A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 200 Wedding Banquet Disturbance (Part [-])
Gu Zhan insisted on holding Qi Huan's hand, Qi Huan naturally would not refuse.

It's just that there is no definite marriage contract between the two of them at present, he still maintains his sense of propriety in front of others, and let go of his hands before entering the wedding banquet hall.

After that, they didn't deliberately avoid suspicion, and the two still walked in side by side.

Because the emperor and Concubine Sheng Xian will be there later to have a wedding banquet together, today's wedding banquet in Prince Ning's Mansion is that both men and women will be in the same hall.

The banquet was divided into left and right sides, with men on the left and women on the right, lined up in order with a clear distinction.

Then, starting from the innermost warm pavilion, the next row and the back row began according to the status of each family and the status of the guests themselves.

Gu Zhanping's status in the Duke's Mansion was already at the head of the four princes of the court, and he himself was the son of the world, the legitimate heir, so his seat was very close to the innermost seat.

In such a public occasion, without a real status, Qi Huan could not be with him no matter what, it would be tantamount to disregarding shame and sending talk into other people's mouths by himself.

Qi Huan stepped into the door, left Gu Zhan behind, and went to the banquet to search for Qi Xin's location with sharp eyes.

The space in this hall is limited, and more than a hundred people are arranged.

In addition, there is another wine table in the yard outside the hall.

Although the status of the Changning Marquis Mansion is incomparable to that of the Wang Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, at least it is a family with two high-ranking officials and a century-old lord's family, so the position will definitely be in the palace.

even--

The row will not be too close to the door.

As a result, Qi Huan quickly scanned the female guests' seats, but did not find Qi Xin.

Although she didn't think that Qi Xin would cause any trouble on such an occasion, but the wedding banquet was about to begin, but she was nowhere to be seen...

Qi Huan instinctively became nervous.

Gu Zhan's identity is very eye-catching. As soon as he came in, the steward of the palace who was in charge of entertaining the guests had already personally greeted him and wanted to invite him to the table.

Gu Zhan stood still, and asked him first: "Where are the female relatives of the Qi family in the Marquis of Changning arranged?"

Even if the person in charge is well-trained, he can't remember the locations of more than two hundred guests inside and outside.

"Wait a minute, son." He immediately took out a roll of roster and sketches from his sleeve.

I don't know Qi Huan, but I have heard that the eldest son of the Pingguo Mansion is courting the eldest lady of the Changning Hou Mansion, so he is more polite to Qi Huan: "It's Miss Qi from the Changning Hou Mansion. Right? Your seat is in the second row from the left, at the sixth table from the top."

After a pause, he sneaked a glance at Gu Zhan's face, and went further: "Either... I will lead you there personally."

As he said that, he really wanted to lead the way for Qi Huan.

Qi Huan's eyes immediately fixed on the position he mentioned, there happened to be an empty table there, but Qi Xin was not there.

"What's wrong?" Gu Zhan saw that her expression was different, and realized that something might be wrong.

Qi Huan said: "Today I came with my cousin. Before I had to stay in the corridor and wait for the newcomers to enter the house, she came in first."

The steward next to him was already getting impatient.

He is alone, taking care of all the guests here, he has been dizzy for a long time, he doesn't even know Qi Huan, how could he know the other girls who came with her?

"There are too many people today, and the young ones can't take care of everyone. There are twenty or thirty maids and servants helping in this hall, and they can't be called over to ask one by one now." Looking at Gu Zhan's face, this management attitude is maintained well, "Either The girl is seated first, the time for the banquet is coming soon, you seat first, what is the other girl in your family wearing, what are the characteristics, the younger one is called two people, help you to find in the garden."

There are so many distinguished guests here today, we can't ignore the emperor and the concubine, everyone is helping to find an ignorant girl from the Qi family, right?
Qi Huan has self-knowledge, so he can only suppress the anxiety and annoyance in his heart, roughly describe Qi Xin's appearance and clothing characteristics, and then show a grateful smile: "My sister is the first time to come to the palace, and the palace is so big. , she may have lost her way. Because it is a girl's house and I don't have a maid, I am really worried, so I'd like to ask you to help me find it."

"Yes. Xiao Xiao understands." Her attitude is so kind, the most important thing is that there is Gu Zhan beside her, and the manager can only follow her as much as possible, "I will arrange for someone to search for you in the garden, but girl You can also relax, and if Lingmei walks around in our palace normally, nothing will go wrong."

It stands to reason, and indeed it should be so.

If something really happened, there would have been movement in this mansion long ago.

Qi Huan smiled and thanked again.

