My old husband who can read minds

The sun is getting brighter outside, and the guests invited to the Deng family's banquet are arriving one after another.

The sister-in-law Qin Minzhen and the fourth brother-in-law Zheng Keqing and his wife also came. The eldest sister-in-law Qin Minyi was pregnant and inconvenient to go out, so only the eldest brother-in-law Lu Zhensheng came.

When Qin Minzhen saw that his mother and sister-in-law were there, he took the initiative to sit next to Princess Hetai and Shen Yuan.

Although it had been many years, the incident in which she and her mother tried to frame Qin Minzhen was still fresh in her mind. Therefore, Zhou Ying felt ashamed of Qin Minzhen and showed a lack of confidence when greeting her, with a hint of embarrassment in her eyes.

On the contrary, Qin Minzhen looked indifferent. She had already put aside her past grudges and treated the other party as a relative, otherwise she would not have come today.

Although Qin Minzhen's two sons were not present, Zhou Ying still prepared a heavy gift, and the former accepted it with a smile as usual.

Zhou Ying finally let go of her uneasy heart.

The Qin family is a good relative that they can only hope for. Even if they can't reach high places, it's still good if they don't offend anyone.

The husband had just been transferred from Qingzhou to the capital as an official, so he was alone and weak. Since the death of the old general, the other descendants of the Deng family had not made much achievements in the court. Now the husband's official position is the highest among the Deng family.

The family could not take advantage of the situation. In the future, when her husband became an official in the court, he would inevitably have to rely on Wenxinhou. Although Zhou Ying had no intention of currying favor, he still wanted to do his best to establish a good relationship with the Qin family and share the worries of her husband.

Princess Hetai looked at Zhou Ying, who was good at dancing and graceful, and nodded secretly in her heart.

When she acted as a matchmaker for Deng Yunheng and arranged the marriage, she was attracted by Zhou Ying's scheming.

The other party has indeed done a good job in these years. He is far away in Qingzhou and has no one to rely on, but he still supports the inner house by himself, taking care of everything inside and outside.

As for the blood-sucking leech-like maternal family members in the Zhou family's main house, in Princess Hetai's view, they are completely harmless.

Who doesn't have a troublesome relative? If they really have to deal with it, it's just a matter of one finger.

It's just that this is the family matter of her nephew Deng Yunheng and his wife, so she will naturally not interfere.

It was almost noon now, and there were more and more guests, almost filling the entire flower hall, and the atmosphere became more and more lively.

Mrs. Deng saw that all the guests had arrived, and then she called everyone to move to the dining hall to have a meal.

As usual, the men's and women's banquets were separated. Qin Bili was taken to the men's banquet by his grandfather and father. With Qin He taking care of his son, Shen Yuan was not worried and focused on showing off the food with his daughter.

Fortunately, Ms. Chen didn't act like a monster again during the dinner, and all the guests were safe and had a sumptuous lunch smoothly.

After the banquet, the guests left one after another. Zhou Ying accompanied Mrs. Deng and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Deng San, to see off the guests.Slowly, only the Qin family and the Zhou family were left in the huge flower hall.

The Qin family didn't leave because the Deng family and Deng Yunheng were staying as guests, and they agreed to finish their dinner before leaving.

The Zhou family didn't leave because Chen and Zhou Dong had something to ask of each other, so they lingered and refused to leave.As soon as Zhou Ying sent the guests back to the living room, she was grabbed by Chen's arm. The other party looked at her with a look of confusion, as if he was hesitant to speak.

Zhou Ying was upset, but he didn't want outsiders to see his joke, so he apologized to Shen Yuan and others, so he took Chen and the rest of the Zhou family to another room to talk in detail.

As soon as they left, Shen Yuan and Qin Minzhen looked at each other with "gossip" eyes.

He secretly guessed in his heart that he didn't know why the Zhou family had entangled Deng Yunheng and Zhou Ying with his wife this time. Looking at Chen's posture, it was clear that the person who came was evil and would not give up.

Deng Yunheng is still dragging Qin He, Zheng Keqing and others to drink heavily, and he probably won't be able to stop for an hour or two.

This meant that Zhou Ying had to face her mother's family alone, and she had been gone for almost half an hour.

Shen Yuan and others set up several tables in the flower hall to play leaf cards. After four or five rounds of playing, Zhou Ying finally returned.

This time she didn't follow the Zhou family anymore, so she probably sent them away.

Although Zhou Ying looked normal, the slightly red eyes revealed her emotions.

There were all smart people present. Of course, no one would expose Zhou Ying's scars or ask her what happened. Everyone just pretended not to notice her embarrassment and continued to joke and play cards.

Not long after, Zhou Ying also joined the poker game chatting and laughing freely, but she was really unlucky today and almost lost from the beginning to the end.

But she always behaves generously and can still joke with everyone, which shows how strong her inner cultivation is.

The time for playing cards passed quickly, and the winter sky also got dark very quickly. When everyone in the Qin family left after dinner at the Deng family, a crescent moon had just risen.

Qin He drank a lot today, and his whole body smelled strongly of alcohol, and he was already in a semi-drunk state.

In the spacious carriage, Shen Yuan pushed the man who put half of his weight on her shoulders with disgust, and asked curiously: "Why did you drink so much? Is there any discomfort on you?"

Qin He closed his eyes and adjusted his breath, rubbed his swollen and painful forehead, and said with a wry smile: "We haven't seen each other for a long time, and I feel so happy that I can't help but be greedy. Cousin Yun Heng was used to drinking strong liquor at the border, and his alcohol capacity was amazing, so he had to drag me and Ke They drank from noon to the end of the banquet, and four or five of them couldn't drink him alone. In the end, he was really enjoying himself, and the rest of us were drunk."

Shen Yuan suddenly laughed out loud, "You deserve to be called greedy!"

"My head hurts so much. Please rub it for me, madam."

Qin He rested his dizzy head on his wife's lap and pretended to be pitiful, with a smile in his tone.

"Virtue..." Shen Yuan scolded lightly, but her hands touched Qin He's forehead and pressed it gently for him.

Qin He's breathing soon became even. In the quiet carriage, there was only the sound of the couple's intertwined breathing, which seemed tender and affectionate. (End of chapter)