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Chapter 77

Chapter 68

Banquets like this have never been the most lengthy and boring.Fortunately, the people around Xie Zuiqiao were usually speculative, and between drinking and talking, most of the banquet was over.Getting drunk, and the people around him were all young people, so the topic inevitably came back to the flower street flags in central Beijing.Xie Zuiqiao listened for a while, and then the scene when he went to pick up Mingyu from the Gaozhai on Sijing Road appeared in front of his eyes.She was covered with a tulle so that he could not see her face, only saw her light figure as she walked towards the carriage.For some reason, he suddenly remembered that when he held her in his arms last time, her forehead barely reached his chin, and he had to bow his head to kiss her.When we get engaged in the spring of next year, according to the current etiquette and customs, it will take half a year at the earliest to get married.After those six months passed, she would have turned fifteen.At that time, if I hugged her again like last time, I didn't know what it would be like.

Perhaps because of the drunkenness, his ears were a little warm and his heart was beating.For the first time in my life, I feel that the most difficult thing is actually waiting.Hearing the words in his ears became more and more explicit, he suddenly stood up with a rush of blood.

"Where is Zuiqiao going, come, come, have another drink..."

Chen Xun in Chen Ge's old mansion next to him saw him get up and stretched out his hand to pull him.

"I drank a little too much, I'm a little top-heavy, stand outside, you can do what you want." Xie Zuiqiao replied, then left the people and went out of the hall.

The Shouyan Huatang uses more than ten feet high gilded fans to divide the east and west halls, and a corridor in the middle, with men on the east and women on the west, for male and female guests to enter and exit separately.Xie Zuiqiao left the east hall, and when he was about to go to the courtyard on the corridor, he suddenly heard a young woman's voice faintly coming from the west hall at the other end of the fan.Although there was constant noise all around, he had practiced martial arts all year round and was self-disciplined, so his hearing was sharper than ordinary people's, and he could hear clearly when he concentrated on it for a while.

"...When I see her shop later, should I ask the servants to go in? If I go in, I'm afraid that the general's house will be disgraced. If I don't go, I'm afraid that her mother's family will blame us for not taking care of the business..."

The number of generals in the DPRK and China is only in terms of rank, but General Zhaowu is the highest.Therefore, if people in Beijing mentioned the General's Mansion without specifying the title, they would all refer to the Xie family.

Xie Zuiqiao felt that the young woman's voice was unfamiliar, but she could hear the meaning of the words clearly, she stopped her steps suddenly, and frowned slightly.At this time, a girl from the Hou's mansion came out of the west hall with a tray in her hand, and Xie Zuiqiao stopped her.

"Who was speaking just now? What happened?"

The girl didn't recognize Xie Zuiqiao, she saw him in a good-looking way, and knew that he was a distinguished guest of the Hou Mansion today, she said in a low voice: "The old matriarch told the young lady of the Ruan family in Rongyin Hall to come over to talk. The person who spoke just now was Gucheng County host."

Xie Zuiqiao's face immediately sank.

He also knows a thing or two about the name of Gucheng Princess.Thinking of Ming Yu being humiliated by her in front of all the ladies at this time, she was both angry and distressed.There were a group of female relatives in the west hall, so he didn't want to force his way in, so he walked a few steps closer, and was about to stop the impolite princess when he heard Ming Yu speak.The more he listened, the more surprised he became. After she finished speaking, his footsteps also froze there without moving.The heart of admiration and pride burst out spontaneously in an instant, and it was unstoppable for a while.

He saw her for the first time at the age of 16 when he was ten years old, and for nearly four years now, his impression of her is gentle, flexible, mysterious, and elegant. He was gradually attracted by her, so that he couldn't extricate himself.But she never expected that she would have such ingenuity and courage...

No, no, she has always had the courage to change things.The scene where she appeared in Jiangzhou Yuyuan and distracted Zhao Weijun's attention is still vivid in his memory.It's just that her courage is usually covered up by her gentleness, making it difficult for people to notice.

Such a girl will become his wife in the future, and live with him hand in hand...

He listened attentively to Old Madam Wang's words, carefully caught the sound of her light footsteps gradually leaving, and a smile appeared on his lips.Turning around and about to leave, he was taken aback when he saw Pei Taizhi standing behind him with his hands behind his back, with a strange expression on his face.Judging from his appearance, he should have passed by here and stopped when he heard the movement in the west hall just now.I was so focused just now that I didn't realize it.

Xie Zuiqiao immediately caught the strange look in his eyes, and suddenly felt a little awkward in his heart, as if his treasured treasure was unintentionally being looked at by others.I also felt that it was absurd, so I immediately put it aside and said with a smile: "Your master, why did you also escape from the table?"

Pei Taizhi raised his eyebrows, and said: "I feel stuffy, I took a moment to get out, I didn't see you here, so I came here. Why don't we go outside together to breathe?"

"Just to my liking."

When the two went out together, they seemed to have a tacit understanding, neither of them mentioned the scene between women in the west hall that they just heard.

"Sister Ruan, what happened just now?"

When Ming Yu came back and sat down again, Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying asked in a low voice.The rest of the female guests also looked over in unison.

"The old matriarch is very kind. I just sent me over, but I just asked a few words."

Ming Yu responded with a smile, as if nothing had happened.

This is the side hall, and the noise from the Hua hall cannot be heard here.Seeing her calm expression, everyone continued to feast without doubting her.

It was only at this moment that Ming Yu finally let go of the hand that had been tightly clenched.

Now she can still tell Xie Jingzhu, Pei Wenying and the others that it's okay, but it won't take long, maybe without waiting for the banquet to end, the scene between her and Gucheng Princess just now will surely reach the ears of everyone here, maybe even tomorrow The emperor will know too.

When she first heard the provocative words, she thought that Xie's family should not be ridiculed behind her back because of her.Now that the matter has passed, another thought slowly came to mind.

She had just dealt with it head-on, although she had turned the situation back, thinking that she had offended the Xingjing Palace, the Palace might even hold grudges with Xie's family.Before marrying into Xie's family, because of her, he has already offended a family of powerful people out of thin air.Thanks to the family, what would they think?
Ming Yu let out a long breath, feeling slightly astringent in her heart.

(End of this chapter)