Chapter 53: Provocation
The internal and external women's court meeting ended in the morning, and in the afternoon, it was a small banquet in the Changkun Palace, and only the concubines and princesses of the harem participated.
It's quite similar to the family banquet set up by the prince and princess to meet the new mother.
This time, Wu Guifei still didn't come.
asked people to come to Changkun Palace to complain about illness, and then gave the second prince leave on the grounds that the second prince was serving her illness, and then asked him to leave on the grounds that He Baolin wanted to take care of the sick fourth prince, and then set up a stage in Zhaoyang Palace to listen to the play, and openly fought against Changkun Palace in the ring.
The gongs, drums and bells in Zhaoyang Palace rang, babbling and singing, and it was so lively that it seemed to be heard in Changkun Palace. On the other hand, in Changkun Palace, the emperor's harem is already small, without Wu Guifei and He Baolin, only Concubine Cui Xian and Hu Zhaorong and a few inconspicuous little girls, the princess and princess are missing the second prince and the fourth prince, and only the prince, the third prince and the eldest princess Xiao Liu remain, and most of the members of the harem are gone in an instant. The huge side hall of Changkun Palace, sparsely scattered with people who can't be counted on ten fingers, makes Changkun Palace exceptionally quiet and deserted.
Wu Guifei seemed to use this way to tell everyone in the harem that she Wu Yun did not take the new queen in her eyes to see what she Lin Yan could do to her.
Concubine Cui Xian and Hu Zhaorong quietly observed the new master of the harem, wanting to know how she would deal with Wu Guifei's blatant provocation.
To their disappointment, the new queen seemed to have been smiling lightly since she entered the hall, her delicate face had bright and beautiful eyes, faintly carrying a transparency that could see through people's hearts, and in the face of Wu Guifei's provocation, her expression could not change in the slightest, as if she didn't care about it.
Concubine Cui Xian and Hu Zhaorong quietly glanced at each other, and then each looked away and lowered their heads to drink tea.
Lin Yan withdrew her gaze from these palace concubines, raised her eyes and smiled lightly, she knew what was in their hearts, they were watching her performance, and then decided what attitude to use to treat her as a young queen in the future, or stand in line between her or Wu Guifei, or there are people who want to see the excitement, want to see her attack on the spot, and fight to the death with Wu Guifei?
She thought she would do what they wanted, but not now. If she went to Wu Guifei with anger on her face at this time to ask for a venue, she would only be left behind.
Meals should be eaten one bite at a time, things should be done one by one, and things must always come first and come first.
She put her gaze back in front of her, looking at the crown prince who was standing respectfully below her and ready to meet the new queen mother, as well as a pair of princes and princesses.
Then she met the prince's gloomy eyes at a glance.
Xiao Tai's mood has been full of haze since the morning, his expression is haggard and gloomy, and the whole person is also confused. It wasn't until he looked at Lin Yan that he looked at the silent and deserted hall, thinking about Wu Guifei's provocation, and then looking at Lin as if he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, he suddenly had a sense of revenge in his heart, and then showed a sarcastic and mocking expression at Lin Yan.
Lin Yan frowned slightly, only feeling a twitch in her temples. Compared with Wu Guifei, who openly provoked her, what gave her more headache was the cousin in front of her...... Or a stepson.
Father-in-law Fang looked at the prince who was not in the state at all now, and whispered with some worry: "Your Highness......"
The prince still stood there motionless, as if he hadn't heard, his eyes staring at the beam above Lin Yan, as if he was wandering outside.
The third prince and the eldest princess standing next to him also looked at him with some doubts, and the eldest princess even glanced back at her mother and wanted to ask for help.
Hu Zhaorong shook his head slightly at his daughter, and then looked at the prince with some surprise.
Today is an important day to meet the new queen, the new queen and the queen of the Yuan Dynasty have the same case, the Lin family will marry the girl into the palace, in order to stabilize the status of the prince, it stands to reason that the prince and the new queen are screwed on a rope, even if the prince does not show closeness to the new queen, he should not be so careless. The crown prince behaved unreasonably today.
Father-in-law Fang was anxious, and reminded in a low voice again: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's time to salute the queen......"
The prince finally stopped wandering and looked at Lin Yan, but she looked at him with a detached and reproachful gaze, as if she was looking at an ignorant child.
The prince clenched his fists, and finally broke the jar and knelt on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "Meet...... Queen mother! ”
He finally called out the "queen mother", and he thought that he would never be able to shout these two words to her.
Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, this child in the second stage of secondary school, she was really afraid that he would make trouble.
The third prince and the eldest princess also knelt down and followed the prince, "Meet the queen mother." ”
Lin Yan called out and set up seats for them on either side of her.
The eldest princess can see that she has been taught well by Hu Zhaorong, although she is young, she is meticulous in rules and etiquette. She looks like Hu Zhaorong, but her nose and eyes can still see the shadow of the emperor.
She is the same age as Youyu, and there is a pair of pear nests on her cheeks that are exactly the same as Youyu, and when she laughs, the pear nest is deeply sunk in, and she is as cute as Youyu, when she looks at her, Lin Yan will think of her sister Youyu and have a good impression of her.
And the third prince, he looks like an emperor and looks handsome. Because of the palace change seven or eight years ago, Lin Yan already knew that he had leg and foot diseases, and his intelligence was lower than ordinary people.
But from the time he came in, Lin Yan saw that except for his legs and feet, he had always behaved politely, not like he was intellectually impaired.
It wasn't until he sat down in his seat that he glanced at the tea and pastries on the table, and suddenly took the pastries and put them in the tea bowl, and then grabbed the tea-soaked pastries with his hands and ate them, and the tea and pastry crumbs filled the table.
Concubine Cui Xian hurriedly walked out and knelt down to plead guilty: "Niangniang forgive the sin, the third prince lost his honor in front of the palace, and the third prince ......."
Concubine Cui Xian closed her eyes, with a somewhat painful expression on her face, and she couldn't say the words "insufficiency".
Lin Yan said: "It's okay. ”
Then he looked at the third prince, as if he didn't know what was going on, and was still eating the pastries with relish.
Lin Yan glanced at the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid stepped forward to sort out the tea and pastries that fell on his clothes and on the table for him.
Lin Yan asked him, "Is the pastry delicious like this?" ”
The third prince nodded, "um".
Lin Yan said: "When I was a child, I also liked to eat such pastries with tea. ”
The third prince smiled innocently, glad that someone had the same hobby as him.
He grabbed a handful of pastries from the tea bowl and reached out to hand it to Lin Yan: "The queen mother eats." ”
Lin Yan picked up a piece of pastry with chopsticks and said, "The queen mother also has it here." "I put the pastry in the tea and soak it, then put it in my mouth and chew it gently.
Lin Yan said again: "You can use chopsticks like the queen mother." ”
The third prince looked at the pastry in his hand, then at the chopsticks, raised his head and looked at Lin Yan suspiciously, and asked, "Why?" ”
Lin Yan said: "So you don't have to wash your hands after eating." ”
The third prince thought for a while, and felt that it really made sense, put the pastry in his hand back into the tea bowl, and grabbed the chopsticks on the table.
The palace maid bowed her head softly and taught him to use chopsticks to hold pastries.
Concubine Cui Xian looked at the third prince, her face was blushing, and she felt distressed.
When the prince looked at it, he looked gloomily and said "heh" disdainfully. She adapted and learned to be a stepmother so quickly!
Thinking like this, I didn't feel good in my heart, but felt more and more painful, and turned my head away with red eyes.