Chapter 1319: Xiang Family Banquet 5

The housekeeper's face was unpredictable. He bent down and smiled as he invited everyone into the mansion. "What you gentlemen said is true. Our Marquis said that the officials in the capital looked down on him for donating money to get the title of Marquis, so no one should come. It is truly an honor for you gentlemen to come."

"hehe."

“…”

Faced with the housekeeper's compliments, Guan Qirui and the others looked unhappy and laughed awkwardly twice.

Who would come to the nouveau riche's banquet if it wasn't to slap the Xiang family in the face?

"The Marquis has always been resentful of his title, thinking it was obtained by donating money and was not legitimate. The arrival of several gentlemen at the mansion shows that you are not worldly people and do not judge a person by his background. This is really good, really good." The butler even wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves as he spoke.

Guan Qirui: “…”

The adults: "..."

It doesn't sound like anything special at first, but the more you taste it, the more it tastes off.

Several adults followed the butler into the mansion, and their faces became even worse when they reached the front hall.

The huge mansion was deserted. They didn't even see any maids or servants along the way from the gate to the front hall.

"Please take a seat, sirs. I will go and invite my lord." The butler asked the sirs to take a seat, then hurried out of the hall, leaving the sirs looking at each other in bewilderment.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became depressing.

"Cough..." Guan Qirui coughed lightly, his eyes secretly glanced at the adults, and he opened his mouth as if to ease the embarrassment.

"The Yong'an Marquis Mansion is so deserted." Sun Yang avoided Guan Qirui's sight and turned his head to say to Li An beside him.

Li An also felt strange: "Why isn't there even a maid to serve tea?"

Even if the Marquis of Yong'an is self-aware and believes that he is not as powerful as the Xiang family, he is still a marquis appointed by the emperor himself. How can he not arrange a banquet at all?

"The Xiang family deliberately held a banquet on the same day as Marquis Yong'an. Maybe they have secretly suppressed Marquis Yong'an a long time ago." Wang Changshan snorted coldly.

Chen Rongzheng nodded.

Li An tilted his head and whispered, "The Xiang family is so arrogant. We must give them a good lecture at the court tomorrow morning."

Chen Rongzheng shook his head upon hearing this. "Even though the Xiang family has no nationality, Marquis Xiang Ming's reputation is no less than it was back then. Look at how much trouble they've caused since entering the capital, and yet the Emperor hasn't punished them at all. Even if we report such a trivial matter as holding a banquet to the morning court, His Majesty might not even pay attention. It also makes us seem... intolerant."

"Is there no one who can control the Xiang family?" Li An lamented, feeling very depressed.

Chen Rongzheng didn't say anything, but his expression said it all.

Wang Changshan and Sun Yang also lamented, and habitually raised their hands to drink a cup of tea to calm their nerves, but they realized too late that no one was offering them tea -!

Guan Qirui kept trying to respond but couldn't find the chance. He noticed what Wang Changshan and Sun Yang were doing, and then a maid passed by the door and called out, "Come here."

The maid seemed to hesitate at the doorway before entering, bowing hastily, her voice trembling slightly as she asked, "Master...what are your instructions?"

"Go and serve some tea." Guan Qirui said.

The maid raised her eyes and glanced.

"What are you standing there for? Go quickly." Guan Qirui said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes, yes." The maid responded in panic and left the room.

Guan Qirui came to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion today because he was angry, and now the treatment he received from the mansion made him even more upset.

"This is the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. Lord Guan, aren't you afraid of displeasing the Yong'an Marquis by taking over the host's place?" Wang Changshan snorted sarcastically.

Guan Qirui originally wanted to ease the relationship between them, so he asked the maid to serve tea, but he didn't expect them to be so harsh.

He glanced at it coldly, too lazy to argue.

Seeing that the other party did not answer, Wang Changshan snorted and ignored him.

Chen Rongzheng and Li An looked at each other and sat in silence.

The maid came in, served tea, and left the hall.

The hall suddenly became quiet, and several adults raised their teacups and drank tea to ease the awkwardness.

After finishing a cup of tea, the butler hurried over with an apologetic look on his face: "Dear guests, I am so sorry, the Marquis left the house at some point."

Guan Qirui was stunned for a moment, his brows dyed with anger: "Out?"

Wang Changshan and others were also stunned when they heard this. On the day of their own banquet, the host went out without any care?

Is it that he doesn't take himself seriously, or that he doesn't take the people who come to him seriously?

"My lords, please be patient. I have sent someone to look for the Marquis. He should be back soon," the butler said again.

Guan Qirui had a cold face and wanted to stand up and leave. He turned around to look at the attitudes of the others.

Chen Rongzheng and Sun Yang were also unhappy, but they both believed that since they were already here, if they returned without waiting for the Marquis of Yong'an, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the other party?

Although I look down on Marquis Yong'an, he is rich and it would not be good to offend him.

Several people looked at each other and sat still.

Seeing that they had no intention of leaving, Guan Qirui let out a long sigh, sat down and said nothing more.

"Butler Li..." Several servants came to the door in a hurry.

The housekeeper heard the sound and walked to the door: "Is the Marquis back?"

"No, my lord... my lord has gone home." The servant panted.

"What."

In the hall, Guan Qirui stood up suddenly and stared at the door.

Sun Yang and his companions were also quite shocked.

"Why is the Marquis going to Xiang's house?" The butler was calm.

"The Marquis thought that no one would come to his house today, so he went to the restaurant in a bad mood. Just now, the envoys entered the city, and the carriage of Prince Xiyan and the carriage of the envoy of Nanyuan both headed towards the Xiang family. Seeing this, many people followed the carriage of Prince Xiyan, and the Marquis followed it too." said the servant.

Guan Qirui swayed a few times after hearing this, his eyes filled with disbelief: "Why would Prince Xiyan go to the Xiang family after entering the city?"

The hall was silent for a few seconds, and Sun Yang slapped his head and said, "It's over, it's over."

The Crown Prince of Xiyan and the envoy of Nanyuan went to the Xiang family together. Even the current emperor might not have such an honor.

They responded to the invitation from Marquis Yong'an, and Marquis Yong'an went to the Xiang family.

If the rumor gets out, they will lose face. How will they have the face to face in the court in the future?

However, before they could react, a guard came running from outside the hall and whispered a few words to the butler.

The housekeeper's face changed, and he shouted, "How dare someone put drugs in the water!"

The guards beside him were also extremely anxious: "Everyone who drank this tea today has collapsed without exception. Now we don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

As he spoke, a thin layer of sweat appeared on the guard's forehead, and it was obvious that he was very nervous and worried.

Hearing this, the housekeeper was so angry that he trembled all over and shouted loudly: "You good-for-nothings, such a big thing has happened, why don't you quickly send someone to call a doctor to treat it?"

“Yes, yes!”

The guard did not dare to delay any longer, and quickly responded, then turned around and ran towards the gate.

The butler sighed and turned around. When he looked up, he met the pale and frightened gazes of the adults in the hall. "My lords, don't be afraid. Fortunately, I haven't served you tea yet. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous..."

"Boom"

Before the housekeeper could finish his words, Sun Yang's eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground.