Chapter 118 Farewell Banquet
Chapter 118 Farewell Banquet
In front of the general's mansion, Qing'er helped Mu Jin get on the carriage and headed towards Nanmen Street.
Mu Jin plans to take Qing'er to Yunmengzhai on Nanmen Street, which is the place the maids are talking about the most these days. Yunmengzhai recently launched a hibiscus curling product that is very popular among the women in the capital.
Every day, people who want to buy lotus rolls at Yunmengzhai have to queue for half an hour to get their hands on them.
"After I leave the capital, you will take a carriage to Yunmengzhai every day to buy lotus rolls. When you are in line, chat with the people around you and let them know that I like to eat this cake very much and I am still waiting in the carriage. Got it?"
Qing'er nodded.
In these few days, the lotus rolls from Yunmengzhai became famous because Miss Mu from the General's Mansion bought them every day.
Two days later, Mu Jin and Shiyi will leave Beijing. After parting in Beijing, I don't know when we will meet again. Mu Jin plans to go to Nangong Divine Sect to help Shiyi regain the position of Sect Master. After that, she will go to the border to find Mu Weihou and Mu Yan.
It was spring, and Mu Jin stood in front of the porch of Qingwan Courtyard, quietly gazing at the locust tree in the courtyard. The tender green leaves on the branches of the locust tree swayed gently in the breeze, shining brightly, and the sunlight shining on her through the gaps between the branches was warm.
As she was about to leave, Mu Jin thought about it and decided to host a banquet for Su Muxue, Zhao Yefan and Su Yi who had helped her. She went back to the study and wrote invitations to the three of them, asking them to gather at Shiding Tower at noon tomorrow.
The next day, the banquet arrived, and Mu Jin, supported by Qing'er, got on the carriage of the general's mansion.
Mu Jin leaned against the cushion and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow. The capital is so big, and I haven't had a good look around it yet."
"If the young lady wants to go shopping, why don't we go there later? Let Eleven go to the Food Court to greet them first, and I will go shopping with the young lady outside."
Mu Jin took Qing'er's hand, squeezed it, and said, "How can the director invite guests and make them wait?"
Qing'er suddenly remembered that this banquet was Mu Jin's farewell banquet, and she felt a little sad. Mu Jin saw it and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qing'er shook her head: "I just feel that I won't be able to see the young lady for a long time, and I will miss her very much when the time comes."
Mu Jin thought for a moment and said, "Once I have settled everything, I will send someone to pick you up."
When Qing'er heard Mu Jin say this, she showed a little joy.
The carriage took only half an hour to reach Shidinglou, which was bustling with activity at that time.
Su Yi arrived a moment earlier than Mu Jin. When he saw the carriage from the general's mansion, he personally went to greet it. Mu Jin got off the carriage first, and Su Yi walked up to her. His peach blossom eyes sparkled, and there was a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth: "Ajin, you are here?"
Mu Jin met his gaze and said with a half-smile, "King Yi, you came so early. If you didn't know, you would think it was you who was treating us. This is my fault as the one who treated us."
Su Yi said with a playful smile: "As long as Ah Jin likes it, it's fine for me to treat you. It's just that it's rare for Ah Jin to be generous enough to treat me, so I have to enjoy it."
His words were as sweet as honey. Most people would feel favorable after hearing them, but Mu Jin was not an ordinary person. She felt sick of hearing them.
Seeing that there were many people outside, Mu Jin did not want to say much, so he smiled and raised his hand to invite, "King Yi, please." "Ajin, please go first."
Mu Jin was generous for once and booked the Tianzi wing room. When he arrived at the wing room, no one was inside yet, so Mu Jin asked Su Yi, "Did you deliver the princess' invitation for me?"
Su Yi smiled: "Of course, it will be here soon."
As soon as the words fell, the two heard Su Muxue's cheerful voice: "Ajin, I'll do it."
The two turned around and saw Eleven bringing Su Muxue into the room. However, when Su Muxue just entered the room, her expression suddenly froze, but she soon smiled and grabbed Mu Jin and said happily.
