After leaving the government office that day, Qin Ke was invited to visit Lord Wang's home.

Lord Wang Qiping is the Minister of Works and has been in the Ministry of Works for many years. Strictly speaking, Qin Ke does not have much interaction with him. According to Qin Ke's observation, Lord Wang is a smiling fox who smiles at everyone he meets.

Therefore, Qin Ke had an average impression of him.

He was going to hold a banquet at home and sent invitations to his colleagues several days in advance. Qin had only been in the capital for a year and was not very familiar with them. At most, he could recognize their names and official titles.

He was exhausted by the errands assigned by His Majesty every day, so he had no time to figure out their backgrounds, in-laws, and family structures. He hated these things the most, especially since they had been entrenched in the capital for a long time and their in-laws were complicated. Qin Ke got a headache when he heard about them.

However, the officials around him all readily agreed to go. If Qin Ke did not go, it would be a blatant disrespect to him and would be too offensive.

Thinking about the department dinners he had in the company in his previous life, and that he had never participated in a gathering between officials, he nodded in agreement.

After greeting his wife in advance, Qin Ke went directly to Lord Wang's residence after leaving the court that day.

Lord Wang's mansion is naturally not located in the center of the imperial city like Qin Ke and his friends, but the entire street is also inhabited by court officials.

Qin Ke had also witnessed the standards of banquets hosted by ordinary officials. There were people coming and going, and although there seemed to be a lot of people, most of them were attendants and servants.

Even Qin Ke brought Han Qi with him.

Lord Wang made very thoughtful arrangements, including banquets, fine wine, and beautiful women.

There were fine wine and delicious food on the table, beauties dancing in the room, and the sound of stringed instruments was melodious and beautiful. This was what the literati and scholars loved the most. The adults were very interested and would occasionally recite a poem.

Only Qin Ke was not in the mood. How could the fine wine and delicious food compare to the food in his house? The stringed instruments and beautiful women dancing, which kind of singing and dancing he had seen in his previous life was not better than this?

In other words, the ancients had few entertainment activities, so they watched it with great interest.

"Lord Qin doesn't like it. Why don't you change a few more?" Lord Wang saw that Qin Ke was not in a good mood, and joked with a smile, his eyes full of narrowness.

"Thank you Lord Wang for your kindness. I am just not interested in this. I will just follow your arrangements." Qin Ke smiled lightly and spoke very politely.

Lord Liu, who was sitting next to Qin Ke, laughed and said, "It is rumored that Lord Qin always has some wonderful ideas in his mind, and his mansion is full of unique ideas. It is normal that he doesn't like you, Lord Wang."

Lord Wang laughed loudly: "I see, it's all my fault for being ignorant. If Lord Qin wants to host a banquet someday, I will definitely go and see for myself."

"Haha, in that case, there'll be a chance next time." Qin Ke had no choice but to perfunctorily say.

Wang Qiping just chatted with Qin Ke for a few words, and then went back to chatting and laughing with others. Qin Ke breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't like this kind of official jargon.

As the dance started, Wang Qiping clapped his hands.

The dancers understood what he meant and swayed their waists towards the nearest official, smiling sweetly and looking gentle and charming.

At this time, the officials present had already drunk a few glasses of wine. They were so drunk that they accepted everything. Smelling the fragrant aroma so close to them, they raised their hands and embraced the beautiful woman's exposed delicate waist.

Similarly, a woman in red gauze also approached Qin Ke, picked up the wine jug on the table and was about to pour wine for him.

"That's good! No need to get any closer!"

Seeing that she was about to get closer, Qin Ke quickly raised his hand to stop her.

He is not one of those people who only thinks with his lower body, is driven by desire and has no moral bottom line.

Besides, he already has a wife, so naturally he wouldn't do anything to let her down.

The dancer seemed to be seeing a man like Qin Ke who was so unmoved for the first time, and was obviously at a loss for a moment. A trace of shyness and embarrassment flashed across her face, but she quickly regained her composure. Seeing Qin Ke's bright eyes and handsome face, she developed a strong interest and liking for him.

Qin Ke glanced around indifferently at this time. Usually this group of people looked well-dressed and serious, but now they were unruly, arrogant and licentious.

It was really an eyesore. This was what the so-called banquet was like. Qin Ke looked away speechlessly.

"Why don't you drink, Lord Qin?" The official next to him was not satisfied with playing by himself, so when he saw Qin Ke sitting there alone, he invited him.

As soon as he said this, everyone around him looked at Qin Ke.

"Of course, of course, the wine poured by this beauty is hard to come by," the man said as he took the beauty's hand and drank the wine.

"Is it because the family is strict? Sir Qin, don't worry, we will never leak this matter!"

"That's right, Sir Qin can rest assured."

……

Everyone present knew who Qin Ke's family was. Among all the civil and military officials in the court, and even since the founding of Dayan, Qin Ke was the only official who was suppressed by his own wife.

Not only was his official position and power not as high as his own wife's, but his aura was also completely suppressed by her.

They put themselves in Qin Ke's shoes and naturally thought that he was dissatisfied with this, but did not dare to break the rules due to many factors.

Men have an innate desire for power.

Once he is given the chance, he will become addicted to it.

Men have always been united in this regard.

"I have never liked this. You can all have fun on your own." Qin Ke pulled the corner of his mouth and said expressionlessly.

The dancer next to him glanced at Qin Ke in surprise. It turned out that he was a henpecked husband. No wonder he was such a "gentleman."

When his colleagues heard this, they felt that Qin Ke was really pretentious.

Qin Ke didn't care about other people's misunderstandings. He felt that they were irritating to the eyes. He just drank by himself, thinking about whether he should pretend to be drunk and go back early. He might as well go out and play with Xiao Yueya.

"A light silk fan with a white orchid flower, a slender waist and a jade belt dancing in the sky. I thought she was a fairy who had come down to earth, and her smile was brighter than the stars." Lord Liu lifted the chin of the beauty beside him and praised softly.

"Good, good poem, please, Sir Liu."

"Please!" Lord Liu drank the wine in one gulp, his face full of vigor and vitality, while the beauty was shy and timid.

Qin Ke watched the scene indifferently, watching his hands slide indecently from her back to her buttocks, and finally looking at the shy smile of the dancer with heavy makeup on.

Under the makeup, under the skin.

Is she really laughing, or is she crying?

Qin Ke had no idea. He drank the wine in the glass expressionlessly, then turned his head to look at the dancer who was pouring wine for him in a somewhat awkward manner, more than a meter away from him.

He couldn't help but touch his cuffs, and placed the few pieces of gold in his cuffs in front of her unnoticeably.

At that moment, maybe because of the alcohol, Qin Ke didn't know what he was thinking, he just did it suddenly.

(Qin Ke is a person who is very empathetic and can think from other people’s perspectives.)

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