Qiao Yi

On this day, the palace held a plum appreciation feast, and all the aristocratic families in the capital who had received the invitations came, and there were horses and horses in front of the palace, and there was an endless stream of guests.

"Call-"

The coachman reined in the reins, the carriage stopped, and everyone in the carriage got out of the carriage one after another.

Qiao Yi came down behind others, her feet were still a little soft, Chu Liu went up to help their young master, and asked, "Master, are you alright?"

When traveling today, it was stipulated that each person could only bring one follower, so Qiao Yi only brought Chu Liu out, leaving Wang Dahu to stay at home.Qiao Yi shook her head and said, "I'm fine." Fortunately, it's not too far from Qiao's house, except for a little nausea and vomiting, nothing happened, and I felt much better after getting off the carriage.

"Third brother, are you not feeling well?" Seeing that Qiao Yi's complexion was not very good, Qiao Mingbo approached Qiao Yi and asked in a low voice.Qiao Yi just shook her head and didn't speak.

Qiao Mingbo, who came out to attend this kind of banquet for the first time, was full of anticipation and fear, and followed Qiao Yi step by step.

head.

"Let's go in." Mrs. Qiao walked in front, leading the family members and grandchildren to the gate of the Wang family.The housekeeper who received the guests at the door saw the invitation and saluted Mrs. Qiao: "Hello, Mrs. Qiao, Mrs. Qiao and many other wives, young masters and ladies, please come inside."

After entering the door, there are maids and servants who are responsible for receiving guests.

"Old lady and ladies, please come this way." The women's family members and the men's places are separated, and the maid leading the way will lead the way.

Lead the female relatives to the place where the female relatives stayed in the backyard.The men followed the boys to another place, "Young masters, this way please.

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Qiao Minglan glanced at Qiao Yi and Qiao Mingbo, and reminded: "Don't disgrace our Qiao Mansion when you come out."

"Thank you for your kindness. We won't, but we don't know if someone will." Qiao Yi smiled and turned back.Shameless, the tiger really treats him as a sick cat if he doesn't show off his power?

"What do you mean!" Qiao Minglan wanted to ask Qiao Yi for clarification.Qiao Minghui grabbed Qiao Minglan and prevented him from making trouble outside, and reminded him: "Second brother, third brother, please don't say a word, this is outside, not at home."

If these two people are allowed to quarrel, it will really embarrass their Qiao family.

"Hmph, I don't care about you." Qiao Minglan obviously thought of this question, snorted, and ignored Qiao Yi.If others don't come to pick things up, Qiao Yi naturally has no reason to take the initiative to pick things up.

Qiao Mingbo followed behind him with his head down, Qiao Yi pulled him out, and shouted: "Head up, chest up, stand up straight!" He didn't understand, it was obvious that Qiao Mingbo was serious My son-in-law, but let a younger brother climb on top of his head to shit and pee, it's really useless to grow so big.

"Didn't you say you wanted to come? Now that you're here, raise your head and straighten your back. If you look down on yourself, who else can look down on you?" If Qiao Mingbo didn't want to come to the Shilaozi Plum Appreciation Banquet , He really won't run outside to blow the cold wind today.

Qiao Mingbo raised his head and looked at Qiao Yi in a daze.

Qiao Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes when Qiao Mingbo looked at him, and said, "Look ahead, look at the road, and see what I'm doing

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"Oh, third brother." Although the concubine had a fierce look on his face, Qiao Mingbo couldn't help laughing, and he looked a little silly when he laughed. Qiao Yi slightly disliked this silly cousin.

The Wang family was in charge of receiving at the entrance of the small courtyard. Wang Kuangxu was a younger generation of the Wang family. He was arranged by his elder brother to receive the guests here.Qiao Minghui knew Wang Kuangxu, he went up to say hello, "Brother Wang."

"Brother Qiao." Wang Kuangxu knew Qiao Minghui and Qiao Minglan and greeted them.

Seeing a young man with a strange face behind him, he had never seen this person before, his eyes fell on the young man's face, it was this young man who really had a pretty face, Wang Kuangxu asked a little curiously: "Who is this young man?" yes?"

"Oh, this is my third brother, Qiao Dun, who just came back from outside recently." Qiao Minghui followed Wang Kuangxu's line of sight, knowing that he was looking at Qiao Yi, and introduced.

Facing the gaze that the other party was sizing him up at, there was no malice in this gaze other than a little curiosity, Qiao Yi smiled and nodded at the other party.

The boy smiled at him!

Wang Kuangxu was stunned for a moment before he realized that he hurriedly invited people in, "There are so many people in the family today, and there are some places where the hospitality is not good.

Excuse me, please come inside. "

"Okay." Qiao Minghui nodded to Wang Kuangxu, and led a few brothers inside.

It was neither early nor late when they arrived, and there were already many guests inside. Most of the people here were younger children from various families in the capital, and many of them knew each other.The capital city is not big or small. Most of the children of these aristocratic families know each other, and they each have their own circles, but most of these circles overlap with each other.

