Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Arrival of the Guests

Well, I'll admit, this chapter is just foreshadowing, you can just vote and keep it for the next update~~

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At the beginning of the unitary hour, for most people, it is almost dusk, ready to end a hard day. However, for the seldom street, which is full of lights, this is a quiet moment when the courtyard has not yet begun to clean and entertain guests. The whole long street is closed and deserted, so quiet that it is almost impossible to imagine the bustling and prosperous scene here after dark.

However, it was in this quiet and uncrowded time that a breeze-covered carriage quietly drove in from the entrance of the market, staggering forward at a slow pace. Behind the side of the carriage was a meek-eyed, snow-white steed, on which sat a handsome young man with a luxurious costume and a little joy at the corners of his eyebrows and eyes. Looking at his chic attitude on a horse, it doesn't look like walking on a deserted street at all, but like walking through the red sleeves of a building.

With a slight creaking sound and the crisp sound of horseshoe feet, the light carriage and the boy walked one after the other through the closed red lacquered gates, and finally stopped outside the side door of the Miaoyin Fang. The coachman jumped down, ran to the door, and knocked three times, and in a few moments a little maid answered the door, but she only looked at who the guest was, and without saying a word, she shrank back again. The coachman and the boy were not in a hurry, and waited leisurely outside. After about a pillar of incense, the side door opened again, and a woman who was covered from head to toe in a light gauze slowly walked out with a little girl, although her face was blurred, but judging from the faintly revealed graceful body and elegant and light gait, she was a moving beauty.

The prince in the costume had already dismounted to greet him, and while bowing his body to the courtesy, he laughed loudly: "Miss Gong Yu is really a believer, Jing Rui's birthday dinner can have a girl as a guest, and she will definitely envy the people in half the city." ”

"Yan Gongzi has an overreputation." Gong Yu said softly and humbly, and thanked him again, "With Gongzi Lao coming to pick it up in person, Gong Yu really deserves it." ”

"There is this kind of opportunity to protect flowers, of course I have to rush to come." Yan Yujin's eyebrows fluttered and said, "Jing Rui is a birthday star, he can't leave at all, Xie Bi sees that he has a family, and he doesn't dare to say it when he thinks about it, other people are not familiar with Miss Gong Yu, who can rob me?" ”

Gong Yu tulle flashed under the autumn waves, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yan is always so funny......

Yan Yujin couldn't help laughing, turned sideways to give way, raised his hand and bowed: "The carriage is ready, the girl is going to leave, right?" ”

Gong Yu whispered something to the little girl, and then stepped into the carriage and squatted down to sit in. The little girl lowered her hand and retreated to the courtyard gate, but did not follow to get into the car.

"Isn't she going?"

"I'm going to celebrate Xiao Gongzi's birthday, what are I taking her for?"

Yan Yujin thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, when you arrive at Xie Mansion, there are girls who serve you." …… If the girl is seated, let's go, shall we? Although the dinner party still has more than half an hour to start, it is also appropriate for us to arrive early with the elders in attendance. ”

"Yes. It's OK to go. ”

With this soft reply, the coachman raised his whip and shook it with a crisp sound, and in the company of the young man in fresh clothes and white horses, the wheels began to rotate steadily, and the wheels pressed against the bluestone pavement, bringing up a little dust.

At the same time, the top and bottom of the Ningguo Marquis Xie Mansion were also busy shuttling for their eldest son's birthday dinner.

Since Xiao Jingrui is the son of two families, the celebration of his birthday undoubtedly has some deep meanings that have little to do with him. Not to mention the Zhuo Dingfeng couple who love him very much, even Xie Yu, who has always taught his son strictly, has never expressed any objection to the special treatment enjoyed by Xiao Jingrui.

The list of guests had been determined a long time ago, and when he first reported to Xie Yu, his expression flickered when he looked at Su Zhe's two words, but he didn't say anything. Although each is already his own master, Xie Yu does not intend to stop the correspondence between his son and this meritorious advisor. Because he knows very well that Xiao Jingrui's knowledge is very limited, even if he is all tricked out by Su Zhe, it doesn't mean much, and on the other hand, Xiao Jingrui's good relationship with Su Zhe may be able to be used one day, even if it can't be used, at least it won't be too bad.

