Chapter 189: A Woman's Banquet (1)
Lin Wan'er, who had nothing to do, received an invitation from the queen mother in the palace, the content of which was very simple, just saying that she would bring Baoyu and Yubao into the palace for a banquet.
Lin Wan'er didn't understand the reason when she wanted to break her head, so she asked Zhao Gan in the palace to ask a question, and Zhao Gan replied simply: "It's okay, it's just a meal with famous women in the palace and outside the palace." ”
"It's just a meal." Lin Wan'er was also relieved, thinking that there were some shocking secrets or conspiracies in it, such as some people had malicious intentions to falsely spread the queen's will, and then imprisoned themselves in a certain room, did not give them food, did not let them sleep, and were abused every day, and when a few brothers and Zhao Gan led people to rescue themselves, they had lost half of their lives.
Deeply influenced by the court drama before the time travel, in Lin Wan'er's concept, any thing that people in the palace do has great meaning, and it all has an ulterior secret, if you simply regard eating as eating, and drinking tea as drinking tea, then you will die miserably in the end, and you don't even know how to die.
For every move, word and deed of the nobles in the palace, you have to touch it carefully, think carefully, understand it carefully, and if you can interpret a hundred meanings, don't interpret ninety-nine kinds, otherwise the kind of meaning you don't decipher in the end is the reason for your death.
There are a lot of spies in the palace, maybe someone who gets along well with you will become someone else's henchman in a blink of an eye, and open his mouth to say: "I'm sorry, I'm fine", and then give you a knife mercilessly.
If this knife stabs the person to death at once, it is better to say that the person will burp and feel nothing when he kicks his legs. If you are not solid, if you don't die thoroughly, you will continue to suffer. Lin Wan'er was afraid of pain and couldn't afford to suffer this kind of crime.
In Lin Wan'er's concept, the golden and glorious place of the palace is a whirlpool surrounded by high courtyard walls, full of swords, fire, traps and tricks, and once you are sucked in, you will never think of coming out.
Therefore, Lin Wan'er is extremely disgusted with entering the palace, if she can enter less, she will enter less, if she can not enter, she will not enter, if she enters, she will be honest, if she can talk less, she will talk less, and if she can not speak, she will not speak.
However, unlike Lin Wan'er's imagination, since the founding of the Great Wei State, the harem has presented a sunny-like thriving scene under the management of the queen's mother. Even a few Gu poison incidents in southern Xinjiang that were indignant by people and gods were also nipped in the embryonic stage by the queen with thunderous means, and the phoenix demeanor of the mother in the world was undoubtedly revealed.
Fan Li once said: "The power struggle above the temple is far less cumbersome and dark than the harem for favor, but the queen's methods are more subtle." I, Fan Li, was arrogant in my life, and when it comes to admiring women, my sister-in-law Bai Su and the queen are the only two. ”
On that day, Lin Wan'er got up early and dressed herself up, she could be sloppy on weekdays, but today is the queen's banquet, and I heard that many other people will go, and they are as sloppy as before, and they will be made fun of.
Qingzhu Niang finished painting the last eyeliner, nodded with satisfaction, Wan'er dressed up a little, painted some light makeup, it looked better, lightly smeared with a little purple powder and pearl powder to make foundation, apply a little red rouge, light peach blossom makeup, thin Zhu Zhu, cover it with powder, lightly dot the red lips, look forward to life, and the eyebrows are clever.
Chen Xiaoxiao put on the goose yellow dress that had been prepared for Lin Wan'er again, tied a knot at the waist belt at will, and gently fell on the waist, wearing a simple and generous willow leaf eyebrow hairpin on her head, and combing her hair into a single bun.
From a distance, what a delicate jasper man.
This is Zhao Gan and Li Mubai are not there, if the two of them are here, their eyes will not be straight?
But Lin Wan'er's next sentence destroyed her unparalleled temperament with no trace left: "Oh, my mother-in-law is here, it's over." ”
The corners of Qingzhu Niang and Chen Xiaoxiao's mouths jumped unconsciously, each sighed, and went to dress up Baoyu and Yubao again.
