Chapter 3: The Palace Banquet

Sheng's song is wonderful, and the drunken wind is affectionate.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the first Weiyang feast in the palace of Yecheng of Xuanguo was also the first time since Gongyi was born that Gongyi Fei left his hometown, far away from the familiar court of the Han Kingdom, and was sent as the only princess of a small affiliated country.

Gongyi Fei and Mrs. Yan, one master and one servant, although they traveled all the way, they still came to Weiyang Hall a moment late. The door of the temple was already closed, and there were many guards at the door, one by one, silent, guarding their duties, standing outside the temple gate like wood and stone, like scales and feathers, and standing until the bottom of the steps.

Under the dark stairs, Gongyi couldn't see the faces of these guards clearly, but she knew that their faces were also like wood and stone at the moment, and there would be no waves. The cold silence outside the hall compared to the leisurely sheng pipe coming from the back hall across the door, it was like the difference between two worlds, hell and bliss.

It's ridiculous to say, although Gongyi Fei is the princess of a country and the sister of the monarch of the Han Kingdom, her status is low, and the Han State is a vassal state of the Xuan Kingdom. Therefore, at this moment, Gongyifei, who had the upper hand, had no choice but to kneel under the steps outside the hall with Mrs. Yan according to the courtesy.

Six out of Feiqiong is the crystal of the world, I don't know when, the snow began to fall in the air, the snow is not big, and it melts when it lands, which is not in the way of the rare colorful lights, but it makes Gongyi Scarlet kneel a little hard.

Running all the way, the muscles and muscles that were still a little sour and soft were catalyzed by the invisible cold and a little bit of melting snow at the moment, and they began to sting slightly, especially in their knees. This kind of taste, although it is not pleasant, but the two of them are still as immobile as a mountain, kneeling there, one in front of the other, like two pious monks.

"Father-in-law Dan, do you see if this branch is good, huh...... No, it's better to have this branch, it's not right, it's better to have this branch......" A familiar voice came from behind him. The pupils of Gongyi's scarlet eyes shrank, and the brows that had been frowning slightly were actually relaxed like this.

The familiar voice was approaching, and it was getting faster and faster. Finally, a pair of Zhu embroidered palace boots stopped in front of Gongyifei. Then, it was still the familiar little fat hand, but this time, it was not holding her hand.

The little chubby hand stretched out the index finger of her right hand and placed it on Gongyi's jaw, signaling her to raise her head.

When Gongyi Fei raised her head again, Xuanyuan Qi who saw her had already changed into another vermilion dress, and what was striking was that she was teasing her right wrist, yes, this was clearly a teasing, who would have thought that a six-year-old child could actually do such a thing, unfortunately, Gongyi Fei was the second time he was teased. To get back to the point, on Xuanyuan Qi's right wrist, there is a string of red beads, strange dark red beads, giving people the illusion that they are condensed by blood.

"Father-in-law Dan, I think these branches are good, so let this beautiful sister present them with me, how about it? Hehe......" Xuanyuan Qi said this deliberately, not giving Gonggong Dan a chance to hesitate and return to the emperor, and directly pulled up Gongyi Fei and walked to the side door of Weiyang Palace.

"Father-in-law Dan, you also know the temper of the little prince, it is like this in and outside the palace, please don't be surprised......" Seeing Xuanyuan Qi deliberately trotting away, Liu Chu shook his head slightly, and had to bow his hand to Gonggong Dan, who was pitting God on the side, and he hurriedly followed. I only heard the muttering of Father-in-law Dan floating behind him, "It's really the emperor's nephew, what can you ......do with him?"

"Ha~" Liu Chu laughed, he didn't have to look back, he could also think of Grandpa Dan who was so helpless that he seemed to be jumping in the next second, after all, it was commonplace.

Having said that, Xuanyuan Qi trotted all the way, just like pulling Gongyi Scarlet on the way to see the lantern festival, but this time, there was not so much crowd to block it, and the two villains soon each held a white plum in their hands, which can be said to be without scruples, swaggering into the Weiyang Hall from the side door, but when they arrived in the Weiyang Palace, Xuanyuan Qi, who was originally still in high spirits, suddenly changed from a tiger to a raccoon slave, he bowed down and stood on tiptoe, wanting to sneak to his seat quietly from behind a two-person high screen. But the facts show that this is not possible.

