Chapter 239: Becoming the Target of Public Criticism
And Wen Rongzhen, who was sitting next to her, noticed that this time was different from the performance just now, and even the hands that were holding the hem of their skirts couldn't stop trembling violently.
Seeing her react like this, Wen Rongzhen's heart also slightly understood, I am afraid that the shadow of being almost killed by the Great Prince of Nanyue last time still exists in Weng Fandie's heart.
Only then did she hear the name of Prince Nanyue, and she was scared into this appearance.
Looking at Weng Fandie's useless appearance, Wen Rongzhen's eyes immediately crossed with indifference and ridicule, and finally set his eyes on Zhao Yuhuai opposite.
"The prince has worked hard in this line, please take a seat." for yesterday they had already met.
Therefore, Zhao Duqi didn't say anything more superfluous to Wu Jingqi, but just let Gonggong Lin lead the group to sit on the side.
Wu Jingqi once again swept the few people in charge of the palace above, and then led his people to sit aside.
After everyone was seated, Zhao Duqi raised the wine glass on the table and said with a smile: "The Nanyue envoy group has come from afar this time, and I now salute the crown prince, the eldest prince, and the tenth prince. ”
Wu Jingqi's eyes immediately looked at Zhao Duqi, with a faint sneer in his cold eyes, but he didn't refuse, and raised his glass to Zhao Duqi with the eldest prince and the tenth prince beside him, and the four of them drank the sweet osmanthus brew in their hands together.
"Shhhh Why is this wine so sweet? Your Majesty, don't you Qingqi have spirits? How can we Nanyue people drink this kind of wine that our daughter's house drinks? Isn't this just an insult to us all like boudoir women? Or does the emperor look down on us Nanyue and deliberately laugh at us with this wine? As soon as he drank the wine, before everyone's wine glasses were put down, they saw the tenth prince Wu Jingyue shouting in public.
For a while, the scene was very embarrassing, and Qingqi's ministers also showed anger on their faces.
And the ladies and ladies on the opposite side also looked at Wu Jingyue who was so arrogant and domineering in horror, and then they all lowered their heads silently, for fear that they would make Zhao Duqi angry if they were not careful.
"I didn't expect the Ten Princes to be a lover of wine. Someone, hurry up and change this treasured wine for the Nanyue envoy group. This is Qingqi's famous liquor, and the brewing process is also extremely difficult, so let you taste it first. ”
Zhao Duqi was not angry, but replied with a smile on his face, at this time, the little eunuchs who were guarding outside had already been busy immediately because of Wu Jingyue's words just now.
They all carried their clothes and ran towards the wine store, and in less than half a cup of tea, they saw more than a dozen palace maids walking into the imperial garden with the loaded spirits, and put the wine in their hands in front of Wu Jingqi and others.
"Don't the emperor, all the ladies and adults, drink this wine? It's unfair. At this time, Wu Jingyue stood up again and began to pick all kinds of thorns.
I saw that he stared at the wine that had been poured on the table but did not pick it up, and then looked at Zhao Duqi with a heavy face, his eyes and tone were full of mockery.
"Don't the Ten Princes know that strong wine hurts their bodies? However, it is understandable that the Ten Princes were originally overly drunk, so they accidentally broke into the gate of my Qingqi last time, and entered Kyoto very 'accidentally'. At this time, Zhao Jinhuai raised his head and smiled lightly.
At this time, the sun was already setting, and a bright moon had already hung on the branches, and the moon-white moonlight was spread on the ground, reflecting the cold smile in Zhao Jinhuai's smiling eyes.
And the palace people were also prepared to light the glazed palace lamps in the imperial garden, and the entire imperial garden was immediately decorated as if it were white sun.
At the moment when the red candle jumped, a trace of jump immediately flashed in Zhao Jinhuai's eyes, making people feel that his eyes were full of smiles, which well hid the extremely faint coldness.
"The second prince is really eloquent. It's just that even if we accidentally broke in due to alcohol, we didn't know that the city defense army in Qingqi Kyoto was actually in a sober state, and the reaction was so slow. If this spreads, I'm afraid it will be laughed out of people's big teeth. At this time, Wu Jingqi immediately followed Gu **'s words and spoke slowly.
At this time, he picked up the wine glass on the table, and took advantage of the moonlight to look at the liquid without any impurities in it, only to feel the burst of wine aroma immediately came to his nose, and before he tried it, he knew that the wine in front of him was a first-class good wine.
And the expression on his face seemed to be very happy because he had received such a good wine, so he stood up regardless of the occasion, raised his glass in the direction of Huirong Guifei and said: "Today is a good day for the concubine, this prince will give a cup to the concubine, and wish the concubine and the emperor a hundred years of harmony, harmony and harmony, and an early birth of a noble son." ”
The last four 'early-born nobles', Wu Jingqi's tone was extremely heavy, but it seemed to be mocking, which made Huirong Guifei's face instantly pale, and the hands hidden in her sleeves clenched into fists suddenly, fortunately, her makeup today was very festive, which did not make people see Ni Duan.
