The majestic King of Qingning County strode to the largest banquet table at the top of the courtyard, let go of the beauty in his arms, turned around and politely made a gesture of invitation to the middle-aged strong man and young man, and said, "Lord Lei, Lord Zhang, please take a seat!" ”

When the two of them were seated, he himself sat down with the beauty, and then waved his hand and said, "Everyone sit down." ”

After seeing everyone sit back in their seats, King Qingning looked around the audience, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone has seen this guest of honor, right?" His hand raised to the young man sitting next to him, "This is the newly appointed Qingning County Guard, Lei Dongsheng, Lord Lei." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone stood up and saluted again: "The grass people have seen Lord Lei. ”

Lei Dongsheng stood up and hugged his fists and said, "You don't need to be polite, please take a seat." ”

Yue Yunze and Du Xiaomeng sat down, glanced at each other, and then smiled at each other.

Everyone sat back in their places, and at this moment an old man with a long white beard wearing a satin-patterned green robe came out of the table next to the main table. The old man stepped forward with a long brocade box, saluted the king of Qingning County and Lei Dongsheng at the main seat, and said, "I am fortunate to have the honor to see Lord Lei's demeanor today, and the old man is very honored. A special gift is prepared to show respect, and I hope Lord Lei will smile. ”

The king of Qingning County said on the side: "This is a highly respected person in Qingning County, Mr. Chen. ”

Lei Dongsheng stood up and saluted back: "Mr. Chen is polite." After that, he motioned to the middle-aged strong man next to him, Mr. Zhang, to take the gift.

Mr. Chen stepped back and sat back, and another red-faced man in a brocade robe, who was about fifty years old, stood up again and stepped forward to offer a gift. The king of Qingning County explained again: "This is the squire of Zhou. ”

In this way, including Yue Yunze, people with status and status in Qingning County lined up to take turns to flatter the newly appointed guard Lei Dongsheng and give them greeting gifts, and this link lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

Giving gifts to the guards should be a very solemn and serious thing, in the process of giving gifts for more than an hour, the class of women who sat at the same table with Du Xiaomeng should have been very noisy, but they didn't even say a word. Bored, she could only follow the brigade and pretend to be a lady without saying a word, sit upright, and watch the dedication ceremony from beginning to end without squinting.

When the characters who should give gifts came out to give gifts, the king of Qingning County waved his hand, the gongs and drums of the troupe sounded, and Xiaosheng Huadan, who was standing behind the stage, immediately went on the stage to continue the performance; The king of Qingning clapped his hands vigorously again, and immediately a group of maids holding plates and carrying wine jugs walked out of the doors on the left and right sides of the hall to serve wine and food.

The king of Qingning said loudly: "You're welcome, everyone, eat and drink to your heart's content!" Don't get drunk tonight! ”

The banquet officially began, and the aunt sitting next to Du Xiaomeng once again took Du Xiaomeng's hand very cordially, and continued the topic that had not been finished before: "Sister, who are you from the son-in-law?" I don't know your name yet. ”

The other women at the table also looked at her with smiles on their faces.

Du Xiaomeng smiled generously and said, "I am Mr. Zhao's niece, just ask me to laugh." ”

"Oh, it's Miss Watch!"

finally found out some information about the heroine in the gossip incident, and slightly satisfied the curiosity of a table of women.

Just as they wanted to further find out more gossip news from Du Xiaomeng's body, one of the women at the table glanced in one direction and whispered, "Miss Yun is here." ”

Hearing this, all the women at the table stopped moving and looked in one direction.

Du Xiaomeng followed their gaze and saw a girl in brocade clothes about fifteen or sixteen years old wearing a red cloak with a black fur collar.

The girl in brocade raised her face, and under the gaze of everyone, she was followed by a few maids, and walked in the direction of the main house with her head held high. When she passed by the table where Yue Yunze was, she deliberately slowed down, and after glancing at Yue Yunze with a smile on her face, she retracted her gaze and walked straight to the king of Qingning County, and owed a debt: "Yun'er has seen Brother Wang." ”

"Yun'er, everyone is seated, why are you only here now as the master?" Although the King of Qingning County was saying the words of blame, there was a pampering smile on his face, "Okay, come over and meet Lord Lei and Master Zhang!" ”

The sound of gongs and drums on the stage overshadowed other sounds, and Du Xiaomeng couldn't hear the conversation between the king of Qingning and the girl in brocade, only to see that she finally sat next to the king of Qingning.

Du Xiaomeng asked the aunt next to her: "Sister, who is the beautiful sister sitting next to the county king?" ”

The aunt stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth, and said while chewing, "That is the sister of the county king, Miss Yun." ”

Du Xiaomeng looked surprised and said, "Miss Yun doesn't look like the king of the county." ”

No wonder she had some suspicions, although the girl in brocade was not a national color, but she was also a fair-skinned, round-faced and almond-eyed girl, except for her height, this Miss Yun, who was like a flower and jade, was not at all like the square-faced county king with dark skin and small thick lips!

