Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 204 Banquet
Zheng Xiuning was dejectedly enduring the annoyance of being grounded in her own yard. She was still feeling resentful because of the rumors from Feng Ting and Yang Qin. Suddenly, someone sent a message saying that she would go to the palace with her father for a banquet in the evening. , suddenly cloudy face turned sunny.

She asked excitedly, "Really? Really?"

The servant who delivered the message bowed down respectfully, "Master said it himself, and also said that the second lady's confinement time is enough and can be lifted."

Zheng Xiuning glanced at the servant proudly, waved his hand, "Okay, Miss Ben understands."

After the servant left, Zheng Xiuning grabbed Yang's sleeve beside him with excitement and shook it, "Mother, mother, Daddy invited me to the banquet."

Since Yang's appearance, she has been staying with Zheng Xiuning. She wears a human skin mask on weekdays, and only occasionally takes it off when she is alone with Zheng Xiuning.

A shrewd light flashed in her eyes, "This is an opportunity, Xiu Ning. If you can overwhelm everyone tomorrow night, then you will overwhelm Zheng Jingning, a bitch, and your father will also value you in the future."

"Yeah. I know mother." Zheng Xiuning's eyes flashed determination, she will definitely seize this opportunity, and will never let Zheng Jingning go!

The palace banquet arrived as scheduled in the expectation of Zheng Xiuning and Zheng Jingning.

The palace in the night is gorgeous and graceful.

Thousands of lanterns are lit together.

The gorgeous and lively lights reflected the sky of the imperial city bright red.

Zheng Anyan exhorted Zheng Xiuning and Zheng Jingning a few words and left.Men and women sit separately.Zheng Xiuning glared at Jing Ning, and went straight to the other daughters.He smiled faintly, but didn't pay attention, seeing Xiao Yuan and Lan Yao coming over and waving hello.

Jing Ning saw at first glance that Xiao Yuan's expression was not very good, she was very haggard, and she sighed in her heart when she thought of Feng Ting.

The three chatted for a while, and the father-in-law announced the start of the banquet.

Then there are some ceremonies, first kneeling to see the emperor and queen, and then listening to the emperor say some superficial words, the banquet will officially begin.

Zheng Xiuning secretly glanced at Fengting while chatting with the young lady beside him.Feng Ting was talking to Xiao Lin, and the two toasted and drank together.

Zheng Xiuning's behavior was seen by the young lady, she glanced at Fengting, and said with a smile, "Second Miss Zheng has been looking at Mr. Feng, could it be..." The young lady smiled knowingly.

Although Zheng Xiuning is shy, she doesn't shy away from it. In her heart, Fengting is her own.She suddenly saw a person, and suddenly clenched the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, it was Yang Qin.Thinking of the rumors, Zheng Xiuning felt dissatisfied. After observing for a while, he found that Fengting didn't pay attention to Yang Qin, and he was relieved.Then he curled his lips proudly, besides himself, who else could be worthy of Fengting.

Xiao Yuan was absent-minded from the beginning to the end of this banquet. She silently listened to Jing Ning and Lan Yao chatting beside her, and she had no time to participate.She stared blankly at the gentle man in the distance, her eyes were dark, did she really like Fengting?Why do I think of this person from time to time these days?
"A Yuan?" Hearing someone calling her, Xiao Yuan came back to her senses, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "What's wrong?"

Seeing Xiao Yuan's distraught appearance, Jing Ning felt distressed, "Are you uncomfortable?"

Xiao Yuan shook her head, and couldn't help but glance at Fengting again, her tone was light, "I'm fine."

Jing Ning didn't say much after hearing this, she looked towards Feng Ting, but accidentally bumped into another pair of eyes.

Xiao Lin stared at him intently, his eyes were beautiful, and there was a layer of light in his eyes, which attracted her so much that she couldn't look away.Just like that, the two of them stared at each other quietly from a long distance away.

Lan Yao didn't understand, so she touched Jing Ning's arm, "What's wrong? I lost my soul."

Jing Ning came back to his senses and hurriedly lowered his head, pretending to look at the cups on the table seriously, and shook his head lightly, "It's okay."

"You two are very strange today." Lan Yao looked suspiciously at Jing Ning and Xiao Lin.

Jing Ning didn't hear what Lan Yao said, she was still in a daze because of Xiao Lin's look at him, she secretly looked at Xiao Lin again, and found that the man was talking with Feng Ting again, but the corners of his lips were unconsciously hooked. rise.As if aware that someone was looking at him, Xiao Lin looked at Jing Ning, nodded and smiled.

Jing Ning's face suddenly turned red.

"Brother Xiao, what are you looking at?" Feng Ting also noticed that Xiao Lin was different today, he was in a good mood, he followed Xiao Lin's gaze, saw Jing Ning blushing and lowered his head to drink water, his eyes suddenly It became dim, he suppressed the sense of loss in his heart, and said in a tone as calm as possible, "When will Brother Xiao and Miss Zheng get married?"

"Soon." Xiao Lin retracted his gaze and said calmly.

He looked at Wu Zhuangyuan not far away who was talking loudly with others, his eyes sank, and he could see that the people around him looked at Wu Zhuangyuan with contempt.

This year's martial arts champion is called Shen Liang, who was born in a commoner family with an average family background.It looked very strong and dark, Xiao Lin looked at it seriously for a while, but didn't care about it.It's just that this person doesn't seem to know how to deal with people.

Suddenly, Wu Zhuangyuan seemed to have caused a dispute with a son of a rich family. He stood up angrily and shouted loudly. The loud voice reached the ears of the emperor in the high hall.The emperor was discussing matters with the queen, his face darkened when he heard it, and found out that it was Shen Liang, the champion of martial arts, he was dissatisfied with him, thinking that this person was really indulgent and rude.Originally, I wanted to arrange a good position for him, but now it seems that it is impossible.

The queen saw that the emperor was angry, and quickly said softly, "Your majesty, this champion of martial arts comes from a poor family, so I don't understand some etiquette. It will be fine when he gets used to it."

The emperor snorted coldly, "Other officials also have poor family backgrounds, why is it not like him. Scolding others at the banquet is not paying attention to me!" He glanced at Shen Liang coldly, looking worried, I already hated him very much.

The queen already knew in her heart that this new champion of martial arts would not have a good official position. On the surface, she was worried about him, but in her heart she was extremely indifferent, thinking that this person was really reckless.

Shen Liang's temper is violent, and he suddenly became a champion, so he can't help but think highly of himself and become complacent.Seeing that the kid from the rich family stopped speaking because of his own words, he felt proud again.He looked around and saw a woman wearing a goose yellow dress, as beautiful as a flower, he couldn't help staring blankly, staring at the woman all the time.

Zheng Xiuning felt a fiery gaze resting on her body. She was overjoyed and thought it was Fengting. Just when she was ready to look over her face, she found that it was a big black and strong man, and her expression suddenly sank. She glared at the strong man angrily and turned her head away from him, filled with anger.

In other words, when Shen Liang saw the woman he liked looking back at him, his heart surged, and he instantly felt that the woman's staring expression was even cuter, and the heat in her eyes became more intense.

Zheng Jingning has been paying attention to Wu Zhuangyuan's situation, and saw him staring at Zheng Xiuning with green pupils.She couldn't help but curled her lips into a smile, she drank a glass of wine in a good mood, her eyes sparkled.She is looking forward to the next development.

(End of this chapter)