Chapter 10 The Flower Banquet (III)

　　"Young Lady, the one in the treasure blue robe is Pan Shizi, and the noble person next to him," Yu'er paused, "whom you've also seen before, is the County Princess." 　　Peony wore a smile and eyed those people without any trepidation. She could see clearly that the Qinghua County Lord, who was about twenty years old, had a colorful face, high bun, enchanting figure, and even more gorgeous costume. Five halo Luo silver mud wide-sleeved tunic trailing the ground, yellow Luo chest wrapped very low, revealing a snow-white full breasts, eight yellow Luo silver mud skirt reveals a pair of exquisite small bead shoes, monofilament red bottom silver mud silk cloak fluttering in the wind. 　　Qinghua County head of the same no hairpin flowers, just wear a branch style complex exquisite inlaid eight treasures flower hairpin rocker, in addition to no more half a bit of jewelry, is the face, also have not been on the make-up, but the face of the plain. She stood there, the crowd will only see her, all the clothes and jewelry are just accompanied by just, really strong aura, beautiful and moving. 　　If a woman dares to attend this kind of banquet without makeup, there are only two possibilities, either she doesn't know the rules, or she is very confident in her own appearance, sure that no one can compare to her. Princess Qing Hua clearly belonged to the latter. Peony thought to herself that just by looking at her appearance, Liu Chang did have an eye for beauty. 　　County Mistress Qinghua frowned slightly. She was also sizing up Peony. As far as she could remember, Peony was a sickly, talking like a mosquito humming, but in her bones, she was the most petulant, stubborn, yet unconfident businesswoman, always unconsciously carrying a bit of cowardice and timidity when facing her, never daring to look directly at her, and only daring to secretly redden her eyes and shed tears. But the Peony in front of her was obviously not the same as the woman she remembered, her aura of sickness and weakness was swept away, she was beautiful and graceful, she not only dared to look directly at herself, but also smiled at herself calmly, posing as a hostess. 　　Peony walked to a place three or four paces away from several people, corrected her complexion, and bowed down in a disciplined manner to County Mistress Qinghua: "Hail, County Mistress." 　　County Princess Qinghua only acted as if she couldn't hear her, pulling Liu Chang to joke and laugh, and the Pan Rong on the side rubbed her chin, staring at Peony and laughing: "Zishu, is this a younger sibling? It's been a long time since I've seen you, but you've actually developed this appearance, you're so lucky." 　　When he mentioned this, County Head Qing Hua could no longer pretend to be dizzy, and swept a dissatisfied glance at Pan Rong, smiling delicately, "You really have a broad mind, pitying a woman to come to Zishu's house." Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Liu Chang's face did not look good, so she raised her hand, "That's just it, family banquets are not formal. Otherwise, I won't be able to sit still if this group of people all curtsy to me." 　　"Thank you, Your Highness." Peony looked at Pan Rong and blessed again, "Hail, Shizi Master." 　　"Get up, get up, don't be formal." Pan Rong did not hide her admiration for Peony, shaking her head and laughing, "How unexpected. According to me, Zishu, this mistress of your house is truly worthy of her name." 　　Hearing Pan Rong's admiration of the peony, and evidently seeing the jealousy in the eyes of County Mistress Qinghua, Liu Chang was not unpleased in his heart, but said, "What does she know? It's good that she doesn't make people laugh, and it's much harder for her to take on a big role." 　　Peony only took it as a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, with a faint smile on her face, she didn't even raise an eyebrow. 　　What kind of mistress? A mistress who has been married for three years and still hasn't consummated her marriage? Qinghua County Lord smiled sarcastically, she is of noble lineage, born to be the niece of the current saint's favorite, from a young age, the front and back of the embracing, but also born with a beautiful and intelligent, from her and maturity, attending large and small banquets have never failed to make a splash, including today is also the same, as long as there is her, what the peony is nothing more than a piece of grass, how she would like to trample on how to step on it! 　　Thinking of this, Princess Qinghua smiled gracefully, "Peony, I want to wear a flower as I go out today, but I never know that I can't find one that suits me. I heard that you have a Wei Zi in full bloom, so I want to ask you for one, I don't know if you're willing to do that?" 　　Pan Rong did not wait for Peony's reply, but mocked at Princess Qinghua, "Oh, I saw that you have not pinned any flower on your hairpin today, and I thought that you do not care to be like those commoners who rely on flowers for their coloring. I was about to praise you for being like your younger siblings in that you're like a hibiscus, but I didn't realize that you've lost me in the blink of an eye." 　　A hint of sullenness flashed across the face of Princess Qing Hua, and she sneered, "I want the flowers of Zi Shu's house, the master has not yet asked, what kind of idle thoughts are you worrying about? Step aside, I'm sick of seeing you!" 　　Pan Rong did not get angry, but just laughed. 　　Seeing Peony's eyes hanging down and not saying anything, Princess Qinghua leaned towards Liu Chang and covered her mouth with a beautiful fan, looking at Peony with a sidelong glance and said with a delicate smile, "It's just a flower, Peony doesn't say anything, and neither does Mr. Chang, do you want to take the whole pot and send it to me?" 　　Liu Chang hesitated slightly and said slowly, "If you really like it, it's not impossible ......" 　　