Chapter 5: The Banquet
Although there are rockeries and flowers and trees across the road, the place where Han Xiao is is facing the two of them on the other side, and he can't see the expression on Han Xiao's face clearly, but he can see Song Yuci's appearance clearly.
He was dressed in Rushan, with a three-point smile on his lips, and although he stood respectfully two steps away and spoke, his eyes were looking at the woman opposite with a smile. A pair of clear and bright eyes, with a vein warmth that seems to be non-verbal, with two points of restraint and two points of surprise, the affection in it will make people blush and heartbeat no matter which one sees it.
Han Yu saw his appearance clearly, was stunned for a long time, and suddenly, he grinned silently - that look, that look, and that affection were almost exactly the same as when he looked at him in his previous life!
Han Xiao over there seemed to be stunned, Qiu Yue couldn't help but secretly shake her arm, with a little anxiety and surprise on her face, and her face was still a little flushed. After a long time, I saw Han Xiao take a half step back, salute slightly, and said, "Song Gongzi." β
Song Yuci's eyes seemed to be a little more melancholy, and he bowed and said, "I don't want to, I actually have this encounter with Miss Han San." Although the waist was bowed, his eyes were still staring at Han Xiao, and the desire to talk there was still resting, and Xia He on the rockery side was blushing. For a while, I couldn't wait to pull the second miss away, but for a while, I vaguely hoped that the two of them really had some kind of affection, and it would be good for the second miss to completely die and marry into the Bai family with peace of mind.
Han Xiao's voice was a little deep, with a slight hint of coldness: "The eldest princess's banquet is about to start, I'm afraid that my mother and sisters will be worried, so I'll retire here first." β
Song Yuci was stunned for a moment, the last time he met the second and third ladies of the Han family in the General's Mansion, it was not like this...... Although the third lady looked shy, she would still blushly and look down at herself secretly, and when she looked at her, she hurriedly covered her head and turned her head.
When I was walking in the garden just now, because the second and third ladies of the Han family were almost the same dress, I mistakenly took the third miss for the second miss. But in the end, I met it alone, and I was unwilling to do it without some effort - although she was a concubine, the concubine of Han Shangshu's family was much more noble than that of others!
His Royal Highness and the Fifth Highness seem to be on par at this time, and the Fifth Prince, who is more inclined to be born in his heart, if he can marry the Han family, wouldn't it be cheap?
Now...... What's going on?
There was a lot of turning in his mind for a while, but Song Yuci didn't delay for half a minute on his face and mouth, and hurriedly changed into a stunned look, and made another gesture, and said in a lost tone: "It's a beautiful woman in the next Tang Dynasty, is it Pingshan, and I hope that the third lady is not strange, Pingshan will retire." After that, he raised his eyes to look at Han Xiao, and saw that she didn't keep her appearance in the slightest, so she was unwilling to leave.
So if she told her sister about it......
Song Yuci's heart sank again, if the relationship between the two sisters was ordinary, it would be fine, but if they really wanted to be a person, today they made a mistake in this matter. But fortunately, I don't have to be the only one in the Han family to choose from? It's just that there are too few opportunities to meet these ladies like today, and the next year is the year of the imperial examination, and I am about to pass my breath!
That being the case, we can only ......
There was only one way to Linglong Pavilion, and there was no way to go around the side road for a while, so Han Xiao didn't want to walk with him all the way, so he stood in place and waited for him to go away.
Qiu Yue waited for Song Yuci to go away, and then hurriedly stomped her feet and said, "Miss, why are you talking to Song Tanhua like this......"
Only then did Han Xiao turn his face to the side of the rockery, and looked at Qiu Yue in surprise: "How do you speak?" β
Qiu Yue was dumbfounded for a while, so she had to say, "Miss is not...... No...... And Song Tanhua's character and appearance, where can you see it in ordinary times? β
Han Xiao's eyebrows were raised, and he looked Qiu Yue up and down: "When you were at home, those housekeepers also taught you the rules like this?" β
Qiu Yue was startled and hurriedly knelt down: "Miss, that's not what the slave meant......"
