【Chapter 80】Ritual House Upside-Down Seat
Fu Zhongwen was stopped and returned to Henan Hall. Shutong guided him to the upper seat. However, the seat he sat in seemed to have been planned, right next to Mu Yun.
Mr. Li’s birthday party and the Henan Hall were all guests, and it was clearly stated that men and women could have a seat together. Fu Bo borrowed this and arranged people to tamper with the concierge list seat in private, otherwise he would not be as close to Mu Yun’s seat.
Fu Zhongwen was upset and said to the servant of the Li family: "I have been patrolling the camp recently and I feel a little uncomfortable... so I don't go to the seat anymore. Just find a quiet seat for me."
The servant hesitated and said, "This... General Wei... Master Li has told you that you need a guest of honor and must not be neglected."
Fu Zhongwen said a little annoyed: "It is the guest of honor. If the guest makes a request, will your master still force him?"
The servant was scolded and felt a little aggrieved. He was stunned for a moment and said, "The little one... the little one knows the mistake. Since that's the case, the general will follow the little one."
Fu Zhongwen then calmed down and followed the servant to the small corner to the west.
He sat down on the remote little seat with peace of mind, and sat down with satisfaction and took the tea cup and drank it.
At the banquet, someone saw this scene and immediately went to the front hall where the host and guests met to find Li Xian.
At that time, Li Xian was welcoming guests in the main hall. A servant hurriedly walked in. I don’t know what happened, and he stood behind the screen on the side of the hall door staring at him.
Li Xian's eyes sank slightly, and he turned around and smiled at the guest in front of him, "Please follow our servant to the banquet hall first."
Seeing that the guests in front of the mansion had been less and less, Li Xian breathed out before heading behind the screen.
He stared at the servant, frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
The servant whispered: "Sir Binggong... Something went wrong in the seat of Henan Hall."
Li Xian said with a strange look: "Before the banquet, I have confirmed it repeatedly, why is there any problem?"
The servant lowered his head and said with a red face: "I don't know which little book boy... brought the Mrs. Mu from the East Mansion Office to the southern section of Shangbin. General Wei was afraid that he was angry because of this and refused to go to the southern section. At this moment, he found a seat in the west..."
Li Xian's expression changed and he immediately turned cold and said, "Who is the one who took Mrs. Mu to Shangbin Nan?"
The servant said twice as loudly: "It's...Young Master, you two close to each other..."
Li Xian was even more surprised. Without saying a word, he lifted the curtain of the corridor on the right side of the main hall, circled a few times in the circling and twisting corridor, and headed straight towards Henan Hall.
As soon as I entered the banquet hall, I saw that the situation of Shang Nan was indeed as the servant said.
He pulled his face down and had already left Henan Hall without stepping forward.
The servant who followed him tightly was shocked when he saw him walking out with an ugly face.
The servant asked in fear: "Young Master, what should we do now?"
Li Xian said angrily: "What else can I do? Now... Mrs. Mu has already taken the seat... It turns out that the seat placed for her in the west seat can naturally not sit anymore. But it is really unreasonable to make General Wei sit in the west seat. I went to invite him in person and asked him to go to Shangbinnan."
The servant was so scolded that he lowered his head again, his face turned red and his ears tightly tugged at the corners of his clothes on both sides.
Li Xian took a breath, slowed down his stiff and angry expression, and walked towards the corner of the seat where Fu Zhongwen was sitting in a heavy step.
Although Mu Yun is Jiang Chengyi's wife, no matter how many faces Jiang Chengyi is in front of His Holiness, he is always from a poor family in the world and cannot be promoted.
Li Chengyi, who was willing to surrender His Majesty and the Queen, arranged her to Henan Hall, which gave Jiang's face.
Although the Fu family has always been incompatible with the Li family, they are still a wealthy family. Fu Zhongwen is also a man with great military achievements, so he is naturally the attendant of Henan Hall.
Now the two have completely reversed their identities and sit in seats that do not match their identities.
If this is spread, it will be the manifestation of the Li family not being polite and sarcastic, and only pleasing the celebrity in front of the emperor, but despising the minister of the humerus.
Li Chengyi was the Situ of the current dynasty, in charge of etiquette. If his son was unwilling to obey etiquette and was determined to please the emperor, then the reputation of the Li family over the years would naturally be stained.
Li Xian attached great importance to this matter, so he naturally had to do it himself.
He strode towards the corner of the west seat and stood in front of Fu Zhongwen in just a few steps.
Fu Zhongwen was so glad that he had avoided Mu Yun. He lowered his head and savored the refreshments in the Li Mansion leisurely. Unexpectedly, after a glance from the light, he saw a blue robe hanging next to the desk in front of him.
His eyebrows and eyes thrust, and he raised his eyes and looked up following the man's clothes.
This man was wearing a gentleman's uniform with a blue moon-white embroidered pattern. His face looked as delicate as a scholarly family. His appearance was ordinary and had no characteristics. The only thing that made people look eye-catching was that there was a crimson heart-shaped birthmark on the lower jaw of his right face.
Those bright and strong eyes have exposed his human character.
Fu Zhongwen knew that Li Xian had come over and must have invited him to the Shangbin South Seat.
