Group pet Xiaopangbao: I have four big daddies

Chapter 1319: Xiang Family Banquet 5
The housekeeper's face was unpredictable. He bent down and smiled as he invited the guests to the mansion. "What you said makes sense. Our Marquis said that officials in the capital don't think highly of him because he donated money to get the title of Marquis. No one should come. It is an honor for you to come."

"hehe."

"..."

Facing the housekeeper's compliments, Guan Qirui and the others looked unhappy and just laughed awkwardly.

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, which is not legitimate. The arrival of several gentlemen at your mansion shows that you are not worldly people and do not judge a person by his background. This is great, great." The butler even wiped his eyes with his sleeve as he spoke.

Guan Qirui: “…”

All the adults: "..."

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

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

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became depressing.

"Ahem..." Guan Qirui coughed lightly, his eyes secretly glanced at the adults, and he opened his mouth as if trying 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 Marquis 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 already suppressed Marquis Yong'an in secret." 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 lesson at the court tomorrow morning."

Chen Rongzheng shook his head when he heard this. "Although the Xiang family has no nationality, Xiang Minghou's reputation is no less than it was back then. Look at how many troubles they have caused since entering the capital, and the emperor still hasn't punished them at all. Even if we report such a small matter as holding a banquet to the morning court, His Majesty may not pay attention to it, and it makes us seem... immoderate."

"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 had been trying to answer but never found the chance. He noticed the actions of Wang Changshan and Sun Yang, and a maid happened to pass by the door. She called out, "Come here."

The maid stood at the door and seemed to hesitate for a moment before coming in. She bowed hastily, her voice trembling slightly: "My lord, what do you want?"

"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 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 upsetting 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 unforgiving with their words.

He glanced at him 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 and served tea, then left the hall. The hall suddenly became quiet, and several adults all picked up their teacups and drank tea to ease the awkwardness.

After finishing a cup of tea, the butler came hurriedly, 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: "Go out?"

Wang Changshan and his companions were also stunned when they heard this. On the day of their own banquet, the host went out without any concern?
Is this a case of not taking oneself seriously, or is it that one does not take the visitors seriously?

"My lords, please be patient. I have sent someone to look for the Marquis, and he should be back soon." The butler added.

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

Chen Rongzheng and Sun Yang were also unhappy, but they both believed that since they were already here, if they returned without waiting for Yong'an Hou, it would 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 breath, sat down and said nothing more.

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

The butler heard the voice 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 went to the Xiang family. Seeing this, many people followed the carriage of Prince Xiyan, and the Marquis followed too." said the servant.

After hearing this, Guan Qirui's body swayed a few times, his eyes full of disbelief: "Why would the Prince of 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 may 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 would be embarrassing themselves. How would they face the court in the future?

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

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

The guards at the side were also extremely anxious: "Everyone who drank this tea today, without exception, has fallen to the ground and cannot get up. 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 he was obviously 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 ask someone to invite 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 saw the pale and frightened eyes of several adults in the hall: "My lords, don't be afraid. Fortunately, I haven't served tea to you yet. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous..."

"Boom"

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