Chapter 374: Going to the Banquet
However, the Mid-Autumn Festival came on the sixth or seventh day, which was originally a day of family reunion, but Xiao Rin was far away from the border, Jing Ning had no intention of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at all, and Xiao's father and mother were the same, and they had been depressed after breakfast.
Jing Ning sat in the pavilion, and a game of chess was set on the stone table. She was silent with the white child in her hand, her eyes staring at the chessboard, but there was no look in her eyes, and her thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.
At this moment, Wanxi slowly walked into the pavilion and sat down in front of Jing Ning. sighed and looked at Jing Ning.
"What?" Jing Ning came back to his senses, looked down, and said coldly.
"Such a festival, but the general is not in the house, I am really worried, but I don't know who to talk to, think about it, my sister and I are both waiting for the general, sister, you can naturally understand my mind." Wanxi looked at the lake, but glanced at Jing Ning out of the corner of her eye.
Jing Ning's face was indifferent, but there was a cold color in his eyes, and there was a trace of sourness in his heart. She knew that Wanxi was deliberately angry with herself, but she couldn't control her mood.
"You are wrong, I am Xiao Rin's wife, and you were given to him by the emperor, a plaything." Jing Ning deliberately bit the sound of "plaything". Seeing Wanxi's pretty face turn pale in an instant, her heart was filled with happiness.
On weekdays, she doesn't want to worry about such things with Wanxi, but today is different, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the person next to the pillow is thousands of miles away, Jing Ning's mood is already low, Wanxi just stimulates her at this time, Jing Ning doesn't want to tolerate it anymore, so she simply blocked Wanxi's words back by her own temperament.
"Sister's words are a bit excessive, no matter what, I'm a general's person now." Wanxi barely managed to squeeze out a smile, trying to make herself look less embarrassed.
Jing Ning sneered, no longer hiding her anger, she looked up and down, shook her head and sighed: "A few days ago, Lan Yao had a saying that was very right, people are self-aware, you said that you are Xiao Rin's person, has he ever recognized your identity?" Has he ever been half close to you? ”
Jing Ning's tone was cold, and her words were very harsh, Wanxi was suddenly speechless, and stared at Jing Ning in a daze, as if she didn't know how to refute, but she had nothing to refute, because this is the case, if it weren't for the emperor's decree, she would never have stepped into the general's mansion half a step in her life.
"I advise you, be cautious in your words and deeds, after all, this is the General's Mansion, and I, the young lady of the General's Mansion, you always have to think about your own future." Jing Ning stood up and looked down at Wanxi condescendingly, and without waiting for Wanxi to react, she took the lead and walked away, leaving her with a shallow back.
Before evening, Lan Yao came to the General's Mansion and urged Jing Ning to dress up. Half an hour later, Lan Yao looked at Jing Ning in front of him, and a little surprise flashed in his eyes.
Jing Ning's waist-length hair is tied into a double flying bun, and an emerald hairpin is inserted into the bun obliquely, although it is simple, but it is solemn, a pair of distant mountain eyebrows are shallow eyes, Qiong nose and cherry lips, and a layer of blush is shallow on both cheeks, and the whole person's complexion is better than one or two points, and the blue dress is even more beautiful Jingning.
"It's just a palace banquet, why is it here?" Jing Ning looked at Lan Yao helplessly, his eyes a little puzzled.
"This kind of occasion will definitely appear, you are already more beautiful than her, I don't allow you to fall inferior in dress, have you forgotten her face that day?" Lan Yao remembered what she said that day, and her face was a little more annoyed, and she looked very childish.
Jing Ning chuckled lightly, and then followed Lan Yao. Then the two of them took a carriage to the banquet.
Half an hour later, the sound of silk and bamboo in the hall is endless, women often say some boudoir laughter in groups of threes and twos, and men are toasting and drinking, talking very happily, and the atmosphere of the banquet is very harmonious. But the expressions on Jing Ning and Lan Yao's faces were indescribable, and the two looked at Wanxi with an aggrieved face and were silent.
"What is this woman doing?" Lan Yao approached Jing Ning and asked in a low voice.
Jing Ning shook her head slightly, although she didn't know what medicine was sold in Wanxi's gourd, her intuition was not a good thing. But she is not in a hurry, as the so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, she is not afraid of tactfulness.
"Are the two sisters really so disgusted with me? Originally, I was going to go to the banquet together, why did I leave me alone? Wanxi wanted to cry, her eyes were sad and sad, and her appearance was very pitiful.
And because of Wanxi's words, many people's eyes looked at the three of them, and there were many discussions for a while, most of them were saying that the two of them had small stomachs and chicken intestines, and the general's mansion could not tolerate Wanxi and the like.
Lan Yao's face sank when she heard this, she stared at Wanxi unkindly, and just wanted to open her mouth to scold, but she felt that Jing Ning was holding the corner of her clothes, Lan Yao glanced at Jing Ning, Jing Ning shook her head at her, Lan Yao glared at Wanxi, but she stopped talking.
Jing Ning's expression was indifferent, and she tried her best to hide her dislike for Wanxi, after all, there are many eyes and ears in the palace, if someone tells the emperor that she doesn't want to see Wanxi, I'm afraid it will cause suspicion again. It's not that she's afraid of Wanxi's identity, but she doesn't want to cause trouble to the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Besides, the Protector is not a close confidant of the emperor, if Lan Yao and Wanxi are allowed to quarrel in public, I am afraid that they will also implicate the Protector, which Jing Ning does not want to see.
"You didn't come when I invited you, but now you're pretending to be pitiful here, what are your intentions?" Jing Ning collected his thoughts, with a smile on his face, his tone was gentle, but his words were very sharp.
"You're lying! You didn't invite me with you at all! Wanxi saw that Jing Ning wanted to frame herself with empty white teeth, and blurted out her rebuttal.
"Then why did you make an appointment to go to the banquet together?" A faint smile appeared on Jing Ning's lips, but his eyes were cold. Everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Wanxi's body, Wanxi was so choked that she couldn't speak, her face turned red, and she had to find a remote place to sit down. She gritted her teeth and glared at Jing Ning, obviously angry in her heart, but there was nothing she could do at the moment, so she had to sit there and stare dryly.
Lan Yao glanced at Wanxi, her eyes full of mockery and disdain. She approached Jing Ning and whispered: "This guy's methods really can't be put on the table, this is probably lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, I can be regarded as having seen it today." ”
Jing Ning nodded silently, her eyes were a little helpless, sometimes looking at Wanxi's various actions, funny is often more funny than angry.
After a short time, the emperor entered the table, and after receiving everyone's bows, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "At this time, it was supposed to be a time for thousands of families to reunite and share their families, but the war on the border of our country has not been settled, and Zhao Guonan went to the battlefield and fought bloodily, so this year's palace banquet is all simple to send worries." ”