Chapter 8: The Family Feast

said that it was a family banquet, but because the prince was coming, Su Huo and the others had already sat down early. There were a few superiors left on his left, presumably to a few princes.

I went to salute the elder first, and then I was led to my seat by the housekeeper.

I am the eldest son and daughter, and I should have sat under Su Huo according to the position, but Su Tianfeng, the second eldest grandson of Su Huo, came back from the border this morning.

Su Tianfeng is Wu Wanhua's eldest son, who has followed Su Huo to fight in the killing field since he was a child, and now he is also a well-known general, so he naturally sat in my place.

And I was placed under Su Huo's second sons, Su Hong and Wu Wanhua, and sat opposite Su Tianxue.

When the prince came, she was naturally dressed up as the second son and concubine. She was born with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, and today she is even more green silk coiled high, with three pure gold and jade gold swaying obliquely inserted into her hair, and a fiery red tunic sand brocade collar is wide open, revealing a beautiful collarbone, thrush powder, and a red flower on her forehead.

And although Su Tianyue next to her is a few years younger than her, she is not inferior in dressing. She held the fallen horse, with the carved jade earring bell that was tied to the necklace, and tapped the rouge, and a well-fitting wide-sleeved skirt lined her delicate figure, smiling brightly, and she was really a little beauty.

In this comparison, although I am also wearing brocade makeup, I am too "low-key".

Of course, there is another one who is more low-key than me, and that is another young lady sitting next to me...... The fourth lady of the General's Mansion, painted by Su Tilt.

Su Tianhua was born to a concubine of Su Hong, and in my impression, she has always been quiet and self-contained, and she doesn't even have much time to speak.

Over the years, she has neither actively bullied me, nor has she come to dissuade others when they bully me. The whole person is faint, as if there is no emotion.

I don't know why, but I hate people like this very much.

Either positive, or negative, ruthless, or good, how can there be a neutral thing in the world, if there is no emotion, how unhappy it should be to live.

"Hmph." As soon as I was about to sit down, I heard a soft hum, looking for prestige, it was the third lady sitting in the lower seat.

In Xiqi, the status of Miss Fujia is higher than that of her aunt, and her daughter is lying on the couch and can't come to the family banquet.

I was too lazy to bother with her, so I sat upright. Su Tianxue, who was on the other side, suddenly showed disdain in her eyes, picked up the rice dew in front of the table and drank it in one gulp. On the contrary, Su Tianyue, who was next to her, wisped a piece of hair on her sideburns and smiled shallowly at me.

I wasn't sure what kind of medicine was sold in her gourd, so I took a sip of water and ignored it.

As soon as the time of Shen passed, it was close to the time of unitary.

I heard someone at the door singing "The second prince has arrived, the seventh prince has arrived, and the eighth prince has arrived...... and then, several men in fancy clothes came.

"See the second prince, the seventh prince, and the eighth prince." Su Huo got up, and everyone stood up and saluted.

"Haha, the old general doesn't have to be polite, everyone get up quickly." The first to come in was a white-faced man, he laughed, and stepped forward to support Su Huo, "Old general, we came here to beg for wine, you have so many gifts, aren't you afraid that a few of us will not be able to drink your treasured wine?" ”

Su Huo laughed, "What did the second prince say, the old man deliberately took the Xi Feng Lie that he had treasured for twenty years today, I am afraid that the princes will not be used to the domineering of this wine!" ”

"Old general, I'm not afraid of your jokes, my second brother, I was worried about your Xifeng Fierce half a year ago, no, as soon as you came back from the frontier, he dragged us here, and this can't stop it!"

It was Helian Yunze, the seventh prince, who spoke, I had studied him before, this person had a perverse and bold personality, and he was the most straight-hearted of all the princes, and the reason why he had a high prestige outside was because he led a 5,000-strong forbidden army five years ago to annihilate the 70,000-strong army that gathered people to rebel in one fell swoop, which is considered a bit of strength.

And the second prince Helian Yunqi is also very powerful. He has a clear breeze on his sleeves, but privately he takes Cao Yun's salt and salt into his wings, and transports the private silver loess to the treasury every year, if he shakes out his small treasury, it is estimated that he can eat and drink well to raise the people of Xiqi for three years.

He has a changeable personality, laughing harmlessly for humans and animals, and digging up people's ancestral graves ruthlessly, a typical smiling tiger.

I used to think that if the crown prince of Xiqi fell into his hands, it would be difficult for other princes to be a carefree king.

Standing behind him and not speaking all the time was the Eighth Emperor Helian Yunnuma.

