Chapter 45：

Mrs. Li noticed that Xia Rong was a little distracted, and was about to ask him what was wrong, when she heard some movement at the gate of the courtyard, and looked to the location of the sound, it turned out that Mrs. Magistrate had arrived.

Madam Zhixian wore a floral skirt embroidered with four happy wishes in Hunan color. Although she was a woman in her thirties, her appearance did not show any signs of aging at all. In addition, she had a unique gentle temperament for women of this age, making her even more glamorous dignified. It's no wonder that even though the magistrate of Ye County has taken in so many concubines and servants, and he likes the new and dislikes the old, he still respects the wife who is being married by the Ming media.

Seeing that Madam Zhixian had arrived, the group of ladies and ladies hurriedly got up to say hello, until Madam Zhixian arrived at the main seat, and then everyone sat down politely and returned to their original places.

Xia Rong noticed that besides a few maids and mothers, there were two young but very handsome servants following Madam Zhixian. One of them is Taozhi, who has had a double-sided relationship with him. Looking at Taozhi's current attire, Xia Rong couldn't help but feel a little bit embarrassed, thinking that Taozhi entered the magistrate's mansion, and I don't know if it was voluntary.

Although I didn't have a good impression of Taozhi when we met twice, the first time I said those almost explicit words to his husband-in-law in front of him, and the second time I was offering incense at Foguang Temple, the way Taozhi looked at him made him I feel uncomfortable even thinking about it now. But this person was finally reduced to the county magistrate's mansion, but he still sighed in his heart, but he was limited to this, and he didn't think about it other than saying "world affairs make people fool". Although Xia Rong was a bit more innocent, she was not a Holy Mother, and would not be so stupid as to meddle in other people's affairs.

"It's rare that everyone is willing to show your face. It just so happens that the house has changed a new cook a while ago. When the banquet comes, everyone will help me, the master, to taste the cooking skills of this cook." When Xia Rong was thinking wildly, the magistrate's wife had already started. It's been a round with everyone.

After the host finished speaking, the banquet officially began, and the carefully cooked dishes were brought up by the servants. The rare thing was that these dishes were still warm, and everyone talked about the dishes one by one. Xia Rong also tasted a few mouthfuls, although the taste was not bad, but he was fed by Shen Xiangyan, and he didn't think it was too delicious.

After a while, someone proposed to let the ladies and gentlemen who have not left the court to compete their talents, which can be regarded as adding to the fun of today's orchid appreciation banquet. This is also an unwritten rule. Whenever there is such a large-scale banquet, it is a chance for the girls who have not left the cabinet to shine. Of course, this also gives those wives who want to marry their sons a chance. The opportunity to look at the future daughter-in-law in the open.

Naturally, this rule was followed today, and it happened that the magistrate's wife personally organized such an orchid appreciation banquet, and some respectable people in Furong Town were present, so these girls have long been gearing up to go on stage Show off your talents.

Xia Rong took a bite of the dish closest to him from time to time, while seriously watching the talent show of this group of people, which felt quite novel. Before he got married, firstly, Mrs. Xia was not born, and secondly, she didn't know how to please Mrs. Xia. Naturally, Mrs. Xia took Xia to such things. Later, after marrying Shen Xiangyan, Xia Rong was well protected again, and it was also the reason why Shen Xiangyan only started to emerge in the town in the past two years. Say them. All in all, it was the first time for Xia Rong to participate in such a large banquet.

On such a day, those who will perform on stage will definitely show what they are good at. So whether it's dancing, musical instruments or other things, it's all very exciting. Xia Rong was just finishing admiring a girl in a gauze dress with embroidered folded branches and flowers and leaves while dancing and painting orchids on the spot. At the time when she was most interested, she heard Xia Tian from the opposite side suddenly say, "Miss Bai, although the orchid painting is beautiful, Good, but not quite as realistic as the other orchid here."

The ladies and ladies in the audience were originally admiring the painting and dancing here, and they became very interested when they heard this. One of the eleven or twelve-year-old girls couldn't help asking, "Which orchid flower is there?" ? Can it be more beautiful than the orchid painted by sister Bai's family?"

