Chapter 408: The Young Man Who Performed
The princes' extra-palace dinner was also extravagant and elegant.
The largest private room on the third floor of Baikui Building, carved beams and paintings, drunk gold fans, Nanmu produced in Minzhou is slightly purple and delicate, the agarwood of Qiongzhou tribute is cool and refreshing, the bead curtain made of rare and precious South China Sea pearls is swaying and shining, and four or five young girls with stunning posture behind the bead curtain are playing the piano and singing, the voice is tactful, like a warbler. Even the screen standing quietly in the corner is from the hand of the most famous embroidery lady Cen Niangzi in Yueliang Kingdom, that Cen Niangzi's stunt is called "Cen Embroidery", and her embroidery is even more difficult to find than some famous paintings in contemporary times, and it is difficult to buy and valuable.
Su Miao didn't recognize Cen Xiu, but Su Xian recognized that she had seen a piece of the same stitch in King Wen's Mansion, so when Su Miao quietly told her that the embroidery was beautiful, she explained to Su Miao.
Su Miao was staggered, a restaurant actually used such a big deal when arranging a private room, I really wanted to see what kind of person the owner behind the restaurant was. According to common sense, being able to open such a big and publicized restaurant in Liangdu City at the foot of the Son of Heaven is not only a powerful person in Liangdu, but also a close relationship with the powerful in Liangdu.
"What are you two sisters muttering there?" Liang Chang suddenly asked, startling the two of them.
"Oh, my sister said that the screen was embroidered very well, and asked the slave what kind of stitching was used, and the slave was telling her." Su Xian replied with a smile.
Liang Chang glanced at her, and then looked at the screen in the corner, he was not good at female celebrities, so he didn't comment much.
Liang Chang sat next to Su Xian, and even Su Xian was a little surprised by this seating arrangement. When they came in, it was naturally the most honorable His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Martial King to sit first, and he was also the eldest brother. After that, Su Miao naturally wanted to follow the aftertaste, Su Xian was very interesting. On this occasion, she naturally will not be reckless to tease/play Liang Chang, so she has always followed her sister with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, she remembers that her identity today is Su Miao's eldest sister, and she is the eldest aunt of the future, although I don't know why the prince and King Wu favor Huiwei an illegitimate child, but since they have favor for Huiwei and treat her as a relative of Huiwei's wife's mother's family, she naturally will not kick her nose in the face. Tonight, she planned to cook a meal in a proper manner, but Liang Chang sat down by himself, and he sat on Su Xian's right hand. On the right side of Liang Chang is Liang Ao.
Liang Chang's mind is very simple, the two of them have been in love for a long time, and she followed him all the way to Liangdu, he can't be too mean to her in an unfamiliar environment. Then he would feel a troubled conscience. So he automatically and consciously sat next to her, helping her to isolate strangers so that she would not feel uncomfortable...... She shouldn't feel uncomfortable, but he has to guard against her in case Chun/Xing throws flattering eyes, if she throws flattering eyes at others in front of him, it is he who is embarrassed.
Su Xian naturally didn't know his complicated and tangled mental activities at this time, if she knew, she would definitely be very curious to ask, "Why do you feel ashamed of you when I throw my eyes?" ”
On the other end, Liang Yi and Liang Ao actually chatted because of the embroidery on the screen mentioned earlier. Liang Ao smiled and said:
"When it comes to screens, my sister-in-law's craftsmanship is excellent. Last year, my mother's birthday sister-in-law embroidered the table screen my mother's favorite, and it is still on the table and has been reluctant to change, I went into the palace to ask my mother's concubine to say goodbye, and my mother's concubine also asked about the sister-in-law's body, counting the days my little nephew is about to be born, right? ”
"It's three months away." Liang Yi was very happy when he mentioned this, and said with a smile.
"My mother heard from the Duchess of Huguo that my sister-in-law has not been very comfortable in the past two days, and she is very worried, and she has been asking me to find an opportunity to ask you for her, she is afraid that you will hide it from her if she sends someone, let me ask carefully, and invite a suitable imperial doctor to come over and take a look." Liang Ao asked with a concerned face.
Liang Yi smiled mildly and said: "There is Lao Guifei Niangniang's thoughts, Ah Xue is weak, this is the fourth child, after all, she is not young, and she has suffered a lot, but her spirit is fine, and the tonic sent by the imperial hospital is also taking it regularly, Guifei Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, I look at Ah Xue She is fine." ”
"That's good." Liang Ao smiled.
