Qing Moyan took Ru Xiaonan back to Qinghou Mansion the next day.

There was a busy scene up and down the house, but in comparison, the courtyard of Qingmoyan seemed much quieter.

Qing Moyan stayed in the study all day, writing and drawing, Ru Xiaonan was bored, but fortunately, Shi Datian was there. From time to time, he would tell her what was going on in the house.

"There is a banquet going to be held in the house?" Ru Xiaonan said curiously, seeing that the New Year is coming, everyone is busy, what kind of banquet is there at this time.

"Master Hou wants to invite more people over so that my aunt can look at each other. Shi Datian said with a smile, "The second young master took over the errand, but he was so busy that he couldn't even find the north, and the expenses in the house were already tight, and the Hou Ye didn't even want to pay for a first-class banquet." Let the second young master fill it in at his own expense. ”

"It's too cut-in-cheek. Ru Xiaonan sighed.

"Who's to say it's not, I went to see the things in the kitchen, and the fish weren't fresh. On the day of the feast, Miss Ru didn't go to eat fish, that taste ...... Tsk, I guess I have to put a jar of salt to cover up the smell of stinky fish...... And those meat ......."

The two of them got together and muttered, counting the door of the Hou Ye, and Ru Xiaonan laughed out loud from time to time.

A green voice suddenly sounded from the window overhead, "Aren't you going to talk in a different place?" ”

blatantly said bad things about his father under Qing Moyan's window, even if Qing Moyan didn't care, it was always good to say it.

Ru Xiaonan stuck out her tongue again and again, and pulled Shi Datian to hide elsewhere and speak.

Qing Moyan looked at the figures of the two thieves and sighed helplessly.

In the past, most of the expenses of the Hou Mansion came from him, so it was easy to set up a first-class banquet, but since Qing Moyan locked his own big treasury, the old Hou Ye could no longer take out a penny from him, so he hit his second son with his idea.

Don't have enough money?

I'm sorry, all he gave was the silver. If it's not enough, you can find a way to go by yourself, anyway, there are a lot of Nian's dowries, and you can't eat her for a few hundred taels.

On the day of the banquet. There were a lot of guests in the house, but all of them were male guests, not even a female dependent, so my aunt and Qin Miaoqiu had no way to come out to meet the guests, so they had to hide in the small flower hall.

"What is going on? My aunt was upset.

I finally had a chance to show up with my daughter, but I didn't expect that the guests who came were all men, and they couldn't even show their faces, so they could only look secretly in the dark.

Qin Miaoqiu could see that her mother was anxious, but she had no other way but to accompany her quietly in the flower hall to listen to the movements outside.

The second young master was very busy, Qin Tianyu helped him a lot, but those guests didn't recognize him. So the second young master kept introducing his cousin to others, and after an hour, his tired throat smoked.

When it was time to open the table, the scene was even more chaotic.

The steamed fish from the kitchen is terrible salty. The meat in the roasted loin of the Fuzi melon is fat and oily, the egg skin of the bergamot gold roll is broken, and even the spicy tofu is broken.

The guests looked at each other as they looked at the table that had been served, and the wine in the jar seemed to be mixed with water.

The old marquis kept talking with the guests, with a smile on his face, but his face was pale and pale.

Only Qin Tianyu was quite comfortable and took the opportunity to get acquainted with others.

The atmosphere at the banquet became more and more eerie, and by the end, even the voice of chatting was lowered. People are carrying chopsticks and looking at the table full of dishes, but they don't know where to put their chopsticks.

The second young master's face turned red.

He really tried his best.

For today's banquet, he also forced Nian's to come up with four hundred taels of silver, but even so, because he had never taken over such a thing, he was cheated behind his back, resulting in a terrible poor dish.

The old marquis finally couldn't stand it anymore and ordered the stewards around him. "Go and invite the prince over. ”

The steward went, and it didn't take much effort to really invite Qing Moyan.

When everyone saw Qing Moyan enter the table, the atmosphere recovered a little, and many people stood up and tried to talk to him.

Qing Moyan only sat for less than half an hour before retiring.

Everyone's eyes turned to the old marquis and the second young master again.

Qin Tianyu saw some clues, and leaned in front of the second young master and said, "What's wrong with the prince." In the past, even if he had a cold face, he would take care of things in the house for his uncle, could it be that there was something unpleasant?"

Hearing this, the second young master could only smile bitterly. He couldn't say anything else.

Ru Xiaonan thought that Qing Moyan would go out to socialize, and she would not be able to come back until the evening, so she asked her to prepare lunch and steamed egg custard.

The egg custard dripping with sesame oil smelled fragrant, but it was so hot that she couldn't eat hot food since she became a feline. When I got to the bowl, I could only turn around and smell the fragrance, and I didn't dare to swallow.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from the top of his head and took the bowl away.

Ru Xiaonan is in a hurry. Jump up and get ready to grab it.

"Be honest. Qing Moyan pressed her back.

"Why are you back?" said Ru Xiaonan.

"What, you're afraid that I'll rob you of your food?" Qing Moyan brought the bowl to the window, and after a while, the egg custard was cold.

"Didn't you go to the front table, didn't you eat anything?" Ru Xiaonan took the small bowl from his hand.

Qing Moyan sneered, "That kind of banquet, even Shi Datian can't look down on it, I will eat it?"

Ru Xiaonan giggled, scooped a piece of egg custard with a spoon and fed it to his mouth, "How about tasting me." ”

"Eating for the little ones. Qing Moyan said disdainfully, but he ate several bites in a row, and the last small bowl of egg custard was actually eaten by him for more than half of it.

Ru Xiaonan was distressed and carefully scraped the bottom of the bowl with a spoon.

Qing Moyan saw that the bottom of her heart was about to melt into water. "If you want to eat, let the small kitchen make it, and I'm not reluctant to give up a few eggs. ”

The two were talking, and Xuanyu said outside: "Shizi." The housekeeper came over again and said that Master Hou invited you over. ”

Ru Xiaonan raised her head and said strangely: "Do you want to go over?" It seems that the Hou Ye is very dissatisfied with Qing Moyan's withdrawal.

Qing Moyan sat and didn't even move.

Ru Xiaonan looked at Xuanyu at the door helplessly, Xuanyu saw that Qingmoyan didn't move, and he had no choice but to go out and talk to the steward.

The steward returned to the front table and talked back to Hou Ye, who was annoyed at that time.

In front of so many guests, Qing Moyan didn't give him any face.

"Please. Hou Ye said angrily, "If he doesn't come, you can ask him if he still regards me as his father, and if he still has this family in his eyes!"

The steward didn't dare to slack off, trotted all the way to Qing Moyan, and said this as it was.

Ru Xiaonan saw that Qing Moyan's face gradually sank.

If their father and son were still negotiating in private before, this time they were directly picked by Hou Ye on the table.

If Qing Moyan doesn't show up, he will be regarded by everyone as disrespectful, and the old marquis will have the upper hand.

Qing Moyan stood up and walked out without saying a word.

Ru Xiaonan's heart fluttered, Qing Moyan had always been hostile to Hou Ye because of his biological mother's affairs, especially when she heard all the things that the former maid next to her mother talk about in the small village that night, she knew that one day, Qing Moyan would tear her face with Hou Ye.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was not good, so she hurriedly found Shi Datian and whispered a few words to him.

Shi Datian nodded confidently and agreed, followed behind Qing Moyan, and went quietly.