Jewels, flowers.

In order to receive the royal envoys, the Xie Mansion did its best to clean up the warm pavilion of the banquet guests in the east, and temporarily moved the flower room at the door, which was full of tables and banquets at the moment. I saw a large number of figures sitting in the huge hall, and the flowers arranged around the wall rendered the pavilion very festive, and the bright but not greasy fragrance of flowers came to the nose, mixed with a strong smell of heat and wine, which made Xie Qingning's mind dizzy, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

Fortunately, there were singers and dancers in the hall who were singing music, and everyone's eyes were attracted by them, so that when Xie Qingning walked in from the inner hall, he was not paid much attention to them.

What's more, she is only more than six years old, even though she is tall among her peers, but she is inconspicuous among adults, and even if the guests see it, they only think it is some young lady in the Xie Mansion, and they look away at it in a hurry.

"Auntie, Qingning has come to greet you." Xie Qingning walked up to the Qin clan who was sitting at the head of the hall without squinting, and saluted in a decent manner.

Qin's gaze at her was quite subtle, and it was rare that she smiled a little like the ice and snow melting, and said softly, "Is Qingning here?" It's all those people who don't look long, and today's grand event doesn't remember to notify you in advance so that you can prepare in advance, and come to the banquet early, which is really a punishment. ”

Do you remember or didn't plan to notify at all? Xie Qingning sneered in his heart, but he smiled gently on the surface and did not answer. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Xie Zhongshu next to her whispering to a middle-aged man with a wine glass, as if she was completely unaware of her arrival, and her heart was even colder.

"Since you are the young lady of Xie Mansion, you should learn some hospitality, and the small flower hall next to you is full of young ladies or ladies from various provinces, accompanied by your eldest sister Huayan, you will follow the past to learn, and if you marry in the future, you will not understand these rules, but make jokes." Qin Shi stretched out his finger and pointed to the ear chamber next to his right hand that was deliberately separated by a row of bamboo screens.

Xie Qingning vaguely heard the laughter of the women next door, although he didn't like the hypocritical entertainment between women, he had to whisper yes, turned around the screen and stepped into the inner hall.

But at this moment, she felt a few sharp lines of sight coming from her back, like a stinging man, quite scorching.

She subconsciously turned her head and followed these gazes one by one.

The first thing I saw was Xie Huazhao, who was sitting in the middle of the crowd and squeezing his eyebrows at her, Xie Qingning smiled, his expression softened slightly, and he bowed his head slightly. When she moved her eyes again, she happened to look at the prince of Zhengyang who was sitting in the first VIP seat opposite, her eyes were slightly condensed, but the other party's pupils were full of thoughtfulness, which made it difficult to understand his thoughts.

Xie Qingning lowered his eyes, and quietly looked at the third gaze while his figure had passed the screen.

It was the gaze of a guest elder of the Xie family, with deep research and hidden sadness, which made her stunned.

She also knows this elder, his name is Nanshan Xiao, although he is Keqing's casual cultivation in Xie Mansion, but because of his young age, he has reached the realm of the late stage of Jiedan, and he can rank among the ranks of high-level monks just by breaking through the Yuanying Tribulation, so he is highly valued by the Xie family.

In his previous life, Xie Qingning only heard that this person was knowledgeable, literary and elegant, and kind and gentle, and was very loved by the Xie family, and he did not compete for fame and fortune, but only cultivated in the Xie family with peace of mind, except for the Xie family who would fight the enemy together when he encountered a catastrophe, he rarely participated in any disputes of the Xie family on weekdays, so he also had a good impression of him, but he was not very close, so he really didn't understand why he looked at himself with such a gaze at the moment.

After entering the flower hall, Xie Qingning was still thinking about Nan Shanxiao's gaze, the sadness hidden under his dark eyes seemed to have no trace, but if he thought about it deeply, he would think about whether he had something to do with his mother Xie Lanying, so he would show such a gaze when he saw the orphan girl left by the deceased?

Xie Qingning knew very little about her mother's affairs, and the people of the Xie family were also very secretive about this person, and rarely mentioned it in front of her, so when she first realized that her mother still had friends in this cold mansion, her heart suddenly became a little hot.

Just when she couldn't help but want to go out and meet Nan Shanxiao to ask, her arm was suddenly grabbed by someone, and Xie Hualing's familiar voice came into her eardrums, and finally pulled her back to reality, "This is our seventh sister, Xiaozi Qingning, she doesn't like to come out to socialize very much on weekdays, so sisters, please look at the face of me and the eldest sister, don't bully her." ”

Xie Qingning felt that all the eyes in the flower hall fell on him, many of them were suspicious, jealous, disdainful, curious, etc., but there was no closeness or kindness.

Although the women of the family often have contacts, not everyone can really make friends. Because the ladies in each house are all different from each other, they are constantly competing for favor for their own future and future, and sisters who are related by blood will be like this, how can they form any close friends with other people's women?

Xie Qingning deeply understands this truth, so he didn't have any friends in his previous life, and later became close friends with Xie Hualing, also because of his natural blood relatives, but he was still betrayed by him, so he was hostile to anyone and easily refused to hand over his sincerity.

Hearing this, Xie Qingning just smiled indifferently and did not speak.

She was tossed by the kite today, wearing extremely complicated and heavy, and she kept clanging when she walked, which was really annoying. In addition, the top of his head is also full of pendants, which makes him feel light-headed and uncomfortable.

But she didn't know that after dressing up, she was even more white and flawless, like a jade, with delicate phoenix eyes, sparkling between her eyes, indescribably bright and dazzling, and her small cherry mouth was even more unstained and vermilion, which made people can't help but want to reach out and touch it, which naturally aroused the envy and jealousy of all the ladies present.

In addition, she wore a lake-colored long skirt today, covered with a warm moon light veil, her black hair hung down on the side like a waterfall, and she was tall and tall, although her chest had not yet grown and was a little flat, but her posture was like this, and she would be a beautiful embryo in the future.

Xie Huayan, who was surrounded by the women, had just recovered from a serious illness, and his face was still a little pale, but seeing Xie Qingning's gaze was not so sharp and disgusted, Xu Xie Huazhao said something to her when he sent the antidote, although he was still standing far away, and he didn't plan to come over to greet her, but he was willing to nod, and said with a smile to the women, "Didn't you all say that you wanted to play the game of pitching pots?" I've asked my subordinates to set it up, so please move the jade steps lightly and follow me to the backyard to play. ”

After she mentioned this, everyone retracted their gaze, and left from the inner hall with a smile and a smile, Xie Qingning took the opportunity to gently withdraw the arm held by Xie Hualing, smiled indifferently at her and said, "I'm thin, so I won't go to the backyard to throw pots, fifth sister, go quickly, don't make everyone wait for a long time." ”