Di daughter is easy to marry: the stunning princess

Chapter 189

The banquet was placed in the open hall where flowers were usually enjoyed, and Jin and Tang-style low tables were used, one for each person, and futons and brocade mats were placed behind each low table.

Xiao Jinren and Wu Tianyou are relatives, Zhao Tingxuan and Qin Xiao are students of Mr. Yun Zong, they come and go frequently, the threshold of the Zhou family is almost trampled by them, and to avoid taboos is to slap your mouth.The four of them had a rare tacit understanding, looking for a suitable place to sit down.

The eldest lady and the second lady are not thinking here at this time, nor are they paying attention.The old lady likes to be lively and simply pretends not to see it.

After everyone sat down, they realized that there were still two vacant seats beside the old lady.They glanced at each other, checked the guest list, everyone who should be here has come, who are these two empty seats reserved for?

After thinking about it, I felt something was wrong, the old lady was next to the main seat, no matter how honorable the guest was, she couldn't sit there!
Zhou Boshan, who had just come back from court, had a slightly ugly expression on his face. He glanced coldly at the distraught eldest lady, and frowned secretly. With such obvious negligence, how did this woman manage the house?
"How did you arrange the seat? Don't take it away!" After Zhou Boshan's cold gaze swept over her, the eldest lady finally came back to her senses, and when she found the extra seat, she frowned and glared at Mrs. Zhu Yong.

When it's over, the monthly payment must be deducted!Mrs. Zhu Yong was aggrieved with internal injuries, and glanced at the expressionless Jin Xi, not daring to tell the eldest lady that Jin Xi specially ordered two more positions.

Why!Who made us slaves, what the master says is what!Just as the two maids were called to carry the extra short couple down, Jin Xi said crisply, "Wait a minute!"

After she yelled to stop, she didn't speak for a while, Zhou Yunying couldn't help laughing and said: "What's the new statement of the princess, please tell us quickly so that we can understand it."

The old lady also laughed and said: "You girl is out in the wild, and you are used to seeing new things, what is going to happen?"

More than a dozen pairs of eyes fell on her, and Jin Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Earlier, she was worried that everyone's thoughts would be distracted by the Ninth Princess, which would affect her today's theme. Now it seems that she is purely worrying.

Jin Xi got up slowly, walked up to the old lady, gave a deep salute, choked without saying a word, and wiped his eyes first, "Father was loyal to the country in Anyang, and he couldn't always be filial to grandma, and he often hated it. When the granddaughter came back this time, the father specifically asked the granddaughter to show filial piety for him in every banquet and daily life. So... the granddaughter made her own decision and reserved a seat for her father who is far away in Anyang. Be filial to grandma..."

"Okay... good boy!" Before Jinxi finished speaking, the old lady's eyes were already tearing up, and she nodded vigorously.The son travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried, the incompetent son is also a son, Zhou Bohai has encountered bad luck in Anyang these days, the old lady's heart is already frying.My intestines are full of regret, and I wish my son would come back soon.Hearing Jinxi's rebuttal again, how could he bear to refuse.Not to mention setting up a table and not crying loudly, it is considered restraint.

Everyone else in the room felt a little strange. Setting up an empty table during the Chinese New Year represents a family reunion. Isn't that the etiquette for the dead?Zhou Bohai is living well... Isn't it unlucky to set up an empty table?
Looking at the old lady's expression of knowing the cold and the hot, everyone shut their mouths knowingly.The old lady's brain circuit has been tuned to the same channel as Jinxi, whoever persuades is in a hurry.Who has nothing to do and eats and makes himself unhappy?
Jinxi held up a portrait in front of the old lady with both hands, "When the granddaughter came, my father asked someone to draw a picture, saying that he would not come back for a while, and when grandma missed him, she took out the portrait and took a look at it. My father made a filial piety with my grandmother."

"Yo! Hai'er... lost weight! How bad is this?" The two maids beside the old lady took the portrait and slowly unfolded it. The old lady squinted her eyes and burst into tears.

puff!Everyone vomited blood in unison, you have good eyesight, you can tell whether Zhou Bohai is fat or thin just from a portrait?The dignified fourth-rank magistrate still suffers, let us go!We are willing to suffer this!
The old lady held Zhou Bohai's portrait in her arms and stroked it for a long time, but she was still reluctant to let it go, she turned her face and ordered someone to get a shelf to hang the portrait and put it behind the short table.Looking at the portrait, it was only Zhou Bohai who accompanied her for dinner.

"Mother! This...isn't right!" Zhou Yunying finally couldn't calm down. A good banquet was like...a picture was hung behind the table, and snacks, wine and dishes were placed in front of the picture, as if it was an offering...Is it really good?
The old lady raised her eyes and said angrily: "What's wrong? Your second brother still remembers your mother and me thousands of miles away. It's good for you, just live in the capital, and you won't come back unless you are invited. You are trying to piss me off." Ah!"

Boo!I didn't say anything!Zhou Yunying was defeated in an instant.She was scolded back, and of course the eldest lady and the second lady would not rush up to be cannon fodder.Qin Xiao and the others also suddenly had the awareness to be guests, and they all kept their mouths shut as spectators and did not express their opinions.

After placing Zhou Bohai's portrait, the old lady was just about to order the banquet when she suddenly saw an empty table beside 'Zhou Bohai', and couldn't help but ask Jinxi, "Why is there another one? What's the point?"

