Autumn has already entered, and the weather is starting to cool down. The sun is still bright, but without the scorching heat, it is warm and comfortable on the body.
There were three gentle knocks on the door, Yan Qi hummed, and the figure at the door backed away.
Looking at the sun, it was indeed getting late, and there were too many things to do today, so she couldn't lie on the bed anymore, but Yan Qi, who propped his head up and looked at her sleeping face, still didn't want to move.
There was warmth flowing in her heart, fingers gently stroking the contours of her face, the corners of Yan Qi's mouth couldn't help but curl up, family members, in fact, she knows everything, their love, she knows everything , So reciprocate with the word family, the lover may break up at any time and turn around and become a stranger, but the only one, even if they quarrel or get angry, they are inseparable. They will be together for the rest of their lives, just like husband and wife.
Although those children may not know the difference, the three of them, er, and the dead Cheng Jia knew it. They were so happy that they forgot to stop Ling Qingyu from messing around with the three little ones, and the result was She is drunk again.
Seeing her drunken posture, Cheng Jia was the first to run away, and the three little ones also shy away shyly. Yan Qi had already developed immunity after seeing her too much, so she hugged her with a fearless gesture of sacrificing me alone. She went back to her room and spent half the night with her, if she wasn't afraid that her back would hurt and she wouldn't be able to get out of bed today, Yan Qi wouldn't mind playing more tricks with her.
Because only after being drunk, this person will show an appearance without any scruples. That seductive appearance is so touching that he can't stop it.
She lowered her head and gently kissed her swollen lips, lifted the blanket, looked at the marks all over her body, Yan Qi picked up the clothes on the hanger and put them on.
There are too many people coming over there today, but it is also the best time to inquire about the secrets. With such a chaotic combination, some people can't help but find someone to negotiate and win over. Yan Qi arranged the best hidden guards there, All the places where the situation may happen have been arranged in secret places, and pre-training has been done. For example, it doesn't matter if you don't recognize the person. You must remember clearly what clothes the person is wearing, what expression the person is wearing when talking, etc., so that a group of red buildings can come out. The elites are very dumbfounded, Qiye, what our secret guards do is not just to kill people and kill future enemies? Who cares what clothes he wears and what expression he looks on! ! ! ! !
But in this way, the defense here will inevitably be much weaker, so Yan Qi arranged the remaining sixteen nights next to the courtyard, and let Ye Po and Ying Jiuying Thirteen closely guard them like shadows.
However, as long as he is not by her side, he is always worried. Yan Qi suddenly remembered what Yan San said at the beginning, and smiled bitterly in his heart. Yes, even if he knows that his strength is not good now, he is still worried. Put on your clothes, Yan Qi turned around, leaned on the bed and gently hugged Ling Qingyu, then rubbed her face until she closed her eyes and hummed dissatisfiedly, Fang softly said: "You can sleep again."
After leaving the room and closing the door behind him, Yan Qi no longer had a trace of teasing on his face, and took a bowl of porridge from Ying Shisan, and asked while drinking, "Everyone has been arranged?"
"En." Ying Thirteen nodded.
Wenhui was designed by Cheng Jia according to the ancient method, using the model of curved water flowing cups. From the Dinghu Lake along the garden near the lake, a clear stream with nine bends and eight bends was built using the original stream, and the two sides were paved with white jade. The pedestal, accompanied by green bamboo bushes, is the most elegant place.
All the male guests are male servants, and the maids and mother-in-law are all gathered in a few courtyards for entertaining female guests. The courtyards for female guests are not far from the place where the Qushui flows. It used to be very easy too.
Anyway, what happened to the affair was Cheng Jia and Wang Xuanzhi's business. All the doors leading to Ding Guogong were closed, and Ling Qingyu would never come forward, so Yan Qi and Han Bian didn't care about those male and female defenses at all. And Cheng Jia didn't bother with the mentality that the more chaos the better, so when Wang Xuanzhi came and looked at it, his eyes almost fell out of shock. Most of the posts this time were his elder brother and elder sister in his name. It was sent out, if something really happened, but now he has no way to accuse anyone, Ling Qingyu didn't even see him, and broke the jar in anxiety, what could happen? Whatever happened, there was a taller person who stood up to it anyway.
