CHAPTER XXVI
In September, the prince ordered the local government to open warehouses for disaster relief, and on September 20, rain fell from the sky, and the drought was alleviated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In November, General Zhuo put down the rebellion.
In December, General Zhuo returned to the dynasty in triumph, and King Yan issued an order to reward General Zhuo and order him to lead the Imperial Forest Army.
On December 20, King Yan returned to Beijing with the King of Handan.
On December 25, the queen took me into the palace for the New Year, and I hid in my small courtyard every day except for going to Fengyi Palace to ask for peace, but even so, I met Liu Xie twice in Fengyi Palace, he was thinner than before, his face was tired, and his brows were furrowed. I know that he has not had a good time lately, because he has been reprimanded by the king of Yan because of his unfavorable handling of the drought, and there are more and more people in the court who support the king of Handan.
December 30 Year-End Dinner.
The hall was staggered, singing and dancing, I felt a little noisy, so I got up and walked outside the hall to breathe. I walked aimlessly along the garden path, until I saw the rockeries, I realized that I had unconsciously walked to the place where I first came into contact with Liu Mao, and I was stunned for a while, remembering that Liu Mao had not written to me for three months, and I couldn't help but feel worried.
I heard that he met a powerful opponent this time, lost on the battlefield, his army was defeated and retreated, and in September, in order to quell the rebellion in Youzhou, Chen Xie had no choice but to agree to withdraw the 50,000 troops in Liang, which made Liu Mao's vitality greatly damaged, I heard that he could not make a comeback in a short time, maybe this is the reason I did not receive his letter.
I sighed and leaned on the rockery, thinking about the letter sent by the queen mother, unconsciously I have been to Yan for three years, and now I am eighteen years old, my father and queen mother are worried about my life's events, and I can't be happy all day long, and the king brother also brought a message, feeling guilty for my stay in Yan country, I pretended not to care and went to the letter one by one to comfort. It's just that I'm alone at this time, and it's hard to think of these things after all.
There was a clear sound of footsteps in the distance, it seems that it is difficult to hide from the quiet, I shrank into the shadow of the rockery, the light is blurred in this night, it is not easy to be noticed, I think about waiting for people to go back to the main hall after passing, Jade Butterfly is still waiting for me there.
As the footsteps gradually approached, a clear voice came: "Your Highness, now General Zhuo is deeply favored by His Majesty, and he now has the Imperial Forest Army in his hands, these Highnesses have to consider it, besides, although the eldest lady of the Zhuo family is not very good-tempered, it is rare that she is infatuated with His Royal Highness, as long as His Royal Highness agrees to this marriage, then His Royal Highness's chances of winning are much greater...... "I stood still quietly until the voice gradually faded away, I dared to move my stiff hands and feet, and hurriedly walked to the main hall, since the prince had left the table, I think the night banquet in front of me has ended, I have to hurry up to find Yudie.
Thirty nights, I took Mama Xu and the maids to keep the New Year's Eve for a night, when the sky turned bright, it was about to rest for an hour, and after waking up, I quickly took the maids to Fengyi Palace to pay New Year's greetings to the queen, the queen is very lively here as usual, the king of Yan is also here, all the concubines, princes, and princesses have come forward to greet them one by one, everyone has a reward, and I got a piece of good mutton fat jade as usual as in previous years. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also didn't sleep all night, his eyes were bloodshot, and when he looked at me, there was a cluster of fire in his eyes, but it was quickly extinguished, and I didn't notice it.
Early in the morning of the second day of the second year of junior high school, Chen Huan and his wife entered the palace to say goodbye, and the only princess who has been married is she and the eldest princess, but the eldest princess is far away, she was pregnant last year and it is not good to return to the door, this year she said that she was going to come back, but it is estimated that there will be time after the eighth day of the first month.
The queen held a luncheon at Fengyi Palace as usual to entertain her daughter and son-in-law, and I went back to my small courtyard early after eating a few glasses of wine.
Back in the room, I felt a smell of wine on my body, so I ordered someone to boil hot water, bathed comfortably, and then lay in bed for a morning rest, these two days I was busy going to the banquet and New Year's greetings to see that there were not many things, but it was very draining, plus I slept unsteadily these two nights, and the tiredness came up for a while, and I fell asleep with a pillow.
I slept until the evening, until someone scratched my face with my hair beside me, I woke up, sleepy eyes dimly saw Chen Huan lying next to my pillow, I was suddenly startled and woke up.
Chen Huan smiled and told me that the queen kept her in the palace for a few more days, she came to me to have dinner at her place, and tonight she was the main banquet so she had brothers and sisters, saying that she helped me up and urged me to freshen up quickly, saying that she also called a juggling team, and tonight would be very lively.
I got up to wash, after dressing up, I changed into a peach-colored curly deep coat, put on a big wool cloak, and followed Chen Huan to her yard with Yudie. A banquet had already been set up in the main hall, and several young princes and princesses had already taken their seats at their respective tables. The main seat in the center is still empty, and the prince Chen Xie and the king of Handan Chen Pu sit on the left and the right respectively. Chen Huan smiled and pulled me to sit down on the chairman: "Today is the east, so I will take the liberty to sit on the throne, and the two brothers must not blame." Chen Xie and Chen Pu smiled and nodded.
Chen Huan clapped his hands, the banquet quieted down, Chen Huan raised the wine glass in front of him and said a few words, the banquet began, the wine and food were served up like flowing water, and the juggling team also began to perform in the center of the hall, I glanced at Chen Xie and Chen Pu, Chen Xie looked quite concerned, holding the wine glass alone, drinking the stuffy wine one by one; Chen Pu's face was calm, most of the time he looked at the juggling seriously, and when he was excited, he picked up the wine glass and tasted it, it turned out to be pear blossom white, remembering that when we got together for the first time, Chen Huan and I were only allowed to drink osmanthus nectar, and could only secretly drink a few cups of pear blossom white, but at that time, everyone was very happy and drunk.
I thought about the scene at that time, and I couldn't help but smile, Chen Huan leaned to me and asked, "Sister Mi, what are you laughing at?" I whispered, "I remember how happy it was when we got together for a drink." Chen Huan smiled and filled my wine glass, "Yes, Liu Mao was also there at that time, and the fourth brother was also there, it was the first time I drank so much wine, although I was drunk, but my heart was really happy!" She touched my wine glass, and the two of them drank the wine in the glass, and she continued to fill it up, "The fourth brother doesn't know where to suffer these days!" I couldn't help but be silent when I heard this, thinking of the boy who was happy to take revenge, and silently said in my heart, "It's a pity! The Wrong Birth Emperor "drank the wine in my hand gloomily, perhaps because of the drinking, and my mind couldn't help but have thoughts, and I remembered my father and queen mother, who had been away from Korea for three years, and I didn't know when I would see them again."
Unconsciously, I have drunk four or five glasses of wine, at this time the atmosphere of the banquet is more lively, the little prince and the little princess are talking and laughing together, Chen Huan pulled me to toast Chen Xie and Chen Pu, two glasses of one person, I was a little dizzy, and was toasted by the little prince and princess two glasses of wine, touching the fiery cheeks, I was a little vague, Yudie had already been taken to the place where the people gathered, Chen Huan asked her personal maid to help me to the side hall to rest, I was weak, and helped the maid to the side hall.