The Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet
A week has passed, ushering in the grandest and most solemn festival of the year of the country, which is the birthday of the Queen Mother.
Su Meng and Mrs. Yu sat in the carriage together, and Mrs. Yu looked at her kindly, "How are the preparations for the sword dance?" ”
"Grandmother rest assured!" Su Meng smiled sweetly, and saw that every household outside the curtain was hanging flags with red backgrounds and gold edges outside the doors, and the fiery red flags were flying in the air wantonly, "This is?" ”
"This banner was originally the battle flag of the army under the command of the Queen Mother, and now the prosperous era is peaceful, and the masses have not forgotten the merits of the Queen Mother and spontaneously do these things." Old Lady Yu looked out with sad eyebrows.
Outside the post station, envoys from different countries got into carriages to go to the banquet, like a dragon slowly circling in the streets of Yunguo, heading to the gate of the palace.
Ye Luqin sat in the carriage with black edges pinching gold velvet, looking at the elated people outside the curtain of the car, the red flags flying wantonly in the wind, pulling his lips and sneering, this queen mother is the spiritual pillar of the country!
When Su Miao's carriage reached the spacious and open palace road, the speed of movement slowed down instantly, Su Miao's carriage opened the curtain and looked at the dense wheels in front of him, "So many carriages?" ”
The white-background silk chariot driving side by side, one bare hand lifted the layers of curtains, the woman glanced at her with her charming and slender willow leaf eyes, her full pink lips slightly opened, "There have always been so many carriages. It's just that who are you, how come I have never seen you? ”
Su Meng looked at her arrogant and extraordinary, "I have seen this girl, I am the lord of Huiyu, I have just come to the capital, and it is normal that the girl has never seen me." ”
The woman's eyes suddenly changed unpleasantly, staring at her up and down with squinted eyes, her fingernails were stained with red and kneaded the curtain fiercely, and she said angrily, "What kind of county lord are you who are married to Brother Huo?" ”
"Yes!" Su Meng chuckled, presumably this lady is also an admirer like a monk.
Mrs. Yu had been listening to the conversation between the two silently, and seeing that the atmosphere was not right, she reached out and completely opened the curtain, looking at the beautiful woman in the colorful dress opposite, "Guo Xiaoniang, I haven't seen it for a long time!" ”
Guo Niyun fixed her eyes and saw that it was Mrs. Yu, who was wearing the purple robe and splendid official uniform of Mrs. Yipin, her face became respectful, and she bent down to salute, "Niyun has seen my aunt and grandmother!" ”
Old Mrs. Yu smiled and nodded, pulled Su Meng to the side, and said to her, "I haven't seen your Cousin Niyun yet?" ”
"I've seen Cousin Niyun!" Su Miao whispered softly.
Guo Niyun didn't show it on his face, and secretly pouted his dissatisfaction, "Cousin, it's polite!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Guo Niyun's carriage followed the team a long way away, Guo Niyun put down the curtain, remembered the paper marriage contract, and pulled the handkerchief in her hand with a depressed expression, she would always think of a way to let the Queen Mother help her destroy the marriage contract.
Old Mrs. Yu saw that she was far away, and closed her eyes to recuperate, "Just now that was Guo Shangshu's young daughter, the little niece and granddaughter of the Queen Mother, her temperament has always been pampered and arrogant, so stay away from her if you encounter a bad deal in the future." ”
Su Meng nodded silently, this capital is not big, there are noble children everywhere, if you don't make your position stable and famous, won't you meet a rude and willful and unreasonable person, and you have to stoop to hide? Su Meng thought, the hazel Dai eyebrows frowned, whether she could stop avoiding everywhere depended on whether her performance tonight could satisfy the Queen Mother.
The carriages stopped at the gate of the West Palace in turn, and Su Meng took Mrs. Yu to get off the carriage and walk slowly, looking at the countless Wuxiu Mountains and colorful costumes in front of her, and sighed in her heart that this scene was magnificent and gorgeous.
