The five-year group feast in Hezhou City is held by the lord of Hezhou City for unmarried women, and all those who meet the conditions must participate, and the famous families in the city will also participate. At that time, the unmarried men in the city can also show their hearts to the women they admire, but this day is not considered to be overstepping.

On the twenty-fifth day of March in the twentieth year of Renfeng, the Qunfang banquet was held in the city lord's mansion in Hezhou City.

It is better to say that it is a "banquet" than to say that it is "Yan", and it is naturally "Dou Fangyan".

The women who came to the banquet were all carefully dressed, and the huge hall was full of the aroma of women's fat powder and the sound of happy laughter.

This is a room for women.

The banquet was set in the large square in front of the temple. When everyone was seated, it was time for the lord of the castle to announce the beginning of the banquet as the host of the banquet.

Everyone knew that this was the first time the daughter of the Hua family appeared, so everyone was searching for her whereabouts.

The Hua family, as the scholar of Hezhou, sat at the lower right of the city lord's seat, and people could see Hua Ningshuang with a thin veil sitting behind Master Hua at a glance.

Everyone in Hezhou knows that the Hua family is a scholarly family, and the family education is very strict, and Hua Ningshuang has been taught since she was a child that unmarried women should not have too much contact with others.

This is the first time Hua Ningshuang has left the house since she grew up.

The men sitting at the bottom all looked at the Hua Ning Frost with a good figure, only a hairpin in his hair, a light veil covering his face, and only a white and smooth forehead. I only feel that this woman is very different from those women who wear heavy makeup and are pretentious, beautiful and eye-catching.

The man sitting next seat: "This is Hua Ningshuang, the daughter of the Hua family, right?" It's beautiful! ”

Another man: "Isn't it, not only is she beautiful, but this woman is even more outstanding, I heard that she can recite poetry when she is ten years old, and she is not inferior to men!" ”

Man: "Let's see how she behaves at the feast later." ”

Another man: "Inexplicably some anticipation. ”

“……”

And this scene was seen by He Xiang, the daughter of the city lord who came back from changing clothes halfway, He Xiang looked at Hua Ningshuang, who was sitting on the high platform, and gritted his teeth at the maidservant girl secretly: "I can't see her self-made appearance the most, and she also uses a light veil to cover her face to attract people's attention on this occasion!" ”

Speaking of which, He Xiang and Hua Ningshuang were similar in age when they were young, and their fathers had a very good relationship, so the two were good playmates when they were young.

And when did the two drift apart?

He Xiang remembered that after the two of them were eight years old, Master Hua disciplined Hua Ningshuang very strictly, and Hua Ningshuang never went out again.

The two have not seen each other since.

However, within two years, Hua Ningshuang became famous as the first talented woman in Hezhou, and in the next few years, Hua Ningshuang's reputation became more and more famous.

In He Xiang's eyes, Hua Ningshuang is arrogant and conceited, and he is scheming.

"The talent show begins, please get ready, girls." The steward shouted, interrupting everyone's whispers and He Xiang's memories.

When He Xiang returned to his seat, the talent show had already begun, and the girl of the Zhang family who came to the stage at this time showed her piano skills, plucking the strings lightly and slowly.

The city lord looked at his absent-minded daughter and asked, "Why did you go for so long?" You okay? ”

He Xiang hooked his lips and smiled: "It's okay." She inadvertently looked over at the Hua family's seat, and suddenly found that Hua Ningshuang was looking at her, nodding at her, He Xiang was slightly stunned.

"You'll be on stage later, behave well.".

He Xiang turned his head and smiled sweetly at the city lord: "Father, don't worry, my daughter won't let you down!" The last few words are a bit of gnashing of teeth.