He gritted his teeth, really angry, but he still pretended to be ignorant of anything, looked up at Li Xian and said, "How did Brother Li find this place? All the guests outside have been received and placed?"
When Li Xian saw that he was indifferent to his face, he seemed to have not minded the seat, and he became a little confused.
Fu Zhongwen has always been a competitive and strong person. How could he not mind sitting beside him with officials from poor families?
"Brother Zhongwen...Mu family in Jiangfu... It was indeed the servant Shutong from our house who led the wrong direction... and then he went to the southern seat of the Shangguan. If you feel uncomfortable, I apologize to you on behalf of my father. But even so, my father still prepared a banquet for you. Brother Zhongwen was sitting in the last seat at the end... This... is really unruly." Li Xian first explained the reason for the matter, and then persuaded Fu Zhongwen to go to the Shangguanfu.
Fu Zhongwen heard Li Xian’s meaning, but just caught the meaning of his words and said stubbornly: “Brother Li… Although it is indeed unruly for me to sit at the end of the Western Conference, the wife of the Dongfushi Si sat in the guest seat without following the rules. I was really unhappy in my heart. If Brother Li could not let this poor official leave the guest seat, then I, Fu, would sit here today.”
The implication is that he and Mu Yun must not sit next to each other.
Li Xian's face changed again and again, and he said awkwardly: "If Brother Fu insists on doing this... Li has no choice."
Fu Zhongwen always had a strong face and refused to give in.
Li Xian had no choice but to leave the bridge with the servants around him and go to the pavilion to discuss.
"Young Master, what should I do? If Mrs. Mu is invited out of the guest seat now... it will damage Jiang's face. If the emperor knows, I'm afraid..." The servant was at a loss.
Li Xian sighed: "The current method... can only send a maid to the Shangguan Seal and quietly talk to Mrs. Mu to see if she agrees to go to the end of the seat."
The servant looked melancholy, and there were so many wrinkles between his eyebrows and eyes.
Li Xian took a deep breath, found a clever maid from the pavilion and garden, and explained it to her, and then asked her to go to the guest seat.
He waited in the pavilion for half a day, waiting for the result, but unexpectedly, the little maid left for a while and turned back and said to him: "Young Master... Mrs. Mu is not at the guest seat at this moment."
Li Xian was shocked and stared at him, "I was still there just now, why did I disappear now?"
He then followed the little maid to the south side of the open-air Liushang Canal Seat in Henan Hall, but saw that Mu Yun was sitting in his seat, and there was no one there.
He searched in the hall for a long time, turned around and saw that Mu Yun and two maids actually went to the last seat by themselves.
Fu Zhongwen saw that Li Xian had never appeared again after leaving the bridge. He thought he would not come again, so he felt relieved and ate the banquet preparations brought by the servant of Li's house.
Unexpectedly, when I looked up at the open-air water mat, I saw Mu Yun walking towards him with two maids.
Fu Zhongwen got stuck in his throat with a mouthful of tea and coughed suddenly.
He immediately lowered his head, unwilling to look at Mu Yun.
But Mu Yun discovered him with sharp eyes.
"This young man..." She was already standing in front of him.
Fu Zhongwen became a little depressed and covered his face with long sleeves and refused to look up.
"This young master..." Mu Yun asked again: "Did you sit in the wrong seat? This should be my seat."
Fu Zhongwen frowned and sighed in his heart. Why did he accidentally sit in the original seat of Mu again?
Seeing that he kept his head down, Mu Yun felt curious when he felt that he didn't dare to look at him, he half-kneeled and squatted down to look at him carefully and said, "Young Master?"
She saw his slightly familiar side face and felt that she had seen it somewhere, so she blurted out and asked, "Have we... seen it?"
Fu Zhongwen stammered: "Miss is joking...it is the first time we have met today."
Mu Yun was not willing to say much to him and said directly: "Whether you have seen it or not... can you please move your son? Here... it should be my seat."
Fu Zhongwen nodded, stood up and lowered his head, ready to slip away sideways.
But when he got up, Mu Yun happened to see his face covering his sleeves, and immediately said in surprise: "Are you the young man from the East Gate?"
Fu Zhongwen's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that there was nothing to hide at this moment.
He put down his sleeves helplessly, looked at Mu Yun, pretending not to know it was her, and said in surprise: "So it is the wife? Is the wife also coming to congratulate Master Li on his birthday?"
Mu Yun stared at him up and down and looked at him, and for some reason he became alert, "Young Master is the general of the National Defense? The woman is rude."
She stood up and took two steps back, owed Fu Zhongwen, and then lowered her eyes and stopped talking.
Seeing that she guessed her identity, Fu Zhongwen immediately said curiously: "How could Madam know who I am?"
Mu Yun looked up and looked at him again and said, "The young master has the blood jade that only the Fu family can be equipped with, and he has sword-browed eyes and the murderous aura of people from the army. Lord Sikong was sick a few days ago. The person who came to congratulate the people was the second son of the Fu family who was the position of General Wei... At this moment, the young master is in the VIP seat of Henan Hall in Fuzi's mansion... Who else would he be if he was not General Wei?"
Chapter completed!