Chapter 9: The Banquet
The inner hall is where children play.
Su Yingtong looked at the quiet Gong Zhaoyi and said strangely: "Xiao Zhao, don't you want to play with these children?" ”
Gong Zhaoyi shook his head: "They are still young and have nothing to say." ”
Su Yingtong couldn't cry or laugh, saying that he seemed to be how old he was, "How can there be nothing to say, don't children all want to play with children of the same age?" ”
Gong Zhaoyi sat down on the side and said with a little disdain: "They haven't even read the Book of Songs!" Martial arts training is not as good as mine. ”
Su Yingtong was embarrassed.
In fact, after this period of contact, she also knew that Xiao Zhao was smarter than ordinary children, learned everything faster, and had a strong ability to accept, which can be seen in the intellectual games she taught him to play, and it didn't take long to almost beat her as a master.
I have to admire the excellent genes of the palace mirror domain, and his cultivation of Xiao Zhao is really good, except that he has no taste, other poems and songs, martial arts and politics have not been left behind, but it would be better if he taught it himself, lest Xiao Zhao would be bored with this teacher all day long.
"Miss, I've finally found you......" Qingzhu ran in panting.
Su Yingtong couldn't help frowning: "Qingzhu, where did you go just now?" ”
I took her with me just to have someone in the know around me to wake up, God knows which person in this room is which, she is good, and she doesn't even see a shadow when she enters the door.
"It's the slave's fault, just now Xing'er forcibly left me in the outer room, saying that not everyone can enter the main hall, let me wait for you there......"
"Apricots? Who? ”
"It's the girl next to Miss Lan."
Lan Yicai? I didn't go to her, but she came to the door?
She knew that Lan Yicai had moved home some time ago, which did not mean that she would not come to Xiangyuan Wangfu to eat and drink for nothing in the future, but her father needed to bring her over for the banquet today, after all, she was willing to come with Gong Jingyu without a name and face, and it also depended on whether Gong Jingyu was willing to let her get close.
The results are predictable.
She was also glad that the days without Lan Yicai in the palace were really clean, how did she know that this was only temporary, and Lan Yicai didn't even let her have a good time today.
But if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move, Su Yingtong instructed Qingzhu to look at Gong Zhaoyi, and went to symbolically look at the princess's youngest son, today is a 100-day banquet, and this ceremony still has to be done.
"Princess," seeing Su Yingtong coming back, Qingzhu cleverly changed his name, approached Su Yingtong's ear and whispered, "Does the princess know?" The princess is Miss Lan's cousin. ”
Hearing this, Su Yingtong raised his eyebrows, it turned out to be a group of relatives and friends! "Then have I ever offended the princess before?"
"This ......," Qingzhu said hesitantly, "it is to sabotage the banquet hosted by the prince and princess...... Something like that. ”
Su Yingtong has a big head, or is it "something like that"?
Su Yingrou, how many troubles have you caused!
"Princess, it's time for lunch."
"Okay, do whatever you want."
Su Yingtong was completely powerless, and he didn't have much interest in the next miscellaneous things.
Led by the maid of the prince's mansion, Su Yingtong led Gong Zhaoyi to the dining place. Men and women don't sit in the same hall, but the children eat with their mothers, so Gong Zhaoyi naturally follows her.
Lunch is naturally full of delicacies, but Su Yingtong rarely has no appetite, she just wants to finish eating quickly and leave, although Xiangyuan Wangfu is not a good place, but she is even more reluctant to stay here to build the prince's mansion.
I sandwiched all kinds of delicacies for Xiao Zhao, and it wasn't until the little guy said that he couldn't eat it, so Su Yingtong put down his chopsticks and left the table, took Xiao Zhao to the garden, and exhaled lightly, finally a little easier.
Fortunately, she doesn't have to live like this all day in the future, as long as she successfully finds a way back, she is still free.
Just ......, "Xiao Zhao, do you like this kind of banquet?" ”
"I don't like it." Gong Zhao replied without hesitation.
Su Yingtong rubbed his soft hair pityingly, she knew that he didn't like it, but since he was the little son of the Xiangyuan Palace, the future king of Xiangyuan, he couldn't get rid of such a life.
"Miss Su is really interested, what a coincidence, we met again." There was a tired voice behind him.