Han Xiao's face sank: "Get up, let outsiders see what it looks like?" Seeing Qiu Yue get up in a hurry, he said gently, "Is our family very familiar with him?" β
Qiu Yue shook her head in amazement.
"Have we seen him many times?"
Qiu Yue shook her head again.
Han Xiao seemed to be relieved to look at the side where Song Yuci leftβhe couldn't see anyone anymore at this time: "I'm not familiar with it, and I haven't seen it a few times, why did he suddenly say those words?" As he spoke, he glared at Qiu Yue again, "He said it so smoothly and neatly, I don't know how many women I have told this before!" β
"But, but in case it is Song, Song ......" Qiuyue was still unwilling and wanted to distinguish between two sentences.
Han Xiao's face sank again: "Even if you have a heart, this thing is not something that you and I can do." After that, he started to walk that way, "This person pretends to be too similar, and at first glance he knows that he is not a good person, and he doesn't know how many women from good families have been deceived with a good skin." Don't mention this matter again when you go back! β
"Yes......" raised his eyes and looked ahead again, seeing that there was no trace of the person again, Qiu Yue replied with a lost face.
The master and servant over there walked away, Xia He breathed a sigh of relief, peeked at Han Xiao's expression, and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw her cover her mouth and laugh.
"Miss?" Aren't you confused?
Han Xiao shook his head slowly, with a smile in his eyes: "I thought she was a gourd without a mouth, and then I realized that she was actually a person with great wisdom." After that, he didn't mention the matter of suitable talents anymore, and took Xia He to the Linglong Pavilion as well.
"Where is that girl?"
Seeing the question, Zhao Yi turned his head to look at the eyes of the fifth prince, and saw that he was staring at the road to the west, and said: "That's the niece of Neiko, the third daughter of Han Shangshu's family." β
"Oh? It's actually the daughter of the Han family? The fifth prince nodded with a smile, "The result is the family lineage, I heard Rujin say that what his mother wants to give his brother is the girl of the Han family?" β
Zhao Yi smiled: "Exactly, but it's the second girl of his family, who is the same age as the third girl." β
The fifth prince understood, glanced at the master and servant on the path to the east, and then looked back at the road to the west: "Concubine? Seeing Zhao Yi nodding, he smiled and said, "We should also pass, otherwise my aunt will miss you and me." β
Linglong Pavilion is a four-storey pavilion with a stage in the middle. The building is divided into east and west, the east side is where the male guests are, and the female guests are all on the west side. The building is naturally beautiful, with only a faint screen in the middle of the road, and the bustle on both sides can be heard.
When Han Yu arrived, the people had already arrived. Seeing her come in, the eldest princess smiled and beckoned to her: "It's a stable one, or did you see something interesting on the road, and you were greedy for fun for a while?" β
Han Xiao smiled and saluted, walked to the eldest princess and asked her to hold her hand: "Naturally, there are good scenery everywhere in the princess's mansion, where can I see enough?" As he spoke, he quietly glanced at the eldest princess, and it was the eldest princess who was sitting there?
The eldest prince is in the same family, and the eldest princess has always been ordinary, even if it comes to today's events, many people will not come. However, the fifth prince has always been close to the eldest princess - the eldest prince's family is closer to the prince's family.
Now it is not obvious at this time, after a few years, the emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and the disputes between several princes are even hotter, on the eldest princess's side, Han Yin has never seen the eldest prince and the people who respect the prince's family.
The eldest princess laughed loudly when she heard this, patted the back of her hand a few times, and joked at Jiang: "It's a pity that none of my grandsons are of the right age, otherwise, I will definitely ask her to come over and serve me with her aunt every day!" β
Even if he was a person who had been married for more than ten years in his previous life, Han Xiao was still a little overwhelmed when he heard this, lowered his head and withdrew his hand, and turned around to go to the table where his sisters were.
