Xinyue lowered her head and let the front be noisy, the food in front of her was just a formality, and it was really a talent to be able to eat with a mouth full of fragrance on this occasion.

She added a piece of bamboo shoots and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly, but the bamboo shoots were soaked in chicken soup, she ate it, and it was like a knife in her mouth, Yao'er took a clean handkerchief and handed it to Xinyue, "Spit it out, sister-in-law." ”

Crescent Moon smiled: "You still understand me." ”

As he spoke, he took the handkerchief and spit out the bamboo shoots in his mouth, but because of the rising taste, Xinyue was a little nauseous, and he retched uncontrollably.

Xinyue's voice is not big, it is not small, but it is enough to attract a small range of eyes, fortunately, Yao'er is clever, arched her waist, and pretends to vomit, she has just been pregnant, and vomiting is normal.

Looking up and seeing that everyone was looking at her, Yao'er smiled and took the initiative to stand up, "Since I disturbed Yaxing, where you adults and ladies are dining, then Yao'er will play a game of "hiding things" with you for you to laugh at." ”

"You have a body, be careful, I allow you to sit" His Majesty raised his eyes, glanced at Yao'er, and couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, please also ask the concubine to go to the back hall to prepare."

"Go" Your Majesty was displeased, and the princes and ministers naturally did not dare to breathe, but fortunately, there were some less quarrelsome amusements that could be eased.

Yao'er walked to the queen's side, whispered a few words to her, the queen nodded, and sent a few palace maids to her, and after a while, Xinyue saw the palace maid who Yao'er called away, holding a tray in her hand, wandering around a kind of female dependent, adult, whispered something and left.

When Yao'er was leaving, she instructed Xinyue, who also stood up and said to His Majesty, "Seeing Yao'er, I have to prepare for a while, and the little girl has also come to offer ugliness." ”

"Oh, I wonder what talent Crescent has prepared?" His Majesty drank the wine in the cup, glanced at the new moon, and smiled.

"It's nothing, I just heard that the queen has a phoenix-headed gonghou, but you can ask the mother to borrow the little girl."

"Use, come on, go get it" The queen didn't expect that Xinyue, who had always been wandering outside, would actually take the initiative to stand up, and then glanced at Chai Bijun, Xinyue felt her gaze change, and wanted to come to the queen to do such a game of chess, I am afraid that she wants to show the talent of the Cheshire Lord in front of people, and she must have been preparing for a long time, and other people can only be foils before and after her.

As he spoke, the two palace maids walked in with a big box in their hands, and two palace maids spread a mat on the platform in the middle of the palace banquet, and the new moon sat on the ground with her knees forward. Stretched out his hand and took the phoenix head from the hand of the palace maid on the left.

This Konghou, the pronunciation speaker is on the top, the copper wire like a hair is twisted into strands, for the strings, the head of the Konghou is a phoenix head, the whole body is lacquered wood, and the pattern of the phoenix is painted, although the queen does not know how to play the Konghou, but such a musical instrument, only the queen can have.

Xinyue put the wood of the piano on her lap, held the gong in her hands, and raised her snow-white neck: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the little girl will chant a song, and please don't dislike it." ”

"Okay, you have a heart." His Majesty sat up straight, barely bracing himself.

Xinyue stretched out her hand to tune the strings that were somewhat loose, and the first note flowed from her fingers, and Xinyue tried a few times, and then found a tune, cleared her throat, and began to recite the poem "The jade pot is leaking copper dragon in spring, and the dust of the book is not over." The bottle of wine is boiled and ant, and the window lamp is red and the flame is baked. The water sinks and the wind rises slightly, the frost cypress is in the middle of the full moon, and the bitter hatred is urging the long-awaited drive, and Pingming enters the Weiyang Palace. ”

After the song was finished, the new moon held the headstock and looked at His Majesty on the first seat. There is nothing special about her gonghou, after all, today is not her day to be in the limelight, but her tone is soft, like the smoke that moves with the breeze in the poem, from the water, and the smoke that rises from everywhere.

His Majesty nodded and said the origin of this poem, "This is, Yang Danian's poem?" ”

"Yes, Yang Wengong's "Night Banquet", although it is not written about the Chinese New Year's Eve Banquet, but in this situation, it is very appropriate, Your Majesty, what do you say?"

