Chapter 366: Come to the Banquet
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Liu Xiu led the army to conquer Runan, Liu Xuan was very comfortable in Xinye, and held a banquet to celebrate the victory of Kunyang, and invited the local scholars in Xinye.
As the Yin family of the largest scholar clan in Xinye, he was naturally also invited. Yin Zhi and Yin Xing all participated, Yin Lihua didn't want to go, but Liu Xuan's will specifically mentioned that the female dependents also needed to go to the banquet.
No matter what, Liu Xuan has become the Son of Heaven, and his will, Yin Lihua is not easy to disobey.
In the end, Yin Zhi, Yin Xing, and Yin Lihua, the three brothers and sisters, went to Liu Xuan's palace for a banquet together.
The so-called palace is actually a large mansion that has been expanded. The guests were divided into two parts, the men gathered in the front courtyard and the women in the back house.
Liu Xuan, as the Son of Heaven and the host of the banquet, naturally had to entertain guests in the front garden. As for the ladies of the back house, Liu Xuan's wife entertained them.
There were too many people attending the banquet, and the scale of the house was far inferior to the palace, and after the guests had arrived, the house in the vestibule, and even the courtyard outside, were full of people.
Liu Xuan, who was sitting in the center, looked down, and his face naturally showed a smug look.
These people here are either officials or scholars, if it was before, they probably wouldn't have looked at themselves more, but now, these people with extraordinary backgrounds and unattainable heights have become their own courtiers and subjects.
The wine and food of the banquet are very rich, the wine is a fine wine, the dishes are also good dishes, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas are readily available. Liu Xuan and the guests of the banquet pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and the atmosphere of the banquet was also happy.
Don't look at Liu Xuan's toast again and again, but he doesn't drink much, and every time he tastes it, he stops at a shallow taste. For Yin Zhi and Yin Xing sitting near him, Liu Xuan showed a rare amount of sincerity and toasted a glass of wine with the two of them.
After eating and drinking for a while, Liu Xuan asked people to bring singers and dancers to perform for fun. For a while, the atmosphere in the banquet was even higher. Don't look at Liu Xuan's current sitting here, in fact, his heart has already flown to the backyard.
When he first saw Yin Lihua, he was simply shocked, but unfortunately he was just a ragtag general in the Green Forest Army at that time, and Yin Lihua only had Liu Xiu in his eyes.
And now, he has become the son of the Han Dynasty, I don't know how Yin Lihua will behave when she sees him again.
Thinking of this, Liu Xuan's heart was full of expectations, and he seemed a little absent-minded in the banquet.
In the backyard, entertaining the ladies were Liu Xuan's two concubines, one was Mrs. Han and the other was Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao is Liu Xuan's original partner, and she can't talk about how beautiful she looks, but she is also a beautiful woman from a small family of jasper.
Mrs. Han is Liu Xuanxinna's favorite concubine, young and beautiful. However, being pretty is beautiful, but the worldly smell on the body is too strong, giving people a sense of vulgarity.
Yin Lihua has a very high status among the ladies of the Shi clan, and Liu Xuan has greeted her in advance, Mrs. Han and Mrs. Zhao have special courtesy to Yin Lihua and specially let her to the top.
After taking their seats, the two ladies secretly looked at Yin Lihua tacitly.
The two of them had heard that Yin Lihua was unparalleled in beauty, and she could be called the first beauty in the world, Mrs. Zhao was okay with this rumor, and she didn't take it too seriously, and she herself was not too beautiful a woman.
And Mrs. Han is different, she has always been full of confidence in her appearance, and when she learned that Yin Lihua was also coming to this banquet, she also deliberately dressed up carefully.
Wearing a bright red skirt on her body, a golden hairpin on her head, and heavy makeup on her face, when she is beautiful and gorgeous, compared with other female relatives, Mrs. Han can also be called gorgeous.
But when Yin Lihua came, she was immediately compared.
Yin Lihua didn't dress up too deliberately, the clothes on her body were very plain, the inside was a pale pink Liuxian skirt, the outside was a purple gauze dress, and she only wore light makeup on her face, and there were no gorgeous decorations.
But that's how she is, sitting there, she already makes people feel beautiful and beautiful.
Compared with her, Mrs. Han's deliberate dress, instead of adding points, has become more vulgar, and at the same time, it also reflects more and more Yin Lihua's otherworldliness, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world.
Mrs. Han still maintained a polite smile on her face, but she was secretly gritting her teeth in her heart, feeling that Yin Lihua was deliberately trying to embarrass herself by dressing up like this. Annoyed to angry, but she didn't forget her mission. She picked up the exquisite silver wine glass, raised it to Yin Lihua, and said with a smile: "I have always heard that Miss Yin's country is beautiful and fragrant, and she has the appearance of a city and a country
It sounds true, here, I salute Miss Yin for a cup! As she spoke, she drank the wine from her glass.
Yin Lihua also picked up the wine glass, smiled at Mrs. Han, and said, "Mrs. Han praised it falsely. As she spoke, she took a sip of wine, saying that it was a sip, but in fact her lips touched it, and she put the glass down.
She doesn't like to drink alcohol in the first place, and the amount of alcohol she drinks is not good, especially when she is with people she doesn't know well, and she is even more reluctant to drink more.
However, in the eyes of Mrs. Han, her performance immediately turned into Yin Lihua deliberately belittling herself.
As Liu Xuan's favorite concubine, the people around her, who is not respectful to her, even if Mrs. Zhao sees her, she has to give three points.
