Chapter 144: Entering the Palace for a Banquet
A few days after Xiao Wenxuan and Su Muling visited the Mighty Houfu, Delang, the prince of Di State, led his envoys to the capital.
After the emperor accepted Delang's audience, he set up a banquet on the seventh day of July at Longfengtai.
At that time, Xiao Wenxuan knocked on Su Muling's door.
Xichun explained while letting him into the house: "Miss slept late last night, and she hasn't gotten up yet." ”
"It's okay, you go and prepare the meal, I'll call her."
Xiao Wenxuan entered the house and opened the Qinglan curtain.
On the carved rosewood shelf bed, Su Muling's black hair was spread out like a cloud, her eyes were closed, and her thick eyelashes trembled lightly under her eyes. Wearing only a moon-white silk bandeau on his upper body, Xiao Wenxuan couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly when he looked at it.
Xu slept until the hour, perhaps sensing someone peeping, Su Muling slowly opened his eyes and met Xiao Wenxuan at the head of the bed.
"When did you come?"
Su Muling was not fully awake, and his eyes were hazy. She stretched out her arms and stretched out. It doesn't matter what she does, it makes Xiao Wenxuan's blood gush.
Seeing that Xiao Wenxuan's expression was wrong, Su Muling hurriedly lowered his head and looked at himself, only then did he remember that he was only wearing a bra and profanity. With this outstretched arm, the corset was directly raised, revealing a white waist/body.
Su Muling hurriedly tried to find the quilt to cover, but found that the quilt had already been kicked to the soles of her feet. In a hurry, Su Muling pulled out a soft pillow from the bottom of his head and pressed it on his face, and he had no face to see anyone.
At this time, Su Muling felt that the bed board sank, and the soft pillow on her face was taken away, Xiao Wenxuan leaned over and kissed her slightly open little mouth.
Raising her head again, a pair of peach blossom eyes scanned her face for a moment, and a kiss gently dropped between her eyebrows, followed by a straight/upturned nose and earlobes...... Xiao Wenxuan's lips fell everywhere he went, and a hand reached down to her waist to untie the strap of her corset.
Su Muling instinctively reached out and held it, but in an instant she let go again. Since he wants to, she is willing to give, anyway, she will be his person sooner or later.
Xiao Wenxuan didn't continue, he buried his head in Su Muling's chest, and after a long time, he raised his head again, but let go of Su Muling and straightened up.
"It's me who is not good, I said I won't touch you before the wedding."
He stretched out his arm and pulled off his coat from the hanger and put it next to her pillow, put down the curtain and walked to the outer kang to lie down.
At this time, Xichun knocked on the door and came in, and fetched water for Su Muling to wash.
After cleaning up, Su Muling packed up and stood in front of Xiao Wenxuan.
Xiao Wenxuan didn't get up, and leaned on the kang and said to her: "The day of our marriage is set." ”
"Oh? When? ”
Su Muling calculated that her father should get the news, and now she is afraid that she will start preparing her dowry.
"February after the year."
Su Muling climbed onto the kang and snuggled beside him, Xiao Wenxuan curled a strand of her hair with some disappointment.
"There is still half a year before I get married, and I really want to marry you home tomorrow."
Su Muling closed his eyes and rubbed into his arms to comfort him: "I've been waiting for so many years, it's not half a year." ”
Xiao Wenxuan lowered his head, saw her eyes closed, and mischievously gently flicked her thick eyelashes with a finger.
Su Muling was tickled by him, closed his eyes and smiled and reached out to hit him, but unexpectedly, he slapped him in the face with a "snap".
Su Muling sat up from his arms in fright, and hurriedly reached out to rub his slightly red face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Su Muling was distressed and blamed herself.
Xiao Wenxuan grabbed her hand and put it to her mouth and bit it gently, and said with a smile: "It's okay." ”
"Why don't you know how to hide?" With Xiao Wenxuan's skills, he can completely dodge.
Su Muling broke out of his hand, went down to the ground, grabbed a few pieces of crushed ice from the basin where ice was placed in the corner of the house, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and returned to Xiao Wenxuan's side and applied them to his face.
"It's not that serious." Xiao Wenxuan turned his head sideways to hide, but was grabbed by Su Muling and pressed on the couch.
"Don't move, apply it so as not to swell."
Seeing Su Muling's serious look, Xiao Wenxuan chuckled.
"That is, you treat me like a baby."
"Huh? But I'm not alone. There are also Lu Qiaohui, Hua Xiangjun, and thousands of official ladies that I can't count. By the way, there is also the fifth lady of the mighty Houfu. Don't think she secretly sent you Qiubo, I don't know. ”
Su Muling suddenly felt that her man seemed to be a little too attractive, and she angrily pointed her finger at his forehead and warned him: "You can remember for me: I am a jealous woman, and I can't share you with other women." I'd rather divorce you than allow you to take a concubine." ”
Xiao Wenxuan took her little hand and kissed it on the side of her mouth, and swore with a serious face:
"In my life, you are enough!" He doesn't want or disdain the blessing of Qi people!
Xiao Wenxuan's oath made Su Muling very useful, and he was in a good mood. I ate half a bowl more for lunch.
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Today is Qixi Festival, and it is the day when the emperor set up a dinner to entertain the prince of Di Guo, and the emperor invited officials above the fifth grade to participate with their families.
When Shen Shi, Su Muling began to freshen up, Xiao Wenxuan took out the two clothes sent out from the palace, and the two of them changed into them.
Xiao Wenxuan has no official position and can wear civilian clothes. So the Ministry of Internal Affairs made them two new clothes for hospitality, formal but not complicated, casual and noble. Su Muling finished dressing up by herself, and helped Xiao Wenxuan tidy up her clothes.
