Chapter 053
Princess Qinghe's birthday banquet, there were many guests.
The birthday banquet was held at Yue Lake. A long table was set up under the corridor near the lake, and banquets were placed on it. Many ladies, headed by Princess Qinghe, gathered together for tea in the corridor, while the young ladies gathered outside the pavilion. In the sea of green flowers, there is a meandering water table in the low sea of flowers. The meandering water stretches for more than ten feet, slowly flowing to the lake on the side. Along the two ends of the meandering table, there are dozens of people sitting on each side. The beautiful girls are all daughters of prestigious families in Qingyuan City.
The banquet is set in a sea of flowers by the lake. From a distance, the flowers are beautiful and the people are even more beautiful.
Across a lake, the gray reeds at the other end of the lake have gradually sprouted green buds. Across the lake, on the verandah on the other side, the sons of the Shen family and the young men from the Qingyuan City's aristocratic families are playing chess in the Babao Pavilion. Rafting.
Yes, there are dozens of small boats and bamboo rafts parked on the lake on the other side. Some husbands who are eager to try out board the boats and paddle to the middle of the lake, which attracts the young ladies on the side of the meandering water table who can't help but look at them sideways.
They are all teenage girls, at the age of Huaichun.
Even the appearance of a man of suitable age will attract attention in the crowd. What's more, across a lake, there are dozens of men from aristocratic families. On one end of the lake, facing the pile of women on the other end, there are many differences. Consciously attractive.
Some were bold and looked blatantly, some were shy, quickly raised their eyes for a second and then quickly lowered their heads, and some were reserved throughout the whole process and did not dare to look too much. Every face was full of life. Girly scent.
"Look, the man in the middle of the lake must be the second son of the Shen family."
"The person in the entire Shen family loves to be in the limelight. Who else is there besides the second young master?"
"I heard that the second son of the Shen family is the most romantic and uninhibited. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation."
"The other one on the boat is..."
"It must be the Second Young Master Xue of the Xue family. He has always been the Second Young Master's follower..."
Speaking of the front end of the curved flowing wine table, sitting on one left and one on the right are the eldest girls of the Shen family, Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er. The two of them are sitting in the main seat, which is the most distinguished position on the entire flowing wine table. The rest are the daughter of the Duke's palace, the governor's daughter, the Chu family's daughter, and Shen Yueyun, Su Ziqing and a few others. Their positions are all arranged according to status.
Liu Yingying and others' identities were not revealed, so they naturally moved to the end of the queue when it was their turn. She sat with Yao Yulan and the Bai family twins.
Because Liu Yingying had a dispute with Bai Ying'er just now, it was considered a quarrel. The twins were different. Even when Liu Yingying spoke, she was cold-eyed and sarcastic, but Liu Yingying didn't care. This was the first time she had officially participated in such a fight. At the meandering water table, you can see the delicate dishes slowly floating along the flowing water. The mist rises in the water and the mist is misty. Just looking at it is a visual enjoyment.
I couldn't help but feel a little emotional. No wonder there are so many people in this wealthy family trying to squeeze in. Ordinary people have to work very hard to survive, but here, wearing gold and silver and delicacies are just the norm.
Liu Yingying was afraid that she would be reluctant to leave if she stayed there for a long time.
Just when she had a look of emotion on her face, she heard the young ladies above them couldn't help but whisper to each other, their cheeks turned pink, and they started talking. As they talked, they couldn't help but shyly raised their eyes towards the center of the lake. Look.
Liu Yingying followed the gazes of several young ladies and saw that half of them were looking around curiously.
He couldn't help but follow everyone's gaze and looked toward the center of the lake.
Only then did I see someone rafting in the lake, and the others were rafting on the other side. A small boat paddled to the middle of the lake. There were two people on the boat. One person was sitting on one end and rowing the raft desperately, while the other person had his back to the person. Standing at the other end of the boat with his hands behind his back, he was dressed in a jade-colored brocade robe, with one hand behind his back and the other holding a fan, shaking it carelessly.
Looking from a distance, the handsome young master looks noble and elegant.
Maybe he noticed that the girls were sizing him up, and the jade-colored figure on the boat slowly looked sideways, and even made a bow in the direction of the girls, causing half of the ladies to blush with embarrassment on the spot.
The man smiled softly again, waved his fan and turned away.
Seeing this, Shen Yuechan, who was at the top of the list, couldn't help but said to Mi Ya'er with a headache on his face: "Second brother is... causing trouble again."
Mi Ya'er also smiled helplessly and said, "I'll complain to my aunt later."
Shen Yue said calmly: "My mother can't control him unless..."
Mi Ya'er thought for a moment, lightly opened her red lips and said, "Brother?"
