The female envoy outside the house came to tell the banquet that the banquet had been prepared, and the female guests in the side room moved to the main hall with the host's house.

When the people of the dynasty are simple and simple, although it is taboo for men and women to give or receive kisses, they are not strict, and it is common for men and women to sit together.

The men had not yet arrived, but the women had already chosen the right side and sat down one after another, kneeling in a row.

Qin Mingyu, who is the head of the Hou Mansion, naturally sits at the top, followed by the second room Zhao, and then the families in the capital.

Ye Lingwu sat obediently at the end of the seat, Jiang Lanshu sat on the left, and the right hand was empty.

There are a lot of food on the table, which are served in jade bowls, and the chopsticks are also made of jade, engraved with shallow delicate runes.

Although the Ye family is also one of the richest families in Yuzhou, they are not very luxurious.

Thinking back to the beginning of every winter, the vegetable garden would always be smashed by frost, and Ye Lingwu could only spend the days when he followed his grandfather to the New Year.

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.

Ye Lingwu was stunned.

I don't know what my grandfather is doing now......

As his thoughts drifted away, there were bursts of messy footsteps outside, the warm curtains were lifted, and a group of men stepped into the house talking and laughing.

The originally calm Begonia Zhai instantly stirred up a thousand waves, and the young women looked at Shen Zhan, who was walking in the front.

He replaced the dull robe, and finally added a touch of popularity in a green robe.

Ye Lingwu also looked at it, and suddenly remembered a word in her heart: cold and fairy, it was the first time she had seen such a handsome Lang Jun, and her facial features seemed to be carved out with a knife, and she couldn't make any mistakes.

It was probably born from the heart, Ye Lingwu guessed that Shen Zhan's heart was probably also made of a cold knife, and it was just a matter of not being close to women, and he was not merciless when he killed people.

"Look so carefully, you also fall in love with my eldest brother?"

A red shadow sat down beside him in the afterglow, and when Ye Lingwu looked over, he saw Shen Ci Erlang bending one leg and sitting in an extremely flamboyant posture.

Ye Lingwu glanced at him. I was annoyed when I saw his evil fox eyes, and I told myself in my heart that the farther away from this person the better.

"Second brother, don't talk nonsense, it's a joke when it spreads, and Sister Lingwu is thin-skinned." Jiang Lanshu suddenly spoke. seems to be speaking for Ye Lingwu, but in fact, he is also speaking for himself.

She has already been married, and she has not been engaged for a long time, just waiting for Shen Zhan to be seen one day, even if she is a concubine.

The old lady Shen understood this thought, but she never helped her, she had already let go of this plan, and now there was a cousin girl who could be called a national color, how could she not be worried in her heart.

Shen Ci was just joking, but he didn't expect Jiang Lanshu to be so serious, and her smile was even more presumptuous: "Thin-skinned? I see that my cousin's face is not red and her heart is not beating, but Lan Shu, you are very anxious. ”

Don't say that Ningbei Hou Mansion, looking at the entire capital, few people can bargain from Shen Ci's mouth.

Jiang Lanshu's ears turned red when she heard this, not all shy, but more angry.

"I see that these dishes on the table are not suitable for Shen Ergongzi," Ye Lingwu said in a deep voice, "According to Shen Ergongzi's unforgiving temperament, he should eat more pig tongue and duck tongue or something, and it will sound better if he eats too much." ”

Jiang Lanshu, who had a tense face, sneered uncontrollably, and then hurriedly covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

Shen Ci's face was as if he had eaten a fly, and he was silent for a long time, pulling the corners of his mouth lazily.

It's interesting.

He said: "According to what the cousin said, you should eat more yourself, but instead of eating duck tongue in the pighouse, you should eat more chicken heart, and if you eat more, your heart will be smaller." ”

After that, Shen Ci really took a piece of chicken heart from the table and put it in Ye Lingwu's bowl, and said, "Eat, you are polite to the second brother, if it is not enough, I will let people prepare more for my cousin." ”

Ye Lingwu stared at him with round apricot eyes.

After living for more than ten years, it is the first time she has seen someone's mouth so shameless!

Shen Ci saw that Ye Lingwu was speechless with anger, and said with a smile: "My cousin looks at me like this, is it possible that she has fallen in love with the second brother again?" Then your calculation is wrong, my carriage is more difficult than my eldest brother, not only can I get on it easily, but I have to plant it for a lifetime. But it's not okay to be a wife with your family background, it's okay to accept it as an outer room. ”

"You ......" Ye Ling choked.

It took a while to recover, and he said stupidly: "Scoundrel! ”

The ghost will be your outer room, "she" must be blind to fall in love with Shen Ci, it must be!

