Chapter 43: The Fellowship of the Banquet
The largest restaurant in the city, the Yanyu Building, is located by the moat.
In summer, countless lotus flowers bloom in the river, and the beauty is breathtaking.
Therefore, it has also become a gathering place for countless literati.
Many poetry meetings held by literati and scholars were also selected in the Yanyu Building.
Especially when it comes to the imperial examination, a large number of students who go to Beijing to catch the examination will gather in the Yanyu Building to hold a large-scale poetry meeting.
Cui Wei, who was dressed as a little girl, reminded in a low voice: "Childe, let's go in quickly." ”
After Cuiwei's mention, she realized that she was a little distracted.
After jumping out of the carriage, she led Cuiwei to the Yanyu Building.
One of the juniors next to the gate said respectfully: "Welcome to our store, but you have made an appointment in our store?!" ”
She opened the folding fan suddenly, shook the fan and said slowly: "That's right, Wu Ya and Wu Gongzi made an appointment with this son to talk here, I don't know if Wu Gongzi has already arrived?!" ”
Xiao Er asked, "Childe, do you have an invitation?!" ”
Xiao Han glanced over, and Cuiwei immediately handed the invitation to the shopkeeper: "This is my son-in-law's invitation." ”
After confirming the invitation, the shopkeeper immediately made a 'please' gesture: "This son, please come with me." ”
As he spoke, he led them to a private room on the second floor, where the sound of the piano came out.
When I opened the door, in addition to Wu Li, who was sitting in the main seat, there were three other men, looking at the dress, they were obviously all nobles.
Wu Li, who was on the main seat, got up and greeted: "Brother Xue is here, these three are also my friends, I hope Brother Xue doesn't mind." ”
When he said so, she definitely couldn't say that she minded, so she could only smile and reply: "It's okay, it's more lively when there are more people." ”
Wu Ya began to introduce, and he first introduced Xiao Han: "This is Xue Hao, the nephew of Academician Taixue Xue, whose name is Yufang. Now I'm studying in Taixue, and I'm a classmate. ”
As he spoke, he began to introduce his three friends: "Wearing moon-white clothes is Xie Bi, whose name is Linyu, who is now studying in Class B of Taixue, and is also our classmate.
Next to him was wearing a blue cloth shirt is Jia Ziguo, whose name is Zigong, who is also our classmate.
Brother Xue is often absent, so he may not be familiar with Brother Zigong.
Although Brother Zigong came from a poor family, he had excellent grades and was a model for us to study.
The last one in the scarlet dress was my good friend, Qin Zhao, the son of the hussar general. ”
After his introduction, Xiao Han had a general understanding of Wu Li, but what she cared about most was not Wu Ya, but another person.
"Brother Xie doesn't know what it has to do with the Yan'an Marquis Mansion?!" Xiao Han asked.
"There's nothing worth talking about, it's just that Yan'an Hou is my cousin, Xie Lingzhi is my cousin, and my cousin and cousin are quite Buddha to me."
Although Xie Bi looked extremely reserved on his face, he didn't seem to want others to think that he was special.
But his smug eyes still revealed his heart to some extent.
She smiled and complimented: "It turned out to be a relative of the Hou family in Yan'an, and it was disrespectful." ”
After that, everyone sat down, and Wu Li motioned for the two women who were playing the piano to go down, and then raised his glass and said: "It's fate to meet here today, and I will do it first as a respect." ”
As he spoke, he drank all the wine in the cup, looking at the wine glass in front of him, Xiao Han was a little worried.
She doesn't drink well, she has only drunk some fruit wine, and today she is a man, if she gets drunk and reveals her identity, it will be more than worth the loss for her.
She was embarrassed: "Brother Wu, you also know that the younger brother has been in poor health, and Lang Zhong once said that it is not appropriate to drink, so I am afraid that I can only replace wine with tea today." ”
Xie Bi frowned unhappily when he heard this, and just wanted to say something, Wu Li rushed in front of him and said, "Since Brother Xue is unwell, then I will replace the bar with tea today." ”
Xiao Han said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, because the little brother is not in good health, which disturbs everyone's Yaxing." In order to make amends, I invited this meal today. ”
Wu Li was a little surprised, he hesitated for a while, but still spoke: "Brother Xue doesn't have to be reluctant, I invited you today to make amends." Moreover, it is a gathering of brothers, and there are not so many rules. ”
After speaking, he gave Xie Bi a look, Xie Bi seemed to listen to Wu Li's words, and said with some reluctance: "Yes, Brother Xue, taking care of your body is the most important thing." ”
Then Qin Zhao on the side diverted the topic, and everyone tacitly agreed not to mention the topic of drinking, and talked about Taixue and the imperial examination to be held next year.
Although Xiao Han has been in Taixue for a while, he still doesn't know much about the imperial examinations.
But she is the nephew of Academician Xue, so she shouldn't be unclear about this, for fear of exposing her ignorance, she had to pretend to be not good at talking.
At this point, she was already a little impatient. She came to know what Wu Ya's purpose was for inviting her, but unfortunately they always avoided the topic, but talked about some things that they didn't get.
When the banquet was about to end, Qin Zhao on the side asked with interest: "I heard that Brother Xue and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have a very close relationship, and when they were studying in Taixue, they can be said to have a close relationship, I wonder if Brother Xue is willing to introduce us and others?!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Xiao Han immediately cheered up and understood that the main event was coming.
She vaguely guessed that their purpose was Xiao Qi, but she didn't expect her to guess quite accurately.
However, she wanted to know more about the purpose of these people approaching Xiao Qi.
Others don't mention it first, just because the Xie family wants to make friends with the prince, it is enough to arouse her vigilance.
She was embarrassed: "To be honest, everyone should know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very willful, even if I invite him to come, he may not be interested." ”
Xiao Han's reasons cannot be refuted by others.
In recent days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to have restrained a lot in Taixue.
But the original His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was an extremely willful person, and their fathers all served in the court, so they naturally heard of what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did.
Wu Ya hurriedly said: "I just want to trouble Brother Xue to thread the needle, if you can successfully introduce it, it is naturally a good thing, if it doesn't work, everyone should make friends." ”
She smiled slightly: "Since Brother Wu has said so, then he will naturally help if he can, as for the result, it still depends on the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Except for Xie Bi, who was a little dissatisfied with her words, the others didn't seem to care much.
Qin Zhao had a thoughtful expression, Jia Ziguo looked like he was wandering from beginning to end, and Wu Ya was constantly playing with the mud.
For their combination, Xiao Han found it very interesting.
It's just that she was almost tired of it at this time, and after a few more polite words, she made an excuse and left first.