As they spoke, the two looked at each other and smiled, but couldn't help but shake their heads.
While he was talking, Zheng Xueyun, the daughter of the Duke's government, couldn't help but glance sideways at their faces. After a pause, he suddenly saw Zheng Xueyun pointing at the figure at the end of the seat and saying to Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er. : "Sister Chan'er, I just saw a girl who is very attractive. Does my sister know which family she is from?"
Shen Yuechan and Mi Ya'er looked towards the end and saw Liu Yingying who was drinking by herself.
Zheng Xueyun said: "That girl's appearance is not inferior to that of sister Ya'er."
But on this side, after recognizing the figure of the second son of the Shen family, Liu Yingying only felt that the other person looked... coquettish.
Just as the young ladies discussed just now, if that person is not Mr. Shen, who is Shen Ye?
Liu Yingying just glanced at it, and then slowly withdrew her gaze. When she withdrew her gaze, she paused, as if she noticed something. Across the long queue of dozens of figures, Liu Yingying's eyes met the one at the top. That appraising look.
The hand holding the wine cup paused slightly.
After a while, Liu Yingying raised her wine cup and smiled at the other party.
Mi Yaer nodded and raised her glass.
The two looked at each other and withdrew their gazes.
Shen Yuechan looked at Zheng Xueyun, Liu Yingying, and Mi Yaer with thoughtful eyes.
After drinking half a glass of fruit wine to suppress the thirst in my heart, I saw a stack of cherry jam floating in the Qushui creek. Liu Yingying was about to pick up a small fruit with her chopsticks to quench her thirst. I heard the little ladies next door say mysteriously:
"By the way, I heard that the second son of the Shen family is the most handsome man in Qingyuan. He looks like he is already in his prime. I wonder if he will get married? I don't know what kind of woman will be worthy of him in the future. Such people are like dragons and phoenixes."
The speaker was a young lady with a round face, her round face was flushed, and her tone was filled with uncontrollable secret anticipation.
Another young lady with a long face said: "No, no, I heard that the eldest son of the Shen family is more elegant than the second son."
"Really or not? Who did you listen to? Are you still above the Second Young Master Shen? Did the Eldest Young Master of the Shen family show up today?"
The round-faced lady seemed a little unbelievable.
The long-faced lady thought for a while and then said: "It is said that Madam Zheng from the Duke's Mansion said it. I think it is true."
The round-faced lady said: "Then why is he only known as the second son of the Shen family in Qingyuan, and has never heard the name of the eldest son? Could it be that the eldest son of the Shen family is a concubine."
The long-faced lady said: "He is the eldest son and grandson." After thinking for a while, she said: "I think it is the eldest son who behaves in a low-key manner. He is not as good as the second son... who is very showy and seldom provoked. Let people hear it.”
At this time, a lady in red across from them interrupted, lowering her voice and saying, "I heard... the eldest son is not favored, so he travels abroad all year round to study."
As soon as these words were said, the two people with long and round faces were all surprised, and even Liu Yingying couldn't help but look sideways.
The surprised eyes were exactly the same as those of those two people.
This... the eldest son and grandson can still be unfavored?
It's really rare.
It's not that he's ugly, or that he's missing arms or legs, or anything like that, which is annoying.
Liu Yingying listened attentively. Everyone was interested in gossip, and she was no exception. Just when she was thinking about listening to some more secret gossip, she saw that the lady in red suddenly fell silent. Lady Lian didn't seem to care much, but after a moment she asked: "The two young masters of the Shen family are already very old. Are they not married yet?"
The round-faced lady is obviously more interested in this topic.
Unexpectedly, the lady in red interrupted her thoughts mercilessly and said: "These two eldest members of the Shen family, I think you shouldn't have any wishful thinking. Have you seen that person? Opposite the eldest daughter of the Shen family. That girl, that girl is from the Mi family in Xiliang, the direct cousin of the Shen family. Everyone in Qingyuan City knows that this girl Mi will marry into a big family in the future."
The lady in red raised her eyebrows and said.
The round-faced lady seemed to have been exposed, her face suddenly turned red, but she still asked with some persistence: "But, there is only one Miss Mi, but the young master of the eldest house has two young masters. , Sister, do you know who Miss Mi will marry in the future?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the long-faced man next to the round-faced lady saying: "Since the eldest young master is not favored, I think I should marry him to the second young master. I heard that the second young master is very popular in the county." He is favored by the Lord and also deeply loved by the old lady of the Shen family. As for the eldest son, there are indeed few rumors about him."
Unexpectedly, the lady in red glanced at the two of them again and said: "How is it possible? Miss Mi is the only daughter of the Mi family. She must marry the grandson of the Shen family and become the head of the Shen family in the future. female!"
