(142) Welcome to the palace banquet
On the first day of the eighth month, Yun Xiangrong entered the palace an hour before the start of the dinner, and she originally went first, but Jiang Qingchen still didn't worry about her, so she accompanied her to enter the palace in advance.
Jiang Qingchen said that he was looking for the prince, and after entering the palace, he went directly to the Tai** Middle School, and Yun Xiangrong went to find the fourth princess.
The fourth princess was very happy to see Yun Xiangrong, and she hadn't seen her for half a month. The fourth princess first took out a gift for Yun Xiangrong, two large boxes.
A set of rouge gouache paid tribute to Goryeo, the box is very special, and this thing will be in the palace, and the people can't see it. There is also a set of jewelry paid tribute by the Persian state, which is different from the popular style in the capital, this material is too sufficient, and it looks like gold.
Seeing the rouge gouache, Yun Xiangrong suddenly had some other thoughts, Yun Xiangrong had thought about it before, he would see his eldest brother and sister-in-law when he got married, and he would officially hand over Daifang to them at that time.
Now I feel that my eldest brother and sister-in-law have always treated me well, and I always have to repay something, so I suddenly thought that I could talk to the second prince that Beauty Fang and Dai Fang jointly launched a set of rouge gouache, the box and fragrance should be special, and the sales should be very good.
This is also a reward for my eldest brother and sister-in-law for taking Daifang's dividends for so many years.
Yun Xiangrong brought four sets of dresses to the four princesses, which she chose at the time, in fact, if Li Yanfei wasn't waiting for her, she should have been able to choose a few more, the four princesses tried each set, and they liked each of them.
Later, Concubine Yan heard that Yun Xiangrong was coming, and she also came over to see, women, who can resist the temptation of beautiful clothes.
Yun Xiangrong saw that God really wanted to give the Yun family clothes shop a chance to make a fortune, so he decided to go to the prince for a while, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, and he made a set of clothes for each of the concubines in the harem in his name, and the money was from the Yun family's clothes shop.
The prince is also kind, saying that either he has real money, or he will say that this is the idea of the third princess, Yun Xiangrong said, this is a commercial operation, the prince is actually the spokesperson, he didn't give money and only gave things, and it was always bad to collect money.
The prince knew that Yun Xiangrong didn't want to be public, but he wanted to have a good relationship with the ladies in the harem, so he agreed, arranged the time, and let the tailors of the Yun family's clothing workshop enter the palace and measure everyone's size.
Who would have thought that Yunjia Clothing Workshop would become the most popular store in Beijing of the year, and when it opened on the eighth day of August, it didn't dare to publicize it, but just went through the opening process in a low-key manner, because if ordinary people come to order clothes, they have been scheduled to pick up the goods next year, so some people will set it.
The reason is very simple, and I don't know who said it, the ladies in the palace all like the clothes of the Yun family's clothing workshop. Ordinary people think, I have never had the opportunity to wear the clothes in the palace in my life, but it is also good to make the same style as the girls.
Originally, Jiang Xi'an wanted to choose one of the four embroidery workshops to take over, but now Yun Xiangrong's business is too big, and he has no choice but to take over all four embroidery workshops, in fact, it is not easy for Yun Xiangrong, and he is unwilling to read the account books, but this is good, there is one more store to see the account books every week.
In the evening, the prince and princess of Nancy were welcome to the banquet, and the emperor and queen participated, as well as the princess and princess and princesses, and the concubines of the harem did not participate.
Yun Xiangrong could see that the fourth princess was unhappy, she should have known the emperor's thoughts a long time ago, and wanted to marry the princess to Nancy to be the crown princess. It is estimated that Concubine Yan instructed her not to mention this matter to Yun Xiangrong.
Because in case Yun wants to say that the fourth princess doesn't want to marry Nancy, no matter whether Nancy wants to marry the fourth princess in the end, the emperor's disgust will be there, after all, the royal princess has the obligation to obey the country.
The banquet in the evening was very crowded, Wen Junyu knew all the princes, and the prince deliberately introduced the four princesses in the harem who had already met but had not yet decided to marry Wen Junyu and Wen Zhirui.
Yun Xiangrong suspected that this was a deliberate arrangement by his father, the fourth princess was the most favored princess of his father, and standing with the three princesses who were raised in the deep palace, it was too conspicuous, and they were inexplicably even more out of the ordinary.
But it seems that Wen Junyu didn't mean anything else, just politely greeted the four princesses one by one.
His behavior has long been expected by the emperor, and the emperor feels that even if Wen Junyu is a fairy in front of him, as long as he is labeled as Princess Xiliang, Wen Junyu can pretend not to see it.
The banquet attended by the emperor and the queen, even if it was in line with the purpose of being relaxed and lively, inevitably became dignified and solemn, although the songs and dances arranged tonight were all relaxed and lively.
Yun Xiangrong has done no distractions when he participates in the palace banquet, that is, he concentrates on eating and watching singing and dancing, Yun Xiangrong feels that the singing and dancing in the palace is really not as good as the second prince's mansion, the dancers here talk about difficult skills, but dancing without soul is not particularly good-looking.
