Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 152 No good wine, no good banquet, no good banquet (3)
When Xianglai heard that it was indeed Lian's family, she stood up with Yu Zixi.

Lian Ke was able to come because he heard that Xianglai was the one who planted rice in Songning County. As for interceding for Xu Zongde, it was just incidental.

When he came here, he saw that there was only one woman sitting there, and he knew without thinking that it must be the girl surnamed Shen, so he cast his gaze over there.

The name of this woman spread to the capital before she left the Huikang Mansion, how could people not be curious about her extraordinaryness.

But after seeing Xianglai's face, he was stunned, his mouth was slightly opened, his eyes were so fixed that he didn't even hear Cao Mingquan's introduction to him and Xianglai.

"The third master Lian is here!" Cao Mingquan smiled and pointed at Xianglai, "This is the Chen Xianglai who grows rice that the third master wants to meet..."

Turning back to Xianglai, she said, "Miss Shen, this is the third master Lian Kelian of Wang Shanglian's family. He is the younger brother of the concubine Lian and the uncle of the third prince. I haven't seen him soon."

Before Xianglai went to the banquet, she thought about the various methods they might use, but she didn't expect to bring such a person.

No matter what, you can't lose courtesy before you meet, so Wei Wei gave a blessing and said: "It turns out that it is the third master of the famous Lian family, Chen Xianglai is polite."

She saluted here, and Yu Zixi beside her saw that Lian Ke was staring at Xianglai. Although it was clear from his expression that he was not greedy for Xianglai's beauty, he still felt very uncomfortable.

He coughed and said in a more emphatic voice, "Master Lian."

Lian Ke finally came to his senses, looked at the three of them, then turned back to look at Xianglai, and said awkwardly: "Ah, Miss Shen, right? You don't need to be polite, please sit down."

Cao Mingquan didn't know what happened to Lian Ke, seeing that he finally came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, sit down, sit down, eat and chat."

After sitting down, Cao Mingquan said to Xianglai and Yu Zixi, in order to bring the relationship closer between the two parties: "You probably don't know, but the fact that the third master Lian came to Huikang this time is all because of Miss Shen!"

Xianglai was a little surprised, and said: "Me? What do I have to deserve that even the third master rushed all the way from the capital to Huikang?"

Cao Mingquan said: "Yes, quite a lot. Third Master Lian came here for your rice. He not only wanted to buy some to eat at home, but also wanted to see if he could cooperate with Miss Shen to plant this rice all over Beiliao. !"

"Oh, that's what it is..." Xianglai knew that her reputation as a rice planter had spread, and she even heard that the imperial court was going to send agricultural officials over, but until now she hadn't seen anyone, and it was probably all rumors that spread falsehoods. It doesn't matter who comes and who doesn't, anyway, I don't have to point at them to live, but since they think highly of me, I can't help but know how to flatter me, so I said lightly: "Chen Xiang is a peasant girl, but she just planted some rice indiscriminately. I am really terrified to bring even the third master to work, come here, the little girl borrows flowers to present Buddha, and respect the third master Lian."

As he spoke, he picked up the jug and poured wine for Lian Ke.

Lian Ke lowered his head and stroked the wine glass with his hands to show politeness, but he saw the giant clam bracelet on Xianglai's wrist in a daze, his hands trembled in shock, and he even knocked over the wine glass.

The wine immediately spilled all over the table, and poured over him again.

Xianglai was also surprised, not knowing what was wrong with him, so she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to help him wipe, when Lian Ke saw her approaching, he hurriedly dodged back, as if he was very afraid that Xianglai would approach him.

Xiang Lai was baffled by his actions, and stood there with a dazed expression.

Yu Zixi, Cao Mingquan, Qi Xing, Xu Che and others standing behind were all puzzled.

Cao Mingquan got up and came over, looked at Lian Ke's dripping clothes, and then looked back at Xianglai. He couldn't say that Lian Ke was disrespectful, so he could only complain to Xianglai: "I said, Miss Shen, why don't you be careful? The third master's clothes are all dirty."

Xiang Lai gave him an annoyed sideways glance, thinking that even if Ke knocked over the glass himself, it's none of my business, you old thing sells well with such a trivial matter, I don't know what you can get from him.

Lian Ke turned a blind eye to Cao Mingquan's concern, stared at Xianglai's wrist covered by his sleeve, and stammered a little because of excessive surprise: "You, where did you get that bracelet?!"

Ever since he saw him for the first time, Xianglai felt that his mood was not right, and now it was even more strange to see him asking about her bracelet without thinking, and replied truthfully: "This is my mother's relic."

Lian Ke's head buzzed, and he continued to ask: "Who is your mother?!"

Not to mention that Xianglai didn't want to answer this question in front of so many people, even if she wanted to answer it, she couldn't explain it herself, so she was a little annoyed: "Even the third master came all the way from the king, could it be that he just wanted to ask the little girl?" these questions?"

Seeing her displeasure, Lian Ke finally realized that his reaction was too strong, managed to calm down, turned to Cao Mingquan and said, "Master Cao, I want to have a private talk with Miss Shen."

Cao Mingquan was also puzzled, he gave Xu Zongde an idea and asked him to find him, but after the two met, he didn't say a word about Xu Zongde, Lian Ke was attracted by Chen Xianglai's bracelet, and now he wants to be alone talk about what?Probably not to talk about Xu Zongde, otherwise there is no need to hide from him.

But since he made this request, he had no reason to refuse directly, so he turned his head to look at Xianglai and asked for her opinion.

When Lian Ke asked about the bracelet, Xianglai felt suspicious, thinking that he might have something to do with the bracelet or her own mother, so she nodded slightly and said, "That's fine."

Cao Mingquan squeezed his small eyes, and both parties agreed that he could only follow suit, so he called the shopkeeper of Zhixiangju and asked him to find a private room for the two of them to talk alone.

Xianglai and Lian Ke came out, but Yu Zixi didn't follow, she sat there with Cao Mingquan's big eyelids and small eyes, but Xu Che followed Xianglai to the door of the private room, Xianglai stopped and said: "You don't have to come in Yes, help me watch the wind outside."

Xu Che nodded in agreement, since he was right outside the door anyway, he could go in anytime if there was anything to do, so after Xianglai entered, he went to the east and west to check to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then went back to guard near the door .

After entering the private room, Lian Ke couldn't wait to say: "Miss Shen, are you sure this bracelet belongs to your mother?"

Xianglai said: "What is Lian Sanye talking about? How can mother's relics be fake?"

Lian Ke looked at her face again, and said: "Then... Miss Shen, can you tell me the truth, is your surname really Shen?!"

Xianglai was taken aback by his question again, and said: "Master Lian is really strange, my father's surname is Shen, I should be surnamed Shen, can there be another surname!"

Lian Ke stared at her suspiciously and asked, "What's your father's name? Where did Lingtang's bracelet come from?"

(End of this chapter)