Chapter 13: The Palace Banquet
Unconsciously, it was the end of the year, she came to this Qing harem for more than two months, thinking of the ups and downs of the past two months, Shu Wan felt a lot of emotion in her heart, from a small transparent to the "Yanguan harem" in other people's mouths, Ma Changzai, sometimes she felt that all this was like a dream.
On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, Shu Wan got up early, and all the concubines of the main throne had been called to the Cining Palace by the Empress Dowager to listen to the training, while the rest of the others were kneeling in their own palace to listen to the training, and after listening to the training and eating the yellow rice cake rewarded by the Empress Dowager, it was time to prepare to go to the palace banquet.
Zhiqiu and Zhixing were also busy dressing up Shu Wan, today is the day to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, Shu Wan deliberately wore a water-red cheongsam, and then put on a silver-gray delicately embroidered double crane cloak outside, turned around in the mirror, looking at the beauty in the mirror, Shu Wan was very satisfied with today's body.
When I arrived at the Qianqing Palace, I found that Wu Yashi had already taken a seat and was now laughing with several concubines next to him, seeing Shu Wan coming, the concubines who were talking and laughing inside all looked at Shu Wan in unison, and when they saw Shu Wan's appearance clearly, everyone was silent for a while and couldn't help but gasp a few times, if it was the vision that could kill, I am afraid that Shu Wan would have died thousands of times.
Shu Wan slowly walked to her seat with small steps in the eyes of everyone's jealousy, envy and hatred, very good, this is what she wants, after all, she is also favored now, naturally she should not be the same as before.
Shu Wan's seat was on the left, and Wu Yashi sat next to her at the third table, and when she saw Shu Wan coming, she stepped forward very affectionately and said: "It has long been rumored in the palace that my sister's appearance is unparalleled and she is favored by the Lord of Long Live Lord, and today I saw that it was really the case." ”
As soon as Wu Ya's words fell, Shu Wan suddenly felt that the eyes around her were even more unkind.
Wu Ya's tone is soft, and the tone of her speech is unhurried, very beautiful, and looking at her dress today, she is dressed in a water blue cheongsam, and she is even more pitiful, she does have the capital that Long Live Lord likes, but this beauty hides a knife in her honey, and her words are full of malice.
Saying that Shu Wan's appearance is so good that she is favored by the Lord of Long Live is that she is a servant of Israel, which not only belittles her but also pulls a wave of hatred for her, and appearance and holy favor are the two things that women in the palace care about the most, and now Wu Ya's words are to push Shu Wan in front of everyone as a huge target.
Shu Wan rolled her eyes in her heart, and her lips opened lightly, "How can it be compared to my sister's gentle understanding, after all, even the Long Live Lord has praised my sister's craftsmanship in serving people." ”
The group of people around them suddenly became a group of people who watched the show, they didn't like Shu Wan, but it didn't mean that they liked this Wu Ya clan, a little palace maid actually wanted to be on an equal footing with them?
Hmph, what a joke, now that these two are right, they also want to see who can beat whom.
Hearing the laughter around her, Wu Yashi clenched her fists, and she didn't feel her long nails digging into the flesh, what she hated most was that others were talking about her former status as a palace maid, and before she knew it, the handkerchief in her hand had been dyed with a little red plum.
"Sister Ma, how can you say that? Although Wu Ya promised to be a palace maid, you can't be so insulting. ”
Listening to the voice, Shu Wan knew that it was the Holy Mother Xiao Guo, didn't she say that the concubine had already punished Xiao Guo for the last time, why was it still the same this time and didn't have a long memory? However, Xiao Guo's words are also direct, I am afraid that it will make Wu Yashi even more embarrassed.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Guo's words fell, Wu Ya's face instantly became bad, if Shu Wan's words just now were a slap in the face of Wu Ya's face, then Xiao Guo's words simply tore off Wu Ya's face.
However, Wu Yashi was also steady, and although there were ridicules one after another around him, he still sat there eating and drinking, and he didn't seem to care at all.
After a few sour words, the concubines saw that Wu Ya's family didn't pick up and felt that it was not interesting, so they continued to talk about the latest jewelry and clothes with the others.
