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Chapter 496 Pan House Banquet

Since Cao Ping already knew, Li Yanqing would not say much. He registered his name in front of the Pan Mansion gate and quickly walked into the Pan Mansion. Originally, Cao Xing wanted to accompany Li Yanqing, but Li Yanqing politely declined. This was not the first time he attended such a banquet. It would make him feel uncomfortable if he was accompanied. It would be better to let him be more free and casual alone.

Like the Cao Mansion Banquet, the Pan family's banquet was set up in the square outside Chenlou, with more than 100 tables in the layout, and the layout was exactly the same as the Cao Mansion Banquet. Li Yanqing was too lazy to find his seat. After several banquets, he already knew that once the banquet was held, everyone would not sit according to the designated seat, but chose seats at will, and the couple would sit together, so there was no need to find their seats at all.

There seemed to be a little more guests attending the banquet today than last time, especially young people, and more free. The last time the young women went to the inner house, and there was basically no communication between men and women, which was not in line with the purpose of holding the magpie party. This time the Pan family learned the lesson and closed the inner house. The back garden was open to all guests, and they tried to encourage young men and women to chat and play together.

The wintersweets are already in full bloom, and dozens of wintersweet plants are planted in the atrium garden. A hundred steps away can smell the fragrance. The path next to the wintersweet forest is full of young people, including men and women. They gather together to chat and enjoy the plum blossoms, filled with laughter and joy.

Li Yanqing loved wintersweet very much. He was about to go up to appreciate the plum blossoms, but Pan Chengyu ran over panting, "Civil Li, my grandfather is invited!"

Li Yanqing couldn't help but frowned, and he was very resistant. The last thing he wanted to see was these elders, all of whom were wearing masks and talking. It was too tiring to be with them.

But this is Pan's mansion. Since the host invited him, even if Li Yanqing was reluctant, he had to go for a social event. He had to nod and follow Pan Chengyu to the inner hall.

There were more than a dozen people sitting in the inner hall, Pan Xu sat in the main seat, next to him was Cao Ping. These two were the oldest, so they were qualified to sit in the host and guest seats. There were a row of chairs on each side. On one side of the Pan family were more than a dozen important figures of the Pan family, including Pan Xu's two brothers Pan Jing and Pan Zi, then Pan Xu's son and nephew. In the opposite row were guests' seats. The first one was Gaoshen, and the others were important figures of each family.

Everyone sat like a negotiation. Two dancers were performing graceful dance moves. The musicians on both sides played melodious sounds of silk and bamboo. However, everyone didn't care about the dance. Everyone was chatting secretly.

At this time, Pan Chengyu ran to the inner hall and said a few words to his grandfather with his ears. Pan Xu quickly stood up and said, "Hurry up and invite him!"

The sound of silk and bamboo stopped, and the two dancers also retreated tactfully, and Li Yanqing quickly walked into the inner hall.

"Haha! Jingshi Li is such a rare guest!" Pan Xu came up with a smile.

Pan Xu did not show enthusiasm because of Li Yanqing's official position, but felt a little grateful to Li Yanqing. If Li Yanqing had not sentenced the assassination case under the pressure of Wang Fu, he would probably have died in Dali Temple Prison.

The Pan family was full of gratitude to Li Yanqing, especially Pan Yue's father Pan Jing, who stepped forward and bowed: "Welcome to the Pan family to visit!"

Two important figures of the Pan family stood up to welcome guests, and other Pan family members also stood up one after another. As guests, it was difficult for everyone to sit still, so they had to stand up with them. For a moment, more than 20 people in the inner hall stood up, and the momentum of welcoming guests was quite touching.

Li Yanqing hurriedly replied, "Everyone is a senior. I have killed Li Yanqing. Please sit down and ask the police Pan to sit down!"

Pan Xu also felt that the pressure was too great, so he smiled and said, "Everyone sit down! We are uneasy to Jingshi Li, please sit here."

Pan Xu pointed to an empty seat in the guest seat and asked Li Yanqing to sit down. This was originally Wang Daoqi's seat. Wang Daoqi's excuse that he could not come to the scene because he was empty, so he happened to let Li Yanqing sit down.

Li Yanqing bowed to everyone again, then sat down, and a maid came in and served him tea.