The aunt swallowed the meat in her mouth, moved closer to Du Xiaomeng, and said in a suppressed voice: "Miss Yun is the half-sister of the county king. Although he is not a sibling mother, the king of the county can love Miss Yun! ”

Another young woman in her early twenties with a golden hairpin next to her interjected and whispered, "I heard that Miss Yun likes her son-in-law very much." ”

The red-lipped half-old who was sitting next to her and painted her face white took over and said: "Although Gongzi Yue is a businessman and Miss Yun is the sister of the king of the county, Miss Yun is a concubine daughter after all, and if she can marry the outstanding son-in-law, it will be a beautiful thing." ”

As soon as the half-aged finished speaking, the plump woman in her early thirties sitting next to her immediately bumped her elbow and glanced at Du Xiaomeng.

Du Xiaomeng, who was listening to other people's gossip and enjoying the food without caring about himself, immediately swallowed the food in his mouth, and said with a sincere smile: "Miss Yun is from a famous family and is beautiful, if my cousin can marry such a noble lady from a famous family, it will be a blessing for him to cultivate in several lifetimes!" ”

As she spoke, she looked at the table where Yue Yunze was, and actually showed her that Miss Yunze, the county prince, didn't know when she sat next to Yue Yunze, and was smiling and handing a small brocade box to Yue Yunze. Miss Yun smiled like a peach blossom, her eyes were full of admiration and infatuated affection, such an obvious spring heart rippling with a spring girl, as long as she was not blind, she could see that she was interested in Yue Yunze.

Yue Yunze, who was entangled by Miss Yun, had a detached polite smile on his face, as if he was listening to Miss Yun very intently. Perhaps sensing Du Xiaomeng's gaze, he turned his head to look at Du Xiaomeng. Du Xiaomeng showed a bad smile that was watching a good show, and then squeezed her eyebrows at him, and then turned her head back, no longer bothering them with her gaze to cultivate their feelings.

Miss Yun, who was talking to Yue Yunze, felt the distraction of her sweetheart, and looked at him vigilantly, seeing that his gaze fell on the strange woman sitting at the table opposite. Who is that woman? She has only been out for a few days, why is there an extra woman between her and her father-in-law? Her sweetheart actually set her eyes on other women, this discovery made Miss Yun, who has always been windy and rainy, and no one dared to disobey her intentions, was very unhappy, but in front of Yue Yunze, she was not good at attacking, so she could only temporarily press the unhappiness in her heart, but that woman, she remembered!

Mr. Zhao, who was sitting next to Yue Yunze, watched all the actions of the three of them, and quietly ate and drank food.

Du Xiaomeng, who didn't realize that she had been hated by Miss Yun, was still eating the dishes very calmly. While eating the food, she swept Lei Dongsheng on the seat of the lord's house with her spare eyes, and secretly thought to herself how she could talk to Lei Dongsheng without arousing suspicion in front of everyone's eyes?

The aunt next to her suddenly patted Du Xiaomeng's shoulder and said loudly, "Miss Cousin, how can you just eat food and not drink?" ”

Smelling the smell of wine spewed by her aunt, Du Xiaomeng frowned slightly, but then an idea came to mind. She pretended to be embarrassed and smiled, and excused herself, "Sister, I don't drink." ”

The aunt obviously drank two more glasses, and some drank high. She filled the wine glass in front of Du Xiaomeng very enthusiastically and said, "Today is such a happy day, why do you have to have a drink!" ”

"I really don't drink." Du Xiaomeng continued to resign.

"Miss Cousin, if you don't drink, you look down on me!" The aunt raised her voice and pushed the wine glass in front of Du Xiaomeng.

Du Xiaomeng smiled reluctantly and took the wine glass, and said helplessly: "Then, then I'll have a drink, just a glass." She raised her glass and took a sip, frowned, hesitated for a moment, and drank the wine from it as if she had mustered up courage.

The aunt and the other women at the table applauded in unison, and then the half-old got up and poured another cup for Du Xiaomeng, saying, "Miss Cousin, I also toast you." ”

Du Xiaomeng looked like she wanted to cry and said, "I really don't know how to drink." ”

The half-old said reluctantly: "Miss Cousin and Mrs. Zhou drink but don't drink with me, that's looking down on me." ”

Du Xiaomeng, who has been on the modern wine table for many years, has a very good amount of wine, and secretly sneered in his heart, thinking: If it weren't for the task today, I would definitely drink the two of you until I couldn't get up. However, today, sister, I have very important things to do, so I'll let you go for the time being.

She pretended to be helpless, frowned, raised her glass and said, "Okay, I'll have another drink." Well, this is the last glass, I really don't drink, I will get drunk even if I drink a little. ”

Having said that, the other women at the table did not intend to let her go. After drinking with the half-aged, another one came to toast, Du Xiaomeng showed that she couldn't refuse because of her face, and drank a few glasses with a bitter face.