Chapter 3: The Palace Banquet

The night was gradually replaced by the moonlight, a full moon hung high in the sky, the cold light sprinkled on the folds on the desk, and the early spring night was still a little cool.

Zheng Fuhai took the strong tea from Xiao Ningzi's hand and handed it to the man who was reviewing the folds: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, drink tea to warm up." ”

The man took the strong tea and took a sip, and caught a glimpse of the person who was still standing aside, his eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Something?" ”

"Your Majesty, the queen sent a message to say that the queen is not in good health, please go and take a look." Zheng Fuhai gritted his teeth and said it all in one go.

"Got it." The man didn't pay much attention to it and continued to review the folds.

At this time, the person in the worship room sent the green head card, the man put down the fold and swept the card, and when he was about to get it, the moonlight seemed to be brighter, which shook the man's heart and waved his hand: "Stand down." ”

After all the people in the room had gone out, the man continued to review the folds, and when he was halfway through the review, he seemed to notice it and said in a deep voice: "Come out." ”

Only then did the shadow guard come out of the shadows, and at 1510, he reported in detail what he had seen and heard at today's banquet in the Shen Mansion.

After hearing this, the man put down the brush, rubbed his eyebrows with his hands, opened his eyes, and asked casually: "You say, is the banquet held by Ah Jin this time intentional or unintentional?" ”

The shadow guard didn't dare to speak up.

"Say, I forgive you."

Under the unfathomable gaze of the Ninety-Five, the shadow guard said expressionlessly: "I guess that Lord Shen took this banquet to most likely for Miss Shen. ”

"Oh?"

The man's faint voice of doubt came, which frightened the shadow guard and didn't dare to show off Guan Zi: "Today, I saw General Shen's wife and Miss Shen behind the curtain in the front hall, talking, so I dare to guess, I'm afraid that Lord Shen is looking for a lover for Miss Shen?" ”

The man glanced at him meaningfully, his fingertips on the desk, tapping rhythmically, and his whole body was enveloped with an aura that no one should approach.

If that glance was a warning, then now these sounds are like hanging, as if he is going to be put to death, the shadow guard steadied his body, and endured not begging for mercy, he knows that if he begs for mercy now, although his life is stable, but he will not be reused in the future, and there is never a need for cowardice and cowardice in the palace.

For a long time, it was so long that his legs were numb before he heard the emperor speak.

"Why didn't you just talk about Miss Shen hiding behind the curtain?"

Is this testing him? Or are you questioning him? Ying Wei came back to his senses and picked the most correct answer: "The emperor asked the lowly to spy on Lord Shen, but Miss Shen is not within the scope of the lowly watch, so the lowly does not dare to say it." ”

"Don't dare?" The man chuckled.

"Yes." Ying Wei saw the male protagonist laughing, and his courage also fought: "Miss Shen is insignificant, she is afraid that speaking out will affect the emperor's mood, and she is even more afraid of destroying the emperor's plan, and she is only ...... dare to be lowly."

"From now on, your task is to be responsible for protecting Shen Nanyan's safety, and protecting it from a distance is not to be too close, just come back when you encounter a major event." The man commanded lightly, and he couldn't see joy, anger, sorrow, or joy.

"Humble and courageous, I don't know what is a big deal?" Ying Wei asked, what big deal can a young lady in the boudoir or a young lady who came back from the border just now.

"What do you say?" The man looked at him with a smirk.

"What is the emperor referring to when he talks with Miss Shen and General Shen about the army?"

"Do you think General Shen will talk to his daughter about the army at home? Are you too smart, or is General Shen too stupid? ”

"I don't dare."

"You just have to tell her who she met and what she talked about, and nothing else has to be said." The man spoke in a deep voice, with a strong threat: "Do this well, if you mess up, watch your head!" ”

The shadow guard hurriedly took the order and left.

The full moon hangs high in the sky, and a cool breeze blows, making the moonlight even colder.

The man stared at the full moon and slowly spoke: "Shen Nanyan." ”

The sound was extremely soft, like falling catkins, which disappeared into the house very quickly.

"Your Majesty, it's time, it's time to settle."

Zheng Fuhai's voice sounded outside and reached the man's ears.

"Come in and serve."

"Tomorrow morning, the order will be issued, from now on, all ministers and officials shall not gather, and shall give and receive in private, and if there is a meeting, they must report it to the household department and keep their files for future inspection." After Zheng Fuhai finished serving him to freshen up, the man lightly put aside a sentence and prepared to go to the bed.

"The minions obey."

Thinking of Fang Cai's words when he was finally leaving, he added: "Tomorrow, you go to the Shen Mansion again, and let General Shen take his wife and Miss Shen to the banquet." ”

Even if Zheng Fuhai was curious in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more, and went down after receiving the will.

On the second day, when the decree was announced, the court was shocked, especially Shen Shen.

If you are not allowed to gather, you must report to the banquet, and keeping a file is a warning about yesterday's banquet, so isn't reporting to the household department to warn him fiercely.

Shen Jin was not the only one who was surprised, even Shen Nanyan, who had few doubts, was also surprised.

"You say, the emperor sent someone to pass a decree, so that my father must take my mother and me into the palace?"

"Yes, Gonggong Zheng made a special trip to the house early in the morning to spread the will, and it is estimated that Gonggong Zheng has not left yet." Ah Ci's voice was full of joy.