This person is famous, and it is said that he is also very virtuous, and his personality is as gentle as jade. But strangely, although he is a virtuous person, he has no meritorious service or money, and he can't find anything else.

If you can't find the abnormality, it's the biggest abnormality, and in my opinion, this Helian Yunnuma is the least simple.

As if sensing that someone was watching, Helian Yunnuma looked to the side, just in front of my eyes.

I was a little panicked, and immediately made a look of admiration and adoration, I thought he would look away, but who knew that he actually smiled, as if he had seen something interesting.

I had no choice but to exaggerate my expression and make a look of joy.

Fortunately, this time he finally stopped looking at me, smiled slightly, and was led by Su Huo to the upper seat.

"Bring the wine!" Su Huo's heroic thought, immediately someone came over with three earthen altars, and after the ground was broken, a rich aroma of wine came out. A maid came to taste the wine first, and poured a full glass of wine for several princes after being unharmed.

"Hah! Sure enough, it's a good wine! The second prince praised from the bottom of his heart. The Seventh Prince took a sip and frowned, "Oh, why is this wine so spicy, it's a bit of a hanging." ”

The second prince said, "Seventh brother, I don't understand, this Xifeng Lie is our Xiqi folk soju, the wine has a mellow taste, a long aftertaste, with a momentum, the old general has been in the dust for twenty years, and the taste is naturally more mellow, this is a baby!" ”

Helian Yunnuma took a sip, and also praised, "It's really good wine, no wonder the general treasures it." ”

Su Huo was praised for his straight music, "A few princes laughed, it's just aged, it tastes different, and there are a few jars behind the decay that have not been opened, if the princes like it, I will send it to the house later." ”

The Seventh Prince shook his head, "I don't have to send it, old general, you give my share to the second brother, he likes this momentum." ”

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Helian Yunqi laughed and took a sip of wine.

They drank and the dishes were ready, since it was a family banquet, and there was a lady and lady in the house, it was naturally difficult to talk about big things.

The second prince chatted with Su Huo without a word, the seventh prince Xu was familiar with Su Tianfeng for a long time, and the two replaced Xifeng Lie with Zhu Yeqing, you come and go, but it is lively to drink.

Only the Eighth Prince was just smiling, occasionally taking a sip, and the maid would take the jade wine jug to refill it for him.

Seeing this, Wu Wanhua glanced at the lower position, coughed, Su Tianxue immediately stood up and saluted, and said to the eighth prince with a red face, "Today's family banquet, it is rare for a few princes to come to enjoy it, why don't you let the little girl play a song to cheer up a few princes?" ”

"I've heard that Miss Su's piano playing is good, so there's Miss Lao." Helian Yunnuma kept smiling slightly, his eyes were moist, and Su Tianxue's face was even redder.

This kung fu, someone had already brought the yaoqin for Su Tianxue, so she sat on the stool, and when her hands were lightly raised, the strings fluctuated into a beautiful rhythm.

She played "Luo Nu Fu", which tells the story of a king who saw a peerless beautiful woman by the water, and the whole person has a melodious and long song, moisturizing things silently.

I have to say that she plays the piano very well.

In the past, Baili Tianqi liked to listen to the piano, I had deliberately learned it for him, and I also played this "Luo Nufu".

I remember that day, I was wearing a white dress, dyed my fingers, and painted rouge. When he played, he was full of tenderness, and he unconsciously thought of himself as Luo Nu and thought of him as a king. After the song was played, he frowned, and I asked him if he didn't play well, and he said lightly that he didn't play the piano.

I looked at Helian Yunnuma, who had been smiling all the time, and then at Su Tianxue, who had a shy face, and suddenly understood.

It's not that I don't play the piano well, it's just that the player is intentional, and the listener is unintentional, that is, it plays a natural sound, and the other party only thinks that it is a broken bow and plays cotton, and there is no appreciation at all.

After the song was played, the audience applauded. The Eighth Prince naturally slapped the table with a smile to show his appreciation.

Su Tianxue's face turned crimson and she bowed shyly.

Su Tianxue has performed, and Su Tianyue is naturally not far behind, and she is busy stepping forward to dance.

She was already petite, and she deliberately wore a wide-sleeved fairy dress, and the skirt flew when she rotated, like a butterfly, which was really good-looking. But she was too anxious, and she always pretended to be charming between spinning and dancing, but it was annoying, and after watching it for a while, I was a little irritable, so I simply lowered my head and took a bite of lotus cake at will.

Somehow, I always felt like a gaze was watching from a short distance.

It was extremely uncomfortable, and I wanted to look down and ignore it, but the feeling of being watched was even stronger, so I simply looked back......