Su Yingtong rolled her eyes, she knew that Lan Yicai would trouble her, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. I felt her fire-breathing gaze across a few tables just now when I was eating, could it be that she didn't have anything serious all day and was thinking about how to bring her down?
Do you want to be so boring?
I don't want to think about it, even without her, she Lan Yicai is absolutely unrelated to the position of this Xiangyuan princess.
Su Yingtong sneered, why don't you do it once and for all?
I hope Lan Yicai won't regret provoking her.
"Xiao Shizi, come here to Aunt Lan."
Su Yingtong trembled, goosebumps fell all over the ground by Lan Yicai's "aunt" thunder, and it was even more disgusting to see her extremely hypocritical skin and laughter.
looked at Xiao Zhao funny, wondering how he would deal with Lan Yicai's "seduction".
Gong Zhaoyi didn't bother to pay attention to Lan Yicai at all, and she didn't even move her eyelids when she stood beside her.
Sure enough, it was born in the palace mirror domain!
Su Yingtong smiled secretly, but she liked it! Such a little call is really too much to give her face!
"What does Miss Lan do? Xiao Zhao doesn't seem to want to go over, Xiao Zhao, right? ”
"Hmm!" Gong Zhaoyi nodded heavily, "Mother, let's go over there to play." As he spoke, he wanted to urge Su Yingtong to leave.
It seems that Xiao Zhao really hates this Lan Yicai! Sure enough, it's an ally, and the position is too clear!
Su Yingtong was very satisfied.
"Why rush to leave," Lan Yicai called the two people who didn't take her seriously at all, she was so angry! There are many housekeepers behind her, and she just boasted about Haikou, and she will definitely put Su Yingrou on her stomach, but she can't just let her go.
"Actually, I'm here to pass on a message, my cousin said that she was offended a lot just now, and she wanted to invite Miss Su to go to Fengya Pavilion to make amends." Hmph, Su Yingrou, this time I want to make you lose face in front of the high-ranking officials and nobles of the entire Xiling Kingdom!
See how you still stay in Kyoto!
Su Yingtong looked at the sky with his eyes: "Xiao Zhao, where did you just say you want to play?" ”
"I want to go over there to see the fish, it's so noisy here!"
"Look at the fish...... Is it okay to look at the flowers? I heard that the garden where the Prince's Mansion was built is well deserved. ”
"Okay, let's go see the flowers first."
"What a ......"
"Su Yingrou!" Looking at the chat between the two of them, Lan Yicai almost couldn't hide her fierce nature, and after a shout, she saw a group of "ladies" behind her looking at her with surprised faces, only to remember that it was not suitable to be mad now, and suppressed her anger, Lan Yicai smiled stiffly: "Miss Su won't even give the princess face, right?" ”
"Oh!" Su Yingtong suddenly patted his head, "It turns out that Miss Lan was talking to Concubine Ben just now?" I'm really sorry I can't hear it clearly, but what did Miss Lan call Concubine Ben just now? ”
Lan Yicai's face turned dark, concubine? This slut really thinks of herself as the princess of Xiangyuan!
"Miss Su......"
"Today, I am the princess of Xiangyuan who went to the banquet with the king of Xiangyuan, the mother of the little prince, does Miss Lan have any objections to the prince's approach? Well, or do you think someone is more suitable to be the princess of Xiangyuan than me? For example, yourself? ”
The young ladies were stunned, and their eyes were not good at looking at Lan Yicai, everyone knew that the daughter of this Shangshu Lord was interested in the king of Xiangyuan, and even did not hesitate to lose face in the name of the late handkerchief - Gong Yize's princess Hou Chuandong, who had been staying in the palace and not leaving, and said that in order to mourn his friends, he was not afraid of sticking to bad luck.
It was a joke for a while.
It's just that it's been so long, although I haven't seen the king of Xiangyuan look at Lan Yicai with his eyes, but he didn't drive her away, which makes them, the official ladies who are extremely red and not thick-skinned enough, hate them for a long time, but they just don't show it.
Now that Su Yingtong said this, he reminded them of the fact that the King of Xiangyuan was about to be "snatched" by Lan Yicai, although he never thought that the King of Xiangyuan could take a fancy to him, but if he fulfilled Lan Yicai's wish, it would be really unpleasant.
