Chapter 469: Find Fault!
These noble women, the meals are very elegant and reserved, and the amount of food is also pitiful, in Cen Xiqin's words, they all have cat-like stomachs, and eating that little pitiful thing is not enough for her to stuff her teeth.
However, although she kept complaining in her heart, on the surface, Cen Xiqin was also reserved and elegant, with a very ladylike temperament and noble demeanor.
After all, it is outside, and the young lady of the Cen family represents the Cen family, and she is impatient in her heart, and she must also take care of the face of the Cen family.
It's just that she can't eat too much, and the little thing she eats is not enough for Cen Xiqin to fill her stomach, which makes her feel very painful, but here, she can only endure it, and secretly decides in her heart that when she goes to the Cen family's own courtyard at night, she must have a good meal and make up for the lack of food at noon!
Cen Xiyan's dining etiquette is also impeccable, she doesn't have Cen Xiqin's amount of food, although she doesn't eat much, but she doesn't feel hungry like Cen Xiqin.
Some of the nobles who had secretly observed Cen Xiyan couldn't help but show a look of surprise when they saw Cen Xiyan's standard dining etiquette.
A noble girl sitting next to Cen Xifen whispered to Cen Xifen: "Is your sixth cousin really coming back from the countryside?" It doesn't look like it, your Cen family has spent a lot of effort to cultivate her into such a bearing in a short period of time, right? ”
When Cen Xifen heard Cen Xiyan's name, her face sank, and she snorted coldly: "It's just a superficial appearance, a country wild girl is a country wild girl, can you really expect her to become a real noble girl?" Hum! ”
Cen Xiyan's ears were too sensitive, and he listened to the conversation between the noble girl and Cen Xiqin word for word, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: Cen Xifen is a fool! The girls of the Cen family come out, they are a whole, and what they represent is the face of the Cen family! What good can she gain by belittling her in front of the outside? Nothing good! On the contrary, it will make others look down on her, and it will also expose the disharmony within the Cen family, making people laugh at the Cen family! It's just stupid to get home!
After Cen Xifen said these words with disdain on her face, she glared at Cen Xiyan and wanted to glance at her to show her disdain and contempt.
But she didn't expect that Cen Xiyan also looked at her, his eyes were sharp and cold, very sharp, Cen Xiqin was startled at Cen Xiyan's gaze, and her heart was pounding, she couldn't resist Cen Xiyan's sharp gaze, and quickly turned her head, not daring to look at Cen Xiyan anymore.
The ladies were too reserved and quiet in their meals, and they didn't eat much, and soon, lunch was over.
Lin Xiaoyu instructed his subordinates to clean up the cups and bowls, and then took the nobles to a viewing room in the Guanmei Courtyard.
This viewing house is built in the middle of the plum garden, the house is surrounded by windows, and the house is placed with a hot charcoal basin, you can open the window and enjoy the snow and plum blossoms in the courtyard outside.
The ladies arrived at the viewing room, arranged by Lin Xiaoyu, and the four of them sat around the room at a table.
Jin Fang was originally arranged to have a table with the Eighth Princess Mo Manlu, but Jin Fang said with a smile: "Miss Lin San is a familiar person who has played with the Eighth Princess, or you sit at the same table, Xiao Qi of the Cen family and I have a topic about archery that has not been finished, and I still want to sit down and talk about it, I think the Eighth Princess and Miss Lin San will not mind, right?" ”
When Lin Xiaoyu heard this, her brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but she quickly relaxed, after all, Jin Fang's identity as the little county lord of the Law King Mansion was there, and she didn't dare to show her face to Jin Fang.
She just felt in her heart that Jin Fang was really unenlightened, the eighth princess was a cousin with her, she didn't have a good relationship with the eighth princess, but made a handkerchief sex with Cen Xiqin's wild girl, it was really hopeless!
Moreover, she originally planned to sit at a table with the eighth princess, but now that Jin Fang said this, it was as if she had given her the seat, which was really infuriating!
However, Jin Fang had already said this, knowing that it was an excuse, Lin Xiaoyu was not easy to refuse, so she looked at Mo Manlu, at this time, it was Mo Manlu who had the most right to speak.
Mo Manlu was also a little unhappy, why, she didn't dislike Jin Fang yet, she was just a little county lord, and she didn't want to do it with her? Cut! She still doesn't want to sit with Jin Fang!
Mo Manlu raised his chin, his expression was arrogant, his eyes were cold, and he opened his mouth to say a topic that had nothing to do with this topic at all, "Jin Fang, I heard that not long ago, you were in distress in the Royal Courtyard, and it was Cen Xiqin who saved you?" ”
Jin Fang nodded and said, "Yes, Qin'er shot the spotted leopard and saved my life." ”
"Oh~~~" Mo Manlu made a long sound, then looked at Cen Xiqin, and said: "Cen Xiqin, it seems that your archery skills are really good?" No wonder your chats are all about archery......"
Cen Xiqin replied without being humble or arrogant: "Let the eighth princess laugh, my archery skills are very ordinary, but I just like it, I just happened to shoot that leopard that day, it's just luck, maybe it's the fortune of the county lord Jin Fang, and my mediocre archery skills were extraordinarily played that day." ”
Cen Xiqin's words can be regarded as leakless.
But Mo Manlu was an unrelenting person, and he refused to give up and said: "What is modest, if you can shoot such a big spotted leopard, your archery accuracy, skills, and wrist strength should be good." ”
In the end, it's a royal princess, even if it's not good at skills, she knows a little bit, and it's enough to be able to say a little bit and fool the nobles who don't understand it at all.
No, as soon as Mo Manlu's words fell, there was someone who was good at greeting and stammering, and said with a smile: "The eighth princess really knows a lot. ”
"yes, I don't know anything about archery or anything." Another noble lady said.
When Mo Manlu heard the praise, his chin was raised higher, and his face was proud.
Cen Xiyan stood beside Cen Xiqin and frowned, always feeling that this eighth princess had some ill intentions when she brought the topic to archery.
Cen Xiqin also sensed that something was wrong, and insisted: "My archery skills are really ordinary, I just happened to save Lord Jin Fang that day." ”
"Alright, don't be modest." Mo Manlu didn't listen to Cen Xiqin's words at all, and said to himself: "The ordinary poetry meeting is really boring, why don't we play some games today, just let Miss Cen Qi show us some archery skills, how about helping the poetry club?" ”
Cen Xiyan sighed secretly, her intuition was really accurate, this eighth princess was dissatisfied with Jin Fang's refusal to sit with her, but wanted to sit with Cen Xiqin, so she deliberately looked for Cen Xiqin's stubble!