Seeing Wu Ya's reaction, Shu Wan smiled and then took out the pastries that had been prepared a long time ago from her small purse to eat, she knew that Wu Yashi was a thoughtful person, how could she lose her temper because of these three words.
Suddenly, when they heard the little eunuch's announcement that the emperor was coming, everyone hurriedly got up to greet them.
I saw a group of people coming mightily, the queen mother and the queen mother walked in the front, the emperor and the queen were one on the left and one on the right, followed by Tong Guifei, and then the seven concubines.
After Kangxi helped the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and Empress to the seat one by one, he asked everyone who had just saluted to get up, glanced around, and then bowed his head to Liang Jiugong, and Liang Jiugong shouted with a sharp voice:
"Open~Feast"
Only then did the rows of little eunuchs and palace maids serve the dishes in turn, put the wine on the table, and the singing and dancing also began, and the New Year's banquet can be regarded as the official beginning.
Most of the dishes are steamed and stewed, and in order to send the dishes to the New Year's banquet on time, the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room will make the dishes in advance, and when the time comes, they can be served on the table as soon as they are hot, and it looks good from the outside, but there is no taste at all inside when you eat it, Shu Wan feels that it is really tasteless after eating a few bites, so she no longer eats it.
After all the dishes were served, the Empress Dowager finally rewarded another potato stew, but the dish was cold for too long, and the fat in the meat turned white, and it was pasted along the bowl, and a few potato pieces were also stained with this kind of fat, and Shu Wan was disgusted to see.
Wu Yashi next to him had actually been secretly paying attention to the situation on Shu Wan's side, and thinking of the news he heard a few days ago, he had a bottom in his heart.
"Sister Ma is not feeling well?"
Shu Wan frowned, she didn't expect Wu Ya to dare to come to her, could it be that Wu Ya was a masochistic system, and it was uncomfortable if no one hurt her for a while? "I'm fine, thank you sister for your concern."
"Sister doesn't want to eat this potato stew? But this is the queen mother's reward, if my sister feels unwell, you can drink some plum wine to suppress it. ”
As he said the last sentence, Wu Yashi leaned over and said in a voice that only two people could hear.
After hearing this, Shu Wan suddenly felt that the alarm bell was loud, she deliberately didn't touch the wine just now because she was pregnant, could it be said that Wu Yashi saw the clue from such a point?
She looked at Wu Yashi again, and saw that Wu Yashi was holding a wine glass, nodding slightly at her and drinking the wine in the glass, Shu Wan saw this, and also raised the wine glass and drank it all.
"It's really refreshing and delicious, I think it's because the alcohol content is low, and my sister has been afraid of getting drunk and going out of the foreign appearance, thanks to my sister for reminding me."
Shu Wan seemed to be unsatisfied after drinking a cup, took two mouthfuls of potato stew, and then beckoned the little palace maid behind her to pour it again, Wu Yashi looked at it, smiled and smiled, and returned to his seat after a few polite words with Shu Wan.
Shu Wan couldn't help sneering when she saw this, when she was drinking just now, she secretly used her aura to let all the wine be discharged from her fingertips, after all, alcohol is not good for the little baby in her belly, she will not take this risk.
Unexpectedly, Wu Ya's family was so careful, and he found an abnormality from such a subtle place, and Shu Wan secretly raised her vigilance against Wu Ya's in her heart.
The banquet was lively, because it was a family banquet, the emperor also looked much more friendly than before, and the banquet was staggered, talking and laughing, accompanied by singing and dancing, a happy scene.
It's just that Shu Wan only felt bored watching from the side, in fact, everyone was polite and perfunctory to each other, as for singing and dancing or something, they were all common things in the palace, and blowing and playing only made people feel irritable.
"Zhiqiu, help me to change my clothes."
After eating such a big bowl of potato stew, Shu Wan's stomach was extremely uncomfortable, and she had been sitting for a while, so she decided to go out to take a breath.
As soon as she walked outside to breathe in the fresh air, Shu Wan suddenly felt that she was alive again, went to the dressing room to straighten her clothes and makeup, and was holding Zhiqiu's hand and slowly walking back.
Suddenly, she heard an unusual noise on the edge of the grass, Shu Wan took a closer look, and it turned out to be...