Chapter 38: Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Palace banquet was grand and gorgeous, and the royal nobles, palace ministers, princesses and concubines, and Zhao Ruoyun sat in an inconspicuous position in the lower part of the female family. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Rongqi sat on the high dragon chair and smiled. In Zhao Ruoyun's opinion, this smile is not sincere, but it is charming enough to convey the happy atmosphere of prosperity to everyone in the hall. Queen Lin is by her side, with splendid robes, dignified and elegant, and it seems that the two are indeed a good match.
Lin Mu was the first on the right, looking at his granddaughter and the emperor, and laughing side by side. Lin Chang and Lin Yuan, who had been summoned back from the East China Sea, sat behind their father. Rong Qing was opposite them, pouring himself a drink, which seemed much lighter.
The banquet was first a festival ceremony for hundreds of officials and concubines, thanking God for their blessings, wishing the wind and rain to be smooth and the country's fortunes to be long. Next is the free time, usually there will be ministers to write some thoughts, a picture of auspiciousness, color head. There are also young princes and princesses who come out to recite poems or concubines who perform piano songs and dances. It's not exciting, but after all, it hasn't been so lively for many years, and the atmosphere has always been very warm.
Suddenly, Rong Qi waved his hand, and the hall immediately fell silent, and everyone focused their eyes on the emperor and waited for him to speak.
"Today I would like to introduce you to someone. Ruoyun, come here. Zhao Ruoyun didn't expect the emperor to call himself, and he was a little stunned. Danxia touched her next to her, and then she came to her senses, sure that she was calling herself. She stood up and met the Emperor's gaze. Rong Qi looked at her gently and firmly, as if encouraging her. The trance-like emotions in her heart gradually faded. Feeling the gaze of hundreds of people in the main hall, he slowly walked forward. She wore a pale pink gauze skirt and a plain cloak today, because the temperature in the hall was higher than outside, so the cloak had been taken off after entering the door. She looked at Rong Qi and walked forward, and in his gaze, she calmed down a little, then calmed, and then full of courage. I gradually didn't feel the gaze of so many people in the hall. She felt as if she was climbing a mountain, and everyone was still, watching her slowly walk to the top.
Zhao Ruoyun walked to the front of the stairs and knelt down to salute. "You come up." The emperor said.
Zhao Ruoyun looked up, and the emperor and empress sitting on it only hesitated for a moment, then got up and continued to walk forward. Rong Qi stood up and took her wrist. Her hands were slightly cold, and she could feel some tension in her body.
"This is the county lord of Yunyang, who has just returned from the Hu clan. It was my incompetence back then that made her go to the Hu tribe to suffer all these years. Referring to the Hu clan, Zhao Ruoyun's body instinctively shrank. But she soon felt it, and a warm breath accompanied by a faint internal force came from the emperor's palm, swimming all over her body, slowly soothing all her hesitation and uneasiness.
"The county lord has been away for many years, and now that she is back, everyone should take more care of her." Rong Qi turned his head to look at Ruoyun and said, "Yunyun, I salute you with this glass of wine." Zhao Ruoyun picked up the wine glass and was about to say something. The emperor had already drunk it himself, and then pressed her wine glass and said, "Don't drink if you're not in good health, your mind is gone." ”
Although he didn't drink, Zhao Ruoyun's face didn't know if it was because of the powder or because of the nervousness, it was rare that it was not pale, but slightly pink, and it looked very good. Zhao Ruoyun maintained a light expression that was always pampered and not surprised, and saw Rong Qing's calm smile through the emperor's shoulder. It seems that he knows that the emperor is going to do this today.
White skin, pink dress, light expression, watery eyes. Under the magnificent light of the main hall, under the gaze of the people in the hall who are surprised, bewildered, or pensive. Zhao Ruoyun and the emperor stood side by side, like a fairy outside the sky, quiet and indifferent, not disturbed by any emotions, exuding her calm, calm and incomparably beautiful aura to everyone.
After a moment of silence, someone reacted and raised his glass to "Welcome back the county lord." The echoes continued. Zhao Ruoyun had completely calmed down at this time, although she didn't fully understand that the emperor wanted to interfere. But from today on, there must be no doubt that she is the emperor's person. All the high-ranking and powerful people are already here, and all the concubines are also here, and even the process of transmission is saved. Although she has not been concerned about political affairs for many years, her intuition still tells him that the emperor is likely to make some big moves in the court. Therefore, I have to introduce myself to everyone so efficiently, not only to prepare for frequent contact with myself in the future, but also to tell some people that they can no longer embarrass the county lord, and to oppose her is to oppose the emperor.
Rong Qi's internal force quickly swam through Ruoyun's body for a little Zhou Tian, and near the end, he signaled to stop the continuous toasts and echoes. motioned to the maids to help the county lord back to his seat. After Zhao Ruoyun sat down again, there were eyes that kept coming from the open and the dark. She originally wanted to sit down at the banquet and slip away. In the current situation, it seems impossible. Zhao Ruoyun was not an ordinary woman after all, and she quickly adapted to the gaze thrown from all around. It has returned to its previous light appearance.
On weekdays, Zhao Ruoyun is used to not applying powder, and she also likes to wear more elegant, she is already white-skinned, and her body is weak, so she inevitably looks too pale. After all, today is a palace banquet, out of etiquette, she still put on light makeup, and just now Rong Qi silently injected an internal force into her body, making her feel warm all around, and her complexion was much more ruddy than usual, and a faint red was about to come out under her snow-white skin, making her look like a girl full of vitality and vitality, without a trace of deliberateness and excessive charm. People who saw her for the first time were all photographed by her beauty at this time.
At the end of the banquet, everyone left the table, and those who were sitting far away couldn't help but look at her a few more times when they passed by Ruoyun. After sitting for a long time, Zhao Ruoyun felt very tired, and he couldn't take care of others, so he walked by himself. When Rong Qing was about to get into the carriage, he glanced at her from afar and wanted to say something, but after looking at her face, he still got into the carriage with a smile and left.
In the next few days, the county lord's mansion suddenly became lively, with an endless stream of greetings and visits. At first, Zhao Ruoyun received him politely, but he spent the whole day being polite with people. She didn't like these hypocritical people very much, so she said that she was gone. Later, he simply went out through the back door and hid in the Qingwang Mansion.
When Zhao Ruoyun arrived, Rong Qing was writing the last word on the fold in the study. Looking up, Zhao Ruoyun walked in with a slight frown.
Rong Qing smiled clearly, "What, who made our Yunyang County Lord angry?" The emperor has just welcomed you, and someone dares to offend? ”