Chapter Seventy-One: The Chrysanthemum Banquet Dispute
The chrysanthemum banquet is set up in Princess Xinyi's private garden in Kyoto, Zhuxiang Water Pavilion, and Princess Xinyi has a very good relationship, so this place Ji Ruhuan is not less, the inside is elegant and beautiful, and the scenery is pleasant.
Ji Ruhuan and the others arrived a little late, almost all of them had arrived, and even Princess Xinyi had already arrived.
As soon as the group arrived at the door, they were warmly welcomed in by the subordinates at the door, "The county lord of Fengyang is fine, the county lord is invited inside." ”
Along the way, the attendant who led the way also spoke, "The county lord, you can be regarded as coming, Your Highness has said several times, saying that if you don't come again, you should go to the Zhenguo Mansion to urge." ”
As for Ji Feiyan beside Ji Ruhuan, she was completely ignored by the waiter.
The characteristic of the Zhuxiang Water Pavilion is that in the specially planted bamboo forest, a spacious and elegant water pavilion was built, and at this time, there are precious chrysanthemums everywhere in the water pavilion.
The famous ladies of Kyoto who were invited by the princess all gathered in one place to admire the chrysanthemum, and from time to time they recited two or three poems with the theme of chrysanthemum.
Most of these noble ladies are well-educated ladies, and there are a lot of people, but they don't feel noisy at all.
And Princess Xinyi, who had already arrived, was sitting in a pavilion by the water pavilion at this time, listlessly holding food and teasing all kinds of koi in the water.
The waiter took Ji Ruhuan directly to Princess Xinyi's side, and when she saw Ji Ruhuan, the listless Princess Xinyi instantly came to her senses, and happily greeted her, and without waiting for Ji Ruhuan to salute, she pulled Ji Ruhuan over to the pavilion and sat down.
As for Ji Feiyan, she was still thrown aside, completely ignored, Ji Feiyan bit her silver teeth, but she didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the princess.
The two of them muttered together and whispered for a while before Princess Xinyi spoke, "Everyone has almost arrived, let's go over and have a look." ”
Ji Ruhuan stood up, as if she had just seen Ji Feiyan, and hurriedly blamed herself and said, "Look at this memory, I forgot that my sister is still here, princess, this is my sister, you also saw it in the palace last time." ”
Princess Xinyi looked at Ji Feiyan, frowned and said, "Your sister, why don't I remember?"
Ji Ruhuan responded, "It's the last time I boiled Meixue to make tea, and I accidentally fell down while picking snow......"
Princess Xinyi suddenly realized, "Oh, I remembered, I fell into the mud and gurgled, but why don't I think it's a little like that? And some, well, the longer they go, the uglier they get." ”
Princess Xinyi deliberately glanced at Ji Ruhuan, then looked at Ji Feiyan, who was trying to lower her head, and said, "She is really your sister?"
Ji Ruhuan responded with a smile, "This can still be fake, princess, don't make fun of my sister, let's go over." ”
After speaking, Ji Ruhuan personally stepped forward to hold Ji Feiyan's hand, looking like a sister.
Ji Feiyan was angry and her fingers were pinched into the palm of her hand, and she said that this Ji Ruhuan called her, and she definitely didn't have a good heart, but she deliberately brought herself to make a fool of herself, so that the princess could count her own.
When Ji Ruhuan went to pull her, she couldn't do it anymore, so she shook Ji Ruhuan's hand away.
I didn't want Ji Ruhuan to reach out and hold her again, but she couldn't shake it off.
Ji Ruhuan still had a smile on her face, but her voice was very cold and whispered a warning, "This is not the Zhenguo Mansion, my sister should not be willful." ”
Ji Feiyan also whispered, "Ji Ruhuan, don't go too far. ”
Ji Ruhuan chuckled lightly and responded, "Where did my sister start with this, and what did I exceed?"
Ji Feiyan secretly glanced at Princess Xinyi, who was walking a step ahead, and finally gritted her teeth and endured it.