Duke Dingguo's Mansion occupies a very large area, facing two streets, the carriage did not stop on the street of the main entrance, but on the street of the side gate.
Looking at the bustling bustling scene outside the carriage, Xiang Ru curled her lips and said, "Miss, there are so many people here, how do we get down?" Generally, the carriage should be brought into the inner courtyard first, and then the women should transfer to carry it. the sedan chair
Fu Xiyan glanced at her, and looked out from the corner of the curtain that she lifted up. Anyone who can read some characters wants to come and see the Wenhui, where the two great talents of today, Cheng Jia and Wang Xuanzhi, want to come and see it, but the Wenhui, which is originally only for men, suddenly invites well-known talented women in Beijing. Fu Xiyan feels that her self-esteem has been greatly boosted. Satisfied, but also very surprised. The mentality of just wanting to see what Cheng Jia is like overcame the doubts about this inexplicable invitation, so she still appeared here today.
Cheng Jia has been the number one talented person in Bianjing for many years, but Fu Xiyan has been the number one talented woman only recently. Old Master Fu is a grand tutor, and Emperor Xiwen and Cheng Xiang were both his students. In terms of status, Fu Xiyan's father did not stay in Beijing after being selected as a Jinshi, but was sent abroad. Fang returned to Beijing last year to serve as a fifth-rank official. After Fu Xiyan entered the circle of aristocratic women in the capital, she was named Dasheng within a month or two, and won the title of the most talented woman in the capital a few years later. Old Master Fu also loved this great-granddaughter very much, and personally asked about her marriage , the unmarried handsome men in the capital looked over one by one, and there were only a few of them in their eyes. Cheng Jia, who doesn't even have a common room now, has only a flaw in that he is already twenty-two years old, seven years older than Fu Xiyan. It's just this flaw that after Master Fu saw Cheng Jia himself, he immediately became a mature man and a woman. It's good, I couldn't be more satisfied with Cheng Jiana, so Fu Taifu personally mentioned to Cheng Xiang about the marriage of the two families. Cheng Xiang was very happy at the time, but unexpectedly, after a few days, he was full of Apologetically, she came forward to refuse, and said that her son was not good for fear of delaying Miss Fu's family. Taifu Fu was only sorry for not being married, and would not force her, but after Fu Xiyan's mother first knew that the old man valued Cheng Jia, I have already told this matter, and it was the same, but Taifu Fu himself spoke, who would have thought that he would be rejected? When the news of Cheng Jia's rejection of the marriage spread, Fu Xiyan was ridiculed by those sisters who had been trampled under her feet in Fu's residence.
I want to see, what kind of character is it that even I don't like it!
Fu Xiyan secretly hated, and when she rolled her eyes, her gaze stopped at the door, on the two people who were welcoming guests.
One of the two was wearing white clothes and the other was wearing green clothes. They were really handsome and handsome, with orchids and jade trees, and Xiao Xiao like the wind of pine.
Fu Xiyan's cheeks blushed unknowingly, such a character deserves her Fu Xiyan's admiration!
The carriage started moving again, and was ushered into the inner courtyard through the side door, and then a woman greeted her, leading Fu Xiyan out of the carriage and onto a sedan chair, and carried her to the green courtyard behind where the banquet was held.
Although it was unreasonable, Fu Xiyan lifted the car curtain and looked out. There was not only her small car on the road, but several cars in the front and back. Through the tall flowers, she could see another small car walking in while talking. young talents.
There are already a lot of ladies in the yard, because this time it is mainly about talent and learning, and Wang Huilan invited only some talented ladies, and there is no distinction between noble and noble, but most of the talented and learned are from noble families. Because there are many, naturally there are more nobles than those from Xungui's family. Fu Xiyan found those talented women she had befriended and gathered together in a short time.
As the second prince and concubine, Wang Huilan was also the person who posted this time, so she arrived earlier, and she was sitting in the main room of Yanyan Court, sulking.
