There was a commotion in the hall. Old Madam Yu hurriedly stood up, Duan stepped forward to support her, Wen Hui helped the other side, and the three of them walked to the open space of the banquet together. The fourth wife, the fifth wife and other female dependents were a little excited, and they all squeezed forward, and the latter specially pulled her daughter Wen Jing to her side, so that she could occupy a seat in the second row of wives and grandmothers, only Liu Gu was calm, and left the seat with a generous smile, and said in his mouth: "Mother, Jingcheng is a child who knows the number of etiquette, don't worry, slow down." The eyebrows were a little smug at the moment. Wen Yi followed Wen Xian and Wen Juan to get up and walked to the side, they seemed to be different from other girls of the same age in the house, they were not very enthusiastic about the prince, Wen Xian had always had a white face, Wen Juan still had a childlike gamble, but Wen Yi felt that it was better, so she stood next to them, stood quietly with her head bowed, and waited for the high-profile prince of Dongping to enter the door.

The girl lifted the curtain, and a man dressed in purple walked in. He wore a simple purple robe, with a black gold silk around his waist, a white jade hollow dragon pendant, and blue satin foundation boots on his feet. It is difficult to determine whether he is a teenager or a young man, looking at his skin and dress, he should be a noble boy, but he is tall and stronger than his peers, and compared with Liu Dongning, who followed the door behind, he seems to be a few years older, which can be regarded as a young man. His facial features are quite upright, not as handsome and gentle as Liu Dongning, but a little heroic, especially a pair of thick eyebrows and a square chin, which adds a bit of masculinity.

As soon as he came in, he attracted the attention of almost everyone in the room, Wen Yi looked at several sisters who were still circling around Liu Dongning when they went out to play last time, staring at the prince of Dongping with eager eyes, but they still had to make the appearance of everyone's ladies and gentlemen, and saluted shyly, and couldn't help but be a little funny. While saluting with everyone, she used the corner of her eye to look at Liu Dongning, who followed Shizi into the door, and found that he was almost ignored by everyone, and only one person was staring at him eagerly-Kerou, who didn't know when he would return.

Wen Yi frowned, and then heard the prince of Dongping say urgently: "I can't help it, the old lady has killed the juniors!" As he spoke, he took two steps up to support the old lady Yu, and smiled affectionately as a courtesy: "It should be the younger generation who came to give you a gift to the old man." Mrs. Yu smiled and said: "The courtesy of the prince, the old body is ashamed, there is a difference between the top and bottom, how can the Gu family be rude?" The prince of Dongping said: "What is the son of the world today?" The younger generation is here to go to relatives, and the old people are invited to treat the younger generation as a relative and junior, and don't see the younger generation, otherwise, how can the younger generation see their aunt? ”

Liu Gu smiled: "Mother, you can accept his gift, in the past, he was the same in our family, they were all his own relatives, how can he be so exquisite?" Mrs. Yu just gave up, and happily accepted the gift of the prince of Dongping.

The prince worshiped a few more wives, Duan and Liu, although a little excited, but quite calm, but the fifth wife immediately helped him up and introduced him to his own daughter. Wen Jing replied shyly and saluted delicately, and Shizi smiled: "I have already seen the seventh cousin." Wen Jing's face flushed, and she lowered her head shyly.

Wen Hui smiled, stared at Shizi and asked, "You've seen me too, why don't you greet me?" Old Madam Yu reprimanded: "Six girls, don't be rude!" Shizi smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, the sixth cousin has indeed seen it." Giving him another salute, Wen Hui smiled and returned the salute.

Liu Gu's heart was a little unhappy, and he looked at his son with his eyes, suggesting that he should do something, but Liu Dongning smiled bitterly, lowered his eyes, and didn't say anything, so angry that Liu Gu's was secretly anxious.

Wen Yi looked at Kerou's eyes staring at Liu Dongning intently, and sighed secretly, feeling better. At least, Kerou doesn't pay attention to power like the other sisters, and is probably just fascinated by Liu Dongning's talented demeanor, right? As long as she thought of the gap between the two people's net worth backgrounds and Liu Dongning's courtesy to Wen Hui, she sighed for Kerou again, and could only hope that the other party would not be hurt too much.