Ji Ruhuan held Ji Feiyan like this, with a decent smile on her face, followed Princess Xinyi, and passed among the nobles in the water pavilion.
The nobles invited by Princess Xinyi today can be regarded as real nobles in Kyoto, most of them are from prominent families, all of them are dignified and generous, and they all bend down to salute when they see Princess Xinyi and Ji Ruhuan coming.
I only saw Ji Feiyan, who was holding Ji Ruhuan's arm, frowned slightly, curious who this was, she was actually held by the county lord of Fengyang, but her makeup was really difficult to see.
But after most of the glances, I didn't see the bento, and I didn't ask more, just this kind of taste, even if it was a nobleman, no one wanted to make more friends.
Although most people don't see it, there are always a small number of people who are curious to ask, such as the county lord of Changping, who is also the county lord of Prince Yong's family, who came in from the outside, and said with a smile, "Hello princess, I'm late, everyone has arrived, Ruhuan, I finally saw you, but why are you pulling a subordinate? ”
Ji Feiyan, who was held by Ji Ruhuan's arm, couldn't wait to shake off Ji Ruhuan's hand and quickly escaped, since she was a child, how could she have suffered such humiliation, but thinking of her mother's warning, she still gritted her teeth and endured it.
Ji Feiyan is sure in her heart that this Changping county lord is deliberate, who in Kyoto doesn't know, this princess Xinyi, Changping county lord and Ji Ruhuan have the best relationship, but this Changping county lord followed his father Prince Yong to the fief two years ago, and he didn't want to follow his brother to Kyoto recently, I heard that it was for her family affairs.
Since she wants to be a good sister, of course Ji Ruhuan wants to speak for her sister, so she hurriedly said, "Sister Qian has finally returned to Beijing, but she wants to die like Huan, but don't talk nonsense, this is not a subordinate, this is my sister, I usually don't come out much, don't scare her." ”
The county lord of Changping was surprised, "Sister? Ruhuan, who doesn't know that this Ji family is only a young lady of you, when did you come up with a younger sister?"
Ruhuan replied with an embarrassed smile, "Sister." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone said, "The county lord of Fengyang is really atmospheric, and Her Royal Highness the princess actually brought her sister to the banquet." ”
I heard a woman standing behind her whispering, "What is there that our Fengyang County Lord doesn't dare to do, this has to be counted carefully, she can't count it with a pair of hands, this thing that doesn't know etiquette can be counted?"
The person who spoke was the only daughter of the eldest princess of Changping, the county lord of Huining, the eldest princess of Changping is the sister of His Majesty's compatriots, and her only daughter, the county lord of Huining, is of course also a royal noblewoman with a noble status.
But this county lord of Huining has never dealt with Ji Ruhuan, the county lord of Huining is the emperor's niece, but he does not have Ji Ruhuan's face in front of the emperor, he already looks at Ji Ruhuan unpleasantly, and he doesn't want to be the county lord now, which is higher than her own county lord, how can she not hate?
It's just that the noble ladies who used to go to a party like Ji Ruhuan would go, the county lord of Huining didn't bother to go, and he didn't know what was going on today, so he came?
Before Ji Ruhuan could figure it out, Princess Xinyi leaned over with an apologetic face and whispered in Ji Ruhuan's ear, "I don't know what's going on, she wants to come over today, and I can't stop her." ”
Ji Ruhuan was still holding Ji Feiyan at this time, and what Princess Xinyi said to Ji Ruhuan was, of course, heard it clearly.
Ji Feiyan, who originally lowered her head, raised her head, looked at the county lord of Huining with flickering eyes, and thought in her heart, how can she talk to the county lord of Huining?
This Ji Ruhuan has already humiliated her, and she doesn't know why she keeps holding herself.
Ji Ruhuan looked at the county lord of Huining, if before, this county lord of Huining could still use her county lord rank to suppress her, but now that she is the county lord of Fengyang, she will no longer be bullied by her, so she responded with a smile, "The county lord of Huining talked about the number of rites, but the lord of this county doesn't know, talking to the lord of this county like this is the so-called number of rites of the county lord of Huining?"