Chapter 208: Summer Banquet (II)
The banquet is set up in the Canghai Pavilion on the side of the Yanling Building, there is a resting place on the side, for the noble girl to rest, it is located on both sides of the pavilion, there is a deep pool in the middle of the separation, the rockery in the pond is adjacent to the craggy strange stones, it is very good-looking. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Shi Rongjiao specially hung wind chimes in the pavilion, the wind blows the surface of the pool, jingles, and flowers ripple with the curtains, which is very pleasing to the ears and eyes, and makes people feel relaxed and comfortable.
Every ten steps, there is a pretty maid standing, holding fruit wine and preserved fruits, and there are ice cubes next to her to heat, and people and things are a landscape.
The sixth lady has been in charge of the affairs of the master family with the eldest lady before, and Shi Rongjiao has been by the side of the two since she was a child, and she is very handy in dealing with these trivial matters, and she does it very well.
At the same time, I have to say that the teacher's eyes are like torches, and he picked a quasi-child.
Although this banquet is said to be a banquet held by Shi Qingqing and Xuan, it is incomparable to the banquet of almost all the nobles and sons of the Emperor in this way, except for the imperial banquet.
The noble ladies are full of elegance, exquisite makeup in brocade clothes, shallow smiles, eyebrows and eyes are curved like the moon, and their hands and feet are like the arc of the ruler, and every inch is perfect.
Gongzi Langjun wears a jingle, the placket is half open and the wide clothes are layered, the end is chic, the two and three of them are companions, drinking and composing poems, attracting all the nobles to pick up the curtain and look forward to it.
Those who have not married are full of energy, planning to be in the limelight and find a woman with a good family background as a wife.
The folk customs of Northern Xia were open, and there were two bold women who did a good thing, so they simply walked out of the corridor, smiled and went to greet them, and got into a mess with the son, Langjun.
With this beginning, the women who were at the age of flowers couldn't suppress their spring hearts, and they came out one after another, going straight to their favorite Langjun.
Therefore, when Shi Qingqing arrived, the summer banquet had become a blind date festival in disguise.
Xia Bai smiled and said: "If I knew this, I should have worn the most luxurious clothes in my house, maybe I could become a leader." ”
Shi Qingqing glanced at him and smiled without saying a word, but Xia Bai stopped laughing, just stared at her and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
Shi Qingqing still gave him a look for him to experience, in fact, she also knew that Xia Bai was just a joke, and the people invited to this banquet were some young ladies of the same age, there were no stereotypes, and there was no pressure from the elders, how could she not make a fuss.
If Xia Bai really wanted to, how could he not know.
"Okay, Xia Kuitou, let's go in quickly, if it's late, the good girls will be picked up." Shi Qingqing smiled and walked in first.
Shi Qingqing is wearing a green Luo skirt today, which is very compatible with the flower crown, with a smooth complexion, glowing with pearl white light, coupled with a tall figure and unique temperament, as soon as Fang entered, he attracted everyone's attention.
or envy or jealousy or indifference or level-eyed, too many eyes made Shi Qingqing feel uncomfortable for a moment.
Fortunately, Shi Rongjiao noticed it, and took the lead in leading the servant girl beside him to salute, and her voice was crisp and clear, "Rong Jiao participates in the emperor, and the emperor is blessed." ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone came back to their senses, and they couldn't believe that she was actually the Qingluo Emperor, because Shi Qingqing rarely participated in the banquet, so most people had not yet met her, and the impression retained the rumors that Shi Qingqing was still in the past, and she was famous for her ugliness.
Now that she heard Shi Rongjiao call her like this, and saw the nineteenth prince by her side, she didn't dare to be suspicious, and bowed down one after another.
After that, I couldn't help but look at it secretly, but I looked left and right, what about this ugly girl?
Just that one with a man's straightforwardness, a handsome temperament without losing the gentleness of a woman, can crush the people present to the point that there are no bones left.
Especially thinking that she is also a collection of thousands of favors, and she is the first female adult to hold real power, she is really more angry than others.
Originally, I wanted to give her absolute overwhelming in appearance, but now this ......
Alas... The noble ladies sighed secretly in their hearts, what people pursue is not the appearance at all, but the inside, the elegance revealed from the bones, even the whole body is like a slight light, and it is humble as dust around her, inconspicuous.
Everyone sighed again after accepting their fate, and saluted like Xia Bai, "Participate in the nineteenth master, the nineteenth master is a thousand years old." ”
Xia Bai was no longer laughing with Shi Qingqing, he held his body, raised his hand lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Get up!" ”
"Xie Nineteen Masters." Everyone got up, the sons and gentlemen were quite indifferent, but the noble girl couldn't help but whisper, her eyes swept straight on Xia Bai's body, spontaneously to her toes, all of them looked carefully, Xia Bai was among the princes, not as good as Xia Han in terms of appearance, not as good as the second prince in terms of force, not as good as the eighth prince in terms of papers, and naturally inferior to the prince in terms of status.
