Chapter 14: The Banquet

Before she entered the hall, the laughter inside had already come from afar, giving Miao Zhi goosebumps.

"Mrs. Scholar of the Imperial Court, Miss has arrived." The eunuch's sharp voice sounded, and the coquettish laughter inside immediately stopped.

"Xuan." A graceful and luxurious voice sounded, and the guards at the door immediately bowed down and led them into the palace.

Miao Zhi followed behind Ling Shuirong and slowly stepped into the main hall of Fengxia Palace.

She quickly glanced at the hall, and the hall had already gathered a lot of people at this time, Yingying Yanyan, Spring Peach and Autumn Chrysanthemum, a room of beautiful women.

In the center of the hall is a jade chair placed high, a noble woman sits on it, looks only in her thirties, not the appearance of the country and the city, she is dressed in a colorful phoenix robe, with a phoenix hairpin on her head, and a huge round pearl inlaid in the eyes of the phoenix.

The decent dress perfectly outlines her extravagance, elegant and generous, it is the queen of Beixin, the biological mother of the crown prince Bei Yiyu, Lan Miyun.

On Lan Miyun's left hand side is a beautiful concubine, her lake-green clothes set off her beautifully, and her eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Bei Yiyuan, it is Liang Guifei Liang Yumeng.

In all dynasties, the woman who can sit on the throne of the queen and the concubine must be a prominent family behind her, and Beixin is certainly no exception. The two factions of the court and the military faction contain each other to maintain balance, and this harem also needs it.

The queen is the daughter of Prime Minister Lan Kuo, and Liang Yumeng is the sister of the general Liang Wen.

Miao Zhi and Ling Shuirong stepped forward to bow and salute, and the queen smiled and gave them a seat.

Sitting on the edge of a chair lightly, Ling Shuirong nodded to a concubine on the queen's right hand, and next to the concubine was Princess Zhaohua, who was dressed in a lilac silver silk embroidered palace dress, Miao Zhi immediately understood, and knew that she was the first concubine Shuang Ningqin.

The women in the palace are very good at maintenance, and the first concubine looks only a few years younger than the queen, with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, revealing a soft beauty of a Jiangnan woman. The purple palace dress as gorgeous as Princess Zhaohua, without too much bead hairpin jewelry, has a blooming peony flower pinned to her hair, showing a different style.

Miao Zhi always felt that the first concubine was a little familiar, but she was sure that she had never seen her before, maybe it was because she and Ling Shuirong were both from Yinan.

After sitting for a while, Lan Miyun seemed to feel that the atmosphere in the hall was a little dull, so she smiled and asked the ladies to go to the garden outside the hall to enjoy the flowers and chat.

Miao Zhi followed the other ladies and thanked Yingying, and as soon as she got up, Princess Zhaohua came over enthusiastically and grabbed her hand.

"I really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, I mentioned Sister Zhi'er to my mother just now, and Sister Zhi'er arrived in the blink of an eye."

When she arrived at the garden, the highest status was Princess Zhaohua, and the ladies of each family saluted her one by one, and Miaozhi also had some general impressions of the ladies of each house.

Then a group of people sat down around the stone table, and everyone began to enjoy the flowers and drink tea.

This time, the whole country celebrated not only because it was the birthday of the emperor Bei Anhuang, but also in order to consolidate the power of Beixin among various countries.

The competition of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting will start tomorrow, and the martial arts competition such as mounted archery will be scheduled later.

It was getting dark, and the eunuch who had ordered came to inform him that the dinner was about to begin. Yingying Yanyan in the first hall followed the queen towards the banquet hall, and Miao Zhi quietly moved behind Ling Shuirong.

The banquet hall is splendid, full of lights, and full of joy.

I saw that Shen Fengyi and Shen Yuqian were already sitting in their positions, and Shen Yuqian was drinking with Liang Yingfan on the opposite table, and when he saw Miao Zhi coming, he hurriedly waved to her.

After looking back and forth between the two for a moment, Miao Zhi frowned with some concern.

Although Fang Cai only sat in the Empress's Fengxia Palace for a while, Yan Zòng, the division of the Chinese martial arts, had already been seen by her, and everyone was light on the surface, and each performed its duties unrelated, but in fact, there was an undercurrent surging, and each did not give in to each other, I am afraid that it has long been incompatible.

Shen Fengyi is a scholar of the palace, and he is angry with the prime minister, and his eldest brother is very close to the distant prince and Liang Yingfan, how can he not be in a hurry.

In this era, in addition to Ning'er, who serves her day and night, only this brother loves her the most.

Miao Zhi walked quickly towards Shen Yuqian, who was smiling at the corner of her mouth, and could only sigh leisurely in her heart, hoping that the eldest brother would be safe, and that neither of them would get into the troubled water.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Yuan Hongxuan wearing a luxurious dark green brocade directly opposite, he was not in a wheelchair today, and there was still a touch of sickness on his resolute and thin face. The seven mangs behind him are still dressed in the same dress, and his waist is still tied with a special rope as a belt.

When Miao Zhi looked at Yuan Hongxuan, his deep dark gaze also happened to look at her, and a hint of surprise flashed in his cold eyes, and then he returned to normal, nodding slightly politely.

Miao Zhi bowed her head in embarrassment, and lowered her head in a hurry, her white neck was slightly flushed, afraid that the person opposite would see this embarrassment.

She seemed to notice the fleeting amazement in his eyes just now, and for him, Miao Zhi knew that her special feeling came from a kind of affection.

He patted his cheeks, which were a little numb, and drove the cranky thoughts out of his head.

This time he turned his head and saw Fu Qing, the son of the official Shangshu Fuhai who he met in the restaurant last time, sitting at their leading table, and at this time he was looking at Shen Yuqian beside him with two mung bean eyes resentfully.

Miao Zhi couldn't laugh or cry, and looked away as if nothing happened. It seems that it is impossible for the eldest brother to want his wife to be peaceful, no, the ready-made "enemy" is crawling beside him.

In front of the table where the queen started was the crown prince Bei Yiyu in a white robe with a golden silk dark pattern and Bei Yiyuan in a dark blue python robe, and another handsome man in a crescent white robe Miao Zhi had never seen it, presumably it was the little prince Bei Yihui who was always in the palace.

At this time, the three of them were greeting the officials who came to salute from time to time.

Not far away, under the high platform, there were several tables of people sitting, and they were not dressed in clothes that did not resemble Beixin's clothes.

Shen Yuqian, who was holding a wine glass, looked at Miao Zhi's line of sight and said slowly: "That's the envoys from various countries who came this time. The table near us is from the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, the near stands are from the Southern Kingdom, and the other table should be from several other small countries. ”

As soon as Shen Yuqian finished speaking, one of the envoys of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom walked to the front of Yuan Hongxuan's table and saluted, because he was a little away, he could only see the lips of the two of them, but he couldn't hear what was said.

She's a bit bored, and she hates going to parties the most, both now and in the twenty-first century. I picked up the snack in front of me and ate it in small bites, feeling a touch of sight cast on me.

She looked up suspiciously, looking around, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. The steps here are frightening, and even the arrogant temperament has become suspicious.

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