The Shen family banquet is scheduled for two days later...... しw0。

The family banquet was proposed by Mrs. Shen herself, but the annual family banquet is handled by Ren Wanyun, but this year's family banquet can only be handed over to Chen Ruoqiu. Now that the power of the Shen Mansion is in the hands of Chen Ruoqiu, Mrs. Shen feels that she has given Chen Ruoqiu a big face, but she doesn't know that this beautiful errand is miserable in private.

In Qiushui Garden, Chen Ruoqiu sat at the table, holding the account book in one hand and clumsily making calculations in the other. The two maids standing behind him spoke: "Madam, you have been counting all morning, so let's take a rest." ”

"Silver can't match anything. Chen Ruoqiu shook his head in distress: "Tomorrow, I have to pay for this silver tael out of my own pocket." As he spoke, there was a hint of anger on his face.

Chen Ruoqiu prides herself on being a noble daughter from a scholarly family, tall and arrogant, and she can't see the smell of copper. At the beginning, Mrs. Shen handed over the power of Zhongfeng to Ren Wanyun, she was not jealous in her heart, but she couldn't prevent her from fighting, and she left a pimple in her heart. It's easy to get out of the way after so many years, and she can become the head of the Shen family, but at this time, I found that this power is not so easy to grasp.

Ren Wanyun was born in a wealthy businessman, and on weekdays, Mrs. Shen had to spend more silver taels, and Ren Wanyun could still deduct some from her own marriage, after all, Ren Wanyun was not short of silver. However, the Chen family is only a civil official, and if it sounds good, it is a clean breeze on both sleeves, and if it is not good, it is poor and sour, where can I get a lot of silver to make up for it. Chen Ruoqiu thought that if he took over the power, he would be able to spend some money to subsidize his family. Looking at it now, Ren Wanyun has made a lot of money over the years, and a lot of silver on the accounts can't match. Now there is another family feast again, but the money is not enough.

Fortunately in the past, Shen Xin's annual rewards in the palace were quite generous, and he could make up for some surpluses. But now that the relationship between Shen Xin and the Shen family is stiff, and he has no idea of subsidizing the public middle school at all, Chen Ruoqiu only feels that his head hurts a little.

"Knowing that there is not enough money in the public school, the old lady is still holding a family banquet at this time, isn't this bullying the lady. Chen Ruoqiu's maid poetry was indignant for her.

"The eldest lord also plans to see death and not save him, and the lady is not enough silver, why don't you ask the lord for some?"

"What nonsense. Chen Ruoqiu said: "The master's fortune is not enough to deal with officialdom, how can he let him pay another amount of money." She said, "I'll think about how to do it." "Shen Wan wants to climb up the official career, but Shen Gui is different, Shen Gui is so ambitious, he has no ability, he only knows how to stammer. Shen Wan climbed up by himself step by step, although his steps were a little slower, he was more down-to-earth than Shen Guilai.

Chen Ruoqiu always knew that she did not give birth to a son, and what she could rely on in the second room was nothing more than Shen Wan's love for her. Therefore, in order to control Shen Wan, she was gentle and petty, if she couldn't even solve the matter of the silver taels at home, wouldn't it make Shen Wan annoyed? With Shen Wan's conditions, there were many women outside who wanted to enter the door of the second room, how could she put herself at a disadvantage.

Besides, this idea is not in vain. Chen Ruoqiu's eyes flashed: "If you can gain something, it will be worth it." ”

"Madame means ......"

Chen Ruoqiu smiled: "The old lady doesn't hold a family banquet in the morning and doesn't hold a family banquet in the evening, so it's a little strange to hold a family banquet at this time." Besides, I heard that some time ago, the young lady from Suzhou liked to run to the West Courtyard very much......" Chen Ruoqiu said with a hint of disgust in her eyes: "The old lady's hand is really inferior, but ...... It just so happens that I don't like Shen Qiu either. ”

Chen Ruoqiu doesn't like Shen Yuan, and he also doesn't like Shen Qiu, if he still has some fear of Shen Yuan, he really looks down on Shen Qiu. If she can't give birth to a son herself, she can't see someone else's excellent son. As for Shen Qiu, Chen Ruoqiu only felt that a rough man who only knew how to dance knives and guns, why could he still be praised by so many people. People want to destroy something because they can't get it, Shen Yuan is scheming, she doesn't dare to do it, but Shen Qiu is hearty and sincere, and he hasn't survived in the battle in the back house, so it's much easier to deal with. The most important thing is that she doesn't need to do it at all, this time it was Mrs. Shen who did it, and she just had to sit and watch the play.