Seeing Qiao Minghui and Qiao Minglan arrive, some friends who knew them called them over.Seeing that he was an acquaintance, Qiao Minglan said to his brother, "Let's go over there."

Qiao Mingli followed behind Qiao Minglan. Outside, Qiao Mingli had always been Qiao Minglan's little follower.

"Yes." Qiao Minghui also saw someone he knew, and followed Qiao Minglan there.After taking a step forward, seeing that Qiao Yi didn't follow, Qiao Minghui turned around and said, "Third brother, come together, I'll introduce some friends to you."

Since Qiao Minghui said so, Qiao Yi couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to go along with him.

"Why are you here so late? We've been here for a long time." The young masters only came now when they saw Qiao Minglan and his party.

asked.

Qiao Minglan was talking to a few friends, and only said that there were too many people on the way out, so they were slow.

The young masters all knew Qiao Mingbo, but they were not very close friends. Seeing that Qiao Mingbo was here today, someone asked Qiao Minglan in a low voice, "Why is he here?" They usually play together, Without Qiao Mingbo.

"I want to come with you." Qiao Minglan didn't have a good relationship with Qiao Mingbo, his cousin outside. He felt that Qiao Mingbo's appearance was a disgrace to the Qiao family, so he didn't want to stand with Qiao Mingbo. .

Qiao Minghui took people over to say hello to a few friends he knew.

"Minghui, Minglan, who is this one?" Everyone has never seen Qiao Yi before, and everyone in the world loves beauty. When they see such a good-looking young man, they inevitably take a second look, and someone asked curiously. .

Qiao Minglan said first, "Oh, he is a concubine in the family who just came back from the countryside, so it's normal that you haven't seen him.

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In their circle, there is a clear distinction between concubine and concubine, and most of the descendants of the direct line play with the children of the direct line, and they have always looked down on the children of the concubine.

Qiao Minglan revealed Qiao Yi's identity as a concubine with just one word. She was a concubine who was raised in the countryside since she was a child. The idea of ​​getting to know and make friends with everyone just now disappeared, "Oh, that's how it is."

Qiao Minghui glanced at Qiao Minglan with some disapproval.

There are many classmates and friends he knows here, Qiao Minghui is busy greeting acquaintances, at this time he is a little bit neglected

Yi.

Finding that everyone was looking at him with a bit of a strange look, Qiao Yi understood that it was related to the sentence Qiao Minglan introduced him just now.Noticing that when others were talking, the corner of their eyes would flicker towards him from time to time. Qiao Yi could hear Qiao Minglan and others discussing him in a low voice. He was nothing more than a bastard raised in the countryside.

Qiao Yi knew that Qiao Minglan was belittling him on purpose outside, so she definitely felt a little uncomfortable, but if she was angry, then there was really no need to be angry with this kind of person.

"Brother, I'm going somewhere else." Qiao Yi whispered to Qiao Minghui, before Qiao Minghui could speak, he turned and left.Seeing that Qiao Yi was gone, it didn't make sense for Qiao Mingbo to stand here alone, so he walked behind Qiao Yi.

"Third brother." Qiao Minghui was talking to his friends, and seeing Qiao Yi and Qiao Mingbo leaving, he couldn't leave at this moment, so he had no choice but to watch them leave without catching up.

In the past few days, the weather has turned fine, and a large area of ​​plum blossoms planted in the Wang family's yard has bloomed, and blossoms have blossomed on the branches, adding a different color to this cold winter.

Every year at this time, the Wang family will hold a plum appreciation banquet, inviting the wives and ladies of various families to come and enjoy the plum blossoms. The children of these aristocratic families will inevitably recite poems and fight against each other when they gather together. Most of them are related to "plum blossoms". The best poems, so every year, some children seize this opportunity to shine in the Wang family's plum appreciation banquet, and get a gifted scholar.

"Third brother, where are we going?" Qiao Mingbo followed behind Qiao Yi, not knowing where this third brother was going.

"Just walk around." Qiao Yi walked aimlessly, thinking that this Wang family is really big, but there are people everywhere, and there is nowhere to go.

Seeing Qiao Mingbo who was following him, Qiao Yi asked, "Tell me something about the capital." He found that after he arrived in the capital, he really didn't understand anything. Going to the city is no different, and some of what Qiao Minglan said about him just now is actually not wrong.

But just ask if you don't understand, Qiao Yi doesn't think there's anything shameful about him not knowing, who is born to understand?

"Say, what are you talking about?" Qiao Mingbo asked.

"Just tell me about the Wang family, and about the plum feast." Qiao Yi said casually.

"Oh, good third brother." Qiao Mingbo talked about the Wang family, and mentioned the four great families in the capital, namely the Wang family, the Zhang family, the Li family and the Qian family. Participate." Then it came to the plum feast, he had only heard of the plum feast before, he had never participated in the plum feast, so all he knew was from other people's mouths of.