Chapter Ninety-Three: The Flower Viewing Banquet
Three days later. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The cherry blossom viewing party has finally arrived.
The wind and the sun have been fine for many days, and it is the same today, early in the morning the sun breaks through the clouds, spills the earth, birds chirp on their fingers, and the palace is already busy.
Ruan Xian followed the palace maids and eunuchs of Kunning Palace, and arranged the venue under the dispatch of Su Lan, the queen's palace maid, with a detailed division of labor and an orderly manner. The cherry blossom viewing party officially begins, the flowers of all colors are arranged in the venue, and the name of the palace and the holder is erected behind each pot, and after the official start of the competition, each person will hold three bamboo sticks at will, and the voting time is a quarter of an hour, and the winner with the most votes wins.
After all, this is the first time that the queen has held a banquet for many years, and the emperor has sent invitations to all the ministers with the strong support, and the number of people in each official's family is extremely considerable. Fortunately, the cherry blossom viewing party was held in the Imperial Garden, which was very large, so the Bureau of the Garden also came to arrange it early, and the person responsible for supervising the implementation this time was Bizhu.
The two bumped into each other in the Imperial Garden, looking at each other and smiling, but it was not easy to speak face-to-face, after all, Ruan Xian was surrounded by people from Kunning Palace. Ruan Xian knew in her heart that the queen was afraid that she had given an order to let people stare at her.
A fairly large venue is arranged in the imperial garden, a shed is specially made to block the sun, there are tables, chairs, tea sets, all kinds of snacks and palace snacks and the like, all around are bonsai flowers with purple and red, there is a court musician in the corner who is playing music, the sound of silk and bamboo is endless, the flowers compete for beauty and spit out the flowers, and the pretty palace maids are waiting around, which can be said to be quite considerate and meticulous.
The ladies and ladies were dressed solemnly, and their postures were graceful, elegant, or gentle, in groups of three or five, and the connoisseurs of the scenery and flowers of the imperial garden, and the sound of warblers and swallows was continuous, adding a bit of vitality to this silent court.
As soon as the time came, the emperor and queen came hand in hand, followed by a group of concubines, and everyone returned to their positions for a while, and greeted them together. The warm sunlight sprinkled on the emperor and queen, and the two of them seemed to be sprinkled with a layer of gold edges, which made them extremely noble and extraordinary. The queen is wearing a simple and generous bright blue long dress, carefully matched jewelry and makeup, with a graceful and soft smile on her face, and she seems to be seven or eight years younger at a glance, looking extremely gentle and moving.
In contrast, the bejeweled, luxurious and extraordinary, and heavy makeup of the concubines behind him are cheesy, and in such a strong color, the queen today can be described as fresh and refined, and it is particularly eye-catching. No wonder the emperor smiled earnestly, and even took the queen's hand to appear, you must know that in front of everyone, the emperor's action represents multiple meanings.
Everyone looked at each other, and secretly understood in their hearts that the world in this palace was about to surge again.
When the emperor and queen appeared, the cherry blossom viewing party naturally began.
Flower viewing party, as the name suggests, is naturally to appreciate the precious and extraordinary bonsai flowers, a special pavilion is set up in the venue, which is prepared with the four treasures of the good study, for the use of everyone's literary thoughts, to participate in the banquet of all the ladies and daughters have left poems and ink here, it is said that the queen will eventually select three winners, give rewards.
After all, the people who came to the banquet this time were all official dependents, and the emperor showed his face and quickly set up. As soon as the emperor left, the queen was surrounded by the noble ladies and ladies of all the houses, and all kinds of flattery and flattery continued. The queen was followed by Fan Guifei, the two seemed to be quite close, and Lan Guifei and the other concubines were standing on the other side, clearly distinguishing, Lan Guifei's beautiful face still had a flawless smile, but the discerning person could see that she was clearly smiling and not smiling.
It seems that the queen is going to promote Fan Guifei to fight with Lan Guifei in the ring.
In order to cater to the queen's intentions, the Imperial Dining Room made several dim sum dishes made with flowers as ingredients, as well as an aromatic and sweet peach blossom brew. The peach blossom brew tastes sweet and delicious, very delicious, although it is fruit wine, but the stamina is not small.