"I'll go back and write a few more posts," Chen Ruoqiu said, "You find someone to send the posts to the various ladies' houses." "When you look at the crowd, the more the better.

......

Two days later, the Shen family banquet.

Since Ren Wanyun went crazy, those noble ladies have cut off contact with Ren Wanyun, after all, there is an unmarried girl who is pregnant, and it is not a glorious thing to say it. Although I don't know what happened to Ren Wanyun, but the trees are scattered, and no one asks about Ren Wanyun.

And the wives who were originally good friends with Ren Wanyun gradually got closer to Chen Ruoqiu. Although Ren Wanyun can't come and go, the relationship between the Shen Mansion still has to be maintained. There is more than one lady in the Shen Mansion, compared to Luo Xueyan, who is not in Dingjing City all the year round and has a vulgar reputation, Chen Ruoqiu, who is from a scholarly family, is obviously better at stammering.

Mrs. Yi and Mrs. Jiang came a long time ago, Jiang Xiaoxuan and Yi Peilan pulled Shen Yue to speak, and said, "I only went to Guangwentang after the New Year, and it was boring to be locked up in the mansion these days." ”

They gossiped a little, completely forgetting Shen Qing's death, and forgetting that they were real friends with Shen Qing not long ago. The friendship between the nobles and daughters of Dingjing City is also cold, friends are not comparable to interests, and the relationship is not with a person, but with the forces represented by this person.

Shen Yue also smiled and replied to them, so Shen Qing's matter was tacitly forgotten by several people. Bai Wei looked at the figure in the distance and said, "Hey, who is that?

She raised her chin and nodded at the girl standing not far away, dressed in an apricot dress, with simple and simple clothes, standing and talking to the maid beside her.

"That's the third sister Dongling," Shen Yue said with a smile: "My aunt came out, and she didn't come out when she was not in good shape before, so it's natural that you haven't seen it." She deliberately bit the word "aunt".

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxuan's eyes suddenly became disdainful. Yi Peilan said: "What kind of body is not good, it's not ...... It's out, these aunts raised them have the most hearts, Yueniang, don't be deceived by her. ”

Shen Yue smiled: "The third sister doesn't go out of the yard much, you see, that's my cousin." ”

As Shen Yuan spoke, she saw Jing Chuchu walking over from the side, she probably didn't see Shen Yue and the three of them here, and she didn't come over to say hello. Bai Wei's eyes were sharp, and she asked suspiciously: "Yueniang, didn't you say that your cousin is from Suzhou? ”

Bai Wei said it unintentionally, but Shen Yue's face turned pale, and he smiled reluctantly: "I don't know, it's probably sent by my grandmother." ”

"What is there to see. Jiang Xiaoxuan said: "From Suzhou, is it possible that she can compare to the girl in our Dingjing City?"

Shen Yue shook his head and said, "Don't talk about your cousin like that." ”

"You're just so kind-hearted. Yi Peilan hated that iron could not become steel: "Everyone is close, even the straw bales in your house used to be protected, but now that people are promising, it's not that they don't take you seriously." Anyway, why didn't you see that bale of straw?"

The "straw bag" she said naturally refers to Shen Miao. Since Guangwentang and Shen Miao had a verbal dispute, Yi Peilan has regarded Shen Miao as his number one enemy, and he can't wait to step on it every time.

And Shen Miao, who she was talking about, was watching Shen Qiu drink tea in the west courtyard house at the moment.

