Chapter 264: The Imperial Banquet
The carriage of the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion slowly drove on the way back from King Jing's Mansion.
Thinking of Tang Yue's toss just now, Lu Qingrong remembered that since the two of them got married, every time they met, they were somewhat restrained, and they had not been so close for a long time as they were today.
Jiang Xuan saw her good mood in his eyes, and listened to her intermittently talk about seeing Tang Yue today.
Sure enough, she is still a woman, and when she talks about things like clothes and jewelry, she is far more interested than others, and she talks about the truth.
Jiang Xuan was so happy to see her, and he was also happy in his heart, so he listened to her, talked about the princess's clothes to King Jing's clothes, and even talked about An Lehou's vision, and finally began to worry about how to dress tomorrow......
Jiang Xuan himself was not interested in these things, but he also listened to them with relish.
Once upon a time, Lu Qingrong was so restrained in front of him, and he was cautious in what he said and did, for fear of making a mistake.
At that time, she looked even older than herself, not at all like the age she should have.
At this moment, the east and west sentences in front of her, talking endlessly, really turned back into a little girl.
Jiang Xuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
As for what Lu Qingrong said, he didn't hear it very seriously.
Until she accidentally mentioned one thing.
"Speaking of which, when I saw the dress that King Jing was going to wear for tomorrow's imperial banquet, it seems that I had seen it somewhere before." Lu Qingrong knew that Jiang Xuan was not interested, but he still couldn't help but nag, "It is said that those are all new things that the Internal Affairs Government has done this year, but I look really familiar!" ”
"Oh?" Jiang Xuan finally had a reaction, "Where have you seen it?" ”
"I can't remember." Lu Qingrong recalled for a moment, and finally shook his head, "Could it be that An Lehou is shoddy, taking the appearance of previous years, and pretending to be new?" ”
"Maybe, he seems to be able to do this!" Jiang Xuan said casually, smiling contemptuously at the same time.
"That's not right!" Lu Qingrong reacted and continued to wonder: "The prince's public opinion*, whether it is old or new, how can I have any chance to see ......"
Lu Qingrong seemed to be talking to himself, and he didn't expect Jiang Xuan to respond.
"If you can't think of it, forget it, it's not an important thing." Jiang Xuan persuaded.
Jiang Xuan didn't want Lu Qingrong to compete in this matter, but he himself silently remembered it in his heart......
The next day was the day of the royal feast.
Because it is to celebrate the victory of Mobei, as the boss, Jiang Xuan is the most important protagonist among them, in the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, except for the absence of Jingyuan Marquis himself due to illness, Mrs. Wu, Jiang Ke, and Qiu Jinting all have to enter the palace with Jiang Xuan.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, and everyone came down one after another, and the eunuch waiting at the gate led the way to the palace.
For some reason, Lu Qingrong is always not used to walking in the palace, especially looking at the high lacquered red palace walls on both sides, he feels particularly depressed.
Looking at Mrs. Wu and Qiu Jinting beside him, Lu Qingrong secretly wondered in his heart, could it be because Jiang Xuan was not by his side......
Although it is a royal banquet, the foreign wife will not see the emperor, but go to Fengning Hall to celebrate with the queen mother, the queen and others.
It was not the first time that Lu Qingrong had entered the palace for a banquet, and he understood that this situation was really common.
Walking to Fengning Palace, I saw that there were already a lot of foreign women gathered in the side hall, the Duchess of Yanguo, Mrs. Wuding Marquis, Mrs. Chengping Marquis, and several Mrs. Shizi and others had already arrived, at this time either sitting or standing, waiting for the summons of the Queen Mother.
These people are quite good, at least they can go to the main hall for a banquet in the end, but in fact, many people wait until the end, but they only have a banquet in the side hall, and they can't see the queen mother or queen from beginning to end.
This is the helplessness of coming to the palace for a banquet.
And the three people of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion, as soon as they stepped into the side hall, they were seen by the sharp-eyed palace maid, and immediately went back to Mama Li.
After a while, the Queen Mother announced that they would go to the main hall.
Lu Qingrong and Qiu Jinting followed behind Mrs. Wu, and under the gaze of everyone in the side hall, they followed Mama Li to the main hall.
At this time, in the main hall, the people were extraordinarily neat.
In addition to the Empress Dowager Wu sitting on the main seat, there is also the queen sitting on her left hand. The place not too close to the queen is Princess Chengyang.
And on the right side of the Empress Dowager Wu, there are the crown princess and Princess Jing respectively.
Everyone sat in their seats, dressed up, and went in an orderly manner, not much different from before.
After greeting them, the Queen Mother gave her a seat, and immediately a palace maid brought three Nanmu plum blossom brocade stools and placed them behind Lu Qingrong.
The Queen Mother was the first to speak to Mrs. Wu.
Lu Qingrong put on a serious listening appearance and looked at the Empress Dowager Wu respectfully, but in fact, he was a little distracted, and the afterglow floated around in the main hall.
Lu Qingrong found out that Tang Yue's dress today looks very similar to yesterday at first glance, it is also a colorful group shirt embroidered with gold, a dark red Luo skirt, and a rather complicated bun, the flowers and hairpins are neat and regular, and they look very dignified.
But if you take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that this outfit is not yesterday's set.
Tang Yue seemed to have noticed Lu Qingrong's attention, and raised his eyebrows at her slightly, as if he was greeting.
Lu Qingrong was sitting opposite the Queen Mother, so naturally he didn't dare to make eye contact with her, but just kept a smile on his face in response.
Reluctantly retracted her mind, she really paid attention to the conversation between the Queen Mother and Mrs. Wu.
Listening to this, it is inevitable that it feels a little strange.
The Queen Mother was particularly kind today, first praising Jiang Xuan's exploits, and then turning to talk about Mrs. Wu's godson......
Lu Qingrong secretly wondered in his heart, where did the word "godson" start.
Usually in the Hou Mansion, let alone obeying the teachings, Jiang Xuan never even called Mrs. Wu a mother.
Of course, what Lu Qingrong was strange about was not this, but the Queen Mother's attitude towards Mrs. Wu.
is also from the Wu family, and the Queen Mother has always been concerned about Mrs. Wu, and in the past, even when Mrs. Wu was absent from illness, the Queen Mother often talked about her. At the beginning, Lu Qingrong only learned from the mouth of the Queen Mother that Mrs. Wu's full name was Wu Lanying.
But today, the Queen Mother's attitude towards Mrs. Wu is obviously more than polite, not enough affectionate!
Lu Qingrong was wondering to herself, but the Queen Mother suddenly looked over to her.
It's just that before he could speak, he was interrupted by Mama Li.
I saw Mama Li listening to a palace maid whispering a few words at the door of the main hall, and then walked to the queen mother's side, smiled and whispered.
The voice was very small, at least Lu Qingrong, who was sitting below, couldn't hear it at all.
I could only see that the Queen Mother had finished listening, and there was a smile on her face, and she looked at herself again, and said: "The news from the imperial banquet, the prince of Jingyuan this time, has asked for a lot of rewards for you!" ”R1152