If you want to invite the noble women of the scholar clan to Jiankang, the host of the banquet in the palace naturally needs to be decent enough, and there are not a few masters in the harem who can speak, and the most valuable one is undoubtedly Xie Guifei, who was born in the Xie family of Chen County and is the third lady.

Therefore, the burden of setting up a banquet to "entertain" the noble daughters of the noble clan naturally fell on the head of Concubine Xie.

The next day, Xie Guifei slept and got up, sitting in front of the dresser, she was carefully dressed by He Nushi, she sat in front of the bronze mirror, looked at the beautiful and delicate goose egg face in the mirror, involuntarily reached out and gently stroked the corners of her eyes, and suddenly sighed: "When people are old, there are fine lines in the corners of their eyes, don't say that Your Majesty is disgusted when you see it, even the palace itself is very upset to look at." ”

He Nushi knelt behind her, naturally taller than her, and then raised her eyes to look at Xie Guifei in the mirror, she smiled lightly: "Niangniang is only thirty-nine years old this year, where is she old." ”

Concubine Xie also looked at He Nushi through the mirror, she had a sad face, and said: "You don't mention it, this palace really forgot how old it is, it turns out that this palace is thirty-nine years old this year......

He Nushi was unintentionally mentioned, but unexpectedly poked Xie Guifei's heart, she hurriedly closed her mouth and quietly combed Xie Guifei's hair.

But when I heard Xie Guifei, she continued: "Think about how comfortable this palace was when I was in the Qi Palace, but in the past few years, for the sake of Guang'er, I have broken my heart, and I have become more and more old......"

He Nushi raised her eyes again, stared intently at Xie Guifei in the mirror and smirked, and said, "Niangniang, you look good." ”

She said this, habitually put her hand on Xie Guifei's shoulder, bowed her body slightly, and put her palm-sized face on Xie Guifei's earburns, and said: "The slave maid entered the Qi Wangfu when she was five years old, and when she saw Niangniang for the first time, she thought that Niangniang was the master of the slave's life, and Niangniang knew why?" ”

Xie Guifei's love for He Nushi sometimes seems to be more than her affection for Xiao Ying, He Nushi leaned on her ear, she also turned her head sideways, put her face against her, showed a loving smile, and asked, "Why?" ”

He Nushi smiled: "Because Niangniang is the best in the world!" ”

When Concubine Xie heard this, she also laughed out loud, and then fell into deep thought, what a "stunning world", she still remembered that when Xiao Daocheng first saw her in the Xie family, the first thing he said was "what a beautiful person in the world"!

But now I hate her......

Gong E walked in quickly, He Nushi quickly knelt straight, and Gong E said: "Niangniang, the banquet has been prepared, and now most of the guests have arrived and are waiting outside the Xianyang Palace." ”

"Got it, you go and spread the word and tell them to wait first, and the palace will arrive later," Xie Guifei waved her hand casually, Gong'e bowed her head and answered, and then immediately walked out.

He Nushi tied the towering bun for Xie Guifei, and Xie Guifei casually mentioned: "It's been a long time since the palace has invited a banquet for a noble woman, and if Your Majesty doesn't mention it, the palace really can't think of it." ”

"But...... Banqueting for a woman is a mother's business, when will Your Majesty take care of this matter......" What He Nushi said, it was also Xie Guifei's doubts in her heart, the two glanced at each other, and neither spoke.

Yesterday, Xiao Daocheng issued an edict to ask Xie Guifei to invite the women and nobles to the banquet outside the Xianyang Hall at the end of the day today, but did not mention the matter of the Shi clan's food donation, Xie Guifei was obviously still kept in the dark, if she knew that she was going to set up a banquet to offend the Shi clan, she must have said that she would have to find an excuse to push Luo Shuyi to do!

He Nushi put on the last Huasheng for Xie Guifei, inserted it between her buns, and then helped her to get up, followed her, and walked to the Xianyang Hall without hurrying.

That Xianyang Hall was originally the late Lanling Taichang Princess lived, is the largest palace in the harem, the scale is second only to the Shiqian Palace, the palace site is in the middle of the entire harem, east and west, respectively, Xie Guifei's Hanzhang Palace, and Luo Shuyi's Huiyin Palace.

Outside the Xianyang Palace, there is an empty space of about 2,000 square feet, which is specially built to set up a banquet for the harem, and at the end of the empty space, there are stairs on the left and right sides, which need to be walked up. As the main palace, the Xianyang Hall is naturally higher than the east and west palaces.

And in front of the Xianyang Palace, about a hundred zhang distance, is the so-called main gate of the harem, Baohua Gate.

All the women and nobles have arrived, and they are standing in front of the Xianyang Hall and waiting, talking and laughing in groups, chatting and chattering a little noisy.