Seeing that he successfully attracted everyone's attention, Xia Tian deliberately smiled without saying a word and only looked in Xia Rong's direction. Everyone followed Xia Tian's gaze, and they were a little puzzled at first, but in the end it was the little girl who saw the trick first, "That brother's hairpin is so unique, and the orchids on it are really real."

It was only then that everyone noticed that Xia Rong's outfit was not eye-catching at first glance, but after a second look, they found that everything was exquisite from top to bottom. Especially the white orchid with yellow pistil on the hair, if you don't look carefully, you think it is a real orchid pinned in the hair, but this time you find that it is actually a hairpin.

"Mr. Shen is really fond of Brother Rong. Even Zhu Yuexuan can get you the hairpin that Zhu Yuexuan has clearly stated not to sell. From this point of view, I, as an older sister, can rest assured." Zhu Yuexuan saw this hairpin before, and fell in love with it at the time. She wanted to buy it back no matter how much money she had, but the shopkeeper said that this hairpin was not for takeaway. It is conceivable that when I came to the banquet today, I saw this hairpin. On Xia Rong's head, what can she feel in her heart.

Seeing someone making things difficult for Xia Rong during the banquet, Tao Zhi, who had been standing honestly behind the magistrate's wife, couldn't help but agree, "No, no one in Furong Town knows that Mr. Shen loves his husband the most. So far, there is not even a connecting room in the house."

Taozhi talked quickly for a while, but after she finished speaking, she regretted it. Since he returned from Foguang Temple last time and recovered from his injuries, he found a way to make the county magistrate pay attention to him again. But since then, Madam Zhixian always made excuses for him to come to her every day to learn the rules, and he also complained to Ye Zhixian behind his back, but Ye Zhixian said that Madam was right no matter what he said. He was obedient and obedient, which made him miserable.

Tao Zhi couldn't help but say those two words just now, and now Tao Zhi's heart couldn't help beating. She took a look at Madam carefully, and found that Madam was concentrating on eating the crab roe cream in the bowl, and didn't look at him. But the nanny next to his wife couldn't stand the cold and emotionless look in his eyes, Tao Zhi was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak again during the whole banquet.

On the surface, Xia Tian and Tao Zhi's words sounded like there was no problem, and there was a look of sincere joy for Xia Rong everywhere. In fact, these words do not mean that to some people, especially those who have many concubines and servants at home. Which regular wife has never imagined that her husband can treat herself as a pair for the rest of her life as described in the picture book. But which can be achieved?

Now that such an example is vividly placed in front of this, how many people can not feel jealous, not to mention that the person who owns these is a twin who is worse than them. The two words of Xia Tian and Tao Zhi had drawn so much hatred for Xia Rong invisibly.

In fact, Xia Tian's plan, which is not considered a strategy, also included the magistrate's wife. After all, what happened in the magistrate's mansion was not a secret, and basically everyone in Furong Town knew about it. It's a pity that Xia Tian's calculations are coming to nothing, she has heard similar words from Tao Zhi's mouth, and both inside and outside the words imply that Xia Rong is vicious and can't tolerate others. Otherwise, how could she deliberately reveal the meaning of asking each family to bring their family members in the invitation cards to each family. It's not because she is interested in Xia Rong who can be favored by her husband alone, so when this banquet is held this time, she wants to take this opportunity to meet him.

The reason why Mrs. Zhixian didn't care how many concubines and servants the magistrate brought was because she knew what kind of person Ye Zhixian was, and she didn't put her heart on Ye Zhixian at all. , he was just a little curious, not jealous or anything like that. Therefore, when she mentioned Shen's family when she was drawing up candidates for the banquet invitation, she took advantage of the opportunity to invite this person to come and see.