After all, as the daughter of the second-grade Shangshu, Lan Yicai is really not much better than Su Yingrou except for beating people without knowing it, and if you really want to compare, Lan Yicai, who is sinister and vicious behind the surface kindness, is much more terrifying than Su Yingrou, who is savage and simple-minded.
These daughters of their fathers, who are not powerful in their official positions, have been bullied by Lan Yicai, but they dare not speak out.
Now when I heard Su Yingrou's mockery of Lan Yicai, I couldn't help but gloat in my heart, of course, no one would help.
Lan Yicai was choked by Su Yingtong's question, but the hateful thing was that no one refuted it for her, although Su Yingtong said the truth, but of course she couldn't admit it in public.
"Miss Su is serious, didn't the prince say it?" Today, Xiao Shizi can call Miss Su her mother, and in the future, Miss Su will still be Miss Su. ”
Su Yingtong was stunned, it seems that this Lan Yicai person has left the Xiangyuan Palace, but there is still no shortage of what should be known, but I don't know how much of her eyeliner is still in the palace.
It's just strange how could the Palace Mirror Domain allow this idle person to wait in his mansion and mess around? Or is it really a special indulgence of Lan Yicai?
"Who said that? My mother will always be my mother! ”
Gong Zhaoyi's words made the scene quiet for a moment, the corners of Lan Yicai's mouth twitched slightly, and her nails scratched her palms, this little bastard always made her faceless! Wait, wait for her to become the princess of Xiangyuan...... Hum!
Su Yingtong glanced at Xiao Zhao appreciatively, although she didn't have the name of Princess Xiangyuan at all, but Xiao Zhao still felt very good about giving her a long face like this. It's just that Xiao Zhao's idea is a bit dangerous, after all, he will leave in the future, and it is impossible to be his mother all the time, it seems that he has to counsel Xiao Zhao when he goes back.
But I feel that I am cruel, since I want to leave, why let this child get used to the feeling of motherhood? Later...... Let's not say that Gong Jingyu disagrees, but I never thought of being someone else's stepmother!
"Princess," Su Yingtong was thinking wildly, and the guards around the palace mirror domain jumped out of nowhere and bowed: "The prince asked his subordinates to bring Xiao Shizi over." ”
"Xiao Zhao, go to your father's side first." Su Yingtong pinched the little kid's face when he heard the words.
"Okay," Gong Zhaoyi replied helplessly, of course he couldn't help but listen to his father's words, but he deliberately glared at Lan Yicai before leaving, "You are not allowed to bully my mother!" ”
Lan Yicai smiled stiffly: "Xiao Shizi may have a little misunderstanding, my aunt has never bullied Miss Su!" ”
Su Yingtong wiped out the goosebumps on his arm fiercely, motioned for Xiao Zhao to leave first, and then said to Lan Yicai "kindly": "Then I will bother Miss Lan to lead the way." ”
"What?"
"Didn't you say what kind of Fengya Pavilion you were going to? Then hurry up, if the princess blames Miss Lan for not even being able to pass on a word, then how much the concubine should be reluctant not to go. Su Yingtong replied lightly, deliberately classifying her as a maid, and by the way, she secretly complained in her heart, what about Feng Yating, I want to see where such a group of vassal and elegant people can be "elegant".
"You...... Hum! Lan Yi was extremely angry, but she couldn't think of any words to scold back, so she could only flick her sleeves and walk away. What if this slut is proud, she will cry later!
Su Yingtong followed behind Lan Yicai, and could almost guess a thing or two about what was going to happen, it was nothing more than some intrigue? I used to watch TV and novels with a lot of references, and I was even a little excited, if I could, this time she was going to fight back, I hope they can play some new tricks, don't let her down too much......
Fengya Pavilion.
Feng Ya Pavilion is indeed quite elegant. Referring to the decoration, of course. As for the people here, ahem, you know......
When Su Yingtong arrived, he saw an official lady playing the guzheng, and there were seventy-seven or eighty-eight listeners sitting next to her, all of whom were bowing their heads and listening, like a brick family who knew how to appreciate it.
"Princess Xiangyuan is really welcome to come in front of you!"
Before Su Yingtong went in, he saw the princess come out, and the smile on her face was so kind, of course, Su Yingtong's brain was pumped to think that the woman in front of her was as kind as her smiling face.
But not only can she pretend, but when necessary, she will not disappoint the audience.
