Chapter 289: Eve
"Why?"
"I heard that the emperor is cold by nature, and he didn't like to participate in banquets when he was a prince in the past, and not long after the emperor ascended the throne, there are still many old ministers in the court who rely on the old and sell the old to do right with the emperor, and the emperor is often worried about this, how can he have the heart to entertain them?"
Xiao Xia lowered his eyebrows and thought about it, this is really in line with Feng Jintian's temperament, if he is himself, some people disagree with him all day long, and he has to set up a banquet to entertain them, and he feels awkward.
But apart from this opportunity, he couldn't meet Shangguan Yan and Su Bingren at all, how could he not make Feng Jintian disgusted, and he was willing to hold a banquet to entertain the ministers, and he also took the opportunity to meet the people he wanted to see?
Xiao Xia paced around the house, Gui Fang didn't know the situation, looked at Gui Ying inquiringly, Gui Ying whispered a few words to her, Gui Fang smiled: "Niangniang, this is not easy, when the emperor comes over for dinner in the evening, you directly mention yƬ to the emperor, just say that you want to celebrate his birthday, by the way, invite some familiar young ladies into the palace to get together, isn't it okay?" ā
Xiao Xia raised his eyes to look at him: "This ...... May I? The emperor said that he didn't like me to mention yƬ again......"
"That's different, the emperor doesn't like to deal with that group of old men, if you celebrate your birthday with your mother, the emperor will be very happy, right, Sister Gui Ying?"
Gui Ying thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, Niangniang, every time the emperor takes the initiative to come to see you, last time you sent someone to invite the emperor, although the emperor was very busy, he was very happy, and sent people to send so many things over, if Niangniang is willing to take the initiative to celebrate the emperor's birthday, the emperor will definitely be very happy." ā
Listen to them say this, and think carefully about the time when you return to the palace. It's really Feng Jintian who has always protected himself and spoiled himself, and he rarely took the initiative, although he didn't want to get too close because he was afraid that he would be sad in the future. But it seems too unfair to him, and in any case, he must celebrate his birthday well.
Xiao Xia made up his mind and decided to persuade him to set up a banquet at the same time, and then surprise him: "Gui Ying, Gui Fang, you help me find some materials, I want to do something for the emperor with my own hands." ā
This side of the Liang Mansion. When Yu Xiangxiang returned to Liang's Mansion from the palace, she happily brought a basket of fresh fruits given to him by Gui Ying and gave it to Mrs. Liang, and met Liang Chenjing who was about to go to the front yard halfway. By the way, he stopped him and stuffed him with two fruits.
Liang Chenjing frowned and retreated: "No need, you can keep it for yourself!" ā
"Hey, second son, don't look down on it. This is a tribute! It was rewarded by the emperor to the concubine. The concubine rewarded me again, people can't eat it if they want to, come, take it, it's delicious, really! ā
Liang Chenjing stood still in a daze, letting Yu Xiangxiang stuff the fruit into his arms: "You ...... Entered the palace? ā
"Of course? You don't see me like this? Oh yes. Second son, look at you. How about my dress? The color clothes workshop is custom-made, and it costs hundreds of taels of silver...... Oh, don't worry, I didn't spend your money, it was the emperor's reward......"
Liang Chenjing only glanced at her lightly, and was not at all interested in her gold and silver clothes, and finally waited for her to finish speaking, Liang Chenjing hesitated and asked: "She...... Are you okay? ā
"Huh? What did you say? ā
Liang Chenjing's face was a little embarrassed, he glared at Yu Xiangxiang unhappily, and was about to turn around and leave, but Yu Xiangxiang ran over to stop him: "Hey, don't go, don't go, just kidding!" You're asking Natsu, right? She's very good, hey, second son, Xiao Xia is your sister, why don't you care about her so much? ā
Liang Chenjing paused, and said with a straight face: "Don't run around if you're fine, don't dress so vulgarly that outsiders will see jokes." ā
Liang Chenjing dropped this sentence and left quickly, Yu Xiangxiang stood in place in a daze for a while before reacting, she asked the maids beside her: "I...... Isn't that vulgar? ā
The maids looked at each other, looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
Liang Chenjing came to the front study with a cold face, Liang Guogong sat behind the desk and looked at something, saw Liang Chenjing come in, closed the post, raised his eyes and said, "Coming?" Have a seat! ā
Liang Chenjing stood still and said lightly: "What's the matter?" ā
Liang Guogong looked at him twice: "Can't you be polite when you talk to your father?" ā
Liang Chenjing didn't keep his mouth shut, and Liang Guogong sighed, "That's it, you can see for yourself!" ā
Liang Guogong handed over the two posts, Liang Chenjing hesitated a little before reaching out to take them, he casually flipped through them and glanced at them, he was slightly surprised when he saw the content inside, and then frowned: "What does this mean?" ā
"Su Bingren came to sue for peace yesterday afternoon, and sent someone to send this this this morning, what do you think?"