Pan Xu then smiled and said, "I would like to ask Censor Li to come, mainly to thank Censor Li for presiding justice and to wash away the injustice for our Pan family's children. I have no choice but toast three cups and thank Censor Li for presiding justice!"

Li Yanqing waved his hand quickly, "This is a matter of humble position. Please don't be polite to Mr. Pan!"

"So I'm not polite, I just toast three glasses of wine to express my gratitude!" After saying that, Pan Xu laughed loudly and waved his hand, "Get the wine!"

A maid hurriedly brought the wine pot and the wine glass. Pan Xu poured three glasses of wine, and all drank it all, and everyone applauded and applauded.

Li Yanqing had no choice but to replace wine with tea and thank Pan Xu for his etiquette.

At this time, Cao Ping smiled and said, "Censor Li is so young, he should be with young people. It is so depressing to sit with us boring old people. It is better for Censor Li to return to the Pan family to have a glass of wine and then go out and be comfortable."

Cao Ping's words simply reached Li Yanqing's heart. He quickly stood up and smiled and said, "I am willing to return to the Pan family to a glass of wine. Thank you Mr. Pan for your kind invitation today!"

















Thanks to Cao Ping's understanding, Li Yanqing finally got rid of the overly enthusiastic reception of the Pan family, finally came out of the awkward inner hall, and returned to the atrium. He breathed a sigh of relief. The thing he didn't want to face the most today was finally over.

The atrium garden was still lively, and there were young people watching plum blossoms on both sides of the wintersweet forest. Li Yanqing was attracted by the faint fragrance of wintersweet and walked over quickly.

There is also thick snow on the ground. In the cold wind, dozens of wintersweets bloom particularly beautifully. The trees are covered with golden flowers. The petals are as delicate and gentle as jade carvings, exuding an intoxicating fragrance.

There is also a wintersweet plant in the back garden in Li Yanqing's mansion, but it is just blooming alone in the cold wind. There is no such grand scene of dozens of blooming at the same time, and there is not so many people enjoying the plum blossoms under the flowers at the same time.

"Censor Li seems to like wintersweet very much!" A calm voice suddenly came from behind Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing turned around and saw three gorgeously dressed young women standing behind him. One of them was Pan Qianyun. Li Yanqing couldn't help but have a headache. He didn't want to see Pan Qianyun either, but Pan Qianyun looked at him very coldly, which made Li Yanqing breathe a little relieved.

"So it's Miss Pan!" Li Yanqing bowed slightly and said hello.

I thought Pan Qianyun would leave immediately, but she said to her two companions: "You go first! I will say a few words to Jingshi Li."

The two companions left with a smile, and then Pan Qianyun walked forward with a gloomy face and said, "You are so despicable, you actually caused Wang Jun so miserable!"

Li Yanqing's face also became cold and he said coldly: "Please be careful when speaking!"

"Hmph! I thought you were a decent person, but I didn't expect you to be a hundred times more despicable and even more cruel than the children of aristocratic families. If something happened to Wang Jun, I would never let you go."

Li Yanqing really didn't want to pay attention to this woman who looked like a madman, which ruined his mood of watching flowers. He turned around and walked quickly towards the other path. Pan Qianyun looked at Li Yanqing's back as he was leaving, gritted his teeth and said, "Despicable villain, you don't deserve to carry your shoes to Wang Jun!"

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Leaving the Atrium Garden, Li Yanqing began to regret not coming to attend the Pan family’s banquet. From the elders of the Pan family to the younger generation, everyone made him uncomfortable. They were either too enthusiastic or with hatred. What is the meaning of such a banquet?

Li Yanqing had already thought about leaving, but leaving like this would seem rude and would inevitably offend the Pan family. He probably had learned about the Pan family's character, and it was easier to go to extremes from top to bottom. It is best for such people to stay away from each other, neither offend nor have they dated too much.

Li Yanqing sighed softly, it would be best to find a place to rest and wait for the banquet to begin before showing up.

Several young men ran past him, and they heard them excitedly saying, "It's already started, let's go!"

Li Yanqing turned around and saw everyone walking towards Chenlou with great enthusiasm, as if there was some interesting activity in Chenlou. At this moment, Li Yanqing suddenly saw Gao Chong. He was walking into Chenlou with a chat and laughing with Cao Xing. Li Yanqing hesitated for a moment and quickly walked towards Chenlou.

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