"What the hell is going on with Grandmother?" Shen Qiu frowned and said, "Why did you invite so many female dependents, and everywhere you go, they are chattering and arguing to death." ”

"Probably invited all the people that the third aunt knew. Shen Miao handed tea to Shen Qiu: "Maybe I admire your demeanor as a major general." ”

"My sister will spare me. Shen Qiu waved his hand: "One is already difficult enough, there are so many women, and the battlefield is not so terrible." ”

Shen Miao is a little funny, Shen Qiu's appearance of treating women like floods and beasts is really funny, but thinking about it, most of the people around Shen Qiu are ill-intentioned women, and the women in this Shen Mansion are not fuel-efficient lamps, for his straightforward nature, it is really like a magic cave.

"There are also less difficult ones. Shen Miao tried to reassure him: "In the future, when you meet the girl you like, you won't think like this." ”

Shen Qiu didn't speak, staring at her like a ghost. After a while, he shook his head and said, "Sister, the look you just said this is really like a mother." ”

Shen Miao: "......" Thinking about it like this, I really think of Shen Qiu as Fu Ming.

She was about to speak, but suddenly saw some sound outside, glanced at Shen Qiu, and the two went out together, but saw someone shouting at the gate of the courtyard: "What's the matter with you? I'm just here to see Shen Miao, let me in!"

Shen Miao was stunned: "Feng Anning?"

The man heard Shen Miao's voice, and was stunned by the guards and beckoned to her: "It's me, Shen Miao, you let them let me go!"

"Let her go. Shen Miao said: "She is Miss Feng Family." ”

After Feng Anning was let go by the two, he patted the dust on his body angrily, and said angrily: "What's the matter, you, why are there so many guards outside your yard, I thought you had an accident before you came in." It's good that so many people are outside to stop you, Shen Miao, are you sick?"

Feng Anning was probably stopped for the first time, and the eldest lady had a temper attack, so she reprimanded Shen Miao regardless of her head. But just stepped on Shen Qiu's sore feet, Shen Qiu stepped forward sideways, and said coldly: "Who are you?

Shen Miao: "......" is a few words from Shen Qiu to know whether to know etiquette, which is really intriguing.

Caught off guard and reprimanded, Feng Anning raised his head and wanted to refute, but when he saw Shen Qiu, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Shen Qiusheng's sword eyebrows are very handsome, different from the soft and weak sons and brothers in Dingjing City, he is innocent with a warm smile on weekdays, and when he has a cold face, he is like a terrifying young general on the battlefield, and he is very iron-blooded.

Feng Anning's arrogance immediately retracted, and he asked in a low voice, "Who are you?"

"This is my eldest brother. Shen Miao said.

Shen Qiu still has a few names in Dingjing City, South Xie Beixin, the little marquis of the Xie family and the young general of the Shen family are often compared, but unfortunately Xie Jingxing refuses to enter the ranks, otherwise these two people will be the outstanding generation of military generals.

"What are you doing here?" Seeing that Feng Anning was a little embarrassed, Shen Miao asked.

As soon as Feng Anning heard this, he complained: "I came to talk to you, you also know that those people in Guangwentang have rejected me since they knew that I had a good relationship with you. Whoever is rare, I will find you. ”

When Shen Qiu heard this, his face was a little more relaxed. He knew that Shen Miao was quite neglected in the school, but it was a pity that he was absent all the year round and could not protect Shen Miao from time to time. Now Shen Miao has a friend, although she has an arrogant temperament and doesn't know etiquette, but ...... Let's make do with it.

Of course, he and Feng Anning didn't know, "good friendship" was just Feng Anning's own thoughts, and Shen Miao really didn't have the leisure to make friends with others.

"Since your friend is here, let's talk. Shen Qiu coughed lightly: "I'll go out and talk to my father about something." ”

Shen Miao responded, and after Shen Qiu left, Feng Anning whispered: "Why is your eldest brother so fierce, he scared me to death just now." ”

Fierce and vicious...... Shen Miao didn't bother to explain, so he said, "Yes, he has always been murderous. ”

Feng Anning hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, I admitted my mistake and bowed my head early, next time I won't dare to rush in like this." ”

......