Peony was furious, the Liu family scumbag! Without her permission even dared to privately make her dowry a favor, this shameless thing! Think she's a dead man? If you send flowers this time, what will you send next time? Then she took a step forward and stopped in front of Princess Qinghua, and said with a smile on her face: "According to the county lady's favor, it's really my good fortune, but unfortunately, although this pot of flowers is worthless, it's the dowry given by my family's father and mother, and even though I'm stupid, I don't dare to be ungrateful. I still hope that Your Highness will have mercy on me!" 　　Peony's action surprised everyone around her. This woman who was famous for being soft and weak, how dare she defy both her husband and the county princess, is this eating her heart out? Liu Chang slightly frowned at Peony, but did not show how unhappy she was. 　　Princess Qinghua laughed out loud and poked Liu Chang's face with her orchid finger, saying with a delicate laugh: "Changlang, she won't do it. What you said doesn't count, you are so unattractive." 　　Liu Chang gently removed her hand and said in a low voice, "Stop it." 　　A trace of anger flashed across County Princess Qinghua's face as she violently retracted her hand and looked at Peony with a cold smile, "Hehe, it's better to look at someone else for three days." 　　Lin mother was afraid that Peony would get into trouble, so she stepped forward and pulled Peony, saying in a loud voice: "Young lady, you are confused, although it is a dowry, it is just a pot of flowers, it is your good fortune that the county princess looks at it, why don't you quickly thank me for my kindness?" 　　When Lin mother said this, it sounded like she was urging Peony to accept it, but when she listened carefully, she was saying that county princess Qinghua was taking people's dowry by trickery. Pan Rong laughed and said, "Qinghua, stop teasing people, look at them crying." 　　Peony did not remember what kind of friendship she had with this Pan Rong, but today, he had indeed been helping her, and not being able to think about it carefully, she followed his words and said pitifully, "It's because I'm stupid, the Sheriff Lord is the daughter of a heavenly family, what kind of rare things haven't I seen? How could there be such a pot of flowers missing from her garden? And why would she bother with an ignorant woman like me over it? I don't understand even if you tease me." 　　Liu Chang swept a glance at Peony and chided in a low voice, "Something that can't rise to the occasion!" 　　Peony asked studiously, "Husband, what is something that is up to the level again?" 　　Liu Chang choked and coldly glared at Peony, who looked at him with a serious look of vainly seeking guidance. 　　Pan Rong let out another laugh, "Wonderful! Next time my lady scolds me like this, I'll do exactly this back to her." 　　County Head Qing Hua looked at Pan Rong and laughed, "Alright! No matter how much I'm mixed up, I won't get a reputation for being a bully just because of a pot of ordinary flowers. Otherwise, those imperial historians who have nothing better to do will find another reason to talk about me." After saying that, he did not even look at Peony and asked Liu Chang with his fan: "Are you still not going to the banquet? Didn't you say that there is something special and interesting today? If you dare to cheat me, beware of me!" 　　Liu Chang laughed, "When have I ever lied to you? If I say there will be something, there will be something, don't worry." 　　The two of them threw Peony aside and went forward hand in hand with no one in sight. Pan Rong came to Peony's side and said with a smile, "You've impressed me, are you sad that he treated you like this?" 　　Because he spoke for herself several times just now, although Peony knew that he was the same person as Liu Chang, she didn't dislike him too much and smiled faintly and said, "If Master Shizi thinks I should be sad, then I will be sad. If I shouldn't be sad, I won't be sad." 　　Pan Rong laughed: "To be able to leave this life is good, if you still want to be extravagant, is greedy." After saying that, she laughed loudly and went forward. 　　Peony smiled coldly, no matter what kind of temperament these people around Liu Chang had, none of them thought that she was a high climber. However, why was Pan Rong willing to help her? Even though, it didn't seem so willing, he still helped in the end. Also, why did this Li Nympho not come at this time? Could it be that what she thought before was wrong? 　　Yu'er carefully surveyed Peony's expression, she thought that Peony would be as lost as before and hide back to her own courtyard to be sad, but she realized that Peony was there as if she was an old monk in meditation. She pushed Peony worriedly, "Young Lady? Are you alright?" 　　Peony smiled, "Of course I'm fine." 　　Yu'er laughed, "Then why don't you go in? I'm afraid there's a banquet inside." 　　"Good." Peony brought the shocked Lin mother and Yu He together into the banquet place, inside has already opened the seat, that class of domestic servant has already begun to play the music, Jian Su changed into a snow-white ethereal gauze wide-sleeved long-sleeved long dress long skirt, is jumping green waist dance. 　　Low back lotus breaking waves, messy snow haunts the wind. There is no denying that Fiber Su dances very well, but there are not many people in the arena to watch her dance, but to talk and laugh to themselves. Especially Liu Chang and Qing Hua county princess, were whispering head to head, suddenly laughing, and didn't know what they were doing. 　　Mrs. Lin was so angry that she was trembling all over, since she asked Peony to attend the banquet, but the host seat was occupied by a slut who came out of nowhere, isn't this a slap in Peony's face? 　　Peony was mesmerized by the dancing of Fiber Su, but she didn't know that the others were also looking at her. There was no other way, all the people were seated, but she stood there without moving, so it was hard not to call attention to her. Her appearance like that style, it is easy for people to find out the real identity, is Liu Chang that due to illness semi-hidden room. 　　The people are like playing chicken blood like excited up, this is now fun, Qinghua County Lord good on the seat does not sit, partial run to go and Liu Chang squeeze together, so bold open flirting love, and beautiful sad little wife sadly gazed at their husbands and lovers, want to talk, want to talk, how dog blood scene ah.