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Chapter 7 1.7 Conflicts between Jia's wine banquets
Chapter 1

1.7 Banquet in Jia's Mansion and Conflicts Between Banquets

In April of the ninth year of Yongzheng, the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion was that Jia family.

Wei Xu, as the second son of the Wei family, was ordered by Mrs. Wei to attend the celebration, because Jia Yuanchun was officially arranged by Concubine Zhen to the Yongzheng Emperor's harem.

Originally, Wei Ruolan must have come over for this kind of thing, after all, this is also the friendship of the younger generation, 100% has nothing to do with Wei Xu.

It happened to be a coincidence this time, Wei Ruolan was not at home for unknown reasons, and had to come at this time, so he had no choice but to send Wei Xu, which surprised everyone present.

Jia Yuanchun has been in the palace for many years, but he has been doing odd jobs beside Concubine Zhen as a maid. This is completely inconsistent with the original intention of letting her enter the palace.

After a series of operations, Concubine Zhen from the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River let go of her old face and finally let Jia Yuanchun enter the Queen's Palace as a female official, which was a step forward in the original purpose of the four princes and eight princes arranging her to enter the palace.

Originally, as Jia Yuanchun's family status, she could directly participate in the general election, and when she entered the palace, she also entered the palace as an emperor or concubine.

It's a pity that the rebellion of Prince Yizhong back then had too much influence, and most of the entire honorable class chose to follow Prince Yizhong, which really hated the current emperor.

Five years ago, under the operation of the entire group of four princes and eight princes, Jia Yuanchun took part in the small selection of court ladies to enter the palace, which was a way of showing his attitude to the emperor.

But the effect is very mediocre, until today, she finally got the approval of the emperor, let her become a concubine's "alternative", if she really became the emperor's woman, then she would not know the year of the monkey.

At this time, Jia Yuanchun was already 19 years old, and almost everyone felt that she had lost her value.

Wei Xu happened to remember that Yuan Chunhui was conferred the title of "virtuous concubine" by Emperor Yongzheng many years later, and the living people were stunned to be given a posthumous title, and even made the four princes and eight princes happy. He just couldn't remember the exact time. up.

But no matter what, the emperor let her into the Queen's Palace this time, at least he showed his attitude to the four kings and eight princes, and everyone was relieved. Anyway, it was necessary to celebrate.

As the peripheral force of the entire group of four princes and eight princes, the Wei family has to show up no matter what. Although it is unlikely to really gain any benefits, at least they have to try.

"But the second master of the Wei family is face to face. This is the first time you and I have met my brother, Jia Lian!" A young man who looked handsome no matter what, greeted him with a smile.

"It turned out to be Lian's second brother. The younger brother Wei Xu is polite. It's all because the younger brother didn't have much experience in the past. He only knew how to practice martial arts behind closed doors. That's why he didn't get close." Wei Xu is also an adult soul, and he smiled and apologized, posing a low-key gesture.

It must be because Mrs. Wei got stuck on purpose that she didn't go out before. Everyone knows this, but this kind of thing can't be said on the stage. Wei Xu brought it up and deliberately attributed it to himself.

"Hahaha!" A group of teenagers around laughed together, but no one said anything.

By the way, in this kind of scene, Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of the Red Chamber, is only qualified to follow the platform, but he cannot go on stage to greet him. The one standing in front of him can only be Jia Lian.

Because the contemporary successor of Rongguo Mansion is Jia She, and the heir is Jia Lian. Jia Baoyu is only from the second house or the second son.

Just as Wei Xu was looking at these noble second generations, in fact, these people were also looking at him.

But I saw that he was very photogenic in his clothes today. A navy blue gown was obviously made of high-quality material, and a jade pendant was hung on his waist belt. Because he came here on horseback, he also had a cloak of the same color on his back.

The whole person looks handsome, and because of long-term martial arts practice, his skin has been tanned to a healthy bronze color, his figure is well-proportioned, and his explosive strength can even be seen under the gown.

What surprised everyone was that Wei Xu still had a saber hanging from his left waist, but it was about three feet high. The shiny black scabbard and the dark gold armor added a bit of heroism to him.

"Come on, come on, today is to celebrate sister Yuanchun's promotion, so I'm going to ask you to celebrate together, and I hope you don't feel disgusted.

