There was a moment in the hall, so quiet that the needle could be heard.

Ming Tan thought he had heard something wrong in a trance. Although His Highness, Dingbei, was deeply holy and had a strong sense of power, Gu Jiurou was the daughter of Chengxiang Hou, and speaking like this would be too crazy and rude.

After a long time, none of the only two people in the palace who were qualified to refute it was said.

It is understandable that Queen Zhang did not speak out, after all, Gu Jiurou's legitimate sister, Concubine Yu, has caused trouble for her in the harem.

But Emperor Cheng Kang, who had always been favored by Concubine Yu, did not even make a perfunctory move, and just drank on his own, as if the matter at the moment had nothing to do with him.

Until the black brocade clothes left, the hall was silent, and the eunuch just bowed and saw him off, no one dared to stop him-

Before the banquet, probably no one expected that the palace banquet would end so hastily.

It was not until the end of You when it was out of the palace, and the sky was about to be dizzy and the lights were on the street.

Ming Tan was walking on the stool to get on the car, but suddenly he heard someone shouting behind him: "A Tan!"

She turned around and couldn't help but smile when she saw the person coming.

After Bai Minmin finished shouting, she was about to step forward immediately, but she ran into Mingtan and smiled inadvertently. The clusters of bright lights behind her seemed to be silent and dim.

The white teeth and bright eyes are like autumn water, the light eyebrows and curl lips are like stars and moons. There is a beauty, nothing more than this.

Bai Minmin stayed there for a while, but she came back to her senses with a reminder from her close maid.

Bai Minmin is the eldest daughter of the eldest son of Duke Chang's house and Ming Tan's cousin. Because he is similar in age, he is close since childhood. The two are also friends in the boudoir since childhood.

Previously in Changming Palace, the seats in the Duke of Changguo and the Marquis of Jing'an were on the left side, but the two were unable to meet. After leaving the palace, Bai Minmin couldn't wait to find him.

She stepped forward and held Mingtan intimately, and then gave Pei cleverly: "Minmin pays homage to her aunt."

She has a straightforward and doesn't like to bend around. After asking An, she expressed her intentions: "Auntie, today I'm going to the Yuan Dynasty. I specially asked my brother to set up a seat in Linjiang at Tingyu Tower. I want to invite A Tan to enjoy the lanterns with me. How many hours will my aunt lend A Tan to me?"

Bai Minmin's serious aunt is Mingtan's late biological mother Bai Shi. With her identity and temperament, she is willing to call Pei "aunt" on her own initiative, which is undoubtedly the best affirmation of Pei's reputation as "virtuous and kind".

Pei felt so relieved, and there was nothing he didn't agree. He smiled and said decent words, sent his followers to accompany him, and gave Lu'e a detailed explanation to tell her to take care of her lady.

I have to admit that Pei is a smart person. Bai Minmin didn't mention Shen Hua at all, so she forgot about everything and everything that she should have as the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, and didn't say anything extra gossip about letting Shen Hua go with her and other lively things.

When Bai Minmin and Mingtan left, Pei was not embarrassed. He just thought nothing had happened, Xiao Yingying and Shen Hua talked about the various colors of the people prepared in the mansion today.

Shen Hua felt that he was deliberately ignored by these three people and was humiliated for no reason. When responding to Pei, he smiled a little reluctantly, and his hands that were holding under his sleeves turned white.

Shen Hua was worried about this all night, but Bai Minmin turned around and forgot about it. On the way to Tingyu Tower, she sighed for a while how Pei was good at being a human being, and then followed the conversation and complained about how many complicated rules had been set for her new sister-in-law's assistant and her life was difficult.

Ming Tan was determined to ask Bai Minmin for the important matters, but during the Chinese New Year holiday, the road was full of cars and horses, which was very lively, and it was not convenient to speak. She had to wait and wait until she arrived at Tingyu Tower before inquiring carefully-

Tingyu Tower is the most famous teahouse in the capital. It has good refreshments and better views of the river.

Every early spring and late autumn, the drizzle is drizzling, and the mist is rising on the river, and the vast smoke and waves are scattered on the railings to listen to the scenery of rain. It is deeply loved by scholars and scholars in Shangjing.

In addition, every year in Shangyuan, official ships set off fireworks on the Xianjiang River, and there are also "one night fish and dragon dance" lights on both sides of the Xianjiang River.

The Tingyu Tower is located in an excellent location and is the best place to see the prosperity of this fire tree and silver flowers. With no matter how high-ranking officials are, it is necessary to book this Linjiang Yashida on the Lantern Festival.

Bai Minminding's elegant seat is on the third floor. The place is not big, but it is very exquisitely arranged and the viewing location is also very good. But to say the best, you have to count the central warmhouse next to them.

When the servant led Bai Minmin and Mingtan upstairs, four people were already sitting around the table in the warm room in the middle, chatting and drinking.

The man sitting near the door was dressed luxuriously, and his body was extraordinary. Of course, the most ostentatious thing was the white mutton fat engraved with the word "Zhang" on his waist.

"Zhang" is the surname of the empress's mother clan. Those who have a little understanding of the aristocratic families in the capital know that the only one who has this jade can be the current queen's younger brother, Zhang Huaiyu.

At this moment, Zhang Huaiyu sat casually at the table, playing with the wine glass in her hand, teasing the man in black beside her and teased, "Your Highness, the palace banquet in Changming Palace this time is quite a bit of noise. The daughter of the daughter is wrong, and she heard that she was crying all the way."

The man in black didn't even raise his eyelids, but Lu Ting, who sat opposite him, asked calmly: "Is it Gu Jinzhong's daughter?"

