Behind the screen, Xie Dalang drank a glass of wine and Weiyang drank half a cup of tea.
Yan Gui watched coldly, turning the cup in his hand without saying a word.
Everyone sat back in their seats and watched the maids serve dishes and pour wine one after another, toasting each other and chatting.
Youlan reached out and picked up the teapot, wanting to pour a cup of hot tea for Weiyang to warm her up. A strong force hit her from behind, and she cried out, protecting the teapot and flipping over, barely avoiding Weiyang. She still lost control of the teapot, which fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Kong Gu behind him grabbed a little maid and slapped her hard: "How dare you deliberately bump into our girl."
The little maidservant was so frightened that she fell to her knees and kowtowed repeatedly. How could she have deliberately bumped into Miss Xie? She had clearly deliberately bumped into Miss Xie's maidservant.
The scalding hot tea splashed all over the ground, and Weiyang had no way to avoid it, and inevitably got splashed on her feet.
Yan Xiaoxia and other girls sitting next to her were also splashed with a few drops, and they immediately screamed and cried out.
Yan Gui heard the noise and turned his head to look over. Seeing that it was Wei Yang's table that was making a fuss, he flicked his sleeves and strode over.
"What's going on?"
"General, the girl might have been burned." Konggu and Youlan supported Weiyang. It was not convenient for them to take off her shoes and socks in front of the guests, so they were so anxious that tears came out.
Yan Gui squatted down and reached out to take off Wei Yang's shoes. Wei Yang quickly dodged and gently pushed his shoulder: "No, no."
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, let alone an engaged couple, even a married couple would not be able to take off their shoes and socks in public.
"Lift your feet." Yan Gui held her slender ankles and took off her shoes and socks. Before everyone could see clearly, he had already held the pair of small feet in his arms.
Konggu hurried back to the carriage, brought a pair of spare shoes and socks for Weiyang, and placed them at Yan Gui's feet.
Yan Gui took a closer look at the red feet that were scalded by the hot water, and was relieved to see that they were only slightly red and not swollen. Wei Yang hesitated for a moment, and then she stretched out her feet obediently for him to change her shoes and socks.
Seeing Yan Gui about to stand up, everyone quickly looked away and pretended to continue with their previous business, but their eyes secretly drifted over and looked at the two people.
This was the great general of their Yanzhou. When he was angry, corpses floated everywhere and blood flowed like a river. But today, he bent down in front of everyone to take off the shoes and put on socks for a woman.
Yan Gui stood up and stroked Wei Yang's cheek gently: "Don't bear the pain, okay? Uncle will avenge you."
Seeing that he seemed to be about to turn around, Wei Yang reached out to grab him anxiously, and her fingertips slipped from the hem of his clothes. However, she was held in his arms, and a whisper came into her ear: "Don't be afraid."
Then a scream rang out: "Murder." Then the women screamed one after another.
Wei Yang wanted to stretch her head to see, but Yan Gui held her too tightly. Seeing that she was trying to break free, he simply bent down and picked her up. Wearing red clothes and black hair, he held the petite Wei Yang in his arms. The wind blew up her skirt, which fluttered and fell, brushing against the corner of his clothes.
"Yan will wait for an explanation from the Zhou family." After Yan Gui finished speaking, he picked up Wei Yang and walked away.
Zhou Chong knelt on the ground and watched him step on a brocade stool and get into the carriage with the woman in his arms. He breathed a sigh of relief only after the carriage drove out of Zhou's house. His back was already covered in sweat.
Standing among a group of panicked women, Zhou Yuner looked at the maid who had just bumped into Youlan and was stabbed to death by Yan Gui. Suddenly her eyes were red, and she thought that she would never be as good as Miss Xie.