Before I knew it, it was time for the Shen Mansion Family Banquet to begin.

The male and female dependents sat separately, the female dependents were all in the hall of the Rongjing Hall banquet, and the male dependents were taken care of by Shen Gui and Shen Wan. Although Shen Xin didn't have much interest in family banquets, he didn't have the leisure to deal with the sloppy greetings in the officialdom of the capital, so he sat and drank by himself.

There are not many male dependents who come, and they are all Wenchen who are good friends with Shen Gui and Shen Wan, and they can't talk to Shen Xin together, but they look at it at a lively table, as if Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were deliberately ignored. Shen Qiu was not unhappy at all, and he was also lively when he ate. On the other hand, Shen Yuan actually showed a little bit of Shen Gui's shadow, and his eight-sided exquisite appearance made Shen Qiu a little unappetizing.

On the female seat at the other end, it was natural that Luo Xueyan and Shen Miao were so snubbed. Since she is Chen Ruoqiu's sister, she naturally wants to save face for Chen Ruoqiu. Although you can't ridicule Shen Miao in front of Luo Xueyan, it's okay to snub her. So Chen Ruoqiu and Shen Yue were asked by the ladies and ladies, and even Jing Chuchu and Shen Dongling were pretended to care for them, only Shen Miao was deliberately ignored.

Luo Xueyan was a little angry, if she changed the previous Shen Miao, she would also be angry and uncomfortable. However, now it is different, no matter what those ladies and ladies said is extraordinary, Shen Miao is reserved to eat and drink soup, her every move carries a kind of majestic nobility, which actually makes people have an illusion, as if it is not those people who deliberately snub her, but Shen Miao herself disdains to talk to these people.

It was like a punch on the soft cotton, and after a few more times, everyone was a little lacking in interest.

Mrs. Yi said with a smile: "It is said that the Zhong Lingyuxiu in Suzhou, I didn't believe it before, but now that I see the old lady's cousin, I feel that this is true." We can't raise such a smart girl in the capital. ”

Old Madam Shen showed her 120,000 importance to Jing Chuchu at the banquet, although she didn't know why, none of the ladies were fools. Since Old Madam Shen wants to elevate Jing Chuchu, there is no harm in saying it beautifully.

Jing Chuchu's face was flushed with shame, and he lowered his head and said nothing. Old Madam Shen smiled: "Mrs. Yi doesn't rely on the old body when she says this, Miss Yi is also very smart, I like it when I look at it." ”

Yi Peilan smiled and thanked the old lady Shen for her praise, but when Jing Chuchu was even more curious, she asked Shen Yue in a low voice: "The old lady seems to really like your cousin." ”

Shen Yue responded vaguely, and there were some doubts in his heart.

And Shen Dongling sat in the corner of the banquet, Aunt Wan had no chance to be on such an occasion. And she didn't have her biological mother to help her, and she didn't have Mrs. Shen to lift her, so she seemed obscure. Despite this, Shen Dongling did not show a trace of unwillingness, but just ate the things in his bowl with arrogance, exactly the same as a well-behaved and unfavored concubine.

Old Madam Shen instructed Jing Chuchu to eat more, and at the same time said good things about Jing Chuchu to others, and said that a sensible and intelligent little family Jasper is in the sky and there is nothing in the ground.

It wasn't until the maid who came over to pour the tea accidentally splashed the tea on Jing Chuchu's body that this lifting stopped. Old Madam Shen scolded the careless servant: "What do you do? What should I do if I get hot to Miss Watch?"

"It doesn't matter. Jing Chuchu smiled: "The tea is not hot, I'm fine." ”

"My clothes are wet. Old Madam Shen looked at the large water stains in front of Jing Chuchu's clothes, and said with concern: "In this cold day, you can't wear wet clothes." Xi'er, you take Miss Biao down to change into clean clothes. He also instructed Jing Chuchu: "Don't catch a cold." ”

Jing Chuchu looked down at his clothes, even if the winter clothes are thin, they still have weight, and the tea is washed into the cotton, and it is uncomfortable to wear on the body. didn't shirk at the moment, said hello to Mrs. Shen with a red face, and said goodbye to the ladies present before leaving with the maid who led the way.

