Chapter 297： strange look

Chapter 297 Strange eyes

The banquet held by Duke Xianguo was originally to celebrate Qin Jing's winning the position of Tanhua.

When Gu Mingda, the number one scholar, arrived, it was inevitable that he would be overestimating the guest. Mrs. Xianguo didn't want to invite Gu Mingda at first, but she couldn't resist Qin Jing's invitation.

Qin Jing's doing this also showed his sincere intention to be together.

When Gu Mingda arrived at Xianguo Palace with his wife and daughter, most of the guests had already arrived.

Not long after entering the house, Gu Mingda separated from his wife and daughter.

Zhang Yunniang took Niu Niu to the flower hall that was specially used to receive female guests. After careful discussion, the Gu family had previously received heavy gifts from the Duke Xian's Mansion because of the incident at the city gate, but this was the first time for Niu Niu to come to the Duke Xian's Mansion.

According to the rules in Beijing, Mrs. Xianguo should give Niu Niu a meeting gift.

Niu Niu bowed obediently according to the rules. Although Mrs. Xianguo didn't like this playmate who led her daughter into mischief, in front of so many people, she still waved her hand and was given a regular meeting gift.

Originally, the matter should have ended like this, but unexpectedly Mrs. Liu, the biological sister of Mrs. Xianguo, suddenly said from the side: "Good boy, come here and show me."

Niuniu walked over obediently.

Mrs. Liu's face was full of kindness and kindness. She reached out and patted Niu Niu on the shoulder and said, "This child seems to be genuine and kind, but for a moment I couldn't remember who he looked like."

When Mrs. Xianguo heard this, she said casually: "Maybe he is a friend like you when you were in Lingnan."

Mrs. Liu's father-in-law was once demoted to Lingnan, and the family went through an extremely difficult time. Now that Mrs. Xianguo said this, it seems that every pot is not mentioned.

Mrs. Liu did not argue with her sister, but looked at Niu Niu up and down carefully before looking at Mrs. Xianguo Gong with a strange look.

Mrs. Xian Guo just felt baffled and said, "Sister, this child is a public face. You should stop worrying about this matter."

What Mrs. Xianguo said was actually very biased. Niu Niu was born as cute as Yuxue, with a blessed face like a little doll in a New Year picture. She was not a popular face at all.

Mrs. Liu looked at the crowd of guests around her, and her sister couldn't hold back her words. She could only shake her head helplessly. In the end, she did not stop her sister from getting off the stage, but said: "Such a cute child, I feel happy when I see it, but you kids I’m afraid it’s too restrictive to stay here. Let’s go play with other children.”

While Mrs. Liu was talking, she casually took a gold lock and hung it around Niu Niu's neck: "It's not worth much, just wear it and play with it."

Niu Niu hesitated and looked at her mother beside her.

Zhang Yunniang nodded lightly, and then Niuniu lifted up her skirt and saluted Mrs. Liu.

Qin Jingshu stood beside Mrs. Xian Guo and waited anxiously for Niu Niu for a long time. At this time, she could not wait to take Niu Niu to play.

"Mother, I will take Miss Gu to meet the sisters at the waterside corridor." Qin Jingshu said in front of everyone.

Mrs. Xianguo forced a smile and ordered: "Go, don't neglect the guests."

When she said these words, she almost gritted her back molars.

Mrs. Xianguo had been very happy these past few days. Her eldest son was the top student in high school, and her second son was engaged to the head of Rongjia County. Only Qin Jingshu disobeyed and was forcefully sent to the old lady's yard for upbringing by her son.

Because of this single dissatisfaction, Mrs. Xianguo looked at her daughter more and more unhappy.

"The eldest princess has arrived!"

Following the roll call outside the door, Mrs. Xianguo suppressed her depression and stood up to greet the eldest princess with a smile on her face.

Niu Niu and Qin Jingshu also heard the sound, so they waited for a while before Shen Ling came with them. "You two are really good friends." Shen Ling said with a smile.

Niu Niu raised her face, took Shen Ling's hand and said, "Sister Ling and I."

Niu Niu couldn't help but recall the painful past when she was pulled by Gu Daya and Gu Xiaoya on both sides in Qingshui Village, forcing her to ask who she had the best relationship with. Niu Niu really didn't want such a tragedy to happen again.

Shen Ling didn't know if Niu Niu was thinking about these things in her little head, so she said, "You little one, your mouth is the best at coaxing people!"

Qin Jingshu looked at Niu Niu with envy. She felt that Niu Niu seemed to have a kind of magic power that always made people close to her. Everyone liked Niu Niu especially. When Niu Niu acted coquettishly, no one seemed to be able to resist her.

"The day after tomorrow is the grand ceremony of passing on the emperor. After the ceremony, there will be a banquet in the Qionglin Forest and a horse parade of new scholars. You will definitely not be free, so my brother has set a date for the day after tomorrow to go to the Beast Garden. I will come to pick you up then. "

Shen Ling didn't originally plan to bring Qin Jingshu with him, but seeing the two girls holding hands, he simply said it together. Anyway, it was just one more person.

When Niuniu heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said excitedly: "The snow-white deer! And the black and white bear! Brother Changfeng promised to take me to see it when he was on the boat! He still remembers it!"

Shen Ling thought it was just for fun, but he didn't expect that there was a cause and effect. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Niuniu. My brother will forget about other things, but he will always keep your things in mind."

Niuniu nodded vigorously: "Brother Changfeng is the best!"

Shen Ling joked: "There are no bad people in your mouth."

Niu Niu smiled sweetly.

But as soon as the three of them turned a corner along this road, they saw a "bad" person. Niu Niu's eyebrows, which had been stretched out all the time, couldn't help but frown.

Qin Er was standing not far away, talking to a young maid without knowing what he was saying, and his hands almost touched her face.

The maid evaded eagerly, but Qin Er pressed forward step by step.

Qin Jingshu was so ashamed that she wanted to dig a crack in the ground and crawl in. She asked Niu Niu and Shen Ling to stop where they were and trotted over.

"Second brother!"

When Qin Er saw his sister, he restrained his movements slightly. He followed the direction in which his sister came and happened to see Shen Ling and Niu Niu.

He automatically ignored Niu Niu, and his sticky eyes fell on the beautiful Shen Ling.

"Which lady is that from? She looks kind-hearted, I think I've seen her before." Qin Er asked.

Although Qin Jingshu was young, she instinctively felt that the words were wrong and hurriedly said: "That is Miss Shen, the daughter of the eldest princess."

Qin Er then reluctantly looked away and said, "No wonder she looks familiar to me. She's not the daughter of a wealthy family. I still can't remember her."

Qin Jingshu looked at his careless appearance and felt disgusted, but she still said: "Brother, this road is too close to the waterside pavilion corridor. There are many guests coming and going today. If someone sees him, it will be bad."

When Qin Er heard this, he immediately became unhappy and said, "What do you mean? You think I'm embarrassed?"

Qin Jingshu was about to shake her head when she suddenly looked at Qin Er with surprised eyes, and then pointed at Qin Er's face.

Qin Er was confused: "What are you doing with this weird expression? What's wrong with my face?"