Gu Jinzhong is the name of Chengenhou.

Zhang Huaiyu raised her eyebrows and nodded.

A sharp look flashed in Lu Ting's eyes: "There is still a time for her to cry." Then he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one go.

Compared to Zhang Huaiyu's shiny branches and Lu Ting's ruthlessness, Shu Jingran, wearing a brocade dress with white moon and cloud patterns, is obviously more gentle and elegant.

Shu Jingran turned his jade ring and smiled and shook his head, "In fact, people are not very good at face, but after doing this, the rumors that His Highness, the arrogant and domineering and arrogant will not be spread to everyone in the streets tomorrow. At that time, I want to find a good marriage again, but the lady in the capital is probably..."

Before he finished speaking, a slight "creaking" sound came from outside, and the servant's vague voice also sounded: "Two ladies, please come inside."

It seems that someone came from the private room next to him.

Shu Jingran stopped talking, and the others tacitly stopped talking.

"Atan, sit down quickly. I asked them to prepare the refreshments long ago, they are all your favorite food. Oh, right, where did you just talk about it?"

Bai Minmin is a talkative person, and she never stopped talking all the way. She talked about her troubles from her family to the palace banquet in Yongyuan.

"The palace banquet is right, it's the palace banquet. Your girl is really a joke. How could Shen Hua be able to reach the Dingbei Palace? Her brother Shen Yu was appreciated by the Dingbei Palace, but she would marry her subordinates and sisters back to be princess without appreciating her subordinates. What's more, Gu Jiurou was disgraced on the spot. Speaking of this, Gu Jiurou is really brave. His Majesty is here, and she is not talking about her admiration, but she also has to offer songs in public. What's the point of thinking?"

"Gu Jiurou is quite bold in her behavior, but the King of Dingbei is too rude and arrogant." Ming Tan always relaxed with Bai Minmin, and Lu'e was guarding her outside. She held her cheek and said without any scruples, "A martial artist is crazy and vulgar. I don't think she is a good person."

Zhang Huaiyu: “…”

Lu Ting: "..."

Shu Jingran: “…”

The "vulgar martial artist" himself also subconsciously paused.

Ming Tan savored the tea without any sense, and finally remembered the important thing: "By the way, what are your plans for you to find your uncle in the past two days?"

Bai Minmin felt that she had forgotten something important. At this moment, Ming Tan took the initiative to ask her and then realized: "Oh, no. That day, you saw it. My father was so angry that he wanted to take a kitchen knife and go to the Duke's Mansion to chop people, but Mr. Zhou persuaded him to do so. I was very calm these days. I thought that I might have wanted to wait for your father to return to Beijing before discussing."

Ming Tan frowned slightly when she heard this.

The reason why she knew about her fiancé's affairs was because she went to the Duke of Changguo's mansion to pay tribute to her ancestors a few days ago, and Bai Minmin dragged her to the study to find a book.

Before she had found the storybook, she didn't want to sneak away, her uncle Bai Jingyuan and his guest Mr. Zhou entered the study together. As soon as she entered the door, she was furious and smashed Fang Shanghao Duan Inkstone. She also brought the 18th generation of the ancestors of the Duke's Mansion to scold them, without giving them the chance to refuse to listen to the corner.

"The official wife had an affair with her cousin before she entered the door. The Liang family could do such a bad thing! The little bastard turned over and really thought of his royal relatives. If it weren't for the marriage, it would be too early to be the Liang family's stinky shit, and it would not be enough for A Tan for eight lifetimes! Did he be destroyed by the Marquis of Jing'an or the Duke of Chang's mansion? It's so outrageous!"

Ming Tan and Bai Minmin were both shocked at the time and hid in place for a long time without moving.

After recovering, Bai Jingyuan and Mr. Zhou left the study room like a gust of wind.

In fact, when he reacted immediately, Bai Minmin was so angry that he wanted to find her father Bai Jingyuan and asked him to immediately order the Duke's Mansion to seek justice for Ming Tan.

However, as Mr. Zhou advised, this matter was not very glorious and it would be of no use to both parties. Moreover, Mingtan's father was already on his way back to Beijing to report his work, and his uncle's family came forward rashly and might be suspected of being interfering in the business.

I forgot about this for a while and didn't feel it. When I think about it now, Bai Minmin was still angry.

She ate three snacks in one breath, scolded the Duke's Mansion like her father, then slapped the table and made a note with Ming Tan, "This is completely wrong with the Liang family. How can you be good for you if you are such a bad character? A Tan, don't worry, with my father here, this marriage will definitely be solved!"

"I naturally know that this person is not worthy of being worthy, but I just terminate the engagement..."

Ming Tan did not say it further, but Bai Minmin and the people next door understood that this world was particularly harsh on women. No matter what the reason was, termination of the engagement would inevitably damage the woman's reputation.

Mingtan paused, and didn't know what he thought of, suddenly leaned closer with his chin and asked tentatively: "Minmin, if you broke up the engagement at that time... how should I behave so that I can appear more innocent and strong?"

“…?”

"Innocence and strong?"

Bai Minmin put down the snacks in her hand and thought carefully: "I remember when the fifth girl of the Li family was dismissed from the engagement, she went to her husband's house and broke her ambition. There was also the third girl of the Fang family in the east of the city. Her fiancé redeemed a brothel woman before the wedding. Because she was pregnant, she took her into the door with the courtesy of a good concubine. When the third girl of the Fang family learned about this, she hung a white silk on the beam of the house and committed suicide."

“…?”
Chapter completed!