When the county lord Duanmin returned to Beijing, there was like a gust of wind among the officials and ladies in the capital.

You can't be sloppy when buying jewelry and clothes, and it's more important to have a gift that is not expensive but full of heart.

Lord Duanmin never accepts expensive gifts, firstly, she is not taking the opportunity to collect money, and secondly, she does not want to promote the wind of comparison.

Lord Duanmin is deeply loved by the queen, what good things have you never seen? She just likes to be lively, and she has to throw several banquets every year.

Invitations are sent out three days in advance, and although not everyone has them, each family receives two or three.

The invitation card will not specifically write the name of which lady, only the lady of the house to invite.

This is also done in consideration of the fact that it is not possible for everyone to be there, or if you are sick or have an accident, there will always be people who cannot come.

Wei Yi Room Wei IKEA is particularly happy this year, in previous years, Bao only allowed her own two daughters to go, even if there were extra invitations.

But this year is different, Wei Yiwan's bald cat is only afraid that the flesh and bones will turn into mud at this time.

Wei Yimi, let alone going to the banquet, refused to even take a step towards her own door.

The Bao family couldn't let none of the Wei family's daughters go, so they would offend the county lord and the queen.

There were a total of three invitations, Bao thought about it, called the twin daughters, and after two sentences, each gave an invitation.

The rest of the one was sent to the Qinyong Mansion to be handed over to Wei Yining.

Wei Yining went to the Duanning County Lord for a banquet for the first time, and he didn't know what gift to give, so he specially consulted the Yan family.

The Yan family has been out of the cabinet for less than a year, so naturally he has been to the Duanning County Mansion.

"Actually, it's just one or two embroidery jobs per person, or a painting and a handwriting," Yan said to Wei Yining while doing needlework, "It's just a brief expression of my heart." ”

The work she was doing was a small dress worn by a newborn baby, a large red soft silk, embroidered with the words "longevity" with five-colored silk threads.

Wei Yining knew that she was preparing for Tan's second child, and their relationship with each other was very good.

Yan is feminine in appearance and virtuous in temperament, and has no resemblance to her cousin Yan Lanlan.

"Yining, your craftsmanship is one in a hundred, according to my shallow opinion, or embroider a square veil, or embroider a pillow. Patterns, peonies, begonias, hibiscus are all good. ”

"Then thank you sister-in-law, I'll embroider a handkerchief when I go back." Wei Yining thanked Yan and went back to his residence.

After thinking about it and deciding to embroider the peony pattern, she didn't know much about the temperament of the county lord, so she thought it was better to be safe.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the day of the banquet, Wei Yining took the carriage of the Qinyong Mansion to the county lord's mansion.

I happened to meet the two sisters of Willanqi and Willaner, who also came to the banquet in front of the door, and the two of them were only slightly dressed, so that people couldn't take their eyes off them.

They hadn't seen each other for a few days, so they joined hands and went into the house together.

Wei Yining paid attention to the fact that everyone brought a gift, which was packed in a brocade box, and it was also an embroidery or a calligraphy and painting in it.

The county lord's mansion was full of people coming and going, and Wei Laner said to Wei Yining: "Yining, you follow me, and you will sit next to me when the banquet is held in a while, so that someone will not bully you." ”

Wei Lanqi smiled: "You are too careful, who can bully her?" She even dared to fight a tiger. ”

"You can't say that," Wei Laner said while holding Wei Yining's hand tightly, "Some people just like to play some tricks to bully people, and Yining is only afraid that he will suffer in this." ”

The Wei sisters know that those eldest ladies in the capital are the best at intrigue, and they all have a pair of snobbish eyes, so it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to bully Wei Yining.

Wei Yining only smiled and didn't speak, his heart was warm.

Wei Laner only thought that she was brave and shrewd, especially unable to deal with these noble ladies, and was afraid that she would suffer a loss at the banquet, so she followed her.

The place used to entertain guests in the county lord's mansion is called Mochou Hall, which is magnificent, but after walking in, it is full of curtains, one on the left and one on the right, blocking the inside like a labyrinth.

Wei Yining was a little surprised, but he couldn't ask.

Dozens of maids dressed in the same way, wearing goose yellow dresses, led the guests to their seats in turn.

Immediately afterwards, a team of Tsing Yi Xiaomao came, holding tea and fruit.

When they arrived at Wei Yining's table, Wei Lanqi was talking to Wei Yining. The little maid turned around and spilled a cup of tea on Wei Yining's skirt.

The maid was so frightened that she hurriedly apologized, Wei Yining naturally didn't do anything, so she said it was okay.

Veran asked, "Do you have any other clothes with you?" ”

"Yes," Wei Yining said, "I asked Chunjiao to hold it for me!" ”

They would bring a change of clothes with them when they came out to the banquet, and they could change them at any time if they got dirty at the banquet.

"I'm sorry you can take us to a place to change clothes." Veran said to the maid.

"Two young ladies, please come with me," the maid replied, "just a few more steps out of the door." ”

Wei Lanqi stayed, and the gifts brought by several of them were placed on the table.

Not long after Wei Yining and the others left, someone named Wei Lanqi.

Because through the veil, I couldn't see the man's face clearly.

Thinking that someone was joking with her, Wei Lanqi got up and walked over to look, but she couldn't find it when she looked around.

She secretly scolded this person in her heart, turned around and came back to continue drinking tea.

Wei Yining changed his clothes, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The maid didn't seem to miss, but it seemed to be deliberate.

Why would she do it?

Wei Yining remained silent, returned to his seat, and saw that his gift brocade box seemed to be unbuttoned, and someone should have opened it.

She seemed to inadvertently open a crack, and at a glance she knew that something had changed.

Wei Lanqi just said: "I don't know which ghost teased me just now, and I was looking for a long time. ”

Wei Yining had a plan in her heart, she had to find out that person.

So he deliberately said in a loud voice: "Fifth sister and sixth sister, I suddenly feel uncomfortable, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the banquet." ”

Saying that, she winked at the Wei sisters, and the two of them understood and took the initiative to accompany her to act: "Are you an old mistake again?" Let's go back! We apologize to the lord of the county on your behalf. ”

"The gift to the county lord needs to be presented in person, otherwise it is not respectful enough," Wei Yining said, "I'll take this with me!" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the brocade box containing the gift and walked out with the support of Chunjiao.

Before he walked out of the door, he was stopped by someone, and Wei Yining looked up and saw that it was Lu Yinshu.

"Five girls, they're all here, how can you say that you can just leave?" Lu Yinshu looked kind: "Besides, this is going to be a gift to the county lord, it is better to give a gift and then leave, and it will save someone from arranging you with this matter." I'm your elder after all, and I'm kind enough to remind you that this is not an ordinary mansion, so you can just come and go. ”

"This-" Wei Yining listened to her words with a hesitant look, as if he really listened to her words.

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