Chapter 331: You Eat So Well—Did You Consider Your Brothers' Feelings?

What are the duties of a tongfang maid?

Xu Lianyue looked completely puzzled.

How should I put it, she knows about tongfang maids; when she was young her family already had many, not to mention tongfang maids, Xu's father even had many concubines.

But those people were no different from slaves, Xu Lianyue had once seen Xu's father give concubines to guests...

And besides stepping in when the lady of the house is unavailable, what other duties does a tongfang maid have?

Xu Lianyue thought for a while, yet still couldn't come up with an answer.

At that moment, the crowd suddenly became excited.

"Look, Lord Bo is escorting the princess out..."

"......."

"Hahaha, belch~"

Inside the Weinan Bo Fu, Li Chengqian set down his wine bowl, his face flushed, but he smiled very happily.

Sitting at the same table with him were the three Cheng Chumo brothers, as well as Du Gou, Fang Yizhi, and, besides them, the sullen Changsun Chong was also present.

This group of top second‑generation Tang elites were not placed outside, but had a table set up in a room.

After all, with Li Chengqian present, it was really awkward to sit with others.

However, even though they were indoors, it was lively outside, and since they were all friends, they didn't think anything was wrong.

Qin Huaidao bit into a roasted chicken leg and laughed, "Brother Du, Brother Fang, and His Highness the Crown Prince, at first we thought you wouldn't come today; it's been ages since we all drank together, ha."

"Brother Chen's grand wedding, how could we not come?" Du Gou waved his hand, "Early this morning, Fang brother and I rushed back from Weinan County."

"But His Highness the Crown Prince, actually coming is rather surprising to me."

Li Chengqian, happy and a bit drunk, shook his head at the remark, "I suppose I benefited from Li Lizhi's favor; otherwise I wouldn't have come out."

"Enough, let's not talk about that. Today we're happy, come on, drink!"

Saying that, he refilled his bowl with wine, ready to go wild.

Yu Chi Bao Lin let out a chuckle, "His Highness the Crown Prince's drinking capacity has grown; back then you got drunk after just four big bowls and collapsed on the street..."

"Hey!" Li Chengqian hurried to stop, "Let's not bring up the past; let what's past stay past!"

"We drink, we drink."

The few glanced at each other, then burst into laughter.

As cups were passed around, they were extremely merry.

Only Changsun Chong seemed out of place, speaking little.

He no longer had any thoughts about Li Lizhi marrying Chen Yan; after all, the gruesome example was right before him, and from any angle he had extinguished his feelings for Li Lizhi.

However, in the past he indeed had feelings for Li Lizhi; his father Changsun Wuji even had a tentative marriage arrangement with the Changsun Empress, so now coming here was rather awkward.

Moreover, Changsun Chong's relationship with Cheng Chumo and the others wasn't particularly good; it was only out of respect for their elders that they exchanged greetings when they met.

Just as Changsun Chong forced a smile to deal with the crowd, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Two figures entered, and at the front was Chen Yan, with Qing'er holding a wine tray beside him.

"Hey brothers, eat happily, ha."

Chen Yan's mouth twitched into a faint smile, feeling dizzy and light‑headed.

He had indeed drunk a lot today; fortunately it was local Tang wine, not strong liquor, or else he would have collapsed early.

When he entered, everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

"Yo, isn't this our groom?" Yu Chi Bao Lin's loud voice rang out.

"Of course not?" Qin Huaidao replied in time, "Our groom came with wine, as if he came to take care of us."

Having spent long periods drinking flower wine in pleasure houses, their tacit understanding was extraordinary; upon hearing Yu Chi Bao Lin and Qin Huaidao, Li Chengqian and Cheng Chumo instantly grasped the meaning.

But Du Gou, Fang Yizhi, and Changsun Chong hadn't thought that far; they simply wanted to take revenge.

After all, Chen Yan in Weinan County was the hands‑off manager, and all matters were handed to the two of them.

As for Changsun Chong.

What the hell else to say?

Chen Yan suddenly sensed trouble, "Qing'er, quick..."

"Quick what, quick?!"

Li Chengqian shouted loudly, lunging to grab Chen Yan's arm, while the others immediately rushed forward.

"Stop, stop, stop, I'm wrong, I'm wrong!"

Chen Yan immediately began pleading, "I really can't drink any more, spare me a dog's life."

"I still have the bridal chamber..."

"You still want the bridal chamber?" Cheng Chumo laughed scoldingly, "You damn well eat so well, have you considered the brothers' feelings?"

"Today I definitely won't spare you!"

"Right on!" Du Gou rubbed his hands, immediately pulling a large wine jar from under the table.

"Damn it, the old man and Brother Fang dropped all duties, Magistrate Ma single‑handedly took over our responsibilities, just for this part."

"You still want to run?!"

"Fill it up, fill it up!!!"

Chen Yan saw the person clutching the huge wine jar, his face turned green.

"Damn, they were prepared all along!"

Qing'er, seeing this, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, silently slipped out, and casually shut the door behind her...

"Qing'er, you....... ouch, damn!"

"......."

Princess, it's so lively outside, Zhang Yi has prepared lots of delicious food, why don't we go out and eat something?

At the same time, in another room, Xiang Lan leaned against the window, looking through the crack at the guests outside feasting, and her saliva uncontrollably dripped down.

She hadn't eaten anything since she came out this morning, and seeing that it was now noon, she was hungry.

Gao Yang heard this, his eyes filled with killing intent, "All right, go!"

Don't come back after you go!

Eat, eat, eat, all you think about is eating; besides eating, can't you think of anything else?

Xiang Lan lowered her head, feeling wronged, and dared not speak.

Gao Yang snapped, "I've only been gone a few days, and the main house has already been taken over!"

I come back and can only stay in a side room—is there any justice, any law?

Xiang Lan muttered, "But today isn't the day Lord Bo and His/Her Highness of Changle are getting married?"

We can't let His/Her Highness of Changle, the bride, stay in a side room, can we?

"Whose side are you on?" Gao Yang glared at her fiercely.

The little maid dared not utter a sound, standing there with a dejected expression.

Gao Yang snorted coldly, a bit angry, and temporarily didn't want to deal with Xiang Lan.

However, at that very moment, Gao Yang's stomach suddenly let out a series of protesting noises.

Gao Yang's old face turned red, an awkward atmosphere instantly spread, and Xiang Lan's expression was priceless—she wanted to laugh but dared not, which almost made the little maid burst.

Gao Yang opened his mouth, intending to scold a few words, but when the words reached his lips, they turned into.

Why are you still standing?

Hurry up and get the Zhang family to prepare some food for the princess!

"Ah, yes, I'll go right away!" Upon hearing this, Xiang Lan nodded excitedly and ran off happily.

Gao Yang sat sullenly, rubbing his big belly and muttering, "I'm only worried about starving the child; it's not that I myself want to eat."

...... Oh right, I don't know how Li Lizhi is doing over there.