Mistress

Chapter 18

They entered Xianghe Tower and sat down one by one.

Before sitting down, Aunt Zhang took advantage of the moment when no one was watching her, and whispered something to Li Qing's family beside her.Immediately, Li Qing's family hurried out through the back door, and soon, she came back.

Aunt Zhang thought that no one noticed this scene, but she didn't know that Nanny Cui had noticed it.Nanny Cui has been secretly collecting evidence for Aunt Zhang these two days, so she pays special attention to Aunt Zhang.After witnessing this scene, she used the excuse of going to the dining hall to announce the dishes on the table and left.

She went to find Ma Xing first, and then went to the dining hall, and brought melon and fruit snacks with the people in the dining hall, and then plates of hot dishes were also served on the table.

Aunt Song, Aunt Ji and the six children also came in and took their seats.Originally, the children were all noisy, especially Aunt Song's two sons, Xu Chi and Xu Jiao, who were very naughty after all.But when they saw their father sitting on the east side, they all kowtowed to their father in a respectful manner in silence, and then the women took them to their seats.

Because the small square tables are arranged in two rows, the male relatives sit in one row, and the female relatives sit in a row, facing each other.Xu Cheng, Xu Ze, Xu Xiao, Xu Jun, Xu Chi, and Xu Jiao are seated by the male family from east to west; Mrs. Tai, Xu Jing, Li Yan, and Xu Jun are seated by the female family members from east to west. , Aunt Zhang, Aunt Song, Aunt Ji, Xu Yue.

Although Xu Jing is Li Yan's sister-in-law, she is a princess, and now she is also a guest at her mother's house. Li Yan feels that it is only natural for Xu Jing to sit in front of her.

She placed Xiao'er ahead of Aunt Zhang's son, and she took it for granted.Although Xiao'er is two years younger than Xu Jun, he can't obliterate his status as a legitimate son.

When Aunt Zhang sat down, she found that her son was behind Xiao'er, and her daughter Xu Yue was sitting last.Her face suddenly darkened, and she looked diagonally across, but her eyes accidentally met Xu Cheng, she immediately smiled, and smiled back, pretending to be happy.

Xu Cheng moved his eyes slightly and looked at Li Yan.For some reason, he felt that his wife had become more energetic and bolder than before.In the past, if she didn't ask for his permission, she would not have dared to arrange the seats like this. Although this arrangement is understandable, it would make Mrs. Tai unhappy.In the past, Li Nianyun was afraid of offending Mrs. Tai, but how could she not be scrupled today?
Mrs. Tai's eyes were a little dazed, and she squinted for a long time before she could see clearly the seats arranged by Li Yan.She coughed and didn't speak, but groaned in her heart, this Li Nianyun is really not a vegetarian, she was underestimated before!A daughter from a mud-legged family dares to dominate the prime minister's mansion, does she really take herself seriously?If you don't clean up the old man, you will be named Ye in vain, just wait and see!

At this moment, Aunt Zhang came to pour wine for everyone, holding the jug, twisting her waist and smiling all over her face, "Madam Tai, master, princess, madam, second master, we are very happy today, let's drink some wine Add to the fun."

She also came to pour wine for Xu Xiao and Xu Jun. When she saw her son Xu Jun showing displeasure, she glared at him and then winked at him.Xu Jun could only force a smile, stood up and said, "Thank you, Auntie, for pouring the wine."

Aunt Zhang then poured wine for Xu Chi, Xu Jiao, Aunt Song, Aunt Ji and the two young ladies, which surprised everyone.Aunt Zhang didn't know how to pour wine for these people before, she didn't pay attention to these people at all, and Xu Jun was sitting in front of her, she definitely couldn't swallow this breath in her heart.

In the past, Xu Jun and Xu Yue didn't participate in the banquet. Xu Cheng felt that they were too young and girls, so it was inconvenient for them to enter this kind of occasion, because even a family would inevitably have to drink and chat, and it was very noisy.But today's joy is incomparable to the past, Xu Jun is ten years old, and Xu Yue is eight years old, they are no longer young, they should learn to get along with others and have fun with their families.

Nanny Cui had asked Li Yan what she meant by letting the two of them come.Li Yan was thinking, why should girls hide in the boudoir all the time?What's more, this is a family banquet, and there is no strange man, so they ordered the two of them to come.

Seeing Li Yan's arrangement, Aunt Zhang kept feeling angry. Li Nianyun's son could sit in front of her son, but Xu Jun could sit in front of her. This Li Nianyun was too deceitful!Although she is a concubine, who in the house doesn't know that Mrs. Tai regards her as her daughter-in-law?Li Nianyun also has the nerve to ask her daughter to act like a young lady?
But she stooped to pour wine for everyone, and she was always smiling. Li Yan couldn't help but look at her with admiration. This Aunt Zhang is really able to bend and stretch. This kind of person should hide his knife behind a smile, and he is more ruthless than anyone else in doing things behind his back.

It's just that when Aunt Zhang returned to her seat, she took a pine nut from the plate and peeled it to eat. The maid behind her handed it to her, but she didn't take it. There was a trace of blood oozing out from the belly of her finger, it was unknown whether she had gouged it out with her own nails or had been pricked by a pine nut shell.

The maids behind her and Li Qing's family were all indignant for Aunt Zhang, but no one dared to say a word here, even Aunt Zhang herself had to pretend nothing had happened?
At this time, the girls from the song and dance class came up, all of them were exquisite and graceful, and their figures danced nimbly in the empty space between the two rows of tables.

Li Yan was a little dizzy from being turned around by them, so she lowered her head and ate fruits and dishes.There was a dish that couldn't be seen what it was made of, but it was crispy and delicious, so Li Yan ate a few more bites.

