Chapter 269: An Unexpected Surprise
Plus more thanks to the hundred-year-old Heshibi
Two more in one
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Zhou Zhenzhen's eyes showed a hint of pride.
What about how beautiful it looks?
The senior sister is not a man, and she will also be fascinated.
Baba ran in front of her, she was delusional to attract the attention of the senior sister, right?
After being reprimanded for a while, a few words were ruthlessly cooled to the side, and everyone watched, see how you get off the stage!
Yu Guang saw Zhao Qing's cheeks flushed with shame when he was standing alone, and the ridicule on the corner of Zhou Zhenzhen's mouth was even stronger.
Now you know that you are shy?
What did you just do?
Think that seat is so easy to stand on?
It's really overwhelming!
Just as she was thinking about it, Mrs. Zhu had already walked over with a smile.
Someone began to push Zhou Zhenzhen, "...... Mrs. Zhu is here, sister, go quickly! ”
As he spoke, he didn't forget to glance at Zhao Qing sarcastically, "...... But don't let some people who don't know the depth sweep away Mrs. Zhu's interest, make her old man unhappy, and don't drag us down! ”
was surrounded and pushed by everyone, and originally wanted to stand in place and wait for Mrs. Zhu to come over Zhao Qing, so that Zhao Qing could not shirk it anymore, so she simply raised her foot and crossed Zhao Qing, and bowed slightly to Mrs. Zhu, "Senior sister is fine." ”
Everyone behind him also bowed their knees, and everyone looked at Zhou Zhenzhen's eyes full of envy.
Senior sister, she just called senior sister!
Feeling the envious gazes around her, the corners of Zhou Zhenzhen's mouth curled high.
She smiled and stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Zhu.
It was everyone's surprise.
Mrs. Zhu just nodded slightly, and then as if she didn't see her. Walked straight past her towards Zhao Qing.
The outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, and Zhou Zhenzhen slowly turned around.
Zhao Qingzheng looked at the little maid wearing a water-green bime beside Mrs. Zhu in ignorance.
Cui'er?
How could she be by Mrs. Zhu's side?
Her master, is it the famous Mrs. Zhu?
But. I have the impression that she and this Mrs. Zhu have never had any intersection at all!
This Mrs. Zhu's surname is Su, she is the righteous daughter of Mr. Su Dao, married Zhu Licheng five years ago, and has a daughter and two sons...... The information he got from Miao Hanqing echoed in his mind over and over again, and Zhao Qing's head was getting bigger and bigger.
What's going on here?
Rao is wise, and Zhao Qing was also confused by this sudden situation.
“…… This is Sister Xue Ying. Mrs. Zhu smiled and stood beside her.
Zhao Qing hurriedly curts, "Mrs. Zhu is ......"
The words are not finished. has been pulled up by Mrs. Zhu, "Sister and me, don't be polite, just call me sister." ”
Call sister?
Are we familiar with each other?
Zhao Qing blinked.
I was puzzled. But Zhao Qing has never been a pedantic person.
Usually if you don't have a chance, you will create opportunities for yourself, let alone have such a great opportunity to make friends with the official's wife.
Without persisting in asking about the origin between the two, she took the opportunity to hold Mrs. Zhu's hand and called out affectionately. "Sister."
The intimate voice seemed to be as if the two had known each other for hundreds of years.
Mrs. Zhu's tense heart suddenly relaxed. She exhaled secretly.
Seeing that Zhao Qing was looking behind him, he hurriedly introduced:
"This is the wife of Lord Zhao of Shizhou County......"
"Mrs. Zhao." Zhao Qing gracefully blessed himself.
Mrs. Zhao was stunned, and then laughed and said, "Sister Xue Ying doesn't need to be so polite, just call me Sister Mu." "Mrs. Zhao's maiden name is Mou, and her name is Mu Yueyuan.
Mrs. Zhu took Miss Wei's hand again.
"She is the president of our Haitang branch, the eldest lady of the Wei family in Shizhou."
This Miss Wei is also an eye-catcher.
Although I don't know who the person in front of me is, I see that Mrs. Zhu attaches so much importance to it. How dare you slack off and don't wait for Zhao Qing to give a courtesy. She has bowed down, "My name is Wei Huaijiao, and my sister will call me Huaijiao in the future." ”
Seeing the intimacy of their chat, a relieved smile appeared on the corner of Mrs. Zhu's mouth.
He also introduced, "Mrs. Zhao and Huaijiao may not know each other yet, she is the legendary woman who single-handedly broke into the Guqian County Ya and persuaded Lord Yin to give up the raid on the Shen family and turn the tide, Grandma Shen San." ”
For Zhao Qing's great achievements, the people rarely mention them, but in the officialdom, they have long been talked about by these officials and wives and passed on as a good story.
"She is the third grandmother Shen from the famous town of Heji yesterday?"
Mrs. Zhao and Wei Huaijiao both stared at each other in astonishment.
His eyes looked at Zhao Qing again.
