Chapter Twenty-Four: Rushing to be the First
"Remember, don't you want to eat something?"
When Ling Xinan's words sounded in Miss Liu's ears, Miss Liu came back to her senses. It's because I'm too distracted that I make others look different.
Miss Liu didn't want others to see her emotions yet, including Ling Xinan.
There were a lot of snacks on the table, and Miss Liu didn't move at all, which inevitably made people think that they didn't like this thing.
After pursing her lips and smiling lightly at Ling Xinan, she reached out to get a piece of pastry. Before she could react, Jian Xiu brought a grape to her mouth and pressed it into her mouth with force.
Miss Liu was surprised and had to bite the grapes.
The people who looked at them looked different in surprise.
Li Ruzhang sat opposite, he watched Jian Xiu's move in full view, and he choked on the wine when he just took a sip of wine.
Is the sun coming out of the west?
Li Ruzhang raised his eyes and looked at the sky, he thought that Jian Xiu's behavior just now must have dazzled him. Since he met Jian Xiu, since he served under him, this man has never been so close to a woman, let alone so active in feeding.
Li Ruzhang was so frightened that he hurriedly drank a few more sips of wine to suppress the shock.
Ling Xinan, who was on Miss Liu's side, was even more stunned in disbelief, and his thoughts were the same as Li Ruzhang's mood at this time.
After Miss Liu ate the grape that Jian Xiu fed a little unexpectedly, he came back to his senses and busily took a bamboo skewer in the fruit bowl and inserted a piece of pulp in front of Miss Liu, and said busily, "This is delicious." ”
Miss Liu didn't know whether she should take it or not, anyway, she had already seen the women present, and all the eyes were looking at her, and they were not ordinary jealous.
Miss Liu smiled awkwardly in her heart, these two young masters embarrassed her in front of so many people today.
And just when Miss Liu hesitated, Yun Xiu stood up and put a chicken leg with chopsticks into Miss Liu's bowl, and said softly, "What kind of fruit to eat, eat a chicken leg, it depends on how thin you are." ”
Yun Xiu stood up because he was separated from Wan Xiu, and because Yun Xiu stood up, everyone at the banquet was invited, including Ling Yunyi, who was talking to the court officials.
Ling Yunyi put down his wine glass and looked over.
Mrs. Ling also looked over.
Ling Xiyue, the second young man of the Ling family, also looked over.
Miss Liu knew it very well, because of them, everyone was looking at her now.
Miss Liu raised her eyes, no one looked at her, just looked at Ling Yunyi, the gloom in her eyes was as if she had experienced many years of vicissitudes.
She looked at Ling Yunyi and frowned slightly, but she was just recognizing her.
"But Miss Liu?" Ling Yunyi was talking to her from a distance, and his voice was loud.
Miss Liu forgot to answer him blankly, and still had that expression.
Yun Xiu thought that Miss Liu had been in the mansion for too long and hadn't gone out to see anyone, so she was a little nervous about this occasion, so she hurriedly answered for her, "Yes, Uncle Ling, she is Liu Zhizhou's daughter." ”
Ling Yunyi glanced at Mrs. Ling, and then said with a smile, "Miss Liu, I've seen it several times, and I brought it back to the Governor's Mansion in Luoding Prefecture to play, and the two of them are very good." ”
Ling Yunyi continued with a smile, "Miss Liu is Xinan's honored guest, no wonder Xinan is not by his mother's side today. ”
Mrs. Ling smiled unhappily, as a year ago she had never refused to be stuck together with Miss Liu, but now she didn't want to.
It's just that she can't say it clearly in front of everyone today.
Seeing that his father was still the same as he was at the beginning, it was not that he disapproved of his relationship with Miss Liu, Ling Xinan had a happy expression on his face.
Li Yuyan stared at her eyes, very displeased.
She didn't expect that Miss Liu and Ling Xinan had known each other for a long time, and the relationship was not ordinary, and Ling Xinan was still so attentive, which really made her heart cold.
Wan Xiu pouted, and his displeasure was even more obvious.
Just when everyone thought that Miss Liu and Ling Xinan had that kind of relationship, Miss Liu said lightly, "The little girl and the third young master Ling are just ordinary friends who know each other, and today he invited the little girl, and the little girl is very honored." ”
Her words were a little cold, obviously dismissing her relationship with Ling Xinan.
