In the bamboo branch garden, Xia Mengning was holding scissors to prune the peach blossoms in the bottle, listening to Wu Qing finish talking about the matter on the side, Xia Mengning put down the scissors in her hand and walked to the side to clean her hands, and tidied up her face slightly in the bronze mirror, and said with a smile: "Eldest Sun Mo, this is called self-retribution, and I can't complain about others." ”

Wu Qing ate the dim sum on the plate and said: "Last time, the two of them, the senior brother found out a little eyebrows, that man is from the eldest grandson Mo's mansion, but the woman seems to be from Caifang Building." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, took the teacup in a circle in his hand, and said, "Caifanglou? ”

Wu Qing nodded and whispered: "Do you remember, Xia Zhihan's concubine was married in Caifang Building, and then Xia Zhihan fell, and the concubine disappeared without a trace, others didn't pay attention, but I followed her, who knew that the concubine was very powerful, and I lost it to the track." ”

Xia Mengning keenly captured this, glanced at Wu Qing, and said, "You mean, this person has something to do with Han'er's death?" ”

Wu Qing shook his head, "I can't say that yet, it's just that this person is unfathomable, let's all be careful." ”

The next day, it was the day of the tea party in Dingxi Palace, and when she got up in the morning, Zhu Lian said: "Miss, the carriage of Dingxi Palace" came to pick up Miss early in the morning. ”

Xia Mengning frowned, and said while letting Jiu'er wait for dressing: "I don't know why there are always so many banquets for Lao Shizi, and I can't clean it for a few days." ”

Jiu'er quickly tied the brocade waist seal around Xia Mengning's waist on the side, and said with a smile: "Miss's mind is really strange, the daughters in the capital are eager to have a banquet every day, and they get to know a lot of people, no matter what, this banquet in Dingxi Wangfu is not something anyone can attend, such an honor, how can Miss still dislike it?" ”

Xia Mengning walked to the dressing mirror and sat down, looked at the face in the mirror and said: "I don't like too many occasions, I feel like I have a headache, besides, every time I go to the banquet, I will encounter all kinds of things, which makes me feel bad, I really don't want to go." ”

Jiu'er tilted her head and combed Xia Mengning's hair in a bun, and said, "Miss, don't worry, isn't there still a prince, the last time the prince protected you like that, it really gave you a long face." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, took the pearl given to him by Eldest Sun Yun from the box, and wiped his forehead, and said, "I know that he is good to me." ”

Saying that, the head full of green silk hung down, only put on the pearl wipe on the forehead, Jiu'er pulled up half of the green silk and fixed it on the top of the head, knowing that Xia Mengning likes to be elegant, so he took a few magnolia-like silk hairpins on the top of his head, the silk flowers were made by the master and servant three in their spare time, and the pattern of white magnolia was obtained, and the color was mashed and dyed on it with petals, which looked particularly fresh.

The person in the mirror has a twisted braid on the top of his head, several blooming magnolias are interspersed with it, and a pink pearl that exudes a soft light on his forehead, such a fresh and refined outfit makes Xia Mengning look like a nine-day Xuannu who does not eat fireworks in the world. ”

Xia Mengning smiled lightly, and the green jade fingers like peeling onion roots flicked the pearl on his forehead, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go." ”

Zhu Lian said outside, "Miss, don't you need to order breakfast?" ”

Xia Mengning looked at the steaming eight-treasure porridge and delicate side dishes on the table, and said, "Don't eat it, the carriage of the palace is already waiting, it's not good to let people wait for us for too long, and the province will be tongue-in-cheek." ”

The master and servant walked out of the door, and a carriage was parked at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the person in the carriage saw Xia Mengning, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "The little one has seen the county lord." ”

Xia Mengning nodded, stepped on the small stool and got into the carriage, and before he could sit down, he was grabbed by a hand around his waist and fell steadily into a warm embrace.

Eldest Sun Yun whispered in her ear, "I came to pick you up early in the morning, do you have any words?" ”

Xia Mengning smiled maliciously, stretched out her hand and twisted it fiercely around Changsun Yun's waist, Changsun Yun was defenseless, and couldn't help but let go of Xia Mengning's body, but his hand still refused to let go of Xia Mengning's body.

Xia Mengning struggled away, sat on the side and tidied up her dress and said, "Eldest Sun Yun, can you not always give me some surprises like this?" ”

Eldest Sun Yun pursed his lips, and his white jade palm supported his face and said aggrievedly: "Good Ning'er, do you dislike me?" ”

Xia Mengning was helpless, so she simply leaned back and ignored him.

Eldest Sun Yun stretched out his hand and poked left and right, Xia Mengning's eyes widened and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Changsun Yun smiled, took out a paper bag from his arms, and said with a wink: "For you, if you come out so early, you must not have eaten breakfast." ”

Xia Mengning was stunned for a moment, took the paper bag and opened it, only to see that there were four white hot buns inside, and the heat kept rising, rising to his face, and he was almost forced to cry.

Biting her lip, Xia Mengning couldn't help but say, "What are you and me, four buns, I can't eat so much." ”

As soon as the words fell, Changsun Yun sat down beside her and said with a smile: "Who said it was for you, I didn't eat breakfast." ”

Xia Mengning laughed out loud, she remembered that when she first met Changsun Yun before, he was an unruly son, until that night after the conversation by the pond under the moon, Xia Mengning saw the unknown side of Changsun Yun little by little, he is gentle, delicate, careful, sometimes he will be very domineering to himself, sometimes he will be very calm, but no matter what kind of face he is, Xia Mengning feels full of security.

