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On June 11, He's birthday finally arrived.

Early in the morning, the ladies of Duanmu Mansion got up one after another, dressed up carefully, and arrived at Yongxi Hall one after another to congratulate the He family on his birthday.

Today's corners of Duanmu Mansion have been carefully arranged, surrounded by a cluster of flowers, and the lanterns and colorful flags under the corridor reflect each other, purple and red.

After the people in each room arrived, they kowtowed to the He family one by one according to the order of generations, and presented the prepared congratulatory gifts, including jewelry, ink treasures, longevity pictures, and female red ......

At the same time of the gift, from time to time there are grandmothers and maids to laugh and laugh, the room is full of laughter and noise, at first glance, it can be said that the children and grandchildren are full, and they are happy.

When it was almost time, someone came to say that the secretary of the ministry had come with his wife.

Guests began to arrive one after another.

He is the wife of the first-class household Shangshu, although this birthday banquet is not a whole birthday, but Duanmu Mansion has made a post, and there are still many people who sell face.

Today, the Tang family, the fourth lady Ren, and the fifth lady Ni were responsible for welcoming the female dependents, and the girls in the house accompanied the He family to the flower hall and waited for the arrival of the ladies and girls.

As for Duanmu Xian and his four sons, they went to Jiusilou in the front yard to entertain guests.

"Old lady, Zhao Shilang has already entered the door."

"Old lady, Lord Li from the Imperial History Mansion of Zuodu has just arrived at Yimen."

“……”

"Old lady, Father-in-law Cen is here."

A few little maids came back and forth from time to time to talk to Jiusilou...... It wasn't until he heard that Cen Yin was coming, Duanmu Xian's originally calm and self-contained expression finally changed slightly, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and a fine light flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, there were already nearly twenty people sitting in the main hall on the huge first floor, and their eyes were also full of light, and their thoughts were floating.

Duanmu Xianhuo stood up, dusted off the dust that didn't exist at all, and smiled happily: "Little father-in-law Cen is here, and the official will go to greet him." ”

Not only Duanmuxian, but also the officials in the hall also got up one after another, and they followed Duanmuxian and walked out of the hall.

Not far ahead, Cen Yin strode into the courtyard under the greeting of the chief steward.

Today's Cen Yin is wearing a royal blue regular clothes, a crow-feather-like green silk hairpin with a white hosta, a white jade-like face, delicate and picturesque facial features, at first glance, just like the son of a powerful family, and then look closely, and feel that he is releasing a charming and majestic contradictory temperament.

"Cen Xiaogong's arrival is really brilliant!"

Duanmu Xian politely waved his hand at Cen Yin, barely suppressing the corners of his flying mouth.

He specially instructed the He family to post to Cen Yin, but Cen Yin never responded, but fortunately, Cen Yin came after all.

Today is a great opportunity! If you are lucky enough to get Cen Yin's help, then the position of the first assistant is simply one step closer to you, and other people who covet the position of the first assistant also have to weigh whether they dare to go against Cen Yin......

Thinking about it, Duanmu Xian couldn't help but boil with blood, and his eyes were shining.

Everyone, you and I talked to Cen Yin word by word, this one said that he was "wise and martial, dignified", that said that he "recommended Zhang Chengchou as the general soldier of Youzhou, and he was really a discerning talent", and the other touted that "wise and powerful, such as Sun Wu reincarnated"......

The compliments came and went, and he actually stood in the courtyard for a while.

At this time, there was a hearty laughter outside the courtyard, and it happened to be a breeze blowing, startling the birds in a locust forest on the side.

"I wonder why the magpie is crowing in the branches," the young man's laughing voice followed, "it turns out that a distinguished guest has come here!" ”

As he spoke, two young men of the same age stepped into the courtyard, one wearing a blue robe and the other wearing a black robe; One has a bright smile, the other is careless, the two have different looks and temperaments, and they are both handsome.

"Jun Shizi!"

Duanmu Xian immediately arched his hand to the blue-robed young man, that is, Jun Ran, as a salute, although King Jian did not come, but King Jian Shizi appreciated the light, Duanmu Xian also felt that there was light on his face, but when his eyes fell on Feng Yan beside Jun Ran, he frowned slightly.

Although he also posted to the eldest princess of Anping's mansion, he was just doing it, and in the past ten years, he has not seen Anping go to anyone's house as a guest, but he forgot that Feng Yan came back to Beijing for a while, and he didn't expect him to come.

"Feng Gongzi." Duanmu Xian remained silent, bowed to Feng Yan, and then warmly beckoned the guests to enter the Jiusi Building, feeling a little worried: If the emperor learned that Feng Yan was here today, would he feel that he was too close to the Eldest Princess Anping's mansion...... I shouldn't have posted that post if I knew I wouldn't have done it.

Soon, everyone gathered around Duanmu Xian and Cen Yin to return to Jiusi Building, talking and laughing, so lively.

Jun Ran and Feng Yan stood under a lush locust tree, not in a hurry to get in.

In the courtyard at the beginning of summer, a piece of green and red, strange rocks, a bush of June snow in the corner is in full bloom, as if snowflakes are full of trees, and like pieces of floating clouds, elegant and lovely, in the gust of summer breeze, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and the scenery is just right.

"Ah Yan, the scenery of this Duanmu Mansion is good!" Jun Ran shook the folding fan while looking at the scenery in the courtyard, and had nothing to say.

