The 195th Beginning of the State Banquet
The one hundred and ninety-fifth round
At three o'clock, Qin Ying and the hairpin lady came to the Liangyi Palace.
The hairpin lady and the early officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry went around, her communication has always been broad, and even Li Chunfeng sometimes sighed that as the daughter of a family, it is really not good for her personality to be exposed like this.
Qin Ying stood in a corner, her eyes fell on those teaching girls, and she didn't blink for a long time.
I don't know how long it took, the envoy of the teaching workshop came to Qin Ying's side with his hands in his hands, and first saluted her and said, "Lord Qin, how is this song "Qing Shang Trick" compared to before? ”
He and Qin Ying first met in the Western Sect of Changle Fang. At that time, Qin Ying was following Mei Sanniang to report to the workshop, sitting between the small servants, and the gray short cloth dress dressed her as inconspicuous, but she spoke out when Mei Sanniang was questioned by everyone, and the determined look of maintenance on her face just attracted the attention of the teaching workshop.
The envoy remembered Qin Ying, but he never thought that this person actually had great skills, and in the end, he could even rely on the reason to pray for the prince's blessing, from the nine-rank medicine bureau to the six-grade Hanlin Academy.
The second time I saw Qin Ying, it was in front of the door of Dali Temple. He went to observe the trial of his own unconscious junior, and Qin Ying was also one of the hearings in the court. originally thought that Qin Ying had been an official in the palace for more than two months, and at least he would be more tactful, at least not like when he was strong in the Western Sect, but he found that Qin Ying's temperament in his bones had not changed at all.
When he saw Qin Ying sitting in the hall, methodically reversing right and wrong with a three-inch tongue, he didn't know if she was a young man and fearless, or full of confidence, so she was not afraid to bear the consequences in case of failure.
Since then, the teaching envoy has deeply remembered that Qin Ying is a hard stubble that is not easy to get along with.
But such a sharp person is like a thorny flower. The more dangerous it is, the more tempting it is.
The teaching envoy seemed to know that Qin Ying was expressing his feelings through the song, so he started such a statement.
Qin Ying's eyes were lightly withdrawn, and he saluted back to the teaching workshop: "Qin is not talented, he only knows Mei Sanniang's jade Xuan." ”
"Two years ago, at the Shangsi Festival, Mei Sanniang became famous in Qujiang. It is a pity that a generation of beautiful talents will disappear soon after they are prosperous. He said it from an outsider's point of view, in a calm tone. It seems that Mei Sanniang has never blown Xuan in the teaching workshop, and has never been his subordinate.
She looked at him and didn't answer. Mei Sanniang's whereabouts are no longer known except for the bustard's mother and geisha in Zhongluge in Pingkangfang, as well as Empress Qin Yingxiao's side. It was rumored that Mei Xuan died of illness, and Mei Sanniang did not go outside to buy things, and this misunderstanding has not been clarified.
The sect envoy's eyes circled around the main hall, and said quietly: "The banquet is still half a minute away, where is Lord Qin going to sit down?" He really wanted to have a relationship with Qin Ying, not only because Qin Ying had an appetite for him, but also because she once spoke bravely in the hall and indirectly saved his juniors.
"The bottom corner." Qin Ying stretched out her finger and pointed, her eyes didn't linger on him at all, and she bowed to her detachedly and said, "Qin went first, and the sect envoy looked for others to talk." ”
The sect envoy once again put a hot fart on his cold face, somewhat embarrassed, and when he turned around to say goodbye, he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing behind him with a not very good color.
"Your Highness." He took the trouble to bow respectfully.
Qin Ying had an expressionless face, and then called His Highness. She had long been aware that Li Chengqian was nearby, and she looked at the scene here with burning eyes, Qin Ying somehow deliberately kept a distance from the sect envoy, and did not smile Yan Yan. Otherwise, with her self-familiar personality without taboos, she would have been in harmony with this old acquaintance a long time ago.
"Hmm." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had a grim face, nodded slightly, took a few steps forward and grabbed Qin Ying's wrist, and dragged her to the first seat at the banquet, "Sit next to me." He first lifted off his pale yellow gown and sat down and commanded.
