Chapter 31 Concubine 1
The state banquet began as scheduled, and the first to sit were the envoys of various countries, from the high to the low, and the cushions were from red to black to indicate the position of power. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Followed by the minister of the first rank of the court and the general Ge Changjun, their positions were closely dependent on the envoys, but the cushions were different, and they were embroidered with a brocade, symbolizing the use of auxiliary countries.
After that, the princes of various families were lined up, and the ladies of the palace sat down behind a curtain, and the only ones who could show up were none other than the queen and Concubine Hua.
Bai Qicong was talking about some seemingly nonexistent words at first, but he was suddenly startled by the performer who appeared in front of him, and at this time, there was still a moment before the state banquet began, and the queen specially arranged for someone to recite the merits of her country, and that person was originally a dexterous girl in her palace, but now it has been replaced by Yan Jiu.
This matter can be traced back to the time when Yan Jiu and the others were eating, Ruoshui's guards came quietly, saying that the queen's voice was uncomfortable today, and replaced it with Yan Jiu, as for why he also gave an answer.
Yan Jiu was unwilling, but Han Gu pushed her and said, "Go ahead!" The state banquet is unusual, and the queen will not be like that. ”
Yan Da next to him also helped to speak, and said with a smile: "Maybe if the recitation is good, there will be better prospects." He smiled honestly.
Then, after Yan Jiu agreed, he followed the guards and went straight to the palace where Ruoshui was.
As soon as the door was pushed open, Dazuo with gray hair was playing chess with Ruoshui, Ruoshui smiled slightly and said that his skills were not as good as others, he picked up the white child in his hand and slowly put it down, Yan Jiu could see that she had no chance of winning this game, but she would not lose too badly.
"Back to the princess, the people brought it."
Ruoshui didn't look back, waved his hand and the man retreated, and even Dazuo slowly followed, and the whole room was left with Ruoshui and Yanjiu.
"Jiu'er!" Ruoshui walked forward, his eyes were full of tears, as if he had been able to meet after parting with life and death.
"Princess?" Yan Jiu was a little dazed, took a few steps back, Ruoshui grabbed her and smiled: "Great, everything is still in time, don't worry, I will definitely take care of everything this time." What she said, Yan Jiu seemed to understand, and she didn't seem to understand, so she looked at her blankly and didn't say a word.
Ruoshui pulled her to the candlestick, looked at her quietly for a long time, and sneered: "It turns out that you were so cute and chubby when you were a child, and you came to change your clothes." In her hand was a set of winged brocade robes, on which the embroidery was delicate and exquisite.
"Stretch out your hand, remember to read it on stage for a while, no matter what other people think, you should not see it." Ruoshui said and shook the clothes in his hand and carefully put them on Yan Jiu, and did not forget to remind her where to go after reading aloud, where to wait for her and so on.
After changing his clothes, Ruoshui's guards came and picked up Yan Jiu at the right time.
Yan Jiu looked back, she seemed to understand, her life and Ruoshui's life were similar.
At the state banquet, Yan Jiu slowly boarded the prepared platform in the middle of a group of people holding manuscripts, and began to read aloud one by one-God bless me to celebrate, the four continents are full of pastures, a hundred miles are clear, the king and the people are happy, and the people are respected by the king......
"Hey! Your lady's voice is so good. "Minglang, since Bai Qicong said last time that he was going to marry Yan Jiu, he often said to Bai Qicong, Yan Jiu, they are all your mothers.
"Yes, your sister-in-law has a good voice." The two laughed, this simple joke is afraid that only the two of them will talk unscrupulously.
At this time, the entire banquet suddenly fell silent, and Yan Jiu concentrated on reading but didn't pay attention to anything.
I only heard the eunuch shouting - the emperor, the queen, and His Royal Highness the crown prince have arrived!
She raised her head slightly, only to see that the emperor was dressed in a dragon robe and more than mighty, the queen followed the right side elegantly and generously, the prince's nine pythons were also domineering, and the group slowly walked to the high platform, but today they did not see Concubine Hua, it seems that because Concubine Hua's brother came to the palace, the two were allowed to meet by the emperor and then go.
