Chapter 37: The Feast
"The murderous spirit in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion is high, and there are dense layers of guns and knives. The painting pavilion carves beams and double phoenixes, and the race is like the Son of Heaven and the Nine Dragons ......"
Pink and red makeup, willow eyebrows and red cheeks, Zhu Yincui's shoes, drum beating, babbling, a "banquet of ministers" has appeared and opened his voice.
Zhao Yuankan and Zhao Defang were busy preparing for Zhao Yuanwei's major event at the beginning of next month, so it was late, Zhao Yuankan was regretting not catching up with the opening of the show, and dragged Zhao Defang to go very quickly, Zhao Defang was full of suspicions, and chased after him and said, "When it comes to this palace, you are the most fond of drama, how to set up the stage this time The errand of the stage let the five royal brothers take it." ”
"No one can do the errand, just listen to the drama." Zhao Yuankan thought that Zhao Defang was walking slowly, so he simply dragged him to stride.
The stage is set up in the most open place of the imperial garden, gathering the princes and princesses, the officials and women, and the Liao envoys are three people to sit in the guest seat, this banquet is supervised by Chen Wang Yuanxi, it is very proper, and Zhao Guangyi is also happy.
Zhao Yuankan and the two entered the theater, first replied to Zhao Guangyi, and then sat down next to each other, Zhao Yuankan saw that everyone on the stage was a good actor with good eyes and good timbre, and couldn't help laughing, "Brother Wuwang doesn't know anything about drama, when did you find such a good troupe." ”
Zhao Defang was silent, but he thought about it for a while, and tasted that the cheese brought by the Liao envoy was fresh and delicious, and remembered that Chai Xiyun liked dairy snacks, so he ordered someone to pack two servings and send them to the West Palace.
"Hugh Dao, my daydreams are upside down, and I will go to the spring sky when I land."
The tune on stage originated from Suzhou and Hangzhou, the timbre was tactful, but the lyrics were difficult to understand. Yelu Nanyin was originally a daughter who grew up on the grassland, and she was not used to listening to these "Wu Nong's soft words", but she was faintly acknowledged, but Concubine Fang Hui was still gushing, and told the origin of the play, the words and the content of the story in detail, Yelu Nanyin Bai was a little tired of listening, and looked sideways at Zhao Yuankan with the words of the play, looking intoxicated and leisurely, but the literary quality was polite, the appearance of a talented son, and she didn't feel at ease in her heart, but Concubine Fang Hui was happy to chat, and she didn't want to stop, so Yelu Nanyin found an excuse to leave the table.
"What Concubine Hui, I'm so long-winded." Yelu Nanyin walked slowly with her maidservant Jiangxue, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
Jiang Xue smiled secretly, only followed behind her, did not answer much, the master and servant walked back and forth, and felt tired and rested at the pavilion.
Today's stage, Xia Ruoxi is quite interested, even begged her parents, and then followed Xia Lin's car into the palace, who knew that when she went to the West Palace to pick up Zhao Yuanwei, she looked at Chai Xiyun again, and if she met a confidant, she didn't want to listen to the play, she just wanted to have fun with Chai Xiyun, she had a hearty temperament, but also made the Empress Dowager Zhou happy, but she played for two hours, ate the cheese sent by Zhao Defang, and felt bored in the palace, Chai Xiyun thought about it and had a few Luban locks in his "Baoci Palace" It was still interesting, I wanted to order someone to get it, Xia Ruoxi felt time-consuming, and pulled Chai Xiyun out of the inner palace to say anything, personally rushed to the Baoci Palace.
"After walking for a long time, does Sister Yongan feel tired?" Xia Ruoxi is shorter than Chai Xiyun, and her stature is still small, she always has to raise her head when talking to Chai Xiyun, and her eyes are flashing, which is very cute.
