92. Ninety-two, closeness
The eldest princess of Jinyang did not hide her look, Zhao Jinyan was not stupid, naturally he saw the displeasure of the eldest princess of Jinyang at the moment, he knew that he couldn't help but lose his words, but he ...... Zhao Jinyan also secretly thought in his heart, although he had committed his aunt's taboo, but speaking from such an intimate position, as if he had really become Furui's husband and could speak instead of Furui, this kind of taste is really good!
Zhao Jinyan didn't want to admit his mistake at this time, but after all, Fu Hui hadn't really married him yet, and Zhao Jinyan also knew that the eldest princess of Jinyang would never be offended, after all, this hot-tempered aunt, if she was really annoyed, it was very possible to turn around and directly treat the verbal agreement she had made before as not existing. Zhao Jinyan didn't want to end up shooting himself in the foot.
He hurriedly smiled at the eldest princess of Jinyang, who was looking at him, that always serious face, and the smile was a little flattering and even flattering. But the eldest princess of Jinyang was not so easy to be flattered, Zhao Jinyan had no choice but to pick up the wine glass again, and didn't say anything, and directly sent a cup to her mouth as an apology.
And Zhao Jinyan's behavior, I have to say that it was indeed to please the eldest princess of Jinyang, and on the basis of not poking the matter out in front of everyone, she sincerely apologized, at least the eldest princess of Jinyang couldn't find fault at all.
She didn't look at Zhao Jinyan again, she only slowly withdrew her gaze, and she also took a sip of the wine in the glass slowly.
The emperor moved, and the people below also breathed a sigh of relief, and they no longer sat upright and did not dare to move.
Some people poured wine into their glasses, while others cautiously continued to pay attention to the situation above, and they were not even interested in watching the song and dance that had been rehearsed for this Halloween for a long time.
Zhao Jinyan was not interested in watching the song and dance, he picked up the wine glass, and after the palace people beside him added wine to his cup, he toasted to the courtiers and palace relatives who were under him very kindly.
Zhao Jinyan toasted, Fu Hui also drank a glass of sweet wine, after putting down the wine glass, the atmosphere began to slowly become lively, and Fu Hui also took advantage of this opportunity to observe the situation in the banquet, sitting closest to Zhao Jinyan and the Empress Dowager, it was naturally her and her mother Jinyang eldest princess.
However, the others are not far away, just like Yang Qingyi is only two or three positions away from Zhao Jinyan.
The situation in this banquet seems to be not much different from the palace banquet when the emperor was still alive in previous years, but Fu Rui still found some differences, such as the original vacancy in the palace should be for the palace concubines to sit, looking at it today, it seems that there is no setting at all, Fu Rui identified for a long time, only in a very remote corner of the main hall, found Zhao Jinyan's only two concubines now, since he was still a prince, he followed his two concubines, and now Yang and Chen, who have just been promoted to talents.
In fact, it stands to reason that these two are Zhao Jinyan's rightful women, and Fu Hui can't help but be jealous even when she sees other young ladies of the family who are interested in Zhao Jinyan, and she should also have a grudge against these two people, but Fu Hui doesn't know how, but she doesn't have those feelings for these two people, and she doesn't have any disgust, but she still has some sympathy.
The two of them are dressed very plainly on such a happy day today, and now they are sitting in the remote corner of the main hall, even quieter as if there is no zΓ i, and even their heads have not been raised from beginning to end.
It wasn't until the song and dance had subsided and the people below began to offer their gifts that the two of them cautiously raised their heads.
There are a lot of people who come to the banquet today, and the gifts prepared for Zhao Jinyan are also ceremoniously prepared, but there are too many people who come, and there are too many gifts, so it is impossible to show their faces and gifts in front of Zhao Jinyan one by one.
The eldest princess of Jinyang's mansion is also among them, of course, according to the temperament of the eldest princess of Jinyang, she will naturally not rush to offer treasures in front of everyone, and the first person to offer gifts is not the only two concubines around Zhao Jinyan now, nor is it an important minister in the court, it is actually Prince Ning's mother and son, who came to participate in the longevity banquet tonight, Prince Ning's mother and son are also here, but Prince Ning is sleeping peacefully in swaddling clothes at this time, and only Prince Ning and Concubine Ning will present the gift on his behalf.
