Chapter 10: The Banquet (2)

After the applause, the girl in pink left angrily, which made the girl at the same table breathe a sigh of relief. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Later, when talking to Li Jin, someone told her that the domineering girl just now was the youngest daughter of the king of Nanxiang - Jing Wen, because she was the twilight of the old prince, and at the same time she was smart since she was a child, so she was a treasure better than a heart among the children of the old prince.

As long as she is present at various banquets in Beijing, others will not want to be in the limelight than her, and in fact, it is difficult for anyone to suppress her intelligence.

Today, everyone felt that they had finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they all admired Li Jin as a hero.

Li Jin didn't feel a sense of victory at all, and he didn't know what it was for in his heart, but there was a faint feeling of sadness. After that banquet, every time I think about the scene, I still feel a sense of sadness that is not strong but has always been there.

At this time, Xiangxue came to Li Jin with a cup of warm tea and said softly: "Miss, in this winter, drinking herbal tea hurts your stomach." Let's drink it lukewarm. ”

Li Jin showed such a wry smile, took the teacup, and drank it slowly.

Just as the cup of tea was about to be drunk, a deep drum beat sounded in the distance, and the interval of the slow and distant drum sound heralded that the palace gate was about to open, and the prelude to another banquet would be raised.

Li Hui reclined under the palace wall and closed his eyes to recuperate, and the ministers and others who were a little distance away were all greeting each other. Many of these people snooped on themselves and wanted to come forward to talk, but the situation has always maintained a state of Li Hui waiting alone.

Just when the first bell and drum were beaten, the sedan chair of the chief attendant finally arrived in front of the palace gate.

"General, you're walking too fast. The chief manager who came to Li Hui smiled while getting off the sedan chair beside Li Hui.

"It's a BMW sent by His Majesty, it's too good. Li Hui also responded with a smile.

When the palace gate opened, the two joined hands and were the first to step inside in front of everyone.

After Master Li got out of the car, he first went to Li Jin's car and gave two more instructions, so he was relieved to enter the palace with his entourage and everyone.

Because it is a female dependent, you can enter Miyagi by car. As is customary, at the Taihua Gate, there will be chamberlains to guide the way into the banquet venue from the other side. Li Jin sat in the car and slowly followed the cars into the palace gate.

The sound of wheels rumbling spread on the narrow palace path, and Li Jin was momentarily confused about what he was in here.

"Stop. With a shrill command that seemed to pierce the sky, the carriage stopped.

As everyone came to the venue of the banquet, this banquet seemed to be more elaborate than the moon worship festival in memory. In addition to the various plum blossoms in the courtyard, there are also various blooming chrysanthemums, peonies, and begonias, and the huge corollas show that these flowers must have been moved from the trellis in the royal estate.

Each seat was slightly spaced with various colored flowers, and Li Jin was led to a separate seat. Looking up, this one is a separate seat, with a hand warmer on both sides of the brocade cushion, and a square table of sandalwood in front of the seat.

A little farther away was a round table, where everyone was supposed to be seated.

This arrangement made Li Jin a little restrained, which should be the specifications of the royal family. can see the head, sitting next to the emperor Concubine Jing, smiling and signaling to herself. Although he felt that it was inappropriate, Li Jin didn't want his behavior to cause greater fluctuations, so he sat quietly in the position arranged for himself.

As soon as Li Hui sat down, he felt that he had seen a familiar person, but as soon as he turned around, he disappeared, and all in front of him were royal ladies who were more delicate than the flowers around him.

Knowing that he shouldn't stare at other girls like this, Li Hui immediately withdrew his gaze. I thought to myself, but I obviously saw the person who looked like a scholar I met this morning, could it be that I was dazzled?

It's just that before Li Hui could think about it, everyone had already sat down.

In the distance, the chamberlain sang: "The emperor has arrived." ”

Li Hui had to retract his thoughts and wait for it.

I saw Jingwen, the young man, slowly coming from the direction of the apse to the top of the venue and standing still. After that, there was the sound of the mountain shouting, and the high-pitched voice made Li Hui even have a moment of confusion, feeling as if he was hearing the cry of desperate death on the battlefield.

"Zhongqing is flat. "Calm but very crisp, it belongs to the voice of a teenager when he turns to youth.

The general in front of Jingwen who guarded the frontier and stood at the north gate of his own country was wearing a purple and jade belt given by himself at this time, but his tall figure was not burly, but he was only as slender as a scholar who had practiced martial arts for many years.

Although the vicissitudes of life are fully displayed between the eyebrows, there is no lack of handsome and open.

And the young man standing on a high place in front of Li Hui looked too thin against the light of the stove beside him. The young man's body that has not yet fully grown up looks too thin in the seamless imperial robe, but the childish face has the weight of an old man who is rare at this age.

All contradictions complement each other in combination, revealing a different kind of attractive charm.

