Chapter 43: Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet
The carriage walked slowly past the men......
Zhong Xuanlan touched Wang Xuannian's face, kissed it, and said, "Don't be so curious, the battle between the women of the inner house, you big man don't care." By the way, my grandfather asked you to find something to do, have you figured out what you want to do? ”
Although the old prince dislikes Wang Xuannian, who made him the person chosen by his granddaughter, and his granddaughter is cold-hearted and cold-hearted, and only has the responsibility of the Zhong family in her eyes.
The old prince broke his heart in order to let the husband and wife grow old together, so he proposed to Zhong Xuanlan to let Wang Xuannian find something to do. Wang Xuannian is a man after all, he needs to live up to the sky, and he can't live in the inner house for a long time, for fear of resentment. Although he can't touch Shitu and the Zhong family's business, there are still many things he can do. Zhong Xuanlan listened, thought about it for a while, and agreed to what the old prince mentioned. But I didn't remember to talk to Wang Xuannian, but now I think about it, so I mentioned it to Wang Xuannian.
Wang Xuannian was stunned, it turned out that she also agreed, shook her head at Zhong Xuanlan, and said, "I haven't thought of it yet." "Look down, I actually want to be with you, but you haven't trusted me yet.
Zhong Xuanlan raised his hand and touched Wang Xuannian's head, and said, "Think slowly, do it when you think of it, if you can, take Xuanli, and my father will forget it." ”
Wang Xuannian nodded.
All the way to the gate of the palace unhindered, Father-in-law Fu was still waiting there, seeing Zhong Xuanlan and his wife coming, he saluted with a smile, and sent a purse on the winter solstice, and Father-in-law Fu was so happy that his eyes narrowed.
Gonggong Fu brought people in with a smile, and by the way, he talked about some things in the palace, Zhong Xuanlan listened carefully, such as the addition of a prince and a princess to the palace; The harem is now in charge of Concubine Li; The queen is still grounded; However, the crown prince was released, and there was good news in the East Palace that the crown princess was pregnant; Today, King Ling, Prince Mu, and the four princes may be given marriage, and so on.
Zhong Xuanlan squinted his eyes, tonight is really lively, I hope there won't be any trouble.
In the main hall, Zhong Xuanlan raised his eyes slightly and glanced at it, the Empress Dowager Zhong was sitting on the top phoenix chair, and on both sides were sitting Li Guifei and the four virtuous and virtuous concubines. At the bottom sat several ladies, each of whom stood behind her.
After each of them saluted, Empress Dowager Zhong gave her a seat, and Zhong Xuanlan led Wang Xuannian to sit down.
As soon as she sat down, Concubine Li said, "Master Junma, there are all female dependents here, or you can go to the Imperial Garden to play with the sons of each family." ”
Concubine Liu Xian said: "Yes, Master Junma, you see that these are all women in the boudoir, something is inappropriate, or you go to play with the fifth cousin, this time he should play with people in the imperial garden." ”
Zhong Xuanlan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and said: "Queen Mother, many young ladies here are rare to come once, Xuanlan won't bother you to catch up with them, Xuanlan will come to see you another day, okay?" After that, he took Wang Xuannian to get up and saluted to the Empress Dowager Zhong and retired.
Empress Dowager Zhong was in a good mood today because she wanted to choose a princess with both virtue and integrity for her son and grandson, and she couldn't take care of Zhong Xuanlan and his wife for a while, so she nodded and agreed.
Seeing this, Zhong Xuanlan led Wang Xuannian out of Fengyi Palace and walked towards the pavilion last time.
Wang Xuannian lowered his head all the way, followed Zhong Xuanlan in silence, and Prince Mu's words flashed in his mind, your identity is very different from her, you need her to protect you all the time, one day she will be tired, you will be tired, why not leave as soon as possible?
Before Wang Xuannian's thoughts could be retracted, the two walked into the pavilion and sat on the beauty leaning in a daze.