In the first place, Fu Hui had met Prince Ning in the palace of the Empress Dowager and wanted to ask the Empress Dowager for advice on the longevity gift given to Zhao Jinyan, but the Empress Dowager did not give any response at that time, but she did not expect that Prince Ning and Princess Ning themselves also used their brains, this congratulatory gift is no different from the gifts presented by the major palaces in previous years, at least the thickness is about the same, but there are more than 100 books in it, but it is the majority of the gifts.
The collection of books is naturally valuable, many of them are some ancient books and classics, and it is not easy to find neatly, and Zhao Jinyan is a book lover, which is not a big secret for many people, but after all, now Zhao Jinyan has become the emperor, the number of books sealed by the palace Chinese Yuan Pavilion over the years is too numerous, these collections are not available, and it is not difficult to find them. But the most precious thing here is that the more than 100 books presented by Prince Ning and Concubine Ning were all collected by the former prince Zhao Jinyuan during his lifetime, and there are his own annotations in them.
Zhao Jinyan and Zhao Jinyuan have always had a good relationship, especially Zhao Jinyuan's untimely death, which made this relationship more memorable, when Zhao Jinyuan saw the collection of more than 100 books, although his face did not reveal too much affection, but the melancholy and deep thought revealed in his eyes were enough to see that the gift of Prince Ning and Princess Ning was indeed sent to Zhao Jinyan's heart.
Zhao Jinyan ordered his subordinates to put away the gifts, and looked at Prince Ning's mother and son, and his eyes were much softer, and he said in a gentle voice: "I am busy with affairs today, and I don't take care of your sister-in-law, if there is anything difficult in the house, you can come to me." β
"Thank you to the emperor, the concubines, mothers and sons have been blessed by the emperor, and they have been doing well!"
When Prince Ning heard this, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and her eyes also showed a little joy, but she didn't dare to be overjoyed, so she only replied in a deep voice.
Zhao Jinyan didn't say anything when he heard this, he just nodded, but obviously he also kept Prince Ning's mother and son in mind, and the courtiers below looked at this situation, but they didn't dare to underestimate Prince Ning's mother and son, who seemed to have lost power.
Prince Ning's Mansion gave gifts at the beginning, and then, other palaces also presented various gifts, although the gifts given by these palaces were also valuable and thoughtful, but compared to the gifts given by Prince Ning's Mansion first, in the end it was still a lot of discoloration, and when the Jinyang Eldest Princess's Mansion gave the gifts, the faces of those palaces were obviously much better-looking, and the gifts of the Jinyang Eldest Princess's Mansion were also expensive, and they were also in line with the practice of giving gifts to the major princes and princesses' mansions in previous years, but they were too conservative. There is nothing new, and there is no heart.
But when Zhao Jinyan received the gift, the smile on his face was very sincere, even a little brighter than when he received other palace gifts, which made the people present a little confused, did the emperor pretend to like it, or did the gift of the Jinyang Eldest Princess's Mansion really please the emperor?
Of course, how did others know that Zhao Jinyan had already received the best gift from the eldest princess of Jinyang's mansion.
The eldest princess of Jinyang looked at the smile on Zhao Jinyan's face, and then looked at the strange eyes around her, just lightly basked, she was still sitting in her position as steady as Mount Tai, holding a wine glass and drinking slowly.
Of course, the gift of the Jinyang Eldest Princess's Mansion was also a sign of courage for some of the people present, after all, this heartless gift was liked by the emperor.
Even Zhao Jinyan's two concubines also took advantage of the situation to give gifts, but the gifts were really decent, and even a little shabby...... Fu Rui looked at it, and couldn't help but show a surprise in her eyes, as far as she knew, although these two talented people were not in high ranks, but now that there are no other concubines in the palace, the palace should not treat the two of them badly?
Fu Rui couldn't help but wonder a little in her heart, but she didn't see that at this moment, when the eldest princess of Jinyang heard the gift from the two talents, she only squinted her eyes and looked at the two talents with a sharp gaze.
Under the gaze of the eldest princess of Jinyang, the two talented people couldn't wait to shrink into a ball.
But fortunately, the eldest princess of Jinyang obviously didn't look at these two people, looked at them for a while, and slowly withdrew her gaze.
In the end, Fu Hui was still raised by the eldest princess of Jinyang and was a little ungrounded, naturally I don't know, these two talents' gifts today seem shabby, but in fact, they have done their best, the two of them are from humble backgrounds, and it is impossible for the family to give any support, and now although they are also concubines in their positions, the income of the concubines is really limited. The concubines in the palace seem to be living a prosperous life, but if they really want to live according to the rules issued by the palace, they definitely can't see it, and most of them have to look at the support of the family and the emperor's reward.