"Ajin, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why didn't you come to see me? Do you know how much I miss you recently?"
Mu Jin smiled and said, "Didn't we meet today?"
Su Muxue smiled and said, "Why did Ah Jin think of inviting us to dinner today? Is there any happy event?"
Mu Jin replied: "Not only you two brothers and sisters are invited, but also~~~"
Mu Jin dragged out the word "and" for a long time, and she also winked at Su Muxue, the meaning was self-evident. Su Muxue realized that Mu Jin invited not only her and her two siblings today, but also someone else, and this person should be Zhao Yefan, whom she knew!
The smile on Su Muxue's face suddenly froze. Her luck today was really bad. The room where Mu Jin invited her to a banquet was actually the same room where she and Zhao Yefan got drunk.
These days, Su Muxue was upset after having a talk with Zhao Yefan, and she didn't know how to face Zhao Yefan in the future.
When she received Mu Jin's invitation letter yesterday, she was really happy. She had planned to ask Mu Jin how to deal with the matter with Zhao Yefan today. Unexpectedly, Mu Jin actually invited her and Zhao Yefan to a banquet at the same time today. Such a ridiculous thing actually happened to her.
At this time, Su Muxue was considering whether she could find a better excuse to leave. When she was about to tell Mu Jin that she had something else, Zhao Yefan's voice came from the door.
"It's a rare treat for Miss Mu today. I'm so late. It's really rude. I'll drink three cups to apologize!"
The three of them looked towards the door of the wing room and saw a beautiful woman leaning in Zhao Yefan's arms. Her chest was bulging and her waist was swaying like a willow branch. She was extremely shy in his arms.
The three of them were stunned when they saw Zhao Yefan like this, especially Su Muxue. The blood instantly drained from her face, as if all her strength had been drained away from her body, leaving only unbelievable shock.
Zhao Yefan smiled at the three of them and said, "Let me introduce you three. This is my prince's new beauty. She is in his favor and I can't leave her for even a moment, so I brought her here to introduce her to you all."
After Zhao Yefan finished speaking, he carried the woman to the three people and said, "Good Miaomiao, pay your respects to my three good friends."
The woman looked shy. After greeting the three men, Zhao Yefan took her to sit at the table next to him.
Mu Jin looked at Zhao Yefan, then at Su Muxue. Unlike Zhao Yefan's smiling face, Su Muxue's expression at the moment was ashen and extremely ugly.
Mu Jin and Su Yi exchanged glances, and that look clearly showed that something was wrong with those two people.
Su Yi gave her a reassuring smile in response. Mu Jin thought about it and felt that it was a matter between Zhao Yefan and Su Muxue. She didn't understand the reason and it was indeed not easy for her to interfere.
Mu Jin raised his glass and toasted the three people, "After I, Mu Jin, returned to the capital, I have received a lot of help from you three. I would like to thank you for your presence at today's banquet. This is just a small token of my appreciation, not a token of respect."
During the meal, Su Muxue glanced at Zhao Yefan who was sitting opposite her from time to time, but then quickly looked away and talked to Su Yimujin about some unknown things.
Compared with the three people who were talking in a lukewarm manner, the busiest people were Zhao Yefan and the woman named Miaomiao whom he brought with him.
At this moment, the woman named Miaomiao was holding a purple crystal grape in her hand and put it in Zhao Yefan's mouth. Zhao Yefan opened his mouth and bit the grape, smiling nonchalantly, "You are so good. When you go back tonight, this prince will definitely spoil you well."
The woman shyly punched Zhao Yefan's chest with her fist: "You are so annoying, my prince~ There are outsiders here."
Seeing Zhao Yefan and the woman getting so excited that he could hardly stop himself, he was just about to ask the three people to leave the room so that he could take the beauty to bed and make love with her.
Su Muxue stood up angrily, picked up a glass of wine and said to Mu Jin: "Thank you for the banquet, Ah Jin. I have something else to do, so I will leave first."
After Su Muxue finished speaking, she drank the glass of wine in one gulp and quickly walked out of the room that was suffocating her.
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