Chapter 19: The Feast
The person who came was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a straight nose, long and deep eyes, flying eyebrows straight into the sideburns, with a strong exotic style, at first glance, it was different.
His voice was very low, which made people feel cold for no reason, Nuan Jin and Cen Run were stunned, and looked back in unison.
The man was also stunned, and his expression changed slightly: "Xuanyue, who is this?" ”
"Cousin, why are you here?"
The person who came answered, and retracted his inquiring look: "Uncle can't look at you, so she specially asked me to look for it, who is this?" ”
Xuan Yue's eyebrows bent, and she specially took Nuan Jin's hand: "Let me introduce you, this is the one I often talked to you about when I was in the ghost hide, the princess of our Nanchen Kingdom, Princess Nuan Jin." After speaking, he turned back to Nuan Jin and said, "Sister, this is my cousin, the prince of Fuqiong, the first warrior of our ghost Tibetan clan." ”
Lou Nuanjin was not interested in this little prince, he always felt that his eyes were too gloomy, but he felt trembling when he stared at him for a long time.
I heard about this person's life experience earlier, and the throne was taken away by his own uncle, but he still had to send someone under the fence, and he was able to grow so big, and he suffered a lot of pain.
"I've heard of Princess Chang's demeanor for a long time, and now it seems to be really extraordinary, the ghost Tibetan people raise the dome, meet Princess Yan, Princess Yan is a thousand years old."
Fu Qiong was about to kneel down as he spoke, but Nuan Jin's brows jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly raised his hand: "The little prince doesn't need to be polite, since he is Xuanyue's cousin, that is a family, don't use these false courtesies." ”
Fu Qiong was not reluctant, and straightened up again following Nuan Jin's gesture: "So I want to thank Princess Yan, I heard Xuanyue say that Nanchen Country is the most ceremonial state, and now that I see the princess, let the king really admire the five bodies to the ground." ”
Nuan Jinqiang pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, she didn't have a good impression of this little prince, and she couldn't wait to leave quickly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the banquet in front of you has begun, if the queen mother can't find a few, I'm afraid she will be in a hurry, so the slave respectfully invites all the masters to take a seat."
Cen Run deserves to have grown up with her, and he is the most considerate of his own thoughts, knowing that he has no intention of coping here, so he will help her out.
Nuan Jin glanced at him without a trace, and nodded thoughtfully: "Well, what the chief manager said is, let's go, so as not to make the imperial grandmother wait for a long time." ”
The group returned to their respective positions, the prince did not come, Nuan Jin was the eldest son, sitting at the head of the right, followed by Xuanyue, and as for the little prince, he sat at the bottom.
Nuan Jin looked at the last position as if unintentionally, the prince was leisurely, holding the wine glass and seeing that he was looking at him, he was slightly surprised, and in an instant, he raised the corner of his lips, raised the wine glass in his hand, and drank it all with his head up.
Nuan Jin shuddered, shivered and hurriedly looked back.
The queen mother didn't want her mother, and she didn't even want to see her with her, and now it was finally Xuanyue to return to the court, she was very happy, this time it was all in front of the warm brocade that didn't exist, and she skipped her directly, and pulled a family routine with Xuanyue.
Nuan Jin was originally not interested in such a banquet, if it weren't for the order of the imperial grandmother, she would not have bothered to go to the same place with these women, the imperial grandmother ignored her, and happened to weigh her thoughts, and she was happy to drink alone.
"Most of the ghost Tibetan spirits are not as mild as the wine in our Nanchen Kingdom, so please drink less of it."
Nuan Jin didn't look back, he didn't even bother to turn his eyes, now they drank these wines, it was Xuanyue who brought the "forgotten dust" from the ghost Tibetan tribe, don't look at the name Fengya, but the strength of this wine explains the name very well. Sure enough, when you drink all the glasses, you really have to forget what day it is.
In the past, I heard that the ghost Tibetan climate is extreme, and the locals are accustomed to drinking this kind of liquor to warm up for the winter, but Nuan Jin is a golden phoenix that grows in the root of the imperial city.
But it's only been two cups, and I feel a little dizzy.
She shook the wine glass in her hand, the moonlight in the glass was shallow, the blue waves rippled, shattered in an instant, and returned to its original state in an instant.
"Why are you always haunted like this? If I drink a drink, you want to lecture me too? ”
Cen Run's voice was not loud, with humility, standing behind her and bowing slightly: "The status of the slave is humble, how can you preach to the princess, it's just ...... Before leaving, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had told the slaves that they should take care of the princess at all times, so the servants did not dare to take it lightly. ”
"Huh." Nuan Jin smiled to himself, turned his head and beckoned to him, "You come here." ”
Cen Run paused slightly, but still half-squatted down: "Princess? ”
"I'll tell you something." Perhaps because of the strength of the wine, Nuan Jin was a little eager to get close to him, and deliberately leaned towards Cen Run.
Her warm breath sprayed on Cen Run's ears, causing him to be frightened for a while, and as soon as he wanted to get up, he was pulled by Nuan Jin: "Where are you going?" I'm not done with you yet. ”
"Princess, you are drunk, the queen mother is still here, if you see it, you will definitely scold the slave for being disrespectful."
Nuan Jin slowly loosened Cen Run's sleeves and blinked his eyes not very clearly: "Well, you're right, let's go down." ”
"Princess?" She was so sensible, but Cen Run was a little caught off guard, and when she looked at her again, she had already turned around and went to drink again.