Xiao Wenxuan's carriage was rewarded by the emperor and was made of precious nanmu. There are many metal accessories with gold and silver filigree inside and outside, and the car is surrounded by red brocade. Everywhere is full of royal style.
Su Muling was personally helped into the car by Xiao Wenxuan, and Wuying and Li Feng rode horses to accompany him. Xichun sat in the carriage of the Su family and followed behind with Su Muling's usual belongings.
Su Muling sat in the spacious and comfortable carriage, feeling a little apprehensive, she was entering the palace for the first time, and she had to face the emperor and concubines and many princes and ministers. To say not to be nervous is false.
Xiao Wenxuan saw that she was a little nervous, and took her hand and curled the corners of her lips: "It's just to watch a song and dance and have a meal." Also, there may be people who take the initiative to get to know you. Talk to them if you want, and don't talk to them if you don't like them. ”
"Ignorant? Wouldn't that offend people? Su Muling was a little worried.
Xiao Wenxuan smiled and scratched her upturned nose, and the doting was about to overflow into her eyes.
"What are you afraid of, with me here, who dares to say that yours is not?"
Su Muling also smiled, holding one arm in his arms, and was very glad that he had picked up the treasure from the seaside.
The carriage went straight to Xihuamen unimpeded. Xihua Gate has two side gates on the left and right, on the left side is the officials with their own men to pass, and on the right side is the passage of the female relatives of each family.
The ministers and their families got off at Xihuamen, divided into two columns, and entered the palace in turn after checking the invitations printed by the palace.
At this time, in front of the Xihua Gate, the ladies were all dressed in new clothes and wearing expensive jewelry, and the ladies and sons were also dressed up in fancy ways, all wanting to stand out from the many noble ladies and sons.
Xiao Wenxuan and his entourage were walking slowly and leisurely towards the door, when a gorgeously dressed carriage passed them quickly past them, blocking their way.
The driver was unprepared and hurriedly braked, and Su Muling in the car was unstable and almost fell out, but was stopped by Xiao Wenxuan and hugged by his waist.
"What's going on?" Xiao Wenxuan's tone was displeased.
"Back to the prince, there is a ......"
"Stop me."
Before the coachman finished speaking, he saw Shadowless Eyebrow immediately chasing after him and stopping the carriage in front of him.
"Who is sitting inside, so bold that they dare to run rampant at the gate of the palace." Shadowless drew his sword from his waist and pointed it at the other party.
The other party's coachman was bold, and he had no fear in the face of the shadowless sword, but retorted loudly: "The road is so wide, is it only allowed for you to walk and no one else is allowed to go?" ”
"Ignorant junior, my lord will tell you today that you can't go." Wuying stepped forward and grabbed the person, and just wanted to fall to the ground, someone in the car walked out.
"Stop."
Wuying was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, it was Shi Tianyi, the king of Yunnan County.
"Whose family are you that dare to fight in front of the palace."
Shi Tianyi actually recognized that Wuying was the person next to Xiao Wenxuan, and he deliberately scolded loudly so that the ministers and their families who were waiting in front of the door could hear it.
Sure enough, the ministers and family members who didn't pay attention to them were successfully attracted by him, and everyone looked at the two carriages and began to discuss: "Yo, isn't this the emperor's newly crowned king of Yunnan County?" ”
"Who's behind it? How can there be such a powerful minion? ”
"Look at this carriage like the regulation of the prince, is it the second prince?"
"No, I've seen the carriage of the second prince, it's more luxurious than this."
"That's the Third Prince?"
"Whoever it is, it's not right to fight in front of the palace."
……
Everyone pointed at them and discussed, Wuying felt as if he had caused trouble for the prince, and he didn't know what to do, only to hear Xiao Wenxuan lightly ordering him in the car:
"No shadow, let the king of Yunnan go first."
Today, the emperor has a banquet for the prince of Di Guo, and he can't make trouble at this time.
Xiao Wenxuan took the initiative to silence the drum to make the king of Yunnan very proud, and he was angry with him several times, and today he can be regarded as a little face in front of everyone. He pretended to thank him loudly: "Accept!" "Then get into the car.
The two cars stopped at the gate of Xihua, one in front of the other. The eunuch who inspected the post in front of the door asked them to get out of the car, and someone led them to walk to Longfeng Terrace.
Shi Tianyi gentlemanly pulled Lu Qiaohui out of the car. It immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Lu Qiaohui really put some thought into this banquet today. The head is combed with a falling horse bun, which is filled with various gold hairpin jewels, which looks gorgeous.
She also specially invited a famous embroiderer in the capital to sew a pink high-waisted floor-length skirt sewn with gold and silver threads, and a white gauze dress on the outside.
Lu Qiaohui's appearance really caused a sensation among everyone, the nobles in the capital are no strangers to Lu Qiaohui, and they all know that she married someone and returned to Songjiang with her husband's family, no one expected that she would return to the capital with the king of Yunnan County.
Lu Qiaohui turned a blind eye to everyone's strange eyes, and walked towards the palace with his head held high and followed the king of Yunnan County.
Although the king of Yunnan County is a king with a different surname, the king with a different surname is also a prince, so naturally he does not have to wait in line.
Lu Qiaohui walked on the corridor of the palace, full of arrogance.
But her arrogance didn't last long before she was completely extinguished by the voice behind her.
Su Muling and Xiao Wenxuan each took a soft sedan chair and passed them from behind.
Su Muling deliberately looked back at Lu Qiaohui and greeted her with a smile: "The Lu family's dress today will definitely be able to overwhelm the crowd!" ”