Chapter 45: The Banquet Begins
As the sky got dark, candles were hung around the yard, and many people came one after another, which added a lot of popularity to the already lively yard.
This was originally a banquet to enhance people's feelings, so everyone gathered together in groups of threes and threes, or threes and fives, chatting, only Chen Rui was a lonely traveler, sitting alone in an inconspicuous corner.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, but one person said: "I heard that the county lord will come today, is it real or fake?" ”
"Where did you hear such unreliable news? The county lord lives in a simple place, how could he come to such a banquet? It's definitely fake. ”
"That's not necessarily, I heard that the county lord has a good relationship with Miss Tang Ning, and he may come for her sake."
A person next to him scoffed: "Your news is too backward, the county lord's carriage is outside, do you think the county lord will come?" ”
"Is it true?" Several people were in an uproar.
Because the voice was relatively loud, it attracted the attention of the people next to him, and asked unconvincedly: "What were you talking about the county lord just now?" ”
"The Lord's carriage is ...... outside"
So there was another uproar, and then the whole courtyard was boiling, all talking about it, after all, the county lord was very famous, but he rarely saw her, they lived in the same city with her, and they had only seen a few faces from afar, and today they could see this legendary person, how could they not be excited?
Even the women are talking about it, of course, they are more sour words, after all, there is no first, each has its own merits, who is worse than whom? And she is respected as the most beautiful person in the Chu State, which makes them quite unhappy, has it been with their consent?
And they live in the same city, so they will inevitably be compared, of course, the county lords are always positive, but they have become the negative.
Regardless of whether the people arrived or not, after the sky darkened, the banquet began, and many waiters came in with wine and food.
Not only can it help to entertain, but also may also provide inspiration, masterpieces in the wine when the rush into the heart, such as "there is only one stone in the world, Cao Zijian monopolizes eight buckets" Jian'an seven son Cao Zhi, daily drinking and fun, many famous stories are produced in this way.
Of course, he also lost the opportunity to achieve the imperial business because of this wine.
The wine is a low-degree sweet wine, and the food is not a delicacy, which is also a helpless thing, although the Chu State is rich, but it has also been consumed by years of war, so the imperial court explicitly prohibits extravagance and waste.
This is still the rich Chu State, if you go to the poor and weak Yan Kingdom, the banquet is not allowed.
On the woman's side, a woman with picturesque eyebrows and an extremely beautiful cheek stood up, took a glass of wine in her hand and saluted her, and said, "It is Tang Ning's honor to come here to admire your face, and Tang Ning respects you here." ”
"It's our honor to be invited by Miss Tang, even if it's thousands of miles away, I will come to the meeting!"
"Yes......"
Tang Ning smiled heartily, raised his head and poured the wine into his mouth, if he didn't look at her bumpy figure, but he would definitely think that she was a man in this way.
And Chen Rui also knew who the owner was at this time.
"Look, it's the county lord......"
Tang Ning's voice naturally attracted attention to her, and Qin Qingyao, who was sitting next to her, naturally couldn't escape everyone's eyes, and one of them couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after seeing it.
And what I didn't see was because of this exclamation, and I saw the dazzling man in the dim candlelight.
For a while, the full hospital became in an uproar again,
"The county lord is so beautiful, she deserves to be the most beautiful woman in my Dachu."
"If I can see the true face of the county lord every day, I am willing to live ten years less!"
"If you want to be beautiful, it's good to let you see it, and I want to see it every day, and I don't know who will be blessed to marry the county lord in the future."
"Which prince should be! I heard that His Majesty intends to make the county lord the crown princess. ”
"Hey! It's a pity, it's a pity......"
And the man's voice naturally made those women listen, and some couldn't help but whisper: "Didn't you give birth to a good-looking face?" Coquette. ”
"That is, what's the use of just having a good face? I see, coupled with talent and temperament, it may not be as good as the sister of the Li family. ”
"Oops! The sister of the Zheng family is tormenting me, whether it is beauty or talent, I am far from the county lord. ”
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Qin Qingyao couldn't help frowning, she didn't like to participate in the banquet because she didn't want to be treated like this, it was okay before, others just looked up to her in a high position, but since it was rumored that he was the most beautiful person in the Chu Kingdom, no matter where she went, there were all kinds of eyes, not that she was afraid of being noticed, but this kind of impure gaze made her very unhappy, so she rarely participated in this kind of banquet since then.
Tang Ning also frowned, the purpose of her poetry meeting was not only to let people exchange feelings and spend time, but more importantly, she wanted to exchange literature, see the good works come out, and she could also benefit from it.
She likes beautiful poetry articles, and she also wants to write beautiful poetry articles by herself, she doesn't want to be famous, just a hobby.
With his hands pressed weakly, he signaled everyone to be quiet, and said: "Tang Ning won't say much if there is any superfluity, if anyone has a good work, he can take it out and read it for everyone." ”
The county lord is here, and it also invisibly stimulates everyone's fighting spirit, if you write something that can get into the eyes of the county lord, doesn't it mean that you will have the opportunity to get close to the county lord, and after getting close to the county lord, she will be able to see her own excellence, and after seeing her excellence, she will have the opportunity to get the heart of the beauty......
"It's ugly to be the first to sacrifice ......" One person couldn't help but take the lead in speaking, he was a famous talent in this radius of a hundred miles, and many women were very optimistic about him and thought that he was their best son-in-law.
A catchy seven-character poem comes slowly, with beautiful artistic conception and sincere feelings, which can be a masterpiece. Let everyone praise for a while.
Shortly after he sat down, another man spoke......
This made Chen Rui in the corner couldn't help but feel sleepy, he originally intended to be the little prince of the flowers, but when he left, he was warned by Murong Yan to keep a low profile, not to be too close in front of outsiders, not to expose the relationship between them, saying that now the neighboring country is about to move, there will be a war, and it is not appropriate to let His Majesty know now.
However, in Chen Rui's opinion, this is a bit of a taste of covering his ears and stealing the bell, judging from the fact that this Chu Emperor can more than double the land, he should be a wise emperor.
Although he is not very clear about the things in the temple, he also knows that the more wise the emperor's means, the more suspicious he is.
Imperial power is not something that can be maintained just by saying that the monarchy is divinely granted, the Son of Heaven is the son of heaven, and the son of the dragon can be maintained.
If you want to maintain the imperial power in your hands, you rely on strength, and someone supports you.
King Qin has 200,000 male soldiers in his hands, if his every move is not under the nose of Emperor Chu, it is estimated that he will not be able to sleep well!
And intelligence has always been valued by the emperor, like the more famous and well-known intelligence agency in history is Jinyiwei, but not only Jinyiwei, other dynasties also have it, but it is not so famous.
Therefore, he felt that Xiangcheng and Qin Wangfu should have a lot of secret agents of the Chu Emperor. Emperor Chu may have known about his existence and his relationship with Qin Qingyao.
So the eyes of these people and the voices of these people talking about her made him very unhappy, and he wanted to rush over and hide her.