She was also unfamiliar with the place in Ning Wang's mansion, and she couldn't find someone by herself, so she followed Gu Zhan and took a seat.

Gu Zhan saw that her face was a little displeased, and said another word of comfort: "It will be fine, otherwise there will be trouble in this mansion."

"Yeah." Qi Huan nodded.

Gu Zhan first watched her sit down at the table, and then continued to walk in, and sat under the main seat, next to the crown prince and several princes.

Although the ambiguous rumors between Qi Huan and Gu Zhan have been spread for a short time, they are on the cusp of the storm, and it can be said that there has been a lot of trouble recently.

It's just that most people only hear their voices.

This is the first time—

Seeing the two of them walking together so majestically and showing their faces openly.

On Gu Zhan's side, as soon as he sat down, children from aristocratic families of similar background and age approached him, winking and openly joking.

On Qi Huan's side, the girls and women's relatives were relatively reserved, but almost everyone around her looked at her either explicitly or secretly.

By coincidence——

The girls from the families that Qi Huan could talk to were not present today, and the others were not familiar with her, so it was not convenient for them to strike up a conversation, so all they had to do was talk behind their backs.

The older women were fine, especially the little girls, who whispered endlessly.

Qi Xin was missing, Qi Huan was not at ease in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to gossip, so he put on a nonchalant expression, sat upright, and drank tea calmly.

"Gu Shizi seldom returned to Beijing in the past few years, and there was no news about it before. How can this be..." Some people couldn't wait to question.

"It's not necessary for him to come forward in person for the engagement, so why can't the empress do it for her?"

"The girl from the Qi family, didn't you mean that you have a bad body? I have never seen her before when I went out to socialize. Why did you pick her out of thousands of choices?"

"Fate!"

"I know this. Last month, I also went to the flower viewing banquet in the empress's palace. At that time, she had a painting that was appreciated by the empress. His Majesty the emperor praised her on the spot. Later, the empress summoned her alone... I think it's like this Origin."

"In this way, it's really better to catch up sooner than later. Sister Ming, you have been in and out of the empress's palace several times, and you have never met such a fate."

Some people are purely speculating and talking about real gossip.

Naturally, there are also people who are jealous and aggrieved.

The girls made fun of each other and made a fuss in private.

Then the girl who was ridiculed was a little annoyed by being run out, and began to make troubles: "If you want me to say, fate is one thing, and being a big matchmaker is the key. At the flower viewing banquet that day, the girl from the Qi family originally I didn't want to stand out, but there was a talented woman who insisted on being provocative, forcing others to compete with her in talent."

No one mentioned it, Qi Huan had almost forgotten about Yu Feifei who wanted to embarrass her before.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he followed the direction the talking girl was looking at, only to find that the girl from the house was also there.

But she probably didn't come with the elders in the family, she was sitting at the fifth table in the first row even before Qi Huan.

Hearing someone talking about it, she obviously suppressed her unhappiness, so she never looked back.

Sitting behind her, Qi Huan could just see half of her side face. She was originally a gentle and dignified lady, but now her face was so ugly that it looked a little ferocious.

And the one sitting at the same seat as her——

Judging by the attire and back view, most of the hair is loose on the shoulders, and she looks like a little girl who has not yet reached her age.

Although Yu Feifei's grandfather was highly respected and was a first-rank official at the time, he had retired for several years after all. According to her family's current status, she shouldn't have such a big face. Row, in such a conspicuous position.

unless--

She didn't come in the name of her own family, but borrowed the light of others and came as a companion.

Qi Huan's thoughts moved slightly, and she immediately thought of Yang Pan'er, who was said to have had some old grievances with her family, who really wanted to plot against her in the palace that day.

She is the younger sister of Concubine Wen, and the first rank of the dynasty, the youngest daughter of Youdu Yushi who is in the limelight, so it makes sense that the seat will be a little higher.

So, the person beside Yu Feifei...

Is it Yang Panpan again?
It's just that she seemed to be more stable than Yu Feifei, and she never looked back from the beginning to the end.

Busy with family matters these days, Qi Huan forgot to learn more about the internal story of his family's grievances with "that Yang family".

What Yang told her at the time was obviously not the whole truth!

Her thoughts drifted away here, and the girl at the table behind her suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't that Wu Chenghou? Why is he here today?"

As soon as these words came out, many people, including Qi Huan, all looked in the direction of the gate.

Qin Song was wearing a gray-green robe, with a narrow waist and broad shoulders, and a tall and straight figure.

He didn't look sideways, and came in from the door, but Qi Huan felt it, and the first time he entered the door, he took a sharp look at himself.

But then he casually looked at the whole situation and looked away calmly.

