Chapter 64: Chinese New Year's Eve Family Banquet
"That's it, then you have changed the quilt, it's almost the holiday, and you have to be more festive. ”
"Yes!"
Although he couldn't completely change the Queen Mother's arrangement, Su Yang still tried his best to help Murong decide, lest he come here when he came here and felt unhappy looking at these things.
After walking around the courtyard and finding nothing else wrong, Su Yang left the palace.
A few days later, Concubine Zhen's carriage and horse came to the capital, Murong Jue learned of this, and planned to go out of the palace to greet him in person, but because of the obstruction of the courtiers, he could only give up and let Su Yang go to meet him.
Because it was winter, it was cold and frozen, Su Yang was just a little thinner when he went out today, and he was shivering from the cold.
"Niangniang didn't listen to Aunt Mingyu this morning, she came out in this dress, and now she is frozen like this,"
"Doesn't this palace think it's not going to be cold today, hey. ”
Listening to Ruo'er's reproach, Su Yang also regretted it a little, but for the sake of face, he still didn't say it, and he still had a hard mouth.
As the two were talking, a pair of carriages and horses walked towards them, and for some reason, although it was a convoy to send the concubine back to the palace, it looked very shabby, and even the carriage seemed to be an old thing that had been used for many years, and there were only one or two coachmen and pawns next to it.
Su Yang was wondering, a pair of slender hands lifted the curtain, and a beautiful woman got out of the car, with a slender figure and a good face, which surprised her a little.
"Niangniang, is this really a concubine? Why are you so young......?"
Before Su Yang could ask, Ruo'er opened her mouth first, but it turned out that the person in front of her was indeed not Concubine Zhen, but her maid.
"Slow down, concubine. ”
Only then did Su Yang see the true face of the concubine.
The years have always been a knife to kill pigs, not sparing any beauty, even on the face of Concubine Zhen, there is no half of affection, her face is yellow and thin, and her forehead has left heavy traces of time, but her eyes are always smiling, flashing with stars.
Xu saw Su Yang, she stepped forward and held her hand, and said with a smile: "In the palace before, I heard that the emperor was married, but I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful woman." ”
"I've seen the concubine. ”
Su Yang withdrew his hand from her hand and owed to her.
Xianglan said, this time the mourning family can go back to the palace, all because of you, speaking of which, the mourning family still wants to thank you. ”
Concubine Zhen doesn't look as difficult to get along with as the Queen Mother said.
Su Yang looked at the kind woman in front of him and couldn't help but think.
But everyone in the harem is good at disguise, maybe this concubine is the same?
"Concubine, the concubine will take you in and have a look. ”
With that, Su Yang took her into the palace.
At this time, the renovation of the palace has been completely completed, and there are only a few palace maids and eunuchs cleaning the courtyard.
"Everything in Beijing is as polite as it was when I left. ”
Concubine Zhen said, suddenly turned her head to look at Su Yang, and asked, "However, the mourning family heard that the emperor has broken a lot of precedents for you?"
"No, no, the concubine is a country woman, who often annoys the emperor, and I have to ask the emperor to clean up the mess for me, which is really ashamed. ”
Concubine Zhen looked at Su Yang's delicate face, couldn't help but chuckle, patted her little hand, and said softly: "The emperor likes you, this is a good thing, child, listen to me, admit if you like, don't hide it, don't suppress your temperament like the one in the palace." ”
Hearing this, Su Yang finally understood, Concubine Zhen and the Queen Mother were destined to be incompatible, how cautious and cautious the Queen Mother was, and how could she ask a freewheeling woman to compete with her in the harem? You must know that there are many women in the harem who are like thread dolls, and the most lacking is a woman as free and easy as Concubine Zhen, which is why she can be favored by the first emperor.
"Concubine, from today on, you have lived here, and the food and clothing are all according to the specifications of the concubine, but although this place is far away from the palace, you still need to observe the etiquette. ”
"I know, okay, you go back, the mourning family is going to rest. ”
Xu is Su Yang's words made her tired of listening to it, and she ordered Su Yang to expel the guest.
Su Yang was not bored, owed, bowed, and then left the palace.
Soon after, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, and Murong decided to hold a banquet in the Songzhu Xuan in the palace on the outskirts of Beijing, inviting the old ministers of the dynasty and their families to participate, including Ye Teng's family.
The singing and dancing in Songzhu Xuan was leveled, a piece of paper drunk gold fans, everyone pushed the cup to change the lamp, and after a few cups of elixir and jade dew, they were a little drunk.
"Your Majesty, since all the girls are here today, why don't you ask them to come forward and perform?"
I don't know who suddenly put forward an opinion, which caused everyone to follow suit.
At this time, Su Yang's eyes fell on Ye Qinxin, and I don't know if it was because the last state banquet left a profound lesson for her, but today she was extremely quiet, sitting at the table without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers heard that the Ye family's sister is both beautiful and artistic, and today is a family banquet, so it is better to let my sister ......"
"Miss Jiang, don't talk nonsense, our family Qinxin has been unwell recently, even if she came to the banquet today, she came with a strong support, where can she still have the strength to perform." ”
Obviously, the lesson of that day made the Ye family's whole family unforgettable, and even the Liu family, who had always loved to let Ye Qinxin come out, obediently stopped the Miss Jiang family who was about to recommend Ye Qinxin for her.
Su Yang was a little interested when he saw this, and wanted to have a good time with them, so he smiled and said: "Why did Madame say this? This palace looks at Miss Qinxin's ruddy face today, but she doesn't look sick as you said! Today's banquet is really boring, let's let my sister put on a show!"
Ye Qinxin heard her words, glanced at her fiercely, gritted her teeth angrily, and secretly scolded her in her heart, on the surface, this little hoof was speaking for her, asking her to be in the limelight, but in fact it was humiliating her! Deliberately reminded this group of old ministers of the events of the state banquet!
"Niangniang, the courtier's body is unwell, and the reason why her face is ruddy today is only because she drank two cups of greed and put on a thick rouge to cover up her illness, and Niangniang still exempted the courtier's performance. ”
Although she hated Su Yang in her heart, because of her identity, Ye Qinxin could only get up and salute her respectfully, and then made a weak and powerless look, and said.
Su Yang naturally knew that she was pretending to be sick, but even so, her purpose was achieved.
"Sister's illness is not related to the state banquet that day, right? It is also said that my sister was wearing thin clothes on the stage that day, and it was inevitable that she would suffer from the cold. ”