Mrs. Jiang said: "Miss Jing is really blessed, and she is valued so much by the old lady. ”

"Where is her blessing," the folds on Mrs. Shen's smiling face were wrinkled together: "It's the blessing of the old body, this girl is well-behaved and sensible, and the old body likes it." ”

Hearing this, everyone flattered again. Chen Ruoqiu glanced at Old Madam Shen, her eyes subconsciously drifted towards Shen Miao, probably sensing her gaze, Shen Miao also looked at Chen Ruoqiu, with a slight doubt in her eyes.

Chen Ruoqiu smiled, lowered her head, and a trace of relief flashed in her heart. didn't see it, at the moment when she lowered her head, the doubts in Shen Miao's eyes had been collected, but instead of a very faint smile, if she looked at it seriously, there seemed to be some inexplicable excitement in that smile.

It was Shen Dongling on the table, who glanced at Shen Miao without a trace, and quickly lowered his head to eat the things in the bowl.

At the men's banquet, it is not as meticulous as the women's banquet, in the end, it is the style of officialdom, and it is a drunken and hot drink. Although Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were left out in the cold, a few colleagues also came over to toast, and after a few glasses, Shen Qiu's head was a little dizzy.

"Stinky boy, you got drunk after only a few drinks, haven't you eaten?" Shen Xin said angrily.

Shen Qiu rubbed his eyebrows and shook his head: "I don't know." "As a man who grew up in a barracks, this idea is naturally not a problem. You must know that they drink in the barracks on weekdays, and the wine in Dingjing City has always been unsightly, and they don't think it's strong enough, who knows that they will be slapped in the face today.

"It's been teaching you for so many years. "Shen Xin hates that iron does not become steel.

"Don't be angry, uncle. But it was Jing Guansheng who explained with a smile: "It's not that my cousin doesn't have a lot of alcohol, but he mixed Futou wine and silver light wine and drank it together." He pointed to the wine glass in front of Shen Qiu, and sure enough, the wine in the wine glass was not as red as Futou wine, nor as clear as silver wine, but had a kind of mixed appearance. Jing Guansheng continued to explain: "There are people here who have silver light wine, and some people drink Futou wine, and my cousin probably didn't pay attention to it and poured it together. Drinking silver light wine and Futou wine together, others poured half a glass, and my cousin will still be sober, which is not easy. ”

"Hahaha," an adult laughed when he heard this, "The amount of wine this nephew is already very good, and General Shen should not blame him." ”

Shen Yuan glanced at Shen Qiu and said, "It's not okay for the eldest brother to drink like this again, it's better to help him to rest in the room." ”

Shen Qiu waved his hand, his mouth was vague and he didn't know what he was saying, it seemed that he was already drunk.

"Why don't I send my cousin back. Jing Guansheng said with a smile.

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, although Shen Xin had a lot of complaints about Jing Guansheng because of Shen Miao's matter, but since the guards were put at the gate of the courtyard, Jing Guansheng has also been peaceful. Shen Xin glanced at him: "Since this is the case, please help him back with Ah Zhi." ”

Jing Guansheng was about to get up, but he saw Shen Qiu grab Shen Yuan on the side, shook his head and said, "Ah Zhi, you take me there." ”

Shen Yuan was stunned, and Shen Xin frowned: "This kid, I think you are Ah Zhi." As he spoke, he said to Shen Qiu: "Stinky boy, hurry up and let go of your second brother." ”

Shen Qiu did not move. Shen Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "My cousin is the same as me, in that case, I'll send my eldest brother back to the room." He helped Shen Qiu up, and without waiting for Shen Xin to refuse, he walked outside.

Shen Xin was about to speak, but Shen Wan had already come over with wine: "Big brother, I'll toast you!"

......