When she didn't see anyone, she thought that young master Xia would be powerful, just like Tao Zhi hinted in front of him, he was jealous and could not tolerate others. But today it seems that this is not the case. This is a soft-tempered person who is very easy to bully. The prime minister's wife thought with great interest, either this person is very good at disguising, or that Mr. Shen is also interesting and really dotes on this person.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Xia Rong knew that he had to say something, so he let out a shy smile and said, "Zhuyuexuan doesn't sell this hairpin, my husband only said it when he gave it to me." Someone insisted on sending him off." This was also what Shen Xiangyan and Li Dongsheng had agreed upon beforehand, but I didn't expect someone to actually ask about it.

Here Mrs. Li heard Xia Tian talk about this with the hairpin, and she was secretly annoyed that she didn't know how to stop after she got married. She knew that the Pearl Yuexuan opened by her son had half of the shares mixed with the boy from the Shen family. Others wanted to buy this Hairpins are not easy, and the boss can have any problems using things from his own store, but she knew that the Shen family boy must have his own reasons for not disclosing that he is the other boss of Zhuyuexuan, so she deliberately laughed and scolded, "Other things I may not know it yet, but I do know about the hairpin. Years ago, that **** in my family insisted on playing cards with Shen’s boy, and refused to admit defeat even after losing more than ten hands. This annoyed Shen boy. Talk to him. That **** in my family insisted on taking out this hairpin as a bet in the end and wanted to win again, but no, he still didn’t win in the end, so the hairpin belongs to others.”

Mrs. Li joked about her son's scandal, and the scene she said was so vivid that everyone burst into laughter, which at once downplayed the value of the hairpin itself, and instead it became a nonsense between the two boys.

The young lady of the Bai family who just finished dancing on the stage here also followed suit, and said obediently to Madam Zhixian, "Whoever said that my orchids are not as good as people, ma'am, you can also comment on me. Is my painting better?" "The words that were originally unreasonable passed through Miss Bai's mouth, but there was a girl's unique cuteness, coaxing everyone in the audience to praise her for her good painting.

Miss Bai on the stage was expecting the compliments from the audience after dancing. She had practiced this orchid dance for three months. Only in this way can the orchid in the painting bloom perfectly. She had just finished dancing perfectly, but Xia Tian abducted everyone's attention in no time.

This Miss Bai family is also a person with clear grievances and grievances, and she hates Xia Xia's domineering appearance the most, and it is not a day or two for the two of them to fight against each other. At this moment, seeing that she was the one who disturbed his good affairs, naturally she should disturb what Xia Tian wanted to do.

"Okay, Suyi's painting is good. The orchids in my yard are not as good as those painted by Suyi." The lady of the Bai family is called Bai Suyi. Seeing that someone rescued Xia Rong, the magistrate smiled and joked. .

After going around like this, no one was paying attention to Xia Rong anymore, and Xia Rong also heaved a sigh of relief. Only Xia Tian, ​​who wanted to make trouble, gritted her teeth angrily, but when she wanted to say something, she was held down by Nanny Yu by the side. Madam Yu is also very tired. Mrs. Xia is sick and doesn't trust her daughter, so she sent her to take care of her.

Although she was worried about her master in her heart and wished she could go back to take care of Mrs. Xia who was seriously ill, but the master had orders and she had to listen. It really hurt my wife's heart, the young lady's temper is really too bold and reckless.

After another half an hour like this, a little maid came in and whispered something in the magistrate's ear. Madam Zhixian smiled after hearing this, and pointed to Xia Rong who was sitting below and said a few words to the nurse next to her. Some do not know why.

But before he could figure out why, he saw the nanny walking up to him, and said respectfully, "Mr. .”

Xia Rong heard that her husband was calling her, so she greeted Mrs. Li beside her, and took He Xin and He Miao to follow the nanny back the way they came. When she got to the place where her husband was separated from her husband in the front yard, and saw that her husband was really waiting for him there, Xia Rong thanked the nanny, "Thank you mama, I'm sorry mama, please help me Madam Ye and I also thank you."

The nanny saluted solemnly and said, "Mr. Shen, you don't have to be polite. This is what this old slave should do. I will definitely bring your thanks to you. Madam has something else to tell Mrs. Shen. Madam said, 'Be careful. Ye Zhen'." Without looking at Xia Rong's reaction, she turned and left.