Chapter 66: The Banquet

This is Mrs. Zhang's business, before this mother-in-law relied on the Ye family to be powerful, and she was very unkind to the people in the courtyard, but now Gu Changfei is Huang Tengda, she is even embarrassed to come in.

When Gu Yan took the wind and snow to the main hall, sure enough, the crowd and carriages in the front yard blocked the road.

In the banquet hall, there are a lot of people in the palace, this time the pomp and autumn harvest banquet, I don't know how many times grand, although the wives and ladies of each family also come and go a lot on weekdays, but today is really eye-opening.

Sitting on the right seat was Shen Zhongbai, followed by Princess Changning, and the county lord of Ziyan, who had not appeared for a long time, also followed, these three people were all extremely favored by the Queen Mother, and they were talking together, and the voice was not loud, but the person sitting below was not a person who dared to speak out.

When Gu Yan arrived, there were already a lot of people sitting at the banquet around her, and everyone was extremely curious about this county lord who was personally appointed by the emperor, and they all craned their necks to see what was so special about her.

These ladies and ladies have also heard of Gu Yan's name before, although she is the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the whole person is submissive, and she has always been pressed by Gu Zhihua in the mansion.

Gu Yan took two steps and greeted a few people on the main seat, but she didn't think that Princess Changning, who she hadn't seen for a long time, was the first to speak.

"Since you are already the county lord, you naturally don't need to be polite with us." Princess Changning said, took a delicate mahogany box from the palace maid's hand, and handed the box to Gu Yan: "This is a gift for you." ”

Gu Yan took it, saluted and thanked him, and Shen Zhongbai, who was on the side, took over and said, "Imperial sister, it's not good for you to be like this, you didn't inform your brother of preparing gifts in advance, and your younger brother didn't prepare anything." ”

Princess Changning smiled faintly, like an elegant peony, and said, "Come less, do you still need to give gifts for your relationship with your sister-in-law?" I must have congratulated you in private, right? ”

This is a non-existent thing at all, Gu Changgang wanted to explain, but Shen Zhongbai turned out to be shy, and he acquiesced with his head down?

Gu Yan was stunned there, and before she could speak, the county lord Ziyan, who had only met for a short time, said: "Brother Jiu has something to do today, and he can't come, let this county lord congratulate Sister Yan instead of him." ”

Shen Qianshan can't come? Gu Yan's heart twitched for no reason, and after sending her to the queen mother's palace that day, he never saw her again after he left.

"Yes, thank you for me, Lord Nine." Gu Yan said with a smile, what she didn't know was how difficult the expression on her face was.

Gu Su Liang came up from behind and leaned into Gu Yan's ear and said, "Gu Gongzi is here, he is at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, and the Ye family led someone to stop him outside, saying that he was not allowed to come in." ”

The air around him cooled down all of a sudden, Gu Su Liang shivered fiercely, turned his head and saw Gu Yan's face was extremely ugly, and then walked towards the door.

The main gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the black gate is solemn, Ye Shi stood at the door, holding his arms and looking at Gu Huai'an coldly, at this time Gu Huai'an was sitting on a tall horse, and behind him was a delicate carriage, in which I didn't know who was sitting, and it was very quiet.

Seeing Gu Yan come out, Gu Huai'an quickly turned over and dismounted, walked up to her with a smile and said, "Congratulations, Chang'er, you have made my brother so proud." ”

When Gu Yan raised her eyes to Gu Huai'an's face, she was also happy: "Brother, since you are here, why are you still standing at the door, isn't it torturing my sister?" ”

How could Gu Huai'an not know that his sister was making a show for the Ye family, so naturally he couldn't let go of this opportunity, so he hurriedly said: "It's not that the wife of your Gu family said that I am no longer from the Gu family and am not qualified to come in, I thought about it, and what people said is true." ”

Gu Yan grabbed Gu Huai'an's arm in surprise, stretched out her head from in front of him, looked at Ye Shi and asked, "Mother really said that?" ”

Ye's face turned white in that instant, the brother and sister's double reed sang well, and she was stunned when she watched it from the side, but at this time, Gu Yan came out, and she couldn't say anything, so she said: "Before, Huai'an yourself tried to get out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but now that Chang'er has become the county lord, you want to come over and get a piece of the pie, and it is unpleasant to spread it, and my mother is also for your good." ”

At the beginning, Gu Huai'an was not interested in officialdom, but he liked medicinal materials and medicine tightly, and Prime Minister Gu always expected him to inherit the position of prime minister, but he didn't want him to disappoint Prime Minister Gu very much, so the two broke up, and Gu Huaian moved out.

"Madam, my brother just came to say goodbye, but he didn't get anything from me, today is a day of great joy, how can you talk like this to my brother?" Gu Yan looked at Ye Shi coldly, and the momentum was a little scary.

Before the Ye family could say anything, Gu Yan continued: "Since Madam thinks that my brother is no longer from the Gu family, then the matter of Jiang Min and the two of you vainly trying to marry Song Yun to my brother before, let's take it back, there are not so many good things waiting for Madame in this world." ”

There were people coming and going, and there were countless people attending the banquet, and Ye was embarrassed by Gu Yan's cold attitude, and Madame and Miss wanted to see what was going on, but they were embarrassed to stay.