When she looked up, she suddenly saw Aunt Ji walking in the middle.She bowed to Xu Cheng first, and then said softly: "Master, I haven't practiced dancing for a long time. When the master returns from victory today, how about doing a part of my dance to cheer the master up?"

Xu Cheng looked at Aunt Ji's graceful figure and delicate face, she was well dressed, but unfortunately her heart was not pure and pure.He used to think that he could pretend to be confused about some things, but in the past two months, he has gained a better understanding of each other's details, and he doesn't want to be ruined by a woman.

He nodded slightly, "Okay, you dance to your heart's content, and it will be pleasing for everyone to watch, you can kill two birds with one stone, wouldn't it be great?

Aunt Ji smiled sweetly, and immediately waved her sleeves and lapels, and started dancing.She has spent the whole day on dressing up, and she can't waste it in vain. At least let the master look at her a few more times, and it is best to lure the master to go to her room earlier, and she will be empty for a few months. She was so impatient.

Li Yan didn't expect Aunt Ji to have this skill, she could dance so well, much better than the girls in the singing and dancing class.I saw her dance sometimes lightly, sometimes gracefully, and sometimes unrestrainedly, and the plum-patterned veil fluttered with her dancing body, it was so beautiful!She has a faint smile on her face, and her eyes are shining with charming light. That appearance is really attractive!Li Yan unconsciously stared in a daze.

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Song are in exactly the same state of mind at this time, that is: Aunt Ji, how hungry and thirsty are you, a vixen, look at your coquettish face!

Xu Cheng took a few sips of wine, looked thoughtfully at Aunt Ji, and then at Li Yan.Seeing that Li Yan was engrossed, he couldn't help chuckling, why is she less restrained than a man?She wasn't like this before!

Li Yan suddenly felt that someone was staring at her, and instinctively glanced at Xu Cheng, seeing that he was smiling subtly, was he laughing at her?Li Yan cleared her throat, straightened her back, stopped looking at Aunt Ji, but took a sip from the white jade wine bottle in front of her.

She couldn't help but frown, oh my god, what kind of wine is this, I heard it's a good wine, why is it so spicy?Li Yan pursed her lips tightly, trying to maintain a natural expression, the wine was hot from her mouth to her throat, and then into her stomach, it was really uncomfortable.She almost forgot that this is baijiu, not cold water, nor Tsingtao beer!Good guy, this wine is probably fifty or sixty degrees.

She saw that everyone was drinking with a natural expression, and even Mrs. Tai took a few sips calmly. Aunt Zhang and Aunt Song were very elegant when drinking, as if they were enjoying the wine. It seems that the women in the Xu Mansion They are all very drinkable!

Xu Jun was sitting next to Li Yan, and she saw her mother take a sip, so she wanted to try it too.It was the first time to participate in a banquet and sit with her family, second uncle and aunt. She was a little novel and excited, and wanted to respect them later.

"Mother, can I...have a few sips?" Xu Jun asked Li Yan shyly.

Li Yan smiled and nodded, "Drink, but only a few sips, don't get drunk."

"Yes, mother." Xu Jun took a sip of the wine bottle with a smile, then put it down without changing her expression, and smiled at Li Yan, "It's delicious."

Ok?Really good?Li Yan couldn't believe it, it was obviously terrible to drink.But Jun'er didn't show the slightest embarrassment, her face didn't turn red, and she smiled sweetly. It seemed that she really liked the drink. She was born to drink!Li Yan secretly admired it. It seems that Xu Jun inherited her father's drinking capacity. Didn't you see that Xu Cheng had already drank several bottles?
Xu Cheng had already looked at Xiao'er at this moment, only to see Xiao'er keeping his head down, eating something occasionally.Xu Cheng knew that Xiao'er must have felt that it was not appropriate for her to dance with her father's aunt, so she lowered her head.At such a young age, he actually knows to pay attention to these rules.

Xu Jun, the eldest son of the concubine, was not as reserved as Xiao'er. He watched Aunt Ji dance openly, and when he saw his father looking at him, he stood up abruptly, then picked up the emerald wine bottle, and said loudly : "Father, I would like to offer you a toast, I wish you a long career and a long life!"

Before Xu Cheng responded, Mrs. Tai praised: "Well said! Jun'er is getting more and more promising!"

Aunt Zhang suddenly felt that her son gave her a face, she smiled coquettishly and brightly, and couldn't help but take another sip of wine, thinking that Li Nianyun's son sitting next to her son with his head bowed and silent, was simply her son's foil!How can there be such a bearing as the young master of a famous family?

Xu Cheng looked at his eldest son, Xu Jun, and felt that he had grown up really fast recently. In the blink of an eye, his stature was already like a small adult, "Well, Dad took it." He leaned his neck and took a long drink.

But he didn't say anything more to Xu Jun, but asked Xiao'er who was next to Xu Jun, "Xiao'er, I heard from your mother that you were very happy to learn that your father was lucky enough to return home yesterday, and you wrote a poem about it. Is it?"

Xiao'er stretched out her hand to scratch her head, touched the poem in her bosom again, and said a little embarrassedly: "My boy did compose a poem impromptu, but I'm afraid... I'm afraid it won't catch Daddy's eyes."

Xu Cheng waved at him, "Hurry up and show it to Dad."

Aunt Zhang saw that her son was so passionate but was neglected by the master, while Xu Xiao's pretentious thing caught the master's eyes, and she coyly dared not show it when she wrote a broken poem.

She bit her lip, and saw her son on the other side pretending to smile even though he was wronged, she felt as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out by a knife, it hurt so much!
no!She can't take it anymore!She was planning to embarrass Li Nianyun tonight, but now she has changed her mind, she will directly bring down Li Nianyun tonight!

(End of this chapter)