Chapter 39: The Feast of Meeting
On the second day, the palace was particularly lively, Queen Wang made some refreshments and fruits that women love to eat early in the morning, although Wang Ziying was set to be his wife early in the morning, but if there are good ones in the younger generations, you can also choose a few for the second prince to be a side concubine.
"Niangniang, the second prince is here." A little maidservant came to report this, and while she was saying this, the man had already walked in.
"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye."
"Xiao'er, come and see how this banquet is arranged." Queen Wang naturally smiled when she saw her son, and happily pulled her to her side, but Gu Jiuxiao was not so happy, "You all go down." He said to the handmaidens around him.
When there were only two of them, mother and son, the queen asked, "What happened?" Today, his abnormal reaction naturally caught her attention.
The two talked alone for a while before coming out of the Fengming Palace, at this time the ladies had already entered the palace, this time the banquet was far away in the best place on the south side of the Imperial Garden, the reason why the queen did not choose to be in the Fengming Palace was that she didn't want them to be too restrained.
"Queen Mother, the second prince has arrived!"
As soon as many young ladies heard the palace maid's report, they all stopped their movements and made a greeting salute.
"Get up, although today is a banquet for the two princes, it is also a chance for you juniors to get along, you don't have to be too restrained, just be casual." Queen Wang's voice has the momentum of staying in the middle palace for a long time, and she is also loud when she speaks, she tries her best to pretend that nothing happens, but in fact, she knows in her heart that she can't choose anything for this banquet.
After everyone thanked them, they sat down one by one, and Lian Yi ordered people to serve the pastries carefully prepared by the queen and queen, and a plate of exquisite pastries was placed in front of each young lady, and the aroma was wafting in the air, full of sweet and greasy feeling.
Wang Ziying knows that she is different from others, but she is not restrained at all, and always maintains a generous and decent appearance, she wants to become the envy of everyone today, thinking so, she picked up the tangram dim sum in front of her and walked towards the second prince, "Cousin, this tangram dim sum is specially made by me, just to let you and your aunt taste it fresh." ”
She found someone to carefully learn this dim sum a month ago, the purpose was to have the opportunity to make it for Gu Jiuxiao to eat, and she just arrived at the Xiangkan banquet, in order to maintain the taste, it was made early and packed in a box.
Gu Jiuxiao raised his hand and took a bite, his mouth was full of sweet feelings, as if he knew that he didn't like to eat things that were too sweet and greasy, Wang Ziying controlled it very well when he did it, sweet but not greasy, it can be seen that he has put a lot of effort into it.
"Very well done." He gave a pertinent evaluation, but it sounded great recognition to Wang Ziying.
She happily returned to her position, and the others all showed jealous looks when they saw this, all of them envied her background, they came this time, they were all burdened with the glory of the family, and as the second prince, even being a side concubine was a great honor.
"This is the best place for the scenery of the Imperial Garden, and you can walk around when you feel bored, and it is guaranteed to be a scenery that you can't see outside." In order not to let other people's hearts fall too far, Queen Wang changed the topic in a few words.
"The Lord Regent has arrived!" Suddenly, a shrill voice attracted everyone's attention, and when they looked sideways, they only saw a masked woman pushing a person slowly coming, and when they got closer, they could see the person who was sitting, a black demon mask, terrifying as a devil, and a few timid people were already trembling with fright.
Why did he come, the queen was puzzled, this is the prince's banquet, what kind of excitement is this killing god coming to join in.
"I heard that the second prince is going to choose a concubine, so I, as an imperial uncle, came to take a look." Gu Yichen said casually, and he couldn't hear what mood he was in his voice.
When Wang Ziying saw Bai Xiyue, her face changed, the nails in her hands were deeply embedded in the flesh, and the humiliation of the previous days came to her heart at this moment.
Bai Xiyue seemed to feel her gaze, turned her head to meet her eyes, and moved away lightly, just when Wang Ziying was about to explode, Wang Zixuan slowly approached and grabbed her hand, "Sister, don't forget what your mother said before you came." ”
She worked hard to get this quota to participate in the meeting, and she couldn't let Wang Ziying mess it up on impulse, her name was written in Mrs. Wang's name at home, so she was also a concubine, and it was not too abrupt to come here.
After her reminder, Wang Ziying calmed down, but kept staring at Bai Xiyue.
"It's really my honor that Uncle Huang can come, my nephew still thinks that Uncle Huang is only interested in leading troops to fight, and you don't care about these children's affections, but now it seems that Uncle Huang still cares a lot, and he cares about what concubine my nephew chooses."
Gu Jiuxiao's words were unceremoniously, and there was nothing wrong with listening to it on the surface, but if she felt it carefully, she could find that she was completely mocking Gu Yichen, and every word was poking at her sore spots.
Bai Xiyue was worried about his head when she heard this, so she said that the regent, if he didn't return it, her white characters would be written backwards.
"My nephew was cute when he was bare-bottomed." Gu Yichen didn't get angry, but praised him.
