The main entrance of the Ren family's residence.
A carriage drove slowly towards the Tang family's mansion.
Inside the carriage, a tall middle-aged man wearing a dark yellow robe, with a face like a jade, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, was sitting opposite an old man.
The old man, wearing a green robe, of medium build and ordinary appearance, with long gray-white hair hanging behind him, sat solemnly on the side of the carriage.
"Master, the eldest lady didn't say she wanted to go to the Tang family's mansion with you for a banquet?"
The old man is Ren Qiong, the eldest elder of the Ren family.
Listening to what he called the middle-aged man sitting opposite, it was obvious that this middle-aged man was the head of the Ren family, Ren Tianxing.
"That girl, I don't know what's wrong with her recently. She hasn't gone out for more than ten days... She used to like to join in the fun, but yesterday I went to see her and asked her if she wanted to go to the Tang family's banquet with me, but she didn't. Any hesitation was rejected.”
Ren Tianxing smiled bitterly and shook his head, his eyes full of confusion.
"The eldest lady went out frequently before and got very close to that Yang Zixi... It's a good thing not to go out now, at least she won't be criticized by the Shi family for getting close to Yang Zixi."
Ren Qiong said.
At this time, the person Ren Tianxing and Ren Qiong were talking about was none other than the eldest lady of the Ren family, Ren Jiapei.
Ren Jiapei has been staying at the Ren family's residence since the gathering of wealthy children at the Wei family's residence more than ten days ago. She has not gone out and is no longer as lively as before. Someone who caught her during this period can even find out that she is no longer as cheerful as she used to be.
And the reason why she is like this is entirely because of the word 'love'.
After that day, Ren Jiapei realized that she had fallen deeply in love with the boy beside Yang Zixi, to the point where she couldn't let go.
However, Yang Zixi also liked that boy.
She regards Yang Zixi as her biological sister, and Yang Zixi is also her childhood savior. It is impossible for her to compete with Yang Zixi both emotionally and rationally.
Because of this, she has been shutting herself in her room recently, euphemistically calling it seclusion and practicing, but in fact she is escaping.
…
Today's Tang family mansion is very lively.
All the heads of wealthy families in King Chu City came, without exception.
In addition, many heads of the major noble families in King Chu City came in person.
Although the heads of the three top powerful families did not come, each of them sent a family elder, and they were all ninth-level Qi Gathering martial arts monks, which could be said to have given the Tang family enough face.
Nowadays, among the aristocratic and above-average families in King Chu City who receive invitations, only those from King Chu's Mansion come.
This surprises no one.
The Prince of Chu's Mansion is the master of the Prince of Chu's City, and even more so the entire Western Chu Prince's Ridge. Even the top noble families must rely on it to survive well.
Although the Tang family is a powerful family, it has not yet been put in the eyes of the Chu Palace, and the Chu Palace does not need to consider whether to give the Tang family face.
If you don't give the Tang family face, what can the Tang family do
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the Chu Palace, even the top wealthy families are nothing more than relatively large ants.
"Except for the people from Prince Chu's palace who didn't come, it seems like everyone from the major wealthy families and above is here, right?"
At the gate of the Tang family's mansion, several Tang family disciples who were in charge of reception opened the list in their hands and glanced at it. They soon discovered that not only the people from Prince Chu's palace were missing.
There's still one person who didn't come.
However, this person does not belong to any family, but he is listed on the first line, with only the word 'Benefactor' written on it.
"I didn't notice just now... the 'Benefactor' in the first line of this list, could it be the person for whom our Tang family hosted a banquet tonight, who saved the lives of the head of the family, the first elder and the second elder?"
One of the Tang family disciples guessed.
"should be."
Another Tang family disciple nodded solemnly, "I have an impression of all the guests who came today. They are all from wealthy families and above... and they don't have any unfamiliar faces."
"Since that person's name is not written on the list, he must not be from a wealthy family in King Chu City. He may not even be from our Chu King City."
"Why hasn't that adult come yet? If he doesn't come, what's the point of our Tang family having a banquet today?"
…
Several Tang family disciples looked around for a while, but still didn't see anyone walking towards the gate of their Tang family mansion. For a moment, they all felt a little puzzled:
As today's protagonist, the person who saved the lives of the head of the Tang family, the first elder and the second elder will not come, right
"People from Prince Chu's Mansion probably won't come."
As time passed, the group of people watching at the gate of the Tang family's mansion gradually dispersed.
And just when most of the onlookers had dispersed, at the end of the road, a white figure walked side by side with a beautiful figure wearing a rose-red dress.
The two of them walked directly to the gate of the Tang family's mansion.
The young man dressed in white took out an invitation from his arms and handed it to a Tang family member guarding the door.
"Are they from Prince Chu's Mansion?"
"Impossible! I have an impression of all the famous people in the Chu Palace. These two people cannot be from the Chu Palace!"
