Chapter 2: A Magical Banquet
Xu Lian came to the gate of the imperial city in a small sedan chair with blue curtains, looking at the majestic continuous palaces under the twilight sky, without the excitement and excitement of the legendary imminent relationship with the feudal ruling class, but her heart was full of anxiety about the unknown. = Music = Essay = Novel 520
The name of the dynasty that passed through was Yuan, the folk customs were relatively open, and the transformation from a slave society to a feudal society was relatively complete.
Choosing a woman for the emperor or the emperor's brothers, sons and nephews will not prohibit marriage during the draft, and then recruit a wave of young and beautiful women to stand in front of the emperor for selection, but let the queen mother or the queen hold a banquet in the palace with a status of not big or small, and let the foreign women bring their daughters in to see, even if they can't choose, they will save face.
Of course, these are only for the minister's daughters, and when selecting palace maids from the people, they still have to stand in a row.
According to the reality that the queen of the middle palace was so pressed by Concubine Yihua Palace that she couldn't raise her head, the queen would hold a banquet either to choose someone for her husband or for her son, plus the prince was over a weak crown and had not yet married a concubine, so he could break the result with his toes.
So the question is, which one is stronger in excavator technology? It's not surprising that no one is invited, how can even her family receive an invitation?
The divorce incident between her and Jiang Wentao is making a storm in the city, even if the queen's ears and eyes are closed, she must know that this has not skipped her, she can only make up in her mind that the people below are unreliable, or the queen Liang Liangze was born by the people, and she plans to give her father, an outdated military general who has been raised with a high title, a little face.
The old lady also meant that since she had the opportunity to go in, don't push it, just let Li take it with her long face, if she can get a word of praise from the nobles, she will be inexhaustible.
That is, if she can get a master to praise her, she can be whitewashed to some extent, and if she is lucky, there may still be people who want her.
But Xu Lian felt that it was difficult to say anything about the long face, but the present eyes were certain.
For example, the sympathy and disdain that other officials and wives threw at the Li family.
Xu Lian looked at it and was worried that the Li family's trembling little body would be able to hold up to meet the queen under her gaze?
I had no intention of enjoying the scenery all the way, and was led to a garden by the eunuchs, where the ladies left tea and snacks, and the official ladies were led to wash the dust, commonly known as bathing and checking the body.
Xu Lian thought that something shameful would happen, but although the palace maid who was waiting for the bath had a dark face, she didn't have any outrageous actions, except for focusing on the front and pinching the meat in the back
Damn, can't you just tap it? Xu Lianxin said, Mama, your hands are really strong.
After changing the same palace clothes and going back to find their mothers, Xu Lian felt that the clothes were really good, the light green jacket and the pink and white Qian skirt were beautiful and comfortable to wear, and if they couldn't choose, they would be used as a commemoration of the palace day trip, so as to avoid some people covering their body defects with gorgeous clothes, Xu Lian felt that one or two of them would not be as bright as they were when they changed their clothes.
The only thing you can do in the process of waiting is to drink tea and eat snacks, but most people don't move much, and it is inevitable that it will be convenient to eat too much, although it is not impossible to eat too much, but it is a little obvious in this kind of empty venue, just like drinking too much free coffee during the interview, and the guide goes to the toilet frequently, it is inevitable that the examiner will feel a little lacking in heart.
Those of them who were going to interview or accompanied the interview got up early in the morning before dawn to enter the palace, and the chief examiner, the queen, did not appear until dawn.
Xu Lian doesn't think that the queen is trying to play a big name.
People are queens, not to mention how it actually is, on the bright side, she is the most noble woman in the world, as the wife of the feudal emperor, her identity is the greatest confidence, all she needs to do is love and virtue, and she doesn't need to play anything to make others afraid.
Only those who lack confidence will use means to make up for the lack of identity.
There is no queen mother in the palace, all the queen has to do in the morning is to accept the concubine's morning and dusk provinces, this point has not yet come, and it is definitely not because of some oversleep and broken steps, it is estimated that a favorite concubine was tired of sleeping last night and then came late, and then Liangliang needs to hold her face, you can't just announce the dissolution because you ignore my face, and then happily come over to choose a wife for my son.
I still have to wait, not only wait, but also wait calmly, and then the favorite concubine party sour two sentences to stimulate the queen, the queen party is stuck in the palace rules and filled with righteous indignation, and the favorite concubine is late to hold her waist. has to pretend to excuse the guilt, but in fact, show off two sentences, no matter how fucked the queen feels in her heart, she has to pretend to be okay with no one on her face.
It has been delayed until now, and it is estimated that this will not even go out of the palace gate of Yanwang Palace.
A little brain supplement is a palace fighting drama, Xu Lian's brain hole is open, and the queen appears surrounded by a group of palace people.
Everyone sat in a precarious position and didn't dare to breathe, such as the girl on Xu Lian's left, her back was straight, so tight that Xu Lian felt tired for her.
After the queen sat down, she began to speak, apologizing for neglecting the wives, and all the ladies knelt down in unison to salute to show that it was their honor to see Feng Yan.
The queen called, everyone sat down, and so the banquet officially began.
It is said that it is to enjoy the scenery, but now it has not reached the point where it is blooming all over the place, except for a few trees that bloom luxuriantly in spring, the others have not grown much, and the sun is warm, but when the clouds cover the sun, a cold wind blew, and all the officials and ladies wearing the palace's special thin immortal skirts, including Xu Lian, were instantly frozen into stupid comparisons.
