Chapter 8: Late in the Banquet
The warm autumn sun swayed down, falling in a green mountain forest, a white jade ribbon with silver light in the forest meandered into the Chaohu Lake at the foot of the mountain, and a brilliant courtyard pavilion halfway up the mountain was opening the door to welcome the arrival of guests.
Luyi, Jade Sword Villa.
In the backyard of a boudoir woman's room, a gracefully dressed lady was leaning on the chaise longue, her eyes staring at the baby crawling around in the shaker for a moment, with a gentle smile on her face.
"Madam, look, the third son's eyebrows and eyes are so much like you, born so good-looking, in the future, when the third prince grows up, I don't know how many chivalrous girls from all walks of life on the rivers and lakes will be sent to grab their heads!" The maid on the side gently rubbed her calves for the noble lady and joked.
"I just hope that he can grow up safe and healthy, and don't cause trouble for me every day like Ah Ming. Mrs. Ying smiled helplessly, everyone in the family is the eldest son is stable, the Ying family is indeed different, although Ah Ming is the eldest son, but he has been naughty since he was a child, there are a lot of ghost ideas, the bigger the more he can't control it, only he is okay, but he always has a frail and sick second son, every time after causing trouble, the eldest son honestly simply knelt down and admitted his mistakes, and the second son was wronged and pitiful and said that he blamed himself for his poor health, so that Mrs. Ying was not punished or not, so he could only lift it high and fall gently, so that the two children escaped.
Sighing, Mrs. Ying gently wiped the sweat from playing on the baby's forehead with a silk handkerchief, only hoping that the third child, Ah Ying, unlike his two elder brothers, could be a quiet and well-behaved child.
As he was talking, he heard a crisp and immature shout: "A-Niang, A-Niang!" A ten-year-old child rushed in like a small cannonball, crashed into Mrs. Ying's arms, and coquettishly played to her, "I miss A-Niang so much!"
Mrs. Ying nodded his nose, "It's only been a few hours since I saw you, so I miss Ah Niang?" Ah Ming is already a big child, and he wants to set an example for his younger brothers, are you ashamed?"
"No shame, no matter how old Ah Ming is, Ah Ming is Ah Niang's little baby, and Ah Niang hurts!" The jade snow-like child has big bright eyes, and is looking at his mother expectantly with those big eyes at the moment, with a hint of cunning.
"Okay, good, A-Niang hurts!" Mrs. Ying couldn't help laughing.
"Auntie. A slightly shorter boy walked in, looking about six or seven years old, looking carefully, his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of a slightly older child, but his facial features were more delicate, and he complained to his mother with a little grievance, "Big brother doesn't wait for me." ”
"Ah Jing," Mrs. Ying pulled the boy into her arms, holding one in her arms on the left and right, "You two are both good children of your mother, and you are both mother's sweethearts." ”
"And Ah Ying! is also our heart and soul baby!" Ah Ming said crisply.
Mrs. Ying touched his head gently, "Then you two should practice martial arts well, don't be lazy, and do your homework well, so that you can protect your younger brother and take your younger brother out to play." ”
Both children nodded heavily and agreed.
"Okay, in a few moments, it's time to catch Zhou Li, my mother will go to change her clothes, go to the front hall to see if everything is ready, you two will play with your brother first, don't run around." Then he turned his head and instructed the maid, "Take care of the three sons." ”
The maid bowed her head and saluted, and promised in her mouth.
After Mrs. Ying left, Ah Ming picked up the rattle and teased the younger brother in the shaker, not wanting the younger brother to just spit bubbles and ignore him, after a while, he felt bored, and the maid saw this, thoughtfully stepped forward and asked, "The two sons must be hungry after playing for most of the day, let me go to the kitchen to get some cheese for the two sons?"
Ah Jing lay on the table with his hands supporting his chin, nodded indispensably, and asked the maid to fetch the cheese, after the maid left, there were only three brothers left in the house, Ah Jing asked Ah Ming weakly, "Big brother, I heard that several heads of the banquet this time are accompanied by disciples who are close to our age, when can we go out to play with them?"
Ah Ming frowned and thought about it as if he was a little adult, "At least wait until after Zhou Li is arrested, otherwise what if my father can't find us?"
"Oh, well. Ah Jing nodded in disappointment, "It is said that the Tai Amen Fu Yao, who has been flying since childhood, is also here, how about we go and play tricks on him tonight?"
The two looked at each other, grinning and whispering.
"Two sons," a maid came in respectfully and saluted the two, but it was not the maid who had gone to get the cheese before, and some of them were a little faceless, "Madame told me that the hour was coming soon, and let me carry the third prince to the front hall." ”
"Didn't A-Niang say that the two of us should go?" asked A-Jing with some confusion.
Madame instructed that the front hall was crowded with people, and the two sons could wait for the banquet to go. The maid replied with a blank look.
Ah Ming looked at the white and cute third brother in the shaker, and made a grimace with bared teeth, causing the younger brother to giggle, "Then you go." ”
The maid agreed, carefully picked up the baby from the shaker with both hands, and was about to retreat, when Armin suddenly shouted, "Wait!" and he walked quickly forward and grabbed her hand. "You are not my mother's maid! Auntie's maid doesn't know martial arts, and she doesn't have such rough hands! Who are you! Give me back my brother!"
Seeing this, Ah Jing hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the maid, the maid's mediocre face revealed a trace of fierceness, kicked Ah Jing and turned around, wanting to shake Ah Ming away, but he didn't expect Ah Ming to be young but very strong, and he didn't let go, so he slipped out of his sleeve and slashed a dagger.
"Ah——!!!h
In the front hall, everyone was talking and laughing, Ying Tianpeng, the owner of Yujian Villa, looked at the sky, and the people were almost there, so he stood on top of the high hall and carried his internal force to the sound.
"Welcome all relatives and friends to the humble house, it is really a place to make the house shine, today is the first birthday of the beloved son, Ying is here to thank you for appreciating the light, come! Ying should give everyone a glass!" Ying Tianpeng was full of joy, smiling, holding a wine glass and drinking it all, "Please!"
Everyone applauded, and also raised their wine glasses to signal to him, Ying Tianpeng looked at the atmosphere in the hall with satisfaction, and was about to say a few more words, when suddenly a person seemed to ink into the landscape and crossed the threshold.
This person has sword eyebrows and starry eyes, high crown and gorgeous clothes, which is incompatible with the atmosphere of the full hall of rivers and lakes, as if he has strayed into the rich and noble son of this place, but he has his own aura, which is strange and makes people dare not underestimate it, the corners of his lips hooked a faint smile, and he bowed to Ying Tianpeng above the high hall to salute the rivers and lakes.
"Congratulations on the first birthday of the third prince of the house, Cheng is late, and please forgive the owner. ”
Ying Tianpeng had never seen this person, but he intuitively felt that this person was very big, so he spoke cautiously. "Dare to ask who is coming?"
The man was long and jade, arrogant and self-contained, and his tone was flat.
"The Lunar Moon Cult—"
"Cheng Yanqiu. ”