August 23, before the sunset dusk, Chongwang Mansion inside and outside has a lot of guests gathered here, the guests in the state of compliment and talk very happily into the door of the house, by the guest in the hand of the invitation, and then please enter the door, the guests are mostly with celebratory gifts. This day is the birthday banquet of King Chong's favorite youngest daughter Huaizhu County Lord, or the fifteen-year-old gift of the daughter's family, for a woman, after this day, it means that she has become an adult, can coil up her hair and officially marry and have children, no longer just a little girl who has not dried up.

But as Zhao Yuanxuan, the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, she doesn't care about any coming-of-age ceremony at this time, and she doesn't care about being a lady, she is now angry with a little strawman, holding a straw man in one hand and an embroidery needle in the other, her little hand has been poking up, and her mouth is still vibrant.

"Poke you, poke you, poke you! Let you offend the lord of the county again, let you have problems to test me, let you not give me the scriptures, let you murder me, let your kindness not be rewarded, let you not understand that I care about your reputation, sooner or later you will look good, hum! Zhao Yuanxuan was angry, and when he got angry, he didn't care about anything, just caring about relieving his anger in his heart.

The little maids next to them were frightened, their own county lord has always been a gentle little lady, even if she occasionally has the temper of her little daughter's family, it is also very graceful and moving, when did you hate someone so much? Those little maids are speculating about what kind of disaster star is so unlucky, and he actually dares to offend the county lord of Huaizhu, isn't he afraid that the county lord will implement the "family law" and beat his ass?

These little maids just used their thinking logic to think about this problem, and they didn't realize that in fact, Zhao Yuanxuan was only the county lord of Chongwangfu, and the family law of Chongwangfu was only effective for them, and it was useless for outsiders, and Ji Ning didn't know Zhao Yuanxuan's true identity at all.

"County Lord, it's time for you to bathe and change your clothes, especially to comb your hair, there will be guests coming to watch you and your hair in the evening." Zhao Yuanxuan's personal maid Xiao Qian walked over, and behind Xiao Li, there were three maidservants, one holding a basin full of hot water, one holding an ivory comb, brocade cloth, soaphorn and other things, and one holding a basin of fragrant petals.

Zhao Yuanxuan said angrily: "If you don't wash it, you don't wash it, I only wash my hair in the morning, why do you wash it twice a day?" Isn't it just a curtain, just put a hairpin in your hair, I can do it myself, why should others come to watch the ceremony? Even if someone watches the ceremony and asks my father and mother to come, not even my brother, hmph, he will help outsiders not help me, take things down, I want to be quiet alone...... Poke you to death, poke you to death, poke you to death......"

Xiao Qian also found out that her own lady said that she wanted to be quiet, but in fact, she just continued to inflict violence on the little straw man, and she was also feeling sorry for the little straw man in her heart, and she didn't offend the little master, why should she be pierced like a hornet's nest?

Xiao Qian walked over and took a closer look at Zhao Yuanxuan's hair, it was very neat and clean, and it was also because this little county lord has always loved beauty, and his hair was kept very well, even if he washed it at the moment, it might not dry out for a while, but it might make his own young lady sick.

She was about to retreat, but Zhao Yuanxuan suddenly said: "You go out to star, just go to the door, you don't seem to know Ji Ning, right?" In this way, you ask Zhike, let Zhike remember, once a person named Ji Ning comes, he will tell you immediately, you will come to inform me again, hum, come to my house to attend my birthday banquet, do you want to eat and drink for nothing? It's not that easy! ”

"County Lord, the guests who came today are all invited, and besides, didn't Ji Gongzi come last year? You still ......" Xiao Qian was about to say something, but when she saw that her county lord's face was not good, and she was still glaring at her, she obediently kept silent and obeyed the order.

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Ji Ning came to Chongwangfu this time, and also prepared a small gift, speaking of which the gift was prepared by Han Yu for him, he didn't think about what to give, but a few people analyzed, since it was a birthday gift for his daughter's family, it must be the county lord of Huaizhu who opened the gift in the end, and he must find something that his daughter's family likes, so he chose a small ornament, anyway, so many guests brought gifts, and no one cared about the gifts of their scholars.

When he was about to arrive at the main gate of Chongwang's Mansion, Tang Xie was still smiling and saying this: "...... Yongning don't worry, King Chong won't care about what we give, does King Chong's family still care about our gift? The gift is light and affectionate, maybe the county lord really likes the gift we gave? Ha ha. ”

Ji Ning shook his head helplessly, on this kind of gift-giving issue, several people were very perfunctory, and it was also because the gift was anonymous, and it was sent away, even if the county lord of Huaizhu turned around and was not satisfied, others did not know who sent it. But no one dares to put any dead cockroaches, snakes, insects, rats and ants in the gift, if the Chongwang Mansion has the heart to check, it can still be found in the end.

When we arrived at the gate of King Chong's Mansion, it was still early, and the sun was still high, Song Rui said: "Are we here earlier?" ”

Tang Xie pointed to the busy traffic at the door and said, "It's still early?" It is estimated that there are few guests who did not come, it is rare that this is the banquet of Chongwang's Mansion, everyone wants to come earlier, it is possible to make friends with the powerful, but I don't know if Yongning's master Shen Lao sacrificial wine comes, if there is a chance, I still hope to visit! ”

Ji Ning shook his head and said: "My master has little leisure on weekdays, and today is only the birthday banquet of the county lord of Huaizhu, not the birthday of King Chong, so he should not visit." ”

"That's right, Shen Lao has lived in seclusion all these years, and it is true that he has rarely heard of him attending public social occasions, but it doesn't hurt, he can always meet some people, which is good." Tang explained, go to the door first, a few people accompanied to the door of Chongwang's Mansion, the guest saw that it was a young son, there was no disrespect, Chongwang's Mansion came this time among the guests are still very few, but there are a lot of dignitaries around Jinling, to say that some young people, most of them are invited by the prince of Chongwang, and some are coming with the family to watch the ceremony together.

"Several of them are distinguished guests from the Chongwang Mansion, please inside." There are three people who know the guests, and after checking the invitations of several people, after being accurate, they invited five people in.

Tang Xie smiled: "If I had known, I should have waited for Gongning and them together, and then they should have also received an invitation from Chongwangfu, right?" ”

The "Gongning" in his mouth was also a son who was drinking and talking about articles in Tianxianglou on the day when the Township Trial Tribute Institute was officially closed, but because it was actually a little unhappy on that day, Ji Ning's performance was too good, which made many students feel faceless, so that these people deliberately kept estranged from Ji Ning later.

In Tang Jie's words, not attracting envy is mediocrity, which just shows that Ji Ning's literary attainments are high.

Ji Ning smiled and went into the courtyard together without commenting.

Just after the corridor, I saw that the guests in the main courtyard of the Chongwang Mansion gathered, in the lanterns, the guests who came were almost one or two hundred, and the banquet had not yet been opened, but there were melon and fruit snacks and tables, chairs and benches, and people in twos and threes were talking together.