As soon as Xi Ni left, Chu Ye told Qin Yunjue about the gray-clothed old man and the old woman that he had just seen. The two were about to discuss what to do next, when all the guests stood up.
Then, amidst cheers and blessings, Xiaodong walked slowly into the gate while holding Wen Jinjin, who was wearing a phoenix coronet and xiabei, expressionlessly.
And above the main seat in the main hall, there were already three people sitting.
In the middle is Xijiajiazhu Xiyi, in his 40s, with fair skin, long and narrow eyes, and elegant jade trees.
On the left is Wen Yan, the mistress of Xi's family who is rich and beautifully decorated, Xi Ni's biological mother, and Wen Jinjin's aunt. Speaking of which, this is the second marriage between the Xi and Wen families.
Sitting on the right is the second wife of Xi's family, Xiaodong's own mother, Du Runiang, because the one who married was her own son, and she also has the name of the young master, otherwise she would never be able to do it now as a concubine. this location.
When Xiao Dong led Wen Jinjin into the main hall step by step and passed by Chu Ye, he didn't look sideways, but his body was slightly startled, since he continued to walk forward dully.
Just as the worship ceremony was about to be held, a shocking announcement came from outside: "Empress Ya, Your Highness the Second Prince, here you are!"
Queen Ya is the little queen among the second and second queens of the Southern Kingdom, her name is Wen Ya.
It is the daughter of Wen's parents.
She is also Wen Yan's sister and Wen Jinjin's aunt.
The second prince, Jun Zilan, is where Empress Ya lives.
With such a lot of connections, the sudden arrival of Empress Ya and the second prince is not unexpected.
The sound fell humanely, Empress Ya was dressed in a gorgeous red phoenix robe, and with the help of the second prince in white clothes like snow, she came in a noble and elegant style, and the huge guard of honor behind them was divided into two pairs, and orderly rows were strictly prohibited. Stand at the gate outside the main hall.
Such momentum is not inferior to the emperor's presence in person.
Xi Yi and Wen Yan hurriedly stood up to greet her, and Du Runiang also stood up immediately, standing aside with lowered eyebrows.
"See Empress Ya, see His Royal Highness the Second Prince!" All the guests in the hall stood up one after another, bowed their hands with fists folded, and saluted.
These people who can be invited to the wedding banquet by Xi's family either have status and status, or they have a high level of self-cultivation. Therefore, even if they meet the highest royal family like the queen and prince, they still have the privilege of not kneeling down.
Empress Ya raised her right hand to everyone, with a noble and elegant smile on her face, her voice was easy-going yet solemn: "You don't need to be too polite, my palace is just like everyone else, here to congratulate the newlyweds on their wedding. Be cautious, let us witness the happiest moment in their lives for today's newlyweds!"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed and saluted again, but they all stood, and no one dared to sit down before the queen.
The second prince, Jun Zilan, saw the only peach-colored figure sitting on a stool drinking leisurely, without getting up to greet him and Queen Ya, among the standing figures of the crowd. At that time, there were too many people standing, blocking the woman's face , he could only vaguely see half of his face.
But even if it was only half of his face, he was already astonished as a heavenly being.
So much so that Xi Yi and Wen Yan had invited Empress Ya to take the seat of honor, but he was still standing there in a daze and looking around.
"Cough!" Empress Ya coughed lightly, "Lan'er, what are you looking at?" As she spoke, her gaze followed where Jun Zilan was looking.
"No... nothing." Jun Zilan came back to her senses, and immediately blocked Queen Ya's sight with her body.
If the queen mother found out that someone dared not stand up to greet her when she came, the consequences would be disastrous.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, his queen mother is as gentle and elegant as jade, noble and demure, but he understands how cruel his mother's methods are, so subconsciously, he wants to protect the woman he has only seen half of her face just now.
"Second prince, please take a seat." At this time, Xi Yi had already asked someone to add another seat.
