Chapter 18: Chinese New Year's Eve Banquet
Just when Jiang Moyan was busy organizing the ring and special training, the palace was also very lively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Every year in the Chinese New Year's Eve, the palace will hold a night banquet, and all the princes and princesses and concubines of the harem must participate.
In previous years, it was the queen of the lord of the first palace, but this year, because Rong Guifei assisted in the sixth palace, this palace banquet was arranged by Rong Guifei.
A concubine Niangniang, who has been suppressed in the harem for more than ten years, finally has the opportunity to display her talents in front of everyone, can Concubine Rong miss it? Therefore, the entire palace banquet process was carefully considered, adjusted and adjusted by her, and the harem was tossed upside down.
On the evening of the thirtieth, Concubine Rong sat on the lower right side of the emperor, and said delicately: "Your Majesty, the arrangement that the concubine just said, do you think it is appropriate?" ”
The Emperor nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very appropriate." Love concubine has worked hard! ”
After listening to this, the queen mother who was sitting on her left hand was on fire. Bengong has been in charge of the harem for many years, and I haven't seen you say a word of hard work, this woman has only played so once, and she has won your appreciation, how dissatisfied are you with Bengong? Or how much I don't care!
Of course, no one heard the queen's slander, and no one wanted to hear it. On this festive day, everyone was happy, except for the somewhat sullen Feng Jiutian, because he had just received a secret report from the North Underworld, Agoura had begun to secretly transfer troops, and he could provoke a war at any time.
The singing and dancing at the palace banquet continued, and the atmosphere in the venue was very warm under the special support of all the concubines and princesses. Feng Jiutian also drank a lot of wine with everyone, and his heart, which was already a little irritable, became even more irritable.
After a song, the prince, who had been thinking about it for many days in the East Palace, stood up and saluted the emperor: "Father, the son has just got a strange thing, and I want to take this opportunity to dedicate it to my father on the occasion of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new." ”
It may coincide with the Spring Festival, all the children and relatives gathered together, and the emperor was in a good mood, and he was a little more tolerant of this troublesome prince, he smiled and said: "Oh? You've got something good, just bring it, let's take a look. ”
The crown prince turned around and signaled, and the prince who had already been with him personally brought someone into a cage. The cage was wrapped in red silk on all sides, and there was nothing to be seen inside.
Everyone was curious about what the prince would offer, so they all stared at the cage. After everyone's curiosity was aroused, the prince slowly asked someone to open the red silk to see.
The cage is not too big, and it looks golden because of a layer of gold dust. In the middle of the cage, a snow-white white fox was lying on its stomach, its eyes glowing with a faint golden light, looking straight at the emperor on the dragon throne.
Everyone exclaimed, and a whisper suddenly sounded all around. It turned out that this white fox was extremely rare in ancient times, and its appearance could be regarded as a kind of auspiciousness, and even the emperor's face showed a look of surprise, and he asked repeatedly: "This ...... Is this a white fox? ”
The prince said proudly: "My father is the king of benevolence and virtue, and I will govern the land of Donghuang and the four seas of Shengping, and the country and the people will be safe, so there will naturally be such auspicious times." It is really God's intention to praise the father! ”
No matter how holy a monarch is, he will not hate to be flattered and flattered. After listening to the prince's words, the emperor smiled and praised the prince again and again for doing things. The Emperor stepped down from the dragon chair and approached the cage, wanting to take a closer look at the white fox. The well-behaved Concubine Rong followed the emperor and walked over to watch.
The white fox, who was lying on his stomach, seemed to be very uncomfortable with the approach of people, and suddenly stood up, screaming "woo" at the emperor and others, and staring at the emperor with two eyes for a moment.
I don't know if it was the emperor's hallucination, but he suddenly found that the fox's eyes were glowing, and the light seemed to drill straight into his soul, making him shake for a moment. When he came to his senses, the fox had fallen down again, and hid his face behind him, holding only a white fluffy coat to the crowd.
The queen looked at the white fox in a bit of a daze, and then turned to Concubine Rong beside her and said, "Did you see this fox's eyes glowing just now?" ”
"Huh?" Concubine Rong was concentrating on the fox, and did not hear the emperor's words clearly, but asked, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”
When the emperor was asked by her, he suddenly felt that his words seemed too unbelievable, so he did not continue to ask. Just looking at this fox again, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart. The emperor lost interest in the white fox, turned back to the dragon chair and sat down, and ordered someone to take the white fox down and take good care of it.
Everyone saw that the emperor's face was suddenly a little ugly, and they didn't know why. The queen looked at the emperor's face, although she didn't know why the emperor was unhappy, but she understood that this situation was very unfavorable to the prince. She rolled her eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty, the concubine has a new picture of the splendid scenery of the country, the needle method is novel, the meaning is auspicious, it is better to let someone take it, please Your Majesty comment on it?" ”
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it was in front of everyone again, and the emperor could not refute the empress's face, so he nodded.
There was not much time, and I saw a few little fathers-in-law carrying a huge embroidered picture covered with a white cloth. When the emperor saw the white cloth, his heart became unhappy at first, and his face sank from the heat. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and getting a piece of white cloth is very congested. In addition, the white cloth is used to cover the great country, and the ominous meaning makes the emperor very angry, how can he still have a good face?
The emperor slammed the table and said to the empress, "What does the empress mean by this?" Using such a white cloth to cover my great rivers and mountains is cursing me to death? ”
This is a very serious statement. The queen was frightened, so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said with a pause: "Your Majesty's atonement is all covered up by these ignorant dog slaves, not intentionally by the concubines.
After the queen finished speaking, she said to the little eunuchs who were carrying the retouchings: "You dogs, don't take off that eye-obstructing thing." ”
Several people were startled, and hurriedly took off the white cloth, revealing the splendid picture of the country inside. To say that this embroidery picture has really put a lot of effort, especially the winding mountains, like a giant dragon circling back and forth, and here with a special embroidery, no matter from that angle can make people see the dragon vivid.
When the murderous emperor saw that picture, his mood was only slightly better, and his face softened a little. The people who sweated for the queen were also relieved and complimented the embroidered picture.
Xu Zhaoyi, who has always been gentle, looked at this splendid picture of the rivers and mountains, and said to the emperor who was still unhappy: "Your Majesty, according to the concubines, this embroidery is really ingenious, and I don't know whose daughter has such skillful hands to embroider such a masterpiece." ”
The queen peeked at the emperor and saw that he was really angry, so she boldly said: "This is exactly what the concubine's maiden niece embroidered, and she just brought it into the palace the day before yesterday to give it to Your Majesty." ”
The emperor looked at the embroidery and became a little angry, but he still said to the queen with a cold face: "Since it was embroidered by your niece, you can keep it for me." It's not early today, let's all disperse early! ”
The queen looked at the emperor's distant back, and felt a sense of chagrin in her heart. She originally wanted to use this splendid picture of the country to let Gu Lingshan leave a good impression on the emperor. I didn't expect to be self-defeating by these minions, and almost angered the emperor. The queen was a little afraid, she had always known what the anger of the Son of Heaven meant. Silently wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, the queen staggered back to Kunning Palace with the palace maid's hand.
The night was thick, and the queen's heart fell into deep darkness. (To be continued.) )