The night was dark. Since the Hungry Ghost Festival, the weather has gradually turned cooler, and the leaves of the trees in the yard have begun to turn light yellow.
Ever since the day Yin Le became the president of the Tea Merchants Union, Aunt Jiaoyin has not come to visit. Not only that, the emperor also specially ordered someone to reward him with something to congratulate Long Yin Le on becoming the head of Liu Longxing Tea House and the president of the tea merchants association. The old man
He felt strange when he led someone to express his gratitude, but he still reported the truth to the regent. The regent told him not to worry about it anymore, and he gradually began to feel relieved.
In view of all the previous events, the old man decided to get close to the big tree called the Regent, so he held a banquet in the mansion and invited the Regent and Murong Shang to come to express his gratitude.
Of course, he naively believed that the regent would come to Liu's house. As long as he sent someone to come, that would be a good start.
The date of the banquet was set for July 23rd. It had just rained during the day, so the old man took the opportunity to order people to clean and flush the house. The wall lamps in the pavilions and pavilions were also replaced with new ones. The corridors were paved with carpets.
People put on new clothes and walked around the house diligently.
The old man also asked Yin Le to come back early today. He did not inform Yin Le in advance that he was going to entertain the regent. Yin Le only thought that he wanted to greet business friends, so he planned to come back to socialize and show his face in front of everyone with his longevity.
.Of course, Lu He will accompany him. She wants to portray Sho Tou as a calm, low-key, wise and foolish person. It should be possible for her to leave Hong Yan and Mo Yan by his side to take care of the Liu family's business.
So, when she came back that night, she ordered someone to dress up Shou Tou, put on a blue and elegant dress, and said to him: "I will always stay with you tonight. Remember, when people ask you, the gods
Sister will teach you how to answer. Don’t be reckless during meals, and I will show you how to do it, okay?"
"Sister, I'm a little scared. They won't bully me, right?" Shoutou asked nervously.
"With me here, no one dares to bully you. Anyway, remember, when the fairy sister is not talking in your ear, you just keep smiling, or don't smile at all and just drink tea in silence. If someone asks you a pointed question, you
Just look at him and don't answer." Yin Le warned.
Shou Tou poked his head and said somewhat depressedly: "But, I'm afraid."
"What are you afraid of? What's so scary about such a trivial matter?" Yin Le glared and said fiercely, "If you don't do well tonight, I will ignore you in the future."
Shoutou was most afraid of hearing her say such words, so he quickly begged: "Okay, then I will try my best. Sister must not ignore me."
Hongyan said from the side: "Don't be afraid. Mo Yan and I will be standing behind you. As for those guests, just treat them as paper. As long as you are not afraid, you will be a very promising person."
Shoutou looked at himself in the bronze mirror and murmured to himself: "Can I really be a promising person?"
Hongyan promised: "Yes, as long as you follow the master's instructions."
Shoutou looked at Yin Le again and asked, "Then if I do something wrong, sister is not allowed to be angry."
"You won't make mistakes if you work hard." Yin Le stopped him from chattering and pulled him out.
The banquet was held in the South Hall, and all the female relatives in the mansion could not attend. In addition, all the men were present, and even Liu Run, who was always away from home, was present at the banquet.
Yin Le rarely saw Liu Run, and Liu Run rarely saw Yin Le. They only met at dinner when they first got married, and had no private conversations. He was actually not very satisfied with this sibling. He thought she was beautiful even though she was beautiful.
, but does not have a gentle temperament, which is too different from the women described in the poems. The woman he likes must have a gentle, gentle and quiet temperament. It is not necessary to be as active as a rabbit, but she must be as quiet as a virgin, just like his wife Zhao Yuelin.
Anyway, he was not involved in the store's business, so he felt it was unreasonable to invite him to accompany him tonight, so he said to the old man with some dissatisfaction: "Grandpa, who are the guests to be entertained tonight? Such a big party!"
The old man glanced at him and said, "Tonight we are inviting people from the Prince Regent's Palace and General Murong. Although the Prince may not come, if people from his palace come, you are not allowed to look down upon me. Although you
He is a descendant of the Liu family, but if something happens to him as an errand in the regent's palace, our millions of family wealth may not be worth a word from him. You all should be very energetic for me and entertain me well."
Yin Le's face was a little dull. She didn't expect to have a banquet with people from the Prince Regent's Palace and Murong Shang. During these days, she devoted herself to the work in the store and tried not to think about him. She knew that he was getting married on the tenth day of August, and she had already warned her in her heart.
She could no longer think about this man and tried to avoid interacting with him, so even though she knew it was him who helped the Liu family, she did not come forward to thank him.
What he said that night is still swirling in my mind. He said that when we meet in the future, we will treat it as if we are not strangers. Okay, let's just pretend that we are strangers.
She calmed down and took a sip of tea. Before she put down the tea cup, the housekeeper hurriedly walked in and said: "Master, hurry up, take someone out to greet him, the prince is here!"
The old man stood up in a hurry and said urgently: "Really? The prince is here in person? You all get up and follow me to the door to greet the prince." The old man had never tried to curry favor with someone like this in his life, so he put down his pride and went.
Catering to the powerful is just for the sake of this group of unsatisfied descendants, thinking that if I die in the future, I will have someone to rely on.
Yin Le sat still on the chair. Shoutou pulled her and said: "Sister, let's go pick up the prince!"
Yin Le stood up, held his hand, and followed Shou Tou out.
There were several sedans parked at the door. The one in front was covered with light yellow brocade and gold embroidered satin, which was a symbol of royal power and dignity. It was full of style.
The sedan tilted forward slightly, and a man opened the curtain and walked down. He was wearing a yellow brocade suit with five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on it, two dragons at the front and back, and a walking dragon on each shoulder.
There is a golden dragon, but it is different from the emperor's. The emperor has nine groups of five-clawed golden dragons from the dragon robe to the casual clothes, while the prince only has four groups. You don't have to look carefully to see the difference.
The front door was illuminated by lanterns as if it were daytime. The regent wore a crown of eight treasures on his head, looking majestic and solemn. Wherever his eyes went, everyone bowed their heads to greet him.
He saw Yin Le holding Shou Tou's hand behind everyone. Yin Le did not look at him, but raised her head to fiddle with Shou Tou's hair crown, with a slight smile on her face. She was wearing a crescent-colored phoenix tail tonight.
Wearing a skirt, a ponytail bun, and gold silk hairpins inlaid with precious peonies, the whole person looks bright, delicate, elegant, and decent.