These two have never received any rewards, except for the time when they were named talents, Zhao Jinyan gave out a reward, and after that, Zhao Jinyan never even went to their palace, so naturally there was no way to talk about rewards. Of course, the eldest princess of Jinyang is not going to inquire about Zhao Jinyan's private affairs, although she doesn't know this, but from the appearance of the two at this time, it is enough to see that these two people have no family background and are not favored.
The eldest princess of Jinyang is actually very open, although Zhao Jinyan is the emperor, there will definitely be no fewer concubines in the future, but in the future, she will still rely on Fleur herself, she will be old after all, and it is impossible to interfere in everything, but the only thing she wants to guarantee is that Fleur will not be able to make Fleur respond to anything before marrying Zhao Jinyan.
In the future, although she will try her best to help her daughter, she will not be arrogant to think that she can still control all the situations.
However, what really reassures the eldest princess of Jinyang is Zhao Jinyan's attitude, at least from Zhao Jinyan's attitude, in recent years, if Fu Hui marries Zhao Jinyan, there is no need to worry. Since Fu Hui has taken advantage of this convenience, as long as he makes good use of these years, firmly grasps Zhao Jinyan's heart in his hands, and gives birth to a prince for him, he will naturally not have a bad life in the future.
After the gift, the song and dance were presented again, although the longevity festival was not as lively as the first emperor when he was alive, but the emperor is obviously not a person who likes to be extravagant and lively, the longevity banquet is now like this, it is already very good, at least this is after the first emperor ascended the throne, it is rare to hold a lively palace banquet in the palace.
Everyone drank and had fun, and the atmosphere was pushed to a high point one after another.
Zhao Jinyan also drank a lot of wine, but his mind was very clear, and he didn't know if it was because of the amount of alcohol, or if Fang Cai didn't drink much at all, and in the second half, he glanced at Fu Yuan, and he got up and left the seat first.
Zhao Jinyan's departure attracted the attention of some people, but everyone drank a lot of wine at this time, and it was not a big deal to leave the table for a while.
However, Fu Yuan also noticed that many people also left the table, including Yang Qingyi and Ji Xiuying.
The two of them obviously left with Zhao Jinyan on the front and back feet, but it was the hibiscus that Zhao Jinyan looked into, and at the end of Zhao Jinyan's departure, he still sat firmly in the seat, only slowly ate a piece of dim sum in his hand, and then stood up and asked the Empress Dowager for instructions, and only after getting permission did he leave slowly.
When she walked out of the main hall, she was still followed by the palace maid who had been waiting for her since she had just begun.
The two of them accompanied Furao for a while, and walked a little far away from the main hall, and one of them said softly: "County lord, please come with the slave maid." β
Fleur looked at the palace maid, the palace maid lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, only walked half a step in front of Fleur to lead the way, and led Fleur to the door of a room, stretched out her hand to push the door open, and then stopped, leaning on both sides of the door.
Fleur blinked, glanced at the palace maid again, and slowly walked towards the room.
However, as soon as she stepped into the room with half of her foot, someone suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her in.
Furao was so shocked that she almost screamed, and her eyes opened in panic to see the owner of the hand that pulled her, Zhao Jinyan, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious and annoyed in her heart.
"What do you do! I almost screamed out in fright! β
Fleur complained, angry and funny in her heart, how could such a serious person become so naΓ―ve now, and even learned such a trick as scary!
Zhao Jinyan saw that Fleur was angry, his face was a little guilty, he was actually a little impulsive, and he couldn't help but do it when he heard the footsteps of Fleur coming at the door!
He reached out and wanted to touch Fleur's face, but Fleur grabbed her hand, Fleur frowned and sniffed the smell of Zhao Jinyan's body, in addition to the usual faint pine and cypress fragrance, it seems that there is a trace of wine, the wine is a little strong, but because the wine he drinks is very mellow, this wine smell is not bad at this time.
After discovering this, Fu Rui looked at Zhao Jinyan a little helplessly and said, "What are you...... Drink like a fish? β
Zhao Jinyan frowned slightly, touched his forehead with his other hand that was not grabbed by Fu Yuan, but shook his head and said softly: "I didn't drink too much, it's just that this wine is too mellow, and some of it is on top." β
After thinking about it, Zhao Jinyan whispered to Fu Hui again: "Why don't you accompany me to the garden to disperse the smell of wine, today I look at the lotus flowers in the river pool of the Royal Garden, and there are a lot of flowers." β
When Fu Yuan heard this, she didn't respond, but looked at Zhao Jinyan with a smile, only to see the other party a little confused.
