Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 211 Banquet
The wedding banquet in the Xia Mansion was unexpectedly prosperous and lively. Of course, all the relatives and friends who sent the invitation cards came, and some Beijing officials and even powerful dignitaries who did not receive the invitation cards also came to congratulate with rich gifts. Of course, this part of the guests were not in a hurry. I did it, but because of the relationship between Marquis Rong Ping and the Pang Mansion, I rejoiced after hearing the news.

Xia Xiuping was overwhelmed by the flattery, and put all his energy into entertaining these uninvited guests. He had been in the officialdom for more than ten years and was familiar with the art of tact and flattery. Elegant and dignified manner of conversation, but it is very easy for the guests to misunderstand, the so-called host and guest are happy, the hall is full of guests and friends, talking and laughing, it is very lively and harmonious.

But Xia Xiuping has limited physical strength after all, and his alcohol capacity is not very good. After the banquet, he walked around the banquet twice, and he couldn't tell the difference between the south, the east, and the north. Xia Xiuhe hurriedly asked two servants to fight his elder brother Go back to the study outside to rest.

There were relatives and friends on the left and right seats accompanying the guests, so as not to offend the guests. The number one scholar Chen Boyuan also blushed from drinking, but insisted on not leaving. They all looked like they were from Huzhou, and the guests thought that these young talents were all from the Xia family when they heard their accents.

The news of Xia Xiuping's drunkenness quickly spread to Pang Ruxue. There must be a lot of drunk people today, so there was already enough hangover soup in the kitchen. Xia Xiuping, seeing him lying alone on the Luohan bed in the outer study and sleeping soundly, couldn't help but feel distressed. He called her husband a few times, and gently took off his boots for him, loosened the buckle around his collar, and undid his belt. I figured it out, lay down on my body, and wanted to feed him hangover soup, but Xia Xiuping was so drunk that he couldn't feel it, his lips were tightly closed, and if he forced it, his clothes would be wet, and he was afraid that it would make him uncomfortable, so he had to go first Let him sleep.

Drunk people won't be able to wake up for a while, and she has to greet the female guests, so she can't always stay by the side. Pang Ruxue thought about it, covered Xia Xiuping with a thin mattress, and came out with the maid, and ordered The two servants on duty at the gate:
"Master is very drunk, and he is tired enough today, just let him sleep well, don't let anyone in to disturb you, when master wakes up, come and report to me!"

The two little servants hurriedly agreed: "Madam, please don't worry, the little ones understand!"

Pang Ruxue left, and after a while, she asked the servant girl to lead someone to bring two food boxes, which contained some meat and vegetable snacks, and gave them to the two little servants.

The two young servants thanked the lady for the reward, and when the maid left, they rushed to tear the chicken to eat. One of them bit the delicious chicken and said with a little regret: "It's a pity that there is no wine for big fish and big meat." !"

The other laughed and scolded: "You are not satisfied with meat? We are on duty, want to drink? Eat the whip!"

The two chatted and laughed while eating, but they didn't notice that behind a big red pillar not far away, there was an eleven or twelve-year-old girl wearing a red dress and a green skirt. Good pearls and jade strings, a round face, a pair of deep black eyes under eyebrows and bangs, revealing shrewdness and calculation in the eyes.

She came here from the front hall with the servants helping Xia Xiuping, and she has been hiding there peeking at the door of the study, when she heard the servant complaining about the lack of wine, she rolled her eyes twice, looking for a way , taking advantage of the two little servants not paying attention, quickly ran along the corridor towards the end, turned a corner and disappeared.

At this time, in the flower hall where the female guests were feasting, Pang Ruxue, Grandma Pang Da, Aunt Zhao, Fang Yuxian and others were walking among the guests, with smiles on their faces, frequently toasting the guests to persuade them to eat. Looking at the study from behind, she has learned well, and Tong Shi also wanted to come and entertain guests, but Pang Ruxue didn't use her, and even Xia Jinshi despised her, so Tong Shi could only sit in a corner, aggrieved and depressed I want to cry.

Yiqing is a married woman and Madam Hou, so she naturally wants to sit at the table with Madam Zheng and other high-status women, and Leqing will accompany the girls. Girls at the wedding banquet are not participating, but many girls came to the banquet at the Xia Mansion today, and they all came with their parents. Sister Luo Suqin wanted to take the opportunity to meet Yiqing, and the other girls should be the same, Jian Zhenniang In order to come to this banquet, he went through Grandma's door. Xia Xiuping wrote invitations to Jian's house, but Le Qing withheld them. Seeing that the sisters hated Pang Ruyun deeply, the couple gave up, but it was difficult for Jian Zhenniang. Barely ran to beg Grandma Pang Da to bring her here.

Pang Ruxue arranged the two tables of girls in the small side hall of the flower hall, and there was only a whole carved flower screen between them and the people outside. The moon gate in the center of the flower screen connected the large and small halls, and the words and jokes on both sides could be heard clearly.

