Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

By the time I had poured the wine, the servants had brought up the dishes in a continuous stream: honey-roasted chicken with apricots and cheese, Buddha jumping over the wall in golden soup, crystal pork trotter, crab roe and shrimp in a hotpot, Qingyuan tofu, Qiongzhi wild rice stem, chestnut-branched Chinese cabbage heart, and winter vegetables stir-fried with dried bamboo shoots, four meat dishes and four vegetable dishes.

There were also winter melon crystal shrimp dumplings, three-fresh eel noodles, peach slice nine-layer cake, sweet-scented osmanthus pea yellow and other staple snacks, covering the entire table. I could not eat them, and I was very greedy. I just hoped that the food prepared for the servants after the banquet would be of a higher standard, and it would be best if they would give us some sweet-scented osmanthus pea yellow that we could not finish.

Fenglong raised his glass and toasted Tu Shanjing with a glass of wine. Chen Rongxinyue also picked up his glass and drank a glass. I took the opportunity to put a piece of honey-roasted apricot cheese chicken on his plate, and he looked up and smiled at me gratefully.

After eating a few bites, a servant ran in hurriedly and whispered something in Feng Long's ear. Feng Long's face changed drastically, and he looked at Chen Rong Xinyue and asked with doubt: "Xinyue, did you meet His Highness Yue Liang in Xuanyuan City? Why did he chase to Chenyi City?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked, but each in his own way: I shuddered involuntarily, thinking of the little episode on the Lan Kwai Ferry during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Tu Shanjing turned the wine glass with his slender fingers, frowning and thinking.

Chen Rong Xinyue was shy but also a little surprised. She pouted and said, "How would I know why he came after me? I only talked to him for a while in Chenyi City and had a meal together. We didn't get along well and I got angry so he came back early. Who knows what he was thinking?! He wanted to piss me off when we were together, and he came after me after I left..."

Feng Long stood up, shook his head helplessly, straightened his collar and said: "Oh, you! Why did you provoke him? He is not someone who can be easily dealt with." After that, he hurried out to greet Yue Liang.

Tu Shanjing picked up the wine glass, took another sip, and lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

I now regretted putting on makeup today, fearing that Yue Liang would notice me and think of the time when he wanted to have a good time with me during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I secretly hoped that I wore a veil on the boat that day, and Chen Rong and Xin Yue were by my side today, so he probably wouldn't look closely at a maid like me, let alone recognize me.

After a while, Fenglong and Rongxin came in with Yue Liang on the left and right. Yue Liang was still dressed in dark colors, black python satin embroidered with dark patterns, wearing a lapis lazuli gold crown on his head, and walked to the center.

He just bowed and said to Chen Rong Xinyue: "Miss Chen Rong, long time no see."

Chen Rong Xinyue tilted her head and said, "Who said I haven't seen you for a long time?! Didn't we just meet the other day?"

Feng Long said helplessly: "Xinyue! You are not allowed to be rude to His Highness!"

Chen Rong Xinyue pouted and looked at him, then turned her head and stood up, bowed to Yue Liang, and said, "Chen Rong Xinyue greets His Highness."

Yue Liang smiled and raised his hand: "Please stand up, no need to be polite."

Tu Shanjing stood up at this time, bowed slightly, and said: "Tu Shanjing greets Your Highness."

Yue Liang turned around, still smiling, and said, "What a coincidence! Young Master Qingqiu is here too."

Tu Shanjing smiled slightly and gave up the seat of the guest of honor. Rong Xin hurried forward and moved all his tableware to the empty table next to him, and then directed two servants to move a new table to replace the one he had just used.

Feng Long said to Yue Liang, "I didn't know Your Highness was coming, so I only prepared some light wine and mussels for a family feast. If Your Highness doesn't mind, please enjoy some."

Yue Liang sat down and said with a smile: "Don't be polite. It's me who bothered you. Please forgive me."

Feng Long replied, "I don't deserve it. Your Highness, I am honored to have you here." He returned to the table next to Chen Rong Xinyue and sat down.

Yue Liang was really rude. He gulped down three glasses of wine and took several bites of food.

Feng Long saw that he was enjoying his meal, and was probably confused. He thought that he didn't come all the way here just to eat. He wanted to ask Chen Rong Xinyue, but it was inconvenient, so he had to bite the bullet and ask, "I wonder why your highness has come all the way here?"

Yue Liang was trying to pick up a piece of tofu but couldn't lift it up. He raised his eyes and replied, "Nothing. I made Sister Xinyue angry the day before yesterday. After thinking about it over and over again, I realized it was all my fault. I came to apologize."

After hearing this, Chen Rong Xinyue couldn't help but smile, but she didn't say anything. She just picked up the glass and drank.

Feng Long was caught in the middle and said with a wry smile: "Xinyue is sometimes impatient, but she has a good nature. If she has done anything to displease Your Highness, I hope Your Highness will bear with her for her young age and ignorance. As her brother, I will apologize to you on her behalf." After saying that, he stood up and bowed deeply to Yue Liang.

Yue Liang said "eh" and waved his hand: "No need to be polite. If I'm not happy, I can't come all the way here, right?" Then he took out a pair of ruby ​​and gold-wrapped bead earrings from his arms and handed them to Rong Xin beside him, and continued: "I got a delicate little gadget on the way. Although it's not priceless, the quality and workmanship are good. Let me wear it for fun."

Rong Xin hurried over to present it to Xin Yue. Xin Yue looked at it carefully and showed a look of joy on her face, but she suppressed it in an instant, put on a dignified demeanor, looked at Yue Liang and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

Yue Liang smiled and raised his glass, saying, "It's great that my sister is no longer angry. I toast to Master Fenglong and my sister."

I stood beside Tushan Jing, not daring to look at him, but I felt suspicious in my heart that he seemed to be ignoring Jing.

After Fenglong and Xinyue finished their drinks, he turned to Tushan Jing, squinted his eyes and said, "How come Master Qingqiu is in Chenyi City by such a coincidence?"

Tu Shanjing raised his glass to him and replied calmly, "I have always been good friends with Fenglong and we often visit each other."

Yue Liang accepted his toast, drank another glass, and said, "Oh? I heard that Master Qingqiu's gift was in vain this time? Why didn't you come out to protect it and let the thieves take it away?"

Tu Shan Jing raised his head and looked straight at him, smiling slightly: "I was busy with another business and couldn't get away. I was careless. I didn't expect someone would dare to target the Tu Shan family and the Chi Shui family."

Yue Liang waved his hand and asked the waiter beside him to fill his glass. He then said, "Oh? What business is so important that you can't even take care of your brother's things?"

Tu Shanjing looked up at Fenglong. Fenglong received his gaze and immediately laughed, "I heard that these are a batch of musical instruments. They can't be bumped. They are very valuable. Letting servants deliver them will be clumsy and bumpy. It's better for Jing to go there himself."

When he said this, Xinyue seemed to suddenly remember something, clapped her hands and laughed, "Yes, I heard that Brother Jing and Miss Lanxiang showed off their skills at the Qingkui Restaurant and left a good song that was widely sung."