And as the last guest was welcomed into the seat by Qi Peipei and his daughter, the banquet officially started.
The people who were talking happily to each other naturally stopped talking about these gossips at this time.
They just returned to their seats.
Although others still wanted to keep Aunt Du at the same table, Aunt Du just heard the old things about the past, and she still couldn't help but feel uneasy. What's more, they were telling her these things and being so eager to her, who knew they were Are you also thinking of something?
Jiang Nianjiao looked a little pale when she saw Aunt Du coming out of the group of ladies. She couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Auntie, what did they say to embarrass you?"
Aunt Du didn't expect that her little niece Jiang Nianjiao could be so aware of other people's emotions. This kind of temperament is not a bit stronger than when she was young.
However, Aunt Du had no intention of using the power of her brother and niece to complain.
Although she did hate Liu Wanjun when she heard all this, but now that so many years have passed, wouldn't her plan be in vain?
Therefore, Aunt Du wanted to let go of those old things, so she shook her head and said, "It's nothing."
At this moment, Qi Peipei just stood up and toasted with everyone present, and they stopped talking.
Just as Aunt Du adjusted her mood, Qian Yufei kept looking at the last guest who was arranged to sit at the table.
The guest came alone. She was thin and her face was as pale as an orchid in an empty valley. Although she was a woman in her forties, she could still imagine her grace in her youth.
Jiang Nianjiao also noticed Qian Yufei looking at the woman from time to time, so she glanced at her. She didn't want to be surprised when she saw the woman.
The visitor was Lu Zhizhang's mother, who had not seen her for a long time. Unlike Lu Zhizhang's scheming nature, her mother had rarely interacted with the government since her husband's death. He only eats food and chants Buddha's name all day long, and lives as a widow in Lu Mansion. I don’t know how I can afford to socialize today.
And seeing that the whole place was full of mothers and daughters, her table was alone. However, her husband passed away early, and she only had one son, Lu Zhizhang. Naturally, she didn't like this situation where all the women were married. Maybe he brought Lu Zhizhang here.
Moreover, the mother and daughter of the Qi family are also a little too attentive, even though the Lu family has a title. However, the number of people in the family has been declining, and there has been no real powerful person in the family over the years. They are only more depressed than the Qi family. It is only in the past few years that Lu Zhizhang has become prominent, and the Lu family has gained some status, but this status should not be far enough This lady is seated in such a privileged position.
However, based on Qi Peipei's attentiveness and the subtle attitude of the ladies of the family when they found out that the Duke of Qi's mansion actually invited Mrs. Lu, she could guess a little bit about the Qi family's thoughts. .
The male college student is getting married, and the female college student is getting married. It seems that Qi Peipei has fallen in love with Lu Zhizhang.
And it seems that Miss Qian next to her also has feelings for Lu Zhizhang.
Sure enough, after the song and dance performance started, Qian Yufei thought about going over to say hello to Mrs. Lu.
She just didn't expect that when she had just brought the fruit wine and was going to sell some good things to Mrs. Lu, Xuan Mei actually bumped into Qian Yufei.
The two of them were already at odds with each other because of what happened yesterday, and now they bumped into each other at this banquet, so there was no reason to give in to each other again.
Even the woman next to Jiang Nianjiao only smiled and whispered to her female companion, "Qian Yufei and Xuan Mei have collided. Now there will be some fun."
"Mrs. Lu, I didn't expect you to come here too?"
"Aunt Lu, did you come here alone? Why don't you let Xuan Mei talk to you?"
The two spoke almost at the same time, but Xuan Mei's temperament was obviously more proactive and aggressive than Qian Yufei's.
While speaking, she just pushed Qian Yufei's shoulder away. Then he greeted Mrs. Lu with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Qian Yufei was staggered by Xuan Meiding.
If she hadn't been worried about her image at the moment, she would have started arguing with Xuan Mei.
However, she was obviously not willing to suffer a loss, so she just put her hand on the shoulder where she was hit and said, "Miss Xuanmei, I see that the road is quite wide, why do you have to fight against my shoulder?"
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"Why can't I get on top of your shoulders? Aren't you too close to me? Miss Qian touches porcelain, but she doesn't touch anything. Like yesterday, I might have let you go so as not to block the road. , but don’t think about touching my porcelain again and again!" Xuan Mei also said sharply.
Hearing Xuanmei mention yesterday's old accounts, Qian Yufei couldn't help but said, "What do you mean you let me go? Isn't it me who gave way first? Besides, who said on the bridge yesterday that the Mi Bridge was blocked? Anyway, it was blocked. Is it worth going back and being punished for blocking me?"
Xuanmei also sneered and said, "So what if I said it? At least I dare to take responsibility, unlike some people who block the Mi Bridge and refuse to recognize each other, but still pretend to be weak. What's wrong? You are weak. Does it make sense?"
