Chapter 90 Xie Guanlan will not let Ningning leave
The marriage between my eldest brother and Xu Miaomiao is only temporary. In the future, my eldest brother will become the third in the imperial examination and will marry a noble lady sooner or later.
After all, Xu Miaomiao is just a concubine of their Wen family!
Does it cost so much money to welcome a concubine?
Wen Yue was reminded of Wen Xingluo's pearl hairpins, jewelry, gauze clothes and skirts, and couldn't help but feel greedy.
She put the eighty taels of silver into her own pocket and sent a little maid to deliver the remaining twenty taels to the Prince of Zhenbei's Palace.
Twenty taels of silver is not a small amount.
As long as Wen Xingluo saves some money and puts in some of his own money, he may be able to hold a grand wedding banquet.
The little maid took the silver and secretly hid the ten taels of silver into her own purse on the way.
She came before Wen Xingluo and spoke righteously, "Here are ten taels of silver. The eldest master wants you to prepare a hundred tables of fine banquets for him, and also prepare some fruits, cakes, sweets, tea and wine for the guests. The eldest master said that everything must be of the best quality. The wedding banquet must be lively and dignified!"
After the maid left, Chen Lezhi exclaimed, "Ten taels of silver? A hundred tables of banquets? And it has to be lively and dignified? Is Wen Rufeng crazy?! He doesn't even want to pay for the rice, flour, oil, salt, meat, eggs, and vegetables that day?! Ningning, you shouldn't have taken this job."
"I find it quite interesting." Wen Xingluo played with the Luo Shan, amusement and calculation flashing across his round, almond-shaped eyes. "Ten taels of silver, a hundred tables of banquets, is more than enough. Maybe... there will even be a surplus."
Chen Lezhi was shocked.
She racked her brains but couldn't figure out how to make ten taels of silver enough.
She pinched Wen Xingluo's cheek and reminded him, "Ningning, don't be so stupid as to pay for it yourself!"
"I won't." Wen Xingluo held her hand, "Let's go and have dinner with grandma."
When the two of them came over, the old concubine was still in her bedroom, and only Xie Guanlan and Xie Shian were sitting in the dining room.
Wen Xingluo called out, "Fourth brother."
After a pause, she turned to Xie Guanlan, lowered her head and gave him a perfunctory bow, "Brother."
Xie Guanlan looked at her.
She didn't wear the golden butterfly hairpin today.
She hadn't worn it for many days.
The young man lowered his brows, tapped the flower table with his fingers, and said in a low and cold voice, "No need to be so polite."
Wen Xingluo glanced at his waist.
He did not wear the amulet she gave him today, but only a jade pendant with a coiled dragon that symbolized his status as a prince.
Naturally, she had no right to ask him to wear the things she gave him.
To him, she was not special.
The girl calmly withdrew her gaze, but her slender white fingertips on the jade fan handle quietly clenched, and a thin layer of red blood appeared on them.
Xie Guanlan took in every subtle reaction of hers.
The superior's natural keen insight made him intuitively know that the little girl in front of him was unhappy.
She was unhappy because he didn't wear the amulet she gave him.
He picked up the teacup, lowered his eyes and drank the tea, his thin lips slightly curved.
She refused to wear the gold hairpin he gave her, so why should he wear the amulet she gave him every day?
He knew that she was coming to her grandmother's house for dinner today.
He didn't wear it on purpose.
The little girl's reaction really made him happy.
Chen Lezhi looked at Xie Guanlan, then at Wen Xingluo.
She quietly moved to Xie Shian's side and asked in a low voice, "Xie Si, what's going on with them?"
Xie Shian stuffed his mouth with jujube paste cake and chewed it. "What's going on? It's quite normal. They are like this all the time."
Chen Lezhi frowned, trying to formulate his words, "Don't you think... there's something strange about this?"
Xie Shian chewed and chewed: "What's strange about it?"