"Uncle, you're being polite." The second prince nodded in a gentle manner, and then sat down.
Xi Yi and Wen Yan sat on the two sides. In this way, Du Runiang, who was standing on one side, no longer had a seat, so she had to continue to stand behind the eldest lady Wen Yan like a servant girl, and Xi Yi didn't mention it anymore. Give her an extra seat.
It can be seen that even though Xiaodong has become the young master of the Xi family, under the huge influence of the Wen family, he still cannot win much status and dignity for his mother.
And the worship ceremony, which was interrupted before, started again.
Bless the heavens and the earth...
Second worship...
Husband and wife say hello...
Li Cheng.
Then came the tea ceremony for the husband and wife, first to the Empress Ya and the second prince, then to the Xijia Patriarch Xiyi, and then to the Xijia Patriarch and Mother Wen Yan.
However, he had been doing all these small movements mechanically, and suddenly made a move that made all the guests gasp.
"Mother, please have some tea!" Xiaodong actually came to his mother Du Runiang with tea, and then knelt down respectfully, paying respect to his filial piety.
Seeing this, everyone's expressions changed.
Da Furen did not respect, but respected the concubine's room first, this is definitely an invisible slap from Da Furen Wen Yan.
When the sister is humiliated, the elder sister is humiliated. As a result, Empress Ya, who was sitting next to the eldest lady Wen Yan, immediately turned cold.
Chu Ye, who had been drinking with his eyebrows down, finally raised his head and looked at Xiao Dong's thin, stubborn and sad figure kneeling in front of his mother.
And when he raised his head, the second prince Jun Zilan, who could only see half of her face until now, was finally able to see her face clearly, his expression was shocked, and he admired her wholeheartedly.
This woman is so beautiful!
And although Chu Ye felt Jun Zilan's attention, at this moment, she didn't have the heart to pay attention to him, she just looked at Xiaodong for a moment, not for a moment.
Why bother, I have endured so many things, but when I saw my mother being despised so much that she didn't even have a seat on the big day of her son's marriage, I finally couldn't bear it.
But I don't know, if you do this, it will only make it more difficult for your mother to move forward in the future.
"Xiaodong, why... no, no..." Du Runiang was startled, moved by his son's protection of her, but at the same time worried about the consequences of his son's doing so.
The woman who had spent all her life thinking about her son, panicked, turned sideways and wanted to kneel down to the eldest lady Wen Yan in front of her, just to ask her son not to be implicated afterwards.
"Mother!" Xiaodong seemed to have expected her to do this for a long time. He served tea with one hand, supported his mother's hand with the other, lowered his face, tears glistened in his eyes, "Others don't respect you, but my son respects you!" You, you are the best mother in the world. You gave birth to me, raised me, loved me, and now, on your son’s wedding day, can’t you take a sip of the cup of tea that your son respected? Mother, this time, You just follow your son!"
Du Runiang was in a dilemma immediately, looking at Wen Yan, who had a gloomy face, and at her son with sincere eyes, she sighed softly after all, that's all, her son desperately wanted to earn back some dignity for her, how could she be here How about kneeling in front of so many people to break the integrity of your son
"Son, get up quickly." Du Runiang slowly stretched out her hands, took her son's tea, and brought it to her lips.
Wen Yan, the eldest lady who had been suppressing the anger in her heart and waiting for Du Runiang to kneel down and cry for mercy, saw that Du Runiang wanted to drink the cup of tea that should belong to her main room in such an ignorant manner, her eyes immediately turned wide open. Yi Li raised his left hand to knock out the tea in Du Runiang's hand.
However, Empress Ya took her right hand first, and then pinched it forcefully, Wen Yan turned her head in doubt, her eyes touched the meaning of not acting rashly in Empress Ya's eyes, immediately withdrew her left hand, and changed into a gesture of stroking the brow .
