don't come back, I want to call Red Sleeves to find you." Zhang Xinglin listened to her slight panting, but when something else happened, Su Jiao didn't have time to answer, and on the path over there, Su Lian and Mrs. Li had already walked side by side.
As soon as he saw this situation, Zhang Xinglin immediately reacted, and the expression on his face was unclear, "So that's the case, but it's no wonder." ”
Over there, Su Lian and Mrs. Li talked and laughed and found a place to sit down, Su Jiao was wondering why Duchess Heisei didn't even react at all, and Mrs. Lin had already come down clockwise to toast and walked up to her and the countess.
"Thank you two for coming to my birthday banquet today, and I came to toast you two with a glass." Mrs. Lin said, raised the wine glass to her, and Su Jiao and Zhang Xinglin also hurriedly stood up and took the glass to return the salute.
Raising her head and drinking it all, Mrs. Lin was not in a hurry to leave, but raised her head and looked into the distance, "By the way, I specially instructed Mrs. Li to come over today, why haven't I seen anyone until now?" ”
Hearing this, Su Jiao's eyes flashed, she poured a glass of fruit wine again, and said casually, "Maybe it's because of the recent complicated affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and Mrs. Li came late to share the worries of Lord Li." ”
"Huh? How do you say that? "Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has always been pretentious, how could there be something that annoys her. Su Jiao's words instantly aroused Mrs. Lin's interest.
"Madame doesn't know yet, isn't the Wa Kingdom going to come to me for a pilgrimage after a while, but Li Shangshu's men have made a mistake in the route, so that the mission has taken a long detour in vain."
"You said such a big thing, I don't know what the people below do, Li Shangshu, and he loves his subordinates, he is not willing to report this matter, and now he is in a hurry to deal with it, but Li Shangshu is so capable, I think it will be solved soon."
Saying that, Su Jiao saw that Mrs. Lin was staying there, and as if she was specially reminded, she touched her wine glass with her. Mrs. Lin came back to her senses and smiled reluctantly, and drank the newly poured wine in the cup.
Zhang Xinglin had also been greeted by Su Jiao before, so he knew what to do more at this time, so he helped echo him.
"That's right, after all, the arrival of the Japanese Kingdom in Beijing is related to the fact that our dynasty can surrender without a fight, so that the surrounding small countries will be sincerely obedient. If Li Shangshu does this, I am afraid that His Majesty will also think a lot of highly of him, how can he let his subordinates have an accident at this juncture? ”
Zhang Xinglin's words were what Mrs. Lin was most interested in, Mrs. Lin blinked, and deliberately lowered her voice to ask. "But it's also strange, this matter is not difficult to do, Li Shangshu has always been cautious, how could his subordinates make such a big mistake?"
"Who can know this, maybe this news is fake, maybe it's fake, if it is found out in the end, it's just a danger, then Li Shangshu can use this matter to get His Majesty's favor."
Su Jiao also gave Mrs. Lin a look back, and handed over the final decision to Mrs. Lin. Mrs. Lin was silent, and she hadn't decided yet, just when Zhang Xinglin came back to her senses, she was surprised as if she had just found out.
"Ah, Cao Cao Cao arrived, Mrs. Li has already come, isn't this just sitting over there, Mrs. Lin can go and pay a visit."
Hearing this, Mrs. Lin glanced at the place where the countess pointed her finger, politely agreed to the two, and then raised her wine glass and walked over.
Here Mrs. Li and Su Lian were speculating, and suddenly saw Mrs. Lin coming, and they also got up to toast.
"Mrs. Li, Aunt Su is a rare guest, she doesn't greet her well, don't mind." What Mrs. Lin is best at is to make face work at home.
Su Lian may not have been treated so politely and politely for a long time, and she couldn't help but show a happy smile, and was about to talk to her, but Mrs. Lin looked directly at Mrs. Li.
"By the way, I heard that the Ministry of Rites has had a lot of affairs recently, and Mrs. Li treats Li Shangshu so wholeheartedly, and she is willing to take time out to come over today?" Mrs. Lin said with a light smile, and poured Mrs. Li a glass of wine by the way.
Mrs. Li's alcohol strength was not good, so after drinking a glass, her face was a little red, and she waved her hand again and again at this moment, "Mrs. Lin, what are you talking about, how can I not come." ”
"By the way, I just talked to Aunt Su about the Duchess of Pingcheng, I heard that the Duchess is also willing to come to Dajia today, I wonder if we have a chance to visit first?"
The title of Duke of Pingcheng is based on the shadow of the ancestors, passed down from generation to generation, but the descendants are too unlucky, and the family business has gradually declined.
However, this generation of Duke Pingcheng has some backbone, and he also wants to make a contribution, who would have thought that just a simple bandit would have injured his right leg, and if Xiao Huai'an hadn't been there to rescue people by his side, I am afraid that he would have died under the knife of the bandits.
But because of this, in order to reward the duke's courage, the emperor specially named the only daughter of the duke and his wife as the county lord. Moreover, it has been rumored since ancient times that there are still 3,000 nails in the broken ship, and the relationship between the Duke's Palace and the royal family has always been good, and the Duchess can also rely on the last bit of prestige to be arrogant in front of all the ministers and wives.
But now that the emperor's sons have grown up, how to choose Chu Jun as her backer is also a problem that the duchess needs to consider.
Therefore, Mrs. Li is fighting because the Duchess is not easy to get along with, and she also wants to work hard to help Li Shangshu get to the Duke's Palace.
Listening to Mrs. Li's words, how could Mrs. Lin, who was also crawling over in the capital, not understand, and the smile on her face became playful.
"Naturally, you two can go with me."
On the other hand, although this flowing water table looks very interesting, the dishes are floating on the rippling water, which is not so easy to pick up the dishes, not to mention the dining etiquette of a noble lady, which does not allow the added dishes to fall back on the plate.
Su Jiao sat here and worked hard for a long time, but she only looked half-full, and her right hand was already tired.
"I didn't expect it to be so hard to eat, I'm afraid that what I eat is not enough for me to consume vegetables."
Hearing this, Zhang Xinglin smiled and handed her a glass of fruit wine, "Mrs. Xiao is afraid that she is not very used to it, this flowing water banquet is not often placed, but Mrs. Lin's banquet is indeed a little fast, otherwise Mrs. Xiao will go out with me first, take a rest, wait for a while of the snacks will come up, and Mrs. Xiao will cushion her stomach." ”