The sun had not completely set, and the birthday banquet of Wufu had not begun, only some people who sang small songs and played the pipa were sent to set up a stage in the open space of the garden to perform.

General Wu had the habit of taking a nap for an hour or two, and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family waited by the bedside in person. Liu Yanshu was a distinguished guest, and he sat at the main table with Sun Zhixian and chatted, and Mo Huaigu and Lu Shiyi naturally watched respectfully.

"Female crown, your capsule's ravioli. The servant came over with a bowl of fragrant wontons, put down the bowl and bowed, took a few steps back and left.

Zhou Xuanqing stared at the bowl of vegetarian wontons, and couldn't stop swallowing saliva in his mouth: That's it, let's be vegetarian, just fill your stomach.

The spotted cat took the opportunity to jump out of her arms. Along the way, because Liu Yanshu didn't like it, Zhou Xuanqing watched the cat very closely, in case he didn't pay attention to provoke the Hou Ye, and the cat died.

Its glassy eyes swirled, sniffing something unusual, and ran away along the garden.

"Mother, I want to go see grandpa first. A little girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old was walking towards the garden, wearing a moon-white brocade lotus shirt, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and her skin was like congealed fat.

"What do you see, with your eldest lady by your side. Let me tell you, there are distinguished guests in the palace today, and the town and country of the capital know about it, right? You have to keep a little more eyesight and take this opportunity to talk to you more. You read a lot of books, and you are not bad at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so you always have something to talk about. The second daughter-in-law of the Wu family walked all the way, turning back from time to time to mention a few words to her daughter.

The little girl's name is Wu Yuzhu, and she was born with a beautiful embryo, and her eyebrows were faintly dissatisfied, "I'm only sixteen, mother, are you going to give me to Hou Ye?" Everyone in the world knows that he is ambitious, likes power and oppression, and treats people harshly and unkindly. If you marry me high, will you really have a good life?"

The little girl has a delicate mind and sees things clearly. I want to persuade my mother to give up this stupid idea earlier.

A god of wealth that can be sent to the door, how can there be a reason not to hug it?

The second daughter-in-law of the Wu family immediately scolded with a straight face, "What do you know? Now Your Majesty is old, and most of the general situation of the government and the opposition is in the hands of this town and country, and the crown princess is his own sister-in-law." Not to mention that he doesn't fight for the chair, even if the crown prince is successfully enthroned, he is still the number one in the court. If you don't climb, I won't climb, and I'll cheapen others. ”

"But he is almost thirty years old and has not yet married the concubine, who knows if there is something wrong. Wu Yuzhu bit a cherry mouth, and her voice became lower and lower.

"Phew, don't talk nonsense. If you can be favored by the Hou Ye, he will give you the position of the main room or the side room as a mother. . . ”

The two quickly entered the garden.

Sun Deren and Liu Yanshu didn't talk for a few words before they stopped talking, and when they looked back when they were empty, they saw the second daughter-in-law of the Wu family walking over with her daughter smiling.

If you want to talk about this little girl, Sun Deren intends to marry the Wu family, so that the nephew who is not four or six will marry back to collect his heart. Anyway, he is one level older than the second official of the Wu family, so he can be regarded as a good person.

"The folk woman has seen the Hou Ye, the magistrate. The second daughter-in-law of the Wu family grinned, secretly squeezing her eyebrows at Wu Yuzhu and wincing at her.

Wu Yuzhu had no choice but to take a step forward helplessly, and said, "Yuzhu has seen Master Hou, Master Sun." ”

Zhou Xuanqing just finished eating a bowl of wontons with shepherd's cabbage, and burped and stroked his stomach. looked at Liu Yanshu naturally: Yo, when did a little beauty come. But seeing that she was sitting at the main table and had a reply, and the second daughter-in-law of the Wu family was full of hatred for marrying a daughter, and she wished that she had come to hug the gold-inlaid hooves of the Hou Ye.

Liu Yanshu's eyebrows were raised somehow, his lips were dyed with a smile, and his original eyes were a little cold. "Why don't you wipe your mouth after eating. After speaking, he hooked his fingers and made a gesture to ask Zhou Xuanqing to go over.

One step at a time, Zhou Xuanqing leaned over reluctantly: Don't think that Xiaodao can't see it, Master Hou, you are looking for someone to accompany you to act, so as to send the mother and daughter of the Wu family.

Sure enough, Liu Yanshu's peach eyes gently brushed Zhou Xuanqing's cheeks, stretched out his pure fingers, and wiped her clean lips with his fingers.

When I wiped it, the original pale crimson lips were red, and the lining was a little inexplicably 'delicate'. And it was soft to the touch, Liu Yanshu's fingertips rubbed on his lips for a while, and then he reluctantly withdrew his fingers.

What is the situation? Aunt Xiaodao and Master Hou hooked up? The second daughter-in-law of the Wu family couldn't believe it, and it was not easy to ask, and she was uncomfortable if she didn't ask from the bottom of her heart. I'm really going to suffocate myself!

And Sun Deren on the left side was like sitting on pins and needles, and he panicked in his heart: What should I do? Do you want to avoid it? I didn't dare to look at it, so I had to look away with a dishful face and look down to count the ants.

Mo Huaigu and Lu Shiyi were not surprised, and they were calm.

Zhou Xuanqing couldn't have a bitter hatred, she stroked the goosebumps quietly, and smiled dryly at Wu Yuzhu, who was staring at the opposite side.

waited for the other party to turn his face away embarrassedly, and then lowered his voice and said to Liu Yanshu, "Master Hou, this play for you today is worth ten taels of silver." "Although she is a Taoist aunt, it is also about Qingyu, how can she be a person when it is passed out?

Liu Yanshu's expression revealed a hint of strangeness, and his fingertips rubbed carefully, as if he wanted to wipe the temperature and touch felt by his fingertips clean, but this action seemed a little aftertaste to others.

The raised Adam's apple rolled up and down, spilling a low chuckle. "Okay, if you say ten taels, ten taels. ”

Everyone had nothing to do for half an hour, and the sunset finally completely set the horizon, the night of splashing ink rose, and the birthday banquet began.

The four corners of the eaves in the garden, the pillars of the corridor are lit with lamps, and the garden is full of light. In addition to some official guests, there are also former relatives and friends of the Wu family.

According to the folk customs of this place, the things that are congratulatory gifts should be recorded in the book after they are sorted out. At the beginning of the birthday banquet, the subordinates of the Wu family steward took it out and read it out to show respect.

"Grandma of the Shen family, eight horses of satin cloth... "The fourth uncle of the Lu family, a pair of blue and white porcelain vases... "Sun Zhi County, twenty quintals of rice... ”

Liu Yanshu picked up the wine glass and shook it, "Lord Sun's annual salary should be thirty taels of silver, plus two hundred quintals of rice. Your congratulatory gift is a little shabby... ”

Sun Deren was so frightened that he almost knelt down to speak, and carefully squeezed out a wry smile, "The few towns under the jurisdiction of the lower officials are not considered rich, and I have been thinking about this gift for a long time, and they all say that it is the most practical to send food, and the lower officials will send rice." ”

In fact, he was not wrong, but Liu Yanshu had no intention of asking.

Zhou Xuanqing was originally sitting and waiting for the banquet to start, but when he heard this, he deliberately bent the corners of his mouth and choked him with words, "Master Hou, why didn't Xiaodao prepare a gift when you came?"