Feng Yan stared at the June snow without blinking, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jun Ran put away the folding fan and said tentatively: "Ah Yan, what's so beautiful about this little white flower?!" ”

Jun Ran looked at Feng Yan with a blink, looking at him expectantly.

Jun Ran was asking about flowers on the surface, but what he really wanted to ask was why Feng Yan wanted to bring him to Duanmu Mansion together.

Originally, it was rare that his father was not there, and he planned to go to sleep after practicing boxing, but as soon as he lay down, he was pulled up from the couch by Feng Yan, and when the two of them arrived at the door of Duanmu Mansion, he knew that they were here to "celebrate" Mrs. Duanmu.

God knows that he didn't bring an invitation at all, and he still came in with Feng Yan's post.

Feng Yan finally retracted his gaze from June Snow and said lightly: "The scenery in this mansion is really good. As he spoke, Feng Yan had already strode towards the hall with the plaque of "Jiusi Building".

Looking at Feng Yan's back, Jun Ran was not depressed, but raised his eyebrows with interest. Even if Feng Yan doesn't say it, he will always see some clues from his words and deeds.

Thinking about it this way, this boring birthday party doesn't seem so boring......

The corners of Jun Ran's mouth were slightly upturned, his black jade-like eyes were shining, and he chased after him with great interest.

The guests had almost arrived, and everyone moved up to the banquet hall on the second floor.

The second floor has already been arranged, the windows on all sides are fully open, and a begonia carved lacquer table and chair are placed, and there are blue and white porcelain plum vases in the corner and a copper cloisonné enamel Qibao peach bonsai made of colorful agate jade, which is magnificent and beautiful.

At the suggestion of the housekeeper, the maids in a blue-blue dress were trained to serve wine, fresh fruits and all kinds of pastries one after another.

The banquet hall was faintly divided into two sides, on one side were those officials drinking and laughing around Duanmu Xian and Cen Yin, while on the other side were those young juniors who were camping in twos and threes......

After three rounds of drinking, the faces of the guests were already slightly drunk, Duanmu Xian was about to signal the housekeeper to open the banquet, there was a little maid "kicking" upstairs, hurriedly walked to Duanmu Xian's side, and said: "Old lady, Her Royal Highness the fourth princess and the second girl want to send Mrs. Tai a picture of longevity, so they called all the girls to go to Linbo Water Pavilion to write the word 'longevity', and the fourth princess also proposed that she wanted to invite a few sons to join in the fun, write a few 'longevity' words, which is both auspicious and a beautiful talk." ”

Duanmuxian subconsciously turned his head to look at the northeast, the northeast side of the Jiusi Building is a small lake, and then it is the garden in the house, and the flower hall in the backyard is just across the garden and the Jiusi Building.

"That's a good idea." Duanmu Xian stroked his beard and smiled, and beckoned his eldest grandson Duanmu Heng to the front, "Brother Heng, you take a few sons down to join in the fun, and by the way, you can take a casual stroll in the garden, so as not to accompany our group of old guys to panic." ”

Several officials at the same table echoed each other, their hearts beat faster, and they thought that this was a great opportunity for their son to have a chance to show his face in front of the fourth princess!

Those young sons were originally at a playful age, and they were not interested in the polite words of officialdom that the elders said, and when they heard this, they all smiled and stood up one after another, including Feng Yan and Jun Ran.

A dozen or so young sons went downstairs under the guidance of the Duanmu Heng brothers, and then walked out of the side of Jiusilou, bypassing the sparkling lake and walking in the direction of the garden.

In mid-June, the lotus buds in the small lake bloom, and the morning breeze brings bursts of lotus fragrance, refreshing people's hearts and spleens, adding a trace of coolness to this hot summer day.

To the northeast, around the small lake, follow a cobblestone path and pass through a small gate to the garden.

There is a huge water pavilion with three wide faces and seven pillars deep by the small lake in front, ventilated on all sides, a piece of translucent, a huge mahogany carved bookcase has been placed in the water pavilion, the girls arrived one step earlier than these sons, and they are talking and laughing in twos and threes, a little girl in pink clothes is standing in front of the bookcase, holding a pen and standing, it seems to be writing the word "longevity".

When the wind blows, the thick ink fragrance and the fat powder fragrance of the girls blow in the face......

"Big brother!"

A crisp female voice came out of the water pavilion, and I saw Duanmu Qi, who was wearing a peach-colored embroidered pomegranate flower thin satin gown, took the lead in walking out of the pavilion, and walked towards Duanmu Heng and others, and the ring around her waist swayed with her walking.

Duanmu Qiluo generously invited Duanmu Heng and those sons into the Water Pavilion, and those sons stepped forward to salute the fourth princess Hanxing, and the originally empty Water Pavilion became a lot more crowded because of the arrival of these dozen young sons.

After that, the boys and girls were greeting each other, laughing and laughing, only the slender and petite figure standing in front of the mahogany carved bookcase seemed to be deaf to the noise around her, and was engrossed in writing with a pen, as if the most important thing for her at the moment was to write.

One stroke after another, unhurried, unhurried, with a leisurely atmosphere.

Feng Yan recognized at a glance that the girl with two round mustaches and a string of red agate beads wrapped around her head was Duanmu Scarlet, and her eyes flashed slightly.