While she was pondering, she suddenly heard her third aunt Liu Gu calling Wen Xian over: "Five girls, come here." Jing Cheng hasn't seen my fifth niece yet, right? She is the eldest daughter of Dongning's second uncle, and she loves to play the piano the most on weekdays. Didn't you say that you wanted to find some guqin scores for the princess as a birthday gift? I don't know those things, but my niece must know. ”

Wen Xian's face turned even paler, Wen Juan was so angry that she clutched her sister's sleeve tightly, until Liu Gu called again, Wen Xian withdrew the corner of her sister's sleeve and walked over, smiling reluctantly and saluting the prince. The fifth wife's eyes were about to erupt into flames, Wen Jing also stared at her coldly, Duan glanced at Liu Gu with displeasure, but the prince of Dongping didn't seem to notice anything, and just asked politely: "I once heard Dongning say that his uncle's fifth cousin is half a year older than him, so if you say the same, I should also call me sister." Then he greeted Wen Xian: "Zhu Jingcheng has seen my sister." ”

Wen Xian saluted, and quickly returned to her original position, so fast that Liu Gu wanted to pull her back without a trace, but he only had time to touch the corner of her sleeve. Liu Gu's face turned cold, and Duan's side had already opened his mouth and smiled: "After seeing the ceremony, let's go to the table quickly, today is a special trip to the wine for the prince to catch the wind, what are you standing like you are talking about?" Old Madam Yu nodded: "Very much." Then he said to the prince, "If you don't dislike it, please drink a few more cups." Then he instructed Liu Dongning: "Good life to entertain your cousin." Liu Dongning retracted his gaze towards Wen Hui and responded gently.

This is the women's banquet, even if it is an in-law, it is impossible for the prince of Dongping to stay here for too long, and he soon returned to the banquet in the front yard accompanied by his cousin Liu Dongning. As soon as he was gone, there was a slight sigh in the room, and then the ladies looked at each other, each with a few whimsical glances, and then smiled dryly and gave each other a seat.

Wen Yi returned to her original seat, and when she saw Liu Gu's frequent looks, she asked Wen Xian in a low voice: "Fifth sister, your face is not very good, do you want to go back to the room to rest?" Wen Xian was stunned for a moment, then reacted, with a little gratitude in her eyes: "Thank you for your concern, but the elders are here, how can I retire halfway?" Wen Juan blinked, turned her head to look at Kerou who came over, rolled her eyes, smiled, and when Kerou sat down, she reached out and pushed the tea bowl on the table in front of her while she was unprepared, and the tea instantly poured on her skirt. Kerou immediately jumped up: "Oops! Wen Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled her to the side, avoiding the tea pouring down from the table: "It's hot?!" ”

Wen Juan took advantage of the time when everyone was watching Kerou, secretly quickly wiped a few drops of tea on Wen Xian's skirt, and then shouted: "Sister Duan, why are you so careless?!" Look, you've stained the skirts of the fifth sister! ”

Ke Rou was so angry that her face was flushed, she stared at her with teary eyes, and trembled: "You...... You ......" The corner of his eye glanced at Liu Gu's side, for fear of being seen that he was embarrassed, and seeing Liu Gu's frowning, he only felt five thunderbolts.

As soon as Wen Yi heard Wen Juan's words, she knew what she wanted to do, she sighed in her heart, but it was not good to accuse her in front of everyone, seeing that the tea that was overturned was not too hot, but Rou just splashed her clothes, and it was not a big deal, so she said: "Although it is not injured, it is not like talking in wet clothes, Sister Duan and Fifth Sister will go back to the room to change their clothes, right?" ”

Duan walked over, saw the situation of Wen Xian and Kerou, and agreed: "Go ahead, don't delay too long." Then he lowered his voice and instructed Kerou: "Tell Yufei, bring you the new set of moon-white embroidered orchid gauze shirt and ivory white horse skirt made by Qian'er, I originally thought that the flower was not well embroidered, and I wanted to go back and redo it, but now I can't take care of it." ”

Kerou immediately blushed, glanced at Wen Xian, Wen Juan, and Wen Yi with a little shame, and saw that the corners of Wen Juan's mouth showed a slight sneer, she secretly gritted her teeth and turned her head away. Wen Juan said disdainfully: "It's really rude! I want to say hello to the elders! ”

Duan frowned, the displeasure in his eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "Are you still reasonable?" When I didn't see it? Wen Juan immediately obediently smiled at her flatteringly: "Mrs. ......" Duan's face was expressionless: "There is no second time!" Well, you go along and bring her a few new sets of clothes to pick out, and this thing will be wiped out. Wen Juan looked reluctant, but she still obediently agreed, and ran to the chairman to explain the reason to Mrs. Yu.

Wen Xian looked at Duan timidly, the latter was very generous, and said with a smile: "It's okay, your aunt has me there, you go and change your clothes." If you're not feeling well, don't worry. He smiled at Wen Yi again: "Good boy, you persuade her for me, don't take a little thing to heart, otherwise you will be angry with me." ”

There were three of the four people at this table, and Wen Yi felt bored sitting alone, not to mention that the atmosphere in this room was weird, and she had to get out early, so she agreed with a smile: "Second aunt don't worry." He said hello to the chairman, and then left with Wen Xian.