"There are both red fireworks, green ant wine, and the phoenix sound of this Kunshan jade, naturally, it is very appropriate, but your aunt taught you with her heart. You must know that your mother, although she is a pampered princess, but those ten fingers, let alone plucking the crisp sound of the piano, can't hold the sewing needle. Reward, good appreciation. Speaking of his own sister who is a fellow mother, His Majesty picked up the wine glass, and the palace maid also handed Xinyue a glass of wine, Xinyue smiled slightly, and drank a glass with His Majesty, "Uncle Xie." ”

"One more song?" His Majesty also heard that Xinyue's Gonghou did not pop up her strength, so he wanted her to do another song.

Xinyue shook her head: "The little girl won't be here to show more ugliness." But today, in the queen's palace, I met the Cheshire Lord, since I was a child, I heard my mother say that the county lord is proficient in poetry and songs, and later my aunt also said that I can have half of the wisdom of the Cheshire Lord, today coincides with the queen's mother to give the opportunity, why don't you let the little girl see it? ”

"Oh? Your aunt's eyes are above the top, but she also knows Jun'er? "This is something that the Queen could not have imagined.

"Don't talk about it, no matter if it's just a new moon, when the concubine was young, she was not less talked about by her mother, saying that the county lord could write at the age of five, and at the age of ten, he could sit on the embroidery frame and embroider a hundred birds." Shan'er also stepped forward, corroborating Crescent Moon's claims.

"Back to the queen's mother, the little girl is too, she has been taught by her mother since she was a child, and she wants to set an example for her cousin, so you can ask the county lord to come out, let's take a look." It was Lord Mu who spoke. She only entered Beijing this year and lived alone in her uncle's house.

Her mother is the sister of the queen and the prince of Chai, and her father is Muxiong, the king of Nanyi, who is also a noble daughter.

"Oh, this palace didn't know that your reputation was so famous in the boudoir. Since Xinyue, Shan'er, and Juan'er all say so, do you want to put on a show? As she spoke, the queen glanced at Chai Bijun, who was sitting beside Mu Juan.

Chai Bijun smiled incomprehensibly, then stood up, stood beside Xinyue, and raised his face in fear, "How can the little girl be deed, it's just that my mother and aunt taught me well." ”

Crescent Moon stood up and saluted the Lord of Cheshire, "Then this stage will be given to you, the Lord of the County." ”

"New Moon" His Majesty stopped the new moon who was stepping down, and the new moon was stopped by His Majesty, and his heart was shocked, so he quickly stood up and looked at His Majesty, "The little girl is here." ”

"Just now, you performed well in Gonghou and poems, and passed on the decree to reward Xu Xinyue as the county lord and Panchi as a fief for 300 miles."

"This..."The queen saw that she had finally set up a good stage for Chai Bijun, and her eyes were taken away by the new moon, and although Chai Bijun was also the county lord, but like their Chai Wangfu, there was no fief under his name, could this be...

The queen looked really frightened, and the crescent moon who was already kneeling on the ground realized that this should not be a bureau set up by this Nizi for her own interests.

"Your Majesty, you must not, the little girl has no talent and no virtue, brother, brother has made a mistake again, why accept Your Majesty's reward with shame, please think twice." Xinyue glanced at Chai Bijun's face, it was really like a blank piece of paper.

Chai Bijun stood a little dumbfounded, looking at Xinyue, in the past, Xinyue always respected her as the county lord, but now even she herself has become the county lord, and she is stronger than herself, an empty county lord, the fief of three hundred miles is not a big deal, and it is not for her to be the king, and she can't make any big tricks.

It's just that this Pan Chi has always had the reputation of the Great Holy Granary, and she owns all the land for three hundred miles, so I am afraid that the eldest princess Wen Qing, who is sitting at the front, can only have it.

"Your mother's fief is five hundred li, after your mother died, the queen felt that your brothers and sisters were too young to manage such a large territory, and now you should have your own place, and the queen mother of the province is not worried about you. Today, I saw that you were so sensible and generous, so I will first manage it with you for 300 miles. It's not to see the Cheshire Lord's performance, so you should step back first. His Majesty said so, Xinyue looked at everyone who had no one to say a word in a daze, and subconsciously glanced at Rong Ying, who was still the same, his eyes were foggy, and he didn't know how happy or sad.

