Chapter 27: Return to Jinling (17)
Feng'er and Fei'er followed from behind, Xinyue moved her wrist, feeling the emptiness on her wrist, and then looked at the net marks left on her wrist because of wearing a jade bracelet all year round, and rubbed it carefully, she remembered what her aunt said to her, "Xinyue, we are women, women who have no sword in their hands, who are powerless, only attached to men who have the ability and swords in their hands, your uncle is such a man, and your cousin will also be such a man." ”
So, that's what you say, let yourself... Xinyue's chest was tight, and when she was young, she would ask why she should rely on men, as a woman, she can't have a world of her own. Now, the new moon wanted to say to her aunt, "Auntie, you are wrong, there are indeed men with swords in this world, but auntie, your husband does not have it, and auntie, the husband you chose for me does not have it in his hand." They don't protect us. In this way, I have to face such a scene by myself in the end. ”
"Madame, what's wrong with you?" Feng'er followed by the palanquin, and she could hear the slightest movement of the new moon.
"Nothing, nothing." Xinyue reached out from her arms, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the tears from her face, fortunately she didn't wear makeup, otherwise she would have to show her timidity.
"Yes" Feng'er glanced at Shao Yi who was not far away, she clearly heard Xinyue sobbing in a low voice, but in front of outsiders, I am afraid that it is not good to ask again.
The sedan chair turned, and the crescent moon felt that the sedan chair was lifted high, and it was about to walk out of the backyard.
This Jin princess Jiang is the cousin of Xinyue, and the king of Jin, although the two of them have not met a few times since they were children, they are also the same as the prince's brother, and they are real cousins. The crown prince and the king of Jin are the same as the new moon. It's nothing to have a meal together.
Thinking so, Crescent Moon came out of the sedan chair that had stopped for a while, and the smile on her face was enough to serve as her mask.
Walking to the dining room, Xinyue saw at a glance, the King of Jin standing with his back to the door, it was a tall and thin man, his mother was the first beauty in Jinling, the son of such a woman, natural appearance was outstanding, sure enough, the King of Jin who turned around made Xinyue frown.
This is really a beautiful man, but it is a man who is deep enough at a glance and has a deep and handsome face. Sword eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, thin lips, and a towering nose. When Crescent was young, her grandmother told her that a man with thin lips was more sexual, and if he had a high nose, it would be a certainty.
In this way, the Jin King Rong Ying in front of him knew that he was a careless person just by looking at his face.
"To King Jin, the princess, please be safe." The crescent moon bowed and made a very formal half-salute.
"It's all a family, what kind of courtesy, come." Jiang was standing beside Rong Ying, and before Xinyue came in, the two of them were standing and talking about something, and they saw Xinyue smiling slightly.
This is a much more intimate performance than just now, which made Xinyue's eyebrows frown, and then laughed, "It is not strange to say that many people have a ceremony, the concubine will perform the ceremony first, and then the ceremony will be served, if there is any rudeness, please also ask your cousin and sister-in-law to bear more." With that, Xinyue took the box she had brought all the way from Fei'er's hand, and in the box was the golden hairpin she had brought from the Eastern Capital.
Jiang took it and smiled faintly, "Look at the workmanship, it's a good object for some years, thank you so much, madam." ”
Xinyue saw that she also had a gift for herself, and she also thanked her after receiving it.
"Sit down" When Xinyue was about to go to see Rong Ying, Rong Ying took a step back, turned around and sat down at the right seat.
"Come, sit" Jiang eagerly helped Xinyue and asked her to sit beside him.
"Is it too peaceful all the way here?" Rong Ying took the handkerchief from the maid's hand and asked while wiping her hands.
"Back to the prince, this road is very peaceful, and when you pass through Liangzhou, there is not even a mosquito on the water." After Xinyue finished speaking, he frowned, it is now winter, and there will be no mosquitoes.
"That's very good." Sure enough, Rong Ying hooked his lips and smiled faintly, he was a person with a very shallow expression, so he could be detected, he was already laughing very deeply.
"Xinyue..."Xinyue heard someone call her name, and then frowned in astonishment, looking at the cold hand of the Jiang clan on her wrist, she really felt weird.
Although he was strange in his heart, he still said with a smile, "Princess, please speak." ”
"I don't know your taste, I asked the grandmother next to you, and I know that you like to eat fresh fish and chicken soup, so I prepared it according to it." Jiang sat very close to Xinyue, Xinyue felt a little uncomfortable, and she couldn't retreat, so she could only endure the embarrassment, "Princess Xie is bothered." ”
"Let's take a seat" Rong Ying finally wiped her hands clean, Xinyue took advantage of the handkerchief to wipe her hands, avoiding Jiang's hands, and by the way, she warmed her hands with a warm handkerchief, Jiang's hands were really as cold as ice cubes.
Crescent Moon stood up and sat down in the seat opposite the Jiang clan, and the three of them sat separately
The dishes are almost ready in a blink of an eye, and there will naturally be no delicacies from the mountains and seas at a light banquet, but chicken, duck and fish are also indispensable, and the most conspicuous thing on the crescent moon banquet is a dish of fresh fish and chicken soup on the left. Xinyue looked at the chicken soup that was as colorful as tea, and couldn't help but look up and look at the same appearance.
The two people looked at each other, and the new moon immediately avoided it, but it was still captured by Rong Ying.
Rong Ying has always been curious about Xinyue, and from the first time she saw her today, she felt that she was in the palace as usual, and when she saw the little girl who only knew how to keep her head down and think about her own affairs, it was completely different.
"The pigeon of this cooking pigeon was hunted by the prince himself, and you must taste it for the new moon." Jiang said, the maid who was standing beside the new moon and served the meal, raised her hand and opened the right hand side of the new moon, a dish covered with a lid, and when the new moon saw it clearly, a whole pigeon, frowned, this poor pigeon, was taken as an arrow in the chest, the arrow was pulled out, forming a cross-shaped wound, facing the new moon, for a while the new moon did not know how to put down the chopsticks, and felt that lying on this white emerald plate pigeon, as if it was herself.
Rong Ying naturally didn't miss admiring Xinyue's embarrassed and powerless expression, which then caused him to chuckle.
Jiang held chopsticks in his hand, and saw Rong Ying's smile from the gap between his sleeves, which she had never seen in several years, and Rong Ying was rarely relaxed
Jiang once again urged, "Taste it"
Xinyue could only pick up chopsticks, add a piece of roasted yam under the pigeon, and put it in her mouth. The pigeon is sweet, and the yam is also full of pigeon juice, which tastes good.
Rong Ying said again: "Try pigeon meat." ”
"The concubine saw that this fish was doing well." Saying that, Xinyue picked up chopsticks, picked up a little fine meat on the fish's belly, and put it between her lips and teeth, but the fish was cold, and the cold fish flesh was surging, so that Xinyue almost vomited out, and then looked at the two couples sitting on the top, who didn't eat fish with a single chopstick, obviously this cold fish, they were fixing themselves.