Chapter 16: A Feast of Flowers
Meng Qianzi stiffened and lowered her arms, quietly letting Qing Tianze hold her.
After a while, I finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Is it over?"
Qing Tianze couldn't help but look up and laugh, and finally let go of the soft body in his arms.
Found a smooth place, pulled Meng Qianzi to sit down, and the two quietly looked at the silver waterfall in the moonlight and the beautiful scenery around them.
"Did you find out about your assassination last night?"
"I found out, and all the fingers were pointed at the prince. Qing Tianze said in a cold voice.
"You don't believe it?" Meng Qianzi turned her head to look at Qing Tianze with a cold face.
Qing Tianze smiled coldly: "The prince thinks he is extremely smart, and he thinks that you are stupid and disfigured, so he used a trick to let his father marry you to me after ruining the marriage, so that King Ning, who was already crippled in Qingchuan, married a stupid and disfigured princess, such a perfect match, this will definitely be a joke in the whole Qingchuan and even the whole world." Turning his head to look at Meng Qianzi beside him: "He must be waiting to see the joke of this king, how could he make a move at this time?"
"Who's that?" "Guess what?"
Meng Qianzi turned her head to look at the waterfall in the distance, and said affirmatively: "The third prince Qingtian Che." ”
Qing Tianze smiled slightly, knowing that she must know: "Compared to the crown prince, Qing Tianche is more insidious and cunning." ”
"Everyone thought he was from the prince's faction. ”
"That's where his insidiousness lies. Qing Tianze sneered.
Meng Qianzi was silent and stopped talking, whether it was ancient or modern, the supreme right would make everyone rush to it.
Seeing that Meng Qianzi didn't speak, Qing Tianze also looked at the waterfall in the distance silently.
The two of them sat quietly for a long time.
Meng Qianzi stood up and patted the dust on her clothes: "Let's go." "No matter how beautiful the scenery is, we still have to face reality.
Qing Tianze also stood up, patted his clothes, pulled Meng Qianzi to the edge of the cliff, grabbed her waist and jumped down the cliff.
"Miss. Meng Qianzi was sitting at the table in the courtyard reading a book, and heard Qing'er shouting from afar.
"Miss, just now the housekeeper brought an invitation, saying that it was sent by the eldest lady of the Taifu Mansion, and she wants to invite you to the Hundred Flowers Banquet. ”
"Hundred Flowers Banquet?" Meng Qianzi frowned slightly, and then remembered that there is an unwritten rule that the famous elites of Qingjing will hold a hundred flowers banquet every year in this season of blooming flowers, which is held by the famous ladies of Qingjing in turn every year, and all the famous ladies of Qingjing can participate as long as they are invited, of course, such a banquet is naturally indispensable to the sons of Qingjing's families, and this year it is the turn of the eldest lady of the Taifu Mansion to handle it.
Meng Qianzi thought, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, what kind of hundred flowers banquet, to put it bluntly, isn't it a blind date banquet.
"Miss, Miss 2 and Miss 3 also received it. Qing'er looked at Meng Qianzi and said again.
"Dream Qianyu?" "It's not strange that Meng Qianbai received an invitation, but Dream Qianyu?
As far as Meng Qianzi's previous memories know, if Meng Qianzi is not out of the house, then this Meng Qianyu is almost the same as her.
If you want to say that there are three sisters in the Prime Minister's Mansion, only Meng Qianbai is well-known to this Qingjing.
"When?" Meng Qianzi asked Qing'er with an excited face.
"The day after tomorrow. Of course she was excited, you must know that for so many years, only the second miss can participate in the white flower banquet every year, but she didn't expect to invite the young lady this time.
"Got it, put it away. Meng Qianzi said with a faint expression, lowered her head and continued to look at the book in her hand.
"Miss, why don't you react at all, this is a hundred flowers banquet, there is a talent show at the hundred flowers banquet, and there will be a review, if the talent is good, it will be selected as the top three talented female beauties in Qingjing." ”
Talented female beauty, Meng Qianzi's mother Ye Qinghe was the first talented female beauty in Qingjing back then.
Meng Qianzi chuckled: "What are you excited about? This Hundred Flowers Banquet is just a banquet, saying that it is a flower appreciation, but in fact it is just a trick of those boudoir daughters competing for beauty, what is there to be excited about?" And even if she won the first place, what about the talented female beauty? Wasn't her mother Ye Qinghe the world-famous Qingjing's first talented female beauty back then, but it didn't end up with such a tragic and bleak ending?
"Miss!" Qing'er pouted, scratching her head with her little hands: "Is the young lady still going?"
"Go, why don't you go, how can you not watch it if there is excitement?" Meng Qianzi smiled.
"Miss, what's the excitement?" asked Qing'er puzzled.
"You'll know when the time comes. Meng Qianzi sent Qing'er away and continued to look at the book in her hand.