The two brothers seem to have a very good relationship, so good that there is no sense of alienation or estrangement at all.
Liang Ao and Liang Ao were not born to the same mother, Liang Ao's mother was the former queen who died young, and Liang Ao's mother was only one step away from being able to ascend to the queen's throne in the harem, but she had worked the throne of the concubine for half her life, and it was the queen's hard work that sat on Xue Guifei, who would always be the concubine.
Liang Ao is the eldest and Liang Ao is the second, and there is only one year difference between them. Xue Guifei is the only concubine in the harem, she entered the palace when she was still a prince like the first queen, at that time the first queen was the main concubine, and Xue Guifei was the side concubine.
It is said that Xue Guifei is a very queen-style, virtuous and beautiful woman, Xue Guifei is famous, and has made great achievements in female morality, and has been compiled into the "Female Virtue" textbook ten years ago, Su Miao has read "Female Virtue", so the name of Xue Guifei is like thunder, but it is a pity that Xue Guifei has never been able to sit in the queen's seat.
It is said that the love for the first queen is deep-rooted, so the first queen will not stand later, this matter was in a uproar in the court back then, so that it spread to the people, and it was also hyped up among the people, and it is still a well-known story of the couple's deep love.
I heard that because the emperor can't forget his love for the first queen, even the prince born to the first queen refused to borrow the hands of others, and he took the prince with him to raise him until the prince became an adult, and the father and son seemed to depend on each other for more than ten years. Not to mention that this is quite rare in the royal family, even the people also pay attention to "holding grandchildren but not children", in addition to reprimanding and preaching, it is impossible for a father to take care of his children in person, even if his wife dies, he will continue to have a steproom to raise, and it is unheard of to bring up this kind of thing by himself.
However, perhaps because he grew up with his father, the prince Liang Yi's temperament is very similar to Liang Shuo, although his appearance is not like it at all.
Liang Shuo's appearance and Liang Jin's portrait are both feminine and romantic, with a little bewitching feeling, but Liang Shuo looks very upright and delicate, clean and translucent from the inside out. It is so clear and soft that it seems to be made of water, and it can be seen from his appearance that his biological mother must be a beautiful woman who is clear and jade, elegant and atmospheric. With a strong bookish atmosphere, a smile is full of cultural heritage of Sven warmth, at the same time, Liang Shuo's kindness, thoroughness, and not concealment have been learned by him to the fullest, he can always give people a sense of intimacy, which not only makes people feel cordial, but also will not make people forget his noble identity and presumptuous, only because of this noble identity more respect and gratitude for the cordial feeling he brings. This is very similar to Liang Shuo.
It looks like the brothers are really just here for dinner tonight, indeed, if there is something serious to talk about. They won't bring Su Miao and Su Xian in either.
The door of the private room was suddenly knocked twice, and a middle-aged mother dressed in fancy clothes brought in a rather beautiful woman, who was holding a pipa in her arms, and when she came in, she charmingly blessed the house through the curtain. A little cinnabar mole at the corner of the lip is full of enchantment.
This woman is the best flower girl in Baikuilou. Named Xiaoxiang, places like Baikuilou will raise singers and geisha, these women are versatile, very talented, and their work on weekdays is to accompany the guests to sing poems and play the piano and fill in the lyrics, they are different from the girls in the flower building, they usually sell their art but not their bodies, and the guests of this kind of high-end restaurant are also here to buy an elegant taste. So it won't behave like being in a flower building.
The woman named "Xiaoxiang" sat down through the beaded curtain and flicked her hands. The piano sounded tactfully, and the throat was clear, and it sang a sad and melancholy sound.
This kind of little tune full of sadness and helplessness is the latest new popularity in Liangduli, and the female voice that sings with it must be quiet and low and have a little pitiful desolation, Xiaoxiang's voice is exactly this, with a mournful and moving tune, inch by inch to stir people's hearts.
"This girl sings well!" Liang Yi was slightly surprised, and said with a smile, "Why didn't you know that there was such a girl in Baikui Building before?" ”
"She only came last month, because of this good voice, even Miss Xiang was compared to her." Liang Ao replied with a smile.
Both of them like to listen to small tunes, and Liang Ao even gently beats along with the sound of the piano.
Su Miao felt a little bored, she was not interested in listening to small songs, there were a bunch of food on the table that looked delicious, but because others didn't move her chopsticks, she was embarrassed to eat and chew, thinking that it was better to stay at home than to know it, and she could sleep with her head covered at this point.