Immediately, he understood in his heart that this kid had already accused Sang Huai of disrespecting his mother in front of such a guest, if she still did something to Du Runiang at this time, wouldn't it be true that she had a bad reputation for abusing her concubine? My sister held her back, telling her that there is no rush to settle accounts, there will be plenty of time and opportunities in the future.
"Mother, please drink tea!" The bride, Wen Jinjin, offered tea to Wen Yan at this time, more or less saving Wen Yan's face.
But this scene of the husband and wife disagreeing in the eyes of all the guests sitting here was once again full of embarrassment.
After Xiaodong finished offering tea to his mother, he then offered tea to Mrs. Wen Yan.
The eldest lady Wen Yan sat high and high, and refused to answer for a long time.
Just let Xiaodong hold the tea so straight, without moving.
As Wen Yan's niece, Wen Jinjin's eyes were so high that she didn't even have the slightest intention to offer tea to Du Runiang, a genuine mother-in-law.
A wedding banquet, a tea ceremony, was actually full of a strong smell of gunpowder.
After a while, the lady's shelf was full, and then she slowly took the tea from the little hand, took a symbolic sip, and put the teacup aside.
Xiaodong was expressionless from beginning to end, he served the tea if the lady didn't take it, and when the lady took the tea, the next step was to respect his elder brother and sister.
The eldest brother, Xi Yan, was beaten unconscious by Chu Ye and Bu Wuwu in his own room, so naturally he did not come to the wedding banquet at this time, only Xi Ni looked like a big sister, sitting on the first big chair under Xi Yi's left hand. chair.
"Eldest sister, please drink tea!" Xiaodong offered tea again, this is the last cup.
Xi Ni glanced sideways at the teacup in her little hand, smiled lightly, then suppressed her bright face, and said kindly: "As the saying goes: elder sisters are like mothers, since that's the case, you should respect this tea with sincerity. , give me, kneel down, offer tea!"
She was taking revenge on Xiao Dong for humiliating her mother by serving tea first.
Xiaodong's pupils shrank, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
Just now he didn't even kneel down when serving tea to Mrs. Wen Yan, but now, she wants him to kneel down in front of so many people, her half-sister of the same generation
It's not enough to be a domineering and blessing in daily life, it's really deceiving too much!
Seeing this, Empress Ya and Wen Yan raised a vague smile at the corners of their mouths, showing no intention of stopping it.
Seeing this, everyone sitting was shocked, surprised that there was such discord and such mutual attacks within the Xi family.
Chu Ye, who had been watching all this in silence, narrowed his eyes dangerously, and finally couldn't bear it any longer, slammed the table hard, and stood up with a shoo.
Beside, when Qin Yun wanted to stop it, it was already too late.
And the sound of slapping the table suddenly sounded at this time, and everyone was shocked immediately, including Queen Ya, Xi Yi and others who were sitting on the master's seat.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!" Chu Ye smiled and clapped three times. While walking towards Xiaodong calmly, he shook his head lightly and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful! This is definitely the most wonderful thing I have ever seen." The wedding banquet held by Xiwen and Wen's family is really... extraordinary."
Everyone could hear the sarcasm in Chu Ye's words. For a moment, while everyone was amazed by Chu Ye's peerless appearance, they couldn't help sweating for her.
This is an internal grievance between Xiwen and Xiwen's family. If outsiders intervene rashly, it will only lead to fire, and it will cause harm but no benefit.
"Sister..." Seeing that Chu Ye actually stood up for him, Xiaodong almost collapsed his pretended strength at this moment.
"Since you call me elder sister, should this cup of tea be offered to me?" Chu Ye reached out and gently took the cup of tea that was meant to be offered to Xi Ni in Xiao Dong's hand, and shook Xiao Dong's cold fingers , raised his head, and drank the tea in one gulp.
