Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 22 Family Banquet, Sesame Candy
Coming out of Ling'an Guo Temple, the snow in the sky is getting bigger and bigger.

Just as Ye Lingwu was about to get into the carriage, she stepped on the horse stool, but she slipped and was about to fall, but her waist suddenly tightened, and a strong arm came across her arm.

The man's breath mixed with a grassy and woody scent surrounded Ye Lingwu.

She froze all over, looked up in surprise, and saw Shen Zhan's sharp jaw.

Before she could react, Shen Zhan moved the hand around her waist to her back, pushed her back with a little force.

Ye Lingwu hurriedly grabbed the frame of the car, still in shock, but heard him ask: "Is Cousin okay?"

Ye Lingwu was stunned for a long while before saying, "Thank you, Lord Hou."

Everyone was watching, and Shen Zhan didn't want to ask too much, so he just said lightly: "Be careful next time."

Ye Lingwu only felt her scalp go numb, and said, "Yes."

Jiang Lanshu followed behind, seeing this scene in his eyes, his whole body was covered with goosebumps.

Tanchun looked back at her and said with a smile: "Sister Lanshu, the old lady was the best to you when Miss Lingwu was not here. I remember that Sister Chunlanshu was seventeen, and she is getting older and older. , you have to plan for yourself!"

Jiang Lanshu frowned in worry, but turned her face with a calm smile: "Sister Tanchun, why should you worry about me? I have the Jiang family as my support. Could it be that I can't find a good family?"

After all, he stepped on the horse stool and got into the car.

After a few days, we arrived at Jianchaori, the mansion was decorated with lights and festoons everywhere, and red lanterns were hung high, and Qin Mingyu even prepared a family banquet in Haitangzhai.

Mrs. Shen sat at the top, while the bottom sat on both sides.The Erfang family sat on the right, while Qin Mingyu and Mrs. Shen's room sat on the left.

There were no empty seats, except for Shen Zhan.

Mrs. Shen looked at the empty seat on the left, unable to smile: "Where's the boatman?"

Qin Mingyu paused when he was about to pick up vegetables, put down his chopsticks lightly, and said, "Wan Zhou went back to the barracks that day after he came out of the National Temple. He said he had something important to attend to, but before he left, he said he was coming back from a family banquet."

Old Mrs. Shen slapped her chopsticks angrily, and said, "He runs to the barracks all day, when will he start a family? You, a mother, don't know how to remind him?"

The juniors lowered their heads and ate the food, trying not to make a sound.

Seeing Qin Mingyu's distressed face, Mrs. Zhao said: "Don't you know that the old lady has her own opinion, and the eldest princess is useless no matter how anxious she is. If you really need to be anxious... it's better to be anxious about Jing Yan."

"..." Shen Ci casually glanced at Mrs. Zhao, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I don't care, as long as my mother likes a girl and brings her to meet her."

Old Mrs. Shen squinted at Shen Ci's flirtatious appearance, and said angrily, "Wait any longer, if I lead you to meet her, it will be a disaster to other girls."

Everyone laughed when they heard it, and the house was peaceful.

At this moment, the noren curtain at the door was lifted, and Shen Zhan, wearing a black fox velvet cloak, came in, followed by Yue Yang, who looked a little funny holding several bunches of candied haws.

When Shen Pan'er saw the candied haws, her eyes were straightened, and she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear: "Big brother came back from the military camp and bought us candied haws!"

Yue Yang said: "When the young master and I came back, we happened to meet a sugar dealer. I thought the girls would like to eat it, so I bought some."

Old Mrs. Shen laughed and said, "Sit down quickly. After dinner, I will go to the courtyard to set off firecrackers. The capital city is very lively tonight."

Every year on the day of Jianchao, the capital is always full of fireworks. Unlike the fireworks of the Shangyuan Festival, the firecrackers are all set off by their respective homes to drive away the Nian beast.

When the first sound of firecrackers exploded in the capital, Shen Pan'er excitedly ran out with her skirts in hand, while the others remained law-abiding and waited for Mrs. Shen to speak before leaving the house.

After all, they have grown up. The children who used to set off firecrackers at night and loved to hug each other have become little adults who stand under the eaves and enjoy the fireworks with their elders.

Only Shen Pan'er happily set off firecrackers alone in the courtyard. When she finished setting off a bunch of firecrackers, she turned around and saw everyone standing under the eaves looking at her. Come down!"

It was rare that sometimes Shen Pan'er would think of Shen Yue'er, and Shen Yue'er would not spoil her, so she dragged Ye Lingwu down the stairs together.

