Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 143 Royal Annual Banquet

"Jing'er, what are you doing here? Why don't you come to toast the eldest aunt?" Princess Huide strolled to our table and patted Situ Jing on the shoulder.Situ Jing was startled, got up quickly and said with a smile: "Auntie, Jing'er sees you chatting happily with other aunts, how can I disturb your interest." You're sensible now, and you're no longer that naughty little aunt who haunts your aunt all day long." Situ Jing hurriedly raised his wine glass to respect Eldest Princess Huide: "Auntie, Jing'er toasts you." Eldest Princess Huide took the wine glass Said: "It's not too bad, it's still a big aunt who didn't hurt you for nothing." At this time, several cousins ​​at the same table raised their wine glasses and respected Princess Huide together: "Auntie, my nephews respect you A glass." Eldest Princess Huide replied with a smile, "Happy, this is just like a man from my Situ family, cheers." She leaned back and drank the wine in the glass.After Princess Huide put down her wine glass, she saw that the table was full except for the young Situ Jie, and I was the only one who did not raise her glass. She asked suspiciously, "Whose family is this little guy? Why haven't I seen it before?" Situ Kong who was on the side said: "Big aunt, this is Situ Hai, the little cousin of Uncle Liu Wang's family." Elder Princess Huide sat down and asked, "Are you the son of Brother Six?" I hurriedly replied, "It's Big Aunt." Then he said: "A Hai has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he didn't go out of the house easily. It's normal for my eldest aunt to have no impression." Princess Huide glanced at me and said: "It's not my eldest aunt. , then why don't you respect Eldest Auntie for a glass of wine?" Situ Jing hurriedly explained: "Eldest Auntie, Ah Hai is too young to drink, if Eldest Auntie is not enjoying himself, Jing'er will accompany Eldest Auntie to have a few more drinks." Huide Chang The princess rolled his eyes at him and said: "If I remember correctly, Haier is over 13 years old now. You can count the table except you, Lin'er and Chen'er are not all the same as Haier, why do they If you can drink Haier, you can't drink it?"

"This... This is because Daddy strictly forbids Hai'er to drink, saying it is..." Situ Jing finally came up with such a lame reason after a long time.Princess Huide interrupted him with a wave of her hand, and said: "Okay, don't use such terrible reasons to perfuse me. I have been talking about Jing'er for so many years, and you have not overcome the problem of frowning when you tell lies." Drop it. How many times has my aunt taught you, when you tell a lie, you must be upright and confident, and there must be no flaws, so that the deceived person will not notice that you are lying to him. Sigh...It hurts my aunt too much, It seems that your plans for the past few years were in vain, and you didn't get the true biography of the eldest aunt at all. I remember being beaten once, and you didn't go to the ground for five days, right?" Situ Jing blushed and said: "Auntie, you are all It's been so many years, how do you still remember these things? I..." He picked up the glass in front of him and drank it in one gulp, trying to hide the shyness on his face.Princess Huide looked at Situ Jing's embarrassment and smiled and continued: "Okay, let me save some face for you in front of my cousins. I will stop talking about these past events for now. Now give me a reasonable explanation , why can't Haier drink?"

"It was all Haier's fault just now. Haier apologized to Eldest Auntie. I hope Eldest Auntie will forgive me." Seeing that Situ Jing was scratching his head anxiously, I had no choice but to go out in person. respectfully go.Princess Huide took the wine glass and said with a smile: "It's not too bad, the son of my Situ family should be bolder. But the eldest aunt knows that you have been in poor health since you were a child, so just drink a little to make yourself happy." She said very boldly I drank the wine in the glass, and I also drank a little bit according to Princess Huide's wishes, but I didn't finish the whole glass of wine.Princess Huide put down her wine glass and said, "I heard from Rui'er's wife that the green peony jewelry set she wears is a wedding gift from you?" I replied casually, "It's the eldest aunt." Eldest Princess Huide continued to ask: "I just saw this set of jewelry with exquisite workmanship and unique style. I like it very much. I don't know where you bought this set of jewelry?" I replied: "Auntie, maybe I want to disappoint you, there is only such a set of jewelry, and I specially asked someone to make it." Eldest Princess Huide was a little disappointed when she heard that, and said: "It's a pity, Eldest Aunt dare not say anything else, but it is very important for identification Jade wares are quite discerning. From the point of view of the carver, it takes at least 20 years of skill to carve such exquisitely, and the designer of the jewelry style also has a unique idea. If the two can jointly open a shop , will definitely attract a lot of people's attention. I wanted to ask the store so I could buy a few back, but it seems hopeless." I smiled at her and didn't make any response.Princess Huide sat for a while, chatted with the others before leaving.Although what she said was just casual, the speaker had no intention of the listener.In fact, earlier, I wanted to discuss with Bixuanzhai's shopkeeper Ji about jointly opening a jade store, but I haven't made time to discuss it. It seems that I have to take advantage of the New Year to discuss it.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes, only the adults are left chatting in the Qingxi Temple, and the children have already run out of the hall, either in small groups or in groups of seven or eight, looking up and waiting for the annual New Year's Eve fireworks. Splendid sight. "Brother Jing, I didn't expect you to have suffered from my aunt's thunderbolt palm. From what my aunt said, it seems that you have suffered a lot." Taking advantage of the fireworks and waiting for a while, he teased Situ Jing who was sitting next to him. .Situ Jing said displeased: "That's all old stuff, don't bring it up again." I continued to ask: "Then what Eldest Aunt said is the truth, do you really frown when you lie?" Situ Jing was vicious I glared at me, and I avoided his vicious eyes knowingly, but I also made sure that what Princess Huide said just now was not mixed with any water, and it was true.After a while, there were two loud bangs in the sky, followed by another crackling sound, and the fireworks display on New Year's Eve officially started.