At the entrance of the stairs on the east side, there was a shrill shout from the inner prison: "Your concubine Niangniang has arrived-"

Immediately afterwards, I saw a beautiful woman dressed luxuriously, with a variety of pearls and jades on her head, and her feet on gold-threaded embroidered shoes were surrounded by a group of palace eunuchs, and a group of women and nobles knelt down to salute, Xie Guifei was not in a hurry to call them up, until they walked to the main seat and sat down, then raised their hands and said, "No need to be polite, sit down." ”

Everyone sat down one by one, Xie Guifei saw that on the left hand side of her, the most front guest seat was empty, she looked sideways slightly, looked at the empty seat closest to her, and asked Gong E: "But there is still no one who has arrived?" ”

She didn't speak in a kind tone, obviously a little displeased, she thought, today's banquet, although it is Xiao Daocheng's meaning, but on the surface, after all, it is her Xie Guifei who set up the banquet, she doesn't know, who has such a big face, and wants her to wait!

After that, she glanced at everyone present, all the women and nobles who were going to be invited to the banquet today, the list sent by Xiao Daocheng, she had seen it with her own eyes, and everyone was already here.

On that list, there are the daughter of Guanglu Doctor Wang Shengqian and the sister of Wang Jian, the middle secretary, the sister of Langya Wang's cousin, the bride of the left servant of Shangshu Province Gu Xun, the daughter of the Longxi Li family, the daughter of Si Nongqing Lu Huilin, the wife of Zhu Fen of the Langjun of Wujun in Wujun, the daughter of Taiyuan Wang, the daughter of Xun Boyu, the servant of the loose horseman, and Yu Zizhao, the granddaughter of the prince and the prince Yu Yuangui......

Gong E replied: "Hui Niangniang, she is the lord of Shanyin County." ”

"Thank you?" Concubine Xie was stunned for a moment, and under suspicion, she instinctively blurted out Xie Zheng's full name.

Xie Guifei's voice was very soft, but she was also listened carefully by Lu Qiwei, who was sitting below, and Lu Qiwei also peeked at Xie Guifei suspiciously.

As soon as the words fell, I heard the inner supervisor speak in a sharp voice: "The county lord of Shanyin has arrived-"

When everyone heard the rumor, they hurriedly got up again to salute Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng didn't have much of a fight, and when he saw them get up, he smiled politely: "You don't have to be polite." ”

Xie Zheng walked straight to the table of Xie Guifei, and owed Xie Guifei leisurely, and said with a fake smile: "Deyin didn't mean to be late, don't blame Niangniang." ”

"No blame, no blame," although Concubine Xie hated Xie Zheng very much, but in front of everyone, she still had to be kind, she said, pointed to the empty seat next to her, and said with a smile: "The county lord sits." ”

Xie Zheng walked and sat down, and the ladies and nobles dared to sit down.

From Xie Zheng to the moment she sat down, Mrs. Gu, who was sitting in the guest seat opposite her, always raised her eyes from time to time to look at her secretly, her expression was quite indifferent, almost expressionless, but at the bottom of her eyes, a trace of frustration flashed from time to time.

Lu Qiwei and Mrs. Gu have always been good friends, so he sat at the same table with her today, noticed the loss on Mrs. Gu's face, and knew what was wrong with her, but he pretended not to know and called in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law?" ”

Mrs. Gu was pulled back to her thoughts by her two calls, and hurriedly agreed, Lu Qiwei asked again: "Why doesn't my sister-in-law seem to be happy?" ”

"I didn't ...... Not much," Mrs. Gu prevaricated like this, and Lu Qiwei didn't ask any more.

And Xie Zheng sat there upright, already aware that the woman opposite was peeking at her, she turned her head to look at the jade branch kneeling behind her, but saw the jade branch nodding at the woman opposite, thinking that the two of them seemed to recognize, so when the lady lowered her eyes and stopped looking at her, she quietly asked the jade branch: "Yuzhi, which lady is the other side?" ”

"It's the Gu family's wife," Yuzhi replied in a low voice, and then said to Xie Zheng in her ear: "It's the cousin." ”

Xie Zheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned his head to look at Mrs. Gu, who was a little lady of about sixteen or seventeen years old, who was handsome and beautiful, but she looked soft and weak, and she seemed to be a little sickly.

"It's a lovely man," Xie Zheng muttered to himself.

At that time, Mrs. Gu also raised her eyes to look at Xie Zheng quietly, the two looked at each other, Xie Zheng did not look away, but Mrs. Gu lowered her head timidly, and she didn't know if she was shocked by Xie Zheng's rather sharp eyes, or she was ashamed of Xie Zheng's beauty.

Women's gatherings, the left is just to eat and drink, display piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then compare family background, and food and clothing, and so on, talk about some and not.

Lu Qiwei and Yu Zizhao have a great friendship, and the two are adjacent to each other, so they are chatting about some clothes and jewelry of their daughter's family, while Mrs. Gu, who is sitting on Lu Qiwei's left, is drinking alone.