Taking advantage of this gap, Lin Wan'er hurriedly went to the living room to have some breakfast, grabbed an egg, ate two fritters, and drank a bowl of millet porridge with a grunt, and watched "Gone with the Wind" before crossing over, in which Scarlett O'Hara Before going to the ball, the maid did not allow the unmarried lady to eat, and then tightened the young lady's waist with a restraint belt to look slim, so that that
Fortunately, the Great Wei Kingdom does not have such perverted customs and habits, otherwise Lin Wan'er would have gone crazy, and while eating fried dough sticks, she shouted in her heart: "Great Wei Kingdom, long live, long live, long live!" ”
When she had almost eaten, she saw that Baoyu and Yubao had also dressed up, and the two children walked in front of Lin Wan'er with some embarrassment, the two had never dressed up so ceremoniously before, and they were happy, but they were a little shy.
Baoyu was wearing a cardigan coat and a blue-gray hat on her head, which is very popular now, and her hair was in a bun in the hat, which made her look particularly energetic.
Yubao wore a white Yuanhu leg coat with a light gray belt around her waist, no hat, and her hair was well groomed.
On weekdays, the two children dress similarly, but today in order to avoid the same, Qingzhu Niang and Chen Xiaoxiao have put a lot of effort into changing the personalities and appearances of the two children, and the two children also wear small boots of different colors and styles. Lin Wan'er saw Zhao Ting passing through in the palace, and laughed at him and said, "It's not raining, what are you doing with boots?" Zhao Ting glanced at Lin Wan'er with disdain, and muttered in his heart: "I haven't seen the world." ”
Lin Wan'er looked at the two little guys, and said with a smile on her lips: "Yo, whose little handsome guy is this, can you get married, there are two little girls in my family, I don't know if you like it or not, the bride price or anything can be discussed." ”
Baoyu and Yubao's faces turned even redder, and they each sat down in their seats and ate a few bites of the prepared sticky jujube millet porridge.
Before going out, Lin Wan'er specially instructed Baoyu: "Be honest when you arrive in the palace, see that Zhao Ting wants to suppress the impulse to beat people in his heart, do you understand?" She felt that Baoyu was still a child, and she was afraid that this little guy would not be able to help but fight with Zhao Ting again, and the consequences would not be easy to clean up. It's not easy to be a big sister and a father and a mother.
Thinking of Zhao Ting's face, Baoyu frowned in disgust, but still nodded honestly: "Eldest sister, I understand." ”
Lin Wan'er nodded with satisfaction and got into the carriage.
Chen Xiaoxiao hurriedly pulled the two children aside and whispered: "When you arrive in the palace, you must take care of Sister Wan'er and don't let her get into trouble." If she does something out of the ordinary, stop it immediately. ”
Qingzhu Niang clenched her fists at Baoyu and Yubao with deep meaning, meaning come on, you have to be optimistic about Wan'er, the task on your shoulders is very heavy.
In the eyes of Chen Xiaoxiao and Qingzhu Niang, although Baoyu and Zhao Ting have fought, Baoyu is sensible, knows the importance and proportionality of things, and nothing will happen, but Wan'er is different, as soon as her temper comes up, her peak greetings and sharp fists and feet are flashing every second, and no one knows what tragic ending will appear in the end.
Baoyu and Yubao nodded heavily and climbed into the carriage as well.
Qingzhu Niang and Chen Xiaoxiao looked at the carriage in the distance, and their hearts were always unstable, as if there was a stone pressing on their hearts, and they were sullen.
Qingzhu Niang put down her waving hand and asked, "Xiaoxiao, why do I think something bad will happen?" ”
Chen Xiaoxiao sighed: "I feel the same way. ”
"Hey, every time Wan'er goes out, I feel panicked, I don't know what earth-shattering events will come into the courtyard after a day passes." Qingzhu Niang said with some emotion, "Sometimes I spend a day safely, I am like the rest of my life after the catastrophe, thank the sky, thank the earth, and thank the sun for shining on the earth." ”
Hearing Qingzhu Niang's last words, Chen Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing, Qingzhu Niang also shook her head, and Wan'er stayed for a long time, she will always be infected by her, the three of them play Wan'er's invented backgammon together, every time Chen Xiaoxiao or Qingzhu Niang didn't find one of the wonderful moves, Lin Wan'er would always sing: "Thank you to the sky, thank the earth, thank you for the sun shining on the earth." ”
Lin Wan'er has this kind of magic, which seems unreliable and unreliable, but she is like a magnet that unites everyone and loves each other like a family.
The two returned to the courtyard together, Chen Xiaoxiao closed the door of the courtyard and asked, "Sister Qingzhu, do you think Sister Wan'er's temper can change again?" If it's always like this, I always feel ......"
