Gu Yan frowned and thought deeply. After Yao Huijie shook her, she came to her senses and nodded to her, indicating that she had come to her senses and said if she had something to do.

Yao Huijie didn't understand what Gu Yan meant, so she pulled her forward.

When they arrived in front, all the young masters had indeed gone out. Mrs. Zhang, supported by Xing, went to the lotus pond. The ladies and ladies from various families followed them and walked towards the lotus pond step by step.

Through the moon gate, bypass the rockery, and walked through three corridors. After walking around for a long time, I arrived at the lotus pond. The lotus-welcome banquet was set up on the corridor built around the lotus pond.

The lotus pond is very large, covering an area of ​​two acres, and the edge of the corridor is covered by light veils, so it is impossible to see the situation opposite.

The banquet was divided into east and south, and there was a spacious octagonal pavilion between them. The pavilion was surrounded by light gauze, which was set up for the performance of the young masters and ladies from various families.

Gu Yan just glanced at it and stopped watching it. Anyway, she was not ready to perform the show for anyone, so she didn't have to go there.

Since Gu Yan is the county lord, she was arranged in a relatively high position, next to the tables of the lady in front of her, which was the first of many ladies. This also caused dissatisfaction among many ladies, but she refused to speak, but she looked at her with bad eyes.

"Why don't Sister Yan eat?"

Yao Huijie looked up at Gu Yan in confusion, with a meatball in her hand. Seeing Gu Yan looking down at her, she put the meatballs into Gu Yan's plate.

"This is delicious. Sister Yan doesn't like to eat vegetables. Every time my mother asks me to eat vegetables, it feels very painful. I know it tastes bad. Now outside, no one cares about it. Just eat whatever you want. When you go home, you have to eat what rabbits eat. Alas!"

Gu Yan twitched the corners of her mouth, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the meatballs that Yao Huijie had picked up for her and took a bite. She thought the taste was pretty good, so she swallowed them all.

In the next time, Gu Yan no longer needed a book-flavored cloth dish. Basically, what Yao Huijie ate, she ate what she wanted. It was not that she wanted to eat, but that Yao Huijie felt delicious after eating, so she would pick up one of them and put them all on the meat.

"What a foodie!"

Gu Yan had a meal and looked at the source of the sound. She saw a beautiful girl rolling her eyes at the table, and at this table, except for Yao Huijie and her, the other ladies all held their own identities and dared not let go of eating. It is conceivable who the girl was talking about.

Although she ate a lot, she was much less than Yao Huijie. She just ate the dishes that Yao Huijie picked up for her, and didn't stretch out any other chopsticks.

Gu Yan narrowed her eyes, and the chopsticks on her hand were folded into two folds with one hand. A crisp "pop" sound attracted everyone's attention.

Gu Yan seemed to have not realized it, calmly withdrew her hand, but her eyes were still staring at the girl. Seeing that her face turned pale while she broke the chopsticks, she almost slipped under the table. Then she retracted her gaze and nodded at Wu Shi, who was sitting on her head, "Sorry, I'm too hard."

Wu was not blind, nor was he deaf. Of course, he took everything in his eyes. Seeing Gu Yan sold her a favor, he did not care about the trouble. Gu Yan also taught the girl a lesson, and just thought nothing had happened. He smiled and asked the maid to bring another pair of chopsticks.

Gu Yan lowered her head to look at Yao Huijie, and Yao Huijie was also looking at her thinking.

"Sister Yan vented her anger for me?"

Gu Yan touched Yao Huijie's hair and said, "No, it's for myself."

This is all the blame on herself. Not only the name of a foodie, but also the fact that she broke the chopsticks and scared the legitimate daughter of the Zuo Shigong family of the Ministry of Revenue was all the blame.

Gu Yan's words made the nanny who had been staying by Yao Huijie's side without saying a word, and she also felt grateful to her.

The master is still too young, so it is better for her to see these dirty things in the back house. She knows that it is one thing, and experience is another thing, and it cannot be calculated in equivalent amount.

The county lord Huairou can take all the blame without caring about reputation and even venting his anger on his master. It can be seen that it is a good thing. Leaving her own identity, her father Gu An is a second-rank official and has won the favor of the holy person. Her brother is the fourth-rank general Dingyuan, and her future is not bright. The master will not suffer any loss if she has the blue eyes, and will have endless benefits for the master in the future.