"Where is it, since it is the princess's elegance, of course you have to come to see the style, who doesn't know that the princess is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting! It's time to learn from the princess. ”
The princess paused, she probably didn't expect Su Yingrou to be so handy at dealing with people now, she didn't even need to think, it sounded like she was really praising her. But he quickly reacted and welcomed Su Yingtong in all kinds of politeness.
Su Yingtong went in and sat down, watching each of them take turns to "sacrifice ugliness", but she felt a little bored, thinking that the princess's foreshadowing was too long, and she was going to fall asleep.
"Presumably, Princess Xiangyuan is also a highly skilled person, and today's gathering is also very interested, since all the female guests have shown their skills, why don't Princess Xiangyuan also come to perform and add to the fun?"
After Su Yingtong counted the bunch of grapes on the table for the twenty-third time, the princess finally brought the topic to her, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart, that's all?
When Su Yingtong was thinking about this problem, all the guests came back to their senses from the princess's words, and couldn't help but feel strange, this eldest lady of the Su family is famous for being a "woman without talent", which can be said to have no skills, just now I wondered why the princess invited her over to ruin the atmosphere, and now I am even more puzzled to invite Su Yingrou to perform, Su Yingrou's humiliation in many banquets Everyone is not surprised, but today the princess specially designed her is still rare.
Of course, the princess's intentions are well known here, although they are young ladies who do not step into the door, but since they were children, they have accepted the tricks of the wealthy family to compete for favor, and every mansion is the deep sea, and it is not simple for them to grow up in the sea.
So of course, they are smart to keep their doubts in their hearts, now is the time to tie up the princess, and the concubine of the saint in the coming year will have to rely on the princess to assist in the selection of concubines, and now of course everything must follow the wishes of the princess.
Since the princess wants Su Yingrou to make a fool of herself, Su Yingrou naturally can't be safe.
Thinking of this, they all opened their mouths or asked or persuaded, let Su Yingtong improvise, and couldn't help but admire the princess and princess, next door to this Fengya Pavilion is the conversation hall of male guests, and today there are almost all the characters with heads and faces in Xiling Kingdom, as long as Su Yingrou loses face, it will undoubtedly make the entire Xiling Kingdom see the joke, which is enough for her to be disgraced for several years.
This is more "grand" than every time they make a fool of themselves in the past, and it can also show their smart writing by the way, if you can make any prince and grandson take a fancy to it, it will naturally be excellent.
Thinking of this, the princess was not the only one who was excited, and when she saw Su Yingrou and didn't answer, she knew that she was afraid, although she heard that she made the princess suffer a small loss at the beginning of the banquet, and what she said did make a little sense, but who knew that it was not prepared by her in advance? After all, she has been talented and uneducated for more than ten years, and Su Yingrou will not suddenly be smart.
"Su ...... cough, Princess Xiangyuan, you can enjoy your face and perform casually. ”
"It's just, aren't you happy today? It should be regarded as a celebration of the addition of the princess and princess. ”
“……”
“……”
The daughters who were comparing themselves with each other just now and looking at each other didn't look at each other instantly united and resolutely to the outside world.
"But ......," Su Yingtong whispered timidly, "Didn't many young ladies already perform just now, I'll forget it." The words were hesitant and uneasy.
"How can there be too many performances, besides, who can compare with Princess Xiangyuan's demeanor, we are all looking forward to it." Sure enough, Su Yingrou, do you think you can escape the fate of being teased so lightly?
"This ...... It's not that it doesn't work, it's just a little boring, why don't we make a bet? After hesitating for a while, Su Yingtong finally relented.
"Bet? What to bet on? ”
"Hmm...... How about the losing side have to loudly declare 'I'm a pig'? You have to shout those three words out loud! ”
As soon as Su Yingtong's words landed, the audience was suddenly silent. Everyone looked at her in disbelief, as if they couldn't believe that she would make such a request. As soon as he wanted to refuse, he saw a sly smile on the corner of Su Yingrou's mouth, full of pride as if she had achieved her goal.
Suddenly realized, yes, I almost fell for this slut! I want to use this broken bet to intimidate them, so that they can escape today's catastrophe. Speaking of which, this is the maid, who may know a few more words than her Su Yingrou, and it wasn't her who lost in the end?
What else do they have to panic about?
