Chapter 22
The feast has arrived, and it is scheduled to take place in the evening. At the time of Shen Shixu, Hongxing dressed Murong Jin www.biquge.info - wearing a pink and white sprinkled gold piping satin with a skin color, facing the placket, and a hibiscus bead flower inlaid next to the flowing cloud bun, only a little rouge was superficially added, and no other modifications were made.
"Princess, you wear this," Qingping walked up to Murong Jin with a pair of sapphire auspicious cloud bracelets in his hand and said, "This is what Concubine Yu specially asked the slave maid to put on it." ”
Qingping, one of the four palace maids sent by Concubine Yu to the Inviting Moon Palace, is the most ingenious, smart and clever, and the most adept at observing faces and judging the situation.
"I don't have the habit of wearing bracelets," Murong Jin coldly refused, "I was, I am, and I will still be." ”
"Princess, Concubine Yu said that today's celebration banquet is the first time Your Majesty has hosted a banquet for a foreign captive," Qingping showed a degree of relaxation, neither noisy, but also able to get to the point, "It is about the royal face, and it is also a sincere expression of His Majesty, therefore, the whole court must not do it at will." ”
Murong Jin's lips hooked slightly, and he snorted lightly: "It seems that I dress too casually and coldly on weekdays, and I have lost the face of the whole country, Qingping, thank you for reminding me." ”
"The princess forgives her sins, the slave maid has no such intention," the words were not finished, Qingping knelt down, but the facial expression revealed was not as frightened as what she said, "This is Concubine Yu's original words, and please ask the princess to be clear." ”
"Just casually, why are you so nervous," Murong Jin glanced at Qingping who was kneeling in front of him, and said lightly, "I don't like to wear bracelets because I am wearing them and scratching my wrists, which is uncomfortable." ”
"Princess, this is easy to do," Qingping looked up and smiled, "You just need to wear it when you attend the banquet, and as soon as the banquet is dispersed, the slave maid will take it off for you, how about it?" ”
Murong Jin nodded reluctantly and said, "Get up and put it on for me." ”
Qingping got up with a sigh of relief, and happily put on the pair of beautiful bracelets for Murong Jin.
"It's still early, you all go back to the room and prepare your own dress etiquette, don't make a mistake, Hongxing can stay and serve alone." Murong Jin commanded calmly.
"Yes." The three palace maids left with their heads bowed.
Looking at Murong Jin, who was sitting on the sandalwood carved dripping Arhat bed, with a beautiful demeanor and outstanding demeanor, Hong Xing said with emotion:
"The princess still wants her daughter to be eye-catching, noble, elegant, and beautiful."
Murong Jin smiled faintly: "Only you would say such a thing now." ”
"Princess, if it weren't for Qiguo, you would have ...... long ago" Hong Xing was halfway through her words, and suddenly paused and didn't continue.
Murong Jin knew in her heart that Hongxing wanted to say that if it wasn't for the invasion of the Qi Kingdom and the destruction of the Xie Kingdom, she might have been married-I remember that when my father mentioned the marriage to herself, she was full of smiles, saying that she had reached the age of discussing relatives, if it weren't for her "picking and choosing", always looking for excuses to delay, she would have married and had children, and said with a smile that she really didn't know which family was worthy of the most intelligent and arrogant second princess of the Xie Kingdom.
Everything in the past, vividly, looking back is beyond recognition, that was the moment when Murong Jin felt her father's love for the first time since she was a child, originally she always thought that she was not as good as the imperial power in the hands of her father, not as good as the thousands of miles in his eyes, until that day she understood that her father and mother loved the three sisters as much, but the way of expression was different.
When the Qi country was overwhelmed by strong troops, many ministers suggested that his father abandon the city and flee, but his father said that as the king of Xie, how could he abandon the country? He was born as the king of the kingdom of Xie, and his death will be on the land of the kingdom of Xie...... In this way, a generation of Ming monarch Murong Huang was martyred and hanged on a big tree in the mountain behind the imperial garden, and the queen mother also accompanied her, only before she died, she was told to live and find her sister Murong Shu......
"Princess......" Seeing Murong Jin immersed in the sorrow of the past, Hongxing couldn't bear to whisper.
"I'm fine," Murong Jin said calmly, and immediately raised his eyes to look at the closed palace gate, his expression was secretive, "Hongxing, I have an intuition that tonight will be a start, and we will be very busy in the future." ”
Hongxing said tacitly: "It's good, it's time for the slave and maid to follow the princess to finally come in handy." ”
Murong Jin smiled: "You step back first, and I'll think about things alone." ”
"Yes." Hong Xing bowed and retreated outside the palace gate.
But after a while, the voice of Hongxing came from outside the palace gate: "Princess, General Murong asks to see you." ”
Murong Jin felt a burst of disgust in his heart, but he still said slowly: "Let him in." ”
Murong Hui came to invite the Moon Palace this time, and he was much more energetic than last time, and he felt complacent.
"General Murong must not have come to the Yueyue Palace to come to me to catch up with the past, I don't know what to learn?" Without waiting for Murong Hui to speak, Murong Jin took the initiative.
"Sister Jin, does this have to be the case between us?" Murong Hui's tone was quite helpless.
"Until the facts are really in front of me, my attitude towards you will not change, so General Murong will have to adapt."
"Okay," Murong Hui smiled bitterly, then changed his expression and went straight to the point, "I came to Sister Jin today to let you stop a person, prevent him from falling into the trap of others, and kill himself." ”
"Who?" Murong Jin's suspicious gaze fell on Murong Hui.
"Jin Xi!" Murong Hui's eyelids lifted slightly, and he said softly.
Murong Jin was taken aback, blurted out and repeated: "Jin Xi? ”
"Yes."
"How?"
"Many years ago, His Majesty's brother Fu Raft turned defeat into victory in a difficult and vicious battle, and returned to the dynasty in triumph," Murong Hui did not directly answer Murong Jin's question, but held his breath and stared, and told an allusion, "The first emperor set up a banquet for him to receive the wind and wash the dust, and rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, at this time, a military marquis named Li Wei warmly invited Fu Raft to dance the sword to help the fun, the young and vigorous, bloody General Fu was carried away by the victory, forgot the ancestral teachings, and actually danced the sword under the nose of the emperor, and the queen Zou immediately disrespected, The crime of bullying the king caught Fu Raft on the spot, and asked the emperor to put him to death, the first queen knew that it was a plan, but the ancestor was on the top, and did not dare to take shelter on the spot, and watched the most proud prince blood splash celebration banquet......"
Murong Jin's heart was as clear as snow, and her eyes flashed slightly at Murong Hui:
"Are you asking me to remind General Jin that there are traps in the banquet, be careful, especially don't dance the sword?" Seeing that Murong Hui was silent and acquiesced, Murong Jin paused and said, "But what kind of ancestral training is so strict, why not dance the sword at the banquet?" ”
"Many things are due to the bloody lessons of the past, there will be a strict system," Murong Jin answered unhurriedly, "Isn't there a very vivid example between Sister Jin and me?" ”
Murong Jin's heart became heavy, she admitted that Murong Hui was right, she used to admire and trust the person in front of her so much, but once the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, she always half-believed him, and she was only full of disgust and defense......
"General Murong wants me to go to the Lotus Pond Pavilion now and tell that Jin Xi who is in the dark?" Murong Jin asked lightly, "How can I make him believe?" ”
"There's no time now," Murong Hui categorically vetoed, "Sister Jin can find an opportunity to tell him privately when the banquet gathers, as for whether he believes it or not, it depends on whether he wants to live or not." ”