Chapter 9: The Prince's Birthday Banquet
This banquet is not just to celebrate the prince's birthday, the reason why the queen wants to gather the famous ladies in the capital here is also to prepare for the crown prince's concubine, and she wants to take this opportunity to find a candidate for the future crown princess. The thoughts of the queen have been very obvious www.biquge.info the pen, fun and pavilion, so these noble ladies, some of them began to prepare carefully several months in advance, and they all poured almost all their efforts into dressing themselves well, just to get into the eyes of the queen.
In contrast, Zhao Shuxuan's slightly casual outfit is particularly beautiful.
The Herong Hall is where the crown prince Qi Muyao lives, and it can be seen that this banquet has been carefully prepared for many days. From the layout of the banquet venue to the seating of the guests, any detail is extremely exquisitely prepared, and the entire hall is dominated by pale yellow tones, which is not high-profile and can highlight the dignity of the royal family. All the guests were seated in a layer of official silk, and the small snacks on the table were varied, and the ingenious carvings made the ordinary pastries very extraordinary, and the roses carved from apples in the fruit bowl came to life.
At this time, there were already many noble families seated at the table, Zhao Shuxuan followed behind Mrs. Zhao, walking unhurriedly, her body was straight, her chin was slightly raised, her hands were neatly folded between her abdomen, her eyes were looking straight ahead, her steps were calm and indifferent, revealing a sense of nobility from the inside. Everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on her.
"This is General Zhao's daughter?" A woman asks a woman she knows well.
The woman looked at it carefully, nodded, and said, "I think so." Then he said suspiciously, "I heard that Zhao Qianjin is stubborn, and he is not familiar with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he doesn't look like a famous lady at all." But look at it this way......"
The little girl beside the woman spoke, "Maybe it's just a pretense to hide your incompetence." ”
After hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "How can we be as good as Xuan'er?" ”
The girl called Xuan'er is Ruan Jingxuan, the daughter of Ruan Zhiyuan, a university scholar, who is a well-known talented woman in the capital, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not to mention, riding and shooting, and also gave birth to a face that captivates the country and the city, not to mention that the current queen is still her aunt. Many sons of rich and noble families admired her. But how could such a flawless Miss Bachelor's Mansion have limited her vision to this. Her target is royalty.
Ruan Jingxuan couldn't help but smile proudly when she heard her mother praise herself, she squinted at Zhao Shuxuan contemptuously, snorted coldly, and said, "Jiangmen was born, and he is just a vulgar person who can dance and play with swords." After speaking, Ruan Jingxuan no longer looked over there.
Zhao Shuxuan sat at the banquet with the old lady, and Zhao Yucheng sat in the seat on the men's side, separated from Zhao Shuxuan by a distance, and Zhao Yucheng threw a smile to Zhao Shuxuan from afar.
The environment, which had been a bit noisy just now, was quiet for a moment, and while looking at the comer, everyone stood up and saluted.
"Get up." Emperor Xuwen waved his hand.
It seems that the emperor is in a very good mood today, and his face is full of smiles.
"Today is the birthday of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I came to take a look, and I hope that the Aiqing will be more casual and not too restrained."
When everyone heard this, they congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”
Zhao Shuxuan bowed her head and saluted, and glanced at Qi Muyao, who was standing at the foot of Emperor Xuwen, and unconsciously her hands were clenched, and her nails were embedded in the flesh, as if only by letting herself feel pain from time to time could she stay awake at any time.
After a congratulatory speech, everyone sat down one after another.
At the end of the seat, Xiao Ziyun sat alone, no one chatted and laughed with her, or no one noticed her at all, she just stayed quietly alone.
It is such a seemingly harmless face, so indifferent, indisputable from the world, gentle and soft, as clear and pure as spring water. It's no wonder that he looked away and believed the wrong person, Zhao Shuxuan smiled self-deprecatingly and withdrew his gaze.
"It's rare to gather so together, this palace heard that the courtiers and daughters of the southern country are knowledgeable, good at literature and martial arts, and courtesy. Music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics are all talents. Taking advantage of this excellent opportunity, this palace also wants to appreciate the demeanor of talented women and talented women. Empress Yuande slowly said her thoughts.
As soon as these words came out, everyone at the table discussed with the people around them. The noble children who think they have good qualifications are excited, as if they can't wait to go up and show their skills.
Zhao Shuxuan will never forget this competition, she clearly remembers that when Empress Yuande called her, she hesitated for a long time before timidly moving on the stage step by step, but also picked the "music" that she is not good at in the six arts.
Zhao Shuxuan has hated reading and reading since she was a child, and she is sleepy when she touches a book, and she has no interest in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Born in a family of Jiangmen, he can still practice martial arts if he can't do it, but his father and mother are not in the house all the year round, and his brother also went to Saibei when he grows up, so Zhao Shuxuan can't be literate, and he can't do martial arts, and the old lady only thinks that she breaks the jar and breaks it, so she just doesn't care.
After the queen mother proposed, Qi Haoze, the second prince who was sitting next to Qi Muyao, stood up and said, "This kind of thing Erchen likes the most, how about letting Erchen come to the question in the first round?" ”
Who doesn't know that these two princes are the first young talents in the south, and he can read a thousand words at the age of three; At the age of six, he read all the books of the sages; At the age of eight, he wrote poetry and made small achievements; When he was ten years old, the national teacher who taught him personally petitioned Emperor Xuwen to resign from his official position, just because he felt that he could no longer pass on new knowledge to the second prince. Therefore, the emperor has always been proud to have such a son. It's a pity that his proud son has no intention of the throne and is only happy to travel between mountains and rivers.
The nobles finally had the opportunity to see the honor of the second prince, only to find that the second prince was not only well-written, but also extraordinary, so they all showed a look of intoxication, but they didn't have the courage to go up and compete with the second prince.
Just when the scene was a little stiff, Ruan Jingxuan got up and walked towards Qi Haoze.