Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 61 The Storm in the Nie Mansion ([-])

Nie Ying has always relied on her beauty, but when she saw Huo Qi so outstanding, the vague hostility in her heart instantly turned into clear disgust.

Liu Fang was sitting among the women drinking wine boredly. When he saw Huo Qi, his eyes suddenly lit up and he murmured in a low voice: "She is really pretty."

His mother wanted to point Huo Qinglan to him before, but Yuan Shao took the lead.He thought, if the Huo family could compensate him for this eldest lady, it would be more in line with his appetite.Recalling what Fang Shi said to him a few days ago, his hands and feet burned a little.

He actually regarded Huo Qi as something in his pocket.

Mrs. Liu seemed to have noticed that everyone's eyes were fixed on Huo Qi. Although she was dissatisfied that Huo Qi had stolen the limelight from Nie Ying, she was used to strong winds and waves, and the smile on her face did not change at all.

Huo Qi took all the reactions of the people in the hall into his eyes, swept away the gloomy look in his heart, walked to the center of the flower hall, and bowed his knees: "Huo Qi sees ladies."

Mrs. Liu acted like a hostess, and responded with a smile: "Ms. Huo's family is here. I thought your child wouldn't be here today."

Huo Qiwang turned to Mrs. Liu, with a strange smile on his face: "This time I have to thank Mrs. Nie for her 'gracious invitation'. She not only posted a post for my daughter alone, but also gave her cakes. How dare she not come? Prepare a small gift, and congratulate the second lady of your mansion on her birthday, I wonder if I can still get into the eyes of the second lady?"

As he spoke, Leaf beside him presented the gift box he had been holding in his hand.

Nie Ying snuggled up to Mrs. Liu, took the gift box from Lefeng's hand and opened it, and inside was a pair of top-notch noodles with emerald green hair, the luster of which even made the flower hall bright.Even though she was used to seeing good things, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Naturally, the ladies in the flower hall could clearly see the congratulatory gifts brought by Huo Qi. Seeing how precious the face was, their first reaction was that Duke Ning's family knew the world well, so they used such a generous gift to return a box of pastries.

Mrs. Liu's purpose of sending cakes was not simple. After hearing Huo Qi's unnatural words, her smile gradually became unnatural, and she had to pretend to be affectionate: "You kid, why do you need to give such a heavy gift?" A gift? It’s okay to give such a heavy gift, but today we are dressed so simply, it seems that we are too grand. "

Huo Qi glanced at Mrs. Liu lightly.

In her last life, she had very few face-to-face encounters with Liu Shi. In her impression, Liu Shi was just a well-educated noble lady.But now it seems that Liu Shi has a deep scheming mind, and she can bury people into a trap with a few words, so she is not an easy woman to deal with.

First, he forced her to go to the banquet with a soft knife, but now he seemed to care about her on the surface, but behind his back he said that she was dressed simply, which was actually because he didn't pay attention to the Nie family.If she hadn't known that the Nie family had evil intentions, she might not be able to see through Liu's bodhisattva face for a while.

She pulled her lips and smiled: "Your mansion has a grand family, even if my little girl wears more expensive clothes to attend the appointment, she is still ashamed of herself. It's better to dress more homely, instead she will look kind."

As soon as these words came out, several ladies who were having tea in the hall couldn't help but look at Huo Qi one more time, and even laughed happily, covering their sleeves and laughing softly.

Mrs. Liu choked, Ningguo Duke's family was higher than Nie's, but Huo Qi said that Nie's mansion was grand, didn't it mean that Nie's mansion was too extravagant and even went beyond his duty?

Her face stiffened, and she suddenly changed the subject: "I heard that the eldest son of the family is back and seems to have been injured in Huailin. Now that the murderer has been captured, it can be said that the pain is over."

Heh, Mrs. Liu finally inquired about Huo Xian.

How dare you say that the murderer has been captured?
Liu's ability to open his eyes and tell lies is not weak.

Huo Qi stared at Mrs. Liu with a smile that was not a smile: "Mrs. Xie's concern, this matter is indeed a blessing in disguise. The elder brother was injured a little, but... let the villain show his original shape. If it weren't for such a trouble, I'm afraid we The family is still kept in the dark by villains."

Ms. Liu barely maintained the smile on her face and nodded pretending to be concerned, but she couldn't help but feel blocked in her heart.Others thought the "little man" in Huo Qi's mouth was Huo Chi, but she felt that Huo Qi was referring to Sang and Huai, and he was criticizing the Nie family.