So for this guest list that has both enemy strategists and music women, he only said lightly in the end: "Show it to your mother." ”

Since Xie Yu did not object, the eldest princess of Liyang, who lived in a simple and low-key manner, of course would not have any opinions, so the invitation was officially sent out smoothly.

Xiao Jingrui usually has some friends who play around with wine and meat, and they have been invited to celebrate their birthdays in previous years, and as soon as the elders quit, a large group of people will huddle together to have fun. But this year, Mei Changsu is coming, and Gong Yu, who never goes out of the workshop to perform, is also coming, and Xiao Jingrui's attention to this dinner has increased several times at once, and he doesn't want it to become the same vulgar party as before. But if you have invited people in previous years, it seems a bit rude to suddenly not invite people this year, so it is inevitable to be in a dilemma. Yan Yujin saw his thoughts, thought of an idea for him, and deduced that his parents had a life, and required that the dinner party must be elegant, and that he should focus on poetry and painting, and appreciate the piano and talk, for fear of disturbing everyone's interest, so he chartered a field in the largest and best restaurant in the capital one day in advance, and the popular girls called more than a dozen to accompany them, and invited this group of friends to play for a day. This group of noble sons was happy enough, and they stayed away from the dinner party that was said to be very "elegant and plain" the next day, and they took the initiative to say that they didn't want to cause trouble, so they successfully solved Xiao Jingrui's problem.

Therefore, on the evening of April 12, there were not many people who came to attend Xiao Jingrui's birthday dinner, in addition to his family, there were originally only four outsiders, Mei Changsu, Xia Dong, Yan Yujin, and Gong Yu. Of course, Mr. Xiao had no choice but to quickly make up a post and send it over, adding this distinguished guest.

Although the number of people is small, there is still a lot to be done in the preparation of the banquet. The ladies only arranged the hall and the transfer of servants, and Xie Bi had to arrange the procurement of the rest of the items, so as soon as Xie Ergongzi got free time, he gritted his teeth and grabbed the eldest brother and complained: "Why do you hang out on your birthday, but I am tired and tired for you?" No, I have to divide half of the gift! ”

"You and I are flesh and blood brothers, what else do you share, what do you like about my things, just take it away." Xiao Gongzi turned a thousand pounds in four or two, and a soft word made Xie Bi unable to jump anymore, and by the way, he also brought a letter over, "Mother and mother called you in, saying that they wanted to agree on the banquet menu." You're busy slowly, I won't delay you......"

Seeing the birthday star Shi Shiran hiding out of the door, Xie Bi could only stomp his feet hatefully in the back, and then resigned himself to his fate.

On the evening of the same day, the earliest people who came were, of course, Yan Yujin and Gong Yu. As soon as he saw Xiao Jingrui coming out of it to greet him, Uncle Guo quietly leaned into the beautiful woman's ear and smiled: "I am stained with the girl's light today, usually I come to Xie Mansion, Jing Rui has never come out to take it, I walked in alone to find him......"

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Jingrui arched his hand, he said: "The palace girl Fang is coming, and Jing Rui is far away." Come in. ”

"Hey," Yan Yujin said with a cold face, "Did you see me?" ”

"Yes, yes," Xiao Jingrui coaxed him good-naturedly, "Yan Gongzi also invites in." ”

"You haven't said it's too far away......"

"Yes, I have also lost my distance to Mr. Yan, do you want to carry you in?"

"No, I don't. Just hold it and you're done. ”

Gong Yu couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said, "You two...... What a pair of good friends......"

"That's what I let him do. Otherwise, it's a good friend, and I'll have eight fights a day. Yan Yujin said seriously, "If someone wants to know what it means to tolerate people, just ask him to learn from me......"

"Why don't you get in here?" Xiao Jingrui scolded with a smile, "How long do you want the palace girl to accompany you to stand on this tuyere?" ”

Yan Yujin hurriedly arched his hand to the beauty, and said in the words of the lyrics: "Oh, it's a small life, it's windy here, Miss come in quickly......"

"You should be more restrained, the gong hasn't started yet, you should sing first." Xiao Jingrui gave him a blank look and led Gong Yu into the flower hall. After the guests had taken two sips of tea and rested for a while, they offered to take her in to meet the ladies.