Chen Lezhi looked at his eating habits with disdain, rolled his eyes, and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
Wen Rufeng and Xu Miaomiao's marriage became the topic of discussion at the dinner table tonight.
Upon learning that Wen Xingluo would be spending ten taels of silver to organize the wedding banquet, Xie Shian couldn't help but count on his fingers, "Why can't I understand? Ten taels of silver for a hundred banquet tables is equivalent to one tael of silver for ten banquet tables, plus the cost of food and wine, plus the chef's wages, the cost of renting tables and chairs, and it has to be lively and decent. No matter how you look at it, this is not enough!"
The old concubine laughed.
She reached out and poked Wen Xingluo's forehead, "You clever little bastard!"
What wedding banquet? Ningning from their family went there with the intention of causing trouble!
Wen Xingluo smiled sweetly and said softly, "If Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law are not satisfied with the banquet and get angry at me, Grandmother will have to protect me."
The old concubine signaled Chen Ma to bring the Wen family's wedding invitation.
She handed the wedding invitation to Xie Guanlan, "When the time comes, ask Ziheng to accompany you to the Wen family. With Ziheng around, no one will dare to bully you."
Wen Xingluo's expression froze.
Xie Guanlan opened the wedding invitation.
It was sent by Wen Rufeng, inviting people from the Zhenbei Palace to attend his wedding banquet.
He closed the wedding invitation and asked, "Ningning, do you want me to accompany you?"
The candle flame falls quietly.
The young man wore a crimson robe and a jade belt, and his jade was of golden quality, and he looked noble and indifferent.
Wen Xingluo avoided his gaze and gently lowered her eyelashes.
How should she answer this kind of question?
So she threw the question back to Xie Guanlan, "Brother, do you want to accompany me back to the Wen family?"
Xie Guanlan looked at Wen Xingluo with a hint of appreciation.
It’s like using people as a mirror to see people who are similar to you.
He always has to be more patient with little girls who look like him.
He said, "I have nothing to do at the office that day, so I'll accompany you."
Chen Lezhi on the opposite side bit his chopsticks and stared secretly at Xie Guanlan and Wen Xingluo, almost staring a hole in them.
"Why are you staring at my brother?" Xie Shian asked in a low voice, confused and shocked, "Could it be that you have fallen in love with my brother?!"
Chen Lezhi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Who would like a black-hearted person?!"
She gave Wen Xingluo a complicated look, then lowered her head to pick vegetables silently.
That night, the temperature in Xiejinyuan was as cool as water.
Wen Xingluo and Chen Lezhi lay on the couch, feeling very comfortable in the night breeze.
Chen Lezhi tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Her mother often taught her that girls should have their own opinions and should not wait to be chosen by others. They should learn to take the initiative to choose the people and things they like. Whether it is towards power or love, women can be as ambitious as men and can fight and compete like men.
So she didn't think it was wrong for Ningning to have such thoughts. Even if Ningning was simply attracted by her beauty, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
But that person cannot be Xie Guanlan.
Chen Lezhi suddenly sat up and said, "Ningning, after your mother's matter is settled, do you want to go to Hanzhong with me? My mother and brother both said they miss you very much and want to invite you to stay there for a while."
She wanted to take Ningning away from Xie Guanlan.
The book says, "A man's infatuation can still be talked about. But a woman's infatuation cannot be talked about."
Before Ningning fell into that terrible abyss, she wanted to take her away from Xie Guanlan.
Because of their identities, it is absolutely impossible!
In this kind of situation, it is always the women who suffer and are scolded!
"Okay..." Wen Xingluo was getting sleepy and gently tugged at Chen Lezhi's sleeve, "Let's go to bed first..."
Chen Lezhi lay down again, but still tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
She thought about the faint smile on Xie Guanlan's face as he drank tea, and his temptation of Ningning at the dinner table, and suddenly had an absurd idea - he would not let Ningning leave.
Wen Xingluo didn't know that Chen Lezhi was worried about her.
With revenge in mind, she finally waited for Wen Rufeng's wedding.
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