Liang Chenjing put the post down: "No need, go back." ā
"Didn't you say you wanted to reconcile with the Su family? This is Su Bingren's sincerity, you are undoubtedly rejecting the Su family, showing the attitude of my Liang family, and the Su family's life in the capital will only be more difficult in the future, have you thought clearly? ā
Liang Chenjing frowned and said: "We live in peace with the Su family, we don't necessarily have to do it in this way, not to mention that it's just two posts, and no one may know about it." ā
"This post was sent by Su Jiatuo's colleagues, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the news will spread soon, especially since my Liang family and Su family have such a past.
Jing'er, my father originally didn't plan to pay attention to Su Bingren, thinking that you pleaded for him last time, I thought about it carefully for my father, Su Linglong is dead, and it makes no sense for us to hold on to it, not to mention that the emperor doesn't like courtiers to form gangs and factions to fight each other, in order to avoid being honest, my father feels that it is not necessarily a bad thing to live in peace with the Su family, so he did not refuse.
It's up to you to make up your own mind! Take the post back first, think about it and then say, go! ā
Liang Guogong personally stuffed the post into Liang Chenjing's hand, sighed and walked out of the study first, while Liang Chenjing stood in place and looked at the two posts.
On the Su Mansion side, since the post was sent out this morning, the Su Mansion family has all gathered in the guest hall to wait.
Su Bingren walked around the hall anxiously with his hands behind his back, and from time to time he glanced out at the door, and then sighed and walked around the hall again.
Song sat on the top in a trance, his eyes were blank, and he hadn't made a few movements since he sat there.
The second aunt Zheng sat next to Su Lingfeng, the third lady of the Su family, and she stirred her handkerchief and looked at the door. A pair of Ying Ying Qiu Bo is very attractive, with a little girlish blush on her face, looking a little uneasy and expectant.
The third aunt on the opposite side, Xie Shi, was also very anxious. But the fourth young lady next to her, Lingxia, didn't care about fiddling with the bell on her wrist. Seeing her father Su Bingren walking to the door again, Su Lingxia pulled Xie Shi's sleeve: "Auntie, what is my father looking at?" Why sigh? ā
"Shh~~ Silly girl, your father is worried about your sister's lifelong events!"
"What's life's work?"
"Silly girl, naturally it's your family."
"Family? Auntie, I'm only twelve years old, aren't the eldest sister and the second sister getting married at the age of seventeen? ā
"Silly girl. Your eldest sister and second sister are in a different situation......" Xie glanced at the hall after speaking, and saw that Su Bingren, Song and the second aunts Zheng and Su Lingfeng opposite were all looking at her, and she smiled embarrassedly. scolded Su Lingxia twice.
Zheng coughed lightly and said, "Master, let's do this...... Wouldn't it be too inauthentic? Will the Liang family not agree? ā
Su Bingren paused at his feet: "What do you mean by not being authentic?" The Liang family is finally willing to reconcile, if we don't seize the opportunity to stabilize this relationship, our Su family won't want to gain a foothold in the capital! ā
Zheng frowned slightly: "But...... Linglong, she just got buried! ā
Su Bingren stood still at the door with his hands in his hands. The Song family, who had not reacted for a long time in the hall, actually choked up: "Linglong! My poor Linglong. You died such a miserable death! Linglong ......"
Su Bingren glanced back, and when he saw Song's appearance, he became angry, and scolded loudly: "What are you crying about? She doesn't do it, she doesn't do it, she has to cause a lot of things, if it weren't for her, our Su family would have ended up in such a field? ā
Song snorted and said, "If there was no Linglong, we wouldn't have been able to stand firm when we returned to Beijing, master." It is said that drinking water thinks of the source, Linglong is your biological daughter. How do you ......?"
"Shut up! Do you think I feel good about Linglong? Do you think I like to beg people with a shy face? But what can be done? If the Liang family doesn't forgive us for a day, our Su family won't have a good life, don't forget, Juefei is also your own child, do you want to watch Juefei stay in the capital? ā
Song looked at Su Bingren blankly for a long time, and then covered his face and cried.
Su Bingren was even more upset, waved his hand and said, "You guys are waiting here, I'll send someone out to inquire." ā
Then he crossed the threshold and strode to the door of the house.
Several women in the hall looked at each other, Su Lingfeng couldn't sit still, and stood up suddenly: "I'll go and see it too!" ā
"Stop!" The second aunt Zheng pulled her back: "What are you doing at a girl's house?" ā
"Mother, I don't care about my own affairs, who cares! I'm going! ā
"Stop, sit down honestly for me, if the Liang family wants to respond, if you don't go, he will respond, if the Liang family doesn't, even if you chase to the Liang Mansion, people may not respond, so sit down!"