As soon as these words came out, Gu Jiuxiao's face could be said to be wonderful, and the other ladies all lowered their heads and pretended to be airy, for fear that the second prince would see that they were laughing and would be punished.
"This wind is blowing, the palace is going back, you young people will have fun by yourself, although you will not be too restrained here, but don't forget to be measured." When she said this, she glanced at Gu Yichen meaninglessly, which can be said to be a naked hint.
"Congratulations to the Queen."
When Queen Wang passed by Bai Xiyue, she paused for a moment, "Prime Minister Bai Cheng is really blessed to give birth to a daughter like you, which makes this palace envious." As he spoke, he patted her on the shoulder, and after everyone saw the queen walk away, the atmosphere began to be awkward.
Gu Yichen glanced at Bai Xiyue, she pushed him around among the young ladies, those people saw the regent coming, they all involuntarily dodged back, and their faces also showed panicked expressions, except for Wang Zixuan, she looked as usual, looking at Gu Yichen's eyes, very calm, because this Bai Xiyue looked at him twice, this person's eyes seemed to have experienced a lot of turmoil.
"You say, which of them is more suitable to be the princess." Gu Yichen was asking Bai Xiyue behind him, but he didn't wait for her to answer, so he said to himself: "This king thinks that no one can be worthy of the second prince." ”
As soon as the words fell, Gu Jiuxiao immediately looked at him, what did he mean by this, could it be that the regent knew early on that he would not elect the imperial concubine this time, or did he just say it casually, he looked at Bai Xiyue again, wanting to find the answer from her eyes, but unfortunately she didn't pay attention to this.
"Uncle Huang, take a step to speak."
Gu Jiuxiao came up and wanted to push him, but was blocked, and Gu Yichen pushed the wheelchair himself like another gravel road.
After the two left, Wang Ziying couldn't help it, and immediately rushed over, "Bai Xiyue, what are you doing here." "It's completely gone, and the gentle and petty look just now.
"Miss Wang, this is the palace, you don't pay attention to your image like this, if someone gossips and it reaches the ears of the emperor, do you think he will let such a virtuous woman be the second princess?"
"You," Wang Ziying's scolding words came to her mouth and swallowed back, the glory of the family was given by the emperor, so naturally he couldn't be disliked.
"I heard that the regent has been in love with Miss Bai for a long time, and in order to maintain your reputation, he did not hesitate to destroy his reputation, thinking that Miss Bai's appearance must be amazing." Wang Zixuan's words were exhaustive, and her tone was also euphemistic and peaceful, from a distance, it was like an ordinary friend chatting.
Zuo Yu'er had been unable to interject before, but now that someone has opened her mouth, she has also come over to fall into the ground: "Although Miss Bai has been favored by the regent, she herself has a better impression of the second prince, we ordinary people, but we are not so blessed as her." ”
"Thank you for the compliment, but the Lord Regent is not something you can talk about, be careful that you die when you sleep in the middle of the night." Her gaze suddenly became fierce, and her voice was not loud or small, just now the three of them could hear it, Wang Zixuan's face was as usual, and she didn't take these threatening words to heart.
According to the memory of his previous life, the regent became a waste because his legs were abolished, until the second prince ascended the throne, he just hid in the regent's mansion and did nothing, as for Wang Zixuan later, it is unknown, at that time she was already tortured and committed suicide.
Although there was a change in Bai Xiyue in this life, the main event still happened, the meeting banquet in the previous life, the regent also came, but he came by himself.
"You dare to threaten me, don't forget your identity, although I can't touch the regent, but you are not a noble person." Wang Ziying was extremely dissatisfied with her threat, and immediately used her identity to suppress her, just thinking about maintaining a gentle image.
"Okay, sister, the scenery of this imperial garden is so good, why should we give up so many beautiful scenery for the sake of an unbeautiful flower." Wang Zixuan didn't want them to waste time here, so she proposed to go to the other side to enjoy the flowers.
After they all left, Bai Xiyue didn't follow, she didn't know where Gu Yichen went, and remembered to go to see Xiao Tuanzi, so she inquired all the way to that side, who knew that it was not easy to arrive, and was told by the palace maid that Jing Guiren and Hao'er were not here today, and she was worried that if she gave the sugar gourd to others, it would not be transferred to Xiao Tuanzi, so she had to give up.
On the way back, he met a doctor in the palace, he saw the hairpin on Bai Xiyue's head, and suddenly stopped, "This young lady, please stay." ”
Bai Xiyue looked around and didn't find anyone, "Are you calling me?" ”
"Exactly, the girl wants to come to the palace, I don't know what is going on here, my surname is Mo, I am the doctor in this palace, maybe I can help you." Mo Xuanyi talked to her very familiarly.
"I'm here to find a little ball, but it's a pity he's not here." Bai Xiyue didn't say it very clearly, the people in the palace are very good at disguise, and they have to be extra careful when they speak and do things.
"You're talking about Hao'er!" He guessed at once who she was talking about.