"I'm not tired" Chai Xiyun took her hand and asked again, "Are you tired?" ”
Xia Ruoxi also shook her head, "Although my sister is fine, but Brother Fang and the new sister-in-law instructed me not to work my sister, so I asked." ”
"New sister-in-law" Chai Xiyun muttered to herself, and couldn't help laughing, "It's not a ceremony, you call your sister-in-law." ”
"Sooner or later, you have to scream." Xia Ruoxi raised his head and smiled sweetly, Chai Xiyun also smiled, the two of them walked a few steps, but saw someone in the pavilion in front of them, although it was the back, but Chai Xiyun looked at what he was wearing, sheep felt clothes, braided hair with crowns, and knew that it was a Liao person, who planned to go quietly, but Xia Ruoxi shouted, "Where did this sister come from, it is strange to dress up." ”
Chai Xiyun wanted to stop her too late, Yelu Nanyin turned around when she heard the sound, and as soon as her eyes turned, she met Chai Xiyun.
Autumn water is a bone and jade is a god, what a beauty!
Chai Xiyun also looked her up and down, her eyebrows were trimmed, she looked forward to Shenfei, there was no touching taste, the two didn't wait to answer, only to see Xia Ruoxi step forward, and asked with a smile, "Dare to ask who my sister is?" Why are they dressed differently from us? ”
Yelu Nanyin saw her Yuxue's smart appearance, and her heart was happy, so she also responded, "My name is Yelu Nanyin, I am from Liao, and dressing up is naturally the rule of our grassland, which is different from the Song people." ”
"Nanyin, my sister's name is so nice, my name is Ruoxi." Xia Ruoxi smiled and spoke, Chai Xiyun saw that she was chatting hotly, afraid that she would lose her rules, so she said angrily, "If you can't be unreasonable, you won't meet Her Royal Highness the princess." ”
Xia Ruoxi was obedient, answered "yes", and curtfell on her knees, Yelu Nanyin hurriedly returned the salute, her eyes fell on Chai Xiyun, and asked, "What is the name of this sister, I don't know which palace nobleman it is." ”
Xia Ruoxi laughed out loud when she heard this, and replied, "Sister Yelu admits her mistake, this is not a nobleman, she is my sister Yong'an, His Royal Highness the county lord." ”
"Yong'an," Yelu Nanyin muttered, as if he suddenly remembered, and asked again, "You are the Lord of Cheshire?" ”
Chai Xiyun smiled, as clear as the breeze of the moon, only bowed down, Yelu Nanyin hurriedly returned the salute, "I heard that His Royal Highness the county lord is sick, and I regret not having the opportunity to see him, so I escaped the table today and was able to meet His Royal Highness the county lord, the county lord is fine." ”
Chai Xiyun pretended to cough, and then said, "It's already good, Princess Lao is worried." Chai Xiyun beckoned Xia Ruoxi to come over, and Fang said, "This is the future sister of Princess Changqing, she is still young, which makes the princess smile." ”
"The girl Yuxue is cute, how can you laugh at it." Yelu Nanyin responded in a shallow voice, and Chai Xiyun saw that it was not early, so he said, "There is still something in this palace, and the princess will talk more, so I will say goodbye first." ”
"The county lord walks slowly." Yelu Nanyin took a few steps back, let Chai Xiyun and his party pass, and after the rockery, Xia Ruoxi raised her head and said, "This princess is so beautiful, but it is not as delicate as my sister, but a chic and flamboyant beauty." ”
Chai Xiyun laughed a few times, raised her hand and nodded the tip of her nose, and said dotingly, "You! Let's go! It's time for lunch in a moment. ”
"Yes" Xia Ruoxi gave a good salute, then took Chai Xiyun's arm, and walked towards the "Baoci Palace" with a smile.
Chai Xiyun secretly looked back at her a few times, thinking about how such a woman could have taken the road of harmony, although Han Wang Yuankan is a generous person, but with this identity, it must be difficult to trust for life, why bother.
Xu Zhan learned the meaning of Fu Zhaoyuan, so he had less worries, and wanted to ask Zhao Fuping to talk alone, but Zhao Fuping refused, and today when he saw Zhao Fuping leave the table, he hurriedly followed, walked to the secluded prescription and pulled her arm, and while pulling her behind the rockery, he ordered the two palace maids to stop.
