Chapter 27: The Palace Banquet
What's more unfortunate is that Xu Lian and Princess Duanhua are of the same generation, really compared, she is a little taller as a sister-in-law, so the seats of the two are not far away, Princess Duanhua and Concubine Shu separated and walked in the direction of Xu Lian, her eyes were slightly ferocious, if it weren't for the decent smile, Xu Lian almost thought that this "evil god" princess was a majestic and high-spirited rhythm of coming over to fight in a group. Music-Text-
Xu Lian lowered her head and silently looked at the eight crabs on the case, and felt the approach of the "evil god" in her afterglow, and silently recited three times in her heart, "Die farther away, don't sit next to the old lady", and after a while, not only did she not die farther, but sat on the seat of her left head.
Sure enough, there has always been no good wine, and there is no good banquet, so she is to blame for coming too early, and this meal is destined to be unpalatable.
Fucking things often happen together, and Princess Duanhua's own blocking attribute has never been covered.
After a while, everyone arrived, the queen finally appeared, and took a young woman's hand to the first seat, Xu Lian recognized this girl as the one who rolled her eyes at the banquet for the prince to choose a concubine, and the relationship with the queen was so close, could it be the legendary ......
Sure enough, the queen sat down and said to the woman, "Aya'er, go and sit at your cousin's." ”
Xu Lian silently compared the information she had collected before: Zhou Ling, the eldest granddaughter of Duke Anguo, the queen's niece, the prince's cousin, sixteen years old, beautiful and beautiful, the name of a talented woman, is still waiting to be written.
Silently reciting various attributes, Xu Lian, who sighed to herself, swallowed her saliva silently, how else to say how ferocious her cousin has been since ancient times? I probably didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, it was not appropriate to go out, it was not appropriate to eat, in short, everything was not appropriate, there were such two people sitting next to me, this meal was not only not delicious, it was almost choked to death.
Everyone got up and saluted the queen, and then began to walk the process, since it was a palace banquet, singing and dancing were indispensable.
The musicians are ready, the dancers are on the stage, the accompanying dancers surround the middle person, the arms are wrapped around the ribbon and the dance posture is smart and elegant, and the leading dancer comes out with the pipa in his hand after a while, lightly twisting and picking, playing the reverse pluck, the skills are superb, the posture swings with the music, and the charm is full.
Xu Lian watched silently for a long time, and just wanted to say to her: Girl, there are no men in this place, and your flattery is basically thrown to the blind.
After the dance, everyone praised it, and the concubine who was sitting at the bottom of the queen said casually: "This dance is wonderful, but it reminds the concubine of the demeanor of the concubine back then." ”
Xu Lian secretly looked at the queen's face, and couldn't tell if Concubine Rou said this at the queen's suggestion, if not, I have to say that this concubine made trouble, and it happened to pick the queen's heart, and her sycophant skills were full.
Concubine Shu's face did not change at all, and she shot back sarcastically: "Concubine Rou was still the palace maid next to the queen's mother, and it is rare to be able to dance at a palace banquet, no wonder I can't forget it, so I remember it vividly." ”
Xu Lian will feel that her daughter's going to make peace with her still has an impact on Concubine Shu, the last thing she should do at this time is to use her identity to fight back against Concubine Rou, it is true that she is a palace maid from a humble background, so you are still a dancer.
Everyone's appearance is basically the same as Xu Lian, drinking tea silently, this level of tearing-force, just watch silently.
Theoretically, the queen should have made a sound and played fifty boards each, or changed the topic to prevent the tearing from continuing, but she slowly took the tea lid and scratched the foam in the cup, took a sip before saying, "The dance is good, reward." ”
Queen Liangliang, are you sure you're not here to add fuel to the fire?
