Chapter Ninety-Six: There is a reason for missing the appointment to go to the banquet
The beauties climbed the stairs and stood at the top of the stairs.
The Tang Dynasty has an open atmosphere, and the defense of men and women is not very strict, because Zheng Liwan does not wear a veil, and her beautiful face directly meets everyone's eyes.
As Cheng Chumo said, everyone did not dare to blaspheme him, and hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Mrs. Zheng." ”
"Everyone, Liwan is polite!" The beautiful and pleasant voice sounded in everyone's ears. Then, under the guidance of the maid, he sat down near the main seat.
Coincidentally, it happened to be opposite Xie Yi!
Although Zheng Liwan is only a woman, she has a special identity, not only is she outstanding, but her identity can be regarded as "noble", so she naturally dare not slack off.
Although Xie Yi is not a child of the Chang'an family, he is the county magistrate of Huaiyang and the bachelor of Hongwen Pavilion, and his rank is already high; In addition, the eldest grandson Chong is particularly favored by him, and the seat is naturally at the top, second only to Du He and a few others.
And Zheng Liwan's position is probably only behind Princess Qinghe and a few other royal ladies, and she happens to be opposite Xie Yi and sit opposite each other.
The beauty was seated, and she saw Xie Yi at first sight, and saw the man who was a little strange and rude just now, and her eyes showed a little surprise and curiosity.
Xie Yi immediately bowed slightly, even if he greeted Zheng Niangzi, his heart was not filled with apology, but sympathy and pity. What a good woman, but she has to waste her youth because of Li Er's bullshit face, it's really ...... Alas!
An almost traceless sigh fell on Zheng Liwan's beautiful eyes opposite, and Rudai's eyebrows subconsciously frowned slightly, as if she was a little more surprised and curious......
When we met for the first time, we communicated twice, once with each other's eyes, once with nodding and frowning, silent, but exchanged a lot of information with each other, but it was difficult to say whether the understanding was correct or not......
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The sound of footsteps mixed with the sound of rings sounded on the stairs, Princess Changle and Changsun Chong went upstairs together, most of the guests had arrived, and it was almost noon, and the banquet was almost ready to start.
On the huge Ziyun Tower, there are almost more than 100 people, both men and women. Most of the married women go with their husbands, and most of the unmarried young ladies of the family come with their brothers.
Although the Tang Dynasty is open, Princess Changle still thoughtfully arranged a gauze tent on one side to avoid rudeness.
Eldest Sun Chong looked around, and after seeing that some seats were empty, his brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little!
Li Tai, the king of Wei, who attends the first snow banquet every year, did not come, which is a very unexpected situation!
Princess Changle saw her husband's suspicious expression, and leaned closer and whispered: "The fourth brother sent someone to say that Xin'er is sick, he has to be by his side, and he can't come to the banquet today." ”
Li Xin is sick?!
The corner of Changsun Chong's mouth flashed a wry smile, this reason is also far-fetched, not to mention the real illness and fake illness, even if it is really sick, it is at most just a cold. The prince of Wei was really seriously ill, and Taiji Palace, and even Chang'an City had already been alarmed.
The prince is sick, there are imperial doctors, palace maids, and princesses in the palace, can't they take care of it? Need him to be personally taken care of by His Royal Highness King Wei? What a fatherly feeling!
Li Tai didn't want to come!
Don't give yourself face to this brother-in-law? Or is it something else? Changsun Chong's mind moved quickly.
He has a special identity, and he is destined to think more about everything, and even have to be suspicious. He is the eldest son of the eldest grandson family, and he is also the brother-in-law of the crown prince and the king of Wei!
The eldest grandson's every move had a great impact on the court, especially on the palace. Some time ago, the emperor toured the east, and his father, the eldest grandson Wuji, stayed in Chang'an to assist the prince, did it cause the dissatisfaction of King Wei?
Although the performance is not very obvious, the King of Wei has the intention of competing with the East Palace, which is still faintly visible.
How can we explain today's move?
Or maybe Li Tai is not aiming at the eldest grandson's family, because ...... Xie Yi?
