Chapter 21: The Pavilion Palace Banquet
The main hall is two quarters of an hour away from the Imperial Garden. Ye Xiaoyan looked curiously all the way. Of course, in order to maintain her dignified demeanor, she did not turn her head to look. It's just that the eyeballs keep looking left and right.
Seeing her like this, Nangong You couldn't help but chuckle and said, "It's already out of the previous dynasty, you don't have to hold it like this." ”
Ye Xiaoyan played on her upper body, and said seriously: "How did this concubine hold it." This concubine has always been like this. ”
Nangong You only felt funny when she looked at her pretending.
The Imperial Garden has arrived. The two eunuchs put down the soft sedan chair, and Ye Xiaoyan came down. Just as he was about to take a step, he heard a sharp female voice behind him.
"Who am I so arrogant! It turned out to be King Xuan and Princess Xuan! ”
Ye Xiaoyan frowned slightly, but when she turned to look at the visitor, her eyebrows became stretched again.
Nangong You whispered beside her: "It's the second princess, Nangong Ling." ”
"Hmm" Ye Xiaoyan said softly, indicating that she understood.
Mama Rong told her last night that Emperor Nangong had four princes and two princesses.
The eldest prince and the eldest princess were born to the queen. The second prince and the second princess were born to Concubine De. The third prince was born to Concubine Jing. The four princes were born to the concubines.
The eldest prince, the eldest princess, and the second prince are all married. Leave the palace and build a separate mansion.
The second princess is 18 years old this year, with a willful and domineering personality, and has not yet decided on a horse, and still lives in the palace.
As for the fourth prince, he is 17 years old this year, still underage, and also lives in the palace.
Ye Xiaoyan looked at the visitor with a calm face. Nangong Ling approached, looked Ye Xiaoyan up and down, and said, "It's okay." It's just that this identity ......" A trace of disdain crossed the corner of Nangong Ling's mouth: "A concubine, also worthy of marrying my third emperor brother?" ”
Nangong Ling turned her head to Nangong You and said, "Third Emperor Brother, the Ye family is so deceitful, you will suffer it?" They Ye family, when we are royal is what! He was very angry.
Ye Xiaoyan's expression didn't react, as if she wasn't talking about her.
Nangong You said to the second princess: "My father has issued an edict of canonization, and Yan'er has also been on the royal jade butterfly. The royal sister should not mention this matter again in the future. ”
"Humph!" The second princess snorted coldly, bypassed Nangong You and Ye Xiaoyan, and walked straight towards the imperial garden.
The eunuch who carried the sedan chair left, and at this time, there were only four people at the gate of the imperial garden: Nangong You and Ye Xiaoyan.
The corners of Ye Xiaoyan's mouth twitched, and she didn't say anything. In my heart, I slandered: The second princess, to put it mildly, it is the second princess. Her biological mother is just a concubine, not a queen. In ordinary people's homes, she is also a concubine. And said that we were arrogant. I really don't know what to say. Hum! No wonder you can't get married.
Nangong You squeezed her hand and said, "Don't take her words to heart." ”
"Hmm." Ye Xiaoyan responded.
She was more mindful of the word "arrogant", but she didn't mind much else.
Isn't it just sitting in a soft sedan chair, where is it arrogant. Besides, the soft sedan chair was given by the emperor, and they are a first-class prince and a first-class princess, and they also have the qualifications to be arrogant.
Ye Xiaoyan's first impression of the second princess was not very good.
Qingfeng pushed Nangong You's wheelchair, and the group walked into the imperial garden.
Ye Xiaoyan originally thought that the Imperial Garden was full of flowers, but when she walked in and took a look, it was nothing more than that.
The so-called Imperial Garden is just a few more trees, and there are more plants than elsewhere. There are several rockeries and there are two pavilions for leisure.
The pavilion is one large and one small. The small one is on the rockery, enough to sit seven or eight people. Nice view about there.
