Chapter 36: The Banquet Begins
The hour was approaching, and the palace, which was originally a little noisy, slowly quieted down, except for a few people who didn't care about Xia Lizhao, the rest of the people looked at the entrance of the palace.
"The emperor has arrived, and the queen has arrived. ”
With the voice of the eunuch, the whole palace resounded with a loud and kneeling voice, and the unified: "Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live my mother, long live thousands of years." ”
Although he has seen such a scene many times, every time he has left a lot of shock in Mu Yunlan's heart. It is no wonder that since ancient times, many people have tried their best to fight for this throne, even at the expense of their brothers, and even made the act of killing their father for this position.
Throughout the ages, I don't know how many people have died because of this location, and I don't know how many families have been torn apart because of this location. Wars broke out everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living...... However, history repeats itself again and again, but I don't see that one person standing up and speaking for the people.
Just like Xia Lizhao at such a moment, the smugness on his face that could not be hidden, as well as his greed for this position.
But Mu Yunlan can only think about these, and then sigh, she can't do anything. And I don't do anything. In addition to the fact that she now has the title of Princess Xuan, what else does she have that deserves the respect of others.
"All of you, although today is my birthday, I still hope that you can let go of eating and drinking. ”
Xia Lizhao is in a very good mood, whether it is because today is his birthday, or because of the birthday gifts he has received from various countries, in short, whether it is because of that, it is the reason why he is happy. Of course, the main thing is that he saw that Mu Lanzhi was also in the crowd.
However, seeing Mu Lanzhi, Xia Lizhao immediately thought of Mu Yunlan, so, naturally, he wanted to look at the place where Chu Qian and Mu Yunlan were. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, now that you see it, Xia Lizhao feels that her soul is going to be swept away by Mu Yunlan.
He thought that he would be able to see Yun Shu's first beauty, Mu Lanzhi, today, but now that he saw Mu Yunlan's appearance, Xia Lizhao suddenly felt that Mu Lanzhi was just an ordinary woman. But now although Xia Lizhao covets Mu Yunlan's beauty, he still knows the occasion.
And in this short period of time, Mu Hong, Mu Lanzhi, Wanyan Shaohong, and Wanyan Lijia all saw Xia Lizhao's coveting feelings for Mu Yunlan.
However, they had no expressions. Only Chu Qian and Ye Xuanchen frowned.
Although Mu Yunlan knew that Xia Lizhao was looking at her, including his fiery eyes, the only thing she had to do now was to get through this banquet as soon as possible.
Feng Wenxuan saw everything in her eyes and kept it in her heart, she only had one thought about Xia Lizhao's coveting of Mu Yunlan, that is, Xia Lizhao was looking for death. I can't say why she has this thought, but she only thinks that Xia Lizhao is looking for death.
However, she has this kind of thought, but she will not be stupid enough to say it, and the only thing she has to do at the moment is to wait and see.
In the entire palace, everyone has their own ghosts, but the target is Xia Lizhao. It's not much, but at this moment, he is still calm in Mu Yunlan's alluring posture, but he doesn't find anything.
As Xia Lizhao's words fell, the atmosphere at the banquet began to rise, and there were more and more people who gave gifts to Xia Lizhao.
Chu Qian, who handed over everything to Hua Feimo, put all his thoughts on Mu Yunlan's body, and while taking care of her to eat, he glared at him with his eyes: See, the effect you caused yourself.
Mu Yunlan, who understood the meaning in Chu Qian's eyes, stuck out his tongue mischievously, and returned: I didn't expect it to be like this.
In the end, he blinked innocently.
Chu Qian, who was cute by Mu Yunlan's little expression, covered her eyes, then took out a clean handkerchief in the surprised eyes of the people around her, and wiped Mu Yunlan's mouth in a natural way.
Hua Feimo, who had been watching the interaction between these two people behind him, pouted speechlessly, showing affection in front of him who was single, aren't you afraid that he will resist!
Suddenly, a eunuch ran in from outside, and after saying a few words in Xia Lizhao's ear, he looked at him and nodded, so he said loudly: "Xuan concubines and concubines are here." ”
Mu Yunlan suddenly became interested in this concubine, it seems that maybe all the women in Xia Lizhao's harem are here.
As the eunuch's voice fell, the palace door was suddenly opened, and a woman dressed in pink was the first to walk in, but as she entered, the people behind the woman also followed.
Looking at the women who rushed in, Mu Yunlan couldn't even care about the food in front of him from the initial interest to the next banter to the final shock.
As far as the eye can see, all the empty places in the palace are full of those concubines. And those women, Mu Yunlan roughly calculated, it is impossible without one or two hundred people. Turning his head to look at Chu Qian, Mu Yunlan asked with his eyes: These are Xia Lizhao's women?