Le Qing was in charge of greeting the guests in the small hall. Cousins ​​Pang Yujiao and Pang Yuyan were too young to help her, so sisters Jian Zhenniang and Luo Suqin stepped forward to make a fuss. Tasting fruit wine, eating and eating vegetables, talking and laughing, it is lively and relaxed, nothing embarrassing.

While eating happily, Pang Yujiao walked behind Le Qing and pulled her clothes. When Le Qing turned her head, she saw Pang Yujiao frowning with an unhappy expression. Le Qing asked, "What's the matter?"

Pang Yujiao said: "That cousin of Xizhi, she shed tears again, no matter how much she persuaded her, she didn't listen, making the sisters think I said something bad to her!"

After hearing this, Le Qing's joy disappeared without a trace. She looked at the table in annoyance, and saw that Xia Xizhi really was there crying, and half of the girls at the table were affected by her. , put down the chopsticks and didn't eat or drink, and just tried to comfort her with kind words, Yiqing was so angry, she wanted to run over and throw that nasty Xia Xizhi out.

At this time, I hated myself even more for having such a greedy, snobbish, stupid and vicious grandmother, if she hadn't run to the door to bring Aizhi and Xizhi into Xiafu in order to show her authority as an old lady No matter how capable they are, those two concubine girls who are uneasy about the interest of good-hearted and bad people cannot appear at this banquet!
Aizhi and Xizhi ran to the gate and knelt for two days in a row, begging to come in to attend his brother's hundred-day banquet. Pang Ruxue hesitated, but Xia Xiuping refused. When Aizhi and Xizhi came to kneel, they were taken away and sent back to the other courtyard where they lived with Huang. After driving away and coming again, repeated several times a day, the neighbors in the neighborhood watched it lively.

In the capital, there are not many families like this. It is not uncommon for concubines to make mistakes and be kicked out of the house to live alone. No one pays attention to such things, but they are just used by everyone to talk about digestion after dinner.

Le Qing felt that Xia Xiuping's method was not good, so she discussed with Gou Wanger to think of another way to stop Aizhi and Xizhi, so that they would never come again. Over there, the Xia Jin family went to the door to bring Aizhi and Xizhi into the mansion, while blaming Pang Ruxue for being jealous and not allowing concubines, how could she not even tolerate her husband's flesh and blood?Aizhi and Xizhi wept pitifully, kneeling and kowtowing in front of the old lady, calling for grandparents, even the old lady softened, and let Xia Jinshi make up his own mind, and put Aizhi and Xizhi together. Placed to live in Qichun Garden!
It is impossible for Le Qing to tolerate Aizhi and Xizhi living in the Xia Mansion ever since, but she listened to Mama Liu's advice and see how her father will deal with this matter when he comes home at night.

When Xia Xiuping came back from the yamen, he saw that Pang Ruxue had tears on his face, and asked if it was because Xia Jinshi had blamed him for the matter of the two concubines. He was very angry, and immediately went to talk to Xia Jinshi.

In the end, Leqing was very disappointed: Xia Xiuping could ignore Xia Jinshi, but he always listened to his father, Mrs. Xia, who said that although Aizhi and Xizhi were concubine daughters, they were also members of the Xia family, and they could not be treated harshly , just let them live in the mansion for a few days!For the [-]-day banquet, they thought about coming over to celebrate their younger brother, and they had a heart. Don't make too much noise as a family, it's a festive atmosphere!
In the end, Aizhi and Xizhi stayed, and Xia Xiuping sent them back without mentioning it!

Le Qing was furious, Xia Xiuping sighed to comfort her: "Just stay for a few days, anyway, you can't let them live for a long time as your grandma wished, and ask someone to send them back immediately after the banquet! Daddy just In order to be obedient to your grandfather, and to give your grandmother face, otherwise she will be noisy...Leer, relax, filial piety requires tolerance, and it is a blessing that your parents are here, letting you take care of them...When you grow up, you will understandable!"

I don't want to figure it out with such stupid parents!
Le Qing slandered, but she had no choice but to hold her breath and endured it.

But at this moment of festive days, Xia Xizhi kept tearing up and crying non-stop, as if she had been wronged a lot. What is she trying to do?

Le Qing bit her lip and stared at Xi Zhi for a moment, beckoned a little girl over, pointed her to Xi Zhi, and then said: "Go and report to the old lady, and tell her the old man what I said: Miss Xi Zhi is here again." Crying, she cried like this four or five times on this happy day, is she here to congratulate her, or to cry for a funeral? Please come over and have a look at the old lady, comfort her, we have an old man, an old lady, two people in our house My lord is getting old, don't let Miss Xizhi cry like this, it really came true!"

The little girl got the order, turned around and ran out.

Luo Yuqin, who was sitting next to Le Qing, burst out laughing, "You little girl, you're not afraid to flash your tongue!"

Yue Qing picked up the fruit wine and saluted her, and said with a smile: "You don't know, my grandmother is a wonderful flower, she loves to hear such words! She usually talks like this herself, if she wants to flash her tongue, she would already flash her tongue!"

(End of this chapter)