Especially Mrs. Zhao, her gaze at Zhao Qing was full of awe.
Yesterday, her master's subordinates, Master Xu and Yang Zhutou, returned under this woman.
Mrs. Zhu pursed her lips and smiled when she saw it.
"Huai Frame, don't look down on her because she heard that Sister Xue Ying actually had a wife and took over the Shen family's business as a woman, Sister Xue Ying was a famous talented woman in Guqian Town back then."
The words were said to Wei Huaijiao, but her eyes swept to everyone in the hall.
"Back then, her tear-jerking eulogy shook the entire Zhongzhou Mansion, and even my father-in-law Mr. Su was moved, saying that my sister was an uncarved jade, and that eulogy is now stored in the canon of our Begonia Society......" The voice paused deliberately, "My sister is also the patriarch of our Begonia Society, and she is a coquettish guest I invited with a golden invitation!" "Gave Zhao Qing a righteous and resounding name.
The voice was not high, but it could be heard clearly in this hall where everyone was holding their breath.
A sigh immediately rang out in the hall.
Seeing Zhao Qing elegantly supporting Mrs. Zhu and walking side by side with her in front of Mrs. Zhao and Wei Huaijiao, the ladies who were mocking her just now had white faces.
And Zhou Zhenzhen, who had not been looked at by Mrs. Zhu from beginning to end, had her nails in her clenched fists buckled into her flesh.
There was a mess, and everyone took their seats.
In this begging banquet, a total of three golden invitations were issued, one for Zhao Qing, one for Xu Chengjian, the president of the Shizhou Chamber of Commerce, and one for Ouyang Qingyun, the owner of Luoxia Academy.
Xu Chengjian and Ouyang Qingyun each brought a daughter who had not yet left the cabinet. plus Miao Jinyao brought by Zhao Qing, there are a total of nine people, just one table.
It's just that. Because of the special purpose, this begging banquet is different from other banquets, purely for women, just because it is held in the name of the Begonia Branch, the talents of the Begonia Society naturally want to participate, and Mrs. Zhu invited some talents from Luoxia Academy to respond to the occasion.
And the people who actually presided over the banquet were all women.
In this way, there are only two men who are enough to sit in the chief, Xu Chengjian and Ouyang Qingyun. It's not good to open another table, although Mrs. Zhu is humble, the two of them refuse to sit in the women's pile. They all sat at the first table on the left.
Seeing that the peach seller, who had just been ridiculed and vulgar by everyone, he actually crossed all of them and sat side by side with Mrs. Zhu on the chief.
The faces of the talented girls are wonderful.
Especially Miss Min San and Zhou Zhenzhen, they watched as two seats were empty above the chief, and they could only sit obediently below. It was like crushing the silver teeth.
Seeing that everyone was seated. Mrs. Zhu was just about to order a banquet, when a little maid hurriedly came over and whispered a few words in her ear, and Mrs. Zhu's expression was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
“……”
Seeing that it had already passed noon, but the banquet was delayed, but the little maid re-served pastries and tea, and gradually, there was a discussion in the hall.
The buzz is getting louder and louder.
Mrs. Zhu beckoned to Cui'er and whispered a few words in her ear.
Cui'er slowly walked to the amplifier and explained in a loud voice. “…… Madame has just received a letter that Lord Zhu wants to accompany the distinguished guests in the capital to the banquet. Please calm down with all the talented and beautiful people, and when the guests come, they will immediately start a banquet. ”
A guest in the capital?
Is it the legendary nobleman?
He was going to come to this banquet in person?
Everyone knows that behind this beggar banquet is manipulated by the nobles of the capital.
However, except for the appearance of that noble person at the begonia banquet in Guqian Town three years ago, he has been hidden behind the scenes for the past three years.
Not every banquet has a talented girl who marries into the capital, and occasionally a talented Tianjiao is introduced to the Yueli Academy in the capital, and everyone thinks that the nobles in the capital are just a fictitious shadow of the banquet organizer in order to increase his influence.
This time, the noble man actually came to the banquet in person!
How fortunate they were to be able to see with their own eyes this legendary nobleman of the capital!
5,000 taels to buy an invitation, even if you don't get the first prize this time, it's worth it.
Wow......
There was a violent uproar in the hall.
Some people have already begun to calculate how to show off to their friends and girlfriends who didn't come to participate when they go back.
Even Ouyang Qingyun, the mountain master of Luoxia Academy, was full of excitement.
As the mountain master of Luoxia Academy, he disdained to participate in this kind of banquet full of copper smell.
It's just that behind this banquet is not only the shadow of the government and the Chamber of Commerce, but also some other important organizations and gangs in Shizhou are involved, and the interests are complicated, and it is not something that he can compete with as a master of the academy at all, unless Luoxia Academy does not want to continue to hold it in Shizhou.
Originally, he breathed a sigh of relief in his chest.
I didn't want to be able to meet this mysterious nobleman who was even respected by the Dragon Mountain Lord of Yueli Academy, it was really an unexpected surprise.