The large one is in the garden, surrounded by a circle of shrubs, and it is impossible to see the inside of the pavilion.
However, judging from the roof of the pavilion, this pavilion should be square and large, and it should be no problem to fit twenty or thirty people to hold meetings in it.
Ye Xiaoyan saw the palace maid carrying things in and out of the big pavilion. I feel that the palace banquet of the queen mother should be located there.
Ye Xiaoyan felt at this time that she really didn't know much about the customs of this world.
She thought it was a very formal palace banquet. Shouldn't formal palace banquets be held in a house? How is it located in a pavilion?
Between her thoughts, Ye Xiaoyan didn't notice that Nangong You's facial expression trembled slightly. But he quickly covered it up and returned to normal.
At this time, a palace maid came forward to pick it up.
The palace maid said: "King Xuan, Princess Xuan, several princes and princesses have arrived." Please go this way. ”
Nangong You and Ye Xiaoyan entered the pavilion under the guidance of the palace maid.
I saw that small tables had been set up in the pavilion according to their positions. At the small table, according to their respective positions, several young people sat down. In order: the eldest prince Nangong Yu, the second prince Nangong Xu and the second princess Jiang Manrong, the second princess Nangong Ling, and the fourth prince Nangong Chen.
The eldest prince Nangong Yu enthusiastically shouted at Nangong You: "Third Emperor Brother! ”
Nangong Youhui smiled: "Brother Emperor." ”
The second prince, Nangong Xu, also greeted Nangong You: "Third Emperor Brother! ”
"Second Emperor Brother." Nangong You also smiled back.
The second princess, Jiang Manrong, was polite and gentle to Ye Xiaoyan, and asked, "This is Princess Xuan?" ”
Ye Xiaoyan pretended to be shy and embarrassed to speak, and smiled at her, which was regarded as a greeting.
The second princess, Nangong Ling, looked at it coldly, snorted her nose, and didn't say anything.
The fourth prince, Nangong Chen, sat aside, raised his eyebrows, and said to Ye Xiaoyan: "Ye Wanyan, I didn't expect you to be able to fly on the branches and become a phoenix." There was a mockery in his tone.
Ye Xiaoyan pursed her lips and was silent.
The original owner, Ye Wanyan, had met the fourth prince Nangong Chen before. The concubine Ye Xizhen returned to Ye Mansion, and Nangong Chen also went with her a few times.
At that time, Ye Wanyan only came forward to pay respects when she was paying respects to the concubine Niangniang and the four princes. Then he stepped aside, and stood in the corner like a maid, without saying a word.
Nangong Chen knew that this Princess Xuan was the second lady who had no sense of existence in the Prime Minister's Mansion back then.
The younger generation in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Nangong Chen only had some dealings with Ye Hongbo, the eldest son of Ye Mansion, and Ye Wanting, the eldest daughter. Others, he never took it seriously. As for Ye Wanyan, he didn't even say anything to her.
Ye Xiaoyan remembered that "she had amnesia", and she pretended not to know anything about everything that was involved in the past. So she didn't say anything.
Nangong Ling said to Nangong Chen: "Fourth Emperor Brother, what's going on with your uncle's family?" It was Ye Wanting, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who was married at the beginning, why did she finally marry the daughter of a concubine? What did he think of our three emperor brothers! ”
Nangong Chen's face turned red.
The second prince, Nangong Xu, scolded Nangong Ling: "Shut up!" Don't talk nonsense. ”
Nangong Ling shut up disdainfully.
Nangong Chen also has some opinions on this matter. At the beginning, Ye Wanting of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Three Emperor Brothers were married, and his mother made a lot of efforts. Later, the third emperor brother was crippled, and the prime minister wanted to replace the marriage partner with Ye Wanyan, and his mother made a lot of efforts. This Ye family really doesn't know what to do. Is this royal marriage contract said to be exchanged? It's really troublesome for his mother.