Chapter Ninety-Three: The Candle Dance
I tugged at the dance skirt on my body and said to them, "This dance dress is so wide, why do you choose such a dance dress, it's not easy to dance." ”
Pei Han glanced at me and said, "You still care about this, let me tell you that if it weren't for such a wide dance skirt, would your round figure be pretended by ordinary people?" It's seen through at a glance, and it's not easy to be spotted if such a big dance skirt is covered. ”
My face turned red all of a sudden, if it weren't for Yin Rui, I would have immediately rushed over and beat Pei Hanyi hard, this guy who can't spit out ivory in his dog mouth has been getting more and more itchy recently.
"Okay, hurry up and get out, wait a minute, do what we have discussed, remember not to panic, we are next to you." Ouyang Deyuan patiently instructed me. In fact, I don't need him to say that I know, but seeing that he is so worried about me, my heart is still sweet.
Yin Rui glanced at me and said, "Meat buns...... Marrying a Siamese princess was not originally of my own free will...... Actually, I ......"
"Alright, alright, we'll talk about this later, now let's get out quickly." Pei Hanyi didn't care what Yin Rui didn't finish speaking, so he pushed us out.
We didn't dare to delay any longer, so I nodded at them, tugged at my skirt and ran towards the main hall.
I saw that the emperor had set up a platform in the middle of the main hall, and he must have asked me to stand there and dance, but standing so close to the crowd, I don't know if anyone would see that something was wrong. Alas, it's useless to worry, you can only take one step at a time.
I knelt down in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have changed into a dance dress, but what I want to dance is a candle dance that prays for a good harvest for the people in the coming year, so I implore Banzai to order to extinguish all the candles in the temple." ”
"Extinguish the candle? Candle dance? How have I never heard of it. "That's right, it's dark, can this dance be beautiful?" The ministers have discussed it below, word by word.
"Hooray, this candle dance is in the dark, by the slave and maid holding two lit candles to dance, if you don't let people in the dark, you can't highlight the special and mysterious candle dance at all." My words seemed to convince the Emperor, and he was eager to see what this candle dance was like.
"Accurate!" As soon as he gave the order, several fathers-in-law immediately began to blow out the candles in the hall, and I took this opportunity to take out the silk handkerchief in my arms and put it on my face, and then while there was still light, I walked up to the big platform in front of everyone.
The last candle was also extinguished, and at this moment, Pei Hanyi under the stage jumped onto the stage with a girl wearing the same dance dress as me, while Ouyang Deyuan jumped off with me in his arms, and then shuttled through the crowd and hid in another room arranged by Yin Rui in advance.
Seeing that Ouyang Deyuan took away the meat buns, Yin Rui's heart was slightly relieved. Fortunately, he and Ouyang Deyuan guessed her intentions at the beginning of the Siamese princess's dance, otherwise they wouldn't have had time to prepare countermeasures.
The girl on the stage lit the two candles in her hands with a fire fold immediately after Pei Hanyi left. As the sound of the music sounded, she moved her dance steps lightly on the stage, and the candlelight in her hand flickered continuously, forming a variety of patterns with her swinging, gorgeous and colorful, and the candlelight flowed, which was very beautiful.
In the soft candlelight, the music became more and more urgent, and her posture danced faster and faster, such as jade's plain hands lingering tactfully, her skirt fluttering, a pair of smoke-like eyes wanting to talk, and the streamer flew.
In the darkness, she was illuminated by the candlelight in her hand like a flower through the fog, hazy and ethereal, flashing with beautiful colors, but it was so far away.
Her dancing is like fine wine, which makes everyone drunk like a good wine, and they can't help themselves. Just when everyone was fascinated, she suddenly blew out the two candles in her hand, and the hall was suddenly dark.
Yin Rui knew that Ouyang Deyuan must have come back with meat buns at this time. Sure enough, when the candlelight on the stage was lit again, the meat buns were there. She unveiled her face and walked off the stage smiling at the crowd.
I walked up to the emperor and knelt down: "Your Majesty, the candle dance of the slave has been completed." ”
"Hehe, good, very good, I didn't expect you to dance well at a young age, come on, reward!" The emperor waved his hand happily, and a father-in-law came over with a wooden tray in his hand, and I looked up, wow, what a generous, so I was rewarded with a hundred taels of gold.
I hurriedly thanked him, and then happily accepted the bounty.
So much gold is really heavy, if it weren't for the deep internal strength I already had, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be able to hold such a heavy amount of gold.
Ouyang Deyuan looked at me holding the wooden pallet, with a smile on his face like a big fortune fan, he was really speechless. He came over to help me take the tray and said, "Lady, you like gold so much, when you get home, I'll make you a gold bed, can you lie down and sleep?" ”
I gave him a blank look: "Then how can it be the same, the gold in Ouyang Mansion is mine, what is your family's and mine's, it is all our family's gold, hehe Besides, the gold in my hand now was given to me by others for nothing." ”
Ouyang Deyuan and I were joking, but the Siamese princess Mana Vize, who was standing aside and watching all this in her eyes, was angry, she didn't understand, her spy clearly said that this meat bun couldn't dance at all, why could she dance so skillfully tonight? Could it be that she has always been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, looking like she doesn't know anything, she looks stupid, but she is actually secretly an unfathomable guy?
Yes, it must be like this, otherwise, with her appearance and figure, how could she marry Ouyang Deyuan, who is a master in life and status?
She stomped her feet in place with hatred, she originally wanted her to make a fool of herself in public, but now it's good, but it made her get a full house, and even the emperor rewarded her.
She was just about to turn around when she saw the twelve Belle Yinrui not far away staring intently at the meat bun, and she was about to crush her teeth with hatred. She flicked her sleeves and said secretly in her heart: Hmph, the meat bun has just begun, and I will have a chance to clean you up in the future!
The next highlight is the marriage ceremony between the Twelve Belles and the Princess of Siam, which is personally abboted by the Ministry of Rites, and to be honest, it is not fun at all, but rather tiring and boring.
Ouyang Deyuan and I have been looking for an opportunity to leave quietly, but after dancing just now, everyone's attention to me seems to have increased a lot, so every time I want to sneak away, I always see a few ministers or concubines smiling at me.
There was no way, Ouyang Deyuan and I had to be patient and keep watching. After the ceremonies of serving tea, fruit, wine, and food were all completed, the Siamese princess was supported by two maids into a festively decorated red palanquin.
Eight inner supervisors were raised, lanterns sixteen, torches were twenty leading, and female officials were entouraged, and they rode out of the gate. In the front line of the guard of honor, the head of the Internal Affairs Office and the commander of the escort army led the subordinate officers and the escort before and after the escort respectively.
When they arrived outside the Yinrui Palace, the honor guard stopped and withdrew, and everyone dismounted and stepped in. The female official went to Yinrui's residence with the sedan chair to wait for the Siamese princess to get off the sedan chair and lead her into the palace. I knew that there would be a merger ceremony that would follow, and that the female officers who were waiting here would be in charge.
At this time, there were not many people left, Ouyang Deyuan and I glanced at each other and thought: If you don't slip now, do you want to stay and see their cave room?