If Luoxia Academy can be recommended by him to form an alliance with Yueli Academy, so that those talented talents in Luoxia Academy have the opportunity to go to Yueli Academy for further study, it is undoubtedly a great luck for Shizhou talents!
And the most shocking thing is none other than Zhao Qing.
Distinguished guests in the capital.
Needless to say, it's him.
Suddenly hearing the words "distinguished guest in the capital", Zhao Qing's head was slammed, and the situation that he had just been unkemptly pressed under him by his disheveled clothes flashed in front of him, and his cheeks were suddenly hot.
As a human being in two lives, she has never suffered such a big loss.
It's just that she can't beat and scold, and for a while, she didn't know how to face him.
My heart is in a mess, and I can't tell whether it's panic or anger.
Zhao Qing subconsciously wanted to escape.
Thinking in his heart, he simply stood up and said goodbye, but Zhao Qing sat without moving, and there was no emotion on his face.
“…… Is it okay for my sister to stay at Shunlai Inn? Ignoring the hustle and bustle in the hall, Mrs. Zhu turned her head to look at Zhao Qing, "Or, I'll help you change to an inn, right?" ”
The conditions of the inn are too basic.
His mind was full of what had just happened to Li Ji, and Zhao Qing shook his head absentmindedly, "It's good to come to the inn by the way." ”
Pretty good?
What kind of place?
As we all know, Shunlai Inn is a big car shop, and people with a little status will not go to live in that kind of place.
However, she actually said that it was very good!
How embarrassed is she to choose such a cheap inn?
Looking at the country-overwhelming appearance in front of her, Mrs. Zhu was ashamed for a while.
This flower-like delicate face should have been loved by her husband in the palm of her hand, but she has fallen to such a point.
All this is because of myself.
Thinking of the deceased Shen Huaiyu, and thinking of the ghost talent who was righteous and squandered with money and fluttering clothes, Mrs. Zhu's heart ached again.
She drank a few sips of tea before she could barely suppress the guilt and pain in her heart.
"I heard that my sister came to Shizhou Mansion before, and I only have to entertain distinguished guests at home for the past two days, and I have to prepare for a begging banquet, and I can't get away from seeing my sister, um......" Her voice paused, "After a while, I asked my sister to rebook a room at the Tianxiang Inn, and when the banquet is over, my sister will move over." Holding Zhao Qing's hand affectionately, "Sister, don't worry, the master said that when the banquet is over today, he will personally ask the seventh master for help to see if he can come out and press the Min family, no matter what, I will help my sister sell those peaches......"
This is what she owes her!
Whether she hates her head or resents her, since she has found her, she will spare no effort to support her and the Shen family in this life, in order to repay the abusive debt she owed back then.
What she said was sincere, but Zhao Qing listened absent-mindedly.
She was thinking about what excuse to leave, and when she saw Mrs. Zhu holding her hand affectionately, and knowing that it was impossible for her to leave before the banquet, she couldn't help but think again, "...... I knew that he was a frivolous disciple, so it would be good to bring Li Wei here today. ”
With Li Wei here, she will definitely not suffer such a big loss today.
I really want to beat him into a pig's head!
Thinking of the smiling and playful gaze in his eyes when he heard his pleading, Zhao Qing's cheeks were hot again, it was really a shame, and she subconsciously clenched her fists.
It's a pity that because the inn is stored with tens of thousands of taels of silver, she doesn't dare to let Li Wei leave.
What to do?
In a mess in his heart, Zhao Qing didn't hear what Mrs. Zhu said at all, only responded without a word, and nodded dignifiedly.
When I saw Mrs. Zhu, she beckoned the maid over, and said in a low voice, "Let the white housekeeper immediately take the master's name card to the Tianxiang Inn to set a ......" and then turned to ask her, "My sister brought a few maids, how many rooms do you want?" , I suddenly realized what Mrs. Zhu was going to do.
Hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Zhu's hand.
"Sister, don't bother, my goods are all in the inn."
"What are you afraid of!"
Mrs. Zhu glared at her.
Facing Zhao Qing's clear eyes like water, his words suddenly softened again.
"If my sister is worried, I will ask the master to send a team of servants over, and I can't throw your peaches horizontally!"
The inn is too basic.
As he spoke, his voice suddenly stopped.
"If my sister doesn't dislike it, just move to the prefect's yamen and live with me!" Less than a year after taking office, he has not yet found a suitable house, and the family lives in the backyard of the prefect's yamen.
The prefect's yamen?
Zhao Qing blinked in astonishment.
What is the relationship between this Mrs. Zhu and her, and why did she spare no effort to help her?
Just as he was thinking, a little maid hurriedly walked over, "...... The lord and the dignitaries of the capital have arrived. ”
Mrs. Zhu hurriedly stood up.
Seeing that the chief people all stood up, and the other tables all stood up one after another.
There was a mess in the hall.
Taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, Zhao Qing quietly moved back.
It was the only chance she could come up with to escape. (To be continued.) )