Normally, Nuo Da's palace is always quiet, only the sound of guards patrolling and walking can be heard, which is very depressing.But today's palace is extremely lively, festive laughter swept away the usual depression.Perhaps only at this time, the ruthless palace can reveal a little bit of human touch, so that the royal descendants can experience the warmth of the family and a sense of home.

The first, second, third, and fourth of the first month of the first lunar month were basically busy with the sound of congratulations and congratulations. On the morning of the fifth day of the fifth day, I took Xu Lu out of the house and went all the way to Bixuanzhai with the prepared gifts. Shopkeeper Ji's home.When I came outside the Ji Mansion, Xu Lu knocked lightly on the closed door, and soon the door opened a crack, and a girl in a red coat flashed out from the crack, and shouted at me: "Brother Situ, is that right?" I saw that this girl was Ji Xuan's only daughter, Qing'er, and nodded in response: "Qing'er, I haven't grown a lot in a few months. Is Daddy at home?" Qing'er nodded and said, "Daddy is at home, Situ Brother, please come in." He opened the half-open door and led us into the mansion.

"Daddy, Brother Situ is here" Qing'er yelled loudly before entering the middle hall.After hearing this, Ji Xuan asked: "Qing'er, who is here?" When he walked out of the middle hall and saw me, he knelt down and said: "Caomin has met the son, and the son is auspicious." I frowned and said, "Why is the shopkeeper Ji So polite, I knew it would be better to hide it from you. Luzi, quickly help the shopkeeper Ji up." Xu Lu heard that he hurriedly stepped forward to help Ji Xuan up, and handed over the gift in his hand, saying: " Shopkeeper Ji, this is the New Year gift prepared by the prince." Ji Xuan got up and quickly declined: "The grassroots did not go to the palace to pay respects, but they bothered the prince to come to the door in person. This is a great favor to the grassroots, how dare you accept the gift from the prince again?" Seeing how sour he was, I snatched the gift impatiently, handed it to Qing'er and said, "Qing'er, this is a gift from brother Situ, please take it into the house." With scruples in Ji Xuan's heart, he took the gift and ran into the house happily.Seeing that Qing'er accepted the gift, Ji Xuan couldn't say anything more, so he hurriedly invited us into the middle hall.

After entering the middle hall and taking a seat, I said, "Master Ji, I'm here today to discuss something with you." Ji Xuan asked, "I don't know why the prince is looking for Ji?" Xu Lu on the side interjected: "This is the shopkeeper Ji, my son wants to open a jade shop with you." Ji Xuan said: "Jade shop?" I nodded and said, "That's right, I wonder if shopkeeper Ji is interested?" Said: "I don't know why the prince wants to open a jade shop?" I said: "Actually, I had this idea when I took over the green peony jewelry set from shopkeeper Ji, but I put it down because of too many trivial matters. , and what my aunt said a few days ago made me firm in the matter of jointly opening a jade shop with you." Ji Xuan questioned: "The eldest aunt of the son, is it Princess Huide?" I nodded slightly and said: "That's right, it's Princess Huide. The eldest aunt praised the jewelry set you carved and was very happy, so she asked me where she bought it from, and wanted to choose a few pieces to take back to the customs. Listen to me." It’s just that after looking for someone to rush to make it temporarily, he looked a little disappointed, and said that if the carver and designer jointly opened a shop, there will be a lot of financial resources.” After hearing this, Ji Xuan said: “Princess Huide really said that?” I Ying said: "Of course it's true, will I still use my aunt to lie to you?" Ji Xuan said: "The grassroots are lying. Since Princess Huide said so, Ji is at ease. Your son, you say , how to do it?"

"You agreed?" I asked hurriedly when I saw him say that.Ji Xuan nodded and said: "Your Majesty, since the Eldest Princess recognizes Ji's craftsmanship, how can Ji live up to the Eldest Princess' kindness." I replied: "That's great. But I don't care about opening a shop. It’s good to show up and intervene. You have to take care of the early stage. I will let Lu Zi assist you. But there is one thing, this store should be located on a street with a lot of people, so you can’t renovate your Bixuanzhai Use it immediately." Ji Xuan replied: "It's the prince." I continued: "Well, let's discuss specific matters first."

I discussed with Ji Xuan for a long time, and initially decided on some details of opening the store. The choice of store location and the interior design of the store are all decided by me. Ji Xuan only needs to be responsible for the specific decoration.As for what to sell after opening the store and how to attract business, let’s put it aside first. After all, there are only half-strokes in the horoscope now, and it is not yet known whether the remaining half-strokes and one strokes can be written, so why bother to discuss it? ?Walking out of Jifu, the sun was already setting, and Xu Lu and I walked back slowly to meet the sunset.

(End of this chapter)