Chapter XXVII. Almonds as poems
Concubine Su covered her mouth and chuckled, "How is this possible?" Don't be modest. Your Majesty promoted you from kitchen service to accompanying student, it must be because of your excellence, Your Majesty can discern pearls. ”
The little cook, I don't know what kind of fox tricks I used to get into Sheng Jingyu's eyes.
Concubine Su's careful thinking naturally couldn't escape Sheng Jingyu's eyes, but he didn't laugh angrily.
"I have a natural eye for pearls, almonds, you can make a song at will, whatever you want, whatever you want, whether it is good or bad, I will reward you."
After getting the promise, Almond relaxed, but Concubine Su turned cold.
Almond looked at the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the full house of powerful ministers, the concubines who competed for beauty, and the extravagant banquet, but what he thought of was his simple and unpretentious home.
The moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows.
Today, when she was reunited with her family and parted, she sighed with emotion and couldn't help but sigh:
"The bright moon leans on the branches,
Raise a glass to celebrate reunion;
Smell the fragrance and know the old people,
My heart is like an arrow. ”
This poem is just in response to this situation, under the bright moon, everyone raised their glasses to the gentleman, smelled the fragrance of osmanthus flowers in the garden, but what they thought of was the relatives waiting at home.
This poem expresses the wanderer's eagerness to return home, and it also makes Sheng Jingyu look at her twice.
Didn't you just come back from home, disgusted that he didn't give him enough time?
As for her ability to compose poems of this level, he expected that she could read so many books every day.
"Although the poem is simpler, the emotions expressed in it are empathetic. Although he is a beginner, he is also a gifted person, and he deserves the position of the emperor's accompaniment. A civil servant nodded.
"Accompanying reading focuses on accompanying words, and it does not need to be very knowledgeable. In terms of knowledge, no one in the court can match Your Majesty. Another person seconded.
Sheng Jingyu nodded with satisfaction, but Concubine Su's face was not very good-looking.
"You're right, and this palace also thinks it's reasonable."
She saluted Sheng Jingyu, lowered her head slightly, glanced at almonds coldly, and then retreated.
This episode passed by, but Almond always felt the scrutiny in the open and in the dark.
Those eyes lingered on her, inch by inch, as if they wanted to see her thoroughly.
This made the almonds extremely uncomfortable, as if they had been stripped naked.
She tightened her clothes, hung her head, and hid herself behind the dragon chair the whole time, treating herself as transparent.
Sheng Jingyu also looked at those vague glances without moving, snorted coldly, and wrote them down in the small book in his heart.
are all important ministers in the court, coveting beauty, what kind of system has it become?
If he finds any small movements, he must make a note of them.
The Mid-Autumn Festival continues.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the past dynasties is indeed as Concubine Su said, there is a tradition of drinking and poetry.
So at this time, everyone drank wine, and with Yaxing, they began to write poems back and forth.
Almond stood still, and didn't feel bored.
Those who can enter the court as officials are all people with ink in their stomachs.
She listened carefully, and she also benefited a lot, knowing that her level just now was tantamount to a child's class axe.
In the poetry session, Prime Minister Fu Jungu suppressed the ministers, and he had nothing to say to everyone and no poems to write.
provoked Sheng Jingyu to join with great interest, and the two were evenly matched, and neither of them fell behind.
The poems are difficult to judge, but Sheng Jingyu's identity is there, and everyone is full of praise for him.
The banquet was lively, Almond glanced at the audience, and several familiar faces were all there today.
It's just that neither the prince nor the stinky general spoke today, but only drank silently.
The prince is different, the prince doesn't seem to be drinking at all, and at this time he is replacing wine with tea.
Perhaps sensing her gaze, the prince Sheng Guangji raised his glass to her and took a sip of tea elegantly.
Almond hurriedly smiled back when he was greeting her, but saw that the prince didn't care about her at all.
Almond felt strange, and subconsciously looked behind her, only to see a figure turned into the corridor.
It was a distance, and it was a dark night, and she didn't see what the man looked like, or even what clothes he was wearing.
Almonds are a little confused.
Perhaps, that person knows the prince and says hello?
And she, pretentiously, thought she was greeting herself.
Almond was embarrassed at the thought of this, so she had to turn her attention to the table.
The poetry session was almost over, and the palace maid rushed in and served mooncakes and delicacies to each table.
Next is the part where the harem concubines show their talents.
There are those who can play musical instruments, those who sing, and those who dance, in short, they are all versatile and pleasing to the eye.
Concubine Su, who had targeted almonds before, also danced a charming and bewitching dance, wearing a red dress and gauze skirt flying, and her beautiful legs loomed, making everyone fascinated.
Her eyes were affectionate, and she looked directly at the people on the stage.
However, Sheng Jingyu was not looking at her at all.
Almond didn't watch the song and dance, only stared at the moon cake plate brought by the palace maid.
This moon cake seems to be different from the folk, round and delicate, carved with complex patterns, and looks much more delicate and elegant.
It had been nearly two hours since dinner, and Almond felt as if she was hungry again.
Especially smelling the aroma of moon cakes, my stomach screamed in response to the situation.
Fortunately, no one should have heard, and Almond touched her shriveled stomach in embarrassment.
Her eyes were down, staring straight at the ground, as if she were going to get a flower out there.
Suddenly, a golden mooncake slowly moved in from his line of sight, and the almond swallowed his saliva suddenly.
The mooncake stayed for a while, as if no one was paying attention to it, and shook it at her again.
Is this for her?
Almond tentatively pulled the piece of mooncake and easily entered her hand.
The big hands that were originally holding the moon cakes quickly retracted.
How did Your Majesty know that she was hungry? His Majesty treats her so well.
Almond looked around, and after making sure that no one could see it, he quickly bent over like a rabbit and gnawed the mooncake clean with his two front teeth one bite at a time.
Hmm~ It's really fragrant, the rich egg yolk crisp mixed with the aroma of osmanthus is delicious.
There was a bit of dregs around her mouth, and she reached out the tip of her pink tongue to lick them into her mouth.
Suddenly there was a muffled laugh in front of him, and Almond looked up.
It turned out that Sheng Jingyu didn't know when she turned around to look at her, and at this time there was a smile in her eyes, which was clearly laughing at her.
Your Majesty loves to see her laugh!
Almond felt embarrassed and "hummed" lightly, but saw Sheng Jingyu take another piece of moon cake and hand it to her.
She was still pouting, but her hand was honestly taking the mooncake.
When Sheng Jingyu turned her head and stopped looking at her, she lowered her head again and tasted it.
After a few times, almost all the moon cakes on Sheng Jingyu's table entered Almond's stomach.
The almonds were full, and honestly stayed behind Sheng Jingyu.
There are a lot of programs tonight, and after the concubines finish, there will be special music girls on stage.
Almonds have gone from being a novelty at the beginning to being a little drowsy later.
It wasn't until a sudden deafening explosion sounded that she woke up violently.