The Wenhui co-sponsored by the younger brother and Cheng Jia is a rare event in Bianjing. The second prince saw the opportunity in it as soon as he heard it, so he and the elder brother jointly used the younger brother to participate. She was jealous, so she also used the younger brother. Who knew that not only her younger brother was furious, but Chai Jinzhong was also furious. She could only say that Cheng Jia and Wang Xuanzhi used the Dingguo mansion this time, and there was only one *** in the Dingguo mansion. * Living, there must be not enough manpower, she can send people to help, can't she arrange people to listen to the news? Chai Jinzhong was overjoyed at the time, and only praised her for the good idea, but Wang Xuanzhi didn't mention the shortage of manpower to her at all, even if he asked him, he said that there were already some people. Later, she simply sent someone over, but was sent back by Cheng Jia. She retreated back, and what the man said made Chai Jinzhong, who just came back, blush, and walked away on the spot, and he hasn't entered her door until today.
Mrs. Yang came with Cheng Yuqin and her two daughters, along with Fan Zheng's two concubine sisters. In the courtyard of Gufeng, she met Su Wanyun, Mei Ruoxue and the younger sisters of her husband's family who followed them. Yu Zhi went to see if there were any mistakes in their mothers-in-law and maids, and the three of them asked the younger sisters to play by themselves, and sat in the wing room to talk together.
Cheng Yuqin said with disdain: "Hmph, I thought I was really a queen, and I posted a private post without saying hello, and even sent someone over directly, saying that since it was her, Wang Huilan, it was natural for her to send someone .”
Mei Ruoxue asked, "What about Brother Cheng? Isn't this a direct slap in the face?"
Cheng Yuqin snorted, and said: "They didn't even come in. My brother sent someone to send them back, and at the same time, he also said that if the second concubine wants to hold a literary meeting by herself, she can call people in the palace herself. Cheng Jia I can't afford to be treated like this by the second concubine, and I don't want to be, and I don't want to have anything to do with someone like you, and at the end I added a sentence, you are a dog and a mouse, right?"
Mei Ruoxue burst out laughing directly, Su Wanyun couldn't help but smile, thinking of Cheng Jia herself saying this, she couldn't help it even more.
After laughing twice, he suddenly understood that Cheng Jia had made it clear that he would not support the second prince unless he changed his wife. After all, Cheng Jia was Cheng Xiang's son, and his attitude more or less represented the attitude of Cheng Xiang and Qing Liu. In the past, Cheng Jia would never participate in the fights between the princes, but now that Wang Huilan forced Cheng Jia to make such a noise, the second prince might be so angry that he vomited blood.
"Brother has always been prudent in doing things, and he doesn't do things for no reason. What the Wang family did this time is too dishonest. Not only is Big Brother angry, I think Young Master Wang is also very angry." Cheng Yuqin sipped her tea and smiled.
"This tea is really good. It doesn't mean that the production of the top quality tea on Fujian Road has been drastically reduced this year because of the insect plague. This seems to be the kind that only the palace can get..." Mei Ruoxue covered her mouth before she finished speaking. Looking at Cheng Yuqin who was shaking her head, she whispered, "Really?"
"Shhh, that's what we have here. The eldest brother said it means being in charge, let us try it." Cheng Yuqin laughed. The rooms in this yard are specially arranged for them. Naturally, it is not that her elder brother Gu Nian arranged for her, but Ling Qingyu specially explained that not only the tea and snacks served, but also the utensils are all first-class and exquisite. Even the maids of the Ling family in green clothes are serving. Other families may not have tea, but the Ling family will not.
Speaking of which, the exquisiteness of the Wenhui this time was definitely due to the financial resources and manpower of the Ling family. Others didn't know, they only thought it was the power of the Cheng family, but Cheng Yuqin knew that Cheng Jia came here, so she brought her Four cases and a room full of books, the rest are not brought, really two sleeves.
Thinking of her father's sigh, the relationship between the eldest brother and Ling's family is probably not simple. She knows the eldest brother's personality best. Since Cheng Jia said that she wants to marry her, she will not be just a romantic affair or a side room like her father thought. It is to usher in a concubine in the future. Cheng Yuqin sighed inwardly, her father is also getting old, no matter how much the Zhengshitang and Emperor Xiwen look down on her as a powerless woman, they can't forget that they gave her the title of first-rank duke and wife.
"They're starting to fight poetry!" The girls exclaimed from outside, and the second miss of the Fan family also walked into the room, and looked at Cheng Yuqin timidly, Cheng Yuqin smiled and got up, saying: "Let's go and have a look too. "
The wine glass is made of high-quality suet white jade. It is placed on the green lotus leaf and flows down the water. The beautiful woman Qianqian in green clothes is beating a small drum with her hands. When the drum stops, the wine glass will stop in front of whoever it is. Make a poem and a fu before you can drink.