"You..." Xi Ni stood up again because Chu Ye ruined her good deeds, she stood up with a sneer, stared at Chu Ye with a fierce look in her eyes, and said with a sneer, "Where did the fake sister come here? This is my Xi family's business. , how can you allow an outsider to make irresponsible remarks here, if you are sensible, immediately step back obediently, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Chu Ye did not retreat but advanced, sneering: "Otherwise Miss Xi will beat someone? Do you really think that I will be afraid of you? Do you dare to bet that I can shoot you in one move?" fly."
"What did you say?" Xi Ni almost thought that there was something wrong with her ears.
This woman dared to be so arrogant and unreasonable in her territory, and in front of so many people, said that she could be shot flying in one move, it was simply too humiliating.
Originally, she didn't intend to fight, but Chu Ye picked up the words like this. Now, she doesn't want to fight, but she seems timid.
He flicked his sleeves fiercely, raised his head proudly, and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, Miss Ben wants to see how you can shoot me flying in one move. If you fail, no matter who it is today, I can't protect you."
"Ni'er, don't be impulsive." Wen Yan, the eldest lady sitting on the main seat, suddenly said, and since she looked at Chu Ye, she said condescendingly: "My girl, are you trying to make trouble?"
"How dare!" Chu Ye said that he didn't dare, but the haughty look on his face made him very dare.
"Mother, I have tolerated her for a long time, today I must teach her a lesson, don't stop me." Xi Ni was once again angered by Chu Ye's affection.
"But today is your second brother's big day..." The eldest lady Wen Yan put her eyes on Xiaodong, and she seemed to disagree with her words, but her expression was signaling Xiaodong to take her words. After all, so many When people are here, she always wants to stop it, meaning.
Of course, in her heart, she never thought that her daughter, an eighth-level wizard, would lose.
"It's okay, if my sister wants to show off, it's just to cheer everyone up and have fun." As she wished, Xiaodong accepted her words, and what she said was what she thought.
But he didn't know that the elder sister in Xiao Dong's mouth was calling Chu Ye, not Xi Ni.
Although Chu Ye was only a sixth-level wizard when he was with him a few months ago, he chose to trust Chu Ye without hesitation when he touched the confidence in Chu Ye's eyes.
Since my sister is willing to make a move, she must be sure of winning, he firmly believes.
At this time, Qin Yunjue and Bu Wuwu also came over, but they just stood aside and did not intend to intervene, because they also believed in Chu Ye's strength.
The Xijia family advocate Xiyi originally disapproved. For some reason, although Chuye has black hair and seems to be incapable of killing, he just feels uneasy. Besides, with so many people present, the Xijia people cannot lose From the start, one loss is the loss of the entire family's reputation.
Unexpectedly, Empress Ya shook her head at him, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, let the children make trouble if they want to, and let's just sit and watch the scene. Besides, I really want to know how this woman can be together To defeat Ni'er within one move, if she just spouts nonsense here, then she will be dragged down and beaten to death with sticks!" Those who dare to provoke her are looking for death.
Queen Ya settled the situation with one word, but in her gentle voice, there was a force that could not be resisted.
Hearing this, everyone present took a deep breath. Rumor has it that Empress Ya looks elegant but is actually ruthless. Seeing her now, it is indeed so!
And the second prince Jun Zilan, who has never left Chu Ye's eyes since Chu Ye appeared on the stage, also froze when she heard this sentence, pretending to drink tea, she finally angered the queen mother, a helpless little drink Taking a sip of tea, he put the teacup on the table next to him, and looked up at Chu Ye again.
Unexpectedly, just when he looked up, Chu Ye, who had never even glanced at him from the beginning to the end, suddenly turned his head, and a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, cold and sullen, shot towards him .
"Cough cough cough..." Jun Zilan might as well be shaken all over by the electric shock, trembling in his hand, the teacup was poured on the table next to him, and the sip of tea that he hadn't swallowed in his mouth before was suddenly ruthless. It choked hard into his throat, causing him to cough violently, coughing until his white jade-like face flushed, and he couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
"Ahem!" Chu Ye also coughed twice from the side, but it was to cover up her almost laughing voice at the moment.
This second prince is an interesting person.