Mrs. Zhao smiled gratifiedly, looked back at Shen Ci and said, "Both your younger sisters have gone, but you still don't."

Shen Ci frowned, and replied: "Mother still thinks I'm a child, I just set off firecrackers..."

Before the words were finished, Shen Zhan who was beside him also stepped down the stairs, and Shen Ci stared with big eyes in disbelief, as if the sky was falling.

The dignified general of Zhuguo would rarely set off firecrackers? ! ? !
The girls in the courtyard were just laughing, watching the boy with a sullen face holding a fire pocket, carefully lighting the fuse.

Ye Lingwu covered her ears and waited for the firecrackers on the ground to explode. She was prepared in her heart, but she was still frightened by the deafening noise.

She unconsciously took a step back, but she didn't want to feel the warmth on her back, and the familiar fresh smell lingered at the tip of her nose.

Ye Lingwu turned her head to look suspiciously, and her whole body tensed up instantly.

——Sword eyebrows and star eyes, a nose like a ridge, with a smile on his face, but still exuding a domineering aura that only those who have experienced the battlefield have.

"Big brother is here too!"

Shen Pan'er didn't notice the situation at all, took Shen Zhan's arm and said coquettishly: "Brother, help me light this firecracker, I want to play with it."

Shen Pan'er held a long firework stick in her hand, as long as she didn't touch the part where the fireworks were set off, she could light it up and hold it in her hand to play with.

Hearing this, the boy next to him passed the firework stick in his hand. Shen Zhan took the firework stick and lit the firework stick in Shen Pan'er's hand. Shen Pan'er cheerfully ran towards the eaves with the set off firework stick.

At this moment, the sky suddenly brightened.

Everyone raised their heads and wondered who set off fireworks. If there is one, there will be two. After a while, the sky is full of fireworks, which is even worse than the fireworks full of flowers in the Shangyuan Festival.

Seeing Shen Pan'er, she immediately yelled that Ningbei Hou's mansion should not be left behind, and quickly asked the servant to bring the fireworks from the house, and directly filled the courtyard. That posture can be called a "general" who commands all heroes on the battlefield.

Zhao and Shen Congwen couldn't stop it, Qin Mingyu and Mrs. Shen couldn't stop laughing.

In the end, it was Shen Ci who grabbed Shen Pan'er to tell her not to play crazy, which prevented her plan to blow up Ningbei Hou Mansion.

Ye Lingwu looked at it, misty eyes appeared in his eyes.

It had been many years, and this was the first time she felt the liveliness of her home.

Although Mr. Song and his neighbors would set off firecrackers in the past, the atmosphere was different after all.I vaguely remember that when my mother was still there, she would hug herself to watch the fireworks every year during the Jianchao Festival.

At that time, Ye Huaicheng was still a good father. In order to please his mother, he would take the mother and daughter to buy lanterns and visit temple fairs after the firecrackers and fireworks were set off.

At that time, Liu Yuping was not favored, but was secretly raised in another house by an outhouse.

It's also because Ye Jinxiao is getting older, Liu Yuping is unwilling to just be a concubine and come to the house to make trouble.

When she was a child, Ye Lingwu thought her mother would be very angry, but her mother didn't care at all, so she ate Liu Yuping's past tea that day.

She asked about it later, and her mother's answer was always in her heart.

—— "Remember, Qingqing, life is too short, and it is impossible to do everything according to your own will. My daughter's family is not only living for men in this life, how can I expect to be a couple for the rest of my life?"

Perhaps it was because Ye Lingwu's expression was too sad, which was out of tune with the sky full of fireworks, Shen Zhan lowered his head and moved his eyes to her face for a long time.

He couldn't help but find it funny, how could a 14-year-old girl look so disrespectful.

"I didn't have the sesame candy that day, but I can eat it today." Shen Zhan stretched out a hand from under the black fox velvet cloak, his knuckle fingers hooked the sesame candy wrapped with white thread outside the paper bag.

Ye Lingwu was so surprised that she raised her eyes to look at him, the sky was full of flames, his face was backlit, and Ye Lingwu couldn't see his expression clearly.

The people under the eaves were only looking at Shen Pan'er, who was presumptuous and acting like a demon, and didn't notice the two of them. Then Ye Lingwu took the sesame candy, pursed her lips and said, "Thank you, Lord Hou." It turned out that he saw it.

It is rare that there is no curfew tonight, and everyone who was tired from playing did not go back to the house until the early morning to rest.

(End of this chapter)