In front of the public, Cen Run didn't dare to get too close to her, not to mention the queen mother who was sitting above and thinking about picking on her all the time, there was a Xuanyue who had unknown friends and enemies here, and now she was suffering from the enemy on her back, but it was rare for her to be so open-minded to drink.
Cen Run shook his head helplessly and bowed back.
Here, Nuan Jin took one cup after another, during which Xuanyue glanced at her a few times, didn't say anything, turned her head and chatted with the Queen Mother as usual.
Others didn't see her, and Tao Tao, who had been waiting by her side, was half frightened: "My good master, you can drink it lightly, you should think this is tea, such a way to drink will have an accident for a while." ”
Nuan Jin smiled: "Tao Tao, you are good at everything, it's just this guts, it's really a little smaller, how like the people around me." ”
"My little ancestor!" Tao Tao hurriedly stopped the wine glass that Nuan Jin brought to his lips, "How can a slave have a good life for the master, the master has made a mistake, the emperor, the queen and His Royal Highness the prince are all protecting you, what about the slave?" If the slave maid didn't take good care of the princess, the three of them would be able to pull the slave out and chop it into dumpling filling. The slave and maid are just unproductive, and the waist pole can't be stiffened, so they look forward to the master every day not being a moth. ”
"Poof-" Nuan Jin choked his throat and coughed in a low voice, "Just now I said that you are timid, and you dare to talk back to this palace at this time?" Aren't you afraid to pull you out and chop up dumplings? ”
"It's done, good master, let's go back, Princess Xuanyue came back and you didn't wake up, what's the matter, people look back and think that you are ecstatic because of her return to the court, and they are excited and don't know what to do!"
"Well, you're right, you really can't drink anymore!" Nuan Jin nodded matter-of-factly: "If you lose your bearing, then the gain outweighs the loss." ”
"Then let's go back to Qingyi Courtyard?"
Nuan Jin nodded, and got up a little crookedly to kneel to the Queen Mother.
The queen mother looked at her with disgust on her face, maybe she really didn't want to disturb her interest, so she waved her hand.
The night of Bihua Palace is the coolest, even in the middle of summer, it is not hot and dry, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and when the wind blows, it will zigzag into the mountain stream, mixed with the gurgling mountains, which is really cool with moisture.
But even so comfortable, Nuan Jin didn't feel comfortable, and she couldn't complain to others, who told her to drink those wines just now.
This time the dizziness was terrible, and as soon as he walked to a pavilion, he pointed to a stone chair and said: "Dazzled, this ghost Tibetan wine is really strong, Tao Tao, you go to get a cup of sobering tea, I'll go there and sit down first." ”
Tao Tao saw that her eyes were half-open and half-closed, and she was also a little dizzy, although this would be in Bihua Palace, after all, it was late at night, just like this, she was really a little relieved: "But are you here alone?" Slave and maid, look at you very drunk, what happened, how can it be good? ”
Nuan Jin waved his hand irritably, ignored Tao Tao, staggered into the pavilion, and sat on the stone chair: "I'll just sit here, promise not to move a single step, you go and come back quickly, I will have a terrible headache this time." ”
Tao Tao looked at her uneasily, and saw that she was quite reasonable, so he didn't dare to delay, turned around and ran backwards.
The moonlight is light, reflecting the more and more silver light on the lake not far away, and the occasional breeze blows, stirring up the tranquility of a pool, scattering those silver rays in all directions, turning into countless fine pieces of silver, like stars falling into a pool.
Nuan Jin dragged her cheeks, her mind was a little flustered, she was not one of those young ladies in the boudoir, she was born in the royal family, she was favored by her father and queen mother, her life was calm, and there was nothing to pull out and be sentimental.
"Which beauty should I be, it turned out to be Her Royal Highness Princess Yan, why are you here alone? What about your faithful little maid? ”
Nuan Jin was called back to his senses by this sound, turned his head to look, and saw a person wearing a black black satin brocade suit, standing not far away with his hands in his hands.
The dark clouds covered the moon, and the little silver light gradually faded, and the heavens and the earth dimmed, and she squinted her eyes, and she couldn't see very clearly.
"Who is it?"
"In Xia Fuqiong, I have seen Her Royal Highness Princess Yan."
The banquet continued to sing and dance, and now that the emperor and queen are not here, there are not so many rules. Although the queen mother is here, this time she is also talking to her own words with Xuanyue, the pearl of her palm, and she doesn't care about others, and those concubines and princes are becoming more and more lively.
The emperor was not there, Cen Run had no work, just now he saw Nuan Jin kneeling, thinking that he had already gone back to rest, but then he suddenly remembered the scene just now, and his heart couldn't stop pounding.
She was so close to herself, rubbing his earlobe, the warm smell mixed with the smell of wine lingering on the side of his cheek, they had never been so close, so close that they almost melted his seven souls and six souls.
Cen Run changed his breath and was about to take leave to the Empress Dowager and go back to serve the emperor to sleep, when he caught a glimpse of Tao Tao running by in a hurry.
He was so shocked that he hurried to the end of the feast. Sure enough, the position of the little prince of Fuqiong was long gone, but his attendants were still in place, and there was no anxiety in that way.
The uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded, and he couldn't care about anything else, turned around and walked quickly in the direction Tao Tao ran from.