Qingqiu is difficult

Chapter 22 First meeting at the banquet
During the banquet, toasts and games, I suddenly heard that the servants were coming to report that the eldest prince also came to the banquet and accompanied the second prince.

Without daring to neglect, everyone replenished their drinks, packed up and dressed neatly, and stood up to wait for the two princes. Only Xin Yi continued to sit at the main seat, pouring himself a glass of wine and drinking it.

Zhuo Rui's voice was heard in the distance, and he didn't come empty-handed. The boys behind him carried a box of treasures, which complemented the second prince's jade tree. The two of them walked into the center of the banquet with jewels.

"Royal sister, why don't you invite your brothers to such a grand chrysanthemum viewing banquet?"

Xin Yi raised his eyes and took a look at the jewelry, and couldn't help but sigh at the royal extravagance. Then he immediately stood up from his seat and greeted him with a smile.

She recognized Zhuorui, and when she saw a young master next to him with a brocade and jade face, a look of indifference between his brows, but a thin face, and sitting in a jade-inlaid golden nanmu wheelchair, she judged in her heart that this was the second prince. Zhuo Yu.

Xin Yi leaned forward and said, "First Emperor Brother, Second Emperor Brother, why did Yaxing come to my little sister today?"

After saying that, he looked back again and said with a smile: "Why haven't you seen the second emperor's sister-in-law? The second emperor's brother is newly married, and the emperor's sister is ill and has not gone to congratulate her in person. Is there no chance to meet the emperor's sister-in-law today?"

Zhuo Yu smiled and said: "I heard from the emperor that you have grown up a lot and you talk like an adult. I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw you today, it turned out to be true."

After that, he took out a golden phoenix hairpin from his arms and handed it to Xin Yi: "Your wife-in-law doesn't like this crowded place, so she specially asked me to prepare a golden phoenix hairpin for you today as a meeting gift for the two of you. "

Everyone loves money and jewelry, and Xin Yi accepted it happily. Being a member of the royal family is good. She just felt that there was so much money that her heart was about to float, not to mention how happy she was.

As soon as he took the golden hairpin, he heard a woman behind him say: "Yaming congratulates the second prince on his new crown prince, King Xiaoyao lives a thousand years!"

As soon as Ya Ming finished speaking, everyone froze on the spot. Zhuo Yu slightly raised his eyes and glanced at the woman in front of him. Feng Danyun smiled softly and said:

"My sister Wang is so well-informed. I only received the title this morning, so my sister Wang knew about it."

Yaming leaned forward slightly, with an embarrassed look on her face: "King Xiaoyao was joking, but I just heard my father talking about my brother today, and accidentally learned about your happy event..."

It is not a very decent thing for a daughter of a noble family to care too much about the prince's title.

Zhuorui chuckled twice and said to Xin Yi on the side: "Your second brother has sealed the land next to Qingqiu. It is rich in products and lively. When you get bored in Jingcheng, you can Go have some fun.”

Xin Yi nodded and hurriedly asked Xiao Cong to prepare the guests' seats for the two of them. Everyone returned to the table, the musicians played the piano, and everyone drank and laughed together again.

During the banquet, several ladies from aristocratic families made noises saying that Ya Ming played the piano well and asked her to perform. Ya Ming symbolically declined and had no choice but to comply.

As soon as the song starts, the sound of the piano is like a flying spring in the mountains, shattering the ethereal growth of all things. It is also like a girl's gauze, tenderness and innocence being given to the flowing water at the same time.

While Xin Yi was drinking, he secretly looked at Zhuo Rui's face, only to see that his eyes had not shifted, and he was only looking at Ya Ming, as if his soul had been taken away.

After the song ended, everyone cheered and moved freely during the table. Xin Yi secretly pulled Zhuo Rui aside and joked:
"Brother Huang has good taste. That Yaming is indeed a beauty."

Zhuorui's face turned red, he snorted coldly, and deliberately pretended to be angry: "Do you think your brother is like you and only values ​​people's skin?"

He glanced at Tu Shansong who was not far away, his eyes full of worry: "That man is an assassin. If you don't succeed once, there will be a second time. Do you really want to create trouble?"