Xia Mengning thought of this, bowed his head and said, "I want you to have breakfast with me, did I wronged you?" ”

Xia Mengning said, feeling that her throat was choked, she took a bite of the bun and swallowed hard, trying not to let herself leak her emotions.

The eldest grandson Yun finished eating the buns in his hand and said with a smile: "After you get married next year, I will accompany you to eat every day." ”

Xia Mengning raised her head and fell into a pair of affectionate eyes, Changsun Yun's eyes were slender, her long eyebrows were in her sideburns, and when she looked at Xia Mengning, she was as gentle as water, almost drowning her inside.

Xia Mengning hurriedly lowered her head, and two words floated in her heart, 'demon'.

The carriage slowly stopped, the eldest grandson Yun and Xia Mengning stepped out of the carriage, although it was early in the morning, but the gate of the palace was already full of people, and the luxurious carriages stopped at the door, and the daughters moved lightly, and the sideburns jingled.

Xia Mengning remembered the previous tea tasting party, and it seemed that the death of a person had not affected people's eager mood this time.

The eldest grandson Yun explained to Xia Mengning, and then walked to the banquet of the male guests first.

As soon as the eldest grandson Yun walked on the front foot, the eldest grandson Xinyue walked in on the hind foot, and when he saw Xia Mengning, the eldest grandson Xinyue happily stepped forward and grabbed Xia Mengning's arm and said, "Sister Xia, I didn't expect to meet you, it's really good, let's sit together in a while." ”

Xia Mengning smiled and nodded, for the eldest grandson Xinyue, Xia Mengning was worried about the queen's power in her heart, and she didn't want to get close to her, but she couldn't categorically give a cold face, so she had to deal with it like this.

This tea tasting party changed the characteristics of the past, Zheng Hanxiu invited the best troupe in the capital to come to help, and invited the male and female guests to come together.

The eldest grandson Xinyue and Xia Mengning found a middle seat and sat down, this is an empty table, no one has come to sit yet, and now seeing that the eldest grandson Xinyue and Xia Mengning are sitting in this position, for a while, there are many daughters who want to cling to the relationship, and they are also looking at the remaining seats on this table.

Meng Xianya sat in the seat in front of her, and it was Dong Wanwan who sat beside her, both of whom regarded Xia Mengning as mortal enemies, and now that they saw Xia Mengning coming, they naturally looked at Xia Mengning's direction indignantly.

Meng Xianya picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said contemptuously: "I used to hear people say that sparrows become phoenixes, but I don't believe it, after all, this phoenix is a divine bird, how can it be that this mortal bird says it will change, but now I have gained knowledge, and it turns out that this humble body is not without a future." ”

The irony in the words obviously referred to Xia Mengning, and Dong Wanwan, who was sitting on the side, also laughed and said: "Concubine Side's words are wrong, this sparrow has become a phoenix, but people still know her true face, people, you just can't forget your roots, don't think that you have some achievements and forget what kind of cheap you used to be." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Meng Xianya, and they both covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and laughed.

Several young ladies at the same table were either smiling or not smiling, first, for fear of offending Xia Mengning, and secondly, for fear of offending Meng Xianya and Dong Wanwan.

Xia Mengning sat at the table, listening to the words of Meng Xianya and Dong Wanwan singing and harmonizing in her ears, but she was not angry at all, the eldest grandson Xinyue on the side was angry, and she was about to stand up and reason with them, and as soon as she wanted to get up, she was held down by Xia Mengning.

"Sister Xia......" The eldest grandson Xinyue looked at Xia Mengning angrily, very puzzled by Xia Mengning's approach.

Xia Mengning shook her head, smiled lightly and moved a plate of delicately made dim sum in front of the eldest grandson Xinyue, and said with a smile: "The princess eats dim sum." ”

The eldest grandson Xinyue was angry, and muttered: "Sister Xia, they insulted you like this, can you still hold back......"

Xia Mengning took a handkerchief to cover her mouth, and said with a smile: "The dog bites me, is it possible that I can bite back?" ”

As he spoke, he winked at the eldest grandson Xinyue, who heard the meaning of Xia Mengning's words and couldn't help but laugh softly.

Xia Mengning's face was light and light, but Dong Wanwan refused to let go of Xia Mengning who wanted to deal with it calmly, thinking of what she got a few days ago, Dong Wanwan was even more excited, let Xia Mengning make a good fool of herself today, and see if she can be arrogant in the future.

Thinking like this, Dong Wanwan and Meng Xianya glanced at each other, stood up and walked in front of Xia Mengning and said, "Miss Xia, Seventh Princess, you will start singing in a while, why don't you two move to the seats in front of you, and watch the play to your heart's content." ”

The eldest grandson Xinyue snorted coldly, without giving Dong Wanwan any face.

Dong Wanwan's face was a little unbearable, so she had to look at Xia Mengning, but saw Xia Mengning smile and groaned: "The county lord originally thought that Miss Dong was the daughter of the waiter, and she must have a very strict family education, but why is this small etiquette so inconsiderate?" Could it be that he wants the sparrow to become a phoenix but doesn't have that ability, so he can only fall into a pickled fault that maliciously slanders others behind his back? ”

Xia Mengning said this mercilessly, as early as that birthday banquet, she knew that Dong Wanwan's position was opposite to herself, and if this was the case, there was no need for her to save face.