"Why did you come here?" Li Yun asked casually, then pointed to the play being played on the stage and muttered, "...... I heard that it was very popular, and the one who sang Xiaosheng seemed to be attached to the Three Princes' Mansion. β
Han Xiao raised his eyes and glanced at the stage, the young and suave person who was singing Xiaodan should be in harmony. This person Han Yu remembered that it was not how this little student sang that made her unforgettable, but that there was a gossip in Beijing in the future, which had something to do with this little student.
The mother of the three princes is ordinary, and they know that they can't sit in that big position without that blessing, so they made up their minds to be a free prince.
It is even more meat and vegetarian food that is suitable for both men and women, and this singing Xiaosheng is what he holds. Later, the third prince fell in love with a Xiao Dan again, and also received a merry and happy life in the house, coming and going, and somehow, this Xiao Sheng and that Xiao Dan hooked up together, and overnight the two of them eloped with their bags, making the third prince shameless.
At that time, everyone in Beijing was privately taking this matter as a joke, and it took three or four months to talk about it, and then it was topped by other new things.
With a glance of his eyes on the seat, Han Xiao had arrived before him, and he was already sitting in his subordinate seat at this time, and the little sister was taken by her mother and the eldest princess to another table to tease her. glanced at the opposite side, was slightly surprised in his heart, turned his head sideways, and asked Li Yun, "Where is the county lord of Yihe?" β
Li Yun glanced at Han Yun in surprise: "I don't know where she went, she didn't come back at this time...... Why did you call her number? "Li Rulan has always been arrogant because she is the only concubine in the Jingwang Mansion. Later, because of the death of three fiancΓ©s in a row, in order to avoid embarrassment, he made a look of looking down on everyone in the world. Isn't all the women in the house? I can still endure it in person, and no one in the background will call her number, just call her by her name.
Han Xiao smiled, this was her habit in the previous life and later, and she forgot what she called Zhao Rulan at this time, raised her hand and pointed to the table and said, "Is there a zhu fruit to eat today?" β
"I heard that it was sent from the palace a few days ago, and the eldest princess has a share here, and if you want to eat it, you have to enter the palace." Li Yunguo was taken away by her, let go of her hand and didn't pay attention to the matter of the right talent. On the side, Han Xiao was surprised and glanced at the "Zhu Guo" pointed by Han Yin in surprise.
The eldest princess sat on the top, flattering the eldest princess in her mouth, her eyes kept looking at the women who had not left the pavilion below, looking left and right, and the attention that fell on Han Xiao was more than the others, and she didn't know what she was thinking about in her heart.
As soon as the voices of the people here fell, someone over there hurriedly entered the table. A few people looked up and saw Zhao Rulan hurriedly entering the table, her face was slightly red, and she walked towards the place where the eldest princess was, and asked An to speak.
Han Yun and the girls were far away, and they couldn't really see it, and the eldest princess was even more stunned when she saw Zhao Rulan's expression, her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she looked around her quietly, and her eyes looked at a jade pendant of ordinary material pinned to her waist for a long time, and then smiled: "But find a place to play?" β
Zhao Rulan's face was flushed, and she lowered her head and said: "When I was looking at the flowers, I lost my mind for a while and forgot the time, and I hope that my aunt will not blame me." β
Touched her a little, and the eldest princess pointed at her with a smile and said, "If you want to play, when will you come over, there are many people today, and you will be careful to ask people to collide." After that, he shook his finger at the table where his daughter's house was and said, "Come and talk to your sisters, lest you always accompany us old people and feel uncomfortable talking and eating." β
When Zhao Rulan returned to her seat, the eldest princess raised her glass and toasted everyone with a glass of wine, and then whispered a few words in her ear while her maid was pouring wine, and the maid only nodded slightly, and then quietly retreated after drinking, and no one at the table noticed.