Concubine Shu really didn't plan to endure it, so she made a move in a different way: "Although this dance is pleasing to the eye, the concubine can't help but feel uncomfortable when she thinks that Duanhua will set off soon, and the dance in this palace will be difficult to see again." Duanhua, you have to see the queen's mother today, and you don't thank you. ”
actually played the sad card. Princess Duanhua got up when she heard the words and was about to go out, but the queen stopped her: "No need, what is polite to the queen mother, since you like it, the queen mother will give her to you as a dowry, this dance can be enjoyed every day after leaving the palace, and you don't have to be sad." ”
Princess Duanhua smiled stiffly and wanted to thank her again, but the queen raised her hand and stopped: "It's just a dancing girl from a cheap background, it's not worth anything, thank you for this, sit down." ”
The expression is loving and peaceful, a mother seems to regard the princess as her own, and she also used the dancing girl to satirize the background of Concubine Shu, looking at the faces of Concubine Shu and Princess Duanhua mother and daughter who sat back in the seat, Xu Lian not only sighed that Liangliang was really powerful and domineering, but also lit a wax for the dancer, the gods fought mortals and suffered from it, and I don't know how many days she had to live with Wuhuan?
This round, ended with the defeat of the concubine's mother and daughter, and finally it was time to eat, each case was served with four or five kettles, Xu Lian looked at it, she really didn't dare to pick it up, she was unwilling to eat, and her tangled expression was captured by Princess Duanhua, and the princess said with concern: "Why don't you move the imperial sister-in-law, the mother's heart and banquet are not easy to live up to." Ah, look at my mouth, shouldn't the imperial sister-in-law not be able to use this eight small pieces of crab dismantling, right? ”
That's right, it's the kind of volume that doesn't sound loud, but the whole audience happens to be able to hear it, Xu Lian pursed her lips, and the anger that was not eating came out, this is good, this is coming.
"The princess is about to stay away from her homeland, there are many cattle and sheep in the grassland, and this crab can't be eaten if you want to, so let the princess go, the princess will use more." As he spoke, he let the steamed bun and the crab take the kettle and serve it to people, I thought that something would happen with a sleeve overturning or something like that, but Princess Duanhua was so determined, her face was bad, she didn't say anything, and let the kettle go.
When the queen saw it, she boasted: "The crown princess is sympathetic to the princess and is not greedy for appetite, which is very rare." ”
Everyone agreed, and even a few clan girls did the same, giving up their share, looking at the crabs piled high on the left case, what did Princess Duanhua think Xu Lian was not interested in knowing, her eyes were almost on fire.
Forehead drops, forehead drops, obviously all forehead drop crabs.
Li's family, as a foreign woman, is a little far away from Xu Lian, and Fang Cai's lawsuit can still be heard, and he can't help but sweat for his daughter, this time he saw that his daughter handled it properly, and he also let go of his heart, and couldn't help but feel sad, this palace is really a grinding place, and a person who is so reluctant to eat on weekdays has also been generous, but it's really...
Xu Lian devoted herself to mourning her dead crab, and did not receive her mother's distress, otherwise she would have broken into a cold sweat: Mom, you are really thinking too much.
It is estimated that the resentment is too deep, and the heavens can't stand it. Suddenly, an angelic voice sounded: "If the crown princess doesn't mind, use me." ”
Xu Lian turned her head and saw that it was her cousin, with a small plate in her hand full of picked out crab roe and crab meat, and she was tentatively trying to hand it over.
In front of the delicious food, the imaginary rivals are all floating clouds, Xu Lian restrained the urge to take it, and first smiled to express her gratitude: "How can you mind, then thank you." Then he asked the steamed bun to take it.
Then the cousin watched as Xu Lian swept the plate in a way that did not seem too eager (in fact, it was extremely eager) but very quickly.
Xu Lian: It's delicious, but unfortunately there are too few of them, and it's not enough to stuff your teeth.
Fortunately, there is not only one kind of crab dish in the palace banquet, and crab meat wontons and crab claw soup are served one after another.