It happens that there are a few brothers who don't see each other often, so it's good to get to know each other here, drink a few more drinks, after all, it's a friendship of several lifetimes. "As the successor of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian has impeccable etiquette and courtesy.

When meeting for the first time, it is normal to observe each other, but it is impossible to stand outside all the time, so Jia Lian naturally led everyone in.

For a while, everyone calls out friends and communicates with each other freely. After all, there are actually factions within the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, and it doesn't mean that they are all friends.

As for Wei Xu, after Jia Lian finished his introduction, he followed Jia Lian without saying a word, and even after he was seated, he followed the crowd all the way.

After all, the Wei family's decline is really serious, and they have no right to speak, which has won him the approval of many people.

When it was time for the banquet, because Wei Xu was here for the first time, Jia Lian invited him to sit at his table, which was a way of showing that he valued it.

If on weekdays, Wei Xu can't sit at this core wine table no matter what, it would be good to have a seat in the inner circle of the banquet hall.

"Brother Wei, you still have a sword with you, and I have heard that you have practiced martial arts since childhood, why don't you let everyone see it." It was a young man who seemed to be somewhat arrogant.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, everyone at the table has somewhat drunken, and their normally hidden nature has also been more or less exposed.

Wei Xu recognized that this person was also introduced by Jia Lian just now. He was Liu Dong, the eldest son of Liu Fang, the Duke of Li. There are several others.

However, most of these people have ideas about his position, so that the issue of seizing the heirloom within the Liu family is well-known in the capital. This has caused Liu Dong to be very disgusted with any non-prince son with outstanding abilities, and now he is obviously picking things up.

On this occasion, although there are high and low identities, it is generally regarded as an exchange reception, and each other is hello, hello, hello, everyone.

Liu Dong said this on purpose, and he said it very politely, wanting to "experience", thus throwing the difficult problem to others.

Wei Xu did practice martial arts, but if he really practiced some swordsmanship on this occasion, how would it be any different from doing martial arts and singing on the flyover?
But if he directly refused, it would not look good. After all, Wei Xu's reputation as a martial arts practitioner since he was a child has been ripped off by Mrs. Wei.

"Since brother Liu wants to see it, younger brother naturally has to know how to appreciate it." Wei Xu hesitated for a moment, and deliberately replaced "everyone's experience" with "brother Liu wants to see", making everyone around look weird.

Everyone realized that the two were on a match.

"Oh?" Liu Dong naturally couldn't fail to see it, with a proud smile on his face, and at the same time raised his glass, "Since that's the case, brother, I'll have a toast first!"

He said "have a drink first", but Liu Dong just held the wine glass, not intending to drink at all, but his eyes were fixed on Wei Xu's face.

"Thank you, Brother Liu!" Wei Xu got up slowly while speaking, walked quickly to Liu Dong's side, and held the hilt of the sword with his right hand.

"Clang—" There was a harsh sound of metal rubbing, followed by a soft sound, and the long sword was already in its sheath.

"Show ugly!" Wei Xu returned to his seat calmly, raised his wine glass with a smile, raised his hand to Liu Dong, and drank it in one gulp.

Everyone at the scene was dumbfounded, including the other tables who looked over, but they all saw a sharp sword light flashing against the candlelight in the room, and when they looked again, Wei Xu was already sitting in his seat.

Those who can enter this banquet hall are all the second generation in the circle of four kings and eight princes. Naturally, the first generation sit separately in the inner hall. Although they have different status, they all stare at Liu Dong to see how he will react.

As for Wei Xu, he was ignored again at this time.

"Brother Wei, what's the meaning of this?" Liu Dong's expression became very ugly in an instant, and he naturally didn't see it clearly, thinking that Wei Xu was molesting him.

"Brother Liu, why is your wine glass leaking?" Jia Lian, who was sitting in the main seat, was separated from Liu Dong, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhen, Niu Ben, and he saw the problem at a glance.

"What?" Liu Dong subconsciously wanted to take a look at the cup, but with just a little force, his hand was cut into two halves.

The two pieces of ceramics slid along the grip of Liu Dong's hands, and suddenly staggered from each other. The sharp sections pierced Liu Dong's hands respectively, and the two wounds immediately began to bleed.

But the scene, including Liu Dong himself, did not respond, and everyone looked at the residual wine in Liu Dong's cup mixed with blood dripping on the table.

The entire banquet hall was silent for a while.

(End of this chapter)