But it is precisely because he is not very conspicuous among the princes that he is the most suitable.
Since ancient times, the royal family has mostly been the point of no return, and a literary and military talent is in the middle and upper, which is good and not outstanding, and is simply the first choice of the best husband.
And the most important thing is that Xia Bai has not yet promised to marry, and at this moment, the words have popped up in the hearts of all the noble girls, and even the eyes of the teacher Qingqing are grateful.
Shi Qingqing took everything in his eyes, the corners of his mouth smiled, and he squinted at the person next to him, as if he didn't even know how to swing that hand, and he said lightly, "It's my honor for everyone to come to Shi's house today, and please don't be formal, everything is casual." ”
As soon as Shi Qingqing's voice fell, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that you were going to come and go with a mask on the shelf again, but fortunately, Emperor Qingluo was an interesting person.
After Shi Qingqing finished speaking, he walked a few steps away from the crowd, and when Xia Bai came back to his senses, he was already surrounded by all the nobles, "Nineteenth Master, do you want to drink some fruit wine to quench your thirst?" "Nineteenth master, you better eat some snacks first, although the master's family is not as delicious as what I made, you still try it first, if you like me, how about I go back and send it to your mansion later?" Nineteenth Master, when are you going to get married? "Nineteenth Master, what kind of woman do you like, what do you think of me?" “......”
Xia Bai's heart suddenly seemed to be galloping by, especially when he saw that the culprit was still full of interest, he became more and more angry, his face was so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping blood, no matter what he said, those noble girls always had questions to ask, they couldn't touch it, they couldn't scold it, they couldn't beat it, Xia Bai had never failed so much when he was so big.
The collapse is not far off.
But the sons and gentlemen on the side only hated to beat their chests when they saw it, why did the nineteenth master come, why did the nineteenth master come, even if the nineteenth master is a big face, with this identity, this group of people is estimated to have to surround them, not to mention that the people are not bad, and they are even above them......
The royal people are really ruthless, so they lose their armor and kill them invisibly.
It's good for them, there is a nineteenth master, but they... Do you want to ...... with Emperor Qingluo?
Everyone hurriedly shook their heads secretly, don't want to humiliate yourself, you tell her that you can learn, you are the closed disciple of Master Wen, the judicial master of the Criminal Department, you tell her the scenery, this is in her house, where she is not familiar with, the sons and gentlemen really can't think of anything else to say to Emperor Qingluo.
But you can't play with it from a distance, let's drink and see the scenery!
"Rong Jiao, you can go to the pavilion with me and sit down, and ask the maid to bring some fruit wine." Shi Qingqing, who didn't know anything about the thoughts of those sons and brothers, shouted loudly, and saw that Xia Bai couldn't get out of the crowd, and he became more and more happy.
With this shout, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, who said that they could only drink and look at the scene, isn't there an extremely suitable woman?
Although she is a concubine, she is now the head of the master's family, and her face is also at the head of the master's family.
In this way, Gongzi Langjun smiled again and walked towards Shi Rongjiao.
Shi Rongjiao was gossiping with this young sister at this time, listening to Shi Qingqing's call, and was about to turn around, but she heard the words of the son on the side, "But Miss Jiao? ”
Shi Rongjiao thought that he had something, and couldn't help but reply softly in the mind that she was the head of the house, "Yes, I don't know what happened to this son?" ”
Seeing him admit it, the man smiled at the corner of his eyes, first returned the salute, and then took out a brocade box from his sleeve, "In Xia Xunhua, the word Yanzhi, this is my mother asked me to give it to you with my own hands, and please accept it from Miss Jiao." ”
Shi Qingqing, who was about to step forward, paused, his eyelids jumped, his eyes flashed, the Xun family, which was originally one of the three major families, looked at it, but he was afraid that Shi Rongjiao would not be able to leave for a while.
Looking back at Xia Bai, three circles inside and three circles outside, if he didn't grow taller, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to see it.
Obviously, it is not appropriate to pull him out in the past, Shi Qingqing sighed secretly, she didn't expect that the banquet held for her was left alone.
He couldn't help laughing, shook his head and walked towards the pavilion.
Canghai Pavilion is the main land, the layout is very pleasant and luxurious, but because the pavilion is small, can not accommodate many people, everyone is not willing to be so restrained, so they all went to the garden on one side, even with the ice cubes also moved a lot, but fortunately the pavilion lives near the water, sometimes there is a breeze to hit, but it does not feel hot.
Shi Qingqing took a sip of fruit wine and a mouthful of preserved fruit, and he was very happy to eat, and it was also a rare relaxation.
The so-called satiety and lust, Shi Qingqing remembered Gai Qing after eating and drinking, and I don't know what he was doing at this time, if he had known that Rong Jiao was going to hold such a banquet, someone should have invited him over, otherwise, she would not have drunk here alone.