When it was almost used, the palace people brought water and cleaned their hands sprinkled with chrysanthemum petals, and Xu Lian, who had never touched the shell of the crab during the whole process, also washed it with the flow, and it stands to reason that she was full of food and drink, and then thanked the queen, everyone should find their own mothers to salute, and Xu Lian could also go to find an opportunity to talk to the Li family.
At this moment, something happened suddenly.
Princess Duanhua covered her stomach and began to tremble in a cold sweat, and with an exclamation from the palace people behind her, the princess covered her mouth, her body was crooked, and she vomited half of Xu Lian's body with great accuracy, and then fainted.
Xu Lian, who was full of the smell of the crab and the mixed smell of vomit: she swore by all the crabs she didn't eat today, this guy was definitely intentional.
With an indescribable taste, Xu Lian didn't want to go to see Li, so she asked the steamed bun to pass on a word and went back first.
On the way, Xu Lian thought resentfully about what this "evil god" wanted to do when he came out like this, it was unlikely that he would be framed for food poisoning or something, everyone was fine, and she was not the only one who let the crab, if it was for this reason, it would only be thought that it was the princess's own gastrointestinal problem.
Could it be that you want not to get along with each other? If this is the case, Xu Lian just wants to say to that person: Taisen is broken, please rest assured, with your father, don't say that you have a stomach, and the knives in the sky will also pack you and throw you over.
After returning to the East Palace, he returned to the dormitory after bathing and changing clothes, and the prince was standing and practicing calligraphy.
Xu Lian was a little worried when she saw it: Your leg is okay? ”
At this time, the prince is generally more attentive and doesn't like to be disturbed, so he doesn't say anything.
Xu Lian drank a little wine today, and she didn't feel it on the road, so she came back after taking a bath and getting drunk, and moved over to meet him, the prince frowned: "Why does it smell like crab, how much did you eat?" ”
Xu Lian put her thumb and index finger together, gestured and said, "Actually, it's just such a Mimi, and the rest goes into your sister's stomach." ”
Of course, the prince didn't know the meaning of the word "your sister", but he was surprised by the measure word and Xu Lian's tone, and he also noticed that she might be a little drunk, so he said: "You can rest first, and you will ...... alone for a while."
Before the word "come" could be spoken, Xu Lian squinted her eyes, pressed her hand on the prince's right wrist, dipped the brush full of ink and swiped it diagonally, "click" diagonally across the paper, adding a long ink blot.
Prince:...... The one he was most satisfied with in the night's work was just scrapped.
Xu Lian still didn't know that she was in trouble, picked up the hand that was still holding the pen and shook it twice, shook off the pen, and took the prince to the couch: "The injury is not good, don't practice calligraphy, lie down and I'll take a look." ”
Prince:...... Forget it, don't worry about drunks.
Xu Lian still remembers taking off her shoes and socks for him (the scale of slippers in the East Palace is too large, and it was basically abandoned by the prince), rolled up the hem of her trousers, revealing her knees with only a faint semicircular cyan scar, and turned around to look for medicine.
"Don't look for it, Chen Bao has already drugged Lone."
Xu Lian rummaging through the cabinets: I can't hear it, I can't hear it.
By the time Xu Lian finally found the medicine and returned to the bedside, the prince had basically given up persuasion, and only wanted to finish wiping it early and rest early.
Xu Lian opened the small cover and got started.
Originally, in view of Xu Lian's unreliability, the prince would find something to stagger Xu Lian (basically eating) whenever he took medicine, so since the queen's visit was interrupted that night, Xu Lian had zero practical experience in the matter of taking medicine, but I still remember that this is an injury, so it should be lighter.
When it was officially opened, the prince felt that something was wrong, it was too light, and he was really itching, but he was afraid of interrupting her to make any more moths, so he didn't want to sleep tonight, so he endured it and didn't say anything.
Xu Lian rubbed and rubbed, and felt that someone was nervously restraining her trembling legs, and suddenly stopped:
"Are you afraid of itching?"
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