As for the daughter of the Ministry of Revenue Zuo Wai Lang's family, there is no need to worry too much. Anyway, her good life is coming to an end. When the Ministry of Revenue's corruption case is investigated, her family will not be implicated, and she will not appear in front of everyone again.

Yao Huijie was born in an official family since she was a child, and she had never seen anything before? Although she was still young, it did not mean that she knew nothing.

Yao Huijie smiled sincerely at Gu Yan and quickly placed a piece of steamed red carp in her hand on Gu Yan's plate.

"Sister eats this, it's very fresh."

From the county lord of Huairou to sister Gu Yan to sister Yan, now it has been changed to sister, and Gu Yan has treated Yao Huijie sincerely.

Gu Yan couldn't help feeling soft as she listened to her soft sister's voice, "I like this?"

It was seen that she had picked up several chopsticks, and almost all the fish had entered her stomach. It was obvious that she liked to eat it very much, but she never picked up the fish bones for her.

Yao Huijie nodded, "It's not easy to do, it will get pierced, the wet nurse will be slow to do it."

It means that she won’t pick it up, but that she won’t pick it up, and it’s too slow for the wet nurse to get two servings by herself.

Gu Yan nodded in a clear way, "It's going to prick, be careful."

Gu Yan didn't eat it, but instead picked fishbones for Yao Huijie and put them back on her plate.

Gu Yan rarely cared about people, and the book behind her glanced at her in surprise and then looked down at the tip of her shoes as if nothing had happened.

Yao Huijie looked at Gu Yan in confusion, "Don't you eat sister?"

Gu Yan shook her head, "You eat."

When she was in Changzhou, she ate fish every day and was injured. Later, she was better when she arrived in the border town. Now she has no interest in fish, so it doesn’t matter whether she eats it or not. Since she likes it, she will do it for her.

The interaction between Gu Yan and Yao Huijie fell into the eyes of Liu, the wife of the Shangshou Rites Minister, and Gong, the Minister of Dali Temple, both nodded secretly.

"Sister-in-law, this county lord Huairou is pretty. He is not arrogant at all. He is easy-going. Although he is a little cold, he is not bad. He can treat Jie'er so patiently, which shows that he is kind-hearted."

Liu's brother is Liu Mingyi, Dali Qing, and her sister-in-law is Gong.

Liu lay in Gong's ear and muttered twice. Gong nodded in agreement, "It's really good. If you can take the blame for your reputation, it's not something that ordinary people can educate you. It seems that this lady of the good country is not an ordinary person either."

Liu said, "Well, I think so. I heard that Mrs. Liangguo was born in the Tang family of the imperial merchants and had a very strict education. However, Mrs. Tang had only one daughter in her family. She has dressed up as a man since she was a child and has been roaming around with her brother. Her knowledge and thoughts are not worse than men. She has also developed her cheerful personality. I heard from General Tan's sister Mi's family. It is said that the two are good friends and get along very well."

Mrs. Gong thought for a while and said, "Mrs. Liangguo is sick, right? Let's call Sister Mi tomorrow. Let's go see her together and express your gratitude."

"Okay, I'll post to Sister Mi tomorrow. I guess she wants to see Mrs. Liangguo too."

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law muttered for a while and separated again, listening attentively as the ladies at the table above to shoot the game.

"Mrs. Zhenguo hasn't come out for a long time, but the old lady is still very proud of her."

The wife of the Duke of Fuguo, Yang, glanced at a woman in her forties at the head, with an indignation in her eyes expressing her words.

Duke Zhenguo's wife Dou glanced at Mrs. Yang with disdain, and then looked at Mrs. Zhang with a smile.

"Yes, I haven't seen the old lady for a long time. I'm so weird thinking, the old lady won't dislike me, right?"

Mrs. Zhang angrily said, "How could it be? The old woman is so upset in the mansion. She wishes someone would come to accompany her, but she is afraid that your country and country will not let anyone go."

Yao Zhongqing, Duke of Zhenguo, was also romantic when he was young, and there were many concubines at home. But when he was middle-aged, he didn't know what was wrong. He suddenly found that his wife was the most beautiful, so he immediately sent all the concubines who had no children at home. Only four concubines left with children were placed in the backyard. He usually didn't go, and stayed in Dou's courtyard every day. Dou ignored him so angry.