Zhao Fuping saw that he was acting like this, one was worried, the other was ashamed, so he struggled to withdraw his hand and hid to the side.
"How long are you going to hide from me?" Xu Zhan asked sharply.
Zhao Fuping only turned his head sideways, and didn't answer much, Xu Zhan took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Since you were the county lord and came to see me for her, you must be prepared to be entangled by me today." Xu Zhan said and took a step closer, Zhao Fuping avoided his eyes, and Xu Zhan asked again, "The princess thinks that I am not worthy of you, or do you think that I am a light person and not worthy of entrusting for life, or do you mind that I was the husband left by Uncle Fu Guo to the county lord." ”
"Yes" Zhao Fuping raised his eyes and glared at him fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "I just think that you are Uncle Fu Guo's matchmaker and the husband of Xiyun, and they all say that you are unparalleled in intelligence and are better than Zijian, but why don't you understand!" You are the concubine of the Xu family, the nobles of the world, I am just a princess with a lord and no favor, and I will be assigned as a mediocre person in the future, and it will never be you. ”
"Why?" Before Xu Zhan could ask, Zhao Fuping took over the words, and tears slipped silently, "If I were Xiyun, I like you, you like me, it would be a great joy to congratulate the dynasty and be praised by the world, but I am not, I am not the lord of Yong'an, I am just Princess Pingning, I take care of my own heart, that is, robbing my sister's husband, it is a big matter that offends the official family and the Fu family." ”
"I have already met Fu Shibo, he has already accepted the affairs of the county lord and the sixth prince, so he will never interfere in our affairs..."
"You don't understand, you don't understand at all, it's not that simple at all." Zhao Fuping pushed him away, broke out of a small corner that he was suppressed, gasped for breath, and then said, "A fake is a fake after all, a stand-in is a stand-in after all, and it can't be changed." ”
"Why are you so negative?" Xu Zhan turned around and held her shoulder, breathed a long sigh of relief, and persuaded patiently, "I know that you have had a hard time in the palace, and I also know that you have many unspeakable secrets, but if you believe me once, I treat you sincerely, and I really feel sorry for you." ”
Zhao Fuping met his determined and fiery gaze, and a warm current poured into her heart, she never hated her weakness, but at this moment, she hated it very much, hated the ruthlessness of the first emperor, hated the unrighteousness of today's official family, and hated her mother and concubine only wanted to be happy for herself, leaving her alone in this deep palace to survive, Xu Zhan is of course a good match, a once-in-a-lifetime good match, but how deep can she be fate, Zhao Fuping thought about it for a long time, Fang Qi said "The son's talent, appearance, and family background are all first-class, and if you want to match it, it is also a noble concubine like Xiyun and Yuan Wei, You shouldn't have taken a fancy to me, you shouldn't. ”
Zhao Fuping struggled and wanted to escape, Xu Zhan refused to let go anymore, looking at her eyebrows frowning, tears in the corners of her eyes, and her heart was tight, so she didn't care about any politeness or rudeness, hugged her tightly in her arms, and whispered.
"The first time I saw you, I thought to myself, such a beauty, how can you be so cold, I guessed that you are not the county lord, but I still inexplicably remembered your expression, until that day at the Empress Dowager Zhou's mother, I saw you run out of the palace, to pick up the shuttlecock, the face is bright and brilliant, dazzling, so beautiful, at that time I thought, how good it would be if you could always be so bright, I am willing to be the one who makes you forget your worries, I can take you to escape from this place of right and wrong, escape from the court, escape from the court, how bad is it to be a pair of idle clouds and wild cranes, Fuping, I only hold you tightly, don't push me away, okay. ”
Zhao Fuping was struggling tightly, but then he also had the patience to listen to him, and his heart was naturally moved by him, and in the end, he only grabbed Xu Zhan's clothes, burst into tears, and scolded in a low voice, "Why don't you let me go." ”