Shen Nanyan knew that Ah Ci had always been innocent, and she couldn't bear to ruin her interest.

After calling someone else to dress her, she went to the front hall.

Zheng Fuhai has seen many women, noble and elegant like a queen, gentle and considerate like Concubine Lan, and smart and delicate like a jade concubine.

But Miss Shen in front of him, he didn't know how to describe it.

He suddenly understood a little why the emperor wanted him to make a special trip and let General Shen take Miss Shen into the palace together.

Miss Shen, who was standing in front of him, had a beautiful and cold appearance, ice muscles and jade bones, like the wind blowing the jade tree, the snow wrapped in qiongbud, and under the red face of the ages, she had faded away from the vulgarity of the world.

What's even more amazing is that not only the appearance is cold, but even the eyes are cold, clear like autumn water, cold like ice.

A green silk is shallowly curled into a moon-chasing bun, and there is a hairpin with a hollow and silver-inlaid hairpin in his hair, and a night pearl at the end of the hairpin, which seems to also exude a cold brilliance.

Before Zheng Fuhai could speak, General Shen had already introduced to Shen Nanyan: "This is Gonggong Zheng who is serving in front of the emperor." ”

Shen Nanyan nodded: "Gonggong Zheng is good." ”

Zheng Fuhai saw that Miss Shen was so stunning, so he didn't dare to slack off: "Miss Shen is polite." ”

has been immersed in the palace for many years, and he has long been a human spirit, and it is naturally a must to look at people, not to mention it now, in case Shen Nanyan enters the palace as a favorite concubine a day later.

"The courtier's daughter has something unclear, and I bother Gong Zheng to announce it."

"Miss Shen, please say, the slave will definitely inform Miss if he knows." Zheng Fuhai Road.

She has always despised flattery, seen the wind and steered, and was a delicate person, Zheng Fuhai's behavior increased her favorability, and she spoke: "I don't know what is the big deal with the emperor's special trip to let me and my mother enter the palace?" ”

"Miss Shen, don't worry, the emperor won't embarrass you." Although Zheng Fuhai figured out the emperor's intentions, he only clicked to the end and refused to say more.

………

After sending Zheng Fuhai away, General Shen pulled Shen Nanyan aside: "Yan Yan, my father has already sent someone to inquire, tomorrow all the young ladies and sons will go, and the emperor ordered you to go, probably because he wanted you to participate too." ”

"I don't know why? I always feel that the emperor's move is a little strange. ”

"Don't worry, what if there's a father? Don't be afraid. Seeing his daughter's worried look, Shen's father patted his chest, spoke loudly, and assured her.

Shen Nanyan has always been cold and withdrawn, and he doesn't know how to get along with his relatives, so he wants to say thank you, but he is afraid that this word will be unfamiliar, so he just nodded lightly in response.

Father Shen didn't care at all, and said with great interest: "Yanyan, I heard about yesterday's incident, you like Mu Zhao's kid, if you like it, your father will arrange it for you." ”

Thinking of yesterday Shen Jin seriously saying that she and Mu Zhao were not suitable, and today after listening to her father's words, Shen Nanyan was a little moved for a while.

Moved to be moved, she still explained very seriously: "Daddy, I was just amazed by Mu Gongzi, I don't like him." ”

"Don't like it? Forget it, if you fall in love with someone else one day, you must tell your father, even if your father goes up the sword mountain and the sea of fire, he will let my daughter get what she wants. ”

"Dad, what if the person I like in the future doesn't meet the standards in your heart? Yesterday, my brother also said that I should not like Mu Gongzi, saying that I was not suitable for him. Shen Nanyan said astringently.

"Don't listen to that kid's nonsense, you can like whoever you want, you can be with whoever you want, don't care about the world's eyes. Even if Yan Yan likes a beggar in the future, your father and your mother will still accept it. Father Shen spoke proudly and promised.

"Daddy......"

"Yan Yan, you can rest assured, tomorrow's banquet, you will have fun, if you fancy someone to tell your father, your father will help you."

Shen Nanyan was stunned, and a figure suddenly flashed in his mind, his eyebrows were picturesque, and he was as warm as jade.

It really seemed to amaze her.

Soon it was the day of the palace banquet, because the banquet was in the evening, many courtiers were free, and the number of people who came to the banquet was also large.

The palace wall is as cool as water at night, and the candlelight in the hall is swaying, creating a circle of ripples on the ground. The black gold silk agarwood plaque hanging at the top, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing inscribed with three big characters 'Xuanshu Palace'.

The maid in the cloud shirt pours wine frequently, and the orchestra is reed. The sound is in the ears, like wisps. The jade furnace in the palace room, the incense is scattered.

At the end of the dance, the flame of the acacia flowers spreads out in the air, and the light flutters like snowflakes and is light, and it is scattered in the hall for a while, reflecting the beautiful cheeks of the beauties. Elegant, beautiful, lush, willowy, plump, delicate...... Just like the Hundred Flowers Garden in March, all kinds of beauties gather in a pavilion, full of fragrance.

There is only one woman's temperament that is cold and dusty, which contrasts with the bustling and lively scene.

Her skin is better than snow, her lips are like paint, she is wearing a light blue pure pleated skirt with flowers, a cold breath between her eyebrows hits, and her green silk is neatly curled up by the hosta, and the whole person is like a wave of flowers.