Having said this, he suddenly saw the lady in red looking around again, and then lowered her voice and said, "Besides, I also heard an old news."
She said mysteriously.
The two young ladies on the opposite side immediately put their faces towards each other, and the three of them formed a group. Then they saw the lady in red and said, "I heard that as early as two years ago, the Duke's office had discussed with the Shen family. My dear, although I didn’t specify who it was, the person who wanted to discuss the marriage was the eldest son of the Shen family. However, the marriage was discussed for several months, but for some reason it was abandoned. Later, there was no news. Now it seems that the Shen family abandoned the country and was waiting for the Mi family. Otherwise, the eldest son is so old, why has there been no news about the marriage? , just wait and see, at the latest by the end of this year, or as soon as in the next few months, good things will happen for the Shen family's big house."
The lady in red looked confident.
The round-faced lady felt relieved immediately after hearing this. Soon, a hint of secret joy appeared on her face. Seeing that the lady in red was so clear about everything in the Shen family, she couldn't help but ask: "Who is this? My sister is——"
Then the lady in red didn't care much and said, "Oh, I'm from the Shen family!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two ladies across from him were stunned and blushed. The young lady in red added another sentence: "Side branch."
Liu Yingying couldn't help but smile when she saw the lively and interesting lady in red. She turned to look at Yao Yulan who was standing aside. Yao Yulan smiled and said, "It's Miss Ting from the second room."
Liu Yingying thought for a moment and said, "No wonder you cherish the Shen family so much."
As he spoke, he looked up and saw that each of the twins opposite was a little lost. When Liu Yingying raised her eyes, Bai Ying'er seemed to have been disturbed by Liu Yingying. She couldn't help but said to Liu Yingying with a guilty look on her face: "You... Why are you looking at me like this?"
After a pause, he added, "Why are you so concerned about Dafang's affairs?"
While talking, Liu Yingying saw that she had finished drinking all the fruit wine in the wine cup, and she couldn't help but said with some contempt: "Based on your appearance of having never seen the world, are you still trying to compete with Miss Mi?"
Bai Ying'er saw the look between Liu Yingying and Mi Ya'er just now, and felt that the other party was overestimating his abilities.
Liu Yingying's heart felt hot and she couldn't help but drink two more glasses. The fruit wine was not intoxicating, but it just made her feel depressed. When she heard Bai Ying'er's words, she put the wine cup on the table for a moment.
The neither gentle nor serious voice startled Bai Ying'er opposite to look wary.
Yao Yulan's heart skipped a beat. When she saw Liu Yingying drank a few more glasses, she thought she was drunk. She was about to persuade her, but she saw Liu Yingying slowly stood up and exhaled: "Sister Yao, I drank a few more glasses." Bei, I want to go over there to hang out, can my sister go with me?"
Yao Yulan was about to go when she saw the lady in red, Shen Yueting, suddenly walked over and said to Liu Yingying, "You must be the new sister Liu!"
Liu Yingying couldn't help but smile and said, "How did you know?"
Shen Yueting smiled and said: "The Shen family has a fairy-like Miss Liu. Not only do I know about it, but the entire Shen family knows about it."
At this point, Shen Yueting was suddenly seen staring at Liu Yingying for a moment, and suddenly she quickly approached Liu Yingying and whispered: "Has the girl's hairpin been repaired?"
Seeing Liu Yingying's fixed gaze, she looked at her in surprise.
Shen Yueting had a friendly face and a smile without any malice. She winked at Liu Yingying and said, "I'm just about to get a little dizzy and want to take a break. Why don't I follow Miss Liu?"
Chapter 054
It had been a long time since the hairpin repairing incident had happened, and for a moment, Liu Yingying almost forgot that it had happened.
When Leng Buding heard someone mention it, she was startled at first, and then looked alert.
This matter is a secret matter.
Only Liu Yingying, Taoyao and Master Shen Liu knew about it.
It is impossible for Liu Yingying and Taoyao to leak out. In other words, if someone leaks out, it must be Mr. Shen Liu.
However, Mr. Shen Liu, Shen Qing, does not seem to be an unreliable person. Such matters are related to the honors of the two of them, so they would not reveal them wantonly.
Thinking of his impression of Mr. Shen Liu as an upright and upright man, he might have brought the hairpin to the shop alone to be an eyesore, so he asked someone he trusted to send the hairpin to be repaired on his behalf.
Liu Yingying just turned her head and quickly figured out the whole story. Seeing that Shen Yueting had a kind face and clear eyes, after thinking about it, Liu Yingying nodded slowly.