Wen Xian lives in the Orchid Courtyard, and Wen Hui's Rong Courtyard and Wen Juan's Qiang Courtyard live next to each other, it is a small and compact courtyard, and there are several pots of Four Seasons Orchid in the courtyard, which is fragrant and elegant. The main room where Wen Xian lives is very elegantly cleaned, but both the furnishings and supplies are decent, and it is not much different from the ordinary ladies in the room. Wen Yi has also come to sit in the past few years, and in my impression, Wen Juan's boudoir is almost like this, but there are no orchids in and out of the house.

Back at her residence, Wen Xian's face was much better, and she was also in the mood to greet Wen Yi with a smile: "Ninth sister, sit down, I got your peach blossom wine that time, I said that I would return you a bag of good tea, I don't want to see you for more than ten days, I almost forgot." I'll have someone bring it. Then he told the maid to go and get clean clothes, and when she had changed them, she came out again to speak.

Wen Yi chatted with her for a while, and someone came to urge: "Mrs. Sangu asked Miss Fifth what's wrong, why haven't you gone back for a long time?" Miss Biao and Miss Ten have already returned to their seats. ”

Wen Xian's face turned pale, and Wen Yi smiled: "Isn't my sister okay?" I got my clothes wet, and when the wind blew, it must be uncomfortable? Wen Xian nodded knowingly: "Yes, you are right, it is true that your head is a little heavy, but ......" She quietly glanced at the visitor, "It must be no big deal......

That person was originally the mother-in-law of the Gu family's room, how could he not favor his own little master? Immediately said very obediently: "Miss Fifth is not good, let's give birth in the room, and the little one will go back to report." Then he left.

Wen Xian breathed a sigh of relief, and felt uneasy: "If my grandmother and wife know that I am pretending to be sick...... Wen Yi smiled: "Which one pretended?" My sister's face has been bad today, who can say that you are pretending? Then he glanced at Shiqin: "Did you say?" ”

Shiqin was originally frowning, and wanted to persuade Wen Xian to go back, but was taken by another girl, Shiqi: "Miss Nine is right, the slave will make the bed, and Miss should lie down and rest for a while!" ”

Wen Yi smiled: "Since my sister wants to rest, I won't bother, and I'll come over to talk to you when I'm free." ”

Wen Xian shook her hand: "Good sister, don't forget." Wen Yi nodded, took the tea she gave down her sleeve, and walked outside.

Wen Yi, the inner house of the long house, has been here several times, but he also knows the road, but he is just walking, thinking of the various things at the banquet in front of him, and he feels bored. And there are outsiders today, no more than when the Liu family came before, men and women are only seated, separated by a screen in the middle, and they can still listen to a voice. Now that there is a courtyard and two doors inside and outside, she doesn't want to see Liu Dongxing, and when she returns to the banquet, she just listens to Wenjuan and Kerou arguing. Thinking about it like this, she couldn't help but slow down.

A person turned out from behind the bushes, Wen Yi looked at it, but it was an acquaintance: "Ruyi? ”

Ruyi was stunned and said happily: "Miss Nine? Why are you here?! Aren't you eating wine ahead? ”

Wen Yi smiled: "Fifth Sister is a little unwell, so I will send her back, and I will go back." After a pause, "It's weirdly hot, what are you doing here?" Why don't you talk to me? "I'm afraid I have to avoid asking her about some things.

Ruyi replied: "The slave is about to go to the kitchen, and the old lady wants to eat wine at night, and she always needs to eat something to relieve the hangover or cool off. Why don't you go and sit in front of Miss Nine? When the table is gone, the slave will come to you again? ”

Wen Yi turned her head to look, and then pointed to the house in front of her: "It's an empty room there, right?" I'll be waiting for you there, there are a lot of people in front of me today, and no one will notice me when I go back later. ”

Ruyi nodded: "Okay, that's where a few housekeepers usually sit at night, and it's quite clean, but it's a pity that no one is waiting now." ”

Wen Yi waved his hand: "You can go, don't worry about me, I'll just wait for someone, you don't need to wait." Ruyi had no choice but to salute. Wen Yi walked into the empty room and saw that the tables and chairs were clean, so she found one at random and sat down.

After a cup of tea, Ruyi hadn't come back yet, Wen Yi felt that the house was a little stuffy, so she took out a small folding fan from her sleeve, fanned it a few times, and wanted to go out to see if Ruyi had returned. Right here, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and she felt that if she let people know that she and Ruyi had made an appointment to meet here, it would be a burden for Ruyi, so she closed the door quietly, tiptoed back to the table and sat down, waiting for the visitor to leave.

Unexpectedly, there was more than one person, the figure outside the window, but then the leader waved his hand, and the few people who followed behind all retreated, leaving only two people standing under the porch.

The first thing that sounded was Liu Gu's voice: "Second wife, why did you stop me just now?!" Don't you know what I mean?! ”

Wen Yi froze and hurriedly restrained his breath.