It's just that Wu Jingqi, who was staring straight at her, didn't even let go of this little detail, and a trace of embarrassment and seeming amazement immediately flashed in her eyes when she looked at Concubine Huirong.
The smile in Wu Jingqi's eyes became thicker and thicker, and then he raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.
And Zhao Duqi didn't seem to hear the irony in Wu Jingqi's words, but just lightly instructed Huirong Guifei: "Since it is the prince's good intentions, Huirong Guifei doesn't have to be too formal, and drank this glass of wine with the prince." ”
At this time, Concubine Huirong had already calmed down, with a quiet smile on her lips, and then stood up with her wine glass, and said in a shallow voice: "Thank you for the prince's kindness." ”
After speaking, he blocked his mouth with his sleeves and drank the osmanthus brew in the cup very elegantly.
Wu Jingqi saw that the couple was not happy at all when they sang and harmonized, her eyes narrowed slightly, and the sneer on the corner of her mouth was even worse.
"Singing and dancing." When Zhao Duqi saw Concubine Huirong sitting down, he ordered the chief eunuch beside him to prepare the next prepared program, so as to prevent Nanyue's people from finding trouble with the concubines in the palace again.
The eunuch was also an old man who followed Zhao Duqi, and he could guess Zhao Duqi's mood at this time, so he immediately made a gesture to the little eunuch guarding outside the imperial garden, only to see that a burst of joyful music immediately sounded in the imperial garden, and several dancing girls stepped on extremely light dance steps, and entered from the round door, the enchanting posture and charming appearance, not to mention men, even women would be very envious when they saw it.
It's just that although the appearance of these dancing girls is very beautiful, their status has always been very low, and those official ladies naturally can't see their soft bodies and beautiful dancing, but in order to maintain their image, they don't show too much hostility.
But those men are very different, it seems that they are used to seeing the ladies and wives who are used to the rules of the family on weekdays, and Zhao Duqi is strictly forbidden to hold any singing and dancing banquets for a month.
Now that they have a legitimate reason to appreciate these beauties, they naturally can't let go of such a good opportunity.
I saw that the ministers of Qingqi here, all of them stared at the girls dancing in front of them with greedy eyes, and they actually forgot that there were VIPs present for a while, and they were all ugly.
And the ladies here were not completely at ease, and some even stared nervously at the men opposite, afraid that something would go wrong during this period.
Guo Yue is face was slightly cold, but in the eyes that looked at Zhao Jinhuai, there was a tenderness that was rare in the past, but Zhao Jinhuai actually drank the wine in front of him at this time, as if he didn't feel the slightest feeling for other people's eyes.
It's just that the more he ignored it, the more fascinated Guo Yue became, the silver-white moonlight shone on Gu **'s body, illuminating his black shiny silk coat even more luxuriously, and a faint halo appeared on his clothes.
The eyes on the jade-white face sparkled like two dazzling black gems, and there seemed to contain wisdom and shrewdness that could not be ignored and estimated.
And what made Guo Yue indulge the most was the shallow smile on the corner of Zhao Jinhuai's mouth that never disappeared, as if no matter what happened to him, he could become easy to solve, compared to the eldest prince Zhao Yuhuai's stubbornness, Zhao Jinhuai was too dazzling and outstanding.
Such an excellent him made Guo Yue unswerving, but Zhao Jinhuai's eyes had never seen her figure, and the dazzling light in Guo Yue's eyes immediately dimmed when she thought of this.
It's just that Guo Yue didn't know that when she stared at Zhao Jinhuai with her heart, she also became someone else's prey.
During the banquet, King Guo's eyes never focused on the song and dance in front of him, and a pair of shrewd eyes keenly looked at everyone present.
After seeing his daughter's obsessive eyes, the smile on the corner of his mouth was even worse, so he picked up the wine glass on the table and was about to speak, but he didn't want anyone to be one step faster than him.
"Your Majesty, is this the standard of Qingqi beauties? It's too unsatisfactory. Could it be that Qing Qi looks down on us Nanyue so much, so he brought in so many dancing girls who can't be on the stage at all to perfunctory us? ”
At this time, Wu Jingyue actually spoke again, only to see the sarcastic look in his eyes and the arrogant tone in his mouth, which made the Qingqi ministers present immediately withdraw their infatuated gazes, and they no longer dared to be rude in front of others.
Wu Jingyue's words were a little mean, since he knew that there were VIPs coming, how could Zhao Duqi prepare some ugly girls to dance?
When a person wants to pick a thorn, even if he is given an egg, he can find the bone in it.
"I have long heard that the county lord of Guo Yue's mansion is extremely talented, but Qingqi is a famous beauty, I don't know if I can ask the county lord to dance for everyone." At this time, the eldest prince Wu Jinghan opened his mouth leisurely.