Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 173 New Year’s Eve Palace Banquet
  "Alas, the breakthrough still failed."

In Uncle Weiyuan's house, Ji Ren let out a long sigh.

He didn't expect that with his talent, his breakthrough in cultivation would fail.

The practice was indeed more difficult than I expected.

"Nonsense, you have only broken through to the sixth level of human general for half a month, and now you want to reach the seventh level of the sun. Do you think it is so easy to practice?"

Beside the small courtyard, Qiao Qingyin held her cheeks in her fair and tender hands. When she heard Ji Ren's words, she complained mercilessly.

Is there any mistake? You have broken through to the sixth level of human general in more than seven months, which is already outrageous. Now you want to break through it again, you just want to eat shit.

No, you want to trample on my character.

"But I feel like I'm practicing smoothly. If I fail this time, I'll go in next time. Right, swallow the moon, Niao." Ji Ren said with a smile.

"Wang~"

Tun Yue shouted energetically, indicating that Ji Ren was right.

He wanted to swallow the demon pill, but he was afraid of being exploded, so it was necessary to form a blood contract with Ji Ren.

And to link, you need the feelings between the two.

For the sake of strength, it decided to temporarily succumb to Ji Ren and cultivate feelings.

Definitely not because it felt comfortable when Ji Ren touched it.

"Gee~"

A voice came out from Qiao Qingyu's broad mind in response.

Ji Ren was very happy to receive Tun Yue's response, but Niao Niao's response made Ji Ren helpless. To be honest, he once suspected that Niao Niao was not his pet, but Qiao Qingyu's pet.

That's not right, because Ji Ren often sees Niao flying out in the middle of the night and only coming back at dawn.

And where it went, there was no doubt that it was the Zhen family.

It’s true that the red flag does not fall down at home, but the colorful flags flutter outside.

Qiao Qingyu patted her curled head gently, looked at Ji Ren and said, "The New Year's Eve banquet is about to begin. My father is injured now and I'm worried about being alone at home. Please help me take care of my mother and Qingyin."

"Don't worry, I know. If I meet Lu Jinyun, I will whip her." Ji Ren smiled.

Attending the New Year's Eve banquet, men and women were seated separately.

When Mrs. Qiao goes to the banquet, she will inevitably meet her clan sister, Lu Jinyun, who was beaten violently by Ji Ren before.

After getting married, Lu Jinyun could be said to be inferior to Mrs. Qiao in everything, except for the one thing that surpassed Mrs. Qiao, and that was the imperial edict.

The official position of Marquis of Shicheng is higher than that of Wei Yuanbo, so now Lu Jinyun is a third-grade lady, while Mrs. Qiao is only a fourth-grade respectful person.

Lu Jinyun always gets the upper hand.

So Mrs. Qiao was a little unhappy every time.

"He is an elder after all." Qiao whispered.

"Then I'll whip her son. No, I've probably already whipped him. I've whipped the entire Wu King family in the secret realm." Ji Ren said.

Qiao Qingyu chuckled. From a secular moral perspective, she should restrain Ji Ren, but from a personal perspective, she supported Ji Ren.

After all, not all elders are worthy of respect.

"Sister, let's change. I'll protect dad, and you can go." Qiao Qingyin had a different opinion at this time.

"I can agree, but is mother willing?" Qiao Qingyu smiled with a hint of amusement in her black and white eyes.

"Sister." Qiao said softly.

"Okay, anyway, they are just friends you are familiar with, just to meet you. If it doesn't work, let Aren help you block it. These people of your age are either his friends or have been beaten by him." Qiao Qingyu road.

Qiao Qingyin's eyes brightened slightly and she looked at Ji Ren.

Ji Ren nodded, indicating that it was okay.

Ji Ren naturally knew what Qiao Qingyin was worried about. Originally, at the New Year's Eve annual meeting, everyone had to go to the palace during the Chinese New Year. Everyone was very reluctant, but then a group of people felt that since they were all here, they had to talk. Well, while we were talking, we talked about children. At the end of the year, life-long events are inevitable, so in the end we actually talked about marriage.

The successive emperors of Qi did not dislike her. On the contrary, they praised her and allowed her to bring her children into the palace. Therefore, the annual palace banquet became a disguised blind date meeting.

Most people were disgusted, but since their arms couldn't twist their thighs, they had no choice but to follow.

"It's a deal, don't lie to me again this time." Qiao said softly.

"It's like I've lied to you before." Ji Ren said.

"Too many." Qiao Qingyin said angrily.

Ji Ren shrugged. A proper lie is called fun.

Chatting and laughing, under Qiao Qingyu's gaze, Ji Ren and Qiao Qingyin set off together. After Mrs. Qiao arrived, they got into a carriage and set off together.

After all, men and women are different. And now, although Ji Ren is not serving in the imperial court, he is still a serious Qing Yongbo, the youngest earl in Da Qi, and needs to represent the Ji family at the New Year's Eve palace banquet.