At this time, Gong Yu had already removed the power of the outer cover, revealing a goose-yellow elegant shirt. The undressed makeup that has not been applied to Zhu did not detract from her beauty, but added a charm to it. Regarding Xiao Jingrui's warm invitation, she got up very seriously and saluted, and declined in a low voice: "Although Gong Yu was posted, after all, he was just a geisha, and he came to the Zun Mansion to cheer up his son." Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is such a noble person, how dare Gong Yu come in? ”

Yan Yujin frowned, and was about to speak, Xiao Jingrui had already taken the lead, and said gently: "This is a private relationship, why should the girl worry too much?" Besides, in the inner courtyard, my mother and Sister Qingyi are both from the rivers and lakes, and they don't care about vulgar etiquette, and Sister Xie Qi has always had a bold temperament. Although my mother was a cold person, she was never an arrogant person, and she loved music, and she had long admired the girl's musical name, and had already told me that when the girl came, she must be brought to see her first. ”

He said this sincerely, and Gong Yu couldn't shirk it anymore, so he thanked him for a few words and went in with him. Yan Yujin had no reason to follow, so he could only wander around in front of the flower hall, but fortunately, Xiao Jingrui hurriedly came back to accompany him after a short time, and Gong Yu did not accompany him, so it can be seen that he was kept by the inner courtyard.

After chatting for a while, Yan Yujin felt that the hour was about to be up, and he was about to ask, when he suddenly saw Xie Bi hurrying over, and began to shout after a distance: "Big brother, come quickly, Commander Meng has arrived." ”

Xiao Yan and the others hurriedly got up and hurriedly walked out of the second door. Because Meng Zhi is Xie Yu's colleague in the DPRK and China, his status is precious, so the porter's servant went to report the master first, so when Xiao Jingrui arrived, Xie Yu and Zhuo Dingfeng had already greeted each other, and they were standing in the foyer with Meng Zhi to greet each other.

Xiao Jingrui didn't dare to interrupt the conversation of the elders, so he stood quietly aside, waiting for a gap in the conversation, and was about to go over to greet him, when a high-pitched voice came from outside the door to announce: "Mr. Su Zhesu is here ......"

Everyone in the hall turned around together, Xiao Jingrui was even more ready to go out, as soon as his footsteps moved, Mei Changsu's face with a shallow smile appeared in front of him. He wore a moon-white robe tonight, lined with a sky blue jacket, looking very good, that gentle and elegant appearance, it is really impossible to imagine how much of the continuous turmoil in the capital in the past year can be from his handwriting?

With a faint glance, Mei Changsu had already taken a look at the situation in the hall. According to etiquette, he first bowed to Xie Yu and said, "Su has seen Master Hou." ”

"A small banquet, I can invite Mr. Dong to come, our mansion is really full of splendor." Xie Yu replied politely, raising his hand to introduce the people around him, "This is the owner of Zhuo Ding Feng Zhuo Village." ”

Mei Changsu smiled slightly and said, "Master Zhuo and I have met a few times, but we have never talked to each other. I didn't expect to be here today. ”

"Sect Master Mei is polite. Zhuo has admired the style of the sect master for a long time, and he feels very honored today. Zhuo Dingfeng clenched his fists and shook his chest, and returned the gift of his peers, and the two young people next to him were stunned, and then suddenly found that because of his frequent interactions with Brother Su, he gradually ignored his proud position in the rivers and lakes.

Next, Mei Changsu and Meng Zhi greeted each other again, and several people were polite for a long time. Yan Yujin had been impatient for a long time, but he was all elderly, and he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only stand aside, regretting in his heart that he shouldn't have come out with Xiao Jingrui, look, Xie Bi is smarter......

Fortunately, there is always a time when polite words are spoken. After finishing the ceremony, Xie Yu, who was the master, and Zhuo Dingfeng, who was half the master, accompanied the two distinguished guests to the main hall to serve tea, Xiao Jingrui naturally followed from beginning to end, but Yan Yujin took the opportunity to go back, like a flying stream that only flashed for a moment, and disappeared somewhere.

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Suddenly I feel that this article is a bit long.,If new readers read it slowly.,By the time I finish reading, the recommended week is almost over~~Depressed~~ But if you don't vote after seeing this chapter, it's not kind~~~