Li Tai is the most talented among the princes and nobles, and there are often excellent works at the first snow banquet in previous years, which is quite impressive. This year is different, with the world-famous Xie Yi here, I am afraid that it will be better than it.
King Wei was worried that he would lose face because of this, so he deliberately didn't come? If this is the case, King Wei's belly seems to be very inconsistent with his posture!
When the eldest grandson Chong was suspicious, he suddenly heard the attendant singing: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" ”
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The eldest grandson Chong, like the guests on the floor, couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.
This year's first snow banquet is really special, the king of Wei who should have come did not come, but the prince who never came came, but he came, which was really unexpected.
The prince is the prince, the monarch and the minister are different, and the etiquette cannot be abolished!
The eldest grandson Chong and Princess Changle hurriedly rushed to the staircase to greet them, and the guests present also got up to salute.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Excuse me!" The distance was a little farther away, and Xie Yi just saw a slightly fat young man waving his hand politely from a distance.
"Brother Huang, why didn't you send someone to inform you when you came, Changle should go downstairs and go out of the garden to greet you, it's really rude." Princess Changle hurriedly stepped forward to ask for guilt.
The crown prince Li Chengqian smiled indifferently: "The weather is cold, the ground is slippery, how can you bear to let the imperial sister go out in the snow?" Besides, you and I are brothers and sisters, a family, so why do you need all this red tape? ”
The eldest grandson Chong was pleasantly surprised: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, the Ziyun Tower is shining, and the minister is honored." ”
"Eldest Sun Chong, don't be poor, what are you and me polite?" Li Chengqian said with a smile: "You and I are cousins, Changle married in the past, and you are Gu's brother-in-law, you are doing a banquet in the east, how can Lone not come to cheer?" ”
"Brother Huang is so good to Liqin!" Princess Changle hurriedly pulled Li Chengqian to the main seat.
The eldest grandson Chong followed behind, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. The prince is here, the opposite of the reason why the king of Wei is not coming? Is it really to give Changle face? Or is it to himself, or to his father at home?
Or......
Eldest Sun Chong noticed that when Li Chengqian passed by, his eyes swept to Xie Yi's seat intentionally or unintentionally, was it because of him?
This is just a conjecture, but Changsun Chong was still secretly shocked in his heart, no wonder his father said that he should pay attention to Huaiyang County Bo, and it is best to make friends with him.
It seems that it really makes sense, can a young man who can be reused by the emperor, and both the prince and the king of Wei make exceptions for him?
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Xie Yi sat in place and quietly observed, this should be the second time he saw the crown prince Li Chengqian.
The last time was when I greeted the royal driver at Baqiao, but at that time, we were far apart, and there was no serious contact between them, let alone communication.
It was only at this time that Xie Yi had the opportunity to observe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!
is the same age as himself, and his appearance is not very handsome, and he is vaguely similar to Li Er; He is slightly chubby, but he is much better than Li Tai, and the risk of wind disease should be lower.
Perhaps because he has been a prince for many years, Li Chengqian does have a bit of dignity in his gestures, maybe this is the so-called prince's demeanor.
At this moment, I walked all the way, smiling, greeting the children of the powerful families in Chang'an, it seemed very cordial, elegant and easy, and it felt good!
It's just that......
Is this the real Li Chengqian, or is it the appearance of the prince? After all, his future is like that, how good can his nature be?
Looking at Li Chengqian, who was smiling and walking towards him, Xie Yi couldn't help but shake his head secretly, he still couldn't hide from what he should have come after all.
Helan Chushi recruited himself in Huaiyang, and extended an olive branch on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince, but unfortunately there were thorns on it, so he didn't take it.
But I don't know what Li Chengqian's reaction will be when he learns about it, and he will hate himself for not having eyesight because of this? Or do you want to extend an olive branch again?
Either way, it seems like a nuisance!
If you want to hide, you can't hide, in Chang'an, you can hide from the first day of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth, there will always be a day to meet!
In an instant, a trace of helplessness flashed on Xie Yi's face, although it was only a flash, but it happened to be captured by Zheng Liwan's deep beautiful eyes on the other side.