"This..." Jin Xi had a troubled expression on his face, and his eyes turned complicatedly on the second lady's face for a while, showing sympathy, grievance, helplessness and panic, the second lady seemed to have a group of little mice in her heart, scratching Heartbroken, I can't wait to rush over to open the portrait in Jin Xi's arms, and see what it is.

Everyone was also whetted by Jin Xi, holding their breath and waiting for her to unfold the portrait in her arms. Jin Xi saw that the fire was almost ready, so he waved to Qing Xing, and the master and servant unfolded the portrait in person.

The portrait was facing the old lady, she was the first to see the figure clearly, she couldn't help laughing and said: "You girl, why are you taking out your own portrait properly?"

"Grandmother, take a closer look!" Jin Xi couldn't help but glance at the woman in the painting, with mixed feelings in his heart.She knew that Feng Qingwu lived in seclusion after arriving at Zhou's house, but she didn't expect that even the old lady who was an aunt and mother-in-law didn't know her.This is not showing up, it is clearly under house arrest!

The old lady looked carefully again, "It looks like it, but it doesn't look like it. Who is this? Your father's new concubine?"

puff!The second lady didn't come up in one breath and almost suffocated herself, taking concubines like her own daughter, Zhou Bohai is a beast?Only the old lady can have such a weird idea,

But the old lady didn't realize that there was something wrong with what she said, and said happily: "Hai'er is filial piety, this is to tell me specially that there are people around him, so I can rest assured."

"Who is this?" Zhou Boshan's mind turned quickly, and he had vaguely guessed who the person in the painting was, suppressing the shock in his heart, and only looked at Jinxi indifferently.

Jin Xi glanced timidly at the second lady, and then whispered: "Father said in front of everyone at the funeral of Feng Mingyu, the old gang leader of the Cao Gang, that this woman is Feng Qingwu, and she is my mother. , is the wife of his uncle’s house! He also told me to carry this painting with me at all times, and yearn for it day and night, to show my filial piety.”

The garden fell silent for a moment, and when the words 'Jiaozhu' and 'Fengqingwu' came out, they were like two thunderbolts, stunned the Zhou family with different thoughts.

The name 'Feng Qingwu' is still second to none, but the word 'Shoulders' made the old lady's complexion change drastically, turning pale and pale.God, what has been hidden for so many years is still discovered?

Zhou Boshan's usually gloomy face became even more gloomy now, staring at Jin Xi firmly, without saying a word.

Jin Xi stood there dignifiedly, lowering her head and not looking at anyone, and likewise, no one could see the expression on her face at this moment.I saw her plain white fingers pinching one end of the scroll tightly, her joints trembling slightly with blue veins.It seemed that he was shocked and frightened, waiting for everyone's reaction.

No one spoke for a long time, not because what Jin Xi said was so difficult to understand, but because the interests involved were too complicated.For a while, even Zhou Boshan, who had been up and down in the officialdom for decades, didn't make up his mind.I was shocked for a while, for such a big matter of identity, Jinxi, a fluffy girl, was so calm, and suddenly caught everyone by surprise.

After a while he cursed again, Zhou Bohai was kicked by a donkey.He actually kept it from himself and publicly admitted his relationship with the Feng family outside.Back then, in order to monopolize the property of the Feng family and not let outsiders know, Zhou Bohai concealed the fact that he was responsible for the two houses when he filled out the official survey.Now that he admits it in public, isn't this a self-satisfaction?
How easy is it to bear the crime of deceiving the emperor?
But... Zhou Bohai is greedy for money and lustful, but he is not very bold, so he must know how serious this matter is.Could it be that this fluffy girl, Jin Xi, pretended to be her second brother to make trouble?
But... what if it is true?Although Anyang is thousands of miles away, in the final analysis, it is still a territory of Dali. What happened there will sooner or later spread to the capital!

Zhou Boshan seemed to be smearing his beard calmly, but he looked at Jinxi with suspicion, struggling to make up his mind, whether it is good or not?Or admit that the benefits are great?

Encountering such a big event, the old lady and other girls all stared at Zhou Boshan. He didn't speak, and everyone felt uneasy. Naturally, no one was rushing to show off at this time.

Jin Xi is more patient than them. At this point, she doesn't believe that the Zhou family can keep silent.

No one thought that it would be Jinxiu who jumped out to break the deadlock, "According to what you mean, you are the granddaughter of Uncle Uncle's son? You are my cousin, not our second wife?"

Sister, you are telling the truth!

For the first time, Jinxi felt that Jinxiu's mind was not completely confused, so he glanced at her with a smile, and nodded slightly, "That's what Father said!" Turning around as she spoke, she knelt down in front of the old lady, " These days, my granddaughter can always dream of my mother crying to me, saying that she is a member of the Zhou family and that she is also a ghost of the Zhou family when she dies. If she is not included in the genealogy, she will die unwillingly. With resentment, she cannot be reincarnated. If I delay, I'm afraid that being haunted by ghosts will hinder my father's luck and life!"

"Did you really dream about it?" The old lady was so frightened that her heart was splitting, she yelled, "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier?"

"I...I...I'm afraid..." Jin Xi trembled in fright, staring at Zhou Boshan out of the corner of her eyes, daring not to say more.

(End of this chapter)