No one paid attention to this little twist and turn at the banquet, and it was just an extremely common thing for someone to go out and someone to come in halfway. It wasn't until the end of the banquet and when the ladies were chatting and relaxing in the courtyard that Mrs. Bai seemed to remember: "Why hasn't Miss Jing come back yet?"

After Jing Chuchu was soiled by the tea spilled by the servant, he turned back to change his clothes. But it hasn't been seen since. Old Madam Shen was stunned for a moment, and said to Xi'er beside her: "Go find someone and ask Miss Biao why she can't come over?"

"Maybe I'm a little drunk. Shen Yue said with a smile: "I just drank a lot of honey wine, although it is very sweet, but it has great stamina." My cousin likes sweetness, so I forgot to stop her, maybe I was a little dizzy and rested in the room. ”

Xi'er went out in response.

Feng Anning pursed his lips and quietly pushed Shen Miao: "I thought that you have a lot of daughters in the house, and the family banquet must be very lively, but I still have to follow my mother, but now it seems that it is also very boring." "Feng Anning is the pearl of Guangluxun's mansion, there are not so many sisters, but Shen Miao is not close even if she has so many sisters, and she is even deliberately neglected, in Feng Anning's eyes, she only feels bored.

"It has always been. Shen Miao replied.

Feng Anning looked left and right: "I'm going to the clean room, I'll come back later, wait for me." ”

After Feng Anning left with the servant, Xi'er also returned to Old Madam Shen, shook her head and said, "Old Madam, Miss Cousin is not in the room. ”

"Not in the room?" Old Madam Shen raised her voice, and the eyes of all the ladies were all looking at this end, Old Madam Shen hurriedly lowered her voice and said, "Where is that?"

Xi'er shook her head: "The people don't know either. ”

"This girl," Old Madam Shen was a little anxious: "It can't be that something happened, right?"

Her appearance fell into the eyes of the noble ladies who had become fine, and she naturally thought about it in her heart.

"Old lady?" happened to Chen Ruoqiu coming over from the other end, and after asking what was going on, he said with a smile: "Old lady, don't worry, I just came back from the master, I think it's because Chu Chu is drunk." Coincidentally, Qiu'er's child was also drunk and had already been sent back to the room to rest. The wine at our family banquet was very strong, and Chu Chu might have gone to other rooms. ”

She intentionally or unintentionally named the fact that "Shen Qiu was also drunk", and Shen Miao's eyes suddenly sharpened.

Old Madam Shen shook her head and said, "You go find a few people to find Chu Chu, it's all in this mansion, but it's not good if you catch a cold." She said and looked at everyone again: "Speaking of which, the old body recently got a golden Buddha picture, which is a double-sided embroidery embroidered by Zhang Qiaoxian, and it is hung in the main hall of the old body. ”

Zhang Qiaoxian is the embroidery master of Ming Qi, an embroidery is priceless, and when she heard that Mrs. Shen has a pair here, everyone wants to open their eyes. The corners of Shen Miao's mouth sneered, that double-sided embroidery was a reward in the palace, and it was given to Mrs. Shen by Shen Xin a few years ago, but she was just stingy as if she hadn't taken it out to show everyone. Now that he is willing to bleed, he must be doing something else.

It's just that...... Can it really fulfill Old Madam Shen's wishes?

The ladies and ladies were really enthusiastic to follow Mrs. Shen to see the embroidery picture. The main hall of Rongjingtang is a room similar to a tea room for guests to rest, and few people go there on weekdays, because Mrs. Shen does not have many guests, and the tea room is empty most of the time.

However, when Fang walked to the door, he saw something strange at the door.

There was a noise in the closed door, and it was inaudible what it was, as if something had knocked over to the ground.

The crowd stopped.

"Who's inside, where are the people guarding the door outside?" asked Old Madam Shen.

"Back to the old lady, she was still here before, and there should be no one in the tea room. Xi'er wondered.

"It's really a bunch of idlers! I can't even guard the door," Old Madam Shen was a little angry: "Open the door!"

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It's been hot by this weather and become a dog_(:3ゝ∠)_The rhythm of being scorched outdoors is almost scorched, not to mention, I'm going to worship Xiao Jingteng...