Xinyue sat back in her original position, frowning and not knowing what to do, and glanced up at the queen, but the queen did not look away without any expression.

Just when Xinyue was worried, Yao'er's mother-in-law Li Shi took Xinyue's hand, "Child, remember, don't be shocked by the humiliation." ”

Xinyue frowned, "Auntie, how can I be!" ”

"You were too humble by the side of the Lord of Cheshire just now, Your Majesty, as your uncle, naturally does not want to let you be wronged, this is the reason why you were suddenly appointed as the county lord, and it is also the reason why you are angry, so my aunt told you, I am not shocked." Li is the mother of Cao's sister-in-law, and Xinyue was named the county lord, which is also a good thing for Cao's sister-in-law's Anxuanhou Mansion, but Li is also a little worried, and glanced at the queen, "This queen's face is going to be crooked." ”

"I..." The new moon was anxious and didn't know what to do.

Li patted Xinyue's hand, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Xinyue nodded, "Xinyue knows, and she is not shocked." ”

On the Cheshire Lord's side, the maid moved a cloth wrap, a somewhat heavy box, uncovered the cloth bag, carefully took out the contents of the wooden box, and put it on the ebony shelf on the side, so that everyone could see the original appearance clearly.

It turned out to be a stunning and rare Jiaowei qin, and the new moon looked closely, it was actually imitating the Jiaowei made by Cai Yong, and on this basis, the Jiaowuqin refined by Mr. Wuyue in this dynasty is only Cai Yong's Jiaowei genuine product can be compared.

Sure enough, she put a lot of effort into it.

Crescent Moon felt a tightness in her chest, and had no intention of listening to the piano, so she stood up and walked out.

Walking out of the hall, Feng'er held the new moon, only to see her frowning tightly, and now there is a fear tightly haunting her heart, that is, if Chai Bijun becomes another queen, then how should he, the person who stole her limelight, live in this gap.

Xinyue glanced at Feng'er and asked, "Do you want to..."

"Girl, what's wrong with you? It's not good to look like this. ”

Crescent Moon frowned, and her lips swelled, "Do I want to destroy..."

"What did you say, girl?" Feng'er waited for a moment, but she couldn't wait for the new moon to continue speaking.

Xinyue shook her head, "It's okay, let's go see how Yao'er is preparing?" ”

"Okay," she said, holding the crescent moon and walking towards the apse.

"Big... Greetings to the county lord of the crescent moon" Yao'er saw the crescent moon coming in from the north gate, put down the handkerchief in her hand, and said to the crescent moon

Seeing her laughing at herself, Xinyue lowered her gaze, "You are also a county lord." ”

"I can compare with your fiefdom lord there, sister-in-law. Come, sister-in-law, look, how am I preparing? ”

To put it bluntly, this "hidden" is to hide a strange thing in a box, and everyone guesses and guesses it, and the person who guesses it can get the color head in the box, which is very interesting.

The new moon opened a box, and there was a green jade bracelet inside, which was not very expensive, but it was very translucent, and it was also good to make a color head. And for the defense of men and women, the box is red and black, red can only be guessed by women, and the same is true for black, which can only be guessed by men.

"These are all the prizes you have collected in the temple?"

"What do you mean by getting it, it was given by the lords and ladies." Yao'er closed the box, covered the green jade bracelet that Xinyue liked very much, and then stretched out her hand to Xinyue, "Sister-in-law, where is your color head?" ”

"Me?" When the new moon saw that she had nothing on her body, she didn't have anything to take out.

"Yes, I'm going to give my sister-in-law's belongings as the last thing to everyone." As she spoke, Yao'er pointed to the green box in her hand.

"Don't make a fuss, I don't have any objects." As she spoke, Crescent Moon shook her hand.

"Girl, slaves and maids also love to play the game of hiding in private, why don't you learn from slaves and maids and put some different food in the box?"

"Eat?" This was something Yao'er didn't expect.

