Chapter 10: The Peony Banquet (I)
In the Luoxue Pavilion, Pang Luoyu and Pang Luoxue carefully evaluated each item, and did needlework affectionately. It wasn't until late at night that Pang Luoyu took the embroidery and went out of the embroidery building satisfied. I was afraid that Pang Luoxue would leave embroidery for tasting, so I discussed some embroidery skills. I'm also quite tired, but I'm finally satisfied with the result. Thinking that Pang Luoyu was so good at embroidery, he was even more jealous in his heart. You have to find a way to destroy it. Today is tired, looking up to see that it is already late at night. Holding Song Zhi's hand, he walked towards Tingyu Xuan.
When he arrived in Tingyu Xuan, he retreated from others, leaving Song Zhi to open the scroll and a picture of a peony competing for beauty jumped forward. Suddenly, I felt that the flowers were blooming in front of me, and the fragrance was faintly overflowing. The two of them were even more amazed in their eyes, and Song Zhi knew when she saw Pang Luoyu's expression that the eldest lady would definitely not be able to tolerate the talent of the second miss. Sure enough, Pang Luoyu smiled lightly: "Songzhi, do you think this painting is good?" My sister is a skillful person, and I am a little envious. ”
Song Zhi secretly said that it was not good, "The second lady is really skillful, but she is not as good as the eldest lady in terms of talent." The eldest lady is the talented girl of the Eastern Qin Kingdom, but the second lady has not yet reached the end of time, and her demeanor has begun to appear, and the slave is afraid that she will steal the limelight of the eldest lady after all. ”
"Limelight? I can't get it, and no one else wants it. Especially Pang Luoxue, you come with your ears. ”
Song Zhi heard this, and the two looked at each other and smiled, with a vicious expression.
In the Luoxue Pavilion, Pang Luoxue returned to the bedroom under the service of lotus roots and lotus leaves, and she was also tired.
"What time is it?"
"My sister is already in the middle of the night, and the eldest lady is clearly deliberate, she came so late, and the young lady rested early, so she had already ordered a soothing incense. The young lady has not been able to sleep at night lately. It's better to rest early. ”
I am grateful for the carefulness of Lotus Ye, but tomorrow will be another noisy, so I should keep my spirits up and watch the show. So I lay on the bed and found that the pillow core had been replaced with plain jade, which did have the effect of calming the nerves. Go to bed with lights out.
On the second day, early in the morning, I got up early in the morning and dressed up in a long skirt of vine and green trolling, a purple silk silk ruyi cloud pattern shirt in the evening smoke, and red jade bead earrings. Bring the eight-treasure glazed hairpin rewarded by the old lady. Lightly placked some lip grease, and then fainted some rouge on the face. The eyebrows and corners of the eyes are all amorous. As I went to say hello to the old lady and listened to her advice, Pang Luoyu was wearing a long skirt with scattered flowers and a complete set of ruby heads, which was worth a lot of money. There is plum blossom makeup painted on her forehead, which makes her feel pitiful. Standing with her, I think she's dressed as Miss Yande. Aunt Wang is willing to spend her blood. When I went out, Pang Luoyu and I made two cars and set off for the imperial palace in Eastern Qin. Lotus leaves and lotus roots obediently sat quietly next to me.
The annual peony banquet is presided over by the queen, and the children of various princes and ministers will participate, to put it bluntly, it is just a blind date meeting in disguise. Talented women perform talents, and in her previous life, Pang Luoyu won the name of the first talented woman with a pair of peony pictures. Your step-by-step move, I can only see the moves.
But half a pillar of incense time, I arrived at the gate of the palace, I got off with the lotus leaf lotus root, Songzhi helped Pang Luoyu to get out of the car, Songzhi held a gift box in his hand, presumably it was the peony picture. I gently raised my eyelids to take a look, held the hand of the lotus leaf, walked to Pang Luoyu's side and said with a smile, "What talent is my sister ready for, the secrets are all in this brocade box, it is really exquisite, my sister is really curious, can I take a look in advance?" I smiled softly.
"My sister is really anxious, I'll see it later, my sister can dress up today and it's really clear water out of hibiscus, see that other ladies are here, let's go say hello first, so as not to lose the courtesy, Songzhi has been keeping the gift box, and it won't be bad." What is my sister worried about. Pang Luoyu said this without blushing or panting. I really admired the thickness of her skin. Seeing that you are not weak at all, you will have to be careful with the big gift that your sister gave you.
We followed the palace people all the way to the Imperial Garden, and walked through the long wisteria corridor to the Peony Garden. After a while, Aunt Yang, who was beside the queen, came out to welcome us into the queen's palace. Although Pang Luoyu is the eldest daughter, she can only follow behind me and curtsy together, "I have seen the queen mother, may the queen mother be happy for a long time." ”
"The daughter of the courtier, Pang Luoxue, the daughter of the Duke of Pang Guo, and the sister of the Xieshu sister, Pang Luoyu, have seen the queen's mother," I saluted again with Pang Luoyu. Although Pang Luoyu was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows when he heard the word Sister Shu.
The queen looked at us for a moment and then asked us to get up and sit down, and then the other ladies came to greet us one by one. The granddaughter of my mother's mother, Yang Guogong, that is, my cousins Yang Bing and Yang Ying, Yang Bing has just reached the end of the year, Ying'er is only a teenager and chubby and very cute, I smiled at her, this little guy can't wait to pounce on me on the spot. But it's true that these two guys don't want to see Pang Luoyu. As soon as the ladies were in their positions after seeing the ceremony, they heard the eunuch singing from outside, "The emperor has arrived, and the concubine has arrived." ”
"See the emperor, the concubine"
"Concubine see queen mother" Wang Guifei's name is Wang Ruoyao, she is Aunt Wang's own sister, and her weak and boneless coquettish appearance makes people feel pity, but it is a pity that this beauty has a femme fatale-like heart.
"Sister, get up, and ladies get up and sit down. I thought I was going to send someone to invite my sister to come, but I didn't expect my sister to come with the emperor. The queen seemed to be unintentional in asking, to make Wang Guifei startled, this queen is really scheming, this is not the time to tear her face with him, and when you can, you will not be able to die.
"Concubine ......," Wang Ruoyao didn't finish speaking, and the emperor interjected, "Concubine Ai is afraid that I will review and read the hard work, so I specially boiled ginseng soup and sent it to me, so the time was delayed, and the queen should not blame." With that, he gently shook Wang Ruoyao's hand. The queen saw it in her eyes but could only hold back her anger and said, "How can the concubine be blamed, it's just a trivial matter, the emperor's body is important, my sister can accompany the monarch for a long time, and the concubine is also at ease, today's peony banquet, don't be restrained by the young ladies for a while, the peony in the peony garden is blooming exceptionally well this year, and the palace is very fortunate this year." ”
"My sister heard that the emperor gave her sister a jade pendant with a natural peony pattern in it, and I am afraid that there is such a piece in the world today, it is better for the queen to cut her love, so that the concubines and the ladies can also open their eyes?" Wang Guifei said with a smile.
"It's just a piece of jade, what this palace cares about is the emperor's heart." Although the queen didn't care, the joy in her heart still appeared on her face, so she asked Aunt Yang to get it. "Okay, today's protagonist is not the palace but the young ladies of each family, you can show your strengths, and the palace will definitely be rewarded."