After just a few words with Huo Qi, she felt unhappy.Huo Qi is really a restless person. For such a person, he must be strangled before he matures.

Nie Ying followed Mrs. Liu, with a decent smile on her face: "My sister is really a wonderful person, and she speaks quickly..."

She wanted to say more to show off her charm, but when she touched the jade hairpin on Huo Qi's head, she couldn't help but pause and stare at it closely.

She has seen this hairpin before.

Last year at the end of the year, she went to the palace with her mother to pay her respects to the Concubine Xian. Shen Yuqing took her around the palace. Unexpectedly, she bumped into Shen Yuning when passing by Jing'an Palace.

At that time, Shen Yuqing took her up to see the ceremony. It was the first time she saw Shen Yuning. Although Shen Yuning refused to be seen thousands of miles away and knew that he was not valued by Emperor Xiaowen in the palace, even so, she could not bear to look at him. Keep following him.

At that time, she saw Shen Yuning playing with the hairpin. Although he quickly hid the hairpin in his sleeve, she saw it at a glance. She was really concerned about his every move.

But why was this hairpin worn on Huo Qi's head?
She also remembered that on the day of the chrysanthemum feast, Huo Qi and Shen Yuning appeared in the Imperial Garden at the same time, but at that time the two acted unfamiliar, and they didn't even say a word.

Is it a coincidence?
Nie Ying paused for a moment, then changed the topic, and asked in a curious tone: "The jade hairpin on my sister's head is not ordinary, can you tell me which jewelry store you bought it from?"

Huo Qi raised his eyebrows slightly when he was pointed out, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I bought it at a small stall when I went out to play. It's not very good, and the second lady praised it."

Nie Ying nodded: "It doesn't look like a street stall, as expected, anything you wear on your sister's head will give you a sense of immortality."

The words she spoke were beautiful and affectionate, but the look in her eyes when she looked at Huo Qi was a little darker, and the smile on her face visibly stiffened.

"Miss Huo is naturally a fairy-like figure." Liu Fang wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, and said flatteringly.

Liu Fang's eyes had been lingering on Huo Qi, until now he opened his mouth.However, the words, which were obviously compliments, combined with his eyes wandering up and down, showed a bit of frightening obscenity.

Fang looked at Huo Qi with a smile and said with a shy face, "Brother Fang rarely praises girls from any family, but today he praised a girl from the Huo family for the first time. It's really fate."

Several ladies were drinking tea slowly, seemingly turning a blind eye to the farce in the flower hall, but their ears never relaxed for a moment.

Listening to Fang's words, does it mean that she wants to marry the Huo family?Liu Fang is famous for being dissolute, Huo Qi is Huo Ruhai's daughter, and is popular in the entire capital city. I don't know if Fang is too smart or too stupid.

I'm afraid that Fang's thoughts will be wrong.

After listening to Liu Fang's slightly malicious compliment and Fang's shameless remarks, the smile on Huo Qi's face remained unchanged: "That's not what he said. My daughter rarely praises the young master of any family. If it's because of some God suddenly praised the young master of a certain family and said that he was destined, I am afraid that others will think that my daughter's moral character is corrupt."

No one expected that Huo Qi would retaliate so mercilessly, but her expression was innocent and innocent, which sounded like a child's speech.

Naturally, Fang did not expect that Huo Qi was a thorn in the side, and dared to insult her in front of so many people.But she, a woman in her fifties, didn't dare to say a word at this time, so she could only hold on to her smile to maintain a modest decency.She suppressed her anger, vaguely looking forward to what happened next.

When she becomes Huo Qi's mother-in-law, are she still afraid that she won't be able to cure her?

Mrs. Liu no longer tested Huo Qi between words, but went to talk to other ladies, but her eyes were sparkling, and she accurately captured the look of greed on Liu Fang's face, and a trace of lust appeared on his face. A malicious smile.

In the final analysis, this kind of banquet is where the wives and ladies of each family eat tea and gossip together. Huo Qi is not very keen on participating in the gatherings between these ladies and wives on weekdays, so he is just drinking tea by himself at this time , When other ladies came up to chat, they only said a few words.

Seeing that it was almost time, Mrs. Liu smiled lightly and said, "I specially prepared a cup of honey tea for you today. It is also a new drinking method passed down from the southern country. I don't know if I can get used to it. It was freshly picked from the garden, so it’s still fresh.”

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(End of this chapter)