"Read well, this girl's voice is like a little kingfisher." As he spoke, the emperor walked up to the high platform and sat down on the dragon chair.
The prince smiled at Yan Jiu, and also sat down close to Da Liao Dazuo.
Only the queen here seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but she also praised a few words perfunctorily after looking at this full of friends.
After reading Yan Jiu, I saw Ruoshui behind the curtain slowly walking out, she was different from the harem maids, so she added a seat next to the prince.
The emperor smiled silently after seeing it, originally the marriage of these two people was extremely optimistic about him, Da Liao's economy is prosperous, he Qingyuan has a developed military, and the combination of the two is the best.
And the queen secretly glanced at Scholar Li on the side, Scholar just smiled slightly, and didn't say a word, but this silent made the queen feel a lot uncomfortable, no matter which one the prince marries, it is a good thing, but this princess can only have one, and Li Li Du doesn't want to be a side concubine, if Li Li marries Hua Junchen, it will not be a good thing for the queen, although Da Liao is good, he can't quench his thirst.
Today, I am afraid that the emperor will have a decision, so she must learn to take the lead.
"Can the emperor keep this little girl and let her sit next to me?" Ruoshui asked, and the emperor looked at it, and thought it was okay, so he agreed.
Ruoshui waved his hand, and Yan Jiu sat on the seat he added, chatting with Ruoshui from time to time, and the two laughed.
As soon as the banquet opened, there were only a few dancers in red, and the tossing and flying was so lively, and everyone present was extremely excited. At this time, there were people with good deeds in the audience, and they said with great interest: "When the daughter of Scholar Li's family went back to your family banquet, she watched an amazing dance performance, is this state banquet also going to show off?" ”
Scholar Li seemed to be very shy, but he couldn't hide his pride and smiled: "How can the emperor's four princesses dance well." ”
When the emperor heard this, he smiled, beckoned to stop the few people who were dancing, and said lightly: "I want to see this country, how are the girls of the courtiers' families?" Would you like to? "The emperor understood what Bachelor Li meant, and he had also heard the queen say that Bachelor Li's daughter was engaged to the crown prince, and this time she was given a chance to show it, so that she could compete with this Ruoshui, and no one would be blamed if she lost.
At this state banquet, the family members who can bring their families are all from one top to one, and those women are also women who do not let their eyebrows, either piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or riding horses and archery, in short, they have their own strengths, and there are few who can't do it.
Everyone didn't dismiss the emperor's interest, and agreed one after another.
The first to come out was the fourth princess just mentioned, she was already small and exquisite, born with soft bones, and it was a matter of time before she danced in her palm.
When he saw that the dance skills of the four princesses had progressed to such an extent, Scholar Li felt that he had blown it from time to time just now.
"May my Qingyuan stand for a hundred years, and may my father live a long life." The four princesses danced the whole and still breathed steadily, and said slowly.
Then a few girls, one is an embroiderer and the other is a poet and a painting, each of which amazed the audience.
"The courtier Li Li, there is a dance, but the lights in the whole house need to be turned off, I wonder if the emperor agrees?"
The emperor nodded, and several eunuchs hurriedly went to turn off the lights, and when it was dark, white shadows flew in the air, and the sound of the sleeves whirring was loud, but who could see anything in the dark, and they looked tired.
"It's not fun, is it? Princess? Yan Jiu asked Ruoshui on the side, Ruoshui smiled and said slowly: "You will understand in a while." ”
Indeed, just when everyone was sleepy, suddenly the lights in the hall were bright, take a closer look, that Li Li was actually playing, and the green clothes on his body had already turned into fiery red clothes, she smiled skillfully, and in an instant, the light was lost again, and a few big characters were slowly revealed in the darkness - Qingyuan Yongsheng, my king is immortal.
Suddenly, the emperor's applause rang out, and the light in this hall slowly returned.
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