He will definitely accompany her.
Shi Qingqing raised his head and poured another sip, but he heard the voice, "Emperor, but what's the trouble, why is there a person drinking here?" ”
Shi Qingqing followed the prestige and saw that it was her classmate, Xiang Jia's daughter Aorou, An's daughter Zixue, and Du's daughter Zhilan came with them.
Speaking of which, in fact, I haven't seen them for a while, and it's always good to meet acquaintances in the current situation, so I couldn't help but stand up with a smile, and said gently: "Aren't I accompanied by someone?" So saying, he poured them wine himself.
In fact, they were just nodding friends, and because of Shi Qingqing's identity, they just came over to say hello, and they couldn't imagine that Shi Qingqing would treat each other like this, and they couldn't help but be a little flattered.
"Thank you, Tiki." The three of them spoke in unison.
Shi Qingqing smiled lightly and said nothing, just to catch up with his classmates and do his best to be a landlord, and he didn't think too much.
The three of them already had the heart to tie up with Shi Qingqing, and seeing that Shi Qingqing hated Shi Qingqing so much, they couldn't dig out their hearts for Shi Qingqing, so they could take the opportunity to get involved with Shi Qingqing, especially when they knew that after Ruoyan's death, they wanted to enter the palace, and they felt more and more that Shi Qingqing must need a girlfriend at this time, and this is a great opportunity.
Before Shi Qingqing opened his mouth, the three of them tore open their mouths, chatting all over the world, saying interesting things to make Shi Qingqing happy.
Shi Qingqing saw their intentions at first sight, but she just didn't want to be too quiet at this time, and when she saw that they had no malicious intentions, she followed them, and she would interject a few words when she listened to what she was interested in.
In this way, the three of them spoke more and more vigorously, and they seemed to be in harmony.
Shi Qingqing smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth, listening to them talk about who promised the son of which family, she couldn't help but remember that they were closer to Gu Yanshan at the beginning, but there didn't seem to be Gu Yanshan in the list of people who came to the banquet.
Since Ruoyan's incident passed, she had never heard Gu Yanshan's news, so she couldn't help but ask a few words casually.
An Zixue didn't expect Shi Qingqing to take the initiative to ask about Gu Yanshan, after all, everyone knew about Shi Qingqing and Gu Yanshan's holiday, and even locked her up in the Criminal Department for three days, and now she would take the initiative to ask about her current situation.
couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "I heard that she promised that she would leave the cabinet soon, how could the emperor suddenly ask her?" Because of Shi Qingqing's gentle temperament, An Zixue and the three of them spoke with a hint of familiarity unconsciously.
Shi Qingqing didn't mind, but she was a little surprised by Gu Yanshan's promise, and she thought that she would enter the officialdom like her father, so that she could be a female adult like her.
"I heard that he promised a businessman's household and a marriage, and now the ancient family is getting worse and worse than it was back then, and I heard that even Marquis Sima has given up on him." Zhilan opened her mouth to add.
That Aorou probably wanted to stand in front of Shi Qingqing, and couldn't help but scold, "The so-called Shinong businessman, business is the end, even if it is a wife, even if it is a rich party, my father will not marry me to the family of a businessman." ”
An Zixue and Zhilan echoed again and again, but Shi Qingqing couldn't help frowning, "Words are things, show each other by skill, Shinong and industry are indispensable, and again, the woman marries her husband, the Ruyi Langjun, Qin Se and Ming, a pair of people in the world, what does it have to do with these statuses." ”
The roads are different, Shi Qingqing put down the wine glass and walked out of the Canghai Pavilion and walked straight to the other side.
An Zixue and the three of them looked at each other, Shi Qingqing would actually speak for Gu Yanshan?
She heard her right, right? It sounds impossible to have a couple for the rest of your life.
However, Shi Qingqing ignored the unconcealed disbelief on the faces of the three people behind her and the loss that took her away, and walked straight away.
Although the folk customs of Northern Xia are open, but the hierarchy is strict, the current Gu Yanshan is like Shi Qingqing himself, and Gai Qing is like a businessman, and the two are separated by the galaxy, looking at each other from afar.
The father's weapon is heavy on Gaiqing, and it may not be impossible for him to pay homage to the prime minister in the future, but because of this, I am afraid that my father will not marry her to Gaiqing, boost her power, and become the next upstart to contain her father, or let Gai Qing have no real power and enjoy the benefits of false fame.
But Shi Qingqing wasn't sure if he could let go of his ambitions, and if he came again, Shi Qingqing couldn't bear to let Gai Qing give up for her.
Shi Qingqing sighed secretly, she knew from the beginning that there were all kinds of impossibilities between her and Gai Qing, but she didn't want to be provoked by such a direct face, she didn't seem to be able to see the future of her and him clearly. (To be continued.) )