"Since this king has invited you, you are my close friend." King Chu smiled slightly, and his eyes swept over Qi Xiao's face on the side: "Did you say, seventh brother?" ”

Qi Xiao was stunned for a moment, a somewhat complicated expression flashed on his face, and he quickly returned to his indifferent appearance: "Big brother is right, Qin Ran, who does my eldest brother want to invite into the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet together, this is your great blessing." ”

"I'm not unusual." Qin Ran muttered a sentence in his mouth, and quickly smiled at the King of Chu casually: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is the day of reunion, so I should stay at home and celebrate the festival with my family." ”

She has said this, and the king of Chu has no reason to force people anymore, so he can only sigh regretfully: "That's it, anyway, there is still a period of time, you might as well think about it slowly." ”

Think about a ghost.

Qin Ran scolded in his heart, picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat, after a few mouthfuls of food, he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes rose and fell to the opposite side: "Qi Xiao, will you also enter the palace to participate in the banquet during the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”

Before Qi Xiao could speak, King Chu preemptively answered: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the birthday of the Queen Mother, and all the princes have to be present to celebrate their birthdays, and the seventh brother is naturally no exception." ”

Qin Ran took a breath: "Oh. ”

In this way, she has no chance to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with him.

This meal was destined to be tasteless, and the three of them hurriedly filled their stomachs in a strange atmosphere, and went downstairs and parted ways directly at the door.

Back at the General's Mansion, Qin Ran was stopped by the housekeeper in the mansion as soon as he entered the door: "Miss, you are finally back, the lord and the lady are waiting for you in the front hall, so that you can go over as soon as you come back." ”

"Okay, I see, let's go."

In the morning, there was a lot of noise in the Xiangguo Mansion competition to recruit relatives, and Qin Ran guessed that her parents should also know the results of the final competition to recruit relatives, so they waited for her news at home.

She didn't dare to slack off, and when she came back, she didn't even go back to change her clothes, and went directly to the front hall.

As soon as he walked in the door, he saw Qin Yifu sitting there with a gloomy face, and Mrs. Qin's face was also a little serious.

Qin Ran took a deep breath and slowly bowed to the two: "Dad, mother, are you looking for me?" ”

"Xiao Ran is back." The corners of Mrs. Qin's mouth squeezed out a smile, and her gaze stayed on her: "Isn't the martial arts competition and recruitment conference over a long time ago, why did you come back so late?" ”

"I went to dinner with King Yan." Qin Ran smiled back, and looked back and forth between the two: "Mother, you all know about today's Xiangguo Mansion competition to recruit relatives, right?" ”

"Yes." Mrs. Qin pursed her lips and turned her head to look aside: "I'm talking to your father about this." ”

"Hmm." Qin Yifu's eyes lifted and he sighed, and without waiting for her to slow down, he continued to chat with Mrs. Qin about the previous topic: "Anyway, I don't like this marriage, don't mention this dear!" ”

Mrs. Qin was a little angry: "If you don't mention it, I won't mention it, is it difficult to let Xiu'er mention it herself?" As parents, how can we do such things? ”

Qin Ran looked at the faces of the two of them back and forth, and could see that his father seemed to be dissatisfied with this family business. She slowly walked to Mrs. Qin's side: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Mrs. Qin glanced at it: "As soon as your father came back, he heard that your eldest brother won the competition of Li Xiangguo's daughter, and he didn't agree to this family business, so he was not happy." ”

Qin Ran took a breath, his gaze drifted to Qin Yifu, and said, "Dad, you should have seen Li Xiangguo's daughter, she is really good, not to mention beautiful, and she is a famous talented woman in our capital, don't you want such a good daughter-in-law?" ”

"That's what I told him." Mrs. Qin frowned a little helplessly, took one of Qin Ran's hands and put it in her palm, and then continued: "Then Li Jing'er is also the one I have watched since I was a child, I am absolutely satisfied with this person, it is her father......"

After that, Mrs. Qin didn't say any more.

However, Qin Ran can hear that her father has always been at odds with Li Xiangguo, and I am afraid that her mother is also worried that it will affect the in-laws of the two families because of this.

"Dad, Li Jing'er is Li Jing'er, Li Xiangguo is Li Xiangguo, and the eldest brother married people home and didn't use them as a son-in-law in the past, what do you care about Li Xiangguo?" Qin Ran said.

Having said that, after all, if two families marry, the relationship between the two families will inevitably be affected.

Mrs. Qin: "Master, Xiao Ran is right, I think Li Jing'er and our Xiu'er are married, or you can agree, hurry up and find a day to go to Xiangguo's Mansion for employment." ”

"Hired?" Qin Ran was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard, "Are you going to be hired so soon?" ”

Mrs. Qin: "Yes, your eldest brother just went home and told us about today's martial arts competition, saying that he won the competition, and asked us if we agreed to this marriage." Your eldest brother is not a casual person, since he has spoken, he must have a little bit of interest in Miss Li in his heart, no, I will urge your father, just go to the next hire as soon as possible, and marry Miss Li back. ”

Qin Ran was worried that she would hurt her eldest brother if she messed up, but she didn't expect her eldest brother to be quite responsible, and the competition had just ended, so he went home and told his parents.

She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, and sighed that Li Jing'er really had a good vision and fell in love with a good man with responsibility.

"Dad, since my eldest brother has no opinions, why don't you let him marry Li Jing'er back, he has won the competition, if he doesn't recognize this family business, he will be told by outsiders, right?"

Qin Ran withdrew his hand, walked around behind Qin Yifu, put his hands on his shoulders and helped her press a few times, and said while pressing: "Besides, my eldest brother is not too young, if he doesn't find a daughter-in-law for you to come back, when will you and my mother be able to hold their grandson?" ”

Hearing the word "grandson", Zuo Yifu's face eased a lot, and there was obvious joy in his eyes, but his mouth was still unforgiving: "Marriage is not a child's matter, let me think about it." ”

originally thought that this matter would not be settled so quickly, who would have thought that as soon as Qin Yifu came back the next day, he would call the whole family to the front hall.

In front of everyone, he said angrily: "Prepare the dowry immediately and go to the Xiangguo Mansion to propose." ”

Mrs. Qin looked confused: "What's the matter, didn't you say yesterday that you were not satisfied with this family business, and today you are going to prepare a dowry?" ”

"You don't know, Li Jinfu's face in the court today made me angry." Qin Yifu picked up the teacup and took a big sip.

After swallowing, he said slowly: "This morning, the emperor suddenly asked about the Xiangguo Mansion yesterday's martial arts competition, Li Jinfu, the dead old man, actually said in front of everyone that he was not satisfied with the results of the martial arts, what did he mean?" Isn't it just disgusting that our Xiu'er is not worthy of his daughter? ”