Zhong Xuanlan found that Wang Xuannian was distracted, and his body was filled with a depressed mood, sighed, leaned sideways on the railing to look at the birds on the lake, hooked the corners of his mouth, and said, "I don't like to sit there and argue with them, it's boring and boring." Their topic is nothing more than which son is good, or which noble girl is outstanding in learning, or compares with each other, etc. It's better to read a few more ledgers or run a business. ”
When Wang Xuannian heard this, the depression in his heart dissipated a lot, his Lan'er was different, he reached out and hugged Zhong Xuanlan's waist, leaned against her back, and said sullenly: "Lan'er, I don't know anything, I don't understand, and I want you to protect me all the time, will you be very tired?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan said: "No, you are very well-behaved and obedient, as for protecting you, it is also appropriate to protect you, after all, there are too many cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in the palace." You see, outside the palace, you don't need my protection. ”
Wang Xuannian said: "Even if you get tired of it, I won't let go." ”
The corners of Zhong Xuanlan's mouth rose slightly, but she didn't notice it, she was silent for a while, and said, "We are already husband and wife, didn't you already make a choice that night?" He turned around and took the man into his arms and said, "Do you regret it?" ”
Wang Xuannian shook his head, "No." He touched his chest and said, "It's just that I'm a little uneasy and scared here." ”
Zhong Xuanlan hesitated for a while, leaned into Wang Xuannian's ear, and said in a low voice: "My family's heirlooms are all on you, as long as you don't return them to me, you are still my little husband." ”
Wang Xuannian was a little unsure, but after a while, he thought of what it was, and said, "That piece," before he could say a word, he was gagged by Zhong Xuanlan, and after the kiss was over, Zhong Xuanlan was next to Wang Xuannian's ear and whispered: "Don't tell anyone else." ”
Wang Xuannian understood the importance of this jade pendant in his heart, looked at Zhong Xuanlan and nodded seriously.
Zhong Xuanlan touched his head, and the two of them hugged each other and looked at the scenery in the distance. Until the hour was almost up, the two held hands and went to the place where the feast was held.
This night, Wang Xuannian saw all the women showing their magical powers, competing to show their talents to everyone, just for the position of the princess, and he couldn't help but feel sad for these people in his heart. At the same time, there were also doubts, among thousands of people, how did Lan'er choose him?
This night, Zhong Xuanlan was forced by Li Guifei and others to show his talents, and he couldn't shirk it, so he played a song "When is the Bright Moon in Water Tune", the sound of the piano is sometimes clear, sometimes soothing, sometimes light...... No one knows that when Zhong Xuanlan was playing this song, he thought of Wang Xuannian in his mind, thought of the picture of their first meeting to the present, and thought that they will still be there next year, and they can still meet for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Wang Xuannian found that she was sitting on the platform under the moonlight, calm and elegant, wearing a palace dress was so dazzling, she could imagine what Prince Mu said, how unforgettable Lan'er was when she danced in the city. He has seen Zhong Xuanlan's eloquent speech, cunning and fox-like methods, calligraphy with iron and silver hooks in one hand, decisive master's ability,..., and can also play the piano, is there anything else that his family Lan'er can't do?
This night, Wang Xuannian thought that Zhong Xuanlan didn't know how to cook, and there was no gentleman in his heart who was far away from cooking, so he made up his mind to learn cooking.
Tonight's palace banquet was quite stable, Empress Dowager Zhong chose the eldest granddaughter of the protector of the country as the main concubine for King Ling, and wanted to give another side concubine but was politely rejected by King Ling.
Li Guifei chose the eldest niece of her mother's family for the four princes, but Empress Dowager Zhong did not agree and only made her a side concubine, and Li Guifei could not only agree. The emperor selected the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Zuo as the main concubine for the four princes, and the eldest daughter of the Li family and the second granddaughter of the Marquis of Wucheng as the side concubine.
Everyone is a little unclear about the emperor's marriage, so a marriage makes the minister hesitate to stand in line, and many people choose to maintain a wait-and-see attitude.
Zhong Xuanlan squinted his eyes, looked at everyone, glanced at Emperor Jingxi again, hooked the corners of his mouth, and looked at him coldly, I hope you don't play with fire**, the power of the prince and the four princes is on an equal footing, and then the court will be wonderful, lowered his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and thought: Just don't touch my things.
Wang Xuannian didn't understand the twists and turns of these things, but he didn't ask Zhong Xuanlan much, and sat beside Zhong Xuanlan obediently, waiting for Zhong Xuanlan to feed, but he was also happy to wait, and by the way, he was angry with King Ling and Prince Mu. Wang Xuannian raised his head to look at King Ling, touched King Ling's line of sight, and smiled slightly. He thought that after tonight, there should be one less rival.
After the palace banquet, Zhong Xuanlan led Wang Xuannian and left the palace quickly.
By the time Prince Mu reacted to find someone, the two had already disappeared, so they could only go to King Ling for a drink.