Zhao Jinyan frowned again, thinking that there was something wrong with him, and subconsciously looked at what he was wearing, and found that there seemed to be nothing unusual, so he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" β
Fleur chuckled, and said slowly: "Forget it, go for a walk in the imperial garden, I'm afraid that this step will not be good, and when the time comes, stop and say hello, I'm tired and panicked!" β
"Huh?"
Zhao Jinyan was a little puzzled, and Fu Rui looked at him with a rare and somewhat confused look, but he felt a little cute and very funny. She didn't sell it, so she smiled and said: "If you leave the table, I'm afraid that the garden will be full of people waiting for the rabbit!" β
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Zhao Jinyan was stunned for a moment, and then was silent for a while, and after a while, he could only give up helplessly, "Forget it, just stay in the house." β
After saying this, he felt a little unwilling, and couldn't help but say to Fleur: "Next time, when there is no one, let's go out for a walk!" β
Fu Hui couldn't help laughing when she heard Zhao Jinyan's childish words when she was drunk at this time, but she was really worried about whether Zhao Jinyan had drunk too much, so she didn't argue with Zhao Jinyan about this, but just said softly: "I see you drank a little too much, do you want to sit down for a while?" I'll have someone give you a strong tea hangover? β
Although Zhao Jinyan is indeed a little on the hook at this time, this idea of wine will not make him drunk, at least his consciousness is still clear, but he is happy to enjoy Fleur's rare service, hearing this, he nodded hurriedly, and Fleur helped him sit on the couch next to him, and Fleur personally fed him strong tea.
Seeing Fleur up and down for him, Zhao Jinyan felt that this taste was really good, but he also felt sorry for Fleur, after all, there were a lot of things to do in the palace today, lest Fleur be tired, and wait for Fleur to drink strong tea, without waiting for Fleur to pay a towel to wipe his face for him, he reached out and took her hand, and said softly: "Okay, it's already very comfortable, you can sit for a while!" β
"I'll get you a hot towel to wipe your face!"
Fu Yuan thought that Zhao Jinyan was drunk, so instead of speaking softly, it was like treating an unreasonable child.
Zhao Jinyan laughed softly, shook his head and said, "I really don't need to, you sit with me, the two of us can't leave the table for too long, we should go back later!" β
When Fu Yuan heard this, she didn't insist anymore, but slowly sat down beside Zhao Jinyan.
After Fleur sat down, after Fleur was busy, it was quiet, Zhao Jinyan did not speak, and Fleur did not speak.
There was only one candle lit in the house at this time, and the light was a little dim, but looking at the beauty under the lamp, the more he looked at it, the more beautiful he became, and Zhao Jinyan was already happy with Fleur, so he naturally liked Fleur very much, so he looked at Fleur so quietly, and he didn't look away for a long time.
Fu Hui was a little uncomfortable by Zhao Jinyan, if it weren't for Zhao Jinyan just looking at her, she would probably be a little embarrassed!
However, it was not easy to be looked at so simply, Fu Hui was really a little unbearable, so she had to push Zhao Jinyan, and said a little shyly: "Don't look at it!" β
When Zhao Jinyan heard this, he laughed.
He simply stretched out both of his hands, grabbed Fleur's hand, and then said softly: "Okay, I won't watch it today, I'll see it later!" β
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Fu Hui was a little speechless, although Zhao Jinyan said so, his eyes were still looking at her.
Of course, Zhao Jinyan didn't really want to make Fu Rui unhappy, and after saying that, he said softly: "I look at my aunt today and look at me very unpleasantly!" β
"Huh?"
Fu Rui looked at Zhao Jinyan in confusion, but Zhao Jinyan suddenly laughed, held Fu Yuan's hand and said softly: "Also, I robbed her most precious daughter, and she should look at me unpleasantly." β
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Fu Yuan looked at Zhao Jinyan's indecent appearance helplessly, and just wanted to struggle to withdraw her hand from Zhao Jinyan's hand, but Zhao Jinyan suddenly held her hand, put it to her mouth, and touched it gently.
It was very light quickly, but the soft touch made Fleur's mind go blank for a moment, and with a bang, her face was red. She couldn't help but look at Zhao Jinyan, but Zhao Jinyan didn't look up at her, but just put her face in the palm of Fu Yuan's palm, for a while, Fu Yuan was stunned, and she didn't know how to react at all, so she could only be stunned by Zhao Jinyan like this.