"Mother, you can still sit still, such a big matter, if the Liang family should not, what will my daughter do for the rest of her life?"
Zheng pursed his lips for a while before squeezing out a sentence: "He shouldn't be what he should be, and it may not be a good thing to do." ā
"Huh? Mother, what are you talking about? ā
"My mother is from here, you will understand in the future! Lingfeng, come, sit down, listen to your mother's words, your mother won't harm you. ā
The Su family waited all day, and they didn't even eat, but they didn't wait for a response until it was dark, which made the people of the Su Mansion very uneasy.
Liang Chenjing returned to the courtyard with Geng Ti, and saw Yu Xiangxiang sitting in his room eating fruit, he frowned: "Why did you come in?" ā
Yu Xiangxiang said disapprerovingly: "I'm nominally your concubine now, right?" Isn't it normal to come into your room? Hey, what did you take? ā
Yu Xiangxiang reached out to grab it, Liang Chenjing shook his hand, and he didn't even let Yu Xiangxiang touch his sleeve.
Liang Chenjing sat opposite Yu Xiangxiang, put the two posts on the table, and said lightly: "Is there anything wrong with me?" ā
Yu Xiangxiang glanced at the post and winked curiously: "Yes...... Lady's Geng post, right? Tsk, you men are really greedy, there are two beautiful concubines at home who ignore it, and they are still at dusk every day, I wish to bring half of the capital home, I really don't know what you are thinking all day long? Hum! ā
Liang Chenjing didn't say a word with a straight face, Yu Xiangxiang glanced at him for a long time, seeing that he didn't answer and felt bored, he pouted and said, "Hey, Guo Lanxiang was locked up by his wife, you know?" ā
Liang Chenjing's face was pale and still didn't react, Yu Xiangxiang blinked and said tentatively: "She's your beautiful concubine, why don't you go and take a look?" ā
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
Yu Xiangxiang smiled: "No! Nothing? I'm bored, come and go. By the way, when I went to see Xiao Xia this morning, when I talked about Guo Lanxiang, Xiao Xia's face was very ugly, I don't know if she was bullied by Guo Lanxiang? She fainted inexplicably when I left! ā
"What?" Liang Chenjing stood up and looked at Yu Xiangxiang nervously: "You make it clear, what's wrong with Xiao Xia?" ā
Yu Xiangxiang was stunned: "Why are you so nervous?" I heard that Xiao Xia was not very happy with the emperor last night, and he didn't sleep well all night last night, maybe he was tired, right? Hey, second son, why do I think you care about Xiao Xia so much! You don't look like you care about your sister! ā
"Shut up!" Liang Chenjing grimaced his face and accentuated his tone with the taste of reprimand, then stared at Yu Xiangxiang for a while, turned around and walked out quickly.
Yu Xiangxiang pursed her lips and muttered, "Gone again?" Really, people wanted to talk to him, but he was like this, not gentle at all, who would like this kind of man? ā
When Yu Xiangxiang complained, the corner of her eyes swept to the two posts on the table, she looked outside the door, and didn't see Liang Chenjing come back, she rolled her eyes, picked up the post and opened it and looked at it, there were a few strings of beautiful fonts on it, but unfortunately she didn't know any of them, so she could only summon the maids beside her and ask them to help with the reading.
Hearing that it was Su Lingfeng and Su Lingxia's birthday post, Yu Xiangxiang dodged the post and looked at it over and over with a gossipy face: "Wow, the Su family even sent the post!" Can't wait! This is a good thing, I will bring it into the palace tomorrow to show Xiao Xia, so that she will be happy and happy. ā
"Miss, why is the concubine so happy to see this post?" The maid Xiaomi asked, Yu Xiangxiang thought about it:
"I don't know, anyway, I see that she is depressed all day long, just find some fun for her, and I should relieve her boredom! Hey, you remember, the second master will come back to find the post later, you all said you didn't see it, I don't know where I went, don't say it's leaky, don't say I took it! ā
Xiao Xia was busy all afternoon, and originally wanted to make a cake to practice his hands, but the tools here are different, the materials are different, and he didn't make a decent one after tossing all afternoon.
Xiao Xia was so tired that she looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was dark, but she didn't see Feng Jintian.
She called Gui Ying to ask, only to know that Feng Jintian had gone to other palaces, and I heard that there was a new concubine Fang in the daytime, she was very bright and moving, her white skin was as crystal as snow, it was very exciting, and there were rumors in the palace that Concubine Fang was probably the most powerful candidate for the queen. (To be continued.) )