Chapter 42: The Palace Banquet

The last month of the year still made Shuyu very uneasy.

Afu is already in good health and always tries her best to meet his needs. Happy; has the same pure filial piety as her mother, and the same forbearance as her concubine, but she always feels that she is a little different from the past.

The appearance of jumping out of presumptuousness is becoming less and less.

For him, he is as good as ever, but there is always some indescribable alienation, which always gives him a feeling that he has lived and died.

On the contrary, he felt a little pity, but he missed the little appearance of her fighting with him in the past few days.

He had no one to say, and finally couldn't help but complain to Zhou He: "Don't you think Madam is weird lately?" ”

Zhou He nodded: "The slave really thinks that Madame is always soulless today." Second master, is she always suffocated in that small courtyard and suffocated? ”

Shuyu thought about it, it was true, since Mingyan went to Fu'an County, she never mentioned going back to her parents' house again, and she naturally didn't take the initiative to send her back.

Feeling that what Zhou He said was very reasonable, he generously rewarded two taels of silver, and went back to offer treasures to Afu: "I'll take you to the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, right?" ”

Ah Fu nodded, if she had to go, she wouldn't embarrass Shuyu.

Shu Yu was not excited when he saw her, and after thinking about it, he said: "Go and see the lights again during the Lantern Festival!" ”

Ah Fu nodded again, if her husband wanted to go, she would accompany her.

Shu Yu made another big move: "I'll take you to Qujiang Pool to drink Liuyu during the Peach Blossom Festival!" ”

Afu nodded inexplicably, why did she plan so far, it's March next year?

It is unknown whether the Peach Blossom Festival will go or not, but as a monk and Mrs. Shangshu, the New Year's palace banquet must be attended to receive grace.

Last Spring Festival was the filial piety of the Queen Mother, although the dead Queen Mother was not the emperor's biological mother, but the surface work still had to be done to the end, so all dance and music were abandoned, and even the meat was greatly reduced.

This year can finally be extravagant, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is full of efforts to invite merit, the entire palace city ten steps and one guard, five steps and one lamp, the figure of the building, the lights are swaying, and it looks like a prosperous era from afar.

Considering the bleak winter wind, the palace banquet invited all the old bureaucrats and delicate female dependents, and the emperor specially gave grace and asked the palanquins of each family to fall directly under the steps of the Taihe Palace.

The sedan chair in this palace is extremely narrow, but the two of them are wide, and Afu has to be next to Shuyu.

Because the sedan chair is heavy, the bump amplitude is also greater.

She clasped her hands in her sleeves, staring at the shaking curtain in front of her, faintly hearing the silk bamboo orchestra and the warm yellow candle flame.

Although the wind was like a knife, it made her feel warmer than the sunny day when she met the queen alone.

The sedan chair stopped in a hurry, she was defenseless, snatched it forward, and was held by Shuyu in the chest.

"Are you alright?"

She smiled: "It's okay, thank you." ”

Shu Yu's gaze could not leave her gentle and cold face, and she stared at it for a long time, until Afu turned her head uncomfortably: "Let's go out, husband?" ”

Out of the sedan chair, a demonic wind blew Afu's waist and jingled, and Sakura hurriedly wrapped her in a big sedan one.

Because it is a palace banquet, it should not be too ostentatious, she wore a water-pink waist-length skirt today, with embroidered silver trim silk of the same color, it seems that the waist is plump, extraordinarily slender, compared with Shuyu, who is as heavy as a mountain, it seems that she can do palm dance.

Sakura Sakura is not as tall as Afu, and it is a little difficult to add clothes to her.

Shu Yu took it casually, lowered his body, and carefully tied the submandibular tie for her.

On the side, it happened to be Lai Junyi and Li Yuru and his wife passing by, and Lai Shangshu smiled: "Yo, isn't this Lord Pei and Mrs. Pei!" ”

Shu Yu returned the salute and said to Afu: "You don't recognize it yet, this is Lai Shangshu and Mrs. Lai." ”

Afu said in her heart that this was the one who took Shuyu to Dingcui Building, and she still had a dignified smile on her face: "I've seen Lai Shangshu, I've seen Mrs. Lai." ”

Mrs. Lai is the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Li Cheng, a few years younger than Afu's mother, she looks kind, but her arrogance is also on her face, and she smiles at Shuyu reservedly: "Pei Shangshu is really a blessing, marrying such a lady like a flower and jade!" ”

The adult immediately took over the conversation: "It is Pei Shangshu who is wise and martial, setting an example for the Da Min man, Wu can carry a knife on the battlefield, Wen can use a pen to calm the world, heroes with beauties, that is really a good horse with a good saddle!" ”

This remark made Afu feel uncomfortable, what a good horse and a good saddle, quite vulgar in the market.

She didn't show it on her face, just looked down and smiled, looking like a virtuous lady.

Shu Yu was also a little embarrassed, and groaned twice before he picked up the words: "Come to adult, this is a false praise, this Da Min man's example is naturally today's saint, Shu Yu is a martial artist, where can he use a pen to calm the world, this is funny." ”

The adult came to play "haha": "Master Pei is the minister of the humerus, isn't it both civil and military?" I see, when Master Pei is done, the position of Shang Shucheng must be you no matter what! ”

Shu Yu was even more embarrassed: "Where is it, my father is far from the age of Zhishi now, not to mention that Shu Yu is young and reckless, this Shang Shucheng, I think it is more suitable to come to the adult." ”

Joke, how can Junyi, a scholar of the Criminal Department, be directly promoted to Shang Shucheng?

It's just that Shu Yu was blown up by him without a head or brain, and he was really at a loss, so he had to praise it back first regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one.

The smile on the face of the adult is extremely uncomfortable.

Li Yuru is smiling without smiling, in this night, these two people are a little creepy.

In the end, the waiter next to him couldn't help but say: "Hurry up and go up, the seats are ready, just wait for the two and the lady to take their seats." ”