The Qi family's birthday banquet was very lively, in addition to some family members in the court who were also willing to give a face to congratulate, there were also partners in the Qi family's shopping mall.

The king of Qingping County hurried from the county king's mansion to Qi's house in a sedan chair early in the morning, and when he saw his well-dressed granddaughter, he couldn't wait to hug her heart and cry non-stop, or the princess of Qingping County saw that her granddaughter was too old to be too close to her grandfather, and she forcibly stopped the move of the king of Qingping.

But the king of Qingping County, who was stopped by him, looked dissatisfied and did not obey her discipline at all, which made the princess of Qingping County smile bitterly from beginning to end.

In addition to his weight, there is another reason, but also because the king of Qingping, who has never cared about the world and does not care about court disputes, has another lifeblood of the Qi family in his hands.

Qi Shi saw that Mount Tai was coming, and personally waited outside the gate of the mansion to greet him, and bowed to him: "Father-in-law, I knew that my father-in-law was coming, and 1 my son-in-law prepared my father-in-law's favorite peach blossom brew in the mansion in advance, and asked my father-in-law to appreciate his face and taste it." ”

There were three fathers-in-law in his words, which shows how much Qi Shi respects the king of Qingping County in his heart, and the king of Qingping County is even more satisfied when he sees his son-in-law's respect for ten years, and he can't help but raise his hand and stroke the beard that has grown on his chin in recent years.

"You have a heart, presumably you and the county lord will be very busy today, you don't have to bother to entertain the king and princess, recruit more guests to entertain other guests, don't let people find out the fault of your Qi family."

Qi Shi naturally said yes.

The princess of Qingping County, who hadn't seen her daughter for a long time, couldn't pull her daughter Liao Jiachang at such a time, so she could only be reluctant to let her daughter go and pull her granddaughter in front of her to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

The king of Qingping County could only watch the princess of Qingping County pull her granddaughter and talk non-stop, and did not give him a chance to interject at all, he realized that his wife was deliberate, and the king of Qingping had to stomp his feet on the spot, and his fat body shook and trembled, which made people look very shocking.

Half an hour passed, and the guests who should have come came, An Feiran also pinched the hour, not early or late, neither rude, nor giving people the illusion of being in a hurry.

She originally wanted to put down the gift, and then go back to the general's mansion to sleep with her bed, but the county lord of Qingping didn't give this opportunity, and saw her in the crowd, so he sent someone to invite her to the backyard.

Knowing that the idea of leaving early was unrealistic, An Feiran had no choice but to follow the visitor to the backyard, this time it was terrible, only to see that there were many little girls of the same age as her in the backyard, from the concubines of the merchants' families to the daughters of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they were sitting in groups of three and two chattering and laughing.

Of course, this sitting is not casual, for example, the concubine of the merchant family is not qualified to sit at the same table with the concubine of the prime minister's house.

As soon as she walked over, Qi Yuan, who was the host of this birthday banquet, found her figure, seeing that she was dressed very plainly and would not compete for today's limelight, Qi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and led the maid to walk over to say hello generously.

"Sister Jiaojiao, I was looking forward to the stars and the moon, but I finally looked forward to you, I thought that this time you would send people to send gifts as in previous years, but no one came."

When Peony saw Qi Kite, she hurriedly took two steps back, and saluted her half-blessedly: "The slave maid asks the county lord for peace." ”

Similarly, the girl beside Qi Yuan also blessed An Feiran: "The delicate girl is well." ”

After saying that, the two girls retreated behind their masters as transparent people.

"The county lord is polite, how could I not come to the county lord's birthday, a few years ago it was because I was not in good health and was locked up in the house by A-Niang, and in recent years, my body has improved, and A-Niang walked around with me."

This can be regarded as an explanation, whether it is a pretext or not, it can be regarded as giving Qi Yuan a face, at least it did not embarrass her in front of so many noble girls.

Without waiting for Qi Yuan to speak, An Feiran saw the peony hair ornament on her head at a glance, her heart moved, and she ordered the peony beside her: "Yao'er, take out the gift I prepared for the county lord." ”

Peony looked puzzled, her own lady had never called his name like this, but when she saw the hairpin ornament in the county lord's hair, she immediately understood what An Feiran meant, and hurriedly handed the brocade box she was holding in her hand to Qi Kite.

It is said that the daughter of the county lord of Qingping, the county lord Qi Yuan, is the most stingy and narrow-minded, and if she knows that a little slave has collided with the hairpin ornament in her hair, she will be very unhappy.

Once the county lord is unhappy, he will use them as slaves.

My own lady doesn't want to make trouble.

The brocade box was taken by Ulla and handed to Qi Kite, in order to show her importance to the Changping General's Mansion, Qi Kite opened the lid of the brocade box at the moment, and when her eyes touched the contents of the brocade box, her expression suddenly turned cold, very ugly, as if she had eaten a fly.