There are some nominal differences.

Although three people and two carriages were a bit extravagant, Ji Ren and the Qiao family both had this amount of money.

I went to Su Guogong's mansion again and picked up Zhong Xiaoqiu.

Speaking of which, Zhong Xiaoqiu's identity is also very embarrassing.

As the nominal mistress of Duke Su's mansion, she only has the title of a fifth-grade Anren.

There is an exception here.

Strictly speaking, Zhong Xiaoqiu shouldn't even have the decree to be a fifth-grade Anren.

After all, a man's imperial edict is something that a man can obtain for his mother or wife through meritorious service, but there is no such thing as a grandpa's meritorious service and his great-grandson's daughter-in-law.

However, Zhong Xiaoqiu's husband died young and his son still wet the bed openly, which was not legal according to the law.

But as the only female dependent of Duke Su, it was really inappropriate not to give her a royal decree, so she had to make a special case.

But in name, Duke Su had just committed the serious crime of killing the king of heaven. At this time, it was also inappropriate to give him an imperial edict that was too high. In the end, he considered giving an imperial edict to a fifth-grade Anren.

Three carriages rolled forward, and soon they arrived at the palace together.

As soon as I got off the palace, I heard a joyful voice.

"Lao Ji, you are finally here."

Ji Ren opened the car curtain and saw Zhang Jingshou and Tian Zhi waiting for him.

Seeing Ji Ren coming down, Zhang Jingshou immediately said happily: "I, a prince, have come to pick you up in person. It's so shameless. Don't you feel flattered?"

"No. This is your home. If you don't come to pick me up, who will? And recently you even tried to rob my house." Ji Ren said coldly.

Although he lived in Uncle Weiyuan's Mansion, he still had an old mansion. After becoming Uncle Qing Yong, the scale of his mansion was further expanded.

However, Ji Ren was too lazy to stay in the deserted place.

Then some jerk who didn't have a palace stayed in there overnight.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still underage and had to live in the palace, Qing Yongbo's Mansion could have been renamed Prince Ming's Mansion.

"Good brothers, we don't distinguish between each other. When I have a palace in the future, my home will be your home. This is your first time coming to the palace, I will take you around." Zhang Jingshou said with a smile.

He didn't want to do this, but he had no choice. Every inch of land in the capital was precious.

Ji Ren rolled his eyes, although he actually didn't care, and no one had lived in the mansion for many years. If someone came in, it would be good to gain some popularity.

Moreover, Ji Ren also had several houses, which were given to him by the prince, the king of Wei and the king of Han after the end-of-year examination of the college.

"Okay, it's rare that everyone can come to my house today, and I will take you to have fun. It's the end of the year anyway, and my father won't beat me during the Chinese New Year." Zhang Jingshou comforted me. As he spoke, a group of people gathered around Ji Ren and went in. .

"A dazzling person is dazzling no matter where he goes. My sister is lucky to have such a wonderful son-in-law." Zhong Xiaoqiu said with emotion when she saw this scene.

Recently, she has been getting along with Mrs. Qiao for a long time, and she has become more harmonious with Mrs. Qiao, even better than getting along with Huang Sumei. After all, most people in the world have nothing in common with Huang Sumei.

Although Mrs. Qiao has a much better background than Zhong Xiaoqiu, her IQ is actually about the same.

"You haven't met him before." Mrs. Qiao shook her head. She was also willing to get along with Zhong Xiaoqiu. Firstly, they owed the Huang family a favor, and secondly, Duke Su was extremely powerful.

"That's like a prodigal son who never comes back in exchange for gold." Zhong Xiaoqiu said with a smile.

Mrs. Qiao smiled softly, neither refuting nor agreeing. To be honest, towards Ji Ren, she still felt like she was in a dream.

"Sister Lu."

At this moment, another voice sounded.

Zhong Xiaoqiu turned around and saw an exquisitely dressed lady walking down with the support of a young man.

"Sister Cai is here too."

Seeing the woman, Mrs. Qiao responded with a smile, and immediately introduced the identity of the visitor to Zhong Xiaoqiu. She was the mother of Yang Xing and the sister of Qiao Qingyu's master.

"Of course he came, Qingyu didn't come?" Mrs. Yang glanced around and asked.

"Take care of her dad at home. You also know that my dad was injured during practice recently and needs to rest for a while. He also asked for a long vacation." Mrs. Qiao said with a smile.

"That's it." Mrs. Sheep nodded.

When he heard Qiao Qingyu's absence, Yang Xing felt a little disappointed but also a little happy. With Qiao Qingyu's absence, many things would be easier to do.

"By the way, this is Mrs. Huang, a girl from the Zhong family." Mrs. Qiao introduced with a smile.

Mrs. Sheep smiled and nodded, looking at Zhong Xiaoqiu with a subtle look in her eyes.

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(End of this chapter)