Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 314 Meeting the Zhou Family for the First Time

Zhou Da quickly waved his hand: "Where, although the next official is fortunate to have the surname Zhou, he really doesn't have much relationship with the Zhou family. If there is a relationship, at most it comes from the same Zhou surname."

After finishing speaking, he paid close attention to the expressions of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua, but found that Shen Ninghua seemed to be just asking casually, and lost interest after listening to him, and continued to wander in the garden.

Taking a general look, Baili Junyi nodded: "This yard is very good, Mr. Zhou, you can ask the benevolent Zhou family how much money this king will spend to buy the yard."

"It's the Zhou family's honor to be able to use this garden, why would you dare to take money?" Zhou Da quickly refused.

Baili Junyi glanced at him, and said with a faint smile: "Master Zhou is not from the Zhou family, how can he represent the meaning of the Zhou family, you should ask."

"This... yes, yes, the prince of the county has a kind heart, and I will help you to inquire as soon as possible."

"Ah."

Leading the two to the backyard, Zhou Da said tactfully: "The prince and concubine of the county, the two of you are exhausted, and I don't dare to disturb you any longer. Please take a rest first, and wait until tomorrow. It's a welcome banquet, I don't know if I have the honor to invite the prince and princess."

Baili Junyi nodded: "I just came to Zhoucheng, the capital. If I have the opportunity to get to know the officials here, I will naturally participate. By the way, you said that the Zhou family is a famous family of benevolence, and the officials who want to come to Zhoucheng also know the Zhou family. Yes, then invite Zhou's family to meet."

"Yes, yes, I must have informed you that the Zhou family is really lucky, and they have waited for such a rare opportunity."

"Well, let's go back first."

When Zhou Da left, Baili Junyi ordered the guards to carefully inspect the yard, and asked them to take turns guarding and resting, and he accompanied Shen Ninghua to look at the resting yard.

This yard is named Baihuayuan, and many precious flowers and plants are planted in it, blooming in spite of the cold autumn. At first glance, the exquisite houses seem to be built on the sea of ​​flowers, and the beauty is astonishing.

Even the indifferent Shen Ninghua couldn't help showing a bit of shock, and exclaimed: "It's really a good yard, it's hard work to see it."

Baili Junyi smiled: "It's true. Let's go in and see if the inside of the room is even more amazing."

Shen Ninghua nodded with a smile, followed him into the room along the path, just opened the door, and felt a burst of elegant floral fragrance, the room was very elegantly decorated, with a lot of fresh flowers, just looking at it There is a warm and comfortable feeling.

"It seems that the family really put their heart into it this week."

"Yes, then we have to thank the Zhou family properly at the banquet."

After checking that there were no hands or feet in the room, Shen Ninghua asked the nanny to bring the eldest and little treasure in.

The boss and the little treasure were already awake, and they were looking around with their big eyes open. When they saw the brightly colored flowers, they happily stretched out their hands to take them.

Shen Ninghua frowned suddenly, and took Xiaobao from the nanny's hand: "Clear out all the flowers here, keep some in the yard outside, and clean up the rest too."

Baili Junyi heard the words and hurriedly said, his eyebrows and eyes were tinged with sharpness: "What's the matter, Ninghua, but what's wrong?"

Shen Ninghua thought for a while and shook her head:

"I just remembered that Xiaobao wanted to get those flowers. The flowers placed here are the same as the flowers in the yard. They are bright in color and strong in fragrance. It is nothing to us, but it is not seen by children. It's beneficial, they are still too young, the strong fragrance of flowers is very stimulating, coupled with the pollen that is constantly drifting, and the bees and butterflies attracted by the flowers, in short, let's clear them away."

Baili Junyi twitched his brows slightly, and murmured in a low voice, "Is this a coincidence?"

There wasn't any real problem with this yard. It didn't make any sense to say that someone deliberately arranged to murder his child, but if it was a coincidence, he always felt that it wasn't the case.

Because there were so many guards, the flowers in the yard were almost cleared up soon. Shen Ninghua ordered someone to open the window to ventilate the air before putting the two children on the bed that had been remade by Bai Ping.

The two villains were full after eating and sleeping, tossing back and forth on the bed, Bai Ping and Hong Ling hurriedly guarded by the side, not daring to leave an inch.

Due to the exhaustion of traveling and traveling these days, Shen Ninghua didn't wake up until the sun was high.Opening his eyes, he saw that Baili Junyi was holding Xiaobao with one hand, and blocking the boss with the other, preventing them from crawling to his side.

The two children's faces were flushed, and they kept panting softly, obviously they had been struggling for a long time.

Seeing Shen Ninghua wake up, Xiaobao was the first to exclaim in surprise: "Ah!"

Baili Junyi was sweating on his forehead, and when he saw Shen Ninghua wake up, he finally let go of the hand blocking the boss: "Ninghua, are you awake?"

Shen Ninghua nodded, stood up and looked at them, wondering: "What are you guys doing?"