"Then you take out what we bought from outside the palace." After hearing this, Xinyue said to Feng'er.

"Ah, you're going to do that," she regretted her idea. This sticky rice candy is a rare thing that the new moon is reluctant to eat more.

"Take it out," she said, and Yao'er stole a piece from her hand.

Seeing that she was also a child, Xinyue didn't scold her, "Let's go when you're ready." ”

"Well, sister-in-law, you go first, I'll go." As she spoke, Yao'er put all the sticky rice candy in her mouth and said vaguely.

"Xinyue" Xinyue just walked into the hall, and was stopped by His Majesty, it turned out that Chai Bijun had already finished performing, just looking at everyone's faces, especially Chai Bijun was not in the hall, Xinyue guessed that she did not perform brilliantly.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Crescent Moon knelt in the temple.

"What are you doing?" Your Majesty is a little sluggish, and this will already be a little drunk.

"The little girl went to see how Yao'er was prepared. Now that she's ready, can Your Majesty let her come up? ”

"Well, come up," said His Majesty, putting down the wine glass in his hand, "Come on, sit down." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yao'er came out of the hall with the box in her hand, holding a black box in her hand.

Yao'er sat down in the middle of the hall, put the box on the seat in the center, took the drumstick herself, and also placed a red-skinned drum the size of a basin at hand.

"The concubine came to beat the drum, and the bamboo stick fell with the drum, and the name of the adult was written on it, and the adult had to guess the objects in the box, and the little girl would give a hint to each drum beat, and if the adult who drew the drum, and could not guess the things in the box, he would have to drink three glasses or compose a poem. What do you say, Your Majesty? ”

"Good" is such an interesting thing, His Majesty is naturally interested, holding his cheeks and waiting for Yao'er to beat the drum.

Xinyue naturally fell to an errand to shake the bamboo stick, the two of them made a look, the drum sounded, the new moon shook the bamboo stick in his hand, and after the drum beat, Yao'er said, "The box is prepared for living creatures"

After the second drum beat, Yao'er said again, "It's only for summer days."

The last drum beat fell, only to hear a click, the crescent moon shook out a bamboo stick, the crescent moon saw the name on it, and read, "Please answer with the lord mellow." ”

Lord Mellow stood up, he was a slightly chubby, smiling adult, in charge of agricultural affairs, "Please give Mrs. Yao one last hint." ”

"A squeak." Yao'er said the last hint.

When Lord Alcohol heard it, he laughed, "It's not a coincidence, this thing is given to Mrs. Caitou, it seems that there is no blessing in the next, and you can only get back your own grub cage when you get the precious things given by Your Majesty." ”

"Oh, it's so unlucky?" When His Majesty heard this, he sat up from the dragon chair and asked Yao'er, "Is there a cicada cage in the box?" ”

"Yes, it's really the Alcohol Lady's Grasshopper Cage." As she spoke, Yao'er opened the box, and there was a grub cage made of jade bamboo.

"Please take your color head, Grasshopper Cage."

"Mrs. Xie" said, and Lord Alcohol took his color head from the palace maid's hand.

"Go on, go on" His Majesty's emotions were mobilized, and Xinyue looked at the golden head sign that was the furthest away, and asked Yao'er to guess another black box.

A black box was also presented, which first drove the atmosphere, and those ladies who adhered to etiquette could participate.

Xinyue used both hands to confess the yellow head sign out of the bamboo tube.

"It's Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please guess." Crescent Moon said to His Majesty.

"What's the hint?" His Majesty asked Yao'er to repeat the prompt.

"The contents of the box are gold and stone, brothers and sisters live together, and the table is abundant when it is mature." Yao'er repeated.

His Majesty smiled and said, "I'm afraid that you didn't deliberately release water and me?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't be fooled by the hint you're looking for. If you guess wrong, Your Majesty, don't be upset. ”

"Oh, that's so," said Yao'er, and His Majesty became cautious, "Is it rice, or wheat?" ”

"Your Majesty, each has fifty against fifty, maybe it's not" Seeing that His Majesty had guessed wrong, the new moon reminded him again.