Seeing her performance, An Feiran was surprised and asked, "The county lord doesn't like the gift I prepared?" ”

That's strange, you must know that this gift was personally selected by A-Niang from the treasury, A-Niang also said that anyone who receives this gift will be in a very happy mood, but she looks at Qi Kite's expression now, it doesn't seem to be like that.

"Sister Jiaojiao is thinking about it, I naturally like the gift from Sister Jiaojiao." Qi Kite's voice seemed to be squeezed out of her teeth, she snapped the lid of the brocade box shut, and stuffed it to Ula out of sight and out of mind: "It's better to take down the gift from Jiaojiao's sister and keep it." ”

said that she liked it, but her behavior was all resistance, Ula was puzzled, but she didn't dare to show the slightest expression on her face, so she answered, and ran away in another direction with the brocade box in her arms.

On the way out, she couldn't help but secretly opened the lid of the brocade box, and saw that it contained a pen, and the county lord's treasured crested hairpins and more delicate jewelry, and immediately understood the reason why the county lord's face changed greatly.

However, she felt that it was normal, and when she looked at this jewelry, she knew at a glance that it was a reward from Emperor An's concubine.

Since the imperial concubine Niangniang gave her own county lord a reward, then Miss Jiaojiao, as the niece of the imperial concubine, will get a lot of good things, which is not very normal.

An Feiran has never done anything like sticking a hot face to someone else's cold ass, seeing that Qi Yuan really doesn't like this gift, she also faded other thoughts in her heart, and only said: "The county lord is busy today, so I won't bother the county lord much, when I came, I saw a very beautiful bouquet of camellia in the house, can I take the maid to appreciate it myself?" ”

Suppressing the dissatisfaction in her heart, Qi Yuan smiled reluctantly, and said half-jokingly: "How can this be, Jiaojiao's sister is coming from afar, how can I let Jiaojiao's sister stay alone, if that's the case, it's not my own person." ”

An Feiran smiled generously: "Why be polite between you and me, there are more girls over there who need to be entertained by you, so I won't cause trouble to the county lord." ”

After finishing speaking, she could barely sit still, and immediately left in the direction of the bouquet of camellia in her memory, without even giving Qi Kite a chance to save it.

The smirk on Qi Kite's face disappeared as soon as she left, and her eyebrows and eyes looked gloomily at her back, her nails almost breaking her palms.

It wasn't until a while that she collected her emotions, put a faint smile on her face again, and walked towards the group of noble girls.

Ouyang Jingheng had already seen An Feiran's figure, and seeing that she hadn't come with Qi Yuan, she couldn't help asking, "Where is the girl from General Changping's mansion?" I just saw her. ”

Because she saw it, she didn't come to fool her with that kind of talk.

Qi Yuan heard her words and cared, and held her breath in her heart, and the tone of her voice was not very good: "When she came, she saw that there were camellia with excellent medical skills in my house, so she couldn't wait to take her maid to watch. ”

As long as she is a smart person, she can understand what Qi Kite means, isn't she sarcastic that she can't get good flowers in the General's Mansion, so that the concubine of the dignified Changping General's Mansion wants to go to Qi's house to enjoy the camellias.

Ouyang Jingheng blinked, pretending not to understand anything, and wanted to change the topic, but Ma Jingqing couldn't hear this, and opened his mouth with a strong smell of gunpowder: "The county lord's words are bad, I once accompanied my mother to the general's mansion to ask the general's wife for peace, the scenery in the general's mansion is much better than that of the Qi family, and many of them are treasures from the surrounding small countries." ”

Where can your Qi family's small camellia compare to the precious flowers paid by small countries?

This is what Ma Jingjing wanted to express, and after she finished speaking, she glared at Ouyang Jingheng boldly.

It is said that the people of the Ouyang family are good at muddying the waters, which is really good, Ouyang Jingheng obviously heard the mockery in the county lord's words, but not only did she not stop it, but she also wanted to be unable to hear it.

How is that possible, my mother said, the people who settled in their home can't let outsiders bully.

Ouyang Jingheng, who was innocently stared at, was very helpless, and could only act as if she didn't see it, and these two characters were not easy to solve.

One is the daughter of the military department, and the other is the current saint who is the county lord, she is crazy to choose between the two.

Qi Yuan, who was sulking in her heart, didn't have time to digest her emotions when she heard Ma Jingqing's sarcasm again, and she was so angry that she almost scolded regardless of her manners.

In an instant, she thought that today was the birthday ceremony hosted by the Qi family, and she couldn't lose face in front of these people to be yin and yang, so she said a few words dryly: "I am also fortunate to have heard that the general's wife is the best at this, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I also want to go to the general's mansion to see more knowledge." ”

Ma Jingqing snorted, followed her example, pinched his nose and replied: "It's best to hand over the post before the county lord goes, not everyone can enter the general's mansion." ”