No one expected that these two people would argue and argue, and they would settle old scores with each other, and almost all the bad memories and thoughts of the past would be revealed.
Although no one can guarantee that these scheming conflicts will be completely free in their lives, no one will talk about these things at the moment.
Listening to the two people's quarrel getting more and more intense, with whispers underneath, even Mrs. Lu, who was usually quiet by nature, couldn't help but frown.
At this time, Qi Peipei, as the head of the family, naturally cannot let the war continue to spread.
Naturally, she took the initiative and walked over to persuade Qian Yufei to be patient and Xuan Mei to give her some face.
Unexpectedly, with her intervention, although the two people didn't like each other, they actually gave Qi Peipei a face and just stopped.
Afterwards, Qi Peipei only apologized to Mrs. Lu for her poor reception. Although Mrs. Lu was cold-tempered, since she was willing to accept the invitation of the Qi family, she must have some contacts with the Qi family, not to mention this Qi Peipei didn't cause the incident, she just said she didn't need to worry about it. Qi Peipei then took advantage of the situation and chatted with Mrs. Lu for a while.
Seeing Qi Peipei's actions, everyone couldn't help but look at this woman with admiration. Although her appearance was not very outstanding, her temperament and ability were very outstanding.
On the other hand, Qian Yufei and Xuan Mei who just went to say hello obviously only got a bad reputation.
When Qian Yufei sat down again and returned to the table, Jiang Nianjiao greeted Qian Yufei out of courtesy, "Miss Qian, are you okay?"
Qian Yufei, who was being greeted, was still quarreling with Xuanmei's eyes. After hearing Jiang Nianjiao's words, she snorted disdainfully at Xuanmei. Then she turned her head and said, "What can I do? I just think This Xuanmei is so baffling. Why does she have to argue with me about everything and make me look so ugly in front of Mrs. Lu? I really don’t know what she can gain from making such an embarrassment now? Also, Peipei is the same, she knows that Xuanmei and I are not dealing with each other, why did she let this nasty guy come over!"
It could be seen that Qian Yufei was really angry, so at this time she didn't care that Jiang Nianjiao and she were just friends, and just vomited about what had just happened.
Jiang Nianjiao was also curious and asked, "Do you like Lu Zhizhang?"
After listening to Jiang Nianjiao's words, Qian Yufei looked at Jiang Nianjiao strangely and said, "I'm afraid there is no one among the ladies here who doesn't like Lu Zhizhang. It's just that some of their parents don't agree, and some of them are too introverted, so they don't like her." It’s so obvious between me and that Xuanmei.”
Then she said as if she had figured something out, "Oh, that's right. Now that you have a third prince, you naturally look down on Young Master Lu."
Jiang Nianjiao didn't expect that Lu Zhizhang would be liked by so many people, but then she thought about how this person at least looked like a flower on the outside. Even though he was hiding evil inside, he was very good at showing off, so it was no wonder that people would be attracted by his appearance. confuse.
After all, she and Qian Yufei were only close friends, so she didn't refute him.
But Aunt Du looked at Qi Peipei, who was somewhat similar to Liu Wanjun, and suddenly said to the side, "Is your friend doing this on purpose?"
Hearing Aunt Du's words, Qian Yufei subconsciously retorted, "How is that possible? Peipei and I are not ordinary friends. What good does it do her to do this deliberately?"
Aunt Du only said, "You know people, you know faces, but you don't know hearts."
However, although she kindly reminded Qian Yufei, Qian Yufei obviously didn't buy it. If it weren't for an elder who spoke out, she might even think that the other party was trying to sow discord.
However, she didn't take this matter to heart. As an outsider, Jiang Nianjiao still picked up some clues.
Aunt Du didn't look like such a sharp person, nor did she look like someone who would suddenly say such words that were suspected of provoking discord.
She was able to suddenly think like this, and she didn't know if it had something to do with the fact that those ladies pulled her over to talk.
Jiang Nianjiao did not go there with Aunt Du, so she knew nothing about it except that she met an acquaintance.
Therefore, thinking of her white face at the table, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but think more.
It's just that she couldn't ask too many questions at the table.
After that, silk, bamboo, orchestral music, and wine were exchanged. Everyone quickly forgot the unpleasantness at the beginning. At this moment, only the guest and the host returned home enjoying themselves.
Jiang Nianjiao, who had not spoken much since leaving the Four Seasons Garden, just asked Aunt Du, "Why did Auntie say that to that girl Qian just now? Did Auntie hear something?"
Aunt Du only shook her head and said, "Not really, but I saw that the three girls seemed to be interested in Mr. Lu, but the other two didn't like each other, but Miss Qi was able to make good friends with them. , I felt that this girl was a bit unusual."
She didn't expect Aunt Du to think of this level, and listening to Aunt Du's meaning at this moment, she knew that if she continued to ask, there was a high probability that she would not hear what she heard at the table.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao stopped asking further questions.