During the daytime court meeting, the high seat widened the distance between the two of them too much, and the emperor sitting on the dragon chair seemed to be no different from what he had seen in the previous dynasty, but at this time, under such a close observation, Li Hui felt that he was so ridiculous, how could he be similar, how different two people they were.

The eyes of the two met, and there seemed to be some kind of inexplicable communication, some kind of competition, some kind of refusal to admit defeat, and some tacit understanding between each other.

Li Hui smiled, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has good governance, and wherever the ministers pass along the way, the people can farm and do business with peace of mind. There are few thieves who surround the people. I have been blessed to all people. ”

Jingwen didn't seem to think about it and said: "This is the work of all the secretaries to share the worries of the society, and I was involved in political affairs at the beginning, and there are tens of millions of shortcomings." Why does the general boast so much about me?"

Li Hui secretly raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, "This kid is really ......." ’

"The selection of talents and the appointment of talents is also where Your Majesty's merits lie, and I wish my dynasty a prosperous and prosperous world from this. Li Hui seemed indifferent to the emperor's robbery, and continued to talk at the end of the conversation.

When the officials heard such a eulogy, they naturally responded positively, and in an instant, it was like a mountain, a hundred generations of glory, and a song of praise for thousands of generations.

Li Hui took the opportunity to return to his seat and began to drink freely.

The Emperor on the other side was busy with all sorts of compliments and the advice that would arise from them. When Li Jin saw this scene, he couldn't help but secretly bow his head and laugh secretly.

This general of the northern part of the country, oh, should be called the general of Zhenguo. Why is it so easy to repay, but it is just a sentence of robbery, so it is more serious with the emperor?

Just after Jingwen finally dealt with the last wave of people, he secretly gritted his teeth and looked at Li Hui, who was drinking and enjoying the flowers, and raised his hand to signal the waiter.

The next moment, the voice that resounded through the audience said, "Kai." ”

The chimes and drums sounded in unison, and the dancing girls and singers who came out of the stream showed their posture on the stage in the distance. The huge scene made Li Jin can't help but be fascinated by it.

The maids who came there kept serving delicious food and wine, and of course the drinks prepared for these royal ladies were aromatic and not intoxicating.

If he could sit alone at every banquet, Li Jin felt that he didn't seem to be too repulsive to such a scene.

It's just that this good mood didn't last long. Just when a singer was replaced on the stage, Li Jin felt that he seemed to have gathered a piercing gaze.

It was different from the snooping or jealous eyes when he sat down just now, an inexplicable feeling of being caught by some powerful presence - this was something Li Jin had never felt.

Unnoticed, Li Jin looked around for the source of his sight.

Who knew that the strong feeling disappeared in an instant, which made Li Jin feel extremely insecure. And just when Li Jin was worried, a picture that made her even more difficult to relax came into view.

Because the banquet in the palace has a special attendant and maid, so except for the emperor, the queen mother and a group of palace concubines, other people's attendants are not allowed to enter the banquet.

But at this time, Li Jin saw that a figure that looked like Xiangxue's back flashed among the flowers in the distance.

This little girl likes to be lively since she was a child, and she grew up with herself, so maybe it is also her own lawlessness, which also indirectly affects her? It's not the first time that she hides in the dark and peeks at a cabaret like this.

But this time...... Li Jin looked at the direction in which the figure disappeared, which was the direction leading to the inner courtyard of the harem. couldn't put his mind at ease, Li Jin left his seat under the pretext of leaving his seat, and took advantage of people's inattention to look in the direction where Xiangxue had just disappeared.

This path is a shortcut that Li Jin once walked when he entered the palace to meet Concubine Jing, if it wasn't for the time he missed at that time, the little chamberlain who led the way would not have guided him this road anyway, just because it was also a shortcut to the emperor's imperial study here, and there were many Praetorian Guards patrolling on weekdays.

But this time, Li Jin didn't see any guards all the way, and Li Jin couldn't help but wonder secretly, 'Could it be that they are all patrolling over the banquet, so no one is taking care of them here?'

walked all the way like this, and I didn't see the figure that looked like Xiangxue again.

Just when Li Jin wondered if he had just been dazzled by the wrong person, in a blink of an eye, Li Jin saw the corner of the white clothes on the path leading to an unfamiliar direction.

For fear of missing it again, Li Jin didn't have time to think about it and quickly ran in the direction where the person disappeared.

The path in this direction, unlike the shortcut just now, is almost unlit by palace lights. Here, three steps and five steps are a stone carved palace lamp, with a red candle surrounded by tulle as illumination.

The orange candlelight shrouded in tulle, although the radiance shines on a smaller area, reveals a unique beauty. Especially against the background of the snow that few people pass, the soft candlelight seems to add a warm temperature to the cold palace around it.

Although the trail is rarely walked, there are two trails left on the soft snow. Li Jin followed the footnotes and the place where the person disappeared in his impression just now, and chased after him.