"Sister-in-law, now that you are the lord of the county, have you spoken like this to Mrs. Ben? I treat you as my own, but why do you let Mrs. Ben not come off the stage in public? ”

Treat it as your own? This is the funniest joke Gu Yan has heard over the years.

"Madam, this county lord is a matter of facts, you can't not let my brother admit that he is a Gu family member on the one hand, and let him marry Song Yun on the other hand, and take on the responsibilities that he has to bear as a Gu family member. In my opinion, the child Huaihuai is smart and clever, and it is not impossible for him to take a concubine, so it seems that Zhihua is the concubine of the third prince, how should he let Huaihuai take a concubine, which is considered a balance in his heart. Gu Yan said.

Originally, Gu Huai'an was already about to leave, but after hearing his sister's words, he couldn't believe his ears, is this still the girl who always revolves around Ye and Gu Zhi before? Or is it the girl who doesn't understand anything and can't listen to good words at all?

She was so smart and clever that Gu Huai'an's heart was shocked, but it was even more of a surprise.

The muscles on Ye Shiqi's face were twitching, as if they were about to explode, but he still suppressed his temper and said to Gu Yan: "We will talk about Song Yun's affairs later, and Jiang Min is still your aunt, and this face always has to be given." ”

So what, Jiang Min's kind of woman is not a good thing at all, the important people around her can't get involved with that kind of person, as for the children of the Ye family, whoever she talks to, whatever she does, she doesn't care.

"Let's go in first, if the master sees it, won't he be angry?" Ye Shi walked over from Gu Yan and Gu Huai'an, said in a low voice, and then immediately raised his head, put on a kind smile, and greeted the people around him cordially.

Gu Yan smiled, Gu Huai'an took her hand, waved her other hand, and the exquisite carriage drove in, and he said, "I heard that you are already the county lord?" My sister-in-law is really different, these things are gifts for your brother, since the identity is different, then we must not lose. ”

Gu Yan turned her head, and the carriage drove in front of her, and through the window, Gu Yan could see silk and satin, jewelry boxes, and all kinds of things piled up everywhere.

She had a sour nose, she thought she was like the moon in the sky, she looked clean and beautiful, but she was the only one who struggled alone, for herself, for the future, but she didn't want to have a person who always cared about her life, hoping to make her life more comfortable, she secretly made up her mind, no matter what this time, she wanted to protect this brother who was thinking about herself wholeheartedly.

"Big brother, no matter what, you must protect yourself well, don't ......" Gu Yan's words came to her mouth, but she still swallowed, she didn't want Gu Huai'an to know anything about her life.

That's not what he should know, the wheels of life go forward, and no one should have privileges.

Welcoming Gu Huai'an into the banquet, the smile on Prime Minister Gu Cheng's face who was sitting on the upper seat suddenly disappeared, how could he not know the man in front of him, that was his own expectation, it was the continuation of life, but it ran counter to his own expectations, and he lost face in front of everyone in the capital.

Now that he's here, even the scenery around him has become very gray.

Gu Chengxiang slowly raised his teacup, then blocked his face, and gave a look to the Ye family next to him, who also looked ugly.

Ye's heart moved, although he was scared, but he still walked in front of Prime Minister Gu and asked in a low voice, "What is the matter with Prime Minister?" ”

Gu Chengxiang was bored in his heart, and immediately dropped the teacup in his hand on the table, and the tea leaves in the teacup rose and fell, and finally stabilized.

"Why did Gu Huai'an come back? Didn't you say before that you had severed ties with my Gu family? At this time, I am afraid that I suddenly appeared, and I am afraid that I am not going to demonstrate? Prime Minister Gu Cheng's beard was raised, and his eyes were dim, as if he could rush out at any time to teach Gu Huaian a hard lesson.

Ye Shi was very happy, and quickly came up and said with flattery: "Prime Minister, you don't know, the slave family has tried to stop Gu Huai'an, but Gu Chang appeared halfway, and you also know that Chang'er's identity is ...... now."

"How can this be true? Could it be that if you become the county lord today, you won't take my father's words to heart? Gu Chengxiang slapped the table, and even spilled a lot of tea on the table, Princess Changning and Shen Zhongbai, who were sitting next to him, turned their heads to look at Gu Chengxiang, their faces were silent, but they already knew it in their hearts.

Prime Minister Gu got up and rushed in front of Gu Yan and Gu Huai'an, staring at Gu Huai'an with a cold face, as if he wanted to force Gu Huai'an to face him with a cold aura.

Gu Yan turned her head, met Prime Minister Gu's eyes, got up and tidied up her clothes, and said, "Father, this is my brother who I invited to come specifically to congratulate you, do you know each other?" ”

Prime Minister Gu Cheng and Gu Huai'an both looked at Gu Yan strangely, as if they couldn't understand why Gu Yan did this, could they not know each other? That's father and son, it's embarrassing to meet today, I thought that one person could appear to two people under the stairs, but I didn't expect Gu Yan to do it like that.