Aftertaste glanced at her, and silently picked up a steamed prawn and put it on the plate in front of her.
Su Miao was stunned for a moment, looked at him, and then looked at the shrimp in the bowl, and began to wonder whether to start directly in front of so many people, if you don't get started, you can't peel the shrimp shell, and it's unsightly, and I don't know how other girls eat shrimp on weekdays.
After thinking for a while, he picked up the shrimp and peeled the shrimp shell slowly and methodically with his jade-white hands, and a clear and crystal shrimp appeared in front of him, and then he still put the peeled shrimp into the plate in front of Su Miao with an expressionless face, and then picked up another shrimp from the plate and peeled the shell silently.
The whole table looked at him, Liang Ao and Liang Yi showed dumbfounded expressions, Liang Chang was not surprised, but he was a little contemptuous of aftertaste in his heart, he was about to spoil women to the sky, it was too unusual!
After a pause, Liang Yi laughed first, coughed lightly twice, and asked with a smile the aftertaste of Ma Pingchuan's face:
"Ah Wei, when will the eldest brother be able to drink your wedding wine?"
Aftertaste glanced at him with a flat face, and replied in a light tone: "It's almost over, I've already gone south to pass the ceremony, and it's time to set a date when the dowry is over." ”
"Dowry?" Su Miao looked at him dumbfounded.
"Why are you so surprised?" Aftertaste looked at her with a puzzled expression.
...... "Because you didn't tell me anything!"
Not knowing what she was surprised about, Aftertaste put the peeled shrimp on the plate in front of her. Others can probably guess what this girl is surprised about, crying and laughing, these two people have not discussed it. Su Xian was even more speechless, it seemed that she was worried in vain.
Su Miao was in amazement and recalled the "next dowry", at this moment, a noisy exclamation sounded in the garden outside the window, the exclamation was first exclamation, and then transformed into exclamation, the people in the house did not react to what was going on, until another wave of exclamations and countless women's exclamations penetrated into their ears through the open window, and the people in the room felt a little strange.
The noise outside had already covered the singing in the room, Liang Ao frowned, a little displeased, and said coldly:
"What's going on? Why is it so noisy outside? ”
There was already an entourage that looked over, and as soon as he walked to the window and probed downstairs, he immediately tensed, turned his head and said loudly:
"Your Highness, it's not good, it's going to be water downstairs!"
Su Miao was curious, after hearing the screams downstairs, she couldn't wait for Liang Ao's entourage to confirm, she trotted all the way to the window, and when she looked downstairs, she saw a meter-high tongue of fire rushing up, reflecting half of her face, she stood on the third floor and seemed to be able to feel the temperature of the flame, the burning flame projected a fiery red reflection in the dark night, just like a dragon full of evil in a storybook laughing wildly.
The picture was so thrilling that her eyes widened and she watched the amazing scene downstairs with her heart pounding, unblinking, emotional, and excited.
Aftertaste was afraid that she would be in danger, so he followed her when she came over, and was a little annoyed that she loved to join in the fun, and when he stood at the window and looked down, he was also stunned.
As soon as Liang Yi, Liang Ao and Liang Chang's entourage heard that there was a water downstairs, the vigilance they had trained made them dare not relax, and they all guarded around the master, and the uniform pace made Su Xian stunned, and then saw that the three princes were all surrounded by their subordinates, and she was the only one who was still sitting at the table in a lonely and stupid manner, and she became more and more speechless.
Liang Chang was a little embarrassed when he saw that she was thrown there and no one to protect her, and felt that it was not kind to do so, so he inexplicably felt a little guilty, and after thinking about it, he still stretched out his hand to pull her up, pretending to protect her by his side.
Su Xian was stunned for a moment, looked at him from close range and pretended to be calm, and almost burst out laughing, but she couldn't help it.
Liang Yi and Liang Ao are naturally not the ones who listen to the wind or the rain, even if their subordinates say that the water is going downstairs, they have to take a look with their own eyes, but when they walked to the window, they didn't see the fire, but they saw a dozen guests in the brightly lit garden talking and watching around an open table, all of them looked like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and their expressions were extremely active and excited, regardless of men and women, young and old, let them pay attention to a young man wearing a blue short brown and a navy blue turban standing behind the long table. At this moment, the man is turning a piece of tender and juicy large meat steak upwards with a small crystal spatula, and the fragrant meat steak flips a graceful arc in mid-air, and falls steadily on the table with a stretched attitude. (To be continued.) )