In Chu Qian's nod, Mu Yunlan twisted her head back mechanically, because she now thought of a literary text she had seen before, called "A Fang Gong Fu", which contained such a paragraph: "The star is Yingying, the makeup mirror is also open, the green cloud is disturbed, and the comb is also Xiaofang, the Weiliu is greasy, and the fat is discarded; the smoke is oblique and foggy, and the pepper orchid is burned." The thunder is startled, and the palace car passes by; I listen to it from afar, but I don't know where it is. One muscle and one appearance, extremely beautiful, standing far-sighted, and looking at luck. ”
This can be used to describe these women in Xia Lizhao's harem now, look at these fat rings and thin swallows, either small jasper, or enchanting and charming, or dignified atmosphere, in short, they are all beauties, or all kinds of beauties.
Looking at their dresses today, what pear blossom makeup, plum blossom makeup, peach blossom makeup, etc., everything, and each one is different.
At this moment, the entire palace is filled with the smell of fat powder, but fortunately, because of Mu Yunlan's special identity, these women are far away, otherwise, she must be smoked to death.
This is also the first time Xia Lizhao has seen so many women standing here, after the surprise, what followed was surprise, he never knew that he would have so many women, and they were all beauties. Although they are not as good as Mu Lanzhi, Wanyan Lijia, and Mu Yunlan, these women are heartwarming wherever they are placed.
Uniformly, as if after many rehearsals, under the leadership of the woman at the front, these women moved in unison, and said in a unified voice: "The concubines wish the emperor blessings such as the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan." ”
"Okay, good, good!" Xia Lizhao was excited, and said three good words in a row, which shows how excited he is now.
However, Xia Lizhao is happy, but his current actions are completely a joke in the eyes of others, not only Mu Yunlan and Chu Qian, but also Ye Xuanchen and Wanyan Shaohong and Wanyan Lijia. And, of course, the ministers who sit below.
In the face of such a king, they can't say what it feels like now, but they think that as long as they can make them rich, it will be fine.
I've seen the jokes, I've eaten enough, I've drunk enough, Mu Yunlan has to prepare next, and I'm starting to watch the play.
With the appearance and departure of the previous concubines, the atmosphere of this banquet has become higher and higher, and the officials are no longer restrained, and they have also begun to drink back and forth.
Mu Lanzhi saw that the time was almost up, so she walked towards the open space of the palace.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers have prepared a dance, wishing the emperor a long life!"
I don't know when Mu Lanzhi has changed her clothes, and the light clothes have undoubtedly revealed her bumpy figure, forming a unique existence among many dancers. Because of Xia Lizhao's lust, those ministers were unwilling to put their daughters in the hands of such an emperor, so there was no young woman tonight except for Mu Yunlan, Wanyan Lijia, and Mu Lanzhi. Of course, except for those dancing girls and the women in the emperor's harem.
As the music sounded, Mu Lanzhi twisted her waist lightly and began to jump. Mu Yunlan may understand anything else, but only this qin, chess, calligraphy and painting is really confused. If she was asked to fight, she would, if she was asked to draw a mechanical diagram, she would, if she was asked to write some prescriptions, if she was asked to play backgammon, she would too. But these ancient qin, chess, calligraphy and paintings, she couldn't learn them.
So, for these, she doesn't like either.
Sitting in his seat bored, Mu Yunlan looked away. But after seeing Yan Lijia, she got up and walked towards Xia Lizhao above.
Focusing the internal force on his ears, Mu Yunlan clearly heard Wanyan Lijia's words: "Lijia wishes Emperor Yunshu and Yunshu Emperor every year to have today, and every year to have today." Lijia doesn't know much about the culture of the Central Plains, so if there is anything wrong, I hope the emperor will forgive me. This glass of wine should be honored by Lijia to the emperor. ”
Xia Lizhao saw a wild beauty that she had never seen before in Wanyan Lijia, and this beauty of Wanyan Lijia also made her really moved. There were too many beauties tonight, which made Xia Lizhao feel unreal.
Piaoyu took the wine glass from Wanyan Lijia's hand, Xia Lizhao smelled an extremely sweet smell, but he didn't care about this, because he thought that it was the smell of Wanyan Lijia. Therefore, Xia Lizhao also sniffed the surroundings of the cup deeply.
Looking at Xia Lizhao's actions, Wanyan Lijia hooked her plump red lips and smiled with satisfaction.
But what she didn't know was that her actions completely fell into Mu Yunlan's eyes.
And Mu Yunlan knew according to Xia Lizhao and Wanyan Lijia's reaction, I'm afraid that what Xia Lizhao smelled was the fragrance of lingering flowers, and tonight's wine had the addition of gyokuro grass, so I am afraid that Xia Lizhao has been poisoned now, but this poison is just a kind of flattering medicine.