…
Among the onlookers who had not yet left, some people speculated that the young girl in front of them was from the Chu Palace, but this was quickly refuted.
"That girl... isn't she Yang Zixi who was expelled from the Yang family by Yang Yunji, the head of the Yang family, nearly four months ago?"
"Yang Zixi? Did I think she looked familiar just now? Yes, she is Yang Zixi!"
…
Soon, someone recognized the girl in the rose-red dress. Miss Zixi, who used to be from the wealthy Yang family, had been expelled from the Yang family nearly four months ago.
"That Yang Zixi who was expelled from the Yang family? You won't recognize the wrong person, right? Those Tang family children are much more enthusiastic when facing her and the young man beside her than they are when facing Yang Yunji, the head of the Yang family."
"Don't talk about Yang Yunji... Even the elders from the three top powerful families who greeted us earlier did not seem to be so enthusiastic."
…
Under the eyes of a group of onlookers, several Tang family disciples bowed and moved together to welcome the pair of young and beautiful girls in.
"I'm sure she is Yang Zixi! The reason why these Tang family disciples are so enthusiastic is probably because of that young man."
"In King Chu's city, there are very few people who can be like these Tang family disciples... Could it be that you want to say that this young man is the young prince of King Chu's palace?"
"I have seen all the young princes in Prince Chu's Mansion, but he is not among them."
…
Zhou Donghuang, who was warmly welcomed into the gate of the Tang family's mansion by several members of the Tang family, did not know that he was mistaken for the young prince of the Chu palace.
Several Tang family disciples guarding the door were shocked when they saw the invitation card Zhou Donghuang took out just now, and they all respectfully welcomed him into the Tang family's mansion.
Just because, on Zhou Donghuang's invitation sticker, the word 'Benefactor' was written on the line for the invitee.
Of course, several Tang family children did not think that the young man in front of them saved their Tang family's head, first elder, and second elder. They only thought that the young man's elders came to the rescue, and the young man just came to the banquet on behalf of his elders.
But, even so, they still did not dare to neglect.
"Master Zhou, please come inside."
Several Tang family disciples, the last of whom was left, took Zhou Donghuang and Yang Zixi to the vast front yard of the Tang family's mansion where the Tang family would hold a banquet tonight.
Just now, when a descendant of the Tang family asked Zhou Donghuang how to call him, Zhou Donghuang casually said his name, so several descendants of the Tang family already knew that his surname was Zhou.
"Go and do your work, we can just go there by ourselves."
When the children of the Tang family wanted to take them directly to see Tang Liunian, the head of the Tang family, Zhou Donghuang stopped him, and the latter naturally obeyed and did not dare to go against Zhou Donghuang's wishes.
The Tang family, as a high-ranking noble family in the city of the King of Chu, has a vast mansion that is much larger than the mansion of the Shi family, a powerful noble family.
Now, in the spacious front yard of the Tang family's mansion, there are large round tables. Many people are already sitting in front of many round tables, and even more people are standing in groups chatting everywhere.
With just one glance, Zhou Donghuang saw:
In the distance, in front of the round table at the eastern end of the front yard, Tang Liunian, the head of the Tang family, was chatting with three old people.
Tang Yuxin, the second elder of the Tang family, and Tang Yong, the third elder of the Tang family, are now standing in the distance chatting with a few people.
Because of the distance and the noise in the front yard, when Zhou Donghuang and Yang Zixi walked into the front yard, Tang Liunian and the others did not notice them for the time being.
However, Tang Liunian and the others did not notice Zhou Donghuang, but someone noticed them.
"Isn't that Yang Zixi?"
Many people recognized the girl next to Zhou Donghuang.
"Isn't this Yang Zixi expelled from the Yang family? Now she is not a child of a wealthy family, how can she appear here?"
"Today, the Tang family held a banquet, and the guests at the banquet were people from all the major families above the wealthy... Yang Zixi, who was expelled from the Yang family, is not qualified to appear here. How did she get here?"
"Could it be that the boy next to her brought her here?"
…
As a group of people whispered, many people's eyes fell on Zhou Donghuang.
Nowadays, although Zhou Donghuang is over 18 years old and is over 1.8 meters tall, he is already a young man. However, the childishness in his appearance still makes it easy for people to mistake him for just a teenager.
"It's him!"
"Isn't this boy the same boy who crippled Zhang Yongshan's arm in the Wei family's mansion more than ten days ago?"
"He's not dead yet? Shi Yu, the eldest young master of the Shi family, didn't settle the score with him?"
…
Many children of wealthy families present recognized Zhou Donghuang at a glance. Many people whispered and turned their attention to a round table in the distance.
Shi Yu, the eldest young master of the Shi family, was sitting there with his back to them.
"Shi Yu?"
At a nearby round table, Wei Hongtao, the eldest young master of the Wei family, was sitting there, listening to the whispers of a group of children from wealthy families, but he couldn't help but shake his head, with a mocking arc at the corner of his mouth.
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