Chapter 603: Prince of the Southern Prince
The queen glanced at Chunyang, and there was no gentleness towards juniors in her eyes, she ignored Chunyang's yin and yang weirdness, and only lightly instructed Mama Wang: "Since everyone is here, let's have a banquet." ”
This banquet was very cold compared to the banquets held by the queen on weekdays.
The queen didn't say much except for a few words at the beginning, and everyone else was silent, except for the two princesses, who looked calm.
Huyang was none of his business, and sat there happily fiddling with the fruits in the fruit bowl.
Chunyang has an excellent appetite and tasted several plates of melon and fruit snacks on the dining table.
"This is delicious!" Chunyang pointed to a plate of eight-treasure cakes, sighed, and said to the queen, "Queen Mother, why don't you give me the cook who makes this snack?" ”
Chunyang said that several women who wanted to be dowries were red-eyed.
The queen put down the glass in her hand and let out a slight knock.
"What else do you need to get married, tell me to go down, and someone will naturally do it. The queen's tone was cold.
Chunyang made a happy look, "Thank you, Queen Mother, then I'll go back and make a list." I won't tell you the truth, during this period of time, my father, mother and concubine all responded to my needs, and I didn't know that I was the most favored princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty until I was going to kiss. ”
The queen didn't even look at her, and lowered her head to take a sip of wine.
Huyang couldn't help but say, "You asked for something before, and most of your father and mother relied on you, how could I hear you say this as if you had been treated badly before." ”
Chunyang pulled the corners of his mouth and was about to speak, but there was a report from the inner servant outside the hall: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”
Hearing this, everyone hurriedly straightened their dresses and got up to greet them.
When Emperor Tiancheng entered the palace, everyone found that he was not coming alone today, but was followed by King Rui, the Six Princes, and a tall, dark-skinned, bearded man who was dressed completely different from the men of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The empress had already gotten up and was about to salute, but when she saw the people brought by the emperor, she couldn't help frowning.
"Your Majesty, this is?"
"It's all my own family, so I don't have to be polite. Emperor Tiancheng raised his hand, gently motioned to everyone to be exempt, and then said with a smile, "Knowing that the queen is holding a family banquet in the palace, I will come over to take a look." ”
Emperor Tiancheng's sentence of "family banquet" made the faces of the people present a little strange. Several princes, princesses and princesses are a family with the emperor and queen, yes, what kind of family are the ladies who came to the palace today to accompany the princess to marry?
At this time, the bearded man bowed to the queen, "Jialan greets the queen." ”
Several ladies have participated in the draft, and the previous time on the school field was to see this prince of the south of the country, but the mood was completely different from that time when I saw it.
In all fairness, this Jialan prince was not ugly, but he was a little rough and strong, and his skin was dark to shiny, not the humble gentleman and Yushu type that the little ladies of the Great Zhou Dynasty admired.
After Jialan saluted the queen, she saluted the others, and by the way, her eyes swept around the people present, his gaze was different from his rough appearance, and he looked very shrewd.
The queen's face has not been very good-looking since Emperor Tiancheng came in, but at this moment, Emperor Tiancheng has brought people here, and she can only order the palace maid to sit with the two princes and the prince of Nanwang.
Emperor Tiancheng sat on the queen's side.
"It's all family dinners, just feel free. Emperor Tiancheng picked up his wine glass and said with a smile.
Jialan hurriedly raised her glass and cheered, "Jialan wishes Your Majesty and the Queen Mother a long and healthy life." ”
Emperor Tiancheng looked in a good mood today, and drank the wine in the wine glass, and the queen just touched her lips and put it down.
Only Emperor Tiancheng and Jialan were happy to drink, and the six princes occasionally had fun, King Rui said very little today, and he looked a little absent-minded, and his eyes drifted to He Linwan from time to time.
The women's side was very quiet, everyone was sitting in a precarious position, even Chunyang, who was in good spirits at the beginning, didn't speak since Jialan appeared, and his eyes didn't look at the prince of Nanwang once.
It was the prince of Nanwang, who frequently looked at Chunyang between drinking, and after toasting to the emperor and the two princes respectively, he got up with a wine glass, raised a glass to Chunyang, and said in a respectful tone: "Princess Jialanjing." ”
Chunyang glanced at the prince of Nanwang, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, but she didn't know what she thought, she hid the emotions in her eyes, picked up the wine glass and gestured at Jialan, and said with a smile: "Don't just respect me, these are the concubines I want to take to Daji Kingdom, why don't we have a drink together?"
Chunyang's words made the queen's eyes show anger, and even made the faces of several ladies change greatly.
Chunyang didn't care about her at all, she even got up with a wine glass, walked to He Linwan's side, pointed at He Linwan and asked Nanwang Shizi with a smile, "How does Shizi look at this? This is what I specially picked for you, I don't know if it is the prince's mind?"
When the prince of Nan heard this, he couldn't help but look at He Linwan, as if he was evaluating something.
Such a gaze will definitely make the person being watched uncomfortable, but He Linwan didn't even move her brows, as if the person Chunyang and Jialan said was not her.
However, King Rui was angry and reprimanded: "Chunyang, you are enough! What kind of occasion is this, pay attention to your words and deeds!"
Chunyang blinked in confusion, "What's wrong with me? Didn't you ask me to learn the rules of Daji Country some time ago? The rules of Daji Country are that the wife should personally select a healthy and well-nurtured woman to give to her husband to pass on the lineage, and the more children in which family, the more competent the mistress of which family is." Jialan Shizi, don't you say? Am I doing the right thing?"
Nanwang Shizi didn't think there was anything outstanding about Chunyang's doing, these were indeed the customs of Daji Kingdom, and now at this time, he naturally wanted to give face to his future wife, so he nodded, "That's right." ”
The faces of several ladies turned even paler.
King Rui wanted to say something, but heard a gentle and smiling voice say: "Her Royal Highness the princess is not only familiar with the rules and etiquette of Daji Kingdom, but also practices it herself, which really makes me feel ashamed, we should take His Highness as an example." ”
King Rui turned his head and found that the person who spoke turned out to be He Linwan, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Not only King Rui was stunned, but everyone present was stunned, and even the queen looked over, thinking that this child was not confused by Chunyang.
Emperor Tiancheng didn't think much about it, and praised Chunyang and made a face for her in front of Jialan, "Chunyang is a general knowledge." ”
Only Chunyang, who had been pitted by He Linwan, looked at He Linwan with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
Sure enough, I heard He Linwan continue with a smile: "I heard that Daji Country not only has a good rule for a wife to give a woman to her husband, but also a rule that a wife will burn a husband's family crest on her forehead with a red-hot black iron before she gets married, so as to show her respect for this marriage, does the princess plan to do it?"