This Mrs. Gu is a boudoir woman, naturally not strong enough to drink, after a few glasses she was quite drunk, she raised her eyes, looked at Xie Zheng and the adjacent guest Langya Wang's cousin talking and laughing, suddenly a trace of resentment appeared in her eyes, Xu is wine is strong and courageous, she stood up with the guest seat, and involuntarily walked towards Xie Zheng with a wine jug and wine cup, and in front of her table, drunken called: "Lord of Shanyin, is it?" ”

Xie Zheng was chatting with Langya Wang's cousin, and when she suddenly heard this slightly provocative call, she was naturally stunned, she turned her head sideways and looked at Mrs. Gu in surprise, but she didn't answer, but asked indifferently: "Is there something wrong with Mrs. Gu?" ”

"Heh," Mrs. Gu sneered, and was not in a hurry to accept Xie Zheng's words, but just poured a glass of wine for herself, and then said to Xie Zheng: "It's nothing, I just want to toast the county lord with a glass." ”

Xie Zheng sat upright, only looked at Mrs. Gu from head to toe, and then unhurriedly held the wine cup in front of him, raised it slightly, but did not say a word, Mrs. Gu bent down, the wine cup in her hand was a little lower than hers, pretending to be bold and simply clinking glasses with her, and then straightened up and drank all the rice wine in the cup.

Mrs. Gu drank the wine, pinched the wine cup, and the drunkenness seemed to be deeper, she laughed at Xie Zheng again, and said: "The county lord of Shanyin really gave birth to a good look, fascinated men, and retained people's hearts, but I am different, I ...... I ......" At this point, she was a little choked up, and it seemed that she couldn't go on, so she just smiled sadly at Xie Zheng.

The women and Taoist people like these talking points the most, all the women and nobles are sitting there pointing and pointing, whispering left and right, talking a lot, and saying that Mrs. Gu doesn't know the etiquette, and she is used to speculating whether Xie Zheng has a personal relationship with Gu Langjun.

Everyone was watching the jokes, but Lu Qiwei, seeing Mrs. Gu's gaffe, hurriedly rushed over to help her, wanting to pull her away, and held her mouth in a panic, not allowing her to open her mouth again, Xie Zheng was calm, just said calmly: "Mrs. Gu thinks she drank too much, just talk nonsense." ”

Lu Qiwei hurriedly explained: "My sister-in-law talks nonsense when she gets drunk, and the county lord is not surprised. ”

While speaking, Lu Qiwei struggled to help Mrs. Gu away, but who expected Mrs. Gu to break free of her effortlessly, and pushed her away, and then stretched out his hand to point at Xie Zheng and laughed at her.

Concubine Xie Guifei is the host after all, and if someone makes trouble at her banquet, she naturally has to take care of it, but this time, it was Xie Zheng who made a fool of herself, so she was not in a hurry to come forward, until she had seen enough of the play, and then instructed Gong E: "Mrs. Gu is drunk, a little out of shape, come here, quickly help Mrs. Gu down, and ask her to leave the palace." ”

The two little palace maids behind him answered, and then walked down, supporting Mrs. Gu from left to right, a farce, and this is the end.

Originally, when the banquet began, it was already daylight, and now the wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors, and it has not been long before the sunset has been seen, and the wine and food have been exhausted, and this banquet was so troubled by Mrs. Gu that everyone was so disturbed that they were not interested, Xie Guifei smiled and said: "Today's wine and food, you all have a good time, but it is late, and the palace is not good to keep you, this banquet, let's disperse." ”

Hearing this, everyone got up and left the table, saluted Xie Guifei together, and said, "The concubine (courtier) retires." ”

Before the words fell, the two little palace maids actually helped Mrs. Gu back, and both of them panicked and said, "Niangniang, the Baohua door is closed." ”

"What?" Concubine Xie was stunned for a moment, obviously not very convinced, and the two palace maids then said: "The Baohua Gate is closed, and it was locked from the outside. ”

When the women and nobles below heard this, there was a burst of chatter, Xie Guifei glanced at He Nushi sideways, and then she looked at the two palace maids again, and said: "It's only been a while, the sky is bright, and it's not the time of curfew, how can you ......?"

Before he could come to his senses, the bus made Zhu Fen's wife Wang unceremoniously shook her face, and said in a strange manner: "Your concubine, we are invited to enter the palace for a banquet, but now that the Baohua door is locked, you don't plan to let us out of the palace." ”

As soon as Wang's words came out, everyone panicked, except Xie Zheng and Lu Qiwei, one slightly curled the corners of his lips, as if smiling, and the other looked indifferently in the direction of Baohua Gate, frowning slightly, thoughtful.

Concubine Xie was quite calm at this time, and she smiled and said: "What does Mrs. Zhu mean by this, this Baohua door is locked, and even the palace doesn't know about this matter, so how can the palace force you to stay." ”

After she finished speaking, she immediately turned back to He Nushi and said, "Shaoyan, you go and check to see if there is any ignorant child who locked the wrong door in a daze." ”

He Nushi looked at Xie Guifei, and when she saw her secretly coming over, she understood in her heart, and she retreated in a hurry.

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