If she remembers correctly, at the palace dinner that day, the emperor gave the prince and Meng Qianbai a marriage in public, and among those women full of hatred, one of them was Liu Jingshu, the eldest lady of the Taifu Mansion!
The carriages of various families were parked at the gate of Taifu's mansion, and almost all the famous ladies and ladies called in the upper echelons of Qingjing came here. Some of the maids and daughters-in-law of each family are waiting outside, gathering together in twos and threes, talking in small voices, saying that my girl is the most beautiful, my girl is the most graceful, and my girl is the most talented.
Let the whole Taifu Mansion door be noisy, Meng Qianzi heard the discussion of those mothers-in-law from afar, but the closed eyes did not open, the fine and curly eyelashes cast a small shadow on the face, the stunning face did not apply powder, and the wound on the forehead corner had been removed in a few days because of the medicine she had prepared herself, leaving only a pink mark. Half of the black jade-like hair was tied at the back of the head, a hosta was curled, and the other half was draped behind, like a black waterfall hanging down to the waist, obediently fluttering on the lilac coat.
I don't know if it's because Ye Qinghe likes purple, the original dream Qianzi also likes purple. And now Meng Qianzi likes purple even more in modern times, although she also has a dislike for other colors, but her clothes are still mostly purple, so when she looks at the purple clothes here, she doesn't feel anything special.
"Miss, here we are. When she arrived at the door, Qing'er also heard the sound of commotion outside, lifted the curtains of the trunk and looked out, and saw a lively scene outside, she couldn't help but be a little excited, but when she looked back at her own little one, she still closed her eyes, and she didn't know whether she was asleep or closed her eyes to recuperate, so she had to call out loud.
Meng Qianzi sighed slightly in her heart, it's really troublesome, these three women can sing a play, and such a large group of women? It's really too troublesome! Maybe it shouldn't be here to watch a good show, but everyone is here, forget it, if you come, you can be safe.
"Let's go. Meng Qianzi opened her eyes and looked at Qing'er's little face, which was slightly red because of excitement.
Also, this girl has been confined in the backyard since she was a child, and she has never even left the house, let alone participated in such a banquet.
As soon as Meng Qianzi's words fell, Qing'er had already lifted the curtain and rushed out and jumped out of the car.
Meng Qianzi shook her head helplessly, and saw that Qing'er had already opened the curtain for her next to her, so she also jumped out of the car neatly.
Because there was a sensation when she got off the bus outside the palace gate last time, this time she was already mentally prepared, and when she heard a gasping sound from all around, Meng Qianzi hooked the corners of her mouth, but Qing'er next to her pursed the corners of her lips helplessly.
The two were about to walk to the door, when they heard another sound of carriage and horses, the speed of which was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, they were close to the two.
The person driving the car was a black and cold person. Qing Leng jumped out of the carriage and bowed to Meng Qianzi: "My subordinates have seen the princess." ”
Meng Qianzi glanced at him and didn't respond.
Qing Leng didn't care, turned around and took down the wheelchair on the carriage and put it away, facing the carriage: "Lord Wang!"
Qing Tianze lifted the curtain with one hand and smiled softly at Meng Qianzi, and there was immediately another gasping sound from the turnaround.
The corners of Meng Qianzi's mouth twitched, and she turned her head, but she saw that there were still some daughters at the door who had not entered, and they blushed one by one, looking at Qing Tianze shyly and timidly, and secretly rolled her eyes in her heart, attracting bees and butterflies!
"See the prince!" The young ladies finally forgot who they were, and came over to salute Qing Tianze.
Qing Tianze didn't even look at it, waved his sleeves, said goodbye, and let Qing Leng push the wheelchair to Meng Qianzi's side.
Looking at Meng Qianzi's cold and stunning face, he smiled slightly: "Let's go in together." ”
Meng Qianzi looked at the starry eyes, didn't speak, turned around and walked towards the door, Qing Leng pushed Qing Tianze to walk next to her, and Qing'er followed behind her.
As soon as the two left, another carriage came behind them, and when everyone saw it, it was Meng Qianbai and Aunt Zhao, who had just been married to the prince.
Meng Qianbai is still wearing a pink gauze skirt, and her head is still swaying with golden steps, and as she walks, she sways slightly, swaying.
The originally lively scene at the door quieted down after she came, and the young ladies who were originally chatting suddenly lost their interest, and they all beckoned their girls to enter the Taifu Mansion.
Meng Qianbai looked at those people, her face with exquisite makeup showed a look of disdain, and Aunt Zhao, who was standing next to her, slapped her hand with a gentle smile on her face.
She is the aunt of Prime Minister Meng's mansion, and she is not qualified to participate in this hundred flowers banquet, but she can't afford to have a good daughter, so the emperor will marry the prince in person, and she will be stained with light and become the prince's quasi-mother-in-law, and she has nothing to say to participate in this hundred flowers banquet.