She observed the main hall for a while, and saw that no one paid attention to it, and the shame in her heart was pressed down for a few minutes. Qin Ying rubbed his aching wrist and said, "Qin Mou works in the Hanlin Academy, so he should stay with his colleagues." ”
"It's just the official Hanlin Academy, distinguish the priorities." He looked up at her still standing.
Qin Ying was originally a strong character, but when he encountered such a domineering constraint, Na Ning's unbending temper also came up. She said without showing weakness: "Then Qin, who is a doctor of the Nine Grades, is not qualified to participate in the state banquet at all. ”
Li Chengqian put one hand on his chin, shook his head helplessly and sighed. Today, Aya officially invited Silla to send Tang envoys and gave various rewards, this state banquet is not a joke. And Qin Ying just likes to cause trouble, let her sit under her head that she can't see, maybe something bad will happen.
He saw Qin Ying poking straight at his side like a piece of wood, took out a silk book from his sleeve and handed it to her, "I asked for your son from His Majesty, and His Majesty gave it to him." ”
She looked down and saw a few lines of words on it, which were indeed the flying white of His Majesty, and the final payment still had a seal. This handbook can be imitated and faked, but the red marks of this Quartet ...... Qin Ying didn't dare to think about the scene where Li Chengqian tried his best to secretly stamp this silk book.
Closing his eyes and sitting on his right hand side, Qin Ying couldn't wait to get to the bottom of the small table. As the feast was about to begin, more and more people were seated and were looking at the limited seats at the top.
In addition to the princes and princesses in yellow clothes, the top seats are the important ministers of the six ministries of the three provinces and the civil and military classes, and their red and purple official uniforms are extremely unified and harmonious. And Qin Ying was in the middle of it, and her cyan official uniform, which was clearly of the ninth rank, was very eye-catching.
Li Shimin sat in the middle of the top, and glanced at the eldest grandson empress who was the first on the right, and his face was stretched longer. Obviously, he expressed deep displeasure at Li Chengqian's absurd behavior.
After Li Chengqian's fever subsided, it took a day to copy Mencius's article, and sent his trusted palace attendant to the imperial study, and passed the word that even if Qin Ying was not selected to participate in the state banquet of the Hanlin Academy, but as the prince's physician, he could also enter the Liangyi Palace.
His Majesty, who has always been a saint, heard that his eldest son had a fever yesterday, and his heart softened, so he wrote a banquet for Qin Ying himself, and stamped the seal as if compromised, and then asked the palace attendant to send it back to the East Palace intact.
And Qin Ying didn't know where her post came about.
The time for the feast has arrived. The bells and drums were in an uproar. An Gonggong was beside His Majesty and said in a sharp voice: "Silla sent Tang envoys to bring tribute to the court, and I, Li Tanggui, am the upper country, and I should hold a banquet for the host, and sincerely invite foreign envoys to have fun with Li Tang and his ministers." ”
Qin Ying silently turned his head to look at the foreign envoys sitting diagonally across from him. They look similar to the Tang people, with yellow skin and black eyes, but the placket is different from the Tang people.
Gonggong An announced a long draft on behalf of Li Shimin, and then Li Shimin raised the wine cup, turned around to everyone from left to right, slowly drank it and said loudly: "Open the banquet-"
It's like having practiced thousands of times a long time ago, and everyone has a tacit understanding of holding the cup in front of them with one hand, covering their faces with the long sleeves of the other hand and drinking the clear wine in the glass.
Qin Ying had never drunk alcohol in her previous life or in this life. It's easy to get drunk on an empty stomach, and for her inexperienced, this small glass is enough to put her down. However, his head is dizzy, but he can still maintain his basic consciousness.
She held on to her Lingtai Qingming, and while using chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, she watched the hairpin lady, the master of the fate and the Lord Ouyang, who respectively presented Li Tang's proud flower arrangement, tea art and calligraphy in front of the Tang envoys sent by Silla. (To be continued.) )