Enter the quiet and elegant Renshou Palace, the yellow and green glazed bricks surround the low wall of the lantern that permeates the wind, and the hollow cloud dragon ring is hung between the pillars of the eaves of the corridor, the dragon flies and the phoenix dance in the ring, the cloud ring is full of birds, and it is magnificent and magnificent.
A maid in a rose-red palace costume led them through the layers of fake stones, past the small flower pond dripping like a ring, and came to the exquisite and elegant Qingshou Hall.
There are many female dependents sitting on the right side of Qingshou Hall, Su Meng and the old lady are seated separately, and a few maids come to put the fruit and snacks one by one, and the maid who carries the jade sheep head and the teapot makes a cup of six melons for her, Su Meng holds the white glaze high cup in his hand, and looks at it in the sun, the cup body is crystal clear, the dark engraved pattern, simple and elegant, can be described as attentive.
While the female rolls were laughing and playing, Prince Xuan also brought a large number of officials from outside to sit down. Huo Siwei walked at the end, and at a glance he saw Su Ming, who was the most quiet and elegant in a group of gorgeous clothes, and watched her raise her hand and wave lightly, and then she also sat down.
The crowd scattered to seven, seven, eight, eight, and a sharp voice sounded loudly, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has arrived!" ”
Everyone knelt down in unison and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, the queen mother, thousand years old, thousand years old, thousands of years old!" ”
"Everyone, love Qing, get even!" Emperor Su wore a purple gold crown with jade inlaid beads, and wore a bright yellow arrow sleeve dragon robe, waved his sleeves and said loudly.
Su Meng helped Mrs. Yu to get up, and looked at the Empress Dowager who was sitting on the left side of the emperor, dressed in dark red peony and silk satin, black and silver hair meticulously coiled behind her head, black eyes and bright lips, not angry and arrogant, and extravagant.
This was followed by an audience of the envoys of various countries.
What Su Meng didn't expect was that the arrogant and domineering Sere and Atartar Tart also sent envoys to celebrate their birthdays, although they were ambitious, no one wanted to leave the handle in front of the queen mother and cause dissatisfaction.
The messenger who came was also his acquaintance, one was Ye Luqin, who had been in the face a few times, he wore his silver mask, revealing half of his starry eyebrows, and when he walked near her table, his extremely oppressed eyes stared at Su Luo as if he were staring at the prey on the plate. Su Meng bit his lower lip, lowered his head to look at the melons and fruits on the jade plate, and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the footsteps of the man continuing to walk.
The other is Ah Qiang, who has not been seen for months, she is wearing a purple flawed gorgeous dress, her eyebrows are picturesque, and she looks at Su Meng from afar, and Su Meng looks at her gradually thin figure with teary eyes.
The Queen Mother accepted the birthday gifts of various countries one by one, sent the envoys to sit on the banquet, and suddenly spoke, "I heard that there is a new face in the capital for this year's birthday ceremony, is it called the county lord of Huiyu?" Come out and let the mourning family take a good look! ”
Mrs. Yu deliberately didn't let Su Meng go to see the Queen Mother first, what she was afraid of was that the idler's mouth would be broken, in case she didn't get into the eyes of the Queen Mother, and it made people laugh, it would really cause a commotion.
Guo Niyun sat in the front row and watched Su Meng stand up slowly.
Mrs. Yu patted her hands, "Don't be nervous! ”
Su Meng nodded, walked to the room, and bowed solemnly, "Huiyu has seen the Queen Mother, and the Emperor and the Queen!" "Weaving yarn Fu Tao picture
The Queen Mother pinched the black lacquer luodian handle fan of the weaving yarn Fu Taotu in her hand, bowed her waist and said softly, "Good girl, raise your head and let me see!" ”
Su Meng raised her small chin, revealing a delicate and elegant face, looking at the Queen Mother sitting lazily on the chair, she couldn't help but get nervous.
"She's a good-looking girl. Have you prepared a birthday gift? The Queen Mother said without hurry.
"Back to the Queen Mother, Huiyu prepared a sword dance to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, and wish the blessing of the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan!"