Chapter 43: The New Year's Banquet
Every year on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the last day of the official's rest, the palace will hold a grand banquet to entertain the ministers and their families, which is called the New Year's banquet. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This morning, she was dressed up early, and she just sat down at the table to pull her hair, but found that the table was empty, and she clearly remembered that she had put the luodian mirror here yesterday. Is it a thief?
She looked around and took a cursory look at the cabinets and drawers in the room, and strangely everything else was there, except for the mirror.
I can't care so much now, it's not too early, I have to rush to Prince Duan's mansion, it's a pity, she still likes that mirror.
When she arrived in Qingyuan, Xiao Kui just combed Rong Qingqian's hair, Rong Qingqian is thirteen years old this year, and she is not a child, so Xiao Kui combed her with a spirit snake bun today, and the whole person looks tall and gentle, plus the diet has been properly adjusted in the past two months, and her figure has also plumped, which is quite charming.
"Jayyi, you're back!
"Xiao Kui's craftsmanship is naturally not said. ”
Xiao Kui's hands are very dexterous, and her hair bun is beautiful and smart, which is something that Yi can't work hard no matter what, this should be the so-called talent!
"It's as good as Yi said, but practice makes perfect, I'm stupid by nature, I can't help Miss plan big things, and I can only do my best in these small things. ”
Sometimes when she sees that the young lady relies on the clothes for everything, she has a feeling of being ashamed of herself, and only at this time she feels that she is still useful.
"It's Xiaokui, your heart is the most valuable. ”
"Okay, okay, I know, both of you are my best sisters and helpers, and both of them are important. Don't worry, when you have a sweetheart in the future, I will definitely let you marry in a beautiful way, and I will never favor one over the other. ”
A woman's best future is nothing more than to find a satisfactory lover and live a good life, even if she is reluctant to give up in the future, she will find a good future for them, and it will not be in vain for them to serve her wholeheartedly.
Yayi was noncommittal, but Xiaokui said anxiously: "The slave maid wants to follow the young lady for the rest of her life, and she doesn't want to get married." ”
"You're still young and don't understand yet, and when you really meet someone you like in the future, you won't say that. ”
"The slave has followed the young lady since she was a child, and the slave doesn't want to be separated from the young lady!"
"Okay, in the future, it's too early to say anything, let's hurry up and prepare, I'm going to enter the palace in a while, there are many guests at today's banquet, don't lose the etiquette when the time comes." ”
Jayi is particularly disgusted by these banquets, where a group of men get together to flatter each other, and a group of women get together to compare and intrigue with each other. Before each banquet, she had to be fully prepared and scared, after which she felt tired and tired.
Rong Ruoxi, who was high above, still chose to walk with Rong Shuying, and the people who were disgusted by her could only be sent to a bunch.
Since the last attack, Rong Qingqian and Rong Weixiang have not said anything on their faces, in fact, they have become suspicious, neither of them is stupid, they already know what the truth of the matter is, but they just have to live on the face.
When I arrived at the banquet hall, everyone from all walks of life had almost arrived, Rong Ruoxi was the county lord, naturally a bunch of people were holding it, Rong Shuying had always been touched by her light, and there were also people who greeted her.
Rong Weixiang took her intellectual high posture and found a clean place to be independent.
Rong Qingqian looked around and saw Du Jia from the Protector General's Mansion sitting in the corner, smiling kindly at her, Rong Qingqian moved the lotus step lightly and walked towards her.
"Is there anyone sitting next to Miss Du?"
"No, Miss Rong San will be together if she doesn't dislike it!"
Now some ladies are afraid of her force and domineering, and dare not share a table with her, and others dislike her vulgarity and arrogance, and disdain to share a table with her, so that she falls into a quiet place.
"Miss Du said with a smile, your heroic posture and sassy women don't let you shave your eyebrows, and your rare true temperament is not enough for shallow admiration, so why dislike it. ”
"Miss Rong San is overrated, please take a seat. ”
"We're about the same age, so don't mind if I call you Duja! ”
Du Jia has a straightforward temperament, she always likes to go straight and straight, she doesn't like to go around in circles, Rong Qingqian's words are not twisted, and they are right for her appetite.
"After that, I'll call you shallow. "This is shallow, compared to her invincible county lord sister, and the talented girl sister who sells her reputation and reputation, she is much more sincere, and she is the only one left who understands.
"Okay!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
On the other end of the seat, a pair of yin owl eyes were looking at Rong Weixiang unscrupulously.
Rong Weixiang sat lightly, but in fact, it was like sitting on pins and needles. The eyes that have always been focused on her are adoring and amorous, but the man opposite seems to have a deep hatred for her.
Rong Weixiang turned her head and asked Zhang Yanyu beside her, "Cousin Yu, who is the man wearing a royal blue gold shirt opposite?"
Zhang Yanyu is the second granddaughter of the right prime minister, and also Rong Weixiang's cousin, who is similar in age to Rong Weixiang, and has a similar temperament, both of whom are famous as talented women in Bianjing, so the relationship between the two is also closer.
"That's Zhao Yichen, the second son of Shuntian Mansion Yin, who is the companion of Cousin Yao, and is quite a city figure, why, have you seen it?"
"No, I just thought it was familiar, so I asked. ”
"I thought your heart was budding, don't you really say it, this Zhao Yichen is not only young and promising, but also very handsome! You see that those young ladies of the family are also secretly looking at him. ”
"I don't like this type. Rong Weixiang always felt that Zhao Yichen was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and his body was full of a terrible anger.
"And what do you like?"
"My sister said, Cousin Yu is not allowed to laugh at me, I like that kind of iron-clad man, who is decisive in killing, can scold Fang Xuan when he enters, and sit in the temple when he retreats. Rong Weixiang said that her eyes looked at each other intentionally or unintentionally, and the person she liked always had her own halo, so that you could easily see it at a glance in the crowd.
"It turns out that my sister likes the kind of heroes of the world, I'm different from you, I like the kind of one person who is above ten thousand people. "What feelings and talents are secondary, only power is the most important, although Zhang Yanyu is young, but her ambition is not small, she wants to be like her aunt, marry the most powerful king in the world.
Now Emperor Huijing is in the prime of life, the position of the crown prince is undecided, among the four princes, King Jin and King Yao have both married wives, King Jin married Murong Yun, the daughter of Prime Minister Zuo, and King Yao married her sister Zhang Yanxin.
Now only King Rui and King Sheng are left to marry, and she is relatively fond of King Rui, although the two princes are wonderful characters, King Sheng's appearance and temperament are even more glamorous, but after all, he does not have a backer who can help, and the road to winning the heir alone is not a chance of winning, although Emperor Huijing favors him, but this King Sheng does not seem to be here, and he is lazy and lazy all day long.
King Rui is different, he not only has the powerful backer of the General's Mansion to protect the country, but he also works hard to improve, and he is the right-hand man of Emperor Huijing's government, and his future is limitless.
The reason why the Zhang family can stand still in the government and the opposition for a hundred years is that the right prime minister's foresight, he has always advocated not to put eggs in the same basket, so his eldest daughter became the emperor, the second daughter became the princess, and now his eldest granddaughter is the second prince's concubine, although the second prince and the sixth prince have always been at odds, but he still supports the second granddaughter to enter the camp of the six princes, after all, the fishing nets are widely cast to focus on fishing, and the east is not bright and the west is bright.