Jiang Lanshu on the side listened to Shen Ci's words, her face sank instantly, and she looked at Ye Lingwu with a little coldness in her eyes.

Yes, Shen Zhan is such a good son, how can there be a woman who is not tempted, today she can get off Shen Zhan's carriage in a grand manner, who knows if it is not calculated.

The banquet officially began, and the planning was staggered.

Over there, Liu Feiyan has never taken her eyes off Shen Zhan since the moment she saw him, she hasn't seen him for a few months, and the charm of the man engraved in her heart has not diminished at all.

After a long time, she saw that the men around Shen Zhan had finally dispersed, so she got up and walked towards Shen Zhan, and saluted slowly: "Brother Bang Zhou hasn't seen you for a long time, I heard that you have made a great contribution again, Feiyan specially came to congratulate you." ”

She pinched her cuffs, and there was a bit of shyness and surprise in her eyes.

Shen Zhan said lightly: "Thank you." ”

The tone is indifferent, like a stranger you don't know.

Liu Feiyan's expression froze, and her heart suddenly became aggrieved, and she said weakly: "Brother Bang Zhou, but you are still angry about last year's hairpin banquet?" ”

Shen Zhan frowned and said, "The county lord thinks too much, I forgot about last year if you didn't mention it." ”

Liu Feiyan reluctantly smiled and said: "It's the Shangyuan Festival soon, will Brother Bangzhou go to Xuanwu Long Street to enjoy the lanterns this year?" ”

"If you don't have official business in the army, maybe you will go." Shen Zhan replied truthfully.

After the crown, he has been urged by Qin Mingyu to marry a wife, and he has been nagged for a concubine first, and he has been tired of nagging in recent years. He had no intention, but if there was a gentle and generous woman who was loved by his mother, it would not hurt to marry with less trouble.

Liu Feiyan said happily: "The lanterns on Xuanwu Long Street this year are very different, if Brother Bangzhou is idle that day, Feiyan can accompany you to enjoy it together." ”

Shen Zhan took a sip of wine and did not say anything this time.

The ancient music of the sheng flute was played, the singing and dancing of the Begonia Pavilion were leveled, and everyone's eyes were on those musicians, but Jiang Lanshu stared at the upper seat.

Jiang Lanshu saw Liu Feiyan's smiling face, she didn't feel good in her heart, and suddenly slammed the jade chopsticks in her hand on the table.

Ye Lingwu looked over and asked, "What's wrong with Sister Lan Shu?" ”

Jiang Lanshu put away the jealousy on her face in a panic, and said, "It's okay, I just feel that this room is too stuffy." ”

Stuffy? Ye Lingwu secretly glanced at Shen Ci on the right, and then looked back and said, "Sister Lan Shu, if you feel stuffy in the house, Lingwu can accompany you out for a walk." ”

Jiang Lanshu said silently: "Okay, thank you Sister Lingwu." ”

It was rare to see a sky full of stars outside, and the snow in the garden had not yet melted a few days ago, and the lanterns on the porch were glowing yellow.

Ye Lingwu and Jiang Lanshu walked side by side, followed by the female envoy Qingju brought by Rong Xiu and Jiang Lanshu from home.

On a harsh winter night, all four of them held a sleeve stove in their hands.

The cold wind blew on his face, and most of Ye Lingwu's restlessness caused by missing his grandfather dissipated.

She regretted coming to the capital.

"I heard Tanchun say that Sister Lingwu's family is a merchant, but she grew up in her grandfather's family in the countryside since she was a child?" Jiang Lanshu suddenly spoke, interrupting Ye Lingwu's thoughts.

Ye Lingwu was stunned, she didn't expect Tanchun to tell her about Yuzhou, she was not from an inferiority complex, but she didn't like this "countryside" very much, when did Daiyue Town become a countryman.

Rao is temper can bear it, and she can't help but say in a muffled voice: "Why did Sister Tanchun suddenly tell you this?" ”

"I chatted with the female envoy in the courtyard on the day of the spring visit, I heard it."

Jiang Lanshu saw that Ye Ye Lingwu's face was even more displeased, and secretly hooked the corners of her mouth: "Speaking of which, Yuzhou is also a big city near the sea, how can it be the countryside, complaining that my sister listens to the wind and rain, and she doesn't think about it when she speaks, don't blame Sister Lingwu." ”

Ye Lingwu was silent, and his hand holding the sleeve stove tightened.

If you don't understand the truth or falsehood, it's not easy to ask.

Jiang Lanshu saw that she endured it and didn't have a seizure, and said eloquently: "Tanchun's mouth is like that, I will definitely talk about Tanchun when I go back, and I actually arranged Sister Lingwu like this in private." ”

This is the end of the conversation, and the two walked for a while, feeling cold on their bodies, before turning around and going back to Haitang Zhai.