Just as he was about to answer, people from the first palace came to report that the second prince was ill and returned home first, telling them not to send him far away.

Xin Yi nodded, and then heard Zhuo Rui say: "If you like pretty ones, Zhuo Yu's new brother-in-law is pretty good, why don't you consider it?" Jing Mo's slippery eyes flashed through his mind, and Xin Yi shook his head:

"Brother, don't make fun of me. I'm stupid and that man is too smart. I don't even know he sold me."

After chatting for a few more words, Xin Yi excused himself to talk to someone else, left Zhuo Rui to Ya Ming, who was watching eagerly on the side, and walked to the pond alone.

In the pond in late autumn, the lotus flowers have long since faded, and the tranquility of the pond now feels like it is withered and withered.

Several ladies from aristocratic families were playing the piano and singing there. Xin Yi sat on the big bluestone on the other side of the pond, watching everything with a smile.

Even if he doesn't know who he is, it wouldn't be a bad thing if his life could continue to be so ordinary.

She pinched her aching neck and looked at her reflection in the water. She saw a person walking slowly behind her. It was Jing Mo, the eldest son of the Yi Wang family.

She turned around hurriedly, fearing that the man would push her into the lake a second later: "What are you doing here?"

Jingmo was a little dazed, touched his injured chin, swallowed the words that came to his lips, took out a box of rouge from his arms, and handed it over.

After taking the rouge, Xin Yi woke up from a dream. She lowered her head to look at the water. Sure enough, she saw that most of the rouge on her face had already fallen off. At this moment, there was a faint blue-black color. It turned out that she had drank too much and she didn't know when too much had been rubbed off. The dust revealed her festering face that was not completely healed.

After thanking her softly, she applied rouge with water and asked:
"You are a man, why do you still carry rouge with you?"

Yu Jingmo sighed, looked at the calm lake, and said sadly: "Everyone else has brought gold and silver jewelry. Even if my Prince Yi's palace is shabby, I can't lose etiquette, right?"

Xin Yi suddenly realized it. He remembered that Hua Lu had just ordered a gift list, and sighed that only the third son of Wang Yi's family did not bring a souvenir. He was about to say that he was a rude person.King Yi has a clean mind, and even marries his youngest daughter without making a fuss about it. Although he is the king of the country, he is also an honest official who has emerged from the mud and remains untainted.

She carefully put away the rouge, patted it twice more, and said to Jingmo with a smile:

"Where did Prince Yi lose his etiquette? What the third brother gave me is just right for my little sister. No one in the whole banquet gave it better than the third brother!"

Looking at the sunny look of the girl in front of him, Yu Jingmo's heart, which had been embarrassed for many years, felt as if he was suddenly hit by a rain——

As a demon, it was often difficult to feed himself because he had nothing to live on, so he finally entered Prince Yi's Mansion, which was also a Qingshui Yamen.For many years, he had little money, but had a very bad temper. He was unwilling to ask for money from others, and would rather suffer cold looks and harsh treatment.

This kind of cherished treatment has never happened before.

After a moment of confusion, Xin Yi lowered his head and looked at him with confusion. Then he came back to his senses, smiled, and looked at the lake again. After a while, he raised his chin and motioned Xin Yi to look at the small pavilion on the other side of the lake. , I saw a man and a woman standing opposite each other - the man was sincere and pressing forward step by step; the woman was bowing her head in shyness, trying to refuse but still welcoming her.

Xin Yi blushed and immediately turned away, but Yu Jingmo was amused by her shy reaction and said:
"The princess of the Yiwang family is much braver than you. I see, you will have a new sister-in-law soon!"

Xin Yi stood up and said unconvinced: "A man and a woman have a different kind of friendship when they are together? From Chi Yu's point of view, how are you and I different from them?"

Before the woman left the court, she had some unclear rumors with someone else's son. Even Ya Ming, whom she didn't like, didn't want her to suffer such criticism.

After saying that, she tossed her sleeves and left, leaving Yu Jingmo alone in a daze, but then he started to laugh. The world is indeed complicated, but people are indeed interesting.

(End of this chapter)