Chapter 65: The Palace Banquet
The old lady was shocked and asked, "Oh? You mean you shouldn't all be allowed to marry into Prince Heng's mansion? ”
Wanxi listened to Mrs. Luo's words, so she said: "Grandmother Gaoming, do you think, the court has always had the highest call for the establishment of the five princes as the princes, and the five princes are the concubines of the current queen, and the mother's family is strong, but why did the saint refuse to give an order, and even when the five princes were at their peak, he sent the three princes to take charge of the six departments, and issued an order to summon the king of Chenjun back to Beijing?" ”
The old lady felt that Wanxi also had a certain amount of truth in what she said, and that this granddaughter's mind was incomparable to that of ordinary men, so she asked: "Xi'er means that the emperor doesn't want to make the fifth prince the crown prince?" ”
smiled and said: "Grandmother, the sacred heart is unpredictable, who knows what the emperor really thinks, so my granddaughter has to persuade my grandmother, if I enter the Heng Mansion with Shu Yao, it will completely show that our Luo family is supporting Prince Heng, and if Prince Heng loses in this battle for the throne, then our Luo Mansion will be completely finished." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After listening to Wanxi, the old lady sighed in her heart, if it weren't for her granddaughter's talent and intelligence, the Luo family would have almost caused a catastrophe, and even felt that Luo Shuyao was uneasy and kind, it must have been that she listened to the words of the five princes and wanted to help the five princes completely subdue the Luo family, and she couldn't help but hate in her heart, but she forgot that she had always wanted to marry Wanxi to King Heng, so she said to Wanxi: "Okay, grandmother has a number in her heart, Lian'er, send the eldest lady." ”
As for what the old lady thought later, I don't know, but when she returned to her yard, she saw Yunmo drinking tea in the room and waiting for her. Wanxi was stunned when she saw Yunmo, and asked, "Why are you here, King Chenjun has returned to Fengming Pass?" ”
Yunmo was about to give a salute, but was stopped by Wanxi, and then said: "Whether the king of Chenjun will return to Fengming Pass, his subordinates don't know, but the Northern Wei Dynasty should be going to send an envoy to Daliang, and also bring a princess, intending to make peace with Daliang, I got the news, the emperor was very happy in the early dynasty, it should be that he didn't know that the king of Chenjun left Fengming Pass, and ordered that after the king of Chenjun arranged the affairs of Fengming Pass, he waited for the Northern Wei envoy to return to Beijing together." ”
Wanxi frowned and thought about it and said: "The Northern Wei Dynasty arranged for the envoys to come to Daliang after more than a month, because the Northern Wei Emperor had been sick before and could not come to the court, which means that the Northern Wei Emperor's condition has improved, so the King of Chenjun and Su Lao should be fine, okay, I know." Wanxi finally showed a sincere smile on her face, but thinking of the person who made her never be vigilant, Wanxi asked, "Is there any news from Lin Yu's side?" ”
"There has been no news from Lin Yu's side, the killers of Luoli Secret Pavilion have been chasing and killing him, and they have never seen him show up, but his parents came to the capital a few days ago and lived in the Lin family's old mansion, and I heard that his father also entered the palace to meet the emperor after coming to Beijing." After Yunmo finished speaking, Wanxi thought to herself, it seems that not only Lin Yu herself is involved in these things, but also has nothing to do with them, and suddenly remembered another person, so she asked, "Is Aunt Lin okay?" ”
Yunmo replied: "She has been in Muyun Tower, but I don't know that you sent us to invite her, I only arranged someone to serve her, and it was also for the convenience of watching her, at first she thought of a way to escape, but later she may have seen that we have no ill will towards her, so she lived with peace of mind, just stayed in the room every day, and rarely went out." ”
Wanxi thought about when she should go to see her, after all, King Chenjun always treated her as a relative, and she only had something to hide from King Chenjun, or did she have a heart for King Chenjun, not the Lin family, or wait for King Chenjun to see what he meant after returning to Beijing?
Wanxi was worried about when King Chenjun would be able to return to Beijing, and she slept unsteadily all night, and finally arrived on the day of the palace banquet, Wanxi thought that she was really afraid of something, and she would come the fastest.
This year, because of the stability of the western border, the Western Xia, who had plagued Daliang for many years, did not dare to invade again; The 50,000 army of the Northern Wei Dynasty was only pacified by a few thousand soldiers led by the king of Chenjun, and captured the Marquis of Wei Wu, plus the Liang harvest this year is excellent, there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, the dragon's heart is happy, and he feels that the world is going to be his, so he put on a large-scale palace banquet to celebrate, and the members of the second rank and above in the court can bring their families to participate, Lord Luo took the Qi family, Wanxi and Shu Yao were led by the palace maid to sit down in the main hall, next to him is Chen Zhuo, the secretary of the military department, he looked at Wanxi and nodded slightly, Wanxi said in his heart This Chen Zhuo is really upright, How can I admit that I know you in front of so many people, so I ignored him, Lord Luo thought that Chen Zhuo was greeting him, so he also nodded to Chen Zhuo, Chen Zhuo was stunned, and turned back with a smile.
After Wanxi sat down, she looked at the hall, which was already full at this time, Chen Jiao'e sat next to Prince Heng, and was sitting in front of the hall at the moment, looking down, seeing Wanxi seeing her, she winked at Wanxi, Prince Heng was talking to the people next to him, and saw Chen Jiao'e's eyes looking over there, and also looked over, and saw Wanxi smiling at Chen Jiao'e, that smile made his heart move, Wanxi looked at King Heng's eyes and looked at herself, and couldn't help but feel upset, why did he still focus on himself, and then leaned behind Lord Luo, Avoiding his gaze, he just dodged and let Luo Shuyao out, Luo Shuyao saw that King Heng was looking at him, he was happy, and he smiled on his face, King Heng had no choice but to smile at her, and then withdrew his gaze.
At this moment, the eunuch reported in a sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived, the queen has arrived, the eldest princess has arrived, and Concubine Cheng has arrived." ”
When everyone heard this, they all got up and knelt down to give a salute, the emperor and the queen walked side by side, the eldest princess was on the emperor's side, and in addition to Cheng Guifei, there were also several high-ranking concubines, and the line walked towards the high seat of the main hall, until the emperor sat down, and then said: "Zhongqing is flat, today is a palace banquet, and it is a family banquet, and Zhongqing does not have to be formal." ”
After everyone kneeling down thanked them, they sat down again.
Wanxi hid in the crowd and looked at the people in power of the beam, the current emperor is only in his early fifties, his face is ruddy, and he sits there with a noble atmosphere, if he is young among modern leaders, but these ministers shout every day to let the emperor quickly set up the prince, as if the emperor's life is not long, no wonder the emperor is unhappy, since ancient times, which emperor does not want to live for another five hundred years, especially the older he gets, the more he is attached to the throne, these people are still desperately shouting for him to make the five princes the crown prince, and sing praises for the five princes, How could the emperor not be afraid of the five princes, no wonder he relied more and more on the three princes.
Looking at the queen again, according to the age of the five princes, it should be at least thirty years old, in ancient times, women of this age were already half-old, like the Qi family is an example, although it is still maintained, but in the end it is not as good as the Li family in the house, but the queen is very well maintained, in addition to the face is more calm and introverted, and the momentum of the mother in the world, the years do not seem to have added other traces to her. Wanxi nodded, looking at Cheng Guifei beside the queen, she couldn't help but be surprised, how did she think she had seen her somewhere?