Even so, everyone still has to express the queen's blessing to enjoy the scenery in such a beautiful environment, so beautiful that they can't help poking their eyes
The queen smiled and said a few words modestly, the palace people came up to change a round of dim sum, and the queen waited for everyone to eat a few pieces before mentioning yƬ, such a beautiful scenery is better than performing to help the fun.
The main event has finally arrived, and all the ladies are eager to try it.
Good writing and lyrics, local framing with painting skills, playing musical instruments to help the fun, playing the piano more, there are also those who play the zither, and one or two flutes, of course, come one by one.
These dozen girls tried their best to win some impression points in front of the queen.
None of them danced, which made Xu Lian a little disappointed.
But the people who play musical instruments are pretty good, but I don't know if it's because the performance time is too long, the queen doesn't seem to be too cold, from being sitting to listening obliquely, and finally picking up the tea cup to cover up and yawn.
Also, it is estimated that there is no shortage of concubines and concubines in the palace who are good at music, and the queen should be tired of listening to it for half her life.
As for Xu Lian, she felt that she should just sit alone.
She is on the cusp of public opinion, whether she is good or not, it will become her sin, and if she is good, she is really talented but she doesn't know how to be safe, and if she is not good, she will become virtuous and talentless, plus shameless, she still eats snacks and washes and goes to sleep.
Of course, the most important point is that she is a 21st century urban woman, and she has no talent that can be used.
During this time, Li looked at her several times in a tangled manner, and was comforted by her eyes.
Fortunately, she was not the only one who chose not to move, which gave her a lot of comfort. It was only when she threw the brave girl a glance of encouragement that the girl rolled her eyes back
It's a mouthful of blood.
When all the words and paintings were collected and the music was over, it was almost noon, and the queen left everyone to have lunch in Yanwang Palace.
Originally, it was outside, the queen sat on the main seat, and the ladies and ladies of each family sat separately, waiting for the palace people to come up with food boxes to put on the plate.
Because it is a palace banquet, the staple food will not be brought up, but it is a sweet wine that will help the fun, but the degree will not be very high, the palace entertains them with two meat and one vegetable, respectively, gold and silver venison, stir-fried vegetables and stewed fresh, with a small plate of white glazed celadon, the appearance is very pleasing, Xu Lian couldn't help but clip a chopstick.
It's a pity that it's a big pot of dishes.
At this time, a column of palace maids came up carrying food boxes and serving soup cups.
Xu Lian was very embarrassed, her chopsticks should have moved early, but the interval between the dish and the soup was a little long, and the queen had already started it when the dish was served, so many people moved the chopsticks, and they all put it down with an embarrassed face at this time.
Xu Lian was too lazy to bother, anyway, if she was to be embarrassed, she would have lost it a long time ago, not to mention that she was really not bad, she was still holding chopsticks in her hand, and she was waiting for their share of the case to be brought over.
Maybe her eyes looking forward to the arrival of the soup were too strong, which frightened the palace maid in charge of her case, and when she took out the soup cup, her hand shook and the whole soup cup fell on the case!
The soup splashed out, and Xu Lian completed a series of actions such as throwing off the chopsticks and pulling Li Shi to jump backwards at the speed of light, but his hands were still splashed to a few points.
The palace is real, the soup sent is hot, and the skin turns white when it is hot, Xu Lian feels that it is really good that she didn't call out.
Li covered Xu Lian's wound with a handkerchief, and almost cried out in fright.
The female official next to the queen immediately came over to deal with the situation, and took Xu Lian to the nearby side hall, and before leaving, Xu Lian noticed that the palace maid who overturned the soup cup was dragged down.
The doctor then rushed to look at Xu Lian's wound dressing.
After dealing with it, it was almost time to withdraw the banquet when she came back, and the queen expressed her condolences to Xu Lian's wounds, and the Li family took Xu Lian out of the column to kneel down to thank the queen for her kindness.
Then the queen rewarded everyone with some jade for playing, Xu Lian naturally had a little more than others, everyone rewarded and thanked her, and the atmosphere affected by the soup incident also recovered as usual, and the queen announced the end of the banquet in this atmosphere of joy for the guests and hosts.
Back at the Hou Mansion, everyone learned of the situation, and Mrs. Xu scolded something that was not angry.
The old man lost his temper, from Xu Lian's hand to his own career, the central idea was that the royal family treated the heroes lightly, of course, in his own room, and his already low voice was immediately persuaded by Li's gentle words.
Xu Zishan Xu Zishui came to visit Xu Lian, and Xu Lian turned over yesterday's old accounts and said that after hitting the two people who were full of sister and brother love, he let the steamed bun give Xu Zishui's red and swollen left palm medicine and let them go.
At night, Xu Lian lay in bed and couldn't sleep.
The soup cup turned over is really weird.
It's a bit like the vulgar plot in the palace fight novel that I read the most in the previous life, the concubines played tricks between them, deliberately letting the palace maid turn over the hot tea and hot soup (note: it must be boiled close to the boiling point) to achieve the effect of disfigurement and disability and then planting blame.
But you won't find her, will you? If she is the crown princess, it doesn't matter, she is obviously the most unlikely one.
Queen Liangliang is in the water of her brain, so she will find a wife for her son who has a bad reputation and has little help from the family.
But the cruel truth told Xu Lian a truth - everything is possible.
Early the next morning, the messenger arrived at the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong, and Xu Lian, who knelt behind the Li family and listened to the announcement, was shocked!
She didn't understand much about the previous "Dekun Yuxiu, Shucai Huazhang", but the last sentence was extremely clear - "The daughter of the Loyal and Yong Marquis, Xu, can be a good match for the prince, and she will temporarily live in the Hou Mansion to wait for the ceremony." ā
Queen: What's the water in your head? It's just water!
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