In the Weiyang Palace, no matter far or near, the lights are thousands of suns, and the room is like eternal day. And under this brilliant reflection, although Xuanyuan Qi's every move was a hundred times more cautious in his opinion, in fact, all his movements were magnified on the snow-embroidered screen, like a shadow puppet.

"Qi'er!"

The voice is loud, which invisibly makes people feel a little oppressive by the power of the Son of Heaven, but more importantly, it is the half-kindness and half-strictness of an elder to a junior. The Son of Heaven is the current emperor of Xuanguo and Xuanyuan Qi's uncle.

When Xuanyuan Qi heard this, he had to come out obediently, of course, it was indispensable to be a public ceremony, after all, Xuanyuan Qi's hand had been held tightly and never let go.

In the end, he was too late, and Xuanyuan Qi pulled Gongyi Scarlet and kraft candy and threw himself directly into the emperor's arms. When the confidential ministers at the head of the palace saw it, they were not surprised, but when they saw the official ceremony, they couldn't help but exchange glances with each other.

"Uncle Huang, Qi'er didn't mean to be late, I came a long time ago, just passing by the Imperial Garden, and saw that the white plum blossomed in the garden just right, so I asked Gonggong Dan to accompany me to pick a few good branches, so that, borrow flowers to offer the Buddha ......" said, he raised the white plum in his hand, and the other hand was the one who had been holding Gongyi's wrist and refused to let go, at this moment, raised Gongyi's hand and another white plum in her hand.

The emperor looked at Gongyifei and knew her identity.

didn't ask much, took the white plum in the hands of the two, casually put it in a gluttonous gold bottle, stood diagonally, and glanced at the Dan Gonggong who hurried around him and the vacant position on the side of the head and knelt down as if waiting for their master. Then he turned his head and patted Xuanyuan Qi's head, stretched out his hand, pinched his little face lightly, and said, "You kid, the master taught you to come out with a flamboyant tongue like this?" Why don't you take your guests to a seat? ”

"What Uncle Huang said is very true, Qi'er will take Sister Scarlet to sit down, hehe." After speaking, Xuanyuan Qi took a hurried step with Gongyi Scarlet, like a loach, and moved away from the emperor in the blink of an eye, and sat down obediently.

Gongyifei, who had just sat down, was calm and composed, drinking tea and eating snacks with Xuanyuan Qi, and occasionally saying a few words. It's just that his eyes can't help but be around the emperor, there are no concubines on the left and right sides of the emperor, only three feet away on the right hand side sits a young man in a gorgeous costume who looks two or three years older than him, thinking that he should be the prince.

Here, the singing and dancing in the hall continued, and the little episode just now did not interfere with the graceful willow posture of many beauties, nor did it disturb the excitement of the ministers and relatives of the emperor and the relatives of the emperor present.

After the performance of one group of dancing queens, they bowed their heads and bowed their heads and obediently retreated from both sides of the main hall, and another team of dancing queens quietly appeared.

These dancing girls in front of them are delicate and petite, barefoot with silver bells, white gauze water sleeves, and a crown to tie their hair. Compared with the tall and tall dancing girls who had just retired and had not yet walked out of the Weiyang Palace, dressed in red clothes with narrow sleeves and bows, one side was as tender as water, and the other was a fierce race.

"I have heard for a long time that the songs and dances of the Han Kingdom are very different from my Xuanguo, today's first reward, Haoyue Jiao'e is there, there is only one point, the fly in the ointment, there is no Han musician in my Xuanguo, it is a pity~" The emperor glanced at the dancing girl who had been prepared in the palace, his eyes were like torches, lingering, and finally fell on Gongyi Fei.

"I heard that the princess of the Han Kingdom is well versed in the six arts, and her piano skills are the best, I don't know if today, I am fortunate to be able to be contaminated with one or two?" As he spoke, two chamberlains had already carried a guqin to the hall and placed it in front of the dancing girl.

The people in the palace also looked at Gongyi Fei one after another. Gongyi's face was as usual, Shi Shiran saluted the emperor, slowly step by step, out of the seat, and took a seat.

The right hand, gently sweeping the strings, if there is no sound, is a good piano. It's a pity that now is not a good time to play the piano.

"The courtiers are scarlet, they are ugly here, their piano skills are clumsy, and please don't blame the emperor." Gongyi frowned lightly, her hands were already on the strings, here and now, this situation, this scene, let her play a song of joy, it is really difficult for a strong person.

However, a voice, coming from the seat on the emperor's right-hand side, interrupted Gongyifei's thoughts. "Father, please let Xu Erchen play along."