Baili Junyi stretched out his hand and patted the boss's buttocks, watched him crawl up onto Shen Ninghua's lap nimbly, lying on top of it and smiling complacently, he could not help but pinch his nose:

"It's not that these two little guys woke up early in the morning, one by one insisted on crawling to your side, and they made a fuss when I stopped them, but they were well-behaved, they seemed to know not to wake you up, they just kept crawling, You didn't make a sound, I was afraid they would disturb your rest, so I stopped them."

Shen Ninghua couldn't help laughing, picked up the eldest and kissed her, then leaned over and kissed the little treasure again: "It's really a good baby of mother, so young that I know how much I love mother."

"what."

"ah!"

The two children rolled on the bed with a smile on their faces, and after a while they crawled aside to play with themselves.

Baili Junyi got up and put on his clothes, and brought Shen Ninghua's clothes over: "Zhou Da has already sent invitations, please invite us to a banquet in the afternoon."

"Well. He always talks about Zhou's family, and I'm very curious, so I'll see you today."

Baili Junyi smiled: "The Zhou family is indeed a well-known benevolent family. At least I sent someone out to inquire. No one has said that the Zhou family is bad."

"Oh? It's not surprising that a family has a good reputation, but if everyone thinks it is good, it must have done something that benefits the country and the people. What special actions did the Zhou family do?"

"I don't know much about this. I only heard that the Zhou family has donated to many poor students and helped many neighbors and villagers."

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes slightly, and a flash of interest flashed in her eyes: "Since this is the case, then we really need to get to know each other better."

Not long after they finished their lunch, Bai Bo came to report: "My lord, Miss, Mr. Zhou is here to see you."

Baili Junyi responded: "Ask him to sit in the flower hall first, and say that we will be there later."

Shen Ninghua told Bai Ping and Hong Ling to take good care of the two children, and after dressing herself up, she took Qing Que and left.

The banquet was held at the most famous Qilin Garden in Zhoucheng. It is said that this is the place where students gather and communicate. On weekdays, at least hundreds of students come here to exchange ideas and discuss knowledge. It is extremely lively.

Because there is going to be a banquet today, it was closed two days in advance for tidying up, and it was only opened today.

Shen Ninghua got out of the car with Baili Junyi, and when she saw the three words Qilinyuan hanging above the gate, she admired them in her heart. These three words are strong and majestic, and it looks like they are from everyone.

Zhou Da bowed and said, "Your Highness and Concubine, please."

The others came to Qilin Garden early in the morning to wait, and now they heard the announcement and quickly quieted down, saluting respectfully to Baili Junyi and the other two.

"I've met Prince Yi and Princess Yi."

"You are exempt."

Zhou Da led the two of them to the first seat and sat down, and then everyone dared to stand up, and stood with their heads bowed in a very respectful manner.

Baili Junyi glanced at everyone, and said: "The princess and I came to Zhoucheng for the first time, maybe we will live here for a long time in the future, and we will stay behind when dealing with you. You don't have to be formal at today's banquet, you have the right to act We know each other well, so we can sit down as we please.”

Only then did everyone take their seats, with respectful smiles on their faces. Although they tried their best to conceal it, they could still see the restraint in their actions.

The reputations of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua can be said to be thunderous to them, especially what these two people have tossed about in the capital. They alone dare to openly fight with most officials in the court, and even fight If you win, let those officials knock out their teeth and swallow it with blood, who dares to provoke them easily?

Everyone looked stiff, and if someone looked relaxed, they would be particularly conspicuous.

Shen Ninghua looked at the man sitting at the end. He looked like he was in his 30s with a handsome face, decent manners, and a smile on his face, but he didn't have the stiffness of other officials at all.

"I've heard that the head of the Zhou family will come today, but who is it?"

When she opened her mouth, Zhou Da hurriedly introduced her, but unexpectedly, it was the man at the end of the banquet who caught Shen Ninghua's attention.

"Caomin Zhou Ziqing met the county prince and the county princess."

Shen Ninghua smiled: "Patriarch Zhou is free, and I would like to thank you for your garden, otherwise we might have to sleep on the street." I really didn't expect that the Patriarch of the Zhou family, a well-known benevolent family, turned out to be a young and elegant man.

Zhou Ziqing hurriedly saluted: "Princess, you are joking. As long as you open your mouth, I don't know how many people will voluntarily vacate the garden. Zhou has worked hard for a long time to get this opportunity."

Shen Ninghua smiled slightly: "Patriarch Zhou came here alone? I heard that you have a younger sister who is famous far and wide. She is a famous beauty in Zhoucheng. I wonder if it is by chance?"

"Returning to the princess, where did she get her reputation? It's just a few low-level rumors outside. In front of the princess, there is no beauty that can catch the eye. Today she also prepared a show to add to the fun. Originally, she didn't want to show it to embarrass her. Now, but the princess asked, I don't know..."

"Oh?" Shen Ninghua became a little excited, "This is really great, and let us see the style of Zhoucheng, please let me come up."

(End of this chapter)