As the saying goes, which girl does not have a spring, and the girls next to her then gossip about Qin Xiaohou in private.

Not all of them are actually interested in Qin Song. They want to be the hostess of Marquis Wucheng's mansion. After all, they are unmarried young talents of the right age and have no masters. Anyone can take a look and fantasize about it.

Qin Song's position is two tables away from Gu Zhan's, and it is also closer to the emperor's throne.

After he sat down, he also began to greet the people next to him.

Seeing that almost all the guests were seated, Qi Huan became more and more irritable.

She even thought of—

If the emperor arrives and Qi Xin is not seen after the banquet, she has to go to the steward of Prince Ning's Mansion to send more people to continue the search with her.

Fortunately-

At the moment when she completely lost her patience, Qi Xin finally came over.

She was in a hurry, and was stopped by the steward who happened to be standing at the door. She must have asked to confirm her identity, so the steward turned around and pointed to Qi Huan.

Since the hall was almost full of people, Qi Xin still knew his identity, so he walked around from the back in a low-key manner.

When she sat down, she was still panting slightly.

Qi Huan looked sideways and saw that there were still two drops of sweat hanging from her temples.

She handed over a cup of half-cold tea on the table.

Qi Xin was really anxious and thirsty, he hurriedly thanked her, picked up the cup of tea and moistened her throat first.

This cousin of mine usually wears it and looks like a lady, but now she is obviously losing her composure. Qi Huan pretended to be careless and asked, "Where did you go just now?"

"Didn't go anywhere." Qi Xin's hand holding the tea soup was steady, she didn't even lift her head, she continued to drink the tea, and quickly replied: "Admiring the flowers in the garden, the place is too big, it's too big to walk away." I lost my way, went around in a circle, and wasted time."

This answer was too fast and too detailed, which on the contrary exposed her desire to cover up.

Qi Huan wasn't sure if she pretended to leave and then turned back to spy on him, although if Qi Xin really did this, she would feel disgusted and annoyed, but she was full of plans, what could she spy on?It's nothing more than the sloppy relationship between himself and Gu Zhan.

Qi Huan was neither afraid of her seeing, nor afraid of her knowing.

Almost as soon as Qi Xin sat down, His Majesty the Emperor appeared accompanied by three brothers including Concubine Sheng Xian and Yun Zhan.

Their family came in from the main entrance of the hall, and sister Qi Huan also got up and knelt next to her seat with everyone, touching her head to the bottom, kneeling to welcome His Majesty the Emperor.

After Xizhu's family was seated, the emperor cheered happily.

After that, there was a bunch of red tape and polite words.

The official from the Ministry of Rites who came to preside over the wedding said something, Yun Zheng, the groom official, said a few more words, and finally the emperor made a final decision——

Open!
Qi Huan's official business in Prince Ning's Mansion today was finished when she entered the door, and now she just wants to stay safe until the banquet is over, and then she can retire home, so sitting on the banquet, the whole process is just a cry He ate without saying a word.

Regardless of Yun Zheng's character, in his capacity, the wedding banquet at his house was definitely of a very high level, and the food tasted very good.

Qi Huan was greedy, so he secretly poured a glass of wine.

After tasting, the wine in the Wangfu seems to be a bit strong today, but the taste is extremely mellow.

She felt a little itchy in her heart, but she didn't dare to drink casually on such an occasion today. When she was staring at the wine glass and struggling to take a second sip, a maid came over and took away the jug and wine glass from her table.

Qi Huan looked around and only accepted hers. No matter how much he didn't want to be troublesome, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? It's my pot of wine... What's wrong?"

It can't be that someone came to poison her on a whim, right?

The maid looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old, her face was round, very rosy, her eyes were very bright, she looked a bit playful.

She pursed her lips, but she couldn't hold back the smile in her voice and said: "Gu Shizi said that he was afraid that the girl would drink too much, and she would make a fool of herself if she drank too much later, so she asked the servant to come and collect your wine pot, and told you to be patient today. "

The little girl spoke in a low voice, her voice was clear and immature.

Qi Huan blushed a little when she said that, subconsciously raised his eyes, and looked in the direction where Gu Zhan was inside.

At that time, when the neon dress song was dancing in the arena, the dancers' sleeves fluttered, and their graceful figures flowed around, dazzling people's eyes.

Qi Huan tried to find Gu Zhan through the shadows, thinking that he should also be looking at himself through the dance floor at the moment...

But before she and Gu Zhan met their eyes, someone suddenly shouted angrily in the direction of the innermost seat: "Guard!"

The entire hall became chaotic in an instant.

(End of this chapter)