Chapter 30: Adding Color
On the painting boat, Xie Li really felt the luxury of King Chen's mansion.
The full grapes, the dried fruits, were served to the table by the delicate and lovely maids, there were graceful dancing girls dancing in the room, silk and bamboo orchestras, the sound was pleasant, Xiao Jing raised a glass and invited everyone to drink together, Xiao Yue was surrounded by the daughters of the family, laughing and talking, as if she was a noble girl.
When Xie Li got on the boat, he found a small corner and sat down alone, looking at the plate of gray things on the table motionlessly, looking a little stunned.
Bai Lu stood behind Xie Li, and when she saw Xie Li's gaze fall on the water chestnut, she couldn't help laughing.
Xie Li looked back, looked at Bai Lu suspiciously, Bai Lu was even more happy, seeing that Xie Li was still so ignorant, Bai Lu smiled and bent over, simply picked up a water chestnut, suddenly brought it to his mouth and bit it, and then "rattle", broke it, and handed it to Xie Li.
Xie Li blinked, blinked, and looked at Bai Lu motionlessly.
"Girl, try it, it's delicious."
Xie Li looked at the exposed flesh and was a little moved.
"This water chestnut is not common in winter, the slave maid stayed in the Jiangnan area when she was young, and she still knows a little about this method of water chestnut."
Bai Lu hadn't seen Xie Li's stupid expression for a long time, and he was a little bolder for a while, and sent the water chestnut forward again.
Xie Li took it and put it in his mouth, his eyes suddenly widened after a while, and the corners of his lips showed a little smile.
Bai Lu smiled: "Girl, is it delicious?" ”
"It's delicious." Xie Li nodded, and Bai Lu sent the rest of the brain to Xie Li.
"The girl grew up in the north, a few years ago, the war was chaotic, and the things in the south of the Yangtze River only had a little bit of the royal family, this time the prince of King Chen took this melon and fruit to entertain the young ladies and sons, but it is not common."
Bai Lu said in a low voice, peeled off a water chestnut between his words, and sent it to Xie Li with a smile.
"Bailu, you eat it too." Eating crunchy, Xie Li handed some water chestnuts in his hand to Bai Lu, and muttered in a low voice, "It's really delicious." ”
On the other side, Xiao Yue, who was in the starry moon, picked a head and asked all the ladies to compose poems, so he took Mei as the topic, and asked all the sons and sons to join in, and everyone took some gadgets to add color heads.
"Brother, I think the jade pendant on your waist is very good." Xiao Yue pulled Xiao Jing with one hand, and with the other hand, he wanted to pull the jade pendant.
"Yue'er." Xiao Jing casually ripped off the jade pendant, "You girl, my brother is such a valuable thing, you still have to rob it for me?" ”
Xiao Jing raised his eyebrows, and Xiao Yue was even more obsessed, causing all the young ladies and sons to smile and take out the things that were eye-catching.
"Okay, okay, since you are very gracious, I will add this jade pendant as a colorful head." Xiao Jing sighed deliberately, and said, "This is the treasure of Linglong Pavilion's town store, who won this lottery, but he made it." ”
deliberately teased, and everyone's interest immediately rose.
"The jade pendant of the prince, then I will not give it up."
"Come less, just your half jar of ink, let's let me ask for this color."
"The jade pendant of the prince of the world should naturally be obtained by someone who is destined to get it, so it is better for you to be optimistic about your own things."
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Everyone, you and I said a word, and quietly praised Xiao Jing from head to toe, Xie Li shrank in the corner, gnawed on the "precious" water chestnut, and silently moved another nest, moving to a place where Xiao Yue and Xiao Jing couldn't see.
"Hey, where's my big sister?" But there is always such a person who will remember Xie Li's existence.
After Xie Tian put down the gold silk purple jade hairpin inserted in his hair, he looked left and right, and suddenly whispered to Chunhua.
And coincidentally, her words happened to be a gap for everyone to speak, so that everyone heard Xie Tian's words and subconsciously looked for Xie Li's figure everywhere.
Xie Li held the water chestnut, squatted on the corner of the boat, tilted her head slightly, looked at everyone, and met everyone's surprised eyes, she chewed a few times slowly, and swallowed it hesitantly.
"Big sister, what are you doing?" Xie Tian was puzzled, "We're adding color heads, big sister, are you adding?" ”
Xie Li lowered his head, looked at the half-eaten water chestnut in a daze, sighed, and then handed all the water chestnut in his hand to Bai Lu and stood up.
"I'm eating water chestnuts." Xie Li had an expression of "don't you have long eyes", casually took off a jade bracelet from his wrist, and handed it to Xie Tian, "Oh, take it." ”
The transparent and clear purple jade bracelet glowed with a soft jade light in the winter sun, Xie Tian's eyes turned red, and he couldn't help but take a step back, Chu Chu said pitifully: "Big sister, I didn't mean to force you to add color." ”
As soon as these words fell, everyone's eyes looked at Xie Li with a little more disdain.
Sure enough, he is a weak master, Xie Li remembered that when he was dancing in the Qingqing Pavilion, when those Oiran ladies competed for the top cards and grabbed the son's brother, it was the same, one cheek and one cluster, which was pitiful.
Sure enough, a son who couldn't look past him spoke out and said, "Miss Xie, your sister just told you, why are you so humiliating?" ”
"Did I humiliate her?" Xie Li's eyebrows were raised.
"Isn't it?" This is a little boy, who looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is the age of young spirit, and he can't see the beauty pear blossom with rain.
"Miss Xie Si is your own sister, how can you treat her like a girl, calling and drinking?" The little boy is righteous and awe-inspiring.
"I don't know if you're a child?" Xie Li didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"My father is Fu Zhenghua, the river transport envoy." The little boy was very proud, and raised his head when he spoke.
Just as Xie Tian's soft gaze crashed into it, the little boy's face suddenly turned red.
"Oh~" Xie Li stretched out his voice, "Then you are ......"
"Big sister, this is Fu Ming's son." Xie Tian saw that Fu Ming was about to become angry, and hurriedly said loudly, "Master Fu Ming is very talented, and he is also very famous in Shengjing City. ”
"Hmph." Fu Ming snorted coldly, squinting at Xie Li, "You ...... want to come."
"Is the second brother famous?" Xie Li blinked innocently, "I heard that the most famous person in Shengjing City is Xie Yun, what do you say, fourth sister?" ”
Xie Tian sighed, and Ai Ai glanced at Fu Ming, whose face burned even redder, and wanted to cry.
"Hmph, what does Second Prince Xie have to do with you, you are just a straw bale......"
"Master Fu, be cautious!" Without waiting for Fu Ming to finish speaking, Xiao Jing's complexion changed suddenly, interrupting Fu Ming's words.
"Since it's all about adding color, Caixia will go and take Miss Xie's bracelet, let's start."