After Jiang Qi came in, he saw that Jin Nanxue was having dinner, so he sat down opposite her with a smile, didn't speak, just put his elbows on the table, and watched her eat with his cheeks, his face full of tenderness.

Agarwood squeezed his eyes at Shang Lu and said, "Go get a pair of dishes and chopsticks again, and by the way, ask the kitchen to add a few more good dishes." ”

Jiang Qi said: "Yes, your wife eats too lightly, these days the house is festive, you should call more good dishes to celebrate, you go to the kitchen to spread the word, just say that I said, ask them to make a few good dishes and send them over." ”

Shang Lu heard this and said happily: The slave and maid will go.

At this hour, the fire in the big kitchen has been turned off, and those snobbish cooks are full of food and drink, and they probably plan to go back to sleep, but when the Hou Ye speaks, they have to obediently reopen the stove to see that their aunt and grandmother don't toss them to death.

Shang Lu Xizi went out.

Jiang Qi turned his head and continued to face Jin Nanxue: "But I have eaten with a few colleagues outside, this is not because I am worried about you, so I will come to you first as soon as I come back." How does it feel to enter the palace today? Which nobles have you met? Tell me quickly, I heard that the Queen Mother rewarded you with a jade Ruyi, take it out and I'll take a look. ”

Jin Nanxue lowered her head and ate her meal: "I was put into the ancestral hall by the old lady, and I said that I would show it to my ancestors." ”

Jin Nanxue did not hesitate when Lian wanted to leave Jade Ruyi to worship his ancestors, this kind of noble reward thing cannot be sold, and it is also dusty in the warehouse, and everyone knows that Jade Ruyi was given to her by the Queen Mother, and Lian did not have the courage to swallow it privately, and it will naturally be returned after a few days of worship.

Jiang Qi said "oh" with a little disappointment and continued: "Yes, this is a great happy event, of course, to pay tribute to the ancestors, the Queen Mother rarely rewards anyone, it can be seen that the impression of you is very good, this time Ah Xue has earned face for our Hou Mansion again."

Jin Nanxue put down her chopsticks and said seriously: "Then why didn't Master Hou ask for my order early?" Otherwise, it would not have been three years late to earn face. ”

"This, please seal it early and please seal it late, in fact, it's all the same, why bother, it's actually good at this time."

Jiang Qi touched his nose in embarrassment, he couldn't say that his own mother had been blocking the invitation. At the beginning, he obediently never mentioned it again after he was rejected by the Lian family, and after a long time, he forgot about it, but she never mentioned it herself, so she couldn't blame him alone.

Jiang Qi simply changed the topic, took out a small rosewood box from his arms, opened it, and put it in front of Jin Nanxue.

"You see if you like it or not, this is what I took the trouble to choose for you, and it should be a piece of my heart."

Jin Nanxue looked down and saw that the small box was full, the top was a Hetian jade and Tilian's step, a gold lace inlaid gemstone hairpin, and below was a pair of red coral inlaid gold earrings, in addition to several beads with exquisite workmanship and small beads decorated with gold beads or broken gems, which were worth a lot of money at a glance.

No wonder I felt that his waist was bulging just now.

Jiang Qi has always been generous in terms of money, she has already seen it, not only for her, but also for other women in the house, including those few girls who have sex with him, as long as they please him, he has never been stingy in terms of rouge gouache and gold and jade jewelry.

It's just that Jin Nanxue was sad and disappointed in his mercy everywhere, and he couldn't let go of the pride unique to everyone's ladies in his bones, and he didn't disdain to compete with the concubines and be jealous, so his generosity rarely treated her.

However, Jin Nanxue does not have these psychological burdens now, and the money that the scumbag automatically offers should not be in vain, and with such a pile of delicate and bright jewelry placed in front of her, any woman will be moved when she sees it, and she is naturally no exception, so she reached out and picked it up one by one to watch it carefully.

Jiang Qi saw her pick up a bead flower and look at it carefully, and pointed out on the side: "These bead flowers don't look eye-catching, in fact, the origin is not simple, it is specially for the use of nobles in the palace, you see that the materials and craftsmanship are all superior, and this is still bought by me from the eunuch in charge of the palace procurement department for a lot of money."

Those big eunuchs who are in charge of purchasing in the palace occasionally have good things exposed, as long as they are done, they can get their hands on them, let alone buy them, and they can't see them. ”

After that, he looked at Jin Nanxue with a conspicuous face, but unfortunately Jin Nanxue only cared about admiring the jewelry in front of him and couldn't spare time to look at him. After appreciating it, he also instructed Agarwood to bring sunflower glasses and try them on one by one.

Jiang Qi saw that Jin Nanxue was in a good mood with a light smile on her face, and couldn't help but secretly congratulate herself on the value of the money, and said after thinking about it: "Originally, you ordered our Hou Mansion to entertain relatives and friends, but after all, this edict is a few years late, and it is not suitable to do it now." Besides, you have never liked to socialize in front of people, and your mother has not been in good spirits recently, so your mother's intention is not to hold this banquet, let's celebrate in private, what do you think? ”

Jin Nanxue lowered her eyes, her thick eyelashes reflected two graceful curved shadows on her face under the illumination of candlelight, and she couldn't see the joy and anger on her face.

"You've all decided, and you're asking me what I'm doing?"

It doesn't matter to her whether she holds a banquet or not, as far as she knows, this kind of banquet is attended by the ladies and ladies of various families, and now she doesn't know many noble ladies, even if most of the banquets are Lian's connections, remembering the various experiences she had with those people before, she sighed silently for the original owner, since Lian was not happy to hold it, she happened to be happy.

After trying on the jewelry in the box one by one, the master and servant discussed what style of hairstyle to match, Jiang Qi sat there for a long time and couldn't speak, and he didn't feel a little embarrassed on his face.

Finally heard the voice of Shang Lu commanding his subordinates outside, Jiang Qi stretched his neck to look out, and soon heard Shang Lu's voice say: "I bother the two aunts to send them over personally, Dongyue and Dong Kui, hurry up and send them to Hou Ye and his wife, if Hou Ye is satisfied, maybe he will praise the two aunts for doing things well." ”

After that, I saw Dongyue and Dongkui two girls carrying a big food box in, this food box is two-layered, and the bottom layer is a hot charcoal fire, so that the food sent all the way will not be cold.

Soon, the dishes in the food box were placed on the table one by one, a plate of steamed duck stuffed with wine, a plate of rouge goose breast, a plate of crab dumplings, a cup of chicken skin soup with shrimp balls, dessert was lotus root flour osmanthus sugar cake and a plate of crispy fried red bean spring rolls, and there were also four stir-fried seasonal side dishes, which were placed in the porcelain white and smooth dishes, all of which were full of color, flavor and aroma.

These dishes are Jiang Qi's usual favorite food, and Hou Ye's kitchen ladies naturally dare not slack off, and they do their best to cook carefully, and the taste is indeed different. It's just that Jiang Qi has already eaten outside, and he has no appetite at this time, so he just continues to sit there and watch Jin Nanxue enjoy it.