Ling Xinan's eyes sank, and he looked at Miss Liu inexplicably, he couldn't see through the woman beside him at this time.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Jian Xiu's mouth, and he smiled peacefully. He took a sip of his glass and said nothing.
Yun Xiu was a little surprised, surprised that Miss Liu's heart didn't seem to have the same relationship with Ling Xinan as he had heard about it at the beginning. But if this is the case, he is also relieved.
Miss Liu's words made Mrs. Ling smile equally comfortably, listening to her words, she didn't want to admit her relationship with Xinan, so it was best.
Mrs. Ling said to Ling Yunyi with a warm smile, "Miss Liu and Xinan are friends, and it is appropriate for friends to interact with each other. She said and looked at Miss Liu, "Miss Liu will often come to Lingfu to play in the future, so it's good to accompany me, an old woman." ”
Kind words.
It's not that Miss Liu couldn't hear it, she smiled faintly and didn't say anything bad.
The banquet continued, and the young ladies who didn't want to sit at the table for a long time chatted and chatted in the garden of the Ling Mansion.
Ling Xinan was in a little depressed mood and wanted to pull Miss Liu away to talk about her thoughts, but a young lady wearing a light yellow Luo skirt walked over to him and asked with a smile, "Si Ying knows that the portrait of the third young master is very well drawn, can the third young master give Si Ying a pair of ink treasures." ”
This is for painting.
Ling Xinan glanced at the woman in front of him, and was about to refuse, but Ling Ershao walked over and said with a smile, "Xinan, you can draw a picture, and you can't refuse to see Miss Siying's request for painting." ”
Si Ying nodded and pursed her lips and smiled, grateful for what Ling Ershao said.
Feng Siying is the adopted daughter of Feng Bao, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and seal, Feng Bao was appreciated by the queen mother in the court and was immediately popular. Ling Xinan wanted to refuse at this time, but it was not easy to refuse.
He looked at Miss Liu, who had already left the table and walked to the Qingshui Pond.
At this time, several official ladies rushed over, all of whom helped Si Ying speak, "Third Young Master Ling, let's draw a picture for Si Ying." ”
"The third young master will draw a vice, but Sister Siying has been thinking about it for a long time, and she thinks of the third young master's ink treasure."
Second Young Master Ling felt lively and beautiful as if he was smiling, but he didn't help his brother and walked aside.
Li Yuyan pulled Wan Xiu to stand aside and looked at those young ladies, feeling that they were all pestering the third young master like, and they lost their identity.
"Why don't you go, take this opportunity to ask Sinan for a deputy Mobao." Li Yuyan frowned and asked.
Wan Xiu smiled faintly, "At this time, there are so many people, I won't embarrass Xinan and ask him to draw a secondary painting, and there will be more opportunities in the future." ”
Li Yuyan pouted, "If you don't go, how can I go." ”
Wan Xiu really looked at Li Yuyan funny, and pulled her wrist away. Sometimes Wan Xiuzhen feels that Li Yuyan sees herself as her reliable man, and she does everything to make herself stand out.
Miss Liu stood under the willow tree on the water's edge, and Jian Xiu's voice sounded behind her, "If you don't want to stay here, let's go back." ”
Looking at the elegant and demure woman in front of her, Jian Xiu's eyes were all about her.
Miss Liu turned around, looked at Jian Xiu lightly, and said, "Don't you talk to those sons?" ”
"I don't like to drink." Jian Xiu said.
But didn't he drink it all the time just now, could it be a mistake?
"I'm free to take you to a place today."
Jian Xiu grabbed her hand, and Miss Liu was led by him before she could react.
Yun Xiu wanted to walk towards the two of them, but saw Jian Xiu pulling Miss Liu away from a distance.
Yun Xiu laughed, reluctantly, and only he understood the deep meaning.
Yun Xiu watched the backs of the two of them leaving, slowly holding on to the branches, his ten fingers suddenly clasped, and he was inexplicably disappointed in his heart.
Miss Liu looked at the sea of flowers by the inlet, but she didn't expect that the place that Jian Xiu brought her to be so beautiful.
Flowers are in full bloom, incense is wafting thousands of miles, and a magnificent field scenery.
Looking at the butterflies dancing lightly on top of the flowers, Miss Liu thought of the scenery under Pansu Mountain that year.
This place is just like there, but there is no Pansu Mountain here, and there will be no Pansu Old Road.
It's not there.