His Majesty didn't hear the meaning of the crescent moon, nodded and said, "Is it a peanut caused by gold and jade?" ”

"Knock knock" Yao'er beat the drum twice, and she didn't say yes or wrong, but the owner of this color head already knew, and Lord Cao, who was sitting on the side, said, "It seems that the minister's favorite thing is Your Majesty." ”

As she spoke, the crescent moon opened the box, and there were two peanuts made of gold and worn with tapestry, and between the peanut shells were peanut kernels made of topaz, and there were four or five peanut kernels in each. It's really an object that can be described as ingenious.

His Majesty stretched out his hand, took the pendant from the palace maid's hand, played with it in his hand, and asked, "Why do you, a Cao Si, a torturer, wear such a life-like thing?" ”

Lord Wang smiled a little embarrassedly, "Let Your Majesty see the smile, that's because the minister likes to eat peanuts since he was a child, and this waist pendant is a gift from his mother before the minister went to Beijing to catch the exam, so that the minister can carry his beloved things with him." ”

"Since it is a gift from a loving mother, I will not take away your heart's favor, come and reward Wang Cao Si's mother with 500 gold, 20 horses of silk, and then reward the king, 100 catties of peanuts."

"Hahaha" is such a reward, but it caused a lot of laughter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward" Lord Wang looked ashamed, but he was still in a good mood.

"The adults are guessing vigorously, and the ladies should be eager to try, if the ladies guess wrong, they will be fined a glass of wine, or they will embroider three handkerchiefs with their own hands and give them to the owner of the color head." Yao'er shifted the subject and tapped the drum surface, creating some tension.

Xinyue looked at the red box, and the ladies and ladies who were nervous and wanted to get involved, gesturing to Yao'er to make her drum beat shorter. Sure enough, after a moment, Xinyue picked up the bamboo stick, "Please answer the eldest princess of Wen Qing." ”

His Majesty has already participated, even if the eldest princess is above the top, it will not let them not get off the stage, and there is not a favorite Yao'er of her "Auntie, you come." ”

"The silver beard is long in pairs, the eyes are as small as rice, and the body is clean, and it falls into the red dust. Shrimp" The eldest princess of Wen Qing repeated the riddle, looking at Yao'er's flattering face, she couldn't help but answer, Xinyue opened the lid, and sure enough, one of them was a shrimp made of jade, with a small spring on the whisker, and if it was touched, it trembled slightly.

So there were a few more back and forth, and there were one or two ladies and an adult who didn't guess the lottery correctly.

A black box was brought up in the palace, and the ladies who were on the rise were a little disappointed, which made the adults who were eager to try it happy.

After the new moon shook out the signature, his heart sank, "Please answer His Royal Highness King Jin." ”

"Lying underwater, the mud and sand are rooted, unearthed as flowers and fruits without staining, but not lotus" Rong Ying repeated the color head, the new moon was the first time to see him so confused, for a moment, Rong Ying said, "But the water weed?" ”

"Brother King Jin has to be fined three glasses of wine before he can continue to guess." Yao'er knocked the drum twice.

Rong Ying did so, and after drinking three glasses of wine, he looked at His Majesty, who was still interested, and asked, "What does Father think it is?" ”

"Hey, this is the lottery you want to guess, I guessed it, and Yao'er and Xinyue won't give it to me." His Majesty shook his hand and refused to participate.

"But... Water caltrop? Rong Xu tried to answer.

"Big brother, don't help" After Yao'er scolded for a while, Xinyue opened the box with a smile, "It seems that this strange jade water chestnut is going to be given to Yu Xiaowangye." Saying that, the new moon asked the palace maid to offer it, Rong Ying's face sank, and he looked at the palace maid who walked by him with some displeasure.

"In this way, His Royal Highness the King of Jin still has three cups of self-punishment." Xinyue rarely saw Rong Ying deflated and smiled.

Rong Ying calmly picked up the cup and drank three more glasses, which caused His Majesty to laugh, "You, if you can't do anything else, it's not easy to play a game." It's really no fun, O New Moon, go on. ”

"Yes, the son is at fault." Although he was admitting his mistake, Rong Ying knew that His Majesty was not angry, and in his voice, he also heard a little regret, which was rare, and His Majesty would show him some father-son feelings.