The reason why Dou didn't want to go out was that Duke Zhenguo looked like a man infatuated every day, which really disgusted her. Fortunately, the gate of the courtyard was not open, and she didn't go out, and Duke Zhenguo couldn't come in, so the two of them were so stalemate.

In order to please Dou, Duke Zhenguo has done everything, and sent flowers, jewelry, and clothes. He has done everything in the mansion to build a rockery garden, dig a pit and release water to raise mandarin ducks. Recently, he has written a love poem to give to Dou. The most annoying thing is that he even published it and delivered it from house to house, almost making Dou faint.

Mrs. Zhang said this and was also slapping Yang in the face. Whoever made the Fourth Duke's Mansion belong to the chaos in her backyard was the most romantic and the one who made Mrs. Zhang look down on her the most.

When Yang heard this, his body stiffened and he glared at Dou unwillingly.

Although Dou was embarrassed, she knew that Mrs. Zhang was slapping Yang in the face with her, and she also wanted to vent her anger, so she quickly returned to her original state.

"My Duke is messing around all day long, I'll have to worry about you."

Mrs. Zhang waved her hand, "What's the nonsense? What's wrong with your husband being good to your wife? Just correct him if he knows his mistakes. Don't always hold him back. Who is not young yet? Let go if he should. If he is still the same as before, won't you bear it?"

He is not as good as before. At least she can pretend that she hasn't seen him, and she doesn't have to care at all, let alone throw her away.

Dou felt sorry for her heart, but she did not show her face and nodded to say goodbye.

When Yang was defeated, he knew that Mrs. Zhang would not be able to protect her, so he stopped talking.

Mrs. Zhang said nothing in a few words. First, her words were sharp and she was trying to touch her heart in disguise. Second, her status was there. Yang was no longer a wife in the First Pin Kingdom. Because she not only had a good relationship with her aunt in the palace, but also several old ladies in the Beijing family had her handkerchiefs. If she dared to offend her, she would no longer have to walk around in the Beijing again.

After a few words, Yang was speechless. Liu and Gong didn't see enough, so they looked at each other secretly, and their mockery and disdain for Yang flashed in their eyes.

There is no way, who made the previous generation of assistant ministers not be in a position of adjustment, and they still have no ability to make trouble. In the past, he left his nephew unprotected and insisted on surrendering to a concubine's son. In the end, he became a laughing stock in the capital. Even the empress dowager in the palace ignored him. In the end, there was no way, and he gave his title to his most capable eldest son and went home to retire.

Yang's face was not very good when he was defeated, and the atmosphere became awkward, and no one spoke again.

Seeing this, Wu quickly proposed to ask the ladies from each family to perform their talents in the pavilions in turn, so that everyone could enjoy the eyes.

The talent of performance is available in almost all kinds of banquets. The main purpose is to let the ladies of each family have an opportunity to show their faces, so that all the governments in the middle of the capital know them, so that they can choose the right candidates to marry their sons. On the other hand, it also gives them the opportunity to become famous in the capital, gain a good reputation, and add weight to future marriages.

All the ladies were waiting for this moment. When they heard Wu's proposal, they were eager to try and prepare to show their skills. Some were sitting there without any concern, including Gu Yan.

Yao Huijie looked at Gu Yan and asked, "Sister, don't you go?"

Gu Yan shook her head, "Don't go."

"Why?"

"boring."

"Don't my sister get married?"

"marry."

"Then go and find a good brother to marry again."

"Don't worry."

"I'm so anxious. My good brother has been picked up and my sister can't get married."

"Then I won't marry."

"Don't marry? Otherwise, I'll treat you well if I marry me."

As soon as these words came out, the corridor was silent for a moment, and then the wives slapped the table and burst into laughter, making Yao Huijie stunned.

Gu Yan lowered her head and looked at Yao Huijie seriously, and suddenly said something when the ladies laughed enough.

"Then let's marry Jie'er."

Gu Yan's sudden reply made everyone laugh again. Even Mrs. Zhang wiped her tears and kept laughing, and some wives were about to laugh on the wife next to her.

Neither Gu Yan nor Yao Huijie laughed. They looked at each other for a moment. Yao Huijie asked again, "Why did my sister agree? Are they both going to marry my brother?"
To be continued...