There were already many people sitting on the edge of Qingxi, sitting on the floor according to their familiarity. Amidst the laughter, many people had already written poems and prose, which caused bursts of applause and laughter.
Fu Xiyan and a few friends hid behind the flowers and watched. They saw Cheng Jia's prose, and all the poems and proses he wrote were superb. Holding a wine glass, the posture with wide sleeves fluttering is even more amazing, even Wang Xuanzhi who is opposite After falling down, besides bursts of pink bubbles popping up in my heart, I was even more unwilling.
"If Mr. Cheng knew about Sister Xiyan's literary talent, he would definitely admire you too." Miss Wen Jia next to her said with a smile covering her mouth.
What he said actually has some meaning. No matter how good Fu Xiyan's literary talent is, it is nothing more than the sorrow of the women in the boudoir. Cheng Jia can know how broad-minded he is and how he cares about these women just by reading his poems and articles. stuff
Fu Xiyan didn't hear it, but was aroused with ambition, yes, he must not know my talent, if he had seen me, he would definitely fall in love with me.
As soon as this idea came out, it thrived like weeds, and finally spread into a piece in her heart, which made her feel so itchy that she just wanted to jump out and chant the most proud poem in front of Cheng Jia. Fortunately, she still had some reason. , holding his palm tightly to endure it.
"Isn't the post we received this time a post from the Wenhui? Why didn't you see someone asking us to fight?" Miss Wu Jia muttered in a low voice. The reason why they ran over so excitedly to participate in this nondescript cultural event was because they wanted to show their faces in front of the best talents in Bianjing, but the male customers are so lively now, but the female customers have no one at all. Related activities are just to see the demeanor of the male customers.
When Ms. Wu said this, all the ladies came to their senses, and there was a lot of discussion. Some of them went to the elders to ask about the situation. This question led to Wang Huilan.
Wang Huilan was eager to have a reason to let herself stand out, and when she heard the complaints from the ladies, she immediately called the girl next to her to find the supervisor. The servant girl searched around, and finally found Bai Wei and a woman in charge of the Fan residence.
When Wang Huilan saw the two, before they could salute, she smashed the tea bowl in her hand, and said angrily, "How do you do things? Wenhui Wenhui, what do you want to prepare?"
Bai Wei and the woman in charge knelt on the ground and kowtowed first. The woman in charge took a look at Bai Wei. She didn't know anything about the literary society. Didn't she say that she only received female relatives? They didn't do anything wrong in receiving the female relatives, did they
Bai Wei lowered her head and replied softly: "I don't know what the madam is going to prepare? This servant just obeys Mr. Cheng and Mr. Wang's orders and takes good care of the ladies."
"You have such a clever mouth, you dare to talk back to me and slap your mouth." Wang Huilan leaned back and said coldly.
A palace maid next to her immediately stepped forward and pulled Bai Wei up and raised her hand to slap her. After a few slaps, Bai Wei's tender face turned red and swollen.
Bai Wei gritted her teeth and did not make a sound. When the maid finished beating her, she knelt down again and said, "Madam, please discuss with Mr. Cheng about what to do, so that the servants will know what to do."
With a snap, Wang Huilan smashed the tea bowl she was holding on to Bai Wei's forehead, and said, "Don't think that I don't know who your master is. A servant dares to be so rampant. Believe it or not, I'm going to beat you to death right now. Your lowly master doesn't even dare to say a word!"
"Hey, what are you doing?" With a hearty voice, Mrs. Gao came in, saw the scene in the room, and smiled at Wang Huilan: "Second Princess, what are you doing?"
"Teach these unruly servants a lesson." Wang Huilan paused, lowered her eyes, and said.
"Are these servants of the second prince's mansion?" Mrs. Gao covered her mouth and smiled.
Wang Huilan paused her hands and looked up at Mrs. Gao who was smiling very politely. Of course, this was not her servant. In other people's house, the servants of other people's house were not disciplined through the master's house. This kind of thing...
"Forget it, I don't care about it today," Wang Huilan stood up, and smiled at the ladies in the room who bowed their heads: "Since they haven't made any preparations, let's go outside and set up a table below." Sit down, let those witty scholars see that our boudoir girls are as talented as they are."