The ladies and daughters of these official families drank a few glasses of wine, and their faces were all flushed, their expressions and interest were unprecedentedly high, and the atmosphere of the scene was hot.
Then.
Ruan Xian saw Ziyan's figure, only to see her walk up to Fan Guifei, leaning in slightly and whispering something softly, Fan Guifei showed a somewhat surprised look on her face. Then she turned her head and said something to the queen, the queen nodded at her, and Fan Guifei hurriedly left with Ziyan.
Ruan Xian flashed a trace of doubt in her heart, and she didn't know what her psychology was, so she subconsciously turned her head to look at Lan Guifei. I turned my eyes back and forth a few times, but I didn't see Lan Guifei's figure, where did this go?
Just when she was confused, a slender and plump figure walked in front of her, and a soft and soft voice sounded, "Ah Xian, I didn't expect the eldest prince to really send you over, this peach blossom brew tastes extremely beautiful, and it is full of this palace." ”
It's a concubine.
Ruan Xian restrained her wandering mind and smiled respectfully at Concubine Qian, "The slave maid is full of Niangniang." As he spoke, he carefully picked up the white jade wine bottle on the table. Peach Blossom Brew is made of peach blossoms, the light red liquid slowly falls into the white jade cup, the wine is warm, and a faint sweet fragrance comes to the nose, which smells very good.
Qian Concubine seemed to be in a very good mood today, smiled, raised her head and drank a full cup clean, "Another drink." ”
Ruan Xian looked at her with a sigh of relief, looked at her bewitching eyes, and simply didn't speak and obediently filled her again. To tell the truth, she has often been summoned to Shuangyao Palace by Qian Concubine these days, and the kindness and wooing shown by Qian Concubine are not unaware, but she just can't figure it out, the so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Qian Concubine has not done anything to hurt her so far, but has repeatedly helped and rewarded, which Ruan Xian feels very complicated in her heart.
What does this woman want to do?
She was thinking like this, when the second glass of wine fell into her stomach, her pretty face was dyed a touch of crimson, and she suddenly said, "Ah Xian, you haven't drunk this peach blossom brew, have you?" ”
Ruan Xian was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly said respectfully, "Back to Niangniang, the slave doesn't dare." "Nonsense, no, this girl is a little minion at the bottom of the food chain, drinking peach blossom stuff? It's like asking a ragy uncle who has drunk Lafite for 82 years.
"Puff~"
Seeing her respectful appearance, Qian Concubine suddenly let out a sneer, and then snatched the white jade wine bottle in Ruan Xian's hand with her backhand, fished an empty wine glass from the table, poured a cup full of peach blossom brew and put it in front of Ruan Xian, "Drink!" Touch one with Hongu! ”
Ruan Xian was simply confused, looked at the cup of peach blossom brew in her hand, and looked up at Qian Concubine again. The concubine's face was crimson, her eyes were misty, and she was obviously drunk. She was embarrassed to hold the glass of wine and pleaded, "Qian Concubine Niangniang, you have tormented the slave maid, this peach blossom stuffed slave maid can't drink it, please take it back." ”
"Can't drink? Why can't this palace reward you? The corners of Concubine Qian's lips hooked, and a trace of clarity flashed in her drunken and misty eyes, and she looked at Ruan Xian insistently.
Qian Concubine's voice was not small, and several palace maids and several noble ladies next to her looked at each other, Ruan Xian smiled bitterly, she must not cause trouble anymore, low-key is the key to saving her life. Seeing that Qian Concubine was unrelenting, the people next to her looked at her, she resigned herself to raising her glass to her lips and raising her head to drink.
A sweet and slightly spicy taste instantly poured into the mouth, so delicious that people's hair stood up, the white jade cup was small, and the wine in it was only two sips, Ruan Xian swallowed twice, and the cup was empty.
Seeing that she drank the wine, the dissatisfaction on the concubine's face dissipated, the corners of her mouth hooked up with a smile, and she put the white jade wine bottle back into Ruan Xian's hand again, and the empty wine glass was facing up, "Fill the palace!" ”
Ruan Xian bowed her head in resignation, carefully raised the white jade wine bottle, the pale red liquid flowed into the small cup, she didn't see it, a strange smile flashed in the drunken hazy eyes of the concubine.