"Wait until you get married in the future, and when you get married, you will be restrained." Qingzhu Niang said with a smile, "Women will have a hurdle, that is, they will get married, and when they become someone else's family, they will converge a lot." ”
"Will it?" Chen Xiaoxiao asked rhetorically.
Qingzhu Niang smiled and said uncertainly: "Maybe." ”
The carriage departed from the Lin family's courtyard, passed through the most prosperous street in Shangjing, then passed through a lively snack street, drove in front of the best restaurant in Shangjing, and finally entered the palace from Chonghua Gate, and followed the magnificent palace road to the imperial garden.
There was already a little maid waiting, leading Lin Wan'er in front, Lin Wan'er took Baoyu and Yubao's little hands, turned left and right, and walked around on the intricate path.
When she arrived at the destination, the palace maid bowed her money and said, "Miss Wan'er is here for a while, and the queen and the queen mother will arrive soon." ”
Lin Wan'er smiled and nodded, took Baoyu and Yubao to sit down separately, looked left and right, and found that the summer imperial garden was even more beautiful, colorful, full of flowers, colorful, as if entering a paradise. It is precisely because of the height of summer that it is rare to be able to find a shade in the Imperial Garden.
Lin Wan'er's eyes finally fell on the pastry on the table in front of her, and her saliva couldn't help but flow, seeing that there were no other palace maids around, her eyes narrowed into a slit, she stretched out her hand as fast as lightning, picked up a piece of pastry, and ate it deliciously.
A plate of pastries bottomed out in the blink of an eye, and it was gone to reach out again. Lin Wan'er retracted her hand curtly and licked her fingers with lingering fragrance.
Baoyu looked at the eldest sister and said, "Eldest sister, isn't this a little rude?" ”
After eating the pastry, Lin Wan'er thought about it, it was indeed a little rude, if she was accused of ignorance by the hearty palace people, it would be bad.
She scolded herself for being greedy, her eyes twitched, and she immediately had a plan, and changed the empty plate on her table with the plate full of pastries on the next seat, and then sat down at the table as if nothing had happened.
After waiting for a while, two women came from afar, with graceful figures and beautiful faces, and it was really beautiful to stand together.
Lin Wan'er frowned slightly when she saw these two people, the person who came was none other than Lin Wan'er's bitter masters, Pan Meimei and Ouyang Xiaolan.
Today's Pan Meimei is particularly delicate, wearing a light red tulle skirt, with a pair of light-colored embroidered shoes embroidered with mandarin ducks weaving and wanting to fly together, her face is painted with a little fragrant but not greasy, elegant and unusual rouge gouache, and there are two hairpins on her head, the top is a plain tassel hairpin with yellow and blue silver inlays in silver given by the Queen Mother, and the following is a single phoenix winged phoenix tail hairpin given by the queen, especially the latter, not everyone in the Great Wei Kingdom can get involved with the phoenix. Pan Meimei is so generously dressed, the Queen Mother and the Queen will be happy when they see it, it can be seen that Pan Meimei has also worked hard for today's banquet.
Ouyang Xiaolan was dressed a lot more casually, wearing a light blue half-open-sleeved floor-length skirt, covering the entire surface of her feet, applying some foundation to her slightly baby fat face, and drawing her eyebrows, that's all, but she combed an incomplete Feixian bun on her head. If she combed such a nondescript hairstyle, she would definitely be ridiculed, but it set off Ouyang Xiaolan to be naughty and cute. If she didn't know Ouyang Xiaolan's ability to do business, who would have involved her with businessmen.
Lin Wan'er frowned slightly when she saw the two, and the two of them saw that Lin Wan'er was also full of displeasure, Pan Meimei hated Lin Wan'er, hated Lin Wan'er, and everyone in the capital knew it, but sometimes Pan Meimei would wonder why she hated Lin Wan'er, and she couldn't find a suitable reason to convince herself.
She has complaints about the queen in her heart, and angry words about the queen mother, but she can only hold it in her heart and can't confide in anyone, as for that Chen Nuonuo, she is too strong, she is not an opponent, and if she doesn't do it, she will get into trouble, and only Lin Wan'er is the most suitable, so she is more and more tired of hating Lin Wan'er.
Pan Meimei has a noble status, and she has no scruples about speaking in front of Lin Wan'er, is it possible that you Lin Wan'er can still beat people, her eyes didn't stop on Lin Wan'er, she looked at a scenery in the distance, and said: "Xiaolan, there are banquets every year in the past, and it is enough to make people feel upset when they come to a Chen Nuonuo, and this year there is a more annoying person, it's really unlucky." ”R1152