And Yin Lihua is just a young lady of the scholar clan, she dares not to put herself in her eyes, Mrs. Han, who is already small-bellied and jealous of Yin Lihua's beauty, how can she not be angry.
A flash of resentment flashed in her eyes, but she still maintained a happy expression on her face, and she slowly lowered the cup in her hand and waved it to the side.
A maid bowed down and walked over with small steps, holding the brocade box in both hands and respectfully handing it to Mrs. Han.
Mrs. Han glanced at it and waved her hand to Yin Lihua's side, and the maid immediately held the brocade box and came to Yin Lihua's approach. The latter looked at Mrs. Han in confusion and asked, "Mrs. Han, who are you?" ”
"You and my sister meet today, and my sister has nothing to give to my sister, this is just a small meeting gift, and please don't dislike my sister." Mrs. Han said with a smile.
Hearing this, many of the ladies present showed jealousy, Mrs. Han was the favorite concubine of the Son of Heaven, and she took the initiative to put down her body and match the Yin Lihua sisters, and even prepared a special meeting gift for her.
However, Yin Lihua listened to Mrs. Han's words, but she frowned secretly. She and Mrs. Han didn't know each other before, let alone close friends, as Mrs. Tianzi, how could she be called a sister to herself?
Yin Lihua owed Mrs. Han without losing her manners, and said with a straight face: "Mrs. Han is too polite, no merit, where can the folk girl dare to accept Mrs. Han's generous gifts, and please Mrs. Han Don't embarrass the folk girl, please take the gift back!" ”
Mrs. Han treats her as a sister, but she is a Mrs. Han and a people's daughter, making it clear that she wants to draw a line with Mrs. Han.
And Mrs. Han sent the gift to her, she didn't even look at it, and she wanted to return it, which was tantamount to refuting Mrs. Han's face in public. This is Yin Lihua's character, Miss Shi was born, and after the Yin family's famous family, her temperament is inevitably arrogant, she acts on the spot, left and right, her joy and anger are invisible, she never talks about people when she sees people, and she never talks about ghosts
Disdain to learn.
At this time, the false smile on Mrs. Han's face was almost a little untenable, and she looked at Yin Lihua's eyes as if she had been quenched with poison.
Fortunately, Mrs. Zhao on the side was quite sleek and easy-going, and when she saw that the atmosphere was about to be stiff, she hurriedly stood up to play a round.
She said with a smile: "Miss Yin is also out of sight, it's just a meeting gift, what merit is there, if you can't stand it, Miss Yin won't shirk it." ”
Yin Lihua was embarrassed, turned her head and glanced at the maid behind her, the maid Xueying stepped forward, took the brocade box in the maid's hand, and then stepped aside.
Although the ladies present were very curious and didn't know what gifts Mrs. Han and Mrs. Zhao had given, Yin Lihua had never opened the brocade box from beginning to end.
Having said that, Yin Lihua, who was born in the Yin family, has what kind of rare treasures she hasn't seen? She didn't pay attention to the gifts given by Mrs. Han and Mrs. Zhao.
But since she accepted the gift, she should be polite. She bowed to Mrs. Han and Mrs. Zhao and said, "Thank you two ladies for the people's daughter!" ”
Mrs. Zhao nodded with a smile, but Mrs. Han was so angry that she didn't say a word, and she was secretly ruthless in her heart, now she couldn't help Yin Lihua, but after His Majesty accepted her, she had the means to slowly cure her.
At the beginning of the banquet, the wine and food on the back side of the house were no worse than those in the front garden, and the maids brought up plates of wine and food like marquees, and after only a few bites, the dishes were removed and new dishes were served.
Seeing this, Yin Lihua sighed secretly, Liu Xuan had only been the emperor for a few days, so he was so extravagant and luxurious, but this kind of thing had nothing to do with her, and it was not something she could manage.
Looking at the constantly changing dishes on the table in front of her, she naturally thought of Liu Xiu, who was far away in Yingchuan.
I don't know how Uncle Wen eats and lives in Yingchuan? In the army, the conditions must be very difficult!
The battle of Kunyang has ended, the Han army has won a complete victory, Uncle Wen has made great contributions, and I think about it, Uncle Wen is about to return to Nanyang. Thinking of this, a touch of blush appeared on Yin Lihua's cheeks.
Yin Lihua is a young lady, but at the same time, she is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and she also has a hero complex in her mind.
And Liu Xiu is undoubtedly the hero image that is most in line with her mind, full of poetry and books, gentle and elegant, with both ability and political integrity, virtuous, honest and humble.
But he is not just a weak scholar, but also a commander who can lead the three armies, a general who can take the lead and charge into battle.
Wen can put pen to peace in the world, Wu can go to Ma to determine the world, such Liu Xiu, both civil and military, and her appearance is outstanding, what woman in the boudoir does not want her future husband to be a person like Liu Xiu?
Noticing that Yin Lihuayu's face was crimson, Mrs. Zhao asked curiously, "What's wrong with Miss Yin?" But drunk? ”
When Yin Lihua heard this, she reacted, her jade face turned even redder, her expression was a little embarrassed, and she said, "The folk girl is not good at drinking. ”
But her hand unconsciously picked up the glass and drank the wine from it, and then her face became redder.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but burst out laughing, and kindly reminded: "Since Miss Yin is not good at drinking, then, let's drink less!" "Mrs. Zhao has a very good impression of Yin Lihua, in Liu Xuan's backyard, she has seen too many hypocritical women who are false and wronged, and a straight girl like Yin Lihua is not here, and she can't survive.