Yun Xiangrong was arranged to sit with Wen Zhirui, I don't know if Wen Zhirui recognized her life or what's going on, Wen Zhirui was very quiet tonight, even if she was very familiar with Yun Xiangrong, she didn't take the initiative to say a word at this moment.
The unmarried princesses sat in a row, each with a small table, and the fifth princess did not attend today because of her young age. The fourth princess felt that Wen Junyu was bored with her, and she was very relaxed, so she took the initiative to come over to talk to Yun Xiangrong.
Yun Xiangrong basically didn't talk to anyone except when he met today, except for saying hello to the prince and sister-in-law, including Jiang Qingchen, who appeared with the prince and was arranged to sit next to Wen Junyu, after all, except for the prince, the people here are also familiar with him and Wen Junyu.
The fourth princess is sensitive, she suddenly felt that Wen Junyu was looking at herself, she was a little inexplicably nervous, and returned to her seat, in fact, she misunderstood, Wen Junyu was not looking at her, it was Yun Xiangrong.
Wen Junyu found someone to check Yun Xiangrong, and knew that Jiang Qingchen took the initiative to ask for this marriage, and he definitely had no chance, but he was a little unwilling, he always felt that Jiang Qingchen was an ice cube, and he could find true love with any ice cube, but he didn't.
Yun Xiangrong could feel that someone was looking at her, she thought it was Jiang Qingchen, because Jiang Qingchen always likes to do this kind of thing.
The emperor is also busy today, and he will go to the morning court tomorrow, and he is already very tired, so the banquet is over so simply. When everyone left the palace, Yun Xiangrong deliberately left late, signaling Zhao Zhao to have something to say.
The prince was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to send Wen Junyu out of the palace, the two walked in the front, talking and laughing, it seemed to be very intimate, Jiang Qingchen was not worried about Yun Xiangrong, or waited for her to leave the palace together.
"Zhaozhao, what's wrong with you? Why do I think you're unhappy? Yun Xiangrong asked.
"It's nothing, beautiful sister, no, Princess Rong, I'm fine." Zhao Zhao said.
"Did you quarrel with my second brother?" Yun Xiangrong asked.
"No, it's me who is amorous, I thought Brother Xi liked me, but it turned out that it wasn't at all, he liked someone else." Zhao Zhao said.
"Wait, my second brother likes someone else? Who is it? Who do you listen to? How did I not know? Yun Xiangrong said.
"Brother Xi said it himself." Zhao Zhao said.
Yun Xiang Rongxin said, I usually look at the second brother as a very shrewd person, how can I be so stupid in front of my feelings, and lie to the little girl that she likes others, anyway, what you say yourself, sooner or later you will be responsible.
"Zhaozhao, let me tell you clearly, if the second brother has someone he likes, it is also you." Yun Xiangrong said.
"That's useless, we said everything that day, the money was clear, and it was not very likely that we would be together, Brother Jun told me that he wanted me to marry the important minister of the court of Xiliang Kingdom, and I agreed. Sister Beauty, you said that all your likes, have they become insignificant in front of the imperial power. Zhao Zhao said as he spoke, and tears began to fall.
Yun Xiangrong suddenly understood her unhappiness, but she didn't know how to comfort her, as a princess, she always had to grow up.
"Zhaozhao, if, I mean, if you can marry my second brother, will you be very happy?" Yun Xiangrong asked.
"Sister Beauty, I don't lie to you, I never thought that I would marry back to my mother's hometown, but Brother Xi is really a very good person, I originally thought that as long as he likes me, I like him, marriage is no problem at all, you may not know, many of our princesses in Nancy finally marry a rich family, but who would have thought, Brother Jun said, if I marry in Xiliang, it is different from marrying in China, the princess of Nancy can marry in her own country, but it is absolutely not possible in other countries." Zhao Zhao said.
"Zhaozhao, I just need to know your mind, if the second brother really wants to marry you, he will find a way, this is not something we should worry about." Yun Xiangrong said.
"Sister Beauty, do you think Brother Xi likes me?" Zhao Zhao asked.
"I think I like it, but your identity is a princess, and a lot of things get complicated, you have to give the second brother some time and let him sort things out inside." Yun Xiangrong said.
"I want to give it, but I don't know how much time I have left." Zhao Zhao said helplessly.
"Zhaozhao, do you have to have confidence in my second brother? By the way, tonight my father said, let me accompany you for a few days, do you have a place you want to go? Tomorrow is the final of my Chaowu champion, do you want to watch it? I want to see it. Yun Xiangrong said.
"Oh, I don't know, if Brother Joon agrees with me to go, I'll go." Zhao Zhao said.
Yun Xiangrong suddenly felt that Zhao Zhao was no longer the Zhao Zhao he knew before.
"Zhaozhao, come on, I'll let my second brother come. I think you should have a good talk before, no matter what, both of you should be honest with yourself, and you should be responsible for your own feelings. Yun Xiangrong said.
Zhao Zhao nodded in agreement, the two had already walked out of the palace gate, and the carriage at the door had basically run out, Zhao Zhao felt that the prince should go back to Duting Xiyi first, and he also felt that it was nothing, he had a separate carriage and guard, and he could go back.
Jiang Qingchen and Yun Xiangrong sent Zhao Zhao to her carriage, and the three of them said goodbye.