Lin Meili returned to the pre-arranged guest room, first took a comfortable bath, then changed into a set of aqua blue gold silk dresses that she bought at Jinxiuzhuang, and painted herself a delicate dinner makeup. I saw the girl in the bronze mirror, beautiful eyes, smiling skillfully, the girl's figure at this time looked even more exquisite under the background of this dress, and Sister Lin, who was still self-absorbed, suddenly heard someone outside the door calling: "Miss Lin, are you ready?" The dinner party was about to start, and several sons had already gone to the front hall first, and the slaves and maids were sent by the white housekeeper to serve the girls. ”

After hearing this, Lin Meili cleared her throat and said, "Come in." ”

The person who came was a young girl about 17 or 18 years old, Lin Meili sighed secretly: It is worthy of the Zhenguo Mansion, and even the little maids in the mansion have such eyebrows and eyes. I only heard a pleasant voice in my ear: "Miss Lin, the slave maid will serve you during this time, you can call the slave maid Ziyu." ”

"Oh, Ziyu, lead the way!" Lin Meili smiled and accepted the other party's kindness.

Along the way, Ziyu softly introduced the scenery of the mansion to Lin Meimei, and explained that in addition to the couples of Zhenguo and their children, there were also several concubines and concubines of Zhenguo Gong and concubines who participated in this reception banquet tonight. After listening to the words, I arrived at the dining room unconsciously, and saw the bright lights in the room, and the colorful lights all showed the good mood of the host's family.

As soon as Lin Meili entered, everyone's eyes fell on her without surprise, wearing a water-blue gold silk dress, the edge of the dress outlined by gold thread showed her girlish temperament to the fullest, black and thick hair with exquisite makeup, and black eyes like autumn water cuts, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but be stunned. Even Lin Zicong, who was most familiar with her, almost thought that this was the eldest lady of which family, and he never knew that his eldest sister had been so slim.

Duchess Zhenguo was the first to react from her stunned thoughts, and hurriedly beckoned Lin Meili to sit next to her, while her daughter sat on the other side. The tsundere girl is obviously also very surprised by Lin Meili's dress today, she actually doesn't hate Lin Meili at all in her heart, on the contrary, she actually admires such a person, at least her good and bad are written on her face, at a glance, and not like the insidious calculations of the aunt and the brothers and sisters at the table next to her, she faintly guessed in her heart that what happened to her brother this time should be the handiwork of the person at the table, but unfortunately she is suffering from no evidence now, but fortunately she is back safely now, and it is not too late to take revenge.

Zhen Guogong was the last to arrive, and he spoke first: "The first thing to set up this banquet today is to welcome my eldest daughter and youngest son back from a study tour. The second is to welcome these new friends I made today, and to wash the dust for them......" When he was halfway through the words, he saw the white housekeeper hurriedly running over and whispering a few words in the ear of Zhen Guogong, and after hearing this, Zhen Guogong's face changed slightly and he said to himself with resentment: "He is a son of the world and is now busier than my grandfather, shouldn't you feel fortunate to be a father!" ”

Lin Meili listened to Zhen Guogong's previous speech, and also understood the meaning of his words, after all, the eldest girl's family has disappeared for more than a month for no reason in this year, and it will damage the reputation of the girl, how will she talk about marriage in the future, although now the whole capital knows what is going on, but as long as the parties do not admit it, what can they do? Lin Meili didn't mind what excuses the other party was looking for to study tours, as long as she didn't pay the bills at that time, she still had that missing person notice with her.

After some pleasantries, the banquet officially began.

The maidservants brought up the wine and food one after another, and after a while, the dishes were all ready, because it was a family banquet, everyone was not restrained, the huge dining room actually had a total of two tables, Lin Meili was sitting at the main table, and the other table was the concubine room and concubines of the prince of Zhenguo, everyone drank and ate very casually, and the atmosphere was also very good. Lin Meili was originally a casual person, and of course she would not seem restrained. During the banquet, everyone would occasionally talk a few words, and the meal ended happily in this toast.

Because she drank a few more glasses of wine during the banquet, Lin Meili, who returned to the guest room, felt a little dizzy, but her thinking was still very clear. There are so many women in the back house of the Zhenguo Mansion, there are many places where there are women, and even the sons and daughters of the Zhenguo Mansion will encounter such a thing as being abducted, and the methods of the women in this back house must be much better than those women in Lihua Village, but they can't be solved by fists alone. I still have to find a way to settle down in the capital as soon as possible, buy the property as soon as possible, and Lin Meimei, who wants to understand everything, decided to go outside tomorrow to inquire about the store.