After a while, these women finally agreed, and finally Lan Yicai made a decision and gambled!
A trace of panic flashed in Su Yingtong's eyes, which made the princess even more victorious, and hurriedly asked someone to prepare the four treasures of the study, the guzheng pipa, and then roughly explained the rules, and announced the start.
In order to show fairness, everyone can choose the one they are best at and complete it in the same time, Su Yingtong is a little lucky, if she wants to paint, then she really just abstains, except for comics, everything else will turn into a black pool of ink under her brush.
First of all, Miss A played the pipa for a while, anyway, Su Yingtong didn't study the pipa, so it just listened to it, and then looked at other people's reactions, it should be not bad; Miss C made a landscape painting, this painting is a little abstract, Su Yingtong has not yet had this artistic cell to evaluate, just nod with others, not bad......
If it goes on like this, it finally arrives at Lan Yicai, Su Yingtong thinks that she should have some novelty when she is so arrogant, so she stuffed a grape into her mouth, well, this variety is too sour, and it can really play a refreshing role.
Lan Yicai raised her head and walked to the center like a peacock, and with a gesture, she saw that the foil had set her music.
Lan Yicai twisted her waist, swayed her arms, danced lightly with wide sleeves, her posture was graceful, her eyes were like silk, and she was really good-looking.
Su Yingtong commented very objectively, this Lan Yicai is indeed good-looking, but his mind is too bad, but it is a pity that he has a good face, he wants to learn from others to play tricks and is not enough to be in the city, he is so stupid and arrogant in the era of the flood of beauties, he doesn't know how thick the sky is, and the end is - die quickly.
Su Yingrou is a column. Maybe she doesn't have a bad mind, but she's too stupid, otherwise she wouldn't have lost her life so unexplained, she is gossip clearly, the current prime minister's wife is not her own mother, her own mother has long been lost, as for the current one...... It is certainly not easy to climb from a maid to the current position.
It seems that her path to freedom is very tortuous, and it is simply full of obstacles!
Su Yingtong was a little irritable unconsciously, shaking his head to shake off these annoying questions, hmm, how will I pass the test later? The brain is running rapidly, plagiarism is unavoidable, it is necessary to see which great poet's works are copied, and to defeat this group of talented and talented daughters...... Poetry? Or composition?
Finally, the dance was over, and applause erupted in applause.
Lan Yicai's cheeks were slightly red, she adjusted her breathing slightly, she was tired of dancing, she had been practicing this dance for a long time, and she was going to dance to the king of Xiangyuan, but she never seized the opportunity, but today Su Yingrou came to die, naturally she wanted to come up with a unique job to let her die completely.
Everyone's kind words made her very useful, Lan Yicai's waist straightened up a little, nodded to the princess who was satisfied, and then glanced at Su Yingtong provocatively, and then returned to her seat.
The princess is not involved, as an elder and hostess, she just played the role of the host, seeing that Lan Yicai was so outstanding, she was even more reassured, and she was in a good mood, and she seemed to have seen Su Yingtong's witty appearance of shouting "I am a pig" in front of their faces, and couldn't wait to signal that Su Yingtong could start.
"This ......" Su Yingtong was very embarrassed, "If you lose......"
"You must not go back, just make a contract with a poisonous oath," Lan Yicai immediately said in a hurry, "Start with me, if you lose but don't fulfill the gambling contract, you will curse the person who broke the contract to live forever without a crush, die alone, and not die well." ”
My good girl, this oath is very deterrent in the ancient superstition of superstition, Lan Yicai's oath is still the most important lifelong event for girls, it seems that she is really confident.
The young ladies were also shocked, thinking that this poisonous oath was really poisonous, but even Lan Yicai dared to swear, so what were they afraid of? They all raised their hands and swore that they would never break the contract.
Su Yingtong was satisfied, thinking that Lan Yicai was really efficient, she dug a pit and jumped down before she even opened her mouth, and she couldn't pull it if she wanted to, alas.
followed a random oath, Su Yingtong asked people to bring a set of celadon cups, placed them on the stone table, poured water into them, and tried the timbre with chopsticks.
She decided to sing "Blue and White Porcelain", first of all, this song is classical enough, and she and Ying Lan have performed at the school's literary evening before, which can be said to be handy; And then there's the melody of celadon percussion that's trendy enough here, and she's won!